DISPLAY TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING DISPLAY TERMINAL PROGRAM

• US 20090237388A1
• Filed: 03/16/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Seki, Mariko
• Application Number:
  US12/405,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20090237388A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/211
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3228 Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/344 based on particles moving in a fluid or in a gas, e.g. electrophoretic devices electrophoretic devices per se G02F1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A display terminal including a nonvolatile display device that retains display of information even if power supply is cut off, a battery that supplies power to the nonvolatile display device, a display control device that causes the nonvolatile display device to display charging prospective information serving as a prospect of charging the battery, at a predetermined timing, and a power cutoff control device that cuts off supply of power from the battery to the nonvolatile display device while causing the nonvolatile display device to retain the display of the charging prospective information.

Claims

1. A display terminal comprising:

a nonvolatile display device that retains display of information even if power supply is cut off;

a battery that supplies power to the nonvolatile display device;

a display control device that causes the nonvolatile display device to display charging prospective information serving as a prospect of charging the battery, at a predetermined timing; and

a power cutoff control device that cuts off supply of power from the battery to the nonvolatile display device while causing the nonvolatile display device to retain the display of the charging prospective information.

2. The display terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a time information acquisition device that acquires time information of a predetermined timing at which to supply power,

wherein the display control device causes the nonvolatile display device to display the time information acquired by the time information acquisition device as the charging prospective information, before supply of power from the battery is cut off.

3. The display terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a remaining battery level acquisition device that acquires a remaining battery level of the battery; and

a prospective time information determination device that determines as prospective time information the information serving as the prospect of a next charging time based on the remaining battery level acquired by the remaining battery level acquisition device,

wherein the display control device causes the nonvolatile display device to display the prospective time information determined by the prospective time information determination device as the charging prospective information, before supply of power from the battery is cut off.

4. The display terminal according to claim 2, further comprising:

a remaining battery level acquisition device that acquires a remaining battery level of the battery; and

a prospective time information determination device that determines as prospective time information the information serving as the prospect of a next charging time based on the remaining battery level acquired by the remaining battery level acquisition device,

wherein the display control device causes the nonvolatile display device to display the prospective time information determined by the prospective time information determination device as the charging prospective information, before supply of power from the battery is cut off.

5. The display terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an update control device that:

restarts supply of power to the nonvolatile display device after a predetermined time has elapsed since power supply was cut off by the power cutoff control device;

updates the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device; and

cuts off supply of the power again while causing the nonvolatile display device to retain the display of the updated charging prospective information.

6. The display terminal according to claim 2, further comprising an update control device that:

restarts supply of power to the nonvolatile display device after a predetermined time has elapsed since power supply was cut off by the power cutoff control device;

updates the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device; and

cuts off supply of the power again while causing the nonvolatile display device to retain the display of the updated charging prospective information.

7. The display terminal according to claim 3, further comprising an update control device that:

restarts supply of power to the nonvolatile display device after a predetermined time has elapsed since power supply was cut off by the power cutoff control device;

updates the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device; and

cuts off supply of the power again while causing the nonvolatile display device to retain the display of the updated charging prospective information.

8. The display terminal according to claim 4, further comprising an update control device that:

restarts supply of power to the nonvolatile display device after a predetermined time has elapsed since power supply was cut off by the power cutoff control device;

updates the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device; and

cuts off supply of the power again while causing the nonvolatile display device to retain the display of the updated charging prospective information.

9. The display terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a remaining battery level acquisition device that acquires a remaining battery level of the battery; and

a display waiting time determination device that determines a display waiting time which is awaited until the display of a charging message prompting charging based on the remaining battery level of the battery acquired by the remaining battery level acquisition device, before supply of power from the battery to the nonvolatile display device is cut off,

wherein the display control device causes the nonvolatile display device to display the charging message as the charging prospective information after the display waiting time has elapsed.

10. The display terminal according to claim 2, further comprising:

a remaining battery level acquisition device that acquires a remaining battery level of the battery; and

a display waiting time determination device that determines a display waiting time which is awaited until the display of a charging message prompting charging based on the remaining battery level of the battery acquired by the remaining battery level acquisition device, before supply of power from the battery to the nonvolatile display device is cut off,

wherein the display control device causes the nonvolatile display device to display the charging message as the charging prospective information after the display waiting time has elapsed.

11. The display terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined timing is a timing when supply of power to the nonvolatile display device is cut off.

12. The display terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined timing is a timing when the information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is rewritten.

13. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

14. The display terminal according to claim 2, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

15. The display terminal according to claim 3, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

16. The display terminal according to claim 5, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

17. The display terminal according to claim 9, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

18. The display terminal according to claim 4, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

19. The display terminal according to claim 6, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

20. The display terminal according to claim 10, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

21. The display terminal according to claim 11, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

22. The display terminal according to claim 12, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

23. The display terminal according to claim 7, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.

24. The display terminal according to claim 8, wherein the charging prospective information displayed on the nonvolatile display device is displayed at an edge of a region in which the information can be displayed.