INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF

• US 20070101260A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kusakabe, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US11/552,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20070101260A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

In order to set correlations of contents to be displayed, a layout edit application which runs on a host computer selects containers, and decides the layout of the containers based on the selected containers and a correlation table which defines the layout of the containers.

Claims

1. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

selecting a container; and

deciding a layout of the container based on the selected container and a correlation table which defines a layout of containers.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of designating a role, wherein the decision step includes a step of deciding the layout based on a correlation table according to the designated role.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the correlation table has a flag indicating display or non-display of the container, and the decision step includes a step of controlling display of the container based on the flag.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of reselecting a container from the decided layout, wherein the decision step includes a step of deciding a layout in which the containers are laid out again based on the reselected container and the correlation table.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a selector, arranged to select a container; and

a decision section, arranged to decide a layout of the container based on the selected container and a correlation table which defines a layout of containers.

6. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

selecting a content of an electronic medical chart; and

deciding a layout of containers based on the selected content and a correlation table which defines a layout of the containers.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of designating a role, wherein the decision step includes a step of deciding the layout based on a correlation table according to the designated role.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the role is at least one of a doctor, a nurse, a medical engineer, and a medical clerk.

9. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

laying out contents for an electronic medical chart, and displaying the laid contents on a monitor;

selecting a specific content from the displayed contents; and

changing a combination of contents to be displayed and a layout of the contents in accordance with the selected content.

10. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

designating a role of a user;

laying out contents, and displaying the laid contents on a monitor;

selecting a specific content from the displayed contents; and

changing a combination of contents to be displayed and a layout of the contents in accordance with the selected content and the designated role.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a selector, arranged to select a content of an electronic medical chart; and

a decision section, arranged to decide a layout of containers based on the selected content and a correlation table which defines a layout of the containers.

12. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display controller, arranged to lay out contents for an electronic medical chart, and displaying the laid contents on a monitor;

a selector, arranged to select a specific content from the displayed contents; and

a controller, arranged to change a combination of contents to be displayed and a layout of the contents in accordance with the selected content.

13. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a designator, arranged to designate a role of a user;

a display controller, arranged to lay out contents, and displaying the laid contents on a monitor;

a selector, arranged to select a specific content from the displayed contents; and

a controller, arranged to change a combination of contents to be displayed and a layout of the contents in accordance with the selected content and the designated role.

14. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium comprising program code for an information processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a container; and

deciding a layout of the container based on the selected container and a correlation table which defines a layout of containers.

15. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium comprising program code for an information processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a content of an electronic medical chart; and

deciding a layout of containers based on the selected content and a correlation table which defines a layout of the containers.

16. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium comprising program code for an information processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

laying out contents for an electronic medical chart, and displaying the laid contents on a monitor;

selecting a specific content from the displayed contents; and

changing a combination of contents to be displayed and a layout of the contents in accordance with the selected content.

17. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium comprising program code for an information processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

designating a role of a user;

laying out contents, and displaying the laid contents on a monitor;

selecting a specific content from the displayed contents; and

changing a combination of contents to be displayed and a layout of the contents in accordance with the selected content and the designated role.