JPH05298053A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability in display of specified screen at the time of executing the various kinds of functions for a personal computer. CONSTITUTION:The personal computer is provided with an LCD 3 to display various functional screens, an information storage control part 13 to store screen information required for displaying the screen having the prescribed function on the LCD 3 in a main storage part 7, a name adding part 14 to add corresponding names to the screen information and to store them in the main storage part 7, a data display part 16 to read the names stored in the main storage part 7 and to display them at the LCD 3, and a name selecting part 15 to select one name from the plural names displayed at the LCD 3. And, when one name is instructed by a stylus pen 4, the data display part 16 operates the function corresponding to the one name and displays the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a screen display function such as multi-window.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is provided with a screen display function such as a multi-window, and improvement of operability when calling the window screen is desired.

As shown in FIG. 7, a conventional personal computer includes an integrated input display device 51, a stylus pen 72 for indicating coordinates on the screen of the integrated input display device 71, and the stylus pen 72. It is composed of an integrated input display device 71 and a control unit 73 that performs various information processing based on the coordinate information obtained. The integrated input display device 71 includes a coordinate detection panel such as a transparent tablet 74 and a liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD).
And 75 are overlapped. Further, the stylus pen 72 is provided with a pen tip switch which is turned on when the pen tip is pressed by the transparent tablet 74 or the like. The pen tip switch is used to instruct the start and end of processing at the same time as the stylus pen 72 is operated. The control unit 73 has a so-called multi-window function for displaying a plurality of screens on the LCD 75.

This multi-window function is executed by the following operation on the personal computer by the user.

For example, a screen of a spreadsheet function is called as a window on a screen already displayed on the LCD 75, for example, a screen of a word processor (hereinafter referred to as word processor) function, and a specific file of this spreadsheet function is called,
When displaying a specific part of the file, first, when the user instructs the multi-window function with the stylus pen 72, the control unit 73 causes the function menu to be displayed on a part of the word processor screen as shown in FIG. 8A. Is displayed. Subsequently, when the user selects "spreadsheet" in the menu with the stylus pen 72, the spreadsheet software is activated in the window as shown in FIG. 8B.

Further, when the user operates the spreadsheet function with the stylus pen 72 and specifies the data file name of the spreadsheet to be viewed, the data file is called and displayed in the window as shown in FIG. 8 (c). The stylus pen 72 allows the user to scroll with the scroll keys (↓,
When ↑, ←, →) is operated, the screen is scrolled to the desired data position, and the data display position of the spreadsheet is moved as shown in FIG. 8 (d).

By the way, when the user wants to repeatedly view a specific portion of specific data in a certain function, the user operates the stylus pen 72 to perform the same operation such as 1) function call, 2) data call, and 3) data position movement. Need to be repeated. Such an instruction operation (continuous instruction operation accompanied by movement of the stylus pen 72) is troublesome for the user, and the number of operations increases as the number of screen developments of the multi-window increases.

[0008]

As described above, in the above-described conventional information processing apparatus, when the user operates the screen, the same operation is often repeated, and there is a problem that the instruction operation is troublesome. ..

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and when a user wants to repeatedly call a desired screen, the information processing apparatus having excellent operability can call the screen by a simple operation. Is intended to provide.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an information processing apparatus of the present invention is required to display a screen of various functions and to display a screen of a predetermined function on this display unit. Storage means for storing the screen information together with the information name added correspondingly, means for calling the information name from the storage means by a predetermined operation and displaying it on the display section, and the display section displayed on the display section. Means for selecting one information name from the information names, reading the screen information corresponding to the one information name from the storage means, displaying the information on the display unit, and operating a function for processing the information And means.

[0011]

According to the present invention, when the function screen is displayed on the display unit, information names are added to the screen information and stored in advance, and when the user wants to see the screen repeatedly, the information name is displayed on the screen. When the desired information name is displayed on the screen, the data display means displays a screen corresponding to the information name on the display unit.

As a result, the screen calling operation performed by the user is simplified and the operability of the information processing apparatus is improved.

