JP2012094091A - Display control device, display control method and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display control technique that makes it easy for a user to recognize mutually associated display screens.SOLUTION: A display control device comprises: display information storage means that stores display information shared between plural mutually associated display screens; screen generation means that generates each of the display screens using the stored display information; animation generation means that generates an animation screen indicating transition of screen switching from a generated first display screen to a second display screen associated with the first display screen; and switching control means that controls the screen generation means and the animation generation means so that, when a screen switching instruction is acquired, the animation screen is displayed on a display unit and thereafter the second display screen is displayed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control technique for a display screen as a user interface.

  In an information processing terminal such as a personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, and a tablet PC, a user can browse and edit information while switching a plurality of display screens displayed on a display device as a user interface. Here, the display screen means one of screen components having a specific display area displayed on the display device, and corresponds to, for example, a window, a dialog box, or the like.

  For example, in a certain application, when a predetermined operation (menu operation, button operation, etc.) is performed on a certain display screen, another display screen related to the display screen is displayed. Specifically, there is an application that displays display information including display contents, display attributes, and the like regarding a certain display screen on another display screen in an editable manner.

  Here, the display contents mean backgrounds, titles, texts, images (still images, moving images, animations, etc.) displayed on the display screen. Display attributes mean screen size, background color, font size, font color, and the like.

JP 2001-306310 A JP 2006-172465 A

  However, the conventional display method as described above has a problem that it is difficult for the user to visually grasp the relationship between the display screens. In the above example, the user is in a state where it is difficult to grasp which display screen attribute is displayed on the editing screen for editing the attribute of a certain display screen.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a display control technique that makes it easy for the user to grasp the display screens associated with each other.

  Each aspect of the present invention employs the following configurations in order to solve the above-described problems.

  A 1st aspect is related with a display control apparatus. The display control apparatus according to the first aspect uses display information storage means for storing display information shared between a plurality of mutually related display screens, and display information stored by the display information storage means. A screen generating means for generating the respective display screens, and an animation screen showing a transition of the screen switching from the first display screen generated by the screen generating means to the second display screen related to the first display screen. When the animation generation means to generate and the instruction to switch from the first display screen to the second display screen are acquired, after the animation screen is displayed on the display unit, the second display screen is displayed. Switching control means for controlling the screen generation means and the animation generation means.

  A 2nd aspect is related with the display control method performed by the display control apparatus which controls the display of a display part. The display control method according to the second aspect displays at least one first display screen among a plurality of mutually related display screens on the display unit, and when a switching instruction for the first display screen is acquired. An animation screen indicating screen switching from the first display screen to the second display screen related to the first display screen is displayed on the display unit, and the animation screen is displayed and then used by the first display screen. Displaying a second display screen generated using the display information on the display unit.

  As another aspect of the present invention, a display control program that causes a display control device that controls display on a display unit to function as the display information storage unit, the screen generation unit, the animation generation unit, and the switching control unit. It may be a computer-readable storage medium that records such a program.

  According to each of the above aspects, it is possible to provide a technology that makes it easy for the user to grasp the display screens that are related to each other.

The conceptual diagram which shows the structural example of the display control apparatus in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the display information stored in a display information storage part. The figure which shows the example of one of the display screens (normal display screen) mutually related. The figure which shows the example of one (attribute edit screen) of the display screens mutually relevant. The figure which shows the example of the screen switch from a normal display screen to an attribute edit screen. The figure which shows the example of the screen switch from an attribute edit screen to a normal display screen. The flowchart which shows the operation example of the display control apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. The figure which shows the 1st modification of a display screen. The figure which shows the 1st modification of a related display screen. The figure which shows the 1st modification of screen switching. The figure which shows the 2nd modification of a display screen. The figure which shows the 2nd modification of a related display screen. The figure which shows the 2nd modification of screen switching. The figure which shows the 2nd modification of screen switching. The figure which shows the 3rd modification of screen switching. The figure which shows the 4th modification of a display screen. The figure which shows the 4th modification of a related display screen. The figure which shows the example of the screen switching between three display screens.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate. Moreover, each embodiment listed below is an illustration, respectively, and this invention is not limited to the structure of each following embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
〔Device configuration〕
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration example of a display control device 1 according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the display control device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 5, a memory (RAM (Random Access Memory) 6), a ROM (Read Only Memory, not shown), a hard disk (HDD). 7) and the like, and an input / output interface 8 and the like. These hardware elements are connected by, for example, a bus 4. The input / output interface 8 includes a graphic interface that connects the display device 9 and the display control device 1.

