Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-07-25
2000-01-18
Feild, Joseph H.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
345 87, G06F 1500, G09G 336
Patent
active
060165022
ABSTRACT:
A display of an electric device displays data which are stored in a chart data part, in the form of a chart. When deleting of a column or row of the chart using a coordinates inputting device is instructed, the column or row is deleted, the remaining columns or rows are moved closer to each other, and the chart is accordingly edited and displayed. Simultaneously, at the position at which the column or row is deleted, an identifier is displayed. A user may also optionally select whether or not to display the identifier. In addition, when the coordinates inputting device on the identifier is touched, the deleted column is restored and displayed at the original position. In the case where there are a plurality of deleted columns, one column may be selectively designated from the plurality of columns so that only the designated one column is restored. Further, the identifier may be displayed in the form of a menu display, so that a user may designate a column to restore simply by touching the coordinates inputting device on the menu display corresponding to the designated column.
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Haneda Isamu
Kihara Yoshiro
Morioka Masami
Feild Joseph H.
Kindred Alford W.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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