JP2535566B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus capable of explaining an operation method and the like by the apparatus itself.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in this type of device, operation guidance is performed by a so-called menu system. However, since there is a limit to the operation guide that can be represented by the menu information, the operator eventually had to grasp the operation concretely by selecting and executing a trial menu.

On the other hand, in so-called video games, demo data for demonstration is stored in a part of the game program. In the demostration mode, a pseudo signal of a signal that should originally be generated by the operation section is generated by this demo data to automatically advance a part of the game. However, although the progress of the game can be grasped by this, it is impossible to grasp how the game progresses by operating the operation unit.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of efficiently grasping the relationship between an operation input and an information processing result. To provide.

[Means for Solving Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the information processing apparatus of the present invention performs corresponding information processing by the information processing means based on the operation information input from the operation input means, and the processing result thereof. An information processing apparatus for displaying on a display means, storage means for storing predetermined operation information or operation information input from the operation input means, operation information input from the operation input means, and read from the storage means Information switching means for switching the input operation information to the information processing means and operation information display control means for displaying corresponding character or graphic information based on the operation information read from the storage means at the corresponding position of the display means. The outline is to provide.

Further, it is preferable that the operation input means is a transparent coordinate information input means overlaid on a part or all of the display surface of the display means.

[Operation] In such a configuration, this device is usually an information processing device that performs corresponding information processing by the information processing means based on the operation information input from the operation input means and displays the processing result on the display means. The means stores predetermined operation information or operation information input from the operation input means. For example, during operation guidance, the information switching means switches to operation information input from the operation input means and reads it from the storage means. While inputting the operation information into the information processing means, the operation information display control means displays the corresponding character or graphic information on the corresponding position of the display means based on the operation information read from the storage means.

Further preferably, the operation input means is a transparent coordinate information input means which is overlaid on a part or all of the display surface of the display means.

[Description of Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 4 is operation input means for inputting coordinate information such as a tablet, and 230 is operation information or operation input means 4 defined in advance according to a predetermined sequence.
Operation data storage means for storing operation information input from
Reference numeral 212 denotes an information switching unit that switches and outputs the operation information input from the operation input unit 4 and the operation information read from the operation data storage unit 230, and 216 performs corresponding information processing based on the operation information output from the information switching unit 212. Information processing means, 21
4 is an operation font display control means for generating character or graphic information to be displayed at a corresponding position based on the operation information read from the operation data storage means 230, and 3 is an information processing means 216
Information of processing result from and operation control unit for displaying font 21
It is a display means for displaying character or graphic information from 4.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus of the first embodiment. The components having the same functions as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a microprocessor for performing various controls and information processing of the apparatus of the first embodiment.
Reference numeral 200 is a memory including a RAM, a ROM, etc. The memory 200 is a control program 210 executed by the microprocessor 1 according to the first embodiment as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and character and graphic information corresponding to operation information. A font 220 for generating and displaying, operation data 230 consisting of a series of operation information defined in advance or input by operation, a pointer 240 for accessing the operation data 230, and the device is in an operation guidance mode. The switch flag 250 and the like which holds whether or not is stored. Further, 3 is a display device composed of a CRT, liquid crystal or the like, 4 is a coordinate input device having a transparent coordinate switch provided so as to be superposed on the display surface of the display device 3, and P is arbitrary coordinate information on the coordinate input device. A writing tool for inputting operation (contact), BUS, is a common bus line for connecting between the microprocessor 1 and each of the other components described above.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the control procedure of the first embodiment. In step S211, the content of the pointer 240 is initialized to the address where the first operation data is stored, and the content of the switch flag 250 is initialized to the normal operation input mode "0". The contents of the switch flag 250 can be changed to "1" or "0" thereafter by a process not shown.
In step S212, it is determined whether or not the content of the switch flag 250 is "0". Since it is "0" at the beginning, it is a normal operation input mode, and the flow advances to step S215 to read the operation data (coordinate data corresponding to the operation request) from the coordinate input device 4. In step S216, it is possible to proceed in conjunction with general word processing, menu selection, tabulation processing, graphing processing, various other calculation processing, etc., and coordinate data that has been appropriately input (for example, a menu position instruction). The corresponding information processing (menu selection, etc.) is executed based on the action, etc.). If the next coordinate data is needed during the process, the process returns to step S212.

