JP2656429B2 - Display system and display method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a for Presentation system that will be developed in firmware or software form including hardware or microprogram.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a system that requires input of data from a user, when a candidate for data to be input is predetermined, a choice of data to be input is displayed using a menu, A method is used in which a user selects and inputs data to be input from options displayed on a menu. The input method using such a menu does not require the user to memorize data as input candidates, and is effective in reducing the user's work load in data input.

As a conventional menu display system, as shown in FIG. 14, items and options to be input on a screen are enumerated, and a user selects and inputs options in the displayed order, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, data is selected and input from a hierarchical structure using a pop-up menu of a window system, and data is selected from a hierarchical structure using a pull-down menu as shown in FIG. What is input is known.
In FIG. 16, the range indicated by the arrow indicates the range (hierarchy) displayed on the display screen at each stage.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional menu display system has the following problems.

Namely, to enumerate items and options to be entered on the screen shown in FIG. 14, a menu display system of the method the user in the sequence to select the option input, data to be input grouping In the case of a hierarchical structure, it is difficult to intuitively grasp the hierarchy and group relationships.

In a menu display system using a pop-up menu shown in FIG. 15, a group (category) of option data can be grasped intuitively. However, since a plurality of pop-up menus are displayed simultaneously, the group (category) is displayed. It is difficult to intuitively understand the hierarchical relationship between the parentheses.

Further, in the menu display system using the pull-down menu shown in FIG. 16, since the data categories in the lower hierarchy are not displayed unless the hierarchy of the menu category is moved, the entire hierarchical structure of the data items to be input is displayed. In order to grasp it, all menu items must be tried, which is inefficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional situation, and makes it possible to easily understand data group relationships and hierarchical relationships between groups, thereby improving work efficiency and work load in data input work. since possible to alleviate are intended to provide a Viewing system that can <br/>.

[0009]

That is, the present invention provides a display system configured to select desired option data from option data, which are candidates for data to be input, divided into groups having a hierarchical structure. , A plurality of frames are overlapped according to the order of the upper or lower levels of the hierarchical structure.
Displayed as if joined together, and said group
Is displayed in association with the frame, and when the desired group is selected based on the displayed group name, the frame of the selected group is brought to the front.
And displaying the option data belonging to the group .

[0010]

[Action] In Viewing system of the present invention having the above structure, for example, a plurality of frames of the holder shape and the group name displayed in the tag shape portion provided on the frame, it represents a group of selection data, the holder The hierarchical structure between groups is represented by displaying the shape frames as if they were superimposed. Then, when a desired group is selected based on the group name, option data belonging to the selected group is displayed.

[0011] This makes it possible to easily understand the group relationships of the input data and the hierarchical relationships between the groups, thereby improving the work efficiency and reducing the work load in the data input work.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A menu display system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a menu display system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a display device, 2 is a mouse, 3 is an I / O, 4 is an X / Y coordinate detector, 5 is a click detector, 6 is a display coordinate storage unit, and 7 is a tag selection detector. , 8
Is an item selection detection unit, 9 is a holder image data storage unit, 10
Is an option item storage unit, 11 is a holder display control unit, 12 is an option display control unit, 13 is a holder display data generation unit, 1
4 is an option display data generation unit, and 15 is a display drive control unit.

The display device 1 is composed of a CRT or the like. On the screen of the display device 1, a frame-shaped holder H representing a group of option data, option data D, and a pointing cursor P are displayed. . In addition, each holder H
Is provided with a tag T on which a group name is displayed, and these holders H are displayed so as to overlap the tag T so that the portion of the tag T is visible so as to express the hierarchical structure of the option data.

When the pointing cursor P on the screen is moved using the mouse 2 and an arbitrary position in the tag T of the holder H is designated by clicking, the designated holder H is superimposed and displayed. The option data D of the holder H that is displayed at the foreground of the group, the holder H below the hierarchy of the holder H, and the holder H at the lowest layer are displayed, and further, the pointing cursor P is moved to the area of the option data D within the holder H. Then, when an area of the option data D to be input is designated by clicking, the designated option data D is treated as a user input.

