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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Fumiteru Takeda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takaaki Muto, Hamakita, JP;
Fumiteru Takeda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takaaki Muto, Hamakita, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus is designed for displaying formation of a network on a screen. The network is composed of a plurality of nodes and is capable of transferring either of musical performance information and an audio signal through communication paths connecting the plurality of the nodes. In the display apparatus, an acquiring section acquires a type of each node and an arrangement of the communication paths arranged among the nodes for transmitting and receiving the musical performance information and the audio signal. An allocating section allocates a display area to each node within the screen according to the acquired type of each node. A drawing section draws a plurality of index images indicating the respective nodes on the screen at the display areas allocated to the respective nodes, and draws lines connecting the displayed index images of the nodes on the screen according to the acquired arrangement of the communication paths.