Computer process data transferring with automatic clipping of pictures

• US 6,308,180 B1
• Filed: 09/22/1998
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Terakado, Kenji, Masuda, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): RONES, CHARLES
• Application Number:
  US09/158,142
• Time in Patent Office: 1,127 Days
• Field of Search: 707/512, 707/103, 707/102, 707/104, 707/10, 709/223
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/30 Clipping
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a display unit for displaying characters and figures, an auxiliary memory unit for storing picture data, a transmission unit for transmitting data with to other information processing apparatuses, and a transmission control unit for controlling data transmission between information processing apparatuses; wherein designated picture data is automatically clipped, and the information processing apparatus further includes a control unit for automatically controlling transfer of a file including the clipped picture data to a designated one of the other information processing apparatuses via the transmission unit, whereby it becomes easy to transfer the file to other information processing apparatuses connected via a transmission unit, thereby the operating efficiency of the information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus including a display unit for displaying characters and figures, an auxiliary memory unit for storing picture data, a transmission medium for transmitting data to other information processing apparatuses, and a transmission control unit for controlling data transmission with said other information processing apparatuses, wherein designated picture data is automatically clipped;

said information processing apparatus further including means for automatically controlling transfer of a file including said clipped picture data to a designated one of said other information processing apparatuses connected to said information processing apparatus via said transmission medium.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an area to which said file is transferred in said one of said other information processing apparatuses is a data area of a memo note having a function of managing files of memo data with date information, and listing-up said files in the order of date, and wherein date information indicating the time when said file is transferred is added to a name of said file to be transferred.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further including means for setting whether to designate an area and a name of a file in said area in said designated one of said other information processing apparatuses connected via said transmission medium, to which a file is to be transferred, by using an environment setting dialog box.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further including means for designating a name of a file and a transferred file writing-in area to which said picture data is transferred, when said picture data is clipped, if it is designated in said environment setting dialog box in advance to input a file name and a transferred file writing-in area to which said picture data is to be transferred.

5. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further including means for displaying a name of a file and a designation of a transferred file writing-in area to which said picture data was transferred.

6. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further including means for selecting the size of a picture to be displayed on a screen of said designated one of said other information processing apparatuses connected via said transmission medium when said picture data is clipped and said file including said clipped picture data is transferred.

7. An information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said means for selecting the size of a picture provides for switching the size in sizes prepared in advance.

8. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further including means for automatically creating a data area having a memo note function if a data area having a memo note function does not exist in said designated one of said other information processing apparatuses connected via said transmission medium.

9. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further including means for adding a character string to said date information, said character string indicating that said file is to be transferred from said information processing apparatus to said designated one of said other information processing apparatuses connected via said transmission medium.

10. An information processing apparatus including a display unit for displaying characters and figures, an auxiliary memory for storing picture data, a transmission medium for transmitting data to other information processing apparatuses, and a transmission control unit for controlling data transmission with said other information processing apparatuses, wherein picture data which are designated are automatically clipped;

said information processing apparatus further including means for automatically obtaining information on the presence of a memo note holder in a designated one of said other information apparatuses connected via said transmission medium, setting the obtained information in a memo note holder presence information storing area, creating a holder to which a file including said clipped picture data is transferred, based on determination of the presence of a memory holder executed by checking said memo note holder presence information storing area, and transferring said file to a designated one of said other information processing apparatuses connected via said transmission medium.