JPH0695920A - Device for reproducing program operation and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reproduce the operation of a program having no function for reproducing its operation without changing program structure or a source program. CONSTITUTION:When an input signal is obtained from a keyboard 3 or a pointing device 4 and recorded independently of a program 6 operating an input signal inputted from the external without exerting any influence upon the program 6, the recorded information is read out and transmitted to the program 6 as an input signal by an external input collecting/reproducing device 8. Consequently, the operation of the program 6 can be automatically reproduced without using manual operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program operation reproducing apparatus and a program operation reproducing apparatus for reproducing the operation of a program which operates according to an input from an input device such as a keyboard and a pointing device, without input from the keyboard or pointing device. The present invention relates to a method, and in particular to a program operation reproducing apparatus and method that can be used for education and demonstration of program operation without human intervention because the program can be automatically executed without human operation. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 12 shows, for example, Akira Sugimoto, Shigeru Abe, Masahiro Kuroda, Yukio Kato, "Interactive Microprogram Simulator by Object-Oriented Method," IEICE Transactions, Volume D, Vo1. J70, No. 2, pp. 315
-324 is a block diagram showing a conventional program operation reproducing apparatus shown in Section 4.3 of 324, in which 1 is a display device, 2 is a clock for measuring time, 3 is a keyboard,
4 is a pointing device, 5 is a central processing unit, 6 is a program executed by the central processing unit 5, 7 is a program 6
The state data of the program stored by, 9 is an external storage device. The instruction to the program 6 is input by the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4, and the operation result of the program 6 is displayed on the display device 1. At the same time, the state of the program 6 is the time and the state of the data on the display device 1 is the data. Is recorded in the external storage device 9 or the program 6 as the status data 7 associated with the.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of a conventional processing method. First, the contents of the processing executed by the central processing unit 5 by the program 6 are displayed on the display device 1 (step ST1). Next, the display device 1
Input the display contents of, or the state of the program 6 for reproducing the display contents, and set the time to the clock 2
The time and the display state are stored in the external storage device 9 as the state data 7 (step ST2). After that, it waits for an external input signal from the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 (step ST3). When the program 6 receives any external input signal, it is determined whether or not the signal is a command causing the state change of the program 6 (step ST4), and if so, the state of the program 6 is changed (step ST5). If not, other processes after step ST6 are performed. After the state of the program 7 is changed in step ST5, step S
Returning to T1, the changed state is reflected on the display device 1. Next, the time is input from the clock 2, and the type of the input signal, the changed state, and the time are stored as the state data 7 (step ST2). Each time an input for instructing a state change is received in the process of step ST3, steps ST4, ST
5, ST1 and ST2 are repeated.

When the signal received in step ST3 is a signal for returning the state to the past state (step ST6), the designated state information is read from the stored past state data 7 and the state of the program 6 is read. Is replaced with the state at the designated time (step ST7). When the next input is a command for reproducing the past state change (step ST8), the next state is sequentially read from the stored state data 7 and the state change of the program 6 is reproduced ( Step ST9). Otherwise, it returns to the state at the designated time and repeats the processing from step ST2.

[0005]

Since the conventional program operation reproducing apparatus is constructed as described above, the program 6 records the state of the program 6 and reads the past state by a command to reproduce it. Must have Therefore, a program that does not have this function cannot reproduce the operation performed once. In order to reproduce the operation of the program 6, the function of reproducing the operation is added by modifying the program 6.
Program 6 needs to be rebuilt. Even with the program 6 having the operation reproducing function, the operations of a plurality of programs 6 cannot be reproduced while synchronizing them on the same display device 1. Furthermore, there is a problem that the user cannot easily understand the operation content of the program 6 being reproduced because there is no operation explanation means using a figure or a voice when reproducing the operation.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it requires human intervention by separating an operating program and a function of acquiring an input signal from the outside and recording / reproducing it. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a program operation reproducing apparatus and a method thereof that can automatically reproduce a program operation without the need.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program operation reproducing apparatus and method, wherein an input signal from an input device is collected and stored in a storage means, and the stored input signal is stored. It is designed to be sent to the program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program operation reproducing apparatus and method, wherein an input signal from an input device and time information from a clock are collected and stored in a storage means. Is transmitted to the program at a time interval according to the stored time information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program operation reproducing apparatus and method, wherein input signals from an input device are collected and stored in a storage means, and the stored input signals are transmitted to a program. At the time of transmission, input of an input signal from the input device to the program is prohibited.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program operation reproducing apparatus and method, wherein an input signal from an input device and drawing information for explaining an operation of a program are collected and stored in a storage means. The signal is transmitted to the program and the stored drawing information is transmitted to the display device for display.

