Presentation support environment system
First Claim
1. A presentation support environment system, comprising:
- means for storing input data including numerical data;
means for inputting constraint conditions for displaying the input data as a presentation reference, the constraint conditions including a component, a background, and a size of the component used when the input data is displayed as the presentation reference, said means for inputting the constraint conditions including means for designating a degree of importance of the input data, the degree of importance indicating which components are preferred for a type of format, wherein the background is chosen from a plurality of backgrounds that is suitable for a particular application;
means for generating the presentation reference from the input data in accordance with the constraint conditions and including a function of automatically changing sizes of other associated components, based on the constraint conditions, when one component is changed; and
means for displaying the generated presentation reference.
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Abstract
A presentation support environment system. Logical natures and constraints of arrangements, structures, or the like of elements (components and backgrounds) constituting a presentation reference, semantic natures and constraints obtained by causing men to sense these elements, and quantitative natures and constraints of the elements are prepared as knowledge in a system in advance. A drafter (presenter) of the presentation reference designates content items and attributes of the presentation reference. These points are emphasized in the content, a degree of emphasis (priority), by designating the items and attributes. Parameters for specifying various components and backgrounds constituting the presentation reference are determined such that various constraints of the system are satisfied. A practical presentation reference is generated in accordance with the parameters. The natures and constraints of the elements constituting the presentation reference are expressed to have a plurality of solutions.
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30 Claims
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1. A presentation support environment system, comprising:
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means for storing input data including numerical data; means for inputting constraint conditions for displaying the input data as a presentation reference, the constraint conditions including a component, a background, and a size of the component used when the input data is displayed as the presentation reference, said means for inputting the constraint conditions including means for designating a degree of importance of the input data, the degree of importance indicating which components are preferred for a type of format, wherein the background is chosen from a plurality of backgrounds that is suitable for a particular application; means for generating the presentation reference from the input data in accordance with the constraint conditions and including a function of automatically changing sizes of other associated components, based on the constraint conditions, when one component is changed; and means for displaying the generated presentation reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A presentation support environment system, comprising:
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means for storing plural types of pieces of a component and a background information constituting a presentation reference; means for inputting drawing element information including a degree of importance of each item and an item to be emphasized, said degree of importance indicating which components are preferred for a type of format; means for selecting the component, a size of the component and the background information on a basis of the drawing element information, wherein the background is chosen from a plurality of backgrounds that is suitable for a particular application; means for mapping input data in accordance with a degree of expression of numerical data of the selected component, the size of the component and the background; and means for displaying the mapped data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A presentation support environment system for generating and displaying a presentation reference from input data including numerical data, comprising:
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means for inputting constraint conditions used when the input data is displayed, the constraint conditions including at least pieces of information of a component, a size of the component and a background used when the input data is displayed as the presentation reference, said means for inputting the constraint conditions including means for designating a degree of importance of the input data, said degree of importance determining which components are selected for a type of format based on an operator'"'"'s taste; means for hierarchically arranging the components constituting the presentation reference and for forming a first link for linking the components each layer; means for forming a second link for linking constraint conditions for each layer; means for combining components of each corresponding layer on the basis of the input constraint conditions and generating the presentation reference; and means for displaying the generated presentation reference.
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13. A presentation support environment system comprising:
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input means for inputting information of a presentation reference; user input description storage means for stacking the information of the presentation reference input by said input means in a description style which can be processed by generating and processing means; element description storage means for stacking natures and constraints of a component, a size of the component and a background constituting the presentation reference in the description style which can be processed by said generating and processing means, said element description storage means including means for designating a degree of importance of the input data, said degree of importance indicating which components are preferred for a type of format, wherein the background is chosen from a plurality of backgrounds that is suitable for a particular application; output element storage means for stacking pieces of information of the components, the size of the component and the background stacked in said element description storage means in a style capable for outputting and displaying the pieces of information; generating and processing means for converting the information and the presentation reference stacked in said user input description storage means into parameters for specifying the components, the size of the component and the background stacked in said output element storage means such that the constraints of the components, the size of the component and the background are satisfied, on the basis of the nature of the component and background stacked in said element description storage means, said generating and processing means includes a function of automatically changing sizes of associated other components, based on the constraint conditions, to be tailored to the size of the component inputted; and output means for extracting the pieces of information of the components, the size of the component and the background from said output element storage means in accordance with the parameters generated by said generating and processing means, thereby generating and outputting the presentation reference. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for displaying a presentation reference from input data including numerical data, in a presentation support environment system comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting constraint conditions used when said input data is displayed, the constraint conditions including at least pieces of information related to a component, sizes of the component and a background used when the input data is displayed as the presentation reference, said inputting constraint conditions step including designating a degree of importance of the input data preferred for a type of format, wherein the background is chosen from a plurality of backgrounds that is suitable for a particular application; b) generating the presentation reference from the numerical data on the basis of the input constraint conditions, the generating step including a step of automatically changing sizes of associated components, based on the constraint conditions, to be tailored to the input size of the components; and c) displaying the generated presentation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27)
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25. A method for displaying input data including numerical data as a presentation reference in a presentation support environment system, comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting drawing element information including a degree of importance of each item of drawing element information and input data, the degree of importance indicating which components are preferred for a type of format; b) selecting components, a size of a component and a background on a basis of the drawing element information, the background may be chosen from a plurality of backgrounds that is suitable for a particular application; c) mapping the input data in accordance with a degree of expression of numerical data of the selected components, the size of the component and the background; and d) displaying the mapped data.
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28. A method for generating and displaying a presentation reference from input data including numerical data, in a presentation support environment system, comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting constraint conditions used when the input data is displayed, the constraint conditions including at least pieces of information of a component, a size of the component and a background used when the input data is displayed is the presentation reference, said inputting constraint conditions step including a step for designating a degree of importance of the input data, the degree of importance determining which components are preferred for a type of format; b) hierarchically arranging the components constituting the presentation reference and forming a first link for linking the components of each layer; c) combining components of the corresponding layer on the basis of the constraint conditions input in the step a) and generating the presentation reference; and d) displaying the generated presentation reference.
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29. A presentation support environment system for converting tabulated data into a presentation with a variable format, comprising:
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an input section for inputting items of a table having rows and columns to be presented including labels and numerical data, said input section also for inputting data relating to a desired said format; a user input storage section storing said items of the table and sequentially assigning degrees of importance to each of said items according to their appearance in said table; an element description storage section storing constraints, said constraints being definitions of elements, which may be displayed in the presentation, each element being made up of associated components, said definitions relating sizes, colors and backgrounds of the associated components; a description style table stored in the element description storage section tabulating preferred elements for representing said items of the table; an output element storage section storing a position of said elements to be displayed in said presentation; a connection table controllable by a user specifying the connection between said associated components of each said element; a generating and processing section generating said presentation based on the output element storage section and the description style table; an output section displaying said presentation from the generating and processing section; an information management section controlling flow of data between all sections in the presentation support environment system; and wherein, any component of the elements displayed in the presentation may be changed after the presentation is generated by the output section and the elements in the presentation will change according to the definitions relating the associated components, thus changing the format of the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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