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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuma Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345339 ; 345964 ;
Abstract
The shapes of a plurality of parts are displayed simultaneously on a display screen. When the shape of one of the parts is designated in a 'hide' mode, the display of the shape of this part is inhibited and an icon is displayed in its place. When the icon is designated in a 'show' mode, the icon is erased and the shape of the original member is re-displayed.