JP4956055B2 - Window display control device and window display control program - Google Patents

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  The present invention includes a display device, and, for example, in a computer system capable of executing an application program for creating a financial book table, window display control for performing display control of a window displayed on the display device upon execution of the application program More particularly, the present invention relates to a window display control method, a window display control device, and a window display control program for displaying a plurality of windows on a display device.

  In recent computer systems, a plurality of application programs can be executed simultaneously, and a plurality of windows are displayed on the display device according to the number of applications being executed. In addition, even when a plurality of files are opened (edited) simultaneously with the same application, a plurality of windows are displayed on the display device.

  As an example, FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a plurality of windows are displayed on the display device, and illustrates a state in which three windows are displayed in an overlapping manner. In such a state, the user (user) of the computer system operates the mouse or the like as necessary to display a window in which only a part is displayed in the foreground (adjustment of each window (size change) , Change the display position, etc.) to check the display contents of each window.

  By the way, from the state shown in FIG. 14 (without adjusting the display position of each window), when an operation for displaying the window displaying the application # 2 (hereinafter referred to as window # 2) in the foreground is performed, The window displaying application # 1 (hereinafter referred to as window # 1) is hidden behind window # 2. As a result, the contents displayed in window # 1 cannot be confirmed.

  As a method for solving such a problem that a specific window is hidden behind another window, there is Patent Document 1 below. In Patent Document 1 below, when there are a plurality of windows, the windows are arranged on the screen so that the titles of the windows are visible. For example, the windows arranged as shown in FIG. 14 are rearranged as shown in FIG. As a result, it is possible to easily know the contents displayed in each window and to select the window efficiently.

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  However, even when the technique described in Patent Document 1 is used, there are the following problems.

  First, since the technique described in Patent Document 1 is arranged (displayed) by shifting each window, only a part of the window is displayed except for the one displayed on the foreground. In addition, after rearranging each window (after rearranging as shown in FIG. 15), when another application is executed and a new window is displayed, some or all of the windows that have been displayed so far are displayed. The window may be hidden behind the newly displayed window. In this case, in order to make the titles of all the windows visible, it is necessary to perform an operation for rearranging the windows again.

  Moreover, even if the technique described in Patent Document 1 is used, a plurality of windows (all contents displayed on the windows) cannot be viewed at the same time. Therefore, in order to view a plurality of windows at the same time, it is necessary for the user to perform an operation for adjusting the display position and display size of each window, and the operation is complicated. In particular, when creating a financial book at an accounting office, etc., look at multiple financial books at the same time (for example, create a financial book for the current year while referring to the financial book for the previous year). Frequently occurs. Therefore, it is important to improve the work efficiency to allow a plurality of windows to be viewed simultaneously by a simple operation.

  Further, an OS (Operating System) that manages a general window is provided with a function of arranging multiple windows. However, when this function is used, all open (not minimized) windows are aligned, so that when the number of windows is large, the screen becomes tiled and is very difficult to see. In order to prevent this, it was necessary to take measures such as minimizing unnecessary windows in advance, and the operation was troublesome.

