JP3038691B2 - Window moving device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a window moving method and a window moving device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of workstations and personal computers, window systems have been increasingly used. In a window system environment, an area of any size can be taken anywhere on the display, where tasks can be performed. Some windows can overlap each other, and a user can see necessary information at a time through a plurality of windows.

However, there is a problem that the windows are overlapped, the display is complicated, and the view is difficult to see.
Conventionally, a window is moved using a mouse or a key on a keyboard, for example, according to the following operation procedure. When using a mouse: Move the mouse pointer over the title bar of the window you want to move, hold down the mouse button and move and release. Then, the original figure remains as it is, and only the outline moves in conjunction with the mouse. 2. Release the button when you find the right place. Then the original figure disappears and moves to the specified location.

When using keys on a keyboard: Specify what you want to move and open the control menu. 2. The window frame is moved with the direction keys by inputting characters or selecting a command with the direction keys. 3. When you find a suitable place, press the return key.

Hereinafter, an example of a conventional window movement will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 shows a configuration of a conventional window moving device. Reference numeral 91 denotes a mouse movement amount input unit. Reference numeral 92 denotes a movement position calculation unit. 93 is a display control unit. 94 is a display unit. Mouse movement input section 91
Detects the amount of mouse movement.

[0006] The movement position calculator 92 calculates the amount of movement to the destination of the window from the amount of movement of the mouse detected by the mouse movement input unit 91, and determines the destination position of the window. The display control unit 93 is provided with the movement amount calculation unit 9.
The display unit 94 is controlled so that the window moves to the position determined in step 2.

The display unit 94 displays a window, for example, a CRT. The operation of the window display device configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conventional window moving device. FIG. 11 shows an example of movement of a window on the display screen.

First, the user places a mouse pointer (arrow symbol in the window in FIG. 11) on the title bar (the upper portion of the window in FIG. 11, hatched portion) of the window to be moved among the windows displayed on the display unit 94. Is moved to specify a window (step 101), and only the outline is moved in conjunction with the mouse. Here, the mouse movement input unit 91 detects the movement of the mouse.

At this time, the mouse pointer is moved while performing an additional operation such as pressing a mouse button or pressing a specific key in order to distinguish it from a normal movement of the mouse pointer. With respect to the movement amount, after a lapse of a predetermined time (step 102), the movement amount is calculated by the movement position calculator 92 (step 103). The elapsed time determined here is generally 0. This is a very short time of about several milliseconds to several tens of milliseconds. The display control unit 93 controls the display unit 94 to move the window using the result calculated by the movement position calculation unit 92 (step 104), and the movement result is displayed on the display unit 94 (step 25). ).

At this point, if the additional operation described above is ongoing (step 106), the amount of movement after a predetermined time has elapsed is calculated again, and the movement operation is continued (step 1).
02), when the additional operation is completed, the moving process ends. (Shigeru Nakayama "Introductory Japanese Windows3" p3
9-p40 1991 published by Gihodo Shuppan)

[0011]

However, in the above configuration, the coordinates of the movement destination and the movement source are fixedly determined, and when the movement is repeatedly performed, the same operation procedure must be repeatedly performed. There was a problem that the operation procedure became complicated. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
When moving a window to a fixed destination,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a window moving method and a window display device capable of moving a window by a simple operation procedure.

[0012]

To achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display means for displaying a window having four buttons associated with a destination of a window, and the window comprises: Button designating means for designating a button, and storing means for storing in advance coordinate values such that a window is displayed at each corner of the display screen as a destination position of the window, corresponding to each button of the window. Display control means for reading a corresponding destination position from the storage means when the button displayed on the window is designated by the button designation means, and moving the window to the destination position on the display screen. I have.

[0013]

[0014]

[0015]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the operator designates one of the four buttons displayed on the window, one of four predetermined corners on the display screen is displayed. The window can be moved to one corner corresponding to.

[0016]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a window moving device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a mouse operated by an operator to move a window, 11 denotes a window movement command input unit, 12 denotes a movement command determination unit, 13
Is a destination determining unit, 14 is a destination information storage unit, 15 is a display control unit, and 16 is a display unit.

As the display unit 16, for example, a CRT is used. FIG. 2 shows a display screen of the display unit 16. In the figure, W2 indicates a window, and W22 indicates a state in which the window W2 has been moved. 21 to 24 are window W
2 is a movement command button image arranged at the lower right of FIG.
In the illustrated example, four button images are provided. The mouse 10 moves the mouse pointer 25 to one of the movement command button images 21 to 24 displayed on the display unit 16,
By clicking, the button images 21 to 21 are displayed.
Specify 24.

When the mouse 10 is clicked, the input unit 11 of the window movement command inputs the mouse pointer 25
Detects the position in the display area of the movement command button images 21 to 24, and recognizes that the button images 21 to 24 displayed at those positions have been designated. The movement command determination unit 12 receives information on which button image is designated by the mouse from the movement command input unit 11, and determines which command the button image corresponds to.

Here, the button images 21 to 24 are associated one-to-one with the movement commands (see FIG. 3). The destination determining unit 13 searches the destination information stored in the destination information storage unit 14 using the moving command obtained from the destination determining unit 15, and determines the destination position intended by the operator.

