JPH04302369A - Office planning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rationalize the vertical zoning work when the organization having many department is entered for plural floors of an office building. CONSTITUTION:A front screen 2 is superimposed and displayed at the front surface of a background screen 1. On the background screen 1, area lines 15a-15f to show the usable floor area of respective floors 1F-6F are displayed at the upward prescribed position based on an adjacent boundary line 12a, and on the front screen, a bar graph 22 to show the department request area of each department distributed to respective floors 1F-6F along the present arrangement is displayed at the upper direction of the adjacent boundary line 12a, and area lines 23a-23f to show the sum of the department request area at respective floors are displayed at the upper direction of the adjacent boundary line 12a. On the other hand, identifiers 24a-24e to show the correlation are displayed on a suitable diamond displaying point 12b of a relative matrix 13. On the screen, when the bar graph 22 more suitable than the mouse is selected and moved in the X direction, the distribution of the identifiers 24a-24e is changed every moment, and when the moving destination is determined, the front screen 2 is renewed as a whole.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an office planning device used for office planning.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art It is common to see relatively large organizations such as companies occupying multiple floors of office buildings. In such cases, the organization typically has many departments, such as general affairs, human resources, sales departments, and various manufacturing departments, and there are various close and distant relationships among the departments. For this reason, if vertical zoning, in which departments are allocated according to the hierarchy of an office building, is carried out without any consideration, departments that wish to be in close proximity to each other will be separated from each other in the upper and lower parts of the building, resulting in poor communication. This can lead to extremely inconvenient situations, such as making it difficult to maintain a relationship, or conversely, departments that wish to have a distant relationship may be assigned to the same floor.

[0003] Therefore, recent office planning is
There is a tendency to investigate the strength of relationships between departments, compile them into a certain value, and proceed with placement work while quantitatively understanding the relationships between departments based on those values.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, each department is bound by a complex causal relationship of proximity and estrangement, and it is not possible to simply focus on two departments and change their arrangement to a desirable one. relationship will be ignored. Therefore, in order to arrive at the desired arrangement, it is necessary to perform correction work like a puzzle that repeats distance and proximity. On the other hand, each department has its own requirements for the floor space used, and if the work is carried out by simply focusing on the relationship between proximity and distance, the difference between the usable floor space of each floor and the actually allocated area of each department There is a possibility that the total area required by each department will be significantly different from the total, and the work that has been done up to that point will become completely meaningless. However, if you try to carry out the work only by hand using paper and pencil while taking these into account, it becomes extremely difficult to grasp the whole picture and it becomes extremely difficult to find a way to make corrections. Each time a rearrangement is made, a huge amount of rewriting is required, and it is not possible to know whether the rearrangement is correct or not until the rewriting is completed, and the amount of effort and time required to complete all the work is immeasurable. become.

An object of the present invention is to provide an office planning device that can provide rationality to such vertical zoning work.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following configuration.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the office planning device according to the present invention has department information storage means b, correlation storage means c, and array storage means in front of a background screen a displayed on a display. d and the display means e are displayed in a superimposed manner, and the display contents of the front screen f are arranged by the operation means g.
It can be changed by Background screen a has multiple department display positions i set in the X-axis direction, and
An area display area j and a correlation matrix k are provided in the axial direction, and in the area display area j, an amount l corresponding to the usable floor area of each floor of the office building is displayed in the Y-axis direction, and the correlation matrix A large number of diamond-shaped display points m are formed in k, which are associated with the apexes of a triangle whose base is between any two department display positions i. In the department information storage means b, the required department area o for each department n is stored in association with the department n. Correlation storage means c
Correlation values p and q corresponding to the degree of proximity or estrangement set between departments n are stored in association with department n. The array storage means d includes an array r for ranking the departments n stored in the department information storage means b, and an array r for ranking the departments n stored in the department information storage means b.
Hierarchical division positions s set between departments n are stored in order to correspond to the hierarchy of the office building. The display means e displays the department array r stored in the array storage means d at the department display position i in the X-axis direction on the background screen a.
The front screen f is configured to correspond to the
After clearly indicating the hierarchical division positions s between predetermined department display positions i, a quantity t corresponding to the required department area taken out from the department information storage means b is placed on the area display area j for each department display position i. A quantity u corresponding to the total required area of each department n distributed on the same floor is displayed in the Y-axis direction, and the correlation retrieved from the correlation storage means c is displayed on the correlation matrix k. The values p and q are converted into identifiers v and w such as predetermined colors, patterns, gradations, etc., and are displayed at diamond-shaped display points m between corresponding departments n. The arrangement change operation means g is capable of rewriting the department arrangement r in the arrangement storage means d in relation to the hierarchical division position s. The present invention is characterized in that when the contents of the array storage means d are rewritten by the array change operation means g, the display means e updates the front screen f based on the new array r.