  In addition, word processing software, spreadsheet software, and the like provide a function of easily dividing a screen into two parts and comparing two sentences by a spread display function of different sentences. However, these are performed by the application by opening two document windows, and a function of arranging windows of different and completely independent applications for easy viewing is not provided.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and rearranges (displays) a plurality of windows displayed on a display device constituting a computer system so that display contents on the windows can be simultaneously viewed. An object of the present invention is to obtain a window display control method, a window display control device, and a window display control program that eliminate the complexity of operations at the time.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a window display control method according to the present invention constitutes a computer system, a display information storage unit for holding information relating to screen display, and screen display content update control. A window display control method of a control unit in a case where a plurality of windows are arranged and displayed on a display unit including a display content update control unit that performs display, in order to hold information used in a process of arranging and displaying a plurality of windows Display condition reading step for reading out the maximum number of alignment windows and the alignment pattern, which are display conditions stored as an initial state in the window information storage unit, and start of alignment processing which is an instruction to start processing for displaying the windows being displayed in alignment An alignment process start instruction receiving step for receiving instructions, and a display process from the display information storage unit A window that reads the number of windows being displayed, which is window information relating to the window, the identifier of each window being displayed, the display position of each window, the size of each window, and the order of use, and stores the window information in the window information storage unit A prescribed number based on the information reading step, the window information read from the window information storage unit, and the display condition read out as initial information from the window information in the display condition reading step and the contents of the alignment processing start instruction A window identifier storage step for storing the selected window identifier in the window information storage unit as the window identifier of the window to be aligned, and selecting the window to be aligned from the window information storage unit. A window for instructing the display content update control unit to display the window indicated by the window identifier based on the alignment pattern in the initial state read in the display condition reading step. An alignment instruction output step.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, in the alignment target window identifier selection step, a specified number of window identifiers are selected as the window identifiers of the alignment target windows in order from the window identifier indicating the most recently used window. Features.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, when the number of display windows read in the window information reading step is less than the specified number, the specified number is equal to the number of display windows in the alignment target window identifier selecting step. As a feature, a window identifier of an alignment target window is selected.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received in the alignment process start instruction reception step instructs the start of the alignment process when the application program is started, the specified number is set to “maximum”. The number of aligned windows is −1 ”.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received in the alignment process start instruction reception step is an instruction to start an alignment process without starting an application program, the specified number is set to “ The maximum number of alignment windows ”.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received in the alignment process start instruction reception step is an instruction to start the alignment process when the application program is started, the window alignment instruction output step And a new window display step of starting an application program indicated by the alignment processing start instruction and displaying a window corresponding to the started application program in an area on the screen where no window is displayed. It is characterized by.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received in the alignment process start instruction reception step is an instruction to start the alignment process without starting an application program, the alignment process start instruction Following the receiving step, further, selectable alignment patterns are read from the window information storage unit, a list of the read alignment patterns is generated and displayed on the display unit, and the user selects from the displayed alignment pattern list An alignment pattern selection step of acquiring information on the alignment pattern via the input unit, and storing the acquired alignment pattern information in the window information storage unit, wherein the window information storage step includes the window information storage step. In the alignment pattern selection step from the user, the user Reads-option and alignment patterns, based on the read alignment pattern, wherein to align displays a window that shows the window identifier, and wherein the issuing an instruction to the display content update control unit.

  In the window display control method according to the next invention, in the display condition reading step, instead of the process of reading the alignment pattern stored in the storage unit, the selectable alignment pattern is read and read from the window information storage unit. A list of alignment patterns is generated and displayed on the display unit, information on the alignment pattern selected by the user from the displayed alignment pattern list is acquired via the input unit, and information on the acquired alignment pattern is further displayed in the window. A process for storing the information in the information storage unit is executed.

  A window display control device according to the next invention constitutes a computer system and includes a display information storage unit for holding information relating to screen display and a display unit including a display content update control unit for performing update control of screen display content. A window display control apparatus that performs control to display a plurality of windows in an aligned manner, and display conditions stored as initial information in a window information storage unit for holding information used in processing for displaying a plurality of windows in an aligned manner A display condition reading means for reading out the maximum number of alignment windows and an alignment pattern, an alignment process start instruction receiving means for receiving an alignment process start instruction which is a process start instruction for aligning and displaying a window being displayed, and the display information storage unit The currently displayed window, which is window information about the currently displayed window Window information reading means for reading the number, the identifier of the window being displayed, the display position of each window, the size and order of use of each window, and storing the window information in the window information storage unit, and the window information storage unit The window information is read out from the window information, a predetermined number of window identifiers are selected from the window information based on the display condition read by the display condition reading means as initial information and the content of the alignment processing start instruction, and the selected window An alignment target window identifier selection unit that stores an identifier as a window identifier of the alignment target window in the window information storage unit, reads the window identifier of the alignment target window from the window information storage unit, and displays the window indicated by the window identifier The so aligned to display based on the alignment pattern of the initial information display condition reading means read, characterized in that it comprises a window aligned instruction output means issues an instruction to the display content update control unit.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, the arrangement target window identifier selection means selects a prescribed number of window identifiers as the window identifiers of the arrangement target windows in order from the window identifier indicating the most recently used window. Features.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, when the number of display windows read by the window information reading means is less than the specified number, the alignment target window identifier selecting means has the specified number equal to the number of display windows. As a feature, a window identifier of an alignment target window is selected.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received by the alignment process start instruction receiving means instructs the start of the alignment process when the application program is started, the specified number is set to “maximum”. The number of aligned windows is −1 ”.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received by the alignment process start instruction receiving means instructs the start of the alignment process without starting the application program, the specified number is set to “ The maximum number of alignment windows ”.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received by the alignment process start instruction receiving means instructs the start of the alignment process upon activation of the application program, the window alignment instruction output means Further, the application program indicated by the alignment processing start instruction is activated, and a window corresponding to the activated application program is displayed in an area on the screen where no window is displayed.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, when the alignment process start instruction received by the alignment process start instruction receiving means instructs the start of the alignment process without starting an application program, the alignment process start instruction The accepting unit further reads out selectable alignment patterns from the window information storage unit, generates a list of the read alignment patterns, displays the list on the display unit, and selects the alignment pattern selected by the user from the displayed alignment pattern list Information is acquired through the input unit, and the acquired alignment pattern information is stored in the window information storage unit, and the window alignment instruction output unit reads the acquired alignment pattern from the window information storage unit. The window indicated by the window identifier is based on the read alignment pattern. Window to the alignment display, and wherein the issuing an instruction to the display content update control unit.

