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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:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Hideyuki Takishita, Iwaki, JP;
Mitsuru Kawahata, Iwaki, JP;
Alpine Electronics, Inc., , JP;
Abstract
Desired switch images are freely shifted and grouped by the operator, so that the switch images can be superimposed to be displayed. A plurality of layers arranged from the lowest layer to the highest layer are provided for the respective switch images. The layer numbers and the switch image data of the switch images corresponding to the respective layer numbers are managed. If switch images are superimposed on each other, the higher-layer switch image is displayed on the lower-layer switch image on the display screen. If a shifted switch image is not superimposed on any of the previously-superimposed images, the layer numbers of all of the switch images higher than the layer number of the shifted switch image are subtracted by one, and also, the layer number of the shifted switch image is set to be the highest number. Then, the shifted switch image is written into the corresponding zone of the screen memory, so that the overall shifted switch image can be displayed on the frontmost position of the screen.
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