[0008] A specific embodiment of the arrangement change operation means is one in which an arbitrary sector can be selected and the current sector arrangement can be moved step by step to another target sector. . In this case, it is more preferable that the array change operation means is capable of sequentially rewriting the contents of the array storage means at each stage during the movement operation, and the display means is linked to this and displays the identifier on the correlation matrix. It is preferable that the array change operation means is configured to be able to sequentially partially update the array storage means, and the array change operation means can sequentially rewrite the contents of the array storage means at each stage during the movement operation,
It is desirable that the display means be configured to be able to sequentially partially update the display on the area display area in conjunction with this.

[0009] Preferred embodiments for configuring a screen that is easy to view are those in which the amount corresponding to the required department area is displayed as a bar graph rising in the same direction from a fixed Y coordinate, or in which the amount corresponding to the area required by each floor is The amount corresponding to the available floor area and the amount corresponding to the total required department area are displayed as area lines parallel to the X axis on the Y coordinate,
For example, the actual department name is listed at each department display position.

[0010] In order to further clarify the vertical relationship between departments, when the display means assigns each department to a department display position in accordance with the department arrangement stored in the arrangement storage means, a hierarchical classification is performed. The department display position corresponding to the position is opened as blank, and the hierarchy is visible along the hypotenuse of a triangle on the correlation matrix, with the bottom between the two closest display positions among the blanked department display positions. Particularly preferred is one that forms discrete zones.

[0011]

[Operation] On the front screen f configured and displayed by the display means e, each department n along the department array r in the current array storage means d is made to correspond to the department display position i in the X-axis direction. Since the hierarchical division position s is clearly indicated at the required location between n, it is possible to know from where to where department n is assigned to which floor of the office building. In addition, on this front screen f, an amount u corresponding to the sum of the department required area of each department n distributed to each floor is displayed on the area display area j in the Y-axis direction, but on the background screen a, Amount l corresponding to the usable floor area of that floor
is displayed in the Y-axis direction, so by comparing these quantities l and u, it is possible to understand whether the current arrangement r and hierarchical position s are appropriate in terms of area allocation. Furthermore, since the amount u corresponding to the required department area o of each department n is displayed in the Y-axis direction for each department display position i, it is possible to determine which department n should be moved to which floor to improve the area distribution. It can be used as a guideline for making decisions.

On the other hand, on the correlation matrix k, the more identifiers v indicating proximity are distributed near the bottom of the entire correlation matrix k, the more the department array r satisfies the proximity relationship between the departments n. The more identifiers w indicating the degree of estrangement are distributed near the vertices of the entire correlation matrix k, the more the department array r satisfies the estranged relationship between the departments n. Therefore, by paying attention to where these identifiers v and w are located on the correlation matrix k, it is possible to evaluate the current array r and find a location that should be revised next.

Moreover, when the contents of the array storage means d are rewritten, the front screen f is changed based on the new array r.
Everything will be updated instantly. Therefore, if we focus on how the area correspondence amount u described above changes with respect to l before and after the update, or how the distribution of the identifiers v and w changes before and after the update, we can It is possible to know whether the rearrangement work was appropriate or not.

[0014]

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

FIG. 2 shows a microcomputer system H functioning as an office planning device. This system H includes a memory h1 that serves as department information storage means, correlation storage means, and array storage means.
, a CRT display h6 and a processor h2 that serve as display means, a keyboard h4 and a mouse h5 that serve as arrangement change operation means and data input means to be described later, and the processor h2.
and an interface h3 that controls their input and output. The memory h1 stores a program for operating the processor h2 according to the procedure related to vertical zoning, and according to this program, the processor h2 exchanges data with the memory h1 while transmitting data to and from the CRT. A background screen is displayed on the display h6, and a front screen is superimposed and displayed in front of it.

