JPH0410128A - Information transposing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transpose information with easy and direct operation by receiving a transposition request to transpose and display plural information in the selection order registered in an identifying and selection order registering means. CONSTITUTION:When receiving a sequential selection request from the external with respect to plural information which can be displayed, the identifying and selection order registering means of a CPU 406 and a program memory 408 decides information which is selected for each selection request. This means registers the selection order indicating places of respective information in a selection order register table 402. When receiving the transposition request from the external, a transposing means of the CPU 406 and the program memory 408 transposes and displays all selected information of a data memory 401 in the registered order. Thus, a user performs only the easy direct operation of picture designation, depression of switches or buttons, or the like to freely transpose plural information.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an information processing device having a screen display function and a pointing function as a user interface.
This method of sorting information displayed on a screen is used in various systems based on the information processing equipment, such as in the OA, FA, and HA fields.

“Conventional technology” Traditionally, in conferences and creative meetings, electronic blackboards were used to express ideas, opinions, etc. on the spot.
Additions or corrections were made by hand using a marker pen or eraser, and printed out at good intervals.

Also, JP-A-61-9073 and JP-A-62-61
As described in Japanese Patent No. 463, a technology for an electronic conference system based on images is disclosed. This is a system that displays image information, including handwritten sentiments, handwritten by each user while seated on a large screen display that can be viewed by all users in common.

Additionally, traditional personal computers, word processors, workstations, etc. have had movement and alignment capabilities. The alignment function aligns multiple figures and character strings to the left end, right end, top end, bottom end, horizontal center, or vertical center.

” 1) When inputting a figure that is subject to the movement function and the alignment function described above, the user specifies its start and end positions, and based on these positional information, a rectangle that circumscribes the figure is found. This defines its range. Therefore, when moving or arranging figures using the moving function or the aligning function, a part of the figure can be selected as a target by indicating a part of the figure using the pointing function.

Furthermore, conventional relational databases have a sorting function. The sorting function is for rearranging records in tabular data consisting of items and records using items that can be ordered as keys.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] When gathering a large number of ideas, opinions, etc. at a meeting or the like, it is important to efficiently collect and rearrange only the necessary items.

On the electronic blackboard mentioned above, it is not possible to freely rearrange or move the information once written, so there is the hassle of rewriting it on the blackboard and the risk of overlooking a precious idea, making it inefficient and complicated. Met.

Furthermore, in the electronic conference system described above, no consideration has been given to a specific method for rearranging the image information that has been input, making it impossible to smoothly organize scattered ideas, opinions, etc.

Furthermore, in the electronic blackboard and the electronic conference system, the handwritten information varies in size, so there is no sense of unity on the screen.

Also, to rearrange the shapes using the above move function, 1
The operation of selecting objects one by one and moving them to a predetermined position had to be repeated, and it took a considerable amount of time to rearrange all the objects.

Furthermore, with the above sorting function, although it was possible to align all objects at once, it was not possible to change their order.

Furthermore, when sorting records using the sorting function of a relational database, key items may not necessarily exist in the order desired by the user. For example, the name field in kanji in an address book.

Even if you want to rearrange them in reading order, you can't do it as is.

To sort by reading order, you need to add items with reading codes. However, it was necessary to enter the reading code one by one using a keyboard, which was time consuming and complicated.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information rearrangement method that allows a plurality of pieces of displayable information to be rearranged by simple and direct operations.

Another object of the present invention is to display a plurality of pieces of handwritten information with the same size.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention receives a sequential selection request for a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed,
Means for sequentially identifying the information and registering the selection order, and means for receiving a rearrangement request and rearranging and displaying the chant information in the selection order registered by the identification/selection order registration means are provided.

Further, the reordering request may include designation of a reordering position, and if the reordering position is specified, the reordering means performs the reordering using this position as a reference.

Specifically, the identification/selection I@registration means stores data regarding the display range of each piece of information, and performs selection based on which of the display ranges the externally instructed screen position is included in. The selected information is determined, and the selected order is registered in association with the selected information.

Note that there may be a plurality of combinations of selection orders registered by the identification/selection) registration means.

In this case, it is preferable to provide means for selecting one of the plurality of selection order combinations.