As described above, the signal of the mouse 2 which is the input means for moving the pointing cursor P on the screen and instructing the input of the tag T and the option data D of the holder H is transmitted via the I / O 3. , X / Y coordinate detection unit 4 and click detection unit 5. Click input is detected by click detection unit 5, and pointing cursor P at this time is detected by X / Y coordinate detection unit 4.
(X / Y coordinates) are detected.

On the other hand, the display coordinates storage unit 6 stores the display device 1.
Stores the tag T of the holder H and the display coordinates of the option data D which are currently displayed.

The tag selection detecting section 7 detects the pointing cursor P detected by the X / Y coordinate detecting section 4.
Is determined on the basis of the data in the display coordinate storage unit 6 as to whether or not the position is located above the tag T of the currently displayed holder H, and whether or not the instruction is to change the display of the holder H. Similarly, the item selection detecting unit 8 similarly sets the X / Y
It is determined whether the position of the pointing cursor P detected by the coordinate detection unit 4 is over the option data D in the currently displayed holder H based on the data in the display coordinate storage unit 6, and the option data D is determined. It is determined whether the instruction is to change the display.

The holder image data storage unit 9 stores images of various sizes of holder shapes and display coordinates for displaying the frame of the holder shape, and display coordinates of option items to be displayed in the holder frame. And the option item storage unit 10
Stores the group hierarchy of the option data of the menu and the option data D.

The holder display control unit 11 receives the determination result of the tag selection detection unit 7 and receives the option item storage unit 10.
From the holder image data storage unit 9, the holder image and the display coordinates are read, and the holder image, the display coordinates, and the group name of the option data to be displayed on the tag T are displayed in the holder display data generation unit 1.
Send to 3. The holder display data generation unit 13 generates display data based on the information. Thereby, control is performed so that the holder H in which the tag T is selected is displayed at the front of the group of holders H displayed in a superimposed manner.

On the other hand, the option display control unit 12 receives the instruction from the holder display control unit 11 or the judgment result of the item selection detecting unit 8, and stores the option data D from the option item storage unit 10 into the holder image data storage unit 9. The display coordinates of the option items are read from the
Send those data to Choice display data generator 14
Generates display data of option data based on these data. Thereby, the option data D is displayed in the designated holder H and the specified option data D is displayed.
Is controlled to change the display method of.

The display drive controller 15 drives the display device 1 based on the display data generated by the holder display data generator 13 and the option display data generator 14 as described above, and executes a predetermined display. I do.

Next, the operation of the menu display system of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 2 for an example of inputting the type data of a software development document.

The holder image data storage section 9 stores, in the format shown in FIG. 3, several types of holder images and display coordinate positions corresponding to the superimposed display of the holders H, and tags corresponding to the respective holder images. And the display coordinate position of the option item are stored. In this example, the option item storage unit 10 stores option items that are candidates for the type data of the software development document in a format as shown in FIG. 4 according to the hierarchical structure.

First, the holder display control unit 11 reads the hierarchical structure of option data from the option item storage unit 10 as shown in FIG. 4 (step 201), and also stores the holder image data storage unit as shown in FIG. 9 to read the holder image and the display coordinates of the holder image (step 20).
2).

Then, the display data is generated by transmitting the data of the hierarchical structure of the group names of the option data to the holder display data generating section 13 so that the holders are displayed in a superimposed order in the hierarchy stored in the option item storing section 10. (Step 2
03) At the same time, the item name, the type of tag information and the display coordinates are stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6 (step 20).
4).

