Appeal No. 1998-3064 Page 8
Application No. 08/445,867
Similarly, independent claim 4 specifies in pertinent
part the following limitations:
a plurality of address output means connected to
a display means having a display space ... each of
said plurality being operative to output relative
address data for only a predetermined address range
portion of a total range of addresses in said
display means and for outputting/receiving display
data to/from the display means,
other address output means ... for outputting
said relative address data ... and for outputting
address data which is relative to the predetermined
address range of the selected one of the plurality
of address output means, and
control means for outputting to the other
address output means ... address data and display
data for writing/reading in the display space.
Also similarly, independent claim 7 specifies in
pertinent part the following limitations:
A display control circuit for a display
unit having a plurality of addressable positions
arranged in a matrix, comprising:
a plurality of segment drive circuits connected
to the display unit ... each said segment drive
circuit being provided for the writing/reading of
data to/from only a predetermined addressing range
of addressable positions of a total range of
addressable positions of the matrix ... each said
segment drive circuit producing a relative address
within the predetermined addressing range associated
with the segment drive circuit in response to
address data and a selection signal input thereto
for writing/reading data input thereto at/from the
generated relative address;
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