JP3532529B2 - Object display management device and method and program - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an object display management apparatus, method and program for creating a group having a plurality of objects such as figures as constituent elements and displaying the group on a computer screen.

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2. Description of the Related Art In an object display management device represented by a conventional CAD system, objects such as graphics stored in the device are divided into groups called layers. Layers are responsible for managing such objects. Further, in the conventional object display management device, a list of objects belonging to each layer can be displayed on the screen. Then, the user of this device selects, for each layer displayed on the screen, whether or not to display all the objects belonging to each layer,
Display the object on the screen.

For example, in a conventional CAD system, various types of basic figures and the like necessary for drawing are made to belong to a plurality of layers as objects. Here, information about the layer to which each object belongs, such as a figure, which is a constituent element of each layer, is given as attribute information. By having this attribute information, the user can create a layer by combining necessary objects and select display / non-display in layer units to perform drawing such as a desired drawing on the computer screen.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of the relationship between layers and objects and a screen display of objects in a conventional object display management device. Figure 2
In the figure, reference numeral 9 is an example of a screen displayed on the display, and 11 to 15 are objects having geometric figures. In FIG. 2, a total of five objects 11 to 15 belong to any one of the four layers a to d. It should be noted that these objects 11 to 15 are divided into four layers and displayed on the screen. Then, the user selects display / non-display for each layer in order to display only a predetermined object on the screen using the four layers.

In FIG. 2, let us consider a case where the user selects to display the layers b and d, and hides the layers a and c. In this case, three objects, that is, the objects 12 and 13 that are the constituents of the layer b and the object 15 that is the constituent of the layer d are displayed on the display 9. In this way, the conventional method of classifying the layers in the object display management device is such that when the objects are classified by use,
In some cases, each object belongs to only one layer, although it may be newly set by the user when classified from a specific single viewpoint.

FIG. 7 is an image diagram for explaining a combination of screen display of objects using two layers and the following figure in the conventional object display management device. In FIG. 7, symbols e and f represent layers, g represents a lower diagram, and 17a to f represent objects. In FIG.
The objects 17a to 17f are rectangular figures having coordinate information on the screen. Here, three objects 17b, 17c, and 17f belong to the layer e. Also, the layers f include the objects 17a, 1
Three objects 7d and 17e belong. Here, as described above, the same object does not belong to the layers e and f in an overlapping manner.

Next, a case where an object is displayed in the lower part g using these layers will be described. Layer e
If neither (1) or (f) is displayed (), only g shown below is displayed. When using only layer e (+),
The following figure g and the objects 17c, 17c and 17f are displayed. Furthermore, when only layer f is used (+)
Displays the following figure g and the objects 17a, 17d, and 17e. Furthermore, when both layers e and f are used (++), the following figure g and the objects 17a to 1 are used.
7f is displayed.

[0008]

However, in the conventional object display management device, objects overlapping in each layer do not belong, and the screen display of the object can be switched only for each layer. was there. For this reason, an object that does not need to be displayed on the same layer as the object that the user wants to display on the screen may be included. In this case, in the conventional object display management device,
It was necessary to delete objects that do not need to be displayed from the layer and add them to another layer. In addition, there is a problem that the original layer is changed when a new layer is created in this way. For example, considering the case where the object of layer e and the object 17d are to be displayed on the screen together with the following figure in FIG. 7, in the conventional object display management device, the object
It was necessary to delete 7d and add the object 17d to the layer e to create a new layer.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a situation, and it is possible to freely combine objects required by a user regardless of whether the objects belong to another group or not, and to provide a new one. An object of the present invention is to provide an object display management device and method and a program capable of creating a group and displaying it on a screen.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an object displayed on a computer screen.
Object that stores screen display information and attribute information
The database and the objects that belong to the group
Group management database that stores specific search conditions
And the object having attribute information included in the search condition.
Object from the object database
The object having the retrieved attribute information
Create a new group as a component, and
Group information in the group management database.
Group configuration means to be remembered and the object data
Based on the screen display information stored in the base, the glue
Show / hide all of the above objects that belong to the group
Group management means for switching between the two.

