JP3348363B2 - Graphic information display apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic information display device and a method suitable for editing a general graphic, for example.
About the law .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional graphic editor, a CRT is used.
Alternatively, the graphic information can be edited by displaying an edit screen of a graphic editor on a display device such as an LCD and displaying graphic information such as an image or a rectangle on the edit screen. Of the graphic information,
The portion beyond the frame of the edit screen can be edited by moving the edit screen using the scroll bar displayed at the upper or lower end or the left or right end of the edit screen. In the graphic information of a plurality of pages, movement to a page before and after a display page is performed using a button or the like, and the number of the display page currently displayed on the editing screen is displayed by character information. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a reduced image of each page of graphic information is displayed on a screen, and the displayed portion is moved using a scroll bar 1 to specify the page by browsing. Some display the target page on the entire editing screen.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional graphic editor, the portion of the page to be edited that exceeds the frame of the editing screen is placed at the upper or lower end or the left or right end of the editing screen. Editing can be performed by moving the editing screen using the scroll bar added. However, when the scroll bar is used, there is a problem that it is difficult to know which part of the page currently being edited corresponds to the screen currently displayed on the editing screen.

In the conventional graphic editor, when editing graphic information of a plurality of pages, it is necessary to move to the previous or next page by operating buttons or the like in order by one page. Therefore, when moving to a page separated by two or more pages, it is necessary to always pass through the intervening page, and there is a problem that operability is not always good.

Further, when a page intended by the user is searched, the page can be searched only by the number corresponding to the page.
Therefore, the user has to store the image of the page intended by the user in association with the number corresponding to the page, and there is a problem that the operability is not always good.

Further, as described above, the reduced image of each page of the graphic information is displayed on an editing screen, and the displayed portion is moved by using a scroll bar, and specified or searched for by browsing. There is also a method of displaying the displayed page on the entire editing screen, but in this case, the concept of the page is poor, and there has been a problem that it is difficult to know which page the reduced displayed image corresponds to.

Further, according to the above method, a search screen,
There is a problem that the operability is not always good because the editing screen must be switched alternately.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and when a user edits graphic information of a plurality of pages, the number of the currently edited page and the number of the currently edited page are determined. The part displayed on the edit screen can be easily grasped as to which part of the whole page, enabling direct movement to another page using buttons,
The miniature image of each page is always displayed on the button so that the search can be easily performed.

[0010]

Graphic information display device of the present invention, in order to solve the problems] includes a graphic information display means for displaying at least one or more graphic information on the details of the plurality of graphic information, a plurality of graphic information
Miniature image display means for displaying a plurality of miniature images, which simulates information simply, and a miniature image
Of the plurality of miniature images displayed by the display means, a range of a part of the specified miniature image is displayed.
Information to be displayed on the miniature image.
Controls the means for displaying the niche image and
Display the graphic information of a part of the miniature image.
Control means for controlling the graphic information display means so that

[0011] The graphic information display means may include one of a plurality of pages.
Display graphic information of at least one page in detail
The miniature image display means can be
Multiple miniatures that simulate multiple pages of graphic information
An image can be displayed. The control means is displayed by a miniature image display means.
Pointing device among multiple miniature images
Part of the miniature image specified by the chair
Is displayed as a border on the miniature image
To control the miniature image display means
Can be Graphic information display method of the present invention, a graphic information display step of displaying in detail at least one or more of the graphic information of the plurality of graphic information, a plurality of graphic information
Imitating briefly the broadcast, and miniature image display step of displaying a plurality of miniature images, Miniature Ime
Of the specified miniature image among the multiple miniature images displayed in the image display step
Display range information on a miniature image
Control the processing of the miniature image display step
Together with the specified range of the miniature image
Perform the graphic information display step so that the graphic information is displayed.
And a control step of controlling the processing.

[0012]

In graphic information display apparatus and method of the present invention, at least one or more graphic information of a plurality of graphic information is displayed in detail, imitating briefly a plurality of graphic information, a plurality of miniature images displayed Out of the plurality of miniature images displayed and designated,
Information indicating a part of the image is displayed on the miniature image
And the specified miniature image
Some range of graphic information is displayed.

[0013]

[0014]

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a graphic editor according to the present invention.

The mouse 11 is used as a pointing device, generates a signal when the mouse 11 is clicked or moves when the mouse 11 is moved, and sends the signal to the interface 14.

The keyboard 12 generates a signal corresponding to the code of the pressed key, and sends the signal to the interface 14.

The display 13 is, for example, LCD, CR
And an editing screen 21 of the graphic editor according to a signal transmitted from the interface 14.
(FIG. 2) is displayed.