In addition, in order to achieve the other object mentioned above, the present invention aligns one of the height and width of a plurality of handwritten news reports that can be displayed at a time to a predetermined value, and sets the other of the height and width to a predetermined value. By enlarging/reducing the height and convergence of the handwritten information at the same enlargement/reduction ratio as the above-mentioned predetermined value, the plurality of handwritten information A means is provided to even out the differences.

Therefore, when rearranging the handwritten information using the 22 sorting means, it is possible to make the sizes of the handwritten information the same by using the 22 means for arranging the sizes of the harmful information.

Further, a large screen display device and one or more handheld terminals having input/output functions are connected to the information processing device to which the present invention is applied, and the same content is displayed on the large screen display device and the handheld terminal, It is possible to provide a handheld blackboard system in which selection requests and rearrangement requests are issued from the handheld terminal to the information processing equipment, thereby allowing ideas, opinions, etc. presented during a meeting to be shared.

You can rearrange them freely while checking them at hand.

Further, a pointing device such as a mouse can be connected to the information processing device to which the present invention is applied, and the pointing device can issue a one selection request and a rearrangement request to the information processing device.

Further, the present invention can provide means for receiving a sequential selection request for a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed, and displaying a code indicating the selection order along with the information.

Therefore, when receiving a sequential selection request, the identification/selection order registration means uses the present invention to display a code indicating the selection order, for example, as a selection order number, along with the selected information. Then, the usability of the − layer can be improved.

[Operation] When a sequential selection request is received from the outside for a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed, the identification/selection order registration means determines which information has been selected for each selection request, The order in which the information was selected is registered.

As a method of registration, for example, there is a method of storing addresses in which data related to selected information are stored in a table in the order of registration. If there are a plurality of selection order combinations to be registered, a plurality of such chifurs are prepared and registered in an empty table.

Further, when receiving a rearrangement request from the outside, the rearrangement means rearranges and displays all the selected information in the registered order.

As a method of sorting and displaying, as in the example above, if the addresses are registered in a table, the stored addresses are read out in order from the top of the table, and based on the data stored in the address, indicate. Furthermore, if a plurality of tables are prepared, a menu is displayed so that the user can select which table to rearrange based on the contents registered in the table.

The above selection request is made, for example, by specifying the information to be selected on the screen.

Further, the above-mentioned rearrangement request is made, for example, by specifying an area for indicating this, or by pressing a switch or button for indicating this. Further, the above-mentioned rearrangement request can include designation of a rearrangement destination position, and this designation is performed, for example, by designating an arbitrary position on the screen.

This allows the user to freely rearrange multiple pieces of information by simply and directly performing operations such as specifying a screen or pressing a switch or button.

Further, when handling handwritten information, the means for adjusting the size of the handwritten information is to adjust one of the heights and widths of a plurality of handwritten information to a predetermined value, and set the other of the heights and widths to a predetermined value.
The plurality of handwritten information is enlarged/reduced by the same enlargement/reduction ratio as the enlargement/reduction ratio when one of the height and width of the plurality of handwritten information is set to the above-described predetermined value. Match the sizes.

This makes it possible to make the sizes of the handwritten information, which vary in size, the same, thereby providing a sense of unity on the screen.

Therefore, when the rearranging means rearranges and displays a plurality of pieces of handwritten information, it is more effective to use means for making the sizes of the handwritten information uniform.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG.
This shows an example of a display screen in which several handwritten ideas are rearranged. For example, the handwritten information is displayed on a common display board of a handheld blackboard system described later or on a display screen of a personal computer.

Figure 2 (a) is the display screen before sorting, Figure 2 (b)
is the display screen after sorting.

The user can switch from the display screen shown in Fig. 2(a) to Fig. 2(b).
), each idea is sorted from top to bottom as "Idea C", "Idea A", "Idea E",
If you want to rearrange in the order of "Idea D" and "Idea B", perform the following operation.

First, on the display screen of FIG. 2(a), proceed as follows:
As shown in ■, "Idea CJ20
3. “Idea AJ201,” “Idea EJ 205,”
“I-def DJ 204,” “Idea BJ 202,”
Then, as shown in the operating procedure a1, select the rearrangement request menu 206, and specify the rearrangement destination position 207 as shown in the operating procedure (p).

