JPH0458342A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an information processor which can easily recognize the data by adding a function to effectively display the types of attributes of plural data. CONSTITUTION:A CPU is started with reception of the control signals from a keyboard KB and a pointing device PD. Then the CPU transfers the data stored in a storage to a RAM and decides the contents (media) of the data to store the information on the type of attribute required by the data and to display a file name. Then the CPU displays a symbol showing the type of the stored attribute on a display device CRT. Thus plural attributes of data can be displayed in an easy-to-recognize way.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a function of also writing the attributes of data when displaying the name or title of data such as a file.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when displaying the name and attribute of data stored or processed by an information processing device, only one type of attribute of the data is displayed, regardless of whether the type is singular or plural.

For example, as shown in Figure 5, there is a method of adding or including a specific character string representing an attribute to the name of the data, and a method of displaying a data name by adding or including a specific character string representing an attribute, or a method of displaying a data name by adding or including a specific character string representing an attribute, or a method of displaying a data name by adding or including a specific character string indicating an attribute, or a method of displaying a data name by adding or including a specific character string representing an attribute, The method used is to use and display only one.

Since only one type of data can be displayed, there is a drawback that data having multiple attributes cannot be judged at a glance on the device. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and provide an information processing device that displays the attributes of data having multiple attributes in an easy-to-recognize manner.

[Means for Solving the Problems (and Effects)] According to the present invention, the data attribute display function of an information processing device, which conventionally had the function of displaying only one type of attribute, can now display multiple types of attributes. This makes it easier to recognize data.

[Example] An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, the CPU is a microprocessor that performs calculations, logical judgments, etc. The bus transfers control signals and data between various memories and devices. CRTs have the ability to display characters and symbols. The PD is a pointing device that has the function of specifying the position on the CRT.

ROM is a control memory, and RAM is a random access memory, which stores the control procedure and data shown in FIG. DISK is an external storage device for storing data. The audio processing device encodes the audio signal,
It has the function of exchanging data with the bus. The image/video processing device has the function of encoding image/video signals and exchanging data with the bus. The communication device has the ability to exchange data with other systems.

The operation of the embodiment constructed as described above will now be described in detail.

The information processing device according to the present invention is activated when the CPU receives control signals from the keyboard KB and pointing device PD. Step S2) to be started,
Information regarding the type of attribute required by the data is stored in the RAM (step S3). Display the file name,
Subsequently, symbols indicating the types of stored attributes are listed and displayed on the display device CRT (step S4).

A display example is shown in Figure 3. In the example of FIG. 3(a), the file name is displayed as "Report 1", and three icons (- pictographs) representing the attributes of the contents are displayed. Here, from the left, audio, image, and text are shown. If it contains data that is not recognized by the information processing device, please refer to Figure 3 (
As shown in example b), this can be handled with an icon representing unknown.

[Other Embodiments] Although the above description has only been about displaying attribute names of data, it can also be used to operate on a display device in order to further utilize the displayed data. Depending on the type and state of the device used by the information processing device and other software included in the device, there may be restrictions on the use and processing of stored data. At that time, the restriction status can be recognized by changing the display method of the file name described above. A display example is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 4, the icon representing audio is displayed in gray, indicating that the use of audio data in the file is restricted.

The present invention can be used not only for display but also for simplifying data processing methods. By specifying an icon using the pointing device PD, it is possible to process only specific data in the corresponding file.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, this information processing device has a new function that effectively displays the types of attributes of multiple data, and has an effect that is very convenient for the user. arise.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of this embodiment, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing examples of displays on a display of this embodiment. FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7 are diagrams showing examples of display on a conventional display. CPU... Microprocessor CRT... Display device KB... Keyboard PD... Pointing device Figure 5 (a) C program, C (b) Data, graphic Figure 6 Figure 7 C program ,C data

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting data, a judgment means for judging the attribute from the contents of the data input from the input means, and a memory for storing the type of attribute of the data obtained by the judgment of the judgment means. and a display means for displaying the type of attribute of data stored in the storage means.