JP2006302198A - Operation guidance support program, operation guidance support method and information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support guidance for an operator to perform an appropriate operation by referring to operation history of the operator and obtaining whether or not the operator correctly performs an operation. <P>SOLUTION: An operation guidance support program is disclosed for achieving: a history file copy management function for copying a history file whenever the operator performs operation input and managing the copied history file as a temporary file; a macro history management function for managing a standardization template as a macro history file; and a collation function for collating the standardization template with the temporary file and determining propriety of the operation of the operator, an information processor and an operation guidance support method using the same are also disclosed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides, for example, an operation guidance support program for assisting a user to perform an appropriate operation while referring to an operation history of an operator when drawing using software such as CAD and CAM. The present invention relates to an operation guidance support method and an information processing apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when using software that requires a complicated operation for a user, various techniques for performing guidance by voice or the like to support the operation have been disclosed.

For example, in Patent Document 1, an inexperienced person in an automatic transaction apparatus is guided to operate by using moving images, still images / illustrations (technical illustrations) and voices, and it is possible to easily deal with failures and perform operations. An automatic transaction apparatus is disclosed.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-203539

  However, in the said patent document 1, the appropriate operation guidance based on the appropriateness | suitability of a user's operation is not made | formed. Furthermore, when drawing using software such as CAD and CAM, the user's operation history cannot be referred to in the conventional technology, so it is impossible to grasp whether the operator is operating correctly, It was not possible to perform proper operation guidance.

  In the present invention, when drawing using software such as CAD, CAM, etc., by referring to the operation history of the operator, it is grasped whether the operator is operating correctly, and appropriate operation is performed. The purpose is to help guide you to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation guidance support program executed by an information processing apparatus, and a history of the operation every time an operator inputs an operation to the information processing apparatus. The history file copy management function that copies files and manages them as temporary files, the macro history management function that manages standardized templates that determine appropriate operations as macro history files, the standardized template and the temporary file are collated, and the operator An operation guidance support program for realizing a verification function for determining whether or not the operation is appropriate is provided.

  In the second aspect of the present invention, every time an operator inputs an operation, a history file related to the operation is copied and managed as a temporary file, a standardized template for determining an appropriate operation is managed as a macro history file, and the standardized template And a temporary file are collated, whether or not the operator's operation is appropriate is determined, and support is provided to guide the user to the appropriate operation.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus that performs information processing based on an operation guidance support program, in which an operator performs a predetermined operation input, a display unit that performs a predetermined display, Based on the above operation guidance support program, every time an operator inputs an operation, a history file copy management function for copying a history file related to the operation and managing it as a temporary file, and a standardized template for determining proper operation as a macro history file An information processing apparatus having a control unit that controls to execute a macro history management function to manage, a collation function that collates the standardized template and the temporary file, and determines whether or not an operator's operation is appropriate Provided.

  According to the present invention, when drawing using software such as CAD, CAM, etc., the operator's operation history is referred to ascertain whether or not the operator is operating correctly, and appropriate operation is performed. It is possible to provide an operation guidance support program, an operation guidance support method, and an information processing apparatus for assisting in guiding the user to perform the operation.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  First, FIG. 1 shows and describes the configuration of an information processing apparatus in which an operation guidance support program according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus includes a control unit 1, a display unit 2, a storage unit 3, and an operation input unit 4, and the control unit 1 performs various operations based on a control program 11. Will do. The control program 11 includes at least a moving image manual program 111 and an operation guidance support program 112. The operation guidance support program 112 further includes a history file copy management function 112a, a macro history management function 112b, a collation function 112c, and an error detection function 112d. Have. The storage unit 3 stores a history file 3a, a temporary file 3b, and a macro history file 3c.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the conceptual diagram of FIG.

  This corresponds to the operation guidance support method according to the present embodiment.

  The control unit 1 is intended for beginners of software (CAD, CAM, CAE, CG, etc.) operation based on the moving image manual program 111 included in the control program 11, and in addition to the drawing screen 101 to acquire the software operation. The moving image manual screen 100 is displayed, and the operator is made to learn the operation of the software according to the operation procedure shown on the moving image manual screen 100.

