JP2744473B2 - Icon display control method of information processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Summary] In an information processing system having a document processing function, an icon display control method for creating and displaying a more distinguishable icon for a document to be handled. It consists of a standard picture representing a document and a title of a few characters attached to the lower part of the picture. A plurality of documents are identified only by the title. In order to solve the problem described above, when creating an icon for a processed document, a means for creating an icon for displaying the characteristics of the document, and, if necessary, for the icon for displaying the characteristics of the document, In order to further enhance the discriminability of the icon, means for adding at least one or more of color information and sound information is provided.

The present invention relates to an information processing system having a document processing function,
For example, at a workstation or the like, when a document to be handled (also referred to as a “document” in the present specification) is converted into pictographs, that is, displayed as an icon, an icon with higher discrimination is displayed to a user (user). It relates to an icon display control method for creating and displaying.

[Prior art] Conventionally, information processing systems such as workstations use an icon (ICO
N) to effectively utilize the limited display area.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a document and an icon. FIG. 11 (a) is for explaining the iconization of the document, and FIG. 11 (b) is an icon with a title representing the document. The enlarged view of FIG.

That is, the document 51 displayed on the display screen 50 is converted into pictographs in a form showing the characteristics of the document 51, and is displayed as the icon 52. A title 53 (“report” in this example) is provided below the icon 52.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example in which a plurality of icons are identified by titles.
Are the same, and the titles 70 to 73 are added at the bottom to distinguish the contents of the document.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Although the technique of iconization is devised by each device, conventionally, the content of a document that has been converted into a plurality of icons is distinguished by a title assigned by a user (user). Was only. Further, when a plurality of workstations are connected via a network, those documents may be shared on the network, and icons of the same title may be duplicated by others.

Therefore, there is no way for the user to distinguish between them, after all, by changing the icon to the display format of the original document and directly viewing the contents.

As described above, in the conventional icon display, since an attempt was made to identify the content by a title composed of several characters, when the user forgot the relationship between the title and the content, when the title name was duplicated, etc. Often, it was necessary to judge the contents by directly looking at the contents of the document, which was inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an icon display control method that further enhances the discernment of the contents of a document in a document icon.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the above-mentioned object is achieved by the means described in the claims.

That is, the invention according to claim 1 is an information processing system having a document processing function. For a document processed in the information processing system, the document is iconified and displayed on a display screen. In the icon control method of the information processing system having the function of displaying above, when an icon is created for a document to be processed,
Means for designating an arbitrary range in the document displayed on the display screen; and, when the designating means designates an arbitrary range in the document, the designated range is reduced to create an icon. Means for creating an icon by reducing the entire document on the display screen when an arbitrary range in the document is not designated, and creating and displaying an icon representing the characteristics of the processed document. Is an icon display control method.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a first means for adding color information for identifying an icon to an icon created to display a feature in a processed document, and identifying the icon 2. An icon display control method for an information processing system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the second means for providing sound information for providing the information, and at least one of the first and second means is provided.

[Operation] According to the icon display control method of the present invention, when displaying a document as an icon, (a) the invention according to claim 1, a portion indicating an essential feature of information of the document in the document ( Hereinafter, the range is simply designated as “essence part”), the essence part is reduced, and an icon is created and displayed. If no range is specified, the entire document is displayed in reduced size to create an icon.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, color information, sound information, or both of them are added to the icon displayed as the feature in (a), if necessary. By doing so, the discrimination of the content of the document by the user's icon is enhanced (in this specification, the essence of the information of the document is displayed, or the icon displayed by being characterized by color or sound information is also referred to as “miniature”. Say).

 Hereinafter, a more specific example will be described.

(1) The display contents of the miniature for displaying the essence part of the document information of the above (a) include:
For example, the following two methods (a) and (b) are used.

(A) Reduced display of entire document As shown in FIG. 1A, which shows an example of the creation of the miniature in FIG. 1, the entire image of the document 2 on the display screen 1 is reduced to a miniature display size. , Icon 3.

(B) Display of a characteristic part in the document As shown in FIG. 1B, a characteristic part 4 in the document 2 is reduced to a miniature display size and displayed as an icon 5.

(2) The miniature described in (b) above has color information,
For example, the following three methods (a), (b), and (c) are used as a method of adding and displaying sound information and the like.

(A) Change of hue The hue (color tone) of the entire miniature is changed, for example, to “reddish” or “dark”.

