JP2015106247A - File management device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the display of files classified into groups in accordance with the position of file specification information on a work space by group units.SOLUTION: A file management device includes: a group division part 12 for dividing files into a plurality of groups on the basis of work space information acquired from a server 30; a region setting processing part 13 for setting a rectangular region, including the icons of all the files belonging to each group; and a display control part 14 for displaying the icons of the files by group units. The region setting processing part 13 is configured to, when the icon is positioned in a section where the rectangular regions are overlapped, causing the display of the icon of the file belonging to the group different from the group being displayed, perform the resetting of the rectangular region such that the display color of the icon is changed, that the position of the icon is moved, or that the size of the rectangular region is reduced.

Description

  The present invention relates to a file management apparatus and a program.

  When managing files in a file management device that has a workspace, the user can place the files on the workspace by placing them on the workspace by meaning, for example, if the specification is an attribute called a specification, or by project. Are associated with each other to form a group. As a technique for efficiently finding and displaying a file icon on a workspace that is not displayed on the screen, a technique has been proposed in which a display area is divided into a plurality of areas, and moved and displayed in divided area units (for example, Patent Documents 1, 2).

JP 2003-8701 A JP 2007-27851 A JP 2009-175996 A

  It is an object of the present invention to facilitate the display of files classified into groups according to the position of file specifying information in a work space in units of groups.

  The file management device according to the present invention, when the file is classified into a plurality of groups according to the position of the file identification information that identifies the file in the work space for the file, the file identification information of all the files belonging to each group A setting unit that sets a region to be included for each group; and a display control unit that performs display control for selectively displaying any one of the set regions. When file identification information of a file belonging to any of the plurality of groups is located in a portion where the region corresponding to the group overlaps, the file identification located in the region corresponding to any group of the plurality of groups or the overlapping portion Clarify the relationship between the file identification information located in the overlapping part and the multiple groups. Characterized by so that adjustment.

  Further, the setting means sets the file specifying information located in the overlapping portion so that the file specifying information is handled differently from the file specifying information of the file belonging to the displayed group.

  Further, the setting means sets the position of the file specifying information located in the overlapping portion in the work space within the area corresponding to the group to which the file corresponding to the file specifying information belongs and overlaps with the area corresponding to the other group. It is characterized in that it is moved to a position where it does not.

  The setting unit may reset the area after moving the position of the file specifying information so that the size of the area corresponding to at least one of the plurality of groups with overlapping areas is reduced. Features.

  Further, the display control means displays the set area on the screen, and displays file specifying information of files belonging to a group corresponding to the area selected by the user.

  In addition, when the size of the set area exceeds a preset area upper limit size, the setting unit divides the group corresponding to the area into a plurality of areas, and resets the area for each divided group. Features.

  The program according to the present invention, when the file is classified into a plurality of groups according to the position of the file specifying information for specifying the file in the work space for the file, the file specifying information of all the files belonging to each group Functioning as a setting means for setting a region containing each group, and a display control means for performing display control for selectively displaying any one of the set areas, wherein the setting means includes a plurality of groups. If the file identification information of a file belonging to any of the plurality of groups is located in a portion where the area corresponding to the area overlaps, the file identification information located in the area corresponding to any group of the plurality of groups or the overlapping portion And the file specifying information located in the overlapping portion and the plurality of groups And adjusting so as to clarify the relationship.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to facilitate the display in units of groups of the files classified into groups according to the position of the file specifying information on the work space.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when file specifying information belonging to a group different from the group displayed by being located in an overlapping area is displayed, the file specifying information is displayed in the group being displayed. It can be handled differently from the file identification information belonging to.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the position in the work space of the file specifying information located in the overlapping portion corresponds to another group in the area corresponding to the group to which the file corresponding to the file specifying information belongs. It can be moved to a position that does not overlap with the area to be performed.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, overlapping of regions can be eliminated.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the user can select a group to be displayed on the screen.

  According to invention of Claim 6, the group displayed on a screen can be made small compared with before a division | segmentation.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to facilitate the display of the files classified into groups according to the position of the file specifying information in the work space in units of groups.

