Display control device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for providing selective display of information on multiple displays

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10416714-B2
Application number	US-201816224259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Dec 24, 2015
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A display control device comprising a first display, a second display, a first processor, and a second processor, wherein the first processor controls the first display to display a first information, and wherein the second processor controls the second display to display second information which is undisplayable on the first display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display control device comprising a first display, a second display, a first processor, and a second processor,
wherein the first processor controls the first display to display a first information,
wherein the second processor controls the second display to display second information which is undisplayable on the first display,
wherein the second processor sets a power consumption mode from a plurality of power consumption modes, wherein the plurality of power consumption modes includes a plurality of different power consumption modes, and
in the case that the second information needs to be displayed, wherein the second processor controls the second display to display at least a part of the first information and the second information based on the set power consumption mode.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
in the case that the second processor acquires the second information, wherein the second processor controls the second display to display at least a part of the first information and the second information.

3. The display control device according to claim 2 ,
in the case that the second processor acquires the second information, wherein the second processor controls the first processor to control the first display to stop displaying operation, and controls the second display to display at least a part of the first information and the second information.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second processor determines whether the second information needs to be displayed or not;
in the case that the second information needs to be displayed, wherein the second processor controls the second display to display at least a part of the first information and the second information.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second processor sets a low power consumption mode;
wherein the second processor determines whether the second information can be displayed on the first display in the low power consumption mode;
in the case that the second information has been determined as undisplayable on the first display, wherein the second processor controls the second display to display at least a part of the first information and the second information.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a display capability of the first display is lower than a display capability of the second display.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein energy consumption of the first display is lower than energy consumption of the second display.

8. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first display is a simple matrix type liquid crystal display which displays black and white images;
wherein the second display is a display which can display a plurality of colors of an image;
wherein the second information comprises a plurality of colors of the image.

9. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first display is superposed on the second display.

10. The display control device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer which controls an information processing apparatus to implement:
a first display control function to display the first information on the first display; and
a second display control function to display, on the second display, second information undisplayable on the first display.

11. A display control device comprising a first display, a second display, a first processor, and a second processor,
wherein the first processor controls the first display to display first information, and
wherein the second processor controls the second display to display second information which is undisplayable on the first display,
wherein the second processor controls the second display to display the first information while the first display displays the first information;
when predetermined time has elapsed since the second display starts to display the first information, the first processor controls the first display to terminate a displaying process, and the second processor controls the second display to display a part of the first information and the second information.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Imamura Keiichi

Classifications

• G09G2330/022

  in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time · CPC title

• G06F1/1637

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title

• G06F3/1438

  using more than one graphics controller · CPC title

• G06F3/1423 Primary

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title