JP5255865B2 - Screen transition design support device, screen transition design support method, and screen transition design support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a screen transition design support apparatus, a screen transition design support method, and a screen transition design support program that display a screen transition diagram showing a screen transition state.

  In the development of in-vehicle navigation devices, screen transition diagrams are often used. In the screen transition diagram, the screen displayed on the display device of the in-vehicle navigation device is displayed as one unit, the transition source screen and the transition destination screen are simultaneously displayed, and both are connected by arrows, and the screen transition is performed near the arrows. A factor to be generated (for example, pressing a button) is displayed (Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-114793 A

  In the conventional screen transition representation method, when displaying a screen transition that changes to a different screen for each menu item in a menu list consisting of multiple menu items, the display order of the menu items cannot be expressed accurately Exists.

The invention according to claim 1 is a screen transition design support apparatus for processing screen transition information for developing a human-machine interface, a display screen editing means for laying out display components and generating a display screen, and the display When the screen includes a menu list, a menu list editing means for adding a new menu item, deleting a menu item, and changing the display order of the menu items in the menu list, a transition source display screen, and a transition destination The screen transition editing means for defining the screen transition process by associating the display screen with the menu item related to the screen transition factor, and the screen transition process defined by the screen transition editing means for displaying the transition source with respect to the display screen of the transition away from the screen, menu squirrel menu item belongs in accordance with the transition factor of the screen Each, a screen transition display means for displaying a screen transition diagram drawn and a display order of menu items in the menu graphics and the menu list name written in the list, a plurality of users by the menu list editing means In order to maintain the consistency of the display order according to the predetermined composition operation input from the input device when the display order of the menu items is changed independently and the display order of the changed menu items is duplicated. And a compositing unit that executes a compositing process for changing the display order of the menu items, and the screen transition display unit displays the composite in the screen transition diagram when the compositing process is performed by the compositing unit. The screen transition design support apparatus is characterized in that synthetic information indicating that processing has been executed is drawn as a graphic attached to the graphic .
Invention, in the screen transition design support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen transition display means, wherein the benzalkonium be rendered the synthesis information including information identifying the plurality of users according to claim 2 And
The invention according to claim 3 is a screen transition design support method for processing screen transition information for developing a human-machine interface, a display screen editing step for laying out display components and generating a display screen, and the display When a menu list is included in the screen, a menu list editing step for adding a new menu item, deleting a menu item, and changing the display order of the menu items in the menu list, a transition source display screen, and a transition destination The screen transition editing process that defines the screen transition process by associating the display screen with the menu item related to the screen transition factor, and the screen transition process defined by the screen transition editing process is displayed as the transition source. with respect to the display screen of the transition away from the screen, menu squirrel menu item belongs in accordance with the transition factor of the screen Each, a graphic name of the menu list has been written, a screen transition display step of displaying a screen transition diagram drawn a display order of the menu items in the menu items and the menu list, the menu list editing step When a plurality of users independently change the display order of the menu items, and the display order of the changed menu items is duplicated, the display order is changed according to a predetermined composition operation input from the input device. A synthesizing process for executing a synthesizing process for changing the display order of the menu items in order to maintain consistency, and the screen transition display process includes the screen transition when the synthesizing process is executed by the synthesizing process. Figure, the screen synthesis information indicating that the composition processing is performed, characterized by drawing a graphic associated with the graphic A relocation meter support method.
Invention, in the screen transition design support method according to claim 3, wherein the screen transition display step, wherein the benzalkonium be rendered the synthesis information including information identifying the plurality of users according to claim 4 And

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately represent a screen transition from a screen having a plurality of menu lists and a plurality of menu items, including the display order in the menu list.

-First embodiment-
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a screen transition design support apparatus according to this embodiment. The screen transition design support device 1 includes a layout editor 2, a screen transition editor 3, and a resource management DB 4, and is used to define a “screen transition” process of the in-vehicle navigation device.

  The layout editor 2 includes a screen editing unit 21 and a screen display unit 22 and inputs / outputs data to / from the screen management table 41. The screen editing unit 21 has a function of editing display screen data of the in-vehicle navigation device stored in the screen management table 41. The screen display unit 22 has a function of displaying the display screen data stored in the screen management table 41 on a display device (not shown).