It is the block block diagram which showed the portable terminal which is one Embodiment of the file management apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the relationship between the portable terminal and workspace in this Embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the computer which forms the portable terminal in this Embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the display process of the file in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the workspace information memorize | stored in the workspace information storage part in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the selection screen of the rectangular area in the portable terminal in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the rectangular area reset by the adjustment function in this Embodiment.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a block configuration showing a portable terminal 10 which is an embodiment of a file management apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the portable terminal 10 and the workspace 20 in the present embodiment.

  FIG. 1 shows a server 30 and a mobile terminal 10 connected via a network 32. The server 30 manages the file using the work space 20 that is a work space for the file, but the mobile terminal 10 in the present embodiment refers to a file managed by the server 30 via the network 32, It can be used for file operations such as movement of icon positions on the space 20. Although FIG. 1 shows only one portable terminal 10 as an apparatus for accessing a file stored with location information added to the workspace 20 via a network, other portable terminals or personal computers are illustrated. Although it can also be accessed from an information processing apparatus such as a (PC), these information processing apparatuses can be a file management apparatus by having functions equivalent to those of the mobile terminal 10, and are therefore omitted from FIG. . An icon is displayed on the workspace 20 as file specifying information for specifying a file, and the file is managed at the display position of each icon. In general, when file management is performed using the work space 20, icons of the files are arranged on the work space 20 collectively for each meaning such as a specification document or a project unit. In this way, the files are group-managed with the positions and meanings in the workspace 20 associated with each other. In FIG. 2, groups A to H are formed in the work space 20.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the file management apparatus is realized by the mobile terminal 10 such as a smartphone. The mobile terminal 10 such as a smartphone generally has a small screen size, and a display range is relatively small with respect to the size of the workspace 20. Therefore, the entire workspace 20 cannot be displayed on the screen. Rather than the entire workspace 20, it can be displayed only in a range of about one group formed by grouping icons on the workspace 20. FIG. 2 shows an example in which only group A among groups A to H is displayed. In the display example of the mobile terminal 10 in FIG. 2, icons displayed on the screen are indicated by solid lines, and icons not displayed are indicated by broken lines. As illustrated in FIG. 2, when the entire group cannot be displayed on the screen, the display is moved by scrolling or the like and a desired icon is displayed. No bigger than scrolling the entire workspace. The mobile terminal 10 basically has a user interface that allows a user to operate using an operation means such as a fingertip or a touch pen. In this embodiment, a case where operation is performed with a fingertip will be described as an example. In the present embodiment, the case where the shape of the region is a rectangle will be described as an example.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer forming the mobile terminal 10 in the present embodiment. The server computer forming the mobile terminal 10 in the present embodiment can be realized with a general-purpose hardware configuration that has existed in the past. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the computer is provided as a CPU 1, a ROM 2, a RAM 3, a hard disk drive (HDD) 4, an operation panel 5 that is a user interface that is input by a user and displays information, and a communication means. The network interface (IF) 6 is connected to the internal bus 7.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment includes a workspace information acquisition unit 11, a group division unit 12, an area setting processing unit 13, a display control unit 14, a selection area receiving unit 15, and a workspace sharing processing unit. 16, the control part 17 and the work space information storage part 18 are provided. The workspace information acquisition unit 11 acquires workspace information from the server 30 via the network 32 and stores it in the workspace information storage unit 18. The group dividing unit 12 refers to the acquired workspace information and divides the file into a plurality of groups based on the positions of the icons on the workspace. The area setting processing unit 13 is provided as a setting unit. When the file is classified into a plurality of groups according to the position of the icon of the file on the workspace, the area setting processing unit 13 includes icons of all files belonging to each group. A rectangular area is set for each group. The display control unit 14 is provided as a display control unit, and performs display control for selectively displaying any one of the rectangular regions set by the region setting processing unit 13. When the rectangular area set by the area setting processing unit 13 is displayed on the operation panel 5 by the display control unit 14, the selection area receiving unit 15 receives a rectangular area selected by the user. The workspace sharing processing unit 16 transmits the contents of the update process for the workspace such as the movement of the icon display position performed by the mobile terminal to the server 30, and for the workspace executed by another mobile terminal or the like. By acquiring the contents of the update process from the server 30, a process of matching the state of the workspace and sharing it between devices using the workspace is performed. The control unit 17 performs access control such as reference and update to the workspace in cooperation with each of the constituent elements 11 to 16.

