Idea processor
AssigneeHiroArt Directions, Inc.
InventorHiroaki Imaizumi
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Abstract
In an idea processor, a plurality of sentences are managed in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels. Eight or less sentences are developed from a key sentence, and these nine or less sentences are displayed in a nested structure on a screen such that the key sentence is displayed at the center cell of nine cells arranged in a 3.times.3 matrix, while the developed sentences are displayed in cells that surround the center cell. Since the number of sentences that are developed from the key sentence is limited to eight, the idea processor is easier for a beginner to use, as compared to a conventional idea processor in which the number of sentences that are developed from a key sentence is not limited. Moreover, the nested displayed 3.times.3 cell structure makes it easier to grasp the entire structure of the sentences on a screen.
Claims5
An idea processor in which a plurality of sentences are managed in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels by developing a plurality of sentences from a key sentence, wherein the number of sentences that are developed from the key sentence is limited to eight, and these nine sentences are displayed on a screen such that the key sentence is displayed at the center cell of nine cells arranged in a 3.times.3 matrix, while the developed sentences are displayed in cells that surround the center cell, thereby providing a display having a nested structure.
A method of managing and displaying sentences in an idea processor, comprising the steps of:
- managing a plurality of sentence blocks in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels such that up to eight developed sentence blocks are hierarchically linked to any other sentence block;
- maintaining a first 3.times.3 matrix having a center cell and eight peripheral cells on a display screen, each cell capable of displaying a sentence block;
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- displaying a nested structure of said sentences, including
- displaying a sentence block as a key sentence block at said center cell of said 3.times.3 matrix, and
- displaying up to eight sentence blocks developed from said sentence block displayed as a key sentence block, one developed sentence block each in a peripheral cell so that developed sentences surround said center cell.
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