JP2000076476A - Graphic selection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a graphic selection system by which a displayed graphic is easily changed over without selecting a file or a special function. SOLUTION: In this graphic selection and change over system for editing graphics or the like, graphics are selected or a fixed time by a pointing device 2 or the like so that the graphics previously registered by group in a group graphic data storage part 7 are changed over and selected in forward or backward order. Besides, proper names given to drawings together with the drawings are registered in a graphic data name managing part 8 and displayed together with the graphics.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic selecting method and a graphic selecting method in a document processing apparatus or the like which requires means for selecting a specific graphic from a graphic displayed on a screen. The present invention relates to a recording medium recording a program for executing the method on a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a graphic function as a part of a document creation function in a document processing apparatus, and there is a part for creating and editing a figure in the function. Among them, there are various graphic editing functions, which provide a graphic creator with an environment that is easier to create. Conventionally, when a specific graphic is selected to use this graphic editing function, it is necessary to perform an operation of calling a specific graphic from a file or a memory, and call the graphic every time until the specific graphic is found. Also, when switching some graphics in advance, an operation of calling a specific graphics stored in a file or a memory is required similarly.

[0003] As a method for switching characters, figures, and the like displayed on a display device in advance, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-32 is disclosed.
There is a “display switching method” disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2423.
This is a method of switching by drawing each figure as separate color information, but in this method, specific color information can not be used, and when this data is called, it is stored in a conventional file or memory. You need an operation method to call.

[0004] A conventional figure selection method will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. As a known technique, FIG.
The description will be made assuming that a plurality of figures as shown in (A) to (E) are individually registered in a file or a memory. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a conventional figure selecting method. In the figure, when changing from the graphic of (A) to the graphic of (B), it was necessary to open the file and call it, or to call it from the memory through a specific operation. Also in the case of the "display switching method" described in JP-A-5-322423, a specific screen (color information) is called or a specific operation is required.

[0005]

In the conventional method, when a displayed graphic is switched, an operation of calling a target graphic on a screen by selecting a file or a special function is required. According to this, when selecting a file or a special function from the figure currently being created, it is necessary to switch the thinking of the creator, it takes time to restore the thinking about how far it was created, and the figure is created Sometimes I feel stressed. In addition, even if a figure is selected by changing the display color, basically, an operation of selecting a file or a special function and reading the figure from memory is necessary, which may hinder thinking. . Therefore, an object of the present invention is to select a graphic to be changed, and then click on a pointing device for a certain period of time, thereby sequentially switching the registered graphic, and registering without interrupting the thinking. An object of the present invention is to provide a figure selecting method and a method for selecting a figure and easily selecting a target figure.

A third object of the present invention is to use the other button normally provided in the pointing device to switch the figure to the backward direction, and to easily reverse the figure if the forward selection fails. It provides an operating environment. As a result, even if the user makes an operation error, recovery can be easily performed.

An object of the present invention is to select a graphic to be changed and then register the graphic when the pointing device is stopped on the graphic without clicking the graphic with the pointing device for a certain period of time. The displayed graphics are sequentially switched so that the graphics can be selected and the desired graphics can be easily selected. According to these inventions, since it is not necessary to click a specific figure, a target figure can be selected without erroneous dragging (a function of moving while clicking).

In order to use a generally registered figure, it is necessary to perform a registration operation in advance. Such a registration operation requires an operation of a file or the like, and is avoided from the user as a considerably troublesome operation. In many cases, even if convenient functions are provided, they cannot be used. An object of the invention of claim 6 is to provide a method for easily registering a figure group to be used in advance, wherein a plurality of figures displayed on a display device are designated by a pointing device or the like, and the area is designated. Is to provide a means for individually registering a group of figures. This simplifies the registration of graphics. Further, it can perform an auxiliary function in the graphic selection method of the present invention.

Normally, figures do not have names, and when confirming figures, it is necessary to look at figure data in order.
Therefore, it is convenient to provide a means for adding a name to a figure registered in advance, and to add a name to make it easier for the user to identify the registered data. An object of the invention of claim 7 is to allow a user to add an arbitrary name according to the present invention and confirm the name when calling.