  In the window display control device according to the next invention, the display condition reading unit reads and reads the selectable alignment patterns from the window information storage unit instead of the process of reading the alignment patterns stored in the storage unit. A list of alignment patterns is generated and displayed on the display unit, information on the alignment pattern selected by the user from the displayed alignment pattern list is acquired via the input unit, and information on the acquired alignment pattern is further displayed in the window. A process for storing the information in the information storage unit is executed.

  A window display control program according to the next invention causes a computer to execute the window display control method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

  The window display control method according to the present invention selects a number of windows to be arranged and displayed from a plurality of windows displayed on the same screen, and automatically selects the selected windows in accordance with a predetermined arrangement pattern. Since the display is arranged in order, the user does not need to perform detailed operations for selecting and arranging the windows (selecting the windows to be arranged, specifying the display position of each window, adjusting the display size of each window, etc.). The windows can be arranged and displayed so that a plurality of windows can be viewed at the same time, and it is possible to eliminate the complexity of the operation.

  Embodiments of a window display control method, a window display control device, and a window display control program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a computer system that has a function as a window display control device for realizing the window display control method according to the present invention and can execute the window display control program according to the present invention. This computer system includes a control unit 1, a storage unit 2, a display unit 3, an input unit 4, and a communication unit 5.

  In FIG. 1, a control unit 1 executes a window display control program according to the present invention. The storage unit 2 includes various memories such as a RAM and a ROM, and stores a window display control program to be executed by the control unit 1, necessary data obtained in the course of processing, and the like. The display unit 3 is composed of a CRT, LCD (liquid crystal display panel), etc., and displays various screens for the computer system user. The input unit 4 includes, for example, a keyboard 41 and a mouse 42, and is used by a computer system user to input various information. Further, this computer system can be connected to a communication network via the communication unit 5.

  Here, an operation example of the computer system until the window display control program according to the present invention becomes executable will be described. In the computer system having the above-described configuration, for example, a window display control program is installed in a disk unit (not shown) from a CD-ROM set in a CD-ROM drive unit (not shown). When the window display control program is executed, the window display control program read from the disk unit is stored in a predetermined location in the storage unit 2. In this state, the control unit 1 executes window display control processing according to the window display control program stored in the storage unit 2.

  In the present invention, a window display control program describing the window display control processing is provided using a CD-ROM as a recording medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration of the computer system, the capacity of the provided program, etc. Accordingly, for example, a recording medium such as a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a magnetic tape can be used. Moreover, it is good also as using the window display control program provided with transmission media, such as an email and the internet.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the window display control apparatus according to the first embodiment, and includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, a display unit 30, and an input unit 40. The control unit 10 includes an application program start instruction receiving unit 11, a window information acquiring unit 12, a window alignment determining unit 13, and a window alignment processing unit that constitute a window display control unit for realizing the window control method according to the present invention. 14 and an application program activation processing unit 15. The application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 performs operations as a display condition reading unit and an alignment process start instruction receiving unit. The window information acquisition unit 12 performs an operation as a window information reading unit. The window alignment determination unit 13 performs an operation as an alignment target window identifier selection unit. The window alignment processing unit 14 operates as a window alignment instruction output unit. The application program activation processing unit 15 performs an operation as a window alignment instruction output unit.

  In addition, the storage unit 20 includes a window information storage unit 21 for storing information used when executing window alignment display processing to be described later in its own specific area. Although not shown, the storage unit 20 includes a work memory area that is used when each unit of the control unit 10 described above performs each process. Each unit of the control unit 10 may include a work memory as necessary. Processing described later is executed using all or part of the area.

