Method of and device for controlling display of window, and computer product

• US 7,401,297 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2003
• Issued: 07/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Koizumi, Yoshiharu, Suzuki, Tomoyuki, Hori, Tetsuya, Sanuki, Yoshifumi, Yamazaki, Masatoshi, Maruyama, Kazumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US10/351,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20030142135A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,996 Days
• Field of Search: 715/781, 715/790, 715/854, 715/808
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0485 Centering horizontally or vertically
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position

Abstract

A window display control device comprises of a computer unit and a display unit. The computer unit has a display position determining section that determines a display position of a window on a screen based on data related to center point of vision of the user stored beforehand in a center point definition table. Finally, the display unit displays the window on the determined position.

Claims

1. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to execute control of a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, by making a computer execute operations comprising:

requesting a user to input a desired point on the screen;

storing data related to coordinates of the desired point on the screen indicated by the user as a center point of vision of the user in a center point definition table, which stores the data related to the center point of vision corresponding to a type of display; and

controlling the display position of the window on the screen based on the data corresponding to a type of display unit in which the window to be displayed and stored in the center point definition table;

wherein the user inputs the desired center point of vision by pointing a point on a screen using a specific pointing unit.

2. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein when controlling the display position of a first window while a second window has already been displayed, the display position of the second window is changed, based on the data related to the center point of vision stored in the center point definition table, such that piling of the first window and the second window is reduced.

3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the operation of controlling the display position is performed according to a display control library positioned between the application program and a run time library of an operating system.

4. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the operation of controlling the display position is performed according to a display control library positioned between the application program and a window system that is executed on an operating system.

5. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the operation of controlling the display position is performed according to a display control library positioned between the application program and a class library that operates on a java virtual machine.

6. A window display control method of controlling a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, the window display control method comprising:

requesting a user to input a desired point on the screen;

storing data related to coordinates of the desired point on the screen indicated by the user as a center point of vision of the user in a center point definition table, the center point definition table storing data related to the center point of vision corresponding to a type of display unit; and

controlling the display position of the window on the screen based on the data related to the center point of vision corresponding to a type of display unit in which the window is to be displayed and stored in the center point definition table;

wherein the user inputs the desired point on the screen by pointing a point on the screen using a specific pointing unit.

7. A window display control device that controls a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, the window display control device comprising:

a center point definition table that stores data related to a center point of vision on the screen corresponding to a type of display unit;

an input unit for accepting information input by the user; and

a window display controller that controls the display position of the window on the screen based on the data in the center point definition table;

wherein the center point definition table stores coordinates of a desired point of the screen in which the user inputs as the center point of vision, the user inputting the desired point by pointing a point on the screen using a specific pointing unit, and the corresponding type of display unit for which the coordinates are being stored.

8. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to execute control of a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, by making a computer execute operations comprising:

requesting a user to input a desired point on the screen;

storing data related to coordinates of the desired point on the screen indicated by the user as a center point of vision in a center point definition table, and the corresponding type of display for which the desired point is input; and

controlling the display position of the window on the screen based on the data related to the center point of vision stored in the center point definition table and the corresponding type of display;

wherein the user inputs the desired point on the screen by pointing a point on the screen using a specific pointing unit.

9. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to execute control of a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, by making a computer execute operations comprising:

reading a center point of vision from a center point definition table, the center point definition table storing data related to coordinates of the desired point on the screen corresponding to a type of display unit;

determining the display position of the window on the screen based on the data related to the center point of vision that corresponds to a type of display unit in which the window to be displayed and stored in the center point definition table; and

displaying the window at the determined display position.

10. A window display control method of controlling a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, the window display method comprising:

requesting a user to input a desired point on the screen;

storing data related to coordinates of the desired point on the screen indicated by the user as a center point of vision in a center point definition table, and the corresponding type of display for which the desired point is input; and

controlling the display position of the window on the screen based on the data related to the center point of vision stored in the center point definition table and the corresponding type of display;

wherein the user inputs the desired point on the screen by pointing a point on a screen using a specific pointing unit.

11. A window display control method of controlling a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, the window display method comprising:

reading a center point of vision from a center point definition table, the center point definition table storing data related to coordinates of the desired point on the screen corresponding to a type of display unit;

determining the display position of the window on the screen based on the data related to the center point of vision that corresponds to the type of display unit in which the window is to be displayed and stored in the center point definition table; and

displaying the window at the determined display position.

12. A window display control device that controls a display position of a window on a screen in response to a request from an application program, the window display control device comprising:

a center point definition table that stores data defining a center point on the screen, the center point being related to a center point of vision of a user, and corresponding to a particular type of display unit; and

a window display controller that controls the display position of the window on the screen based on the data stored in the center point definition table;

wherein the window display control device determines a type of display unit in which the window is to be displayed, and reads data defining the center point on the screen corresponding to the determined type of the display unit.