摘要 |
<p>A data processing system provides a desk view which serves as a graphical user interface to the system. The desk view displays detailed miniaturized images (34) of all documents possessed by the user. The miniaturized document images (34) are user movable and stackable in the desk view. The miniaturized image is derived by the processor from an original image comprising a plurality of pixels. Color selection of the miniaturized images is based on a comparison with corresponding groups of pixels of adjacent groups and the differences in the lightness/darkness of the colors (determined by average counts) is emphasized. The desk view also enables user selected operations including user interaction with graphical representations of mailing (52), disposing (74), annotating, stapling (88), unstapling (90) and printing (72) of documents. User interaction with graphical representations of the desk view is communicated through an electronic stylus for providing a simulation of a common office desk and user interaction.</p> |