JP3060113B2 - Command display selection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a command display and selection device, and more particularly, to a command display and selection device for a user to interactively input a command using a display screen of an information processing device.

[Prior art]

In recent information processing apparatuses and computer systems, a method in which a user interactively inputs a command using a screen such as a CRT or a liquid crystal and proceeds with the process has become mainstream. For example, in an OA device such as a word processor or a personal computer, the process proceeds as follows. First, since icons representing a plurality of processing targets are displayed on the screen, the pointer is moved to a target processing target icon using a pointing device such as a mouse or a tablet, and a designation operation is performed (for example, a mouse button is pressed. ). Then, a plurality of commands related to the specified processing target are additionally displayed on the screen in a menu format, so that the pointer is moved to the target command and the specifying operation is performed as before. Then, the specified command is executed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The above conventional method has the following three problems. Since the position of the pointer when the icon to be processed is specified is different from the position of the pointer for specifying the command to be executed, the pointer must be moved before specifying the command. For this reason, if the type of the processing target is determined, the command to be executed must be moved even if the command to be executed is fixedly determined in the normal case, which is troublesome. In the case of moving the pointer by key operation,
Although a pointer is automatically set to an initial position in a predetermined one of a plurality of commands displayed in a menu format, a pointer that moves using a pointing device maintains a positional relationship with the pointer. Therefore, the automatic movement of the pointer is not performed. Inexperienced users cannot distinguish between commands specified in the normal case and commands specified in the special case, so if the type of processing target is determined, the command to be executed is also fixed in the normal case. Even if that happens, you have to think about which command to specify,
Poor work efficiency. The intention to move the pointer to the command to be executed in the command menu was actually misaligned, so there was a possibility that the command next to the command to be executed was specified incorrectly (especially with the mouse, the button operation Sometimes the position of the pointer is shifted.) In this case, since an erroneous process is executed, useless work of performing recovery of the erroneous process and then specifying a correct command again is performed, resulting in a reduction in efficiency. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. That is, a first object of the present invention is to provide a command to be executed when the type of processing object is determined, which is almost fixed in a normal case, without moving the pointer and without hesitation. An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem by providing a command display / selection device capable of specifying a command. A second object of the present invention, in addition to the first object, is to provide a command display which prevents an erroneous process from being executed immediately even if an erroneous command is designated due to a displacement of a pointer. An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by providing a selection device.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the first object, according to the present invention, a plurality of processing targets are displayed on a screen and one of them is selected by a user. Command display and selection device for additionally displaying a plurality of commands related to a command on the screen and allowing the user to select a command to be executed from the command; information on which of the plurality of commands related to the processing target is the default command Default command information storage means for storing the information indicating the currently selected processing object; and selected processing object information storage means for storing information indicating the currently selected processing object; and one processing object among a plurality of processing objects displayed on the screen. Let the user specify, and if specified by the user, determine whether or not the specified processing target is being selected by referring to the storage content of the selected processing target information storage means. Updating the contents of the currently selected processing target information storage means with information indicating the specified processing target, displaying a plurality of commands related to the specified processing target on a screen, and displaying the default command information storage means A default command corresponding to a plurality of commands displayed on the screen is obtained by referring to the stored contents of the command, and which is the default command is displayed on the screen, and one of the plurality of commands displayed on the screen is displayed. When a command is specified by the user, the command is determined as a command to be executed, and the specified command is set in the default command information storage means as a default command in the specified processing target;
On the other hand, if the specified processing target is being selected, a default command for the selected processing target stored in the default command information storage means is obtained, and the default command is set as a command to be executed. A command display and selection device, comprising: In order to achieve the second object, according to the present invention, a plurality of processing targets are displayed on a screen, and one of the processing targets is selected by a user. A command display / selection device for displaying a plurality of commands related to the command on a screen and for allowing a user to select a command to be executed from the command; temporarily selected command information storage means for storing information indicating the temporarily selected command; A selected processing target information storage means for storing information indicating the selected processing target;
The user is allowed to specify one of the plurality of processing targets displayed on the screen, and when specified by the user, refers to the storage content of the selected processing target information storage unit and performs the specified processing. It is determined whether an object is being selected, and if not, the content of the selected processing object information storage means is updated with information indicating the specified processing object, and a plurality of items related to the specified processing object are updated. Command is displayed on the screen.