FIG. 3 shows destination information stored in the destination information storage unit 14. For example, if the operator designates the destination button image 21, the corresponding movement command 1 is transmitted from the determination unit 12, so that the destination position is (0, 0). (0,0) is the window W
2 means that the x, y coordinates on (2) are (x, y) = (0, 0), indicating the upper left position of the window.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the window moving device in the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the window moving device when the move command button image 21 in FIG. 2 is designated will be described. First, the operator performs an operation of designating the move command button image 21 using the mouse 10 from the window move command input unit 11 (step 4).
1).

When the move command button image 21 is designated,
The movement command determination unit 12 determines which movement command has been designated among the four types of commands (step 42). As shown in FIG. 3, information that movement command 1 has been specified as the movement command is sent to the destination determination unit 13. The destination determining unit 13 reads the destination information in the destination information storage unit 14 (Step 43).

FIG. 3 shows that in this case, the destination position corresponding to the movement command 1 is (x, y) = (0, 0).
The destination position is determined as (x, y) = (0, 0) (step 44). That is, information indicating the destination position on the screen of the display unit 16 is sent to the display control unit 15, and the movement is performed on the screen of the display unit 16 (step 45).

Similarly, the moving instruction button image 24 is
When designated by 0, the move command determining unit 12 determines that the move command is the move command 4, and the move destination determining unit 13 determines the move destination position from the information in the move destination information storage unit 14,
(X, y) = (450, 350) is determined. That is, the point at the upper left corner of the window is (x, y) = (450,
350) is sent to the display control unit 13 and the window moves on the screen of the display unit 46.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 5 shows a configuration of a window moving apparatus as another embodiment of the present invention. 5, reference numeral 50 denotes a mouse operated to move a window and to set a destination position; 51, a window movement command input unit; 52, a movement command determination unit; 53, a movement destination determination unit; Is a destination information storage unit, 55 is a display control unit,
56 is a display unit and 57 is a user control unit.

Also in this embodiment, the mouse 50 is used as shown in FIG.
On the display screen shown in FIG.
Since the configuration for specifying any one of the windows 64 and moving the window W6 to the specified destination is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description of that part is omitted, and the destination position is changed. Will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 56 includes a window W6,
A pictograph image 65 of "setting" and a pictograph image 66 of "end" are displayed.

The user control unit 57 includes a mouse pointer 6
7 is located in the pictograph image 65 of “setting”, detects that a click operation is performed, and sets a mode in which the destination information stored in the destination upper storage unit 54 can be rewritten. The operation in this mode is shown in FIG. 7 and will be described later. In addition, the user control unit 57 controls the mouse pointer 6
7 is located in the pictogram image 66 of "END" and detects that a click operation has been performed, terminates the rewriting mode, and returns to the normal window movement mode.

The pictograph image 65 in the lower left portion of FIG. 6 marked "SETTING" is an image used when setting the correspondence between the movement command and the movement destination position in the movement destination information storage unit 54. The pictographic image 66 "End" is an image used when the setting of the destination position is ended. FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for setting destination information of the window moving device in the embodiment.

First, when the operator designates a pictograph image of "setting" on the display unit 56 using a mouse (step 71), the user control unit 57 causes the destination information storage unit 54
, A list of destination information (FIG. 8) is displayed on the display unit 56 using a new window (step 72).
The operator uses the mouse 50 to specify a move command corresponding to the move command button image to be changed from the displayed destination information (step 73).

The user control unit 57 is set in a state where the destination position corresponding to the designated movement command can be rewritten (step 74). Subsequently, the operator specifies a new destination position (step 75). In the present embodiment, the method of designating the destination position is to move the window to a desired position, and then use the mouse 50
By clicking, you decide.

When the destination position is designated, the user control unit notifies the destination information storage unit of the contents of the window movement (step 76), and the destination information storage unit specifies the movement contents in step 75 and the designation in step 72. The correspondence of the moved command is stored (step 77). If the operator wishes to further change the destination position of another movement command, the process returns to step 73, specifies a new movement command using the mouse 50, and performs the same operation as described above (step 74). ~ 77).

On the other hand, when the operator has finished changing the destination position and wishes to shift to the normal window movement mode (step 78), the mouse pointer 67 is moved to the "end" pictogram image 66 on the display screen. Click the mouse 50 (step 79). By combining the window moving device of the present embodiment with the conventional window moving device, a frequently used move is performed by registering the destination information as in the present embodiment, and other moves are performed by the conventional method. In this way, the window can be moved more easily.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operator is displayed on the window by setting in advance the four corners of the display screen as the destinations of the window corresponding to the four buttons, respectively. When one of the four buttons is designated, the window is moved to a preset corner so that another window at the center of the screen can be easily referred to.

[0034]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a window moving device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the window moving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the window moving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the window moving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a window moving device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the window moving device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the window moving device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the window moving device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a window moving device according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of the window moving device in the related art.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a window moving device according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 window moving command input unit 2 moving command determining unit 3 destination determining unit 4 destination information storage unit 5 display control unit 6 display unit 51 window moving command input unit 52 moving command determining unit 53 destination determining unit 54 storing destination information Unit 55 display control unit 56 display unit 57 user control unit 91 mouse movement amount input unit 92 movement position calculation unit 93 display control unit 94 display unit

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A 4 associated with the destination window
Display means for displaying a window having two buttons, and a button designating means for designating the buttons of the window
A window and a window corresponding to each button of the window
A window is displayed at each corner of the display screen as a destination
Storage means for storing coordinate values as shown in advance, and buttons displayed in the window being the button designating means
The corresponding move from the storage means, if specified by
Read out the destination position and move the window to that destination position on the display screen.
Display control means for moving the window.
Window moving device.