JP2005050093A - Search result display program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve workability of a process to display of desired measurement data by means of a measurement data monitoring program from observation of list display of a search result acquired by an existing search program. <P>SOLUTION: In a list display column 34 of a file viewer window showing the search result of a search result display program 8, three files are displayed, for example. The uppermost file is the same as the file in the middle, and a mark comment shows an abnormal condition 1 in the uppermost file while that shows an abnormal condition 2 in the middle file. When the uppermost file is selected and double-clicked, a waveform observation program is started, and a waveform display view is opened while the part of the mark comment abnormal condition 1 is positioned in the center. When the middle file is selected and double-clicked, the waveform display view 35 is opened while the mark comment abnormal condition 2 is positioned in the center. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field related to a measuring instrument that measures, for example, temperature, pressure, and the like, and in particular, a search result that can provide convenience to processing after searching measurement data accumulated by the measuring instrument using an existing search program. It relates to the display program.

  A measuring instrument as described in Patent Document 1 is used to capture various measurement data. In this type of measuring instrument, as described in Patent Document 2, the accumulated measurement data is searched. A search program is used.

  The existing search program displays the results of the search under the specified conditions in a list format. To know the details of the listed files, the measurement data is obtained by an operation unrelated to the search program. It was necessary to start a program for display (for example, a waveform observation program). That is, a series of procedures from the search of the measurement data file to the display of the measurement data is as shown in FIG. 13, and the search condition is set using the search program, and the search is executed under the condition specified from the measurement data file. The search results are displayed in a list, and the user opens a file that seems to be applicable using a measurement data observation program and confirms the contents.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-14923 JP 2002-71390 A

  Since existing search programs display a list of search results, when a large number of measurement data files satisfy the search conditions, the target file is selected from the large number of measurement data files displayed in the list. It becomes difficult to find out.

  For this reason, in the existing search program, open a file that seems to be applicable from the search results displayed in the list and check it with the measurement data observation program. If the displayed measurement data is not the target, It was necessary to repeatedly perform a task of finding a likely file from a list of search results displayed in the search program, opening the file with a measurement data observation program, and confirming it.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to improve the workability of the process from displaying a list display of search results obtained by an existing search program to displaying desired measurement data using a measurement data observation program. An object of the present invention is to provide a search result display program.

  A further object of the present invention is to provide a search result display program capable of improving workability for searching for a desired file from a list display of search results obtained by an existing search program.

  A further object of the present invention is to improve the search efficiency for finding a desired file from a list display of search results obtained by an existing search program and to directly use the measurement data observation program for the desired measurement data. Another object of the present invention is to provide a search result display program that can be displayed.

According to the present invention, such a technical problem is
A search result display program for searching measurement data collected by a measuring instrument with a search program and displaying the search result,
A function for displaying a view window for displaying a list of results searched by the search program;
Selected by the data observation program for displaying the contents of the search result by selecting a desired search result from the list of search results displayed in the view window and performing an operation for opening the search result This is achieved by providing a search result display program for realizing a search result opening function.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the measurement data includes information for specifying a display position by the data observation program, the display position specifying information can be included in a display item of the view window. Thereby, when the content of the measurement data is displayed by the data observation program, the display position specifying information can be displayed while being positioned in the center.

  When a plurality of display position specifying information is included in the measurement data, it is preferable to display the display result in a hierarchical state for each display position specifying information. According to this, a desired portion can be directly confirmed by selecting each displayed display position specifying information and opening it with the data observation program.

  The above and other objects of the present invention as well as the effects thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall outline of a measurement system. The measurement system 1 is constructed by connecting to a computer 2 (typically a personal computer (PC)). The measurement system 1 includes a PC connection unit 3, and one or a plurality of desired measurement units 4, for example, a temperature measurement unit and a voltage value measurement unit are assembled in a form to be added to the PC connection unit 3. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a temperature measurement unit 4 is added to the PC connection unit 3. The PC 2 and the PC connection unit 3 are connected via the USB port 5.

