JPH02126313A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability without stopping the flow of the operation by instructing the most frequency function on a displaying menu of a first operation with a cursor at the time of operating a click button at operation being held continuously two times. CONSTITUTION:A data processing means 2, at the time of starting an action, displays an initial picture onto the screen of a displaying means 3. An operator watches the picture, operates an input means 1, and matches a cursor 4 with the desired position of the picture. The means 2 inspects the presence and absence of the press-down of the click button, and at the time of being present, after the cursor position is decided and processes, a pop-up menu is displayed on the screen. Simultaneously, the cursor 4 processes so as to instruct the most frequency function in the menu. Namely, since by two continuous pressings-down of the click button of the operator, the means 2 executes the processing, which is the most frequency function, at the time of pressing-down being the second time, when the operator executes the processing, the click button may be pressed down without confirming the picture and the operation efficiency can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a data processing device that efficiently displays desired data on a screen using input means such as a mouse.

(b) Prior Art In computer systems such as workstations, it is required to quickly and easily call up desired image data on a screen by operating input means such as a mouse.

In the conventional method, the operator operates the mouse while looking at the image on the screen to move the cursor on the screen, and when the cursor is set on the object to be processed, presses a button on the mouse (this press The method of specifying an object (so-called pointing) is often used (the operation is called "click" by Kazumaki).

At this time, by placing the cursor on the object and clicking the mouse button twice in succession, you can select the object and perform certain processing (for example, display a screen for processing the S4L object, etc.) ) is often used to do (
For example, Apple's Matsukintrash, etc.) This has the advantage that it is easier to cancel a selection in the event of an erroneous selection, compared to the case where processing is started upon the first designation. That is, an object is selected in the first pointing, and a certain process for that object is started in subsequent pointing to the same object.
If a different object is selected in the second pointing, the previous object selection is canceled and another process is started again depending on the position where the button was pressed.

The advantages of this method are that it is easy to cancel operations due to operational errors, and that operations can be performed while visually viewing the object, which is excellent in operability.

However, the processing for the target object is limited to one type. Therefore, methods such as pop-up menus and pull-down menus are sometimes adopted.

Here, the pop-up menu means "Read" in Figure 4.
, "Detailed Attributes", "Cancel", etc. menus (M) are overlaid on the tree (T), so when you click a certain place with the mouse, a menu with the contents to be processed will be displayed, and from there you can select the desired process. When you move the cursor to the content and click it, the displayed menu disappears and the selected process is performed. Also, the pull-down menu is the "burial selection" button at the top left of the drawing in Figure 5.
and "page break" are examples. The operating procedure is to place the cursor on, for example, "process selection" and press the mouse button, then move the mouse to -L while holding it down, invert the menu, and release the button at the process you want to select to select that process. It is intended to be executed.

With these methods, it is possible to perform multiple processes on one target, but when selecting a process, it is necessary to select from among those displayed on the screen.
The disadvantage is that the flow of operation stops temporarily, and the operation speed decreases.

(...) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has been made with this point in mind. This is an attempt to solve the problem that operability deteriorates in some cases.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention displays a pop-up menu etc. by the first operation of the mouse,
At the same time, the pointing cursor points to the most frequently used item (function) on the menu, so that if the most frequently used process is performed, the process of once moving the eye to the screen can be omitted. That is, the purpose is to provide a data processing device in which the flow of operations is not obstructed, and specifically, it is an attempt to provide a data processing device that does not hinder the flow of operations. processing means, and display means having a screen for receiving and displaying output data from the data processing means, and the data processing means displays a cursor on the screen by operating the input means, and displays the cursor on the screen. The cursor is configured to be movable, and by operating the click button twice in succession with the cursor set at a predetermined position, a menu is displayed on the screen in the first operation. In the data processing device that executes and displays the process indicated by the cursor located on the menu in the second operation, the data processing means displays on the screen in the second operation. The cursor displayed is configured to point to the most frequently used function on the menu displayed in the first operation.

< , 1. ＞Function As mentioned above, by operating the click button of the input means twice in succession, the most frequent function (processing) on the menu displayed on the screen in the first operation will be changed to the second operation. As far as the most frequently used process is concerned, there is no need to look at the menu screen to select the process in the menu, improving operability.

(F) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data processing device. FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the processing executed by the data processing means in this data processing device. FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are diagrams showing samples of images displayed on the screen of the display means at an intermediate stage of the flow.

In Figure 1, (1) is an input means such as a mouse, (2 is
) is a data processing means, and (3) is a display means having a screen. The input means (1) has a click chain (not shown) that generates an input command signal, and this input command signal is input to the data processing means (2).
) executes processing according to this input command, supplies an image signal corresponding to the execution result to the display means (3), and displays an image based on the processing result on the screen of this display means.

This data processing means (2) is equipped with a memory such as an optical disk device, and can supply the image data in this memo J to the display means (3) as required.

