Information displaying method, information displaying device, and computer program
First Claim
1. A method for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the method comprising:
- arranging an operating window on the screen, the operating window containing an initial number of display objects;
accepting user operations at the screen;
processing at least one of the operating window and the display objects within the operating window according to the user operations, the processing of the operating window resulting in the operating window having an area occupying a percentage of the total area of the screen, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display objects having a total area occupying a percentage of the area of the operating window; and
controlling the display of the operating window and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating window being based on the percentage of the total area of the screen occupied by the operating window and the display of the display objects being based on the percentage of the area of the operating window occupied by the display objects.
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Abstract
In order to display all information to be displayed on a computer screen in a manner which is easy to understand in hierarchical window displaying, an entire screen is taken as a root window, and display objects of windows and icons corresponding to child windows of the root window are arranged on the root window. Lower order windows and icons are also present within the child windows. The sizes of the windows are user-programmable, and each window has its own independent scale. The scales are decided in such a manner that a proportion occupied by the total surface area of the display objects within a window is fixed or does not exceed a fixed value with respect to the surface area of the window.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the method comprising:
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arranging an operating window on the screen, the operating window containing an initial number of display objects; accepting user operations at the screen; processing at least one of the operating window and the display objects within the operating window according to the user operations, the processing of the operating window resulting in the operating window having an area occupying a percentage of the total area of the screen, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display objects having a total area occupying a percentage of the area of the operating window; and controlling the display of the operating window and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating window being based on the percentage of the total area of the screen occupied by the operating window and the display of the display objects being based on the percentage of the area of the operating window occupied by the display objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the method comprising:
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arranging an initial number of operating windows on the screen, each operating window having a size and containing an initial number of display objects, each display object having a size; accepting user operations at the screen; processing at least one of the operating windows and the display objects within the operating windows according to the user operations, the processing of the operating windows resulting in the display of more or less operating windows on the screen than the initial number of operating windows, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display of more or less display objects in at least one of the operating windows than the initial number of display objects; and controlling the display of the operating windows and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating windows including recalculating the sizes of the operating windows on the screen when the processing of the operating windows results in the addition of at least one operating window to the screen or the deletion of at least one operating window from the screen, and the display of the display objects including recalculating the sizes of the display objects in at least one of the operating windows when the processing of the display objects results in the addition of display objects to the at least one operating window or the deletion of display objects from the at least one operating window. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A device for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the device comprising:
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an operating window on the screen, the operating window containing an initial number of display objects; a user input unit operable to accept user operations at the screen; a processing unit operable to process at least one of the operating window and the display objects within the operating window according to the user operations, the processing of the operating window resulting in the operating window having an area occupying a percentage of the total area of the screen, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display objects having a total area occupying a percentage of the area of the operating window; and a display control unit operable to control the display of at least one of the operating window and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating window being based on the percentage of the total area of the screen occupied by the operating window and the display of the display objects being based on the percentage of the area of the operating window occupied by the display objects.
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22. A device for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the device comprising:
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an initial number of operating windows arranged on the screen, each operating window having a size and containing an initial number of display objects, each display object having a size; a user input unit operable to accept user operations at the screen; a processing unit operable to process at least one of the operating windows and the display objects within the operating windows according to the user operations, the processing of the operating windows resulting in the display of more or less operating windows on the screen than the initial number of operating windows, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display of more or less display objects in at least one of the operating windows than the initial number of display objects; and a display control unit for controlling the display of the operating windows and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating windows including recalculating the sizes of the operating windows on the screen when the processing of the operating windows results in the addition of at least one operating window to the screen or the deletion of at least one operating window from the screen, and the display of the display objects including recalculating the sizes of the display objects in at least one of the operating windows when the processing of the display objects results in the addition of display objects to the at least one operating window or the deletion of display objects from the at least one operating window.
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23. A computer-readable medium recorded with a computer program for executing a process for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the process comprising:
arranging an operating window on the screen, the operating window containing an initial number of display objects;
accepting user operations at the screen;
processing at least one of the operating window and the display objects within the operating window according to the user operations, the processing of the operating window resulting in the operating window having an area occupying a percentage of the total area of the screen, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display objects having a total area occupying a percentage of the area of the operating window; and
controlling the display of the operating window and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating window being based on the percentage of the total area of the screen occupied by the operating window and the display of the display objects being based on the percentage of the area of the operating window occupied by the display objects.
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24. A computer-readable medium recorded with a computer program for executing a process for displaying objects in an information space on a screen, the screen having a total area, the process comprising:
arranging an initial number of operating windows on the screen, each operating window having a size and containing an initial number of display objects, each display object having a size;
accepting user operations at the screen;
processing at least one of the operating windows and the display objects within the operating windows according to the user operations, the processing of the operating windows resulting in the display of more or less operating windows on the screen than the initial number of operating windows, and the processing of the display objects resulting in the display of more or less display objects in at least one of the operating windows than the initial number of display objects; and
controlling the display of the operating windows and the display objects on the screen, the display of the operating windows including recalculating the sizes of the operating windows on the screen when the processing of the operating windows results in the addition of at least one operating window to the screen or the deletion of at least one operating window from the screen, and the display of the display objects including recalculating the sizes of the display objects in at least one of the operating windows when the processing of the display objects results in the addition of display objects to the at least one operating window or the deletion of display objects from the at least one operating window.
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