JP5428952B2 - Information processing apparatus, screen display control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a screen display control program.

  Patent Document 1 describes that operability can be shared from a plurality of applications by using a technology for managing information in units of users. In this case, it is effective in the same system, and in the case of different systems and different services, it is necessary to customize screens individually.

JP 2003-323311 A

  It is an object of the present invention to obtain an information processing apparatus, a screen display control system, and a screen display control program that can unify operation feeling among services having different operability.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a display control unit that controls display of a display screen on which image information for recognition by a user browsing is displayed, a reception unit that receives an instruction based on a user operation, When receiving an instruction to switch the display screen of the display control means, image information acquisition means for acquiring image information displayed on each display screen, which is a relationship between the front display screen and the rear display screen in time series, A comparison unit that compares image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit, and a comparison between the front display screen and the rear display screen based on the comparison result of the comparison unit, and either display form Image rewriting means for rewriting the image information to give a sense of unity of operability while maintaining the information content by synthesizing the front display screen and the rear display screen. That.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the operability unity is a position coordinate in the display screen of the operation button image area displayed on the display screen.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the front display screen is an initial screen, and the image information on the rear display screen is rewritten on the basis of the initial screen.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a priority is set in advance between the front display screen and the rear display screen, and a display screen having a high priority. Is set as the priority screen, and the image information of other display screens is rewritten on the basis of the priority screen.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the pre-display screen is provided by a comprehensive site service in a specific field that is first accessed on a communication network. A site display screen, the post-display screen is an individual site display screen provided by an individual site service in the specific field, the comprehensive site display screen is an initial screen, and the individual site is based on the initial screen. The image information on the display screen is rewritten.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the front display screen is a basic display screen of an operation system that manages the entire control system, and the rear display screen is In the processing of the application program executed on the operation system, it is a hierarchical display screen that is hierarchically displayed, and the basic display screen is an initial screen, and the image information on the hierarchical display screen is rewritten on the basis of the initial screen. It is done.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display means for displaying image information for recognition by a user browsing, a receiving means for receiving an instruction based on a user operation, a user interface provided, and a user interface A joint service control apparatus comprising: a first sending unit that sends image information of the previous display screen; and a notification unit that notifies the switching destination when an instruction to switch the display screen of the display unit is received. When,
Classification means for classifying the image information of the post-display screen selected based on the notification from the notification means and the image information of the front display screen based on a predetermined condition, and the image information classified by the classification means Image rewriting means for rewriting image information that provides operability unification with the previous display screen while maintaining the information content by comparing the display images with each other, and image information on the post display screen rewritten by the image rewriting means. An image display control system comprising: an individual service control device provided with a second sending means for sending to the user interface.

  The invention according to an eighth aspect is a screen display control program that causes a computer to be executed as the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects.

  According to the first, seventh, and eighth aspects of the invention, it is possible to unify the operational feeling among services having different operability.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to unify the positions of the operation buttons.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the displayed display screen can always be unified with the image information of the previous display screen.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to unify image information on a display screen having a high priority.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to give a sense of unity to display screens between different sites.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the image information on the basic screen of the operation system can be unified.

It is a schematic block diagram of the image display control system between the some services which concern on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware resource of the control system applied to this Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram for performing processing between a plurality of services concerning this embodiment. It is a communication protocol which shows the flow of the process between the some services which concern on this Embodiment. It is a communication line connection figure which shows the cooperation state of a shopping site in the Example of this Embodiment. FIG. 6 is a transition diagram of a display screen displayed on a PC monitor in the process of FIG. 5.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image display control system 10 between a plurality of services according to the present embodiment.

  On the communication line 12, a service providing operation unit 14, a joint service control unit 16, and a plurality of individual service control units 18 are connected.

  The provided service operation unit 14, the joint service control unit 16, and the individual service control unit 18 may have a configuration in which a control device programmed with separate software is connected by a communication line 12 such as a network. The software may be configured to be connected by a communication line 12 such as a bus in a single control device programmed in a complex manner.

