JP5344220B2 - Measuring device and operating method of measuring device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring apparatus and a measuring method for the measuring apparatus that display a menu to which setting items relating to the function of the apparatus are assigned and a help window for explaining the function on the display screen, and are described in detail in the help window. The present invention relates to a measuring apparatus and a method for operating the measuring apparatus that can easily display menus for setting items related to functions.

  The measurement device is, for example, a waveform measurement device (digital oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.), a power meter, a voltage / current generator, and the like, and is provided with a display unit for displaying measurement results and setting the device.

  FIG. 9 is a view showing a part of the front surface of a housing of a conventional measuring apparatus, and shows a waveform measuring apparatus as an example. FIG. 9A is an example of a part of the front of the apparatus, and FIG. 9B is an enlarged view for explaining the menu.

  In FIG. 9, a display screen 100 displays a waveform display area 101 for displaying measurement results, analysis results, and the like, and apparatus setting menus M1 to M5 for executing and setting various functions of the measurement apparatus.

  The waveform display area 101 occupies most of the display screen 100, and displays the waveform display of the measurement result, the analysis result, and the like. The menus M1 to M5 are displayed below the area 101, and the titles of setting items related to the function of the apparatus are displayed in the upper part of the menus M1 to M5, and the choices of setting items, setting values, and the like are displayed in the lower part.

  Menu keys F1 to F5 are provided outside the display screen 100 and corresponding to the menus M1 to M5.

  The soft menu is sometimes called a function menu, and the menu key is sometimes called a function key. Further, although an example is shown in which the menu keys F1 to F5 are five (that is, the maximum number of menus displayed on the display screen is five), the size of the display screen 100 and the size of the device itself are shown. The number varies depending on.

  When selecting a setting item, the menu keys F1 to F5 provided below the menus M1 to M5 to which the desired setting item is assigned are pressed to select the menus M1 to M5. For example, when selecting the menu M1, the menu key F1 is pressed. Then, using the keys on the operation panel, the rotary knob, an external mouse, etc., selection of the selected setting item, setting of the setting value, and the like are performed.

  On the other hand, when the operation of the measuring device and the execution / setting of various functions are unknown, various operations have been conventionally performed with reference to a paper instruction manual. A window is often displayed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  Here, FIG. 10 is an example in which the help window 200 is displayed on the display screen shown in FIG. When the user presses a help button (not shown) on the front side of the apparatus, a new window is opened and a help window 200 is displayed.

  The help window 200 includes, for example, a title bar 201, a menu bar (menu button) 202, a table of contents display area 203, a content display area 204, and the like. By selecting an item in the table of contents display area 203, the selected item is described. This will be described in detail in the content display area 204. The content display area 204 displays not only text but also various contents such as a dialog box, text box, and link.

  Further, by registering in advance the functions to be explained to be displayed or performing a keyword search or the like, the content display area 204 of the help window 200 can be directly displayed without the help window 200 being displayed and selected from the table of contents display area 203. It is also possible to display a description of the function to be explained.

JP 07-270453 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-118835

  Recent waveform measuring apparatuses are highly functional, and there may be tens to hundreds of setting items. In such a case, it is difficult to display the setting item itself regarding the function on the menu of the display screen 100 even if the help window 200 displays an explanatory text regarding the desired function and understands the setting method of the function. There was a problem.

This will be specifically described.
Due to the recent demand for miniaturization of the measuring apparatus itself, it is difficult to enlarge the display screen 100 integrated with the measuring apparatus. For a waveform measuring apparatus, for example, it is about several to several tens of inches. Many are less than an inch. Therefore, there is a limit to the number of menus M1 to M5 that can be displayed at one time.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when there are 5 menu keys F1 to F5, if there are 5 setting items, all can be displayed at once, but if there are 6 or more, all are displayed at once. I can't. Therefore, by setting the setting item “Next” in the rightmost menu and pressing the key F5 corresponding to the menu M5, the next menu page can be displayed, and the remaining menus can be displayed.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 shows a display example when there are 11 setting items related to the function. By selecting the “Next” menu on the rightmost side (pressing the corresponding key F5), the menu page is updated, and the setting items to be displayed are switched.

  Note that the titles of the setting items regarding each function are “A” to “E”, “A0” to “A2”, and “A21” to “A23” for the sake of simplicity. In the menu on the third page, the menu of the key F1 is not displayed.

