Patent ID: 6097377
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G07C,H04N

Abstract:
A method for displaying the used time of a video processing apparatus on a screen of a monitor, comprising the steps of:reading a total used time of said video processing apparatus from a memory, when the power of said video processing apparatus is turned on;counting and accumulating an elapsed time to the total used time;displaying the total used time accumulatively counted on the screen of the monitor for a predetermined time period;automatically not displaying the total used time accumulatively counted on the screen of the monitor, when the predetermined time period has elapsed;determining whether a used time display function is turned on by a user;displaying the total used time accumulatively counted on the screen of the monitor, when the used time display function is turned on by the user;stopping the total used time display operation when the used time display function is turned off by the user;determining whether the power of said video processing apparatus is turned off; andstoring the total used time accumulatively counted in said memory, when the power of said video processing apparatus is turned off.