JPH06133035A - Terminal pseudo interface automatic generation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily generate a terminal pseudo interface where parts are most suitably arranged. CONSTITUTION:A setting interface part 21 reads parts type information A stored in a parts data base 22 and displays parts type information A on a calling type and a dial system in a selection system. When a user selects the parts type and selected information is outputted as setting information B, a parts optimum arrangement function part 23 reads parts graphic information C corresponding to the setting information B from a parts data base 22, and decides optimum parts arrangement based on information on the size of the parts and the standard arrangement of the parts. When the arrangement of the parts is decided, the arrangement state of the parts is displayed in an interface part for recognition 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for generating an interface of a pseudo terminal device used for a connection test of a terminal device in an exchange system or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a large-scale system such as an exchange system, the amount of coupling test between the exchange system and the terminal device increases as the number of services provided and the number of terminal devices available in the system increase. However, it is difficult to perform an operation test using an actual terminal device.

Therefore, it is required to realize a virtual pseudo terminal device by software on a computer such as a workstation so that an operation test can be performed on the pseudo terminal device. In that case, since it is necessary to operate the various buttons provided on the terminal device to confirm the operation, a terminal pseudo interface is provided so that the operation unit of the terminal device can be displayed as an image image and the button operation etc. can be performed on the screen. Need to create.

Conventionally, when a terminal pseudo interface is created, the image of each part is displayed as a parts list, and the creator selects a necessary part from the displayed parts and arranges the selected parts. I was creating an interface by deciding.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a conventional terminal pseudo interface creation apparatus, and FIG. 9 is a parts list interface section 11 and pseudo terminal construction interface section 14 of FIG.
Is an example of the display of.

The parts list interface unit 11 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the telephone handset, dial operation unit,
Parts that indicate the transmission type, dial type, etc. are displayed, and the part graphic information of these parts is the part database 1
Stored in 2.

The creator creates a parts list interface unit 11
When the component displayed on the screen is moved by clicking with a mouse or the like, the component graphic information of the clicked component is read from the component database 12 by the inter-interface data cooperation function unit 13, and the pseudo terminal construction interface unit 1
The part is displayed at the designated position of 4. The creator repeatedly moves the parts with the mouse to create a telephone interface as shown in FIG.

The pseudo terminal file generator 15 reads a component library (a program for realizing the function of each component) of each component, the placement of which is determined by the creator, from the component database 12, and the component library and the component placement of each component. A terminal pseudo program that links the information and simulates the terminal device is generated and stored in the pseudo terminal file 16.

[0009]

However, in the above-described terminal pseudo-interface creating apparatus, the creator himself / herself needs to determine the arrangement of the parts, so if the creator is not skilled in creating the terminal pseudo-interface, There are problems that screen space is wasted, and that an interface with a button layout that is difficult to operate is created so that the coupling test with the exchange system cannot be performed efficiently.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal pseudo interface automatic generation device capable of easily creating a terminal pseudo interface having an optimum component arrangement.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. In the figure, the parts database 1
Stores the component type information 8, the component graphic information 6 of each component, and the component library 7 that realizes the function of each component.

The setting interface unit 2 sets a component used in the terminal device based on the component type information 8 stored in the component database 1. The optimal placement unit 3 reads the component graphic information 6 of the component set by the setting interface unit 2 from the component database 1, determines the optimal placement of the component, and creates the component placement information 9 indicating the placement of each component. .

The confirmation interface unit 4 displays a confirmation interface screen showing the arrangement state of each component based on the component arrangement information 9 output from the optimum arrangement unit 3. The terminal pseudo program generation unit 5 generates a terminal pseudo program from the component placement information 9 output from the optimum placement unit 3, the component graphic information 6 and the component library 7 read from the component database 1.

[0014]

In the present invention, when the parts of the terminal device are set by the setting interface 2, the optimum placement section 3 reads the part graphic information 6 of the set parts from the parts database 1 and sets the set parts. The optimal placement of is determined. Then, the placement state of the components determined by the optimum placement unit 3 is displayed on the confirmation interface unit 4, and the terminal pseudo program generation unit 5 generates a terminal pseudo program that realizes the function of the terminal device.

Therefore, the user can create a terminal pseudo-interface having an optimum part layout by only designating the necessary parts for the terminal device, even if the user is not skilled in creating the terminal pseudo-interface.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a terminal pseudo interface automatic generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment relates to an apparatus for creating a terminal pseudo interface of a telephone in a switching system. In FIG. 2, the setting interface unit 2
1, the component type information A stored in the component database 22 is read out, and the component type information A such as transmission type (tone, pulse), dial format (pushphone, dial), presence / absence of function button, etc. is displayed in a selected format. It is the interface unit that The reading of the component type information A and the construction of the setting interface based on the read component type information A are performed by the setting interface control unit 21a.

