JP6654474B2 - Multi-window display device, multi-window display method, and multi-window display program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a multi-window display device, a multi-window display method, and a multi-window display program suitable for managing information related to vehicle repair and maintenance.

Vehicles are subjected to processing from purchase to maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, and vehicle inspection (hereinafter, collectively referred to as “maintenance, etc.”), and are used for a relatively long period of time. Is a conceivable article. For this reason, in a vehicle maintenance shop, records of vehicle maintenance and the like are centrally managed, and the history of maintenance and the like is utilized for future maintenance and the like.
An invention for managing such information of maintenance and the like is described in, for example, Patent Document 1. The dealer service management system described in Patent Document 1 is constructed by a dealer terminal operated by a dealer and a host computer connected via a network. The dealer operates the dealer terminal to determine an evaluation value for each predetermined check item. The determined evaluation value forms the dealer clinic check data. The dealer clinic check data includes, for example, data necessary for the dealer to provide repair / service, such as “confirmation of damaged area and situation” and “arrangement of delivery of repaired car”.

  Information related to vehicle maintenance can be used not only at dealers but also at sites such as sales and maintenance. For this reason, it is desirable that information such as maintenance can be viewed by various workers such as dealers, maintenance workers, and sales persons at various places such as offices, factories, and customers.

JP 2003-263515 A

However, as described above, when workers in various departments view information such as maintenance, there is a concern that workers unfamiliar with computer operations may not be able to fully utilize information such as maintenance due to time consuming operations. Is done.
The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and even a worker who is unfamiliar with computer operation can easily and smoothly browse information such as maintenance of a vehicle, and can sufficiently obtain information on maintenance and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-window display device, a multi-window display method, and a multi-window display program that can be utilized.

  In order to solve the above problem, a multi-window display device according to one embodiment of the present invention displays a first window in which a display related to a work including input of information and editing of information is performed, and information used in the work. A multi-window display device that simultaneously displays a second window on which display related to editing of the information is not performed, an input receiving unit that receives a keyword input, and a customer associated with the keyword received by the input receiving unit. The customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information are stored in a maintenance information database in which customer information relating to the vehicle of the customer and vehicle information relating to the vehicle of the customer and maintenance information relating to the contents of the vehicle maintenance and maintenance history are stored in association with each other. An information extracting unit that extracts at least one of the above at every period determined based on the present; The customer information extracted I, and a display control unit for displaying on the second window at least one of the vehicle information and the maintenance information.

  A multi-window display method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first window in which a display relating to a work including input of information and editing of information is performed, a display of information used in the work, and a display relating to editing of the information. Multi-window display method for simultaneously displaying a second window on which no keyword is input, a step of receiving an input of a keyword, customer information on a customer related to the keyword or vehicle information on a vehicle of the customer, and maintenance of the vehicle. At least one of the customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information is extracted from a maintenance information database in which maintenance information relating to the contents and the maintenance history is stored in association with each other for each period determined based on the present. And displaying at least one of the extracted customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information in the second window. Comprising a display control step of, a.

  A multi-window display program according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first window in which a display relating to a work including input of information and editing of information is performed, a display of information used in the work, and a display relating to editing of the information. A multi-window display program for simultaneously displaying a second window on which no keyword is input, a function of receiving a keyword input to a computer, customer information relating to a customer relating to the keyword or vehicle information relating to a vehicle of the customer, The customer information, the vehicle information, and at least one of the maintenance information are stored in a maintenance information database that is stored in association with maintenance information related to the details of the maintenance and the maintenance history for each period determined based on the present. And the extracted customer information, at least the vehicle information and the maintenance information One is allowed to realize a display control function of displaying the second window.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the above-mentioned invention, even a worker who is unfamiliar with computer operation can easily and smoothly browse information such as maintenance of a vehicle, and can make full use of information such as maintenance. , A multi-window display method and a multi-window display program can be provided.

It is a functional block diagram for explaining the multi-window display device of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a multi-window displayed on the multi-window display device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a main window and a sub window of the multi-window display device shown in FIG. 1. It is a schematic diagram for explaining fitting of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for explaining fitting of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a mimetic diagram for explaining processing which determines a fitting side in one embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-window display method and a multi-window display program according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a process of step S52 shown in FIG. It is the figure which illustrated the multi-window displayed in the arbitrary specification mode of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining processing for registering maintenance information and the like in a maintenance information database shown in FIG. 1. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an arbitrary designation mode of the multi-window display method according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a multi-window displayed in a history inquiry mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operation in a jump mode according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for explaining the example which extracted a maintenance slip by specifying parts of vehicles of other embodiments of the present invention.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment exemplifies an apparatus, a method, or a program for embodying the technical idea of the present invention. The technical idea of the present invention describes the material, shape, structure, arrangement, and the like of the components. It is not specified below. The technical idea of the present invention can be variously modified within the technical scope defined by the claims described in the claims.