  The display device 9 is a video display device such as a display. The display device 9 displays a video based on a video signal sent from the display control device 1 via the input / output interface 8. Note that this embodiment does not limit the processing of the display device 9 and the input / output interface 8. In FIG. 1, the display control device 1 and the display device 9 are shown as separate bodies, but they may be integrated like a portable device. The present embodiment does not limit the hardware configuration of the display control device 1 as long as the display control device 1 can display a display screen on a display unit such as the display device 9.

  For example, the display control device 1 implements the following processing units by executing a program stored in a memory by the CPU 5. The display control device 1 includes a screen generation unit 10, an animation generation unit 12, a switching control unit 14, a display information storage unit 16, and the like.

  The display information storage unit 16 stores display information shared among a plurality of display screens related to each other. For example, the display information includes information regarding the display form of each display screen including color and size. The color includes, for example, the color of the display screen and the color of characters displayed on the display screen. The size includes, for example, the size of the display screen and the components in the display screen, the size of characters displayed on the display screen, including. Here, the shared display information means that it is used on each display screen.

  The screen generation unit 10 generates display screens related to each other using the display information stored in the display information storage unit 16. The display screen generated by the screen generation unit 10 is displayed on the display device 9 by sending a corresponding video signal to the display device 9 via the input / output interface 8 or the like. Here, the mutual relationship between the display screens is a relationship in which display information shared between the display screens exists, for example. Of course, the mutual relationship between the display screens may include other relationships in addition to the above relationship. For example, the relationship between a display screen and a display screen displayed by an operation on the display screen may be included as the relevance of the display screen.

  The animation generation unit 12 generates an animation screen indicating transition of screen switching from the first display screen generated by the screen generation unit 10 to the second display screen related to the first display screen. The generation of the animation screen here is a concept including simply obtaining an animation screen previously stored in a memory or the like.

  When the switching instruction from the first display screen to the second display screen is acquired, the switching control unit 14 displays the second display screen after the animation screen is displayed on the display device 9. Thus, the screen generator 10 and the animation generator 12 are controlled. The display screen switching instruction is generated, for example, when a user operates a mouse or a keyboard (not shown) connected to the display control device 1 and is acquired by the display control device 1.

[Operation and Effect in First Embodiment]
As described above, in the first embodiment, when an instruction to switch from the first display screen to the second display screen related to the first display screen is acquired, an animation screen indicating the transition of screen switching is displayed. Then, the second display screen is displayed.

  Therefore, according to the first embodiment, the user can easily grasp the relevance of the display screen before and after the switching by the transition of the screen switching indicated by the animation screen.

  In the above description, the first display screen and the second display screen are given as examples of screens to be switched. However, the application range of the first embodiment is not limited to switching between two display screens. For example, even when there are three or more display screens, the relationship between the display screen before switching and the display screen after switching corresponds to the relationship between the first display screen and the second display screen described above. Applicable. According to the first embodiment, even when there are three or more display screens such as a specification A creator registration screen, a specification A review screen, and a specification A approval screen, each display screen It is possible to show that the display screens are related by displaying the animation screens when switching between them.

[Second Embodiment]
The first embodiment described above is not particularly limited in the above description because it does not limit the specific form of the display screens related to each other. Hereinafter, in the second embodiment, specific examples of display screens related to each other will be shown.

〔Device configuration〕
Since the configuration of the display control device 1 in the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted here. Hereinafter, the display control apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment will be described focusing on the content different from the first embodiment.

  The display information storage unit 16 stores display information as shown in FIG. 2, for example. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information stored in the display information storage unit 16. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the display information includes information on the display form such as the bar background color, the background color in the rectangle, the character color in the rectangle, the character size in the rectangle, the bar title name, the contents in the rectangle, and the creation Information on the display content such as the user. In FIG. 2, the display form and the display content are not distinguished, and they are represented as attributes. Further, the display information may be only one of information regarding the display form and information regarding the display content.

  The screen generation unit 10 generates display screens related to each other as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B using the display information stored in the display information storage unit 16. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating examples of display screens related to each other. Hereinafter, the display screen illustrated in FIG. 3A is referred to as a normal display screen 20, and the display screen illustrated in FIG. 3B is referred to as an attribute editing screen 30.

