JP2005215347A - Display controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a user select correct information even when the size of a display area is limited. <P>SOLUTION: The display controller 1009 includes a display processing part 104 which displays titles of a plurality of pieces of information at a display part 106 to a specified width, a choice reception part 112 which receives a choice of a title to be processed among the titles displayed at the display part 106, and a choice determination part 113 which judges whether detailed information of the title received by the choice reception part 112 is displayed at the display part 106 by taking into consideration a character string which can be displayed at the display part 106 in the character string of the title received by the choice selection part 112 and determines the choice of the tile when it is judged that the detailed information of the tile is not displayed at the display part 106. The display processing part 104 displays the detailed information of the tile at the display part 106 when the choice determination part judges that the detailed information of the tile is displayed on the display part 106. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control device, and more particularly to a display control device that controls information to be displayed in consideration of the size of a display area.

  In recent years, small portable devices such as mobile phones have become widespread. In addition, infrastructures such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), ADSL (Asymmetry Digital Subscriber Line), and FTTH (Fiber to the home) have been developed so that they can always be connected to networks such as the Internet at a low price. As a result, facsimile apparatuses such as MFPs (Multi Functional Peripheral) that can send and receive facsimile data using e-mail are expected to become more widespread in the future.

Such portable devices and facsimile machines are provided with a display unit such as an LCD for displaying various information. These devices tend to be miniaturized due to ease of carrying and mounting space, and accordingly, the size of the display area of the display unit is also limited. Patent Document 1 describes a display device that displays a predetermined mark in accordance with the device state and can display the device state in more detail and appropriately within a small display area.
JP 2002-354180 A

By the way, as described above, when the size of the display area of the display unit is limited, all necessary information is not displayed, which causes a problem that the user cannot grasp accurate information. For example, when acquiring a plurality of information from other terminals via a network and browsing the list, it is impossible to determine which information should be selected unless the title of each information can be displayed in the display area. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object thereof is to provide a technique that allows a user to correctly select information to be processed even when the size of a display area is limited.

  The display control apparatus according to the present invention includes a display processing unit that displays a plurality of information titles on the display unit with a predetermined width, and a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of a title to be processed from the titles displayed on the display unit. In consideration of the character string that can be displayed on the display means among the character strings of the title received by the selection receiving means, it is determined whether or not to display the detailed information of the title on the display means, and the details of the title Selection determining means for determining selection of the title when it is determined that the information is not displayed on the display means. Here, the display processing unit displays the detailed information of the title on the display unit when the selection determining unit determines to display the detailed information of the title on the display unit.

  Here, the character string that can be displayed on the display means is a character string that can be displayed with a predetermined width among the character strings included in the title. The character string that can be displayed on the display means can be detected from the size of the display area and the width necessary to display one character. When the title is displayed in a proportional font having a different width depending on the character, a character string that can be displayed on the display means is detected in consideration of the width of each font. If the entire character string of the selected title can be displayed on the display means, the user selects the title by looking at the entire title, so the user has definitely selected the title of the target information. The probability is high. In this case, the selection determining means determines the selection of the title. On the other hand, if the entire character string of the selected title cannot be displayed on the display means, the user has only seen a part of the title, so the user has mistakenly selected a title different from the purpose. there is a possibility. Therefore, the detailed information of the selected title is further displayed to confirm to the user. Here, as the detailed information, the entire character string of the title can be displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is determined whether the user has selected the title of the target information according to the character string that can be displayed on the display means, and the selection of the information to be processed is determined. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the user from seeing only a part of the title and selecting information different from the desired information by mistake to perform processing.

  In the display control apparatus of the present invention, the selection determining means can determine whether or not the entire character string of the title received by the selection receiving means can be displayed in the display area, and the entire character string of the title is displayed in the display area. If it can be displayed, it can be determined that the detailed information of the title is not displayed on the display means, and the selection of the title can be determined.

  As described above, when the entire character string of the title selected by the user can be displayed in the display area, it is considered that the user has selected the correct title, so that the selected title can be determined as a processing target. .

