JP2005134201A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display various measurement data in a plurality of areas division-set on a setting screen and preview-display the display form of a divided area on the same setting screen. <P>SOLUTION: In this recorder, when a setting key on a display screen for displaying various measurement data is selected to display a layout setting screen 31, a dividing method is set in a basic dividing method input item 32 of the layout setting screen 31, and a dividing number is set in an area set input item 33, a display form based on the setting content is preview-displayed on an area preview 34 on the same screen. When the dividing method and the dividing number are changed, the preview display is updated every time. When the "application" of the selection key 35 is pressed, the setting content is determined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a recorder for recording measurement data from the outside such as a temperature signal from a temperature detection element such as a thermocouple or a resistance temperature detector, a contact signal, a voltage signal, and the like. It is related with the recorder which can visually recognize the approximate display form of a division area when dividing | segmenting and displaying.

  Conventionally, a recorder such as a paperless recorder takes in temperature signals from temperature detection elements such as thermocouples and resistance temperature detectors from a plurality of terminals, converts these temperature data into electric signals, and measures the measurement time. The measurement result with progress is displayed on a two-dimensional display. This drastically reduces the man-hours and costs associated with consumables such as recording paper, which was required for recorders that print measurement results on recording paper, and provides higher performance when controlling mechanisms such as recording paper. Therefore, the complicated control configuration necessary for this is eliminated and the annoyance is eliminated. When measurement recording is required, the measurement result is recorded in a storage means such as a memory card or an external storage medium such as a floppy (R) disk or flash memory, and the measurement result is stored and processed. Widely used.

  FIG. 6 is a specific example of a display screen in a conventional paperless recorder, and shows an example of a multi-screen mode in which four screens having different display forms are combined. In FIG. 6, data contents such as measurement data displayed on the display screen are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the display screen 51 has an upper region 52 and a lower region 53. In the upper area 52, the name of the screen displayed in the lower area 53, the current date and time, the bar graph indicating the usage of the display memory and the measurement data memory, and the display memory can be loaded. The remaining time, an icon for notifying that processing is in progress, an icon for notifying the occurrence of an alarm, and the like are displayed.

  In FIG. 6, the lower area 53 is divided into four areas: upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right. A desired display form screen can be arbitrarily assigned to each area of the lower area 53. For example, the first group digital screen is assigned to the upper left area, the overview screen is assigned to the upper right area, the trend screen of the first group is assigned to the lower left area, and the bar graph screen of the first group is assigned to the lower right area for simultaneous display. be able to. These four screens sequentially display the change state of the measured value while interlocking with each display form. Note that a title bar is provided at the top of each of the four divided screens so that the title bar of the screen selected as the operation target is highlighted.

As described above, a recorder disclosed in the following Patent Document 1 is known as a recorder that displays a measurement result by dividing the screen into a plurality of regions according to the user's purpose.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-21386

  Incidentally, in the conventional recorder shown in Patent Document 1 and FIG. 6, when the measurement data is equally divided into a plurality of regions, the number of divisions of the regions may be set. On the other hand, when the display area is divided into different areas, it is necessary to set not only the number of area divisions but also the vertical and horizontal dimensions and dimension ratios of the areas. Moreover, the actual display results must be displayed after the area is set, and the actual measurement data is displayed, and it is necessary to confirm in what display form each measurement data is divided and displayed on the display screen. There wasn't. For this reason, looking at the actual display form, if it is not divided into the desired display area, it is necessary to perform the setting again, it takes time for setting, and the work cannot proceed smoothly It was.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and measurement data displayed on a display screen can be freely set in a display form by a desired divided area, and an approximate display form can be visually recognized on this setting screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recorder that can be used.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the recorder according to claim 1 divides one screen into a plurality of areas, and the recorder capable of displaying various measurement data in each of the divided areas.
A layout setting screen for displaying a preview of a display form corresponding to the set divided area is provided.

