JP2719242B2 - Graphic processing method of data in memory - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic processing method for data in a memory, in particular, a method of displaying a temporarily prepared graphic memory symbol together with a fixedly prepared graphic symbol in a graphic symbol display area of a display screen. The present invention also relates to a graphic processing method for in-memory data in which a graphic temporarily prepared and stored in a memory is displayed or pasted on a work area of a display screen as necessary.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a graphic processing system capable of pasting data stored in a conventional memory, particularly graphic data, in a work area of a display screen, various fixed data are pasted. For this purpose, a menu composed of symbols symbolizing each of them is provided in the drawing symbol display area 3 of the display screen as shown in FIG. 12, and by selecting the menu, a transition is made to the respective data pasting modes to perform graphic processing.

When pasting data of a figure temporarily stored in a memory, a pull-down menu of another menu is prepared separately from the above-mentioned symbol of a fixedly prepared figure, and a pasting function in the menu is selected. By specifying this, the mode transits to the pasting mode of the data in the memory and performs the graphic processing.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when a fixed straight line drawing symbol, which is displayed as a drawing symbol, is designated by a cursor or the like, a transition is made to a straight line pasting mode, and as shown in FIG. By designating the positions of the first point A and the second point B in 2, a straight line is pasted between the first point A and the second point B.

When a figure temporarily stored in the memory is pasted, a pull-down menu of another menu is displayed as shown in FIG. By transiting to the mode and specifying the paste position in the work area 2,
As shown in FIG. 15, the graphics processing method of pasting the contents stored in the memory at that time was performed.

FIG. 11 shows the contents of a figure stored in the memory.

[0007]

In the conventional graphic processing method of pasting data temporarily stored in a memory, an operation of displaying a pull-down menu of another menu is required. There is a disadvantage that the method of pasting the stored data is more difficult to understand as compared with the case where the processing method is fixedly prepared.

[0008] In addition, since the operation is completely different despite the same attaching function, there is a disadvantage that the operability is poor. The present invention
A graphic processing method for in-memory data, which aims to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and allows data temporarily stored in a memory to be displayed in a work area of a display device so that the stored data can be confirmed. It is intended to provide.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a display device which displays two screens, a work area and a drawing symbol display area.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a work area, a display screen for performing graphic processing such as drawing, moving, pasting, and display of a graphic; and 3, a drawing symbol display area, which symbolizes a fixedly prepared figure or a temporarily prepared figure. The display screen 4 displays a symbol to be displayed and an item for selecting display and pasting of a temporarily prepared figure. Reference numeral 4 denotes a memory which stores data of a fixedly prepared figure and a temporarily prepared figure. A symbol memory 5 stores in advance the symbolized symbols displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3 and data of items for selecting display and pasting of temporarily prepared figures. Reference numeral 6 denotes a symbol selection device for selecting and specifying a symbol displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3 with a cursor or the like. Reference numeral 7 denotes a memory symbol area. One area in the symbol memory 5 for storing data of symbols which are temporarily stored and which symbolizes the graphic, and 8 is a submenu area. One area in the symbol memory 5 for storing the data of the sub-menu item display of the graphic display and the graphic pasting process, 9 is a sub-menu selection device, and the symbol of the graphic temporarily stored in the memory 4 is a symbol. A device for selecting one of the submenu items of the graphic display and the graphic pasting process displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3 when designated by the selection device 6, a control unit 10, and a symbol selection device 6.
In accordance with the symbol selected by the user, the data of the symbol corresponding graphic is read out from the memory 4 and, when the symbol of the temporarily prepared graphic is designated, the display and pasting of the temporarily prepared graphic are performed. A display controller 11 reads each data of an item to be selected from the sub-menu area 8 and displays the data in the drawing symbol display area 3. Reference numeral 11 denotes a display controller, which stores each data read from the memory 4 and the symbol memory 5. This is to be displayed on the display screen of the display device 1.

[0010]

The data of a temporarily prepared graphic symbol is read from the memory symbol area 7 in the symbol memory 5, and the data of the fixedly prepared graphic symbol is read from the symbol memory 5. The symbols are read out and the respective symbols are displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3.

When a symbol of a figure temporarily prepared by the symbol selection device 6 is selected and designated by a cursor or the like,
Each data of the item for selecting display and pasting of the temporarily prepared figure is read out from the submenu area 8 and displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3 simultaneously with the fixedly prepared symbol.