  Measurement data collected by the measurement system 1 is transferred from the PC connection unit 3 to the PC 2 and stored in storage means (not shown) such as a hard disk in the PC 2. The measurement data collected by the measurement system 1 may be supplied to the PC 2 via a storage medium such as FD.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an existing search program 6 for searching measurement data files and a measurement data observation program (for example, a waveform observation program) 7 for displaying measurement data are installed in the PC 2. An example search result display program (file viewer) 8 is installed.

  The search result display program 8 is built in the existing search program 6 to enhance the search function, enhances the convenience for the user regarding the display of the search result, and selects a desired file from the display of the search result. Only the function of starting the measurement data observation program 7 for displaying the contents of the selected measurement data file is realized.

FIG. 3 shows an outline of the function of the file viewer 8. That is, according to the file viewer 8 of the embodiment, the following can be performed independently of the measurement data observation program.
(1) Various information provided in a measurement data file, for example, a measurement system that collects measurement data, a measurement date and time, a comment written in the measurement data, and the like can be specified and searched.

  (2) The search result can be displayed by displaying the contents of all the items that can be specified by the user's selection, or displaying only the items of the specified search conditions.

  (3) The search can be performed again based on the search result.

  (4) Select the desired file from the displayed search results, and perform operations to open the contents of the file, for example, select double-click or open right-click menu. The measurement data observation program 7 for displaying the contents can be activated.

  (5) Processing and conversion of displayed search results, such as file copying and moving to another folder, can be performed.

The items displayed in the list display are as follows in addition to the file name.
[1] File size [2] File type [3] Update date / time: Last update date / time [4] Device name: Device name registered by user [5] Title: Title registered by user [6] ] Comment: Comment registered by user [7] Collection mode: Normal or logging [8] Configuration of measurement unit: Configuration of connected measurement unit [9] Sampling cycle: Set system sampling cycle [10] Number of samplings : Set sampling number [11] Date and time of data collection start: Date and time of collection start [12] Date and time of start data: Date and time of acquisition of start data [13] Date and time of end of data collection: Date and time of collection completion [14] Number of alarms : Number of alarm occurrences [15] Number of mark comments: Number of comments for marks registered by the user

  The search condition can be set, for example, by calling the search condition setting dialog shown in FIG. 4 on the PC screen. The form of the search condition setting dialog 10 is arbitrary, but in the dialog 10 shown in the drawing, by clicking the file name check box 11, the file name is specified using the file name box 12, and the search is performed with this file name. can do.

  The illustrated search condition setting dialog 10 includes a second check box 13 and a device name designation box 14 adjacent to the second check box 13. The second check box 13 is enabled and the device name designation box 14 is used. You can search by device name by specifying the device name.

  The search condition setting dialog 10 shown in the figure can select the collection start date / time, the collection end date / time, and the date / time of the top data by clicking the third check box 15, and the date / time designation adjacent to this can be selected. It is possible to execute a function of searching by specifying the start date and time and the end date and time using the boxes 16 and 17.

  The illustrated search condition setting dialog 10 further includes an alarm occurrence count check box 18 and a comment check box 19. By clicking these buttons, a search can be performed by designating a range of alarm occurrence count and a comment. The comment can be searched for by including the mark comment by clicking the check box 20 of the mark comment. The lowermost part has a folder designation box 21 for designating a search target folder. By enabling the check box 22, a function for searching including subfolders can be executed.

  With regard to the above search conditions, when executing a search under a plurality of conditions, the search can be executed under the AND condition or OR condition by alternatively specifying the search condition “AND” 22 or “OR” 23. it can.

  (1) Search by file name, (2) Search by device name, (3) Search by title and comment registered by the user (you can choose whether to include a mark comment), ( 4) Search by date (selectable from data collection start, data head, collection end), (5) Number of alarm occurrences (upper limit and lower limit can be set), (6) Whether search is executed with AND condition or OR condition (7) Specifying the search location (specified in a folder, but it is possible to select whether or not to search in subfolders as well) can be performed.

