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US 4,910,785 AGranted
Display apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuji Nakatsuma
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Abstract
There is disclosed a display apparatus capable of displaying code data and image data. Both data are displayed in a different manner, for example in different colors, in order to enable the user to distinguish these data.
Claims17
A display apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing data consisting of a mixture, on one page, of one or more areas consisting of code data such as characters or symbols, and one or more areas consisting of image data, the data being divided into respective blocks in accordance with the kinds of data;
- conversion means for reading the blocks of data stored in the memory and discriminating between the code data block and the image data block and converting the read blocks of data into dot data in response to the discrimination;
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- display means for displaying the converted dot data,
- wherein said display means displays the dot data converted from the code data block and the dot data converted from the image data block in a manner which distinguishes the dot data converted from the code data block from the dot data converted from the image data block without changing an original state of the mixture.
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A data communication apparatus comprising:
- code data input means for inputting code data such as characters and symbols;
- reader means for reading image data;
- editing means for editing the code data and the image data, and for forming a mixture of data comprising one or more area consisting of the code data and one or more areas consisting of the image data;
- communication means for communicating the mixture of data;
- memory means for storing the mixture of data edited by said editing means or the mixture of data received by said communication means;
- conversion means for reading, area by area, the mixture of data stored in said memory means and converting the read mixture of data into dot data;
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- display means for displaying the converted dot data,
- wherein said display means displays the dot data converted from the code data area and the dot data converted from the image data area in a manner which distinguishes the dot data converted from the code data area from the dot data converted from the image data area without changing an original state of the mixture.
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A display apparatus comprising:
- a source for generating data consisting of a mixture, on one page, of one or more areas consisting of code data, such as characters or symbols, and one or more areas consisting of image data;
- conversion means for converting the mixture of data into dot data area by area;
- display means for displaying the converted data;
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- control means for controlling said display means such that the dot data from the code data area and the dot data from the image data can be displayed in a manner which distinguishes the dot data from the code data area from the dot area from the image data area without changing an original state of the mixture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.