Patent ID: 6252602
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G06F,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus, comprising:a first display section including a display screen for displaying a plan view of a plurality of objects;a second display section including a display screen for displaying a front view of at least a selected object of the plurality of objects and at least one adjacent object of the plurality of objects;an input section for allowing a user to instruct a change in a display state of at least one of said display screens of said first and second display sections; andcontrol structure for controlling a display state of said display screens of said first and second display sections, and for changing the display state of one of the display screens of said first and second display sections in accordance with an instruction inputted to said input section, and for, in response to a change in the display state of one of said display screens, changing the display state of the other display screen,wherein the control means comprises marking means, and wherein in response to selection of the selected object on the display screen of said first display section or second display section through the input section, the marking means marks the selected object in the plan view of the display screen of said first display section, and at least the selected object and the at least one adjacent object are included in the front view of the display screen of the second display section, thereby displaying a relative position of the selected object to the at least one adjacent object.