  Each component 11-17 in the portable terminal 10 is implement | achieved by the cooperative operation | movement of the program mounted on the computer mounted in the portable terminal 10, and CPU1 mounted in the computer. In addition, the work space information storage unit 18 is realized by the HDD 4 mounted on the mobile terminal 10. Alternatively, the RAM 3 or an external storage means may be used via a network.

  In addition, the program used in this embodiment can be provided not only by communication means but also directly or indirectly by storing it in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. is there. The program provided from the communication means or the recording medium is installed in the computer, and various processes are realized by the CPU of the computer sequentially executing the program.

  Next, display processing of a file in which an icon is positioned on the workspace in the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the user of the mobile terminal 10 performs an operation for displaying a predetermined workspace on the screen, the workspace information acquisition unit 11 acquires the workspace information from the server 30 according to the operation (step 101), and the workspace information Save in the storage unit 18. The workspace information acquired from the server 30 includes the size of the workspace, the total number of files managed in the workspace, and the file information of each file. When the workspace is represented in a two-dimensional coordinate system, the file information includes a position coordinate where the icon of the file is displayed in the workspace (for example, a two-dimensional coordinate value of the center point of the icon), and a file that specifies a storage destination Information such as the path is included.

  When the work space information is acquired, the group dividing unit 12 divides the file into one or a plurality of groups with reference to the position coordinates of each file included in the work space information (step 102). That is, the same group is formed by icons located closer to a predetermined threshold. When there is no icon nearby, one group may be formed with only one file. A conventional technique may be used for the dividing process in the group dividing unit 12. When the division process ends, the group division unit 12 registers the result in the work space information storage unit 18. FIG. 5 shows an example of the data structure of the workspace information stored in the workspace information storage unit 18, but the group division unit 12 is a group that identifies the group to which the file belongs for each file. The identification information (group number) is registered in association with each other.

  When the file is divided by the group dividing unit 12 so as to belong to any group, the region setting processing unit 13 sets a rectangular region including icons of all files belonging to the group for each group (step 103). That is, the area setting processing unit 13 refers to the group to which the workspace information stored in the workspace information storage unit 18 belongs, reads the position coordinates included in the file information of the file belonging to the group for each group, A rectangular region is formed by drawing an outer line from the position coordinates and the known icon shape and size so that the icons of the files included in the group are included. FIG. 2 shows a rectangular area 21 set for the group A by this processing.

  By the way, if the size of the formed rectangular area is too large, a plurality of icons for files included in a group corresponding to a wide range of rectangular areas are displayed on the mobile terminal 10 having the relatively small operation panel 5. This will cause the user to perform scrolling operations and the like over and over. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the area upper limit size that is the upper limit value of the size of the rectangular area that may be set is set in advance. When the size of the rectangular area formed based on the icon position by the area setting processing unit 13 exceeds the area upper limit size (Y in step 104), the control unit 17 determines that the size of the rectangular area is the area upper limit. In order not to exceed the size, the group dividing unit 12 is caused to divide the group corresponding to the rectangular area into a plurality of parts, and the area setting processing unit 13 is made to reset the rectangular area for each of the divided groups ( Step 105). If the size of the rectangular area does not exceed the area upper limit size (N in Step 104), the process for resetting the rectangular area is not necessary. The area upper limit size set in advance may be set by the length of the side of the rectangular area or by the area.

  Steps 106 and 107 will be described later. When a rectangular area is set for each group as described above, the display control unit 14 sets the rectangle corresponding to each group set by the area setting processing unit 13. The area is displayed on the operation panel 5 (step 108). A display example on the portable terminal 10 is shown in FIG. 6. As shown in this display example, the screen size corresponds to the size of the entire workspace, and each group corresponds to the display position of each group on the workspace. A rectangular area is displayed on the operation panel 5. In the example shown in FIG. 6, group numbers (A to H) are displayed in each rectangular area.

