1. A display control apparatus having capabilities of converting multiple images to be displayed in a first site to display said multiple images in a second site, the display control apparatus comprising:
a receiver that receives information on a noteworthy image selected from said multiple images and setup information on at least one display device installed in the second site;
a determination potion that determines a difference in number of display devices installed in the first site and the number of the display devices installed in the second site, on the basis of the setup information on said at least one display device; and
a conversion portion that converts the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image in priority, on the basis of a result determined by the determination portion and the information on the noteworthy image.
2. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images so that the noteworthy image is displayed on a display device not to be used in the second site, when the number of the display devices installed in the second site is greater than the number of the display devices installed in the first site.
3. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images so that the noteworthy image is displayed in priority, when the number of the display devices installed in the second site is smaller than the number of the display devices installed in the first site.
4. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images to combine noteworthy images to be displayed on a display device, when the number of the noteworthy images is greater than the number of the display devices installed in the second site.
5. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images to combine and display noteworthy images in consideration of a display area, when same noteworthy images are included in multiple noteworthy images.
6. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image at least one of by zoom in and by animation.
7. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images to change at least one of a color of the noteworthy image and those of other images.
8. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image with a boundary thereof being highlighted.
9. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the conversion portion obtains either a complementary color of a background color inside the boundary of the noteworthy image or the complementary color based on a color histogram of the noteworthy image, and employs the complementary color for the boundary.
10. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion portion converts the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image by changing at least one of brightness and contrast.
11. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a generation portion that generates a control signal to inform of the noteworthy image by sound.
12. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a generation portion that generates a control signal to inform of the noteworthy image by illumination.
13. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a storage portion that stores setup information on said at least one display device installed in the second site.
14. The display control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said at least one display device is composed of either a device for displaying an image or a projector.
15. A system having a display control apparatus and terminals,
wherein:
the display control apparatus has capabilities of converting information on multiple images to be displayed in a first site to display said multiple images in a second site; and
each of the terminals includes a select portion that selects a noteworthy image and a send portion that sends the noteworthy image selected by the select portion,
the display control apparatus including a receiver that receives the information on the noteworthy image selected from said multiple images and setup information on at least one display device installed in the second site; a determination potion that determines a difference in number of display devices installed in the first site and the number of the display devices installed in the second site, on the basis of the setup information on said at least one display device; and a conversion portion that converts the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image in priority, on the basis of a result determined by the determination portion and the information on the noteworthy image.
16. A system having a display control apparatus and terminals,
wherein:
the display control apparatus has capabilities of converting information on multiple images to be displayed in a first site to display said multiple images in a second site; and
each of the terminals includes a select portion that selects a noteworthy image and a send portion that sends said multiple images converted by the display control apparatus,
the display control apparatus including a receiver that receives the information on the noteworthy image selected from said multiple images and setup information on at least one display device installed in the second site; a determination potion that determines a difference in number of display devices installed in the first site and the number of the display devices installed in the second site, on the basis of the setup information on said at least one display device; and a conversion portion that converts the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image in priority, on the basis of a result determined by the determination portion and the information on the noteworthy image.
17. A display control method of converting information on multiple images to be displayed in a first site to display said multiple images in a second site, the display control apparatus comprising:
receiving the information on a noteworthy image selected from said multiple images and setup information on at least one display device installed in the second site;
determining a difference in number of display devices installed in the first site and the number of the display devices installed in the second site, on the basis of the setup information on said at least one display device; and
converting the information on said multiple images to display the noteworthy image in priority, on the basis of a result determined by the determination portion and the information on the noteworthy image.
18. The display control method as claimed in claim 17, wherein information on said multiple images are converted so that the noteworthy image is displayed on a display device not to be used in the second site, when the number of the display devices installed in the second site is greater than the number of the display devices installed in the first site.
19. The display control method as claimed in claim 17, wherein information on said multiple images are converted so that the noteworthy image is displayed in priority, when the number of the display devices installed in the second site is smaller than the number of the display devices installed in the first site.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of detecting defects in a material, the method comprising:
directing an acoustic beam from an acoustic transducer to the material;
obtaining a surface profile of the material during a stress application and an absence of stress; and
wherein a difference or variation between the surface profile or its derivatives during the stress application and the absence of stress detects a surface andor a buried defect.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising scanning the acoustic beam from the acoustic transducer in a plurality of dimensions andor angles.
3. A metrology system for measuring a surface profile of a material, the system comprising:
a directable acoustic transducer, which creates an internal stress within the material; and
a metrology device, which measures variations of the surface profile or its derivatives created by the directable acoustic transducer.
4. A method to determine a difference between a surface profile in a stressed state and an unstressed state, and interpreting the difference in a way that can be used to describe the buried defects, the method comprising:
scanning an acoustic beam in angle and in position; and
measuring and storing acoustic beam motions of half a beam diameter, wherein an area that is M acoustic beam diameters in length and N in width requires 4\xd7M\xd7N stressed profiles to be taken, for each propagation angle.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein measurements at a single propagation angle will be sufficient to locate the defect in two dimensions, one along the length and the other along the width.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein a 4\xd7M\xd7N stressed profile at from two to eight additional propagation angles is sufficient to locate the defect in three dimensions.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein a device or object being measured are embedded in an acoustic couplant.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the acoustic couplant is water or seawater.