JP2007199108A - Display control device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display control device for displaying an option desired by a user in display mode with a user's intention, and to provide a program. <P>SOLUTION: Concerning a tone name instructing modification of the display form by the user out of the tone names in a tone selection list, the number of selections is counted whenever the user sets to select the tone name, and the display is modified in accordance with the number of times of the selection. The display mode of the tone name "1. Full Gra" has a higher density of netting than the tone name "3. Dark Gra". It indicates that the tone name "1. Full Gra" is more in the number of user's selections than the tone name "3. Dark Gra". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus and a program for displaying a plurality of options on one screen and controlling a display mode for each option.

  A display control apparatus that displays a plurality of options on one screen and controls the display mode for each option is conventionally known.

  As such a display control device, there is one in which the display color of a file name is changed according to the data format when a list of registered files is displayed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Some file names are color-coded according to the characteristics of the file such as the creator, creation date and time, and extension (for example, see Patent Document 2).
JP-A-7-182214 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-160682

  By the way, the electronic musical instrument is configured such that a part of timbres can be selected and set from an enormous number of timbres in order to generate a musical tone of a user's favorite timbre. As a timbre selection method, for example, a list of names of timbres that can be selected by the user is displayed, and the user selects one of them.

  If the above-described conventional technique is applied to such a timbre selection method, a specific timbre name (for example, a timbre name selected by the user in the past) may be given a display color different from the normal display color. It is done.

  However, for a user who selects and sets a large number of timbres, since many of the timbre names displayed in the list are colored, it is difficult for the user to quickly find a favorite one among them.

  In order to cope with this problem, it is possible to color the timbre name with a color according to the usage frequency, assuming that the timbre preferred by the user is frequently used. As such a coloring method, (1) a method in which the user manually designates a tone color name and a color to be colored one by one, and (2) a frequency of use is counted for each tone color, and the count value There are two types of methods of automatically coloring depending on the situation.

  However, in the method (1), the user is forced to perform a troublesome work. In the method (2), the frequency of use is counted even for a timbre mistakenly selected by the user or for trial. Therefore, the color displayed as a result cannot be said to be as intended by the user.

  This invention is made paying attention to this point, and it aims at providing the display control apparatus and program which can display the choice which a user desires with the display mode as a user's intention. .

  In order to achieve the above object, the display control apparatus according to claim 1 includes a display unit that displays a plurality of options on one screen, and a selection unit that selects any one of the plurality of options displayed by the display unit. For each of the plurality of options, a setting unit that sets whether or not a display mode is changed, and an option selected by the selection unit is set to have a display mode changed by the setting unit. And a recording unit that records the number of selections in association with the option, and the display unit displays the selection by the setting unit among a plurality of options displayed on the one screen. For those for which a change in mode is set, the first display mode is displayed according to the number of selections recorded by the recording unit, while the display mode is displayed by the setting unit. For those without a change it is set, and displaying a different second display mode to the first display mode.

  Preferably, the selection unit selected by the selection unit further includes a specifying unit that specifies the display mode after the change when the setting unit sets the display mode changed. The first display mode is a display mode according to the display mode specified by the specifying means.

  More preferably, the first and second display modes are display colors, and the first display mode according to the number of selections is a mode in which the color density of the display color changes according to the number of selections. It is characterized by being.

  More preferably, each time an option is selected by the selection unit, the selection unit further includes a counting unit that counts the number of selections, and the setting unit sets the display mode to be changed. Only when the selection means selects, the counting means counts the number of selections.