  As described above, the number of items to be set has increased greatly due to the higher functionality of the measuring apparatus. Therefore, even if the description of the desired function is displayed in the help window 200, in order to display the setting item itself regarding the function being described, it is necessary to turn the display in order as shown in FIG. There is. Since the number of pages is very large, it is difficult to find a setting item for a desired function, and the operability of the measuring apparatus is poor.

On the other hand, there are also cases where the setting items are grouped together with related functions.
This will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when the setting items “A0” to “A2” are related to the setting item “A” and the setting items “A21” to “A23” are related to the setting item A2, the setting items “A” to “E” are the first items. The first level is set, the setting items “A0” to “A2” are the second level, and the setting items “A21” to “A23” are the third level. Note that the first hierarchy is the highest hierarchy, and the lower hierarchy is the higher the third hierarchy.

FIG. 13 shows a display example of the menu in such a hierarchical structure.
FIG. 13 is an example in which the menus of the lower layers of the selected setting items “A” and “A2” are overwritten at the same position while the display of the menu of the upper layer is left as it is. It should be noted that the upper layer menu is darkly displayed, and is distinguished from the newly displayed lower layer menu.

  As described above, even if help for a desired function is displayed in the help window 200, in order to display the setting item itself for the function, as shown in FIG. It is necessary to display the hierarchy. Further, since the hierarchy is deep, it is difficult to find a setting item for a desired function, and there is a problem that the operability of the measuring apparatus is poor.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to realize a measuring apparatus and a method for operating the measuring apparatus that can easily display menu items related to functions displayed and explained in a help window.

The invention described in claim 1
In a measuring apparatus for displaying on a display screen a menu to which setting items related to the function of the apparatus are assigned and a help window for explaining the function,
An operation unit for selecting a function described in the help window;
Menu display means for displaying a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit ;
An identification means for analyzing the one selected by the operation unit, and
The menu display means displays the menu based on the analysis result of the identification means .
The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1,
A history storage unit that stores a plurality of functions selected by the operation unit is provided,
The menu display means displays a menu related to a plurality of functions stored in the history storage unit.
The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2,
The menu display means is characterized in that at least one of changing the display position of the menu and not displaying the menu is performed.
The invention according to claim 4
In a method for operating a measuring apparatus for displaying on a display screen a menu to which setting items relating to functions of the apparatus are assigned and a help window for explaining the functions.
A step in which a help window display means displays a help window;
An operation unit selecting a function described in the help window;
A menu display means for displaying a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit;
When the help window display means closes the help window,
It is characterized by having.

The present invention has the following effects.
The operation unit selects a function described in the help window, and the menu display unit displays a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit. Setting items related to functions can be easily displayed as menus. Thereby, after reading the explanation about the function, the function can be operated immediately. Therefore, the operability of the measuring device is remarkably improved.

  The help window display means displays a help window, the operation unit selects a function described in the help window, and the menu display means displays a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit. Since the help window display means closes the help window, even if there are a large number of setting items related to the function, the setting items related to the desired function can be easily displayed on the menu, and the operation of the function can be performed immediately. Thereby, after reading the explanation regarding the function, the function can be operated immediately, and the operability of the measuring apparatus is remarkably improved.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a measurement unit 10 receives a signal under measurement and outputs digital data. The memory 20 stores digital data from the measurement unit 10.

  The menu storage unit 30 stores menu information such as setting items related to various functions of the measuring apparatus, relevance between the setting items, and a hierarchy of setting items. For example, items related to various functions as shown in FIGS.

  The help storage unit 40 stores explanations of various functions. Each function is saved as a file, but the file is written in the markup language (markup language), and the document layout rules, and to the audio / image / video / other documents (other files) in the document Embedded, user input controls (for example, edit boxes, text boxes, radio buttons, buttons, check boxes, etc.) are embedded. In addition, a part of the document is surrounded by a special character string called `` tag '', the layout specification of the text (document heading, hyperlink, etc.) and the modification information (character size, font, etc.) It is described in the text.

  The operation unit 50 is a key of the measuring device (including menu keys F1 to F5), a rotary knob, an external mouse, an external keyboard, and the like, and outputs a user operation content.

  In response to an instruction from the operation unit 50, the display processing unit 60 reads digital data from the memory 20, reads menu information from the menu storage unit 30, reads a file from the help storage unit 40, and the like. Waveforms, menus, help windows, etc. are displayed on the screen 100.

  The menu display unit 61 displays a menu in which setting items related to various functions are assigned to the display screen 100 of the display unit 70 based on the menu information in the menu storage unit 30.