Further , according to the present invention, the group forming means changes the search condition of the group stored in the group management database so that an object matching the changed search condition is obtained from the object database. It is characterized in that a new group is formed by searching for the searched object.

The present invention also displays on a computer screen.
Screen display information and attribute information of the object to be stored
Object database and group membership
A group manager that stores search conditions that specify objects
A method for displaying an object in an object display device, comprising:
The object having sex information
Search the database to find the attribute information
A new group that has the object as a component
Configure and add information about the new group to the group
A first process to be stored in the management database, the of
Based on the screen display information stored in the project database.
And all the objects that belong to the group
And a second step of switching between display and non-display of .

Also, in the present invention, in the first step, by changing the search condition of the group stored in the group management database, an object matching the changed search condition is obtained in the object database. And configuring a new group having the searched object as a constituent element.

The present invention also displays on a computer screen.
Screen display information and attribute information of the object to be stored
Object database and group membership
A group manager that stores search conditions that specify objects
Is a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for displaying the object on the computer screen by using a physical database and is included in the search condition.
The object having attribute information
The database, and the retrieved attribute information is searched.
A new group consisting of the object with information
Group and provide information about the new group to the group.
The first procedure to store in the loop management database, and before
Screen display information stored in the object database
All said objects belonging to said group based on
And a second procedure for switching between display and non-display of the image .

Further , in the present invention, in the first procedure, by changing the search condition of the group stored in the group management database, an object matching the changed search condition is obtained in the object database. And configuring a new group having the searched object as a constituent element.

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[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an object display management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an object database, which stores information about all objects used in the present apparatus. The object in this embodiment refers to the data displayed on the screen having the following two types of information. The first information is screen display information and includes CAD data such as basic figures used in the CAD system, and display data such as target data and figure data displayed on the map data in the map information system. The second information is attribute information,
The object name of the object itself and other data. As other data, for example, when the object is data regarding a manufactured product, data such as the product type, purchase date, use, and manufacturer name corresponds to the attribute information. In addition, other data may include information regarding the position of display data.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a group management database, which stores one object or a plurality of objects as one group and stores information about those groups.
The conventional object display management device is called a layer, but in this embodiment, it is called a group because the object management method is different. The group in this embodiment refers to data for managing an object having the following two types of information.

The first information is information on the group name of the group, search conditions for objects belonging to the group, and the like. Here, the object search conditions are various conditions for extracting objects belonging to a new group from all the objects stored in the object database 1. Based on this search condition, only objects that match the search condition can belong to the group. The second piece of information is object information such as an object name for identifying an object that matches the search condition.

A processing device 3 controls the entire object display management device according to this embodiment. Processor 3
Is composed of a group configuration unit 4, a group management unit 5, and a control unit 6. When creating a new group, the group configuration unit 4 searches the object database 1 for an object that meets the search condition according to the search condition set by the user, and sets the searched object as a component of the group. To do. In addition, the information about the newly created group is stored in the group management database 2. The group management unit 5 switches whether to display the objects, which are the constituent elements of the group stored in the group management database 2, on the screen according to the user's instruction. Then, when the user selects to display the objects of the group on the screen, the objects belonging to the group are displayed on the screen. Further, the control unit 6 appropriately transmits a command based on an operation performed by the user of the apparatus to the group configuration unit 4 and the group management unit 5, and controls the operations thereof.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a computer screen display, on which objects are displayed to draw desired figures and the like, a list of objects of groups and their constituent elements, and a display relating to a user's operation of this apparatus. further,
Reference numeral 8 denotes an input device including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. An instruction given by the user through the input device 8 causes the group configuration unit 4 and the group management unit 5 to perform the above-described operation via the control unit 6. The object database 1 and the group management database may be configured to be connected to a plurality of displays, processing devices, etc. by a network such as LAN. Thereby, the same database can be shared by a plurality of terminal devices.

