Patent ID: 6191702
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A data display radio pager, comprising:a display, having segment and common lines;a first memory storing an address of said radio pager;a second memory storing received data;a first display driver for outputting control signals to control said segment and common lines of said display to display characters on said display based on said received data;a second display driver for interrupting said control of said first display driver over predetermined ones of said segment and common lines, so that, for one or more of said characters, only a part of said one or more of said characters is displayed on said display;a switch section for manually inputting password information and mode request information; anda controller controlling said first display driver and said second display driver, said controller controlling second display driver to perform said interrupting based on a display mode indicated by said mode request information, said display mode being one of a complete display mode with complete characters displayed and an incomplete display mode with said one or more of said characters having only a part of said character displayed.