Electronic device

• US 5,394,166 A
• Filed: 07/19/1993
• Issued: 02/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Shimada, Kazutoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): BRIER, JEFFERY A
• Application Number:
  US08/092,938
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 340/731, 340/784, 340/717, 340/811, 340/814, 340/700, 340/720, 345/98, 345/100, 345/131
• US Class Current: 345/98
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3674 Details of drivers for scan electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3685 Details of drivers for data electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

In order to display the information useful for a user on a display screen at all times while saving the power for displaying, a CPU re-edits an image data stored in a VRAM into a 1/4 screen and activates a display driver for the 1/4 screen if the display of one frame of image has been completed. The CPU sets the values of a clock required to scan one line and one frame to a first register and a second register respectively. A load timing controller and a frame signal controller determine the size of screen displayed by the values set in the registers. Thus, there is provided a device on which appropriately edited data is displayed in a small screen.

Claims

1. An electronic device having an image display unit, comprising:

partial display means for activating only a part of a display screen and displaying an image on the activated portion of the display screen; and

control means for controlling switching between a partial display by said partial display means and a normal display with a full display screen.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising image edit means for picking up and re-editing a portion of an image normally displayed to create the image displayed with said partial display means.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said control means decreases the frequency of data transfer clock.

4. An electronic device, comprising:

display means for displaying a dot matrix image;

means for variably controlling the number of lines or rows for actual use in driving the display of the dot matrix image on said display means, with a portion of said display means not being used to display the dot matrix image not being activated; and

compression means for compressing image data, wherein

the display area for actual use in driving the display with said display means is reduced in accordance with a predetermined control condition, and the image data compressed by said compression means is displayed in said reduced display area.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, further comprising means for variably controlling a control clock frequency of said display means.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4, further comprising means for performing the smoothing of an image data as well as the compression of the image data in said reduced display area.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5, further comprising means for performing the smoothing of an image data as well as the compression of the image data in said display region at the reduction.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

input means for inputting information to be displayed;

storage means for storing information input from said input means;

first control means for controlling the display of information stored in said storage means;

compression means for compressing the information stored in said storage means;

second control means for controlling the display of information compressed by said compression means;

display means for displaying respective information controlled by said first control means or said second control means;

a timer for timing a duration of a period during which there is no input from said input means; and

means for displaying the information on said display means by switching from said first control means to said second control means when a value of the duration timed by said timer reaches a predetermined value.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein said second control means has means for compressing the information by giving respective weights to a plurality of pixels constituting the information.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein said second control means has means for activating a part of said display means and deactivating the remainder thereof.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising means for displaying the information on said display means by switching between said first control means and said second control means.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

input means for inputting information to be displayed;

storage means for storing the information input from said input means;

first control means for controlling the display of information stored in said storage means;

compression means for compressing the information stored in said storage means;

second control means for controlling the display of information compressed by said compression means; and

display means for displaying the information controlled by said second control means if said input means is not operated for a predetermined period of time.

13. A method for displaying information, including the steps of:

inputting information to be displayed;

storing the input information in storage means;

controlling the display of information stored in the storage means in a first control step;

compressing the information stored in the storage means by compression means;

controlling the display of information compressed by the compression means in a second control step;

displaying respective information controlled in the first control step or in the second control step;

timing a duration of a period of time during which no information is input in the input step; and

displaying information by switching from the first control step to the second control step when a value of the duration timed in the timing step reaches a predetermined value.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

input means for inputting information to be displayed;

storage means for storing the information input from said input means;

first control means for controlling the display of information stored in said storage means;

designating means for designating a part of the information stored in said storage means;

second control means for controlling the display of part of the information designated by said designation means;

display means for displaying information controlled by said first control means or said second control means;

a timer for timing a duration of a period of time during which no information is input from said input means; and

means for displaying the information on said display means by switching from said first control means to said second control means when a value of the duration timed by said timer reaches a predetermined value, wherein

said second control means includes means for activating a part of said display means and de-activating the remainder thereof.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, further comprising means for switching from the information being displayed by the control of said second control means to information to be displayed by the control of said first control means.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

storage means for storing information to be displayed;

a plurality of drive means for driving a display screen on the basis of the information;

drive control means for controlling said drive means;

switch means for switching between a first mode and a second mode; and

mode control means for activating said plurality of drive means in the first mode, and for activating a part of said plurality of drive means and deactivating the remainder thereof in the second mode.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, further comprising timer means for timing an interval between operations in the first mode, wherein said switch means switches from the first mode to the second mode after a predetermined time interval has passed.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16, further comprising edit means for editing the information to be displayed, and when the second mode is selected by said switch means, said drive control means controls said drive means on the basis of said edited information.

19. The electronic device according to claim 16, further comprising compression means for compressing the information, and when the second mode is selected by said switch means, said drive control means controls said drive means on the basis of said compressed information.

20. The electronic device according to claim 16, further comprising designation means for designating a part of the information, and when the second mode is selected by said designation means, said drive control means controls said drive means on the basis of said designated information.

21. A method for displaying information, comprising the steps of:

inputting information to be displayed;

storing the input information in storage means;

controlling the display of information stored in the storage means in a first control step;

designating a part of the information stored in the storage means;

controlling the display of part of the information designated in a second control step, said second control step including the step of activating a part of the information designated in the designating step and deactivating the remainder thereof;

displaying information controlled in the first control step or in the second control step;

timing the duration of time during which no information is input in the input step; and

displaying the information by switching from the first control step to the second control step when the duration of time reaches a predetermined value.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising the step of switching from the displayed information controlled in the second control step to information controlled in the first control step to be displayed.