JP2923788B2 - Screen input method - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen input method, and more particularly, to a screen input method capable of simultaneously setting a plurality of parameter values by operating a cursor on a parameter setting screen. .

[Prior Art] In an information processing apparatus or a test apparatus that performs various types of measurement processing or debugging, an internal register or a specific area of a memory or an external register or a control target to perform measurement processing or debugging processing is used. A predetermined numerical value is stored in an external memory, for example, a numerical value such as an address value or a read / write control parameter in debugging or the like, a voltage value or current value in a measurement process, a parameter for determining a timing of outputting a predetermined voltage or current, or the like. After the setting, predetermined measurement processing and debugging are performed.

Therefore, in order to efficiently perform the numerical value setting processing of such parameters, each setting parameter is displayed on a screen in correspondence with the numerical value setting target hardware (the register and the memory), and the cursor is displayed with a cursor on a man-machine interface. An input process of inputting a numerical value for a designated parameter with a numeric keypad or selecting a displayed numerical value with a cursor and inputting it on a screen is performed.

[Problem to be Solved] However, in a measuring device or an inspection device, each parameter to be set is not always independent, and must be set at the same time, or a numerical value such as a proportional relationship or an inverse proportional relationship and another value. In many cases, a numerical value must be set in a correlation.

For this reason, in the method of setting each parameter corresponding to hardware for setting a numerical value, it takes a long time to set the parameter, and there is a disadvantage that the efficiency of the setting process decreases as the number of parameters increases. Further, in the conventional method, since each parameter is individually input, a setting error easily occurs for a parameter having a correlation.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a screen input method that can set parameters independently and can simultaneously set a plurality of parameters in a predetermined correlation. I do.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The configuration of the screen input method according to the present invention for achieving the above object has a configuration in which a parameter set value is set on an axis corresponding to hardware such as a register and a memory for setting the parameter. The display axes of at least two correlated parameter values that can be selected in are arranged and displayed at a predetermined angle with one end common, and are moved on these two respective display axes,
First and second display marks each indicating a set value of a parameter are provided according to the stop position, and a third display mark is provided in a space sandwiched between the two display axes. And the second display mark are simultaneously moved in a correlated relationship, wherein one of the first, second and third display marks is designated by the cursor and moves following the movement of the cursor. , The value on the axis at the position where the first and second display marks are stopped or the corresponding value is set in hardware corresponding to the display axis.

[Operation] By displaying the correlated parameters on the axis and providing the first, second, and third marks separately on the axis and the space therebetween, the marks provided on the axis are moved. The values of the respective parameters can be set independently of each other, and the two parameters can be simultaneously set with a predetermined correlation by selecting and moving a mark provided in the space between the axes. it can.

As a result, the setting relationship of each parameter can be easily checked, and two parameters can be set at the same time by selecting the display mark to be set at the same time, so that the efficiency of the parameter setting process can be improved.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an image displayed in a multi-window on a screen of a bitmap display terminal device (hereinafter, bitmap display) in an IC tester according to an embodiment to which the screen input method of the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the overall system focusing on the internal configuration of the bitmap display, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a parameter setting process in the bitmap display.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes one of the multi-windows displayed on the screen of the bitmap display,
An example of parameter setting for 5-axis display in which numerical values are set in five registers, respectively, is shown.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a parameter value display axis (hereinafter referred to as a parameter axis) for selecting a parameter to be set in the register 1a displayed corresponding to the register 1a (refer to FIG. 2; hereinafter, the same applies to the registers 2a, 3a, 4a, and 5a). Where 2 is the register 2a, 3 is the register 3a, 4 is the register 4a, and 5 is the parameter axis displayed corresponding to the register 5a, respectively. Knob marks 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, and 5b are provided as display marks each indicating a set value (corresponding to a set position on a scale).

These knob marks 1b to 5b are stopped and displayed at positions corresponding to the parameter values set in the respective registers, and each knob mark can be moved on each axis, and can be moved from the origin O on the axis. Any numerical value up to the value of the outer end can be selected as the value of the parameter. It can be selected by moving the knob mark on the axis.

