JPH07175616A - Information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the preparing efficiency of a program by facilitating standardization of a display program by designating the size of a display area and automatically displaying information by starting the display program corresponding to that size. CONSTITUTION:When an automatic display program 60 is started, the program selects the closest size among the sizes designated by a display area size table 50 by comparatively judging it from display size tables t1-tn and starts any one of display programs 701-70n. Thus, the information corresponding to the display size is extracted from a storage means 40 and automatically displayed on the screen of a CRT 10. Next, the information under displaying is selected by a mouse 20 or the like in such a state, the display size is displayed by a rectangular frame, enlargement/reduction is performed, that size is set to the display area size table 50, and the program of the automatic display program 60 is started. Then, any program corresponding to the size designated by the display area size table 50 is selected, and the information is displayed on the CRT 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display system,
In particular, the present invention relates to an information display method for displaying information in a man-machine device that operates, operates, and monitors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional information display system will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 show examples of displaying a clock on a multi-window screen. Usually, the most key information (hereinafter, referred to as “key information”) representing the function of “object (object)” as a clock is <time>. Information related to this includes date, time of wake-up call,
There is a calendar and schedule. To display the time,
Digital display, analog display,
There is also a display screen for setting a wake-up call. In order to display and operate these in a window (a screen with a fixed display size is also treated as one window), (1) Place each information so that it is displayed in one window, and make these into menus / widgets. ,
There are two methods, one is to switch to a specified window, and the other is to (2) place related information in addition to the key information as a program to be displayed in one window and display only the size of the actual display window. is there.
The method (1) is shown in FIG. 2, and the method (2) is shown in FIG.
In the case of the method (1), the display of windows such as time, date, wake-up time, calendar, schedule, etc. is programmed and placed ((a) in FIG. 2).
There is a window in which the time is displayed digitally, and when this is selected with a pointing device such as a mouse, a widget for selecting the related display window regarding this time is displayed ((b) in FIG. 2). If you select a required item from this widget, for example, select a calendar, a new calendar window is displayed as shown in FIG. In the case of the method of (2), the time, date, wake-up time, calendar, schedule, etc. are programmed so as to be displayed in one window ((a) in FIG. 3). Therefore, if you try to view the information of this clock while another window is displayed,
This program is started and the necessary information is viewed, but when the necessary information is the time, a small area of the entire window is sufficient, so the window size is reduced ((b) in FIG. 3). On the contrary, when the image is displayed in a small size, the size of the image is enlarged to see the hidden information ((c) in FIG. 3). Next, the conventional information display method will be described by taking the plant operation screens of FIGS. 4 and 5 as an example. Fig. 4- (a) shows a flow screen for one process of the plant. The current value of the process is displayed in (a) to (f) on the screen, the temperature in the tank (measured value of TIC100) in (a), the pressure value in the tank in (b), and (ha). ) Is the liquid level of the tank, (d) is the flow rate of hot and cold water, (e) is the flow rate of hot water, (f)
Indicates the flow rate of cold water. Now (a)
When the temperature value part of is selected by the operation of (1) shown in FIG.
As in (b), (2) "instrument window" is displayed in an overlapping manner on the edge of the screen in response to the selected operation shown in (1). At the same time, at the bottom of the screen, an operation menu for expanding and operating from this "instrument window" is displayed (in the example, the menus [Parameter] [Trend] [Instrument] [Delete] are displayed). In (2) "Instrument window" shown in the figure, PV (measured value) and SV for the TIC100
(Target value) and MV (manipulation amount) are actually displayed in the same graph as the instrument. Further, the operation of the data such as SV and MV can be performed from this window. In this state, if you specify [Delete] in the operation of (3) in the figure, the "instrument window" of (2) that is currently displayed
And the lower operation menu is erased, and the state returns to the state of FIG. When the operation [trend] in the figure (4) is selected, the time series data including the past time of the TIC 100 is displayed in the area (2) in the graph, that is, (2)
The "instrument window" displayed in the area of will be erased, and the "trend window" will be switched to the same position.
Similarly, the operation [parameter] shown in FIG.
Parameter related to 0 (in the example, PH (alarm upper limit value), PL (alarm lower limit value), TP (proportional band), TI (integral time), TD (differential time) in addition to PV, SV, MV) It is displayed in the area of (2) as "window". You can also change the data in this "Parameter window". As can be seen from the above, in this example,
By selecting the displayed information section from the displayed screen, more detailed information regarding the selected information can be displayed and set in various "windows". Further, FIG. 5 shows an example of another "window" on the flow screen of the plant. FIG. 5 shows that when the selection operation is performed in the order of (a), (b) and (c) in the state of FIG. 4- (a), first, the temperature (TI) of (a) is set in the first operation (1).
If you select (measured value of C100), (2)
The "Instrument window" of TIC100 is displayed in the area of, and when the pressure value of (b) is selected in the next operation (3),
In the area of (4), the "instrument window" related to pressure is displayed next to the area of (2), and if the liquid level of (c) is selected in the subsequent operation (5), the liquid level will be displayed in the area of (6). The "instrument window" for is displayed next to the area in (4). In this way, in this example, when another information section is selected, the "instrument window" is displayed one after another until the screen becomes full. This is an operation performed when it is desired to simultaneously view or operate detailed information between related information.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional information display method, when displaying the information of one "object" on the screen, the amount of information to be displayed depending on the purpose of the screen (how much related information is displayed). ), The display form (character / figure / size) changes, so a program must be created accordingly. Specifically, for example, in the case of a clock, it is common to display the time on all screens in common, but the display form can be displayed digitally or as a diagram in the shape of a clock. Also, there are various cases in which the display content is displayed as hours: minutes or hours: minutes: seconds, and further, dates are added, days of the week are added, and days of the week are displayed in English.
Also, in the screen for the purpose of schedule, in addition to the display of this time, the schedule of the day of the day is also displayed, and the schedule up to the week / month / year is also displayed. , Etc. There are various cases. Since there are such various cases, what to display on the screen (what you want) changes variously depending on the user, and many kinds of programs must be created corresponding to this. As described above, creating a large number of various and similar programs greatly reduces the program creation efficiency. In other words, it is difficult to standardize the program. In view of the above circumstances, the object of the present invention is to
To provide an information display method suitable for facilitating standardization of programs and improving program creation efficiency and operability of information display so that the amount of information displayed on the screen and the display form can be changed. It is in.