  The screen transition editor 3 includes a menu list editing unit 31, a screen transition editing unit 32, and a screen transition display unit 33. The menu list editing unit 31 has a function of editing a list of menu lists recorded in the menu list management table 42 and menu item data recorded in the screen transition management table 42. The screen transition editing unit 32 has a function of editing transition data from one display screen to the other display screen recorded in the screen transition management table 43. The screen transition display unit 33 displays transition data between the display screens on a display device (not shown) based on data recorded in the screen management table 41, the menu list management table 42, and the screen transition management table 43. Z)).

  The resource management DB 4 includes a screen management table 41, a menu list management table 42, and a screen transition management table 43. The data stored in each table will be described later.

  The screen transition design support device 1 configured as described above includes a CPU that performs predetermined arithmetic processing and program execution processing, a storage device that stores predetermined programs and data, and a CPU that executes the program. This is realized by a computer (none of which is shown) including an input device for inputting necessary data and a display device for displaying the result of the CPU executing the program. That is, each function of each block shown in FIG. 1 is realized by the CPU of the computer executing a predetermined program stored in the storage device.

  In the present embodiment, the screen transition design support apparatus 1 is realized by a single computer, but it can be realized by a plurality of computers. For example, in FIG. 1, a separate computer is assigned to each of the layout editor 2, the screen transition editor 3, and the resource management DB 4, and the computers are connected to each other via a network. The function as the screen transition design support device 1 may be realized by using it.

  Next, each function of the screen transition design support apparatus 1 will be described using specific examples. Hereinafter, a screen displayed on the display device of the screen transition design support device 1 is referred to as a “design screen”, and a screen displayed on the display device of the in-vehicle navigation device is referred to as a “display screen”.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a design screen displayed on the display device of the screen transition design support device 1 when the screen transition editor 3 is used. The screen transition editor 3 is used to define transition from a specific display screen in the vehicle-mounted navigation device to another display screen. In the design screen 50 of FIG. 2, the transition from the display screen 51 of the vehicle-mounted navigation device to another display screen and the factors that cause the transition are defined.

  Before using the screen transition editor 3, first, the layout editor 2 is used to create a plurality of display screens. An arbitrary display screen created by the layout editor 2 can be arranged on the design screen 50 of the screen transition editor 3. When defining transition from one display screen to another display screen, the transition source display screen and the transition destination display screen are arranged on the design screen 50 and are connected by arrows. At this time, the cause of the transition is also specified at the same time. By performing the above operations, transitions between display screens can be defined.

  The contents displayed on the design screen 50 will be described more specifically. The display screen 51 shows the display screen of the transition source. When the display screen 51 is displayed on the in-vehicle navigation device, the display screen of the in-vehicle navigation device transitions to a different display screen in accordance with an operation performed on the in-vehicle navigation device. For example, when a button labeled “Return” on the display screen 51 is pressed, transition to the display screen 62 is indicated by an arrow and a character string 61 displayed on the arrow.

  There are two menu lists on the display screen 51. When any menu item is selected from each menu list, transition to a different display screen according to the selected menu item is indicated by an arrow and a character string displayed on the arrow. The character string displayed on the arrow is composed of a menu list name, a display order of menu items in the menu list, and a menu item name. For example, the character string 53 indicates that when the menu item that is first displayed in the menu list with the menu list name “audio” and the menu item name is “CD” is selected, the display screen 54a is displayed. ing. The menu item can be edited using a pop-up window 52 described later.

  The number of menu items that can be displayed simultaneously on the display screen is limited by the size of the display screen. For example, on the display screen 51, only three menu items per menu list can be displayed simultaneously. At this time, it can be confirmed that there are more than three menu items in the menu list by the arrow starting from the display screen 51 and the character string displayed on the arrow. When the transition source display screen includes only one menu list, the menu list name may be omitted from the character string displayed on the arrow starting from the transition source display screen.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the details of the display screen 51. The display screen 51 is a display screen of the in-vehicle navigation device created by the layout editor 2 and stored in the screen management table 41. The display screen 51 has two menu lists (63, 64). In the menu list 63, three menu items (66, 67, 68) displaying different names are sequentially displayed. When the menu list 63 cannot display the menu items, the entire menu items can be scrolled using the scroll bar 69. On the display screen 51, in addition to the two menu lists (63, 64) described above, a button 65 described as “Return” is displayed.

