INFORMATION BROWSE APPARATUS

• US 20100251166A1
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: MATSUI, Kazuki
• Application Number:
  US12/732,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20100251166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An information browse apparatus includes an attractive data detector, a display unit, a scroll processor, and a data clipper. The attractive data detector detects attractive data and a location of the attractive data. The display unit displays partial data of spread data on a display area corresponding to a screen size of a display screen. The scroll processor determines a direction and speed of scrolling in response to a scroll instruction, determines a basic updated location of an updated display area in accordance with the direction and speed of scrolling, and determines a corrected updated location in accordance with the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location. The data clipper clips the partial data of the spread data to be displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. An information browse apparatus for displaying information to be browsed, the information browse apparatus comprising:

an attractive data detector that detects attractive data preliminarily specified and a location of the attractive data within spread data to be displayed on a virtual screen supposed for display information of the information to be browsed;

a display unit that displays partial data of the spread data on a display screen smaller than the virtual screen, the partial data being the spread data on a display area corresponding to a screen size of the display screen;

a scroll processor that

determines a direction and speed of scrolling in response to a scroll instruction to the information displayed on the display unit,

determines a basic updated location of an updated display area in accordance with the direction and speed of scrolling, the updated display area replacing a current display area, the spread data on the current display area being currently displayed, and

determines a corrected updated location in accordance with the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location; and

a data clipper that clips, in accordance with the corrected updated location, the partial data of the spread data to be displayed on the display unit.

2. The information browse apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit that receives input information input from a user,

wherein

the scroll processor determines the corrected updated location in accordance with the input information as well as the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location.

3. The information browse apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the input information includes intensity information, and

the scroll processor determines the corrected updated location in accordance with the intensity information as well as the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location.

4. A control method for controlling display of information to be browsed, the control method being executed by an information browse apparatus, the control method comprising:

detecting attractive data preliminarily specified and a location of the attractive data within spread data to be displayed on a virtual screen supposed for display information of the information to be browsed;

displaying partial data of the spread data on a display screen smaller than the virtual screen, the partial data being the spread data on a display area corresponding to a screen size of the display screen;

determining a direction and speed of scrolling in response to a scroll instruction to the information displayed on a display unit;

determining a basic updated location of an updated display area in accordance with the direction and speed of scrolling, the updated display area replacing a current display area, the spread data on the current display area being currently displayed;

determining, by the information browse apparatus, a corrected updated location in accordance with the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location; and

clipping, in accordance with the corrected updated location, the partial data of the spread data to be displayed on the display unit.

5. The control method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving input information input from a user,

wherein

the information browse apparatus determines the corrected updated location in accordance with the input information as well as the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein

the input information includes intensity information, and

the information browse apparatus determines the corrected updated location in accordance with the intensity information as well as the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location.

7. A computer-readable medium storing a program to control display of information to be browsed, the program causing a computer to execute:

detecting attractive data preliminarily specified and a location of the attractive data within spread data to be displayed on a virtual screen supposed for display information of the information to be browsed,

displaying partial data of the spread data on a display screen smaller than the virtual screen, the partial data being the spread data on a display area corresponding to a screen size of the display screen,

determining a direction and speed of scrolling in response to a scroll instruction to the information displayed on a display unit,

determining a basic updated location of an updated display area in accordance with the direction and speed of scrolling, the updated display area replacing a current display area, the spread data on the current display area being currently displayed,

determining a corrected updated location in accordance with the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location, and

clipping, in accordance with the corrected updated location, the partial data of the spread data to be displayed on the display unit.

8. The computer-readable medium according to claim 7, the program further causing the computer to execute:

receiving input information input from a user,

wherein

the information browse apparatus determines the corrected updated location in accordance with the input information as well as the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location.

9. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8, wherein

the input information includes intensity information, and

the information browse apparatus determines the corrected updated location in accordance with the intensity information as well as the location of the attractive data and the basic updated location.