  The help display means 62 opens a help window on the display screen 100 of the display unit 70 based on the contents of the file in the help storage unit 40, and displays explanatory text regarding various functions. Note that the help display means 62 is, for example, a Web browser, which analyzes the contents of a file described in the markup language, and displays and reproduces it according to the analysis result (application program).

  The identification unit 63 analyzes the operation content of the operation unit 50 and outputs an instruction to the menu display unit 61 and the help display unit 62 based on the result.

  The display unit 70 displays the image data from the display processing unit 60 on the display screen 100 on the front surface of the apparatus.

The operation of such an apparatus will be described.
The measuring unit 10 converts the signal under measurement into digital data at a predetermined sampling rate by an AD converter (not shown), and stores it in the memory 20 in time series order.

  Further, the measurement unit 10 writes digital data of a predetermined data length (for example, digital data for a desired time before and after the trigger signal serving as a reference) into the memory 20. When the next trigger signal is detected, the operation of rewriting the digital data having a predetermined data length in the memory 20 is repeated. Here, digital data having a predetermined data length is referred to as waveform data.

  Then, the display processing unit 40 reads the waveform data from the memory 20 and displays the waveform display, the analysis result, etc. in the waveform display area 101 of the display screen 100.

  When a menu display instruction is notified from the operation unit 50 to the display processing unit 60, the menu display unit 61 reads setting items related to a predetermined function from the menu storage unit 30, assigns each setting item to the menu, and Display the initial menu.

  Next, operations related to the help window will be described. Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation related to the help window.

  When the operation unit 60 is operated by the user (S10), the operation content is output to the identification means 63 of the display processing unit 60. For example, when a key, a rotary knob, or the like unrelated to the help button is pressed, the display processing unit 60 executes designated processing (S11, S12).

  On the other hand, when a help button of the operation unit 60, a registered button (a button for displaying a predetermined explanation target function), keyword search, or the like is performed, the identification unit 63 analyzes the operation content and displays a help display. The means 62 is instructed to display a help window. Thereby, the help display means 62 displays a help window on the display screen 200 (S11, S13).

  Here, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of the display screen 100, and is an example in which the help window 300 is displayed by the help display means 62. The help window 300 includes, for example, a title bar 301, a menu bar (menu button) 302, a table of contents display area 303, a content display area 304, and the like. By selecting an item in the table of contents display area 303, the selected item is described. This will be described in detail in the content display area 304. The content display area 304 displays not only text but also various contents such as the above-described user input controls (dialog box, text box, link, etc.).

  The content display area 304 is provided with buttons B1 to B6 corresponding to descriptions of various functions and being a kind of user input control.

  Then, the operation unit 50 selects items in the table of contents display area 303 (hyperlinks are made) and user input controls in the content display area 304 (so-called event occurs) (S14).

  As described above, since the file is described in the markup language, the identification unit 63 is selected by the operation unit 50 and analyzes the event target item and the “tag” of the user input control. For example, if a file stored in the help storage unit 40 is read, the tag conforms to the markup language standard. Therefore, if the identification unit 63 is a tag that conforms to the markup language standard, the help unit 62 reads the target file and updates the display content of the help window 300 (S15, S16).

  On the other hand, if it does not meet the markup language standard or if the argument is a unique value set in advance even if it partially matches, the identification means 63 refers to the table that associates the tag with various functions and operates The function selected by the unit 50 is output to the menu display means 61. Then, the menu display unit 61 reads the setting items related to the selected function from the menu storage unit 30 according to the instruction from the identification unit 63, and displays the read setting items on the menu of the display screen 100 (S15, S17).

  Here, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another display example of the display screen 100. In FIG. 3, for example, the button B6 corresponding to the function A22 is selected by the operation unit 50. Accordingly, the identification unit 63 analyzes the tag of the button B6 selected by the operation unit 50, and outputs the analysis result to the menu display unit 61. Then, the menu display unit 61 reads the menu information from the menu storage unit 30 based on the analysis result, reads the setting items A21 and A23 on the same hierarchy as the setting item A22, and displays the menus of these setting items A21 to A23. (See FIG. 4).

  When the menu display means 61 finishes updating the menu, it outputs a message to that effect to the help display means 62, and the help display means 62 closes the help window 300.

  As described above, the operation unit 50 selects a function described in the help window 300, and the menu display unit 61 displays a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit 50. Even if the number of items is very large, setting items related to desired functions can be easily displayed in a menu. Thereby, after reading the explanation about the function, the function can be operated immediately. Therefore, the operability of the measuring device is remarkably improved.