The recorder according to claim 2 is the recorder according to claim 1,
The layout setting screen includes basic division method input items for setting a display method division method;
Area setting input item for setting the number of divisions in the division method set in the basic division method input item;
A selection key for determining the division method of the basic division method input item and the setting by the number of divisions of the area setting input item;
And an area preview for previewing a display form according to the setting contents determined by the selection key.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when displaying measurement data on a display screen, when a display area is set on the setting screen with a desired number of divisions, an approximate display form is visually recognized on the setting screen. be able to. Thereby, the setting in the case of dividing and displaying the measurement data in a plurality of areas can be easily performed, the degree of freedom of the display configuration is increased, and the user's work efficiency is improved.

  In addition, since the approximate display form is displayed on the setting screen, it is possible to confirm in advance on which position each measurement data is displayed on the display screen, and to set the desired display area on the same screen. Can be easily confirmed and the operability is improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of a layout setting input screen when setting a display form in the recorder according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a setting screen for displaying the layout setting screen shown in FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example when the display form is set on the layout setting screen of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the recorder according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a recorder according to the present invention. FIG.

  First, the schematic configuration of the recorder of this example will be described with reference to FIGS. The recorder 1 of this example takes in temperature signals from external temperature detecting elements such as thermocouples or resistance temperature detectors from a plurality of terminal portions, converts these temperature data into electric signals, and elapses of measurement time. As shown in FIG. 5, the measurement result is accompanied by a data recording device 3 and a terminal device 4 that are connected via Ethernet (R) using a LAN cable 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the data recording device 3 includes setting means 11, input / output means 12, storage means 13, and control means 14.

  The setting means 11 performs various settings relating to data recording. Various setting information set by the setting means 11 is input to the control means 14. Various settings by the setting unit 11 can be manually set by a user key operation, for example, in addition to being performed by a network or serial communication.

  The input / output means 12 is an I / O interface. For example, in addition to a temperature signal from a temperature detection element such as a thermocouple or a resistance temperature detector, various input signals such as a contact signal and a voltage signal are input for each channel. ing. The various input signals for each channel can be captured directly from the input / output means 12 as well as via a plurality of input modules 16 connected to the network by the communication cable 15 shown in FIG. The input / output means 12 requests the data recording device 3 to browse the recorded data by starting a browser (software such as a WWW browser, Internet Explorer®, Netscape®, or viewer) from the terminal device 4 described later. When there is, the measurement data for each channel stored in the storage means 13 is output to the terminal device 4 via the LAN cable 2.

  The storage means 13 is composed of a ROM, a RAM, etc., for example. The storage means 13 stores various processing programs relating to data recording processing. The storage means 13 stores an input signal for each channel input from the input / output means 12 as measurement data. The storage means 13 also includes an external storage medium that can be attached to and detached from the main body as a storage for measurement data for each channel.

  The control means 14 is composed of, for example, a microprocessor such as a CPU. Based on various setting information set in the setting means 11 and various processing programs stored in the storage means 13, processing related to data recording and recording from the terminal device 4 are performed. Controls processing for data browsing requests. Specifically, the control for fetching the input signal for each channel from the input / output means 12, the control for storing the input signal for each channel in the storage means 13 as measurement data, and the storage means when the terminal device 4 requests browsing of recorded data The control etc. which output the measurement data memorize | stored in 13 to the terminal device 4 are performed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal device 4 includes a setting unit 21, an input / output unit 22, a storage unit 23, a display unit 24, and a control unit 25.

  For example, the setting unit 21 uses a keyboard or mouse manually operated by the user to select channel data and display measurement data for each channel displayed on the display screen 24a of the display unit 24 in a desired display form. Various settings are made. Specifically, the activation of a browser for displaying measurement data for each channel in a desired display form on the display screen 24a of the display means 24, setting of the number of channels of measurement data to be displayed in a chart on the display screen 24a, Setting of the scale range indicating the measurement range of each channel, setting of the display color of each channel, setting of the display form when each measurement data is displayed in a plurality of divided areas, and the like are performed. Various setting information set by the setting means 21 is input to the control means 25. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the setting means 21 has a setting key 37 for performing various settings relating to display on the display screen 24a. When this setting key 37 is pressed, “ Setting items 36 such as “data setting”, “trend setting”, “layout change”, “start / stop”, and “setting management” are displayed in a hierarchy. Then, any of these setting items 36 is selected, and a setting screen is displayed to make necessary settings. Accordingly, the display screen can be set so that the user can change the display form according to the application.

