JPH0553743A - Guidance display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the guidance for each type of operations and in accordance with the expertness of a user without setting a level of detailedness of the guidance. CONSTITUTION:A guidance display device contains a guidance storage part 2 where the guidances of plural levels of detailedness are stored, an operation count storage part 8 where the operating frequency is held for each type of operations, a misoperation deciding part 5, an operation count-up part 6 where the operating frequency is counted up with decision of no misoperation, an operation count-down part 7 where the operating frequency is counted down with decision of a misoperation, a control part 10 where the operating frequency is compared with the deciding frequency and an instruction is given to a display control part 11 to display a specific guidance, and the part 11 where the guidance instructed by the part 10 is displayed at a display part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a guidance display device for displaying guidance on operating procedures of electronic computers and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to improve the operability of a user with respect to an electronic computer, a guidance display device for displaying a sentence that describes an operation method called a guidance has been used.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a conventional guidance display device.
In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes an input unit that receives a user's operation and inputs the operation content.

A display unit 304 displays guidance. A display guidance setting unit 302 allows the user to specify which guidance for beginners or advanced guidance is to be displayed, and sets information indicating the guidance. 303 is a display control unit,
The display unit 304 instructs the display unit 304 to display the guidance for the beginner or the advanced player designated in the display guidance setting unit 302.

A guidance storage unit 305 stores guidance for advanced users and beginners. Actually, various components other than the above are required to form a normal guidance display device, but they are omitted because they are not the main object of the present invention. The operation of the conventional guidance display device as described above will be described below.

First, the user inputs to the display guidance setting unit 302 whether to display the guidance for beginners or the guidance for advanced users stored in the guidance storage unit. Next, for example, when a deletion operation is performed on the computer, the input unit 301 receives the operation, and the display control unit 303 instructs the deletion operation to display the guidance set in the guidance display unit. To do.

[0006] The display unit 304 displays the instructed guidance "For beginners," Move the cursor with the mouse to specify the end points of the area to be deleted ", and for advanced users" Please specify the range '' is displayed.

[0007]

In the conventional guidance display device, as described in the above-mentioned specific example, when the user sets the guidance display for the beginner,
The guidance for beginners is always a redundant expression even for operations learned and used frequently by the user and the operability deteriorates, or the guidance display must be reset for advanced users. The operation was troublesome.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional guidance display device, the present invention can improve the user's skill level without the need for the user to perform guidance setting operations for beginners and advanced users, for example. It is an object of the present invention to provide a guidance display device capable of selecting and displaying appropriate guidance corresponding to the guidance display device.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 holds a plurality of level of detail guidance regarding the operation of the operation target device, and provides guidance of any level of detail. In a guidance display device for selectively displaying the detail level determining means for determining the detail level of the guidance to be displayed according to the skill level of the operator, and the detail level guidance determined by the detail level determining means. And a guidance display control means for displaying.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the guidance display device according to the first aspect, a counting means for counting the number of operations for each type of operation performed, a count value counted by the counting means and a predetermined determination. It is characterized by comprising a skill level determination means for comparing the number of times and the skill level of the operator. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the guidance display device according to the second aspect further includes a determination number setting unit that sets the determination number.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the guidance display device according to the third aspect further includes count value reducing means for reducing the count value for each type of operation when an erroneous operation is performed. To do.

[0012]

When the operation target device such as a computer is operated, if the operation is performed correctly, the counting means counts the number of times of the input operation, and if it is an erroneous operation, the count value decreasing means Reduces the number of operations. The determination count setting means sets the determination count according to the determination count setting operation.
The skill level determination means compares the number of times of operations counted as described above with the set number of times of determination to determine the skill level of the operator, and the detail level setting means displays according to the determined skill level. The detail level of the guidance is determined, and the guidance display control means displays the guidance of the determined detail level.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document editing device equipped with a guidance display device will be described below as an example with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a guidance display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a document editing unit for creating a document.

A guidance storage unit 2 stores guidance at two levels of detail, for example, guidance for advanced users and guidance for beginners. A display unit 3 displays guidance. An input unit 4 receives an operation by the user. An operation count storage unit 8 holds the number of operations for each type of operation performed by the user (field value).

An erroneous operation determination unit 5 determines whether the operation performed by the user is an erroneous operation. An operation count-up unit 6 counts up the number of operations corresponding to the operation performed by the user, which is held in the operation count storage unit, when the erroneous operation determination unit 5 determines that the operation is not an erroneous operation. ..

An operation countdown unit 7 counts down the number of operations corresponding to the operation performed by the user, which is held in the operation count storage unit, when the erroneous operation determination unit 5 determines that the operation is erroneous. Is. A determination number setting unit 9 stores the number of determinations for each type of operation for determining whether to display the guidance for beginners or the guidance for advanced users according to the user's setting operation. ..

A control unit 10 compares the number of operations of the operation count storage unit 8 with the number of determinations stored in the determination number setting unit 7, and when the former value is equal to or less than the latter value. The display control unit 11 is instructed to display the guidance for beginners, and when the former value is larger than the latter value, the display control unit 11 is instructed to display the advanced guidance.

