Presentation display apparatus for displaying two different images on separate displays for a listener and a speaker

• US 4,876,657 A
• Filed: 08/05/1987
• Issued: 10/24/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Saito, Mitsuo, Okamoto, Toshio, Matoba, Tsukasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellinen, A. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wysocki, A. Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US07/081,747
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 364/521, 364/518, 364/522, 358/102, 358/185, 340/718, 340/732, 340/734, 340/705, 340/711, 340/701, 340/703, 434/323
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/153 using cathode-ray tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/022 using memory planes

Abstract

A presentation display apparatus including a data storage section for storing a plurality of explanative image data each having (R), (G) and (B) color image components, a data processing section for adding, to the explanative image data from the data storage section, function select image data different in color component from the explanative image data, an image memory for storing the image data of one screen image output from the data processing section, a listener'"'"'s first display device for displaying the image data which is delivered from image memory and a speaker'"'"'s second display device. The image data output from the image memory is supplied through a first color converter to the listener'"'"'s display device and through a second color converter to the speaker'"'"'s display device. In the first color converter, the explanative image data is alone directly delivered as conversion image data in spite of function select menu image data, so that only the explanative (R)/(G)/(B) image is displayed on the listener'"'"'s display device. In the second converter, the (R)/(G)/(B) input data are directly output as conversion image data when the function select image data is "0" and otherwise converted to all "1" when the function select menu image is "1" so that the function select menu and (R)/(G)/(B) explanative image are overlappingly displayed on the second display device.

Claims

1. A presentation display apparatus comprising:

image memory means for storing image data of one screen image, the image data having color image data of color components;

image synthesizing means connected to said image memory means, for synthesizing the color image data of color components read out from said image memory means by first and second syntheszing processes which differ from each other thereby to form first and second image data, the first synthesizing process causing all the color image data of color components stored in said memory means to be synthesized and the second synthesizing process causing part of the color image data of color components stored therein to be synthesized;

first display means for displaying the first image data; and

second display means for displaying the second image data.

2. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 1, in which said image synthesizing means comprises color converting means for selectively enabling and disabling a display of each color component of said color image data.

3. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 2, in which said image synthesizing means comprises memory means for storing said first and second image data at an address designated by the color image data and for enabling said first and second image data to be rewritten.

4. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 1, in which said image memory means comprises memory means for storing respective image data of said one screen image for every n color components (where n is any positive integer not less than two);

said image synthesizing means comprises first color conversion means responsive to said image data of n color components for eliminating the image data of a single specific color component and for delivering the other image data of (n-1) color components as first image data and second color conversion means responsive to said image data of n color components, when the image data of said single specific color component is first level, for eliminating said image data of said single specific color component and for delivering the other image data of (n-1) color components and, when the image data of said single specific color component is second level, for converting all bits of the other image data of (n-1) color components to significant bits and for delivering a converted image data of (n-1) color components as second image data; and

said display means comprises color display means responsive to said image data of (n-1) color components to display said first and second image data in respective color display screens.

5. A presentation display apparatus comprising:

image memory means for storing color image data of one screen image including listener'"'"'s image data of a plurality of color components and speaker'"'"'s image data of a single color;

first signal generating means for synthesizing said plurality of color components read out from said image memory means as first image data;

second signal generating means for synthesizing said single color component image and said plurality of color component images read out from said image memory means as second image data; and

display means for displaying said first and second image data.

6. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, in which said first signal generating means comprises first signal synthesizing means for delivering said listener'"'"'s data intact as the first image data and second signal synthesizing means for receiving the color image data read out from said image memory means and for delivering said listener'"'"'s image intact as the second image data when the speaker'"'"'s image data is first level and delivering logical sum data of said listener'"'"'s image data and said speaker'"'"'s image data as the second image data when the speaker'"'"'s image data is second level;

and said display means comprises color display means responsive to input data of color components representing said listener'"'"'s image for displaying the first and second image data in respective screens.

7. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, in which said first and second signal generating means each comprises a rewritable memory for storing synthesized signal data at an address designated by the color image data.

8. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, in which said single specific color component is a color component obtained by additively combining said plurality of color components.

9. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, in which said display means comprises projection color monitor means for displaying said first image data and a CRT color monitor for displaying said second image data.

10. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising image storage means for storing a plurality of listener'"'"'s images, each comprised of a plurality of color components and means for writing listener'"'"'s image selected from said image storage means into said image memory means.

11. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 10, in which said speaker'"'"'s image is comprised of a menu image containing an instruction for switching a displayed image to a preceding page or to a next page;

and said writing means comprises means for displaying a cursor on said menu image in an overlapped fashion, means for changing a cursor display position freely controlled by an operation of an operation member, and means for switching said displayed image to said preceding page or to the next page in accordance with the display position of said cursor.

12. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, in which said single color component of said speaker'"'"'s image data is a color component different than said plurality of color components of said listener'"'"'s image data.

13. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 5, in which said second signal generating means converts the color of a pixel of each of said color image data of color components according to the pixel data of said speaker'"'"'s image data of a single color component image.

14. A presentation display apparatus comprising:

first memory means for storing a presentation image to be displayed for a listener and a speaker;

second memory means for storing an auxiliary image for presentation to be displayed only for the speaker;

image synthesizing means for synthesizing the presentation image and the auxiliary image;

first display means for displaying the presentation image; and

second display means for displaying a synthesized image based on the synthesized presentation and auxiliary images.

15. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 14, in which said presentation image is comprised of color components of R, G and B and said auxiliary image is comprised of white color components, and said image synthesizing means adds the white color components to each of the color components of R, G and B.

16. A presentation display apparatus according to claim 15, in which said second display means includes display means for displaying a cursor or a pointer.