  In order to achieve the above object, the program according to claim 5 can be realized by the same technical idea as claim 1.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 or 5, among a plurality of options displayed on one screen of the display means, a setting means that the display mode is changed is set by the setting means. While displaying in the first display mode according to the number of selections recorded by the procedure, the display unit is set to “no change of display mode” by the setting means, which is different from the first display mode. Since the display is performed in the second display mode, the option desired by the user can be displayed in the display mode as intended by the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic musical instrument to which a display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

  As shown in the figure, the electronic musical instrument according to the present embodiment includes an operator group 1 including a plurality of switches, wheels, and joysticks for inputting various types of information, and an operation state of each operator in the operator group 1. Detection circuit 2, CPU 3 for controlling the entire apparatus, ROM 4 for storing control programs executed by the CPU 3, various timbre parameters, various table data, etc., performance information, various input information, calculation results, etc. A RAM 5 that temporarily stores, an external storage device 6 that stores various application programs including the control program, automatic performance data, various data, and the like, and displays various information such as a color liquid crystal display (LCD) and a light emitting diode. (LED) etc., and an external MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) device 100 etc. A communication interface (I / F) 8 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the external device, a tone generator circuit 9 for converting the stored performance information and the like into a tone signal, and a tone from the tone generator circuit 9 An effect circuit 10 for imparting various effects to the signal, and a sound system 11 such as a DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter), an amplifier, a speaker, etc. that converts a musical sound signal from the effect circuit 10 into sound. It is configured.

  The components 2 to 10 are connected to each other via the bus 12, the external MIDI device 100 is connected to the communication I / F 8, the effect circuit 10 is connected to the sound source circuit 9, and the sound is supplied to the effect circuit 10. A system 11 is connected.

  Examples of the external storage device 6 include a flexible disk drive (FDD), a hard disk drive (HDD), a CD-ROM drive, and a magneto-optical disk (MO) drive. As described above, the external storage device 6 can also store a control program to be executed by the CPU 3. If the control program is not stored in the ROM 4, the control program is stored in the external storage device 6. By reading it into the RAM 5, it is possible to cause the CPU 3 to perform the same operation as when the control program is stored in the ROM 4. In this way, control programs can be easily added and upgraded.

  In the illustrated example, the external MIDI device 100 is connected to the communication I / F 8. However, the communication I / F 8 is not limited to this. For example, a server computer can be connected via a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, or a telephone line. You may make it connect. In this case, if the above programs and various parameters are not stored in the external storage device 6, the communication I / F 8 is used for downloading the programs and parameters from the server computer. The electronic musical instrument serving as a client transmits a command for requesting downloading of a program and parameters to the server computer via the communication I / F 8 and the communication network. Upon receiving this command, the server computer distributes the requested program or parameter to the electronic musical instrument via the communication network, and the electronic musical instrument receives the program or parameter via the communication I / F 8 and stores it externally. Downloading is completed by accumulating in the device 6.

  A control process executed by the electronic musical instrument configured as described above will be described first with reference to FIG. 2 and then in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a timbre selection list displayed on the display device 7.

  As shown in the figure, the timbre selection list represents, for example, names of various timbre parameters stored in the ROM 4 or the external storage device 6 in a list format. When the user selects any timbre name in the timbre selection list and instructs the setting of the timbre parameter corresponding to the selected timbre name, the instructed timbre parameter is set in the tone generator circuit 9.

  A feature of the present invention is that, among the timbre names in the timbre selection list, the number of times of selection is counted each time the user selects and sets the timbre name for which the user instructs to change the display mode. The display mode is changed according to the above.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a timbre selection list that is displayed when the user instructs to change the display mode for the two types of timbre names “1. Full Gra” and “3. Dark Gra”. It is shown. In the present embodiment, coloring is employed as the display mode, and color density is employed as the change mode. Since the figure cannot be displayed in color, in the illustrated example, shading is used instead of coloring as a display mode, and shading density is used instead of color density as a modification. In other words, the display mode of the timbre name “1. Full Gra” has a higher density of shading than the timbre name “3. Dark Gra”. This indicates that the number of selections by the user is larger than the timbre name “3. Dark Gra”.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, only the timbre name for which the user has set the display mode change in the timbre selection list, the timbre whose display mode is changed according to the number of selections and the user does not set the display mode change. Even if the name is selected, the display mode is not changed, so that only the timbre name desired by the user is displayed in a display mode according to the frequency of use, so that the user can select frequently used timbres. It can be quickly found from the tone selection list.