[0010] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically switching registered graphics in the order of registration by clicking on a pointing device or the like for a predetermined time. Is displayed so that the user can identify which data the user has selected. Normally, in the case of automatically switching figures, for example, only the figure data is switched in order.However, when the user adds a name, the name of the registered figure data is also displayed so that it can be used for identification. This is for convenience.

An object of the invention of claims 9 and 12 is to automatically switch a pre-registered figure when a blank area on the screen is clicked for a predetermined time even when no figure is selected. And an operation environment for selecting a target graphic. This makes it possible to select a graphic without having to specify the graphic data.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium which records a program for executing the method of the present invention on a computer.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a means for calling a registered figure, a means for displaying a called figure on a display device, a means for selecting a displayed figure, and a method for displaying a selected figure. Switch means for switching, means for counting the operation time of the switch means, means for switching the displayed figure to another registered figure each time the count value of the counting means reaches a fixed value, This is a figure selection method characterized in that the displayed figures are automatically switched and displayed in the order of registration.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the graphic selection method according to the first aspect, the switch means for switching the displayed graphic is a selection button of a pointing device. It is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the graphic selection method according to the second aspect, further comprising means for switching display graphics in a reverse order of the registration order.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a means for calling a registered figure, a means for displaying the called figure on a display device, a means for selecting a displayed figure, and a means for counting the operating time of the selecting means. Means for switching a displayed figure to another registered figure each time the count value of the counting means reaches a certain value. When a figure is selected, the display figure is automatically displayed at regular time intervals. This is a figure selection method characterized by sequentially switching and displaying.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the graphic selection method according to the fourth aspect, the means for automatically switching the display graphic after a predetermined time has a time setting function. This is a figure selection method.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the graphic selection method according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, a means for designating a display area in the display means, and collectively storing graphics in the designated area. A figure selecting method comprising a figure editing means having a means for registering, wherein figure data is grouped and stored / registered.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the graphic selecting system according to the sixth aspect, the graphic editing means further comprises means for adding a unique name to each graphic data constituting the grouped graphic. This is a graphic selection method characterized by the following.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the graphic selection method according to the seventh aspect, further comprising a display means for displaying the unique name on a screen.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a means for calling a registered figure, a means for displaying the called figure on a display device, a means for counting the operation time of the operation of the means for calling the registered figure, The figure selection method is characterized in that it comprises means for automatically switching the displayed figure each time the count value of the means for performing the processing reaches a certain value, and automatically switches and displays the displayed figures.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, a registered figure is called, the called figure is displayed on a display device, a displayed figure is selected, and a switch means for switching the selected figure is operated. The operation time of the switch means is counted, and each time the count value of the counting means reaches a certain value,
This is a figure selecting method for switching a displayed figure to another registered figure and for automatically switching and displaying the displayed figures in the order of registration.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the registered figure is called, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the displayed figure is selected, the operation time of the selecting means is counted, and the counting is performed. Each time the count value of the means reaches a certain value, the method comprises the steps of switching a displayed figure to another registered figure, and when a figure is selected, the display figures are automatically automatically sequenced at regular time intervals. This is a figure selecting method characterized by switching display.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the registered figure is operated by calling means, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the operation time of the operation of the figure calling means is counted, and the counting is performed. The figure selecting method comprises the steps of automatically switching the displayed figure each time the counted value of the image reaches a predetermined value, and automatically switches and displays the displayed figure.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, a registered figure is called, the called figure is displayed on a display device, a displayed figure is selected, and a switch means for switching the selected figure is operated. The operation time of the switch means is counted, and each time the count value of the counting means reaches a certain value,
A computer-readable program for performing, on a computer, a graphic selecting method of switching a displayed graphic to another registered graphic, comprising a plurality of steps, and automatically switching and displaying the displayed graphic in the order of registration, It is a recording medium on which recording is performed.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the registered figure is called, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the displayed figure is selected, the operation time of the selecting means is counted, and the counting is performed. Each time the count value of the means reaches a certain value, a figure selecting method characterized by automatically switching and displaying display figures automatically in sequence, comprising a step of switching a displayed figure to another registered figure, This is a recording medium that records a computer-readable program to be executed by a computer.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the registered figure is operated by calling means, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the operation time of the operation of the figure calling means is counted, and the counting is performed. Each time the count value reaches a certain value, a figure selection method that automatically switches and displays the displayed figures automatically, comprising the steps of automatically switching the displayed figures,
A computer-readable program to be executed by a computer.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a graphic selection method according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a document creation function mounted on a personal computer. As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer according to the present embodiment includes a keyboard 1 and a pointing device 2 as input devices, a group graphic data storage unit 7, a display device 11, and the like. Based on the information obtained from each of the keyboards 1 and the pointing device 2, necessary data is extracted by the input data processing unit 3, the corresponding graphic data is extracted by the graphic editing unit 4, and processed by the graphic data processing unit 5. I do. The graphic editing unit 4 performs the central processing of the graphic, monitors whether or not a click is pressed for a predetermined time in the time processing unit 6, counts the operation time, and when the counted value reaches a predetermined value. Each time, the graphic data processing unit is notified that a predetermined time has elapsed, and the graphic data to be displayed next is taken out of the groove graphic data storage unit 7 and passed through the display processing unit 9 and the display control unit 10. , On the display device 11.