  The attribute editing screen 30 is a screen for allowing the user to edit display information shared with the normal display screen 20. The normal display screen 20 is a screen generated by using display information that can be edited on the attribute editing screen 30. In the example of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the display information includes information related to the display form for the normal display screen 20 and information related to the display content. 3A and 3B, the content of the bar title name “Notice from the headquarters” is reflected in the title bar, and the color set as the bar background color is reflected in the background of the title bar. Further, the contents in the rectangle included in the display information (the contents of the EXPLAIN.TXT file) are displayed in the rectangle of the normal display screen 20.

  The normal display screen 20 and the attribute editing screen 30 have operation buttons (hereinafter referred to as screen switching buttons) 21 and 31 for switching screens between each other. In the example of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the text “change to attribute display” is displayed on the screen switching button 21, and the text “change to normal display” is displayed on the screen switching button 31. The user can switch the screen displayed by operating the screen switching button 21 on the normal display screen 20 from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30. Conversely, the user can switch the screen displayed by operating the screen switching button 31 on the attribute editing screen 30 from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20.

  In this example, the animation generation unit 12 changes the first animation screen indicating the transition of the screen switching from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20 or the transition of the screen switching from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30. A second animation screen is generated. For example, the first animation screen includes an animation in which the display screen rotates in a predetermined direction, and the second animation screen includes an animation in which the display screen rotates in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.

  When the switching instruction from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20 is acquired, the switching control unit 14 performs normal display on the screen generation unit 10 using the display information edited via the attribute editing screen 30. A screen 20 is generated. Furthermore, the switching control unit 14 causes the animation generating unit 12 to switch between the first animation screen and the second animation screen in accordance with the acquired switching instruction. According to the above example, the switching control unit 14 acquires a screen switching instruction when the user operates the screen switching button 31 on the attribute editing screen 30 or the screen switching button 21 on the normal display screen 20.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen switching from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen switching from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20. A reference numeral 40 shown in FIG. 4 indicates a second animation screen (hereinafter referred to as an animation screen 40) showing a transition of screen switching from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30, and a reference numeral 45 shown in FIG. A first animation screen (hereinafter referred to as an animation screen 45) showing a transition of screen switching from the editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20 is shown. As described above, the animation screens 40 and 45 represent a transition in which the display screen rotates from the front surface to the back surface or a transition in which the display screen rotates from the back surface to the front surface.

  The animation generation unit 12 may previously store each screen data corresponding to the animation screens 40 and 45 in the memory, or may generate the animation screens 40 and 45 as follows. For example, the animation generation unit 12 holds display screens 41, 42, 43, and 44 that indicate each stage of the rotation transition of the display screen in a memory in advance, and displays the display state of the display screens 41, 42, 43, and 44 for a predetermined time. The animation screens 40 and 45 are realized by sequentially switching at intervals.

  In the example of the animation screen 40 shown in FIG. 4, the display screen 41 shows a state in which the normal display screen 20 starts to be rotated counterclockwise (counterclockwise) downward with the vertical direction on the paper as an axis. The state where the rotation is further advanced from the display screen 41 is shown. The display screen 43 shows a state in which the rotation is further advanced from the display screen 42 and the back surface (attribute editing screen 30) of the normal display screen 20 starts to face forward. The display screen 44 shows a state in which the rotation is further advanced from the display screen 43.

  In the example of the animation screen 45 shown in FIG. 5, the display screen rotates in the opposite direction (clockwise) to the animation screen 40 of FIG. Specifically, the display screen 44 shows a state in which the attribute editing screen 30 starts to be rotated clockwise (clockwise) downward with the vertical direction of the paper as an axis, and the display screen 43 is further rotated from the display screen 44. Indicates the state where the is advanced. The display screen 42 shows a state in which the rotation is further advanced from the display screen 43 and the reverse side (normal display screen 20) of the attribute editing screen 30 starts to face forward. The display screen 41 shows a state where the rotation is further advanced from the display screen 42.

  In addition, this embodiment is not limited to implement | achieving animation using four display screens like the example of FIG.4 and FIG.5. As long as the rotation transition of the display screen can be recognized, the rotation direction may be any direction, and the rotation axis may be arbitrarily set.

