JPH03243991A - Data display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow displaying with a small space and the viewing of the more information of a window by adding a device to deform the window to a data display device. CONSTITUTION:The switch for reducing the right side of the window of a deformation identification information setting switch is turned on by an input means 1 and the reduction magnification is set at 1/2. The identification informa tion to assign the window 2 is then set in a window identifying switch and the deformation switch is set. The reduction on the right side is then stored in the deformation information storage region and the identification information to assign the window 2 is stored in the window identification information stor age region. The window 2 on a memory 5 is then brought from the memory 5 in accordance with the information stored in a storage means 2 and the right side of the window 2 is reduced and deformed by a deforming means 3. This window is transferred to a display means 4. The deformed window 2 transferred from the deforming means 3 is displayed on the display of the display means 4. The information of the window displayed behind is visible even if the windows overlap on each other in this way. The reduced display is possible as well.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data display device, and particularly to a window display section.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of data display device has had a display section that displays a given window as it is, or a display section that displays it in a reduced size.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Among the conventional data display devices mentioned above, those that have a display section that displays a given window as it is have difficulty seeing information from the window displayed behind it when the windows are displayed overlapping each other. is,
Additionally, devices that have a display section that displays a given window in a reduced size have the disadvantage that some data within the window may be too small to read.

[Means to solve the problem]

The data display device of the present invention includes an input means having a modification switch for displaying a window in a modified form, a modification information setting switch, and a window identification switch, and a modification information storage area for storing modification information set by the modification information setting switch. and a window identification information storage area for storing the window identification information set by the window identification switch; and a transformation means for transforming the window in the memory specified by the transformation information of the storage means and the window identification information. , display means for displaying the window transformed by the transformation means on a display (VRAM).

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, this embodiment has input means 1, which includes a modification switch for displaying a modified window, a modification information setting switch, and a window identification switch.

The storage means 2 has a modification information storage area for storing the modification information set by the modification information setting switch and a window identification information storage area for storing the window identification information set by the window identification switch. Transformation means 3
transforms the window on the memory 5 specified by the modification information storage area and the window identification information storage area of the storage means 2, and the display means 4 displays the window transformed by the modification means 3 on the display (VRAM).

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a modification example of the window by the modification information setting switch of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, this embodiment has four modification information setting switches.

The window identification switch points to the window to be transformed.

Figure 3 shows the window on memory and VRAM of this embodiment.
It is a diagram showing the relationship between the upper windows.

Figure 3 (a> is normal window display, Figure 3 (b)
is an example of operating this embodiment.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 3(a) shows the initial state.

Consider reducing the right side of window 2 in FIG. 3(a) by 1/2. First, in the input means 1, turn on the reduction switch on the right side of the transformation information setting switch, set the reduction ratio to 1/2, set the identification information pointing to window 2 on the window identification switch, and set the transformation switch. The above-mentioned modification information and window identification information are passed to the storage means 2. In the storage means 2, the contents of the modification information setting switch input from the input means 1 are stored in the modification information storage area, and the contents of the window identification switch are stored in the window identification information storage area. That is, the modification information storage area stores the right side reduction, and the window identification information storage area stores the identification information pointing to window 2. Next, in the transforming means 3, the window 2 in the memory 5 specified in the window identification information storage area is brought from the memory 5 based on the information stored in the storage means 2 mentioned above as shown in FIG. Then, according to the instruction to reduce the right side by 1/2 from the transformation information storage area, the window 2 is transformed to be reduced to the right side as shown in FIG. 2, and then sent to the display means 4. In the display means 4, the transformation means 3
The modified window 2 is displayed on the display (VRAM). In this way, Figure 3 (b
), and the operation of one embodiment of the present invention is completed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention can display windows in a smaller space than the actual display size by adding a device that transforms windows to a data display device. This has the effect of allowing you to see more information than ever before, even if more than half of it is hidden in the window.

Furthermore, since a portion of the window is reduced, the size of some data does not change, so there is an effect that all the data within the window will not become unreadable.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a modification of the window by the modification information setting switch in this embodiment, and FIG. A diagram showing the relationship between the window on the memory and the window on the VRAM in the embodiment, FIG. 3(a) shows a normal window display, and FIG.
b) is a diagram showing an example of operating the present embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input means, 2... Storage means, 3... Transformation means, 4... Display means, 5... Memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] input means having a transformation switch for displaying a window in a transformed manner, a transformation information setting switch, and a window identification switch; a transformation information storage area for storing transformation information set by the transformation information setting switch; and a transformation information storage area set by the window identification switch. A storage means having a window identification information storage area for storing window identification information, a transformation means for transforming a window in a memory specified by transformation information of the storage means and window identification information, and a window transformed by the transformation means. Display (VRAM)
A data display device having a display means for displaying data on a data display device.