On the other hand, when the name of the graphic data is added, a name is added to the graphic displayed by the graphic data name management unit 8 and stored in the group graphic data storage unit 7 together with the graphic data. Here, with respect to the parts claimed as the present patent, mainly the parts shown in the outline 12 will be described. Based on the coordinate data processed by the input data processing unit 3, the graphic editing unit 4 performs various processes described in this specification.

(Inventions of Claims 1, 2 and 10) The inventions of Claims 1 and 2 will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, a graphic to be changed is selected by the graphic editing unit 4, the selected graphic information is notified to the graphic data processing unit 5, and the graphic data processing unit 5 sets the track handle of the selected graphic. The fact that the figure to be displayed and changed is selected is displayed via the display processing unit 9. Thereafter, when the time processing unit 6 determines that the pointing device selection button has been pressed for a certain period of time, after a certain period of time, data to be displayed next is extracted from the group graphic data storage unit 7 and processed by the display processing unit 9. Transfer. The graphic data received by the display processing unit 9 is transferred to the display control unit 10 and displayed on the display device 11. In this series of processing, graphic data to be displayed are sequentially taken out from the group graphic data storage unit 7 and displayed while the selection button of the pointing device is pressed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a method of designating a figure, and specifically shows an area for clicking a selection cursor of a pointing device. In the present invention, when the circular figure 21 in FIG. 2 is clicked on the selection button 51a of the pointing device 51 (FIG. 5),
Track handles 24 are displayed at the four corners,
Is selected. In these processes, the range of coordinates is confirmed by the graphic editing unit 4 in FIG. Thereafter, the cursor of the pointing device is within the range surrounded by the dotted line 24, and the time processing unit 6 of FIG. Next figure 3 stored in FIG.
Is switched to 32 graphic data. Also, a track handle is displayed in the rectangular range of the figure, and the screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. While the selection button 51a of the pointing device 51 shown in FIG.
34 and the data are obtained, and the graphic data is displayed. When the target graphic is displayed, the user releases the selection button 51a of the pointing device 51 to set the target graphic.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the entire graphic selecting process according to the first and second aspects of the present invention.
When the process is started, first, an input is waited for by a pointing device (S101), and it is determined whether a selection button is pressed (S102). At this time, if the selection button has not been pressed, it is assumed that another graphic processing or only the movement of the pointing device cursor is performed, and the graphic switching processing ends. Next, it is determined whether or not the selection button of the pointing device is kept pressed (S103). If the selection button of the pointing device is not kept pressed, the process returns to the input processing of the pointing device again because it is considered to be another process (S103). S
101).

Next, it is determined whether or not the pointing device cursor is within the rectangular range of the figure (the rectangular range 22 in FIG. 2). If not within the range of the figure, the process returns to the pointing device input again (S101). If it is within the range, the processing shifts to the time processing unit 6 in FIG. 1 to check whether a predetermined time has elapsed. This processing is assumed to be 2 seconds here (S10
5) Counting is performed every 0.5 seconds (S106), and when the time reaches 2 seconds (S105, YES), the process proceeds to the next process.

