Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-27
2001-02-13
dele Torre, Crescelle N. (Department: 2173)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
C345S157000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06188404
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a data display apparatus and method, by which data transmission (or transferred) between different image display portions can be performed by natural, easy and simple operations (or manipulations), and to a recording medium on which a program of this data display method is recorded, and to a data transmission (or transmitting) apparatus and method.
2. Description of the Related Art
Hitherto, there has been used what is called a Drag-and-Drop technique, which is performed by using a mouse, as a manipulation technique for moving information displayed on the screen of a monitor in a computer system. This is a technique of grabbing and pulling (namely, dragging) an object displayed on the screen of the monitor of the computer system, for example, an icon, which represents information on the presence of files stored in a data storage medium such as a hard disk, with a mouse. When the icon is moved to the position of another icon representing a desired folder, the dragged icon is released (namely, dropped) at this position. In accordance with this Drag-and-Drop technique, by moving an icon on the screen of the monitor, the movement of data within the aforementioned data storage medium or between data storage media is displayed thereon as if an actual physical object were moved. Thus, users can perform an operation by intuition and with a natural feel (or feeling).
Meanwhile, hitherto, there is no user interface technique by which a user can perform an operation by intuition and with a natural feel in the case that an object, such as an icon, is moved between different image display portions. For instance, the movement (or displacement) of the aforementioned object between the screens of different monitors has been performed by executing a command for remote copying of a file or for transferring information or by performing an operation of moving an icon on the screen of a monitor.
However, in the case of such a conventional user interface technique, an operation is completed within the screen of a monitor when a data transmission is performed between different image display portions. Thus, this conventional user interface technique cannot provide a user with a feeling that he or she moves an actual object.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is proposed in view of such conditions. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data display apparatus and method, by which data transmission between different image display portions can be performed by natural, easy and simple operations, and to provide a recording medium on which a program of this data display method is recorded, and to provide a data transmission apparatus and method.
To achieve the foregoing object, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data display apparatus which comprises: a position information output means for outputting position information concerning a place in a flat (or planar) region portion in a case that the place in the aforesaid flat region portion is designated; a data storage means in which various data respectively corresponding predetermined places in the aforesaid flat region portion are stored; a data display means having a display screen and a detection portion adapted to output a detection signal in a case that a place in the aforesaid display screen is designated; and a control means for performing a control operation of reading data according to and corresponding to position information from the aforesaid data storage means in a case of receiving a detection signal outputted from the aforesaid data display unit after a place in said flat region portion is designated, and of displaying the read data on the aforesaid display screen.
In accordance with the case of such data display apparatus, in the case where a predetermined place on the flat region portion of the position information output means is designated, and further, the display screen of the aforementioned display apparatus is designated, the control means performs a control operation by reading the corresponding data from the data storage means according to the position information outputted by the position information output means.
To achieve the foregoing object, in accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data display method which comprises: a position information outputting step of outputting position information concerning a place in a flat region portion in a case that the place in the aforesaid flat region portion is designated; a display screen designating step of designating a display screen of a data display means; and a control step of performing a control operation of reading data according to and corresponding to the aforesaid position information from the aforesaid data storage means and displaying the read data on a display screen of the aforesaid data display means in a case of performing the aforesaid display screen designating step after the aforesaid position information outputting step.
In accordance with this data display method, in the case where a predetermined position in said flat region portion is designated and that said display screen is designated, corresponding screen is designated according to the aforesaid position information.
To achieve the foregoing object, in accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a program for performing an operation comprising: a position information detecting process of detecting position information concerning a place in a flat region portion in a case that the place in the aforesaid flat region portion is designated; and a control process of reading data according to and corresponding to the aforesaid position information and displaying the read data on a display screen of a data display means in a case of designating the aforesaid display screen of said data display means after the aforesaid position information detecting process.
In accordance with this recording medium, the aforesaid program is read into a computer. Thus, the data is read according to and correspondingly to the position information, which is detected in the position information detecting process, and is displayed on the display screen of said display means in the case where a predetermined place on the flat region portion is designated and further, where the aforesaid display screen is designated.
To achieve the foregoing object, in accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data transmission apparatus which comprises: a position information output means for outputting position information concerning a place in a flat region portion in a case that the place in the aforesaid flat region portion is designated; a data storage means in which various data respectively corresponding predetermined places in the aforesaid flat region portion are stored; a network connection means for performing a data transmission through a network provided with a table in which at least information concerning presence of an output of the position information is described; and a control means for performing a control operation of describing information, which indicates that the position information is described in the aforesaid table, in a case where a place in the aforesaid flat region portion in the aforesaid position information output means, and of reading data according to and corresponding to position information from said data storage means when a data transmission request is acquired from an apparatus provided on said network.
In accordance with this data transmission apparatus, in the case where the predetermined place on the flat region portion in the position information output means is designated, the position information concerning the aforesaid place is outputted by this position information output means. Moreover, information, which indicates that the position information is outputted, is described by the control means into the t
dele Torre Crescelle N.
Limbach & Limbach L.L.P.
Oh Seong-Kun
Sony Corporation
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