JPH07168690A - Updating and displaying method for image - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive a successive updating of image numbers which can not be performed with page-unit up and down icons and expansion of the updated contents. CONSTITUTION:The 1st up icon 3a and 2nd down icon 3c for changing every plural image pages are displayed and a 3rd icon 3B which moves between the two icons to change images, one by one, in the up and down directions is displayed; and the icons 3A, 3B, and 3C are clicked to update and display display images on a multiwindow screen. For the purpose, transition areas (a) and (b) are provided at both end parts on the movement area of the 3rd icon 3B and each time the transition area (a) or (b) is reached, the 3rd icon 3B is automtically moved to an up or down start point to update the image number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image update display method for updating an image on a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are many examples in which a large number of medical images are displayed in a multi-window format and used by a doctor for diagnosis. In the group medical examination, since a large number of subjects and a large number of diagnostic images are handled, this multi-window type image display is indispensable. In addition to mass screening, it is important to display images in multi-window format in order to improve the efficiency of diagnosis.

The number of pixels is as large as several hundred to several thousand,
In order to display this on the screen, it is necessary to efficiently update the image on the screen. A conventional example is shown in FIG.
Since four images are displayed on one screen, one set of four images is set as one page, and four images are updated at the time of updating. If two images are displayed on one screen, two will be one page. Further, an image number is assigned to each image and the numbers are managed. The screen 1 is divided into four multi-window screens 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D. On this screen, image numbers 105, 106, 107,
The example which displayed the image of 108 is shown. On the right side is an image update icon 3 and a grayscale instruction icon 4
And are displayed. Grayscale instruction icon 4,
The gradation level of the images on the multi-window screens 2A to 2D is controlled by the operator operating the mouse cursor 6 with the mouse 5.

The image updating icon 3 comprises a page up icon 3A, a page down icon 3C and an individual update icon 3B. The page-up icon 3A has four pages as one page, and one click with the mouse cursor 6 updates the page by +1. The updated image of the new page is newly displayed on the multi-window screens 2A to 2D to update the image. Page down icon 3C is 1
The page is updated by -1 by clicking the mouse cursor 6 times. Therefore, when you go up the page,
The page up icon 3C is operated, and when the page is down, the page down icon 3C is operated.

The individual update icon 3B is used to update and display the image number one by one. That is, when the icon 3B is moved downward, the image numbers are consecutively +
The image numbers are incremented by one, and when moving upward, the image numbers are sequentially reduced by -1.

[0006]

Problem to be Solved by the Invention Individual Update Icon 3B
Moves between the icons 3A and 3C, and can only update a number having a size determined by the distance between them. That is, the minimum unit distance for updating the number of the icon 3B is Δd,
When the movable distance determined between the icons 3A and 3C is d, the maximum update number N is

## EQU1 ## N = d / Δd. The update with the update number N or more cannot be performed with the icon 3B. Although it is performed by combining with the page icons 3A and 3C, it is not easy to combine with the page.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image update instructing device that can significantly update an image number only with an individual update icon.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a first icon for up and a second icon for down are displayed for each of a plurality of image pages, and the middle of the two icons is moved to move the image unit. In the image update display method in which a third icon that moves up and down is displayed and the display image on the multi-window screen is updated and displayed by clicking these icons, both side edges on the moving area of the third icon Disclosed is an image update display method in which a transition area is provided in a section and the image number is updated by automatically moving the third icon to an up or down start point each time the transition area is moved to.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the third icon is from top to bottom,
Or, even when moving from the bottom to the top, not only the image number is updated only once in the moving range, but the image number is updated each time it moves to the transition area and the original start position is returned.
It is possible to continuously update the image number and enlarge the update content.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the icon of the present invention. Having three icons 3A, 3B and 3C is shown in FIG.
Is the same as the conventional example. The feature of this embodiment is that the icon 3 is used.
This is because a transition area a is provided immediately below A and a transition area b is provided immediately above the icon 3C, and whether the image number update using these transition areas a and b is expanded.

In FIG. 1, the image number update section is the distance D.
This is the area indicated by. Transition area a above and below this section,
have b. When the icon 3B moves to this area, the transition areas a and b perform a number update instruction and a process of automatically moving the icon 3B to the opposite side for updating. Starting point S
_When dragging the icon 3B from ₁ to the end point S ₂ , the number is updated by +1. When the icon 3B enters the transition area b from the end point S ₂ , the icon 3
B automatically moves to the starting point S ₁ . If the total number updated from S ₁ to S ₂ is M, the start point S
The updated total number at the time of moving to ₁ is M, which is the same value as the updated total number at the end point S ₂ . Then, by moving the icon 3B from the start point S ₁ to the end point S ₂ again, the start number is set to M, and the number is updated by +1. The update number becomes 2M when the end point S ₂ is reached. When the transition area b is entered from the end point S _{2, the} icon 3B returns to the start point S ₁ again. The update number at the time of returning is 2M.
By repeating, the number is updated as 2M → 3M → 4M.