  Next, this control process will be described in detail.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of the timbre selection list executed by the electronic musical instrument of the present embodiment, particularly the CPU 3. The display process of the main tone color selection list is started when the user instructs to shift to the tone color selection mode using, for example, the operators in the operator group 1.

  The electronic musical instrument of this embodiment is provided with a color arrangement buffer for each selectable tone color. Since the contents stored in the color arrangement buffer need to be retained even when the power switch (not shown) of the electronic musical instrument of the present embodiment is turned off, the color arrangement buffer is provided in the nonvolatile storage device. It is necessary to keep. Therefore, the color arrangement buffer may be provided in the external storage device 6, but may be provided in the RAM 5 if the RAM 5 is provided with a backup power source. Each color buffer has a first area for storing the timbre name, a second area for storing color change information indicating whether or not to change the color of the timbre name, and the color change information includes the timbre. A third area for storing color information indicating the color set by the user when indicating that the color of the name is to be changed, and a user when the color change information indicates that the color of the timbre name is to be changed. Includes a fourth area for storing the number of times the timbre name has been selected.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when the display process of the real tone selection list is started, the CPU 3 reads out information on the color set for each tone color name from all the color arrangement buffers (step S1). However, since some color arrangement buffers do not have color information set, the CPU 3 first reads the color change information stored in the second area of the color arrangement buffer, and the read color change information is When indicating that the color of the timbre name is to be changed, the color information stored in the third area of the same color buffer is read out. On the other hand, when the read color change information indicates that the color of the timbre name is not changed, the color information is not stored in the third area of the same color buffer, so the CPU 3 determines that the same color is not stored. The contents of the third area of the buffer are not read.

  Next, a list of timbre names is displayed using the color read for each timbre name (step S2). However, timbre names from which color information is not read are displayed in normal colors (for example, black).

  In this way, according to the display processing of the real tone selection list, the tone selection list as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 7.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the color name color changing process executed by the electronic musical instrument of the present embodiment, particularly the CPU 3. The tone color name changing process is activated when the user selects, for example, one of the tone color names in the tone color selection list of FIG. 2 and gives an instruction to change the color of the selected tone color name. .

  In FIG. 4, first, when the user instructs setting of a new color for the selected timbre name, setting of the designated color is accepted (step S11).

  Next, the received color is recorded in the third area of the color scheme buffer corresponding to the target timbre name as the color to be set for the target timbre name, and the timbre name is recorded in the second area of the color scheme buffer. The color change information for changing the color of is recorded (step S12).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the color tone color release processing executed by the electronic musical instrument of the present embodiment, particularly the CPU 3. The tone color name canceling process is started when the user selects, for example, one of the tone color names in the tone color selection list of FIG. 2 and gives an instruction to cancel the color of the selected tone color name. .

  In FIG. 5, first, color change information indicating that the color of the timbre name is not changed is recorded in the second area of the color arrangement buffer corresponding to the target timbre name (step S21).

  Next, by setting “0” in the fourth area of the color arrangement buffer, the number of selections of the target timbre name is reset (step S22).

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the timbre selection process executed by the electronic musical instrument of the present embodiment, particularly the CPU 3. This timbre selection process is activated when the user selects any timbre name in the timbre selection list of FIG. 2 to set the timbre, for example.

  In FIG. 6, first, the color change information stored in the second area of the color arrangement buffer corresponding to the selected timbre name is read, and the read color change information indicates that the color of the timbre name is not changed. In this case, the timbre corresponding to the selected timbre name is immediately set in the sound source circuit 9 (steps S31 → S36).

