Organic electro luminescense display apparatus and application thereof

A method of displaying a picture at a predefined position on a color organic EL display, the method comprising increasing or decreasing the number of parts thereof being lighted according to a situation, wherein

• all parts constituting the picture are lighted when the situation is at best,
• the number of parts being lighted is decreased as the situation grows worse, and
• the higher the probability of lighting of a part, the lower the luminance of the part set beforehand.

A method of displaying a plurality of pictures on a color organic EL display, wherein

• the picture is a symbol switched and displayed according to a situation of a device in which the display is installed such that the higher the probability of a picture being displayed, the lower the luminance of the picture set beforehand, and symbols showing the same situation are displayed with the same luminance, and
• the plurality of pictures is at least one of a picture showing a state during a telephone call, a battery residual quantity picture, a picture showing a state where a key is locked, a picture showing that a manner mode is entered, a picture showing a reception of a mail, a picture showing that a Web search is being conducted, an antenna picture, and a picture showing that a character input mode is entered.

A self-luminous display unit having self-luminous elements, wherein

• the display unit is configured to display, at a predefined position on the display unit, a picture constituted of a plurality of parts and showing a situation of the display unit according to increase or decrease in the number of parts lighted,
• all parts constituting the picture are lighted when the situation is at best, and the number of parts being lighted is decreased as the situation grows worse, and
• the higher the probability of lighting of a part, the lower the luminance of the part set beforehand.