  Whether it is an individual control device or a separate control device, the hardware resource is the configuration of the control device 10 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control device 10 includes a microcomputer 20. The microcomputer 20 includes a CPU 22, a RAM 24, a ROM 26, an I / O (input / output unit) 28, and a bus 30 such as a data bus or a control bus for connecting them.

  A UI (user interface) 32 is connected to the I / O 28. The UI 32 includes an input device for receiving an instruction to input information such as an allocation condition (to be described later) from the user, and a display device for displaying information related to the request information management control process to the user. Further, a hard disk 34 is connected to the I / O 28. The I / O 28 is connected to the communication line 12 via the I / F 36.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the provided service operation unit 14 includes a UI 32, and accesses the joint service control unit 16 and the individual service control unit 18 using the UI 32.

  The joint service control unit 16 includes a joint service UI control unit 34, and has a function of generating and providing a display screen (previous display screen) to be displayed on the UI 32 of the provision service operation unit 14. .

  The joint service UI control unit 16 is connected to the operability information management unit 36 and stores operability information on a display screen to be displayed on the UI 32 of the provided service operation unit 14. The operability information is information expressed by display elements such as operation buttons and icons displayed on the display screen. This information includes information on functions executed by operating the display elements and the display screen. Information on the display position in the inside, information on the display mode displayed by operation buttons, icons, and the like. Further, as operability information to be provided to the user, information on an operation instruction method such as a mouse click interval when the user instructs display elements such as the operation buttons and icons described above, and information on the operation instruction to the user. A reception voice output method or a display mode changing method as feedback may be included.

  The joint service UI control unit 16 acquires the operability information from the operability information management unit 36 and creates a display screen.

  The joint service UI control unit 16 is connected to the individual service UI control unit 38 of the individual service control unit 18. The individual service UI control unit 38 receives an instruction from the joint service UI control unit 16 and generates and provides a display screen (post-display screen) to be displayed on the UI 32 of the provided service operation unit 14. ing.

  The individual service UI control unit 18 is connected to the operability information acquisition unit 40. The operability information acquisition unit 40 is connected to the operability information management unit 36 of the joint service control unit 16. Therefore, the individual service UI control unit 18 acquires operability information stored in the operability information management unit 36 via the operability information acquisition unit 40.

  Further, the individual service UI control unit 38 is connected to the operability information management unit 42, the operability information synthesis processing unit 44, and the joint service information management unit 46.

  The joint service information management unit 46 compares the own operability information from the operability information management unit 42 with the operation control information of the joint service control unit 16 acquired by the operability information acquisition unit 40. The individual service UI control unit 38 obtains this comparison result, instructs the operation control information synthesis processing unit 44 to synthesize the operability information, and displays it on the UI 32 of the provided service operation unit 14. Generate a screen.

  Hereinafter, the flow of control between the provided service operation unit 14, the joint service control unit 16, and the plurality of individual service control units 18 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, it classifies | categorizes for each function shown in FIG. 3, and the exchange of the information between each is shown by the arrow (step).

  Step S <b> 10 is processing in the provided service operation unit 14, and the user instructs the UI 32 to start connection with the joint service control unit 16.

  In the next step S12, the activation is notified from the UI 32 of the provided service operation unit 14 to the UI control unit 34 of the joint service control unit 16.

  Upon receiving the notification, the UI control unit 34 accesses the operability information management unit 36 of the joint service control unit 16 in step S14, and acquires the operability information in the joint service control unit 16. In step S <b> 16, UI screen information based on the acquired operability information is sent to the UI 32 of the providing service operation unit 14. Thereby, in S18, a basic display screen in the joint service control unit 16 is displayed on the UI 32 (hereinafter, this screen is referred to as a previous display screen).

  On the previous display screen, display elements such as icons and buttons for selecting services provided by the plurality of individual service control units 18 are displayed. In step S20, the user displays the previous display of the joint service control unit 16 in advance. The screen is browsed and the individual service control unit 18 is selected.

