INDICATING LAMP CONTROL PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INDICATING LAMP CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. An indicating lamp control program adapted for a computer to perform processing for controlling an illuminating operation of indicating lamps disposed around a display surface of a display apparatus, said program comprising as functions for said computer:
- window information acquiring means for acquiring information representing a back-to-forth position and a size of a window generated, with running of an application program;
program determining means for determining whether or not the application program is a content display program adapted for said display apparatus to display the contents; and
control means for providing control based on both of the information acquired by said window information acquiring means and a determination result obtained by said program determining means so as to turn down said indicating lamps less than a predetermined level when said window corresponding to said content display program is in a topmost position and has a predetermined size or more.
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Abstract
An indicating lamp control program adapted for a computer to perform processing for controlling an illuminating operation of indicating lamps disposed around a display surface of a display apparatus, includes as functions for the computer: window information acquiring means for acquiring information representing a back-to-forth position and a size of a window generated, with running of an application program; program determining means for determining whether or not the application program is a content display program adapted for the display apparatus to display the contents; and control means for providing control based on both of the information acquired by the window information acquiring means and a determination result obtained by the program determining means so as to turn down the indicating lamps less than a predetermined level when the window corresponding to the content display program is in a topmost position and has a predetermined size or more.
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19 Claims
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1. An indicating lamp control program adapted for a computer to perform processing for controlling an illuminating operation of indicating lamps disposed around a display surface of a display apparatus, said program comprising as functions for said computer:
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window information acquiring means for acquiring information representing a back-to-forth position and a size of a window generated, with running of an application program; program determining means for determining whether or not the application program is a content display program adapted for said display apparatus to display the contents; and control means for providing control based on both of the information acquired by said window information acquiring means and a determination result obtained by said program determining means so as to turn down said indicating lamps less than a predetermined level when said window corresponding to said content display program is in a topmost position and has a predetermined size or more. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An information processing apparatus connected to a display apparatus having indicating lamps disposed adjacent to display surface, comprising:
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window state management means for holding information representing a back-to-forth position and a size of a window generated, with running of an application program; program information holding means for holding program identification information for providing identification of the application program; and control means for providing control based on the information held by said window state management means and said program information holding means so as to turn down said indicating lamps less than a predetermined level when said window corresponding to a content display program adapted for said display apparatus to display the contents is in a topmost position and has a predetermined size or more. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An indicating lamp control method in an information processing apparatus connected to a display apparatus having indicating lamps disposed adjacent to a display surface, comprising the steps of:
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providing window information acquiring means to acquire information representing a back-to-forth position and a size of a window generated, with running of an application program; providing program determining means to determine whether or not the application program is a content display program adapted for said display apparatus to display the contents; and providing control means to provide control based on both of the information acquired by said window information acquiring means and a determination result obtained by said program determining means so as to turn down said indicating lamps less than a predetermined level when said window corresponding to said content display program is in a topmost position, and has a predetermined size or more.
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