  In this moving image manual screen 100, every time a “play” key (indicated by a triangle in FIG. 2) is pressed by the operation of the operation input unit 4, the next operation procedure is indicated by a moving image. The operator learns the operation by watching the moving image. Further, the control unit 1 decodes the operation content of the operator based on the operation guidance support program 112 included in the control program 11 as described in detail later, and determines whether or not the operation is performed correctly. . Here, when it is determined that the correct operation is performed, the next operation procedure is displayed as a moving image manual. On the other hand, when it is determined that the operation has not been performed correctly, it is pointed out which part is incorrect, and control is performed so as not to proceed to the next operation procedure. However, the next operation procedure is displayed on the moving image manual screen 100 when a specific “OK key” is pressed. Based on these programs 111 and 112, the control unit 1 decodes the operator's operation procedure and allows the correct operation procedure to be understood. That is, a so-called navigation type manual that guides the operator's operation to an appropriate operation via the moving image manual screen 100 while decoding the operation content of the operator is realized. This eliminates the need for a lecturer (practices) instructor to learn the operation, and makes it possible to learn the most suitable operation procedure.

Now, after viewing the moving image manual displayed on the moving image manual screen 100, when the operator performs an actual drawing operation by operating the operation input unit 4 on the drawing screen 101 (step S1), a file relating to the operation content is recorded as a history. The file 3a is accumulated in the storage unit 3 (step S2).
An example of the history file 3a is as shown in FIG.

  In the information processing apparatus of this embodiment, a history file 3a owned by software (CAD, CAM, CAE, CG, etc.) is used. Here, the history file 3a is for saving information so as to be automatically spread to the current state in the event of a power failure or the like, and is protected in a state that is not referred to during normal use. Focusing on this point, the control unit 1 of the information processing apparatus allows the operator to press a specific operation key of the operation input unit 4 on the drawing screen 101 based on the history file copy management function 112a of the operation guidance support program 112. Each time the button is pressed (for example, when the mouse is clicked), the history file 3a is copied and managed as a temporary file 3b (step S3).

  On the other hand, the control unit 1 of the information processing apparatus manages, as a macro history file 3c, a standardized template that defines appropriate operations, which will be described later in detail, based on the macro history management function 112b of the operation guidance support program 112. An example of the macro history file 3c is as shown in FIG. Based on the collation function 112c of the operation guidance support program 112, the control unit 1 collates the standardized template of the macro history file 3c with the temporary file 3c as will be described in detail later (step S5), and the operator moves the video manual. It is determined whether or not the operation is performed as instructed on the screen 100 (step S6). Then, when it is determined that the operation is performed as instructed, the display of the next stage moving image is started (step S7). On the other hand, when determining that the operation is not performed as instructed, the control unit 1 performs a history flow error detection process based on the error detection function 112d of the operation guidance support program 112 (step S8), The error history flow is displayed (step S9), the error part is corrected (step S10), and the correction information is reflected in the history file 3a (step S11).

  Here, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3, the collation processing among the operations based on the operation guidance support program 112 of the control unit 1 of the information processing apparatus will be described in more detail.

  First, using the standardized template, the variable portion (standardized name and value) is recognized from the history file (macro program) 3a, extracted, and stored in the standardized DB cell.

  The standardized template is obtained by patterning a CAD operation procedure created in a three-dimensional shape, and includes a variable part (indicated by bold characters in FIG. 5) and a fixed part. The variable part has a standardized name (name of each part) and its value. The standardized template is composed of three-dimensional shape creation (feature creation from a sketcher) and three-dimensional shape manipulation (shape change). The former template is prepared by extruding (including cutting), rotating body, sweep, loft and the like, and the latter is prepared by fillet, chamfering and the like. These standardized templates are generated by outputting a series of CAD operation procedures to a file, patterning the input format, defining a variable portion, and accumulating as a macro history file 3c.

