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US 6,552,737 B1Granted
Control of window size in response to user operation
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsHarutaka Tanaka, Shuji Iwasaki, Takao Shikama, Yoshito Taniyama, Yoshimasa Sekiya, Hirofumi Kobayashi, Koji Mikami, Masayoshi Kamada, Shinichi Tabe
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Abstract
A device for controlling multi-window display on a screen includes a screen-operation detecting unit which detects user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen. The device further includes a control unit which controls a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when said screen-operation detecting unit detects a move of the pointer into an area of the window.
Claims21
A device for controlling multi-window display on a screen, comprising:
- a screen-operation detecting unit which detects user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen;
- a control unit which controls a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when said screen-operation detecting unit detects a move of the pointer into an area of the window;
- and
- a time-measurement unit for counting time,
- wherein said control unit controls the window to increase the amount of information displayed therein when the pointer stays inside the area of the window for a predetermined time period counted by said time-measurement unit after the move of the pointer into the area of the window,
- wherein said control unit controls the window to restore an original state thereof when said screen-operation detecting unit detects no user operation with respect to the window for a predetermined time period.
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A device for controlling multi-window display on a screen, comprising:
- a screen-operation detecting unit which detects user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen;
- a control unit which controls a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when said screen-operation detecting unit detects a move of the pointer into an area of the window;
- a memory which stores a position indicator indicative of a user-specified portion of the information displayed in the window, and said control unit restores the window to an original state thereof such that the portion of the information indicated by the position indicator is displayed at a top of the information in the restored window, and
- a time-measurement unit for counting time,
- wherein said control unit controls the window to increase the amount of information displayed therein when the pointer stays inside the area of the window for a predetermined time period counted by said time-measurement unit after the move of the pointer into the area of the window.
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A method of controlling multi-window display on a screen, comprising:
- detecting user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen;
- controlling a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when a move of the pointer into an area of the window is detected;
- controlling the window to restore an original state thereof when no user operation with respect to the window for a predetermined time period is detected;
- and
- counting time,
- wherein the window is controlled to increase the amount of information displayed therein when the pointer stays inside the area of the window for a predetermined time period counted after the move of the pointer into the area of the window.
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A method of controlling multi-window display on a screen, comprising:
- detecting user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen;
- controlling a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when a move of the pointer into an area of the window is detected;
- storing a position indicator indicative of a user-specified portion of the information displayed in the window;
- restoring the window to an original state thereof such that the portion of the information indicated by the position indicator is displayed at a top of the information in the restored window;
- and
- counting time,
- wherein the window is controlled to increase the amount of information displayed therein when the pointer stays inside the area of the window for a predetermined time period counted after the move of the pointer into the area of the window.
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A machine-readable medium having a program embodied therein for controlling a computer to control multi-window display on a screen, said program comprising:
- a screen-operation detecting unit configured to detect user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen;
- a control unit configured to control a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when said screen-operation detecting unit detects a move of the pointer into an area of the window;
- and
- a time-measurement unit configured to count time,
- wherein said control unit controls the window to increase the amount of information displayed therein when the pointer stays inside the area of the window for a predetermined time period counted by said time-measurement unit after the move of the pointer into the area of the window,
- wherein said control unit controls the window to restore an original state thereof when said screen-operation detecting unit detects no user operation with respect to the window for a predetermined time period.
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A machine-readable medium having a program embodied therein for controlling a computer to control multi-window display on a screen, said program comprising:
- a screen-operation detecting unit configured to detect user screen operations including a user operation of a pointer on the screen;
- a control unit configured to control a window to increase an amount of information displayed therein when said screen-operation detecting unit detects a move of the pointer into an area of the window;
- a position indicator unit configured to indicate a user-specified portion of the information displayed in the window, and said control unit restores the window to an original state thereof such that the portion of the information indicated by the position indicator unit is displayed at a top of the information in the restored window;
- and
- a time-measurement unit configured to count time,
- wherein said control unit controls the window to increase the amount of information displayed therein when the pointer stays inside the area of the window for a predetermined time period counted by said time-measurement unit after the move of the pointer into the area of the window.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.