Next, the group graphic data storage unit 7 shown in FIG.
The data to be displayed is acquired from the memory of (1), and the graphic data pointer is advanced by one (S108). The data structure is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure data structure diagram, the figure data is transferred to the display unit and the figure data is displayed (S10).
9). After that, the process returns to the re-input of the pointing device, and the processing for switching the figure is started again. The basic processing flow is as described above.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the method of the first and second aspects and the method of the tenth aspect, the time during which the selection button of the pointing device is pressed is monitored and displayed from the group graphic data storage unit in the order of registration. The graphic data is taken out and displayed. When the other selection button 51b provided on the pointing device is pressed, the data is displayed from the group graphic data storage in the reverse order of the data registered in the group graphic data storage. The figure data to be extracted is displayed. The constant time management of the graphic data switching at this time is performed by the time processing unit 6.

In other words, in the first, second and tenth aspects of the present invention, when the selection button 51a of the pointing device is pressed for a certain period of time, data is taken out from the graphic number 1 shown in FIG. On the other hand, according to the third aspect of the present invention, when the selection button 51b is pressed for a certain period of time, the data is taken out in the reverse order of the graphic numbers in FIG. In terms of the flowchart, the selection button in the determination of the selection button (S102) in the flowchart of FIG. 10 is the pointing device selection button 51b, and S108
Pointer = P when advancing the graphic data pointer in the process of
ointer + 1 becomes Pointer = Pointer-1. By this processing, the pointer in the figure data structure diagram of FIG. 3 is advanced in reverse.

(Inventions of Claims 4, 5 and 11) Claim 1
In the means defined in (3) to (3), it is determined that the selection button of the pointing device is pressed after a certain time has elapsed after the graphic is selected and the track handle is displayed. In the present invention, even if the pointing device selection button is not pressed for a certain period of time, the graphic data processing unit 5 determines that a pointing device is present in the data area of the graphic to be changed, and transfers the data to the display processing unit 9. Thereafter, it is checked that the selection cursor of the pointing device is within the range of the graphic data selected first by the graphic data processing unit, and if it is within the range, the graphic data to be displayed next is taken out from the group graphic data storage unit and displayed. . While the selection cursor of the pointing device is within the range of the graphic data selected first, the time processing unit 6 counts while monitoring the elapse of time, and sequentially extracts and displays the graphic data to be displayed from the group graphic data storage unit. .

That is, the point that the inventions of claims 4, 5 and 11 are greatly different from the inventions of claims 1 to 3 and 10 is that in the inventions of claims 1 to 3 and 10, a pointing device is used to switch and display figures. The cursor must be within the range of 22 in FIG. 2 and it is necessary for a certain time to elapse while the selection button of the mouse is kept pressed, but in the inventions of claims 4, 5 and 11, it is within the range of 22. This is to automatically change from the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state shown in FIG. 4 even when there is a pointing device and there is no operation. In addition, FIGS.
The time for automatic switching to the state shown in (1) can be freely set by the time setting function of the present system.

Here, the processing according to the fourth, fifth and eleventh aspects of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing is basically the same as that of the first to third and tenth aspects of the present invention. However, even if the pointing device button 51 is not depressed, the cursor of the pointing device is moved to the range indicated by a dotted line 22 in FIG. The data is read from the first graphic 31 to the second graphic 32 in FIG. That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 10, the part of the pointing device selection button processing from S102 to S103 is not required.

(Invention of claim 6) The invention of claim 6 provides means for generating a graphic group used in the inventions of claims 1 to 3 and 10. The area of the graphic data group called by the graphic editing unit 4 by a known method is designated by a pointing device, and the graphic data group in the area is determined by the graphic data processing unit 5, and the graphic data group is determined. Are registered in the order of higher coordinates and stored in the group graphic data storage unit.

