Patent ID: 6862598
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A link tree forming apparatus for setting individually selectable links for a plurality of objects displayed on a screen to form an overall object link tree, said apparatus comprising: position information acquiring unit acquiring position information for each object; link setting unit setting, on the basis of said acquired position information, a link between an m-th object and an n-th object when only said n-th object exists in a predetermined direction with reference to said m-th object, said link setting unit alternatively setting a link based on a distance of each object from said m-th object in said predetermined direction when a plurality of objects exist in said predetermined direction with reference to said m-th object; and converting unit converting, when a plurality of distances from said m-th object to said n-th object are defined, the position and size of said n-th object into those of a substitute object, by using as parameters at least one of the positions, sizes and directions of said n-th object at the shortest distance and at the longest distance among said plurality of distances, wherein said position information acquiring unit acquires numeric values converted by said converting unit.