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Data display method

  • US 5,151,974 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1987
  • Issued: 09/29/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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