JP3712749B2 - Window display processing method in information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a display processing method for a plurality of windows, and also relates to a processing for a plurality of windows in CAI (Computer Aided Instruction).
[0002]
In recent years, it has become possible to display with a multi-window so that it is easy for the operator to see and the processing is efficient. Such a technique for displaying a plurality of windows is used for CAI, and is effectively used for various education and learning.
[0003]
When displaying a plurality of windows such as CAI, a keyboard is used to select one of a plurality of character information displayed in one window and input data to the other input window. Improvement is desired.
[0004]
In addition, there is a case where it is desired to know the meaning and contents of a specific word in a sentence displayed in a window in CAI, but it is desired to know it by a simple operation. Further, when a plurality of windows are displayed in the CAI, when they are displayed in a superimposed manner or when they are displayed in a predetermined size, a hidden portion is generated, so that improvement is desired.
[0005]
[Prior art]
FIG. 12 illustrates a character input method in the conventional CAI.
In FIG. 12, two windows A and B are displayed on the display screen. A is a window that displays a question and each option word for each answer is displayed together with a number. B is for inputting an answer. Window is displayed.
[0006]
In the conventional character input method, the answerer uses the window B.D. Position the cursor at one position in the answer field (displayed as a square block), click to enter the answer position, and then enter the number corresponding to the term to be answered from the keyboard. In the example shown in the figure, the number “6” is entered in the first answer field, and the number “6” is displayed in the answer field as shown in the figure. Thus, in the conventional method, the fixed character string “6” or “integer” displayed in window A cannot be transferred to the desired position of the other window and displayed. It was.
[0007]
Next, the prior art that refers to detailed information on important items in sentences in CAI will be described.
The conventional CAI processing method is designed to highlight items (including words) that are considered important to the learner as keywords when the text of the learning subject is displayed. Has been. However, it was not easy for the learner to try to see detailed information on the spot for this highlighted keyword. This is due to the control structure of the keyword and the explanatory text for it.
[0008]
Specifically, there is a method using a help function as an example used conventionally. In this method, the help function can be used to refer to the contents of a specific key. However, when creating a program corresponding to help, it must be created with awareness of the link relationship between the key and description. Since it operates as a program different from the program that promotes CAI learning, it cannot be referred to as a window within the same program.
[0009]
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a multiple window display method in the conventional CAI.
In the conventional CAI processing, when the question sentence and the answer column are displayed in the same window, there is a problem that it is difficult to see if the question sentence is separated from the answer column. Therefore, it was necessary to design the corresponding question sentences and answer columns so that they do not leave.
[0010]
When two windows are displayed, A. of FIG. And B. There was a method shown in A. In the case of, two windows (question sentence window and answer column window) are overlapped and displayed, and the contents of the back side window cannot be seen at the same time as the front side. is there. The other B. In the case of, each window is displayed by dividing the screen at a fixed position (center of the screen). However, division at a fixed position is Since the amount of data varies depending on the window as shown in the question sentence shown in FIG. In this case, the hidden part of the problem sentence is seen by scrolling.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to the method of inputting characters from the fixed character string of one window to the other window in the conventional CAI described above, there is a problem that the operation is troublesome because the input position specifying operation by the mouse and the input operation by the keyboard are performed. there were.
[0012]
In addition, there is a problem that it is not possible to easily refer to the highlighted keyword in the CAI text even if it is attempted to refer to the detailed information on the spot.
Furthermore, when a plurality of (in many cases, two) windows are displayed in the conventional CAI, there is a problem that the divided display cannot be performed according to the data amount.
[0013]
The first object of the present invention is to provide a window display control system that enables transfer of a fixed character string between a plurality of windows, and a detailed description of important items (keywords) in a CAI sentence is simply referred to. A second object of the present invention is to provide a window display control method in CAI, and a third method of window display control in CAI that can divide and display a plurality of windows appropriately in accordance with the amount of data in CAI. The purpose.