In the program operation reproducing apparatus and method according to the present invention, the input signal from the input device and the voice information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in the storage means. The input signal is transmitted to the program and the stored voice information is transmitted to the voice output device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program operation reproducing apparatus and method, wherein input signals from an input device are collected and stored in a storage means, and the stored input signals are transmitted to the program. The stored voice information is transmitted to the voice output device, and the transmission of the next input signal is prohibited until the voice description of the voice output device is completed.

[0013]

According to the program operation reproducing apparatus and method of the present invention, even if the actually operating program does not have the function of reproducing the operation, the apparatus is operated once and the pointing device or keyboard input to the program is performed. Are collected and recorded in an external storage device, and for reproduction, a signal is read from the external storage device and sent as a signal of a pointing device or a keyboard to a program that actually operates to reproduce the operation performed once. It will be possible. Further, by copying the information recorded in the external storage device to another device, it is possible to reproduce the operation in a plurality of other devices.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program operation reproducing apparatus and method, wherein a time interval of generation of an input signal from the outside is measured, and the signal is reproduced at the time interval. Even if the programs are executed by devices having different operation speeds, the operation can be reproduced at accurate time intervals.

In the program operation reproducing apparatus and method according to the third and ninth aspects of the present invention, the collision between the actual input signal and the input signal for reproducing the program operation can be avoided.

In the program operation reproducing apparatus and method according to the inventions of claims 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 12, since the operation contents can be explained by a drawing or voice in synchronization with the reproduction operation of the program, the user can explain the operation contents. Can easily understand the contents of the reproduction operation of the program. Further, it is possible to reproduce the operation while synchronizing the operation of a plurality of operating programs.

[0017]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the invention of claims 1 to 4, 7 to 10 will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 12 are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations thereof will be omitted. Figure 1
In the figure, 8 is an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus. The external input collection / reproduction device 8 has a function of collecting input information from the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 regardless of the program 6 and recording the information in an external storage device 9. Here, the program 6 is the state of the program 6 and the display device 1.
It does not have the function of recording the display information of, and does not have the function of reproducing the state change.

Further, the program 6 advances the state change by an external input signal from the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 regardless of the external input collecting / reproducing device 8. That is,
When the external input collecting / reproducing device 8 collects the external input, the program 6 is not affected and the program 6 is configured to perform the normal operation. The keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 are used as input devices, and the external storage device 9 is used as storage means.

Next, the operation will be described. The operation of the external input collection / reproduction device 8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, if the determination in step ST10 is a mode for collecting external input, input signals from the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 are collected (step S).
T11). Next, the input time of the signal is obtained from clock 2 (step ST12). The input signal and the time are recorded in the external storage device 9 (step ST13). The input signal at this time is also input to the program 6, and the program 6 changes the contents of the display device 1 and the state of the program 6 itself. In the mode of collecting the input, steps ST11 to ST13 are repeated.

If the input signal acquisition mode is not set (step ST10) and the transmission mode is not set (step ST14), nothing is done. If it is the transmission mode, the input signal and the time are read from the external storage device 9 (step ST15). Then, the input signal is transmitted to the program 6 as a signal from the keyboard 3 or the pointing device 4 (step ST16). The program 6 operates as an input from the keyboard 3 or the pointing device 4 according to the signal. According to the first embodiment, the state change of the program 6 can be reproduced without any external input even for the program 6 having no reproduction function without modifying the program 6 to be executed.

