JP2006270512A - Information processor and information processing processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out display easy to identify even in a limited display area in the case of list-displaying items in a data base. <P>SOLUTION: This information processor is provided with a data access means 11 for carrying out the processing of obtaining desired data from the data base storing data in a prescribed item, a display list construction means 12 for comparing a plurality of pieces of data obtained by the data access means 11 and constructing a display list where a common place is simplified, and a display control means 13 for carrying out the control of displaying the display list constructed by the display list construction means 12 on a touch panel display 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing program for performing a process of displaying a list of desired data acquired from a database.

  Conventionally, when displaying a list of file names or names registered in the phone book on the display of a device such as a multifunction device or a facsimile, if the display area is small, the file name or name registered in the phone book is displayed. It is not possible to display until the end, but only the first half is displayed. For this reason, if the first half of the plurality of names registered in the file name or phone book is the same character string, it becomes difficult to identify the file name or name from the list display.

  From this point of view, the technique described in Patent Document 1 solves the misrecognition of destination information by an operator by assigning an icon for each different communication means to the address of the communication partner.

JP-A-11-313170

  However, if the first half of the name of the communication partner recorded in the address book is the company name or department, etc., there are many destinations with the same name in the first half, and the communication method is the same, the list is displayed. The desired destination cannot be identified from the above.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems. That is, the present invention simplifies the common part by comparing the data access means for performing processing for obtaining desired data from a database in which data is stored in predetermined items, and a plurality of data obtained by the data access means. The information processing apparatus includes a display list construction unit that constructs the display list and a display control unit that performs control to display the display list constructed by the display list construction unit on a display.

  In addition, the present invention simplifies a common part by comparing a data access step for performing processing for acquiring desired data from a database in which data is stored in predetermined items with a plurality of data acquired by the data access step. The information processing program executes a display list construction step for constructing the display list and a display control step for performing control for displaying the display list constructed in the display list construction step on a display.

  In the present invention, a plurality of data acquired from the database is compared to construct a display list that simplifies the common part. When this display list is displayed on the display, the data other than the common part among the plurality of data is displayed. Since the portion is displayed, a plurality of data can be easily identified in the list display.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to display a list that can be easily identified even in a limited display area of the display. For this reason, the user can uniquely recognize the contents of the list. In addition, it is possible to prevent misrecognition in the destination display, and it is possible to reliably prevent erroneous transmission by communication such as e-mail and facsimile.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, in which FIG. 1A is a configuration diagram of a multifunction peripheral and FIG. 1B is a configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus. That is, as shown in FIG. 1A, this multi-function peripheral has an image input unit 1 such as a scanner for inputting image data to be processed, and an input for sending image data captured by the image input unit 1 to a common bus B. Unit I / F (interface) 1a, an image output unit 2 such as a print engine that outputs processed image data, an output unit I / F 2a that passes image data from the common bus B to the image output unit 2, and storage means An HDD (hard disk drive) 3, an operation panel 4 having a touch panel display 40, a panel I / F 4 a that is an interface between the operation panel 4 and the common bus B, and a modem 5 that performs data communication with the outside, A system memory 6 connected to the common bus B, a system memory 7 connected to the input unit I / F 1a, and a main CPU 10 for controlling each unit are provided.

  In particular, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment acquires desired data from a database stored in the HDD 3 or the like and displays a list on the touch panel display 40 of the operation panel 4 even if the display area is limited. It is characterized in that it is processed so that it can be easily identified.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1B, the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment includes a data access unit 11 that performs processing for obtaining desired data from a database in which data is stored in predetermined items, and data access. A plurality of data acquired by the means 11 are compared, and a display list construction means 12 for constructing a display list in which common parts are simplified, and control for displaying the display list constructed by the display list construction means 12 on the display are performed. Display control means 13. Each of the above means is realized as each step of the information processing program by the main CPU 10.

  Here, an example of a display state by the information processing apparatus and the information processing program according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is an example of a destination display list when performing facsimile transmission. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the facsimile transmission function (FAX function) is used, a basic FAX screen is displayed on the touch panel display.

  The basic FAX screen is a screen display mainly for designating a destination as a facsimile transmission destination. In the illustrated example, up to five items can be selected. Further, in this touch panel display, the number of displayable characters for the destination name per case is 12 full-width characters. The operator selects the “address table” button on the display screen shown in FIG. 2A to display the list of address tables shown in FIG. The destination of FAX transmission is selected from this list.

  The destination data is recorded as a database in the HDD 3 shown in FIG. The destination data recording means is not described because it is not particularly necessary to explain the present invention. FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the destination table stored in the HDD. The destination table stores data for each item, such as a destination name and a FAX number, corresponding to a data number that is a serial number.