If the content of the switch flag 250 is "1" in the determination of step S212, it is the operation guidance mode, and the process proceeds to step S213, at which point one or more operation data (coordinate data) pointed to by the pointer 240 is read, Pointer 240
The contents of is updated to the address position of the next coordinate data. In step S214, based on the read operation data (coordinate data), the corresponding font data is referred to by referring to font 220 in order to convert the coordinate data into characters and graphic information of the meaning content requested by the operation guidance program linked to this. The data is read out and the font data is displayed at the display position of the display device 3 (the position indicated by the coordinate data). In step S216, it is possible to proceed in tandem with general word processing, menu selection, tabulation processing, graphing processing, various other calculation processing, etc., and respond based on appropriately read coordinate data. Perform information processing. If the next coordinate data is needed during the processing, the process returns to steps S212 and S213 to read the next coordinate data. After performing a series of operation guides in this way, the contents of the switch flag 250 are automatically switched from "1" to "0" as one of the processes of step S216, and the operation input mode is entered.

4 (A) and 4 (B) are diagrams showing one operation mode of the embodiment. FIG. 4A shows the case of the operation input mode, in which the operator uses the writing instrument P for inputting the coordinates.
Specifically, the operator is going to give an instruction from the coordinate input device 3 using the writing instrument P in order to switch the contents of the switch flag 250. FIG. 4 (B) shows the case of the operation guidance mode, in which the operator is merely looking at the screen, but instead of this, what happens next when the coordinates are input using the writing instrument P at this point. In order to teach the teacher, a writing tool F that moves automatically on the screen appears on the screen. When a menu with the writing tool F is selected, the corresponding processing screen appears on the background of the menu or alone.

The above operation guidance mode is also used in the following sense. For example, when a process consisting of a series of jobs progresses without any operation input, the progress of the screen may be stopped until the processing result is obtained as in the past, but if the screen is changed for each job, it can be changed. If it goes, it is easy to grasp the progress of the processing, and the automatic predetermined movement given to the writing instrument F at that time informs the operator in detail of the progress of the processing procedure or teaches how to proceed the progress procedure.

Second Embodiment In the first embodiment, the operation mode is changed by rewriting the switch flag 250 in the memory 200, but in the second embodiment, the operation mode is changed by the mechanical switch mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus of the second embodiment. The same components as those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The difference from the first embodiment is that the memory 200 does not have the switch flag 250, and instead the bus line BUS is connected to the mechanical switch mechanism MSW, and the microprocessor 1 directly reads the operating state of the switch MSW.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the control procedure of the second embodiment. The same processing steps as those in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In step S312 of FIG. 6, the state of the switch mechanism MSW is read to determine whether it is the operation input mode or the operation guide mode. By doing so, the operator can freely select the state regardless of the convenience of the information processing means.
Operability is improved when the status needs to be changed frequently.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the operation data stored in advance in the device is used as the operation input information of the information processing device, the specific font is moved and displayed at the display position based on the operation data. By doing so, it is possible to simultaneously see and remember the function and operation method of the device such as what operation can be performed and the operation method on the display surface of the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a functional block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a control procedure of the first embodiment. 4 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing one operation mode of the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus of the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a control procedure of the second embodiment. Is a flow chart. In the figure, 3 ... Display device, P ... Writing implement, F ... Displayed writing implement, 230 ... Operation data storage means, 214 ... Operation font display control means.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for performing corresponding information processing by the information processing means based on the operation information inputted from the operation input means and displaying the processing result on the display means, wherein the predetermined operation information or the operation input means is provided. Storage means for storing operation information input from the storage means, information switching means for switching the operation information input from the operation input means and the operation information read from the storage means and inputting to the information processing means, and reading from the storage means An information processing apparatus comprising: operation information display control means for displaying corresponding character or graphic information based on the operation information at a corresponding position of the display means. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation input means is transparent coordinate information input means which is overlapped on a part or all of the display surface of the display means.