JPH01191269A - Image controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve an operability displaying an image corresponding to the image data of a prescribed area preset correspondingly to the position data of the prescribed position of all the designated, reduced and displayed image. CONSTITUTION:When all the image is reduced and displayed on a display means by a reduction display control means, the display means clearly displays a desired image corresponding to the image data and an area corresponding to the display area of the desired image and displays the reduced and displayed entire image and displays the image corresponding to the image data of the prescribed area preset correspondingly to the position data of the prescribed position of all the reduced and displayed image designated by a designating means. An operator can know which part of all the image corresponds to the desired image by all the image displayed on the display means by the reduction display control means. Thereby, a retrieving time for retrieving the desired image can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an image control device that controls the display of images displayed on a display screen such as a display device, and particularly relates to reduced display of images.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in an image system 611 device that controls the display of multi-window images on a display screen such as a display device, when multiple window images are displayed on the display screen, the windows overlap or the image on the screen Icons (emoji) may become invisible. Therefore, there is a drawback that it takes time and effort to search for a desired window, icon, or the like.

Conventionally, a screen larger than the display screen is virtualized, image information to be displayed on the virtual screen is stored in a memory, and the entire image corresponding to the image information stored in the memory is scrolled onto the display screen. , the above desired window or icon, but the above conventional image fil #J
1! In the L device, the entire image is scrolled on the display screen, but since the image content displayed on the display screen is the image content of a predetermined area of the entire image, it is difficult to determine which part of the overall image it corresponds to. This poses a problem in that it is difficult to understand what is being done, and it takes time to search for windows, icons, etc., reducing work efficiency.

The present invention eliminates the above problems and improves work efficiency by making it possible to shorten the search time for searching for icons, windows, etc. storage means, and by reducing the image data, displaying the entire image of the image data in a predetermined area of the display means, and displaying a desired image corresponding to the image data displayed on the display means; reduced display control means for specifying an area corresponding to the display area in the predetermined area; means for specifying a desired position of the entire image displayed on the display means by the reduced display control means; and specification by the specifying means. display control means for reading out image data of a predetermined area set in advance corresponding to the position data of the desired position from the storage means and displaying it on the display means, and displaying the entire image by the reduced display control means. When the means is caused to display the reduced image, the display means displays the desired image corresponding to the image data, the area corresponding to the display area of the desired image, and the reduced overall image. At the same time, an image corresponding to image data of a predetermined area set in advance corresponding to position data of a predetermined position of the reduced and displayed entire image specified by the specifying means is displayed.

[Example] An example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 7.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an image control device according to the present invention. In the figure, a keyboard 1 has various keys for inputting various data, commands, etc. Main body 2
has a control means, and performs predetermined calculations based on various data, commands, etc. input from the keyboard 1 or the mouse 3 connected to the keyboard 1. A CRT 4 for display disposed on the main body 2 displays the various data, commands, performance results, etc. mentioned above.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the image control device shown in FIG. 2, and in addition to the keyboard 1, mouse 3, and CRT 4 shown in FIG. 2, the following means are interconnected. There is. That is, a CPU (control unit) 5 that executes predetermined calculations, processing, etc. according to a program corresponding to an input command;
An external storage device (disk device) 6 that stores data (documents) and programs to be edited, a display memory 7 that temporarily stores input commands, data, calculation results, etc., and multiple types of character fonts. and a character/image information memory 8 having image information, and a CRT drive circuit 9 for controlling the display of the CRT 4.

FIG. 3 is for explaining the overall picture corresponding to the Ryōkai information stored in the display memory 7. An overall image corresponding to possible image information is shown, and a portion (4-2>) surrounded by a solid line indicates a predetermined area of the overall image displayed on the display screen of the CRT 4.

In the embodiment, the display memory 7 stores windows 4A, 4Bi and 4C, icons (pictograms) 4a,
Image information corresponding to images such as 4b and 4d is stored.