  In response to this selection, in step S22, the UI 32 instructs the UI control unit 34 of the joint service control unit 16 to use the selected individual service control unit 18. In step S24, the UI control unit 34 transfers the use instruction command from the UI 32 to the UI control unit 38 of the instructed individual service control unit 18. In the use instruction command, the individual service includes information indicating which service the service has changed from and user information. In this case, the information indicating which service has changed is information for identifying the joint service control unit, for example, URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information indicating the location of the joint service control unit.

  The UI control unit 38 of the individual service control unit 18 first accesses the operability information management unit 42 in step S26, acquires its operability information, and then receives the instruction in step S28. 16 is further compared with the priority order of the joint service control unit 46 specified in step S30. Usually, the joint service control unit 16 has priority. This is a priority due to the basic display screen (previous display screen) of the joint service control unit 16 being already displayed on the UI 32 of the provided service operation unit 14. The priority order is not limited, and the individual service control unit 18 may prioritize the joint service control unit 16 in some cases.

  In the next step S32, an instruction to acquire the operability information of the joint service control unit 16 is sent from the UI control unit 38 in the individual service control unit 18 to the operability information acquisition unit 40. In response to this instruction, the sex information acquisition unit 40 is based on information indicating which service is included in the use instruction command received in step S24, and the operability information of the joint service control unit 16 that is the transition source. The management unit 36 is accessed and the operability information of the joint service control unit 16 is acquired. At this time, when the operability information acquisition unit 40 of the individual service control unit 18 acquires the operability information in the operability information management unit of the joint service control unit 16, all of the operability information management unit 16 manages. The operability information may be acquired, or managed by the joint service control unit 16 corresponding to the display element included in the operability information managed by the operability information management unit 42 of the individual service control unit 18. Only display elements of operability information may be acquired. Further, user-specific operability information may be acquired by transmitting user information to the operability information management unit 36 of the joint service control unit 16.

  The operability information of the joint service control unit 16 acquired by the operability information acquisition unit 40 is received by the UI control unit 38 in step S36.

  In the next step S38, the UI control unit 38 unifies the operability information to the operability information synthesis processing unit 44 based on the operability information of the joint service control unit 16 and its own operability information. In step S40, in response to this instruction, the operability information synthesis processing unit 44 assigns operability information to each operation component, and performs a unified process (in this case, the operability of the joint service control unit 16). Process to match the information).

  In step S <b> 42, the operability information for which the synthesis process has been completed is sent from the operability information synthesis processing unit 44 to the UI control unit 38.

  In the next step S44, image information on the display screen (rear screen) of the individual service control unit 18 with unified operability information is transmitted from the UI control unit 38 of the individual service control unit 18 to the UI 32 of the service providing operation unit 14. To do. As a result, the user views the display screen (post-display screen) of the individual service control unit 18, which has a unified operability with the display screen (pre-display screen) of the joint service control unit 16. (Step S46).

  Tables 1 and 2 below show the operation buttons, the position of the sidebar, the background color of the operation buttons, etc. in the relationship between the front display screen (joint service control unit 16) and the rear display screen (individual service control unit 18). This example is an application example of unification of operability information.

  First, Table 1 shows the positions and sides of operation buttons when the display elements of the front display screen (joint service control unit 16) and the display elements of the rear display screen (individual service control unit 18) have a one-to-one relationship. It is an application example of unification of the position of a bar.

  Next, Table 2 shows the position of the operation button, the position of the sidebar, the operation when the front display screen (joint service control unit 16) and the rear display screen (individual service control unit 18) have a one-to-two relationship. It is an application example of unifying the background color of a button. That is, two types of individual service control units 18 are selected and displayed in time series from one joint service control unit 16, or the screen is divided to display two types of individual service control units 18 simultaneously. In such a case, it is preferable to determine a reference screen in advance.

  Furthermore, in consideration of the case where it does not exist in the reference screen (for example, the screen of the joint service control unit 16) but exists in the individual service control unit 1 and the individual service control unit 2, the priority of the reference screen in advance is considered. It is preferable to determine the order. In the case of Table 2, the first priority is the joint service control unit 16, and the second priority is the individual service control unit 2.