[0013]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) as an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a stylus pen used in this personal computer. is there.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an integrated input display device, for example, a transparent tablet 2 and a liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD) 3 which are superposed on each other. Reference numeral 4 denotes a stylus pen, which gives coordinate instructions to the integrated input display device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the stylus pen 4 is provided with a pen tip switch 5, and the pen tip switch 5 is turned on by pressing the pen tip. It can be done simultaneously with pen operation. An input control unit 6 controls the transparent tablet 2 and the stylus pen 4 to detect coordinate data of the transparent tablet 2 designated by the stylus pen 4 and state information (ON / OFF, etc.) of the pen tip switch 5. .. Reference numeral 7 denotes a main storage unit, which is, for example, a non-volatile memory that stores and holds various data. Reference numeral 8 denotes an auxiliary storage device, such as a hard disk device, which stores various files. 9 is a main control unit,
Controls the entire device. For example, it controls writing and reading of various commands to and from the main memory 7, and basic functions such as multi-window function and handwriting character recognition function. A function execution unit 10 executes various functions such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a calculator, a memo and a schedule. Reference numeral 11 denotes a character recognizing unit, which converts a character handwritten by the stylus pen 4 into an image and captures it, and displays a character pattern corresponding to the character image. A display control unit 12 performs display control for displaying the instructed information on the LCD 3 in accordance with the instruction of each unit. An information storage control unit 13 stores the screen information of the predetermined function displayed on the LCD 3 in the main storage unit 7. Reference numeral 14 denotes a name addition unit, which uses the handwriting character recognition function of the character recognition unit 11 to give a name as an information name to the screen information of a predetermined function stored in the main storage unit 7, and adds the name to the screen information. Correspond to the main memory 7
Remember. Reference numeral 15 is a name selection unit, and a name addition unit 14
The name stored by is displayed on the display screen, and one of them is selected according to the input information from the input control unit 6. A data display unit 16 operates (controls) the function execution unit 10 having the screen information according to the screen information corresponding to one name selected by the name selection unit 15.
The function screen (data) is displayed.

Here, a general function called on the window screen of the personal computer will be described.

Word processing function This is a function for creating a document by inputting characters by the handwritten character recognition function and performing various operations with the stylus pen 4, and the created document is stored in the auxiliary storage device 8 as a document file. Further, the stored document can be read and corrected.

· Spreadsheet A function for inputting characters by the handwritten character recognition function and performing various operations with the stylus pen 4 to perform general spreadsheet calculations.
The created spreadsheet data is stored in the device as a data file. Also, the stored data file can be read and modified.

[Calculator] When the screen of the calculator is displayed and the key is selected with the stylus pen 4, general arithmetic operations are executed.

Memo: A function of displaying the handwriting of the stylus pen 4 on the transparent tablet 2 on the screen of the LCD 3 and storing the handwritten image as a memo in the main storage unit 7, which is an image of a screen size that can be displayed on the window screen. Multiple items can be stored, with the data as one item. The stored memo data can be recalled and modified.

Schedule A function for inputting a daily schedule by using the handwritten character recognition function and the stylus pen 4, and registering the schedule in the main storage unit 7. The registered schedule can be called and modified.

Subsequently, the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIG.
The storage procedure of the screen in this personal computer will be described with reference to the display example of.

As shown in FIG. 4A, in the initial state, even when a screen, for example, a word processor function screen is displayed on the LCD 3, the "screen call" key for operating the multi-window function is displayed, for example, in the lower left corner of the screen. Is displayed in.

When the stylus pen 4 is operated in a partial area of the word processor screen to display a window screen, for example, a data screen of a data file of a spreadsheet function (step
301), a "screen memory" key and scroll keys (↓, ↑, ←, →) are displayed below this screen.

As an operation for displaying this screen again (repeatedly), first, the "screen storage" key is selected with the stylus pen 4 (step 302).

Then, the information storage control unit 13 causes the main storage device 7 to display the information (screen information) required to display the data (screen) currently displayed in the window, for example, the type of function, the file name and the display position. Etc. are stored (step 303). If the "memorize screen" key is not selected, the process waits for other processing (step 304).

This screen information is as shown below.

In the case of a word processor, the type of function = word processor, call document file name, display position in document (display start item, line, digit).

In the case of spreadsheet, the type of function = spreadsheet, call data file name, display position in data file (display start item, line, digit).

In the case of a calculator, the type of function = calculator.

In the case of memo, the type of function = memo, display item.