  The storage unit 20 is not limited to a memory such as a RAM and a ROM built in the computer, but an external storage device (hard disk, CD-R (Compact Disk-Recordable), CD-RW (Compact Disk-ReWritable), DVD) -RAM (Digital Versatile Disk Random Access Memory) etc.) or a storage device on a network (a storage device connected via a network). The storage unit 20 may be a combination of a plurality of the devices exemplified above.

  Although not shown, the display unit 30 performs a display content update control unit that performs display content update control including window display on a display device configured by an LCD or the like in accordance with an instruction from the window display control unit, And a display information storage unit for holding the state of display content on the display panel.

  Subsequently, an operation (window alignment display process) in which the window display control device having the above configuration performs a window display control operation and displays a plurality of windows on the display unit 30 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of the window display control operation. The window display control device according to the present invention is an application for creating a financial book table (hereinafter referred to as a financial application) used in an accounting office, for example. ) Automatically adjusts the display position of the window with the activation (execution), and displays a plurality of windows aligned. Note that FIG. 3 shows an operation in a case where another application is selected and executed in a state where one window is displayed, and the windows that have been displayed and the windows that are newly displayed are arranged side by side (aligned display). Is shown. The operation illustrated in FIG. 3 is an example, and the same operation can be performed when a general spreadsheet application (hereinafter referred to as a general-purpose application) is started, not limited to a financial application.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the window display control operation according to the first embodiment, and illustrates an example of the window display control operation that is executed when the application is activated. The window display control operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. When performing the window display control operation, the control unit 10 of the window display control device according to the present invention acquires basic information (initial information) used in the operation (reads out from the storage unit 20 and copies it to the work memory area. ). Specifically, the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 acquires the number of arranged windows (N) and the arranged pattern information from the window information storage unit 21 (step S11).

  Here, the number of aligned windows is information indicating the maximum number of windows that are displayed side by side on the screen (display unit 30). For example, if N = 4, a maximum of four windows are displayed on the screen. It is possible to display them side by side. The number of alignment windows is a fixed value that is determined so that visibility is not impaired more than necessary in accordance with system specifications such as screen resolution. The alignment pattern information is information indicating the arrangement and display position (window alignment pattern) of windows to be aligned and displayed on the screen, and is determined according to the number of alignment windows. FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of a window alignment pattern in the case of “number of aligned windows = 2”. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a window alignment pattern in the case of “number of aligned windows = 3”.

  In step S11, if the alignment pattern information selected in advance by the user is stored in the window information storage unit 21, the selected alignment pattern information is stored. If not, the default alignment pattern information is stored in the window information storage. Read from the unit 21.

  Furthermore, the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 arranges all the selectable window alignment patterns so that the user can select a window alignment pattern different from the window alignment pattern indicated by the alignment pattern information acquired in step S11. Information is acquired from the window information storage unit 21. Then, based on the acquired alignment pattern information, the display content update control unit of the display unit 30 is displayed so as to display a window alignment pattern selection screen (a list of alignment patterns such as FIGS. 5A and 5B). An instruction is issued (step S12). Thereafter, it waits for the information of the window alignment pattern selected by the user to be input via the input unit 40, and acquires the information of the selected window alignment pattern (step S13). In addition, when the information of the selected window alignment pattern is acquired, the alignment pattern information indicating the window alignment pattern is stored in the window information storage unit 21 as the selected alignment pattern information.

  The processes in steps S11 to S13 described above are executed when, for example, an application program selection menu (launcher program) for selecting and executing a specific application program as shown in FIG. 6 is started.

  In this way, the control unit 10 acquires basic information (initial information) and the like by executing the processes of steps S11 to S13, and based on the acquired information (number of aligned windows, selected window alignment pattern), The process after step S14 is executed.

  As described above, the number of alignment windows (N) is a fixed value determined according to the system specifications, and the alignment pattern is determined according to N. In addition, each user is assumed to use a specific alignment pattern with the highest work efficiency for each user. For this reason, the window display control device selects the selected alignment pattern information previously selected by the user and stored in the window information storage unit 21 (default alignment pattern information when the selected alignment pattern information is not stored). ) May be used to execute the processing after step S14. In this case, steps S12 and S13 can be omitted, and the troublesome operation for the user is eliminated. In addition, it is possible to reduce processing performed by the control unit 10 (application program activation instruction receiving unit 11).

