Patent ID: 7839354

Claim:
An image display system, comprising: a plurality of display devices, each of the display devices including; a reflective display element which has a memory effect, a data receiving section which is adapted to receive image data, and a driving circuit which causes the display element to display an image based on the image data received by the data receiving section; and a host machine which is adapted to connect to the plurality of display devices, the host machine including; a memory section which is adapted to store image data, a data transmission section which is adapted to transmit the image data stored in the memory section to the data receiving section of each of the display devices, a power supply section which is adapted to supply electric power to the driving circuit of each of the display devices, and a control section which causes the data transmitting section and the power supply section to execute the transmission of the image data and the supply of electric power in a sequential manner for every predetermined number of the display devices.