JPH05143503A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an information processor where an operation over the respective information processors is simplified by operating the plural information processors as one system. CONSTITUTION:An input part 10 inputting processing information, a memory 11 which is connected with the input part 10 and stores display information, CPU 12 which is connected with the memory 11 and controls display information stored in the memory 11 based on processing information which is inputted in the input part 10, a display part 13 which is connected with CPU 12 and displays display information stored in the memory 11 based on CPU 12 and a communicating part 14 and an input/output terminal 15 which are connected with CPU 12 and transmit specified information to another information processor based on CPU 12 are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device such as an electronic notebook and a word processor, and more particularly to an information processing device capable of operating by integrating a plurality of information processing devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an electronic notebook or a word processor is known as an information processing apparatus which is used mainly for managing addresses and creating sentences and which is mainly used by individuals. These information processing devices include a display unit, an input unit, a memory, a central processing unit (CPU), and the like.

FIG. 14 shows an example of connection of the conventional information processing apparatus described above.

Usually, when copying data from one information processing device to another information processing device, the data is copied from the floppy disk after the data is stored in an external storage such as a floppy disk in the copy source device. I often read it with the device I want.

Further, a method of copying a file by designating a device of the other party by using communication means is adopted. These schemes are effective when the devices are remote.

[0006]

However, the above-described conventional information processing apparatus is constructed so that the data belonging to an individual is managed and created by the individual, and the information processing apparatus and the data of another person are managed. Not configured to share. Therefore, when an address book created by another person is to be copied to his or her own information processing device, the address book created by another person is once recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disk, and the data is recorded using the recording medium. It is necessary to copy or move the information processing device to one's own information processing device, and as described above, there is a problem that the operation becomes complicated in the information processing device which can be connected adjacently.

In view of the above-mentioned problems in the conventional information processing apparatus, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can be operated as one system when a plurality of information processing apparatuses are connected.

[0008]

According to the present invention, an input means for inputting processing information, a storage means connected to the input means for storing display information, and an input means connected to the storage means for inputting. Control means for controlling the display information stored in the storage means based on the processed information, display means connected to the control means for displaying the display information stored in the storage means based on the control means, and control means It is achieved by an information processing device that is connected to the communication device and that has communication means for transmitting specific information to another information processing device based on the control means.

[0009]

In the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the input means inputs the processing information, the storage means is connected to the input means to store the display information, and the control means is connected to the storage means and is input by the input means. The display information stored in the storage means is controlled based on the processed information, the display means is connected to the control means and displays the display information stored in the storage means based on the control means, and the communication means controls the display information. It is connected to the means and transmits specific information to another information processing device based on the control means.

[0010]

Embodiments of the information processing apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

The information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has an input unit 10 which is an input unit for inputting processing information, a memory 11 which is a storage unit which is connected to the input unit 10 and stores display information, and a memory 11.
Connected to the central processing unit (CPU) 12, which is a control means for controlling the display information stored in the memory 11 based on the processing information input by the input unit 10, and is stored in the memory 11 The display unit 13 that is a display unit that displays the displayed display information based on the CPU 12, and the communication unit 14 that is a communication unit that is connected to the CPU 12 and that transmits specific information to another information processing apparatus based on the CPU 12 and an input unit. It is composed of the output terminal 15.

As shown in FIG. 1, the above-mentioned components are mutually connected by a communication bus 16.

Next, a first embodiment of multiple connections using the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of multiple connections using the information processing apparatus of this embodiment.

When connecting two information processing devices, the display-related buffers of all the connected information processing devices are treated as one large buffer, so that the flow shown in FIG.
As shown in the chart, the display-related buffer of one information processing device (information processing device A) is expanded to that of another connected information processing device (information processing device B).

When the display-related buffer is expanded, the contents of the current display buffer are mutually transmitted between the simultaneously connected information processing devices, and the display-related buffers of all the information processing devices are displayed by all the information processing devices. Ensure that relevant information is stored.

Therefore, the two information processing apparatuses A and B interconnected to each other can move the cursor indicating the input position to an arbitrary place on both display sections without being aware of the boundary between the information processing apparatuses.

As described above, even if two information processing devices are interconnected, only one cursor is displayed, and input is possible only at the position where the cursor is displayed. , It can be operated like one multi-window system by using a plurality of information processing devices.

Hereinafter, referring to the flow chart of FIG.
The operation of the above information processing apparatus will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, two information processing devices A are provided.
And the information processing device B are interconnected to respective input / output terminals 15 and 18 via a cable 17.

The input / output terminals 15 and 18 may be connected via the cable 17 as in this embodiment, or may be wirelessly connected.

The information processing apparatus A calculates the position of the cursor 19 based on the information obtained from the input unit 10 and displays it on the display unit 13.

On the other hand, the information processing apparatus B is the information processing apparatus A.
The cursor output from the communication section 14 of the input / output terminal 15
The position information of 19 is received by the input / output terminal 18 of the information processing apparatus B via the communication cable 17 and sent to the communication section 20.
Is based on the position information of the received cursor 19
Is displayed on the display unit 21 (step S1).