The selection of each knob mark is performed by positioning the mouse cursor 9 on the knob mark on the parameter axis corresponding to the parameter to be selected.
This is performed by moving the mouse 10 and moving the mouse cursor 9 while keeping the button on 10 (see FIG. 2) pressed. At this time, control is performed so that the knob mark moves with the movement of the mouse cursor 9. When the pressed state of the button is stopped, the knob mark stops at that position and remains on the axis, and the value on the axis at that position is set as a parameter value in hardware such as a register or a memory corresponding to the axis.

The length of each of the parameter axes 1 to 5 is fixed, and the length of each parameter axis is equally divided and displayed as a scale, and the scale of the axis represents a set value. When the knob mark is positioned at the end of the parameter axis and further moved by the mouse 10, the scroll can be made larger or smaller. Therefore, the values of the start point (origin O) and the end point (outermost point) change according to this scroll, and the display value of the scale on the axis is selected accordingly. Further, here, as seen in the window 20, the current value at which the knob mark on the axis is located is numerically displayed as a parameter value in the upper right part of the window.

Therefore, the value of the origin O differs depending on the axis and is not always zero. The entire numerical value assignment range can be assigned by specifying the parameter range before parameter setting in another program processing, and the numerical value at each position of each scale on the axis is determined accordingly. .

In the space between each of the five parameter axes,
Interlocking knob marks 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e for simultaneously moving knob marks of two parameter axes are provided as display marks. The interlocking knob mark 6a is the knob mark 1b
And 2b are connected by a connecting line 7a, and the interlocking knob mark 6b is
The link marks 7b are connected to the knob marks 2b and 3b by a connecting line 7b, the link knob mark 6c is connected to the knob marks 3b and 4b by a connecting line 7c, and the link knob mark 6d is connected to the knob marks 4b and 5b by a connecting line 7d. And the interlocking knob mark 6e is
The knob marks 5b and 1b are connected to each other by a connection line 7e.

The selection of each interlocking knob mark is performed by positioning the mouse cursor 9 at the knob mark, and the movement is performed by moving the mouse 10 while keeping the button on the mouse 10 pressed down in the same manner as described above. Can be moved. At this time, each link knob mark is moved with the movement of the mouse cursor 9. Then, at this time, the interlocking knob mark and the knob marks on both sides connected by the connecting line move at the same time, and when the button is depressed, the three knob marks stop at that position and the parameter at that position is displayed. The value on the axis is set in the hardware corresponding to that axis.

Therefore, when the two parameters are set in a proportional relationship, the knob mark on the two parameter axes sandwiching the interlocking knob mark by the movement of the interlocking knob mark is formed by the connection line and the two parameter axes. The figure moves so as to maintain a parallelogram, and its area increases or decreases, and the set values of the knob marks on both sides simultaneously increase or decrease. At this time, the moving direction of the interlocking knob mark is set so that the mouse 10 moves in a radial direction along a straight line passing through the origin O.
Is controlled in accordance with the movement of. On the other hand, when there is a relationship in which two parameters are set in an inverse proportional relationship, the movement of this interlocking knob mark causes the knob marks on the two parameter axes sandwiching the interlocking knob mark to have a constant parallelogram area. In addition, control is performed in accordance with the movement of the mouse 10 so as to move on a hyperbola sandwiched between two parameter axes, and accordingly, a figure formed by the connecting line and the two parameter axes is a parallelogram having a constant area. It changes in the form of

The above is an example of the proportional relationship and the inverse proportional relationship. However, the interlocking knob mark is controlled to move to a position according to the other set correlation according to the movement of the mouse 10 within the space of the two parameter axes. And sandwich it accordingly 2
The positions of the two knob marks are set at the same time.

