Patent ID: 8194062
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A display terminal comprising: a nonvolatile display device comprising a display region and configured to hold a display in the display region even when a supply of power from a power source is cut off, wherein the display region comprises a first display region configured to display main information and a second display region located in a region other than the first display region; a storage device configured to store a content to be displayed on the display device; a display control device configured to display, as the main information, the content stored in the storage device in the first display region and to display auxiliary information of the content in the second display region; a determination device configured to determine whether to cut off the supply of power from the power source to the display terminal; a power-off control device configured to update only the second display region to display notification information, while the content in the first display region remains unchanged, when the determination device has determined to cut off the supply of power from the power source to the display terminal, and subsequently to perform processing to cut off the supply of power from the power source to the display terminal, wherein the notification information indicates that the supply of power has been cut off; and a particular update device configured to update only the second display region to display information corresponding to a type of information displayed in the second display region before the notification information is displayed in the second display region by the power-off control device, while the content in the first display region remains unchanged, when the supply of power from the power source to the display terminal is started.