JPH01119832A - Man-machine system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the title system so that an operating method in other interactive format can also be mastered naturally by only learning one interactive format by displaying the operating method in other interactive format in an operation process in some interactive format. CONSTITUTION:Which interactive format of a command input or a menu selection is used is inputted by a user. In case of the command input, a command input interactive format is executed, and when the menu input is selected, a menu interactive format is executed. In case of the command input interactive format, prompt is displayed, an inputted command is executed, and a menu operation to be brought to interaction is displayed on a monitor 5. For instance, when the inputted command is (g-n10), it is in the second line of a related table, therefore, 'pick (rule number designation) of inference execution' is displayed on the monitor 5. Even if the inputted command does not exist in the corresponding command, when it exists in an item of a command which can be changed, its fact is displayed on the monitor 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to man-machine systems, and in particular, a method for improving operability suitable for man-machine systems having multiple interaction formats such as knowledge engineering tools. [Conventional technology] Conventional man-machine functions include rHITACHI ES series and CAE workstation EUREKA-II.
As described in the "Operation Manual", in order to facilitate interaction with the computer, interaction is realized through menu selection using a mouse. Furthermore, since menu selection becomes complicated as the user becomes accustomed to using the system, the system is configured so that an interactive format by inputting commands from the keyboard can also be selected. This provides the system with a good interaction environment for everyone from beginners to experts.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the above conventional technology does not take into account the following points.

The dialog based on menu selection is simple, has good interactivity, and is easy to use even for beginners. But on the other hand,
Since menu selection operations are complicated and it is physically difficult to create a menu that supports all the functions of the system, interactive format using command input is more functional than menu selection. As users become accustomed to the system, they begin to desire interaction through command input. However, there is a big difference between operations using menus and operations using commands, and although operations using menus can be easily mastered, operations using commands require a lot of learning time.

As mentioned above, operations using menus have lower functionality than operations using commands, and generally only provide functions that are judged to be important.

However, the required functions change depending on the situation, and in order to execute functions that are not on the menu, it is necessary to interact by inputting commands.

The objects of the present invention are as follows: (1.) In a man-machine system having multiple dialogue formats, it is possible to support natural learning of how to use different dialogue formats.

(2) If there is a function that cannot be performed in a certain interactive format, it should be possible to add it.

The object of the present invention is to provide a man-machine system having the following two functions.

[Means for solving problems]

” The second purpose is: A. To have a function that displays how to operate in another dialog format while operating in one dialog format, along the dialog process.

B. The dialog format can be partially changed, and there are operations that can be performed in one dialog format but not in other dialog formats, and in addition, those operations can be made executable by changing the other dialog formats. If so, have the ability to display the change procedure.

This is achieved by

[Effect]

If function A is used, in a certain interactive operation process,
Since operating methods for other dialog formats are displayed, once you learn one dialog format, you can naturally learn operating methods for other dialog formats. For example, if a user first learns how to operate in an interactive manner using menus, he or she will naturally learn how to interact using command input from a keyboard through the process of interacting using menus.

By using function B, you can modify the dialog format so that it can perform a function that cannot be executed in a certain dialog format, and if you perform that operation in another dialog format that can perform that operation, you can change the dialog format that cannot be executed. It shows you how to make changes, so you can easily build an interactive format with the necessary functionality.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

This system is a knowledge engineering tool having the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and the inference mechanism 2 uses the rules stored in the rule base 3 and the events stored in the working memory 4 to perform forward inference.

The user uses the man-machine interface 1 through the monitor 5 to perform operations such as activating the inference, tracing the inference process, and stopping the inference, thereby checking the validity of the inference.

Rule base 3. Examples of rules and events stored in the working memory 4 are shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b.

The rule base is rule name 10. Condition part 11゜Conclusion part 1
Consists of 2. Event 13 is represented by an alphabet. Rule A indicates that when events A and B exist in working memory, event C is added to working memory. Furthermore, by executing rule A, rule B
The condition part of is satisfied, and rule B is executed. In this way, a method of sequentially executing rules whose condition parts are satisfied,
In other words, forward inference is the inference method used in this system.

A man-machine interface assists in debugging inferences. The usage form of the man-machine interface will be explained below.

When this system is started, the screen 20 shown in FIG. 3a is displayed. This system supports 1. interaction from the keyboard, 2. interaction by command input; There are two types of interaction: one based on mouse pick selection from the menu. Therefore, it is necessary to select which dialog format to use. For example 1. When you select command input, the screen 21 as shown in the figure is displayed, and by inputting the command from the keyboard,
Debug functions can be executed.