  FIG. 5 shows a file viewer window that displays search results. The file viewer window 30 has two upper and lower display columns, and the upper display column 31 is divided into a left display frame 32 and a right display frame 33. The display frame 32 on the left is a display frame for displaying a folder in a state where the list of folders stored in the PC 2 is hierarchized. In the illustrated example, the measurement frame stored in the “measurement data folder” is displayed. A list of data files is displayed in the right file display frame 33.

  The search results are displayed in a list in the lower display field 34. In the illustrated example, information regarding a file name, the number of alarms, a collection start date and time, a data size, and a file type is displayed as preset display items.

  The example displayed in the lower list display field 34 indicates that three files have been hit as a result of searching for “number of alarms” and “collection start date and time” under OR conditions. That is, three hit files are displayed in a list, and the number of files found by displaying “3 searched” characters is displayed below it, and the search condition is displayed below it, for example, “Alarm”. Number of times: 3 times or more and 5 times or less ”“ collection start date and time (January 1, 2003 to March 24, 2003) ”is displayed.

  The display items in the list display column 34 can display all the display items [1] to [15] described above, and a part of the display items can be set for display. If all of the set display items cannot be displayed due to the size of the LCD or CRT screen of the PC 2, a horizontal scroll function may be prepared.

  Selects a desired file from the list of search results displayed in the list display field 34, and has a function of starting the measurement data observation program 7 by, for example, double-clicking, thereby immediately measuring the contents of the selected file. It can be displayed by the data observation program 7.

  The related measurement data observation program 7, for example, the waveform observation program has a jump function to mark position and alarm occurrence time, and generally displays the waveform display when saving a file (time on the horizontal axis and data on the vertical axis). If the waveform display view is not opened when saving the file, the display position is generally adjusted after opening the waveform display view. Therefore, the next time it is opened, the adjusted waveform display view becomes the initial screen. Also, the waveform observation program opens the waveform display view in a state where the specified mark comment or alarm part is positioned at the center when an item that determines the display position, such as a mark comment or alarm comment, is specified. It has a function.

  FIG. 6 shows a display example when three items of “number of alarms”, “collection start date / time”, and “mark comment” are set as display items in the list display field 34.

  Although three files are displayed in the list display column 34 in FIG. 6, the top file and the middle file are the same, but the mark comment is “abnormal 1” in the top file. In the middle file, the mark comment is “Abnormal 2”. Of course, if “abnormality 1” to “abnormality 4” are given to the measurement data of this file, four identical files with different mark comments are displayed.

  When the user selects and double-clicks the top file, the waveform observation program is started, and the waveform display view is opened in a state where the mark comment “abnormality 1” is positioned at the center. When the middle file is selected and double-clicked, the waveform display view 35 is opened in a state where the mark comment “abnormality 2” is positioned at the center. The user confirms the contents of the file by the displayed waveform display view 35, but may adjust the waveform display position if necessary.

  The above-described processing has been described based on the function of starting the waveform observation program from the search result display program, that is, the file viewer software. However, when the waveform observation program is already started, one or more search results displayed in a list are displayed. A file is opened by selecting and dragging and dropping it on the waveform observation program.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the top file and the middle file of the search results displayed in the list are the same file, but the mark comments are “abnormal 1” and “abnormal 2” as described above. Different. For example, by selecting the “Abnormal 1” file (the file displayed at the top) and dragging and dropping it onto the observation program, the waveform is displayed with the Mark Comment for Abnormal 1 positioned at the center. Will be displayed. Also, by selecting two files “Abnormal 1” and “Abnormal 2” (the top two files and the two files displayed below), drag and drop them onto the observation program. The window displaying the waveform with the mark comment positioned at the center and the window displaying the waveform with the mark comment of abnormality 2 positioned at the center can be displayed in a superimposed manner.

  For items that determine the display position in the waveform observation program, such as mark comments and alarms, as explained in the above example, select the “abnormal 1” file and double-click to start the waveform observation program. Added a function to display the display position movement dialog 40 shown in FIG. 8 when the file is opened by dragging and dropping the “abnormal 1” file when the waveform observation program is already started. May be.