Next, regarding the operation procedure in which the user of the object display management apparatus according to the above-described embodiment uses the groups stored in the group management database 2 to display the objects which are the constituent elements of the group on the display 7. explain. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of the relationship between groups and objects and the screen display of objects in the object display management device of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the object of this embodiment is a figure painted in black.
Then, a regular square is an object 11, a circle is an object 12, a regular hexagon is an object 13, an equilateral triangle is an object 14, and a parallelogram is an object 15. Reference numeral 9 is an example of a screen displayed on the display.

In this embodiment, the objects 11 to 15
The group to which A belongs is redundantly belonging to 4 groups from A to D. Group A is Object 1
Only 1 belongs and is a constituent element. Group B is a component to which objects 12 and 15 belong. Group C is a component to which objects 11 and 13 belong. Then, the group D is the object 12
And 13 and 14 belong to them as constituent elements.

The objects of the constituent elements of the groups A to D are the objects stored in the object database 1 based on the conditions shown in the column of "display condition" in FIG. It meets the conditions. In FIG. 3, the display conditions of groups A to D are conditions 1 to 4. If the object is not a graphic as shown in FIG. 3 but data about a certain manufactured product, the type of the product, the purchase date, the use, the manufacturer name, and the like can be used as the conditions. For example, as condition 1, "Product type is 1
"Product of type" is searched, and manufactured products that meet this condition are made to belong to group A and are set as constituent elements.

Further, as condition 2, "Purchase date is before January 1, 2000" is searched, and manufactured products corresponding to this condition are made to belong to group B and are made a constituent element. Furthermore, as condition 3, search for “use is for office use”,
A manufactured product that meets this condition is made to belong to group C and is a component. Furthermore, as condition 4, “the maker is AA
It is also possible to search for “the company's” and make the manufactured products that meet this condition belong to the group D as the constituent elements.

The user refers to the four groups A to D displayed on the display 7 of FIG. 1 and the objects belonging to the group, and inputs the group into the input device 8
Are divided into groups that display screens and groups that do not display screens. In this embodiment, the user is group B.
Using the input device 8, an instruction is issued to display the groups B and D so that the objects belonging to the groups D and D are displayed on the display 7. Based on this instruction, the control unit 6 in the processing device 3 refers to the group management unit 5 for the object information included in the groups B and D from the groups recorded in the group management database 2. Then, based on the object name in the object information, the display 7 of the circle of the object 12, the regular hexagon of the object 13, and the parallelogram of the object 15 is displayed from the display information of the object having the object name stored in the object database 1. Display on top. Then, the user uses the input device 8 such as a mouse to move these three objects to a position determined by the user. The result thus obtained is the screen display 9 shown in FIG.

Next, a procedure when the user creates a new group in this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure for creating a new group in this embodiment. The user can use the object display device according to the present embodiment to create a group including a combination of objects not recorded in the group database 2 shown in FIG. The user uses the input device 1 shown in FIG. 1 to display whether to create a new group using an existing group stored in the group management database 2 of this device or to create a new group altogether. It is designated according to the display of 7 (step S1). When the user newly creates using an existing group (YES), when the user specifies it using the input device 8, the display 7 displays a list of groups recorded in the group database 2. (Step S2).

When the user newly creates it in step S1 (NO), a group in the initial state in which the search condition and the object to which it belongs is not shown is newly created (step S3). Next, the user uses the input device 8 to input and specify the group name of the newly created group (step S4). Further, the user sets an object search condition in order to set an object to belong to a group for which a new group name is designated (step S5). This search condition is, for example,
Conditions for selecting objects such as "Product type is type 1", "Purchase date is before January 1, 2000", "Application is for office use", and "Maker is AA company" Is. After setting such search conditions, the process proceeds to step S7.