That is, the invention of claim 6 provides a means for storing a graphic of the graphic data group shown in FIG. 3 in a graphic data structure, the details of which will be described with reference to FIG. First, specify the area specification start point. Position the pointing device at the position of 61 to specify the area, and select
Press 1a to determine the starting point. When the cursor of the pointing device is moved to the area end point 62 while holding down the selection button 51a, the rectangular area 63 is displayed by a dotted line.
With this operation, five figures in the area are selected, and the figure data is stored in the figure data table of FIG. 3 by the selection button 51b. This stored data is
Instead of the real address, the range from the upper left to the lower right rectangle of the circumscribed rectangle of each figure is stored in the data area with a relative address starting from the upper left of the figure. The reason for storing a relative address is that if it is an absolute address when called, it can only be called at the same address, and at this point it is unknown where it is actually called. Because it does not become complicated. FIG. 11 is a flowchart for the processing.

Next, the processing will be described with reference to FIG. In order to collectively store data by designating an area, first, input of a pointing device is waited for (S11).
1). Next, the process proceeds to a process after the input of the pointing device. First, it is determined whether it is the start point of the area (S112). If it is the start point, the start point flag for specifying the area is turned ON (S113), and the process returns to the input of the pointing device again. Next, if the start point flag of the area designation is On (S114), it is determined whether the area designation end point has been dragged (moved and stopped while holding down the selection button) (S115). If it is not dragged, the process returns to waiting for input of the pointing device (S113). If the end point has been dragged (S115, YES), it is next determined whether there is a figure in the rectangular range indicated by 62 in FIG. 6 (S116). If there is a figure in the area designated by 62 in FIG. 6, a figure group input by the input device is detected (S117). The coordinates and order of the relative coordinates of each figure are stored with the upper left corner of the rectangular range of each figure as a base point (S11).
8). By this processing, the graphic data is stored in the group graphic data storage unit 7 as a data table.

(Invention of claim 7) The invention of claim 7 is an input data for inputting character data to the data stored in the group and the graphic data storage unit using the means defined in claim 6. It is provided with a processing unit and provides a means for adding a unique name from a keyboard. To do this,
Display data in order from the group graphic data storage unit,
A window for inputting a unique name for each of the displayed individual graphic data is displayed, and the unique name is input with a keyboard in the window, and is stored in the group graphic data storage together with the graphic data.

In other words, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, for the graphic data within the range specified by the area specification according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the user operates the keyboard 1 for the graphic.
And provides a means for adding the unique name data input in step 1. The data input from the keyboard 1 is sent to the figure editing section 4 via the input data processing section 3 and the figure data processing section 5 stores the figure in the temporary figure data storage section 7. The data and the unique name are stored together.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen having a unique name input screen. First, after a group of figures is specified by the method defined in claim 4, a pull-down menu is displayed and a name input function is selected by a pointing device selection button 51b or the like. When the name input function is selected, FIG.
Is displayed, and a list of the selected graphic groups is displayed in the graphic selection frame 74. The figure to which the name is added is selected with the selection cursor 71 from the frame. The graphic data thus selected is written in the name input box 72, and a character string is written in the character input box 73 to add a name. Similarly, other figures are input in the character input box 73 by moving the selection cursor 71. When the necessary data has been input, the enter button 75 is pressed, and the data is written into the graphic data table of FIG. Next, this process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 12 and FIG.

First, a key input and a pointing device input are waited for (S121).
122, YES), the input processing of the unique name proceeds to the end to end. If it is not OK (S122), it is checked whether the selection cursor 71 is on the selection list (S123). If there is no selection cursor 71 (S123, NO), it is checked whether the cursor 72 is in the name (character) input box (S1).
24). When there is no cursor in the name input frame 72 (S12
4, NO), and returns to waiting for key input and pointing device input (S121). When the cursor 72 is located in the name (character) input box, a graphic unique name is input, and data is stored in the graphic name box of FIG. Upon completion, the process returns to the key input for selecting the next figure and the input of a pointing device (S121).

On the other hand, if the cursor is on the selection list of the figure (S123, YES), since the selection cursor 71 for adding the name has the focus, it is determined whether or not the input is the up / down cursor key from the input of the-key (S126). If no (S126, NO), an invalid key has been pressed, and the process returns to waiting for key input and pointing device input (S121). In the case of a valid key (S126, Y
ES) moves the focus (displayed in bold line) of the selection list in the direction in which the cursor is pressed and moves to the target figure (S).
127). At the same time, the display of the graphic data in the name list 72 of the name input frame is updated. Thus, the processing of the unique name is completed.