  The display position moving dialog 40 shown in FIG. 8 has a move button 41. By depressing this move button 41, the waveform display view of the waveform observation program is set so that the mark comment “abnormal 1” portion is in the center. From the positioned state, the next mark comment “abnormality 2” can be displayed in a state where it is positioned at the center, and when the movement button 41 is pressed again, the next “abnormality 3” portion is displayed. Can be displayed in a state of being positioned so as to be in the center. (When there are two mark comments, abnormality 1 and abnormality 2, the display returns to the state where the position of “abnormality 1” is centered.)

  In the above-described embodiment, the file is opened by opening the waveform observation program by double-clicking after selecting a file from the search result list. For example, after selecting a file from the search result list, the mouse is moved. The menu may be displayed by right-clicking, and the waveform observation program may be activated to open the file by clicking the item “Open file” added to the menu.

  Regarding the list display of search results by the search result display program, it is preferable to have a search result sorting function based on display items such as the number of alarms. When the sort function is executed, files that do not meet the conditions are displayed at the end. It is preferable to do so.

  Regarding the search result display window by the search result display program, for example, the list display field 34 described above is divided into two on the left and right (FIG. 9), a list of search results is displayed in the left frame 42, The frame 43 may display details of information included in the selected file.

  According to this, some items (in the example shown, “alarm count” “collection start date”) are displayed in the list display frame 42, and a user who sees this displays a file that seems to be applicable. By selecting, other items can be displayed and confirmed in the detailed information display frame 43, so that it is possible to save the trouble of opening and confirming a file that seems to be applicable in the waveform observation program as in the conventional case. it can.

  As a modified example, when a file is selected from the search result list instead of the list display window having the detailed information display frame 43, the detailed information display window 45 is separated from the list display window 46 as shown in FIG. You may make it display. The window shown at the bottom of FIG. 10 shows the display after vertical scrolling.

  Regarding the display in the independent detailed display window 45 and / or the detailed information display frame 43, items for determining the display position by the waveform observation program such as a mark comment and an alarm are shown in the window 45 shown in the lower part of FIG. As illustrated, it is preferable to display a hierarchical structure such as “abnormality 1”, “abnormality 2”, and “abnormality 3”. As a result, the user can check the information in the file without opening the file. For example, by selecting “abnormal 3” and double-clicking, the waveform observation program is started, The waveform observation view can be opened with the anomaly 3 centered.

  The search result display program (file viewer) preferably has the following functions as other functions.

(1) Folder moving function When a file is selected from the list of search results displayed in the list display field 34, the folder including the selected file is displayed at a visible position in the folder list display field 32, and All of the files in the folder including the selected file can be displayed in the file list display field 33.

  For this reason, for example, when collecting multiple collected data files while collecting data with waveform observation software, if the save destination is in the same folder, a specific file is extracted and selected by the above search at a later date. In this case, files collected at the same time can be easily found. When all the files in the folder including the selected file are displayed in the file list display field 33, the selected file is displayed in the file list in order to easily identify the file selected therein. It may be displayed in the top column in the display column 33, or the position of the file itself may be given a color that can be distinguished from an unselected file.

(2) File copy function By adding a function to copy the search result list file displayed in the list display field 34 to any other folder, for example, the data collected in what month and day can be stored in one folder. Can be summarized.

(3) File deletion function By adding a function to delete the search result list file displayed in the list display field 34 by operating either the mouse or the keyboard, the display other than the target file is removed. Thus, the visibility of the list display column 34 can be improved. As a result of the search, this file erasure function is convenient when a large number of files are hit. The file deletion function referred to here relates to the display of the list display field 34 and does not delete the searched file from the PC 2.

(4) Re-search function for search results A function that enables a re-search under the condition of “excluding” is added so that the search result list displayed in the list display field 34 can be re-searched and narrowed down. preferable. When a large number of files are displayed in the list display field 34 as search results, the re-search function under the condition of “excluding” is effective.

