JP5029739B2 - Data processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus and a program for processing various data.

  Conventionally, for example, an editing function for document data and image data using a personal computer is used to specify an arbitrary range of document data and image data displayed on a display screen and perform copy or move processing. it can.

  At this time, instead of copying and moving data for each designated range, a plurality of data designated and designated by the range are stored and stored in association with one window, respectively. By arranging and displaying a plurality of data arranged in a window and selectively specifying arbitrary data from the plurality of data displayed in this window, the desired saved data can be easily pasted to a desired position A data processing apparatus that can do this is considered (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 07-146863

  However, in the conventional data processing apparatus, when the number of data stored and stored in association with the window increases, a plurality of types of data such as documents and images are displayed in the window displayed in accordance with the pasting operation. Since they are displayed in a mixed arrangement, there is a problem that usability deteriorates and it becomes impossible to easily select and specify desired data and to easily perform pasting processing.

  An object of the present invention is to allow a storage destination or a read-out window to be displayed immediately in accordance with the presence / absence of connection to an external device when various data are stored or read out.

Claim 1 of the present invention is a data processing apparatus that performs data storage processing or data read processing from a plurality of storage areas in accordance with the correspondence relationship with an external device, and whether or not data to be stored is designated. a first determining means for determining, a second determining means for determining the connection whether an external device, and instruction means for instructing the storage and reading of data manipulation of the data, when the instruction of the data manipulation by the instruction means When it is determined that the data to be stored is not specified by the first determination unit and the second determination unit determines that there is a connection with an external device, the first determination unit has a correspondence relationship with the connected external device. When a certain storage area is specified as a storage source, on the other hand, when it is determined that the data to be stored is not specified by the first determination unit, and when it is determined that there is no connection with an external device by the second determination unit , Characterized by comprising: a specifying means for specifying a storage area not corresponding to the external device as a storage source; and a display means for reading and displaying data from the storage area specified as the storage source by the specifying means. To do.

According to the present invention , when instructing data operation for saving / reading data , the data saving source is automatically set according to whether the data to be saved is designated and whether the data is connected to an external device. In particular, data can be read out from the specified storage source and displayed, and various data can be read out easily.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the data processing system which concerns on embodiment of the data processor of this invention. The figure which shows the structure of the external appearance of the said data processing system. The figure which shows the storage area of the various data set to the memory 16 of the data processor 10 in the said data processing system. 6 is a flowchart showing copy / paste activation processing by the data processing apparatus 10; 6 is a flowchart showing a copy / paste process started in response to a copy / paste start process by the data processing apparatus 10; 7 is a flowchart showing a digital camera connection window switching process started in accordance with “digital camera priority window display” (step A9) in the copy / paste process by the data processing apparatus 10; The figure which shows the screen display state of the object specific window W1 and the various object specific window Wn displayed on the data display screen G in connection with the copy / paste processing in the data processing apparatus 10. The figure which shows the digital camera priority object classified window W2 displayed on the data display screen G in connection with the copy / paste process in the said data processing apparatus.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of a data processing system according to an embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the data processing system.

  The data processing apparatus 10 of this data processing system includes a control unit (CPU) 11 that is a computer. The control unit (CPU) 11 is read from a main processing program and data processing program stored in advance in a storage device 12 such as a hard disk or a flash memory, or an external recording medium 13 such as a CD-ROM or FD, and the storage device. Various controls such as a data processing program stored in the memory 12 or a data processing program fetched from the Web server 15 on the communication network (Internet) N connected by the external IF control unit 14 and stored in the storage device 12 According to the program, operation control of each part of the circuit is executed using the memory 16 as the work memory 17.

In addition to the storage device 12, the external IF control unit 14, and the memory 16 being connected to the control unit (CPU) 11, various character input operations, function designation operations, data selection / range designation operations, and execution Are connected to a key input unit 17 for performing an instruction operation, a digital broadcast receiving unit 19 for receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting, a display unit 22 for displaying various data, and the like.
The control unit (CPU) 11 is connected to the communication network N via the external IF control unit 14 and performs the same operation processing as the key input unit 17 by operating a pointer on the display screen. A cradle 20 for connection with a mouse 18 and a digital camera (also referred to as “digital camera”) 21 is connected.