If the position of the cursor at the time of the previous processing is within the display area of the display unit 21 of the information processing apparatus B, the display of the cursor is erased (step S2), and the above step S1 is executed. It is determined whether or not the position of the new cursor 19 obtained in step 3 is within the display area of the display unit 21 of the information processing apparatus B (step S3). If step S3 is YES, it is obtained. Since the cursor 19 is displayed on the display unit 21 of the information processing apparatus B (step S4), only one cursor is always displayed and the two information processing apparatuses A and B operate as one system.

Next, the operation of moving an operation target such as a file between the two information processing apparatuses A and B will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

Here, a case where the operation target 26 (for example, a file) is moved from the information processing apparatus A to the information processing apparatus B will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5A, bring the cursor 19 to the operation target 26 (for example, file name),
The operation target 26 is specified by operating the mouse that is the input unit 10. After that, when the positions of the cursor 19 and the operation target 26 are moved in the lower right direction of the drawing, the positions shown in FIGS.
As shown in (c), the positions of the cursor 19 and the operation target 26 move to the display section 21 of the information processing apparatus B across the display boundary of the display section 13 of the information processing apparatus A. Here, the operation target 26 is moved to the information processing apparatus B by performing a movement completion operation with the mouse.

As described above, the movement of the operation target in one device or the movement between the two devices can be executed by the same operation, and the operability is improved.

The operation target 26 may be data of an application program operating on each device.

Now, the above operation will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is judged whether or not the reception data relating to the display is received (step U1), and the above step U is performed.
If 1 is YES, the display is rewritten using the reception data (step U2), and it is determined whether or not the reception data needs to directly change the screen of the information processing device (step U2). U3) If YES in step U3, the display related buffer of the corresponding information processing device is changed and displayed (step U4), and the received data of the changed portion is transmitted to another information processing device. (Step U5), the display-related buffer of another information processing device is rewritten.

It is assumed that the connected information processing devices each have information including areas displayed by other information processing devices. That is, when two information processing apparatuses are connected, both information processing apparatuses have two display-related buffers, and the contents thereof are always kept the same.

Although all display-related information is held, the area to be displayed is, of course, half of the area related to the corresponding information processing apparatus.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the operation target 26 is designated by the cursor 19 (step S5). If NO in step S5, it is determined whether or not the mouse button is pressed on the operation target 26. If it is determined (step S6) and the result of step S6 is YES, the information (file name, directory name, program name, data) of the designated operation target 26 is determined.
(Type of data) is stored (step S7), the designated operation target 26 is displayed in black-and-white reverse display or the like to show to the user (step S8), and the operation target 26 is moved by the information processing apparatus B to be moved forward. It is determined whether or not the cursor is within the self-display area of the information processing apparatus B (step S9), and Y is returned in step S9.
In the case of ES, the previous cursor is erased (step S1
0), in the case of NO at step S9, the operation target 26
Exists in the information processing apparatus A, the display data and information necessary for operation (information stored in step S7) are output from the communication unit 14 and the input / output terminal 15 of the information processing apparatus A. , Information processing device B through the communication cable 17
It is received through the input / output terminal 18 and the communication unit 20 (step S11). If the operation target 26 already exists in the information processing apparatus B, it is not necessary to receive it.

Then, the received data is transferred to the information processing device B.
Is displayed on the display unit 21 (step S12), and it is determined whether or not the move execution button has been pressed (step S13). If step S13 is YES, the information for executing the operation is set as the operation target 26. Is read from the existing information processing apparatus A (step S14), and based on the read information, the information of the operation target 26 is recorded in the information processing apparatus B which is the destination apparatus (step S15).

The operation of steps S5 to S15 completes the movement of the operation target 26 from the information processing apparatus A to the information processing apparatus B.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of means for displaying the position where the cursor is present in the information processing apparatus of this embodiment.

When the number of connected devices increases, it becomes necessary to find out in which device the cursor 19 exists because there is only one cursor.

Basically, the flow chart of FIG. 6 described above is used.
However, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, it is determined whether or not the reception data relating to the display has been received (step V1), and in the case of YES in the above step V1 , The display is rewritten using the reception data (step V2), the cursor position is displayed to indicate in which area the current cursor exists (step V3), and the screen of the information processing device is displayed. It is determined whether the received data has to be changed directly (step V4). If YES in step V4, the display related buffer of the corresponding information processing device is changed and displayed ( (Step V5), the received data of the changed portion is transmitted to the other information processing device to rewrite the display related buffer of the other information processing device (step V5).
6), in which display area the current cursor position exists after changing the display-related buffer is shown in FIG.
Display as shown in (b) (step V7). here,
Information on the current cursor position is included as information in the display-related buffer.

In the case of FIG. 7 (a), the position of the cursor 19 is relatively shown by making the display of the device without the cursor 19 dark. That is, by making the display section 13 of the information processing apparatus A in which the cursor 19 does not exist dark,
In the display unit 21 of the information processing apparatus B in which the
19 positions can be specified.

In the case of FIG. 7B, the box at the bottom of the display unit 13 of the information processing apparatus A and the box at the bottom of the display section 21 of the information processing apparatus B indicate the apparatus in which the cursor 19 is present. ..