  In addition, the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 does not acquire the number of aligned windows from the window information storage unit 21, but stores information such as the screen resolution held in a specific area (not shown) of the storage unit 20. It may be obtained and the number of aligned windows may be calculated by itself. Thereby, the amount of information held in the storage unit 20 can be reduced.

  Next, the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 of the window display control apparatus waits for a program activation instruction from the user to be performed via the input unit 40. When a program start instruction from the user is received via the input unit 40, the application program start instruction receiving unit 11 passes information on the application program corresponding to the received program start instruction to the window information acquiring unit 12 (step S14). . The window information acquisition unit 12 confirms the window display state of the display unit 30 with respect to the display information storage unit constituting the display unit 30, and information on the window currently displayed on the display unit 30 (displayed window , The identifier of the displayed window, the display position, size, state, order of use, etc. of each window) (step S15). Furthermore, the window information acquisition unit 12 stores the information acquired in step S15 in the window information storage unit 21 (step S16). The window information acquisition unit 12 passes the application program information (information indicating the application program to be activated) corresponding to the program activation instruction received by the application program activation instruction reception unit 11 in step S14 to the window alignment determination unit 13. .

  Next, the window alignment determining unit 13 acquires information on the number of windows displayed on the display unit 30 (referred to as the number of display windows) from the window information storage unit 21, and acquires the acquired number of display windows and the number of aligned windows ( N) is compared (step S17). When the comparison result in step S17 is “the number of display windows ≧ (N−1)” (step S17, Yes), the process immediately proceeds to step S19. On the other hand, when the comparison result in step S17 is “the number of display windows <(N−1)” (No in step S17), the window alignment determining unit 13 determines “N = (number of display windows) −1”. (Step S18), the process proceeds to Step S19.

  Next, the window alignment determination unit 13 acquires information about the usage order of each window displayed on the display unit 30 from the window information storage unit 21. Then, the information (identifiers) of the (N-1) th windows is selected in order from the most recently used one, and the selected identifiers are stored in the window information storage unit 21 as the identifiers of the windows to be arranged (step S19). In addition, the window alignment determination unit 13 passes information about the alignment target window to the window alignment processing unit 14 and instructs the window alignment processing unit 14 to execute the alignment process. Further, the window alignment determining unit 13 instructs the application program activation processing unit 15 to activate the application program corresponding to the program activation instruction received by the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 in step S14.

  Next, the window alignment processing unit 14 reads out the identifier of the alignment target window from the window information storage unit 21, and changes the position (alignment) and size of the alignment target window according to the window alignment pattern information acquired in step S13. Then, the display contents update control unit of the display unit 30 is instructed to rearrange and display the alignment target windows (aligned display) (step S20). In this case, since the number of windows to be arranged is one less than the number of arranged windows, there is one area where no window is displayed on the screen (display unit 30). In such a state, the application program activation processing unit 15 activates the application program instructed by the window alignment determination unit 13 and displays a window to be displayed along with the window in an area where the window is not displayed. An instruction is given to the display content update control unit of the display unit 30 (step S21). Finally, the window alignment determining unit 13 returns the number of aligned windows (N) to the initial value (step S22), and the process proceeds to step S14. Thereafter, the same processing is continued.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, when the number of windows to be aligned is “0”, the window alignment processing unit 14 does not execute the alignment process (the process of step S20) (the window alignment determining unit 13 The window alignment processing unit 14 is not instructed to execute the alignment process). At this time, in step S21, a window for displaying the contents of the activated application program is displayed at the center of the screen (see FIG. 8). On the other hand, if the number of alignment target windows is “one or more”, in step S20, the window alignment processing unit 14 divides the screen into N according to the alignment pattern selected in step S13, and the alignment target windows are displayed. An instruction is given to the display content update control unit of the display unit 30 so as to rearrange (align). At this time, in step S21, display content update control of the display unit 30 is performed so that a window for displaying the contents of the activated application program is displayed in an area where no window is displayed in the area after the N division. Instruct the department. For example, if the number of windows to be arranged is “1”, the screen display after execution of step S21 is as shown in FIG.