[0004]

The object of the above is to determine a program for each display case and the size of its display area in advance, and when an actual display area is designated, start a display program suitable for the size. By automatically displaying the information, and when the size of the display area of the information already displayed on the screen is enlarged / reduced, the display program corresponding to the enlarged / reduced size is selected to automatically display the information. Is achieved.

[0005]

[Function] By simply designating the size of the display area, a display program matching the size is activated and information is automatically displayed. Therefore, standardization of the display program can be facilitated and the program creation efficiency can be improved. Can be improved. In addition, by simply enlarging or reducing the size of the display area of the display case that is already displayed, the display program that matches the enlarged or reduced size is started and the information is automatically displayed. It becomes easier and the operability is improved.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information display system showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is a display means of a screen typified by a CRT liquid crystal display, 20 is an input means for operating a screen typified by a mouse / keyboard, and inputting data, and 30 is a display program typified by a computer. A means (CPU) 40 for executing the operation is a storage means typified by a file for storing display data. The CPU 30
A display area size table 50 for storing and storing the size of a display area transferred from a program or a mouse, an automatic display program 60 for selecting a display program 70 according to the size of the display area size table 50 and displaying it on the screen, It has a display program 70 for one "thing" and an application program 80 for screen display. Here, the display program 70 includes display programs 701 to 70n for each case of displaying related information, and the sizes required for each display are stored in the display size tables t1 to tn corresponding to the respective display programs 701 to 70n. And put.
Now, when the display area size designated by the application 80 is set in the display area size table 50 and the automatic display program 60 is started, the automatic display program 6
The program of 0 selects the closest size within the size specified in the display area size table 50 from the display size tables t1 to tn, selects it, and activates the display program 701 to 70n. Information suitable for the display size is retrieved from the storage means 40, and C
It is automatically displayed on the screen of RT10. Next, select the information being displayed in this state with the mouse 20 or the like, display the display size with a rectangular frame, and then drag the display frame with the mouse 20 or the like to enlarge / reduce the size of the frame. Is set in the table of the display area size table 50, and the program of the automatic display program 60 is started, the display programs 701 to 70n corresponding to the size specified in the display area size table 50 are automatically selected as described above. Information is displayed on the CRT 10. Further, the display frame is reduced, and when the display size becomes less than a certain size (for example, when the size becomes one character or less), it is determined that the display is unnecessary and the window being displayed is deleted. This deletion is performed in the same way as the [Delete] function by the menu method of the screen and window.

