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US 6,570,597 B1Granted
Icon display processor for displaying icons representing sub-data embedded in or linked to main icon data
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroo Seki, Hajime Somura, Kanji Itaki, Kenji Kawasugi, Rui Yamagami
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Abstract
An icon display processor for use in a computer permits a user to intuitively recognize sub-data embedded in, or linked to, main data while a main icon symbolizing the main data is being displayed. When data B and C are embedded in document A, if a main icon is displayed, sub-icons corresponding to the embedded data are displayed behind the main icon. Thus, the user can intuitively recognize the sub-data contained in the document A. A sub-icon is displayed for each item or kind of sub-data. The user can directly process the sub-icons.
Claims9
An icon display processor comprising:
- a main icon display unit that displays a main icon representative of main data;
- a sub-icon display unit that displays sub-icons representative of sub-data together with the main icon where the sub-data form parts of the main data and are embedded-in, or linked-to, the main data;
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- a mode-selecting unit that chooses between a close display mode in which plural sub-icons are displayed so as to be located densely and overlap with each other and an expansion display mode in which plural sub-icons are displayed so as to be located less densely and overlap with each other.
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