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
1 is a first principle configuration diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a second principle configuration diagram of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a third principle configuration diagram of the present invention.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, 1 is an input device having a pointing function such as a mouse, 2 is a display, 3 is a processing device (CPU and memory), 4 is an input control unit for receiving an instruction from the input device and performs processing, and 5 is a window. A control unit 6 is an application processing unit that performs application (application) processing, 7 is a character string transfer processing unit that performs character string transfer processing between windows, and 8 is a data storage unit that stores data used for application processing.
[0016]
In FIG. 2, 1 to 5 are the same as those in FIG. 1, 6 'is a CAI processing unit, 9 is an explanation screen registration unit, 10 is an explanation drawing reference unit, and 11 is an explanation drawing corresponding to a keyword. It is a keyword interface part that stores data to be associated.
[0017]
In FIG. 3, 1 to 5 and 6 'are the same as those in FIG. 2, and in the CAI processing unit 6', 12 is a window default value division determination unit, 13 is a window optimal division unit, and 14a is a display. This is the definition of the number of data lines.
[0018]
In the first configuration of the present invention, only a character string in which a predetermined delimiter key is arranged before and after is extracted from a specified fixed character string in one transfer source window and transferred to a specified position in the transfer destination window. In the second configuration, when a keyword is designated, the explanation screen corresponding to the keyword is extracted from the interface registered in correspondence with the keyword and displayed in a separate window. The third configuration is for display data. The display position of the window is defined at the time of creation, and it is determined whether it can be displayed when a plurality of data is displayed. When all the data cannot be displayed, it is divided at the optimal position.
[0019]
[Action]
In FIG. 1, the processing device 3 displays the data in the data storage unit 8 on the screen of the display 2 as a plurality of windows (two in this description) by the window control unit 5 by the operation of the application processing unit 6. The user operates the input device 1 to instruct the position of a specific character string in one window as a transfer source and to instruct the position of the transfer destination of the other window. The input control unit 4 decodes the instruction of each position and notifies the window control unit 5 and the application processing unit 6. The designated character string detection means 7 a of the character string transfer processing unit 7 of the application processing unit 6 detects from the data storage unit 8 the character string data of the transfer source designated by the window control unit 5.
[0020]
In the data storage unit 8, a specific code (referred to as a delimiter key) is added to the data of each character string to be selected before and after the character string to be transferred (a part or all of the entire character string). Yes. Next, the specific character string extracting means 7b extracts the character string included between the specific codes from the detected character string data, and the extracted character string transferring means 7c uses the extracted character string as the data for the other window of the transfer destination. Store in the data storage unit 8. The window control unit 5 displays a plurality of windows including the transfer character string on the other window on the display 2.
[0021]
In FIG. 2, educational sentences and figures are displayed on the screen of the display 2 by operating the CAI processing unit 6 ′. When an important item or term (referred to as a keyword) in the sentence is selected and a detailed description of each keyword is to be attached, the explanation screen registration unit 9 is activated by an instruction from the input device 1. As a result, the detailed explanation about the keyword is created on another screen and the data is registered. At this time, the keyword interface unit 11 stores data indicating the correspondence between the keyword corresponding to the learning content screen and the detailed explanation screen data.
[0022]
After that, when the process is executed by the CAI processing unit 6 ′ and the learning content is displayed and the learner indicates the position of the keyword that the user wants to know with the input device 1, the input control unit 4 identifies this. To the window control unit 5 and the CAI processing unit 6 ′. When the drawing reference unit 10 of the CAI processing unit 6 ′ receives the keyword information for which an input instruction has been received from the window control unit 5, the detailed description screen data corresponding to the keyword is extracted from the keyword interface unit 11, and the window control is performed. The detailed description is displayed on the display 2 by a separate window by supplying to the unit 5.