The standardized template shown in FIG. 5 shows Feature Extrusion. The standardized name is described as “@ ***”, and the value is described as “% ***” (in bold in FIG. 5). For example, when changing the parameter (dimension) value,
Part.Parameter (“@ ***”). System Value =% ***
The template is prepared. However, in this collation process, standardized names (DI @ sketch 1, D2 @ sketch 1, etc.) and their values (0.06.0.045, etc.) are extracted from the mask program in FIG. 5 (step S21), and the corresponding macro history file is extracted. 3c is selected (step S22), preprocessing (unnecessary portion deletion) is performed (step S23), the operation procedure is grasped from the contents (step S24), and collation determination is performed (step S25).

  As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the operation guidance support program 112 executed by the information processing apparatus is related to the operation every time an operator inputs an operation to the information processing apparatus. A history file copy management function 112a for copying the history file 3a and managing it as a temporary file 3b, a macro history management function 112b for managing the aforementioned standardized template for determining proper operation as the macro history file 3c, the standardized template and the temporary file It is possible to provide an operation guidance support program for realizing the collation function 112c for collating the file 3b and determining whether or not the operator's operation is appropriate.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an operation guidance support method realized by an information processing device operating based on an operation guidance support program. Each time an operator inputs an operation through the operation input unit 4 based on the file copy management function 112a, the history file 3a related to the operation is copied and managed as a temporary file 3b, and an appropriate operation is performed based on the macro history management function 112b. The above-described standardized template for determining the operation is managed as a macro history file 3c, and the standardized template and the temporary file 3b are collated based on the collation function 112c to determine whether the operation of the operator is appropriate. A support method can be provided.

  And according to one embodiment of this invention, it is an information processing apparatus which processes information based on the operation guidance support program 112, Comprising: The operation input part 4 in which an operator performs predetermined | prescribed operation input, and predetermined | prescribed display A history file copy management function 112a for copying the history file 3a related to the operation and managing it as a temporary file 3b each time the operator inputs an operation based on the operation guidance support program 112, A macro history management function 112b for managing a standardized template for determining an appropriate operation as a macro history file 3c, and a matching function 112c for comparing the standardized template with the temporary file 3b to determine whether the operator's operation is appropriate are executed. Thus, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus including the control unit 1 that performs control.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that various improvements and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which operation guidance support is performed when a drawing operation is performed using software such as CAD and CAM using the operation guidance support program is shown, but the present invention is limited to this. Of course, it is applicable to various information processing.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the moving image manual system which mounted the operation guidance assistance program 112 which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the process by the moving image manual system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating in more detail about the collation process among the processes by the moving image manual system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the log | history file 3a. It is a figure which shows an example of the macro log | history file 3c.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part, 2 ... Display part, 3 ... Memory | storage part, 3a ... History file, 3b ... Temporary file, 3c ... Macro history file, 4 ... Operation input part 11 ... Control program, 111 ... Video manual program, 112 ... Operation guidance support program, 112a ... History file copy management function, 112b ... Macro history management function, 112c ... Verification function 112d Error detection function.

Claims (3)

An operation guidance support program executed by the information processing apparatus,
A history file copy management function for copying a history file related to the operation and managing it as a temporary file each time the operator inputs an operation to the information processing apparatus, and a macro for managing a standardized template for determining an appropriate operation as a macro history file An operation guidance support program for realizing a history management function, a collation function for collating the standardized template and the temporary file, and determining whether or not an operator's operation is appropriate.   Each time the operator inputs an operation, the history file related to the operation is copied and managed as a temporary file, the standardized template for determining proper operation is managed as a macro history file, the standardized template and the temporary file are verified, An operation guidance support method characterized by determining whether or not an operator's operation is appropriate and assisting the user in guiding the user to an appropriate operation. An information processing apparatus that performs information processing based on an operation guidance support program,
An operation input unit for an operator to input a predetermined operation;
A display unit for performing a predetermined display;
Based on the above operation guidance support program, every time an operator inputs an operation, a history file copy management function for copying a history file related to the operation and managing it as a temporary file, and a standardized template for determining proper operation as a macro history file A control unit that performs control to execute a macro history management function to be managed, a collation function that collates the standardized template and the temporary file, and determines whether or not an operator's operation is appropriate;
An information processing apparatus.

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