4 and 5 show the screen of the CRT 4 when the entire image is displayed in a reduced size in a predetermined area of the CRT 4. FIG.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, 4D is a display area for displaying images such as windows and icons, and 4F is a screen reduction designation area designated when reducing the entire image.

Next, the operation of the image control device will be explained based on the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7.

In FIG. 6, the CPU 5, which is instructed to display the screen by a predetermined operation of the keyboard 1 or the mouse 3 by the operator, reads predetermined image information from the character/image information memory 8 based on the contents of the instruction, and stores it in the display memory 7. Send to.

Here, the CPU 5 sends, for example, image information corresponding to the entire image shown in FIG. 3 to the display memory 7.

Then, the CPU 5 selects predetermined image information that can be displayed in a predetermined area (display area 4D) of the CRT 4 according to the instruction content from among the image information corresponding to the overall image inputted to the display memory 7 to the CRT drive circuit. Send to 9, CRT
Display on 4. For example, in the display area 4D of the CRT 4, the portions indicated by solid lines shown in FIG. 3, that is, images of the window 4A, part of the window 4B, and the icon 4a are displayed.

Next, if the operator wishes to display a reduced screen view of the aforementioned overall image in the display area 4D of the CRT 4 as shown in FIG. instruct.

In FIG. 6, the CPLI 5 determines whether or not the screen reduction area 4E is designated by the mouse 3, that is, whether there is a display/hide command instruction indicating whether or not to create a screen reduction diagram (step 20). , furthermore, step 2
0, if there is a display/non-display command instruction, it is determined based on the command instruction whether or not a reduced screen image is to be displayed on the CRT 4 (step 21).

When displaying a reduced screen view in step 21, the CPU 5 reads image information corresponding to the above-mentioned whole image from the display memory 7 and creates a reduced screen view of the whole image (step 22).

Further, when the CPU 5 finishes step 22, the CRT 4
Execute calculation processing for an area in the entire image (hereinafter referred to as explicit screen area) corresponding to the display area of the image displayed in the display area 4D, and clearly indicate the explicit screen area in the above-mentioned reduced screen diagram. (Step 23).

After completing step 23, the CPLI 5 temporarily stores the reduced screen image in which the explicit screen area is specified in the character/image information memory 8, and transfers the reduced screen image to the CRT.
The signal is sent to the jamming circuit 9 and displayed on the CRT 4 (step 24).

In the embodiment, as a result of step 24, as shown in FIG.
, Partial image of window 4B and screen reduction figure 4-1
' is displayed, and a clear screen area 4-3 is displayed in the reduced screen view 4-1'.

In step 21, if the reduced screen image is not to be displayed in the display area 4D of the CRT 4, the CPU 5
Sends a signal to the drive circuit 9 to erase the reduced screen image, and
The reduced screen image is erased from the display area 4D of RT4 (step 25).

Then, if there is no command instruction in step 2o described above, or in step 2o described above, the CPU 5
If steps 25 and 25 are completed, steps 20 and subsequent steps are repeated.

Note that as a result of step 25, the display area 4D of the CRT 4
An icon 4a (Fig. 3) will be displayed.

Next, use the reduced screen diagram 4-1' shown in Figure 4 to
A case will be described in which a predetermined image (window, icon, etc.) displayed in the display area 4D of T4 is changed.

In FIG. 7, when the operator changes the image displayed in the display area 4D shown in FIG. 4 and displays a new image on the CRT 4, -1', the approximate center of the new image is indicated by a predetermined operation of the mouse 3.

The CPU 5 determines whether or not there is an indication of the approximate center of the new image (for example, an indication of point A shown in FIG. 4) using the mouse 3 (step 26), and if there is an indication of the approximate center of the image,
Based on the position data of the approximately center indicated position, the CRT4
A calculation process for a new display screen area that can be displayed in the display area 4D is executed (step 27).