  Further, in response to the operation of the buttons B1 to B6 and the like of the help display means 62, the identification means 63 identifies the file with the tag of the file and causes the menu display means 61 to display the server side processing (CGI etc.) and script It is not necessary to use system processing (such as Java (registered trademark) Script).

The present invention is not limited to this, and may be as shown below.
(1) The configuration in which the operation unit 50 selects the target function by clicking the buttons B1 to B6 corresponding to the description regarding the function in the content display area 304 of the help window 300 is shown, but not the buttons B1 to B6. It may be a hyperlink or the like.

(2) Among the functions displayed and explained in the help window 300, the configuration item menu related to the function selected by the operation unit 50 is displayed on the display screen 100. For example, in the help window 300, When the explanation regarding the menu layout is displayed, the menu display unit 61 may change the menu layout without changing the setting items of the menu. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the menu may be moved from the lower side to the right side of the display screen 100 to change the layout. In FIG. 5, the waveform display area 101 is not shown.

(3) Among the functions displayed and explained in the help window 300, a configuration item setting menu related to the function selected by the operation unit 50 is shown on the display screen 100. For example, in the help window 300, When the explanation about the display / non-display of the menu is displayed, the menu display unit 61 may display / hide the menu according to the operation of the operation unit 50. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the menu may be hidden from the state where the menu is displayed on the display screen 100.

(4) The measurement apparatus often performs processing in the background separately from the display content of the display screen 100. In such a case, for example, when an explanation about the background processing is displayed in the help window 300, the menu display unit 61 displays and hides the menu and displays the processing unit (see FIG. (Not shown) may terminate / suspend / resume background processing. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, from the state where the menu is displayed on the display screen 100, the display processing unit 60 may display that the menu is not displayed and the background processing is stopped.

(5) Among the functions displayed and explained in the help window 300, the configuration in which the menu on the same level as the setting item related to the function selected by the operation unit 50 is displayed on the display screen 100 is shown. The setting items between different pages may be displayed on the menu. In such a case, a history storage unit is provided. Then, the functions selected by the operation unit 50 among the functions displayed and explained in the help window 300 are sequentially stored in the history storage unit. When a selection end button (not shown) is selected in the help window 300, the menu display unit 61 refers to the history storage unit and displays setting items relating to each selected function on the menu. For example, as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 8, function A0, function B, function C, function A22, and function A21 are selected in this order, and this history is stored in the history storage unit. And the menu display means 61 reads the menu information of each function, and displays the menu of setting items related to the function A0, the function B, the function C, the function A22, and the function A21 in order from the left.

(6) Although the menu display means 61 has been shown to move the menu and hide the menu, these processes may be performed sequentially. As described above, a history storage unit is provided, and for example, a history indicating that menu movement or menu non-display has been selected is stored. When a selection end button (not shown) is selected in the help window 300, the menu display means 61 refers to the history storage unit and moves the menu (FIG. 5), menu according to each selected function. Are not displayed (FIG. 6) or the like in order.

(7) Although the configuration used for the waveform measuring device (digital oscilloscope) has been shown, the present invention may be used for other measuring devices (power meter, voltage / current generator, etc.).

It is the block diagram which showed one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the conventional measuring apparatus. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the conventional measuring apparatus. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the conventional measuring apparatus. It is the figure which showed an example of the hierarchical structure. It is the figure which showed the other example of a display of the conventional measuring apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

50 Operation Unit 61 Menu Display Unit 62 Help Display Unit 63 Identification Unit 110 Display Screen

Claims (4)

In a measuring apparatus for displaying on a display screen a menu to which setting items related to the function of the apparatus are assigned and a help window for explaining the function,
An operation unit for selecting a function described in the help window;
Menu display means for displaying a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit ;
An identification means for analyzing the one selected by the operation unit, and
The menu display means displays the menu based on the analysis result of the identification means.   A history storage unit that stores a plurality of functions selected by the operation unit is provided,
  The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the menu display means displays a menu regarding a plurality of functions stored in the history storage unit.   3. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the menu display means changes at least one of a menu display position and a menu non-display.   In a method for operating a measuring apparatus for displaying on a display screen a menu to which setting items relating to functions of the apparatus are assigned and a help window for explaining the functions.
A step in which a help window display means displays a help window;
  An operation unit selecting a function described in the help window;
A menu display means for displaying a menu of setting items related to the function selected by the operation unit;
  When the help window display means closes the help window,
A method for operating a measuring apparatus.