JPH0756686A - Touch panel picture preparing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily produce a touch panel picture by reading a touch panel picture constituting drawing by a scanner, and judging a processing content on the touch panel picture and the coordinate position of the part from line or color different for each processing by touch panel picture constituting data. CONSTITUTION:A picture data reception processing part 2 receives the touch panel picture constitution data read by the scanner, and transmits the data to a picture data analysis processing part 3. The picture data analysis processing part 3 separates the lines from characters, and ruled lines and fixed characters to be displayed as they are on the picture are defined as fixed display data together with the coordinates, and judges what processing is operated from the line the indicating the processing content different for each processing or the color of the colored area. Then, the judged result is defined as the processing content data together with the coordinates to be separated from the fixed display data, and they are stored in a fixed display data file 6 and a processing content data file 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a touch sensor panel screen creating apparatus for creating screen data of a touch panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A touch panel is one of man-machine interface terminals for inputting data into a computer or the like, and a transparent touch sensor is provided on a display screen on which a selection menu for inputting and a graphic keyboard are displayed. When the panel is attached, and the touch sensor panel touches an arbitrary position on the panel, the position of the portion is detected as X, Y coordinates, thereby executing an instruction to execute the selection menu displayed on the display of the portion. Or to enter characters on a graphic keyboard.

Conventionally, in order to create a screen to be displayed on the display of this touch panel, a required development rule connected to the touch panel is used to input necessary ruled lines and characters on the screen.

This conventional screen creating method will be described with reference to the drawings. First, as shown in FIG. 5a, a graphic cursor such as "+" displayed on the display is moved to move a character area or data. Create a ruled line that sets the area required for display.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5b, fixed characters (embedded characters that are not influenced by data) are input. To do this, move the cursor such as "■" to the input position and input the required character from the keyboard.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5c, variable data is input. Here, the variable data is for displaying the data in the memory. To input variable data, move the cursor to the input position, specify that it is variable data input, and then input the address in the memory where the data to be displayed and the label name of the data are used as parameters.

Further, in the part such as execution command input, the area for identifying that a command is input when the touch sensor panel is touched is designated by moving the cursor, and after designation as command input, Enter the parameters for the execution instruction.
In this case, for example, in the case of a screen switching instruction, the name or label name of the screen to be switched to is input as a parameter, and in the case of any execution instruction, the execution instruction is input, and When inputting a character string, enter the character string so that the character string is displayed.

In the conventional touch panel screen creating method as described above, all of the input is made from the keyboard, and the parameter is set by moving the cursor one by one to determine the position. It is necessary to remember the method and cannot create the touch panel screen. Further, since there are many steps to create one screen, there is a problem that the number of preparation steps is large and it takes time.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a touch panel screen creating method and apparatus which can easily create a touch panel screen without requiring many steps for one screen. The purpose is to

[0010]

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, each process on a touch panel screen is created as a touch panel screen configuration drawing on a paper surface with a different line type or different coloring for each process, The touch panel screen configuration drawing is read by a scanner as touch panel screen configuration data, and from the touch panel screen configuration data, the processing content on the touch panel screen and the coordinate position of the portion from the line type or the colored color that is different for each process. Is a method for creating a touch panel screen.

Further, according to the present invention for attaining the above object, a touch panel in which a scanner reads a touch panel screen configuration drawing in which each process on the touch panel screen is created on a paper surface with a different line type or different coloring for each process. Screen data receiving means for receiving screen configuration data, and determining the processing content on the touch panel screen from a different line type or colored color for each processing of the touch panel screen configuration data received by the screen data receiving means, A touch panel screen creation device comprising: screen data processing means for dividing into fixed display data and processing data and storing in a file; and parameter input / output processing means for controlling input / output of parameters necessary for processing. .

[0012]

[0013]

According to the touch panel screen creating method of the present invention configured as described above, a screen to be displayed on the display of the touch panel is created as a drawing on a paper surface, the drawing is read by the scanner, and the drawing is drawn on the drawing. The touch panel screen is created by determining the processing content of the area based on the existing line type or the color of the colored area and inputting the parameter only in the area where the parameter needs to be input.

Further, the touch panel screen creating apparatus of the present invention reads, as a touch panel screen configuration data, a touch panel screen configuration drawing in which each process on the touch panel screen is created on a paper surface with a different line type or different coloring for each process. The touch panel screen configuration data is received by the screen data receiving unit, and the processing content is determined by the screen data processing unit from the different line type or the colored color for each process of the received touch panel screen configuration data, and the fixed display data is obtained. It is divided into processed data and stored in a file. Then, the parameter input / output processing means inputs / outputs parameters required for the processing to create a touch panel screen.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the touch panel screen creating apparatus of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a touch panel screen creation device of the present invention.

