JPH02121024A - Inter-multiwindow relevancy displaying system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize relevancy between displayed contents by only seeing a picture by displaying a linking origin and a linking destination to a displayed on the picture in colors allotted to them on the basis of their linking relation. CONSTITUTION:A linking destination window among windows to which the linking relation is formed is pointed by a pointing device 8. An executing part 14 responding to it displays, for instance, the frame of the displayed contents of the linking origin and the frame of the linking destination window in the colors of selected color data by using the information of a link service control table 10i (i=1 to n) corresponding to pointing, and gives the direct grasp of the relevancy by the sense of sight to a seeing person. Thus, the relevancy between information to be displayed on a displayed picture is recognized by only seeing the displayed picture.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a method for displaying relationships between multiple windows that can provide relationships between the required content of a text and other texts, it is possible to display relationships between displayed contents by simply looking at the screen. In a color display system in which the window displayed on the screen of the color display device can be pointed with a pointing device by a program-controlled multi-window display control means, the display of the window of the color display device is When pointing to information using a pointing device, when the execution unit of the multi-window display control means determines that there is no registration for the display information, link information about the display information for which there is no registration and selected color data from the selected color input means is registered in the link service management table corresponding to both windows that form a link relationship for each pointer and ring, and is made available for subsequent display.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a multi-window relationship display method that can provide relationships between the required content of text displayed in a multi-window format and other texts.

In some recent communication systems, a multi-window format is used as the display format of the terminal display device. The content displayed in the multi-window is completely separate and is simply displayed and used for input/output, but the content displayed has a relationship with each other, and that relationship is displayed. There are some things that have great significance for information processing using .

In such a latter display, when each window is simply displayed, it becomes increasingly difficult to visually grasp the relationships, especially as the number increases and the relationships become more complex. .

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional multi-window relationship display method, information related to the information displayed in the constituent windows (link source windows) is sequentially opened on the screen of the display device in windows.

For example, window A related to reference character a in the window shown in FIG. 8 is opened first (FIG. 8), and windows B, C, and D related to reference numbers S, c, and d are sequentially opened. It is.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In this way, when each window that is related to the information in the link source window is simply opened, as the number of windows that are opened increases, it becomes difficult to grasp the relationship with the link source window only visually. becomes difficult. This causes deterioration of the man-machine interface and becomes a major obstacle to opening up information and performing creative activities.

The present invention was created in view of such problems, and its purpose is to provide a multi-window relationship display method that allows the user to recognize the relationship of information displayed on the display screen simply by looking at it. shall be.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the present invention allows a pointing device 8 to control a window displayed on the screen of a color display device 6 by writing to and reading from a buffer memory 4 by a program-controlled multi-window display control means 2. A link service management table for each window 10 for registering link information for a link source window and a link destination window for each link in the multi-window display control means 2 of a color display system capable of pointing. (i=1.2,...
, n), and a selection color input means 12 is also provided.

Then, when pointing with the pointing device 8 to display information of a window displayed on the screen of the color display device 6, the execution unit 14 of the multi-window display control means 2 determines that the display information is not registered. At this time, link information regarding the unregistered display information and selected color data from the selected color input means 12 are used in a link service management table 10j compatible with both windows that forms a link relationship with the pointing (, + indicates related window correspondence). represent.)
The present invention is configured so that the user can visually directly grasp the relationship between display contents corresponding to link information by registering the link information.

[For production]

When pointing the pointing device 8 to the display content of a window displayed on the color display device 6, when there is no association information between the display content and the related window, the selected color input means 12 Link information between the selected color data and the related display content is registered in the link service management table 10J corresponding to both windows forming the link relationship.

After that, the pointing device 8 is used to select the link destination window between the windows that have formed the link relationship.
When the pointing is performed, the execution unit 14 responding to the pointing executes the link service management table 10 that supports pointing.
．． Using this information, for example, the frame of the display content of the link source and the frame of the link destination window are displayed in the color of the selected color data to give the viewer a direct visual understanding of the relationship.

〔Example〕

Figure 2 shows a system configuration diagram implementing the present invention, and Figure 3 shows a system configuration diagram for implementing the present invention.
Figures 5 through 5 show processing flows for one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, 20 is a central processing unit (CPU), and a main memory 2 is connected to a bus 22 connected to the central processing unit 20.
4, a mouse 26, a keyboard 28 and a display controller 30 are connected. A color display device 6 is connected to the display controller 30 via a buffer memory 4 . In the main storage device 24,
In addition to storing programs that carry out the processing flows shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the link service management table 10 shown in FIG. (i=1.2, . . . , n) are stored for each window displayed on the color display device 34 by executing the window program.

In addition, the main storage device 24 also stores a program for displaying multiple windows. The link service management tables 10i provided for each window program include a single first table 10i (upper side of FIG. 6) and a plurality of second tables 10zzL (I!
.

corresponds to the link number described later) (lower side of FIG. 6).