  In the above process, information on the application program corresponding to the program activation instruction received by the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 is transmitted between the window information acquisition unit 12, the window alignment determination unit 13, and the application program activation processing unit 15. The application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 stores the information of the application program corresponding to the program activation instruction in the storage unit 20, and the application program activation processing unit 15 confirms the stored information. You may make it start the application program instruct | indicated from the user.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when a new window is displayed as the application program is started, the window display control device starts with the newly displayed window and the one that has been used most recently. The windows selected in order are automatically arranged and displayed in accordance with an arrangement pattern designated in advance (selected by the user). This allows users to view multiple windows at the same time without having to perform detailed operations for arranging and displaying windows (selecting windows to be arranged, specifying the display position of each window, adjusting the display size of each window, etc.). Therefore, the complexity of operation can be eliminated.

  Next, a window display control method according to the second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment described above, the window display control operation (control method) in the case of displaying a new window with the activation of the application program has been described. However, in this embodiment, only the windows already displayed on the screen are displayed. A window display control operation performed as a target will be described. The configuration of a computer system that has a function as a window display control device for realizing the window display control method of the present embodiment and can execute the window display control program of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described above. It is.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the window display control apparatus according to the second embodiment. The window display control device of the present embodiment has a configuration including a control unit 10a instead of the control unit 10 of the window display control device of the first embodiment described above. As compared with the control unit 10, the control unit 10a includes a window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 and a window alignment determining unit 13a instead of the application program start instruction receiving unit 11 and the window alignment determining unit 13, respectively. The startup processing unit 15 is deleted. The other parts are the same as those of the window display control apparatus of the first embodiment described above, and therefore the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted. Note that the window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 performs operations as a display condition reading unit and an alignment process start instruction receiving unit.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an outline of the window display control operation according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, in the present embodiment, a condition in which a window already displayed on the screen is designated in accordance with a simple operation performed by the user (for example, by clicking an icon for designating operation start). Align and display with.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the window display control operation according to the second embodiment. In addition, about the process similar to the window display control operation | movement in Example 1 mentioned above, the same step number is provided and the description is abbreviate | omitted. Hereinafter, the window display control operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 12.

  First, the window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 acquires the alignment window number information (N) from the window information storage unit 21 as basic information (initial information) (step S11a). Note that the window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 may acquire the alignment pattern information selected in advance (or default) by the user in step S11a.

  Next, the window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 acquires alignment pattern information for all selectable window alignment patterns from the window information storage unit 21. Then, based on the acquired alignment pattern information, an instruction is issued to the display content update control unit of the display unit 30 to display a window alignment pattern selection screen (a list of window alignment patterns) (step S12a). Thereafter, the window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 waits for the information on the window alignment pattern selected by the user to be input via the input unit 40, and acquires the information on the selected window alignment pattern (step S13a). When the information on the selected window alignment pattern is acquired, the alignment pattern information indicating the window alignment pattern is stored in the window information storage unit 21 as the selected alignment pattern information.

  The window display control device selects the selected alignment pattern information previously selected by the user and stored in the window information storage unit 21 (default alignment pattern information when the selected alignment pattern information is not stored). ) May be acquired in step S11a, and the processing after step S15 may be executed using the acquired information. In this case, the steps S12a and S13a can be omitted, and the troublesome operation for the user is eliminated. In addition, the processing performed by the control unit 10 (window alignment instruction receiving unit 16) can be reduced.

  Next, after executing the processing by the window information acquisition unit 12 (steps S15 and S16), the window alignment determination unit 13a displays the number of windows (display window number) information displayed on the display unit 30 as the window information storage unit. 21 and compares the number of display windows with the number of aligned windows (N) (step S17a). When the comparison result in step S17a is “the number of display windows ≧ N” (step S17a, Yes), the process immediately proceeds to step S19a. On the other hand, when the comparison result in step S17a is “the number of display windows <N” (step S17a, No), the window alignment determining unit 13a sets “N = (number of display windows)” (step S18). The process proceeds to step S19a.

  Next, the window alignment determining unit 13 a acquires information about the usage order of each window displayed on the display unit 30 from the window information storage unit 21. Then, the information (identifiers) up to the Nth window is selected in order from the most recently used one, and the selected identifiers are stored in the window information storage unit 21 as the identifiers of the windows to be aligned (step S19a). In addition, the window alignment determination unit 13a passes information about the alignment target window to the window alignment processing unit 14 and instructs the window alignment processing unit 14 to execute the alignment process.

  Next, the window alignment processing unit 14 reads out the identifier of the alignment target window from the window information storage unit 21, and changes the position (alignment) and size of the alignment target window according to the information of the window alignment pattern acquired in step S13a. Then, an instruction is given to the display content update control unit of the display unit 30 so as to rearrange the alignment target windows (step S20a). In this embodiment, since the number of alignment target windows is the same as the number of alignment windows, unlike the first embodiment, the alignment target windows are displayed in all divided areas on the screen (display unit 30). (There is no area where no window is displayed.)