Example 2. In the above-described first embodiment, in steps ST15 and ST16 of the flowchart of FIG. 2, a signal is transmitted to the program 6 regardless of the time interval of the recorded input information, but in the second embodiment, the steps of the flowchart of FIG. As in ST17, by obtaining the time of the clock 2 and waiting until the time interval specified by the input information read from the external storage device 9, the signal is output at the same time interval as the time interval of the recorded input information. Is added to the program 6. According to the second embodiment, even when the program operation reproducing apparatus and method according to the present invention is realized by another computer and the operation of the program 6 is reproduced, the operation is reproduced at the time when the program 6 was recorded. can do.

Example 3. In the first embodiment, the signals are transmitted to the program 6 regardless of the time interval of the recorded input information in steps ST15 and ST16 of the flow chart of FIG. 2, but in the third embodiment, as in the flow chart of FIG. In step ST18, an appropriate calculation means is provided at the same time interval as the time interval of the recorded input information.
Add as. The calculation at this time is as follows for the time interval T:
If the interval after calculation is T ₁ , then T ₁ = F (T), where F is a function of T. For example, when T ₁ = 2 · T, the operation of the program 6 can be reproduced at 1/2 speed by transmitting the signal read from the external storage device 9 to the program 6 after T ₁ . According to the third embodiment, for example, in the case of slowly reproducing the motion, the signal is transmitted to the program 6 after a lapse of several times the recorded time, so that the motion reproduction speed can be changed. Control becomes possible.

Example 4. In the first embodiment, while the information transmission mode of the flow chart of FIG. 2, that is, step ST15 and step ST16 are executed, input of input signals from the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 to the program 6 is prohibited. Means and, when the transmission mode is released, again the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4
Means for canceling the input of the input signal from the input to the program 6 is added. According to the fourth embodiment, in the control of the program 6, actual external input and steps ST15 and S
It is possible to avoid confusion such as a double action with the signal reproduced at T16 and a collision due to a double operation.

Example 5. In the first embodiment, the external input collecting / reproducing device 8 obtains the position of the input signal from the keyboard 3 and the pointing device 4 on the display device 1, and that position is controlled by the program 6. A means for acquiring the presence and a function for transmitting a signal to the designated program 6 are added. As in the flowchart of FIG. 5, a number for identifying the transmission target program 6 is acquired in step ST19. In step ST13, the identification number is recorded for both the time and the input signal. At the time of transmission, a signal is sent to the designated program 6 (step ST
16). According to the fifth embodiment, it is possible to reproduce the operations of the plurality of programs 6 not only when there is one program 6 but also when there are two or more programs 6. By combining the functions of the fourth and fifth embodiments with any of the second to fourth embodiments, it is possible to realize a program operation reproducing apparatus having both function functions and a method thereof.

Example 6. In the first embodiment, when the external input collecting / reproducing device 8 is in the drawing input mode (step ST20) as in the flow chart of FIG. 6, means for inputting a diagram for explaining the operation of the program 6 by the signal to be transmitted. (Step ST21) and means (step ST22) for recording the input information with an explanatory diagram are added. In the transmission mode (step ST14), when the external input information is transmitted to the program 6, a means (step ST23) for displaying an explanatory view of the operation of the program 6 by the signal to be transmitted on the display device 1 is added. . According to the sixth embodiment, an explanatory diagram can be added when reproducing the operation of the program 6, so that the operation content at the time of reproducing the operation of the program 6 can be effectively explained.

Example 7. FIG. 7 shows claims 5, 6, 11, and 1.
2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the invention of FIG. 2 and having a configuration in which an audio output device is added to the configuration of FIG. The following Examples 7, 8, 9, and 10 will be described based on the configuration of FIG. 7. In the first embodiment, when the external input collecting / reproducing device 8 is in the voice input mode (step ST24) as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, a means for inputting a voice explaining the operation of the program 6 by the signal to be transmitted. (Step ST25) and means (step ST26) for recording input information with explanation voice are added. Then, in the transmission mode (step ST14), when transmitting the external input information to the program 6, a means (step ST27) for outputting an explanation voice of the operation of the program 6 by the signal to be transmitted from the voice output device 10 is added. To do. This Example 7
According to the above, since it is possible to add a voice description when reproducing the operation of the program 6, it is possible to effectively explain the operation content when the operation of the program 6 is reproduced.

