JPH0511959A - Multiwindow controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the work of an operator for displaying a window again in the multiwindow controller for a computer system. CONSTITUTION:When a cursor position judgment part 102 designated by a cursor judges that a working window is a window to be worked, a window position control part 103 arranges the window at a fixed position designated beforehand in a display picture together with the cursor, and a window shape control part 104 changes the shape of the window into a fixed size designated in advance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-window control device in a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a display device having a multi-window display function, a plurality of windows are displayed on one display screen and processing is performed in each window. In an overlap-type multi-window display device, a plurality of windows are displayed in a partially overlapped state, which may complicate the screen and make it difficult to see. In this case, in general, the screen is made easy to see by changing the layout and shape of the window required by the operator. Less than,
An example of a conventional multi-window control device will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a conventional multi-window control device. In the figure, 301 is an input unit, 30
2 is a window information processing unit, and 303 is a display unit. The operation of the conventional multi-window control device configured as described above and the operation of the operator will be described below. In a state where a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen, the operator operates the mouse to move the cursor to a desired window in order to switch the work windows. When the corresponding window is a subordinate window of another window, the operator may operate the mouse to move the corresponding window to the top and further change the size. These pieces of information are input from the input unit 301 to the window information unit 302, and the display unit 303 refers to the window information unit 302 to redisplay the window.

[0004]

In the conventional multi-window control device, as described in the above-mentioned specific example, an operator is required to make the screen easy to see each time the cursor is moved to switch the working window. It was necessary to rearrange the windows and change the shape.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-window control device capable of reducing the work of an operator for redisplaying a window.

[0006]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multi-window control device which displays a window together with a cursor when the window to be worked is designated by the cursor and the cursor position judging unit judges that the window is to be worked. A window position control unit that arranges it at a predetermined position on the screen is provided, and the shape of the window is specified in advance when the window to be worked is specified by the cursor and the cursor position judgment unit judges that it is the window to work A window shape control unit for changing the size to a fixed size is provided.

A multi-window control device according to a second aspect is the multi-window control device according to the first aspect, wherein a window to be worked is displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen together with a cursor for designating the window, and then a predetermined preset. A cursor control unit is provided to erase the display of the cursor after the elapse of time.

[0008]

According to the structure of claim 1, when the window to be worked is designated by the cursor and the cursor position judging unit judges that it is the window to be worked, the window position control unit displays the window together with the cursor on the display screen. The window shape control unit changes the shape of the window to a predetermined size specified in advance.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, after the window to be worked is displayed at a certain position on the display screen together with the cursor designating the window, the cursor control unit displays the cursor after a predetermined time elapses. to erase.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a multi-window control device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment; Corresponding to Claim 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a multi-window control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 101 denotes an input unit for inputting cursor movement information when the operator operates the mouse to move the cursor. A cursor position determination unit 102 determines the position of the cursor when the cursor moves and holds the information.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a window position control unit which, when the cursor is on the window, changes the information on the position of the window to a position designated by the operator in advance by the input unit 101. A window shape control unit 104 changes the size information of the window to a size designated by the operator in advance by the input unit 101 when the cursor is on the window.

Reference numeral 105 denotes a window information section, which holds information on all windows. A display unit 106 displays a window and a cursor designating the window on the display screen by referring to the window information in the window information unit 105. The operation of the multi-window control device of this embodiment constructed as above will be described below with reference to FIG.

With a plurality of windows being displayed on the display screen, the operator operates the mouse to move the cursor to a desired window in order to switch the work windows. At this time, the cursor position determination unit 102
Reads the coordinates of the cursor position (step 40
1) Further, by referring to the window information section 105, it is judged whether or not the coordinates are within the window (step 402). If it is in the window, the window position control unit 103 determines whether the window is the top window (step 403),
The windows are overlapped and the position is changed (step 404). Furthermore, the window shape control unit 1
04 determines whether or not the size needs to be changed (step 405), and performs the size changing process (step 406). The display unit 106 is the window information unit 1.
The window and the cursor designating the window are displayed again by referring to 05 (step 407).

