Display system

A display system for displaying simultaneously multiple images, whilst providing a user of the system with the facility to select the images to be displayed, the system including a main display screen, means to display on the main display screen a plurality of windows, there being a databank of data files, each data file including image data relating to one or more images which is displayable in a window displayed on the display screen, means to display oil a separate ancillary display screen at least one selection area, means to sense When the or a part of the selection area has been touch selected by a user, and in response, to display in a window of the main screen, a corresponding image.

A method of displaying multiple images on a display system, the images being digital images stored in data files in a data bank, the method including displaying on a display screen, a window, and displaying on the or another display screen, at least one touch sensitive selection area, touching a or a part of the selection area to select an image or images to be displayed in the window or the windows displayed on the display screen, and recalling image data from the data bank to enable the image or images to be displayed.

A method of displaying images of properties in an estate agent's shop window, including the steps of collecting image data of properties with one or more video cameras, loading the image data on to a databank of a display system the display system including a display screen, means to display on the display screen a plurality of windows, there being a databank of data files, each data file including image data relating to one or more images each of which is displayable in a window of the display screen, means to display on the display screen at least one selection area, means to sense when the or a part of the selection area has been touch selected by a user, the system responding by displaying in a window, a corresponding image, and simultaneously displaying a plurality of images in windows of a display screen through the shop window.

A method of displaying images of properties on one or more display screens, including displaying a window in which an image of a properly is to be displayed, displaying a map or floor plan of the property, providing touch-sensitive means whereby pates depicted by the map or floor plan are identified in a selection are displayed by the screen, selecting a part of the property of which it is desired to view an image by touching a selected part of the selection area corresponding to a part depicted by thee map or floor plan, recalling from a data bank of image files, image data corresponding to the selected part of the property, and displaying in the displayed window, an image of the selected part of the property.