The interface 14 is an interface unit for connecting an input / output device such as the mouse 11, the keyboard 12, and the display 13 to the CPU 18 via a bus 17, and a signal sent from the mouse 11 is transmitted via the interface 14. Is sent to the CPU 18. Further, graphic information and the like displayed on the edit screen 21 of the graphic editor are sent to the display 13 via the interface 14.

The CPU 18 manages the browser function according to the signal of the mouse 11 transmitted via the interface 14. The CPU 18 reads or writes information necessary for managing the browser function from the RAM 16 and sends a signal for displaying the frame 24 (FIG. 2) to the display 13 via the interface 14.

The CPU 18 also controls the interface 14
The control of the scroller function is performed according to the signal of the mouse 11 transmitted through the. The CPU 18 reads or writes information required for managing the scroller function from the RAM 16 and sends a signal of scroll screen information to the display 13 via the interface 14.

The RAM 16 stores graphic information, browser management information, scroller management information, and the like. The graphic information, browser management information, scroller management information, and the like are read by the CPU 18 as necessary,
Or written.

The ROM 15 stores a system program and the like, and is read by the CPU 18.

Next, the screen configuration of the graphic editor will be described with reference to FIG.

On the screen of the display 13 of the graphic editor, an edit screen 2 for displaying graphic information and performing editing work.
1 is displayed, and a base 22 for arranging the button 23 is displayed at a lower portion of the display. Buttons 23 corresponding to respective pages of the graphic information are arranged in the base 22 in the order of pages from the left side, for example, and a miniature image of each page of the graphic information is pasted on the button 23.

When the user selects and clicks, for example, the button 23A among the buttons 23 using the mouse 11, a graphic of a page corresponding to the button 23A is displayed on the editing screen 21. If the screen size of the edit screen 21 is smaller than the screen size required to display the entire page, the edit screen of the page is displayed on the miniature image of the page displayed on the button 23A corresponding to the page. A frame line is displayed at a position (indicating a display range) corresponding to the display portion 21.

As described above, the frame line 24 is displayed on the button 23 corresponding to the page selected to be edited.

When the frame line 24 is moved within the button 23A using the mouse 11, an editing screen 2 of the graphic editor is displayed.
1, a portion surrounded by the frame line 24 is displayed correspondingly (browsing function).

The frame 24 moves on the button 23 corresponding to the page selected to be edited.

When the button 23 corresponding to the page being edited is clicked with, for example, the mouse 11, the changed portion on the editing screen 21 is reflected on the miniature image displayed on the button 23.

Next, the editing operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the graphic editor is started, in step S1, the size of the edit screen 21 of the graphic editor is acquired. The default value of this size is stored in the RAM 16 and can be changed to a predetermined value by the user as needed. In step S2, a base 22 having the same width as the width of the editing screen 21 obtained in step S1 and having a height that can accommodate one line of the button 23 is generated.

In step S3, one page of information is sequentially read from the graphic information. In step S4, it is determined whether the one page of information read in step S3 has a substance as a graphic. If not, the process proceeds to step S11, and if so, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, step S3
The graphic information read in step (1) is developed in the work area of the RAM 16, and in step S6, a miniature image of the graphic information is created.

In step S7, the display position of the button 23 in the base 22 is calculated, and the button 23 in which the miniature image created in step S6 is pasted is generated. In step S8, the button 23 is associated with a callback process (details of which will be described later with reference to FIG. 6) for displaying graphic information already developed in the work area. That is, the button 23 is the mouse 11
The button 23 is associated with the callback processing so that the callback processing is activated when specified by.

In step S9, it is determined whether the page read in step S3 is the page to be edited at present. If it is determined that the page is the page to be edited, the process proceeds to step S10, and the browsing process is performed on the page. If it is determined that the page is not the current page to be edited, step S3
Return to That is, the above processing is repeated.

When the reading of the graphic information is completed, the base 22 is generated as shown in FIG. The width of the base 22 corresponds to the width of the editing screen 21 acquired in step S1.

In step S11, the base 22 is determined based on, for example, the number of pages of the graphic information read in step S3.
Is re-evaluated, and if the size of the base 22 created in step S2 is evaluated to be smaller than the size required to display the button 23 corresponding to the number of pages, in step S12, FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the number of lines required to display the buttons 23 for the number of pages (FIG. 5)
In this embodiment, the resized base 22 is generated so as to have a height corresponding to two rows), and the buttons 23 are arranged in the resized base 22 for the number of pages. That is, the base 22 is set to have a size capable of displaying the buttons 23 for the number of pages of the graphic information.