As a result, as shown in the display screen of FIG. 2(b), the selected ideas are automatically rearranged in the order of selection with the rearrangement destination position 207 as a reference.

In this embodiment, the start position and end position of one handwritten information are specified by the user at the time of input, and the range of the number handwritten information is defined by these positional information. So, the selection operation.

This can be done by instructing a part of the handwritten information using a pointing device function.

Therefore, the items to be selected do not necessarily have to be all displayed on the screen; for example, as shown in FIG. If only the
All you have to do is point out the part you can see. Furthermore, even if the selection target is not visible at all, personal computers, word processors, etc. can make it visible using the scrolling and page turning functions, which are well-known technologies.
The selection target can be identified.

Further, the order of the target information selection request, rearrangement request, and rearrangement destination position designation is not limited to the example of this embodiment, and may be determined in any order.

With a pointing device such as a mouse, a reorder request can be made by multiple clicking the same cursor, that is, by pressing the same cursor many times in succession, or even if it is not a menu selection, for example, a special A switch or button may be connected to the system, and pressing this may determine that it is a rearrangement request.

According to this embodiment, conventionally, when you wanted to rearrange multiple objects, you had to repeat the operation of selecting and moving each object one by one, but now you can rearrange them all at once. The time can be significantly reduced.

By the way, it will be easier to understand if you perform the selection operation while confirming that the user has selected it as the operation target.
There will be fewer mistakes.

FIG. 2(c) shows an example of the display screen after performing the operation steps (T to ■) in the process of selecting an object on the display screen of FIG. 2(a).

As shown in FIG. 2(c), "Idea C" 203, "
Idea AJ 201. “Idea E” 205 is displayed in black and white inverted so that the user can recognize that it has been selected. Furthermore, in order to allow the user to input the selected order, 213.2"1
．． As shown at 215, a number indicating the selection order may be displayed at an appropriate position accompanying the x-image.

Here, the range to be inverted in black and white is, for example.

This is a circumscribing rectangle for defining an object, and will be described later. In addition to displaying the selected object in black and white, there are other ways to display the selected object, such as displaying a frame of a circumscribed rectangle around one piece of handwritten information, or blinking the handwritten information or the circumscribed rectangle. Any known method for information processing equipment such as computers and word processors may be used. Further, the selection order number may be generated vocally, for example, "1", "2", "san", etc.

Furthermore, if you want to exclude a target that was selected by mistake, for example, you can create an exclusion menu and specify it, or
There are ways to consider it excluded if you select it once. In this way, when an incorrectly selected object is excluded, the selection order numbers of the objects selected thereafter are incremented.

On the other hand, if you want to insert a certain object in the middle, for example, there is a method of providing an insert menu and specifying it and the number you want to insert as appropriate.If you insert a certain object in the middle in this way, , the selection order number of the objects selected thereafter is moved down.

Note that the confirmation display screen as shown in Figure 2 (C) is
Since there is no need to leave it until after rearrangement, after selecting the scale change request menu 206, the normal rotation is returned to black and white, and the selection order number is deleted.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an overview of the processing of the information sorting method of this embodiment.

In FIG. 1, step 101 is a process of sequentially accepting continuous selection requests from the user for a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed on the screen, identifying the relevant information, and registering the selection order. Step 102 is a process of changing and displaying the selected information in the selected order based on a rearrangement request from the user. Through the processing in step 10↓ and step 102, a plurality of pieces of information can be rearranged with simple and direct operations.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system to which the information sorting method of this embodiment is applied.

This system is designed to make meetings and conferences more creative. In this system, each user, while seated,
Brainstorming and other discussions can be held while viewing information displayed on a large screen display called a common display board. Hereinafter, this system will be referred to as the "hand-held blackboard system."

In FIG. 3, 303 is a common display board.

The common display board 303 uses a rear projection type display device, a projection type projector, or the like so that a plurality of people can view it at the same time.