[Multi-window display device]
Hereinafter, a multi-window display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining the multi-window display device of the present embodiment. The multi-window display device 1 of the present embodiment includes a display device 11, a main body 13, and a user interface 15 through which an operator inputs information to the main body 13. Hereinafter, each configuration of the multi-window display device 1 will be described.

<Display device>
The display device 11 is, for example, a general liquid crystal display. The display device 11 includes a display screen 110 and a display drive unit 111 for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal in accordance with an image to be displayed. The display screen 110 has a rectangular shape when viewed from the front as illustrated later.

<Body>
The main body 13 includes a working memory 131, a central processing unit (CPU) 133, a program memory 135, a maintenance information database 147, and a work screen database 149 as hardware. Such a main body 13 can be constituted by a general-purpose computer.

  The maintenance information database 147 accumulates customer information or vehicle information in association with maintenance information on the contents and history of vehicle maintenance and the like. Note that the customer information is, for example, personal information such as the name and address of the owner of the vehicle. The vehicle information is, for example, information determined when the vehicle is manufactured, such as a vehicle model, a manufacturer, a model, a manufacturing date, and parts such as an engine. The maintenance information is, for example, information on contents of maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection, and the like performed after purchase of the vehicle.

The work screen database 149 is a database that stores data for displaying a work screen for performing work related to information related to maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection, and the like performed after or after purchase of a vehicle. It is.
In the present embodiment, the maintenance information database 147 is prepared by the management side of the multi-window display device 1 in a vehicle maintenance shop or the like. The work screen database 149 may be prepared in advance by the provider of the multi-window display device, or may be an original one created by the manager. The maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 are stored in the multi-window display device 1, read out by the CPU 133 as needed, and displayed on the display screen 110. However, the maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 are not limited to the configuration stored in the multi-window display device 1. The maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 may be stored on a server device connected via a network.

The CPU 133 controls the arithmetic processing executed by the main body 13 in a comprehensive manner. The program memory 135 is a memory for storing a program as software used for processing executed by the CPU 133. The working memory 131 is a memory used for the processing of the CPU 133.
The multi-window display device of the present embodiment includes a fitting control unit 130 related to fitting described later, and a work control unit 170 related to work using a sub-window described later. The program memory 135 stores well-known programs such as a word processing function, a spreadsheet, and the Internet (not shown) in addition to the multi-window display program of the present embodiment.

  The operation determining unit 145 determines an operation performed by an operator. Here, the operation means, for example, voice input / output using a microphone or speaker, earphone, character input using a keyboard or the like, input of a position or direction (on the screen) using a mouse, a pen tablet, a touch panel, a joystick or the like, an image using a camera or the like, This is performed by video input and a combination thereof. Therefore, a microphone, a speaker, an earphone, a keyboard, a mouse, a pen tablet, a touch panel, a joystick, a camera, and the like are used as the user interface 15. However, in the present embodiment, description will be made assuming that the multi-window display device 1 is operated using a mouse and a keyboard.

As described above, this embodiment includes the fitting control unit 130 and the work control unit 170, and has a function of fitting a multi-window and a function of performing work using a sub-window.
The fitting control unit 130 includes an inter-window distance determination unit 137, a display image generation unit 139, and an operation determination unit 145. The work control unit 170 includes a display control unit 177 and an information extraction unit 179.

(Multi-window fitting)
In the present embodiment, first, a function related to multi-window fitting of the multi-window display device will be described.
If the operation determining unit 145 determines that a drag operation has been instructed by the worker, the operation determining unit 145 passes the determination result to the display image generating unit 139. In addition, when the operation determination unit 145 determines that activation of a program other than the fitting control unit 130 has been instructed by an operation such as a click, the operation determination unit 145 passes the determination result to the activated program.

  The display image generation unit 139 generates an image displayed on the display screen 110 according to an operation of the worker. For example, when the operator drags and moves the window displayed on the display screen 110, the display image generation unit 139 creates an image after the window is moved and expands the image on the working memory 131. When the operator performs an operation of changing the size of the window, the display image generation unit 139 creates an image after the window is changed and expands the image on the working memory 131. The image data expanded in the working memory 131 is output from the display image generation unit 139 to the display device 11 together with a control signal for the display drive unit 111.

The display device 11 drives the display drive unit 111 according to the control signal output from the display image generation unit 139. By such an operation, the image generated by the display image generation unit 139 is displayed on the display screen 110.
The display image generation unit 139 includes a fitting display unit 141 and a window operation unit 143. In the present embodiment, the inter-window distance determination unit 137 is stored in the fitting control unit 130. The fitting display unit 141, the window operation unit 143, and the inter-window distance determination unit 137 are programs specific to the multi-window display device 1 of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a multi-window displayed on the display screen 110 in the multi-window display device 1 of the present embodiment. In this embodiment, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 can be displayed on the display screen 110 as a multi-window. As illustrated, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are both windows having a rectangular shape in plan view. Note that the rectangle herein includes a square having four sides equal in length.