  In the examples of FIGS. 4 and 5, the display positions of the display screens 41, 42, 43, and 44 are changed for easy understanding, but the images are displayed at the same position. As shown in the examples of FIGS. 4 and 5, an animation in which each display position of the display screens 41, 42, 43 and 44 changes may be used. In addition, the display screens 41, 42, 43, and 44 may be displayed at arbitrary positions within a range where the rotation transition of the display screen can be recognized.

Furthermore, the animation generation unit 12 acquires each screen data of the display screens before and after the switching (the normal display screen 20 and the attribute editing screen 30) from the screen generation unit 10, and displays the display screens 41, 42, 43, and A screen having a shape like 44 may be generated. In this case, for example, the display screens 41 and 42 may be screens obtained by modifying the normal display screen 20, and the display screens 43 and 44 may be screens obtained by modifying the attribute editing screen 30. The same animation screen may be displayed regardless of the screen switching direction. Moreover, you may make it use a photograph and an image | video as an animation screen.
[Operation example]
Hereinafter, an operation example of the display control apparatus 1 in the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the display control device 1 according to the second embodiment. Here, an example of screen switching shown in FIG. 5, that is, an example of screen switching from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20 is used.

  In the display control device 1, the screen generator 10 generates display screens such as the normal display screen 20 and the attribute editing screen 30 (S71). As a result, the display screen generated by the screen generator 10 is displayed on the display device 9. Here, it is assumed that the attribute editing screen 30 is displayed. Display information as shown in FIG. 3B is displayed on the attribute editing screen 30.

  The screen generator 10 sets a value indicating the generated display screen as the screen selection value (N) (S72). Here, it is assumed that the screen selection value (1) indicates the normal display screen 20, the screen selection value (0) indicates the attribute editing screen 30, and 0 is set in the screen selection value (N).

  The screen generator 10 determines whether or not to end the process (S73). For example, when the operation for closing the display screen is detected, the screen generation unit 10 determines the end of the process (S73; YES). When determining that the processing is not ended (S73; NO), the screen generator 10 determines whether or not the display information has been changed on the display screen (S74). At this time, the screen generator 10 may determine whether the display screen is a screen for changing display information.

  When determining that the display information has been changed (S74; YES), the screen generation unit 10 stores the changed display information in the display information storage unit 16 (S75). Here, it is assumed that the bar title name included in the display information is changed from “Notification from the headquarters” to “System renewal”. In this case, the screen generation unit 10 stores the new bar title name “system renewal” set in the attribute editing screen 30 in the display information storage unit 16.

  The switching control unit 14 determines whether there is a screen switching instruction (S76). If there is no screen switching instruction (S76; NO), the process proceeds to the above process (S73) by the screen generator 10. When acquiring the screen switching instruction (S76; YES), the switching control unit 14 confirms the screen selection value (N) (S77). Then, the switching control unit 14 updates the screen selection value (N) to a value indicating the display screen after switching.

  According to the above example, when the screen switching button 31 on the attribute editing screen 30 is operated by the user, a screen switching instruction is acquired by the switching control unit 14. Since the screen selection value (N) is 0 (S77; YES), the switching control unit 14 sets the screen selection value (N) to a value (1) indicating the normal display screen 20 after switching (S78). When the screen is switched from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30, the switching control unit 14 does not have the screen selection value (N) 0 (S77; NO), so the attribute editing screen after switching the screen selection value (N). It is set to a value (0) indicating 30 (S79). Here, an example of switching between two display screens is shown, but switching between three or more display screens may be performed. In this case, the screen selection value (N) is set to a value indicating any one of the display screens.

  Subsequently, the switching control unit 14 instructs the animation generation unit 12 to generate an animation screen indicating a transition of screen switching from the displayed display screen to the display screen after switching. In response to this instruction, the animation generation unit 12 generates the instructed animation screen (S80). As a result, the generated animation screen is displayed on the display device 9.

  According to the above example, the switching control unit 14 instructs the animation generation unit 12 to generate the animation screen 45 indicating the transition of screen switching from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20. Thereby, the animation screen 45 is displayed on the display device 9. On the other hand, when the screen is switched from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30, the switching control unit 14 instructs the animation generation unit 12 to generate the animation screen 40.