 (B) Adding a color frame A miniature is displayed with a color frame around it.

(C) Addition of sound information Music and voice comments are added to the miniature, and a mark indicating the addition is superimposed on the miniature or displayed nearby.

By using the method as described above, the object of the present invention of displaying icons having high discrimination to the user is achieved.

Embodiment As an embodiment of the present invention, an example in which a workstation is used to realize the icon control method of the present invention will be described.

The system configuration of the workstation is basically the same as that of an office computer including a central processing unit, a main storage device, a CRT display, a keyboard, a printer, a hard disk, and the like. In the case of a workstation, an office worker ( office worker), as a secretary, and “multi-window”,
The design adopts "mouse" and emphasizes the man-machine interface function. Since the workstation itself is well known, a general description thereof will be omitted, and only the part directly related to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functions mainly provided by software for implementing the present invention, and the functions are provided as software or hardware in a workstation in implementing the present invention. .

In the figure, 10 is a display interface unit,
11 is a mouse interface unit, 12 is a hard disk interface unit, 13 is a sound control unit, 14 is a document and miniature display unit, 15 is a miniature creation unit, 16 is a size designation unit, 17 is a reduction unit, and 18 is a color change unit. ing.

 Hereinafter, the contents of each function will be described.

(1) Display interface section This section controls the screen display on the CRT display.

(2) Mouse interface section This section detects movement of the cursor and clicks on buttons with the mouse.

(3) Hard disk interface This section reads and writes data to the hard disk.

(4) Sound control unit An electric sound signal input from a microphone or the like is, for example,
A part that has an A / D conversion function that samples at a sampling frequency of 8 kHz and a quantization bit number of 8 bits, a D / A conversion function that outputs it to a speaker or the like, and a storage / readout function for digitized sound signals.

(5) Document and miniature display section This section displays documents and miniatures.

(6) Miniature creation section This section provides the user with a working environment for creating miniatures.

(7) Size designating part The user is allowed to designate a location for miniature display using a mouse.

(8) Reduction part The part that reduces the document or a part of the image data to the size of the mitiature (usually fixed size).

(9) Color change unit A unit that performs color change processing of image data.

The icon control method of the present invention can be realized by using the functional parts described in (1) to (9) above.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a display screen when a miniature is created. 1 is a display screen, 2 is a document, 20 is a "partial display" button, and 21 is "color change".
Button, 22 is a "color frame" button, 23 is "sound"
The button 24 indicates an "OK" button.

That is, at the time of miniature creation, necessary ones are selected from the parts indicating the buttons on the left side of the display screen 1 (the parts indicated by the numbers 20 to 24) and used in principle from the top.

The "OK" button 24 is used when all the settings for miniature creation have been completed.

Hereinafter, the specific operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described separately for each case.

(1) An example of the creation of an icon representing the characteristics of a document according to the first aspect of the present invention is shown in (a) and (b) below.

(A) Reduction display processing of the entire document "Partial display" on the display screen 1 in FIG. 3 (a)
If the "OK" button 24 is pressed without specifying the button 20, the entire document 2 is reduced to the miniature size. (If the partial display is specified, the specified area in the document is reduced to the miniature size.) Is done). FIG. 4 shows a flow of the reduced display processing of the entire document.

Data to be displayed on the document is stored on the hard disk, and when "OK" is input, a data file for miniature display is created.

(B) Processing for Displaying Characteristic Part in Document FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining processing for displaying a characteristic part in the document, and FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a method for specifying a characteristic part. FIG. 13B is a diagram showing a flow of a display process of a characteristic portion.

That is, when the "partial display" button 20 on the display screen 1 shown in FIG.
To display the area (inside the dotted line) surrounded by a rectangle with points A and B at the upper left and lower right points, respectively, as a miniature, click the mouse button at point A and press the mouse button. Move the mouse to point B and release the mouse button to specify the range.

FIG. 5B shows a detailed operation flow of the display processing of the special portion.

(2) Next, an example in which color or sound information is added to an icon according to the second aspect of the present invention will be described in the following (a).
(B) and (c) are shown.

(A) Hue change processing FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a miniature hue change processing. FIG. 6 (a) is a diagram for explaining a hue change method, and FIG. 6 (b) is a hue change. It is a figure showing the processing flow at the time of change.

