MY103084A - Display device. - Google Patents

Abstract

A DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ALPHANUMERIC AND/OR PICTOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS SUCH AS OF AN ORIENTAL LANGUAGE INCLUDING CHINESE, KOREAN AND THAI AND/ OR GRAPHIC INFORMATION COMPRISES; THE DEVICE MAY INCLUDE RADIO RECEIVING CIRCUITRY FOR RECEIVING A RADIO MESSAGE IN WHICH IS ENCODED CHARACTERS AND/OR GRAPHIC IMAGES TO BE DISPLAYED; AT LEAST ONE DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING THE RECEIVED AS SUCH CHARACTERS AND/OR AS A GRAPHIC IMAGE, AND PROCESSING CIRCUITRY FOR RECEIVING THE RADIO MESSAGE AS N- BIT MESSAGE DATA WORDS FROM THE RECEIVING CIRCUITRY, THE PROCESSING CIRCUITRY BEING OPERATIVE TO CONVERT THE DATA WORDS INTO DISPLAYED CHARACTERS AND/OR GRAPHIC IMAGES IN A MANNER SUCH AS TO EXTEND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISPLAYABLE CHARACTERS AND/OR GRAPHIC IMAGES BEYOND 2N (2 RAISED TO THE POWER N) BY USING AT LEAST ONE OF THE 2N POSSIBLE DATA WORDS TO ALTER THE CONVERSION USED TO GENERATE THE CHARACTERS AND/OR USAGE. THE DEVICE MAY INCLUDE MEANS FOR STORING, BETWEEN THE RECEIPT OF RADIO MESSAGES BY THE RADIO RECEIVING CIRCUITRY, THE VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER USED BY CIRCUITRY OF THE DEVICE FOR DEFINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF ITS OPERATION AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AT LEAST ONE COMMAND ENCODED IN A RECEIVED MESSAGE TO SET AT LEAST ONE SUCH PARAMETER TO A REQUIRED VALUE. AMONG THE PARAMETERS WHICH MAY BE SET IN THIS WAY IS THE IDENTIFICATION CODE OF THE DEVICE. (FIG)