  In the display control apparatus of the present invention, the selection determining means can determine whether or not the entire character string of the title received by the selection receiving means can be displayed in the display area, and the entire character string of the title is displayed in the display area. If it cannot be displayed, it is further determined whether or not there is another title including a character string that can be displayed on the display means, and if there is no other title, the selection accepting means determines the selection of the accepted title. be able to.

In this way, even if the entire character string of the title selected by the user cannot be displayed in the display area, if there is no other title that is likely to be wrong, the selection of the title is determined, so the probability is correct. When a title is selected, the trouble of displaying detailed information can be saved.

  In the display control apparatus of the present invention, the selection determining unit can display the detailed information of the title received by the selection receiving unit on the display unit when there is another title.

  In this way, even when there are a plurality of similar titles and only a part of the titles are displayed in common, the entire title character string is displayed, so that the user can select the correct title. .

  In the display control device of the present invention, when the detailed information of the title is displayed on the display means, the selection determining means instructs the user whether or not to select the title based on the detailed information of the title displayed on the display means. If the user selects a title, the selection of the title is determined, and if the user does not select a title, detailed information on other titles can be displayed on the display means. .

  In this way, when the title selected by the user is not the title of the target information, the detailed information of the title that is likely to be the next desired title is displayed, so that the user can select the title of the target information. Can be found quickly.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, even when the size of the display area is limited, the user can correctly select information to be processed.

  When the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment displays the title of information acquired from another terminal via a network on the display unit and allows the user to select a title to be processed, the display screen is small and the entire title is displayed. If it is not displayed, control is performed so that the user does not accidentally select another similar title.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of display control apparatus 100 in the present embodiment.
The display control apparatus 100 includes an acquisition unit 102, a display processing unit 104, a display unit 106, an acquisition information storage unit 108, a device information storage unit 110, a selection reception unit 112, a selection determination unit 113, and a transmission process. Part 115. The acquisition unit 102 and the transmission processing unit 115 are connected to other terminals 150a and 150b via the network 130. In the present embodiment, the process performed when the acquisition unit 102 acquires a plurality of files from the terminal 150a and the transmission processing unit 115 transmits a file selected by the user 120 from the plurality of files to the terminal 150b. Will be described as an example.

  Each component of the display control device 100 is, as far as hardware components, a CPU, a memory of any computer, a program that realizes the components shown in the figure loaded in the memory, and a storage unit such as a hard disk that stores the program. However, it is understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications in the implementation method and apparatus. Each figure to be described below shows functional unit blocks, not hardware unit configurations.

  The acquisition unit 102 acquires information such as various files from the terminal 150 a via the network 130. The display processing unit 104 performs processing for displaying the title of the information acquired by the acquisition unit 102 on the display unit 106. In addition, the acquisition unit 102 stores the acquired information in the acquisition information storage unit 108.

  The display unit 106 is, for example, an LED, a CRT monitor, a liquid crystal display, or the like.

  The selection receiving unit 112 receives a selection of the title of information to be processed from the titles displayed on the display unit 106 from the user 120. The selection determination unit 113 determines whether to determine the selection of the title received by the selection reception unit 112. The processing of the selection determination unit 113 will be described later. When the selection is determined by the selection determination unit 113, the transmission processing unit 115 reads the selected title information from the acquired information storage unit 108 and transmits it to the terminal 150b.

  The device information storage unit 110 stores information regarding the number of characters that can display each title when the display processing unit 104 displays the title on the display unit 106.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the display control apparatus 100.
When the user 120 selects any title from a plurality of titles displayed on the display unit 106, the selection receiving unit 112 receives selection of the title. Subsequently, the selection determination unit 113 determines whether or not the entire character string of the selected title is displayed on the display unit 106 (S12). The selection determination unit 113 refers to the device information storage unit 110 to determine whether or not the entire character string of the title is displayed depending on whether or not the number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 106 is larger than the number of characters of the title. be able to. In step S12, when the entire character string of the title is displayed (YES in S12), the title is determined as the title to be processed (S14). In step S14, when the transmission processing by the transmission processing unit 115 is performed after the selection of the title is determined, an inquiry such as “Are you sure?” Can be made and confirmed to the user 120.