  The input / output means 22 is an I / O interface, and outputs a signal indicating a request for browsing the measurement data when displaying the measurement data recorded in the data recording device 3 in a desired display form. Measurement data for each channel sent from the data recording device 3 is input.

  The storage means 23 is configured by, for example, an external storage medium such as a compact flash (R) memory card in addition to the ROM and RAM. The storage means 23 stores various processing programs related to display processing of recorded data fetched from the storage means 13 of the data recording device 3 via the LAN cable 2. The storage unit 23 stores measurement data for each channel input from the input / output unit 22. Further, the storage means 23 stores display data before and after the channel selection means 21a is operated.

  The display means 24 displays the measurement data for each channel recorded in the data recording device 3 in a display form (for example, the display form shown in FIG. 3) set by the setting means 21 using a browser under the control of the control means 25. It is displayed on the display screen 24a.

  The control means 25 is composed of, for example, a microprocessor such as a CPU, and processes related to various display of measurement data for each channel based on various setting information set by the setting means 21 and various processing programs stored in the storage means 23. Is controlling.

  As described above, when the browser of the terminal device 4 is activated to display the measurement data, the measurement data for each channel recorded by the data recording device 3 is displayed in the display form set by the setting means 21 (for example, FIG. 3). Are displayed on the display screen 24a of the display means 24.

  Next, a setting operation when various measurement data are divided into a plurality of areas and displayed on the display unit 24 using the recorder 1 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the setting screens shown in FIGS. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the layout setting screen 31 has a basic division method input item 32 for setting a division method and an area setting input for setting the number of divisions in the division method determined by the basic division method input item 32. An item 33, an area preview 34 for simply displaying the setting area after setting the division method and the number of divisions, and a selection key 35 for determining various set contents are configured.

  The basic division method input item 32 is an item for setting a division pattern of the display screen 24a. The basic division method input item 32 is provided with three selection items “no division”, “left and right”, and “up and down”. Each selection item is provided with a check box, and the selection item is selected by selecting any one check box arranged in parallel with the selection item by, for example, a mouse click operation. If “no division” is selected, the display screen 24a is not divided. When “left / right” is selected, the display screen 24a is divided into left and right. When “upper and lower” is selected, the display screen 24 a is divided into upper and lower parts.

  The area setting input item 33 is an item for setting the number of divisions according to the use when either the “left / right” or “up / down” selection item is selected in the basic division method input item 32. The area setting input item 33 includes two items of “upper / left area division number” and “lower / right area division number”. “Up / Left area division number” and “Lower / Right area division number” can be set by arbitrarily clicking the display area of various measurement data to be displayed on the display screen. The number of divisions is input by direct input.

  In the example of FIG. 1, when the “upper and lower” division method is set in the basic division method input item 33, the upper region division number is set in the “upper / left region division number”, and the “lower / right region division number” is set. ", The number of divisions of the lower area is set. On the other hand, when the “left / right” division method is selected in the basic division method input item 33, the division number of the left area is set in “upper / left area division number”, and the “lower / right area division number” is set. The number of divisions for the right area is set.

  When the division method is set in the basic division method input item 32 and the number of divisions is set in the region setting input item 33, the area preview 34 displays a preview of a display form with a screen configuration corresponding to the setting content. At this time, if the basic division method input item 32 and the region setting item 33 are changed, the display content of the region preview 34 is also changed according to the changed content. Thereby, a preview of an approximate display form is displayed on the setting screen, and it can be confirmed in advance whether or not the user is displayed in a desired display form. If the user's desired display format is different, the basic display method input item 32 and the region setting input item 33 are set again while confirming the preview displayed in the region preview 34, so that the desired display format is obtained. It can be easily changed.

  The selection key 35 is a key used to determine or correct each item when setting various items such as “OK”, “Close”, “Apply”, and “Align to Gr”. . In addition, for the item “display the same type in all areas”, the display configuration can be changed by checking a check box for whether or not the contents to be displayed are displayed on all of the display screens. This key operation or check box selection is performed by selecting, for example, a mouse click operation.

