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Title:
ウィンドウ状態間の遷移方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4880741
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for manipulating a window within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system in a manner that provides a transitional effect between window states, which is pleasing to the user. This transitional effect includes changing the shape of a window while scaling and moving the window between two different sizes and positions. In one embodiment of the present invention, the transitional effect may be employed as a window is minimized into an icon, or restored from an icon. In another embodiment of the present invention, the transitional effect is employed as a window is minimized within its title bar, or restored therefrom. The transitional effect may achieve scaling by a variety of filtering techniques including pixel averaging and pixel removal.

Inventors:
Olding, bus
Application Number:
JP2009275929A
Publication Date:
February 22, 2012
Filing Date:
December 03, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Apple Inc.
International Classes:
G06F3/048; G06F3/033; G06F3/0481; G06F3/14; G09G5/14; G09G5/38
Domestic Patent References:
JP9106334A
JP7044348A
JP7287646A
JP2000330686A
JP63225874A
JP9081348A
JP5046350A
Other References:
岩山 登,C++Builder活用技法 第8回アプリケーションクラス,Inside Windows,ソフトバンク株式会社,1998年 5月 1日,第4巻,第5号,pp.78-83
tatsuya,Windows Programming Tips-第3回,Inside Windows,ソフトバンク株式会社,1996年10月 1日,第2巻,第6号,pp.106-109
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu



 
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