  It is also possible to input the destination directly from the keyboard by selecting the “keyboard button” on the display screen shown in FIG.

  When the operator selects one from the destination table shown in FIG. 3 and selects the “detail” button, the destination detail screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. FIG. 4 is a display example when the destination data No. 1 is selected in FIG. The destination detail screen displays the destination name and destination FAX number of the selected destination.

  When the operator selects one from the destination table shown in FIG. 3 and selects the enter button, the selected destination name is displayed as in the display screen shown in FIG. 2B. FIG. 2B shows a case where destination data No. 1 is selected in FIG. At this time, since the destination name exceeds the number of displayable characters, only the first half of the destination name is displayed.

  Furthermore, when the operator selects another destination from the destination table shown in FIG. 3 and selects the “OK” button, the selected destination is added as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, when displaying data of a plurality of items (in this case, destination names), it is possible to easily identify each piece of data by omitting the common portion and displaying it. This omission processing will be described later.

  FIG. 2C shows a case where destination No. 2 shown in FIG. 3 is additionally selected as a destination. Thereafter, each time a destination is added or deleted, the processing of this embodiment is executed, and the common part is omitted and displayed. As described above, when a plurality of items (here, the destination name) are displayed, a character string common to the destination name is omitted, thereby improving the operator's recognizability and preventing erroneous FAX transmission. .

  Next, processing for omitting and displaying common portions of data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is mainly processing of the display list construction unit.

  First, when a destination is selected or input (step S1), the counter j is set to 1 to the number of destinations selected or input (step S2).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the number of characters of the original data (original destination name) at the jth destination is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed on the touch panel display (step S3). If the original destination name is less than the number of displayable characters, the original destination name is set as the jth display destination (step S4).

  On the other hand, when the number of characters of the original destination name is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed, a process of omitting the processing in step S5 and after is performed. That is, the original destination name at the j-th destination is compared with all other original destination names other than the j-th destination, and it is determined whether or not there are a predetermined number or more (for example, four or more characters) in common. (Step S5).

  Here, a standard function such as a Java (registered trademark) program is used to determine whether there is a common character. If there are no more than a predetermined number of common characters, the number of displayable characters from the beginning of the jth original destination name is set as the jth display destination (step S6).

  On the other hand, if there are more than a predetermined number of common characters, the common character string is replaced with an ellipsis “...”, And this is used as the destination name after replacement. If there are a plurality of matching character string candidates, the longest character string is set as a replacement target (step S7). When a plurality of ellipsis “...” Continues, the ellipsis “...” Is replaced with one ellipsis “.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the number of characters in the jth post-substitution destination name is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed on the touch panel display (step S9). If the jth post-substitution destination name is greater than or equal to the number of displayable characters, only the number of displayable characters from the beginning of the jth post-substitution destination name is set as the jth display destination (step S10).

  On the other hand, if the jth destination name after replacement is less than the number of displayable characters, the counter i = 1 to the number of omitted characters is set in the jth destination name after replacement (step S11), and the ith omitted character is set. The character immediately before is restored (step S12).

  Thereafter, the destination name after replacement after restoration and the number of displayable characters are compared again (step S13). If the number of characters in the destination name after replacement exceeds the number of displayable characters, the destination name after replacement is displayed. Destination (step S14).

  On the other hand, if the number of characters in the destination name after replacement is less than the number of displayable characters, the character immediately after the i-th omitted character is restored (step S15). Then, the destination name after replacement after restoration and the number of displayable characters are compared again (step S16), and when the number of characters in the destination name after replacement exceeds the number of displayable characters, the destination name after replacement is displayed. Destination (step S14).

  If it is not satisfied and there are a plurality of ellipsis, the next i is incremented and the processes of steps S11 to S16 are repeated. Then, when the number of characters of the destination name after replacement becomes equal to or larger than the number of displayable characters (step S17), the destination name after replacement at that stage is set as the display destination (step S14).

  Such omission processing is repeated until j reaches the number of destinations selected or input. As a result, if multiple destinations are specified, and there is a character string common to them, and the original destination name does not fit in the number of characters that can be displayed on the touch panel display, the common character string is replaced with an ellipsis and the number of characters that can be displayed Will be displayed. When the number of characters that can be displayed is shorter than the number of characters that can be displayed by replacing with an ellipsis, the characters before and after the ellipsis are alternately restored and displayed according to the number of characters that can be displayed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining restoration before and after the ellipsis. In this example, the destination No. For example, the “Fuji Xerox UI Development Dept.” part of “Fuji Xerox UI Development Dept. 1” in FIG. The number of characters that can be displayed on the touch panel display is 12 characters.