[0012] On the other hand, when the slide into updating the number by -1, as a starting point S _2, as the end point of the S _1, the start point S ₂
The icon 3B is moved in the direction from to the end point S ₁ .
When the end point S ₁ is reached, the update number becomes smaller by −M, and when the icon 3B enters the transition area a, the icon 3B
Automatically moves to the starting point S ₂ . At this starting point S ₂ , the update numbers are the same. Then from the start point S ₂ to the end point S ₁
When the icon 3B is moved to, the update number is decreased by -2M at the position of the end point S ₁ , and when the transition area a is entered, the icon 3B is automatically returned to S ₂ .
Hereinafter, by moving the icon 3B from S ₂ → S ₁ ,
The numbers decrease by -3M and -4M.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the icon 3B is automatically returned to the starting point each time the transition area is entered, so that the updating of the image number can be performed without limitation. It became so.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show another embodiment. The numbers are updated also in the transition areas a and b, and the icon 3B is automatically returned to the position corresponding to the updated numbers. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, the icon 3B is moved to enter the transition region b and the position Q _{1 at the} distance d ₁ is entered.
If the update number at this time is x ₁ , the icon 3B is automatically moved to the position P ₁ at the time of the stop. This position P ₁ is a position below the transition region a by a distance d ₁ . The update number at the position P ₁ is x ₁ like the update number. Then, by moving the icon 3B downward from the position P ₁ again, the numbers are sequentially updated. An example of updating in the up direction has been shown, but an example of updating in the down direction can be similarly realized.

An example of this is shown in FIG. Icon 3B
Suppose that it has been raised and entered the moving area a and stopped at the position P ₂ of the distance d ₂ at that time, the icon 3B is automatically moved to the position of the point Q ₂ . Here, the position of the point Q _{2 is} the position of the distance d ₂ above the region b. And the point P ₂
When the image number of the a x _2, the image number of the point Q ₂ is also x _2. According to this embodiment, the number update is updated spirally.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the present invention. In step 10, it is determined whether the icon type (3A, 3B or 3C). If it is the icon 3A or 3C, the process proceeds to step 11 or 13 to update +1 page or -1 page for each click. Then, in step 14 or 17, the image is displayed according to the update page.

On the other hand, if it is the icon 3B, it is determined in step 12 whether it is up or down. If it is up, it is determined in step 15 whether or not the icon 3B is present in the area b. If it is in the area b, in step 18, it is determined in FIG.
The icon 3B is automatically moved from Q ₁ to P ₁ according to. On the condition that this automatic movement or the icon 3B is not within the area b, the image number corresponding to the position of the icon 3B is calculated in step 20, and the image number is displayed in step 22. Similarly, if the icon 3B is down,
Whether or not it is in the area a is determined in step 16, and if it is in the area a, the process moves from P ₂ to Q ₂ according to FIG. Further, on condition that the automatic movement or the icon 3B is not within the area b, an image number corresponding to the position of the icon 3B is calculated in step 21, and it is displayed in step 22.

FIG. 5 shows a processing system diagram of the present invention. C
The PU 30, the main memory 31, the auxiliary memory 32, the image memory 33, the keyboard 35, and the mouse 36 are connected to the common memory 37. A CRT 34 is connected to the image memory 33 to display a multi-window screen. Various images are stored in the auxiliary memory 32, and the CPU 30 operates the keyboard 35 or the mouse 3 according to the software of the main memory 31.
The image memory 33 is read out according to the instruction of 6.
The multi-window screen is displayed on the CRT 34. The software on the main memory 31 is that shown in FIG.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to continuously update the image number and enlarge the update content, which is not possible with the page unit up and down icons.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a conventional icon example and a multi-window screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another icon example of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a processing flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a processing system diagram of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT screen 3A Page up icon 3B Individual update icon 3C Page down icon a, b Transition area 30 CPU 31 Main memory 32 Auxiliary memory 33 Image memory 34 CRT 35 Keyboard 36 Mouse

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first method for uploading a plurality of image pages
Icon and a second down icon are displayed, a middle of these two icons is moved to display a third icon that moves up and down in image units, and a multi-window is clicked by clicking these icons. In the image update display method in which the display image on the screen is updated and displayed, transition regions are provided at both end portions on the movement region of the third icon, and the up or down start point is set at each transition region. An image update display method in which the third icon is automatically moved to update the image number.