Method and apparatus for controlling image display
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1. An image display control system comprising:
- a file device for storing a plurality of image data;
image display means for displaying partial areas of said image data in a plurality of windows on a display screen;
a memory containing a file management table for managing information including titles of image data stored in said file device and storage addresses therefor and a window management table for managing information including locations and sizes of the windows on the display screen, titles of the image data, window levels indicative of the order of superposition of the windows on the display screen and quarry locations of the image data in the memory;
an input device for inputting commands and data on said locations and sizes of the windows, said titles of the image data, said window levels, and the quarry locations of the image data for storage in said memory; and
a processor connected to said image display means, said memory, said input device and said file device for reading out the image data from said file device in accordance with a command indicative of execution of display inputted from said input device for controlling the display of the desired quarried images obtained from said file device in the windows of said image display means on the basis of data stored in said file management table and said window management table.
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Abstract
In a method for controlling an image display apparatus having a file management table for managing information including titles of image data stored in a file memory and storage addresses therefor and a window management table for managing information including locations and sizes of windows on a display screen and quarry locations of the image data, the content of the window management table in accordance with an input command is updated so that the location and size of the window, the superposition of the windows and the scrolling of the window can be interactively changed.
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1. An image display control system comprising:
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a file device for storing a plurality of image data; image display means for displaying partial areas of said image data in a plurality of windows on a display screen; a memory containing a file management table for managing information including titles of image data stored in said file device and storage addresses therefor and a window management table for managing information including locations and sizes of the windows on the display screen, titles of the image data, window levels indicative of the order of superposition of the windows on the display screen and quarry locations of the image data in the memory; an input device for inputting commands and data on said locations and sizes of the windows, said titles of the image data, said window levels, and the quarry locations of the image data for storage in said memory; and a processor connected to said image display means, said memory, said input device and said file device for reading out the image data from said file device in accordance with a command indicative of execution of display inputted from said input device for controlling the display of the desired quarried images obtained from said file device in the windows of said image display means on the basis of data stored in said file management table and said window management table.
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2. A method for controlling an image display apparatus having a file management table in which information including retrieval keys for image data stored in a file memory and storage addresses therefor is stored and a window management table in which information including locations and sizes of windows on a display screen, titles of the image data, window levels indicative of the order of superposition of the windows on the display screen, and quarry locations of the image data in the memory is stored, comprising:
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a first step for reading in a command from an input device and decoding said command; a second step for updating the content of said window management table in accordance with the content of said command; and a third step for displaying the image data in a predetermined window on the display screen by referring said window management table and said file management table. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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