JPH01214917A - Cursor display control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the frequency of cursor moving operations so as to improve the operability by displaying that a cursor is positioned to the function selecting number part corresponding to the most frequently used function at the initial time of displaying a selection menu. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 1 monitors a document file storing device 5 in a prescribed cycle and, when a document file exists in the device 5, sets the flag in a main memory '1'. When no document file exists in the device 5, the CPU 1 sets the flag to '0'. Moreover, when a function selecting picture is displayed, the CPU 1 performs such cursor control that the CPU 1 discriminates whether the flag in the main memory 2 is '0' is '1' and, when the flag is '0', position a cursor (a) to the place of the function selecting number 1 at the initial time of displaying the function selecting picture. When the flag is '1', the CPU 1 sets the cursor to the position of the function selecting number 2. Thus the document file looking/calling function can be selected without making cursor moving operations. Therefore, the frequency of the cursor moving operations can be reduced and the operability can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a cursor display control method when selecting a function using a selection menu displayed on the screen of a display device such as a document creation device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in document creation devices, functions are displayed by function selection number on the display screen of a display device such as an LCD or CRT, and the user performs an operation to move a cursor to the number of the function he or she wishes to select. After that, the desired function is selected by pressing the execution key. By the way, the initial position of the cursor when the function selection number screen is displayed on the display device is, for example, at function selection number 1, and is always constant. In this case, there is no problem if the function selected by the initial cursor position is used frequently. However, if it is used infrequently, the function selected by the cursor position at the initial screen display is rarely executed, and the cursor is always moved to the selection number of another function. There was a problem in that the operation to move became complicated and the operability deteriorated.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) Conventionally, when the cursor is moved to a desired number part of the function selection number displayed on the screen and the corresponding function is selected, the cursor remains constant at the initial stage of the screen display. The function specified by the cursor is selected by simply pressing the execution key. However, if the function on which the cursor is located at the beginning of the screen display is used infrequently, the cursor must be moved to the corresponding function selection number in order to select another function. There was a drawback that the moving operation became frequent and the operability deteriorated. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to eliminate the above drawbacks and provides a cursor display control method that displays a cursor at a frequently used function selection number at the initial stage of display of a function selection screen.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the 41 Problems) The present invention provides a method for executing the function by moving the cursor to the desired function selection number in the □ song selection menu displayed on the screen of the display device. In a system that allows a user to select a desired function, a determination means for determining a frequently used function in a displayed selection menu, and a frequency of use determined by the determination means at the initial stage of display of the selection menu. The present invention employs a method comprising a cursor display means for positioning and displaying the cursor at a function selection number portion corresponding to a high-level function.

(Operation) In the cursor display control method of the present invention, the determining means determines which functions are frequently used in the displayed selection menu, and passes the result to the cursor display means. The cursor display means positions and displays the cursor at the function selection number portion corresponding to the frequently used function determined by the determination means at the initial stage of displaying the selection menu.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation device to which the present invention is applied. 1 is a processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire device; 2 is the main memory of the device that holds a flag indicating the presence or absence of a document file; 3 is a document creation program;
ROM stores a cursor display program, etc., 4 is a keyboard device having character input keys, cursor movement operation keys, execution keys, etc., 5 is a document file storage device for storing created documents, etc., 6 is a cursor created document, function selection This is a display device that displays numbers, etc.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. In the function selection mode, the function selection program in the ROMa runs on the CPUI, and a function selection menu (here, a document management menu) as shown in FIG. 2, for example, is displayed on the screen of the display device 6.

On the other hand, CPtJl monitors the document file storage device 5 in a predetermined cycle, and sets the flag in the main memory 2 to 1 if a document file exists in the document file storage device 5, and sets the flag to 1 if the document file does not exist. shall be. As a result, the CPU 1 checks whether the flag in the main memory 2 is O or 1 when displaying the function selection screen, and if it is 0, selects the function at the initial stage of displaying the function selection screen, as shown in FIG. Control is performed to position the cursor at number 1. That is, the fact that the flag is O means that there is no document file in the document file storage device 5, so there is a high probability that the document file storage device 5 will perform an operation to register, for example, a created document. A cursor is displayed at the position of function selection number 1 at the initial stage of screen display so that the registration function of a document file can be selected without any operation. If the flag in the main memory 2 is 1, the CPU 1 controls to position the cursor at function selection number 2 at the initial stage of displaying the function selection screen, as shown in FIG. That is, the fact that the flag is 1 means that a document file exists in the document file storage device 5, so that the probability that the document file will be retrieved increases. Therefore, the cursor is displayed at the position of function selection number 2 at the initial stage of screen display so that the document file list/call function can be selected without a cursor movement operation. It is assumed that when the CPU 1 registers the document file in the document file storage device 5, the flag in the main memory 2 is set to 1 if it is O.

According to this embodiment, the CPU 1 learns the frequency of use of the function to be selected by the user by checking the flag in the main memory 2, and when the function selection number is initially displayed, the CPU 1 places the cursor on the frequently used function selection number part. This reduces the number of cursor movement operations performed by the user and allows the user to select and execute a desired function with fewer key operations.

Although the document management menu has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention can also be applied to the application management menu to obtain similar effects in devices that have the function of registering and executing application programs in the system. . That is, 1. Application registration;
2. When selecting one of the functions for executing an application, if the application is not registered, a flag in the main memory 2 is set to O, and this flag causes a cursor to be displayed at position 1 at the initial stage of screen display. If at least one application is registered, the flag is set to 1, and a cursor is displayed at position 2 at the initial stage of screen display.

, [Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the cursor display control method of the present invention, the cursor can be displayed at a frequently used function selection number at the initial stage of displaying the function selection screen.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a function selection display screen of the display device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing another example of a function selection display screen of the display device shown in FIG. 2; 1...CPU 2...Main memory 3...
ROM 4...Keyboard device 5...Document file storage device 6...Display device Agent Patent attorney Nori Chika Ken Yudo Sanno - Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] In the function selection menu displayed on the display screen,
In a system that allows a user to select a function to be executed by moving a cursor to a desired function selection number part, a determination means for determining a frequently used function from among displayed selection menus; and cursor display means for positioning and displaying the cursor at a function selection number portion corresponding to a frequently used function determined by the determination means at the initial stage of display. method.