JP2005069797A - Measuring device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring device for displaying only a display screen required by a user in the order of user's display request. <P>SOLUTION: This measuring device using a dot matrix-shaped display is characterized by being constituted so that a display screen for a desired display content is displayed selectively in the switched state in the desired order. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring apparatus, and more particularly to improvement of display switching in a measuring apparatus using a dot matrix type display.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying measurement data obtained continuously on a dot matrix type display having a certain number of pixels.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for displaying various types of message information using an amount display device of a vending machine made of 16 * 32 dot matrix LEDs.

  However, Patent Document 1 aims to simultaneously display the minimum value, maximum value, and average value of measurement data obtained continuously, on a common dot matrix LCD or the like, though it is common to the present invention in terms of a measurement device. It is what.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 2 is intended to display various message information that exceeds the number of digits displayed on the display.

  On the other hand, the present invention relates to a measuring apparatus using a dot matrix type display having a relatively small number of display digits, and a user can display a plurality of items and contents displayed on the display according to a measurement application. It differs from Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 in that it can be arbitrarily changed for each screen.

JP-A-8-114630

JP 10-49739 A

  FIG. 8 is a configuration block diagram showing an example of a conventional measuring apparatus using a dot matrix type display, and shows an example of a multipoint recorder.

  In FIG. 8, the elements constituting the measuring apparatus are commonly connected to each other via a bus B. Multiplexed analog input signals are selected by a multiplexer 1 and a desired measurement channel is selected and input to an amplifier 2, adjusted to a value within an appropriate range for the input conversion characteristics of the A / D converter 3, and the A / D converter 3. Added to.

  The overall operation of the measuring apparatus is controlled by the CPU 4. The ROM 5 stores an execution program that defines a series of measurement operation steps, fixed parameters associated with the measurement, and the like. The RAM 6 stores variable parameters associated with measurement set by the user, measurement data converted and output from the A / D converter 3, various calculation results based on the measurement data, and the like.

  The keyboard 7 is used by the user to operate the measuring apparatus, and is connected to the bus B via the keyboard interface 8.

  The display 9 is connected to the bus B through the drive circuit 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, it is a dot matrix type display in which a plurality of display elements d are arranged at regular intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions, and uses a liquid crystal, LED, fluorescent display tube, or the like. . The user can read and confirm various measurement conditions set, measurement data of each measurement channel, and the like via the display device 9.

  The recording head moving mechanism 11 is connected to the bus B via the head scanning circuit 12. The recording head moving mechanism 11 includes, for example, a recording head composed of a combination of ink ribbons and wire dots dyed in a plurality of colors in order to record the size of the measurement data on the recording paper. Move back and forth within.

  The recording head drive mechanism 13 is connected to the bus B via the head drive circuit 14. The recording head drive mechanism 13 selects the corresponding predetermined wire dot when the predetermined wire dot assigned to each measurement channel reaches a predetermined position on the recording paper corresponding to the measurement data size of each measurement channel. The ink ribbon is driven, and a predetermined color band of the ink ribbon assigned to each measurement channel is pressed against the recording paper to perform dot recording with a predetermined ink color.

  As for the combination of ink ribbon and wire dot, one unique wire dot is assigned to each of a plurality of color bands of the ink ribbon, and the ink ribbon is dyed into a plurality of color bands, but the wire dots are common. Only one of them is put into practical use.

  In the former configuration, a plurality of color bands of the ink ribbon and a plurality of wire dots corresponding to each of the color ribbons are arranged along the moving direction of the recording head, and the ink ribbon is applied to the recording paper by the wire dots to perform printing Is updated in the same direction as the recording paper feed direction.

  In the latter configuration, the plurality of color bands of the ink ribbon are dyed so as to be arranged along the feeding direction of the recording paper, and the ink ribbon is printed on the recording paper in order to update the printing portion applied to the recording paper by the wire dots. While being fed in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction, the predetermined color band assigned to the measurement channel is swung along the feed direction of the recording paper so as to face the wire dots.

  The recording paper feed mechanism 15 is connected to the bus B via a recording paper feed drive circuit 16. The recording paper feed mechanism 15 causes the recording paper to travel at a predetermined speed set by the user.

