JPS62140124A - Man-machine interface device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To instruct directly a slave instruction of a lower menu and to improve the operability of a man-machine interface device, by displaying the menus at a display part with mutual shifts so that the master instruction name of a title part and the slave instruction name of an instruction display part are not partly hidden. CONSTITUTION:A display part (output part) 11, a coordinate input device and an input part 12 containing a coordinate inputting equipment and various keys are provided to a man-machine interface device 10. Both parts 11 and 12 are controlled by an input/output control part 13. A central processing unit 14 is connected to the part 13 and an interactive input/output of information is carried out between an external device and the device 10. Then plural menus (pop-up menus) are set on the screen of the part 11 with vertical and horizontal shifts secured mutually among those menus. Then the instruction systems are provided hierarchically to these menus 15-1-15-n in tree structures respectively. Then the title parts 16-1-16-n and instruction display parts 17-1-17-n are provided on these menus. Thus the operability of the device 10 is improved and the input time is shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to a man-machine interface device that is installed in a circuit diagram input/edit system, a packaging design system, etc., and inputs/outputs information in an interactive manner.

<Prior art> Conventionally, the fourth pop-up menu used in an interactive man-machine interface device is
As shown in the figure, there are many menus 2 on one screen 1.
In order to display -1 to 2-n, these are displayed overlapping each other while being shifted vertically little by little. For example, when specifying a command in the circuit creation menu 2-2 as shown in FIG. 5(4), first specify the title section 3-2 of the circuit creation menu 2-2. , 5th
As shown in Figure (B), this circuit creation menu 2-2 is placed at the top. Next, specify a desired command in the circuit creation menu 2-2, for example, a movement command, and select the Ts5 diagram (C
), this movement command menu 2-n is placed at the top and processing such as single movement processing is executed.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in such conventional pop-up menus, commands that are not on the upper menu cannot be given until after the title section has been designated, which impairs operability. The problem was that it was not good.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention provides that even commands in lower menus can be
It is an object of the present invention to provide a man-machine interface device that can give direct instructions during operation, thereby improving its operability.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above problems, in the man-machine interface device according to the present invention, one end 911 (
When displaying multiple menus in which the title section is provided in the ``@'' title section and the instruction display section is provided in the remaining section, the parent instruction name in the ``@'' title section and part of the child instruction name in the instruction display section are not hidden. A special feature of the present invention is that it is provided with a display section that displays each of the menus in a shifted manner so that child commands of subordinate menus can be directly indicated.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a man-machine interface device according to the present invention.

The man-machine ini-tough ace device 10 shown in this figure is
an output section 11 having a display such as a CRT;
an input section 12 having coordinate input devices such as a mouse and arrow keys, various keys, etc.; these input sections 12 and the output section 1;
1, and an input/output control section 13 that controls the input/output control section 1.
3, and a central processing unit 14 that controls the input section 12 and the output section 11 by supplying control data etc. to the input/output control section 13.
The screen of the output unit 11 displays the second
As shown in the figure, a plurality of pop-up menus 15-1 to 15-n are displayed by slightly shifting vertically and horizontally.
is displayed.

Hop up menu 15-1 to 15-nill,
, each instruction system is arranged in a tree structure, and the parent instruction name is displayed in title sections 16-1 to 16-n at the top, and the title sections 16-1 to 16-n.
Command display section 17-1 to IT-nVC in parts other than n
The name of the child instruction for the parent instruction is displayed.

In this case, not only each child command name of the pop-up menu 15-1 at the top, but also part of the child command names of the remaining pop-up menus 15-2 to 15-n can be seen. As shown in Figure 3 (2), the pop-up menu 15-2 to 1 at the bottom
5-n, directly instruct one of the child commands of the circuit creation menu 15-2, such as a move command, and directly open the pop-up menu 15-- for this move command as shown in FIG. 3(B). It can be brought to the top level and can be entered into commands at this level.

Also, as before, each pop-up menu 15
-1~15-n tight AI 'f1516-1~16
You can also specify one of -n to make this menu the top level.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, even commands from a lower menu can be directly given in one operation, thereby improving operability and reducing input time. be able to.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the screen configuration in the same embodiment, and FIG.
) and (B) are schematic diagrams for explaining operation examples of the same embodiment, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen configuration in a conventional man-machine interface device, and FIGS.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of the operation of this man-machine interface device. 10°°・Man-machine interaction Xi &, 11...
Display section (output section), 15-1 to 15-n... Menu (pop-up menu), 16-1 to 16-n.
... Title section, 17-1 to 17-n... Command display section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a man-machine interface device that inputs and outputs information in an interactive manner, when displaying multiple menus in which a title section is provided at one end and an instruction display section is provided at the remaining section, the parent command name of the title section is displayed. and a part of the child command name of the command display part.The man-machine comprises a display part that shifts and displays each of the menus so that the command display part and a part of the child command name of the command display part are not hidden, so that the child commands of the lower menu can be directly indicated. interface device.