  Next, the pop-up window 52 displayed on the design screen 50 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the details of the pop-up window 52. The pop-up window 52 includes an area 70 for displaying a menu list name and a list 71 for displaying a list of menu items. The menu list name can be changed by changing the display content of the area 70 using an input device (not shown).

  Any one of the menu items displayed in the list 71 can be selected. Menu items that are in a selected state are highlighted so that they can be distinguished from unselected menu items. In FIG. 4, the menu item 72 is in a selected state. The display order of the menu items can be changed using the buttons 73 and 74 included in the pop-up window 52. When the button 73 described as “Up” is pressed, the selected menu item 72 is moved up by one. Similarly, when the button 74 described as “down” is pressed, the menu item 72 in the selected state moves down by one. When a button 75 described as “Add” is pressed, a new menu item can be added to the menu list.

  Next, each table provided in the resource management DB 4 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the data structure of the screen management table 41. The screen management table 41 holds a list of display screen names (screen names) created in advance by the screen editing unit 21. Further, display screen data indicated by the screen name is stored along with each screen name. The display screen data is edited by the layout editor 2.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the data structure of the menu list management table 42. The menu list management table 42 stores a list of names of menu lists arranged on the display screen.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the screen transition management table 43. One record of the screen transition management table 43 represents one screen transition information. The screen transition information includes “menu list name”, “menu item name”, “order”, “transition source screen”, and “transition destination screen”. “Menu list name” is the name of the menu list that causes this screen transition, and one of the menu list names stored in the menu list management table 42 is selected. The “menu item name” is the name of the menu item that causes this screen transition. “Rank” indicates the rank in the menu list of the menu item specified by “menu item name”. The “transition source screen” is a display screen that is the transition source of this screen transition, and is specified from the screen name stored in the screen management table 41. When the screen transition is displayed on the design screen, the display screen that is the starting point of the arrow is the “transition source screen”. The “transition destination screen” is a display screen that is the transition destination of this screen transition, and is specified from the screen name stored in the screen management table 41 as in the “transition source screen”. When the screen transition is displayed on the design screen, the display screen that is the end point of the arrow is the “transition destination screen”.

According to the screen transition design support apparatus according to the first embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained.
(1) The display order of menu items that cause a screen transition is displayed on the arrow indicating the screen transition. Thereby, it is possible to accurately represent the menu transition in which menu item in the menu list.
(2) When there are a plurality of menu lists, a menu item included in which menu list causes a screen transition is displayed on the arrow indicating the screen transition. As a result, each menu list can be easily distinguished even when the screen transition is from a screen having a plurality of menu lists.
(3) Arrows representing screen transitions are displayed for all menu items included in the menu list. Thereby, the existence of menu items that cannot be displayed on the display screen can be grasped from the design screen.

  In the first embodiment described above, arrows are drawn from the transition source display screen by the number of transition destination display screens. In the second embodiment described in detail below, the visibility of screen transition is improved by collecting arrows for each menu list.

-Second embodiment-
FIG. 8 is an example of a design screen displayed on the display device of the screen transition design support device 1 in the present embodiment when the screen transition editor 3 is used. On the design screen 150, the same screen transition information as that of the design screen 50 in the first embodiment is displayed using an expression method different from that in the first embodiment.

  In the design screen according to the present embodiment, the screen transition caused by a certain menu list is represented by a pentagon (hereinafter referred to as a base) in which the menu list name is described. The transition destination display screen is indicated by an arrow extending from the base, and the character string displayed above the arrow indicates the menu item name that causes the screen transition and the display of the menu item in the menu list. The order is listed. Hereinafter, description will be made using a specific example shown in the figure.

