JPH06324837A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To minimize the movement of a line of sight on a display screen of an operator and to improve the work efficiency by adding a symbol of a numeral, etc., corresponding to information of each application, or a color to a cursor. CONSTITUTION:On the display screen of a display device, a cursor 4 is displayed. The cursor 4 is provided with a cursor main body 5 of an arrow shape used in general as the cursor of a pointing device such as a mouse, and in the prescribed part of the cursor main body 5, a frame 6 is provided. In the inside of this frame 6, a symbol 7 of a numeral, etc., corresponding to information of various applications is added. A processing for adding this symbol 7 to the inside of the frame 6 is executed by a controller. In such a way, an operator can confirm a fact that pages which are being edited at present are three pages without taking his eyes off from the cursor 4 by looking at the numeral being the symbol 7 added to the inside of the frame 6 of the cursor main body 5, for instance, '3'.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an information processing apparatus having a cursor displayed on a display screen is well known, but the cursor has a function of pointing each application work or a target portion thereof, and a work in progress. It had the function of not being able to move on to the next task, and showing the operator the meaning of the task when clicking at that location.

Further, in the conventional information processing apparatus, when the cursor is moved, the screen is switched, or the window is moved at the time of editing a file, the operator searches the file for the final editing position while reading the file, sets the cursor, and re-edits. I was doing.

[0004]

In the conventional information processing apparatus, when the operator wants to obtain information other than the target part of the work and the meaning of the work, the other part on the display screen must be referred to. In that case, the operator's line of sight is temporarily separated from the work target, which causes a problem of lowering work efficiency.

In addition, in the conventional information processing apparatus, the operator must search for the final editing position while reading the file, position the cursor, and re-edit, so that the cursor can be easily and quickly moved to the final editing position. Since it cannot be moved, there is a problem that the editing efficiency is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. A first object of the present invention is to improve the work efficiency by minimizing the movement of the line of sight of the operator on the display screen. It is to provide a processing device.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of moving the cursor to the final editing position of a file easily and quickly and improving the editing efficiency. is there.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned first object, the first invention of the present invention is an information processing apparatus having a cursor displayed on a display screen, wherein each application is made to the cursor. It is characterized by comprising processing means for performing processing for identifying and indicating the information.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned second object, a second invention of the present invention is an information processing apparatus having a display means for displaying information, and is provided with an information holding means for holding the last edited portion information of the file. The final editing location information of the file held by the information holding means is displayed on the display means.

[0010]

The information processing apparatus of the first invention adds a symbol such as a number corresponding to the information of each application to the cursor, or adds a color corresponding to the information of each application. Since the information of each application is transmitted to the operator by this symbol or color, movement of the line of sight of the operator on the display screen can be minimized, and the work efficiency is improved.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention holds the final editing location information of the file in the information holding means and displays the final editing location information of the held file in the display means. As a result, if there is a final edit location during re-editing, the cursor can be easily and quickly moved to the final edit location, and editing efficiency is improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a main part of an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a control device for controlling the entire device, and the control device 1 includes a display device 2 and an input device. The devices 3 are each connected via a bus. The display device 2 has a display screen that displays various types of information. The input device 3 is for inputting various kinds of information and has a keyboard having various keys.

A cursor 4 as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display screen of the display device 2. The cursor 4 has a cursor body 5 in the shape of an arrow generally used as a pointing device cursor such as a mouse, and a frame 6 is provided at a predetermined position of the cursor body 5. Inside the frame 6, a symbol 7 such as a number corresponding to information of various applications is added.

The process of adding the symbol 7 to the inside of the frame 6 is performed by the controller 1. That is, in FIG. 2, as the symbol 7, for example, in the document creation application, a state in which the number “3” indicating that the currently edited page is three is added to the inside of the frame 6 is shown. .

In the conventional case, the operator takes his eyes off the editing position (cursor 4) once, normally refers to the position indicating the number of editing pages displayed in the peripheral portion of the display screen, and then returns to the editing position. You have to shift your line of sight and continue working. Therefore, the operator's line of sight moves, so that the thinking is temporarily interrupted, resulting in a reduction in work efficiency.

On the other hand, according to this embodiment, the operator sees the numeral "3" which is the symbol 7 added inside the frame 6 of the cursor body 5 as shown in FIG.
It is possible to confirm that the currently edited page is 3 pages without taking the cursor 4 away, and the work efficiency is improved.

In this embodiment, the number 7 which is the symbol 7 on the cursor body 5 is turned on / off, and the number is changed to a number indicating the information of another application. Information of various applications may be shown by prominently coloring the numbers or switching the colors with the control device 1. In addition, the method of adding the numbers is also shown in FIG.
The present invention is not limited to the method shown in (1), but various addition methods (places to add, size / color / shape of frame 6 and numbers, etc.) most suitable for each application can be considered.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a cursor in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals. Further, the configuration of the information processing apparatus in this embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment, so the description will be made by diverting the drawing.

