JP2756326B2 - Image processing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image processing method and apparatus for displaying and processing a plurality of windows on a display screen.

[Prior Art] As a conventional method for displaying a plurality of windows, there is a fifth method.
There are two types, a multi-window as shown in the figure or a tiling window in FIG. In the former case, a plurality of windows 50-1 to 50-n are displayed on the display 50 in a superimposed manner. Usually, only the uppermost window 51-1 can be viewed as a whole. In the latter, the display 50 is divided into a plurality of regions, and each region is assigned to each window.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, it is possible to display a plurality of windows at once in the former multi-window, but as the number of windows increases to four or more, the number increases. However, the overlapping portions increase, and it becomes difficult to determine the contents displayed in each window. This hinders the function of displaying a plurality of windows at once, which is an essential feature of the multi-window, so that the contents can be understood or judged comprehensively. On the other hand, in the latter tiling window as well, if the number of windows increases, the displayable content decreases, which hinders the above function.

In both cases, it is hard to say that a large amount of information can be classified and displayed in multiple windows to support comprehensive intellectual work. That is, an excellent user interface is not realized on an expensive workstation. Specifically, the KJ method and brainstorming, which are systems analysis methods that enumerate a large amount of data on multiple cards (windows), analyze comprehensive cards, and generate new ideas, use these window display methods. Cannot be supported.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and the display color of a specified window is set to a complementary color of the background color, and the color of the other windows is changed to a color close to the background color, so that the specified window is changed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing method and apparatus that can be made to stand out.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, an image processing method of the present invention includes the following steps. That is, an image processing method for displaying a plurality of windows on a screen based on stored information for controlling the colors of a window and a background, wherein the plurality of windows are referred to in accordance with designation of a window. Identify the background color of the display screen on which the window is displayed, determine the complementary color of the identified background color, change the display color of the specified window to the determined complementary color, and display on the display screen The display color of windows other than the designated window is changed to a color close to the background color.

In order to achieve the above object, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention has the following configuration. That is, an image processing apparatus that displays a plurality of windows on a screen based on storage information that controls the colors of windows and backgrounds, and refers to the storage information in accordance with the designation of a window, so that the plurality of windows are displayed. A background color identification unit that identifies a background color of a display screen on which a window is displayed, a determination unit that determines a complementary color of the background color identified by the background color identification unit, and a display color of the specified window. Color changing means for changing to a complementary color determined by the determining means and changing a display color of a window other than the specified window displayed on the display screen to a color close to the background color. And

[Operation] With the above configuration, the background color of the display screen on which a plurality of windows are displayed is identified by referring to the stored information in accordance with the designation of the window, and the complementary color of the identified background color is determined. The display color of the specified window is changed to the determined complementary color, and the display color of windows other than the specified window displayed on the display screen is changed to a color close to the background color.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a work station of the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display serving as a display medium;
Reference numeral 2 denotes a computer main body including a pseudo three-dimensional display device, 3 denotes a mouse as a pointing device, and 4 denotes a keyboard as an input device for text information and the like. FIG. 2 shows a screen during display 1 in which windows 6 to 8 are displayed and window 7 is displayed.
This shows a display example in which the color No. is displayed as a complementary color of the background 51.

In this workstation, graphic information and text information created by the mouse 3, the keyboard 4, etc.
The specific window specified on the display 1 is displayed in a complementary color with respect to the background using the pseudo three-dimensional display device.
With this display device, the user can view the entirety centering on a specific window.

A control example of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, display control data 30 is prepared for each of the display data of the windows 6 to 8.
The display control data 30 includes a window name 31, coordinate data 32 for defining an area of the window, gradation information 33, and color information. Therefore, in the flowchart of FIG.
In step S41, the area specified by the mouse is identified,
In step S42, the color of the window is checked. Next, the background color is identified in step S43, the complementary color of the background color is determined in step S44, and the color information 34 of the display control data 30 is rewritten to the complementary color in step S45. In step S46, the window specified by the rewritten complementary color is developed on the screen.

In addition, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 4, if the step S45a is provided after the step S45 and the undesignated window is changed to a color close to the background, the designated window can be further clarified. The brightness of the window that is not specified may be reduced.

Note that the color of the background window or another window may be represented by a complementary color relative to the color of the window of interest without changing the color of the window of interest to the complementary color.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the color of a designated window is determined to be a color that stands out from the background based on the background color set at that time, and the other windows are determined. By changing the color of the specified window to a color close to the background color, the contrast between the specified window and its background color and other windows can be made vivid and conspicuous with the contrast according to the background color at that time. effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a workstation according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example when a window of interest is represented by complementary colors, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display control data structure of the window, FIG. Fig. 5 is a control flowchart for executing display control, and Figs. 5 and 6 are views showing a conventional example of displaying a plurality of windows. In the figure, 1 ... display, 2 ... computer body, 3 ...
Mouse, 4 ... keyboard, 5 ... display example of display, 30 ... display control data, 31 ... window name, 32 ...
Window coordinate data, 33... Gradation information, 34... Color information.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] An image processing method for displaying a plurality of windows on a screen based on storage information for controlling the colors of windows and backgrounds, wherein the storage information is referred to in accordance with designation of a window. Identifying a background color of a display screen on which the plurality of windows are displayed, determining a complementary color of the identified background color, changing a display color of the specified window to the determined complementary color, An image processing method, wherein a display color of a window other than the designated window displayed above is changed to a color close to the background color. And determining whether or not the display color of the designated window and the identified background color have a complementary color relationship.
2. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the relationship is a complementary color relationship, control is performed to prohibit a change in the display color of the designated window. 3. An image processing apparatus for displaying a plurality of windows on a screen based on storage information for controlling a color of a window and a background, wherein the storage device refers to the storage information in accordance with designation of a window. Background color identifying means for identifying a background color of a display screen on which the plurality of windows are displayed; determining means for determining a complementary color of the background color identified by the background color identifying means; display of the designated window A color changing unit that changes a color to a complementary color determined by the determining unit, and changes a display color of a window other than the designated window displayed on the display screen to a color close to the background color. An image processing apparatus comprising: 4. A judging means for judging whether or not the display color of the designated window and the background color identified by the background color identifying means have a complementary color relation, and a relation between the complementary colors by the judging means. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: a prohibition unit that prohibits the change of the display color of the designated window by the color change unit when it is determined that