  On the other hand, when the entire character string of the title is not displayed in step S12 (NO in S12), the selection determining unit 113 includes the same character string as the character string displayed on the display unit 106 in the title. It is determined whether there is another title (S16). When there is another title including the same character string (YES in S16), the selection determination unit 113 instructs the display processing unit 104, and the display processing unit 104 displays the details of the title selected in step S10. (S18). Here, the details of the title are, for example, the entire character string of the title. In another example, it is also possible to use information for obtaining an outline of the information such as a summary of information of the title, a creation date and time of the information, a creator name, and the like.

  Thus, even when the entire character string of the title is not displayed because the size of the display area of the display unit 106 is limited, an outline of the title information is displayed as necessary. The title of desired information can be selected correctly.

  Subsequently, the selection determination unit 113 receives an instruction as to whether or not to determine the selection of the title on which the detailed information is displayed (S20). When the user 120 decides to select a title (YES in S20), the process proceeds to step S14, and the title is determined as a title to be processed. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S20 that the user 120 does not decide to select a title, the display processing unit 104 displays details of other titles including the same character string as the title selected in step S10 (S22). Thereby, the user 120 can know an outline of information on other titles. This process is repeated until there are no other titles containing the same character string.

  On the other hand, if there is no other title including the same character string in step S16 (NO in S16), the process proceeds to step S14, and the title selected in step S10 is determined as the title to be processed.

  According to the above processing procedure, when the display screen of the display unit 106 is small and the entire character string of the title is not displayed, the user 120 erroneously refers to only the character string displayed on the display unit 106. You can avoid selecting a title.

Next, a specific example will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a part of the internal configuration of the acquired information storage unit 108. Here, the acquired information storage unit 108 has the titles “M Machine Co., Ltd. Financial Report” 160a, “M Machine Co., Ltd. Employee List” 160b, “F Planning” 160c, and “F Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Report” 160d. These four files are stored. The display processing unit 104 displays the titles of these four files stored in the acquired information storage unit 108 on the display unit 106 in response to a request from the user.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit 106.
FIG. 4A shows a screen on which the above four titles are displayed. Here, the number of characters that can be displayed on one line by the display unit 106 is six characters. Since the title of the file “M Machine Co., Ltd. Financial Report” 160a has 6 or more characters, the first 6 characters “M Machine Stock Board” 162a are displayed on the display unit 106, and other characters are displayed. Not. Similarly, since the title of the file “M Machine Co., Ltd. employee list” 160b has more than six characters, the first six characters “M Machine Stock Board” 162b are displayed on the display unit 106, and the other characters. Is not displayed. Since the title of the file “F plan” 160 c is three characters, the entire character string “F plan” 162 c is displayed on the display unit 106. Since the title of the file “F Denki Sangyo Co., Ltd.” 160d is also 6 characters or more, the first six characters “F Denki Sangyo Co., Ltd.” 162d are displayed on the display unit 106, and other characters are not displayed. .

  The user 120 views the titles of the plurality of files displayed in this way, and selects which file is to be processed. The selection receiving unit 112 receives the selection of the user 120. For example, when the selection reception unit 112 receives the selection of “M machine stock company” 162a, the selection determination unit 113 determines whether or not the selection reception unit 112 determines the selection received according to the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. Determine whether. Here, since the entire character string of the title is not displayed, “M Machine Stock Board” 162a is NO in step S12 and proceeds to step S16. Also, since there is another title “M Machine Stock Board” 162b including the same character string as “M Machine Stock Board” 162a, the determination in Step S16 is YES, and the process proceeds to Step S18.

  FIG. 4B shows a screen on which detailed information of “M Machine Stock Board” 162a is displayed. In this case, the entire character string “M Corporation financial report” 160a of the title “M machine stock association” 162a is displayed. Information for inquiring the user 120 whether or not to decide the selection of the title is also displayed. When the user 120 selects “YES”, the selection of the file titled “M Machine Co., Ltd. financial report” 160a is determined, and the transmission processing unit 115 transmits this file to, for example, the terminal 150b.