[0023]
Next, in FIG. 3, the number of data lines (or the number of display lines) is set in advance as the display data line number definition 14 a in the data storage unit 14 that stores the teaching material data displayed by the CAI processing unit 6 ′. . When a process of displaying a plurality of windows for learning is performed, the window default value division determination unit 12 extracts the display data line number definition corresponding to the teaching material data to be displayed in the plurality of windows, and displays the definition in the screen of the display 2. Judges whether multiple windows can be divided and displayed within the default size. If it can be displayed, the window is divided using the number of display lines. If the window cannot be displayed (exceeds the size), the window optimal division unit 13 determines the dividing position based on the ratio of the number of lines of each data with respect to the size that can be displayed, and divides a plurality of windows at that ratio. The control unit 5 is notified and a plurality of windows are displayed on the screen of the display 2.
[0024]
When a plurality of windows are displayed at this division ratio, the display including the characters in the windows can be reduced so that the target data is contained in each window.
[0025]
【Example】
A first embodiment corresponding to the first principle configuration of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0026]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the data structure of the character string and the transfer data, FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the transfer operation, and FIG. 6 is a processing flow of the embodiment of the character string transfer.
In this description, it is assumed that two windows are displayed in CAI or the like as shown in FIG. One a is a question window for displaying learning questions (multiple choices), and the other b is an answer column window in which sentences for inputting answers (selection numbers) to the questions are displayed. The data structure shown in the problem window a is shown in FIG.
[0027]
A. of FIG. In the problem data shown in 1. ~ 8. The data structure of the character string including each option is as follows. Of 6. As an example, the character string (shaded part) of B. It has the structure like this. That is, the delimiter key code is placed before and after the character string to be transferred in the character string. In this example, the space before “6” is the start delimiter key, and the subsequent “.” Defined as an end delimiter key. However, other symbols can be defined as delimiter keys, and this can be dealt with by identifying the defined key in the transfer process.
[0028]
C. of FIG. Is the above-mentioned B. Is a character string (fixed character string) shown in FIG. When the cursor is positioned and clicked by operating the mouse in the problem window of FIG. This indicates that the character string “6” is extracted as a result of extracting the character string surrounded by the delimiter key when the character string is extracted. This character string is transferred to the transfer position designated by the mouse in the other answer field window b shown in FIG. 5 and displayed by the processing flow of FIG. 6 described later.
[0029]
D. of FIG. A. In this example, the delimiter key of the data structure of each option is changed. In this example, the character string “integer” is transferred, and the delimiter key is placed before and after “integer” in the data of “6. Is set. E. D. Represents the character string extracted as the data to be transferred when the data shown in FIG.
[0030]
6 will be described. First, a delimiter key for extracting a character string is set in the target data (character string of each option of A. in FIG. 4) (S1 in FIG. 6). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not learning is to be performed (S2). When an instruction to start learning is given, processing is started and the learning target data (teaching material) is expanded on a memory (corresponding to the data storage unit 8 in FIG. 1). The contents of the memory are displayed on the window of the screen by window control (S3). Thereafter, processing corresponding to the operation is expanded. In the problem window including the options (a in FIG. 5), the cursor is positioned by operating the mouse on the character string including the target option, and the mouse is moved. It is determined whether the button has been double-clicked (S4 in FIG. 6). Thus, it can be determined whether or not a transfer instruction has been issued.
[0031]
When a transfer instruction is issued, options (in this case, numbers, for example, “6”) are extracted based on the delimiter key of the target character string (S5). At this time, the position of the option data (transfer source data) in the memory is stored. After that, the part of the option selected in the problem window a is selected (for example, highlighted) (S6).
[0032]
Next, the cursor position on the answer column window b (see FIG. 5) is designated to determine whether the mouse button has been clicked (S7 in FIG. 6). If it is clicked, it is determined whether an option is selected (the state of S6 above) (S8), and if it is selected, the option is taken out from the memory based on the selected position (stored in S5 above) (same as above). S9). Next, it is determined whether or not a character string already exists in the answer field window (S10). If it does not exist, the option is transferred to the answer field window (S11). If it exists, the character on the answer field window is displayed. The column is replaced with the extracted option (S12).
