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US 5,850,220 AGranted
Image display apparatus and a recording medium displaying a message as a screen saver
AssigneeDai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorGoro Motai
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Abstract
An image display apparatus is disclosed in which a graphic image of, for example, the earth, a message, and a calendar are displayed on a display unit. This image display apparatus is practical and prevents an operator from losing his/her interest in looking at the display.
Claims4
An image display apparatus for displaying an image on a display unit as a screen saver, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages corresponding to a date;
- means for reading a message for each date from the memory;
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- means for displaying the different messages every day on a computer screen as a screen saver.
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An image display apparatus for displaying an image on a display unit as a screen saver comprising:
- a memory, wherein:
- the memory includes means for storing messages set by an operator corresponding to a date;
- and
- the memory includes means for storing a predetermined time period set by an operator for displaying messages;
- message reading means for reading a message set by an operator from the memory;
- time period reading means for reading a predetermined time period set by an operator from the memory;
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- means for displaying a message which has been read by the message reading means on a computer screen as a screen saver for a predetermined time period set by the operator which has been read by the time period reading means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.