JPH04291620A - Display system for operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify device operation and to improve working efficiency by outputting a message indicating an efficient operation method when a judging means judges the execution of inefficient operation. CONSTITUTION:Whether data sufficient for the execution of a prescribed procedure are stored in an executed command storing part 26 for storing commands inputted from an input device 21 and executed or not is checked, and when data aresufficiently stored, the succeeding operation is executed. Namely an operation mode is recognized from the head of the storing part 26 and its corresponding identification (ID) routine is selected from an operation pattern storing part 27 and started. Whether the operation mode coincides with the ID routine or not is judged and a current step is advanced to the succeeding step at the time of coincidence or returned to the preceding step at the time of disscrepancy. A corresponding message is selected from a message storing part 28 and outputted and then whether operation is continued or not is judged to determine whether the operation is to be completed or continued.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention simplifies device operation and improves work efficiency by outputting a message indicating that there is a simpler method of operation in a device that performs processing by being operated interactively. This article relates to a method of displaying a measuring operation method.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, users have researched operating methods by referring to a manual attached to a device or using a help function of the device.

A publicly known example of this help function is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-223923.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned conventional technology displays the most necessary items from a huge amount of help information, taking into account the operation status of the device and the error occurrence status. There are issues such as: In other words, even rudimentary or incorrect operations will not cause errors.
People are often satisfied as long as the purpose has been achieved, and even if there is a better method of operation, it is often not used. It was difficult to make full use of its performance.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for guiding elementary or incorrect operations to more advanced or correct operations.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to provide a storage means for storing an operation mode and an operation procedure, and to check whether a process similar to the executed process can be executed by a simple operation method or not. The present invention is characterized by providing a judgment means for making a judgment based on the operation mode and the user's operation procedure, and providing an output means for outputting a message indicating the simple operation method when the operation can be executed using a simple operation method. This is achieved by the operation method display method.

[0007]

[Operation] The storage means stores an operation mode and an operation procedure, and from this operation mode and procedure, the determination means determines whether the operation can be executed using a simple operation method, and when it can be executed using a simple operation method, Since the output means outputs a message indicating a simple operation method, the user notices the simple operation method and the device can be operated efficiently.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a workstation, terminal, or word processor to which the present invention is applied. 21
is an input device that inputs data and commands,
A keyboard is generally used. Reference numeral 22 is an output device for notifying simple operation methods, and a display is generally used. Reference numeral 23 denotes a device that uses an executed command storage section 26 and an operation pattern storage section 27 in the storage device 25 to determine whether or not an operation is being performed that is likely to be impossible. Reference numeral 24 is a control device that takes out data, stores it, and performs the entire operation according to an internally stored program. A storage device 25 stores the following data. 26 is a storage unit for commands input and executed from the input device 21, and stores a plurality of commands with the operation mode at the beginning. The mode is rewritten every time there is a change, and when a new command is added, it is updated on the oldest data, which is controlled using the so-called upperland method. 27 is a storage unit for inefficient operation patterns. Here, it is registered as a routine of a program representing a pattern. A series of other commands or data may be registered to represent the pattern. 28
stores a message to be printed on the display when an inefficient operation is detected. 29 stores other data, programs, etc.

Next, the operation of each part in FIG. 2 will be explained based on FIG. 1. Commands input from the input device and executed are stored in the executed command storage unit 26 (11).
. Check whether sufficient data has been stored in the executed command storage unit 26 to execute the following procedure (12
). If sufficient, perform the following steps. The operation mode is recognized from the beginning of the executed command storage unit 26 (13
). The relevant determination routine is selected from the operation pattern storage unit 27 and activated (14). It is determined whether the determination routine matches the determination routine, and if they match, the process goes to step 16, and if they do not match, it returns to step 11 (15). The corresponding message is selected from the message storage section 28 and output (16). It is determined whether the operation is continued and the operation is terminated or the operation is further continued (17).

Next, drawing a rectangle using FIGS. 3 to 6,
A case will be described in which the present invention is applied to character string search and document creation.

When drawing a rectangle 31, rather than drawing it in the order of ■ to ■ in the diagram as in 310,
It is more efficient to draw by specifying ~■. In this case, in the present invention, when 310 is drawn, the contents of 41 are stored in the executed command storage section 26. From the beginning, it is confirmed that the drawing mode is in effect, a routine 51 is activated, and when the conditions are met, a message 61 is notified.

In the character string search 32, data 321 and 322 in the data stream 320 are attempted to be referenced alternately several times. 323 indicates that the search command FIND is used to search for character string ABC, character string XYZ, and character string ABC, which is troublesome. 324, first specify the content to be searched with the REPEAT command, and then
It is easier to repeatedly search for the character string ABC and the character string XYZ by inputting a screen switching command. In the present invention, when the same character string search like 323 is repeated, the contents of 42 are stored in the executed command storage section 26. Since it is in the search mode, it is analyzed by the processing procedure of routine 52, confirms that the same screen is repeated, and outputs message 62.

In document creation 33, it may be more efficient to use the automatic kana-kanji conversion function as shown in 332, rather than depressing the conversion key for each phrase as shown in 331. In this case, the contents of 43 are stored in the executed command storage section 26. Since it is in the document creation mode, when it is analyzed using the processing procedure of routine 53, it finds that the document has been created in a series of multiple conversion modes, so a message 63 is output to notify that there are other methods.

[0015] The timing of the message output may be immediately after a problem with the operation of the device is detected, or output all at once in response to the operator's request, but these can be selected by the user. You may also do so.

[0016]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, if there is a problem with the operation of the device, it will be notified, so the user will no longer continue to perform basic operations without realizing that better operations can be done. Efficient operation that takes full advantage of performance is possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a block diagram of a system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is an example of operation of a workstation, etc.

FIG. 4 is an example of information stored in an executed command storage unit.

FIG. 5 is an example of contents stored in an operation pattern storage unit.

FIG. 6 is an example of message output.

[Explanation of symbols]

21... Input device, 22... Output section, 23... Judgment section, 24...
Control device, 25... Storage device, 26... Executed command storage section, 27... Operation pattern storage section, 28... Message storage section, 29... Other storage section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. An information processing device that is operated in an interactive manner, which includes two storage units: a storage unit that stores a failure rate operation pattern of the information processing device, and a storage unit that stores user operation status and operation procedures. a determining means using the storing means to determine whether or not an operation with an incapacity rate is being performed; and an efficient operating method when the determining means determines that an operation with an incapacity rate is being performed. 1. An operation method display method comprising an output means for outputting a message indicating.