Details of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows a specific configuration example of this embodiment using a watch as an example. In FIG. 6, 701 is a time: minute: second time display program, 702 is a date and day of the week display program, 703 is an analog time display program, 70
Reference numeral 4 is an analog clock and time and date and time display program, 705 is a calendar display program, and 706 is a schedule display program for weekly schedule. The size (rectangle) required for each display is shown in each display program 701 to 706. Correspondingly, display size table t1
~ Store at t6. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 represent the same objects. Now, it is assumed that the application program 80 displays the current time in the form of hour: minute: second as shown in FIG. As for the initial display method, the display size is written from the application program 80 to the display area size table 50, and the program of the automatic display program 60 is activated (Note 1). The automatic display program 60 is
The size written in the display area size table 50 from this application program 80, for example, 20 * 1
28, the size closest to this size is compared with the display size tables t1 to t6 (details of the comparison method are divided into comparison processing example 1 to comparison processing example 4 and will be described later with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11). . In this example, the display size table t
The size of 1 is the closest (same). Therefore, the automatic display program 60 starts the display program 701 corresponding to the display size table t1, and subsequently the program of the display program 701 is stored in the storage means (DISC) 40.
The time is taken out from and displayed on the CRT 10 as “12:58:32” as shown in FIG.

Next, the time portion displayed by the application program 80 is selected by clicking with the mouse 20. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, the display size frame is surrounded by a rectangle such as a dotted line and displayed. continue,
One of the four corners of the frame display is dragged with the mouse 20 to enlarge (or reduce). This will determine the new size. For example, if 650 * 850 as shown in FIG. 7B, this size is written in the table of the display area size table 50, and the automatic display program 60 is activated. Then, similarly to the initial display described above, the display program closest to this size is activated and the corresponding information is displayed. In this example, since the schedule of the display size table t6 is the closest, the schedule display program 7
06 is activated, and the schedule is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 (c). Here (Note 1), in the initial display, in addition to the method of passing the size to the display area size table 50 and starting the automatic display program 60 as described above, the application program 80 directly displays the display program 701.
To 706, and a method of implicitly activating a specific program of the display programs 701 to 706 (for example, displaying key information: the display program 701 in the above example) There is.

Next, the comparison process of the automatic display program 60 will be described. 1. (Comparative processing example 1) FIG. 8 shows a processing flow of this example. First, step 10
At 0, the initial value of the loop counter i is set to i = 1, and the initial value of the area difference DS is set to DS = maximum value.
Here, the size designated in the display area size table 50 is set to H (vertical) * W (horizontal). Next, in step 105, the vertical size Hi of the display size table ti is extracted, and in step 110, the display area size table 50.
The size H (vertical) specified in step 1 is compared with the vertical size Hi of the table ti. When Hi ≦ H, step 115
In step 120, the horizontal size Wi of the table ti is taken out, and in step 120, the size W (horizontal) specified in the display area size table 50 is compared with the horizontal size Wi of the table ti. When Wi ≦ W, in step 125, the display area Si = Hi * Wi of the table ti is obtained.
Then, in step 130, the area difference dsi = H * W-S
i is obtained, and it is determined in step 140 whether the area difference dsi is the minimum. When dsi ≦ DS, the smallest case number i is stored in j. In step 160, the processing for all cases is repeated and executed. In step 170, the case j is the closest to the size specified in the display area size table 50, so the display program 70j is activated. in this way,
In this example, the size H (vertical) * W (horizontal) specified in the display area size table 50 is compared with the size Hi of the table ti.
Compared with (vertical) * Wi (horizontal), Hi is smaller than H (step 110), Wi is smaller than W (step 120), and the difference between the areas Hi * Wi and H * W is the largest. It consists in selecting the smaller ti (step 140).

2. (Comparative processing example 2) FIG. 9 shows a processing flow of this example. In this example, in (Comparative processing example 1), if H * W is larger than H * W, there is a case where it is out of the target.
First, in step 200, the initial value of the loop counter i is set to i = 1, the initial value of the area difference DS is set to DS = maximum value, and the initial value of the ratio difference F is set to F = maximum value. Here, the size designated in the display area size table 50 is set to H (vertical) * W (horizontal). Next, in step 205, a ratio Gi = Hi / Wi of the vertical (Hi) and the horizontal (Wi) of the table is obtained in order to check the similarity. Step two
At 10, the difference (absolute value) Fi = H / W-Gi between the ratio Gi of the required sizes H (vertical) and W (horizontal) specified in the display area size table 50 is obtained. Next, step 22
At 0, it is determined whether the ratio difference is less than or equal to the threshold value Cx (F
i−F ≦ Cx). Here, when the threshold value Cx or less,
It means to exclude it as something that is not extremely similar. Hereinafter, Steps 225 to 270 perform the same processing as Steps 125 to 170 of (Comparative processing example 1). As a result, in this example, even if the size is slightly out of the size designated by the display area size table 50, the size closest to the size is selected and displayed.