  The search function for the condition “excluding” allows the user to select “include” or “do not include” a search character string written in a box as a search condition in the dialog described with reference to FIG. Also good. For example, to extract only files that do not contain the word “test” in the comment, the search function with the condition “excluding” is effective, and this function is specified using the search condition setting dialog. It is preferable to be able to do this.

  11 and 12 are flowcharts showing an example of a procedure for operating the function of the file viewer program.

  In FIG. 11, when the search condition is set by the search condition setting dialog 10 (FIG. 4) in step S1 and the search of the measurement data is executed by the search program 6, the file viewer window 30 is opened in step S2. The search result is displayed.

  When the waveform observation program 7 is already activated, a desired file can be selected from the files displayed in the file viewer window 30 and the contents of the file can be displayed by drag and drop (step S3).

  Further, by selecting a desired file from the files displayed in the file viewer window 30 and double-clicking (step S4) or by selecting the desired file and selecting Open from the right-click menu (step S5), When the waveform observation program 7 is not activated, the waveform observation program 7 is activated (steps S6 and S7), the contents of the selected file are opened (step S8), and the process proceeds to the next step S9.

  When the display position is specified in the selected file, for example, when an alarm comment or a mark comment is included, the process proceeds from step S9 to step S10, and depending on whether or not there are a plurality of information specifying the display position, When there are a plurality of pieces of information, the process proceeds to step S11 to activate the display position movement dialog 40 (FIG. 8), and the display position is adjusted by depressing the movement button 41 of the display position movement dialog 40 (step S11). S12).

It is a figure showing the whole measurement system outline of an example. It is a figure for demonstrating the various programs installed in the personal computer contained in the measurement system of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an outline | summary about the various functions which the search result display program of an Example performs. It is a figure which shows the window for setting the search condition setting of a search program as one function of the search result display program of an Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the view window of the search result display program of an Example. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which starts a measurement data observation program directly from the view window of a search result display program, and opens the selected file. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which opens the selected file by the measurement data observation program already started by drag and drop operation from the view window of a search result display program. As one of the functions of the search result display program, when there are multiple items in the selected file that specify the display position by the measurement data observation program, the display position move dialog is displayed. It is a figure for demonstrating that the display position of a file can be adjusted. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the display mode which displays the detail of the information contained in a file in the view window of a search result display program. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a display mode for independently displaying a detail display window as a modification of the display mode of FIG. 9. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation and an operation | movement flow of an Example. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation and operation flow of the embodiment following the flow of FIG. 11. It is a figure for demonstrating a series of flows relevant to the conventional search method.

Explanation of symbols

1 Measurement system 2 PC (personal computer)
6 Search program 7 Measurement data observation program 8 Search result display program (file view software)
30 Search Result Display Program File View 34 Search Result List Display Field 35 Waveform Display View 40 Display Position Movement Dialog 42 Item Detail Display Frame 45 Item Detail Display Window

Claims (6)

A search result display program for searching measurement data collected by a measuring instrument with a search program and displaying the search result,
A function for displaying a view window for displaying a list of results searched by the search program;
Selected by the data observation program for displaying the contents of the search result by selecting a desired search result from the list of search results displayed in the view window and performing an operation for opening the search result A search result display program for realizing a search result opening function. The search result display program according to claim 1, wherein when the measurement data includes information for specifying a display position by the data observation program, the display position specifying information can be included in a display item of the view window. The search result display program according to claim 2, wherein when the measurement data includes a plurality of pieces of display position specifying information, the display result is displayed in a hierarchical state for each display position specifying information. When measurement data including the display position specifying information is selected and measurement data is opened by a data observation program, measurement is performed in a state where the display position specifying information is centered by the function of the data observation program The search result display program according to claim 3, wherein the content of the data is displayed. The search result display program according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising a function of displaying a display position movement dialog when a plurality of display position specifying information is included in the measurement data. The search result display program according to claim 1, further causing a function of displaying details of the measurement data in the view window or in a window different from the view window.

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