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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Motochika Okano, Ome, JP;
Kazushi Ikeda, Hino, JP;
Kazuyuki Matsuda, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information display method includes converting circuit diagram CAD data of a circuit board into a first standard format and converting layout diagram CAD data of the circuit board into a second standard format, displaying a circuit diagram based on the circuit diagram CAD data converted into the first standard format on a screen of a circuit-diagram viewer and displaying a layout diagram based on the layout diagram CAD data converted into the second standard format on a screen of a layout-diagram viewer, highlighting a circuit element selected on the screen of either the circuit-diagram viewer or the layout-diagram viewer using specified color, and giving information for identifying the circuit element selected on the screen to another viewer, and highlighting an element corresponding to the circuit element identified by the given information on the screen of the viewer receiving the information using specified color.