Patent ID: 6215479
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
An image displaying apparatus for displaying a pointing character on a display, comprising:position input means divided into a plurality of display blocks for generating position input information, said position input information indicating one of said plurality of display blocks of said position input means;a display circuit for generating a display signal for a predetermined basic area of the display, said predetermined basic area of the display corresponding to a plurality of display blocks of said position input means;storing means for storing font data representing a plurality of fonts to be displayed on said display,each of said plurality of fonts corresponding to a portion of said pointing character,said display circuit using said font data for generating a particular display signal representing a particular pointing character at a particular location within a particular basic area of said display in accordance with said position input information; andcontrol means for controlling said display circuit to selectively include, in said particular display signal, font data representing a particular combination of said plurality of fonts in said storing means, said control means determining said combination in accordance with a particular one of said display blocks indicated by said position input information from said position input means, thereby to display said particular pointing character in superposition on a displayed image and located at said particular location within said particular basic area determined by said one of said display blocks of said position input means.