JPH05210474A - Menu item control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To instantaneously identify the menu item enabling designation by executing the classificating by coloring for distinguishing a menu item enabling designation and a menu item disenabling designation. CONSTITUTION:At a main body 1 of a terminal equipment provided with a display screen 2, menu items A 4 and C 6 are defined as items enabling designation, for example, and menu items B 5 and D 7 are turned to the state of items disenabling designation. In the case of outputting and displaying a menu picture 3 onto the display screen 2, the menu items A 4 and C 6 are displayed in white, the menu items B 5 and D 7 disenabling designation are displayed in green on the display screen 2. Thus, an operator can judge the menu items enabling designation according to the color on the display screen, and operability can be drastically improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a menu item control system for a terminal device, and more particularly to a menu item control system by utilizing a menu screen displaying menu items.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional menu item control method in a terminal device having a menu screen display function is a method of displaying a menu item that can be designated and a menu item that cannot be designated on a screen of the terminal device without color-coding. Has become commonplace.

Now, there are menu item A, menu item B, menu item C, and menu item D, and when menu item B and menu item D cannot be specified, the menu item is displayed on the screen of the terminal device. A, menu item B,
When the menu item C and the menu item D are displayed, the non-designatable menu item B and the menu item D are also displayed in the same color as the specifiable menu item.

[0004]

In the conventional menu item control method described above, the menu items that can be designated and the menu items that cannot be designated are displayed in the same color on the display screen of the terminal device. When specifying, a menu item that cannot be specified is mistakenly specified.For the menu item displayed on the display screen, the operator is always aware of the items that can be specified when specifying the menu item. There is a drawback in that an operation must be performed, and an operation error may be induced.

It is an object of the present invention that, in the terminal device body 1 having the display screen 2, for example, the menu item A4 and the menu item C6 can be designated and the menu item B5 and the menu item D7 cannot be designated. When the menu screen 3 is output and displayed on the display screen 2, the menu item A4 and the menu item C6 are displayed in white, and the unspecifiable menu item B5 and the menu item D7 are displayed in green, respectively. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to provide a menu item control system in which the operator can determine a menu item that can be designated by a color on the display screen and greatly improve the operability.

[0006]

According to the menu item control method of the present invention, a plurality of menu items designated on the display screen that specify the conditions of the business process are selected and the selected menu item is controlled. In the menu item control method of the terminal device having the function of performing the relevant business processing, the menu items that can be selected at the time of operation and the menu items that cannot be specified are color-coded from the plurality of menu items on the display screen. It has a function of displaying on the display screen.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a terminal device for explaining a menu item control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the terminal device body 1 having the display screen 2 shown in FIG. 1, menu item A4 and menu item C are now available.
6 is an item that can be designated, and menu item B5 and menu item D7 are items that cannot be designated.

At this time, when the menu screen 3 is output and displayed on the display screen 2, the menu items A4 and C are displayed.
6 is displayed in white, and the undesignated menu items B5 and D7 are displayed in different colors.

Next, the operation of the menu item control system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the menu item control system of this embodiment.

Here, the flow of menu item control when the menu screen 3 is actually displayed on the display screen 2 will be described.

1 and 2, the target item is set to the menu item A4 as an initial value (step 10).
1).

When the target item is the END item 8 (step 102, Yes), step 107 is executed, and otherwise (step 102, No), step 103 is executed.

If the target item is an item that can be designated (step 103, Yes), step 104 is performed, and if it cannot be designated (step 103, No), step 10 is performed.
Do 5.

Then, in step 104, the target item is set to white, and in step 105, the countermeasure item is set to green.

The target item is set to the next item. For example, the item next to the menu item A4 is the menu item B5.
Is.

Since the menu item D7 is the next item after the last item, the END item 8 is set (step 106).

Display screen 2 of terminal unit body 1 in FIG.
The menu screen 3 is displayed on the top.

As a result, the menu items A4 and C6 are white, and the menu items B6 and D7 are white.
Is displayed in different colors in green.

The above will be described more specifically.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a concrete example of menu items on the display screen of the terminal device using the menu item control system of this embodiment.

For example, a bank's automatic teller machine (ATM ... Automated Teller Mac)
In the case of "hine)", deposits cannot be made after 6 pm, so in this case, as shown in Fig. 3, other selectable items such as "withdrawal" and "balance reference" that can be selected at the time of operation Possible items “deposit” are color-coded and displayed on the menu screen 3 on the display screen 2.

[0025]

As described above, the menu item control system of the present invention displays the menu items that can be designated and the menu items that cannot be designated in different colors on the display screen of the terminal device. The operator can judge the menu items that can be designated by the color on the display screen, and the operability can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a terminal device for explaining a menu item control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the menu item control method of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of menu items on a display screen of a terminal device using the menu item control system of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Terminal device body 2 Display screen 3 Menu screen 4 Menu item A 5 Menu item B 6 Menu item C 7 Menu item D 8 END item

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device having a function of selecting a plurality of menu items displayed on a display screen and designating conditions for the business process and controlling the selected menu item to perform the business process. In the menu item control method, the function of displaying on the display screen color-coded menu items that can be selected during operation and menu items that cannot be specified among the plurality of menu items on the display screen are displayed. A menu item control method characterized by having.