Patents Examined by Chuong T. Thai
  • Patent number: 6661438
    Abstract: A display apparatus has a communication unit which performs at least receiving of a plurality of pieces of display data. The display apparatus also has first storage device for storing received plurality of pieces of display data. The display apparatus further has a second storage unit for storing at least one piece of first icon information corresponding to at least one of the pieces of display data and at least one piece of second icon information of a display form different from that of the first icon information. The display apparatus further has a display unit for displaying, on a menu screen, at least one of the first icon information and the second icon information. The display apparatus further has a control unit for selecting the first icon information or the second icon information based on the number of pieces of display data newly registered in the first storage unit and for controlling the displaying unit so that the selected icon information is displayed on the menu screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Shiraishi, Keisuke Tsuji, Roy Nakashima