  With such a configuration, the magnitudes of a plurality of analog input signals are trend-recorded on the recording paper with dots of a predetermined color assigned to each measurement channel.

By the way, in the display switching in the measuring apparatus using the display 9 whose display area is one row, for example,
1) After pressing the menu key `` MENU '',
2) Press UP / DOWN key `` △ '' / `` ▽ '' to display `` MENU = DISP '' on display 9,
3) In this state, press the ENT key to confirm the display mode.
4) Then, by depressing the up / down key “△” / “▽”, for example, the following preset A) to E) are sequentially switched,
A) Auto display (DISP-AUTO)
The measurement data of each measurement channel is displayed sequentially every 2 seconds.
B) Manual display (DISP-MAN)
Display only for specific measurement channels for which the same contents as auto display are selected.
C) Date display (DISP-DATE)
Displays the date.
D) Time display (DISP-TIME)
Display the time.
E) VIEW display (DISP-VIEW)
Displays the operating status of optional media.
5) It was configured to confirm the display screen by pressing the “ENT” input key while the desired screen is displayed.

  However, according to such a configuration, in order to display a desired display screen, a plurality of types of keys must be operated a plurality of times, and there is a problem that operability is poor.

  In addition, the measuring device using the display 9 in which the upper and lower two rows of display areas are formed includes an upper row selection key “UPPER DISPLAY” and a lower row selection key “LOWER DISPLAY”.

Each time the “UPPER DISPLAY” key is pressed, the display screen in the upper row display area is switched to A) to G) as follows.
A) DATA AUTO display
The measurement data of each measurement channel is displayed sequentially every 2 seconds.
B) DATA MAN display This is displayed only for the specific measurement channel that has the same contents as the auto display.
C) ALARM SEARCH display
Displays the measurement channel where the alarm occurred at 2-second intervals.

Each time the “LOWER DISPLAY” key is pressed, the display screen in the lower row display area is switched to A) to C) as follows.
A) DATA AUTO display
The measurement data of each measurement channel is displayed sequentially every 2 seconds.
B) DATA MAN display This is displayed only for the specific measurement channel that has the same contents as the auto display.
C) ALARM SEARCH display
Displays the measurement channel where the alarm occurred at 2-second intervals.
D) BAR GRAPH display Displays the measurement data of the measurement channel displayed in the upper row display area as a bar graph.
E) CLOCK display Displays the date and time.
F) RELAY STATUS display Monitors the output status of the alarm output relay.
G) ALARM STATUS display Displays the alarm occurrence status of the measurement channel added as an option.

According to such a configuration, there is a problem that the switching order of the display screens is fixed and cannot be changed to the order desired by the user.
Also, there is a problem that it is not possible to selectively display only the display screen necessary for the user, and it takes time to call the target screen.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to realize a measuring apparatus that displays only the display screen required by the user in the order in which the user wants to display.

In order to achieve such a problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is:
In a measuring device using a dot matrix type display,
The display screen of desired display content is configured to be selectively displayed by switching in a desired order.

The invention according to claim 2 is the measuring apparatus according to claim 1,
A display content storage area for storing a plurality of display contents to be assigned to each display screen;
A screen display content storage area for storing display content assigned to each display screen;
A measurement data storage area for storing measurement data;
A display content selection unit for selecting desired display content to be assigned to the display screen from the display content storage area;
An edit screen selection unit for selecting an edit screen to which a desired display content should be assigned from the screen display content storage area;
A display content editing unit for editing the display content of each screen based on the selection output of the display content selection unit and the selection output of the editing screen selection unit;
A display screen selection unit for selecting a screen to be displayed from the screen display content storage area;
A display screen generator for generating a display screen by reflecting the measurement data stored in the measurement data storage area on the screen selected by the display screen selector;
Is provided.

The invention according to claim 3 is the measuring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The screens stored in the screen display content storage area are edited and stored in a plurality of groups each having a plurality of screens to be displayed as a unit group.

