Information processing apparatus and method with display book page turning

• US 5,900,876 A
• Filed: 04/10/1996
• Issued: 05/04/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kimura, Mitsuo, Yagita, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): KATBAB, ABDOLLAH
• Application Number:
  US08/630,766
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• Field of Search: 395/350
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

The conventional technology of designating a page with a scroll bar or by a dialogue and displaying the designated page can only display the designated page. According to the present invention, when an icon displayed in the form of a book in open state is designated with a mouse, the designated position is judged, and, if it is on the right-side page, the image of the designated page is displayed in compressed state to the designated point, and an underlying page is displayed. Then the designated page is turned over and the images of the succeeding two pages are displayed. When the left-side page is designated, the preceding two pages are displayed through a similar process.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

tag memory means for storing plural tags correlated with specified pages in an image in the form of a book in a display image frame;

display means for displaying, on said display image frame, said image in the form of a book in an open state with said plural tags stored in said tag memory means;

tag designation means for designating a tag among the plural tags in said tag memory means;

page turning means for turning at least one page on said display means by moving said designated tag;

judgment means for judging whether said designated tag reaches a central position of the book or not in the course of turning plural pages by said page turning means; and

control means for displaying the image of an obverse page on the at least one page turned by said turning means in case said designated tag does not reach the central position of the book, and displaying the image of a reverse face page on the at least one page turned by said page turning means in case the designated tag reaches the central position of the book.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a tag display area is provided at an end portion of the image of the book displayed in said display image frame.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said tag designation means is composed of a mouse.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said tag designation means is composed of a mouse, and a tag display area is provided at an end portion of the image of the book displayed in said display image frame, and a specified tag displayed in said tag display area is designated by said mouse.

5. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plural tags stored in said tag memory means are displayed, in the display image-frame, in a predetermined position at an end portion of the image of said book, based on the order of pages to which said tags are attached.

6. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising tag insertion means for inserting a new tag into said tag memory means.

7. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising tag deletion means for deleting a specified tag from said tag memory means.

8. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising adjustment means for adjusting the gap of display of the tags, in such a manner that all the tags can be displayed in said display image frame.

9. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means is adapted to display the image of said obverse page or the image of the reverse face page of said open page in compressed manner according to the position of the designated tag.

10. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus comprising steps of:

storing plural tags correlated with specified pages in the form of a book in a display image frame;

displaying, on said display image frame, said image in the form of a book in an open state with said plural tags stored in said tag storing step;

designating a tag among said plural tags stored in said tag storing step;

turning at least one page on said display image frame by moving the designated tag;

judging whether said designated tag reaches a central position of the book or not in the course of turning said pages; and

displaying the image of an obverse page on the at least one page turned by said page turning step in case said designated tag does not reach the central position of the book, and displaying the image of a reverse face page on the at least one page turned by said page turning step in case said designated tag reaches the central position of the book.

11. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a step of inserting a new tag into the tags displayed with a predetermined order in the display image frame.

12. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a step of deleting a specified tag from the tags displayed with a predetermined order in the display image frame.

13. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a step of adjusting the gaps of display of-the gaps in such a manner that all the tags can be displayed in said image display frame.

14. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a tag display area is provided at an end portion of the image in the form of the book displayed in said display image frame.

15. A page turning method for use in an information processing method according to claim 10, wherein tag designating is performed by a mouse.

16. A page turning method for use in an information processing method according to claim 10, wherein said tag designation is performed by a mouse, and a tag display area is provided at an end portion of the image in the form of the book displayed in said display image frame, and a specified tag displayed in said tag display area is designated by said mouse.

17. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the plural stored tags are displayed in the display image frame in a predetermined position at an end portion of the image in the form of said book, based on the order of pages to which said tags are attached.

18. A page turning method for use in an information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said control is adapted to displaying the image of said open page or the image of the reverse face page of said open page in compressed manner according to the position of the designated tag.

19. An information processing apparatus comprising:

display means for displaying an icon in the form of a book in an open state;

designation means for designating one of two open pages on said icon by a pointer;

page turning means for turning at least one page on said display means by moving said designated pointer;

judgment means for judging whether said pointer reaches a central position of the book or not in the course of turning plural pages by said page turning means; and

control means for displaying the image of said designated page in case said pointer does not reach the central position of the book, and displaying the image of a reverse face page of said designated page in case the pointer reaches the central position of the book.

20. An information processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said control means is adapted to display the image of of said designated page or the image of the reverse face page of said designated page in compressed manner to the position of said pointer, and also to display the image of an underlying page.

21. An information processing apparatus according to claim 19;

wherein said pointer is composed of a mouse.

