Information comparison display apparatus using colors and a method thereof

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(12) United States Patent
(10) Patent N0.: US 6,897,867 B2
Katayama (45) Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
(54) INFORMATION COMPARISON DISPLAY 5,787,414 A * 7/1998 Miike et al. ................. .. 707/2
APPARATUS USING COLORS AND A 5,794,178 A * 8/1998 Caid et al. ................ .. 704/9
METHOD THEREOF 5,835,625 A * 11/1998 Fitzpatrick et a1. 382/165
5,918,238 A * 6/1999 Hayashi ....... .. 715/526
. - - - 6,057,839 A * 5/2000 Advani et a1. 345/784
(75) Inventor. Y0sh1n0r1 Katayama, Kawasaki (JP) 67100900 A * 8/2000 Rokusek et al' N 345/440
. _ .. . . . 6,137,499 A * 10/2000 Tesler ............. .. 345/440
(73) Asslgnee' FuJlts“ L‘m‘ted’ Kawasakl (JP) 6,211,880 B1 * 4/2001 Impink, Jr. . 345/418
. . . . . 6,301,579 B1 * 10/2001 Becker ........... .. 707/102
(*) Notlcei igltlggftigoeirtlgn<gsghgrrnzéi122276561111 55:21; 6,356,285 B1 * 3/2002 Burkwald e161. ........ .. 345/853
U.S.C. 154(b) by 352 days. FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
JP A 8-287172 11/1996
(21) Appl. No.: 09/737,734
* cited b examiner
(22) Filed: Dec. 18, 2000 y
_ _ _ Primary Examiner—Mark Zimmerman
(65) Pnor Pubhcatlon Data Assistant Examiner—Enrique L. Santiago
Us 2001/OOO4402 A1 ]un_ 21’ 2001 (74) AHOY/16y, Agent, or Firm—Staas & Halsey LLP
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data (57) ABSTRACT
Dec. 17, 1999 (JP) ......................................... .. 11-358564 The present invention uses colors for displaying the results
(51) Int. Cl.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. G06T 11/20 of n-lformanon remeval or analysls (if pleces of Input Infor
_ _ _ matron so as to alloW a user to visually and ob]ect1vely
(52) US. Cl. ..................... .. 345/440, 345/589, 345/593, understand the difference between the pieces of input infcm
_ 715/528 mation and a series of changes. An information comparison
(58) Fleld of Search ............................... .. 345/440, 589, display apparatus, according to the present invention, Com_
345/593; 382/162> 165> 168; 715/528 prises a unit for receiving pieces of input information; a unit
_ for comparing the pieces of input information based on
(56) References Clted predetermined comparison criteria, and for determining
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS characteristic elements to be assigned colors; a unit for
assigning colors to the pieces of input information based on
5,416,890 A * 5/1995 Beretta ..................... .. 345/590 the results of comparison; and a unit for outputting the
5,574,837 A * 11/1996 Clark et a1. .. 345/440 information, to Which the colors have been assigned, to the
5,596,703 A * 1/1997 Eick et a1. ................ .. 345/700 outside.
5,664,084 A * 9/1997 Smith ....................... .. 345/440
5,739,824 A * 4/1998
Dietrich et a1. . . . . . . . . .. 345/440
5,784,066 A * 7/1998 AiZikoWitZ et a1. ....... .. 345/440 8 Claims, 27 Drawing Sheets
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