  In this data processing apparatus 10, for example, various multimedia data captured via a communication network (Internet) N, various multimedia data received by the digital broadcast receiver 19, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM Document data with various attributes such as various multimedia data captured from the external recording medium 13 such as FD, document data input in response to an operation of the key input unit 17, image data captured from the digital camera 21, etc. Or image data or the like is displayed on the display unit 22 and appropriately edited and processed. However, it is possible to specify an arbitrary displayed data range and capture and save data within the specified range. Paste the various data specified by specifying any position (range) on the displayed data. When data is processed, the target data is classified and stored by the windows wa, wb, wc, and wp (see FIGS. 7 and 8) distinguished for each type and attribute (character / image / file / digital camera). Managed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing various data storage areas set in the memory 16 of the data processing apparatus 10 in the data processing system.
In the memory 16, storage areas for various operations such as a display data memory 16a, a mode data memory 16b, a range designation data memory 16c, a digital camera connection flag memory 16d, a target window memory 16e, and a digital camera data capture memory 16f are secured. The
The display data memory 16a stores display data composed of document data or image data to be displayed on the display screen of the display unit 22, or mixed data thereof.
The mode data memory 16b stores mode data indicating the current setting operation mode of the control unit (CPU) 11, such as a document processing mode, an image processing mode, a multimedia processing mode, and a data copying / pasting mode thereof.

The range designation data memory 16c stores range designation data indicating a range (area) designated in accordance with a key operation or a mouse operation on data displayed on the display screen.
The digital camera connection flag memory 16d stores flag data indicating a connection with the digital camera 21 when the attachment of the digital camera 21 to the cradle 20 is detected via the external IF control unit 14.
In the target-specific window memory 16e, window display holders 16e1 to 16e4 are distinguished for each of four types of attributes “character”, “image”, “file”, and “digital camera” of data to be copied / pasted when editing display data. Are stored in the window display holders 16e1 to 16e4 of the corresponding attribute category, respectively, as data to be copied and pasted according to the range designation data (16c).
In the digital camera data capture memory 16f, captured image data captured from the digital camera 21 connected by the cradle 20 is stored in association with the captured date / file name for each captured image data.

Next, the operation of the data processing system having the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a copy / paste activation process by the data processing apparatus 10.
For example, various multimedia data taken in via a communication network (Internet) N, various multimedia data received by the digital broadcast receiver 19, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, FD and other external recording media 13 The display unit 22 displays various types of multimedia data imported from the document, document data input in response to an operation of the key input unit 17, image data acquired from the digital camera 21, and other document data and image data having various attributes. When a copy or cut instruction operation specifying an arbitrary data range is detected and determined in the state displayed in (1), mode data indicating the copy / paste mode is set in the mode data memory 16b, and The copy / paste application program in FIG. -Up SA).
On the other hand, when a call instruction for the copy / paste mode is detected and determined in response to, for example, an instruction operation of an icon on the display screen for starting the copy / paste mode (step S2), the mode data memory 16b is used as described above. Mode data indicating the copy / paste mode is set, and the copy / paste application program in FIG. 5 is started (step SA).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a copy / paste process started in response to a copy / paste start process by the data processing apparatus 10.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a digital camera connection window switching process started in accordance with “digital camera priority window display” (step A9) in the copying / pasting process by the data processing apparatus 10.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the screen display states of the object-specific window W1 and various object-specific windows Wn displayed on the data display screen G in association with the copying / pasting process in the data processing apparatus 10.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a digital camera priority target-specific window W2 displayed on the data display screen G in accordance with the copying / pasting process in the data processing apparatus 10.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the target window W1 when the digital camera is not connected is configured such that the character window wa, the image window wb, and the file window wc can be selected with tabs, and can be copied and pasted. When the range of the target data is specified, a window corresponding to the attribute of the specified target data is set and arranged on the first sheet and displayed.
As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the digital camera priority object-specific window W2 is configured such that the digital camera window wp, the character window wa, and the image window wb can be selected by tabs, and is to be copied and pasted. In the state where the connection flag (16d) of the digital camera 21 is set when the range of data to be specified is specified, the digital camera priority target specific window W2 corresponds to the attribute of the target data specified by the range. If the connection flag (16d) of the digital camera 21 is set when the window is set and displayed on the first sheet and the range of data to be copied / pasted is not specified, the digital camera A digital camera priority target-specific window W2 in which the first window wp is set and arranged is displayed.

