EP0349455A3 - Method for controlling the presentation of nested overlays - Google Patents

Method for controlling the presentation of nested overlays Download PDF

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EP0349455A3
EP0349455A3 EP19890480077 EP89480077A EP0349455A3 EP 0349455 A3 EP0349455 A3 EP 0349455A3 EP 19890480077 EP19890480077 EP 19890480077 EP 89480077 A EP89480077 A EP 89480077A EP 0349455 A3 EP0349455 A3 EP 0349455A3
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presentation
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Barbara Ann Barker
Thomas R. Edel
Jeffrey A. Stark
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/22—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of characters or indicia using display control signals derived from coded signals representing the characters or indicia, e.g. with a character-code memory
    • G09G5/30—Control of display attribute
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/14—Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A method is disclosed for controlling the presentation of nested overlays on a display medium. An overlay function resource is provided which includes its own environment specification which is independent of the space and data environment specifications. Mixing attributes are associated with each overlay and are utilized to determine which overlay space and data are to take precedence and be visible when the overlayed spaces are combined and imaged on a display medium. In a preferred mode of the present invention, the foreground and background of each overlay are separately controlled by the mixing attributes which define the mixing rules for the layered presentation of multiple overlays. Additionally, the order of precedence for displaying multiple overlays may be selectively altered or varied to provide multiple displays and to permit an individual overlay to be repetitively utilized.
EP89480077A 1988-06-30 1989-05-23 Method for controlling the presentation of nested overlays Expired - Lifetime EP0349455B1 (en)

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EP0349455A3 true EP0349455A3 (en) 1991-03-20
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GB2176677A (en) * 1985-05-27 1986-12-31 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Combining image signals

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GB2176677A (en) * 1985-05-27 1986-12-31 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Combining image signals

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JPH0786821B2 (en) 1995-09-20
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BR8903217A (en) 1990-02-13
JPH0232483A (en) 1990-02-02
CA1329282C (en) 1994-05-03
EP0349455B1 (en) 1995-11-08

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