301-1-301-n is a handheld terminal, hereinafter referred to as "
It's called the "hand-held blackboard." The handheld blackboards 301-1 to 301-n display the same screen as the common display board 303 at hand, and the user can manually write or read information on the screen with a single pen while checking the screen. A one-person output integrated terminal is suitable for operations. Alternatively, if there is no need to check at hand, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, or tablet may be used. Also,
For example, if you want to input coded characters, etc.
A terminal with a keyboard such as a word processor or a personal computer may be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the blackboards 301-1 to 301-n
``Idea AJ ~ ``Idea N'' respectively input from
” is transferred to the common display board 303 via the computer 3023 and displayed. In addition, common display board 3
The content displayed on 03 is displayed on the handheld blackboard 301-1-301-n via the computer 302.

When the user wants to rearrange the information displayed on the hand-held blackboards 301-1 to 301-n and the common display board 303, the user can request selection of information to be rearranged on the hand-held blackboards 301-1 to 301n, Specify the reordering request and the reordering destination position. The computer 302 performs sorting and display based on these requests and specifications, and the results are displayed on the ¥ yuan blackboards 301-1 to 301-n and the common display board 303.

In FIG. 3, the hand-held blackboard 301-1-30L-n and the computer 302 are star-connected, but a bus-type connection or a ring-type connection may also be used. Also.

Regarding measures to prevent conflicting requests from multiple blackboards, there are methods to accept requests from the blackboard that issued the earliest request, and methods to set priorities for each blackboard as used in conventional process control systems. Various methods are conceivable, such as a method of allocating a file in advance and accepting a request based on the map, but since they are not directly related to this embodiment, their explanation will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration for realizing this embodiment.

In FIG. 4, 401 is a data memory, 402 is a selection order registration table, 403 is an instruction device, 404 is a display frame memory, 405 is a display device, 406 is a central processing unit (CPU) + 407 is a lotus, and 408 is a program. It's memory.

The data memory 401 is a memory that stores data regarding a plurality of pieces of input information, and the selection order registration table 4
02 is a table in which rearrangement target information and the selection order thereof are registered. The instruction device 403 is a device for the user to request selection of sorting target information, request sorting, and specify the sorting destination position. Also, CPU406
is in charge of data transfer between memories and registers (not shown) via the bus 407, and various processes such as rearrangement processing, input processing, arithmetic processing, and display processing. The program memory 408 stores programs for the CPU 406 to execute the various processes and transfers described above.

The pointing device 403 is, for example, a part of the handheld blackboard in a handheld blackboard system, and is a pointing device such as a mouse in a personal computer or the like. The display device 405 is a common display board in, for example, a one-hand blackboard system, and is a CR display board in a personal computer or the like.
T or liquid crystal display device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the data memory 401 and selection order registration table 402 shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG.

The detailed processing of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. In addition, in the following explanation.

The information to be sorted is handwritten information, but as described later,
It can be applied not only to handwritten information but also to various information such as single graphic vectors, character codes, and images.

In FIG. 5, a data memory 401 stores data related to handwritten information, and is divided into blocks corresponding to number handwritten information. The starting address of each block is C
It is known to PU406. Further, the selection order registration table 402 shows the state after the user makes a request to select an object.

First, the process corresponding to step 101 in FIG. 1 will be explained using FIG. 6.

In FIG. 6, first, in step 600, initialization such as clearing the selection order registration table 402 to zero is performed.

Next, in step 601, the contents of data memory 401 are displayed.

Specifically, the CPU 406 sequentially accesses the data memory 401 from the top address, and stores the contents of each piece of information,
That is, as shown in FIG.
01-3 and coordinate data ((Xi, Yl), (X2
．． Y2) (Xn, Yn)) 401-4. For example, if the interpolation information 402-1 is polygonal interpolation,
The polygonal line vector is rask drawn and developed in the display frame memory 404 according to the DDA algorithm.

Note that the display control information 401-1 is information for controlling the display of the contents of the corresponding block. For example, see Figure 3 (a
The handwritten information shown in ) was calculated based on the start and end positions specified by the user when handwriting. This is information regarding the position and size (width, height) of a circumscribed rectangle within the screen. The position of the circumscribed rectangle is, for example, the coordinates (Xmin, Ymin) of the upper left corner, the width is 1, for example, W=Xmax -X+nin, and the height is, for example, h
= YmaxYmin. However, Xm1n and Xmax are Xi, X2. , the minimum and maximum values of Xn, Y min and Ymax are Yl, respectively.