In the main window 121, displays related to work including input of information and editing of information are performed. Further, in the sub-window 123, while information used for the work is displayed, display related to editing of the displayed information is not performed.
The screen shown in the sub-window 123 in FIG. 2 is an initial screen that appears first when the multi-window display program is started in the multi-window display device 1. In the initial screen shown in FIG. 2, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are displayed at the same time. However, in the multi-window display device 1, the user can arbitrarily select whether or not to display the sub-window 123 by switching a flag in the program.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, the main window 121 displays “customer”, “payment”, “total”, “form order”, “vehicle”, “total invoice”, “promotion”, and “application”. An information selection button 125 for selecting desired information is displayed. In addition, the main window 121 has a screen display button 127 for displaying a work screen for preparing documents such as “approximate estimate”, “work instruction”, “maintenance bill”, and “expense bill” related to maintenance. Is displayed.

When a button such as "car sales" or "sheet metal" in the main window 121 is selected, a work screen for creating documents relating to "car sales" or "sheet metal" can be displayed instead of "maintenance".
Further, a calendar 129 is displayed on the main window 121. The calendar 129 displays, for example, the details of the schedule of the current month and the schedule of the selected day.

  The sub-window 123 displays at least one of customer information, vehicle information, and maintenance information. In the present embodiment, editing of information on the subwindow 123 is restricted. The operator can narrow down the information from the information displayed in the sub-window 123, or select the displayed information to display related information and more detailed contents of the information in the main window 121.

  In the multi-window display device of the present embodiment, the sub-window 123 can operate in four modes: “arbitrary designation mode”, “history inquiry mode”, “search mode”, and “total mode”. The subwindow shown in FIG. 2 is a screen in the “arbitrary designation mode” in which a list of customers assigned to the sales A is displayed based on the condition of the “customer in charge of the sales A” arbitrarily designated. In the optional designation mode, when the operator selects any of the items included in the list displayed in the sub-window, more detailed information on the selected item can be displayed.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the history of transactions related to the inspection and maintenance of “A mountain B child” is displayed in the sub-window 123. When the operator selects, for example, the first line of the sub-window 123 shown in FIG. 2, the display of the sub-window 123 is switched to more detailed information of "A mountain B child".
Next, a process related to fitting performed by the multi-window display device 1 on the main window 121 and the sub window 123 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described. The multi-window display device 1 performs fitting for displaying the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 without gaps, and multi-window drag performed after the fitting.

<Fitting>
FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C are schematic diagrams for explaining the fitting of the present embodiment. In FIG. 4, for simplicity of description, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 shown in FIG. 2 are simplified.
The inter-window distance determination unit 137 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. When the distance between the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 determined by the inter-window distance determination unit 137 is shorter than a predetermined threshold in the display image generation unit 139, the fitting display unit 141 determines that one side of the main window Fitting, which is an operation of displaying the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 so that one side of the sub-window parallel to one side coincides with the other, is performed.

In the present embodiment, the distance between the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 is determined in advance when a part of the sub-window 123 enters a predetermined range based on the vertex of the main window 121. It is determined that it has become shorter than the determined threshold.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4A, the rectangular main window 121 has a pair of long sides 121a and 121b and a pair of short sides 121c and 121d. The sub window 123 has a pair of short sides 123a and 123b and a pair of long sides 123c and 123d. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4B, a virtual square a centered on the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121d of the main window 121 is set in advance. The length of one side of the square a can be defined by the number of pixels of the display screen 110. In the present embodiment, one side of the square a is set to, for example, 40 pixels.

The inter-window distance determination unit 137 monitors whether any part of the sub-window 123 is within the range of the square a. When it is detected that a part of the sub-window 123 is within the range of the square a, it is determined that the distance between the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 is shorter than the threshold.
The inter-window distance determination unit 137 notifies the fitting display unit 141 of the display image generation unit 139 that the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 has become shorter than the threshold.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4C, the fitting display unit 141 is located in the display image generation unit 139 so that the short side 121d of the main window 121 and the long side 123c of the sub window 123 match. Fitting for displaying the sub window 121 and the sub window 123 is performed.
According to the above-described processing, the present embodiment automatically detects that the operator is about to display the main window 121 and the sub window 123 side by side. Then, even if the operator does not finely adjust the positions of the main window 121 and the sub window 123, both can be displayed integrally without any gap. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even a worker who is unfamiliar with the operation can easily and quickly arrange the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 on the display screen 110 so that there is no gap or gap therebetween. can do.

