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Multi-display control system and image display apparatus

US7369099B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 2003
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2370/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-display control system enables an operation screen to come up on an operator's front screen when an application performing a display operation changes, without the need for the operator to move the display image.When the conditions for image detection have been met, it is detected where the position of a mouse is on a hypothetical single-sheet page 5 (process 1). Next, from the position detection result it is assessed if the mouse is on a second sub display apparatus 8 (process 2). Then in the case where the assessed operating screen is not the main display apparatus 6, the screen contents of the second sub display apparatus 8 and the screen contents of the main display apparatus 6 are exchanged and displayed on the respective image display apparatuses. That is, the screen contents of the second sub display apparatus 8 are transformed to the main display apparatus 6, and the screen contents of the main display apparatus 6 are transformed to the second sub display apparatus 8 (process 3). As a result, the working space shown by the mouse can always be brought to the front screen, and the operating efficiency of the image display can be further improved.

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