JPH06195194A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To impart recognition just like simultaneously performing the plural kinds of prcessing with one time action to a user by executing the plural kinds of processing in the order from the processing with shorter execution occupation time. CONSTITUTION:The reproduction of CD music 26, the reproduction of effective sounds 27, the execution of microphone ON/OFF 28 and the execution of PC picture/video effects 29 are short in the execution occupation time in this order. When an icon is selected by a mouse in a mouse click step 21, an event group corresponding to the icon is referred to, and corresponding processing is activated. The reference of the event group is executed in the order from the group with shorter execution occupation time in the turn of the setting of CD music (step 22), the setting of effective sounds (step 23), the setting of microphone ON/OFF (step 24) and the setting of PC picture/video effects (step 25). Thus, the recognition like simultaneously performing the plural kinds of processing with one time action can be given to the user.

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 for designating an icon with a pointing device such as a mouse to perform a predetermined process, and more particularly to an execution order of processes of a processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a computer, when an icon or the like is pointed with a mouse to request processing, one icon is used to perform one processing.

[0003]

In the field of image processing,
The image may undergo multiple processing. For example, “image mosaic processing”, “giving sound effects”, “turning on / off a microphone that samples sound from the microphone when the computer has a microphone”, “compact disk record as BGM” "Reproduction" etc.

When the above processing is performed for one or a plurality of images, it is necessary to instruct the plurality of processings simultaneously or continuously. As described in the section of the conventional art, in recent years, in order to facilitate the user interface, it is general to perform processing by clicking an icon with a mouse or the like. However, in the conventional technique in which an icon corresponds to one process, the user must continuously point to the icon in order to process a plurality of processes simultaneously or continuously as described above.

Therefore, it is conceivable that a plurality of processes are assigned to one icon and the user points the one icon to request a plurality of processes to the processor at the same time. However, if there is only one processor (many computers have one), it is impossible to execute multiple processes at the same time, and it will be executed in order from one of them, but the user will execute them at the same time. It should be recognized.

However, among the above-mentioned "image mosaic processing", "loading sound on image", "sound effect", and "microphone on / off", the processor may spend a lot of time. For example, "Image mosaic processing"
Is. If such a process is processed first by the processor, another process is kept waiting and the user cannot recognize that they are executing at the same time.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention has an object to solve such a problem.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a processor, a display, and a pointing device for designating a predetermined area displayed on the display. Corresponding to one, the storage means for storing a plurality of processing performed by the processor, and a plurality of processing stored in the storage means when the predetermined area is designated by the pointing device, The apparatus is configured to execute the processing in order from the processing having the smallest occupation time.

[0009]

When the processing device is requested to perform a plurality of processes, it executes the plurality of processes in order from the one having the smallest execution occupation time. The execution occupancy time is the time required for the processing device to execute a process. For example, if there are processes of "image mosaic processing", "sound effect", and "reproduction of CD", "CD
Playback ”,“ sound effect ”, and“ image mosaic processing ”.

[0010]

Embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that each event is executed during reproduction of an image by video and various modifications are applied to the reproduced image. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Each of the above events is a video effect on a reproduced image such as mosaic processing, display / erasure of computer graphics (CG) together with the reproduced image, reproduction / stop of a PCM sound source (used as a sound effect in this embodiment), and microphone ON / O
Playback of FF and compact disc (CD) players /
It has stopped.

Further, the user is required to select in advance a desired event from the above-mentioned plurality of events in order to apply the required modification to the image being reproduced, and the selected event is set by the user at a certain time. It is stored in the memory as one group (hereinafter, referred to as an event group) which is simultaneously executed by an action (in this embodiment, the icon is designated by the mouse). In this way, the user is allowed to select a plurality of event groups in advance.

The upper part 10, 20, 30, 40 in FIG.
Indicates an icon. 11,2 under each icon
Events 1, 31, and 41 are events stored for each corresponding icon. When the processing is executed, the icons 10 to 40 are displayed on the display.

It is assumed that the user selects one of the icons 10 to 40 with a pointing device such as a mouse. For example, when the icon 10 is selected, the event group 11 stored corresponding to the icon 10 is selected by the one selecting operation. In each event group, the video effect, the sound effect by the PCM sound source, the turning on of the microphone and the start of the CD player are set as the event group 11, and the CG display, the sound effect, and the sound effect are set as the event group 21.
CG deletion is set as the event group 31, and microphone OFF and CD player stop are set as the event group 41.

FIG. 2 shows the CPU after the icon has been selected.
It is a flowchart which shows the process of. When the icon is selected by the mouse in step 21, the event group corresponding to the icon is referred to. In step 22, if there is a CD music setting in the referred event group, the music CD is reproduced in the following step 26. If no CD music is set in step 22, step 2
Move to 3.

At step 23, if a sound effect is set in the referenced event group, at step 27 the sound effect is reproduced. If no sound effect is set in step 23, the process proceeds to step 24. In step 24, if microphone ON / OFF is set in the referenced event group, microphone ON / OFF is executed in subsequent step 28. If there is no microphone ON / OFF setting in step 24, the process proceeds to step 25.

In step 25, if a PC image or video effect is set in the referenced event group, the PC image or video effect is executed in the following step 29. If no PC image or video effect is set in step 25, the process returns to step 21.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of processes are executed in order from the one having the smallest execution occupancy time. Therefore, as if a plurality of processes were simultaneously executed by one action. Can be made to recognize.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the CPU after the icon is selected.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 20, 30, 40 icons 11, 21, 31, 41 event groups

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a processing device; a display device; instruction means for instructing an arbitrary region of an image displayed on the display device; and a predetermined display in a predetermined region of the display device. Means for storing a plurality of processes performed by the processing device corresponding to one of the predetermined displays, and storing in the storage means when the predetermined area is instructed by the instructing means. The information processing apparatus, wherein the processing apparatus executes the processing in order from the processing having the smallest execution occupancy time of the processing apparatus among the plurality of processing corresponding to the predetermined area. 2. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a pointing device for designating a predetermined area displayed on the display and the display, and a plurality of processings performed by the processor corresponding to one of the predetermined areas. A storage unit for storing the processing of the above, when the predetermined area is designated by the pointing device, the processing unit stores a plurality of processes stored in the storage unit, and the execution time is occupied by the processing unit. An information processing apparatus, characterized in that processing is executed in ascending order. 3. The information according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of processes include any one of a video effect, a sound effect, reproduction of a compact disc record, and on / off of a microphone provided in the information processing device. Processing equipment. 4. An information processing apparatus comprising: a processing device; a processing request input means for requesting the processing device to perform processing; and a storage means for storing a plurality of processes performed by the processing device in response to one of the requests. And, when the predetermined request is input by the processing request input unit, the processing device among the plurality of processes corresponding to the request stored in the storage unit has the execution occupied time of the processing device. An information processing apparatus, characterized in that processing is executed in order from a small processing.