In the digital camera window wp of the digital camera priority target window W2, a “file name” button 23 for designating a list display of file names of each captured image data captured in the digital camera data capture memory 16f, all captured images An “all images” button 24 for designating the thumbnail list display is provided.
That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 7C, when the data display screen G including the document data display Ga and the image data display Gb is displayed on the display unit 22, the copy / paste processing in FIG. When it is determined that an arbitrary data range is designated on the data display screen G (range designation data 16c) (step A1), the range designation data (16c) is handled. The attribute of the data to be copied / pasted is discriminated (step A2), and it is judged whether or not the flag (16d) indicating the connection of the digital camera 21 is set (step A3).

Here, if it is determined that the connection flag is set in the digital camera connection flag memory 16d, and it is determined that the digital camera 21 is in a connected state, the digital camera priority target window W2 (see FIG. 8). Is displayed starting from the window (any one of wp, wa, wb) corresponding to the attribute of the target data determined in step A2 (step A3 → A4).
For example, when the attribute of the copy / paste target data designated for the range is document data (Ga), a digital camera priority target window W2 with the character window wa at the head is displayed and is taken in from the digital camera 21. In the case of the image data (Gb), the digital camera priority target window W2 with the digital camera window wp at the head is displayed.
Then, the target data whose range is specified on the display screen is moved and displayed on the window of the attribute displayed at the top in the digital camera priority target separate window W2 (step A6), and is also stored in the range specifying data memory 16c. In accordance with the stored range specifying data, copy / paste target data in the range specified on the display screen is extracted and stored in the corresponding data attribute holder (16e1, 16e2, or 16e4) in the target-specific window memory 16e. Saved (step A7).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step A3 that the connection flag is not set in the digital camera connection flag memory 16d, and it is determined that the digital camera 21 is not in a connected state, W1 (see FIGS. 7A and 7B) is displayed starting from the window (any of wa, wb, and wc) corresponding to the attribute of the target data determined in step A2 (step A3 → A5).
For example, if the attribute of the copy / paste target data designated for the range is document data (Ga), as shown in FIG. 7A, the window for each target when the digital camera is not connected, with the character window wa at the head, as shown in FIG. When W1 is displayed and the image data (Gb) is displayed, as shown in FIG. 7B, a digital camera non-connection target-specific window W1 with the image window wb at the head is displayed.
Then, the target data for which the range is specified on the display screen is moved and displayed on the window of the attribute displayed at the top of the target window W1 when the digital camera is not connected (step A6), and the range specified data memory In accordance with the range designation data stored in 16c, copy / paste target data in the range designated on the display screen is extracted and stored in the corresponding data attribute holder (any of 16e1 to 16e3) in the target-specific window memory 16e. Saved (step A7).

  As a result, by repeatedly performing a copy or cut instruction operation specifying an arbitrary data range on an arbitrary data display screen G, the data specified by the range is distinguished into windows corresponding to the attributes of the target data. Are moved and displayed, and are sequentially stored and stored in the corresponding data attribute holders (16e1 to 16e4) of the object-specific window memory 16e.

  On the other hand, in order to perform an arbitrary data pasting process among a plurality of data stored and saved in the object-specific window memory 16e, for example, an instruction to call the copy / pasting mode is issued in accordance with an instruction operation of an icon on the display screen. If it is determined that an arbitrary data range is not designated on the data display screen G when the copy / paste processing in FIG. 5 is started (step A1), the connection of the digital camera 21 is determined. It is determined whether or not the flag (16d) indicating is set (step A8).

Here, if it is determined that the connection flag is set in the digital camera connection flag memory 16d, and it is determined that the digital camera 21 is in a connected state, the digital camera priority target with the digital camera window wp at the top is set. Another window W2 (see FIG. 8) is displayed, and the digital camera connection window switching process in FIG. 6 is started (step A9).
That is, when the digital camera connection window switching process in FIG. 6 is started, the date data of the digital camera image captured and stored in the digital camera data capture memory 16f is read from the digital camera 21 connected by the cradle 20. Step B1), as shown in FIG. 8A, the date selection window wp1 is displayed on the digital camera window wp in the digital camera priority object specific window W2 (step B2).
In the display state of the date selection window wp1 on the digital camera window wp in the digital camera priority target window W2, the cursor K highlighted in the date selection window wp1 is moved and displayed, and a photographed image desired by the user is displayed. Is selected and designated (step B3), each image data stored in association with the designated date is read out. For example, as shown in FIG. A list of thumbnail images P1, P2,... Is displayed on the digital camera window wp in the window W2 (step B4).