Further, the holder display control unit 11 sends the item name of the foreground holder on the display screen and the display coordinates of the option items to the option display control unit 12. The option display control unit 12 displays option data to be displayed as a list from the option item storage unit 10 based on the group name of the data sent from the holder display control unit 11 and the option data from the holder image data storage unit 9 based on the item name of the holder. The display coordinates are read out (step 205).

Then, the option display data generation unit 14 displays the option data in the foreground holder on the display screen.
The display data is generated by sending the option data and the display coordinates of the option item (step 206), and the display coordinates of the option item, the type, and the option item are stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6 in the format shown in FIG. (Step 20
7).

The display drive control unit 15 performs display on the display device 1 based on the display data generated by the holder display data generation unit 13 and the display data generated by the option display data generation unit 14.

Immediately after the menu display system is activated by the above-described series of operations, the display screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. At this time, on the display screen, holders H1 to H3 hierarchically at the top and holders H11 to H12 below the hierarchy of the holder H1 and holders H below the hierarchy of the holder H11 are displayed.
111 to 113 and tags T1 to T of these holders
3, T11 to T12 and T111 to T113 are displayed. In addition, the holder H11 located at the foreground on the screen.
1, the option data D1111 of the holder H111
D1114 is displayed, and further, an arrow-shaped pointing cursor P is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the mouse 2 is operated to move the pointing cursor P to the option data D1.
When the user moves over the display area 111 (in this case, “large”) and presses the click button 2A, the X / Y coordinate detection unit 4
The screen coordinates of the clicked pointing cursor P detected by the click detection unit 5 are input to the tag selection detection unit 7 (step 208).

Then, the clicked option data name and the option display change instruction are detected by the item selection detecting unit 8 based on the relationship between the name of the option item stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6 and the display coordinates (step 209). The selected option data name is sent to the option display control unit 12.

The option display control unit 12 reads the display coordinates of the specified option data from the holder image data storage unit 9 based on the option data name sent from the item selection detecting unit 8 (step 210), and selects the selected option. The option data and the display coordinates are sent to the option display data generator 14 to change the data display method (step 211).

The display drive control unit 15 displays the display data of the option display data generation unit 14 on the display device 1. FIG. 8 shows an example of image display at this time. In the example of FIG. 8, the display color of a part of the display portion of the selected option data D1111 "large" is changed.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the mouse 2 is operated to move the pointing cursor P onto the area of the tag T113 (in this case, "terminal") of the holder H113 and press the click button 2A, X / Y coordinate detector 4
The screen coordinates of the clicked pointing cursor P detected by the click detection unit 5 are input to the tag selection detection unit 7 (step 208).

Then, the clicked holder name and the holder display change instruction are detected by the tag selection detection unit 7 from the relationship between the group name and the screen coordinates stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6. Sent (Step 2
09).

The holder display control unit 11 reads the hierarchical structure of the option data from the option item storage unit 10 (step 212), and reads the image and display coordinates of the holder from the holder image data storage unit 9 (step 2).
13) The holder display data generation unit 13 displays the hierarchical structure of the group names of the option data so that the folder detected by the tag selection detection unit 7 is displayed at the highest position among the superimposed folders. Data is sent to generate display data, and the option display control unit 12 is sent the group name of the foreground holder on the display screen.

The option display control unit 12 stores the option data to be displayed in a list from the option item storage unit 10 based on the group name of the data (in this case, “terminal”) sent from the holder display control unit 11 in the holder image data storage. The display coordinates of the option data are read from the unit 9 (step 21).
4) The option data and the display coordinates are sent to the option display data generator 14 in order to display the option data in the foreground holder on the display screen, and the option display data generator 14 generates the option data based on the option data and the display coordinates. Then, display data is generated, and a display as shown in FIG. 10 is performed on the display device 1 by the display drive control unit 15 (step 216). FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 0, a “terminal” holder is displayed at the top, and option items such as “kanji terminal” and “English terminal” are displayed therein.

