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Object editing method, object editing system and computer memory product

US6020895A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 10, 1997
Grant dateFeb 1, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S715/964
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object editing system has an object display unit for displaying objects, an object executive table for registering the display position and the display contents of the object to be displayed, an interface unit for detecting the instruction of an input apparatus of the user with respect to the displayed object, and an object operation executive unit for managing the display, edition of the objects by controlling these units. The object editing system conducts, by the direct operation of the user based on the human natural consciousness with respect to the displayed object, the editing process such as associating, connecting, displaying, erasing and so on in accordance with the contents of the operation by the input apparatus of the user.

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