JP2001022751A - Note managing system for electronic manual - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an electronic manual while adding an arbitrary note to it by linking a note area to the electronic manual and outputting the electronic manual, to which the note area is linked, as electronic manual with note. SOLUTION: The electronic manual is read from an electronic manual system 2 and the electronic manual is displayed on the screen of an output part 34 after the note area is linked by a note area linking part 31. Continuously, various kinds of operation by an operator are waited by a memory managing part 32 and processing corresponding to the operation is executed. Namely, when reading work is selected, the note corresponding to each of divisions of that electronic manual is read out of a note storage part 33 and the contents of the note are attached to the note area corresponding to the division and outputted as electronic manual with note. Thus, the electronic manual can be displayed while adding the arbitrary note.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a memo management system for an electronic manual, and more particularly to a memo management system for an electronic manual in which an arbitrary memo is connected to an electronic manual for screen display or printout. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a multifunctional system such as a building management system that performs various management control processes using an information processing terminal, for example, a building management system that performs building management via a network such as a LAN, has been adapted to diversify its functions. Operation and handling tend to be complicated. Therefore, there is a demand for a function of online displaying and outputting the operation method and handling method of the multi-function system to the operator at the time of actual system operation.

In response to such demands, in a multi-function system, an operation method and a handling method of the multi-function system are converted into an electronic manual, and the electronic manual system performs online screen output or print output. ing. Generally, this type of electronic manual system displays and outputs a portion related to a desired management control function in an electronic manual in response to a display request from an operator who operates a multifunction system.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional electronic manual system, even if an operator wants to add an arbitrary memo to the electronic manual in order to deepen the understanding of various functions of the multifunction system, copyright protection is not required. Since direct editing of the electronic manual is prohibited in order to prevent the occurrence of operation errors due to falsification or tampering, there is a problem that any memo cannot be added and displayed. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a memo management system for an electronic manual that can display an electronic manual with any memo added.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a memo management system for an electronic manual according to the present invention comprises a memo area connecting means for connecting a memo area to an electronic manual, and a memo corresponding to the electronic manual. Is attached to a memo area linked to the electronic manual, and the linked electronic manual of the memo area to which the memo is attached is output as an electronic manual with a memo.

Further, a memo editing means is provided to edit a memo pasted in the memo area.
Also, a memo storage means is provided, and the memo edited by the memo editing means is stored in association with the electronic manual.

In the memo area linking means, the memo areas are linked for each predetermined section provided in the electronic manual, and the memo management means pastes the memo corresponding to each section of the electronic manual to each memo area. It was made. Still further, as the predetermined section, a section provided for each page of the electronic manual or for each function of the multifunction system is used.

[0008]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a memo management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes an electronic manual system that manages an electronic manual, that is, an electronic manual, and performs screen display output or print output as necessary. 1 denotes a multifunctional system that performs various management control processes using an information processing terminal. Reference numeral 3 denotes a memo management system for linking and outputting memos corresponding to the electronic manual searched by the electronic manual system 2.

In the following, a case where the memo management system 3 is provided independently of the multi-function system 1 and the electronic manual system 2 will be described as an example. It may be provided inside the manual system 2. Note that a building management system that performs building management via a LAN is illustrated as the multifunctional system 1.

In the multi-function system 1, a management control unit 11 executes a management control function according to an operation access level of the operator based on the operation access level of the operator when the operation is permitted. Reference numeral 14 denotes a controller that controls various building facilities such as the air conditioner 15A, the temperature sensor 15B, and the lighting 15C in response to an instruction from the management control unit 11.

In the electronic manual system 2, 22
Is a manual storage unit for storing an electronic manual showing operation methods and handling methods of various functions of the multi-function system 1,
Reference numeral 21 denotes a manual management unit which reads out and outputs an electronic manual corresponding to a desired function from the manual storage unit 22 in response to a reference request from the multi-function system 1.
Note that this electronic manual is composed of files in HTML format or the like indicating the operation method and handling method of the corresponding function.

In the memo management system 3, reference numeral 31 denotes a memo area connecting unit for connecting a memo area to the electronic manual searched by the electronic manual system, reference numeral 33 denotes a memo storage unit for storing a memo corresponding to the electronic manual, and reference numeral 32 denotes an electronic manual. The memo management unit reads out the memo corresponding to the memo from the memo storage unit 33 and pastes the memo into the memo area linked to the electronic manual. 34 is a screen display output, print output or file output of the electronic manual linked to the memo area. This is an output unit that performs.

Hereinafter, a memo management process will be described as an operation of the present invention with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the memo management process. In response to an operation by the operator, a request for reference to the electronic manual is made from the function control unit 11 of the multifunction system 1 to the electronic manual system 2 with respect to an arbitrary function of the multifunction system 1.

In the manual management section 21 of the electronic manual system 2, a portion describing a corresponding function is read from the manual storage section 22 and output to the memo management system 2. In response, the memo management system 3 uses the
Is started.

First, the electronic manual is read from the electronic manual system 2 (step 50), the memo area is connected to the electronic manual in the memo area connecting section 31, and the screen is displayed on the output section 34 (step 51).
In this case, the memo area is provided for each predetermined section provided in the electronic manual, for example, for each page or for the multifunctional system 1.
Are linked for each of the various functional units.