When one of a plurality of commands displayed on the screen is designated by the user, it is determined whether or not the designated command is temporarily selected by referring to the temporarily selected command information storage means. If not currently selected, the contents of the temporarily selected command information storage means are updated with the information indicating the specified command, and if temporarily selected, the specified command is determined as the command to be executed. ,on the other hand,
An information processing means for obtaining a temporarily selected command by referring to the temporarily selected command information storage means if the specified processing target is being selected, and determining the command as a command to be executed; And a command display and selection device characterized by comprising: In the above configuration, it is preferable that the information processing means displays at least one of a plurality of processing objects or a plurality of commands as an icon on a screen and allows the user to designate the processing object by a pointing device. Alternatively, a plurality of commands may be associated with each key of a function key or a numeric keypad, and may be specified by a user by a keyboard operation.

[Action]

In the command display selection device of the present invention, any one of a plurality of commands displayed when a certain processing target is selected
One command is set as a default command and displayed on the screen, and when the same processing target is selected again when a plurality of commands are displayed by selecting a certain processing target, the default command is displayed. ,
Determine the command to be executed. Therefore, the user can select the default command as an execution command only by selecting a certain icon twice in succession. Therefore, the operability is improved, and even an unskilled person can operate without hesitation. Further, in the command display / selection device of the present invention, when the first command is specified, the command is not immediately changed to the execution command, but is changed to the temporary selection state. Then, when the second command is specified (accordingly, the command in the tentatively selected state) is specified, the command is determined as an execution command only. As a result, even if an erroneous command is specified, erroneous execution is not performed. Therefore, it is sufficient to simply select a correct command again, thereby improving work efficiency.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited by this. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus 10 including a command display selection device according to one embodiment of the present invention. In this information processing apparatus 10, a microprocessor 21
Operate according to the programs stored in the ROM 22 and the RAM 23, execute calculations, and display via the screen control interface 24, the keyboard input interface 25, the pointing device interface 26 and the magnetic disk interface 27, the keyboard 29, The input / output between the pointing device 30 and the magnetic disk 31 is controlled. As the pointing device 30, for example, a mouse, a light pen, a tablet (or a digitizer) can be used. The microprocessor 21 executes the initialization program stored in the ROM 22 to execute the information processing device.
A program and data that define the ten main operations are loaded from the magnetic disk 31 to the RAM 23, and then the program is executed. FIG. 3 is an example of use of the memory area of the RAM 23. The OS unit 41 stores a basic program that controls basic controls such as memory management, program execution control, and input / output control, and data necessary for the execution thereof. The application program section 42 stores an application program loaded from the magnetic disk 31 by executing the basic program of the OS section 41 and data necessary for the execution. FIG. 4 shows a command display selection program 100 included in the application program section 42. In the command display selection program 100, the screen control program 51 displays various figures and characters on the display 28 via the screen control interface 24,
The display control of the pointer of the pointing device 30 is performed. This control will be described later in more detail. The command selection control program 52 performs control to determine a command to be executed in response to a user operation. This control will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG. The command execution program 53 executes a process corresponding to the determined command. The data 54 is data necessary for executing the screen control program 51 and the command selection control program 52. FIG. 5 shows the details of the data 54, which comprises a screen information table 61, an icon design definition table 62, a command definition table 63, and other data 64. FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of the screen information table 61, in which an icon display information table 71 and a processing target ID during selection are displayed.
An area 72 and a temporarily selected command ID area 73 are provided. The contents of the screen information table 61 are updated by the command selection control program 52. In the icon display information table 71, for each icon displayed on the screen, the processing target ID (identification number), the icon display device, the type of the icon design, the display name, the selection /
Five pieces of information in a non-selected state are stored. The selected processing target ID area 72 contains the currently selected processing target ID.