Figure 4 shows the types and functions of commands. Commands can be classified into five types.

The g command 41 executes inference. The number of rules to be executed can be specified using the -n option, and the execution time can be specified using the -1 option.

The ts command 42 performs trace settings.

-r displays the name of the executed rule. If you specify a rule name after -r, the rule name will be displayed when the rule is executed. If -W is specified, the event name newly written in the working memory by rule execution is displayed.

If an event name is specified following -W, the event name will be displayed when the event is written out to the working memory.

The t, c commands 43 cancel the trace settings made by the ts command. The options have the same meaning.

The bs command 44 sets breakpoints. If you specify -r, it will stop after every rule is executed. If you specify a rule name following -r, the program will stop after executing that rule.

If you specify -W, the process will stop every time a new event is written to the working memory. If you specify an event name following -W, the program will stop each time the event is written to the working memory. If the -b option is specified, the rule will be stopped before it is executed and before it is written to the working memory. −
If the b option is not specified, after the rule is executed, it is written to the working memory and then stopped.

The bs command 45 cancels the break setting made by the bs command. The options have the same meaning.

For example, on the screen 21 in FIG. 3, first specify tracing of a rule using the r+r-rJ command. rg-
nlJ executes one rule23゜As a result, it is displayed that rule A has worked24, and then rb
An interactive operation using a menu is displayed in the 25° area 26 where the s-r rule DJ command specifies that the process should be stopped after the execution of rule D. Display 26 is an operation corresponding to the command input rbs-r rule D. For each command input, the corresponding menu operation is displayed in this area.

When menu selection is specified on the screen 20 of FIG. 3a, the menu shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.

The area to be picked is the inference execution 51. Trace settings 52.
Untrace 53. Break setting 54. Break release 5
It is 5. For example, if you want to execute 5 rules, pick "specify number of rules" 56 for inference execution and input 5 into the keyboard input area 57 from the keyboard.

Area 58 is a display area where trace information is displayed.

The area 59 is an area for displaying commands when an interactive format using command input is used. In the above case, r g
-n 5 J is the corresponding command, so this is displayed.

FIG. 6 shows menu operations 60 and corresponding commands 61.
shows the relationship between Inference execution, trace settings.

1.Race release corresponds to the g, ts, and tc commands, and all options are displayed in the menu, but for break setting and break release, only those without the -b option are provided as a menu. There is. Therefore, for example, by menu operation, r b s
-b -r rule A" cannot be specified.

The implementation method of this system will be explained. First, a related table shown in FIG. 6 is created. The related table consists of a menu operation 60, a command 61 corresponding to the operation, and a set of commands 62 that can be changed. for example,
It has been shown that picking "Continue" for speculative execution is the same as executing the g command. In an interactive format using a menu, this table is searched using a menu operation as a key, and the corresponding command is executed.

A command that can be changed refers to a command that can be substituted with the same menu. For example, in the break setting menu, the same menu screen can be used even if you change it to a command without the -b option or a command with the -b option, so the command that can be changed is rbs-b -r J Register the command with the -b option like this. Changing the corresponding command in the related table changes the command that is executed when the menu is operated.

Figure 7 shows the main flow. First, enter the command or
70, 71. The user is prompted to input which interactive format of menu selection to use. In the case of command input, a command input dialog format 73 is executed, and if menu manual input is selected, a menu one dialog format 74 is executed.

The processing flow of the command input interactive format 73 is shown in FIG. 8, and the processing flow of the menu one interactive format 74 is shown in FIG.

In the command input interactive format, a prompt is displayed and 80.
Enter the command 81. Run that command 82. Step 83 for displaying the corresponding menu operation is repeated.

In the menu one-interaction format, first display the initial screen 90, then perform pick input 91. Convert it to a command 92 Execute the converted command 93 and display the command 9
4゜The processing flow of the menu operation analysis 83 in Fig. 8 is shown in Fig. 10, and the processing flow of the command conversion 92 in Fig. 9 is shown in Fig. 11.
FIG. 12 shows the processing flow of command execution 82 and 93 common to FIGS. 8 and 9.

The menu operation analysis has a function of displaying the menu operation corresponding to the input command if there is one, and if there is no menu operation, displaying the menu correction procedure. First, using the input command as a key, search for the corresponding command item in the related table 100° If it is in the corresponding command item, 101° Display the menu operation 102° For example, if the input command is rg-nlOJ If it is,
Since it is on the second row of the related table, ``Pick ``Specify number of rules'' for inference execution'''' is displayed.