Further, the fitting display unit 141 of the present embodiment fits one side of the sub-window 123 to one of a pair of two parallel sides of the main window 121. That is, in this embodiment, the sub-window 123 can be fitted to any of two parallel sides of the main window 121.
Which side of the main window 121 is to be fitted with the sub window 123 is determined as follows. That is, the fitting display unit 141 specifies the main center c1 which is the left and right center of the main window 121 and the sub center c2 which is the left and right center of the sub window 123. Then, when the position of the sub center c2 is on the right side of the position of the main center c1, the fitting display unit 141 fits one side 123c on the left side of the sub window 123 to one side 121d on the right side of the main window. On the other hand, when the position of the sub center c2 is located to the left of the position of the main center c1, the right side 123d of the sub window 123 is fitted to the left side 121c of the main window 121.

The above-described fitting process will be specifically described.
FIGS. 5-1 (a), (b), and FIG. 5-2 (c) are diagrams for explaining a process of determining which side of the main window 121 is to be fitted with the sub-window 123. FIG. In the present embodiment, the xy coordinates are shown in each of FIGS. 5-1 (a) and (b) and FIG. 5-2 (c). The x side is referred to as “left side” with respect to the center point o of the xy coordinates. The -x side is defined as "right side" with respect to the center point o of the xy coordinates. Therefore, the center point o is on the left and right center lines of the main window 121 and the sub window 123. The main center c1 is a straight line passing through the left and right centers of the main window 121. The sub-center c2 is a straight line passing through the left and right centers of the sub-window 123.

  When the sub window 123 enters the range of the square a shown in FIG. 4 of the main window 121, the fitting display unit 141 determines which side of the main center c1 is left or right of the sub center c2. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, when it is determined that the sub center c2 is on the right side of the main center c1, the fitting display unit 141 sets the long side 123c of the sub window 123 to the short side 121d of the main window 121. Fit.

  In the present embodiment, the square a shown in FIG. 4B can be set in advance around the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121c of the main window 121. When the sub-window 123 enters the range of the square a set so that the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121c is the center, the fitting display unit 141 determines whether the sub center c2 is on the left or right of the main center c1. Is determined to be on the side of. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 5-1 (b), when it is determined that the sub center c2 is on the right side of the main center c1, the fitting display unit 141 sets the long side 123d of the sub window 123 to the short side 121c of the main window 121. Fit.

  FIG. 5C is a diagram for explaining a process of determining whether the sub window 123 is located on the left or right of the main window 121. In the example shown in FIG. 5-2 (c), it is assumed that the sub window 123 at the position p1 has been dragged to the position p3 through the position p2. The fitting display unit 141 sequentially reads the coordinates of the main center c1 and the sub-center c2 during the dragging process. Then, the fitting display unit 141 determines that the sub window 123 has moved from the right side to the left side of the main window 121 at the timing when the sub center c2 coincides with the main center c1 when the sub window 123 passes the position p2.

Further, when the sub window 123 satisfies the condition that the sub window 123 falls within the range of the square a, the fitting display unit 141 fits the sub window 123 to the main window 121 based on the relative left and right positional relationship between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. .
According to such processing, in the present embodiment, the sub window 123 can be fitted to the main window 121 from either the left or right direction. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the main window 121 and the sub-window can be arranged so that the operator can easily operate the display screen 110 according to his or her dominant hand or work environment.

  Note that the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration in which the sub window 123 is fitted to one of the left and right sides of the main window 121 as described above. For example, according to the present embodiment, the short side 123b or the short side 123a of the sub window 123 can be fitted to one of the long side 121a or the long side 121b of the main window 121.

<Multi-window drag>
Next, the multi-window drag of the present embodiment will be described. The multi-window drag is performed by the window operation unit 143 of the display image generation unit 139 shown in FIG. When a drag operation is performed on the fitted main window 121, the window operation unit 143 performs a drag operation on the sub window 123 together with the main window 121 while maintaining the fitting. On the other hand, when the drag operation is performed on the fitted sub-window, the window operation unit 143 cancels the fitting and performs the drag operation only on the sub-window 123. Such an operation is referred to as a multi-window drag in the present embodiment.

  Specifically, when the operator instructs a drag operation, the display image generation unit 139 validates the operation instruction and, when the main window 121 or the sub window 123 is moved, moves the main window 121 or the sub window 123 in accordance with the direction and amount of the drag. A display image in which the window 121 and the sub-window 123 are moved is generated. At this time, in the present embodiment, the window operation unit 143 determines whether or not the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are fitted in the display image generation unit 139. Then, it is determined whether the drag is instructed on the main window 121 or the sub-window 123 based on the coordinates of the cursor input from the user interface 15.

  If it is determined that the drag operation has been instructed on the main window 121, the window operation unit 143 validates this operation and moves the main window 121 according to the direction and amount of the drag. The window operation unit 143 also moves the sub window 123 in the same direction and the same amount as the main window 121 at the same time as the main window 121 moves.