Y2. ..., the minimum value and maximum value of Yn.

Next, in step 602, the presence or absence of an object selection request or rearrangement request from the user is detected. If there is no request,
Returning to step 602, the state is again waiting for a request, and if there is a request, the process returns to step 602.

603 is executed.

In step 603, the content of the request is determined.

That is, it is determined whether the request is a target selection request or a rearrangement request.

Various methods can be considered for this determination, such as multi-clicking, menu selection, and pressing of a dedicated switch or button. Among these, in the menu selection method shown in Figure 2, the screen is divided in advance into a menu area and an information display area, and the position where the request is issued is determined to be either the menu area or the information selection area. Make it possible to determine whether there is one.

If the determination result in step 603 is a target selection request,
The process in step 604 is executed, and in the case of a reordering request, the process in step 605 is executed.

In step 604, the selected object is identified and the selection order is registered in the selection order registration table 402.

The selection target can be identified by referring to the position and size of the circumscribed rectangle in the 1-display control information 401-1, and by determining which circumscribed rectangle the selection request position is included in. As mentioned above, if only part of the target is visible, the user can select the visible part, and if the target is not visible at all, use the scroll function or page turning function.
The above judgment is possible because the selection is made after being made visible. If the selection request position is not included in any of the circumscribed rectangles, it is deemed not applicable and the process returns to step 602.
It will be waiting for a request again.

Furthermore, the selection order can be registered by registering the start address of the block corresponding to the identified target information in the data memory 401 in the selection order in the corresponding location of the corresponding address 411402-2 of the selection order registration table 402. conduct.

After executing step 604, the process returns to step 602, and the process returns to the request waiting state. In step 603, the above operations are repeated until a reordering request is detected. If a reordering request is detected in step 603, step 60
Proceed to step 5.

Next, the process corresponding to step 102 in FIG. 1 will be explained.

In FIG. 6, in step 605, the presence or absence of a screen designated position by the user is detected. If there is no designation, the process returns to step 605 and the state waits for the designation again. If there is a designation, it is assumed that the rearrangement destination position has been designated, and the process returns to step 606.
Execute the process.

In step 606, the specified screen position is set as the rearrangement destination position, and a rearrangement display process is executed based on that position. However, if the menu selection method is adopted, if the designated position is a menu display area, it is considered invalid and the process returns to step 605, where the state waits for designation again; if the designated position is an information display area.

It is assumed to be valid and the subsequent sorting display processing is executed.

For multi-clicks, dedicated switches, buttons, etc., since the entire screen is the information display area, it is assumed to be valid and the subsequent rearrangement display processing is executed.

When executing the rearrangement display process, the CPU 406 refreshes the display frame memory 404 as necessary. In FIG. 5, the CPU 406 selects the selection order in the selection order registration table 402, 1→2→3→4→5→...
In this order, the first address of the data memory 401 written to the address H402-2 is read out, and first, the contents of the display control information 401-1 of the corresponding block are updated as described later. Next, interpolation information 401. which is stored at addresses after the same plotter. -2, the number of coordinate points 401-3, and the coordinate information 401-4, the rearranged display is executed by drawing and developing the display frame 404 in the same way as described above.

Depending on the specified rearrangement destination position, part or all of the rearranged display result may go off the screen, but this is well known in the field of computer graphics. Since this can be handled using a technique called clipping, it will be omitted here.

By the way, a method for updating the contents of the 1-display control information 401-1 when displaying the rearranged results will be explained.

To simplify the explanation, here we propose a method in which the left edges of each circumscribed rectangle are aligned and the circumscribed rectangles are rearranged from top to bottom. This is because in the case of horizontal writing, this arrangement is considered to be the most common.

One method is to rearrange the circumscribed rectangles at equal intervals while preserving the size and shape of the circumscribed rectangles.

In this case, the circumscribed rectangles C, A, of the display control information 401-1,
The X coordinates of the left end of E, D, and B are all Xs, and the Y coordinates are, in order, Ys, Ys+hc+d, Ys+hc+ha+2
d, Ys+hc+ha+he+3d.