(Invention of claim 8) The unique name of the graphic data input by the means defined in claim 7 is described in claims 1 to 5
When the display of graphic data is switched after a certain time elapses according to the method specified in, the unique name of the graphic is taken out from the group graphic data storage unit at the same time as the graphic data and sent to the display processing unit to display the unique name of the graphic together with the graphic data I do.

In other words, in the method defined in claims 1 to 5, the graphic data is rewritten at the same time as the fixed time elapses. At this time, the unique name input in the method defined in claim 8 is displayed. An environment is provided in which the user can determine the name based on the unique name added by the user. According to the present invention, a figure is automatically switched and a name is automatically added at the same time. FIG. 8 shows an example of the screen diagram. After a certain period of time, the data name is displayed on the unique name display section 81. Regarding the flowchart, when “acquire the graphic data to be displayed next from the memory” in S107 of FIG. 10, the graphic data processing unit 5 sets the group graphic data storage unit 7
From the block display processing unit 9,
That is, the unique name is displayed by the processing of S109 in the flowchart (display of graphic data by the display processing unit).

(Inventions of Claims 9 and 12) Claims 1 to 3
The tenth and tenth aspects explicitly indicate that a graphic to be changed is selected in the graphic editing section and the track handle of the graphic is displayed to be changed. When the selection button of the pointing device input by the data processing unit 3 is pressed for the time elapsed by the time processing unit 6, the data to be displayed next is extracted from the group graphic data storage unit, and the processing is performed by the display processing unit. Move. The data received by the display processing unit is defined in claim 1
The processing is performed in the same manner as the processing in the inventions of 3 to 10.

In other words, according to the ninth and twelfth aspects of the present invention, according to the first to third and tenth aspects, as shown in FIG.
By placing the cursor of the pointing device within the rectangular range and pressing the selection button 51a, by pressing the selection button 51a for a certain period of time with the pointing device cursor 91 on the screen as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, the figures registered in advance, in this embodiment, the data of the figure data table of FIG.
The target figure data is called. The flowchart is basically the same as the calling procedure according to the first to third and tenth aspects of the present invention, and is the same as that shown in FIG.

[0052]

According to the first, second, and tenth aspects of the present invention,
By calling one of the figures belonging to the group and pressing the selection button of the pointing device for a certain period of time to select the group figures in order, the figure editing can be continued without interrupting the thinking from the figure being created. It is possible to provide an operation environment in which the user does not feel stress.

Effect corresponding to claim 3: A group figure can be called in reverse order.

Effects corresponding to claims 4, 5 and 11: In the operation described in the preceding paragraph, a figure is selected by stopping the cursor of the pointing device without pressing the selection button of the pointing device for a predetermined time, The same effect as the effect of the invention corresponding to claim 1 can be obtained.

Effect corresponding to claim 6: Since the displayed figures can be registered collectively, the work can be performed without hindering the thinking when editing the figures.

Effects corresponding to the seventh and eighth aspects: Since a unique name is displayed when a figure is selected, the user can easily determine a confusing figure or the like.

Effects corresponding to the ninth and twelfth aspects: a figure can be selected by pressing a selection button of a pointing device for a certain period of time without calling the figure in the figure editing area in advance, so that a figure calling operation is not required. ,
It is possible to easily call up a figure without further hindering the thinking than in the first to third aspects of the present invention.

Effects corresponding to the thirteenth to fifteenth aspects: The graphic selecting method of the present invention can be easily implemented on any computer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a graphic selection method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a method of designating a figure in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of graphic data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a diagram after the graphics shown in FIG. 2 have been changed in the graphics selection method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a pointing device selection button used in the graphic selection method of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a screen when a figure is collectively registered in the figure selection method of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a screen for inputting a unique name in the graphic selection method of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a display screen of a unique name in the graphic selection method of the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows a pointing device on a graphic editing screen.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a flowchart of a figure switching process according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of a processing method for registering a graphic data by designating an area in the method of storing graphic data according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a flowchart of a process for adding a unique name in the present invention.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the shape of pre-registered graphic data used in the present invention.