  The user sees this display and selects and operates the rectangular area corresponding to the group to be displayed from the rectangular areas displayed on the operation panel 5. In response to this selection operation, when the selection area receiving unit 15 receives the rectangular area selected by the user (step 109), the display control unit 14 displays the icon of the file belonging to the group corresponding to the received rectangular area. The information is displayed on the operation panel 5 (step 110). If group A is selected, file icons are displayed on the portable terminal 10 in units of groups as illustrated in FIG.

  Here, the processing of steps 106 and 107 will be described.

  In steps 103 to 105, a rectangular area is set for each group. For example, depending on the position of the icon, the rectangular areas overlap, and further, the icons of the files belonging to any group are displayed in the overlapping area. It may be possible. FIG. 7A shows an example in which an icon 41 of a file belonging to the group Q is displayed in a portion where the group P and the group Q overlap. If the rectangular area is displayed in step 107 while maintaining the relationship of the rectangular areas, and the rectangular area of the group P is selected in step 108, the icon 41 of the file belonging to a different group Q is displayed on the screen in step 110. It will be. As a result, the user misidentifies the relationship between the file and the group, or the user can operate the file included in the other group while the certain group is displayed, which is not preferable in terms of file management. .

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, in order to prevent an operation on a file of a displayed icon that does not belong to the displayed group, any one of the plurality of groups is overlapped with a portion where the rectangular areas of the plurality of groups overlap. When the icon of the file to which the file belongs is located, the relationship between the icon located in the overlapping portion and the plurality of groups is clarified relative to the rectangular region corresponding to one of the plurality of groups or the icon located in the overlapping portion. An adjustment function was set to adjust. In the present embodiment, three patterns are prepared as adjustment functions performed by the area setting processing unit 13. Hereinafter, each pattern executed when the group P is selected as a group to be displayed in the state illustrated in FIG. 7A will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 7B, the first pattern is a file icon of a group P that is not displayed (hereinafter referred to as “unaffiliated icon”) 41. The non-belonging icon 41 is set to be handled differently from the belonging icon, for example, by displaying it in a form or attribute different from that of the icon (hereinafter referred to as “belonging icon”). FIG. 7B shows an example in which the unaffiliated icon 41 is given a display color different from that of the belonging icon, and the group number of the group Q to which the unaffiliated icon 41 belongs is displayed. Furthermore, the operation to the unaffiliated icon 41 may be disabled, such as not accepting a user operation for the unaffiliated icon 41 such as a selection operation.

  In the second pattern, as shown in FIG. 7B, the area setting processing unit 13 sets the position of the unaffiliated icon 41 to the rectangle corresponding to the group Q to which the unaffiliated icon 41 belongs from the overlapping part of the rectangular areas. It is automatically moved to a position in the area that does not overlap the rectangular area corresponding to another group. In FIG. 7B, the unaffiliated icon 41 before movement is illustrated by a broken line, and the unaffiliated icon 41 after movement is illustrated by a solid line. Of course, it is preferable to move to a position that does not overlap with other icons. When the user wants to change the position of the unaffiliated icon 41 confirmed by displaying the group Q, the user may change the position by performing a normal drag and drop operation.

  In the third pattern, the rectangular area is reset so that the overlapping portion of the rectangular areas disappears. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 7C, the region setting processing unit 13 adjusts the position so that the icons in the rectangular region approach in the groups P and Q. Specifically, each icon is moved by a predetermined ratio toward the center coordinates of the rectangular area. In this way, after moving the position of each icon so that the size of the rectangular area becomes smaller, the area setting processing unit 13 resets the area by newly forming the rectangular area. As illustrated in FIG. 7C, the size of the rectangular area newly formed by the resetting is reduced. As a result, the overlapping portion of the rectangular areas disappears. Although FIG. 7C shows an example in which the sizes of the two overlapping rectangular regions are reset, at least one of the sizes may be adjusted. In addition, when only the rectangular area including the unaffiliated icon is reset first, and the overlap of the rectangular areas is still not resolved, the rectangular area corresponding to the other group P is reset, etc. You may make it reset. In this example, an example in which two groups overlap each other is shown, but the same processing may be performed for three or more overlaps.