In order to perform vertical zoning work using this microcomputer system H, it is necessary to collect and input necessary initial data in advance. Therefore, we distributed a survey sheet S as shown in Figure 3 in advance to each department that will be subject to vertical zoning, and asked them to fill in the desired positional relationship of their own department with respect to other departments. seek. Here, if you want a nearby location, press "+",
The survey is conducted in such a way that if a distant location is desired, the user is asked to write in a ``-'', and if there is no particular problem, the person is left blank. If the departments in question want to be close to each other, there is a relationship of close proximity (++), if one of the departments wants to be close to each other, there is a relationship of unilateral proximity (+), and one department wants to be close to each other and the other is far away. If you want the position, there is a reciprocal relationship (+-),
If one of the divisions desires a location far away, a correlation value of one-sided estrangement (-) is given, and if one of the divisions desires a location far from each other, a mutual estrangement relationship (--) is given. Also, when conducting such a survey, ask each department to submit the area required by each department.

[0017] When such an investigation is completed, the keyboard h
4 etc. to input data into the memory h1. First, the names of the departments involved in the above-mentioned survey, such as the general affairs department, accounting department, and human resources department, are registered as department information, and then the correlation values (++) to (--) that exist between specific departments and each Enter the department requested area required by the department. Further, before and after these, the usable floor area of each floor from the 1st floor to the 6th floor of the office building in which the organization intends to move in is also entered. At this time, the departments are input in an appropriate arrangement, and the arrangement is made to correspond to the floors of the temporary office building. As a result of the input operations described above, in the memory h1, the floors from 1st to 6th floors of the office building and their usable floor areas are stored in the area corresponding to the property information, and each level is stored in the area corresponding to the department information. The required department area of the department is stored in association with the department, the correlation value is stored in the area corresponding to the correlation in association with the department, and the area corresponding to the array stores the initial array and each of the floors 1 to 1 of the office building 1. The relationship with 6f is stored.

When the above input operations are completed, the processor h2 first displays the background screen 1 among the display screens shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 shows the left half of the screen, and FIG. 5 shows the right half. On the background screen 1, a plurality of department display positions 11 are set at equal intervals in the X-axis direction, an area display area 12 is provided at the center in the Y-axis direction, and a correlation matrix 13 is provided above the area display area 12. Furthermore, a department display column 14 is provided below the area display area 12. Based on the adjacent boundary line 12a between the department display field 14 and the area display area 12, the area display area 12 shows the usable floor area of each floor from 1F to 6F of the office building on the X axis on a predetermined Y coordinate. Parallel area lines 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e, 15f
is displayed. In this example, they are set equal to each other. The correlation matrix 13 has a large number of diamond-shaped display points that are associated with the vertices of a triangle whose base is defined as the area between any two department display positions 11 by grid lines 13a rising from between the department display positions 11 upward to the right or downward to the right. 13b. A diamond-shaped display point 13b forming the bottom of the correlation matrix 13 is positioned between adjacent department display positions 11.

Next, the processor h2 displays the front screen 2 superimposed on the background screen 1. This front screen 2 is first displayed in a state in which a department display position 11 corresponding to a hierarchical division position is left blank along the department arrangement stored in the memory h1 (hereinafter, the code of this display position is referred to as 11a). Each department is sequentially assigned to each department display position 11, and the actual department name is displayed together with the department number. Then, for the area display area 12, the required area for each department is retrieved from the memory h1 for each department display position 11, and displayed in various bar graphs 22 having lengths corresponding to the area rising upward from the adjacent boundary line 12a. be done. This bar graph 22 is colored and patterned for each department so that they can be identified from each other. Further, an amount corresponding to the total length of the bar graph 22 of each department distributed on the same floor is displayed on the predetermined Y coordinate of the area display area 12 (with the adjacent boundary line 12a as a reference) area lines 23a, 23b, 23c
, 23d, (++), (+ ), (+-), (-
), (--) are the various identifiers 24a, 24b, 2 which are configured and registered in advance by combining patterns and gradations.
4c, 24d, and 24e, and are displayed on the diamond-shaped display points 13b of the corresponding departments. For example, department number 1
There is a close relationship between special sales internal affairs number 8 and special sales section 2 with department number 16, and a diamond-shaped display point 13b connects the two departments.
An identifier 24a indicating relative proximity is displayed above. In addition, on this screen 2, the grid line 13a is masked along the hypotenuse of a triangle whose base is between the two nearest display positions 11a among the blanked department display positions 11a,
A visible sawtooth hierarchical zone 25 is formed.

