EP0453840A2
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Data display apparatus
Assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-04-05
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-04-05
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus is disclosed, which allows quick designation of data which is not displayed on the display screen. In this apparatus, the total number of target data is checked by operating a mouse (11) in accordance with a display management table memory (17), and an icon having division areas corresponding to the number of data is displayed on a CRT (20). When an area, of the division areas of the icon, corresponding to the position of desired data is designated by the mouse (11), the data of a number corresponding to the designated area is read out and displayed on the CRT (20).
Inventors
- 👤 Kouetsu C/O Pat. Dpt. Dev. Div. Hamura Onodera
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A data display apparatus for displaying a plurality of data, characterized by comprising: storage means (31) for storing a plurality of data; means (32) for checking the number of data by a specific designating operation; means (33) for displaying an icon having division areas corresponding to the number of data on a portion of a display screen; means (34) for designating an arbitrary area of the plurality of areas displayed on the icon; means (35) for searching for data corresponding to the designated area; and means (36) for reading out the searched data from said storage means and displaying the data on the display screen.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising means (52) for performing a special display of an area, of the areas of the icon, corresponding to data currently displayed on the display screen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
125 words
A data display apparatus for displaying data classified into data on a plurality of levels, characterized by comprising: data storage means (1) for storing a plurality of data constituting a hierarchical structure and respectively designating means for designating a key; data display means (3) for reading out data corresponding to the key designated by said designating means from said storage means and displaying the data on a display screen; checking means (4) for checking a hierarchical structure of lower level data succeeding the data displayed on said data display means by referring to said data storage means; and means (5) for displaying a graphic pattern visually representing the hierarchical structure on the display screen in accordance with the hierarchical structure checked by said checking means.
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