In the case of schedule, function type = schedule, schedule date (year, month, day) Further, at the same time as storing, the window display screen is as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the name addition unit 14 switches to the name input screen (step 305).

When the name is input with the stylus pen 4 in each character input frame on the display screen, for example, "Y" and "Masu", the character is recognized by the handwritten character recognition function and the character is displayed in the character input frame. Displayed sequentially (step 306)
).

After that, when the "end" key is selected with the stylus pen 4, the displayed name is stored in the main storage unit 7 in correspondence with the screen information already stored by the name disable unit 14 ( Step 307). At the same time as storing, the window display screen is returned to the various function screens by the unnamed portion 14 (step 308).

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and the display example of FIG. 6, the screen calling procedure in this personal computer will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6A, when the "call screen" key on the display screen is selected with the stylus pen 4 (step 501), as shown in FIG.
Then, the respective names stored in the main memory 7 are displayed on the window (step 502). If the "call screen" key is not selected, the process stands by for other processing (step 503).

When one of the names on the window screen is selected by the stylus pen 4 (step 504), the name selecting section 15 changes the name to the data display section 1.
6, the data display unit 16 calls the function execution unit 10 having the screen information according to the screen information corresponding to the name selected by the stylus pen 4, and displays the screen information data in the window (step 505).

For example, when the selected name is for viewing a part of the data of the spreadsheet, the kind of the function (= spreadsheet) stored as the data display command, the data file name, and the start of the spreadsheet are selected. The processing is executed in the apparatus as follows according to the row and the digit.

1) Call the spreadsheet function to the window.

2) Read the specified data file.

3) The window screen is scrolled so that the designated line / column in the spreadsheet data becomes the line / column of the display start in the window.

As described above, according to the personal computer of this embodiment, the name is stored in advance in association with the display screen to be viewed, and when the screen (data) is repeatedly called on the window, it is stored. Display the name on the window and select the desired name from it using the stylus pen 4. The screen corresponding to that name will be called up on the window. The operation of calling the function screen can be omitted, and the operation procedure can be simplified.

As a result, the user can see the desired data without remembering the operating procedure for displaying the data, and the operability of the personal computer can be improved.

In the present embodiment, the so-called multi-window function of displaying another function screen as a window in a part of the display screen has been described, but the present invention is one in which the entire display screen is switched for each screen. It can also be applied to one screen operation. Further, the present invention can be applied to various information processing devices including an integrated input display device, such as a pen input electronic notebook, a pen input word processor, and a pen input terminal. Further, in the present embodiment, an example using the integrated input display device has been described, but the present invention is an information processing device provided with a general display device and a pointing device such as a mouse and a keyboard, By replacing the stylus pen with a pointing device and replacing the handwriting input device with a keyboard, the same operation and effect can be obtained.

[0045]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, if the screen information to be repeatedly displayed is stored in the storage means in advance, the instruction operation procedure is omitted when calling a desired screen. Since the number of instruction operations is small, the operability of the information processing device can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a stylus pen used in the personal computer of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a screen storage procedure in this embodiment.

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a display example of a screen operated in the procedure of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a screen calling procedure in this embodiment.

6A, 6B, and 6C are diagrams showing display examples of screens operated in the procedure of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a conventional personal computer.

8 (a), (b), (c), and (d) are diagrams showing display examples for explaining the operation procedure of the conventional multi-window function of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Integrated input display device, 2 ... Transparent tablet, 3 ... Liquid crystal display, 4 ... Stylus pen, 5 ... Pen tip switch, 6 ... Input control part, 7 ... Main memory part, 8 ... Auxiliary storage device, 9 ... Main Control unit, 10 ... Function executing unit, 11 ... Character recognition unit, 12 ... Display control unit, 13 ... Information storage control unit, 14 ...
Name addition section, 15 ... Name selection section, 16 ... Data display section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display unit for displaying screens of various functions, a storage unit for storing screen information necessary for displaying the screens of predetermined functions on the display unit together with information names added correspondingly, and a predetermined unit. Means for calling the information name from the storage means by operation and displaying it on the display unit; means for selecting one information name from the information names displayed on the display unit; and the one information name An information processing apparatus, comprising: a unit that reads the screen information corresponding to the item from the storage unit, displays the screen information on the display unit, and operates a function for processing the information.