Example 8. In the first embodiment, when the external input collecting / reproducing device 8 is in the voice input mode (step ST24) as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, the operation of the program 6 according to the signal to be transmitted is explained and the voice is explained. Means for inputting (steps ST21, ST2
5) and means for recording the input information with an explanatory diagram and an explanation voice (step ST28) are added. In the transmission mode (step ST14), when transmitting the external input information to the program 6, an explanatory diagram of the operation of the program 6 by the signal to be transmitted is displayed on the display device 1, and the explanation voice is output by the voice output device 10. The means (step ST29) described below is added by outputting from. According to the eighth embodiment, when the operation of the program 6 is reproduced, it is possible to add the explanation with the explanatory diagram and the voice, so that the program 6
It is possible to effectively explain the operation contents when the operation is reproduced.

Example 9. In the seventh embodiment, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
After the explanation by voice (step ST27), a means (step ST30) for not transmitting the next input signal until the explanation by voice is completed is added. This Example 9
According to this, it is possible to synchronize the operation of the program 6 and the explanation voice of the operation.

Example 10. In the seventh embodiment, the external input collection / reproduction device 8 acquires the time of the clock 2 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, and when the designated time interval is reached (step ST31), it is determined whether or not the audio explanation is finished. A means (step ST30) for not transmitting the next input signal is added until confirmation is made and the explanation is completed. According to the tenth embodiment, a series of operations of the program 6 can be explained by voice, and the operation of the program 6 and the explanation voice can be synchronized.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first and seventh aspects of the present invention, the input signals from the input device are collected and stored in the storage means, and the stored input signals are transmitted to the program. Since it is configured, the operation of the program 6 can be reproduced without changing the function of the program even when the operating program does not have the function of recording the input signal and the function of reading and executing the recorded signal. It will be possible. In addition, a function of reproducing a predetermined operation can be realized without modifying the program. In addition, once the input signal is recorded, it can be reproduced as many times as possible, allowing repeated operation of the program,
There is an effect that automatic processing can be performed.

According to the present invention, the input signal from the input device and the time information from the clock are collected and stored in the storage means, and the stored input signal is stored at the stored time. Since the information is transmitted to the program at time intervals according to the information, there is an effect that the reproduction operation is performed on the same time as when the program is actually executed.

According to the third and ninth aspects of the present invention, the input signals from the input device are collected and stored in the storage means, and the stored input signals are transmitted to the program. Since the input signal is prohibited from being input to the program, it is possible to avoid confusion such as double operation or double operation due to the input signal for actual operation and the input signal for reproducing the operation. is there.

According to the present invention, the input signal from the input device and the drawing information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in the storage means, and the stored input signal is transmitted to the program. Since the stored drawing information is configured to be transmitted to and displayed on the display device, there is an explanation of the operation of the program by the drawing, so that the user can easily understand the content of the reproduction operation of the program. is there.

According to the present invention, the input signal from the input device and the voice information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in the storage means, and the stored input signal is transmitted to the program. In addition, since the stored voice information is configured to be transmitted to the voice output device, since there is an explanation of the operation of the program by voice,
There is an effect that the user can easily understand the content of the reproduction operation of the program.

According to the present invention, the input signals from the input device are collected and stored in the storage means, the stored input signals are transmitted to the program, and the stored voice information is stored. Is transmitted to the voice output device, and transmission of the next input signal is prohibited until the voice description of the voice output device is completed. Therefore, the voice description of a series of operations of the program can be performed. You can
Moreover, the operation of the program and the explanation voice can be synchronized.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a block diagram showing Embodiments 1 to 6 of the invention of claims 1 to 4, 7 to 10;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the functions of the external input collecting / reproducing apparatus according to the first and fourth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the functions of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the function of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the function of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the functions of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing Embodiments 7 to 10 of the invention of claims 5, 6, 11 and 12;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing functions of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing functions of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 8 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing functions of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 9 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the function of an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus of embodiment 10 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a conventional program operation reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the function of a conventional program.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Display Device 2 Clock 3 Keyboard (Input Device) 4 Pointing Device (Input Device) 5 Central Processing Unit 6 Program 8 External Input Collection / Reproduction Device 9 External Storage Device (Storage Means) 10 Audio Output Device

