Data display method
First Claim
1. A data display method in a graphic data processing system having a display screen, a storage which stores graphic data, and a pointing device for designating a window of a selected size at a desired position within the display screen, comprising the following steps:
- storing graphic data structured in the hierarchy of plural concept levels in said storage;
setting plural criteria for judging a parameter of a window within the display screen designated by the pointing device, each of the judging criteria corresponding to a respective one of the concept levels of the graphic data stored in said storage;
designating a window on a part of the display screen by means of the pointing device;
judging to what criterion of the parameter the designated window belongs and selecting the graphic data of the concept level corresponding to the criterion of the parameter from among the graphic data stored in the storage; and
displaying the selected graphic data within the designated window and other graphic data having a concept level different from that of the selected graphic data on the part of the display screen outside said window.
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Abstract
In a graphic data processing system of a CAD system for the design of an LSI, there is provided a display screen, a storage in which graphic data structured in the hierarchy of three levels, i.e. a functional block diagram level, a logical symbol level and a circuit component level, and a pointing device for designating a window within the display screen. The display method of the present invention is characterized in that the size of a designated window is judged and the graphic data of the concept level corresponding to the judged size of the window is read out and displayed within the window.
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15 Claims
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1. A data display method in a graphic data processing system having a display screen, a storage which stores graphic data, and a pointing device for designating a window of a selected size at a desired position within the display screen, comprising the following steps:
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storing graphic data structured in the hierarchy of plural concept levels in said storage; setting plural criteria for judging a parameter of a window within the display screen designated by the pointing device, each of the judging criteria corresponding to a respective one of the concept levels of the graphic data stored in said storage; designating a window on a part of the display screen by means of the pointing device; judging to what criterion of the parameter the designated window belongs and selecting the graphic data of the concept level corresponding to the criterion of the parameter from among the graphic data stored in the storage; and displaying the selected graphic data within the designated window and other graphic data having a concept level different from that of the selected graphic data on the part of the display screen outside said window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data display method in a graphic data processing system having a display screen, a storage which stores graphic data, and a pointing device for designating a window of a given size at a desired position within the display screen, characterized by the following steps:
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storing the graphic data structured in a hierarchy of plural concept levels in the storage; setting plural criteria for judging a parameter of the window, each of the judging criteria being made to a correspond to respective one of the concept levels of the graphic data stored in the storage; designating a window within the display screen by the pointing device; judging to what criterion of the parameter the designated window belongs and selecting the graphic data of the concept level corresponding to the criterion of the parameter, to which the designated window belongs, from among the graphic data stored in the storage; and displaying the selected graphic data within the designated window. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A data display method in a graphic data processing system having a display screen on which predetermined data is displayed, a storage which stores graphic data representing said predetermined data, and a pointing device for designating a window of a selected size at a desired position wherein the display screen, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing in said storage as said graphic data different concept levels of the same predetermined data as graphic data having a functional block diagram concept level, graphic data having a logical symbol arrangement concept level and graphic data having a circuit component arrangement concept level; (b) setting respective ranges of a parameter of a window within the display screen designated by the pointing device for each of the concept levels of graphic data stored in said storage; (c) designating a window on a part of the display screen by means of the pointing device; (d) detecting the parameter of the designated window and determining in which of said selected ranges said parameter is included; (e) reading out of said storage the graphic data whose concept level corresponds to the range determined in step (d); and (f) displaying on the display screen the graphic data which is read out of said storage in step (e) in the window designated in step (c). - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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