Patent ID: 6567546
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A method for handling a data medium on which a group of object particulars classified under a plurality of items is recorded in a number of pieces of record data such that each piece of record data generally includes a plurality of object particulars corresponding to the plural items, each object particular consisting of letters and/or numbers, said method comprising the steps of:(a) displaying on a display unit at least part of an image of the object particular group of the data medium; (b) selecting one item among the plural items for entry of an associated object particular, which is classified with the selected one item, among the plural object particulars of one of the record data pieces during said step (a); (c) in response to said step (b), highlighting an area of the image corresponding to the associated object particular of the one record data piece; (d) selecting another item among the plural items for entry of another associated object particular, which is classified with the selected another item, among the plural object particulars of the one record data piece during said step (a); (e) in response to said step (d), canceling the highlighting of the first area of the image in said step (c) and highlighting another area of the image corresponding to the another associated object particular of the one record data piece; after said steps (d) and (e) are repeated and the entry of every object particular of the one record data piece is completed,(f) reselecting one item among the plural items for entry of an associated object particular, which is classified with the reselected one item, among the plural object particulars of another piece of record data during said step (a); and (g) in response to said step (f), canceling the highlighting of an area of the image in said step (e) and highlighting another area of the image corresponding to the associated object particular of the another record data piece.