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Intelligent graphic operation panel and highlighting contol method

US5844556A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateJan 17, 1995
Grant dateDec 1, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04847
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Besides fixed display element information for merely displaying a fixed screen, variable display element information for variably displaying a variable display element whose display content changes, input element information representing the relationship of correspondence between the input means and an operation switch contained in a relevant component, and the operation program information for operating the relevant component as required, which are necessary for the relevant component to completely function as a component, are capable of being set and registered with respect to component data. In addition, the set and registered component is allowed to be handled in a component data unit when user screen data is generated. Accordingly, if the components are registered in a library, the possibility of use by a third party can be drastically increased, and the number of work steps during the screen generation by the user can be drastically decreased.

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