  Here, as shown in FIG. 13, when the number of windows to be aligned is “0”, the window alignment processing unit 14 does not execute the alignment process (the process of step S20a) (the window alignment determining unit 13a The window alignment processing unit 14 is not instructed to execute the alignment process). On the other hand, when the number of alignment target windows is “1”, in step S20a, the window alignment processing unit 14 displays the alignment target window at the center of the screen. If the number of alignment target windows is “two or more”, in step S20a, the window alignment processing unit 14 divides the screen into N according to the alignment pattern acquired in step S13a, and rearranges (aligns) the alignment target windows. To do. For example, if there are “two” windows to be aligned, the screen display after execution of step S21 is as shown in FIG.

  Note that the window display control device of the present embodiment includes the application program activation instruction reception unit 11 of the window display control device of the first embodiment, or the window alignment instruction reception unit 16 of the present embodiment adds to the above-described processing. Thus, the process executed by the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11 according to the first embodiment may be executed. That is, when the window alignment instruction receiving unit 16 executes the process executed by the application program activation instruction receiving unit 11, the alignment pattern selection screen (alignment pattern list) is displayed on the display unit 30 following the process of step S11a. ) And the user is allowed to select which alignment pattern to use (initial alignment pattern).

  Thus, in this embodiment, when rearranging windows (alignment display), the user only selects the alignment pattern, and the window display control device selects the windows selected in order from the most recently used one. Are automatically displayed in alignment according to the selected alignment pattern. This allows users to view multiple windows at the same time without having to perform detailed operations for arranging and displaying windows (selecting windows to be arranged, specifying the display position of each window, adjusting the display size of each window, etc.). Therefore, the complexity of operation can be eliminated.

  As described above, the window display control method according to the present invention is useful for the display control method of the window displayed on the display unit (display device) in the computer system. In particular, it is possible to simultaneously view a plurality of displayed windows. It is suitable for the window display control method when rearranging as much as possible.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the computer system which can execute the window display control program concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the window display control apparatus of Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of window display control operation | movement. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a window display control operation according to the first exemplary embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the window alignment pattern in case the number of alignment windows = 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the window alignment pattern in case the number of alignment windows = 3. It is a figure which shows an example of the application program selection menu for selecting and executing a specific application program. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between the number of windows to be arranged and an execution operation in the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the window display after performing the window display control method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the window display after performing the window display control method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the window display control apparatus of Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the window display control operation | movement of Example 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a window display control operation according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows the correspondence of the number of the alignment object windows in Example 2, and execution operation. It is a figure which shows an example of a mode that the some window was displayed on the display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the result of rearranging a window using a prior art.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 10, 10a Control part 2,20 Storage part 3,30 Display part 4,40 Input part 5 Communication part 11 Application program starting instruction reception part 12 Window information acquisition part 13, 13a Window alignment judgment part 14 Window alignment process part 15 Application program start processing unit 16 Window alignment instruction receiving unit 21 Window information storage unit 41 Keyboard 42 Mouse

