JPH06149460A - Function executing device for equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the adaptive device executing a function intended by a user with his operation when the user tends to execute an erroneous operation not defined on the equipment. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a function execution knowledge base 110 defining operation knowledge required for executing the function of the equipment, system control part 8 for displaying an executing instruction inputted from a mouse on a display 2 as the erroneous operation when that instruction does not exist in the operation knowledge defined in the base 110 and for outputting the contents of the erroneous operation, erroneous operation recording part 14 for storing the contents of the erroneous operation outputted from the control part 8, editing knowledge base part 18 preserving knowledge concerning the editing limit of the recording part 14, and erroneous operation processing part 12 for inputting data concerning an application executed at an application program part 16 just after the contents of the erroneous operation are outputted from the control part 8, controlling the write of erroneous operation recording to the recording part 14 based on the editing knowledge base and specifying the function intended by the user in the case of operating the equipment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a function executing device for electronic equipment such as an electronic computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the operation of electronic devices, it has been a problem that it is difficult for the user to understand the correspondence between individual operations and the functions executed thereby. For example,
In the case of operating an electronic computer, it is common to execute a function intended by the user by inputting a command or selecting a menu icon.

However, when performing these function execution operations, if the user is a command input method, the user must know in advance the command corresponding to the function that the user wants to execute, its spelling, usage (grammar), etc. .
Similarly, in the case of the menu or icon selection method, it is necessary to know in advance the meanings of the displayed menu items and icons, and the functions to be executed thereby.

Therefore, when a user who does not have these knowledge makes an erroneous operation with the intention of executing a certain function, such as a misspelling, a mistake in attaching an option, or an inappropriate selection of a menu item / icon, As a reaction, generally, there is no response, an error message is displayed, etc., and only the correspondence of the operation-function defined in advance on the computer side is accepted.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional computer, an operation not previously defined in the computer was not accepted as a function executing operation. Therefore, in order for a user who has no knowledge of operation to operate the computer, he or she must have knowledge of the operation defined in advance on the computer side, and the work load of the user becomes high. There was a problem in terms.

[0006] The present invention provides a function execution device of an adaptive device for executing a function intended by the user when the user tends to perform an erroneous operation not defined on the device side. To aim.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention corresponding to claim 1 is an input device capable of manually inputting an execution command for causing a device to execute a predetermined function, and A notification device for notifying that there is an error in manual operation, a function execution knowledge base in which operation knowledge necessary for executing the function of the device is defined,

When the execution command input from the input device is not in the operation knowledge defined in the function execution knowledge base, it is determined as an erroneous operation, and the result is notified to the notification device,
And a system control unit that outputs the contents of the erroneous operation,

When the command input from the input device has the operation knowledge defined by the function execution knowledge base, the program unit for executing the application based on the operation knowledge and the erroneous operation contents output from the system control unit are displayed. An erroneous operation recording unit that can be stored; an editing knowledge base unit that holds knowledge about editing restrictions of the erroneous operation recording unit;

Data relating to the application executed in the program unit immediately after the contents of the erroneous operation are output from the system control unit is input, and write control of the erroneous operation record is performed on the erroneous operation recording unit based on the editing knowledge base. A function execution device for a device, which is provided with an erroneous operation processing unit that specifies a function intended to be executed by a user when the device is operated.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention corresponding to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the data in the erroneous operation record relating to the specific function recorded in the erroneous operation recording section by the erroneous operation processing section is executed as the function execution A function execution device of a device further comprising: a conversion unit for converting the same knowledge expression as that of the knowledge base, and an editing unit for additionally editing the new function execution knowledge converted by the conversion unit to the function execution knowledge base. is there.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the user executes the predetermined function, when the execution command which is not defined in the function execution knowledge base is input by the input device, this is an erroneous operation record. Since the data about the function recorded immediately after the erroneous operation is recorded in the erroneous operation recording section, the function executed immediately after the erroneous operation is a specific function intended by the user based on the record. It can be estimated that there is. Further, according to the invention corresponding to claim 2, the record relating to the erroneous operation which is the premise of the function identification in claim 1 is converted into the same knowledge expression as the knowledge expression in the function execution knowledge base by the conversion unit, and this is expressed. Since the editing unit additionally edits the function execution knowledge base, it is possible to execute the function intended by the user in response to an erroneous operation that is easily performed by the user.

