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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Toshifumi Arai, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Shojima, Hitachiota, JP;
Soshiro Kuzunuki, Katsuta, JP;
Masaki Miura, Hitachi, JP;
Toshimi Yokota, Hitachiota, JP;
Keiko Gunji, Mito, JP;
Kazuo Aisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tooru Numata, Chigasaki, JP;
Hideki Sakao, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Fukunaga, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing system which comprises an integral input and display unit comprising a display which enables an object to be selectively displayed at one of a plurality of positions in a display area and a tablet having an input face overlaid on a display face of the display, the input and display face being disposed substantially horizontally, and a display whose display face is disposed substantially uprightly, wherein when an object is presented to a user in the display area of the display, a display position of the object is determined in response to at least one of a state of the user, a state of the input and display face, and a display state of the display, thereby enabling the object to be displayed at an easy-to-use position relative to the user's position.