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Control that configures a computer system and displays a plurality of windows in an aligned manner on a display unit including a display information storage unit for holding information relating to screen display and a display content update control unit that performs update control of screen display content A window display control device to perform,
As a display condition stored as initial information in the window information storage unit for holding information used in the process of arranging and displaying a plurality of windows, the maximum number of arranged windows determined according to the screen resolution and the arrangement display are performed. Display condition readout means for reading out the arrangement pattern indicating the arrangement and display position of the window on the screen;
Alignment process start instruction accepting means for accepting a start instruction of a financial application for creating a financial book table as a process start instruction for arranging and displaying displayed windows;
Reading out the window information related to the window being displayed from the display information storage unit, reading the number of windows being displayed, the identifiers of the windows being displayed, and the order of use, and storing the window information in the window information storage unit Means,
The window information is read from the window information storage unit, and based on the display condition read by the display condition reading means as the initial information from the window information and the contents of the alignment processing start instruction, An alignment target window identifier selecting means for selecting a predetermined number of window identifiers from among them, and storing the selected window identifier in the window information storage unit as a window identifier of the alignment target window;
The display content is read so that the window identifier of the window to be arranged is read from the window information storage unit, and the window indicated by the window identifier is displayed on the basis of the alignment pattern of the initial information read by the display condition reading unit. Window alignment instruction output means for issuing an alignment display execution instruction to the update control unit;
A window display control device comprising: Control that configures a computer system and displays a plurality of windows in an aligned manner on a display unit including a display information storage unit for holding information relating to screen display and a display content update control unit that performs update control of screen display content A window display control device to perform,
As a display condition stored as initial information in a window information storage unit for holding information used in the process of arranging and displaying a plurality of windows, an arrangement pattern indicating the arrangement and display position of windows to be arranged and displayed is displayed. Display condition reading means for reading;
When a startup instruction for a financial application for creating a financial book table is received as an instruction to start a process for arranging and displaying displayed windows, information on the screen resolution is acquired, and the maximum according to the resolution of the screen is acquired. An alignment processing start instruction receiving means for calculating the number of alignment windows;
Reading out the window information related to the window being displayed from the display information storage unit, reading the number of windows being displayed, the identifiers of the windows being displayed, and the order of use, and storing the window information in the window information storage unit Means,
The window information related to the financial application is read out from the window information storage unit, based on the maximum number of aligned windows calculated by the alignment processing start instruction receiving means and the content of the alignment processing start instruction. An alignment target window identifier selecting means for selecting a predetermined number of window identifiers from the identifiers and storing the selected window identifier in the window information storage unit as a window identifier of the alignment target window;
The display content is read so that the window identifier of the window to be arranged is read from the window information storage unit, and the window indicated by the window identifier is displayed on the basis of the alignment pattern of the initial information read by the display condition reading unit. Window alignment instruction output means for issuing an alignment display execution instruction to the update control unit;
A window display control device comprising:   3. The arrangement target window identifier selection unit selects a specified number of window identifiers as window identifiers of the alignment target windows in order from the window identifier indicating the most recently used window. Window display control device. When the number of display windows read by the window information reading means is less than the specified number,
4. The window display control device according to claim 1, wherein the sorting target window identifier selecting unit selects a window identifier of the sorting target window on the assumption that the specified number is equal to the number of display windows. . The specified number is “maximum alignment window number−1”,
The window alignment instruction output means starts an application program indicated by the alignment processing start instruction following the alignment display execution instruction, and displays a window corresponding to the started application program on a screen on which no window is displayed. 5. The window display control device according to claim 1, wherein the window display control device is displayed in a region of In place of the process for reading the alignment pattern stored in the storage unit, the display condition reading means,
A selectable alignment pattern is read from the window information storage unit, a list of read alignment patterns is generated and displayed on the display unit, and information on the alignment pattern selected by the user from the displayed alignment pattern list is input to the input unit obtained through the further window display control apparatus according to the obtained alignment pattern information to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that performing the process of storing into the window information storage unit. When the number of windows to be aligned is 0,
The window display control device according to claim 1, wherein the window alignment instruction output unit activates the application program and displays a window corresponding to the activated application program in the center of the screen. Control that configures a computer system and displays a plurality of windows in an aligned manner on a display unit including a display information storage unit for holding information relating to screen display and a display content update control unit that performs update control of screen display content A window display control program for causing a computer to execute a window display control method to be performed,
As a display condition stored as initial information in the window information storage unit for holding information used in the process of arranging and displaying a plurality of windows, the maximum number of arranged windows determined according to the screen resolution and the arrangement display are performed. A display condition reading procedure for reading the arrangement pattern indicating the arrangement and display position of the window on the screen;
Alignment process start instruction reception procedure for receiving a start instruction of a financial application for creating a financial book table as a process start instruction to display the displayed windows in an aligned manner;
Reading out the window information related to the window being displayed from the display information storage unit, reading the number of windows being displayed, the identifiers of the windows being displayed, and the order of use, and storing the window information in the window information storage unit Procedure and
The window information is read from the window information storage unit, and the window of the window related to the financial application is based on the display condition read from the display condition reading procedure as initial information from the window information and the contents of the alignment processing start instruction. Selecting a predetermined number of window identifiers from among them, and storing the selected window identifier in the window information storage unit as a window identifier of the alignment target window;
The display content is read so that the window identifier of the window to be aligned is read from the window information storage unit, and the window indicated by the window identifier is displayed based on the alignment pattern of the initial information read by the display condition reading procedure. A window alignment instruction output procedure for issuing an alignment display execution instruction to the update control unit;
A window display control program for causing a computer to execute

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