3. (Comparative processing example 3) FIG. 10 shows a processing flow of this example. The methods of (comparative processing example 1) and (comparative processing example 2) are in the relation of one display size and one program. In these methods, all cases that can be considered by combining a plurality of related information about "object" are programmed in advance. Must be placed. In order to solve this point, in this example, instead of a pre-combination, programming is performed for each piece of information and the parts are placed, and the combination is automatically combined and displayed according to the display size. That is, in this example, the display programs 701 to 70 programmed for each information
In addition to the display size for each n, the display priority order number pi is stored in the table ti (see the upper left of FIG. 10). In this priority order, the younger the numerical value, the higher the priority. First, in step 300, the initial value of the display priority order number p (p = 1)
Is set, and the initial size of the display area is set to H * W in the display area size table 50. At step 305,
The initial value (i = 1) of the loop counter i is set. Next, in step 310, from the priority p = 1, the priority pi in the table ti and the current priority p are compared. If both are the same (pi = p), the current priority p
Select the same table ti as. Then, in step 320, it is checked whether or not the display size Hi * Wi of the table ti falls within the display size H * W of the display area size table 50. To enter the display area, step 33
0, the program 70i corresponding to the table ti
To start. When the program 70i is started, in step 340, a new display area is created by deleting the display size Hi * Wi of the table ti of the program started from the display area. Next, in step 350, the loop counter i is set to i = i + 1 and the process is repeated for all cases. In step 360, the new display area is set to the priority order p = p + 1, and all the priority orders are checked in the same manner. This comparison process ends when the priority process ends. Note that, when an empty area is generated in step 320, a detailed processing flow of how to arrange the empty area to obtain a layout without waste will not be described here, but waste from the cloth in sewing is not described. Non-standard pattern removal, punching without waste from a steel plate in sheet metal, etc. have been put to practical use, and display areas are assigned by a similar method. Next, FIG. 11 shows a display example by the method of the comparison processing example 3. In the method of the comparison processing example 3, a program for displaying information is created for each single piece of information (partization of the program). As an example of this, FIG.
FIG. 8A shows eight examples of the program number / program processing content / display size Hi * Wi / display priority / display example / corresponding to each information. Now, the display size H * W required by the display area size table 50 is "50 * 1".
30 ", when a size within this size is searched from the priorities, the display priorities 1 and 2 are selected in that order.
As shown in (b), the date and day of the program number 702, which is the program number 701 hours: minutes: seconds, is selected and displayed. Further, when the display size requested in the display area size table 50 is "350 * 500", the display priorities 1 to 4 and 10 are selected in order, and when the program number 701 is set as shown in FIG. 11- (c). : Minute: second, day of the week of program number 702, clock of program number 704, one-day schedule of program number 705,
The year number of program number 703 is displayed.

4. (Comparison processing example 4) (Comparison processing example 1), (Comparison processing example 2), (Comparison processing example 3) are all trying to select information that falls within the size to be displayed, but the display area size table 50 The display size H * W may be physically restricted due to the size of the display surface. For the purpose of alleviating this restriction, in this example, the magnification is added to the display size Hi * Wi for each program shown in the table ti in (Comparison processing example 1), (Comparison processing example 2), and (Comparison processing example 3). It is a method of multiplying and making a comparison judgment. If the magnification is 1.0 or more, the display is enlarged. This magnification is written in the display area size table 50 together with the designated size of the display area size table 50 by the program that activates the automatic display program 60. The specific method is to use the magnification as the area ratio and the symbol k
The size Hi * W for each table ti in (Comparative processing example 1), (Comparative processing example 2), and (Comparative processing example 3)
In the calculation of i, the size is calculated as Hi * Wi * k, and the display is performed with the size multiplied by this magnification. Also, if the display size can only be made small, set this magnification to 1.0.
If a display request is made in the following, it is reduced and displayed.