Subsequently, the memory management unit 32 waits for various operations by the operator, and executes processing corresponding to the operations (step 52). For example, step 52
When the "read" operation is selected in step (5), the memo corresponding to each section of the electronic manual is read from the memo storage unit 33 (step 53), and the contents of the memo are pasted into the memo area corresponding to the section. (Step 5
4).

If the "edit" operation is selected in step 52, the memo is edited in the memo area by the operation of the operator thereafter (step 55: memo editing means). If the "save" operation is selected in step 56, the contents of the memo displayed in the memo area are stored in the memo storage unit 33 corresponding to the category of the electronic manual.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show examples of screen display output. FIG. 3A shows an operation screen of the multi-function system, and FIG. 3B shows an electronic manual output screen in which memo areas are linked. The example of the screen output in the case of executing “trend” which is one of the above is shown. The “trend” function is a function of displaying time-series data in a graph or the like. In this example, the “trend” function is a function of the room temperature or the outside air temperature obtained by the temperature sensor 15B (see FIG. The sequence change is graphed and displayed and output as a function screen 40 shown in FIG.

The function screen 40 is provided with a button 41 for reading out an electronic manual explaining the function and displaying it on the screen.
The above-mentioned reference request is output to the electronic manual system 2 in response to the above operation. Thereby, the corresponding electronic manual is read, and the memo areas are linked by the memo management system 3.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, a screen in which the memory area 44 is connected to the electronic manual area 43 is output. Also, a button group 45 for instructing an operation relating to a memo is displayed, and by operating these buttons,
The various processes described above are executed.

As described above, the memo area is connected to the electronic manual, and the memo corresponding to the electronic manual is pasted to the memo area and output as an electronic manual with memos. Therefore, direct editing is prohibited. Any memo can be added to the displayed electronic manual and displayed, thereby assisting the operator in understanding the various functions of the multifunction system.

The memo may be edited in advance by another editing tool and stored in the memo storage 33.
A memo editing unit may be provided in the memo management unit 32 to edit the memo in the memo area, whereby the memo can be edited while referring to the corresponding electronic manual, and the operability is improved. Also, the divisions provided in the electronic manual,
For example, since the memo areas are linked to each section such as a page unit or various functional units of the multifunction system 1, individual memos corresponding to the contents of the electronic manual can be displayed.

In the above description, a case has been described in which the contents of the corresponding memo are pasted and displayed in the memo area by performing the "read" operation in the memo management system 3. If the electronic manual or the memo corresponding to the category exists in the memo storage unit 33, the memo may be automatically read and attached to the memo area. Thereby, the corresponding memo can be automatically displayed when the electronic manual is displayed, and the operability can be improved.

[0024]

As described above, the present invention provides a memo area connecting means for connecting a memo area to an electronic manual, and a memo for attaching a memo corresponding to an electronic manual to a memo area connected to the electronic manual. An electronic manual linked to the memo area to which the memo is attached is output as an electronic manual with memos. A note can be added and displayed to assist the operator in understanding various functions of the multifunction system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a memo management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a memo management process.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen output example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Multi-function system, 11 ... Management control part, 2 ... Electronic manual system, 21 ... Manual management part, 22 ... Manual storage part, 3 ... Memo management system, 31 ... Memo area connection part, 32 ... Memo management part, 33 ... Memo storage, 34 ...
Output section.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Shoji Suzuki 4-3-4 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside Yamatake Building System Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuo Oshima 1-4-33, Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo Stock Within NTT Facilities (72) Inventor Tsunehiro Sato 1-43-33 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside NTT Corporation (72) Inventor Kaoru Koyama One, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. 4-33 F-Term in NTT Facilities (Reference) 5B009 NC02 NC06 NE03 QB18 RB23 SA14 TB03 5B075 ND03 ND20 ND36 NS01 PP03 PP13 PQ02 PQ03 PQ33 PQ62 UU05 UU40

Claims (5)

[Claims] An electronic manual system that stores an electronic manual indicating an operation method and a handling method of each function of a multifunctional system that performs various management control processes using an information processing terminal, and outputs an electronic manual as needed. A memo area linking means for linking the memo area to the electronic manual; a memo management means for pasting a memo corresponding to the electronic manual to the memo area linked to the electronic manual; and a linking of the memo area to which the memo is pasted Output means for outputting the written electronic manual as an electronic manual with memos. 2. The memo management system for an electronic manual according to claim 1, further comprising memo editing means for editing a memo pasted in the memo area. 3. The electronic manual memo management system according to claim 1, further comprising a memo storage unit that stores the memo edited by the memo editing unit in association with the electronic manual. Management system. 4. The memo management system for an electronic manual according to claim 1, wherein the memo area connecting means connects the memo areas for each of predetermined sections provided in the electronic manual, and the memo management means comprises: A memo management system for electronic manuals, characterized in that memos corresponding to memos are pasted into respective memo areas. 5. The memo management system for an electronic manual according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined division is a division provided for each page of the electronic manual or for each function of the multifunction system. Management system.