On the other hand, when the existing group is displayed on the display 7 in step S2, the user next decides whether to re-edit the search condition currently set in the group and set a new search condition. Judge (step S
6). As a result, when the user edits the currently displayed search condition (YES), the process proceeds to step S4 and the operation is performed according to the procedure described above. If the user uses the current search condition as it is (NO), the process proceeds to step S7.

In step S7, according to the conventional or new search condition, the group construction unit 4 searches the objects stored in the object database 1 for an object that meets the search condition. Next, as a result of the search, the group forming unit creates a list of objects that meet the condition (step S
8). Then, the group creation unit 4 displays the display information of the objects included in the created group list on the display 7 (step S9). For example, as shown in FIG. 3, assuming that the newly created group is “group B”, the figures of objects 11 and 13, that is, a regular square and a regular hexagon are displayed on the display 7 as objects belonging to the group B. It

The user determines whether or not to save the objects set in the new group displayed in this way as belonging to each group (step S10). As a result, when the user determines to save with the setting (YES), the user performs an operation of saving the new group using the input device 8 (step S1).
1) The user's instruction operation is instructed by the control unit 6 to the group configuration creating unit 4, and the group creating unit 4 additionally records the new group in the group management database 2 (step S12). On the other hand, if the user determines that it is not necessary to save the data (NO), nothing is set and the process ends. By the procedure as described above, the user can create a new group using this device.

Here, an example of displaying the map data and the target object applied to the map data as an object on the screen using the object display device according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the display relationship between map data and objects in this embodiment. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 18 is map data displayed on the display 7 shown in FIG. Also, 16a-
16n is an object displayed on the map data 18, and in the present embodiment, means a building displayed on the map data 18. In this embodiment, the objects 16a to
The 16n information includes display information of a mark that is an image of a building and attribute information such as the area of the site where the building is built and the total floor area of the building. Reference numeral 19 is an example of a display screen when the search condition is set in step S7 in FIG.

In FIG. 5, the objects 16a to 16n are buildings belonging to a group called "large-scale building", and the map data 1 is stored under the current search condition (not shown).
8 is a large building group of objects 16a-1
6n is displayed. So on the search screen 18,
As new search conditions, “site area” is set to “500 or more” and “total floor area” is set to “2,500 or more”, and an object corresponding to this is searched. This further limits the object, and the objects 16b, 16
Only d, 16e, 16g and 16k are retrieved from the object database 1 and displayed on the display 7.

FIG. 6 is an image diagram for explaining the change of the combination of the screen display of the object using the group and the following figure in the object display management device according to the present embodiment. It is an image figure regarding object display based on the object display switching system by this embodiment. In FIG. 6, the management number and the position information are given to the attribute information of the object as described above. in this case,
If the object relates to a particular manufactured item,
The product type, purchase date, use, manufacturer name, etc. are also attribute data.

In the present embodiment, when creating a new group, a search is performed using the management number of the object and the object of the group is searched. As shown in FIG. 6, six objects 17a to f having management numbers 001 to 006 belong to the group stored in the group database 2. When the objects selected based on this group are displayed in the figure below, only the necessary objects are retrieved from the management number and displayed. For example, when the search condition is “management number <> *” in FIG. 6, no management number is selected and only the following figure is displayed. If the search condition is “management number> 003”, objects with management numbers 003 and higher are displayed together with the figure below. Further, when the search condition is “003 <management number <004”, management numbers 003 to 004 are displayed together with the figure below. When the search condition is "*", all the objects belonging to the group are displayed together with the figure below.

It should be noted that the program for realizing the function of the processing apparatus in FIG. 1 is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in this recording medium is read by the computer system and executed to execute the object. You may also manage groups.
The “computer system” here means an OS.
And peripheral equipment and other hardware. Also,
The “computer system” also includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used. A "computer-readable recording medium" means a floppy (registered trademark)
It refers to a portable medium such as a disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a CD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" is a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system which serves as a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those that hold the program for a certain period of time are also included.