Ys+hc+ha+he+hd+4d. Xs and Ys are the X and Y coordinates of the rearrangement destination position specified in step 605, he, ha.

he and hd are the heights of the circumscribed rectangles C, A, E, and D, respectively. Further, d is a constant corresponding to the interval, and may be appropriately determined based on the ease of viewing the screen.

Another method is to rearrange the left end position, height, and interval while preserving the shape of the circumscribed rectangle.

In this case, the X coordinates of the left ends of the circumscribed rectangles C1, 8, E, D, and B of the display control information 401-1 are all Xs, and the Y coordinates are YO, YO+h +d, YO+2 (h
+cl), YO+3 (h +d),
YO+4 (h1d). h and d are each
This is a constant corresponding to the height and interval, and may be determined as appropriate based on the ease of viewing the screen. The width W of the circumscribed rectangle is w=h
-Correct so that the shape is similar to the shape of a one-dimensional circumscribed rectangle, such as wi/hi. Here, hl and wi are the original height and width of the circumscribed rectangle l, respectively.

As described above, the detailed processing of steps 101 and 102 in FIG. 1 is completed.

In this embodiment, at least the left ends of the rearranged display results are aligned, making it easier to understand as a whole.

Also, when aligning the right edges, correct the coordinates of the circumscribed rectangle so that the X coordinate of the right edge of all rectangles becomes Xs, and when aligning the horizontal centers, the X coordinate of the center of all rectangles becomes Xs. The coordinates of the circumscribed rectangle can be corrected as follows. Also,
When arranging from the bottom to the top, it is possible to do the same thing with the only difference being that the calculation of the Y coordinate is the opposite of the above.

Furthermore, in the case of vertical writing, the circumscribed rectangle is usually vertically long, the top edges are aligned, and they are arranged from right to left, but even if you want to align the bottom edge or vertical center, you can simply swap the X and Y coordinates. It can be done almost in the same way as explained above.

If you want to group the sorted results,
If attribute information is added to the display control information 401-1 and some of the colors, such as one color, are aligned, it will be more effective.

In addition, in order to simplify the explanation, here, the contents of the data memory 401 will be explained as 1 display control, information 401-1, interpolation information 401-2, number of coordinate points 401-3, and coordinate information 40.
Although they are arranged in the order of 1 to 4, they are not limited to this arrangement, and each may be stored in separate memories. Furthermore, the configuration of the 1-selection order registration table 402 may be a FIFO method, and the number of selected objects may be managed by a counter.

By the way, when gathering and summarizing many ideas proposed by multiple people, as in brainstorming, each person may have different ideas and opinions, or even the same person may propose several ideas from different perspectives. Because of this, we often have to discuss and refine ideas over and over again.

Therefore, in order to be able to perform many kinds of rearrangement, the selection order registration table 402 may be prepared in a number of ways.

For example, in the handheld blackboard system shown in FIG. It is possible to register several types of rearrangement and perform each rearrangement on the common display board side, thereby finally deciding on one rearrangement. 2, when rearranging is performed many times, it is possible to insert or exclude the targets of the rearrangement operation, as explained using the display screen example in Figure 2 (C). It is.

As described above, you can organize your ideas efficiently and conduct meetings more creatively.

Note that the process when a plurality of selection order registration tables 402 are prepared is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. and also in step 606.

To allow a user to select which table to perform rearrangement based on when executing rearrangement display processing.

Furthermore, by preparing the data memory 401 corresponding to the registered selection order registration table 402, it is not necessary to repeat the process of step 606 when performing rearrangement many times according to the same selection order registration table 402. .

An example of a so-called online handwritten information sorting method that stores handwritten information as stroke information has been described above, but in this embodiment, information such as an idea written on paper is read as an image using an image scanner or the like. Even things can be rearranged. In this case, the range to be processed is defined in advance using a clipping technique that is well known in personal computers, word processors, and the like. Further, such image information and online handwritten information may be mixed.