The operating process of this device will be explained using the flow diagram shown in FIG. At the start of its operation, the data processing means (2) displays the initial image shown in FIG. 3 on the screen of the display means (3) (FIG. 2a). This initial image is a tree-like display of the drawings registered in advance on the optical disc, and the part RGIT63 has the basic type, HO32200A, I (032200C1
...H032201GR, and these are classified as shown in the figure.

By placing the cursor on the text in the diagram and clicking, a pop-up menu (N1) can be displayed in the adjacent position. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the cursor is placed on "Basic Type" and the drop-down menu is displayed.

The operator looks at the initial image in Figure 3, operates the input means (1) (hereinafter referred to as the mouse) (Figure 2b), and places the cursor (4) at the desired position on the image (see Figure 3). Match. Therefore, a check is made to see if the click button is pressed (FIG. 2c), and if a click is made, the determining means determines whether the cursor position at that time is within the valid area or the invalid area (FIG. 2d). If the determination result is an invalid area, the state returns to the state before the mouse operation as if there was no click, while if the determination result is a valid area, a pop-up menu is displayed on the screen (FIG. 2e). At the same time, the cursor is operated to point to the most frequent function in this displayed pop-up menu (FIG. 2f). FIG. 4 shows a display example of the pop-up menu according to this embodiment. In the case of this embodiment, the pop-up menu has three menus: "Read", "Detailed Attribute",
The cursor (4) indicates the most frequent function among these (in the embodiment, the "read" process). After that, regarding the cursor operation (Fig. 2, g), it is checked whether the click button is pressed (Fig. 2, h), and the determining means determines whether the cursor position is within the pop-up menu (Fig. 2, 1). . If you press the cursor click button while the cursor (4) is displaying the "read" process, the cursor is in the pop-up menu, so the process in the pop-up menu is executed (Fig. 2 J), A "read" screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen.

On the other hand, when the click button is not pressed, the operation is waited for, and when the cursor is moved outside the pop-up menu area and the click chain is pressed, the process of erasing the pop-up menu is executed (Fig. 2 k ), the process returns to the cursor position determination process (FIG. 2d). As explained above, when the operator presses the click button twice in succession after aligning the cursor with the desired position on the initial screen shown in FIG. First, the pop-up menu shown in Figure 4 is displayed on the screen, the cursor indicates the most frequent function in the pop-up menu, and the second press causes the "read" process, which is the most frequent function, to be executed based on this instruction. Let it run.

When the operator executes the most frequent function,
The operation efficiency can be improved by simply pressing the click button without checking the screen that is processed and displayed by the first press.

If you want to execute a process other than the most frequently used function, set the cursor to the desired menu (function) while checking the pump-up menu that is displayed after the first press, and press the second press. All you have to do is press the button. Further, in order to cancel the pop-up menu selection operation after the first press, it is sufficient to move the cursor outside the pop-up menu area and press the click button.

Further, in the data processing means (2) of the present invention, when a user accidentally clicks a position on the initial screen that is not the desired position, a pop-up menu is displayed adjacent to the erroneous position, and processing is performed. is rotating between g and h in Figure 2. At this point, if you notice an erroneous operation and move the cursor to the desired position and click, the cursor position determination process will determine that it is outside the pop-up menu, and the pop-up menu will disappear. Returning to FIG. 2 d), the desired position is regarded as the valid area, and a pop-up menu is displayed adjacent to the desired position. In this way, even if you select the wrong target, if you move the cursor over the original target and click once before the second click, the most frequent function in the pop-up menu at the desired position will be displayed. You can align the cursor.

In this embodiment, a case where a pop-up menu is displayed has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a case where a pull-down menu is displayed separately.

(G) Effects of the Invention In the data processing device of the present invention, when the second click button of a mouse is operated twice in succession, the cursor displayed on the screen is moved over the menu displayed by the first operation. Since it is configured to instruct the most frequently used function, it has the effect of providing an operating environment similar to processing by double-clicking.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the processing executed by the data processing means within the apparatus of the present invention. Figure i$3, Figure 4, and Figure 5 are diagrams showing samples of images displayed on the screen of the display means at an intermediate stage of this flow. (1)...Input means (mouse), (2)...Data processing means. (3)...Display means, (4)...Cursor, (M)...Pop-up menu

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means having a click button for generating an input command signal, a data processing means for receiving the input command signal from the input means, and a display means having a screen for receiving output data from the data processing means and displaying it. The data processing means is configured to display a cursor on the screen and move the cursor by operating the input means, and when the cursor is set at a predetermined position, By operating the click button twice in succession, on the screen,
In a data processing device that displays a menu in a first operation and executes and displays a process indicated by a cursor located on the menu in a second operation, the data processing means . A data processing device, wherein the cursor displayed on the screen is configured to indicate the most frequently used function on the menu displayed in the first operation.