A method and apparatus for displaying an image in each of plural display areas that are adjacently defined in a row direction on a display screen having a plurality of display rows, by defining boundary data for determining a boundary in a row direction between each adjacent display areas for each display row, and switching the image display between each adjacent display area for each display row based on the corresponding boundary data for each row, thereby enabling definition of the boundary f...

A method and apparatus for independently and dynamically performing smooth-scrolling a display line at a time is disclosed herein. An offset value for smooth-scrolling for each display line, is provided which shifts the image information of each display line by pixel. Rewriting of the screen according to the offset value is performed in synchronization with refreshing of the display screen. Selective smooth-scrolling can be performed for a displayed image in each display line, and complicated an...

A vehicle information collection device that is disposed in a compartment of a vehicle and collects vehicle information, comprising a cylindrical case (1), a connector (8) that is provided at one end of the case (1), for connection to the vehicle mounted computer (200), a main body (2) disposed inside the case (1), that transmits and receives a signal via the connector (8), and a lid (4) that closes the other end of the case (1). With this construction, the device can be easily disposed in the v...

An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing an alloy represented by a general formula: (Ti.sub.xM1.sub.x).sub.yM2.sub.y, where element M1 is Si or Al, element M2 is an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al and Fe and different from the element M1, x is equal to or larger than 0.3 and equal to or smaller than 0.8, and y is equal to or larger than 0.75 and equal to or smaller than 1.The thus constituted optical recording medium only places minimal load on the g...

An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as a primary component an alloy containing at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Al and Si and the alloy contained in the recording layer as a primary component has a composition [x.sub.1, y.sub.1, z.sub.1 ] in terms of the ternary composition diagram that falls within a region of a pentagon defined by straight lines connecting points [57, 43, 0], [0, 55, 45], [15, 0, 85], [89, 11, 0] and [0, 16, 84] in t...