Next, FIGS. 12 and 13 show examples when the present invention is applied. FIG. 12 shows the types of display programs for one instrument of the present invention, each of which is a componentized program. (A) is a program that digitally displays the minimum required PV, SV, and MV values of the instrument, (b) is the "instrument display" program described in the prior art, and (c) is the instrument required. This is the main "parameter display" program, and (d) is the instrument P
This is a program for "trend display" of V, SV, MV, etc., and (e) is a program for performing "detailed parameter display" because the instrument has many parameters other than (c). An operation example on an actual screen will be described with reference to FIG. 13 on the assumption that the program is divided into parts.
FIG. 13- (a) is similar to the example of FIG. 5 (a) (e) (b).
Since the selection is made in the order of (3), when the operations of (1), (3), and (5) are performed in the order, three pieces of information (2), (4), and (6) are displayed simultaneously. Furthermore, the pressure data of (b) (PIC1
For 00), since it is desired to see past data, the information in (6) is switched to the "trend display window" and displayed. Incidentally, the purpose of simultaneously displaying the three pieces of information (2), (4), and (6) is to see if the control of the temperature (TIC100) is successful or not. Information and the past movement of the pressure (PIC100) closely related to the temperature and the information. The problem here is that, as you can see from Fig. 13- (a), the original screen (same as Fig. 4- (a)) disappears and disappears as you select the necessary information. Is. When the main purpose is to display the screen you originally want to see and see some of the details in the window, it makes no sense to hide the original screen. FIG. 13- (b) shows (1)
The window of the FIC100 is shrunk in the arrow direction by the operation of (2) to display the digital display of PV, SV, and MV of (2) as a window, and similarly, the operation of (3) is used to display the PIC.
The state of displaying the trend display of (4) in a window by shrinking the corner of 100 in the direction of the arrow is shown. As a result, the original screen is not completely hidden, so you can see the related information in the window together with the original screen. In addition, if the right guides of (2) and (4) are moved to an unobstructed place, the usability will be improved. By the way, the temperature TIC10
Looking at the controllability of 0, the information required by the FIC 100 may be PV, SV, and MV. Therefore, it is possible to greatly reduce the size as in the operation (1).

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the program creation for each display case and the size of its display area are decided in advance, in fact, simply by specifying the display area, the program matching the size is started and the information is automatically displayed. It is possible to facilitate componentization and improve program creation efficiency. Also, simply enlarge or reduce the size of the display area of the display case that is already displayed,
Since a program suitable for the enlarged or reduced size is started and information is automatically displayed, the operation for displaying the information becomes easy and the operability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 Example of conventional technology (menu-based development)

FIG. 3 Example of conventional technology (enlargement / reduction of window)

FIG. 4 Example of conventional technology (expansion of detailed information on process flow screen)

FIG. 5: Prior art example 4 (operation of instrument on process flow screen)

FIG. 6 is a specific configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a screen display example according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow of comparison processing example 1.

FIG. 9 is a flow of comparison processing example 2

FIG. 10 is a flow of comparison processing example 3

FIG. 11 is a display example according to Comparative processing example 3.

FIG. 12 is an application example of the present invention (type of program)

FIG. 13 is an application example (operation) of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 CRT 20 keyboard and mouse 30 CPU 40 storage means 50 display area size table 60 automatic display program 70 display program 80 application program t1 to tn display size table

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying information, a processing means for executing a display program, a storage means for storing display data, and an input means for operating a screen of the display means and inputting data, each of which is provided in advance. The size of the display area is determined according to the display program of the display case, and when the actual display area is specified, the display program that matches the size is activated to automatically display the information. Information display method. 2. The processing means for executing a display program according to claim 1, wherein a display area size table storing a size of a designated display area, a display program for each display case, and a display program corresponding to each display program. An information display method characterized by having a display size table that stores a predetermined size of the display area and an automatic display program that selects a display program according to a specified size and displays it on the screen. 3. The automatic display program according to claim 2, which is activated when the specified display area size is set in the display area size table, and selects the size closest to the specified size from the display size table. Then, the information display method is characterized in that the display program is operated, information suitable for the display size is retrieved from the storage means, and is automatically displayed on the screen. 4. The automatic display program according to claim 3, wherein the specified display area size is compared with the display size stored in the display size table in the vertical direction of the size.
Horizontal size and area size, vertical size and horizontal size ratio difference and area difference, display priority number and area difference in display size table, or display size table display size multiplied by area An information display method characterized by being performed based on a ratio. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the size of the display area of the information already displayed on the screen is enlarged / reduced using the input means, it corresponds to the enlarged / reduced size. Information characterized by selecting a display program, automatically displaying information, and / or shrinking the display area to determine that the display function is unnecessary and deleting the display when the display area becomes smaller than a predetermined size Display method.