Further, when it is determined that the “file name” button 23 is instructed in the display state of the date selection window wp1 on the digital camera window wp shown in FIG. 8A (step B5). Then, the file name data of the digital camera image captured and stored in the digital camera data capture memory 16f from the digital camera 21 is read (step B6), and the file name selection window (not shown) is displayed on the digital camera window wp. It is displayed (step B7).
In the display state of the file name selection window on the digital camera window wp in the digital camera priority target window W2, the cursor K highlighted in the file name selection window is moved and displayed, and the user-desired captured image is displayed. Is selected and designated (step B8), each image data stored in association with the designated file name is read out. For example, as shown in FIG. A list of thumbnail images P1, P2,... Is displayed on the digital camera window wp in the target window W2 (step B9).

Further, when it is determined that the “all image” button 24 is instructed in the display state of the date selection window wp1 on the digital camera window wp shown in FIG. 8A (step B10). Then, all the digital camera photographed images captured and stored in the digital camera data capturing memory 16f from the digital camera 21 are read out, for example, as shown in FIG. A list is displayed as thumbnail images P1, P2,... (Step B11).
On the other hand, when it is determined that an operation instruction is given for a “date” button (not shown) displayed instead of the “file name” button 23 in the state where the file name selection window is displayed (step B12). ), Returning to the processing from step B1, the date data of the digital camera image stored in the digital camera data acquisition memory 16f is read from the digital camera 21, and the digital camera priority is given as shown in FIG. The date selection window wp1 is displayed on the digital camera window wp in the target window W2 (steps B1 and B2).

As described above, when the digital camera 21 is connected when performing affixing processing of arbitrary data among the plurality of data stored and saved in the target window memory 16e, the digital camera priority target window W2 is displayed. At the same time, according to the digital camera connection window switching process (see FIG. 6), the user's desired shooting date, file name, or all images are displayed as a list of thumbnail images P1, P2,... (Step A1 → A8 → A9).
Then, for example, in the list display state of the thumbnail images P1, P2,... On the digital camera window wp in the digital camera priority target window W2 as shown in FIG. 8B, the thumbnail image P1 displayed in the list is displayed. , P2,... Are selected and designated, and when an arbitrary pasting position on the data display screen G is designated, with respect to the pasting position on the designated data display screen G, The desired selected digital camera image data is pasted and displayed (step A11).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step A8 that the connection flag is not set in the digital camera connection flag memory 16d and it is determined that the digital camera 21 is not connected, for example, FIG. As shown, a window W1 that is not connected to the digital camera is displayed with the character window wa set as a default in this case at the top, and is moved and saved in advance with respect to the character window wa (16e1). A list of document data is displayed (step A10).
Here, when it is determined that the operation is instructed to operate the tab of the image window wb in the window W1 that is not connected to the digital camera with the character window wa at the top, for example, the image window wb is the top. When the digital camera is not connected, the target window W1 is displayed, and the image data moved and stored in advance for the image window wb (16e2) is displayed as a list (step A10).

For example, if it is determined that an operation instruction has been given to the tab of the file window wc, the window W1 for each non-connected digital camera with the file window wc at the head is displayed, and the file window wc (16e3) A list of file data that has been moved and stored in advance is displayed (step A10).
Then, for example, in the document data list display state on the document window wa in the target window W1 when the digital camera is not connected as shown in FIG. 7A, a desired one of the document data displayed in the list is displayed. When an arbitrary pasting position on the data display screen G is designated while the selected document is selected and designated, the selected desired document is selected with respect to the pasting position on the designated data display screen G. Data is pasted and displayed (step A11).

As a result, the document data (16e1), image data (16e2), and file data (16e3) stored in advance in the target-specific window memory 16e are appropriately displayed on the target-specific window W1 when the digital camera is not connected. This data can be selected and specified arbitrarily and pasted easily.
Therefore, according to the data processing system having the above configuration, when a copy or cut instruction is given by designating an arbitrary data range on the data display screen G including the document data display Ga and the image data display Gb, For example, character string data, image data, or file data, and a character window wa or an image window wb displayed on the data display screen G corresponding to the data attribute. The target data designated in the range is extracted and moved with respect to the target window W1 when the digital camera is not connected, with the file window wc at the top, and is displayed and saved. If it is determined that the digital camera 21 is connected, the target data designated by the range is extracted and moved with respect to the digital camera priority target window W2 having the digital camera window wp, and is displayed and saved.