The above program may be transmitted from a computer system that stores the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. Further, the program may be a program for realizing some of the functions described above. further,
It may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, the group management means for switching the display / non-display of the objects belonging to the group stored in the group management database on the computer screen and the group management means. An object that matches the search condition set to specify the object to which it belongs is searched from the object database, a new group having the searched object as a constituent element is configured, and information about the new group is stored in the group management database. Since it has a group configuration means for storing in a group, it is possible to freely combine objects required by the user to create a new group and display it on the screen regardless of whether the object belongs to another group. it can.

Further, the group forming means changes the search condition of the group stored in the group management database, searches the object database for an object that matches the changed search condition, and sets the searched object as a constituent element. Since a new group is created, the objects required by the user can be freely combined without being affected by the types of objects belonging to other groups. At this time, the same object can belong to different groups. As a result, when an object is added or deleted from a group that has already been created, a new group is created, so it is possible to add a new group while maintaining the original group without updating it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an object display management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between layers and objects and a screen display of objects in a conventional object display management device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of the relationship between groups and objects and the screen display of objects in the object display management device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a procedure for creating a new group in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a display relationship between map data and objects in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an image diagram for explaining a change of a combination of screen displays of objects using a group and the following figure in the object display management device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7: 2 in the conventional object display management device
It is an image figure for demonstrating the combination of the screen display of an object using two layers and the following figure.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Object database 2 group management database 3 processing equipment 4 group creation department 5 Group selection section 6 control unit 7 display 8 input devices 9 screens 11-15, 16a-n, 17a-f objects

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. An object displayed on a computer screen.
Object that stores the screen display information and attribute information of the object.
Search database and search conditions that specify the objects that belong to the group
And a group management database storing the object, and the object having attribute information included in the search condition.
Search the object database and search
It is necessary to configure the object having the retrieved attribute information.
Create a new group as a base and create a new group
Related information is stored in the group management database.
Group forming means and the screen display information stored in the object database.
All of the objects belonging to the group based on
Group management for switching between displaying and hiding objects
Object display management apparatus characterized by having means. 2. The group configuration means changes the search condition of the group stored in the group management database to search the object database for an object that matches the changed search condition, and performs a search. The object display management device according to claim 1, wherein a new group including the created object as a constituent element is configured. 3. An object displayed on a computer screen
Object that stores the screen display information and attribute information of the object.
Database and the objects that belong to the group
Group management database that stores search conditions that specify
A object display method of the object display device comprising a chromatography scan, the object having the attribute information included in the search condition
Search the object database and search
It is necessary to configure the object having the retrieved attribute information.
Create a new group as a base and create a new group
Related information is stored in the group management database.
First step and, stored in the object database the screen display information that
All of the objects belonging to the group based on
And a second step of switching display / non-display of the object. 4. In the first step, by changing the search condition of the group stored in the group management database, an object matching the changed search condition is searched from the object database, The object display management method according to claim 3 , wherein a new group having the searched object as a constituent element is formed. 5. An object displayed on a computer screen.
Object that stores the screen display information and attribute information of the project
Object database and the objects that belong to the group
Group management data that stores search conditions that specify
A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for displaying the object on the computer screen using a base, the object having attribute information included in the search condition.
Search the object database and search
It is necessary to configure the object having the retrieved attribute information.
Create a new group as a base and create a new group
Related information is stored in the group management database.
And the screen display information stored in the object database.
All of the objects belonging to the group based on
And a second procedure for switching display / non-display of a project . 6. The first procedure searches the object database for an object matching the changed search condition by changing the search condition of the group stored in the group management database, The program according to claim 5 , which constitutes a new group having the searched object as a constituent element.