JP3175115B2 - Window display input method and terminal 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 display of a window displayed on a screen, an input method for the displayed window, and a terminal device using those techniques.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional workstation having a multi-window function is operated by an operator to control the overlapping of windows. For example, such a workstation is installed in a financial institution as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-131917. It is not suitable for a multi-window operation on a customer operation type terminal such as a customer operation type terminal (automatic machine).

[0003]

The problem to be solved is that in the prior art, the overlapping of windows is operated by the operator. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a window display input method and a terminal device that can solve the problems of the related art and expand the range of use of the multi-window technology.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve the above object, the window display input method and terminal apparatus of the present invention, enable the input to the first window that is displayed when no superimposed by other windows to, features a disabling input for the second window displayed on the lower side of the other windows
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[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a screen input device as one embodiment of the terminal device of the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 11 denotes a touch panel as an input device;
2 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display as a display device, 13 is a hardware control unit, 14 is a computing device, 15
Denotes a touch panel / window control unit, 16 denotes a window display management table, 17 denotes a screen buffer, 18 denotes screen display data, and 19 denotes a touch panel pressing effective range information table.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a window displayed on the CRT display 12. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 31 denotes a CRT screen, 32, 33, and 34 denote window frames, and 32a, 33a, 33b, 34a, and 34b denote touch panel pressing effective range coordinates in each window. In this example, the effective touch panel pressing coordinates 32a, 33a, and 33b of the windows 32 and 33 are the effective pressing area, and the effective touch panel coordinates 34a and 34b of the window 34 in which the window frame is overwritten on the other windows are the invalid pressing area. Becomes

FIG. 5 shows the window display management table 16 and the touch panel effective range information table 19 described above.
3 shows the structure and correlation. As shown in the figure, the window display management table 16 has, in advance, the size (here, upper left and lower right corner coordinates), display priority, and valid / invalid information of the touch panel information area for each window.

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5, the touch panel pressing effective range information table 19 has, for each window, the size (here, upper left and lower right corner coordinates) and pressing corresponding to the key in each window. It has a notification code that is sent to a higher order when it is valid.

The window display management table 16 and the touch panel effective range information table 19 are stored together with the screen display data of each window, for example, in a disk. In the example shown in FIG. 5, since the touch panel information area of window number 3 is “invalid”, the corresponding touch panel pressing effective range information table cannot be a search target.

The operation of the screen input device according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to the operation flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the operation of the initial setting by the touch panel / window control unit 15 described above, and FIG. 2 shows the touch panel pressing control operation.

The touch panel / window control unit 15
First, the window display management table 16 is read from a disk or the like.
Is read (step 41), and then the screen buffer 1
The screen display data 18 and the touch panel pressing effective range information table 19 set to 7 are loaded (step 42). Next, the window display management table 16
A screen is displayed on the CRT display 12 via the hardware control unit 13 on the basis of the window size (coordinates) and the display priority specified by (step 43).

Next, the touch panel / window control unit 1
5 updates the window display management table 16,
This is performed as follows. That is, valid / invalid is set in the touch panel area in the window display management table 16 based on the presence / absence of the overlap of the coordinates with the higher level than the window from the lower priority level of the window display management table 16 (step). 4
4). Hereinafter, the operation proceeds to the touch panel pressing control operation (step 45). When changing the overlapping state of the windows, the display priority in the window display management table 16 is changed (step 46), and the touch panel / window control unit 15 changes the screen display based on this (step 46). Step 43).

Next, a touch panel pressing control operation will be described. The point of this operation is that when the coordinates pressed from the touch panel 11 are notified via the hardware control unit 13, the touch panel / window control unit 15 searches the effective touch panel pressing effective range information table, It is to determine whether it is valid or not. That is, the touch panel / window control unit 15 first searches the touch panel information area in the window display management table 16 and determines the touch panel depression effective range information table corresponding to the window designated as valid (step 51).

Next, the fixed touch panel effective range information table is searched to determine whether or not the pressed coordinates are within the effective range (step 52). If it is within the effective range, the notification code in the effective range is notified to the upper software (step 53). This case is referred to as “valid pressing”. If it is not within the effective range in the check in step 52, it is checked whether or not all the windows designated as valid in the touch panel information area in the window display management table 16 have been processed (step 54). If there is a processing area, the processing shifts to the processing of that area. Otherwise, the current processing is determined to be “invalid pressing”.

According to the above-described embodiment, in a customer-operated type terminal using a touch panel, even when various types of guides are displayed by making full use of multi-windows, a natural form is provided so that the operator can easily input. Thus, there is an effect that the order of pressing the touch panel can be instructed.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are views for explaining the present embodiment more specifically. FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 show examples in which the screen input device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 is applied to the bank transfer input screen. The touch panel pressing effective range on the screen 1 in FIG.
In this case, "cancel" and "return" are not in window 2, and in window 3, "confirmation" and "correction" are hiragana characters.

The effective range of touch panel pressing on screen 2 in FIG. 7 is “cancel” and “return” in window 1, not in window 2 but “confirm” and “correct” in window 3. Similarly, the touch panel pressing effective range on the screen 3 in FIG. 8 is “cancel” and “return” in the window 1, each input item area is effective in the window 2, and “confirmation” is effective in the window 3.

In the sequence of screens 1, 2 and 3 in FIGS. 6 to 8, window 2 is overwritten with the window frame in screen 1 in FIG. 6 and screen 2 in FIG. That is, it is controlled.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8, in the screen input device for performing the window display input control of this embodiment, the size of each window is managed as, for example, upper left corner coordinates and lower right corner coordinates. In addition, as the overlapping control of the windows, the foreground window, that is, the last displayed window is set as the first order, and based on the size and the order of the previously displayed windows, the overlapping state of the respective windows is set in the order of the order. Compare. As a result, the window in which the window frame has been overwritten can be known, and the input effective range of the window is invalidated. As a result, the input of the window appearing in front becomes valid, and the input of the window hidden behind becomes invalid.

It should be noted that the embodiments shown in the screen input device using the touch panel as an input device and the bank transfer input screen are shown as examples of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these. Needless to say.

[0021]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when a multi-window is displayed on the display, the input to the lower window superimposed on the display is invalidated, thereby providing a more natural display. This has a remarkable effect of enabling a simple operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example of a screen input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a second operation example of the screen input device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a screen input device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a window displayed on a display.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure and correlation of a window display management table and a touch panel pressing effective range information table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a first example of a bank transfer input screen for more specifically explaining;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second example of a bank transfer input screen for more specifically explaining;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a third example of a bank transfer input screen for more specifically explaining;

[Explanation of symbols]

11: Touch panel, 12: CRT display, 1
3: hardware control unit, 14: arithmetic unit, 15: touch panel / window control unit, 16: window display management table, 17: screen buffer, 18: screen display data, 1
9: Touch panel pressing effective range information table, 31: C
RT screen, 32-34: window, 32a, 33a,
33b, 34a, 34b: touch panel pressing effective range coordinates.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A window display input method for displaying a plurality of windows, to enable the input to the first window that is displayed when no superimposed by other windows, on the lower side of the other windows A window display input method, wherein input to a displayed second window is invalidated. 2. A terminal device for displaying a plurality of windows, comprising: means for displaying the plurality of windows in an overlapping manner; and inputting an input to a first window which is not overlapped by another window. Means for validating and invalidating an input to the second window displayed below the other window.