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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing program.

  In an information processing apparatus such as a PC (Personal Computer), a window for displaying the contents of a file stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit. The size and position of the window displayed on the display unit can be changed, and the user generally adjusts the size and position of the window according to the preference of the user and performs work.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 9-218772

  If the user closes the window once, then when the user reopens the window, it is necessary to readjust the size and position of the window again. The task of re-adjusting the size and position of the window is bothersome for the user and lacks user convenience.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to improve work efficiency in the case of reopening a window after closing the window once.

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display unit, an operation receiving unit that receives a user operation on the display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit that executes processing according to the operation received by the operation receiving unit. And the processing unit stores (i) window information indicating the size and position of a window displayed on the display unit when the operation receiving unit receives a predetermined operation. , And an icon associated with the file displayed in the window is generated to display the icon on the display unit, and (ii) the operation receiving unit receives an activation operation for the icon, The window for reading the window information from the storage unit and displaying the file associated with the icon on the display unit Is an information processing apparatus to be displayed on the size and the position shown in distribution.

  Further, an information processing program according to one aspect of the present invention has functions of a computer as an operation receiving unit that receives a user operation on the display unit, and a processing unit that executes processing according to the operation received by the operation receiving unit. Furthermore, when the processing unit (i) receives an operation determined in advance by the operation reception unit, the storage unit stores window information indicating the size and position of the window displayed on the display unit. And an icon associated with the file displayed in the window is displayed on the display unit, and (ii) the storage unit receives the activation operation for the icon, the storage unit The window information is read out from the display unit, and the display unit displays a window for displaying a file associated with the An information processing program that causes a computer to function so as to display the size and the position shown in Indou information.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the work efficiency when the window is reopened after the window is closed once.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the main internal configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. (A), (B) is the figure which showed an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part. It is a figure showing an example of data composition of a window information storage part. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation performed with the control unit of the information processing apparatus. It is a figure showing an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation performed with the control unit of the information processing apparatus. It is a figure showing an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation performed with the control unit of the information processing apparatus. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation performed with the control unit of the information processing apparatus. (A), (B) is the figure which showed an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part. It is a figure showing an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part. (A)-(C) are explanatory drawings for demonstrating the adjustment method of the magnitude | size and position of a window. It is a figure showing an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part. It is a figure showing an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus and an information processing program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First Embodiment
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a main internal configuration of an information processing apparatus in which an information processing program according to a first embodiment of the present invention is installed. The information processing apparatus 1 is, for example, an electronic device such as a personal computer, and includes a display unit 10, an operation unit 20, a communication unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a control unit 100. Each of these configurations can transmit and receive data or signals with each other via a central processing unit (CPU) bus.

  The display unit 10 is configured of a liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), or the like. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, in the display unit 10, an operation screen D1 on which a plurality of icons A1 to A4 are arranged, a plurality of icons A1 to A4 and a plurality of windows W1 to W3 are arranged. The operation screen D2 is displayed. The icons A1 and A2 are vertically arranged from the top at the left end, and the icons A3 and A4 are horizontally arranged from the left on the lower task bar B1.

  Each of the icons A1 to A4 is associated with various predetermined functions of the information processing apparatus 1, and an image showing the associated function is drawn. For example, the icon A1 is associated with the mail function. The icon A4 is associated with a batch execution function that creates an icon for batch execution of two or more files displayed in a window on the display unit 10.

  Further, the display unit 10 displays a response from the control unit 100, a data result, etc., and is provided with a touch panel function, and the user can operate the information processing apparatus 1 by touching an image etc. displayed on the screen. it can.

  The operation unit 20 is a mouse, a keyboard, or the like, and receives various instructions from the user regarding various operations and processes that can be executed by the information processing apparatus 1.

  The communication unit 30 is a communication interface provided with a communication module such as a LAN (Local Area Network) chip (not shown). The information processing apparatus 1 is connected to another information processing apparatus such as a PC via a network, and transmits / receives data to / from a PC or the like connected by the communication unit 30.

  The storage unit 40 is a large capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD).

  The control unit 100 includes a CPU, a random access memory (RAM), and a read only memory (ROM). The control unit 100 functions as the control unit 101, the operation receiving unit 102, and the window information storage unit 103 when the CPU executes the information processing program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 40. Note that each of the above-described configurations of the control unit 100 may be configured by hardware circuits regardless of the operation based on the above-described information processing program.

  The window information storage unit 103 causes the storage unit 40 to store window information indicating the size and position of each window. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration stored in the storage unit 40 by the window information storage unit 103, and showing the size and position of the window in association with each file, Coordinate positions are stored.

