PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CHARACTER DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE SAME
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device comprising a display unit capable of scrolling through images on a screen,wherein the portable electronic device uses:
- a still character font used for at least one character on a still screen; and
at least one scroll character font used for at least one character on a scroll screen, the scroll character font having the same characters as the still character font, wherein the characters of the scroll character font have at least one different visual characteristic when compared to corresponding characters of the still character font.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device including a display unit uses a still character font and a scroll character font. The display unit can scroll through one or more images on a screen. The still character font is used for characters on a still screen. The scroll character font is used for characters on a scroll screen, and has the same characters as those of the still character font, the characters of the scroll character font having at least one different visual characteristic when compared to corresponding characters of the still character font.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device comprising a display unit capable of scrolling through images on a screen,
wherein the portable electronic device uses: -
a still character font used for at least one character on a still screen; and at least one scroll character font used for at least one character on a scroll screen, the scroll character font having the same characters as the still character font, wherein the characters of the scroll character font have at least one different visual characteristic when compared to corresponding characters of the still character font. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display unit capable of scrolling through images on a screen; means for displaying a character of a first character font on a still screen on the display unit; and means for displaying a character of a second character font on a scroll screen on the display unit, the character of the second character font being the same as the character of the first character font, the character of the second character font including at least a portion having a different color tone than a color tone of the character of the first character font.
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22. A character display method for a portable electronic device including a display unit that displays images, and a memory, the character display method comprising the steps of:
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enabling scrolling of an image displayed on the display unit, the image including a character; determining whether or not scrolling is being performed; acquiring character information from the memory on the basis of whether scrolling is being performed; and using the acquired character information to display, on the display unit, as the character included in the image, a character of a still character font or a scroll character font.
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Specification