  In addition, the unity of expression is also included as a big bundle of operability information.

  For example, when one is displayed as “Printer” and the other is displayed as “Printer”, it is possible to unify into “Printer”, for example, in accordance with either one (previous display screen). Is.

The following means can be considered as means for unifying the terms.
(Term Terminating Unit 1) The key names of terms are unified among services, and the terms of the joint service control unit 16 are searched using the key names.
(Term unification means 2) A synonym group such as “printer”, “printer”, “printing apparatus”, etc. is stored as data, or refers to an arbitrary database, etc., and exists in the joint service control unit 16 using the synonym group as a key. Queries terms.

  The display screen when shopping through the communication line network using the information processing terminal 100 will be described below using the relationship between the provided service operation unit 14, the joint service control unit 16, and the individual service control unit 18 of the present embodiment. An example of unification will be shown.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the information processing terminal 100 corresponds to the provided service operation unit 14 of the present embodiment, and more specifically, an information processing having an environment that can be connected to the Internet 102 as the communication network 12. The terminal 100.

  A shopping comprehensive site 104 that functions as the joint service control unit 16 is connected to the Internet 102. In addition, a plurality of individual shop sites 106 that function as the individual service control unit 18 are connected.

  In such an environment, the information processing terminal 100 first determines an intended shopping field and accesses the shopping general site 104 that generalizes the field. For example, in the shopping general site 104, shop sites that are individually sold in these fields, such as electronic equipment-related, book-related, food-related, clothing-related, and sports-related-related are registered.

  6A is a display screen 108 (previous display screen 108) received from the shopping general site 104 displayed on the monitor 100A of the information processing terminal 100. FIG. On the previous display screen 108, individual shop site selection button screens 110A to 110F from A site to F site are displayed.

  In addition, an OK operation button screen 112 for notifying the shopping comprehensive site 104 of the condition information selected by the site and a cancel operation button screen 114 for canceling the selection are displayed at the lower right of the previous display screen 108. ing. In the display area of the previous display screen 108, the OK operation button screen 112 is on the left side, and the cancel operation button screen 114 is on the right side.

  Further, an information update operation button 116 for updating the displayed information is displayed at the lower left of the previous display screen 108.

  By the way, the previous display screen 108 from the shopping general site 104 is generally a screen that the user browses first when searching for the individual shop site 106 in the field, and the operation button screen of the previous display screen 108 is displayed. There is a high possibility that you are familiar with the position.

  Under such circumstances, for example, when the individual shop site 106 of the B site is selected, and the cursor is clicked on the OK operation button screen 112, the basic screen created by the individual shop site 106 of the B site is displayed on the information processing terminal. It is displayed on 100 monitors 100A.

  At this time, the individual shop site 106 of the B site has created its own basic screen 118 (see FIG. 6C).

  For this reason, the cancel operation button screen 114 may be relatively on the left side, the OK operation button screen 112 may be on the right side, and the information update operation button 116 may be provided on the upper right side of the screen.

  Since the user is familiar with the front display screen 108 of the shopping general site 104 shown in FIG. 6A, when the basic screen 118 (see FIG. 6C) of the individual shop site 106 of the B site is displayed as it is. In some cases, the operability may be uncomfortable and an erroneous operation may be caused.

  Therefore, the operability information on the basic screen 118 of the individual shop site 106 of the B site is compared with the operability information on the display screen (the previous display screen 108) of the shopping general site 104, and the operability information on the previous display screen 108 In order to unify, the basic screen 118 of the individual shop site 106 of the B site is edited to generate a display screen 120 (post-display screen 120) as shown in FIG. 6B, and is displayed on the monitor 100A of the information processing apparatus 100. indicate.