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A central processing unit for executing a program and controlling the whole, an input device for inputting instructions and data for the program, a storage means for storing information, and an input signal from the input device. Then, the program operation reproducing apparatus is provided with an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus for storing the input signal in the storage means and transmitting the stored input signal to the program. 2. A central processing unit for executing a program and controlling the whole, an input device for inputting instructions and data for the program, a storage unit for storing information, a clock for measuring elapsed time, and An external input that collects an input signal from an input device and time information from the clock and stores the information in the storage means, and transmits the stored input signal to the program at a time interval according to the stored time information. A program operation reproducing device including a collecting and reproducing device. 3. A central processing unit for executing a program and controlling the whole, an input device for inputting instructions and data for the program, a storage means for storing information, and an input signal from the input device. And the external input collecting / reproducing device for transmitting the stored input signal to the program and prohibiting the input signal from the input device to the program at the time of the transmission. Program operation reproduction device. 4. A central processing unit for executing a program and controlling the whole, an input unit for inputting instructions and data for the program, a storage unit for storing information, and a display unit for displaying drawings and the like. An input signal from the input device and drawing information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in the storage means, the stored input signal is transmitted to the program, and the stored drawing information is displayed on the display device. A program operation reproducing apparatus including an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus for transmitting and displaying. 5. A central processing unit for executing a program and controlling the whole, an input device for inputting instructions and data for the program, a storage means for storing information, a voice output device, and the input device. Input signal and voice information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in the storage means, the stored input signal is transmitted to the program, and the stored voice information is transmitted to the voice output device. A program operation reproducing device having an external input collecting / reproducing device. 6. A central processing unit for executing a program and controlling the whole, an input device for inputting instructions and data for the program, a storage means for storing information, a voice output device, and the input device. Input signal and voice information for explaining the operation of the program are stored in the storage means, the stored input signal is transmitted to the program, and the stored voice information is transmitted to the voice output device. , A program operation reproducing apparatus having an external input collecting / reproducing apparatus which prohibits the transmission of the next input signal until the audio explanation of the audio output apparatus is completed. 7. An input signal such as an instruction or data for a program executed by a central processing unit is collected and stored in a storage means, and when the program operation is reproduced, the stored input signal is transmitted to the program. A program operation reproducing method for reproducing the operation of the above program based on an input signal. 8. An input signal such as an instruction or data for a program executed by a central processing unit and time information obtained by measuring the elapsed time during the program operation are collected and stored in a storage means, and when the program operation is reproduced. A program operation reproducing method in which the stored input signal is transmitted to the program according to the stored time information, and the operation of the program is reproduced based on the input signal. 9. An input signal such as an instruction or data from an input device for a program executed by the central processing unit is collected and stored in a storage means, and the stored input signal is transmitted to the program when the program operation is reproduced. Then, the program operation reproducing method wherein the operation of the program is reproduced based on the input signal and the input signal from the input device is prohibited from being input to the program during the transmission. 10. An input signal such as an instruction or data for a program executed by a central processing unit and drawing information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in a storage means, and the memory is stored when the program operation is reproduced. And a program operation reproducing method for transmitting the input signal to the program, reproducing the operation of the program based on the input signal, and displaying the drawing information. 11. An input signal such as an instruction or data for a program executed by a central processing unit and voice information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in a storage means, and the storage is performed when the program operation is reproduced. A program operation reproducing method for transmitting the input signal to a program, operating the program based on the input signal, and explaining the operation of the program by a voice based on the voice information. 12. An input signal such as an instruction or data for a program executed by the central processing unit and voice information for explaining the operation of the program are collected and stored in a storage means, and the storage is performed when the program operation is reproduced. The input signal is transmitted to the program, the program is operated based on the input signal, and the operation of the program is explained by the voice based on the voice information, and the transmission of the next input signal is prohibited until the explanation is completed. How to reproduce the program behavior.