When the knobs on each parameter axis are moved independently to set parameters one by one, since the knobs move independently, the star shape is not in the state shown in FIG. It will be broken. However, with respect to the knob marks in the proportional relationship and the inverse proportional relationship, the position of the interlocking knob mark moves in accordance with the movement of the position of the respective knob mark so that the parallelogram relationship is maintained.

At the origin O, an all-interlocking interlock knob mark 8 is provided as a display mark. When the mouse cursor 9 is positioned at this position and one of the right and left switches of the mouse 10 is clicked, each time The axis control mark and the interlocking knob mark are controlled so that the numerical value is incremented by one at the same time, and clicking on the other of the right and left knob marks causes the knob mark and interlocking knob mark of each axis to simultaneously display the numerical value. Is controlled so as to decrease by one, and the entire star shape shown in the figure is enlarged or reduced, and control is performed to set five parameters at the same time.

The control of the above display and parameter setting includes the second
The operation is performed by a bit map display 11 to which a mouse 10 having a configuration shown in the figure is connected, and a microprocessor (CPU) 12 incorporated therein operates according to a display processing program stored in a memory 13 thereof. As shown in the steps in the figure, the window 20 is
Of the parameter axes 1 to 5 are first generated from the display pattern generator 14 and are displayed with the knob marks 1b to
5b together with the pattern of the interlocking knob marks 6a to 6e, the pattern of the connecting lines 7a to 7e, and the pattern of all the interlocking knob marks 7 are written into the video RAM 15 as bit data. The screen display of the video in the window 20 as shown in the figure is performed. When five parameters are set, an image composed of five axes as shown in FIG. 1 is arranged as a star.

Next, in a step, the mouse interface 17
Enters a loop waiting for a button event to determine the signal obtained through the mouse, and it is assumed that a button event occurs when the button of the mouse 10 is pressed or clicked, and the pressed state is constant while the mouse 10 is moving. When the period is equal to or longer than the period, it is assumed that the button event is generated by monitoring when the pressing is stopped.

When the mouse 10 is moving, the microprocessor 12 receives a corresponding movement signal to move the mouse cursor 9 on the screen, and when it is positioned at the knob mark, Is also moved at the same time. When the mouse 10 is not moved and the mouse cursor 9 is located at the position of all the interlocking knob marks 8, when the button of the mouse 10 is pressed or clicked, all the knob marks of each axis are displayed. Movement control is performed in which the position is increased or decreased according to the pressed or clicked button.

In the step, when the button event as described above occurs, in the next step, the coordinates of the mouse cursor 9 at that time are read, and the position information is obtained.
Determine its position. Then, in a step, whether the mouse cursor 9 is on the axis, the position of the space between the two parameter axes (the position of the interlocking knob mark), or It is determined whether or not 9 is at the origin position (the position of all the interlocking knob marks), and a parameter axis is determined to determine hardware for setting parameters. Next, in a step, the numerical value of the parameter to be set is determined from the position coordinates of the mouse cursor 9 read in the above step and the parameter axis determined in the step, and the numerical value of the hardware is determined in the step. The set value is set as a setting parameter value in the target hardware. Next, in step, the set value of the position corresponding to the parameter axis on the screen is displayed, and the process returns to step.

Bitmap display 11 that performs such processing
The main microprocessor (main CPU) 21 bus 2
2 is connected via the interface 19, and when the execution key on the keyboard 16 is input in a display state in which the setting of the parameters is performed on the screen, it is determined that the input of the parameters is completed. At that time, the microprocessor 12 stores the register numbers (the respective register addresses corresponding to the registers 1a to 5a) corresponding to the five parameter axes 1 to 5 and the set values of the parameters to be set in the registers through the interface 19 and the bus 22. To the main CPU 21 via

The main CPU 221 temporarily stores the data in the memory 23, and also stores the data in the interface (I / F) 24 via the bus 22 in accordance with the parameter setting processing program stored in the memory 21.
Are transferred to each of the hardware registers 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, and 5a such as the IC test unit 25 connected via the CPU, and the numerical values of the parameters set in the registers are written.