  There are two menu lists on the display screen 51 of FIG. 8, and the menu list names are “audio” and “visual”, respectively. The existence of the two menu lists described above is shown by connecting the base 77 with the arrow 76 and the base 81 with the arrow 80 from the display screen 51. An arrow is drawn from the base 77 to the display screen 79, and a character string 78 of “1 CD” is displayed on the arrow. This means that the menu item “CD” is first in the menu list whose menu list name is “audio”, and that when the menu item is selected, the display screen 79 is changed. The same applies to the base 81, the character string 82, and the display screen 83.

  As described above, on the design screen in the present embodiment, screen transition from the menu list is expressed using a base in which the menu list name is described. This display method is not used only for displaying the screen transition between two display screens on the design screen. That is, it is possible to display a screen transition between a plurality of layers on the design screen, such as a transition from the first display screen to the second display screen, and further a transition to the third display screen.

  FIG. 9 is an example of a design screen that displays screen transition information for all levels of the menu list. Starting from the first display screen 87, a screen transition to the second display screen 88 and a screen transition to the third display screen 89 are displayed. In this way, screen transitions between all display screens can be simultaneously displayed on one design screen in accordance with the display method described above.

  Next, the result of the synthesis operation displayed along with the base will be described. When multiple developers develop simultaneously, the display order of menu items may overlap. In order to maintain the consistency of the display order of the menu items, the operation of changing the display order of the menu items and removing the overlap of the display order is called a composition operation. The screen transition design support apparatus in the present embodiment displays the result of the synthesis operation on the design screen. Hereinafter, the synthesis operation will be described based on an actual example.

  In the following description, it is assumed that there are developers of television functions and developers of audio functions. Each developer intends to define a screen transition by adding a menu item to one menu list named “AV”. Apart from the above, there are developers who synthesize each function.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the behavior of the developer of the television function. First, the developer of the television function defined a screen transition as shown in FIG. 10A on the design screen. Specifically, the menu item “DVD” is added to the menu list “AV” on the display screen “AV menu”, the display order is set to “1”, and the transition destination is displayed “DVD”. It is on the screen. As a result, the data shown in FIG. 10B is stored in the screen transition management table 43.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the behavior of the developer of the audio function. Following the above-mentioned developer of the television function, the developer of the audio function has defined a screen transition as shown in FIG. 11A on the design screen. Specifically, a menu item “CD” is added to the menu list “AV” on the display screen “AV menu”, the display order is set to “1”, and the transition destination is displayed “CD”. It is on the screen. Similarly, a menu item “HDD” is added to the menu list “AV” of the display screen “AV menu”, the display order is set to “2”, and the transition destination is changed to the display screen “HDD”. I also went to. As a result, the data shown in FIG. 11B is stored in the screen transition management table 43.

  Although the record shown in FIG. 10B and the record shown in FIG. 11B have the same “transition source screen” and “menu list name”, the “menu item name” is “DVD”. The record “” and the record “CD” are both in “rank” “1”. That is, the display order of menu items is duplicated. Therefore, a developer who synthesizes each function needs to perform a screen transition composition operation. The combining operation is performed by changing the “rank” of the record.

  When the “rank” is changed by the synthesis operation, a square indicating the result of the synthesis operation is displayed on the design screen. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a result of a screen transition composition operation. Here, the synthesis result 91 is drawn from the base 90. In the synthesis result 91, information on the menu list corresponding to the base 90, the user name of the developer who performed the synthesis process, and the like are displayed.

According to the screen transition design support apparatus according to the second embodiment described above, the following functions and effects are obtained in addition to the functions and effects obtained by the screen transition design support apparatus according to the first embodiment.
(1) Arrows indicating screen transitions are collectively displayed for each base. Thereby, it is possible to easily determine which menu list is used for a certain screen transition.
(2) On the arrow connecting from the base to the transition destination screen, only the display order of the menu items and the menu item name are displayed. Thereby, the menu list name is not repeatedly displayed, and the visibility of the design screen is improved.
(3) The synthesis result is displayed from the base by a lead line. Thereby, the detailed information of each menu list can be read from the design screen.

The following modifications are also within the scope of the present invention.
(1) The transition destination display screen may be automatically arranged and displayed for each menu list.
(2) A plurality of layout editors and screen transition editors may exist for one resource management DB. Further, a plurality of developers may use these layout editors and screen transition editors at the same time.