Is stored. If there is no selected processing target,
<0> is stored. The temporarily selected command ID area 73 stores the temporarily selected command ID. If there is no selected processing target,
<0> is stored. FIG. 7 shows an example of the configuration of the icon design definition table 62, in which definition data of the icon design to be displayed corresponding to the type and state of the icon is stored. FIG. 8 shows an example of the configuration of the command definition table 63. In accordance with the type of the icon to be processed, the display position of the related command menu and the default command ID are shown.
In addition, a list of command names constituting the command menu is stored. Now, the screen control program 51 executes the screen information table 61
The icon and the command to be processed are displayed on the screen based on the information of. That is, the icon display information table
With reference to 71, the display position, type, display name, and state of each icon are obtained, and icon pattern definition data that matches the type and state of the icon is obtained from the icon pattern definition table 62, and the icon is displayed. If the content of the selected icon ID area 72 is not <0>, a command related to the icon of the content of the selected icon ID area 72 is obtained from the command definition table 63, and a command menu is displayed. Further, if the content of the temporarily selected command ID area 73 is not <0>, the temporarily selected command ID
The command of the content of the area 73 is changed to the display of the temporarily selected state (for example, the luminance is changed from the others). The contents of the screen information table 61 when the information processing device 10 stops are stored on the magnetic disk 31. And
When the information processing apparatus 10 is started next time, the content stored in the magnetic disk 31 is read into the screen information table 61, and the initial screen is displayed based on the read information. Thus, the screen display immediately before stopping the information processing apparatus 10 can be restored when the information processing apparatus 10 is started next time. FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram in the command display selection device of the present invention. This state transition is controlled by the command selection control program 52. In FIG. 9, blocks 11 to 13 represent screen states. Arrows connecting the blocks represent state transitions. In the description of the condition, "icon"
Represents an icon to be processed. "Specify xxxx"
Means that a designation operation is performed by, for example, pressing a switch provided on the pointing device 30 while the pointer is displayed at a position corresponding to “xxx” on the screen. FIG. 10 (a) is a screen display example corresponding to the icon unselected state of the block 11 in FIG. 1 is an icon and 3 is a pointer. FIG. 10 (b) is a screen display example corresponding to the default command provisionally selected state of the block 12 in FIG. 1 'is a designated icon. 2,2 'is a command (2' is a default command in a tentatively selected state). FIG. 10 (c) is an example of a screen display corresponding to the non-fault command provisionally selected state of block 13 in FIG. Next, the operation of the command selection control program 52 is described as the first
This will be described in detail with reference to the processing flowchart in FIG. It is assumed that the initial state is an icon unselected state in block 11 in FIG. 9, and the screen is as shown in FIG. 10 (a). When the user operates the pointing device 30 to move the pointer 3 to the position of the icon to be processed and then performs a designation operation, the command selection control program 52 in FIG.
Is started. Here, it is assumed that the upper central icon is designated from among the six icons shown in FIG. 10 (a). In step 82, the position of the pointer is grasped. In step 83, it is determined with reference to the icon display information table 71 or the like whether the position of the pointer is an icon to be processed, a command, or other. Step if icon
Go to 84. If it is a command, go to step 89. Otherwise, go to step 93. Here, the process proceeds to step 84. In step 84, it is determined with reference to the icon display information table 71 whether the specified icon is not selected or is being selected. If not selected, go to step 85. Step if selected
Go to 90. Here, the process proceeds to step 85. In step 85, the state of all icons in the icon display information table 71 is set to non-selection. Also, the content of the currently selected processing target ID area 72 is set to <0>. Here, since all icons were originally in a non-selected state, there is no change in the state. In step 86, the status of the designated icon in the icon display information table 71 is set to selected, and the processing target ID corresponding to the icon is selected.