[0033]
In the example of FIG. 5, when the mouse is operated to move the cursor to the position of the character string “6. integer” in the question window a and double-click, the entire character string is highlighted, and then the answer column window When the cursor is moved to the blank for the first answer b and clicked, the character string “6” is transferred to the blank and displayed.
[0034]
Next, a second embodiment corresponding to the second principle configuration of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 7 shows a CAI learning content window and an explanation screen window, and FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the keyword interface unit.
[0035]
In FIG. 7, “a” indicates an explanatory text window for learning contents. When creating this explanatory text, items (keywords) that are important in the text and need to be explained are (1) and (2). As indicated by ▼ and ▲ 3, the keyword is displayed at the position where each keyword of the explanatory text occurs. In addition, screen data of explanatory text is created for each selected keyword. This explanation screen needs to be displayed as a window b independent of the original window a.
[0036]
FIG. 8 shows a configuration of a keyword interface unit provided for displaying each keyword and a window of screen data (screen ID) of an explanation screen corresponding to the keyword according to the present invention. The contents of the keyword interface are sequentially registered every time the explanation screen is created.
[0037]
FIG. 8 shows a configuration in the case where the nth keyword exists, and each data is configured in the same format corresponding to each keyword. First, an offset to the next data (the length of this data) is shown. , The X coordinate and Y coordinate of the keyword, then the explanation screen ID (description number of the explanation screen data), the length of the explanation screen, and finally the character string of the original keyword.
[0038]
In the state shown in FIG. 8 where each data is registered in the keyword interface unit, in the window a in FIG. 7, the learner operates the mouse and double-clicks the keyword “conditional expression” in (3) ( (If the return (execute) key is pressed on the keyboard), the keyword interface part as shown in FIG. 8 is searched, and if data matching the selected position and the keyword coordinate position of the keyword interface part is detected, The explanation screen ID to be identified can be identified. Using the explanation screen ID, the screen data is read from the memory and displayed as the window b in FIG.
[0039]
In the configuration of FIG. 7 above, keywords are displayed at different positions from the explanatory text (positions indicated by (1) to (3)), but any item (term) in the learning text is explained. Create an explanation screen to perform the action, and let the learner select and specify any item (term) using free keywords, so that the corresponding explanation screen (if created) is displayed immediately Is also possible. In that case, the created explanation screen data is registered in the keyword interface section, and the character string selected by the learner is used as a keyword for comparison with the keyword in the keyword interface section. When the keywords match, A method of taking out the included explanation screen ID and displaying the explanation screen is used.
[0040]
Next, the configuration of the third embodiment corresponding to the third principle of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 9 is a processing flow of window division, FIG. 10 is a display example when division is possible with a default value, and FIG. 11 is a display example of optimum division when division is not possible with a default value.
[0041]
FIG. 9 illustrates a flow of window division processing in the case where questions and answer fields that are teaching materials in CAI are displayed. First, the number of data lines to be displayed in the window is defined for each target data (teaching material) when creating the teaching material (S1 in FIG. 9). As a result, as shown in the upper right part of FIG. 9, a display data line number definition 90 (corresponding to 14a in FIG. 3) is set for each teaching material data. In this example, the number of lines of question data and answer column data is set as m and n, respectively.
[0042]
After this, it is determined whether or not the user needs to open a window by performing a learning start key operation (S2). If a learning start key operation is performed, the target data (teaching material The corresponding division position (number of display lines) is extracted from the display data line number definition 90) (S3). Next, the frame size (the width and height to be displayed by the CAI application are defined by the CAI application) capable of displaying a plurality of (two in this example) windows to be displayed is calculated (S4). Then in the size of the calculated frame, or two teaching material data (problem and answer column) display identifies whether the row number of the display size to fit in, it divides the window by two the number of display lines not Is determined (S5 in FIG. 9).