  Also, if there is a space that can be moved on the workspace, move the rectangular area, that is, move all the icons of the files included in the group together in one direction to separate the rectangular areas and overlap the rectangular areas. You may make it cancel.

  In this embodiment, the adjustment of the rectangular area described above may be performed when an icon is present in the overlapping area of the rectangular area. You may make it implement 3 patterns.

  The adjustment of the rectangular area is as described above. However, returning to FIG. 4, the rectangular area set in step 103 is overlapped and an icon exists in the overlapping portion (Y in step 106). The area setting processing unit 13 performs the above-described adjustment on the overlapping rectangular areas, and resets the rectangular areas (step 107). If there is no overlapping portion in the rectangular area (N in step 106), it is not necessary to perform such adjustment of the rectangular area.

  In the present embodiment, the fingertip is used as the operation part for the mobile terminal 10, but an instrument such as a touch pen may be used. Further, although an example has been described in which an icon is used as file specifying information for specifying a file, a reduced image such as a thumbnail image may be used.

  In this embodiment, the case where the area representing the group has a rectangular shape has been described as an example. However, if the area representing the group is a shape that can include a set of icons, such as a circle or an arbitrary shape. Good.

  Further, in the case of the mobile terminal 10 having a small screen size, since only one group of the workspace 20 can be displayed on the screen, the display of the workspace described in the present embodiment is effective. Even a general-purpose PC may not display the entire workspace 20 due to the relationship between the size of the display (display range) and the size of the workspace 20, so that files are managed using a workspace such as a PC. The display processing in this embodiment may be applied to the information processing apparatus.

  In the present embodiment, processing for a workspace provided in the server 30 and shared by a plurality of information processing apparatuses has been described as an example. However, the present invention can also be applied to a workspace that is used independently by a file management apparatus. Needless to say.

  1 CPU, 2 ROM, 3 RAM, 4 hard disk drive (HDD), 5 operation panel, 6 network interface (I / F), 7 internal bus, 10 mobile terminal, 11 workspace information acquisition unit, 12 group division unit, 13 Area setting processing unit, 14 display control unit, 15 selection area receiving unit, 16 workspace sharing processing unit, 17 control unit, 18 workspace information storage unit, 30 server, 32 network.

Claims (7)

When files are classified into multiple groups according to the location of the file identification information that identifies the file in the work space, an area containing the file identification information of all files belonging to each group is set for each group. Setting means;
Display control means for performing display control for selectively displaying any one of the set areas;
Have
When the file specifying information of a file belonging to any of the plurality of groups is located in a portion where the regions corresponding to the plurality of groups overlap, the setting unit, the region corresponding to any one of the plurality of groups, or A file management apparatus comprising: adjusting file identification information positioned in an overlapping portion so as to clarify a relationship between the file specifying information positioned in the overlapping portion and the plurality of groups.   2. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit sets the file specifying information located in the overlapping portion to be handled differently from the file specifying information of the file belonging to the displayed group. .   The setting means sets the position of the file specifying information located in the overlapping portion in the work space within the area corresponding to the group to which the file corresponding to the file specifying information belongs and does not overlap with the area corresponding to another group. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the file management apparatus is moved to a file.   The setting unit is configured to reset the area after moving the position of the file specifying information so that the size of the area corresponding to at least one of the plurality of groups with overlapping areas is reduced. The file management apparatus according to claim 1.   The said display control means displays the set area | region on a screen, and displays the file specific information of the file which belongs to the group corresponding to the area | region selected from the inside among them. File management device.   If the size of the set area exceeds a preset area upper limit size, the setting means divides a group corresponding to the area into a plurality of areas, and resets the area for each divided group. The file management apparatus according to claim 1. Computer
When files are classified into multiple groups according to the location of the file identification information that identifies the file in the work space, an area containing the file identification information of all files belonging to each group is set for each group. Setting means,
Display control means for performing display control for selectively displaying any one of the set areas;
Function as
When the file specifying information of a file belonging to any of the plurality of groups is located in a portion where the regions corresponding to the plurality of groups overlap, the setting unit, the region corresponding to any one of the plurality of groups, or A program for adjusting file identification information located in an overlapping portion so as to clarify a relationship between the file identification information located in an overlapping portion and the plurality of groups.

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