Set to 72. Here, it is assumed that the processing target ID corresponding to the designated icon is <2>. In step 87, referring to the command definition table 63,
The command menu corresponding to the icon indicated by the content of the currently selected processing target ID area 72 is obtained. Here, a <type 1> command menu is obtained. In step 88, referring to the command definition table 63,
A default command ID is obtained, and the command ID is stored in the temporarily selected command ID area 73 of the icon display information table 71.
Set to. Here, <1> is set in the temporarily selected command ID area 73. Then, the process ends. As a result, the state becomes the default command provisionally selected state of the block 12 in FIG. 9, and the screen becomes the display of FIG. 10 (b). Next, it is assumed that after the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the user performs the designation operation without moving the pointer 3. Then, the command selection control program 53 is started again, and the process goes to step 84 through steps 82 and 83. Since the designated icon is being selected, the process branches from step 84 to step 90. In step 90, the temporarily selected command ID area 73 in the icon display information table 71 is referred to obtain a temporarily selected command (that is, a default command), and determine it as a command to be executed. As a result, the state transits from block 12 to block 14 in FIG. After the command execution is completed, block 11
Return to As described above, when selecting a default command for a certain processing target, the user only has to perform the designation operation twice for the processing target icon. Therefore, since the pointer 3 does not have to be moved, the operability is improved, and a command which is determined almost fixedly in a normal case can be selected by a beginner without hesitation. On the other hand, it is assumed that the user moves the pointer 3 after the screen display of FIG. 10 (b) is displayed and performs a designation operation for the "move" command in the command menu. Then, the command selection control program 53 is started again, and the process proceeds to step 83 via step 82. Since the command is specified this time, the process branches from step 83 to step 89. In step 89, it is determined whether or not the state of the designated command is provisionally selected. If the temporary selection is being performed, the above step 90 is performed.
Branch to If not, the process branches to step 92. Here, since the “move” command that is not being temporarily selected is specified, the flow branches to step 92. In step 92, the designated command ID is set in the temporary selection command ID area 73 of the icon display information table 71. Then, the process ends. As a result, the state changes from the default command temporary selection state of block 12 in FIG. 9 to the non-default command temporary selection state of block 13, and the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 10 (c). Next, it is assumed that after the screen display of FIG. 10 (c) appears, the user performs the designation operation without moving the pointer 3. Then, the command selection control program 53 is started again, and the process goes to step 89 via steps 82 and 83. Since the designated command is being temporarily selected, the process branches from step 89 to step 90. In step 90, the temporarily selected command ID area 73 of the icon display information table 71 is referred to obtain a temporarily selected command, and determine it as a command to be executed. Here, the “move” command is determined as a command to be executed. As a result, the state transitions from block 13 to block 14 in FIG. After the command execution is completed, block 11
Return to As described above, when a command other than the default command to be processed is selected, the command is not executed unless the command is specified twice, so that an erroneous command may be executed due to a positional shift. It can be prevented beforehand. Next, when any of the screens shown in FIGS. 10 (a), (b), and (c) is displayed, the user points to an area (empty area) other than the position of the icon 1 and the commands 2, 2 '. 3
It is assumed that the user performs a designated operation by moving. Then, the command selection control program 53 is started again, and the process proceeds to step 83 via step 82, but since the specified position is neither an icon nor a command, the step
The process branches from step 83 to step 93. In step 93, the state of all icons in the icon display information table 71 is set to non-selection. Also, the content of the currently selected processing target ID area 72 is set to <0>. And
The process ends. As a result, the state returns to block 11 in FIG. 9, and the screen changes to FIG. 10 (a). This is a cancel operation of the icon being selected. Next, FIG. 11 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 of another embodiment of the present invention. The difference from FIG. 1 is that steps 89 and 92 are omitted. That is, when a command is specified, the specified command is immediately determined as a command to be executed without determining whether or not the command is in the tentatively selected state. The temporarily selected command ID area 73 in the table 61 is no longer necessary). Also in this embodiment, when a default command of a certain processing target is selected, the user only needs to perform the designation operation twice for the icon of the processing target. Therefore, since the pointer 3 does not need to be moved, the operability is improved, and a command that is determined almost fixedly in a normal case can be selected by a beginner without hesitation.