[0043]
If division is possible, the window is divided based on the division position (number of display lines) (S8 in FIG. 9).
FIG. 10 is an example of display when division is possible with a default value. The size of the window A including the number of lines representing the question and the size of the window B including the number of lines representing the answer column is within the displayable frame size. , The height of each window is proportional to the number of displayed lines. In the division by this default value, the optimum division is performed for each data amount, so the scrolling process is reduced.
[0044]
Next, if it is determined that the image cannot be divided by the determination in S5 in FIG. 9, the division position is calculated as a ratio based on the size value of the frame that can be displayed (S6 in FIG. 9). In this case, since the number of lines of the two display data exceeds the displayable frame, the division position for dividing the window in the displayable frame is calculated by the ratio of the number of display lines of each data. The window is divided at the calculated dividing position to display two windows (S7).
[0045]
FIG. 11 shows a display example of optimal division when division by default is not possible. In this case, a part of the problem window A does not enter the window frame. As described above, since the number of lines less than the number of lines displayed in one or both of the windows can be displayed, it is necessary to refer to the contents of the lines hidden by the scroll operation. However, by dividing the displayable frame in proportion to the display lines of the two windows, the displayable frame can be used most effectively and optimal division can be realized.
[0046]
After calculating the division position by the ratio (ratio of the number of display lines of each data) based on the size value of the frame that can be displayed in S6 in FIG. 9, the window is divided and displayed in S7. Processing can be performed in which the data in each window is reduced and displayed so that all the data can be displayed in the two windows obtained by calculation with the ratio and divided by the ratio. In that case, there are no or fewer parts that cannot be displayed in each window.
[0047]
【The invention's effect】
According to the character string transfer process of the first configuration of the present invention, a user can operate a character string between windows only by operating an input device having a pointing function such as a mouse without operating a keyboard on the target window. Can be selected and transferred, and operability can be improved. Furthermore, the character string to be transferred can be only a preset part of the character string of the transfer source, and unnecessary data is not transferred.
[0048]
Next, according to the second configuration of the present invention, the detailed explanation screen can be displayed in a window simply by selecting an important item (keyword) in the CAI text, and the learning effect can be improved. Since the explanation screens are independent from each other, the explanation screen can be added, modified, and deleted as necessary.
[0049]
Furthermore, according to the third configuration of the present invention, even when the data amount of a plurality of windows is different in CAI, it is possible to divide the window optimally, it is easy for the user to see, and the amount of operations such as scrolling can be reduced. it can.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a first principle configuration diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a second principle configuration diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a third principle of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of a character string and transfer data.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a character string transfer operation.
FIG. 6 is a processing flow of an embodiment of character string transfer.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a CAI learning content window and an explanation screen window;
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a keyword interface unit.
FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart of window division.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example when division is possible with a default value.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of optimal division when division cannot be performed with a default value.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a character input method in the conventional CAI.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a multiple window display method in the conventional CAI.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Input device 2 Display 3 Processing device (CPU and memory)
4 Input control unit 5 Window control unit 6 Application processing unit 7 Character string transfer processing unit 8 Data storage unit

Claims (1)

In a window display processing method in a CAI information processing apparatus that sets a plurality of learning windows on a display screen and controls display of each window,
The number of data lines of the teaching material data is set as the number of display data lines in the data storage unit for storing the teaching material data,
Wherein when displaying the teaching data a plurality of windows, said determining whether capable of displaying a plurality of windows having a number of display data lines in the display frame, if available divides the window according to the number of rows, the display A window display processing method in an information processing apparatus of CAI, wherein if not possible, a ratio of the number of rows is obtained, and a window is divided in a display frame by the obtained ratio.

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