The first table 10 is indexed by the identification number of the link source in the window (hereinafter referred to as link number), and the second table 10 is indexed by the read information, thereby managing the link service. Each of the tables 10i is configured.

In FIGS. 2 to 6, a central processing unit 20, a main storage device 24 storing a program for displaying multi-windows, a bus 22, and a display controller 3 are shown.
0 corresponds to the multi-window display control means 2 in FIG. 1, which includes a central processing unit 20, a program part of the main storage device 24 for step S7 in FIG. Color display device 6 and mouse 26 correspond to selected color input means 12 in FIG. The mouse 26 is an example of the pointing device 8. Central processing unit 20, FIGS. 3 to 5
A program in the main storage device 24 that executes a diagram processing flow;
The bus 22 and display controller 30 correspond to the execution unit 14 in FIG.

Display control for providing the relationship between window display information on the display screen in the above system configuration will be described below.

Assume that two windows as shown in FIG. 7 (Part 1) are now being displayed on the color display device 6.

Window 10 showing access by mouse 26 to that screen. Once inside (Sl, S in Figure 3)
2 Y), information as shown in FIG. 6 is selected for the access position information (link service management table 1).
0. (K is read from the selected window correspondence)), then (Y in 33 in Figure 3), the linked window is displayed on the screen using that information under the relationship display with the link source window. (See 84 in Figure 3 and Figure 7 (Part 1)).

If the above selection is not obtained (N in S3 in Figure 3),
The access location is determined to be a new link source, and a frame is displayed around the word at that access location (85 in Figure 3,
100 in Figure 7 (Part 1)). The word of the link source, the coordinates where the word is displayed, and the length of the word are registered in the link service management table 10k corresponding to the link source window (corresponding to the window related to the pointing) (36 in Fig. 3). ) Color information display processing is performed (37 in FIG. 3). Through this process, a color selection window consisting of a predetermined number of colors is displayed on the screen of the color display device 6 as shown in FIG. 7 (Part 2) (200 in FIG. 7 (Part 2)).

When a desired color area in this color selection window 200 is clicked with the mouse 26 (Y at 31°S2 in FIG. 4),
The color data is registered in the link service management table 10k corresponding to the link source window and the link destination window (33 in FIG. 4).

Also, the color selection window is erased from the screen as shown in Figure 7 (
Part 3) The screen status goes off (84 in Figure 4).

In the screen state shown in FIG. 7 (Part 3), the mouse 26
If the selection of the window becomes the link source (SL in Figure 5, Y in S2 and S3), the contents of the related link service management table are cleared and the link service ends (84 in Figure 5). . When selecting a link destination (31, '32, N in S3 in Figure 5), the address of the main storage device 24 where the link destination information is written, the window display coordinates, width, and width of the link destination. Please register the vertical width in the link service management table 10k related to the link destination window (85 in Fig. 5), and the link service management table 10k corresponding to the link source window and the link destination window.
The link source frame and the link destination window frame are colored using the color data previously registered. As a result, the relationship between these two items is displayed on the screen.

Note that the color data for the relationship display in the above embodiment may be input by other means, for example, selected color data may be input from a keyboard.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the link source and link destination displayed on the screen are displayed in the color assigned to the link relationship, so that the relationship can be recognized only visually. Therefore, the man-machine interface can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram implementing the present invention, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of new link source selection and color information display processing, and Fig. 4 is color information selection processing. 5 is a diagram showing a link destination selection process flow, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a part of the link service management table, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing examples of screens at each stage of the process of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen in the multi-window display method. 1 to 6, 2 is a multi-window display control means (central processing unit 20
, a main storage device 24 storing programs for displaying multi-windows, a bus 22, a display controller 30), 4 a buffer memory, 6 a color display device, 8 a pointing device (mouse 26), 10,
12 is a link service management table (main memory 24); 12 is a selection color input means (central processing unit 20; a program portion of the main memory 24 for step S7 in FIG. 3;
bus 22, display controller 30, buffer memory 4, color display 6, mouse 26); 14 is an execution unit (central processing unit 20, a program in the main memory 24 that executes the processing flows in FIGS. 3 to 5); 22, display controller 30). 0i 2ff ita'J += h゛t11 $1 ,,,
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A color display device (
6) In a color display system in which the window displayed on the screen can be pointed with a pointing device (8), a link service for each window is provided to register link information for each link for the link source window and the link destination window. Management table (10_i) (i=1, 2
, . . . , n) by the multi-window display control means (
2) and a selection color input means (12), which controls the multi-window display control means when pointing with the pointing device (8) to the display information of the window displayed on the screen of the color display device (6). When the execution unit (14) of (2) determines that the display information is not registered, the link information regarding the display information without registration and the selected color data from the selected color input means (12) are used by the pointing A multi-window relationship display method characterized by registering the link service in a link service management table (10_j) (j represents each related window) corresponding to both windows that form a link relationship for subsequent display. .