The cursor 4a of this embodiment is a normal cursor often used in a document application or the like, as shown in FIG. 3, and has a rectangular cursor body 5a. A plurality of dots 8 are arranged around the cursor body 5a, and these dots 8 indicate positions (line positions and column positions) where a character font is displayed.
A pair of frames 6a and 6b are provided at predetermined locations on the cursor body 5a side by side in the vertical direction. These frames 6a,
Symbols 7a and 7b such as numbers corresponding to various application information are added to the inside of 6b.

The processing for adding these symbols 7a and 7b inside the frames 6a and 6b is performed by the control device 1. That is, in FIG. 3, as the symbol 7a, for example, the number "5" which means the number of lines of the document creation application
Inside the frame 6a, the numeral "17" which means the number of digits is written in the frame 6
The state of being added inside b is shown. Therefore, in the case of FIG. 3, it is indicated that the location designated by the cursor 4a is the 17th digit of the 5th row.

Also in this embodiment, the operator operates the frame 6
By looking at the numbers "5" and "17" which are the symbols 7a and 7b added to the inside of a and 6b, the part currently being edited is the fifth line and the 17th digit without keeping an eye on the cursor 4a. It can be confirmed that the work efficiency is improved.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the documents 7a, 7b on the cursor body 5a are switched on / off with respect to the addition of numbers and switching to numbers indicating the information of other applications, or a document being created. Information of various applications may be displayed by coloring numbers so as to be conspicuous in the inside or switching the colors with the control device 1. Also, the number adding method is not limited to the method shown in FIG. 3, and various adding methods (places to add, frames 6a and 6b, size / color / shape of numbers, etc.) most suitable for each application. ) Is considered.

For example, the cursor 4a in FIG. 3 indicates a portion where the character font is not displayed, but when the portion where the character font is displayed is indicated, the frames 6a, 6b and the symbols on the cursor 4a are indicated. The addition of the numbers 7a and 7b is turned off, and the character font displayed at that location is reversed and displayed. By doing so, the frames 6a, 6b and the symbols 7a, 7b on the cursor 4a are
Does not get in the way.

As another example of the other information, the current time and the set timer time are displayed in the application having the timer function (in this case, they are added inside the frames 6a and 6b in FIG. 3). The numbers "5" and "17", which are the symbols 7a and 7b, indicate 5:17.) It is also possible to blink the cursor 4a when the timer time has expired to indicate it to the operator.

Further, the colors of the cursor main body 5a, the frames 6a and 6b, and the symbols 7a and 7b can be changed and distinguished for each information of the application.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 show
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying a cursor and a task window in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In both figures, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals. Further, the configuration of the information processing apparatus in this embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment, so the description will be made by diverting the drawing.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, 9 is a display screen of the display device 2, and 10a, 10b and 10c are task windows. In the present embodiment, when the corresponding task window is selected, a number which is a symbol 7 indicating the task window number is added inside the frame 6 of the cursor body 5. For example, in FIG. 4, the numeral “3” is added inside the frame 6 of the cursor body 5,
This indicates that the task window 10c has been selected. Further, in FIG. 5, the numeral "1" is added inside the frame 6 of the cursor body 5, which indicates that the first task window 10a is selected. Here, since the selection of the task window is known, the description thereof will be omitted.

Usually, in such a multitasking environment,
By displaying the selected task window at the top, it is possible to intuitively confirm that the task window is selected. However, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the task windows are arranged side by side. If displayed, it may not be possible to intuitively confirm the selected task window. In such a case, it is effective to add a numeral, which is the symbol 7 indicating the task window number, inside the frame 6 of the cursor body 5 as in the present embodiment.

Also in this embodiment, the operator uses the frame 6
By looking at the number which is the symbol 7 added inside the, it is possible to confirm the currently selected task window without taking the eyes off the cursor 4, and the working efficiency is improved.

It is to be noted that different colors are given to certain places (for example, window name display portions) of the task windows 10a to 10c, and a numeral 7 which is a symbol 7 added inside the frame 6 of the cursor body 5 is used. Instead, the cursor body 5 is moved to the task windows 10a to 10a under the control of the control device 1.
Switch to the color corresponding to the color of c so that it can be colored,
The selected task window may be intuitively confirmed by looking at the color of the cursor body 5.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying a cursor in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. Since the configuration of the information processing apparatus in this embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment, the description will be given by diverting the drawing.

In the present embodiment, the number of pages currently being edited is indicated by the color of the cursor in a document editing application or the like. That is, reference numeral 9 in FIG. 6 denotes a display screen of the display device 2, and FIG. 6 shows a cursor 4 which indicates the number of pages currently being edited by the change in color.
b, the document 10 currently being edited, the task window 11 executing this document application, and the toolbar 12 that associates colors with the number of pages are shown. The cursor 4b is an arrow-shaped cursor body 5a.
And has a color corresponding to each page number under the control of the control device 1.