This touch panel screen creation apparatus 1 includes a screen data reception processing unit 2 which is a screen data receiving unit, a screen data analysis processing unit 3 which is a screen data processing unit, and a parameter input / output processing unit 4 which is a parameter input / output processing unit. , A screen display processing unit 5, a fixed display data file 6, a processing content data file 7, an input / output message file 8 and a screen data file 9. The touch panel screen creating apparatus 1 includes a scanner 10, a display and a keyboard. An input / output terminal 11 is attached.

The functions of the respective parts constituting the touch panel screen creation apparatus 1 will be described below. The screen data reception processing unit 2 receives the touch panel screen configuration data read by the scanner, and the screen data analysis processing unit 3
To send to.

The screen data analysis processing unit 3 analyzes the touch panel screen data, separates lines and characters from each other, and sets ruled lines and fixed characters to be displayed on the screen as they are as fixed display data together with their coordinates, and processes different for each process. What kind of processing is to be performed is determined from the line type representing the content or the color of the colored area, and the determination result is separated as the processing content data together with the coordinates, and the fixed display data is the fixed display data file 6
Stored in the process content data file 7
Are stored in each. Although each processing content will be described later, the processing content data is provided with a processing code for each processing content.

The parameter input / output processing unit 4 selects one of the processing content data stored in the processing content data file 7 that requires parameter input for processing, and outputs the message required for parameter input in the input message file 8. Is selected, is displayed on the display of the terminal 11, receives the parameter input from the terminal 11, is combined with the fixed display data of the fixed display data file 6, and is stored in the screen data file 9.

The screen display processing unit 5 displays a screen configured as a touch panel screen on the display of the terminal 11 and a parameter input screen during creation of the touch panel screen.

The fixed display data file 6 is a file for storing fixed display data for displaying ruled lines and fixed characters.

The processing content data file 7 is a file in which processing codes corresponding to the processing content and the coordinates of the position where the processing is displayed on the screen are stored as processing content data.

The input message file 8 is a file in which interactive messages to be displayed on the display, which are necessary when parameters are input, are stored.

The screen data file 9 is a file for storing screen data completed as a touch panel screen.

Next, a touch panel screen creating method according to the present invention using the above-described touch panel screen creating apparatus will be described.

In the touch panel screen creating method of the present invention,
First, each process on a touch panel screen, which will be described later, is created on the paper as a touch panel screen configuration drawing with a different line type or different coloring for each process, and the touch panel is created by the scanner 10 attached to the touch panel screen creating apparatus 1. It is read as screen configuration data, and the touch panel screen is created by determining the processing content on the touch panel screen and the coordinate position of that portion from the different line types or colored colors for each process.

The details of the touch panel screen creating method will be described below. First, the configuration drawing of the touch panel screen created on the paper is conventionally created as a design drawing of the screen configuration. In the present invention, when drawing a structural drawing on this paper, fixed characters and ruled lines are drawn by characters and solid lines, and a line different for each process arbitrarily defined in the area of the part related to each process. It is created so that the part that needs to be processed can be identified by applying seeds or coloring.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a structural drawing of the touch panel screen on this paper surface. This structural drawing is a fixed character, "production control" as a title, "planned quantity", "actual quantity", "stock quantity", "ZV20", "ZV" of each item.
25], “ZV30”, ruled lines, a dotted line indicating a variable data area, and an alternate long and short dashed line area indicating an execution instruction. It is a line type that is arbitrarily defined.In this example, the dotted line is a variable data that calls the data from the memory and displays the called data in the area drawn by the dotted line. The chain line defines that it is an execution command, and the part that functions as a switch of the touch sensor panel on the touch panel is the area surrounded by this one-dot chain line.Here, the menu switching is performed, and it is displayed as the display within the one-dot chain line. "menu"
Is drawn.

In the case of the drawing, in order to define the processing content, the structural drawings are drawn by using different line types such as a dotted line and a dash-dotted line, but the scanner attached to the above-mentioned touch panel screen creating apparatus is shown. If the color is readable, the drawing may be performed by coloring the area instead of specifying the area by the line type. For example, it is possible to perform exactly the same as in the case of the line type by arbitrarily defining each processing content such that the dotted line portion is blue and the one-dot chain line portion is red. Further, in the example of the configuration drawing described above, the processing contents are two kinds of display of the variable data and the execution command, but it is possible to define more kinds.

The line type or the color of the color corresponding to the arbitrarily specified processing content is registered in advance in the touch panel screen creating apparatus 1 with the processing content as the processing code. . In the present embodiment, the variable data display is the processing code 1, and the screen switching which is the execution instruction is the processing code 2.