【The invention's effect】

According to the command display selection device of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. By simply specifying the processing target twice in succession, the default command for the processing target can be selected. For this reason,
It is possible to save time for shifting from the operation of specifying the processing target to the operation of specifying the default command, and the operability is improved. If the command to be executed in the normal usage is set as the default command, the system operation can be performed in the normal usage only by specifying the processing target twice in succession. You can use the system in the usage method). Further, since which is the default command is displayed, it is possible to naturally learn which command is to be executed in the normal usage. Even if the user specifies an incorrect command due to an erroneous operation or the like, the erroneous command is not immediately executed. Therefore, useless redoing is reduced, and the reliability of the system is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an example of a command selection control program according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus including a command display selection device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a command display selection program, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of data used in the command display selection program,
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of the configuration of a screen information table, FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of the configuration of an icon pattern definition table, FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of the configuration of a command definition table, and FIG. State transition diagram in the command display selection device of
10 (a), (b) and (c) are explanatory diagrams showing examples of screen display,
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another example of the command selection control program according to the present invention. (Explanation of reference numerals) 1... Icon, 2... Command, 3.
... screen control program, 52 ... command selection control program, 61 ... screen information table, 62 ... icon pattern definition table, 63 ... command definition table.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of processing targets are displayed on a screen and one of them is selected by a user, and when selected by the user, a plurality of commands related to the selected processing target are added to the screen. A command display / selection device for displaying and selecting a command to be executed from among the commands; a default command information for storing information on which of a plurality of commands related to a processing target is a default command for each processing target; A storage means; a selected processing target information storage means for storing information indicating a selected processing target; and a user designating one of a plurality of processing targets displayed on the screen and designating the user Then, it is determined whether or not the specified processing target is being selected by referring to the storage content of the selected processing target information storage means. If not, the specified processing target is designated. Information by updating the contents of the selected processing target information storage means, and displaying a plurality of commands associated with the processing object said specified on the screen,
And obtaining default commands corresponding to the plurality of commands displayed on the screen by referring to the storage contents of the default command information storage means, displaying which command is the default command on the screen, and displaying the command on the screen. When one of a plurality of commands is specified by the user, the command is determined as a command to be executed, and the specified command is set as a default command in the specified processing target. If the specified processing target is being selected, a default command for the selected processing target stored in the default command information storage is obtained, and the default command is set. And information processing means for determining as a command to be executed. A command display selection device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. A plurality of processing targets are displayed on a screen and one of them is selected by a user, and when selected by the user, a plurality of commands related to the selected processing target are displayed on the screen. A command display and selection device for allowing a user to select a command to be executed from the command display; and a temporarily selected command information storage means for storing information indicating the temporarily selected command; and information indicating the selected processing target. A selected processing target information storage means for storing; a processing target among a plurality of processing targets displayed on the screen is designated by a user, and when specified by the user, the selected processing target information storage means It is determined whether or not the specified processing target is being selected by referring to the stored contents, and if not, the content of the selected processing target information storage means is updated with the information indicating the specified processing target. , Specified above A plurality of commands displayed on the screen associated with the processing object was,
When one of the plurality of commands displayed on the screen is designated by the user, the temporary reference command information storage means is referred to to determine whether or not the designated command is temporarily selected. If not currently selected, the contents of the temporarily selected command information storage means are updated with the information indicating the specified command, and if temporarily selected, the specified command is determined as the command to be executed. ,on the other hand,
An information processing means for obtaining a temporarily selected command by referring to the temporarily selected command information storage means if the specified processing target is being selected, and determining the command as a command to be executed; A command display selection device, comprising: 3. The command display and selection device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing means displays at least one of a plurality of processing objects or a plurality of commands as an icon on a screen and allows the user to designate the command by a pointing device.