APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DISPLAY ICONS AND GRAPHIC TEXT
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1. A display comprising:
- a display driver termination portion;
a dot matrix area; and
a dedicated icon region having dedicated icon images located in-between the display driver termination area and the dot matrix area, wherein the dot matrix area has a resolution that is greater than the dedicated icon region.
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Abstract
A display comprising a display driver termination portion (106), a dot matrix region (402) and an icon region (403). The icon region located in-between the display driver termination area and the dot matrix area, wherein the dot matrix area has a resolution that is greater than the icon area.
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1. A display comprising:
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a display driver termination portion; a dot matrix area; and a dedicated icon region having dedicated icon images located in-between the display driver termination area and the dot matrix area, wherein the dot matrix area has a resolution that is greater than the dedicated icon region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A display comprising:
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a first substrate including a first portion of a dot matrix display area and an icon region; and a second substrate, adjacent to the first substrate, that includes a plurality of trace conductors, wherein single trace conductor of the plurality of trace conductors in the 2nd substrate intersects with a single trace conductor of the dot matrix portion of the first substrate to form a dot matrix element in the dot matrix area, and wherein a plurality of trace conductors of the second substrate intersect with each icon segment pattern in the first substrate to define a icon element in the icon pattern area. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling a hybrid display having dot matrix area and a dedicated icon region, wherein the dedicated icon region is between a display driver termination area and the dot matrix area, the method comprising:
controlling each icon, of an icon group, individually through driving signals applied to the icon trace in the first substrate and the associated column conductors in the second substrate which intersect the icon segment pattern in the first substrate.
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