  On the other hand, if the read color change information indicates that the color of the timbre name is to be changed, the number of selections stored in the fourth area of the color arrangement buffer is incremented by “1” (step S32). Depending on the color indicated by the color information stored in the third area of the color arrangement buffer and the number of selections after the increment, a new color (for example, a method of increasing the color little by little as the number of selections increases) Then, the color indicated by the color information of the third area is determined to be a color corresponding to the current number of selections (step S33), and the determined color is set as the target timbre name. It is recorded in the third area of the color arrangement buffer (step S34), the color of the target tone color name on the tone color selection list currently displayed is changed to the determined new color (step S35), and then selected. The tone corresponding to the tone name Set the source circuit 9 (step S36).

  In the present embodiment, when the user gives an instruction to change the color of the timbre name, the user is requested to instruct up to the changed color. However, this request is not essential, and at least, It only needs to be instructed to change the color of the timbre name. In this case, it is conceivable to set a predetermined color (default color) as the change color.

  In the present embodiment, the color is adopted as the display mode to be changed. However, the display mode is not limited to this, and the size and thickness of the character can also be used as the display mode.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the display color of the timbre name is made darker as the number of selections increases, but on the contrary, the display color of the timbre name may be made lighter. Further, the degree of darkening (or lightening) may be every selection number or every predetermined range of the selection number.

  In addition, the object to be displayed as a list is a tone name in the present embodiment, but is not limited to this, and a list of many options such as a song file name, style name, and effect name is displayed. Any device may be adopted as long as it allows the user to select.

  A program in which a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus is stored in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing the code.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, magnetic A tape, a non-volatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used. Further, the program code may be supplied from a server computer via a communication network.

  Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the OS running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code performs the actual processing. It goes without saying that a case where the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by performing part or all of the above and the processing thereof is included.

  Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion is performed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic musical instrument to which the display control apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows an example of the timbre selection list displayed on the display apparatus in FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of a timbre selection list executed by the electronic musical instrument of FIG. 1, particularly a CPU. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a color change process of a timbre name executed by the electronic musical instrument of FIG. 1, particularly a CPU. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a color tone color release process executed by the electronic musical instrument of FIG. 1, particularly a CPU. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a timbre selection process executed by the electronic musical instrument of FIG. 1, particularly a CPU.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Operator group (setting means, designation means), 3 ... CPU (display means, setting means, designation means, recording means, counting means), 6 ... External storage device (recording means, counting means), 7 ... Display device (Display means, setting means, designation means)

Claims (5)

Display means for displaying a plurality of options on one screen;
A selection means for selecting one of a plurality of options displayed by the display means;
Setting means for setting whether or not to change the display mode for each of the plurality of options;
When the option selected by the selection means is set by the setting means to have a change in display mode, the recording means records the number of selections in association with the option,
The display means sets the number of selections recorded by the recording means for a plurality of options displayed on the one screen, in which the display means is set to be changed by the setting means. While the first display mode is displayed in response, the second display mode different from the first display mode is displayed for those for which no change of the display mode is set by the setting unit. A display control device characterized by that. When the option selected by the selection unit is set to have the display mode changed by the setting unit, the selection unit further includes a specifying unit for specifying the display mode after the change,
The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display mode is a display mode corresponding to the display mode specified by the specifying unit. The first and second display modes are display colors,
The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display mode according to the number of selections is a mode in which the color intensity of the display color changes according to the selection frequency. Each time an option is selected by the selection means, the counter further includes a counting means for counting the number of times of selection.
The counting means counts the number of times of selection only when an option for which display mode change is set by the setting means is selected by the selection means. The display control apparatus in any one of. A display procedure for displaying a plurality of options on one screen of the display means;
The option selected by the selection means for selecting one of the plurality of options displayed by the display procedure is displayed by the setting means for setting whether or not the display mode is changed for each of the plurality of options. Is a program for causing a computer to execute a recording procedure for recording the number of selections in association with the option,
In the display procedure, among the plurality of choices displayed on the one screen, the selection means recorded with the recording procedure is set for the one in which the display mode is changed by the setting unit. While the first display mode is displayed in response, the second display mode different from the first display mode is displayed for those for which no change of the display mode is set by the setting unit. A program characterized by that.

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