  On the other hand, if the user selects “NO” in FIG. 4B, the process proceeds to step S22 in FIG. 2, and the detailed information of the next title, “M machine stock company” 162b, that is, “M machine company employee list” "160b" is displayed. This state is shown in FIG.

  Here, when the user 120 selects “YES”, the selection of the file with the title “M Machine Co., Ltd. employee list” 160b is determined, and the transmission processing unit 115 transmits this file to, for example, the terminal 150b.

  As described above, according to the display control apparatus 100 in the present embodiment, when the display area of the display unit 106 is small and the entire character string of the title of information to be processed is not displayed, If there is a file, the selection of information is determined after displaying the detailed information, so that it is possible to prevent the user 120 from selecting the wrong information title. Furthermore, if the entire character string of the title of the information to be processed is already displayed or if there is no similar title, the processing for displaying such detailed information is omitted, so the selection of the information to be processed Can be done quickly.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. The embodiments are exemplifications, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of the respective constituent elements and processing processes, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. .

  In the above embodiment, the selection determination unit 113 determines whether the entire character string of the title is displayed on the display unit 106 based on whether the number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 106 is large. As described above, when the title is displayed in a proportional font whose width varies depending on the character, the selection determining unit 113 can make this determination in consideration of the width of each character.

  In the above embodiment, the example of transmitting the selected information to 150b has been described as the processing of the selected information. However, various other processing such as printing of the selected information can be performed.

  In the above embodiments, the display control device 100 has been described as including the display unit 106. However, the display unit 106 may be provided in another terminal different from the display control device 100. In this case, the display unit 106 stores the size of the display unit 106 of each terminal in the device information storage unit 110, and displays the entire character string of each title on the display unit 106 with reference to the device information storage unit 110. It can be determined whether or not it is done.

  The display control apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that the user can correctly select information to be processed even when the size of the display area is limited, and is useful.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display control apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a display control apparatus. It is a figure which shows a part of internal structure of an acquisition information storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen displayed on a display part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Display control apparatus 102 Acquisition part 104 Display processing part 106 Display part 108 Acquisition information storage part 110 Equipment information storage part 112 Selection reception part 113 Selection determination part 115 Transmission processing part 130 Network

Claims (6)

Display processing means for displaying a plurality of information titles on the display means with a predetermined width respectively;
A selection receiving means for receiving a selection of a title to be processed from the titles displayed on the display means;
Considering the character string that can be displayed on the display means among the character strings of the title received by the selection receiving means, it is determined whether or not to display detailed information on the title on the display means, and A selection deciding means for deciding the selection of the title when it is determined that detailed information of the title is not displayed on the display means;
Including
The display control device, wherein the display processing unit displays the detailed information of the title on the display unit when the selection determining unit determines to display the detailed information of the title on the display unit. The display control device according to claim 1,
The selection determining unit determines whether or not the entire character string of the title received by the selection receiving unit can be displayed in the display area, and when the entire character string of the title can be displayed in the display area. A display control device that judges that detailed information of the title is not displayed on the display means and determines selection of the title. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The selection determining unit determines whether or not the entire character string of the title received by the selection receiving unit can be displayed in the display area, and the entire character string of the title cannot be displayed in the display area In addition, it is further determined whether or not there is another title including a character string that can be displayed on the display unit, and when there is no other title, the selection of the title received by the selection receiving unit is determined. A display control device. The display control device according to claim 3,
The display control device, wherein the selection determining unit displays detailed information of the title received by the selection receiving unit on the display unit when there is the other title. The display control device according to claim 3 or 4,
When the detailed information of the title is displayed on the display means, the selection determination means receives an instruction from the user as to whether or not to select the title based on the detailed information of the title displayed on the display means, When the user selects the title, the selection of the title is determined, and when the user does not select the title, detailed information of the other title is displayed on the display means. Display control device. The display control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The detailed information of the title is the entire character string of the title.

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