On the other hand, when the window operation unit 143 determines that the drag has been instructed on the sub-window 123, the fitting between the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 is released. Then, the window operation unit 143 validates the drag instruction for only the sub-window 123, and moves the sub-window 123 according to the direction and amount of the drag.
According to the above operation, in the present embodiment, if the main window 121 is dragged after the fitting, the fitted main window 121 and sub window 123 can be dragged integrally. Therefore, the fitting with the sub-window 123 is unintentionally canceled by the operator who is not used to operating the computer moving the main window 121, and the trouble of performing the fitting again can be avoided.

  Further, according to the above operation, the fitting between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 can be released as necessary by instructing the drag on the sub window 123. Such an operation is intuitively similar to a physical operation of attaching and detaching the sub-display to and from the main display, so that even an operator unfamiliar with the computer can perform the operation smoothly.

[Multi-window display method, multi-window display program]
6 and 7 are flowcharts for explaining the multi-window display method and the multi-window display program according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 illustrates a multi-window display method for performing the above-described fitting. FIG. 7 illustrates a multi-window display method for executing a multi-window drag. Each of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is realized by a program operating on a computer.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, first, in step S51, the operation determination unit 145 shown in FIG. Next, in step S52, the operation determining unit 145 performs a process of determining an operation such as a drag or a click performed by the operator based on the acquired coordinates or a locus of continuous coordinates. In step S53, the display image generation unit 139 illustrated in FIG. 1 generates a display image changed according to an operation.

  In step S54, the inter-window distance determination unit 137 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines the distance between the sub window 123 and the main window 121 in the generated image. When the window-to-window distance determination unit 137 determines that the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 are within the range of the square a (in the drawing, “the distance between the windows <a”) (step S54: Yes), the process proceeds to step S55. The fitting display unit 141 shown in FIG. 1 fits the sub window 123 to the main window 121.

  After the fitting, in step S56, the fitting display unit 141 turns on a flag indicating that fitting is performed in the program functioning as the fitting display unit 141. If it is determined in step S54 that the sub window 123 is outside the range of the square a (step S54: No), the fitting display unit 141 turns off the fitting flag in step S57.

  After the above processing, the display image generation unit 139 shown in FIG. 1 expands the generated display image in the working memory in step S58. Then, the display controller 111 controls the display driver 111 to display the developed display image on the display screen 110. Note that the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is terminated by the interrupt processing when the system is shut down.

  The flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation determination processing executed in step S52 shown in FIG. In step S61, the operation determining unit 145 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines whether the information input from the user interface 15 is a command for instructing a specific task. When it is determined in step S61 that an operation related to the command has been performed (step S61: Yes), the CPU 133 illustrated in FIG. 1 instructs a program corresponding to the command in step S62 to perform processing.

  When determining that the operation is not a command input (step S61: No), the operation determination unit 145 determines whether or not a drag operation instruction has been issued in step S63. If the instruction is a drag operation instruction (Step S63: Yes), the operation determining unit 145 determines whether or not a drag operation has been instructed on the main window 121 in Step S64. If it is determined that the drag operation has been performed on the main window 121 (step S64: Yes), the window operation unit 143 determines whether the fitting flag is ON or OFF in step S65.

  When the fitting flag is ON (Step S65: Yes), the window operation unit 143 performs multi-window drag for enabling the drag instruction on the sub window 123 simultaneously with the main window 121 in Step S66. Further, when it is determined in step S63 that the coordinates at which the drag operation has been instructed are not on the main window 121 (step S64: No) and when it is determined that the fitting flag is OFF (step S65: No), The window operation unit 143 validates the drag instruction only for the dragged target (referred to as a normal drag process in the drawing).

  Further, when the operation determination unit 145 determines in step S63 that the instruction input from the user interface 15 is not a drag operation (step S63: No), the operation determination unit 145 determines in step S67 that an operation for character input has been performed. Is determined. Then, when it is determined that a character input operation has been instructed (step S67: Yes), the operation determining unit 145 notifies the program for performing character input processing of the multi-window display program that the character input has been instructed.

  In response to the notification from the operation determining unit 145, in step S68, the multi-window display program executes an input process of starting a character input program that operates independently as the multi-window display program. When it is determined in step S67 that the operation is not an instruction to input a character (step S67: No), the operation determining unit 145 determines that the type of the operation cannot be determined and ends the process. At this time, the display image generation unit 139 proceeds to generation of a display image on the assumption that no operation has been performed.

In the present embodiment described above, the multi-window display program provides a multi-window screen independent of a system screen of a general-purpose program used in the multi-window display device 1. For this reason, the multi-window display program operates independently of the general-purpose computer program.
In this embodiment, the main program of the computer can be operated while the multi-window processing is being executed. Further, the operation of the main screen of the computer is not restricted. For this reason, this embodiment can reduce the stress on the operator during the operation of the multi-window.

