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EP0499211A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Message display device

Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-02-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-02-11
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Abstract

Abstract In a message display system of displaying a message in a language selected from a plurality of languages on a display (23) provided in the main body (10) of an apparatus, the main body (10) of the apparatus is provided with a first memory (12) that stores message information D1 corresponding to each of the plurality of languages. An attachment member (11) detachable from the main body (10) of the apparatus includes an information holding device (110) for storing language specify information D2 indicating a language to be selected. When the attachment member (11) is inserted into the main body (10) of the apparatus, the main body (10) reads out language specify information D2 from the information holding device (110), whereby message information D1 corresponding to the language of the language specify information D2 is selectively read out from the first memory medium (12) to have a message displayed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toru c/o MINOLTA CAMERA K.K. Okatani
  • 👤 Masazumi c/o MINOLTA CAMERA K.K. Ito

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 14:45
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/5016; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/04; G05B19/042; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/451; G06F9/454; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/20; G05B2219/23; G05B2219/23097

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 93 words
A device (1) having a display function that can display a message in a language selected from a plurality of languages, characterized in that: messages corresponding to a plurality of languages are stored in said device (1), an individual storage medium (11) is detachable from said device (1), information indicating a specific language can be stored in said storage medium (11), and when said storage medium (11) is loaded in said device (1), said device (1) refers to the information stored in said storage medium (1) to select the language to be displayed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 27 words
The device according to claim 1, further characterized in that information indicating a specific language can be stored in said storage medium (11) by said device (1).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
The device according to claim 1, further characterized in that said messages corresponding to the plurality of languages stored in said device (1) are detachable from said device.

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