  The control unit 101 is responsible for overall operation control of the information processing apparatus 1. The control unit 101 is connected to the display unit 10, the operation unit 20, the communication unit 30, the storage unit 40, and the like, and performs operation control of each of the connected configurations, or a signal or data between each of the configurations. Send and receive

  In particular, the control unit 101 plays a role as a processing unit that executes a process according to an operation received by the operation receiving unit 102 described later. For example, the user inputs an operation to select icon A1 shown in FIG. 2 using the touch panel function provided in display unit 10 or operation unit 20, and operation accepting unit 102 receives a selection operation such as a touch operation on icon A1. In this case, the control unit 101 executes the mail function associated with the icon A1. Specifically, the control unit 101 executes a mail program stored in the storage unit 40 or the like.

  In addition, the control unit 101 can display the contents indicated by the file stored in the storage unit 40 or the like as a window on the display unit 10, for example, using a document creation program such as Word of Microsoft Corporation. When the created document file is executed, the content indicated by the document file is displayed on the display unit 10 as a window.

  The operation reception unit 102 specifies a user operation input by the user based on a detection signal output from the display unit 10 or the operation unit 20 provided with the touch panel function. Then, the operation receiving unit 102 receives the specified user operation, and outputs a control signal corresponding to the user operation to the control unit 101 or the like.

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation when the information processing program is executed by the control unit 10 of the information processing apparatus 1. The processing operation is executed when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation (predetermined operation) on the icon A4 displayed on the display unit 10. Here, in order to facilitate the description, as shown in FIG. 2B, a case where windows W1 to W3 are displayed will be described as an example.

  When operation reception unit 102 receives a start operation for icon A4, control unit 101 displays window information indicating the size and position of windows W1 to W3 displayed on display unit 10 (specifically, each window W1 to W3). The coordinates of the upper left corner and the lower right corner) are acquired (S1), and the acquired window information is stored in the storage unit 40 in association with each file displayed in the windows W1 to W3 (S2).

  Thereafter, the control unit 101 creates an icon for collectively executing each of these files (S3), terminates the display of the windows W1 to W3 (S4), and causes the display unit 10 to display the created icon (S4). S5). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen displayed on the display unit 10. As shown in FIG. The icon A5 disposed on the operation screen D3 is for executing each of the files described above in a batch, and the icon A5 displays a letter "batch" indicating that the files are to be batched and "3" indicating the number of files. ing.

  Next, the processing operation when the activation operation is performed on the icon A5 (FIG. 5) displayed on the display unit 10 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the operation receiving unit 102 receives a start operation on the icon A5, the control unit 101 reads out window information of each window corresponding to each file to be collectively executed by the icon A5 from the window information storage unit 103 (S11).

Thereafter, after the display of the icon A5 is ended (S12), the control unit 101 executes the respective files (S13), and displays each file in the window of the size and position based on the read window information. Is displayed (S14). Specifically, when a certain file is a document file created using a document creation program, the control unit 101 executes the document creation program to open the document file in a window, and then based on the window information Adjust the size and position of the window.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen displayed on the display unit 10. As shown in FIG. The windows W4 to W6 arranged on the operation screen D4 are displayed when the activation operation is performed on the icon A5, and the windows W4 to W6 are windows W1 to W3 illustrated in FIG. 2B, respectively. Are arranged in the same size and position.

<Supplementary Note 1>
In the above, the case has been described in which there are a plurality of windows displayed on the display unit 10 when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation on the icon A4. On the other hand, it is assumed that there is one window displayed on the display unit 10 when the operation reception unit 102 receives a start operation for the icon A4.

  In this case, the control unit 101 causes the storage unit 40 to store window information indicating the size and position of one window displayed on the display unit 10. Then, the control unit 101 generates an icon for executing this file and causes the display unit 10 to display the icon.

  Thereafter, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives a start operation on the above-described icon, the control unit 101 reads window information from the storage unit 40. Then, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 10 to display a window for displaying the file associated with the above icon in the size and position indicated in the window information.

<Supplementary Note 2>
In the following, it is assumed that when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation for the icon A5 , the content of the file is changed from the time when the icon A4 is generated.

The control unit 101 determines whether or not the content of the file has been changed since the time of generation of the icon A5 , and when the content of the file has been changed, displays the content before the change on the display unit 10. Display a selection screen for accepting selection of whether to display the content after change or the content after change.

  Then, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives a selection instruction to display the content before change on the selection screen, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 10 to display a window for displaying a file of the content before change as window information Display in the size and position indicated in. On the other hand, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives a selection instruction to display the changed content on the selection screen, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 10 to use a window for displaying a file of the changed content as window information. Display in the indicated size and position.

Allowing the user to select whether to display the contents of the file at the time of generating the icon A5 or to display the contents of the file at the current time by performing the processing as described above by the control unit 101 The contents of the file desired by the user can be displayed on the display unit 10.