In FIG. 6, the document being edited has a total of eight pages, the cursor body 5a is colored in a color corresponding to the fourth page, and the number of pages of the currently edited document is the fourth page.
It indicates that it is a page. The page information is managed in the control device 1, and the toolbar 12 is displayed based on the information. Therefore, the operator can confirm that the number of pages currently being edited is the fourth page by collating the color of the cursor body 5a with the color of the toolbar 12, and the work efficiency is improved.

When the color corresponding to the number of pages becomes used, it is not necessary to confirm it on the toolbar 12, and the number of pages currently being edited can be confirmed only by the color of the cursor body 5a. Further, by selecting each color on the toolbar 12 using the cursor 4b, the page corresponding to the color may be switched and displayed.

If the number of pages is increased by adding a sentence, the number of toolbars may be increased.

(Fifth Embodiment) Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the display screen of the apparatus and files, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the apparatus. is there. In this embodiment, by displaying the final editing location information on the display screen, the final editing location can be confirmed quickly. Here, the final editing location indicates, for example, a location where editing such as copying or cutting out at the time of document creation or drawing is performed last.

The information processing apparatus according to this embodiment has a control unit 20 for controlling the entire apparatus as shown in FIG.
A display device 21, an input device 22, and an information holding means 23 are connected to the control device 20 via a bus. The control device 20 performs information processing by a signal from the input device 22, and inputs / outputs a signal between the display device 21 and the input device 22 in accordance with the processing.

In particular, when the final edited portion is on the display screen of the display device 21, the control device 20 sends to the display device 21 a signal which has undergone a color change process for displaying the preset final edited portion. It is what is output. Display device 21
Has a display screen for displaying various information, and the control device 2
The display content can be switched by the signal from 0,
The signal is displayed on the screen with a signal for color display. Also,
The input device 21 is for inputting various information,
It has a keyboard equipped with various keys. The information holding means 23 holds the last edited portion information or outputs the information according to a signal from the control device 20.

The information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment uses the final editing location information as the position of the character in the file and the display method as changing the color of the paragraph having the final editing location. The relationship between the display screen and the file is shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 24 is a file composed of a two-page document file, and has a paragraph composed of characters inside. Here, the file is not limited to a document file, and may be any document, table, figure, program, or the like.

The first screen 25 in FIG. 8 shows the relationship between the display screen and the file 24 when the normal document 27a is displayed and the final edited portion is not displayed, and the second screen 26 is the normal document. 27a and the last edited portion 27b are displayed, respectively, and the relation between the display screen and the file 24 when the last edited portion 27b is displayed in a color different from both the color of the normal document 27a and the background color is shown. Show.

Here, the display change of the final edit location 27b is a color change of the paragraph having the final edit location 27a.
This does not limit the color changing method or the color changing area. The color changing method may be, for example, the character itself, the background, the cursor, or the like as long as it can notify the operator. Further, the color change area may be any area as long as the editor can be notified, and one character, a limited number of characters, a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a line, a digit, and a final edited portion 27
You may divide into before and after b. Furthermore, paragraphs, lines, and characters may be color-coded and displayed collectively.

Next, the control operation of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 9. When an input signal is input from the input device 22 to the control device 20, the control device 2
When the input signal is edit input, 0 starts the operation of changing the final edit location information to the information holding means 23 (step S901). Then, first, the editing operation designated by the editing input is performed (step S90).
2) Next, a paragraph check is performed to detect a paragraph having a final edited portion (step S903). Based on the investigation result, it is determined whether or not a paragraph change occurs (step S904). If a paragraph change occurs, the final edit location information held in the information holding means 23 is changed and the final edit location information is changed. The display in the paragraph having the edited portion is changed (step S905). When the change operation is completed and when the paragraph change is not generated in step S904, the processing operation is ended (step S906).

By the above operation, the first screen 26 of FIG.
As shown in, the final edited portion 27b is colored and displayed on the display screen of the display device 21. Therefore, the operator can edit the last edited portion 27b displayed on the display screen.
Since the last edited portion can be quickly confirmed by looking at the color of, the cursor can be easily and quickly moved to the last edited portion to re-edit.

Incidentally, in the present embodiment, the restoration operation of the previous final edited portion is performed by performing the restoration operation of the previous final edited portion as the display change operation in step S905 of FIG. 9 and then changing the new final edited portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the restoration operation of the previous last edited part may be performed when the last edited part information held in the last edited part holding means 23 is updated. The restoration operation may be performed at the end of file editing and at the time of printing, or at any one of them.