When an item to be displayed is selected by the sub-menu selection device 9, data of a graphic corresponding to the symbol is read from the memory 4 and the graphic is displayed in the work area 2. When the item of pasting is selected by the sub-menu selecting device 9, an inquiry about the pasting position is performed, and then a pasting process of the figure is performed by a figure processing unit (not shown).
The pasted figure is also drawn in the work area 2.

[0013]

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals 5, 7, 8, and 11 correspond to those in FIG. 1, reference numeral 12 denotes a graphic processing control unit, and reference numeral 13 denotes a mouse. The graphic processing control unit 12 has the functions of the control unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 and can perform graphic processing such as copying, drawing, moving, and pasting processing of a graphic using the memory 4 and the symbol memory 5. Is performed by a conventional technique.

The mouse 13 has the functions of the symbol selection device 6 and the submenu selection device 9 shown in FIG. Next, the operation of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Prior to the description, the temporarily prepared figure is, for example, that shown in FIG. 11, and the data of the figure in FIG. 11 is stored in the memory 4 in advance. It is stored in the memory symbol area 7 in advance.

It is assumed that the temporarily prepared sub-menu items for the graphic display and the graphic pasting process shown in FIG. 10 are displayed as "display" and "Paste", and each data of the item display is previously stored in the sub-menu area. 8 is stored. Since the data of the temporarily prepared symbol M of the graphic is read from the memory symbol area 7 and the data of each fixed symbol such as a straight line, a rectangle, and a circle is read from the symbol memory 5, Each symbol is displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3 as shown in FIG.

When the graphic processing control unit 12 is in the event accepting state, it accepts an event (step 1) and determines the type of the event (step 2). For example, when a signal indicating that this event type presses the button of the mouse 13 arrives, the graphic processing control unit 12 transitions to the pasting mode, and receives the message of the symbol specified by the mouse cursor in the drawing symbol display area 3 (step 3). ).

Now, when the mouse cursor designates a straight line drawing symbol as shown in FIG. 4, the graphic processing control unit 12 determines the positions of the start point and the end point where the straight line should be pasted on the display screen of the display device 1. Is displayed. When the positions of the start point and the end point are designated in the work area 2 using the mouse 13, the graphic processing control unit 12 reads the data of the straight line from the memory 4 and connects the start point and the end point with the straight line. Is stored in the memory 4 (step 11). Since the data connected by the straight line is displayed in the work area 2, a straight line is drawn between the start point A and the end point B as shown in FIG.

Similarly, when the mouse cursor designates a rectangle drawing symbol, data in which the rectangle is pasted at the designated position is stored in the memory 4 (step 12), and the rectangle is designated in the work area 2. Is drawn at the specified position. On the other hand, when the mouse cursor designates a temporarily prepared graphic symbol as shown in FIG. 6, the graphic processing control unit 12 displays the temporarily prepared graphic from the submenu area 8. 7 is read out, and the sub-menu items as shown in FIG. 7 near the corresponding symbol, ie, the sub-items of “Paste” and “display” as shown in FIG. The menu items are displayed (step 4). Then, the graphic processing control unit 12 receives the event (Step 5).

When the mouse 13 is dragged (step 6), the signal is sent from the mouse 13 to the graphic processing control unit 12, and the "Paste" and "display" sub-items are sent according to the dragged position of the mouse 13. The characters of the menu items are reversed to black and white characters (step 7). Thereafter, when the mouse 13 is continued to be dragged, the above steps 5 to 7 are repeated.

On the other hand, when the button of the mouse 13 is released (step 6), a message of the inverted character of the "Paste" or "display" submenu item at that time is sent to the graphic processing control unit 12. If the reverse character of the submenu item is "Paste" (step 8), the graphic processing control unit 12 sets the display device 1
Is displayed on the display screen for inquiring about the position where the figure shown in FIG. 11 prepared temporarily is pasted. When the position is specified in the work area 2 using the mouse 13, the graphic processing control unit 12 reads the data of the temporarily prepared graphic from the memory 4 and pastes the data of the graphic at the specified position. . As shown in FIG. 8, a temporarily prepared figure is drawn at the designated position on the display screen of the work area 2 (step 9). Then, the process returns to the first step 1.

When the inverted character of the submenu item is "display" (step 8), the graphic processing control unit 12 reads the temporarily prepared graphic data from the memory 4, The graphic is displayed in a window format as shown in FIG. 9 on the display screen of the work area 2 (step 10). Then, the process returns to the first step 1.