If the input command is not within the corresponding command 101. Check if it is in the command list that can be changed]-03, if it is 104. r There is no corresponding menu operation, but the command "11 eX Corresponding command can be changed" is displayed. 105°
s -b -r rule A'', it is not in the corresponding command item in the related table, but it is in the command item that can be changed, so ``e x b s -r although there is no corresponding menu operation. *b s −b
-r * "Can be operated by command"
Display.

106° command conversion, which displays "No corresponding menu operation" if it is not found in the list of commands that can be changed, converts the menu operation into a command.

As shown in FIG. 11, first, using the pick input history as a key, search for the menu operation item in the related table 110, and set the corresponding command as the input command 111. For example, " When "Rule" is picked, the related table is searched for the menu operation item, and the corresponding command rbs-rJ is set as the input command.

Finally, the processing flow of command execution will be explained.

Commands include debugging commands, g+js+tc
, bs, and bC, there is an ex command that changes the meaning of the menu.

If the command to be executed is an ex command 120,
Modify the related table 121゜eX command 1
In the case of "Command 2", command 1 in the related table is replaced with command 2, and command 2 is replaced with command 1.

For example, in the case of rex bs-rbs-br-rJ,
rbs-rJ and r b s -b − in the related table
r Replace J.

In the case of the g command, 121 executes executable rules until a specified number of rules, a specified time, or a break condition is met.127 The ts command sets a trace, and the tc command cancels a trace. The trace setting status is
Referenced in inference execution. The bs command sets a break, and the bc command releases a break. The break setting state is referred to in inference execution.

According to this embodiment, (1) In the process of interactive operation by menu selection,
Since the interactive operation method using command input is displayed at the bottom of the screen, the user can naturally learn the operation method using command input in the process of using the menu-based operations.

Conversely, in the process of using command input operations, the user can also naturally learn the menu operation process.

(2) In the process of interactive operation using command input, if there is a change command for the interactive format that cannot be operated using the menu and that allows operation using the menu, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen, so it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. You can easily change the meaning of the menu according to your needs.

There is an effect.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, (1) Since the operation method for another dialog format is displayed during the operation process of one dialog format, if you memorize one dialog format, you can also learn the operation method for other dialog formats. You can remember it naturally.

(2) When a function that cannot be executed in a certain dialog format can be executed in another dialog format, the dialog format can be changed; The dialog format change procedure to make it executable is displayed, so you can create an dialog format that is suitable for the usage situation.

There are effects such as

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the rule base and working memory, Fig. 3 is an illustration of an output screen, and Fig. 4 is an explanation showing an example of commands. , FIG. 5 is an illustrative diagram of a menu display screen, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a related table, FIGS. 7, 8, and 9.
Figures 1-0. FIGS. 11 and 12 show system No. 1 of an embodiment of the present invention.
Diagram Z Z Z Diagram 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a man-machine system having a plurality of different dialog formats, in a computer dialog process using a certain dialog format, a dialog method when using another dialog format is displayed along the dialog process. A man-machine system characterized by the provision of functions. 2. In a man-machine system that has multiple different dialog formats, the dialog format can be partially changed, and in the process of interacting with a computer using a certain dialog format, operations that cannot be performed using other dialog formats occur, and A man-machine system characterized by having a function of displaying other interactive change procedures when a change to enable operation is possible. 3. In a man-machine system that has a plurality of different dialogue formats, a function that displays the dialogue method when using another dialogue format during the computer dialogue process using a certain dialogue format, and the dialogue format. can be partially changed, and in the process of interacting with a computer using a certain interaction format, an operation that cannot be performed with another interaction format occurs, and if it is possible to change it to make it operable, then the other dialog A man-machine system characterized by having a function of displaying format change procedures. 4. When selecting the most highly functional dialog format as the basic dialog format among multiple dialog formats, a table shall be established to link operations in dialog formats other than the basic dialog formats and operations in the basic dialog format. , Claims 1 and 2 are characterized in that a function is provided for deriving operations in a dialog format other than the basic dialog format via operations in the basic dialog using the above-mentioned relation table. man-machine system. 5. When selecting the most highly functional dialog format as the basic dialog format among multiple dialog formats, a table shall be established to link operations in dialog formats other than the above basic dialog formats and operations in the basic dialog format. , convert operations in an interaction format other than the basic interaction format to operations in the basic interaction format using the above relation table, and convert the operations into operations in the basic interaction format in the process of interacting with the computer using the basic interaction format.
Items 1 to 4 are characterized in that, when an operation that cannot be performed in other interactive formats occurs and it is possible to change the operation to make it possible, a function is provided to display a procedure for changing the other interactive formats. The man-machine system described in Section 4.