  When the animation screen 45 ends, the switching control unit 14 instructs the screen generation unit 10 to generate a display screen indicated by the screen selection value (N). In response to this instruction, the screen generation unit 10 uses the display information stored in the display information storage unit 16 to generate a display screen indicated by the screen selection value (N) (S81). As a result, the generated display screen is displayed on the display device 9. According to the above example, the normal display screen 20 on which “system renewal” after the change is displayed as the bar title name is displayed. Thereafter, the screen generation unit 10 proceeds to processing (S73).

  As described above, FIG. 6 shows an example in which each process is performed sequentially for convenience of explanation, but the processes (S71), (S72) and (S73), and the processes (S74) and ( S75) and other processing (processing after processing (S76)) may be separate flows for each content of the user operation on the display screen. Further, the screen generation unit 10 may determine the process (S76), and the screen generation unit 10 may notify the switching control unit 14 of the result.

  In addition, the screen switching described above may be such that after the display screen before switching is erased, the animation screen is displayed, and after the animation screen disappears, the display screen after switching is displayed. If it is possible to grasp, other similar methods may be used. For example, even if the display screen after switching is displayed, the display screen before switching may be displayed, or the animation screen may be displayed while displaying the display screen before switching.

[Operations and effects in the second embodiment]
As described above, in the second embodiment, display information shared between a plurality of mutually related display screens is stored in the display information storage unit 16, and the screen is switched from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20. Is performed, the switched normal display screen 20 is displayed based on the display information changed on the attribute editing screen 30.

  In addition, the animation screen indicating the transition of the screen switching is switched between the screen switching from the attribute editing screen 30 to the normal display screen 20 and the screen switching from the normal display screen 20 to the attribute editing screen 30. And in each animation screen, the animation which a display screen rotates is included and the rotation direction of a display screen is a reverse direction.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to make the user recognize the relevance between the display screens by making the user recognize that the screen is switched between the front surface and the back surface of the display screen. That is, the user can easily grasp that both display screens are related by recognizing that the display screen before switching is rotated and the display screen after switching is displayed.

[First Modification]
In the second embodiment described above, an example in which the display screen to be switched is formed as one screen component such as the normal display screen 20 and the attribute editing screen 30 has been described. However, the display screen is a single display. It may be formed as a partial component existing in the screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a first modification of the display screen.

  In the first modification, the display screen 50 includes display screens 51, 52, and 53 therein. That is, the display screens 51, 52, and 53 are constituent elements of the display screen 50. Hereinafter, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, a display screen that is a component of another display screen is referred to as a partial display screen. In the example of FIG. 7, the partial display screen 51 is a screen that displays information from the headquarters, the partial display screen 52 is a screen that displays union news, and the partial display screen 53 is a screen that displays a 2010 calendar. . In the first modification, the screen generation unit 10 generates a display screen 50 including a partial display screen 51, a partial display screen 52, and a partial display screen 53.

  In the first modification, the partial display screens 51 and 52 among the three partial display screens have other related display screens, respectively. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a first modification of the related display screen. According to the example of FIG. 8, the partial display screen 51 is correlated with an attribute editing screen (hereinafter referred to as a partial editing screen) 56 for editing the display information. Interrelated with screen 57. As a result, the display information storage unit 16 stores display information (bar title name, etc.) shared by the partial display screen 51 and the partial edit screen 56, and display information (bar title) shared by the partial display screen 52 and the partial edit screen 57. Title name). In the first modification, the screen generation unit 10 generates partial editing screens 56 and 57 under the control of the switching control unit 14.

  In the first modification, for example, when the title bar of the partial display screens 51 and 52 is clicked, a screen switching instruction is generated. When acquiring the screen switching instruction for the partial display screen 51, the switching control unit 14 performs screen switching from the partial display screen 51 to the partial editing screen 56, and when acquiring the screen switching instruction for the partial display screen 52, the partial display screen 52. Is switched to the partial edit screen 57.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a first modification of screen switching. The animation generation unit 12 displays an animation screen (hereinafter referred to as a partial animation screen) so that the partial display screen before the switching is displayed in the screen area where the partial display screen was displayed before the partial display screen after the switching is displayed. 61 or 62 is generated, respectively. The animation generation unit 12 may set the partial animation screens 61 and 62 to be the same animation having different sizes or different animations.