In the above description, a case has been described in which the number of temporarily prepared figures is one. However, when there are a plurality of temporarily prepared figures, the symbol symbol is represented by, for example, M
1, M2, M3,... Are displayed in the drawing symbol display area 3 in an allocated manner, and each symbol symbol M
, M2, M3,...
Have exactly the same functions as the above, and perform the same operation.

Also, the temporarily prepared figure "Paste"
It is also possible to designate the items of the submenus of "display" and "display" by using a symbol such as a V mark as shown in FIG. Then, instead of the mouse 13, the input may be made with a keyboard.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the method of temporarily attaching the graphic data stored in the memory is the same symbol as the one prepared fixedly, so that the same operation can be performed. Operability is improved.

Further, since the figure temporarily stored in the memory is converted into a symbol and the item of the display and the pasting process can be selected for the symbol, the figure can be confirmed efficiently in the work area. Thus, the space for the drawing symbol display area can be saved, and the data of the graphic can be solved by one symbol.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of display of symbols displayed in a drawn symbol display area according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory drawing of straight line drawing of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of symbol designation of a temporarily prepared figure.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a submenu display when a symbol M is designated.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a pasting process of a temporarily prepared figure.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of display processing of a temporarily prepared figure.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of another embodiment of sub menu item selection.

FIG. 11 is a diagram of an example temporarily prepared in a memory;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of display of symbols displayed in a conventional drawing symbol display area.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional straight line drawing.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional pull-down menu display.

FIG. 15 is a drawing explanatory drawing of a figure temporarily prepared in a memory;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 display device 2 work area 3 drawing symbol display area 4 memory 5 symbol memory 6 symbol selection device 7 memory symbol region 8 submenu area 9 submenu selection device 10 control unit 11 display control unit 12 graphic processing control unit 13 mouse

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A display device (1) having a work area (2) and a drawing symbol display area (3) as a display screen, and data of a fixedly prepared graphic and a temporarily prepared graphic are stored. Memory (4), a symbol memory (5) for storing data of symbols which are fixedly prepared and symbolizing a figure, and a symbol for selecting and specifying a symbol displayed in the drawing symbol display area (3). And a selecting device (6) for reading the data of the corresponding graphic from the memory (4) by designating the symbol of the graphic to be drawn by the symbol selecting device (6) and storing the data in the work area (2) of the display screen. in the graphic processing system sticking Keru graphic attaching process corresponding figure is performed, temporarily a graphic stored in the prepared memory (4), Shin prepared in the anchor shape Drawing thin with the le
A memory symbol area (7) is provided in the symbol memory (5) for storing data of a symbol representing the figure to be always displayed in the vol display area (3) . A graphic processing method for in-memory data, wherein symbols are always displayed in a drawing symbol display area (3) of a display screen together with fixedly prepared graphic symbols. 2. A display device (1) having a work area (2) and a drawing symbol display area (3) as a display screen, and stores data of a fixedly prepared graphic and a temporarily prepared graphic. Memory (4), a symbol memory (5) for storing data of the symbols which symbolize the figure prepared fixedly, and a symbol selection for selecting and specifying the symbols displayed in the drawing symbol display area (3). Device (6), the data of the corresponding graphic is read from the memory (4) by designating the symbol of the graphic to be drawn by the symbol selecting device (6), and the corresponding data is stored in the work area (2) of the display screen. in the graphic processing system sticking Keru graphic attaching process graphics is performed, a stored graphical temporarily prepared memory (4), symbols of figures prepared in the fixed Drawing thin with the
A memory symbol area (7) is provided in the symbol memory (5) for storing data of a symbol symbolizing the figure to be always displayed in the vol display area (3) . For the graphic stored in the memory (4), a submenu area (8) for storing the item display data of the submenu of the graphic display and the graphic pasting process is provided in the symbol memory (5). When a symbol of a graphic stored in the temporarily prepared memory (4) is designated by the symbol selection device (6), the graphic display of the submenu displayed in the drawing symbol display area (3) of the display screen And a submenu selecting device (9) for selecting one of the submenu items of the graphic pasting process and the symbol pasting process. When the shape of the symbol is specified, the sub-menu selection device (9)
The graphic display processing and the graphic pasting processing of the graphic stored in the memory (4) temporarily prepared according to the selection are selected and executed in the work area (2) of the display screen. Characteristic processing of data in memory.