A display control unit 11 controls the display unit 3 to display either the guidance for beginners or the guidance for advanced users based on an instruction from the control unit 10. Actually, various components other than the above are required to form a normal guidance display device, but they are omitted because they are not the main object of the present invention.

The operation of the guidance display device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that it is assumed that the user determines in advance the number of times of determining whether to display the guidance of the beginner or the advanced user, three times. Further, it is assumed that the number of deletion operations by the user is two at this point.

First, when the user performs an operation for deleting the document editing apparatus (S1), guidance for beginners or advanced guidance for the deletion operation is displayed (S2). Whether any of the above-mentioned guidances is displayed depends on the instruction given in S17 or S18 described later when the previous deletion operation is performed.

When the user correctly performs a predetermined operation on the computer and the delete operation is completed, the input unit 1 accepts the delete operation and inputs the operation content. The erroneous operation determination unit 5 determines that the deletion operation input from the input unit 4 is not an erroneous operation (S3), and the operation count-up unit 6 counts up the number of input deletion operations as 3 (S4),
The operation count 3 of the deleted delete operation is stored in the operation count storage unit 8.

The control unit 10 compares the number of operations 3 stored in the operation count storage unit 8 with the number of determinations 3 set by the user in the determination number setting unit 9 (S6),
Since the former value is less than the latter value, the display of the guidance for beginners is determined and the display control unit 11 is instructed to that effect (S7). Subsequently, the display control unit 11 instructs the display unit 3 to display the guidance for the beginner based on the instruction of the control unit 10 for the deletion operation. For the next deletion operation, the display section 3 displays the instructed guidance for beginners "Move the cursor with the mouse to specify the end points of the area to be deleted".

Next, it is assumed that the correct deletion operation is performed again. Similarly to the above, if it is determined in S3 that there is no erroneous operation, the number of delete operations is increased to 4 in S4. Number of delete operations counted up 4
Is compared with 3 which is the value set in the judgment number setting unit 9 (S6), and the former value is larger than the latter value, so the display control unit 11 is instructed to display the guidance for advanced users (S8). ). Subsequently, the display control unit 11 instructs the display unit 3 to display a guidance for advanced users in response to the deletion operation.

For the next deletion operation, the display section 3 displays the guidance for advanced users "Please specify the deletion area". Further, it is assumed that the user makes an erroneous deletion operation this time. Similarly to the above, the input unit 1 inputs the operation content. Next, when it is determined in S3 that the delete operation is an erroneous operation, the operation countdown unit 7 counts down the number of delete operations input from the input unit to 3 (S
5), the count-down value is also stored in the operation count storage unit 8. The control unit 10 compares the value 3 stored in the operation count storage unit 8 with the value 3 set in the determination number setting unit 9 (S6), and the value of the former is less than or equal to the value of the latter. The controller 11 is instructed to display the guidance for beginners (S7). Subsequently, the display control unit 11 instructs the display unit 3 to display the guidance for the beginner based on the instruction of the control unit 10 for the deletion operation. The display unit 6 displays the instructed guidance for beginners "Move the cursor with the mouse to indicate both end points of the area to be deleted".

As described above, when correct operation is continuously performed, simple guidance for an advanced person is automatically displayed, while erroneous operation is continuously performed because, for example, the operation method is forgotten. If you do, a polite guidance for beginners is automatically displayed. Further, when the user needs only the guidance for advanced users, for example, even if the user makes a mistaken operation, if the number of determination times is set small by the determination number setting unit 9, the guidance for beginners is made difficult to be displayed. You can also

[0026]

As described above, according to the guidance display device of the present invention, since the detail level determining means for determining the detail level of the guidance to be displayed according to the skill level of the operator is provided, the operation can be performed. For example, guidance for advanced users and beginners is automatically selected according to the skill level of the person, so that appropriate guidance is displayed.

Since the user can set the number of determinations to a desired number by providing the determination number setting means, the guidance display can be selected more appropriately for each user. Therefore, it is possible to significantly improve the operability of the device provided with the guidance display device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document editing apparatus including a guidance display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the guidance display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional guidance display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 display section 4 input section 5 erroneous operation determination section 6 operation count up section 7 operation count down section 9 determination number setting section 8 operation count storage section 10 control section 11 display control section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A guidance display device, which holds guidance of a plurality of detail levels regarding the operation of an operation target device and selectively displays guidance of any one of the detail levels, in accordance with the skill level of the operator. A detail level determining means for determining the detail level of the guidance to be displayed,
And a guidance display control means for displaying guidance of the level of detail determined by the level of detail determination means. 2. A proficiency level for determining the skill level of an operator by comparing a counting value counted by the counting means with a predetermined determination frequency by counting means for counting the number of operations for each type of operation performed. The guidance display device according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit. 3. The guidance display device according to claim 2, further comprising a determination count setting unit that sets the determination count. 4. The guidance display device according to claim 3, further comprising count value decreasing means for decreasing the count value for each type of operation when an erroneous operation is performed.