JPH0475127A - Picture input method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To handle a various kinds of input items and to perform natural guidance than ever in a multi-window system by performing decision for the depression validity/invalidity of a touch panel by touch panel depression effective range information based on the degree of superposition of a window. CONSTITUTION:The touch panel 11, a CRT display 12, a hardware control part 13, an arithmetic unit 14, a touch panel/window control part 15, a window display managing table 16, a screen buffer 17, a screen display data 18, and a touch panel depression effective range information table 19 are provided. A touch panel depression effective range in accordance with each window is set, and the decision for the depression validity/invalidity of the touch panel is performed by the touch panel depression effective range information based on the degree of superposition of the window. In such a way, the decision for the depression validity/invalidity of the touch panel in the multi-window system can be performed based on the degree of superposition of a window frame, which enables the natural guidance than ever to be performed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a screen input method, and is particularly suitable for customer-operated terminals installed in financial institutions, which require a user-friendly screen control function. Regarding screen input method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional screen input methods used in customer-operated terminals such as those installed in financial institutions are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-1319.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 17, a touch panel input method was used in a single window display. This is because a typical workstation with a multi-window function operates the overlap of windows under the operator's initiative, and is similar to the customer-operated terminals (automated machines) installed at financial institutions mentioned above. This is because it is not suitable for multi-window operations on type terminals.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] The former of the above-mentioned prior art, that is, JP-A-11319
Since the method disclosed in Publication No. 17 uses a single window display method, it is necessary to guide users who are unfamiliar with operations so that they can easily input various input items.
There was a problem in that there was a limit in terms of display expressiveness.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional technology, to handle a wide variety of input items in a multi-window system, and to enable more natural operation. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a screen input method that enables guidance.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to set a valid touch panel pressing range for each window in a device having a touch panel, a display, a multi-window control function, and a control unit for controlling these, and to determine whether the touch panel is pressed valid or invalid for each window. This is achieved by a screen input method characterized by performing touch panel press effective range information based on the degree of overlap.

C Effect] In the screen input method according to the present invention, in a multi-window system, the validity or invalidity of pressing the touch panel is determined based on the degree of overlapping of the window frames. By disabling touch panel input for the window that is
This aims to achieve the above objectives.

That is, the size of each window is managed, for example, as the upper left corner coordinates and lower right corner coordinates, and the overlapping control of each window is performed with the frontmost window, that is, the window displayed last, as the first priority, and the previous Based on the size and rank of the windows displayed in , the degree of overlap of each window is compared in order of rank. As a result, the window whose window frame has been overwritten can be identified, and it becomes possible to invalidate the effective touch panel pressing range of the window.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a screen input device that is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a touch panel, 12
13 is a CRT display, 13 is a hardware control unit, 14 is an arithmetic unit, 15 is a touch panel/window control unit, 16
is the window display management table, ]7 is the screen buffer,
+8 indicates screen display data, and 19 indicates a touch panel press effective range information table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a window displayed on the CRT display 12. In the figure, 31 is a CRT
Screen, 32.33.34 is window frame, 32a,
33 a , 33 b , 34 a , and 34 b indicate the coordinates of the effective range of touch panel pressing within each window. In this example, the touch panel press effective range coordinates 32 a , 33 a , 33 of windows 32 and 33
b is the effective pressing range, and the coordinates 34a and 34b of the touch panel pressing effective range of the window 34 whose window frame has been overwritten by another window are the invalid pressing range.

FIG. 4 shows the window display management table 16 mentioned above,
It shows the structure and correlation of the touch panel press effective range information table 19. As shown in the figure, the window display management table 16 has in advance information for each window regarding its size (in this case, upper left and lower right corner coordinates), display priority order, and enable/disable information of the touch panel information area6. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 4, the touch panel press effective range information table 19 includes, for each window, the size (in this case, the upper left and lower right corner coordinates) of the key corresponding to the key in each window, and the effective press range. It has a notification code that is sent to the higher level in the case of .

The window display management table 16 and the touch panel press effective range information table 19 are stored, for example, in a disk together with the screen display data of each window.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, since the touch panel information area of window number 3 is "invalid", the corresponding touch panel press effective range information table cannot be searched.

The operation of the screen input device of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to the operation flowchart shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 1(a) shows the initial border setting operation by the touch panel/window control unit 15 mentioned above;
FIG. 4B shows a touch panel pressing control operation.

