Image display apparatus and image display method
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYosuke Asai, Akio Uekawa, Shinichiro Araki
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Abstract
At least one graphic element includes basic element data of an image, such as a menu, and attributes of the basic element. At least one animation element associated with the graphic element describes a condition and a procedure for dynamically changing an attribute of the graphic element when the condition is fulfilled. The graphic element and the animation element are stored as drawing data. When the condition is fulfilled, the procedure described in the animation element is executed so that an attribute of the graphic element is changed.
Claims16
An image display apparatus for changing a state of a display in accordance with state transition data corresponding to an instruction, producing post-transition display data from drawing data, and displaying an image based on the post-transition display data, comprising:
- a drawing data storage unit for storing drawing data including at least one graphic element and at least one animation element, the graphic element including a basic element of the image and attributes of the basic element, and the animation element being associated with the graphic element and describing a condition and a procedure for dynamically changing attributes of the graphic element when the condition is fulfilled;
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- a drawing controller for executing the procedure to change the attributes of the graphic element, when the condition is fulfilled, and producing the post-transition display data based on the graphic element.
An image display method for changing a state of display in accordance with state transition data corresponding to an instruction, producing post-transition display data from drawing data, and displaying an image based on the post-transition display data, comprising:
- determining whether a condition for a change in the state of display is fulfilled, given drawing data including at least one graphic element and at least one animation element, the graphic element including a basic element of the image and attributes of the basic element, and the animation element being associated with the graphic element and describing a condition and a procedure for dynamically changing attributes of the graphic element when the condition is fulfilled, by determining whether the condition is fulfilled;
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- executing the procedure to change the attributes of the graphic element, when the condition is fulfilled;
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- producing the post-transition display data based in the graphic element.
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