  As long as the characteristics of the present invention are not impaired, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and other forms conceivable within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention are also included in the scope of the present invention. .

  The correspondence relationship between each component of the screen transition design support apparatus and each component in the claims in the embodiment described above is as follows. The screen editing unit 21 corresponds to a display screen editing unit, the menu list editing unit 31 corresponds to a menu list editing unit, the screen transition editing unit 32 corresponds to a screen transition editing unit, and the screen transition display unit 33 displays a screen transition. Corresponds to means.

  Note that the above description of the correspondence relationship is merely an example, and is not constrained when interpreting rights.

It is a block diagram which shows the screen transition design assistance apparatus in 1st Embodiment. 7 is an example of a design screen displayed on the display device of the screen transition design support device 1 when the screen transition editor 3 is used. 7 is a diagram for explaining details of a display screen 51. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining details of a pop-up window 52. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a screen management table 41. FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the menu list management table. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the screen transition management table. When using the screen transition editor 3, it is an example of the design screen displayed on the display apparatus of the screen transition design support apparatus 1 in 2nd Embodiment. It is an example of the design screen which displayed screen transition information about all the hierarchy of a menu list. It is a figure for demonstrating the action of the developer of a television function. It is a figure for demonstrating the action of the developer of an audio function. It is a figure which shows the result by which the synthesis | combination of the screen transition was performed.

Explanation of symbols

1 Screen transition design support device 2 Layout editor 3 Screen transition editor 4 Resource management DB

Claims (4)

In a screen transition design support device that processes screen transition information for developing a human-machine interface,
Display screen editing means for laying out display parts and generating a display screen;
Menu list editing means for adding a new menu item, deleting a menu item, and changing the display order of menu items in the menu list when the display screen includes a menu list;
Screen transition editing means for defining a screen transition process by associating a transition source display screen, a transition destination display screen, and a menu item related to a screen transition factor,
The screen transition process defined by the screen transition editing means, the display screen of the transition destination from a transition source screen, each menu list menu item belongs in accordance with the transition factor of the screen, the name of the menu list and figure was written, a screen transition display means for displaying a screen transition diagram drawn a display order of the menu items in the menu items and the menu list,
When a plurality of users independently change the display order of menu items by the menu list editing means, and the display order of the changed menu items overlaps, according to a predetermined composition operation input from the input device And a combining means for executing a combining process for changing the display order of the menu items in order to maintain the consistency of the display order ,
The screen transition display means draws, on the screen transition diagram, composite information indicating that the composite process has been executed as a graphic attached to the graphic, when the composite process is executed by the composite means. A screen transition design support device characterized by that . In the screen transition design support device according to claim 1,
The screen transition display means, said plurality of screen transition design support apparatus characterized by you draw the composite information including information identifying the user. In a screen transition design support method for processing screen transition information for developing a human-machine interface,
A display screen editing process for laying out display parts and generating a display screen;
A menu list editing step for adding a new menu item, deleting a menu item, and changing a display order of menu items in the menu list when the display screen includes a menu list;
A screen transition editing process for defining a screen transition process by associating a display screen of a transition source, a display screen of a transition destination, and a menu item related to a screen transition factor,
The screen transition process defined by the screen transition editing process, the display screen of the transition destination from a transition source screen, each menu list menu item belongs in accordance with the transition factor of the screen, the name of the menu list and figure was written, a screen transition display step of displaying a screen transition diagram drawn a display order of the menu items in the menu items and the menu list,
When a plurality of users independently change the display order of menu items by the menu list editing step, and the display order of the changed menu items is duplicated, according to a predetermined composition operation input from the input device And a synthesis process for executing a synthesis process for changing the display order of the menu items in order to maintain the consistency of the display order ,
In the screen transition display step, when the compositing process is executed in the compositing step, the composite information indicating that the compositing process has been executed is drawn on the screen transition diagram as a graphic accompanying the graphic. A screen transition design support method characterized by that . In the screen transition design support method according to claim 3 ,
The screen transition display process, the screen transition design support method characterized by you draw the composite information including information identifying the plurality of users.

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