That is, the present invention is configured on the assumption that the function executed immediately after the erroneous operation is likely to be the function that the user tried to execute in the erroneous operation. As a result, with respect to an erroneous operation that an individual user is likely to cause, the work of constantly correcting the erroneous operation is released.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a function executing device for equipment according to the present invention. Here, the target device is an electronic computer and the function execution method is the icon selection method, but the invention is not limited to this.

The display device 2 constituting the notification device displays an icon or a combination of icons (hereinafter referred to as an icon) indicating a function which the user is going to perform, and further, an operation performed by the user is erroneous. At that time, this is displayed, and the figure shows the state of waiting for an icon selection operation. The user uses the mouse 4 to select an icon or a combination of icons that is determined to represent a function to be executed from the display on the screen 2. The mouse 4 forming the input device is used by the user to select an icon displayed on the display 2. The input / output port 6 is for transferring input information from the mouse 4 and output information to the display device 2.

In the function execution knowledge base 10, the correspondence between the condition part data relating to the icon and the like and the execution part data relating to the application to be executed when the icon etc. is selected by the mouse 4 is, for example, if
~ Then ... It is something that is retained by being expressed in a format.

FIG. 2 is an example in which the function execution knowledge is expressed by the production rules in the function execution knowledge base 10. In FIG. 2, for example, K1 is a variable <file--name.
Indicates the rule that executes the function type that displays the contents of the file that has the value of> as the file name on the computer screen 2. Similarly, K3 has a pencil icon and a variable <file-name.
Two of the document icons that have the value of> as the file name are
When selected by overlapping, clicking the mouse 4, double-clicking, etc., the variable <file-
Executes the function edit that performs document processing of a file that has the value of name> as the file name. K5 has a file name <file-when the pencil icon, ruler icon, and three icons of document that has the value of the variable <file-name> as the file name are selected by the above selection operation.
It represents a rule that executes the function draw that draws a file with name>.

When a certain icon or the like is selected by the mouse 4, the system control unit 8 corresponds to the selected icon or the like in the knowledge about the correspondence between icons and applications described in the function execution knowledge base 10. By referring to the knowledge having the conditional part to be executed, the application to be executed is specified based on the knowledge, and the execution command is sent to the corresponding application in the application program part 16.

On the other hand, if there is no knowledge in the function execution knowledge base 10 that has a condition part corresponding to the currently selected icon or the like, the system control part 8 judges that the current icon selection is an erroneous operation, and A message is sent to the erroneous operation processing unit 12 and a message notifying the user that the current selection operation is invalid is displayed on the computer screen 2. Immediately thereafter, when the icon selecting operation defined in the function execution knowledge base 10 is performed and the application in the application program unit 16 is executed, the data regarding the application is sent to the erroneous operation processing unit 12. The application program unit 16 executes the corresponding application according to the function execution command sent from the system control unit 8.

The erroneous operation recording section 14 records, for example, data on the following six items when the user selects an icon or the like that is not defined (described) in the condition section of the function execution knowledge base 10. It retains data about an erroneous operation that the user is likely to commit and the function that the user tried to execute in the erroneous operation. (1) Misoperation contents (selected icon etc.) (2) Number of times misoperation of (1) (3) Function executed immediately after misoperation of (1) (4) Immediately after misoperation of (1) ( The number of times the function of 3) was executed. (5) Degree of Intention (DI: Degree of Intention) for which the function of (3) is intended for the erroneous operation of (1) (6) It is judged that the data of (1)-(5) is unnecessary for specifying the function. Scale value for (described later)

Here, (1) to (4) are considered to be the minimum parameters for estimating the degree to which the execution function performed immediately after a certain erroneous operation is the function intended in the erroneous operation. However, in order to more accurately specify the function intended by the user, if there are parameters other than the above-mentioned items that are necessary, those parameters may be recorded in the erroneous operation recording unit 14 regardless of the number thereof.

A set of records relating to erroneous operations and execution function operations, that is, the above (1) to (6) will be referred to as erroneous operation records. FIG. 3 shows an example in which some erroneous operation records in the erroneous operation recording unit 14 are expressed by frame expressions.