The invention according to claim 4 is the measuring apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the character string to be displayed on the screen is longer than the display digit of the display, the character string is displayed so as to flow from one end to the other end.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to edit in advance so that a desired screen that the user wants to display is displayed in a desired order, and it is not necessary to display unnecessary display screens sequentially. A measuring device with a high degree of freedom can be realized.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main part of an embodiment of the present invention, and the same reference numerals are given to parts common to FIG.

  The CPU 4 is provided with a display content selection unit 41, an edit screen selection unit 42, a display content edit unit 43, a display screen selection unit 44, a display screen generation unit 45, and the like.

  The RAM 6 stores the display content storage area 61 for storing the display contents to be assigned to the screen, the screen display content storage area 62 for storing the display contents assigned to each screen, and the measurement data converted by the A / D converter 3. A measurement data storage area 63 for storing and a display storage area 64 for storing display data to be displayed on the display 9 are provided.

  The display content storage area 61 stores the same data AUTO, DATA MAN, ALARM SEARCH, BAR GRAPH, CLOCK, RELAY STATUS, ALARM STATUS, and SKIP as display contents to be assigned to the screen.

  The screen display content storage area 62 stores screen display contents including defaults assigned to the respective screens of the plurality of groups, with a plurality of screens from the screen 1 to the screen n as a unit group. Note that the number of groups stored in the screen display content storage area 62 is not limited to a plurality, and may be a single group.

  The display content selection unit 41 selects the display content to be assigned to the predetermined editing screen selected by the editing screen selection unit 42 from the display content storage area 61 and inputs it to the display content editing unit 43.

  The display content editing unit 43 assigns the display content selected and input by the display content selection unit 41 to a predetermined editing screen selected from the screen display content storage area 62 by the editing screen selection unit 42, and then stores the screen display content again. The area 62 is overwritten and stored.

  The display screen selection unit 44 selects a display screen to which a predetermined display content to be displayed on the display 9 is assigned from the screen display content storage area 62, and inputs it to the display screen generation unit 45 as display screen data to be displayed. .

  The display screen generation unit 45 reads the corresponding measurement data from the measurement data storage area 63 based on the display screen data to be displayed input from the display screen selection unit 44, and generates the display screen to be displayed on the display 9. And stored in the display storage area 64. The generated screen data stored in the display storage area 64 is displayed on the display unit 9 via the display unit drive unit 10.

  The user operates the switches (DISP key 71, scroll key 72, ENTRY key 73) shown in FIG.

  A specific operation will be described. In the following description, the screen display content storage area 62 stores five screens as a single group, and the display defaults for each screen 1 to 5 are screen 1: DATA AUTO, screen 2: DATA MAN, screen 3: BAR GRAPH, screen 4: CLOCK, screen 5: ALARM STATUS.

  Each time the user presses the DISP key 71 of the keyboard 7 shown in FIG. 2, the display contents of the display 9 are sequentially switched as follows: default display on the screen 1 → default display on the screen 2 →. The display contents can be edited (changed) for each of these screens according to the procedure described below.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the display content editing process. When the DISP key 71 is kept pressed for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) in the display mode, the display content editing mode is entered (ST1), and the screen number to be edited is displayed as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (c). Is displayed. To change the screen number to be edited here, the desired screen number is selected from the screen display content storage area 62 by the scroll key 72 and the ENTRY key 73 is pressed (ST2).

  As a result, the current display content corresponding to the screen number to be edited is read from the display content storage area 61 and displayed as shown in FIGS. 5 (b) and 5 (d). FIG. 5B shows a display example of a character string, and FIG. 5D shows a display example of an image. The hatched lines in FIG. 5 indicate blinking display.

  When changing to another display content, a desired display content is selected from the display content storage area 61 by the scroll key 72 and the ENTRY key 73 is pressed. The set display content is stored in an area corresponding to the screen number to be edited in the display content storage area 61 (ST3). If SKIP is selected as the display content, this screen is not displayed and the next screen is displayed. When editing another screen number, the process returns to step ST2 and repeats the processes up to step ST3 (ST4).