After completing step 27, the CPU 5 displays an image based on the calculation result of the new display screen area in the display area 4D of the CRT 4 (step 28).
The clear screen area 4-3 of the image to be displayed in the display area 4D is clearly shown in the reduced screen diagram 4-1' (step 29
).

In general, if the CPU 5 does not specify the approximate center in step 26 described above, or if step 29 is completed, the CPU 5 returns to step 26 and executes steps from step 26 onwards.

FIG. 5 shows the new image displayed on the CRT 4 at the time when step 29 is completed.

In addition, in step 27 above, the reduced screen view 4-1'
This approximate center specification is for display area 4.
It is not necessary that the center of the reduced screen view 4-1' corresponds to the approximate center of the new image to be displayed on D.

That is, in FIG. 4, if the approximate center of the image to be newly displayed in the display area 4D is point A, the operator may set point A as the center of the new image.
Either point 1, point A2, or point A3 may be specified. In this case, the CPU 5 calculates a new display image area that can be displayed in the display area 4D of the CRT 4 based on the position data of the specified position among the points A1 to A3.

Then, the operator calculates C based on the above calculation processing result.
If the image displayed in the display area 4D of RT4 is not the desired image, the center is specified again.

By repeating the above-described operations, a desired image can be displayed in the display area 4D of the CRT 4.

In this embodiment, the approximate center of the new display image is designated by a predetermined operation of the mouse, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be performed by other means, for example, by a predetermined operation of the keyboard. You may do so.

According to the present embodiment described above, when the entire image is displayed in a reduced size by a predetermined operation of the mouse 3, the display area 4D of the CRT 4
displays the desired image specified with the mouse 3 and a reduced screen view of the entire image in which the area corresponding to the display area of the desired image is clearly indicated. You can see at a glance which part of the screen it corresponds to.

〔Effect of the invention〕

In the present invention, when the reduction display control means causes the display means to display the entire image in a reduced size, the display means displays a desired image corresponding to the image data and an area corresponding to the display area of the desired image. an image of a predetermined area set in advance corresponding to position data of a predetermined position of the reduced and displayed entire image specified by the specifying means; I made it possible to display an image that corresponds to the data, so
The operator can know to which part of the whole image the desired image corresponds, from the whole image displayed on the display means by the reduced display control means.

Therefore, it is possible to shorten the search time for searching for a desired image, and it is possible to provide an image control device that improves work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an image control device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an image-side tIlI device, and FIG. 3 shows a display memory used in this embodiment. Figures 4 and 5, which are explanatory diagrams, are diagrams showing how the entire image is displayed in a reduced size on a CRT by the image control device, and FIG. 6 is an operation in which the image control device displays the entire image in a reduced size on the CRT. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the image control device to display an image based on a new display area designation. 1...Keyboard, 2...Main body, 3...Mouse,
4...CRT, 5...cpu <control unit), 6...
・Disk device, 7...Display memory, 8...
- Character/image information memory, 9...CRT drive circuit. Figure 2 otsu h Figure 7

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An image control device comprising a display means and a storage means for storing image data, and controlling the display of a desired image corresponding to the image data stored in the storage means on the display means, By reducing the image data, the entire image of the image data is displayed in a predetermined area of the display means, and an area corresponding to the display area of the desired image displayed on the display means is displayed in the predetermined area. An image control device characterized by comprising a reduction control means for specifying. (2) A display means, a storage means for storing image data, and by reducing the image data, the entire image of the image data is displayed in a predetermined area of the display means, and the entire image is displayed on the display means. and reduced display control means for specifying in the predetermined area an area corresponding to a display area of a desired image corresponding to the image data that is displayed on the display means by the reduced display control means. means for specifying a desired position of the entire image; and control for reading image data of a predetermined area set in advance from the storage means and displaying it on the display means corresponding to the position data of the desired position specified by the specifying means. 1. An image control device comprising a display control means for controlling an image.