In this manner, the parameters are determined based on the coordinate position of the mouse cursor 9 and whether the parameter is set to one or two at the same time is determined.
Is located on the axis of parameter axis 1-5,
By judging whether or not these parameters are between the axes (or whether they are between), it is controlled whether the parameters are independently set one by one or a plurality of parameters are set simultaneously. Can be easily determined. Therefore, according to this determination, it is possible to perform a process of simultaneously setting parameters or a process of setting parameters one by one.

As described above, the scales of each of the five axes shown in the embodiment are displayed at the same intervals, but the intervals of the scales may be different depending on the parameters. Therefore, the star shape may be a flat shape.

In the embodiment, the current numerical value is displayed on the right side outside the display frame without directly entering the numerical value on each scale,
The numerical value may be directly displayed according to the scale to make the set value easy to see.

In the embodiment, an example is shown in which five parameters are set along five parameter axes, but the number of axes is not limited to five as long as there are a plurality of axes. The form of the knob mark may be any mark as long as the mark indicates the set position. Further, there is no need to display the connection line, and it is not necessary to move the position of the interlocking knob mark so as to maintain, for example, a parallelogram. In short, according to the present invention, it is sufficient that there is another mark for moving each mark in order to set two parameters at the same time.

In the embodiment, the case where the parameter is set using the mouse 10 is described, but it goes without saying that the parameter may be set using a normal cursor.

[Effects of the Invention] As can be understood from the above description, in the present invention, correlated parameters are displayed on the axis, and the first, second, and third marks are divided into on-axis and spaces therebetween. By providing, by moving the mark provided on the axis, it is possible to set each parameter value independently, and to select and move the mark provided in the space between the axes , Two parameters can be set simultaneously with a predetermined correlation.

As a result, the setting relationship of each parameter can be easily checked, and two parameters can be set at the same time by selecting the display mark to be set at the same time, so that the efficiency of the parameter setting process can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an image displayed in a multi-window on a screen of a bitmap display terminal device in an IC tester according to an embodiment to which the screen input method of the present invention is applied, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an overall system centering on the internal configuration of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a parameter setting process in a bitmap display. 1,2,3,4,5 …… Parameter axes, 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a …… Registers where parameters are set, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b …… Knob marks, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e …… Linked knob mark, 7a, 7
b, 7c, 7d, 7e ... connecting line, 8 ... all interlocking control knob marks 8, 9 ... mouse cursor, 10 ... mouse, 11 ... bitmap display terminal device, 12 ... microprocessor, 13 ... ... Memory, 14 ... Display pattern generator, 15 ... Video RAM, 16 ... Keyboard, 17 ... Bus, 18 ... Interface, 20 ... Window, 21 ...
Main microprocessor (main CPU).

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display system for displaying at least two correlated parameter values, wherein one end of the display axes of at least two correlated parameter values can be selected on an axis corresponding to hardware such as a register or a memory for setting the parameter. The display is arranged at an angle, and is moved on each of these two display axes, and the stop position indicates the first set value of the parameter.
And a second display mark, respectively, and a third display mark is provided in a space between the two display axes,
A third display mark for simultaneously moving the first and second display marks in the correlated relationship,
A value on the axis at a position where one of the first, second, and third display marks is designated by the cursor and moves following the movement of the cursor, and the first and second display marks stop. Or a screen input method in which the corresponding value is set in hardware corresponding to the display axis. 2. The cursor is a mouse cursor, and has three or more axes for displaying parameter values. First, second, and fourth display marks indicating parameter setting values are provided on these axes, respectively. By providing a fifth display mark at a common end and positioning the mouse cursor at the fifth display mark and operating a mouse button, the first,
2. The screen input method according to claim 1, wherein the second, third, and fourth display marks are simultaneously moved by a fixed amount. 3. Determine whether the parameter is set to one or two at the same time by determining whether the coordinates where the cursor is located are on two display axes or between the two display axes. The screen input method according to claim 1, wherein the determination is made based on whether or not the screen input is performed.