Patent ID: 7602373

Claim:
A display device for displaying a color image comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels located in a matrix, where each of the plurality of pixels has a switching element; a selection menu for selection of a background color and a line color, wherein the selection menu is provided on the display panel; a pointing device for pointing to identify a portion on the display panel after selecting the line color on the display panel so as to select a locus for the selected line color; a coordinate detector for outputting data derived from X-coordinate data and Y-coordinate data corresponding to the identified portion; a color designator for setting color data corresponding to the selected background color and the selected line color; a memory device including storage regions for storing the color data; a memory controller for generating an address corresponding to the data derived from the X-coordinate data and the Y-coordinate data, the address identifying the second portion on the display panel where the line color is to be output; and an output controller for outputting video data to the display panel, wherein the video data is generated by using the color data and the address.