Patent ID: 6727868
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G09G,H05K

Abstract:
A display device for an electronic appliance, comprising:a circuit board; a display panel mountable on the circuit board and having a plurality of display elements in a given fixed arrangement, and a circuit pattern that indicates a display format of the display panel, the display format defining at least one of the type of the display elements, or the fixed arrangement of the display elements, or content displayable by the display panel; and an integrated circuit mounted to the circuit board for detecting the display format of the display panel by outputting a display content control signal to the display panel, and for driving the display panel according to the detected display format; wherein the integrated circuit outputs the display content control signal to the circuit pattern and detects the display format of the display panel in accordance with the circuit pattern, so that display panels having different display formats each having a different type of display elements, or a different fixed arrangement of display elements or being capable of displaying different content are mountable to the circuit board and the display format of a respective display panel is detected when the respective display panel is mounted to the circuit board.