JPH0744227A - Picture display device for nc device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely display a picture corresponding to the request of a user by coding and storing the combination of a main picture and plural sub pictures to be allocated to this main picture. CONSTITUTION:The display areas of sub pictures A and B are allocated under the main picture, and these sub pictures complement the main picture. qi pieces of sub pictures A and ri pieces of sub pictures B are respectively provided as the candidates of pictures optimum to (p) pieces of main pictures provided as candidates, the combination of these pictures is stored in the form of a table inside an information storage means 5, and series of code numbers are added to each of combination. When this combination is selected by a keyboard 1 or the like, the layout information of sub pictures is extracted from a cub picture information storage means 4 according to the contents information of the selected combination, synthesized with the main picture from a main picture information storage means 3 and displayed on the screen of a display means 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen display device in an NC device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many conventional screen display devices in NC devices are capable of displaying a main screen and a sub screen. Here, the main screen represents information peculiar to the machine to which the NC device is attached. For example, the following is displayed. (1-1) Current coordinate values of the machine (1-2) Correction data for tools etc. (1-3) Various mode information currently valid (1-4) Parameters set by the user (1-5) Machine self-diagnosis information (abnormality detection information, etc.) (1-6) Display of running program When one of these is displayed on the main screen, the information is insufficient on the main screen alone. To compensate for this, a sub screen is often provided. In this way, the sub-screen displays auxiliary information for the main screen, and the following is displayed, for example. (2-1) Display of running program (2-2) Currently valid G code and various mode information (2-3) Current coordinate value of machine (2-4) Load factor meter of spindle Typical In the example, the sub-screen is provided as a small screen below the main screen, and only several types of sub-screens prepared by the manufacturer can be used as the sub-screen.

For example, when the user wants to display the current coordinate values on the main screen, the sub screen does not display the main screen (2-1), (2-2), (2-).
Information such as 4) will be selectively displayed as necessary. When displaying the program being executed on the main screen, (2-2), (2-3), (2-
Information such as 4) can be selected and displayed.

The information displayed on such a sub screen is peculiar to the machine. Actually, a lot of this information is prepared inside the NC device, and this information is selected as necessary.
By displaying the information on the screen, the provision of information inside the NC device is made more useful according to the user's preference.

[0005]

As described above, conventionally, only the sub screen prepared by the manufacturer can be used, and the combination mode of the main screen and the sub screen is fixed. It is not possible to obtain a screen configuration that suits one's wishes and preferences, and there is a drawback in that it lacks information transmission and operability.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a screen display device capable of freely displaying a screen according to a user's request.

[0007]

In a screen display device in an NC device according to the present invention, main screen information for storing display device and layout information of a main screen for displaying information peculiar to a machine to which the NC device is attached. Storage means, and sub-screen information storage means for storing layout information of a plurality of sub-screens, which are assigned to a predetermined position with respect to the main screen and which supplement the main screen and display information information specific to the machine, A screen combination information storage unit that stores the combination of the plurality of sub screens in the main screen by encoding, and retrieves from the sub screen information storage unit based on a combination of the sub screens retrieved from the screen combination information storage unit. Main screen information obtained from the main screen information storing means And layout information of synthetic, characterized in that a display screen configuration unit for obtaining a display screen information provided on the display screen.

[0008]

A plurality of sub-screens to be allocated to the main screen are prepared, and combinations of the main screen and sub-screens suitable for this are registered in the memory with codes in advance. Therefore, the operator can obtain the optimum screen configuration only by inputting the screen combination code.

[0009]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a screen display device according to the present invention.

This apparatus comprises an input means 1 such as a keyboard operated by an operator, a screen configuration control means 2 for performing various controls for configuring a display screen based on a signal given from the input means 1, and this screen configuration. A main screen information storage unit 3 that is connected to the control unit 2 and stores display layout information of the main screen, a sub screen information storage unit 4 that stores display layout information of a plurality of sub screens, and a combination of a main screen and sub screens is stored. Screen combination information storage means 5 and display means 6 for displaying configured display screen information.

FIG. 2 shows the contents stored in the screen combination information storage means 5. In the case of this embodiment, the positions of the main screen and the sub screen are determined as shown in FIG.
The display area of the sub screen is 2 below the main screen.
There is one. These sub screens are referred to as sub screen A and sub screen B.

There are p main screen candidates, and qi sub screens and rj sub screens B are optimal sub screen candidates for each main screen. These combinations are stored in the form of a table, and a series of code numbers 1 to n as parameters are given to each combination, and the total number of combinations is n. In these combinations, it is desirable that the combination of the sub-screen A and the sub-screen B be arranged in a descending order of frequency of use, which is suitable for combination from the display contents of the screen.

To select this combination, a code number is input from the keyboard, the code number is changed with a scroll key, or the code number of the combination displayed on the screen is selected with a move key or a mouse. Select and confirm what you want. Then, the combination content information according to this code number is sent from the screen combination information storage means 5 to the screen configuration control means 2. The layout information of the sub-screens to be combined is retrieved from the sub-screen information storage means 4 according to the combination content information, and the layout information of the main screen retrieved from the main screen information storage means 3 and a video memory (not shown). The above is combined and displayed on the screen of the display means 6.

The screen configuration control means 2 may be provided with a function of switching the display positions of the main screen and the sub screen or changing the size.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the number of sub-screens displayed for one main screen is two, but it may be one or three or more.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the optimum combination of sub-screens for the main screen is registered in advance, the sub-screen information required by the user can be displayed on the screen quickly and reliably, increasing the degree of freedom in selection and improving operability. It is possible to improve and improve information transmission.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a screen display device in an NC device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing stored contents of a screen combination information storage means 5 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display position relationship between a main screen and a sub screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input means 2 screen configuration control means 3 main screen information storage means 4 sub screen information storage means 5 screen combination information storage means 6 display means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display means, a main screen information storage means for storing layout information of a main screen for displaying information peculiar to a machine to which the NC device is attached, and a main screen information storage means allocated to a predetermined position with respect to the main screen. Complementary to the main screen, sub-screen information storage means for storing layout information of a plurality of sub-screens for displaying information specific to the machine, and encoding a combination of the plurality of sub-screens for the main screen. Based on the combination of the screen combination information storage means to be stored and the sub-screen extracted from the screen combination information storage means, the layout information of the sub-screen extracted from the sub-screen information storage means is extracted from the main screen information storage means. The display screen information given to the display screen is obtained by combining with the screen layout information. A screen display device in an NC device, comprising: