JP6556023B2 - Content creation apparatus and content creation method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content creation apparatus and a content creation method for creating content and writing it in a nonvolatile memory.

  In a system that implements a graphical user interface (GUI), a collection of data (hereinafter referred to as content) that defines the configuration or behavior of a screen is stored in a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory. Updating the data in the flash memory requires more time than a volatile memory (for example, SRAM: Static Random Access Memory, DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory).

  Conventionally, a technique for hierarchically storing contents has been disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, a technique for speeding up writing to a flash memory by defining a sector format is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 4976585 JP-A-5-233426

  Normally, at the content creation stage, data constituting the content (hereinafter referred to as content data) is recreated several times in order to check the display or operation on the screen, and all content data that has not been updated each time is included. Write content data to non-volatile memory. Therefore, when the content scale is large, it takes a long time to write the content data in the nonvolatile memory, which hinders the development of the content.

  In Patent Document 1, by layering data, a certain amount of operation is possible if a part of the content data is written in the nonvolatile memory, but the function of the entire content is not completely reproduced. Therefore, in order to completely reproduce the function of the entire content, it is necessary to write all the content data in the nonvolatile memory.

  In Patent Document 2, when updating to content data with a few bytes added at the beginning, the updated content data does not match the content data already written in the nonvolatile memory. Need to write to.

  As described above, conventionally, it is necessary to write all the content data in the nonvolatile memory even when a part of the data is updated.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and relates to a content creation apparatus and a content creation method capable of speeding up writing of content data.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the content creation device according to the present invention includes an update information input unit that receives an input of update information indicating whether or not to update each of parameters related to a plurality of components constituting the screen, and an update A content generation unit that generates, as updated content data, parameters related to components to be updated based on update information received by the information input unit, and an update information input unit that generates parameters related to components that are not updated as updated content data. And a content writing unit that separates updated content data and non-updated content data generated by the content generation unit and writes them in the content storage unit.

  In the content creation method according to the present invention, (a) receiving an input of update information indicating whether or not to update each of parameters related to a plurality of components constituting the screen, and (b) step (a). Based on the received update information, a parameter related to a component to be updated is generated as updated content data, and a parameter related to a component that is not updated is generated as non-updated content data, and (c) received in step (a) A step of separating the updated content data and the non-updated content data generated in the step (b) based on the update information and writing them into the content storage unit.

  According to the present invention, the content creation device includes an update information input unit that receives an input of update information indicating whether or not to update each of parameters related to a plurality of components constituting the screen, and an update received by the update information input unit Based on the information, a content generation unit that generates parameters related to the component to be updated as updated content data, and a parameter related to components that are not updated as content data without update, and the update information received by the update information input unit In addition, since the content writing unit that separates the updated content data and the non-updated content data generated by the content generation unit and writes them in the content storage unit is provided, it is possible to speed up the writing of the content data.

  In addition, the content creation method includes (a) a step of accepting input of update information indicating whether or not to update each of parameters related to a plurality of components constituting the screen, and (b) the update accepted in step (a). Based on the information, a step of generating parameters relating to the component to be updated as updated content data, and a parameter relating to components not to be updated as content data without updating, (c) the update information received in step (a) On the basis of this, the step of separating the updated content data and the non-updated content data generated in the step (b) and writing them in the content storage unit is provided, so that the writing of the content data can be speeded up.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the content creation apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the creation screen of the content by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content generation part by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the content by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content writing part by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content generation part by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the content by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content writing part by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content generation part by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the content by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content writing part by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the update information input part by Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the update information input part by Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the content generation part by Embodiment 6 of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment 1>
In the video display device, the GUI performs, for example, a timer countdown display, an analog meter display, or a screen background switching, or a button displayed on the video display device by combining the video display device and the touch panel via the touch panel. To operate. In this embodiment, a meter display or a button is called a widget, and a screen is composed of a background and a widget. The background and widget are collectively referred to as a component.

  The component parts are parameterized such as the position of the component part on the screen, the image used as the component part, the behavior of the component part, and the like. In many cases, the parameter can be freely changed. A system that implements a GUI reads a parameter of a component (hereinafter referred to as a component parameter) from a nonvolatile memory, and performs screen display or widget display change. In the present embodiment, content in which component parameters are read by a system realized by a GUI is referred to as content.

<Configuration>
The configuration of the content creation device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the content creation device 1 according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the content creation apparatus 1 includes an update information input unit 2, a content generation unit 3, a content writing unit 4, a component update flag storage unit 5, a component parameter storage unit 6, and an update. A none content data storage unit 7 and an updated content data storage unit 8 are provided.

  The update information input unit 2 receives input of update information indicating whether or not each component parameter constituting the screen is updated. The update information received by the update information input unit 2 is reflected in the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5. The component update flag is data indicating whether or not each component parameter is updated, and is stored in the component update flag storage unit 5 corresponding to each component.

  Based on the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5 and the component parameter stored in the component parameter storage unit 6, the content generation unit 3 is a nonvolatile memory 9 (content storage unit). The content data to be written in is generated separately for data to be updated (hereinafter referred to as content data with update) and data not to be updated (hereinafter referred to as content data without update). The content data without update generated by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the content data storage unit 7 without update. On the other hand, the content data with update generated by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the content data storage unit 8 with update.

  The component parameter storage unit 6 stores component parameters set by the user. Note that the update information input unit 2 may accept the setting of the component parameter by the user.

  The content writing unit 4 separates the updated content data and the non-updated content data generated by the content generation unit 3 and writes them in the nonvolatile memory 9.

  As the non-volatile memory 9, for example, a flash memory can be cited.

  In FIG. 1, the content creation device 1 includes a component update flag storage unit 5, a component parameter storage unit 6, a content data storage unit 7 without update, and a content data storage unit 8 with update. It is not a thing. For example, the component update flag storage unit 5, the component parameter storage unit 6, the non-updated content data storage unit 7, and the updated content data storage unit 8 may be provided outside the content creation device 1. Further, the content creation device 1 includes a part of the component update flag storage unit 5, the component part parameter storage unit 6, the non-updated content data storage unit 7, and the updated content data storage unit 8, and the other content generation. It may be provided outside the device 1.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content creation screen display.

  The content creation screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on a video display device (not shown) by executing a program for creating content in the content creation device 1. Specifically, a program for creating content is stored in a predetermined memory (not shown), and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) reads the program from the memory and executes it. The content creation device 1 may be a PC (Personal Computer).

  In FIG. 2, a component determination screen 10 is a screen for determining the configuration of the component used on the screen displayed when the content is executed. In the example of FIG. 2, there are two backgrounds A and B (that is, two screens) in one content, and the background A is used together with the widget a, the widget b, and the widget c, and the background B is the widget d and the widget e. It is used together with.

  The update check column 11 is used by the user to set whether to update each component parameter. In the example of FIG. 2, when setting to update the component parameter, setting is made so that a check (“×” mark) is displayed in the update check column 11. On the other hand, when setting to update the component parameter, it is set so that the check is not displayed in the update check column 11. When the user sets the update check field 11, the setting content is received as update information by the update information input unit 2 and reflected in the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5.

  The parameter setting screen 12 is a screen for setting the component parameter, and the type of the component, the horizontal position of the component (horizontal position on the screen), and the vertical position of the component (vertical position on the screen). Each of the width of the component, the height of the component, and an image showing the component can be set as a parameter. In the example of FIG. 2, the parameter setting screen 12 of the widget d is displayed as a component.

  In the parameter setting screen 12, a BMP (Bit Map) format image is used as an image indicating the widget d, but the image format is not limited to this.

<Operation>
The operation of the content creation device 1 will be described.

  First, the operation of the content generation unit 3 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the content generation unit 3.

  Note that the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5 reflects the contents set by the user in the update check field 11 of FIG.

  In step S11, the content generation unit 3 sets the variable n to 1.

  In step S <b> 12, the content generation unit 3 reads the component parameter of the nth component from the component parameter storage unit 6. Note that the component parameter storage unit 6 may store, for example, the parameters of each component shown on the component determination screen 10 in FIG.

  In step S <b> 13, the content generation unit 3 reads the component update flag of the nth component from the component update flag storage unit 5 and determines whether or not the component update flag is “checked”. Here, the component update flag “checked” means that the user has set the component check screen shown in FIG. 2 so that a check (“×”) is displayed in the update check column 11. Show. The component update flag “no check” indicates that the user has set the component check screen shown in FIG. 2 so that a check (“×”) is not displayed in the update check column 11. Yes. When the component update flag of the nth component is “unchecked” (when the component parameter of the nth component is updated), the process proceeds to step S14. On the other hand, when the component update flag of the nth component is “checked” (when the component parameter of the nth component is not updated), the process proceeds to step S15.

  In step S <b> 14, the content generation unit 3 creates the component parameter of the nth component as a content format (updated content data 13 shown in FIG. 4), and is nonvolatile with respect to the created updated content data 13. An address in the memory 9 is assigned. The updated content data 13 created by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the updated content data storage unit 8.

  In step S15, the content generation unit 3 creates the component parameter of the nth component as a content format (non-updated content data 15 shown in FIG. 4), and is non-volatile with respect to the created non-updated content data 15 An address in the memory 9 is assigned. The non-updated content data 15 created by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the non-updated content data storage unit 7.

  In step S <b> 16, the content generation unit 3 determines whether all the component parameters have been read. If all the component parameters have been read, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if all the component parameters have not been read, the process proceeds to step S17.

  In step S17, the content generation unit 3 adds 1 to the variable n.

  In the description of FIG. 3 above, if there is data constituting the content other than the component parameter, the data is created as updated content data 14 or non-updated content data 16 (see FIG. 4).

  However, in the non-updated content data, all component parts (all component parts created as non-updated content data) have the same value if the component update flag is the same (the component parameter value changes). None) Only component parameters can be included. For example, in FIG. 4, the pointer that is referenced from the content data 16 without update to the widget b by using an address may not be updated when the content data 13 with update may be updated. It cannot be included in the content data 16 and must be included in the updated content data 14. Further, any pointer that can be referenced from the content data 16 without update to the widget c using an address can be included in both the content data 14 with update and the content data 16 without update.

  Next, the operation of the content writing unit 4 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the content writing unit 4.

  Note that the content writing unit 4 reserves an area for holding the component update flag when the previous content was generated before performing the operation shown in FIG. Assume that the initial values of the component update flags in the area are all updated (the component update flag is “no check”).

  In step S21, the content writing unit 4 compares the current component update flag read from the component update flag storage unit 5 with the previous component update flag, and all of the current component update flags are It is determined whether or not it is the same as the component update flag. If all of the current component update flags are not the same as the previous component update flag, the process proceeds to step S22. On the other hand, if all the current component update flags are the same as the previous component update flag, the process proceeds to step S24.

  In step S <b> 22, the content writing unit 4 writes all content data (updated content data 13 and non-updated content data 15) in the nonvolatile memory 9. At this time, the updated content data 13 is written into the nonvolatile memory 9 in accordance with the address assigned in step S14 of FIG. Further, the non-updated content data 15 is written in the nonvolatile memory 9 according to the address assigned in step S15 in FIG.

  In step S23, the content writing unit 4 updates the held value of the previous component update flag to the value of the current component update flag, and ends the process.

  In step S24, the content writing unit 4 writes only the updated content data 13 in the nonvolatile memory 9, and ends the process.

  From the above, by performing the operations shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the updated content data 13 and the non-updated content data 15 are separately written in the nonvolatile memory 9.

  In the example described above, each content is arranged in an area where addresses are continuous. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The order in the content data is not limited to the order shown in FIG. The value of the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5 may be a value that can distinguish between “checked” and “not checked”.

  From the above, according to the first embodiment, the content data set as not updated by the user (content data 15 without update) and the content data set as updated (content data 13 with update) are: Separated and stored in the nonvolatile memory 9. In addition, the content data 15 without update is not written to the nonvolatile memory 9 until the setting is changed by the user after being written to the nonvolatile memory 9. Accordingly, when the content is generated for the second time or later, the time for writing the unchanged content data 15 to the nonvolatile memory 9 is not required, so that the overall speed of writing the content data can be realized. In addition, the user can easily prevent the content data 15 without update from being written without being aware of the content data arrangement in the non-volatile memory 9 only by setting the presence or absence of the update for each component.

<Embodiment 2>
In the first embodiment, when the user sets only a new check to be displayed in the update check column 11 on the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2 (when the check is simply increased), the update is performed. Since there is a change in the non-updated content data 15 stored in the none content data storage unit 7, it is necessary to write all the content data in the nonvolatile memory 9 again. Accordingly, it is necessary to write the component parameter of the component that is not updated this time as well as the previous time to the nonvolatile memory 9 as the non-updated content data 15, and it does not contribute to speeding up the writing by spending unnecessary writing time.

  Embodiment 2 of the present invention is characterized by solving such a problem. The configuration of the content creation device according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the content creation device 1 according to the first embodiment (see FIG. 1), and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. Below, it demonstrates using the content creation apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

<Operation>
First, the operation of the content generation unit 3 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the content generation unit 3.

  Note that the content generation unit 3 reserves an area for holding the component update flag when the previous content was generated. Assume that the initial values of the component update flags in the area are all updated (the component update flag is “no check”).

  In step S31, the content generation unit 3 compares the current component update flag read from the component update flag storage unit 5 with the previous component update flag, and the previous component update flag is “checked”. In addition, it is determined whether or not there is a component for which the current component update flag is “no check”. That is, the content generation unit 3 determines whether there is a component that has been changed from “checked” to “not checked”. If there is a component changed from “checked” to “not checked”, the process proceeds to step S11 in FIG. On the other hand, if there is no component changed from “checked” to “not checked”, the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S32, the content generation unit 3 sets the variable n to 1.

  In step S <b> 33, the content generation unit 3 reads the component parameter of the nth component from the component parameter storage unit 6.

  In step S34, the content generation unit 3 reads the component update flag of the nth component from the component update flag storage unit 5, and determines whether or not the component update flag is “checked”. When the component update flag of the nth component is “not checked” (when the component parameter of the nth component is updated), the process proceeds to step S35. On the other hand, when the component update flag of the nth component is “checked” (when the component parameter of the nth component is not updated), the process proceeds to step S36.

  In step S35, the content generation unit 3 creates the n-th component parameter as the content format (updated content data 17 shown in FIG. 7), and stores the updated content data 17 in the nonvolatile memory 9. Assign an address. The updated content data 17 created by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the updated content data storage unit 8.

  In step S36, the content generation unit 3 determines whether or not the previous component update flag for the nth component is “checked”. If the previous component update flag for the nth component is “no check”, the process proceeds to step S37. On the other hand, if the previous component update flag for the nth component is “checked”, the process proceeds to step S38.

  In step S37, the content generation unit 3 creates the nth component parameter as a content format (non-updated content data 18 shown in FIG. 7), and the non-updated content data 18 in the nonvolatile memory 9 is created. An address (an address different from the address of the content data 17 with update and the address of the content data 15 without update) is assigned. The non-updated content data 15 created by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the non-updated content data storage unit 7.

  In step S <b> 38, the content generation unit 3 determines whether all component parameters have been read. If all the component parameters have been read, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if all the component parameters have not been read, the process proceeds to step S39.

  In step S39, the content generation unit 3 adds 1 to the variable n.

  From the above, when the user sets only a new check to be displayed in the update check field 11 on the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2 (when the check is simply increased), the content generation unit 3 Generates updated content data 17 and non-updated content data 18 of a component that is set not to be updated this time, and the non-updated content data 15 (FIG. 7) for components that are not updated again this time since the previous time. Reference) is not generated.

  Next, the operation of the content writing unit 4 will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the content writing unit 4.

  Note that the content writing unit 4 reserves an area for holding the component update flag when the previous content was generated before performing the operation shown in FIG. Assume that the initial values of the component update flags in the area are all updated (the component update flag is “no check”).

  In step S41, the content writing unit 4 compares the current component update flag read from the component update flag storage unit 5 with the previous component update flag, and the previous component update flag is “checked”. In addition, it is determined whether or not there is a component for which the current component update flag is “no check”. That is, the content writing unit 4 determines whether there is a component that has been changed from “checked” to “not checked”. If there is a component changed from “checked” to “not checked”, the process proceeds to step S42. On the other hand, if there is no component changed from “checked” to “not checked”, the process proceeds to step S44.

  In step S42, the content writing unit 4 writes all the content data (in this case, the updated content data 13 and the non-updated content data 15 shown in FIG. 4) in the nonvolatile memory 9.

  In step S43, the content writing unit 4 updates the held value of the previous component update flag to the value of the current component update flag, and ends the process.

  In step S44, the content writing unit 4 writes the updated content data 17 and the non-updated content data 18 shown in FIG. 7 (the non-updated content data 18 generated in step S37 of FIG. 7) to the nonvolatile memory 9, Control goes to step S43.

  From the above, according to the second embodiment, it is not necessary to rewrite the content data 15 without update (see FIG. 7), which conventionally required writing to the nonvolatile memory. In addition, it is possible to realize further speeding up of writing.

<Embodiment 3>
In the first embodiment, in the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, when the user sets only the check not to be displayed from the update check column 11 (when the check is simply reduced), the content data without update Since there is a change in the content data 15 without update stored in the storage unit 7, all the content data is written again in the nonvolatile memory 9. Accordingly, it is necessary to write the component parameter of the component that is not updated this time as well as the previous time to the nonvolatile memory 9 as the non-updated content data 15, and it does not contribute to speeding up the writing by spending unnecessary writing time.

  The third embodiment of the present invention is characterized by solving such a problem. The configuration of the content creation device according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the content creation device 1 according to the first embodiment (see FIG. 1), and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. Below, it demonstrates using the content creation apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

<Operation>
First, the operation of the content generation unit 3 will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the content generation unit 3.

  Note that the content generation unit 3 reserves an area for holding the component update flag when the previous content was generated. Assume that the initial values of the component update flags in the area are all updated (the component update flag is “no check”).

  In step S51, the content generation unit 3 compares the current component update flag read from the component update flag storage unit 5 with the previous component update flag, and the previous component update flag is “not checked”. In addition, it is determined whether or not there is a component whose current component update flag is “checked”. That is, the content generation unit 3 determines whether there is a component that has been changed from “no check” to “checked”. If there is a component that has been changed from “no check” to “checked”, the process proceeds to step S11 in FIG. On the other hand, if there is no component changed from “no check” to “checked”, the process proceeds to step S52.

  In step S52, the content generation unit 3 sets the variable n to 1.

  In step S <b> 53, the content generation unit 3 reads the component parameter of the nth component from the component parameter storage unit 6.

  In step S54, the content generation unit 3 reads the component update flag of the nth component from the component update flag storage unit 5, and determines whether or not the component update flag is “checked”. When the component update flag of the nth component is “not checked” (when the component parameter of the nth component is updated), the process proceeds to step S55. On the other hand, when the component update flag of the nth component is “checked” (when the component parameter of the nth component is not updated), the process proceeds to step S56.

  In step S55, the content generation unit 3 creates the n-th component parameter as a content format (content data 19 with update shown in FIG. 10), and the content data 19 with update in the nonvolatile memory 9 is created. Assign an address. The updated content data 19 created by the content generation unit 3 is stored in the updated content data storage unit 8. In FIG. 10, the content data 20 with update indicates content data with update of the component set to be newly updated this time.

  In step S56, the content generation unit 3 determines whether or not all the component parameter parameters have been read. If all the component parameters have been read, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if all the component parameters have not been read, the process proceeds to step S57.

  In step S57, the content generation unit 3 adds 1 to the variable n.

  From the above, when the user sets only that the check is not displayed from the update check column 11 on the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2 (when the check is simply reduced), the content generation unit 3 When newly updated, the updated content data 19 including the updated content data 20 of the component parts is generated, and the non-updated content data 15 is not generated for the component parts that are not updated again this time after the previous time.

  Next, the operation of the content writing unit 4 will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the content writing unit 4.

  Note that the content writing unit 4 reserves an area for holding the component update flag when the previous content was generated before performing the operation shown in FIG. Assume that the initial values of the component update flags in the area are all updated (the component update flag is “no check”).

  In step S61, the content writing unit 4 compares the current component update flag read from the component update flag storage unit 5 with the previous component update flag, and the previous component update flag is “no check”. In addition, it is determined whether or not there is a component whose current component update flag is “checked”. That is, the content writing unit 4 determines whether there is a component that has been changed from “no check” to “checked”. If there is a component changed from “no check” to “checked”, the process proceeds to step S62. On the other hand, if there is no component changed from “no check” to “checked”, the process proceeds to step S64.

  In step S62, the content writing unit 4 writes all the content data (in this case, the updated content data 13 and the non-updated content data 15 shown in FIG. 4) in the nonvolatile memory 9.

  In step S63, the content writing unit 4 updates the value of the previous component update flag held therein to the value of the current component update flag, and ends the process.

  In step S64, the content writing unit 4 writes only the updated content data 19 shown in FIG. 7 into the nonvolatile memory 9, and ends the processing.

  From the above, according to the third embodiment, since there is no need to rewrite the non-updated content data 15 (see FIG. 10), which conventionally required writing to the non-volatile memory, the first embodiment is compared with the first embodiment. In addition, it is possible to realize further speeding up of writing.

<Embodiment 4>
In the first embodiment, even though the user sets not to update the component parameter (in the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, the user sets so that a check is displayed in the update check column 11). However, when the component parameter is actually changed, the system that implements the GUI cannot perform the operation according to the changed component parameter.

  The fourth embodiment of the present invention is characterized by solving such a problem. The configuration of the content creation device according to the fourth embodiment is the same as that of the content creation device 1 according to the first embodiment (see FIG. 1), and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. Below, it demonstrates using the content creation apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

<Operation>
The operation of the update information input unit 2 will be described.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the update information input unit 2.

  In the following, in the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, a check is displayed from a state in which the user does not display a check in the update check column 11 (“no check”) (“check is present”). The operation when the operation is performed will be described.

  The update information input unit 2 reserves an area for holding the component parameter when the previous content is generated in advance. It is assumed that the initial value of each component parameter in the area is a value set in advance as each component parameter.

  In step S <b> 71, the update information input unit 2 determines whether the component parameter of the component that is “checked” this time is the same as the previous component parameter of the component. If the component parameter of the component that is “checked” this time and the previous component parameter of the component are not the same, the process proceeds to step S72. On the other hand, if the component parameter of the component that is “checked” this time is the same as the previous component parameter of the component, the process proceeds to step S73.

  In step S72, the update information input unit 2 keeps “no check” and ends the process. Specifically, the update information input unit 2 does not allow the user to display a check in the update check column 11 because the component parameter is actually updated (does not enter “checked” state). )

  In step S73, the update information input unit 2 changes to “checked”. Specifically, the update information input unit 2 displays a check in the update check column 11 (the state is “checked”) because the component parameter is not actually updated. In addition, the update information input unit 2 updates the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5 to “checked” and ends the process.

  From the above, according to the fourth embodiment, when the component parameter is updated, the user cannot display the check in the update check column 11 (does not set “checked”). To. Therefore, since the updated component parameter is reliably reflected in the content, the system that implements the GUI can perform the intended operation.

<Embodiment 5>
In the fourth embodiment, when the user cancels the change after changing the component parameter and sets the check to be displayed in the update check column 11 as the component not to be updated, the change is made on the parameter setting screen 12. It is troublesome for the user because it is necessary to input the value of the previous component parameter again.

  The fifth embodiment of the present invention is characterized by solving such a problem. The configuration of the content creation device according to the fifth embodiment is the same as that of the content creation device 1 according to the first embodiment (see FIG. 1), and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. Below, it demonstrates using the content creation apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

<Operation>
The operation of the update information input unit 2 will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the update information input unit 2.

  In the following, in the component determination screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, a check is displayed from a state in which the user does not display a check in the update check column 11 (“no check”) (“check is present”). The operation when the operation is performed will be described.

  The update information input unit 2 reserves an area for holding the component parameter when the previous content is generated in advance. Assume that the initial value of each component parameter in the area is a value set as a parameter of each component.

  In step S81, the update information input unit 2 changes to “checked”. Specifically, in the update information input unit 2, the user displays a check in the update check column 11 (the state is “checked”). Also, the update information input unit 2 updates the component update flag stored in the component update flag storage unit 5 to “checked”.

  In step S82, the update information input unit 2 determines whether or not the component parameter of the component that is “checked” this time is the same as the previous component parameter of the component. If the component parameter of the component that is “checked” this time and the previous component parameter of the component are not the same, the process proceeds to step S83. On the other hand, if the component parameter of the component that is “checked” this time is the same as the previous component parameter of the component, the process ends.

  In step S83, the update information input unit 2 updates the component parameter set as “checked” this time to the previous component parameter.

  In step S84, the update information input unit 2 displays the component parameter updated in step S83 on the parameter setting screen 12, and ends the process.

  As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, when the change is canceled after changing the component parameter, the user is in a state where a check is displayed in the update check column 11 (“checked”). If the operation is performed in such a manner (the operation not to update is performed), the component parameter before the change is automatically reset, so that the user does not need to input the value of the component parameter before the change again. .

<Embodiment 6>
In the first embodiment, when the user does not change the component parameter, but does not set the component to be displayed in the update check column 11 as a component that is not updated, the component parameter Is again written in the non-volatile memory 9 together with other component parameters to be updated. Therefore, unnecessary writing time is not consumed and the writing speed is not increased.

  Embodiment 6 of the present invention is characterized by solving such a problem. The configuration of the content creation device according to the sixth embodiment is the same as that of the content creation device 1 according to the first embodiment (see FIG. 1), and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. Below, it demonstrates using the content creation apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

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The operation of the content generation unit 3 will be described.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the content generation unit 3.

  The operation shown in FIG. 14 is performed before the operation (see FIG. 3) of content generation unit 3 in the first embodiment.

  The content generation unit 3 reserves an area for holding the component parameter when the previous content was generated in advance. Assume that the initial value of each component parameter in the area is a value set as a parameter of each component.

  In step S91, the content generation unit 3 sets the variable n to 1.

  In step S <b> 92, the content generation unit 3 reads the component parameter of the nth component from the component parameter storage unit 6. Then, the content generation unit 3 determines whether the component parameter of the nth component and the previous component parameter of the nth component are the same. When the component parameter of the nth component and the previous component parameter of the nth component are the same, the process proceeds to step S93. On the other hand, if the component parameter of the nth component is not the same as the previous component parameter of the nth component, the process proceeds to step S95.

  In step S93, the content generation unit 3 determines whether or not the component update flag of the nth component is “not checked”. If the component update flag of the nth component is “not checked”, the process proceeds to step S94. On the other hand, if the component update flag of the nth component is not “no check”, the process proceeds to step S95.

  In step S94, the content generation unit 3 notifies the user by displaying on the video display (not shown) that the update check column 11 of the nth component can be changed to “checked”.

  In step S <b> 95, the content generation unit 3 determines whether all component parameters have been read. If all the component parameters have been read, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if all the component parameters have not been read, the process proceeds to step S96. Note that the display indicating that it is possible to change to “checked” notified to the user in step S94 may be collectively performed after step S95.

  In step S96, the content generation unit 3 adds 1 to the variable n.

  From the above, according to the sixth embodiment, the user can easily know the component that does not update the component parameter. Therefore, it is possible to prevent writing of component parameters that originally do not need to be written to the nonvolatile memory 9, so that the writing speed can be further increased as compared with the first embodiment.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be freely combined with each other within the scope of the invention, and each embodiment can be appropriately modified or omitted.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content creation apparatus, 2 Update information input part, 3 Content production | generation part, 4 Content writing part, 5 Component update flag memory | storage part, 6 Component part parameter memory | storage part, 7 Content data storage part without update, 8 Content data storage with update , 9 Non-volatile memory, 10 Component determination screen, 11 Update check column, 12 Parameter setting screen, 13, 14 Content data with update, 15, 16 Content data without update, 17 Content data with update, 18 Content data without update , 19, 20 Content data with update.

Claims (9)

An update information input unit that receives input of update information indicating whether or not to update each of the parameters relating to a plurality of components constituting the screen;
A content generation unit that generates, as updated content data, a parameter related to the component to be updated based on the update information received by the update information input unit, and generates a parameter related to the component that is not updated as content data without update; ,
Based on the update information received by the update information input unit, a content writing unit that separates the updated content data and the non-updated content data generated by the content generation unit and writes them into a content storage unit;
A content creation device comprising:   The content writing unit, when the update information received this time by the update information input unit and the update information received last time by the update information input unit are the same, the update generated by the content generation unit The content creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein only content data is written in the content storage unit.   In the case where the parameter related to the component that was updated last time is not updated this time, the content writing unit is configured to update the content data generated by the content generation unit for the component that was updated last time but not updated this time. The content creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the updated content data is written in the content storage unit.   The content writing unit updates the parameter generated by the content generation unit for the component not updated last time but updated this time when the parameter related to the component not updated last time is updated this time. 4. The content creation device according to claim 1, wherein content data and other content data with update are written in the content storage unit. 5.   5. The content writing unit does not delete the non-updated content data stored in the content storage unit last time for the component part that was not updated last time but is updated this time. Content creation device.   The update information input unit does not accept an input of the update information indicating that the updated parameter regarding the component is not updated when the parameter regarding the component is updated. 6. The content creation device according to any one of items 1 to 5.   The update information input unit has received an input of the update information when a parameter regarding the component is updated and an input of the update information indicating that the parameter regarding the updated component is not updated is received. 6. The content creation device according to claim 1, wherein a parameter related to the updated component is returned to the parameter before the update.   The update information input unit does not update the parameter when the parameter regarding the component is not updated and when the input of the update information indicating that the parameter regarding the component not updated is not updated is not received. The content creation device according to claim 1, wherein the update information is notified that input of the update information is possible. (A) receiving an input of update information indicating whether or not to update each of parameters related to a plurality of components constituting the screen;
(B) Generating parameters relating to the component to be updated as updated content data based on the update information received in step (a), and generating parameters relating to the component not to be updated as updated content data When,
(C) based on the update information received in the step (a), separating the updated content data and the non-updated content data generated in the step (b) and writing them into a content storage unit; ,
A content creation method comprising:

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