  Even if the display screen to be switched is a partial display screen that is a constituent element of one display screen 50 as in the first modification, according to the present embodiment, it is easy to grasp the relationship between the partial display screens. be able to.

[Second Modification]
Further, although not particularly mentioned in the above description, the sizes of the display screens related to each other may be different. In the second modified example, the screen generation unit 10 determines the screen size of the generated display screen according to the amount of display information included in the display screen to be generated. The animation generation unit 12 generates an animation screen including an animation that expands while the display screen rotates. The screen generation unit 10 may extract the display information amount from the display information storage unit 16.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second modification of the display screen, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second modification of the related display screen. In the second modification, the display screen 70 further includes a partial display screen 71 together with the partial display screens 51, 52, and 53 in the first modification. The partial display screen 71 is a screen for displaying the weather, and is related to the partial editing screen 75 for editing the display information. As shown in FIG. 11, the partial edit screen 75 is displayed larger than the partial display screen 71 because the entire display content cannot be displayed with the same screen size as the partial display screen 71.

  12 and 13 are diagrams showing a second modification of screen switching. The animation generating unit 12 changes the screen size from the size of the partial display screen 71 before switching to the size of the partial editing screen 75 after switching before the partial editing screen 75 after switching is displayed. Generate a partial animation screen that includes the animation to be changed. At this time, the animation includes display screens 81 and 82 which are intermediate stages of screen switching. The animation generation unit 12 generates a partial animation screen so that the display screen 82 shown in FIG. 13 is larger in size in the vertical direction than the display screen 81 shown in FIG.

  According to the second modification, it is possible to easily grasp the relevance between the display screens while changing to a screen size that can be displayed without scrolling according to the amount of display information.

[Third Modification]
In the second modification described above, an example in which the partial animation screen that simultaneously represents the rotation state and the size change state of the display screen is displayed, but the partial animation that sequentially represents the rotation state and the size change state of the display screen. A screen may be displayed.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a third modification of screen switching. In the third modified example, the animation generation unit 12 performs an animation in which the display screen rotates in a predetermined direction in the area 85 having the same size as the partial display screen 71, and the partial display after the screen is switched after the rotation is completed. A partial animation screen including an animation that expands to an area 86 having the same size as the screen 75 is generated.

  According to the third modified example, since an animation indicating the size change is additionally displayed at the end, it is possible to easily understand that the size of the display screen has been changed along with the relevance between the display screens. .

[Fourth Modification]
As another form of the partial animation screen as described above, a partial animation screen representing an image in which the partial display screen after screen switching jumps forward or an image fitted in a certain display screen may be displayed. Furthermore, the size of the partial display screen after the screen switching may be enlarged or reduced according to the amount of display information, as shown in the second and third modified examples described above.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a fourth modification of the display screen, and FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a fourth modification of the related display screen. The partial display screen 91 is a screen for displaying the weather, and is related to the partial edit screen 95 for editing the display information. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the partial edit screen 95 is displayed larger than the partial display screen 91 because the entire display content cannot be displayed with the same screen size as the partial display screen 91. Furthermore, at this time, as shown in FIG. 16, when the enlarged partial editing screen 95 is displayed at the same position as the partial display screen 91, the screen generation unit 10 must enlarge the display screen 90 itself. Then, the partial editing screen 95 is generated so as to be displayed with a shadow at a position different from the display position of the partial display screen 91.

  The animation generation unit 12 displays a partial animation screen in which an animation in which the display screen rotates in the same area as the partial display screen 91 before screen switching is displayed, and then an animation in which the rotated display screen pops out is displayed. Generate. The animation generation unit 12 may generate a partial animation screen that simultaneously represents the rotation state and the pop-out state of the display screen. Further, when the screen is switched from the partial editing screen 95 displayed as a pop-up image to the partial display screen 91, a partial animation screen opposite to the above is displayed. That is, a partial animation screen is generated that represents an image in which the partial editing screen 95 in a protruding state is fitted in the display screen 90.

  According to the fourth modification, by additionally displaying the animation that pops up the display screen at the end, the display screen including the partial display screen is not changed in size and the relevance between the display screens is changed. This makes it easy to grasp that the size has been changed.

[Supplement]
The above-described embodiments and modifications can be applied when switching between three or more display screens. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen switching between three display screens. In the example of FIG. 17, screen switching is performed among the principal approval screen 101, the section manager approval screen 110, and the manager approval screen 120. Each screen is provided with screen switching buttons 105, 115, 116 and 125.

