Patent ID: 6181337
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
A display control system for data, control during screen display operations, said system comprising:a pointing device that indicates a position on a screen of a display unit;a restoring unit that successively restores first elements of data to the screen in a specified area thereof, and rearranges second elements of data previously restored thereto, to provide an appearance that the first elements of data are gradually introduced to the specified area at the indicated position, said restoring unit including a second density control unit that, in accordance with successively restoring the first elements of data, increases a density of a second element of data by increasing a component of the second element of data previously restored to the screen;a setting unit that indicates, in accordance with a setting instruction, a type of data to be excluded from the first elements of data successively restored to the screen; andan exclusion unit that excludes elements of data of the type indicated by said setting unit from the first elements of data successively restored to the screen.