The touch panel/window control unit 15 first reads the window display management table 16 from a disk or the like (
Step 41), then the screen display data 18 and touch panel press effective range information table 19 set in the screen buffer 17 are loaded (step 42).

Next, a screen is displayed on the CRT display 12 via the hardware control section 13 based on the window size (coordinates) and display priority specified in the window display management table 16 (step 43).

Next, the touch panel/window control unit 15 updates the window display management table 16, which is performed as follows. That is, starting from a window with a lower display priority level in the window display management table 16, enable/disable is set for the touch panel area in the window display management table 16 depending on whether the coordinates overlap with a window at a higher level than itself (step 44). below,
Move to touch panel press control operation. Note that when changing the overlapping state of windows, the display priority order in the window display management table 16 must be changed (step 46).
, the touch panel/window control unit 15 changes the screen display based on this (step 43).

Next, the touch panel press control operation will be explained. The key point of this operation is that when the coordinates of the press from the touch panel 11 are notified via the hardware control unit 13, the touch panel/window control unit 15 searches the valid touch panel press effective range information table and determines that the press is valid. This is to determine whether or not. That is, touch panel
The window control unit 15 first searches the touch panel information area in the window display management table 16 and determines the touch panel press effective range range table corresponding to the window designated as valid (step 51).

Next, the determined touch panel press effective range range table is searched to check whether the press coordinates are within the effective range (step 52). If within the valid range,
The notification code that has become effective is notified to the higher-level software (step 53). This case is referred to as "r valid press". Further, if the check in step 52 shows that it is not within the valid range, check whether all the windows designated as valid in the touch panel information area in the window display management table 16 have been processed (step 54).
If there is an unprocessed area, the process moves to that area; otherwise, the current process is determined to be an "invalid press".

According to the above embodiment, even if a wide variety of guides are displayed using multiple windows on a customer-operated terminal using a touch panel, the touch panel is displayed in a natural manner so that the operator can easily input information. This has the effect of being able to instruct the order in which they are pressed.

FIG. 5 shows a diagram for more specifically explaining this embodiment. FIG. 5 shows an example of a bank transfer input screen.

The effective range for pressing the touch panel on screen 1 is window 1.
"Cancel" and "Return" are not available in window 2.
In window 3, the words "confirmation" and "correction" are written in hiragana. The effective range of touch panel presses on screen 2 is [Cancel J and Return] on window 1,
, but in window 3 they are "Confirm" and "Correction J" and numbers. Similarly, the effective range of touch panel presses on screen 3 is "cancel" and "return" in window l, and each input item area in window 2. is enabled, and "Confirm" is enabled in window 3. These screens 1 and 2
．． In sequence 3, the window frame of window 2 is overwritten on screens 1 and 2, so that
This means that the touch panel press range is disabled.

It goes without saying that the above embodiment is shown as an example of the present invention, and that the present invention is not limited thereto.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a device having a touch panel, a display, a multi-window control function, and a control unit that controls these, a touch panel press valid range is set for each window, and a touch panel press valid range is set for each window. Since the invalidity determination is made based on touch panel press effective range information based on the overlapping condition of the windows, we have created a screen input method that can handle a variety of input items in a multi-window method and enables more natural operation guidance. This has the remarkable effect of being achievable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of a screen input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the screen input device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows an example of a window displayed on a display. 4 is a diagram showing the structure and correlation of the window display management table and the touch panel press effective range information table, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a bank transfer input screen for more concrete explanation. 11 Touch panel, 12: CRT display, 1
3 Ni-hard control unit, 14: Arithmetic device, 15.Touch panel/window control unit, 16. Window display management table, 17: Screen buffer, 18: Screen display data, 1
9: Touch panel press effective range information table. Figure (Part 1) Figure (Part 2) Full screen display window overlap change (bl Evening, press Chibafuru Figure Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a device having a touch panel, a display, a multi-window control function, and a control unit that controls these, a touch panel press valid range is set for each window, and determination of whether touch panel press is valid or invalid is made based on the window. A screen input method characterized in that the screen input method is performed using touch panel press effective range information based on the degree of overlapping. 2. The effective press range of the touch panel is controlled so as to invalidate a window whose window frame is overwritten by another window in an overlapping window display state. Screen input method. 3. The window overlapping control is performed based on the size and order of previously displayed windows, with the frontmost window, that is, the last displayed window, as the first order.
3. The screen input method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of overlapping of each window is compared and controlled in order of ranking.