Furthermore, this embodiment can be applied not only to handwritten information but also to various systems based on information such as vectors, character codes, images, audio, or video. for example,
This is realized using application software such as graphic software, idea processors, databases, spreadsheet software, schedule creation software, multimedia scenario creation software, etc. installed in information processing equipment such as personal computers, processors, and workstations. In various systems, it is possible to provide a highly user-friendly user interface that allows multiple pieces of information handled by the application software to be rearranged by simple and direct operations while viewing a single display screen.

Some examples of these applications will be explained below.

FIG. 7 is an example in which the information sorting method of this embodiment is applied to a relational database containing address book data. This figure shows how names in kanji are rearranged in reading order.

With respect to the address book data on the screen shown in FIG. 7(a), the user performs the operation steps
After sequentially and continuously selecting ml-door 04 and L/ml-door 02, the operation procedure (as shown in Φ, select the sorting menu 706, and as shown in the operation procedure'!),
Just by pointing to the first position 707, the screen shown in Fig. 7 (
As shown in b), it can be easily rearranged.

According to this method, there is no need to add reading information. The hardware configuration and processing flowchart in this case are the same as those in FIG. 4 and FIG. Also, the fifth
Although the configuration of the data memory 401 shown in the figure and the program for rearranging records in units of records are unique to the database, the selection order registration table 402 has the same configuration as in FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is an example in which the information rearrangement method of this embodiment is applied to a schedule creation system (or multimedia scenario creation system). This figure shows how the flow of work (or the flow of multimedia materials such as audio, images, and video) expressed in text and graphics is rearranged using a graphical user interface.

Information on the screen represents a schedule (or scenario), the horizontal axis t represents one year, month, day (or time), and the vertical axis represents one work item (or a figure representing the type of media).

Similarly to FIG. 7, the user performs the operation steps (803, 801, and 801, 805,
After sequentially and continuously selecting information 804 and information 802, as shown in operation procedure +3.

By selecting the sorting menu 806 and pointing to the start position 807 as shown in the operating procedure ■, you can easily rearrange the work order (or media flow order) as shown in FIG. 8(b). Something will happen.

The hardware configuration and processing flowchart in this case are also the same as those in FIGS. 4 and 1.

The configuration and selection targets of the data memory 401 in FIG.
The program for rearranging in the axial direction is unique to the schedule creation system or multimedia scenario creation system, but the selection order RR child table 02 is the fifth one.
It has the same configuration as the figure.

By the way, various processing methods can be considered for objects that have not been selected by the user, such as moving them after the results of sorting and displaying them in the order of selection and redisplaying them, or overwriting the sorted results and erasing them.

However, since it is not directly related to this embodiment, the explanation will be omitted.

As explained above, the information parallel replacement method of this embodiment is as follows:
This is a one-dimensional method in which one of the X or Y coordinates is aligned and the other is arranged in the selection order, but it can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional, such as arranging the target information along a diagonal line or radially while tilting it little by little. It can be easily inferred that this can be achieved by transforming the coordinates and sizes of each coordinate data and display control information based on predetermined rules (such as affine transformation).

As explained above, according to the information sorting method of the fifth embodiment, in response to continuous selection requests from the outside for multiple pieces of information that can be displayed on the screen, the pieces of information are sequentially identified and the selection order is registered. However, since the information is rearranged and displayed in the selected order based on a rearrangement request from the outside, it is possible to rearrange various pieces of information with simple and direct operations.

Therefore, in the handheld blackboard system to which this embodiment is applied, it is possible to input ideas while checking from hand during a meeting, etc., and to rearrange scattered ideas freely, making it easier to organize and more creative. You can hold a meeting.

Further, in a personal computer, word processor, workstation, etc. to which this embodiment is applied, information can be rearranged easily and directly while viewing a single screen.

Further, when rearranging and displaying the handwritten information, by making the sizes of the handwritten information the same, it is possible to create a sense of unity on the screen.

Note that the present invention can be applied to any case as long as a target range is defined for each of a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed.

For example, when revising a document using a word processor, the information rearrangement method of the present invention can be used if the user specifies the target range for each paragraph.

Further, the above range may be redefined, including in the case of the above-mentioned embodiments.

