Patent ID: 6229590
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A device for displaying desired characters or the like in different colors by selectively combining and illuminating a plurality of display segments, comprising:a first display segment group including four vertical display segments and three horizontal display segments which are disposed so as to, in conjunction with each other, form a substantially 8 shape, for illuminating a predetermined color; anda second display segment group including four vertical display segments and three horizontal display segments which are disposed so as to, in conjunction with each other, form a substantially 8 shape, for illuminating a color different from that illuminated by the first display segment group,wherein the first and the second display segment groups are slantly disposed in close vicinity to each other in such a way that the horizontal display segments are narrower than the vertical display segments, the upper and the lower vertical display segments at any one side of the first display segment group are, respectively, surrounded by their corresponding four display segments of the second display segment group disposed in a substantially rectangular shape, and the upper and the lower vertical display segments at any one side of the second display segment group are, respectively, surrounded by their corresponding four display segments of the first display segment group disposed in a substantially rectangular shape.