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Electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus information display method

US6661564B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 2002
Grant dateDec 9, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0238
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrophoretic display is mounted on the surface of the housing of a notebook type personal computer. When an event that requires the user to operate a member occurs, the member and operation information corresponding to that event are searched for, and the searched-for operation information is displayed in a region of the electrophoretic display in the vicinity of the searched-for member. For example, when a termination switch is in a corner of the exterior surface of the cover, for a system termination event, information indicating that the termination switch should be operated is displayed in a region of the electrophoretic display in the vicinity of the termination switch.

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