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Display device

US5323173A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 1992
Grant dateJun 21, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G1/162
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A display device having display memory and a display unit including a display plane for displaying contents of the display memory includes a boundary co-ordinate setting unit for setting co-ordinate values on the display plane of boundaries demarcating various display sections which are made by dividing a display area of the display plane into a plurality of areas, a co-ordinate memory for storing the set boundary co-ordinate values, an input data memory for storing input data having co-ordinate values corresponding to the display area of the display plane, a display scale factor setting unit for setting display scale factors of the input data of each of the display sections and a scale factor memory for storing the set display scale factors. A unit is provided for reading the display scale factors corresponding to the co-ordinate values of the input data read out from the input data memory on the basis of contents of the co-ordinate memory and the scale factor memory, and an operating unit is provided for operating enlargement or reduction of the co-ordinate values of the read input data in accordance with the read display scale factor, converting the co-ordinate values into displ…

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