With the component type information A displayed on the setting interface 21, the component type information A required by the creator is displayed.
Is selected, the selected component type information A is set to the setting information B.
Is output to the component optimum placement function unit 23.

The component optimum placement function unit 23 is composed of a set component information acquisition unit 23a and a component placement optimization unit 23b, and the set component information acquisition unit 23a outputs the setting output from the setting interface control unit 21a. Based on the information B, the component graphic information C of each component is acquired from the component database 22, and the component arrangement optimizing unit 23b determines the most efficient component arrangement based on the acquired component graphic information C and determines the component. The placement information D is created.

The terminal image generation / display section 24a of the confirmation interface section 24 displays the placement state of the parts based on the part placement information D created by the optimum part placement function section 23. As a result, in the confirmation interface unit 24,
The telephone interface as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed.

When the creator confirms the component arrangement displayed on the confirmation interface unit 24, the component library / graphic information / placement image combining unit 25a of the pseudo terminal file generating unit 25 causes the component arrangement information D and the component graphic information C. And a component library E, which is a program for realizing the operation of each component, are combined to create a pseudo terminal program for simulating the terminal device and stored in the pseudo terminal file 26.

Next, the operation of the terminal pseudo interface automatic generation apparatus of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. First, the setting interface control unit 21a of the setting interface unit 21 uses the component type information A
Is acquired from the parts database 22 (FIG. 3, S1).
Then, a setting interface is created based on the acquired component type information A (S2). Further, the created setting interface is displayed (S3).

As a result, the setting interface unit 21
As shown in FIG. 2, a selection item such as tone / pulse as a transmission type and touch-tone / dial as a dial format is displayed on the screen.

The user selects an arbitrary part from the parts displayed on the setting interface section 21 (S
4). When the component is selected, the setting interface control unit 21a outputs the setting information B indicating which component is selected to the optimal component placement function unit 23 (S5).

The set component information acquisition unit 23a of the optimum component placement function unit 23 receives the setting information B (S6) and acquires the component graphic information C corresponding to the setting information B from the component database 22 (S7).

The component database 22 stores component type information A1 to An, component graphic information C1 to Cn, and an object library (component library) E1 to En, which are linked to each other, for example, as shown in FIG. As described above, when the component type information A such as tone as the transmission type and touch tone as the dial format is set as the setting information B, the set component information acquisition unit 23a causes the component graphic information C linked from the component database 22 to those components. Read out.

Next, the component placement optimization unit 23b has information on the standard placement of the components of the telephone, and determines the optimal placement of each component based on this information (FIG. 4, S8). . The processing content of step S8 includes, for example, the processing of steps S9 to S16.

First, the component placement optimizing section 23b determines whether or not there is a handset in the setting information B (S9). If the handcent is selected as a component, the component graphic information C of the handset is set. From the occupying area included, the placement coordinates when the handset is placed at the left end of the placement area of the component are obtained (S10).

Next, it is determined whether or not there are numeric buttons, *, # buttons (S11). If there are numeric buttons, *, # buttons, these buttons are arranged according to the standard dial button arrangement. The arrangement coordinates of are calculated from the occupied area included in each part graphic information C (S12).

Further, it is determined whether or not the function button is set as a component (S13), and when the function button is set, it is determined whether or not the LED is set as a component (S14). When function buttons and LEDs are set as parts, the arrangement is determined according to the number and columns of the function buttons from the combination of the occupied areas included in the part graphic information C of those parts. Is calculated (S15). At this time, if the function button is set as a component and the LED is not set as a component, the layout is determined according to the number and arrangement of the function buttons from the occupied area included in the component graphic information C of the function button. Is calculated (S16).

Next, the area of the vacant portion is calculated from the arrangement coordinates of the arranged parts and the occupied area of each part contained in the part graphic information C (FIG. 5, S17). Then, it is determined whether or not there is a component whose placement has not been determined (S18), and when there is a component whose placement has not been determined, there is an empty portion in the area where the component is currently placed. It is determined whether or not (S19).

If there is a vacant portion, the remaining parts are arranged in the vacant portion, and the arrangement coordinates at that time are obtained (S20). If there is no empty part, the remaining parts are placed in the peripheral part where the parts are placed, and the placement coordinates are obtained at that time (S21).

That is, the component placement optimizing unit 23b has in advance information about efficient placement of each component of the telephone, for example, where to place the handset, where to place the function buttons, etc. Since the set placement of each component is decided according to the information, it is not necessary for the user to decide the placement of the component by himself / herself. Interfaces can be created.

