Patent ID: 8223139
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A writing apparatus comprising: a detecting unit that detects that an electronic paper, in which an image is displayed and held in a no-power state and which the image is rewritten, is at a predetermined writing position; a reading unit that reads content identifying information from a storage disposed in the electronic paper at the writing position; a writing unit that writes and displays an image on the electronic paper at the writing position; a display that displays page numbers of a content including a plurality of pages; a first controlling unit that controls the display to sequentially switchingly display page numbers of a content corresponding to the content identifying information that is read from the storage of the electronic paper by the reading unit; a second controlling unit that controls the page number switching of the first controlling unit in accordance with a change of an existing state of the electronic paper at the writing position; and a third controlling unit that controls the writing unit to write and display a page image associated with the page number that is displayed by the display, on the electronic paper at the writing position in response to a writing instruction.