  Each screen is switched as described below under the control of the switching control unit 14. When the screen switching button 105 on the personal approval screen 101 is operated, the screen switching from the personal approval screen 101 to the section manager approval screen 110 is performed. When the screen switching button 116 on the section manager approval screen 110 is operated, the screen switching from the section manager approval screen 110 to the section manager approval screen 120 is performed. When the screen switching button 125 of the manager approval screen 120 is operated, the screen switching from the manager approval screen 120 to the section manager approval screen 110 is performed. When the screen switching button 115 on the section manager approval screen 110 is operated, the screen switching from the section manager approval screen 110 to the person approval screen 101 is performed.

  The switching control unit 14 instructs the animation generation unit 12 to generate the animation screen 40 or 45 indicating the transition of the screen switching, as in the above-described embodiments and modifications, at the time of switching each screen.

  As described above, according to each of the embodiments and the modifications described above, it is possible to easily grasp the relationship between the screens even when the screen is switched between three or more display screens. .

1 Display control device 4 Bus 5 CPU
6 RAM
7 HDD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 8 Input / output interface 9 Display apparatus 10 Screen generation part 12 Animation generation part 14 Switching control part 16 Display information storage part 20 Normal display screen 21, 31, 105, 115, 116, 125 Screen switching button 30 Attribute edit screen 40, 45 Animation Screen 41, 42, 43, 44, 50, 70, 90 Display screen 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 71, 75, 91, 95 Display screen (partial display screen or partial edit screen)
61, 62, 81, 82 Animation screen (partial animation screen)
101 Person approval screen 110 Manager approval screen 120 Manager approval screen

Claims (7)

Display information storage means for storing display information shared among a plurality of mutually related display screens;
Screen generation means for generating each of the display screens using display information stored by the display information storage means;
Animation generating means for generating an animation screen indicating transition of screen switching from the first display screen generated by the screen generating means to the second display screen related to the first display screen;
When the switching instruction from the first display screen to the second display screen is acquired, the screen generation is performed so that the second display screen is displayed after the animation screen is displayed on the display unit. Switching control means for controlling the means and the animation generating means;
A display control apparatus comprising: When the switching instruction from the first display screen to the second display screen is acquired, the switching control unit sends the display information edited via the first display screen to the screen generation unit. To generate the second display screen,
The display control apparatus according to claim 1. The display information includes information regarding a display form of each display screen including color and size,
The screen generating means generates a first display screen capable of editing information relating to a display form included in the display information;
The display control apparatus according to claim 2. The animation generation means includes a first animation screen indicating a transition of screen switching from the first display screen to the second display screen or a first transition screen indicating a transition of screen switching from the second display screen to the first display screen. 2 Generate animation screen,
The first animation screen includes an animation in which a display screen rotates in a predetermined direction,
The second animation screen includes an animation in which a display screen rotates in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction,
The switching control unit causes the animation generation unit to switch between the first animation screen and the second animation screen in accordance with the acquired switching instruction.
The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display control device is a display control device. The screen generation means determines the screen size of the generated display screen according to the amount of display information included in the generated display screen,
When an instruction to switch from the first display screen to the second display screen is acquired, the animation generating means displays an animation indicating at least one of a screen size transition and a display position transition on the animation screen. Include further,
The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control apparatus is a display control apparatus. In a display control method executed by a display control device that controls display on a display unit,
Displaying at least one first display screen among a plurality of mutually related display screens on the display unit;
When an instruction to switch the first display screen is acquired, an animation screen indicating screen switching from the first display screen to a second display screen related to the first display screen is displayed on the display unit,
After the animation screen is displayed, the second display screen generated using display information used by the first display screen is displayed on the display unit.
A display control method. A display control device for controlling the display of the display unit,
Display information storage means for storing display information shared among a plurality of mutually related display screens;
Screen generation means for generating each of the display screens using display information stored by the display information storage means;
Animation generating means for generating an animation screen indicating transition of screen switching from the first display screen generated by the screen generating means to the second display screen related to the first display screen;
When the switching instruction from the first display screen to the second display screen is acquired, the screen is displayed so that the second display screen is displayed after the animation screen is displayed on the display unit. A switching control means for controlling the generating means and the animation generating means;
Display control program characterized in that it is made to function.

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