Patent ID: 9208358
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An electronic paper that is provided with an image display section having an image retaining property, comprising: a sensor to detect a status of the electronic paper; a status detecting section to determine whether or not the electronic paper currently enters into such a specific status that allows a user to perform a copying operation or a scanning operation on the image display section, based on an output signal outputted by the sensor; a counting section to count a number of times the electronic paper enters into the specific status, to determine whether or not the number of times exceeds a predetermined number of times established in advance, by comparing the number of times the electronic paper enters into the specific status and the predetermined number of times established in advance; and a display controlling section to make the image display section display a document image thereon; wherein, when the status detecting section determines that the electronic paper currently enters in the specific status, and when the counting section determines that the number of times the electronic paper has entered into the specific status, is equal to or lower than the predetermined number of times established in advance, the display controlling section adds specific information, indicating that the document image concerned is a copy, to the document image currently displayed on the image display section; and wherein, when the status detecting section determines that the electronic paper currently enters in the specific status, and when the counting section determines that the number of times the electronic paper has entered into the specific status, exceeds the predetermined number of times established in advance, the display controlling implements other image processing, different than adding specific information, indicating that the document image concerned is a copy, to the document image currently displayed on the image display section.