(Work using sub window)
Next, an operation using the sub window 123 of the present embodiment will be described.
When performing the work using the sub-window, the information extraction unit 179 of the work control unit 170 illustrated in FIG. 1 extracts vehicle information, customer information, or maintenance information from the maintenance information database 147. The information extracting unit 179 extracts the extracted information in a period determined based on the current time. The display control unit 177 automatically displays the maintenance information and the like extracted by the information extraction unit 179 in the sub window 123.

In the operation using the sub window, the display control unit 177 controls the main window 121 and the sub window 123 of the display screen 110 separately. Therefore, the display control unit 177 outputs two sets of control information to the display device 11.
As described above, the sub-window 123 operates in four modes: “arbitrary designation mode”, “history inquiry mode”, “search mode”, and “jump mode”. Here, first, an operation in which the sub window 123 operates in the “arbitrary designation mode” will be described.

(I) Arbitrary designation mode FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display image displayed on the display screen 110 when the sub window 123 operates in the arbitrary designation mode. The display image shown in FIG. 8 is automatically displayed when the multi-window display device 1 is started.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, “vehicle inspection check (this month)” is set in advance in the keyword input field 123 w as a keyword arbitrarily specified. The information extraction unit 179 extracts vehicle information to be checked for a vehicle inspection this month and customer information corresponding to the vehicle information from the maintenance information database 147, with a period determined based on the present being “this month”. As a result, vehicle information to be checked for a vehicle inspection this month and customer information corresponding to the vehicle information are displayed in the sub-window 123 shown in FIG. Further, the vehicle information and the customer information are information relating to the vehicle or the customer to be inspected and checked this month, and thus can be said to be maintenance information.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a process of registering maintenance information and the like in the maintenance information database 147 shown in FIG. In order to extract maintenance information or the like in a period determined based on the current time, date information is set in the maintenance information database 147 for a valid period of vehicle inspection as maintenance information. In addition, the multi-window display device 1 can be set so that the validity period of the vehicle inspection is automatically updated when the vehicle undergoes the vehicle inspection by setting the date information to “automatic update”. Such a configuration is realized by the information extracting unit 179 automatically updating the date information attached to the maintenance information stored in the maintenance information database 147.

  When the information extraction unit 179 shown in FIG. 1 extracts customer information, vehicle information, or maintenance information from the maintenance information database 147 using “this month” and “vehicle inspection check” as keywords by the above setting, the multi-window display device 1 is shown in FIG. No clock function identifies the range of "this month" relative to the current time. The information extracting unit 179 extracts vehicle information and customer information of the vehicle to be subjected to the vehicle inspection check during the specified month. Then, the display control unit 177 shown in FIG. 1 displays the extracted vehicle information and customer information in the sub window 123.

Needless to say, the period determined based on the present time is not limited to this month. The period determined on the basis of the present may be any period as long as the date and time defining the period is different and the determined period is also different. Examples of such a period include last year, this year, last month, next month, yesterday, today, and the like.
Further, the present embodiment is not limited to extracting information related to vehicle inspection, but may extract maintenance information and the like according to other conditions. Other conditions may include, for example, purchase of a vehicle or acceptance of repair.

Further, in the present embodiment, the keyword used when the information extracting unit 179 extracts the maintenance information and the like is not limited to one keyword. For example, the keyword may be a company name or a vehicle type of a manufacturer together with “vehicle inspection check”. it can. In such a case, the information extraction unit 179 extracts maintenance information extracted as a result of AND of a plurality of keywords.
According to such processing, maintenance information and the like of a vehicle to be careful when starting up the multi-window display device 1 are automatically displayed to the worker, and the worker can be guided to the work to be prioritized. In addition, since maintenance information and the like can be extracted using intuitive words such as this month, the operability of the multi-window display device 1 for an operator who is unfamiliar with computer operations can be improved.

Here, a multi-window display method and a multi-window display program for executing the above-mentioned arbitrary designation mode will be described.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an arbitrary designation mode of the multi-window display method. The processing of the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 10 is executed by the work control unit 170 and the operation determination unit 145 illustrated in FIG.

  When the multi-window display device 1 is started, in the present embodiment, in step 71, an arbitrary designation mode is started. The operation determination unit 145 determines whether a keyword has been input via the user interface 15 in step 72. If it is determined in step 73 that a keyword has been input (step S72: Yes), the operation determining unit 145 updates the keyword in step 73. Then, the newly input keyword is sent to the information extraction unit 179. If it is determined in step 73 that a keyword has not been input (step S72: No), the operation determining unit 145 sends the keyword that has already been input to the information extracting unit 179. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the keyword is “vehicle inspection”.

In step 74, the information extracting unit 179 specifies a date and time corresponding to "current" using a known function such as a calendar function (not shown). In the present embodiment, “present” is set to “today”, and the information extraction unit 179 extracts from the maintenance information database 147 at step 75 the maintenance information relating to the vehicle whose vehicle inspection should be checked in the same year and the same month as today.
The display control unit 177 causes the sub window 123 to display customer information, vehicle information, and maintenance information among the information extracted by the information extraction unit 179.

