Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
A document display apparatus for displaying a document containing a plurality of pages on a screen in such a manner that one page lies on top of another with successive displacements, said apparatus comprising: an input device for entering page turning commands; a page data table memory for storing information on a layering sequence and display locations of the individual pages as well as a selection of a page which should currently be shown in a topmost layer; a designator for specifying a page which should become the first page of the document based on the layering sequence information stored in said page data table memory; a page location calculator for calculating new display locations of the individual pages when a page turning command is entered so that pages to be shown in other than the topmost layer are arranged with a preset amount of successive displacements from the page to be shown in the topmost layer except for the first page which is displaced by a larger amount than the other pages; an updating device for updating the information stored in said page data table memory in accordance with the page turning command and newly calculated display locations; and a display processor for producing on-screen images of the individual pages based on the information stored in said page data table memory.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
222 words
A document display apparatus for displaying a document containing a plurality of pages on a screen in such a manner that one page lies on top of another with successive displacements, said apparatus comprising: an input device for entering page turning commands; a page data table memory for storing information on a layering sequence and display locations of the individual pages as well as a selection of a page which should currently be shown in a topmost layer; a designator for specifying a page which should become the first page of the document based on the layering sequence information stored in said page data table memory; a page location calculator for calculating new display locations of the individual pages when a page turning command is entered so that pages to be shown in other than the topmost layer are arranged with a preset amount of successive displacements from the page to be shown in the topmost layer except for the first page which is displaced by a larger amount than the other pages; an updating device for updating the information stored in said page data table memory in accordance with the page turning command and newly calculated display locations; and a display processor for producing on-screen images of the individual pages based on the information stored in said page data table memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processor produces an on-screen image of the first page in a different way from the other pages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said page data table memory additionally stores information on formats of the individual pages, and wherein said display processor produces images of the pages to be shown in other than the topmost layer in the same format as the page to be shown in the topmost layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said page data table memory additionally stores information on formats of the individual pages, and wherein said display processor produces on-screen images of the individual pages in their respective formats.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said display processor can display data contents of an underlying page in such a portion thereof that shows outside any overlying page.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said page data table memory additionally stores information on formats of the individual pages, and wherein said display processor produces images of the pages to be shown in other than the topmost layer in the same format as the page to be shown in the topmost layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said page data table memory additionally stores information on formats of the individual pages, and wherein said display processor produces on-screen images of the individual pages in their respective formats.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A document display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said display processor can display data contents of an underlying page in such a portion thereof that shows outside any overlying page.