According to the multi-window control device of this embodiment, when the window to be worked is specified by the cursor and the cursor position judging unit judges that it is the window to be worked, the window is automatically fixed together with the cursor. Since it is displayed in a certain size at the position,
The operator does not need to change the position and shape of the work window by operating the mouse. Therefore, the work of the operator for redisplaying the window can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment; Corresponding to Claim 2) FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a multi-window control device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 201 is an input unit,
The cursor movement information is input when the operator operates the mouse to move the cursor. A cursor position determination unit 202 determines the position of the cursor when the cursor moves and holds the information.

Reference numeral 203 denotes a window position control unit which, when the cursor is on the window, changes the information on the position of the window to the position designated by the operator in advance by the input unit 201. A window shape control unit 204 changes the size information of the window to a size designated by the operator in advance by the input unit 201 when the cursor is on the window.

Reference numeral 205 denotes a window information section, which holds information on all windows. Reference numeral 206 denotes a cursor control unit, which determines whether or not to display the cursor depending on whether or not the time the cursor is present at a certain position exceeds a certain time. Two
Reference numeral 07 denotes a cursor information section, which holds information on the position of the cursor and display / non-display. A display unit 208 displays a window and a cursor designating the window on the display screen based on the window information held by the window information unit 205 and the cursor information held by the cursor information unit 207.

The operation of the multi-window control device of this embodiment constructed as described above will be described below with reference to FIG. In a state where a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen, the operator operates the mouse to move the cursor to a desired window in order to switch the work windows. At this time, by referring to the cursor information section 207, the display section 208 judges whether or not the cursor is in a non-display state (step 501) and displays the cursor (step 502). Next, the cursor position determination unit 202 reads the coordinates of the position of the cursor (step 503), and further refers to the window information unit 205 to determine whether the coordinates are within the window (step 504). If it is in the window, the window position control unit 203 determines whether or not the window is the top window (step 5).
05), the windows are overlapped and the position is changed (step 506). Further, the window shape control unit 204 determines whether or not the size needs to be changed (step 507), and performs the size changing process (step 508). The display unit 208 redisplays the window and the cursor designating the window by referring to the window information unit 205 (step 50).
9).

Further, the cursor control unit 206 determines whether or not to erase the cursor by referring to the cursor information unit 207, and when it is determined to erase (after redisplaying the window and the cursor at a certain position). When a certain period of time has elapsed), cursor non-display processing is performed (step 510), and the display unit 208 erases the cursor display accordingly (step 511).

According to the multi-window control device of this embodiment, by displaying the cursor only when necessary,
An easy-to-read display screen can be constructed. Other effects are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[0021]

According to the multi-window control device of the present invention, when the window to be worked is designated by the cursor and the cursor position judging unit judges that the window is to be worked, the window is displayed together with the cursor on the display screen. Since the window shape is changed to a predetermined size, the operator's work for redisplaying the window can be reduced. .

According to the multi-window control device of the second aspect, the display of the cursor is turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed after the window to be worked is displayed at a certain position on the display screen together with the cursor designating the window. Therefore, it is possible to construct a display screen that is easy to see by minimizing the display of the cursor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a multi-window control device of a first embodiment of the present invention corresponding to claim 1. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a multi-window control device according to a second embodiment of the present invention corresponding to claim 2.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional multi-window control device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the multi-window control device of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the multi-window control device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 Input section 102 cursor position determination unit 103 Window position control unit 104 window shape control unit 105 window information section 106 display 201 Input section 202 cursor position determination unit 203 Window position control unit 204 Window shape control unit 205 window information section 206 cursor control unit 207 Cursor information section 208 display

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A window for arranging the window to be worked together with the cursor at a predetermined designated position in the display screen when the window to be worked is designated by the cursor and is judged by the cursor position judging unit to be the window to be worked. A window shape provided with a position control unit and changing the shape of the window to a predetermined size when the window to be worked is designated by the cursor and the cursor position determination unit determines that the window is to be worked A multi-window control device comprising a control unit. 2. A cursor control unit is provided for deleting the display of the cursor after a predetermined time has elapsed since the window to be worked was displayed at a fixed position on the display screen together with the cursor designating the window. The multi-window control device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that.