Further, the option display control unit 12 stores the option item, the type and the display coordinates of the option item in the display coordinate storage unit 6 in the format shown in FIG. 5 (step 216).

Further, when the mouse 2 is operated from the display state shown in FIG. 10 to move the pointing cursor P to the area of the tag T12 "software" of the holder H12 and the click button 2A is pressed, the same operation as described above is performed. Thus, a display as shown in FIG. 11 is obtained.

Similarly, when the mouse 2 is operated to move the pointing cursor P onto the area of the tag T3 "management data" of the holder H3 and the click button 2A is pressed,
A display as shown in FIG. 12 is obtained in the same manner as the operation described above.

As described above, according to the menu display system of this embodiment, the holder-shaped frame is displayed hierarchically as a frame representing a data group, and the holder-shaped frame is displayed in the holder-shaped frame. By displaying a plurality of option data, it is possible to intuitively understand the group relation of input option data and the hierarchical relation between groups.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the type data of the software development document is input has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a menu display system for inputting other data. As an example, FIG. 13 shows an example of a display screen of the design similarity search system.

[0044]

As described in the foregoing, according to the Viewing system of the present invention, the hierarchical relationships between group relationship and group data can be easily understood, improved and work efficiency in data input operation The burden can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a menu display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the operation of the menu display system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of information stored in a holder image data storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of information stored in an option item storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format of information stored in a display coordinate storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen immediately after starting the system.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting option data.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting option data.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen according to another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a conventional menu display system.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a conventional menu display system.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a conventional menu display system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display apparatus 2 Mouse 3 I / O 4 X / Y coordinate detection part 5 Click detection part 6 Display coordinate storage part 7 Tag selection detection part 8 Item selection detection part 9 Holder image data storage part 10 Option item storage part 11 Holder display control Unit 12 option display control unit 13 holder display data generation unit 14 option display data generation unit 15 display drive control unit

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display system configured to select desired option data from option data, which is a candidate for data to be input, divided into groups having a hierarchical structure. Multiple frames according to order
Are displayed as if they were superimposed, and the group
The group name of the group is displayed in association with the frame, and when the desired group is selected based on the displayed group name, the selected group is displayed .
A display system configured to display a frame on the front and to display the option data belonging to the group . 2. A display method configured to select desired option data from option data which are data candidates to be input divided into groups having a hierarchical structure. In addition to displaying a plurality of frames superimposed according to the lower order, the group name of the group is displayed along with the frame, and a desired group is selected based on the displayed group name. Then, the display method is configured to display the frame of the selected group in the foreground and to display the option data belonging to the group. 3. A plurality of first group frames of a first hierarchy are superimposed, and a group name of each first group is displayed while being attached to each frame, based on the displayed group name. When the desired first group is selected, a frame of the first group selected from the plurality of first group frames displayed in a superimposed manner is displayed on the front side, and this displayed first group is displayed. Displaying a group name of each second group while attaching a plurality of second group frames of the second hierarchy belonging to the selected first group within the selected frame, while attaching the group name of each second group to each of the frames. When a desired second group is selected based on the displayed group name, a frame of the second group selected from among the plurality of second group frames displayed in a superimposed manner is displayed. Display this on the front and this display Display system and displaying the selection data belonging to the selected second group was within the frame. Wherein while superimposing a plurality of first group of frame of the first hierarchy, and displayed while the group name of the first group is associated with said each frame, based on the group name displayed When the desired first group is selected, a frame of the first group selected from the plurality of first group frames displayed in a superimposed manner is displayed on the front side, and this displayed first group is displayed. Displaying a group name of each second group while attaching a plurality of second group frames of the second hierarchy belonging to the selected first group within the selected frame, while attaching the group name of each second group to each of the frames. When a desired second group is selected based on the displayed group name, a frame of the second group selected from among the plurality of second group frames displayed in a superimposed manner is displayed. Display this on the front and this display Display method and displaying selection data belonging to a second group selected in the frame.