  Comparing the display screen 108 (previous display screen 108) in FIG. 6A with the display screen 120 (post display screen 120) in FIG. 6B, the OK operation button screen 112 is relatively canceled on the left side. It can be seen that the operation button screen 114 is unified on the right side, and the position of the information update operation button 116 is unified on the lower left of the screen.

  In this embodiment, the example in which the display screen of the shopping general site 104 is unified in the relationship between the shopping general site 104 and the individual shop site 106 is shown. It is also possible to unify them on the display screen of the site (which may be any individual shop site 106). Further, the rear display screen may be always matched with the front display screen without determining the priority order.

  In addition, when there is a search site for searching the shopping general site 104 in the upper hierarchy of the shopping general site 104, the display screen of this search site may be unified.

  In this embodiment, the description has been made mainly on the unification of the operability information of the display screens between sites through the communication network 12, but the operation of the display screens is performed between the priorities in a single PC. The sex information may be unified.

  An OS (operation system) that is basic software of a PC displays a basic screen when it is started and started up. The operability information may be unified with a display screen displayed under various software executed thereafter.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image display control system 12 Communication line 14 Provision service operation part 16 Joint service control part 18 Individual service control part 20 Microcomputer 22 CPU
24 RAM
26 ROM
28 I / O (input / output unit)
30 bus 32 UI (user interface)
34 hard disk 36 operability information management unit 38 individual service UI control unit 40 operability information acquisition unit 42 operability information management unit 44 operability information composition processing unit 46 joint service information management unit 100 information processing terminal 102 internet 106 individual shop site 100A Monitor 104 Shopping general site 108 Display screen 108 (previous display screen)
110A to 110F Individual shop site selection button screen 112 OK operation button screen 114 Cancel operation button screen 116 Information update operation button 118 Basic screen 120 Display screen (post-display screen)

Claims (8)

Display control means for controlling display of a display screen on which image information to be recognized by a user is displayed;
A receiving means for receiving instructions based on user operations;
When receiving an instruction to switch the display screen of the display control means, an image information acquisition means for acquiring image information displayed on each display screen, which is in a time series relationship between the front display screen and the rear display screen; ,
Comparison means for comparing image information acquired by the image information acquisition means;
Based on the result of the comparison by the comparison means, the front display screen and the rear display screen are collated, and the front display screen and the rear display screen are combined so as to match any one display form. Thus, while maintaining the information content, image rewriting means for rewriting the image information to give a sense of unity operability,
An information processing apparatus.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sense of unity of operation is a position coordinate of an operation button image area displayed on the display screen in the display screen.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front display screen is an initial screen, and image information on the rear display screen is rewritten with reference to the initial screen.   Priorities are set in advance between the front display screen and the rear display screen. A display screen with a higher priority is set as a priority screen, and image information on other display screens is rewritten with the priority screen as a reference. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The previous display screen is a general site display screen provided by a general site service in a specific field that is first accessed on a communication line network;
The post display screen is an individual site display screen provided by an individual site service in the specific field,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the general site display screen is an initial screen, and image information on the individual site display screen is rewritten with reference to the initial screen. The previous display screen is a basic display screen of an operation system that manages the entire control system,
The post-display screen is a hierarchical display screen that is hierarchically displayed in the processing of an application program executed on the operation system,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the basic display screen is an initial screen, and image information on the hierarchical display screen is rewritten with the initial screen as a reference. Display means for displaying image information for recognition by the user browsing, accepting means for receiving instructions based on user operations,
A user interface with
A first sending means for sending image information of the previous display screen to the user interface; a notification means for notifying the switching destination when an instruction to switch the display screen of the display means is received;
A joint service control device comprising:
Classification means for classifying the image information of the post-display screen selected based on the notification from the notification means and the image information of the front display screen based on a predetermined condition, and the image information classified by the classification means Image rewriting means for rewriting image information that provides operability unification with the previous display screen while maintaining the information content by comparing the display images with each other, and image information on the post display screen rewritten by the image rewriting means. Second sending means for sending to the user interface;
An individual service control device comprising:
An image display control system.   A screen display control program for causing a computer to execute as the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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