<Supplementary Note 3>
The control unit 101 may store the position in the file displayed in the window in the storage unit 40 as the window information in addition to the size and the position of the window. Then, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation on the icon, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 10 to display a window that displays the file associated with the icon from the position in the file indicated by the window information.

For example, when the icon A5 is generated when lines 10 to 50 of the text file are displayed in the window, the storage unit 40 displays 10 lines as a position in the file displayed in the window. Information indicating the 50th line from the eye is stored. Thereafter, when the activation operation is performed on the icon A5 , the control unit 101 does not display the window from the first line of the text file, but displays the range from the tenth line to the 50th line of the text file.

  By performing the process as described above, it is possible to further improve the work efficiency in the case of reopening the window after closing the window once.

Second Embodiment
Next, an information processing apparatus in which an information processing program according to the second embodiment is installed will be described. In the first embodiment, the case where an icon A5 (FIG. 5) for executing two or more files at a time is created and displayed, and the information processing apparatus 1 that created the icon A5 starts the icon A5 However, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the information processing apparatus other than the information processing apparatus 1 that has created the icon A5 can perform the start operation.

  First, the processing operation for transmitting the icon A5 displayed on the display unit 10 to another information processing apparatus will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the operation reception unit 102 receives a request to transmit the icon A5 to another information processing apparatus (for example, when an attachment work of the icon A5 to a mail is performed), the control unit 101 causes each file to be executed collectively by the icon A5. File information from the storage unit 40 (S21), window information corresponding to each file from the window information storage unit 103 (S22), and the control unit 101 adds the read file information and the window information to the icon A5. To do (S23).

  As a result, by attaching the icon A5 to another information processing apparatus by e-mail and transmitting it, the other information processing apparatus that is the transmission destination also receives the activation operation for the icon A5 as with the information processing apparatus that is the transmission source. It is possible to execute the above files collectively.

  Next, the processing operation when the activation operation is performed on the icon A5 displayed on the display unit 10 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the operation reception unit 102 receives a start operation for the icon A5, the control unit 101 reads out window information of each window corresponding to each file to be executed collectively by the icon A5 from the window information storage unit 103 (S31). Whether or not each window fits in the display unit 10 is determined based on the read window information (S32). This determination is performed when the creation source of the icon A5 is another information processing apparatus, the display unit 10 is smaller than the creation source or the aspect ratio is different, and the windows do not fit in the display unit 10. It is because there is a possibility.

  If it is determined that each window fits in the display unit 10 (YES in S32), the control unit 101 terminates the display of the icon A5 (S33), executes each file (S34), and reads the window information read out. Each file is displayed on the display unit 10 in the window of the size and position based on the display (S35).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen displayed on the display unit 10, and FIG. 10 (A) shows a case where the display source 10 and the creation source of the icon A5 have the same size. B) shows the case where the display unit 10 is larger than the creation origin of the icon A5. The windows W7 to W9 arranged on the operation screens D5 and D6 are displayed when the activation operation for the icon A5 is performed, and the windows W7 to W9 are respectively the window W1 shown in FIG. W3 and W3 are arranged at the same size and position with reference to the upper left corner. The windows W7 to W9 are windows generated by activating different files.

  Although the case where the windows W7 to W9 are arranged in the same size and position as the windows W1 to W3 is described here, in another embodiment, the control unit 101 has a margin in the display area of the display unit 10 If it is determined that the window W7 to W9 is determined, the windows W7 to W9 may be enlarged (similarly enlarged) to arrange the windows W7 to W9 on the entire display unit 10 as in the operation screen D7 shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if the control unit 101 determines that there is a window that does not fit in the display unit 10 (NO in S32), the control unit 101 determines the size and size of each window so that each window fits in the display unit 10 without overlapping. Adjust the position (S36). For example, when there are two files to be batch-executed, as shown in FIG. 12A, areas E1 and E2 equally divided into two on the left and right except the task bar B1 are set in each window and batch execution If there are three files to be executed, as shown in FIG. 12B, the three divided areas E3 to E5 are set in each window, and if there are four files to be collectively executed, FIG. As shown in (C), areas E6 to E9 equally divided into four are set in each window.

  The window allocation may be set in consideration of the size and position of the window before adjustment. For example, when the layout of each window before adjustment is the layout as shown in FIG. 2B, the window W1 is assigned to the area E3, the window W2 is assigned to the area E4, and the window W3 is assigned to the area E5.

  Next, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the size of each window after adjustment is within a preset reduction limit range (for example, 80% or more of the original size) (S37) ), If it is determined that the size is within the reduction limit (YES in S37), the control unit 101 terminates the display of the icon A5 (S38), executes each file (S39), and adjusts the size Each file is displayed on the display unit 10 in the window of and the position (S40). On the other hand, if it is determined that the size is not within the reduction limit (NO in S37), the control unit 101 does not execute each file.