FIG. 14 shows a transition screen when switching or selecting a figure in a conventional system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Keyboard, 2 ... Pointing device, 3 ... Input data processing part, 4 ... Graphic editing part, 5 ... Graphic data processing part, 6 ... Time processing part, 7 ... Group graphic data storage part,
8 Graphic data name management unit, 9 Display processing unit, 10 Display control unit, 11 Display device, 51a, 51b Selection buttons.

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A means for calling a registered figure, a means for displaying a called figure on a display device, a means for selecting a displayed figure, a switch means for switching the selected figure, and an operation of the switch means Means for counting time, and means for switching a displayed figure to another registered figure each time the count value of the counting means reaches a certain value, and automatically switches the displayed figures in the order of registration A graphic selection method. 2. The graphic selection method according to claim 1, wherein the means for selecting the displayed graphic is operated by a selection button of a pointing device. 3. The graphic selection method according to claim 2, further comprising means for switching a display graphic in a reverse order of the registration order. 4. A means for calling a registered figure, a means for displaying a called figure on a display device, a means for selecting a displayed figure, a means for counting the operation time of the selecting means, and a means for counting Each time the count of reaches a certain value,
A graphic selecting method comprising: means for switching a displayed graphic to another registered graphic, wherein when a graphic is selected, the display graphic is automatically switched and displayed in order at predetermined time intervals. 5. The graphic selection method according to claim 4, wherein said means for automatically switching a display graphic after a predetermined time has a time setting function. 6. A graphic selecting method according to claim 1, further comprising means for designating a display area in the display means, and means for collectively storing and registering graphics in the designated area. A graphic selection method, comprising: graphic editing means for storing and registering graphic data in groups. 7. The graphic selecting method according to claim 6, wherein said graphic editing means further comprises means for adding a unique name to each graphic data constituting said grouped graphic. Figure selection method. 8. The graphic editing method according to claim 7, further comprising a display unit for displaying the unique name on a screen. 9. A means for calling a registered figure, a means for displaying the called figure on a display device, a means for counting an operation time of an operation of the means for calling the registered figure,
A figure selecting method, comprising: means for automatically switching a displayed figure every time the count value of the counting means reaches a constant value, wherein the displayed figures are automatically switched and displayed in order. 10. A registered figure is called, a called figure is displayed on a display device, a displayed figure is selected, a switch means for switching the selected figure is operated, and an operation of the switch means is performed. Counting the time, and switching the displayed figure to another registered figure each time the count value of the counting means reaches a certain value; Figure selection method to switch and display in the order of registration. 11. A registered figure is called, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the displayed figure is selected, the operation time of the selecting means is counted, and the count value of the counting means is calculated. Each time a certain value is reached, the displayed figure is switched to another registered figure, and when a figure is selected, the displayed figure is automatically switched and sequentially displayed at regular time intervals. Figure selection method to be featured. 12. A registered figure is operated by calling means, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the operation time of the operation of the means for calling the figure is counted, and the count value of the counting means is constant. A figure selecting method comprising the steps of automatically switching a displayed figure each time a value is reached, and automatically switching and displaying the displayed figures. 13. A registered figure is called, a called figure is displayed on a display device, a displayed figure is selected, a switch means for switching the selected figure is operated, and an operation of the switch means is performed. Counting time, and each time the count value of the counting means reaches a certain value, the displayed figure is switched to another registered figure,
A recording medium storing a computer-readable program for causing a computer to execute a graphic selection method for automatically switching and displaying displayed graphics in the order of registration. 14. A registered figure is called, the called figure is displayed on a display device, the displayed figure is selected, the operation time of the selecting means is counted, and the count value of the counting means is calculated. A computer-implemented graphic selecting method, which comprises automatically switching and displaying displayed graphics automatically in sequence in each step of switching a displayed graphic to another registered graphic each time a predetermined value is reached. Recording medium on which a computer-readable program is recorded. 15. A registered figure is operated by calling means, the called figure is displayed on a display device, an operation time of the operation of the means for calling the figure is counted, and a count value of the counting means is constant. Each time a value is reached, a computer-readable program for implementing a graphic selecting method of automatically switching and displaying displayed graphics in order, which comprises the respective steps of automatically switching the displayed graphics, is recorded. recoding media.