22. An information processing apparatus according to claim 19;

wherein said pointer is a finger.

23. An information processing apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising:

determination means for determining whether to return to the original display without page turning or to effect the page turning for displaying next two pages, based on whether said pointer reaches the predetermined position of the book.

24. An information processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said control means is adapted to display the image of said designated page or the image of the reverse face page of said designated page in compressed manner according to the position of said pointer.

25. An information processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said judgment means is adapted to judge whether said pointer reaches the center of the book or not.

26. An information processing apparatus comprising:

display means for displaying an icon in the form of a book in an open state;

designation means for designating one of two open pages on said icon by a pointer;

page turning means for turning at least one page on said display means by moving said designated pointer;

judgment means for judging whether said pointer reaches the other of the two open pages of the book or not; and

control means for displaying the image of said designated page in compressed manner in case the pointer does not reach the other open page of the book, and displaying an image of the reverse face page of said designated page in compressed manner in case the pointer reaches the other open page of the book.

27. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

displaying an icon in the form of a book in an open state;

designating one of two open pages on said icon by a pointer;

turning at least one page by moving the designated pointer;

judging whether said pointer reaches a central position of the book or not in the course of said page turning step; and

displaying the image of said designated page in case said pointer does not reach the central position of the book, and displaying the image of a reverse face page of said designated page in case the pointer reaches the central position of the book.

28. An information processing method according to claim 27, wherein said control step is adapted to display the image of of said designated page or the image of the reverse face page of said designated page in compressed manner according to the position of said pointer, and also to display the image of an underlying page.

29. An information processing method according to claim 27 wherein the designation by said pointer is executed by a mouse.

30. An information processing method according to claim 27, wherein the designation by said pointer is executed by a finger.

31. An information processing method according to claim 27, further comprising:

a determination step of determining whether to return to the original display without page turning or to effect the page turning for displaying next two pages, based on whether said pointer reaches the predetermined position of the book.

32. An information processing method according to claim 27, wherein said control step is adapted to display the image of said designated page or the image of the reverse face page of said designated page in compressed manner according to the position of said pointer.

33. An information processing method according to claim 27, wherein said judging step is adapted to judge whether said pointer reaches the center of the book or not.

34. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

displaying an icon in the form of a book in an open state;

designating one of two open pages on said icon by a pointer;

turning at least one page by moving the designated pointer;

judging whether said pointer reaches the other of the two open pages of the book or not in the course of said page turning step; and

displaying the image of said designated page in compressed manner in case the said pointer does not reach the other open page of the book, and displaying an image of a reverse face page of the designated page in compressed manner in case the pointer reaches the other open page of the book.

35. A storage medium for storing computer readable program code in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first set of computer readable program instruction codes for storing plural tags correlated with specified pages in an image in the form of a book in a display image frame;

a second set of computer readable program instruction codes for displaying on the display image frame, the image in the form of a book in an open state with the plural stored tags;

a third set of computer readable program instruction codes for designating a tag among the plural stored tags;

a fourth set of computer readable program instruction codes for turning at least one page on the display image frame by moving the designated tag;

a fifth set of computer readable program instruction codes for controlling displaying of the image of an obverse page on the at least one page turned by said page turning in case said designated tag does not reach the central position of the book, and for displaying the image of a reverse face page on the at least one page turned by said page turning in case the designated tag reaches the central position of the book.

36. A storage medium for storing computer readable program code in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first set of computer readable program instruction codes for displaying an icon in the form of a book in an open state;

a second set of computer readable program instruction codes for designating one of two open pages on said icon by a pointer;

a third set of computer readable program instruction codes for turning at least one page by moving the designated pointer;

a fourth set of computer readable program codes for judging whether said pointer reaches a central position of the book or not in course of said page turning; and

a fifth set of computer readable program codes for controlling display of the image of said designated page in case said pointer does not reach the central position of the book, and displaying the image of a reverse face page of said designated page in case the pointer reaches the central position of the book.

37. A storage medium for storing computer readable program instruction codes in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first set of computer readable program instruction codes for displaying an icon in the form of a book in an open state;

a second set of computer readable program instruction codes for designating one of two open pages on said icon by a pointer;

a third set of computer readable program instruction codes for turning at least one page by moving the designated pointer;

a fourth set of computer readable program codes for judging whether said pointer reaches the other of the two open pages of the book or not in course of said page turning; and

a fifth set of computer readable program codes for controlling display of the image of said designated page in compressed manner in case the pointer does not reach the other open page of the book, and displaying an image of a reverse face page of said designated page in compressed manner in case the pointer reaches the other open page of the book.