When the pasting process is performed by selecting and specifying any of a plurality of data stored and saved by the data attribute in the target window memory 16e, the windows wa, wb, and wc by the data attribute to be pasted are displayed. The data can be selected and specified from the list data of the desired data displayed in the window and can be easily pasted. If the digital camera 21 is connected, the image is taken on the digital camera window wp. Image data can be displayed in a list by selecting a date and file name, and can be easily pasted by selecting and specifying arbitrary photographed image data.
For this reason, even if the number of data to be copied / cut from various display data to be stored and stored increases, the data is moved to the windows wa, wb, wc, and wp which are distinguished according to the attribute of the target data. The data can be stored and saved, and the desired data to be pasted can be easily selected from the data attribute-specific window and can be easily pasted on arbitrary display data.

  Each processing method by the data processing system described in the above embodiment, that is, the copy / paste activation process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the copy / paste activation process shown in the flowchart of FIG. Each method such as the digital camera connection window switching process started in response to the “digital camera priority window display” (step A9) in the copy / paste process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is executed by the computer. Programs stored in an external recording medium 13 such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. Can be distributed. Then, the computer (control unit (CPU) 11) of the data processing device 10 having the connection function of the digital camera 21 reads the program stored in the external recording medium 13 into the storage device 12, and the operation is performed by the read program. By being controlled, the copy / paste function with the window display for each data attribute described in the above embodiment can be realized, and the same processing as described above can be executed.

Further, program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on a communication network (Internet) N as a program code form, and a computer terminal (program server) connected to the communication network (Internet) N The above-mentioned program data can be taken in, and the copy / paste function with the window display for each data attribute can be realized.
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, the embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment or some constituent features are combined, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved. When the effect described in the column of effect is obtained, a configuration in which this constituent requirement is deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

10: Data processing device 11: Control unit (CPU)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Storage device 13 ... External recording medium 14 ... External IF control part 15 ... Web server 16 ... Memory 17 ... Key input part 18 ... Mouse 20 ... Cradle 21 ... Digital camera 22 ... Display part 23 ... "File name" button 24 ... "All images" button

Claims (5)

A data processing device that performs a data storage process or a data read process from a plurality of storage areas according to a correspondence relationship with an external device,
First discriminating means for discriminating whether or not data to be stored is designated;
A second discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the external device is connected;
Instructing means for instructing data operation for storing and reading data,
When it is determined that the data to be stored is not specified by the first determination unit when the data operation is instructed by the instruction unit, and the second determination unit determines that there is a connection with an external device. The storage area corresponding to the connected external device is specified as the storage source, and on the other hand, it is determined that the data to be stored is not specified by the first determination unit, and the external device is determined by the second determination unit. When it is determined that there is no connection with the external device, a specifying unit for specifying a storage area that does not have a corresponding relationship with the external device as a storage source,
Display means for reading and displaying data from the storage area specified as the storage source by the specifying means;
A data processing apparatus comprising: When it is determined that the data to be stored is specified by the first determination unit when the data operation is instructed by the instruction unit, and the second determination unit determines that there is a connection with an external device. The storage area corresponding to the connected external device is specified as the storage destination, and on the other hand, it is determined that the data to be stored is specified by the first determination unit, and the second determination unit determines the external device. When it is determined that there is no connection to the external device, a second specifying unit that specifies a storage area that does not correspond to the external device as a storage destination;
A storage unit that stores the data designated as the storage target in the storage area of the storage destination specified by the second specifying unit;
The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: Prior to data storage by the storage means, a window corresponding to the storage area specified as the storage destination by the second specifying means is displayed, and the data designated as the storage target is displayed in the displayed window. Display control means;
The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: A plurality of data is stored in the storage area of the storage source,
The display means displays a plurality of data read from the storage area specified as the storage source in a window,
4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein arbitrary data can be selected from the plurality of data displayed in the window. A program for controlling a computer of a data processing apparatus that performs data storage processing or data reading processing from a plurality of storage areas in accordance with a correspondence relationship with an external device,
The computer,
First discriminating means for discriminating whether or not data to be stored is designated;
A second discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the external device is connected;
Instructing means for instructing data operations for data storage / reading,
When it is determined that the data to be stored is not specified by the first determination unit when the data operation is instructed by the instruction unit, and the second determination unit determines that there is a connection with an external device. The storage area corresponding to the connected external device is specified as the storage source, and on the other hand, it is determined that the data to be stored is not specified by the first determination unit, and the external device is determined by the second determination unit. When it is determined that there is no connection with the external device, a specifying means for specifying a storage area not corresponding to the external device as a storage source,
Display means for reading and displaying data from the storage area specified as the storage source by the specifying means;
A computer-readable program designed to function as a computer.

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