Abstract: An image displaying apparatus stores plural image data and displays one of the image data, which image data represent a growing plant (animal) or represent a series of motions of an animal. The apparatus further stores plural element data for growing the plant (animal). When one of the element data is selected, another image data of the plant (animal) is displayed in place of the previously displayed imaged data to show how the plant (animal) grew up responsive to the selected element data. The apparatus is provided with a sensor for detecting motion of a user. Detecting the motion of the user, the apparatus displays new image data representing a motion of the animal in place of the previously displayed image data to show how the animal reacts to the user's motion.

Abstract: An image displaying apparatus, in which a plurality of image data of parts are stored in a ROM (read only memory) which parts are representative of elements of a portrait such as eyes, eyebrows, a nose, hair, an outline of a face and so on, image data of the parts selected by operation of a key input unit are read out from the ROM and are combined on a display unit of a dot matrix type, whereby a desired portrait is displayed thereon. A display position on the display unit where each of the image data combined into the above desired portrait is to be displayed is previously determined. The display position can be changed by operation of up/down keys or left/right keys provided in the key input unit. Using these keys, a wide variety of portraits which are rich in expression may be composed.

Abstract: A montage composing apparatus is provided for composing a desired picture of a human face without any complicated manipulations. The apparatus requires no operation for selecting and combining part patterns to compose the picture of a human face. Several sets of part numbers of patterns which composes a picture of a human face, are previously stored in a basic face ROM. One of set of part numbers is selected and stored in a RAM. Patterns corresponding to the part numbers stored in the RAM are read out from a pattern ROM and are combined in a composing memory to compose a picture of a human face. The composed picture of a human face is displayed on a display unit. When one of the patterns composing the picture of a human face displayed on the display unit is required to be replaced with another pattern, the part number of the pattern to be replaced is registered to the RAM.

Abstract: An image data processor, for use in a device which plays a battle game, a congeniality divination game, etc., includes a designating unit which is operated to designate respective parts of objects in order to display those object images on a display. A determining unit determines superiority or inferiority between the respective displayed object images on the basis of scores corresponding to part images constituting the respective displayed object images. The respective object images are changed depending on the results of the determination and the resulting object images are then displayed on the display. When the designating unit designates any part of the object, a score corresponding to that portion is read out, and data on the appropriate object image is displayed on the display depending on the read out score.

Abstract: A self-refreshing memory has a refresh timer that generates refresh requests at a certain rate, and a refresh address counter that generates refresh addresses by counting the refresh requests. A refresh test circuit receives test signals from automatic test equipment that cause it to disable the refresh timer, reset the refresh address counter, then enable the refresh timer for a certain interval. At the end of this interval the refresh test circuit disables the refresh timer again and generates an output signal such as a serial data signal indicating the current refresh address, or a pass-fail signal indicating whether the refresh address is equal to or greater than a preset pass value.