  According to the second embodiment, two or more files can be collectively executed, and each file can be displayed on the display unit 10 with a window having a size and position based on pre-registered window information. That is, the window display can be reproduced with the layout registered in advance.

  In addition, when there is a window that does not fit in the display unit 10 due to the size of the display unit 10 or the difference in aspect ratio, the size and position of the window can be adjusted to fit in the display unit 10. Even if it can not be reproduced, two or more files can be executed at once and displayed properly in a window.

  In addition, within the range of the reduction limit of the window, it may be set for each file type (type of program for creating the file). For example, for a document file created using a word processing program, there are a lot of characters, and it becomes very difficult to see if it is greatly reduced, so set the reduction limit range to a larger 80% and use a presentation program etc. As for the created file, the reduction limit range is set to 60% because the reduction is not significant even if the file is greatly reduced.

  Further, in still another embodiment, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation for the icon A4 shown in FIG. 2B, the control unit 101 causes the windows W1 to W3 to be ordered as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 10 so that the user can set the reduction limit for each window, and the control unit 101 is input when the operation reception unit 102 receives an input from the user. The reduction limit information may be stored as attribute information of window information, and when adjusting the size and position of the window, the attribute information stored in the control unit 101 may be used.

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, in the first embodiment described above, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation (predetermined operation) on the icon A4 displayed on the display unit 10, the control unit 101, together with the window information, Furthermore, background information indicating the image of the wallpaper displayed on the display unit 10 and the attributes (including the file name and the image of the icon associated with the icon) and the position of the other icons displayed on the display unit 10 It may be stored in the storage unit 40.

  Then, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation on the icon A5, the control unit 101 reads window information and background information from the storage unit 40. The control unit 101 causes the display unit 10 to display a window for displaying the file associated with the icon, and further causes the display unit 10 to display the wallpaper indicated by the background information and the icon indicated by the background information. According to the above-described process, not only the window display can be reproduced, but also the wallpaper image and other icons displayed on the display unit 10 can be reproduced.

  Further, not only when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an activation operation for the icon A4 displayed on the display unit 10, but also when the operation receiving unit 102 receives an operation for shutting down the information processing apparatus 1, the control unit 101 However, window information indicating the size and position of the window displayed on the display unit 10 may be stored in the storage unit 40.

  That is, the control unit 101 causes the storage unit 40 to store window information indicating the size and position of the window displayed on the display unit 10 immediately before the information processing apparatus 1 shuts down, before the information processing apparatus 1 shuts down. Generate an icon associated with the file displayed in the window. When the information processing apparatus 1 is activated after the shutdown, the display unit 10 displays an icon generated by the control unit 101 immediately before the shutdown. When the operation reception unit 102 receives a start operation on the icon, the control unit 101 reads out window information from the storage unit 40, and displays a window for displaying a file associated with the icon on the display unit 10 as window information. Display in the indicated size and position. By performing the above-described processing, when the information processing apparatus 1 is shut down by restarting the information processing apparatus 1, the window displayed before the information processing apparatus 1 is shut down can be reproduced by a simple operation.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, the control unit 101 performs uniform scale conversion (similar reduction) of a window centered on a predetermined one point (for example, the upper left corner) in the screen of the display unit 10. , The size and position of the window may be adjusted. By performing the above processing, even when the window size and position are adjusted, the ratio of the window size is maintained before adjustment and after adjustment, which can reduce the discomfort given to the user. .

  In the second embodiment described above, the control unit 101 performs processing of adjusting the size and position of each window within a range in which the window adjacent to the window does not change with respect to each window before and after adjustment. It may be

  The above process will be specifically described using an example shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 14, five windows W11 to W15 are displayed in the operation screen D5. The control unit 101 stores the adjacent relationship of these windows displayed in the operation screen D5 in the storage unit 40. For example, the window adjacent to the window W11 is the window W12, and the windows adjacent to the window W12 are the windows W11, W13, and W14.

  The control unit 101 performs processing of adjusting the size and position of each window within a range in which the adjacent relation (adjacent windows) does not change after adjustment and after adjustment. That is, the control unit 101 adjusts the position and size of each window so that windows other than the window W12 do not adjoin the window W11. Further, the control unit 101 adjusts the position and size of the windows such that the windows adjacent to the window W12 become the windows W11, W13, and W14. By performing the above-described process, even when the size and position of the windows are adjusted, the adjacency relationship between the windows is maintained before and after the adjustment, so that the sense of discomfort given to the user can be suppressed.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the PC is used as an embodiment of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, but this is merely an example, and another electronic device such as a tablet terminal may be used.

Further , the configurations and processes described by the above-described embodiment using FIGS . 1 to 14 are merely an embodiment of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention to the configurations and processes.

1 information processing apparatus 10 display unit 20 operation unit 30 communication unit 40 storage unit 100 control unit 101 control unit 102 operation reception unit 103 window information storage unit