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Document processing apparatus

Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1996-11-06
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Granted: 1998-07-28
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Expires: 2016-11-06
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Abstract

Abstract A document processing apparatus to affix an identification mark (i.e., bookmark) to document information including character data, image data, etc. When an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired information location in the document information displayed on a display device is received from a command entry device, an identification mark affixing device causes a storage device to store an information location (i.e., a line in a page of the document information) to which the identification mark is to be affixed, as identification mark information. When a select command is received from the command entry device, to select a desired one of identification marks displayed on the display device, an identification mark searching device searches the identification mark information for the information location corresponding to the selected identification mark. When supplied with the add command or the select command, a display control device displays a portion of the document information to which the identification mark is affixed, at a particular position on the screen of the display device, together with the identification mark on a single screen. When a delete command to delete a desired one of the affixed identification marks is received, an identification mark deleting device deletes the information location corresponding to the identification mark to be deleted from the identification mark information.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hisayasu Nakao

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 11:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/038; G06F3/0481; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/166; G06F40/169

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 263 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information of a page including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device, and for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line in the desired page to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line in the desired page corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; and display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line in the desired page of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to said select command, for moving the identification mark displayed on the display device from an outside to an inside of a display section for the document information in response to receiving the add command, and for displaying a ribbon-card shade as the identification mark on the display device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 263 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information of a page including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device, and for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line in the desired page to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line in the desired page corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; and display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line in the desired page of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to said select command, for moving the identification mark displayed on the display device from an outside to an inside of a display section for the document information in response to receiving the add command, and for displaying a ribbon-card shade as the identification mark on the display device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 71 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said command generating means further generates a delete command to delete a desired one of the plurality of affixed identification marks, and the document processing apparatus further comprises identification mark deleting means, in response to receiving said delete command, for deleting a desired line in a desired page corresponding to the affixed identification mark to be deleted, from the identification mark information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 92 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at the time that the delete command and the add command are entered in sequence from the command entry means and a desired one of the affixed identification marks and a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device are specified, the identification mark deleting means and the identification mark affixing means further move the specified identification mark from the previous desired line in the desired page to the new desired line in the desired page.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 40 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said display control means moves the specified identification mark to the desired new line in the desired page in response to receiving the delete command and the add command in sequence.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 41 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said command generating means includes a mouse having a button, said mouse outputting the add command by pressing the button after positioning a mouse cursor at a body of the identification mark.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 46 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said command generating means includes a mouse having a button, said mouse outputting the add command by pressing the button and then dragging said mouse after positioning a mouse cursor at a body of the identification mark.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 199 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line of the document information displayed on the display device, and for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; and display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to the select command.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 199 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line of the document information displayed on the display device, and for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; and display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to the select command.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 300 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information of a page including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device, for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks, and for generating a delete command to delete desired one of the plurality of affixed identification marks; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line in the desired page to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line in the desired page corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line in the desired page of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to said select command, and for moving the identification mark displayed on the display device from an inside to an outside of a display section for the document information in response to receiving the delete command; and identification mark deleting means, in response to receiving said delete command, for deleting a desired line in a desired page corresponding to the affixed identification mark to be deleted, from the identification mark information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 300 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information of a page including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device, for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks, and for generating a delete command to delete desired one of the plurality of affixed identification marks; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line in the desired page to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line in the desired page corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line in the desired page of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to said select command, and for moving the identification mark displayed on the display device from an inside to an outside of a display section for the document information in response to receiving the delete command; and identification mark deleting means, in response to receiving said delete command, for deleting a desired line in a desired page corresponding to the affixed identification mark to be deleted, from the identification mark information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 92 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein at the time that the delete command and the add command are entered in sequence from the command entry means and a desired one of the affixed identification marks and a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device are specified, the identification mark deleting means and the identification mark affixing means further move the specified identification mark from the previous desired line in the desired page to the new desired line in the desired page.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 39 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said display control means moves the specified identification mark the desired new line in the desired page in response to receiving the delete command and the add command in sequence.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 45 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said command generating means includes a mouse having a button, said mouse outputting the add command or the delete command by pressing the button after positioning a mouse cursor at a body of the identification mark.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 50 words
The document processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said command generating means includes a mouse having a button, said mouse outputting the add command or the delete command by pressing the button and then dragging said mouse after positioning a mouse cursor at a body of the identification mark.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 279 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information of a page including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device, and for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks, said command generating means including a control pad having various elements including an up command button, a down command button, a left command button, a right command button, a mode selection button, an execution button, a first process button, and a second process button, said various elements being arranged in a manner suited for entering commands to said document processing apparatus; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line in the desired page to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line in the desired page corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; and display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line in the desired page of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to said select command.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 279 words
A document processing apparatus including a display device for displaying document information of a page including a plurality of lines on the display device, comprising: a storage device to store information; command generating means for generating an add command to affix an identification mark to a desired line in a desired page of the document information displayed on the display device, and for generating a select command to select a desired one of a plurality of affixed identification marks, said command generating means including a control pad having various elements including an up command button, a down command button, a left command button, a right command button, a mode selection button, an execution button, a first process button, and a second process button, said various elements being arranged in a manner suited for entering commands to said document processing apparatus; identification mark affixing means, in response to receiving said add command, for causing said storage device to store the desired line in the desired page to which the identification mark is to be affixed as identification mark information; identification mark searching means, in response to receiving said select command, for searching the identification mark information stored in the storage device for the desired line in the desired page corresponding to the selected one affixed identification mark; and display control means for displaying the identification mark affixed to the desired line in the desired page of the document information at a particular position on a screen of the display device, based on the add command generated by the command generating means or the identification mark information searched for by said identification mark searching means in response to said select command.

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