  First, the entire common part is replaced with an ellipsis “...”, And the destination name after replacement is “. Since this number of characters (6 characters including spaces) is smaller than the displayable number of characters, the restoration process of the portion of the ellipsis “. At first, the first character “Wealth” in “Fuji Xerox UI Development Department” replaced with the ellipsis “...” Is picked up and inserted immediately before the ellipsis “. As a result, the destination name after replacement is “Tofu… Ichino Watanabe”.

  Since this number of characters (7 characters) is smaller than the displayable number of characters, the last character “D” in “Shi Xerox UI Development Dept.” corresponding to the current ellipsis “...” is picked up next. , Immediately after the ellipsis “…”. As a result, the post-replacement destination name becomes “Tofu… Ichino Watanabe”.

  Since the number of characters after the restoration (8 characters) is smaller than the displayable number of characters, the first character “Shi” in “Shi Xerox UI Development” corresponding to the current ellipsis “...” is picked up next. And insert it immediately before the ellipsis “…”. As a result, the destination name after replacement is “Fuji.

  Since the number of characters after restoration (9 characters) is smaller than the 12 characters that can be displayed, the last character from the “Xerox UI Development” corresponding to the current ellipsis “...” is picked up. And immediately after the ellipsis “…”. As a result, the destination name after replacement is “Fuji.

  In this way, immediately before and immediately after the abbreviation character "...", the first and last characters of the character corresponding to "..." are sequentially restored, and the number of characters in the destination name after replacement becomes the displayable character number of 12 characters. Like that. In this example, the final display will be “Fujize… Development Dept. Ichinowatari”.

  By restoring characters immediately before and after the abbreviated character "...", the abbreviated character "..." remains at the center of the common character string, and the characters before and after it are restored. The contents can be easily recognized.

  In addition, when multiple destinations are specified and there are common character strings in these, non-common parts are displayed without omission, so the operator can reliably identify the multiple destinations and prevent mistakes in destinations. It becomes possible to plan.

  In the above processing, the destination name is described as an example as an item, but other items can be applied. In addition, the destination name may be divided into more detailed classifications (for example, “company name”, “department name”, “section name”).

  Furthermore, when comparing common character strings, items to be compared may be set according to the priority order provided for each item. For example, if “company name” is given the highest priority, a character string common to “company name” is detected first, and the common character string can be represented by an ellipsis. On the other hand, if the priority of “company name” is lowered or excluded from the comparison target and the priority of other items is raised, the company name is not omitted and is displayed in a list.

  In addition, the process of partial restoration of the ellipsis part is to restore the part before and after the ellipsis sequentially, or restore from the beginning of the part corresponding to the ellipsis, or from the tail. Also good.

  Note that the information processing program according to the present embodiment described above is executed by the main CPU of the multi-function peripheral, or incorporated in application software executed by a personal computer, or a predetermined recording medium (CD-ROM). Etc.) or distributed via a network.

It is a figure explaining the information processor concerning this embodiment. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a basic screen of a FAX function. FIG. FIG. 10 illustrates a display example of a destination table for a FAX function. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a detail screen of a FAX function destination. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of the information processing program which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the data structure of the destination table of a FAX function. It is a figure explaining restoration before and behind an ellipsis.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Image input part, 2 ... Image output part, 3 ... HDD, 4 ... Operation panel, 5 ... Modem, 6 ... System memory, 7 ... System memory, 10 ... Main CPU, 11 ... Data access means, 12 ... Display list Construction means, 13 ... display control means, 40 ... touch panel display

Claims (6)

Data access means for performing processing for obtaining desired data from a database in which data is stored in predetermined items;
A display list construction unit that compares a plurality of data acquired by the data access unit and constructs a display list that simplifies the common part;
An information processing apparatus comprising: display control means for performing control to display the display list constructed by the display list construction means on a display. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display list construction unit sets an item to be compared according to a priority order provided for each item of the database when comparing the plurality of data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display list construction unit performs a process of restoring a part of simplified data according to a display range of the display list on the display. A data access step for performing processing for obtaining desired data from a database in which data is stored in predetermined items;
Comparing a plurality of data acquired in the data access step, a display list construction step for constructing a display list that simplifies the common part;
A computer-executable information processing program for executing a display control step for performing control for displaying the display list constructed in the display list construction step on a display. 5. The information processing program according to claim 4, wherein, in the display list construction step, an item to be compared is set according to a priority order provided for each item of the database when comparing the plurality of data. The information processing program according to claim 4, wherein the display list construction step performs a process of restoring a part of the simplified data according to a display range of the display list on the display.

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