(Ii) History Inquiry Mode FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display image displayed on the display screen 110 when the sub window 123 operates in the history inquiry mode. The information extracting unit 179 illustrated in FIG. 1 extracts work screen display information for displaying a work screen from the work screen database 149. The extracted work screen display information is output to the main window 121 to display the work screen. The information extraction unit 179 extracts from the maintenance information database 147 at least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information previously associated with the keyword specified on the displayed work screen. The display control unit 177 shown in FIG. 1 displays the work screen created based on the work screen display information on the main window 121, and at least one of the vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information extracted by the information extraction unit 179. Is displayed in the sub-window 123 while the operation screen display information is being displayed.

  FIG. 11 shows the history of the maintenance information on the mountain A child in the sub-window 123 while the work screen for creating the maintenance bill for the mountain A child is displayed on the main window 121 in the history inquiry mode. It is a figure showing an example. The work screen is displayed on the main window 121 when the operator selects “maintenance bill” from the screen display buttons 127 of the initial screen shown in FIG.

  Next, the operator inputs the customer's name (Ako B) as the customer information and the vehicle number (Saga 580exxx) and the vehicle type (ppp) as the vehicle information in the input field 121p of the main window 121. The maintenance information database 147 stores the maintenance information in association with the customer information and the vehicle information. The information extraction unit 179 illustrated in FIG. 1 extracts maintenance information associated with the input customer information and vehicle information from the maintenance information database 147. The display control unit 177 displays the extracted maintenance information in the sub-window 123 while the work screen of Mt. A is displayed.

  According to the history inquiry mode, it is possible to prefetch and automatically extract maintenance information that may be used during the work of preparing a document, and display it together with the work screen. Such a process does not require the operator to return to the initial screen and acquire information to be input to the work screen, and can input information to the main window 121 while viewing the sub-window 123. For this reason, in the history inquiry mode, even if an operator is unfamiliar with the operation of the computer, documents can be easily and efficiently created.

(Iii) Search Mode Next, the search mode of the present embodiment will be described.
In the search mode, the display control unit 177 displays the maintenance information extracted from the maintenance information database 147 in the sub window 123. Further, the display control unit 177 displays a work screen of a work performed using the extracted maintenance information on the main window 121 while reflecting the extracted maintenance information.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11 described above, the sub window 123 includes a vehicle number input field 123q for inputting a vehicle number, a maker / vehicle type input field 123r for inputting a maker name and a vehicle type of the vehicle. Is provided. The operator inputs the vehicle number (Saga 580) in the vehicle number input field 123q of the sub-window 123, and inputs the manufacturer name (company a) and the vehicle type (ppp) in the manufacturer / vehicle type input field 123r. Further, the operator selects, for example, a work screen for creating a “maintenance bill” from the initial screen shown in FIG. The display control unit 177 displays the selected work screen on the main window 121.

  Further, the operator uses the user interface 15 to select, for example, the maintenance information displayed on the first line from the maintenance information displayed in the sub window 123. The operation determination unit 145 searches for the selected maintenance information and acquires it from the maintenance information database 147. The display control unit 177 causes the acquired maintenance information to be displayed in a corresponding column of the work screen and reflects the information on the work screen.

  According to such a search mode, the operator can create a document reflecting the maintenance information simply by selecting arbitrary information from the plurality of extracted maintenance information. For this reason, in the search mode, even a worker who is unfamiliar with computer operations can easily and efficiently perform document creation.

(Iv) Jump Mode Next, the jump mode of the present embodiment will be described. The jump mode is a mode for calling the work screen from the sub-window of the arbitrary designation mode shown in FIG.
FIGS. 12A and 12B are views for explaining the jump mode. The example illustrated in FIG. 12A illustrates a state in which the user has selected the vehicle information “Saga50 or xxxa company ttt” on the sub-window 123 illustrated in FIG.

When the operator right-clicks while selecting the vehicle information, a pull-down menu is displayed as shown in FIG. The pull-down menu includes work related to maintenance (approximate estimate, work instruction, maintenance bill, bill for various expenses), work related to car sales, and work related to sheet metal indicated by the screen display button 127 illustrated in FIG. Is displayed.
The operator selects one of the operations from the pull-down menu shown in FIG. The operation determining unit 145 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines the type of the selected work and notifies the information extracting unit 179. The information extraction unit 179 extracts data for displaying a work screen corresponding to the selected work from the work screen database 149 and sends the data to the display control unit 177. The display control unit 177 displays the work screen on the main window 121 using the data extracted from the work screen database 149.

