Patent ID: 6914615

Claim:
A graphic display apparatus for displaying a graphic which is represented by binary bit map data comprising: a display device including a plurality of sub-pixels; and a control section for controlling the display device, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels form a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups includes a predetermined plural number of sub-pixels, at least one color element is pre-assigned to each of the plurality of sub-pixels, and the intensity of each of the at least one color element is represented in a stepwise fashion through a plurality of color element levels, the control section assigns bits included in the binary bit map data to one group of the plurality of groups the control section defines at least one sub-pixel included in the one group of the plurality of groups as a basic portion of the graphic to be displayed on the display device based on the information about the bits located in a vicinity of the bits assigned to the one group of the plurality of groups, and the control section sets a color element level of at least one sub-pixel corresponding to the basic portion of the graphic to a predetermined color element level, and sets a color element level of at least one sub-pixel adjacent to at least one sub-pixel corresponding to the basic portion of the graphic to a color element level different from the predetermined color element level.