With the above steps, the front screen 2 is completed. Then, on this front screen 2, mouse h5
Bar graph 2 representing the department required area of a specific department by manipulating
2 is selected, and the bar graph 22 can be moved beyond the blank department display position 11a, which is the hierarchical division position (of course, it does not have to go over it) between departments on other floors. At this time, in the area corresponding to the array in the memory h1, the contents of the array are rewritten each time the operation crosses each display position 11, and in conjunction with this, the correlation matrix 13 on the front screen 2 Upper identifier 24a
The displays of 24e to 24e are partially updated in stages while other front screen displays are reserved. Therefore, the distribution of identifiers changes every moment in conjunction with the movement operation of the bar graph 22. When the operation is completed and the destination of the department is determined using the mouse h5, the entire front screen 2 is updated again through the same process as described above.

In the area display area 12, the bar graph 26 at the left end of each floor represents the area allocated to non-departments such as cafeterias and executive rooms. In principle, these are fixed, but they can be increased or decreased as appropriate when it is difficult to adjust the area required by each department. Additionally, on the right side of the background screen 1, there is an area display field 15 for numerically displaying the sum total of the required department area for each floor in relation to the usable floor area of that floor. Hierarchies 1F to 6F and necessary numerical values are displayed superimposed on the upper front screen 2.

[0022]In this front screen 2, each department name along the department arrangement currently stored in the memory h1 is made to correspond to the department display position 11 in the X-axis direction, and the required locations between the departments are Since a blank department display position 11a appears, it is possible to know which floor of the office building the department is assigned to. In addition, on this front screen 2, area lines 23a to 23f corresponding to the sum total of the department required area of each department distributed to each floor are displayed on the area display area 12 in the Y-axis direction, but the background screen 1 Since area lines 15a to 15f corresponding to the usable floor area of each floor are displayed in the Y-axis direction, these area lines 23a to 23f, 15a
By comparing .about.15f, it is possible to understand whether the current arrangement and hierarchy position are appropriate in terms of area distribution. Moreover, since the bar graph 22 corresponding to the required area for each department is displayed in the Y-axis direction, it can be used as a guide for determining which department should be moved to which floor to improve the area allocation.

On the other hand, on the correlation matrix 13,
The more the identifiers 23a and 23b indicating the degree of proximity are distributed near the bottom of the entire correlation matrix 13, the more the department arrangement satisfies the close relationship between departments, and the more the identifiers 23d23e indicating the degree of estrangement are correlated. matrix 1
3. The more the divisions are distributed near the vertices of the whole, the more the division arrangement satisfies the distant relationship between divisions. Therefore, by paying attention to where these identifiers 23a to 23e are located on the correlation matrix 13, it is possible to evaluate the current arrangement and find out where to make adjustments next.

Moreover, with mouse h5, specific bar graph 2
2 is selected and moved, the correlation matrix 13
The distribution of the identifiers 24a to 24e on the top changes every moment, and when the movement operation using the mouse h5 is confirmed, the front screen 2
Everything will be updated instantly. Therefore, the identifiers 24a to 24
You can proceed with the rearrangement work while searching for the distribution of e, and you can also change the area line 23 before and after updating the front screen 2.
By paying attention to how a to 23e have changed, it is possible to accurately know whether or not the area conditions have been improved.

Furthermore, in such vertical zoning, the purpose can be achieved if departments that desire a close relationship can be placed on the same floor, and departments that desire a distant relationship can be placed on different floors. In this case, a hierarchical division band 25 is provided along the hypotenuse of a triangle whose bases are the blank department display positions 11a, which are hierarchical division positions. Therefore, all the diamond-shaped display points 13b belonging to the small triangles 26 that newly appear below the hierarchical division band 25 only represent the correlation between departments arranged on the same floor, All the diamond-shaped display points 13b belonging to the area 27 separated into 27 represent the correlation between departments arranged on different floors. Therefore, the identifiers 24a to 24e
By paying attention to how the zoning exists in these small triangles 26 and areas 27, it is possible to grasp at a glance the extent to which vertical zoning at a certain point in time satisfies the complex correlations of all sectors. becomes possible.

