Image writing system, writing apparatus, display medium, image writing method, computer readable medium for image writing and computer data signal for image writing

A writing apparatus comprising:

• a reading section that reads, from a display medium that displays an image on a display screen, capability information regarding a capability of displaying the image on the display medium, the image being:
• i) rewritably recorded according to an external force for writing, and ii) held on the display screen of the display medium after the external force is removed, the capability information containing identification information for identifying the capability of the display medium to display the image;
• a display-capability correspondence table associating the identification information with actual data on the capability of the display medium to display the image;
• a display-capability presenting section that presents information including the actual data corresponding to the identification information, a list of images to be written, and display attributes of the respective images;
• a display that displays the information presented by the display-capability presenting section;
• an image-selection accepting section that accepts a selection of an image to be written into the display medium;
• and
• a writing section that applies the external force to the display medium so as to write the selected image into the display medium.

A display medium comprising:

• a display screen that displays an image, the image being rewritably recorded according to an external force, the image being held on the display screen after the external force is removed;
• and
• a memory that stores capability information on a display capability of displaying the image on the display screen, the capability information containing identification information for identifying the capability of the display medium to display the image;
• and
• a writing apparatus including a display-capability correspondence table associating the identification information with actual data on the capability of the display medium to display the image, and being capable of reading the capability information from the memory and displaying the actual data corresponding to the identification information together with a list of images to be written and display attributes of the respective images so that an image to be written into the display screen can be selected.

A method for writing an image on a display medium, the display medium having capability information containing identification information for identifying a capability of the display medium to display the image on a display screen of the display medium, the image being rewritably recorded according to an external force for writing and being held on the display screen of the display medium after the external force is removed, the method comprising:

• reading the capability information;
• providing the identification information contained in the capability information to a display-capability correspondence table associating the identification information with actual data on the capability of the display medium to display the image;
• presenting information including the actual data corresponding to the identification information, a list of images to be written, and display attributes of the respective images;
• displaying the presented information;
• accepting a selection of an image to be written into the display medium;
• and
• applying the external force to the display medium so as to write the selected image into the display medium.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for writing an image on a display medium, the display medium having capability information containing identification information for identifying a capability of the display medium to display the image on a display screen of the display medium, the image being rewritably recorded according to an external force or writing and being held on the display screen of the display medium after the external force is removed, the process comprising:

• reading the capability information;
• providing the identification information contained in the capability information to a display-capability correspondence table associating the identification information with actual data on the capability of the display medium to display the image on the display screen;
• presenting information including the actual data corresponding to the identification information, a list of images to be written, and display attributes of the respective images;
• displaying the presented information;
• accepting a selection of an image to be written into the display medium;
• and
• applying the external force to the display medium so as to write the selected image into the display medium.