Further, in the present embodiment, the color of the final editing location 27b is determined in advance, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the timing of determining the color of the final editing location is It may be at the time of paragraph investigation in step S903 of 9 or at the time of display change in step S905.

(Sixth Embodiment) Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen displaying the final editing location in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the apparatus. Further, since the configuration of the information processing apparatus in this embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 7 of the fifth embodiment, the description will be given by diverting the drawing. In this embodiment, a mark is added to the last edited portion and the mark is displayed on the display screen so that the operator can quickly confirm the last edited portion.

In FIG. 10, a normal character 29a and a mark (hereinafter referred to as the main mark) 29b indicating the last edited portion are displayed on the display screen 28, respectively. The file in this case is a program file, which is made up of characters and makes lines with return symbols. here,
The file is not limited to the program file, and may be any program, document, table, figure, or the like.

The main mark 29b is added only to the line having the final edit location and not to the normal line. Therefore, the line having the final edit location is displayed by characters and the main mark 29b. , Ordinary lines are displayed only with letters. Here, this mark 29b
Is a hatching pattern, but is not limited to this, as long as it can distinguish the mark directly added to the file by the operator from the main mark 29b.
Anything such as a hatching pattern, white, black, and underline may be used.

Further, the format of the main mark 29b is for the background of the corresponding line, but the format and area of the main mark 29b are not limited by this, and if the operator can be notified, the character itself, the background and Anything can be used, such as a cursor. Also, if the operator can notify the area of this mark 29b, one character, the number of characters is limited, words, sentences, paragraphs,
It may be divided into lines, columns, or before and after the last edited portion.
Further, the marks can be displayed collectively by changing the marks by paragraphs, lines and characters, or by the same marks 29 as in the fifth embodiment.
b may be color-coded.

Next, the control operation of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When an input signal is input from the input device 22 to the control device 20, the control device 20
If the input signal is an edit input, the operation of changing the final edit location information to the final edit location holding unit 23 is started (step S1101). Then, first, the editing operation designated by the editing input is performed (step S110).
2) Next, line inspection is performed in order to detect a line having the final edited portion (step S1103). Based on the investigation result, it is determined whether a line change occurs (step S
1104), when a line change occurs, the final edit location information held in the final edit location holding unit 23 is changed, and the display in the line where the final edit location is displayed is the main mark 2
9b to change (step S1105). When the change operation is completed or when the line change is not generated in step S1104, the processing operation is ended (step S1106).

By the above operation, the display screen 28 of FIG.
As shown in, the main mark 29b is displayed at the last edited location. Therefore, the operator can quickly confirm the final editing location by looking at the main mark 29b displayed on the display screen. Therefore, the operator can easily and quickly move the cursor to the final editing location for re-editing. Is something that can be done.

In the present embodiment, the restoration operation of the previous final edited portion is performed after the restoration operation of the previous final edited portion is performed as the display change operation in step S1105 of FIG.
Although the new final editing location is changed, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the final editing location information held in the information holding means 23 is updated, the restoration operation of the previous final editing location is performed. Alternatively, the restoration operation may be performed at the end of file editing and at the time of printing, or at any one of them.

Further, in the present embodiment, this mark 29
Although what kind of mark is used as b is determined in advance, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mark 29b may be determined by detecting a mark in the file or a modification method. Good.

[0055]

As described in detail above, according to the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, a symbol such as a number corresponding to the information of each application is added to the cursor, or each cursor is added. Since the color corresponding to the information of the application is added and the information of each application is transmitted to the operator by this symbol or color, the movement of the line of sight on the display screen of the operator can be minimized and the work efficiency is improved.

Further, according to the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the final editing location information of the file is held in the information holding means, and the final editing location information of the held file is displayed on the display means. If there is a final edit location at the time of re-editing, the cursor can be easily and quickly moved to the final edit location, and the editing efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a cursor in the same device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a cursor in the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying a cursor and a task window in the information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying a cursor and a task window in the same apparatus.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying a cursor in the information processing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a display screen of the apparatus and files.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen displaying a final edit location in the information processing apparatus according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the same device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Control Device (Processing Means) 2,21 Display Device (Display Means) 4,4a, 4b Cursor 7 Symbol 9, 25, 26, 28 Display Screen 23 Information Holding Means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Tani 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Kazuhisa Kurima 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Kya Non-Incorporated (72) Inventor Hiroshi Hosokawa 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a cursor displayed on a display screen, further comprising processing means for performing processing for identifying and indicating information of each application with respect to the cursor. Information processing equipment. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing means performs processing of adding a symbol corresponding to the information of each of the applications to the cursor. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing means performs processing of adding a color corresponding to the information of each application to the cursor. 4. An information processing apparatus having a display means for displaying information, comprising information holding means for holding information on the last edited portion of a file, and information on the last edited portion of said file held by said information holding means, An information processing device displaying on the display means.