  Next, an operation method of screen setting when the layout setting input screen 31 is displayed and the measurement data is divided into a plurality of areas and displayed on the display screen 24a of the display means 24 will be described.

  First, the setting key 37 is pressed on the display screen 24a shown in FIG. When the setting key 37 is pressed, setting items 36 of “data setting”, “trend setting”, “layout change”, “start / stop”, and “setting management” shown in FIG. Here, when “change layout” in the setting item 36 is selected, a layout setting input screen 31 shown in FIG. 1 is displayed.

  Next, in this layout setting screen 31, the division method is selected by selecting the check box of any of the “no division”, “left / right”, and “up / down” items in the basic division method input item 32, and further selecting The number of divisions in the divided method is set in the region setting input item 33 on the left, right, and top and bottom, respectively. With this setting, the area preview 34 displays a preview of an approximate display form using divided areas according to the setting contents. The user appropriately changes the division method of the basic division method input item 32 and the division number of the region setting input item 33 so that a desired display form can be obtained while referring to the display form displayed in the simple preview. Go. At that time, if the division method and the number of divisions are changed, the preview display is updated each time. Then, when the preview display of the desired display form is made, when the “apply” of the selection key 35 is pressed, the setting contents at that time are determined. When the screen setting by dividing the display screen 24a into a plurality of parts is completed, the measurement data is displayed in the display form displayed in the area preview 34 as shown in FIG.

  Thus, in the recorder 1 of this example, it is possible to freely set the display of various measurement data according to the user's application by using the layout setting input screen 31 described above. In addition, on the layout setting input screen 31, a display form based on the contents set in each setting item is displayed as a preview in the area preview 34.

  Therefore, according to the recorder 1 of this example, when displaying the measurement data on the display screen, when the display area is set with the desired number of divisions on the setting screen, an approximate display form is visually recognized on the setting screen. can do. Thereby, the setting in the case of dividing and displaying the measurement data in a plurality of areas can be easily performed, the degree of freedom of the display configuration is increased, and the user's work efficiency is improved.

  In addition, since the approximate display form is displayed on the setting screen, it is possible to confirm in advance on which position each measurement data is displayed on the display screen, and to set the desired display area on the same screen. Can be easily confirmed and the operability is improved. The user can make settings while confirming the display form in advance only by making each setting on one layout setting input screen 31.

  By the way, in the above-described form, the data recording device 3 is connected to the terminal device 4 through the LAN, and the browser is started from the terminal device 4 and the display including the chart of the measurement data recorded by the recorder is performed. The device 3 and the terminal device 4 may be integrated. In this case, the data recording device 3 is substantially the same as the configuration of the terminal device 4 of FIG. 4, and various input signals for each channel are input from the input / output means 22 and the input data is stored in the storage means 23. If a chart display (including current data and scale display for each channel) showing the change over time for each channel is displayed on the display screen 24a of the display means 24, a recorder with a stand-alone configuration that does not require a LAN connection. It can also be 1.

It is a figure which shows an example of the layout setting input screen at the time of setting a display form in the recorder which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting screen for displaying the layout setting screen shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display at the time of setting a display form on the layout setting screen of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the recorder based on this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the recorder concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional paperless recorder which can display two or more.

Explanation of symbols

1 Recorder 31 Layout Setting Screen 32 Basic Division Method Input Item 33 Area Setting Input Item 34 Area Preview 35 Selection Key

Claims (2)

In a recorder that can divide one screen into multiple areas and display various measurement data in each divided area.
A recorder comprising a layout setting screen for displaying a preview of a display form corresponding to a set divided area. The layout setting screen includes basic division method input items for setting a display method division method;
Area setting input item for setting the number of divisions in the division method set in the basic division method input item;
A selection key for determining the division method of the basic division method input item and the setting by the number of divisions of the area setting input item;
The recorder according to claim 1, further comprising an area preview that displays a display form according to the setting content determined by the selection key.

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