  By the above processing, in the jump mode, the work screen relating to the arbitrarily designated vehicle can be displayed without returning to the initial screen. In the present embodiment, an example in which the vehicle information is jumped to the work screen has been described. However, the jump mode is not limited to the one in which the vehicle information is selected. Any information can be selected.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, after the work screen is displayed on the main window 121 in the jump mode, the information selected on the sub window 123 is automatically reflected on the work screen of the main window 121 as in the search mode. It may be. Such an operation can be realized by the following processing.
As shown in FIG. 12A, the operation determining unit 145 determines that specific vehicle information is selected, and notifies the information extracting unit 179 of the selected vehicle information. The information extracting unit 179 extracts the notified vehicle information and information corresponding to the vehicle information from the maintenance information database 147 and sends the information to the display control unit 177. The display control unit 177 reflects the extracted vehicle information and the information associated with the vehicle information in a corresponding portion of the work screen displayed on the main window 121.

  Further, the multi-window display device according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the configuration described above. For example, the information extracting unit 179 does not extract only information that completely matches the keyword. For example, when the operator inputs only a part of the keyword, the information extracting unit 179 extracts all information including the input keyword. With such a configuration, the present invention can increase the possibility of extracting target information even if only a part of the information to be extracted is known. Such a search is also called “fuzzy search”. The fuzzy search is effective for extracting information on documents created in the past and whose detailed contents are unknown.

Further, the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration in which the maintenance information is extracted by designating the vehicle number and the vehicle type in the sub-window 123. In the embodiment of the present invention, the maintenance information can be extracted by designating parts constituting a part of the vehicle such as the model of the engine.
FIG. 13 is a diagram exemplifying a multi-window in which parts of a vehicle are designated and a maintenance slip as maintenance information is extracted. In the example shown in FIG. 13, on the slip search 123s screen displayed in the sub-window 123, the operator inputs the company name “a company” in the maker / vehicle type input field 123t, and enters, for example, “ 5A ". In such a case, the information extraction unit includes the maintenance information (slip No, maintenance major classification) and the vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle type) relating to the vehicle manufactured by the company a and having the engine type of 5A. Is extracted. Then, the display control unit displays the extracted maintenance information and vehicle information in the sub-window 123.
According to such a configuration, the degree of freedom of a keyword used for information extraction is increased, and an operator can easily browse desired information.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to any configuration as long as information relating to vehicle sales, purchase, maintenance after sales, and the like is centrally managed.

1 Multi-window display device 11 Display device 13 Main body 15 User interface 110 Display screen 111 Display drive unit 121 Main window 121a, 121b, 123c, 123d Long side 121c, 121d, 123a, 123b Short side 123 Sub window 125 Information selection button 127 Screen display Button 129 Calendar 131 Working memory 133 CPU
137 Window distance determination unit 139 Display image generation unit 141 Fitting display unit 143 Window operation unit 145 Operation determination unit 147 Maintenance information database 149 Work screen database 135 Program memory 177 Display control unit 179 Information extraction unit

Claims (5)

A first window in which a display related to a task including information input and information editing is performed, and a second window in which information used in the task is displayed and a display related to the information editing is not performed is simultaneously displayed. A multi-window display device,
An input receiving unit for receiving an input of a keyword,
A maintenance information database in which customer information relating to the customer relating to the keyword received by the input receiving unit or vehicle information relating to the vehicle of the customer is associated with maintenance information relating to the details of maintenance of the vehicle and the maintenance history. An information extraction unit that extracts at least one of the customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information for each period determined based on the current time;
A display control unit that displays at least one of the customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information extracted by the information extraction unit in the second window;
A multi-window display device comprising:   The display control unit is configured to display at least one of the customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information extracted by the information extraction unit when starting to display the first window and the second window in the second window. The multi-window display device according to claim 1, wherein the multi-window display device is displayed.   The multi-window display device according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic updating unit configured to automatically update date information attached to the maintenance information stored in the maintenance information database. A first window in which a display related to a task including information input and information editing is performed, and a second window in which information used in the task is displayed and a display related to the information editing is not performed is simultaneously displayed. A multi-window display method,
Receiving a keyword input;
From the maintenance information database that stores customer information relating to the customer relating to the keyword or vehicle information relating to the vehicle of the customer and maintenance information relating to the details of maintenance of the vehicle and maintenance history, the customer information, the vehicle Extracting at least one of the information and the maintenance information for each period determined based on the current time;
A display control step of displaying at least one of the extracted customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information in the second window;
A multi-window display method comprising: A first window in which a display related to a task including information input and information editing is performed, and a second window in which information used in the task is displayed and a display related to the information editing is not performed is simultaneously displayed. A multi-window display program,
On the computer,
A function to accept keyword input,
From the maintenance information database that stores customer information relating to the customer relating to the keyword or vehicle information relating to the vehicle of the customer and maintenance information relating to the details of maintenance of the vehicle and maintenance history, the customer information, the vehicle A function of extracting at least one of information and the maintenance information for each period determined based on the present,
A display control function of displaying at least one of the extracted customer information, the vehicle information, and the maintenance information in the second window;
A multi-window display program characterized by realizing:

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