Apparatus for presenting information according to evaluations of units of the information
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1. An information presenting apparatus comprising:
- information unit retaining means for retaining a plurality of information units and accompanying keywords;
item data retaining means for retaining items that constitute rows or columns of a table, and conditions, each of which includes a combination of the keywords retained by said information unit retaining means and a value, corresponding to the items;
tabulation value calculating means for reading the information units from the information unit retaining means, and for calculating values to be used for arranging image elements representing the respective information units to form a table based on the conditions retained by said item data retaining means and the keywords read from said information unit retaining means;
position calculating means for determining positions of the respective image elements based on the values calculated by the tabulation value calculating means;
image generating means for generating a table image in which the image elements are arranged at the determined positions; and
display means for displaying the generated table image.
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Abstract
An information evaluating calculator reads stored information units and calculates evaluation values for the information units while, if necessary, referring to externally stored conditions. A position calculator receives the evaluation values and converts the evaluation values to position data. An image generator generates an image for display, in which image elements represent respective information units. The image elements are arranged at positions indicated by the position data. Information units are presented in correspondence to displayed image elements by user selections.
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1. An information presenting apparatus comprising:
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information unit retaining means for retaining a plurality of information units and accompanying keywords; item data retaining means for retaining items that constitute rows or columns of a table, and conditions, each of which includes a combination of the keywords retained by said information unit retaining means and a value, corresponding to the items; tabulation value calculating means for reading the information units from the information unit retaining means, and for calculating values to be used for arranging image elements representing the respective information units to form a table based on the conditions retained by said item data retaining means and the keywords read from said information unit retaining means; position calculating means for determining positions of the respective image elements based on the values calculated by the tabulation value calculating means; image generating means for generating a table image in which the image elements are arranged at the determined positions; and display means for displaying the generated table image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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