| US 7,460,140 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for displaying information and program and medium used therefor | ||
| Masakazu Hayashi, Chiba (Japan); Hideyuki Agata, Tokyo (Japan); Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo (Japan); and Makoto Imamura, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 30, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/845,382. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-132458 (JP), filed on May 01, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0044128 A1, Apr. 18, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 5/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—698 [345/427; 345/472.1] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A display method, comprising the steps of:
dividing a specific display area of a display apparatus into a plurality of areas as a function of a size of desired non-image
data;
generating image data that is related to the desired non-image data and comprises the plurality of areas divided, by setting
a pixel data for each of the plurality of areas based on the non-image data; and
displaying the image generated;
wherein a number of the plurality of areas within the generated image data are proportional to the size of said non-image
data so as to increase the number of the plurality of areas the display area is divided into when the size of the said non-image
data is larger and to decrease the number of the plurality of areas the display area is divided into when the size of the
said non-image data is smaller, and
wherein each pixel of the generated image is related to a specific character of the non-image data.
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