Electronic apparatus

• US 7,917,791 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2006
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd. (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd. (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Asai, Katsuhiko, Matsuura, Masahiko, Komatsu, Mikihiro, Masazumi, Naoki, Okumura, Kazuaki, Nanba, Katsuyuki, Tsuji, Sadafusa, Ishibe, Hiroshi, Mandai, Makiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang; Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAVIS, TONY O
• Application Number:
  US11/344,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20060125814A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,882 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/30, 345/94, 345/211, 713/324
• US Class Current: 713/324
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0486 Cholesteric liquid crystals, including chiral-nematic liquid crystals, with transitions between focal conic, planar, and homeotropic states
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3629 using liquid crystals having memory effects, e.g. ferroelectric liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display having a memory function and a communications capability. Display functions are controlled based on a state of the operation of the device and/or based on a state of received data. Also disclosed is a method of selectively displaying advertising information based on a state of the device where the advertising can be maintained on the display without requiring any power consumption.

Claims

1. A portable communication terminal comprising:

a display device having memory capability;

a driver for driving said display device to update a display on at least a portion of said display device, said display device keeping an image displayed thereon after the driver turns off;

a radio communication device for performing radio communication;

a power source for supplying power to said communications device and said driver for driving said display device; and

a controller for inhibiting performing of radio communication during updating of at least a portion of said display device so as to limit a load on said power source.

2. A portable communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to inhibit simultaneous communication and updating of said display device.

3. A portable communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a selector for selecting a first display mode or a second display mode; and

wherein said controller is responsive to said selector, and said controller is configured so that, in said first mode, said controller inhibits update of all areas of said display device during communication and said controller is configured so that, in said second mode, said controller permits update of at least one area of said display device during communication.

4. A portable communication terminal in accordance with claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured so as to invoke inhibition of radio communication based on updating of at least a portion of said display device.

5. A portable communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to permit simultaneous performing of communication and updating of at least a portion of said display device.

6. A portable communication terminal in accordance with claim 5, wherein said portion of display area permitted to be updated simultaneous with performing communication is an additional information display area.

7. A portable communication terminal comprising:

a display device having memory capability such that said display device can maintain an image displayed thereon without application of power;

a display driver configured to drive said display device to update a display on at least a portion of said display device;

a wireless communication device configured to perform wireless communication;

a power source for supplying power to said communications device and said driver for driving said display device; and

a controller that is responsive to the updating of at least a portion of said display device and which is configured so that during a period when at least a portion of said display device is being updated, said controller as a result of such updating inhibits wireless communication during such period so as to limit a load on said power source.