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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Noriyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimasa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Software Engineering Co., LTD, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at easy and efficient selection of bands present on a lane. A regionis set on a display of a lanehaving a plurality of bandstobased on an input cursorof a pointing unit. The bandstowithin the regionare displayed to be in a selection candidate state. The size of the regionmay be altered by an input of a predetermined key of a keyboard. Along with the size alteration of the regionbands to be displayed in the selection candidate state also change. By selecting with the mouse button, a band of interest is accurately selected from the bands in the selection candidate state.