In R1 of FIG. 3, Pencil as an erroneous operation is shown.
, The icon of waste bin was selected and the function quit was executed from the correct operation immediately after that, and the number of times each was executed and the final date and time are recorded. In addition, as R2 in FIG.
Two icons, ocument and tool box, are selected, and the number of executions and the final execution date and time are recorded when the function quit is executed immediately after that and the function save is executed. The editing knowledge base 18 holds, for example, the following editing-related knowledge as a restriction on editing the erroneous operation recording unit 14. a) Writing a new erroneous operation record

The erroneous operation contents received from the system control unit 8,
The data related to the immediately following execution function is divided into the above-mentioned erroneous operation and new erroneous operation, and the erroneous operation record is written by a method according to each. b) DI update (E1 in Fig. 4)

DI is calculated and updated each time a new erroneous operation and an execution function immediately after that are recorded. As a simple method of obtaining DI, the calculation formula of formula (1) as shown by E1 in FIG. 4 can be considered. DI (X) = ANx / ENx (ENx> = 5) (1) ENx: Number of times the erroneous operation Ex is executed ANx: Number of times the function Ax is executed immediately after the erroneous operation Ex In this example, the same erroneous operation is 5 The DI is calculated when it is performed more than once. c) Knowledge of operation records (E2 in FIG. 4)

There is a preset knowledge-based reference value Ds, that is, a DI value that exceeds a reference value at which it is determined that the correspondence between an erroneous operation and an execution function immediately after that is sufficiently high to be made knowledge as function execution knowledge. If there is an erroneous operation record, the data regarding the erroneous operation and the data regarding the executing application in the erroneous operation record are sent to the converter 22. For example, in E2 of FIG. 4, since Ds = 0.8 is preset,
When ENx = 5 and ANx = 4, DI (x) = Ds and the erroneous operation data Ax and the execution application Ex are sent to the converter 22. d) Delete unnecessary records

Since the knowledge of the execution function is obtained, the contents of the erroneous operation record sent to the converter 22 are deleted.
This editing knowledge always has a lower priority than the above-mentioned editing knowledge c). In addition, as a result of the judgment based on a certain judgment standard, if there is an operation error record unnecessary for specifying the function intended by the user,
Delete the record. In this embodiment, recording of time variables
As an unnecessary judgment scale, the editing knowledge base 18 holds knowledge about the following editing work for editing the erroneous operation record. d) -1

If a certain erroneous operation Ex is not performed for a certain period of time, the erroneous operation Ex is not an operation consciously performed by the user but an accidental operation, and there is a possibility that the erroneous operation Ex will be performed in the future. Assuming that it is low, the following editing work is performed on the erroneous operation recording unit 14. First, the elapsed time from the time of the last execution of the erroneous operation Ex to the present is measured using a time measuring means such as a clock installed inside the computer. If the elapsed time exceeds a certain value, that is, the value set by the system developer or the system user, the erroneous operation record regarding the erroneous operation Ex is deleted. d) -2

Immediately after a certain erroneous operation Ex, it is recorded that the function Ax has not been executed for a certain period of time since it was recorded that the function Ax has been executed, and that the function Ax has been executed a certain number of times. If so, it is assumed that the user has learned the correct icon selection operation for executing the function Ax, and the following editing work is performed on the erroneous operation recording unit 14. First, using the time measuring means described above, finally, Ex-
Measure the elapsed time from the time the Ax combination was executed to the present. Then, when the elapsed time exceeds a certain value and there is a record in which the function Ax is executed n times during the elapsed period, the operation record regarding Ex-Ax is deleted.

As described above, when the time is used as the judgment scale of whether or not the erroneous operation is recorded, the date and time when the erroneous operation or the execution function is last executed is written as the judgment scale value recorded in the erroneous operation recording unit 14.

In the above example, the values of "constant period" of d) -1, d) -2 and "constant number of executions" of d) -2, which are the criteria for determining whether recording is necessary or not, are as follows: Even if it is set by the system developer in advance, it is possible to edit the knowledge of the edit knowledge base itself so that the system user can freely set it. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the editing knowledge is expressed by the production rules in the editing knowledge base 18.

The erroneous operation processing unit 12 receives from the system control unit 8 the contents of the erroneous operation and the data regarding the application executed immediately thereafter. Then, based on the editing knowledge base 18, it sends to the editing unit 20 commands such as writing an erroneous operation record to the erroneous operation recording unit 14 and updating the DI value after DI calculation. Further, by updating the DI, the above-mentioned knowledge-based reference value Ds preset in the editing knowledge base 18 is set.
If there is an erroneous operation record having a DI value exceeding, it is sent to the converter 22 to make it into function execution knowledge. Further, the erroneous operation recording unit 14 is referred to the unnecessary judgment scale value (6), and a command to delete the erroneous operation record having a scale value exceeding the reference is sent to the editing unit 20.

The editing unit 20 has an editing program for adding / updating / deleting erroneous operation records and adding the function execution knowledge base 10 based on the editing knowledge base 18. Upon receiving a work command from the erroneous operation processing unit 12, the corresponding editing work program is started and executed.