  To end the display content editing mode, the DISP key 71 is continuously pressed for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) to return to the display mode (ST5). Thereby, the display device 9 performs a predetermined display according to the display content edited in the display content edit mode.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the display switching process. Each time the DISP key 71 of the keyboard 7 is pressed, the screen number is updated, and the display content corresponding to the screen number is read from the screen display content storage area 62 (ST1). Then, it is determined whether or not the read display content is SKIP (ST2). In the case of SKIP, the process returns to step ST1, and otherwise, the read display content is displayed on the display 9 (ST3).

  FIG. 6 is a display example based on the present invention, where (a) shows an example of DATA AUTO, (b) shows an example of CLOCK, (c) shows an example of RELAY STATUS, and (d) shows an ALARM. An example of STATUS is shown, and (e) shows an example of BAR GRAPH.

  Here, when the character string to be displayed on the screen is longer than the display digit of the display, the character string is displayed so as to flow from one end to the other end. Thereby, the character string which should be displayed on a screen is not restrict | limited to the display digit number of a display, and a desired character string can be displayed.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which the screens stored in the screen display content storage area 62 are edited and stored in a plurality of groups each including a plurality of screens related to each other to be displayed. Shows an example of editing into three groups.

In FIG. 7, in group 1, DATA AUTO is assigned to screen 1, DATA MAN is assigned to screen 2, BAR GRAPH is assigned to screen 3, CLOCK is assigned to screen 4, and screen 5 is assigned. Is assigned ALARM STATUS.
In group 2, ALARM STATUS is assigned to screen 1, RELAY STATUS is assigned to screen 2, and SKIP is assigned to screen 3 to screen 5, respectively.
In group 3, DATA AUTO is assigned to screen 1, CLOCK is assigned to screen 2, and SKIP is assigned to screen 3 to screen 5, respectively.

  From these groups, a predetermined group including the optimum display content corresponding to the measurement content is selected and designated from the operation panel of the measurement device, an external contact, or the like. Then, after selecting a predetermined group, by pressing the DISP key 71 of the keyboard 7, the display contents of the group are sequentially switched and displayed on the display 9.

Specifically, for example, group 1 is displayed and selected during normal operation when no alarm is generated. When an alarm occurs, group 2 is selected by an external contact, and ALARM STATUS shown in FIG. 6 (d) and RELAY STATUS shown in FIG. 6 (c) are displayed.
As a result, an appropriate group corresponding to the purpose of measurement is automatically selected and displayed, so that the efficiency of measurement work can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of one Example of this invention. 6 is an explanatory diagram of switches provided on the keyboard 7. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a display content edit process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a display switching process. It is explanatory drawing example of a display. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a display based on this invention. It is group edit explanatory drawing of a screen. It is a block diagram of the recorder which shows an example of the conventional measuring apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a dot matrix type display.

Explanation of symbols

3 A / D converter 4 CPU
41 Display content selection unit 42 Edit screen selection unit 43 Display content edit unit 44 Display screen selection unit 45 Display screen generation unit 6 RAM
61 Display content storage area 62 Screen display content storage area 63 Measurement data storage area 64 Storage area for display 7 Keyboard 8 KIF
9 Display (matrix type)
10 Display drive unit

Claims (4)

In a measuring device using a dot matrix type display,
A measuring apparatus configured to selectively display a display screen of desired display contents in a desired order. A display content storage area for storing a plurality of display contents to be assigned to each display screen;
A screen display content storage area for storing display content assigned to each display screen;
A measurement data storage area for storing measurement data;
A display content selection unit for selecting desired display content to be assigned to the display screen from the display content storage area;
An edit screen selection unit for selecting an edit screen to which a desired display content should be assigned from the screen display content storage area;
A display content editing unit for editing the display content of each screen based on the selection output of the display content selection unit and the selection output of the editing screen selection unit;
A display screen selection unit for selecting a screen to be displayed from the screen display content storage area;
A display screen generator for generating a display screen by reflecting the measurement data stored in the measurement data storage area on the screen selected by the display screen selector;
The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:   3. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screens stored in the screen display content storage area are edited and stored in a plurality of groups each having a plurality of screens to be displayed as a unit group. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein when the character string to be displayed on the screen is longer than the display digit of the display, the character string is displayed so as to flow from one end to the other end. Measuring device.

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