That is, when the "change color" button 21 on the display screen 1 shown in FIG. 6 (a) is pressed, pull-down menus 21a to 21d indicating each color are displayed, and for example, a "blue" button in the pull-down menu is pressed. Pressing determines the tint of the miniature.

FIG. 6B shows a detailed operation flow of the color change processing.

(B) Color Bordering Process FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a color bordering process for a miniature, and FIG. 7A is a diagram for explaining a color bordering method, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow at the time of adding a color frame.

That is, when the “color frame” button 22 on the display screen 1 shown in FIG.
22a to 22d are displayed, and the color of the miniature frame is determined by pressing, for example, a "blue" button in the pull-down menu.

 FIG. 7 (b) shows the flow of the color framing process.

(C) Sound information addition processing and sound information reproduction processing (i) Sound information addition processing FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining sound information addition processing to a miniature, and FIG. FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a processing flow at the time of adding sound information.

That is, when the "attach sound" button 23 on the display screen 1 shown in FIG. 8 (a) is pressed, pull-down menus 23a and 23b are displayed, and for example, when the "OK?" Button in the pull-down menu is pressed. Thus, the sound input from the moment the “OK?” Button is pressed is A / D converted for 4 seconds and then stored.

The detailed operation flow of the sound information adding process is shown in FIG.
Is shown in

When sound information is added to a miniature, a sound information registration mark is added and displayed during the miniature.

(Ii) Sound Information Reproducing Process FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a reproduction process of miniature sound information, and FIG. 9A is a diagram for explaining a method of reproducing the sound information, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a processing flow at the time of sound information reproduction processing.

In other words, the mouse is clicked on the sound information mark 25 in the miniature 6 for displaying the characteristic portion of the document shown in FIG. 9A, and the sound information stored for the miniature 6 is reproduced.

FIG. 9 (b) shows a processing flow of the sound information reproduction processing.

(3) Processing after the "OK" button is pressed The processing for the case where the "OK" button is pressed after the end of each processing from "partial display" to "sound information adding processing" described above. Next, a description will be given.

That is, FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the processing after the “OK” button is pressed. As shown in the display screen shown in FIG. Is performed, and the “OK” button 24 is pressed.

When the "OK" button 24 is pressed, the processing is executed according to the procedure shown in the processing flow of FIG. 10 (b), and finally the miniature created by the user is displayed on the display screen and the processing is completed. Becomes

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the icon display of a document is given the characteristics of the document, and if necessary, information such as color or sound is added to the icon. As a result, there is an effect that the discriminability of the user's document by the icon is significantly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of creating a miniature, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functions mainly provided by software for implementing the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an example of a display screen at the time of creating a miniature. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of a reduced display process of the entire document, FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining a display process of a characteristic portion of the document, FIG. 6 is a diagram explaining a change process of a miniature hue, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a process for attaching a color frame to a miniature, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a process for attaching sound information to a miniature, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a reproduction process of sound information for a miniature, FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating processing after the “OK” button is pressed, FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen display of documents and icons, and FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of identifying a plurality of icons by titles. is there 1 ... Display screen, 2 ... Document, 3 ...
Icon, 4 ... a characteristic part of the document, 5 ...
... icon, 6 ... miniature, 10 ... display interface unit, 11 ... mouse interface unit, 12 ...
... Hard disk interface unit, 13 ... Sound control unit,
14: Document and miniature display section, 15: Miniature creation section, 16: Size designation section, 17: Reduction section, 18
… Color change section, 20 ”Partial display” button, 21… “Color change” button, 21a to 21d… Pull-down menu showing color, 22… “Colored frame” button, 22a to 22d…
Pull-down menu showing the color of the color frame, 23 ... "Add sound" button, 23a, 23b ... Pull-down menu for adding sound information, 24 ... "OK" button, 25 ... Sound information mark

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Katsutoshi Yano 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Limited

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An information processing system having a document processing function, and for a document processed in the information processing system, having a function of converting the document into an icon and displaying the icon on a display screen. Means for designating an arbitrary range in the document displayed on the display screen when creating an icon for the document to be processed, and If specified, the specified range is reduced to create an icon, and if any range in the document is not specified,
Means for reducing the size of the entire document on the display screen to create an icon, and creating and displaying an icon representing the characteristics of the processed document. 2. A means for adding color information for identifying an icon to an icon created to display the characteristics of a processed document, and adding sound information for identifying the icon. 2. The icon display control method for an information processing system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second means is provided.