The converter 22 uses the DI that exceeds the knowledge-based reference value Ds.
The erroneous operation record having a value is converted into a knowledge expression in the function execution knowledge base 10. The converted new function execution knowledge is sent to the editing unit 20 and added to the function execution knowledge base 101.

According to the embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. Generally, when a user wants to execute a certain function but does not have knowledge about how to execute the function, the user often succeeds in executing the desired function after trial and error. For this reason, the present embodiment assumes that the function executed immediately after the erroneous operation is likely to be the function that the user tried to execute in the erroneous operation, and is configured as described above. Is.

First, when a user makes an erroneous operation, data relating to the erroneous operation, and immediately after the erroneous operation, when the user executes a function, the data relating to the executed function are stored. It is recorded as the erroneous operation recording section of. An erroneous operation recording unit 14 in which such an erroneous operation record is recorded, an editing knowledge base 18 having knowledge about addition / update / deletion of an erroneous operation record performed each time an erroneous operation is performed, and editing of recorded contents of the erroneous operation recording unit 14 Using the editing unit 20 for executing the work, and the operation error processing unit 12 having an algorithm for identifying the operation intention of the user based on the operation error recording unit 12 and the editing knowledge base 18, the operation is executed when the user performs the operation error. Identify the intended function.

Further, in order to be able to execute the function specified by the above-mentioned method from the erroneous operation which is the premise of the function specification, the data in the erroneous operation record concerning the specific function recorded in the erroneous operation recording section 14 is recorded. The function execution knowledge base 10 converts the function execution knowledge into a function execution knowledge by using the converter 22, and the editing unit 20 uses the function execution knowledge newly generated by the conversion to perform the function execution which is the initial knowledge. By adding to knowledge base 10,
When the user makes the wrong operation again, the function intended by the user is executed there.

In this case, when the user performs an erroneous operation with the intention of executing a certain function, the user performs the erroneous operation based on the recorded contents of the erroneous operation and the data regarding the function executed by the user immediately after the erroneous operation. The function-to-function correspondence is newly defined as the function execution knowledge so that the function to be executed in step 2 is specified and the function intended by the user is executed when the user performs the wrong operation again. By doing so, it is possible to execute the function intended by the user against an erroneous operation that an individual user often makes.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above,
It can be implemented by modifying it as follows. In the example above,
The function execution rule newly added by repeating the same operation by the user is assumed to be added to the function execution knowledge base 101 described as the initial specification. However, when this method is implemented on a computer for multiple users, it is possible to distinguish between the mistaken operation that each user is likely to make and the function that each user tried to execute in those mistaken operations. It needs to be recorded. Therefore, if this method is implemented on a computer that targets multiple users, the new function execution knowledge can be distinguished for each user by identifying the user with a login name and using the method described below. You may do it. (B) An erroneous operation record file is created in advance for each user.

(B) The erroneous operation processing unit 12 writes and updates the erroneous operation record to the erroneous operation record file for the current user so that the editing unit 2 can perform the operation.
Send a message to 0.

(C) When a new function execution rule is added to a user, a function execution knowledge file 102 for that user is created, and new function execution knowledge is written in this file 102.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the knowledge-based reference value Ds, which serves as a criterion for determining whether the correspondence between the erroneous operation and the executed function immediately after that is high enough to be made knowledge as function-execution knowledge, is the edit knowledge base. Although it is assumed that the knowledge reference value Ds is preset in 18, it may be preset by the system developer or may be provided in a form that the system user can freely set.

Furthermore, the editing knowledge base 1 of the above-mentioned embodiment
According to the rule of 8, if there is an erroneous operation record having a DI value exceeding the knowledge reference value Ds among the records in the erroneous operation recording unit 14, after sending it to the Ex / Ax converter 22 of the erroneous operation record, The erroneous operation record is deleted from the editing knowledge base 18. However, when a certain erroneous operation record is knowledge-expressed as function execution knowledge and added to the function execution knowledge base 10, the knowledge may be infrequently used. In preparation for such a case, when the erroneous operation record that has been made into a knowledge is left without being deleted even after being made knowledge and the combination of the erroneous operation and the execution function recorded in the erroneous operation record is not executed even after a certain period of time has passed. Alternatively, the above-mentioned added knowledge may be deleted.