When the placement of the parts set by the user is completed in this way, the overall size including all the parts is obtained (S22), and the overall size and the placement coordinates of each part are assigned to the component placement information D. Confirmation interface section 2
4 (S23).

When the terminal image generation / display unit 24a of the confirmation interface unit 24 receives the component placement information D from the optimal component placement function unit 23 (FIG. 6, S24), the component graphic information C of each component is stored in the component database 22. (S25). Then, each component of the terminal device is displayed on the screen based on the obtained component graphic information C and component placement information D (S26).

As a result, the confirmation interface unit 24
On the screen of the component placement optimization unit 23b as shown in FIG.
The component layout of each component of the telephone set whose layout has been determined by is displayed. At this time, the "generate" and "cancel" keys for selecting whether to keep the displayed component arrangement or cancel the component arrangement are displayed at the same time.

When the user's confirmation key operation on the display of the confirmation interface section 24 is accepted (S27), it is determined whether the user's confirmation is "generation" or "cancel" (S28). When the user instructs "generation", the component placement optimization unit 23b determines that the component graphic information C
And the automatically generated component placement information D are output to the terminal pseudo file generation unit 25 (S29). At this time, when the user instructs "cancel", the generated component arrangement information D is cleared and the display state of the setting interface is restored (S30).

Upon receiving the component placement information D from the component placement optimization unit 23b, the component library / graphic information / placement image combination unit 25a of the pseudo terminal file generation unit 25 receives the component graphic information C of each component from the component database 22. It is acquired (S31).

Further, the component library (object library) E corresponding to the component graphic information C is acquired from the component database 22 (S32). Here, the parts library E is a program that realizes the function of each part.

The parts library / graphic information / arrangement image combining section 25a combines the parts library E of each part, the parts graphic information C, and the parts arrangement information D to create a pseudo terminal program simulating a terminal device (S33). ). further,
The created pseudo terminal program is created as a pseudo terminal file (S34).

That is, in the above-described embodiment, the user simply sets the necessary parts for the terminal device to determine the optimum part placement, and the decided part placement is displayed on the confirmation interface section 24. The user need only confirm the display. Therefore, it is possible to create a terminal pseudo interface with good operability even if the user is not skilled in creating a terminal pseudo interface. As a result, the coupling test between the exchange system and the terminal device can be efficiently performed.

In the above embodiment, the parts to be set in the setting interface section 21 are displayed in the part type information A in the selection format. However, the present invention is not limited to this and other methods may be used. For example, as in the conventional example, the component types may be displayed in figures and the user may select those figures.

Further, in the embodiment, the case where the terminal pseudo interface for the telephone in the exchange system is created has been described, but the computer system is not limited to the exchange system and may be a general computer system, which is a system to which a terminal device associated with equipment operation is connected. It can be applied to any system. Further, in the above embodiment, the component optimal placement function unit 2
3, the case where the confirmation interface unit 24 and the like are configured by software is shown, but some or all may be configured by hardware.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, a person who is not skilled in creating a terminal pseudo-interface can automatically create a terminal pseudo-interface using those parts simply by selecting the parts. However, it is possible to create a high-quality terminal pseudo interface. Further, since the work of creating the terminal pseudo interface is simplified, a new terminal pseudo interface can be created in a short time even when the specifications of the terminal device are changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a terminal pseudo interface automatic generation device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (part 1) for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (part 2) explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart (No. 3) for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart (part 4) explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart (No. 5) explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional terminal pseudo interface creation device.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional terminal pseudo interface creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Part Database 2 Setting Interface 3 Optimal Placement Part 4 Confirmation Interface Part 5 Terminal Pseudo Program Generation Part 6 Part Graphic Information 7 Part Library 8 Part Type Information 9 Part Placement Information

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A component library (7) for realizing component type information (8), component graphic information (6), and the function of each component.
And a setting database (1) that stores the components, a setting interface unit (2) that sets components used in the terminal device based on the component type information (8), and a setting interface unit (2). The optimum placement unit (3) that reads out the part graphic information (6) of the part from the part database (1), determines the optimum placement of the part, and creates the part placement information (9) indicating the placement of each part.
And component placement information (9) created by the optimal placement unit (3)
A confirmation interface unit (4) that displays a confirmation interface screen showing the arrangement state of each component based on the above, component arrangement information (9) output from the optimum arrangement unit (3), and the component database (1). ), A terminal pseudo program generator (5) for generating a terminal pseudo program for simulating a terminal device from the component library (7) and the component graphic information (6) stored in the terminal pseudo program. Interface automatic generator.