It should be noted that the configuration of each part is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0027]

[Effects of the Invention] Since the office planning device according to the present invention has the configuration described above, it can accurately judge the pros and cons of the current departmental arrangement, estimate the areas to be corrected, and make the corrections. It is possible to clearly and immediately judge whether or not the decision was appropriate. Therefore, the vertical zoning work can be steadily completed through simple and rational operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a microcomputer system used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a survey sheet used in the same example.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the left half of the display in which a background screen and a front screen are displayed in a superimposed manner in the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the right half of the display in which a background screen and a front screen are displayed in a superimposed manner in the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

a, 1...Background screen b...Department information storage means c...Correlation storage means d...Array storage means e...Display means f, 2...Front screen g...Arrangement change operation means i, 11...Department display position j, 12 ...Area display area k, 13...Correlation matrix l...Amount corresponding to usable floor area m, 13b...Rhombic display point n...Department o...Department required area p, q, (++), (+), (+- ), (−)
, (--)... Correlation value r... Array s, 11a... Hierarchical division position t... Quantity corresponding to the department requested area u... Quantity corresponding to the sum total of the department requested area v, w, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d , 24e...Identifiers 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e, 23a, 2
3b, 23c, 23d, 23e... Area line 22, 26... Bar graph 25... Hierarchical zone

Claims (8)

[Claims] Claim 1: A front screen constituted by a department information storage means, a correlation storage means, an array storage means, and a display means is superimposed on the front of a background screen displayed on a display, and the front screen is displayed. The contents can be changed by an arrangement change operation means, and the background screen has a plurality of department display positions set in the X-axis direction, and an area display area and a correlation matrix in the Y-axis direction. In the area display area, the amount corresponding to the usable floor area for each floor of the office building is displayed in the Y-axis direction, and in the correlation matrix, a triangle with the base between any two department display positions is displayed. A large number of diamond-shaped display points are formed at the vertices, and the department information storage means stores the required department area for each department in association with that department. A correlation value corresponding to the degree of proximity or degree of estrangement set in is stored in association with the department, and the array storage means is
An arrangement for ranking the departments stored in the department information storage means and hierarchical division positions set between the departments in order to make the arrangement correspond to the hierarchy of the office building are stored, and the display means , the front screen is configured by making the department arrangement stored in the arrangement storage means correspond to the department display position in the X-axis direction on the background screen, and clearly indicates the hierarchical division position between the predetermined department display positions. Then, on the area display area, the amount corresponding to the department required area taken out from the department information storage means for each department display position is displayed in the Y-axis direction, and the department required area of each department distributed on the same floor is displayed. The amount corresponding to the total sum of is displayed in the Y-axis direction, and the correlation value taken out from the correlation storage means is converted into a predetermined identifier such as color, pattern, gradation, etc. on the correlation matrix. The arrangement change operation means can rewrite the department arrangement in the array storage means in relation to the hierarchical division position, and the arrangement change operation means can change the arrangement storage. An office planning device characterized in that when the contents of the means are rewritten, the display means updates a front screen based on the new arrangement. 2. Claim 1, wherein the arrangement change operation means is capable of selecting any one department and moving the current department arrangement step by step to another targeted department.
Office planning equipment as described. 3. The array change operation means is capable of sequentially rewriting the contents of the array storage means at each stage during the movement operation, and the display means interlocks with this and displays the identifier on the correlation matrix. 3. The office planning device according to claim 2, wherein the office planning device is configured to be capable of sequential partial updating. 4. The arrangement change operation means is capable of sequentially rewriting the contents of the arrangement storage means at each stage during the movement operation, and the display means interlocks with this and sequentially changes the display on the area display area. 3. The office planning device according to claim 2, wherein the office planning device is configured to allow partial updating. 5. The office planning device according to claim 1, wherein the amount corresponding to the required department area is displayed as a bar graph rising in the same direction from a constant Y coordinate. 6. A claim characterized in that the amount corresponding to the usable floor area of each floor and the amount corresponding to the sum total of departmental required areas are displayed on the Y coordinate by area lines parallel to the X axis. 1. The office planning device according to 1. 7. The office planning device according to claim 1, wherein actual department names are listed at each department display position. 8. The display means, when allocating each department to a department display position according to the department arrangement stored in the array storage means, opens the department display position corresponding to the hierarchical division position as blank; A visible hierarchical division band is formed along the hypotenuse of a triangle on the correlation matrix, with the base between the two nearest department display positions set as the base. The office planning device according to claim 1.