In step S13, the screen image created in steps S1 to S12 is actually displayed on the display 13.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, step S in FIG.
8, the operation of the callback process associated with the button 23 will be described in further detail. The callback process is started when the button 23 is clicked by the mouse 11.

In step S21, it is determined whether or not the page corresponding to the button 23 designated by the click operation is currently being edited. If it is determined that the page is not currently being edited, the process proceeds to step S22. ,
The browsing function for the page currently being edited is stopped, and in step S23, the browsing function is enabled on the button 23 designated by the click operation, and in step S24, the newly selected The page corresponding to the button 23 is displayed on the editing screen 21. That is, the page to be edited is changed in this way.

If it is determined in step S21 that the page corresponding to the button 23 designated by the click operation is currently being edited, then in step S25 the mouse 1 pressed by the click operation is determined.
It is determined whether the first button is left or right. Therefore, if it is determined that the right button has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S26, the browsing function is enabled for the button 23, and the display portion of the page corresponding to the button 23 can be moved to the edit screen 21. To

If it is determined in step S25 that the left button of the mouse 11 has been pressed by the click operation, the flow advances to step S27 to create a miniature image of the entire page corresponding to the button 23, and step S28
At step S29, the miniature image is re-attached to the button 23, and at step S29, the button 2
Display 3 again.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the operation of the resizing process of the base 22 when the editing screen 21 is resized by changing the default value or the like will be described.

In step S41, it is determined whether or not the width of the editing screen 21 has been changed due to the resizing of the editing screen 21. If it is determined that the width of the editing screen 21 has not been changed, the process ends, and the change is made. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S42, the size of the base 22 and the display position of the button 23 are re-evaluated from the resized information of the width of the edit screen 21, and in step S43, the size and display position reflecting the evaluation result in step S42. And base 2
2 and a button 23 are generated.

In step S44, step S43
Is displayed in the screen of the graphic editor.

The present invention can be used not only as a graphic editor for editing general graphic information, but also for CA
The present invention can be applied to a case where it is used as a so-called design editor such as D.

[0046]

According to the graphic information display apparatus and method of the present invention, displays in detail at least one or more graphic information among the plurality of graphic information, briefly simulating a plurality of graphic information,
A plurality of miniature images are displayed, and a specified one of the plurality of displayed miniature images is displayed.
Information on the miniature image to indicate the area of the image
Display and one of the specified miniature images
Control to display the graphic information of the range of the part, so it is easy to know what page the page currently being edited corresponds to, search by image, and directly move between pages It can be carried out.

[0047]

[0048]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a graphic editor according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen configuration of a graphic editor according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the graphic editor of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the base resize of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the base resize of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail the callback processing related in step 28 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a resizing process of the graphic editor according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration of a conventional graphic editor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 scroll bar 11 mouse 12 keyboard 13 display 14 interface 15 ROM 16 RAM 17 bus 18 CPU 21 editing screen (page display means) 22 base 23 button (page expression means) 24 frame line (display page instruction means)

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] At least one of a plurality of graphic information
Wherein the graphical information display means for displaying graphic information in detail, briefly simulating a plurality of graphic information, the miniature image display means for displaying a plurality of miniature images, the plurality displayed by the miniature image display means among the miniature image, given the Minichi
Information indicating a part of the image
The miniature image to be displayed on the image
Controlling the display means and the designated miniature
Before displaying the graphic information of a part of the image
Control means for controlling the graphic information display means . 2. The graphic information display means according to claim 1, wherein
The graphic information of at least one page or more is displayed in detail, and the miniature image display means displays the graphic information of the plurality of pages.
Display multiple miniature images that briefly mimic information
2. The graphic information display device according to claim 1, wherein
Place. 3. The miniature camera according to claim 2, wherein
Multiple miniature images displayed by the display means
Of the keys specified by the pointing device
Information indicating the partial range of the niche image
The miniature so that it is displayed as a border on the
2. The graphic information display device according to claim 1, wherein the image information display means is controlled . 4. At least one of a plurality of graphic information
A graphic information displaying step of displaying the graphic information in detail; a miniature image displaying step of displaying a plurality of miniature images, which simulates the plurality of graphic information simply; and a processing of the miniature image displaying step wherein in among the displayed plurality of miniature images, designated
Information indicating the range of a part of the miniature image is
The miniature eye to be displayed on the true image
Controls the image display step and
Display the graphic information of a part of the displayed miniature image.
Control of the graphic information display step so as to display
A graphic information display method.