Therefore, in the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the apparatus in which the cursor 19 is present can be easily determined by the means shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, so that the operability is improved.

In the operation described above (FIGS. 1 to 7), even when two information processing devices are connected, each information processing device has two display-related buffers, and the contents are always I will do it. Then, among the entire display-related buffers, by displaying only the portion in charge of the relevant information processing device, the functions shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C can be realized. In addition to the method described above, it is also possible to implement it while having information on only the area in charge.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen switching operation in the information processing apparatus of this embodiment.

When a large number of devices are connected and the operations between the devices are performed, the distance for moving the cursor increases,
It is configured to switch the display of each device.

FIG. 9A shows a case where the operation target 26 is moved. In this case, it was necessary to move the cursor 19 from the information processing apparatus A to the information processing apparatus C.

9B to 9D, the operation target 26 is designated (FIG. 9B), the screen is switched, and each operation target 26 is exchange-communicated by the communication unit 14 and recorded and displayed. After (Fig. 9
The case where the operation is performed is shown in (c)). By performing the switching, it is possible to operate the devices without moving the cursor 19 over the devices, and the operability is improved.

When operated independently, they operate as independent devices, but when they are connected to each other, the connection signal from each device is gated and the routine of the entire system starts to run. Operability is improved by changing to any of the modes.

FIG. 10 shows a processing flow of the display switching portion other than the flow chart of FIG.

Here, the processing when the screen switching signal is obtained by an instruction from a key or a mouse is shown. The display here switches the display other than the operation target object on the assumption that the operation target object and other objects are distinguished in the display-related buffer. As shown in FIG.
In the connection of the information processing apparatus as shown in, first, it is determined whether or not the screen is switched (step W1). If YES in step W1, the display pointer is replaced (step W2), and the replaced display is displayed. It is displayed based on the pointer (step W3), and the target object is displayed on the display unit whose screen is switched (step W4).

FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams showing an example of the dependent mode in the information processing apparatus of this embodiment. For example, when it is desired to perform a certain operation (such as deleting a file) in a plurality of information processing devices in the same manner, a mode dependent on another information processing device is created, and the operation shown in FIG.
When the device A is operated as in the case of, the devices B and B'subordinate thereto perform the same operation as the emulator. Further, as shown in FIG. 11B, when the file is copied from the device A to the device B, the file copy is similarly performed to the device B ′.

FIG. 12 shows the processing flow of FIG. 11 (a).

First, it is determined whether or not the information processing device is in the dependent mode (step X1). If YES in step X1, it is determined whether or not the input is transmitted from the main information processing device (master). (Step X2), the above Step X2
If YES, the operation is based on the transmitted data (step X3). On the other hand, NO in step X1 above
In the case of, it is judged whether or not the input is made from the input buffer (step X4), and in the case of YES in the above step X4, the operation is performed based on the input data (step X5).

That is, when the information processing device is in the dependent mode,
Since the input is sent from the master, it operates on the data sent. In this case, the display is the same as when operating alone, and only the input will be sent from the master.

When operating independently, the input is stored in the input buffer, so the operation is performed by referring to the part of the input buffer in which the input is stored.

On the other hand, in the case of FIG. 11B, the input data is
The data and the display-related data are transmitted, the information processing apparatus B'becomes a dependent mode, and operates based on the input data and the display-related data transmitted from the information processing apparatus B.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a large screen in the information processing apparatus of this embodiment.

When a plurality of information processing devices are connected, 1
One information processing device operates independently and a plurality of information processing devices operates as a system as a whole, and this mode switching is instructed from outside or from inside. It can be performed by any of.

As another mode, it is possible to enlarge the display of one information processing device over the entire display of a plurality of information processing devices as shown in FIG.

[0062]

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the input means for inputting processing information, the storage means connected to the input means for storing display information, and the input means connected to the storage means. Control means for controlling the display information stored in the storage means based on the input processing information; display means connected to the control means for displaying the display information stored in the storage means based on the control means; Since it is equipped with a communication means connected to the control means and transmitting specific information to another information processing device based on the control means, the movement of the cursor in the system and the copying of file data etc. , And the like can be easily moved, and as a result, the operation of the plurality of information processing devices can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a cursor in the case of multiple connections which is the first embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing device in the connection of FIG.

4 is a flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the information processing apparatus of FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation example between devices, which is a second embodiment of the information processing device of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of cursor position display in an information processing apparatus which is a third embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen switching operation example in the information processing apparatus which is the fourth embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a dependent mode in an information processing apparatus which is a fifth embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.
It is

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a large screen in an information processing apparatus which is a sixth embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example when two conventional information processing apparatuses are connected.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 12 Memory 13 Display section 14 Input section 15 Communication section 16 Input / output terminal 17 Cursor 26 Operation target

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting processing information, storage means connected to said input means for storing display information, and said processing information connected to said storage means and input by said input means. Control means for controlling the display information stored in the storage means based on the display means, and display means connected to the control means for displaying the display information stored in the storage means based on the control means; An information processing device, comprising: a communication device connected to the control device and transmitting specific information to another information processing device based on the control device.