In the above-described embodiment, time is used as a criterion for determining whether or not erroneous operation recording is necessary. However, two variables such as time and erroneous operation / function execution count may be used. These parameters may be used alone or in plural by using parameters effective for determining whether recording is necessary or unnecessary.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the computer adopts the icon selection method as the function execution method has been described, but it is not the icon but the menu selection method, the command input method, or other equipment function execution method. Is also good. In this method, the function that the user tried to execute in the incorrect operation is specified from the data of the same incorrect operation repeated by the user and the executed function immediately after that, and if the incorrect operation is performed again, the specific function described above is specified. However, not all the functions specified by this method may match the functions intended by the user. Therefore, when the function is specified by this method,
First, a message confirming whether the user wants to execute the specified function is displayed to the user, and the user selects "Yes",
By receiving an instruction such as “No”, it is possible to prevent the execution of an erroneous function due to a mismatch between the function specified by the system and the function intended by the user. If the user receives a “No” instruction here, it can be considered that the function specified by the system and the function intended by the user do not match, so the DI of the erroneous operation record that is the basis for specifying the function is fixed. It is necessary to perform post-processing such as reducing the value.

Further, in FIG. 2, the icon name is directly described as the condition part representing the selected icon or the combination of icons, but it is indirectly specified depending on the implementation form of the interface of the system to be applied. You may describe the attribute data which has an icon, or the combination of those attribute data.

[0047]

According to the present invention described above, when the user tends to make an erroneous operation that is not defined on the device side, the user executes the function intended for the operation, which is adaptable. A certain human interface can be obtained, whereby an individual user can provide a function execution device of a device free from the work of constantly correcting the erroneous operation that is likely to occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a first embodiment of a function execution device for equipment according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing an example of knowledge expression in a production rule of the function execution knowledge base of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an erroneous operation recording in a frame in the erroneous operation recording unit in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of expression of editing knowledge in a frame in the editing knowledge base shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... indicator, 4 ... mouse, 6 ... input / output port, 8 ...
System control unit, 10 ... Function execution knowledge base, 101 ...
Initial knowledge, 102 ... Function execution knowledge file for each user, 1
2 ... erroneous operation processing unit, 14 ... erroneous operation recording unit, 16 ... application program unit, 18 ... editing knowledge base unit, 2
0 ... editorial section, 22 ... converter.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input device capable of manually inputting an execution command for causing a device to execute a predetermined function, an informing device for informing that fact when there is an error in the manual operation, and A function execution knowledge base in which operation knowledge necessary for executing a function is defined, and when the execution instruction input from the input device is not in the operation knowledge defined in the function execution knowledge base, it is determined as an erroneous operation. A system control unit that causes the notification device to report the result and outputs the erroneous operation content, and when an instruction input from the input device has operation knowledge defined in the function execution knowledge base, an application based on the operation knowledge. A program section for executing the following, an erroneous operation recording section capable of storing erroneous operation contents output from the system control section, and an editing restriction of the erroneous operation recording section. And an editing knowledge base that holds the knowledge to be input, and data about an application executed in the program unit immediately after the contents of the erroneous operation are output from the system control unit, and the erroneous operation record is input based on the editing knowledge base. A function execution device for a device, comprising: an operation error processing unit for controlling a writing of an operation error record to a unit, and for specifying a function intended to be executed by a user when operating the device. 2. An input device capable of manually inputting an execution command for causing a device to execute a predetermined function, an informing device for informing that fact when there is an error in said manual operation, and said device A function execution knowledge base in which operation knowledge necessary for executing a function is defined, and when the execution instruction input from the input device is not in the operation knowledge defined in the function execution knowledge base, it is determined as an erroneous operation. A system control unit that causes the notification device to report the result and outputs the erroneous operation content, and when an instruction input from the input device has operation knowledge defined in the function execution knowledge base, an application based on the operation knowledge. A program section for executing the following, an erroneous operation recording section capable of storing erroneous operation contents output from the system control section, and an editing restriction of the erroneous operation recording section. And an editing knowledge base that holds the knowledge to be input, and data about an application executed in the program unit immediately after the contents of the erroneous operation are output from the system control unit, and the erroneous operation record is input based on the editing knowledge base. An erroneous operation record writing control to the unit, and an erroneous operation processing unit that specifies a function intended to be executed by the user when operating the device; and a specific function recorded in the erroneous operation recording unit by the erroneous operation processing unit. And a conversion unit for converting the data in the erroneous operation record into the same knowledge representation as the function execution knowledge base, and an editing unit for additionally editing the new function execution knowledge converted by this conversion unit to the function execution knowledge base. And a function execution device of a device equipped with.