By doing this, for example, in a handheld blackboard system, a plurality of similar ideas can be grouped into one range.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention, in response to a sequential selection request from the outside for multiple pieces of information that can be displayed on a screen, sequentially identifies the information, registers the selection order, and selects the information from the outside. Since the information is rearranged and displayed in the selected order based on the rearrangement request, various information can be rearranged easily and with a direct operation.

Therefore, personal computers, word processors,
By applying the present invention to various systems realized by application software installed in information processing equipment such as workstations, an easy-to-use user interface can be provided.

Furthermore, the present invention has the effect of providing a sense of unity on the screen by displaying a plurality of pieces of writing information with the same size.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the processing overview of the information sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing how a plurality of handwritten ideas are rearranged by the information sorting method of this embodiment, and FIG. A block diagram showing the configuration of a handheld blackboard system to which the information sorting method of this embodiment is applied,
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration for realizing the information sorting method of this embodiment, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of the data memory and selection order registration table in FIG. 4, and FIG. is a flowchart showing detailed processing of the flowchart in FIG. 1, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a relational database to which the information sorting method of this embodiment is applied, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the information sorting method of this embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an applied schedule creation system or multimedia scenario creation system. 401... data memory, 402... selection order registration table, 403... instruction device, 404... display frame memory, 405... display device, 406... central processing unit (CPU), 407... bus, 408...Program memory. Figure 5 Figure 4 (a) (a) Figure 7 Figure 8 (b) (b)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for receiving a sequential selection request for a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed, sequentially identifying the information, and registering the selection order; 1. An information sorting method comprising means for sorting and displaying the information in the selection order registered by a selection order registration means. 2. The information according to claim 1, wherein the reordering request includes designation of a reordering position, and when the reordering position is specified, the reordering means performs the reordering based on this position. Sorting method. 3. The identification/selection order registration means stores data regarding the display range of each piece of information, and selects the display range according to which of the display ranges the externally instructed screen position is included. 3. The information sorting method according to claim 1, wherein the information is determined and the selected order is registered in association with the selected information. 4. Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that a plurality of combinations of selection orders are registered by the identification/selection order registration means.
Or the information sorting method described in 3. 5. The information sorting method according to claim 4, further comprising means for selecting one of the plurality of selection order combinations. 6. The information sorting method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, further comprising means for displaying a code indicating the selected rank along with the selected information. 7. Adjust one of the height and width of the plurality of handwritten information that can be displayed to a predetermined value, and set the other of the height and width to the above-mentioned predetermined value. Enlarge/reduce using the same enlargement/reduction ratio as when aligned with
A handwritten information normalization method characterized by providing means for aligning the sizes of the plurality of handwritten information by reducing the values. 8. An information processing device to which the handwritten information normalization method according to claim 7 is applied. 9. When sorting the handwritten information, the above sorting means aligns one of the height and width of the plurality of handwritten information that can be displayed on the display screen to a predetermined value, and sets the other of the height and width of the plurality of handwritten information to a predetermined value. The sizes of the plurality of handwritten information are made the same by enlarging/reducing one of the height and width of the handwritten information at the same enlargement/reduction ratio as the above-mentioned predetermined value. Claim 1 characterized in that a means is provided.
, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. 10. An information processing device to which the information sorting method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 9 is applied. 11. A large screen display device and one or more handheld terminals having an input/output function are connected to the information processing device according to claim 8, and the same content is displayed on the large screen display device and the handheld terminal, A hand-held blackboard system characterized in that the hand-held terminal issues a request to the information processing device to equalize the size of handwritten information. 12. A large screen display device and one or more handheld terminals having input/output functions are connected to the information processing device according to claim 10, and the same content is displayed on the large screen display device and the handheld terminal; A handheld blackboard system characterized in that a selection request and a rearrangement request are issued from the handheld terminal to the information processing device. 13. Information characterized in that a pointing device is connected to the information processing equipment according to claim 8, and the pointing device issues a request to the information processing equipment to equalize the size of the handwritten information. Processing equipment. 14. An information processing device, characterized in that a pointing device is connected to the information processing device according to claim 10, and the pointing device issues a selection request and a rearrangement request to the information processing device. 15. An information processing device characterized by comprising means for receiving a sequential selection request for a plurality of pieces of information that can be displayed and displaying a code indicating a selection order along with the information.