The touch panel screen configuration drawing shown in FIG. 2 drawn as described above is read as touch panel screen configuration data by the scanner 10 attached to the touch panel screen creating apparatus 1, and the touch panel screen configuration data of the touch panel screen creating apparatus 1 is read. Fixed screen data received by the screen data reception processing unit 2 and sent to the screen data analysis processing unit 3, and the screen data analysis processing unit 3 analyzes the touch panel screen data and does not perform processing such as ruled lines and fixed characters. It is separated into processing content data representing processing content different for each processing.

The separated fixed display data is stored in the fixed display data file 6, and the processing content data is the coordinates of the line type or the colored area and the color of the line type or the colored area representing the processing content that differs for each processing. It is determined what kind of processing is to be performed, and the processing code and coordinates divided for each processing content are stored in the processing content data file 7 according to the determination result.

Next, the parameter input / output processing unit 4 selects one of the processing content data stored in the processing content data file 7 that requires parameter input for processing, and selects the parameter input in the input message file 8 for parameter input. Message is selected, displayed on the display of the terminal 11, and the input of parameters from the terminal 11 is waited for. At this time,
For example, when waiting for input of the address or label name in the memory that stores the data you want to display as variable data, the area for displaying the variable data is surrounded by a dotted line or colored and the Since the position is given as coordinates, as shown in FIG. 3a, it is combined with the fixed characters and ruled lines which are the fixed display data of the fixed display data file 6 to create a touch panel screen being created.
It is displayed on the display of the terminal 11 and a portion to be input is indicated by a cursor (hatched portion in FIG. 3), and a message indicating the input content is displayed below it. When input is complete, enter the input parameters and their coordinates into the screen data file 9
To store. Then, the cursor moves to the next input, and the input of all the parameters is completed by repeating the sequence.

In the case of an execution instruction, as shown in FIG. 3b, the cursor moves to the one-dot chain line or the colored area and waits for input. In case of illustration,
Since it is a menu switching command, it is a screen switching execution command, and it waits for input of the screen name or label name of the switching destination, and when the input is completed, it is stored in the screen data file 9.

When all of these parameters have been input, the fixed display data is stored in the screen data file 9 and the screen creation is completed.

Next, a touch panel screen creating operation using the touch panel screen creating apparatus described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the touch panel screen configuration data obtained by reading the touch panel screen configuration drawing drawn on the paper with a scanner is received (S1), and the character data and the line data are separated from this screen data (S2). In the case of data, it is stored in the fixed display data file 6 together with the coordinates of the character (S3).

For line data other than character data, the line type is identified (S4), and if it is a solid line, it is determined to be a ruled line, and the line data and coordinates are stored in the fixed display data file 6 (S5). , If it is a dotted line, it is determined that it is the processing content of the processing code 1, the processing code 1 and its coordinates are stored in the processing content file 7 (S6), and the dashed-dotted line is determined as the screen switching processing, and the processing code 2 And the coordinates thereof are stored in the processing content file 7 (S7). In addition, in the case shown in the drawing, the judgment is made by the dotted line or the one-dot chain line based on the line data, but in the case of coloring, the judgment is made by the color except for the solid line.

When the end of the analysis processing of all touch panel configuration screen data is detected (S8), the screen display processing unit 5 reads the ruled line and character data from the fixed display data file (S9), and the display of the terminal 11 is displayed. (S10).

Next, the parameter input / output processing unit 4 reads the processing code and the coordinates thereof one by one from the processing content data file 7 (S11), and displays the cursor on the display of the terminal 11 by moving the cursor to the coordinate position. Then, the input message matching the processing code is read from the input message file 8 and displayed on the display of the terminal 11.

When it is detected that the parameters have been input (S14), the input parameters and coordinates are stored in the screen data file 9 (S15). It is determined whether or not all the parameters that need to be input have been input (S16), and when the input of the parameters has not been completed, the process returns to step S11 and the processing from step S11 to step S15 is repeated, and all parameters are input. Enter.

When it is detected that all parameters have been input (S15), the ruled lines and character data of the fixed display data file are stored in the screen data file 9 (S17), and the touch panel screen creation is completed. To do.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, a touch panel screen is created by constructing a screen to be displayed on the display of the touch panel as a structural drawing on a sheet of paper, reading the drawing with a scanner, and displaying the drawing on the drawing. Since it is decided to create the touch panel screen by judging the processing contents of the drawn line type or the color of the colored area and inputting the parameter only in the part where the input of the parameter is required, The operation when creating the touch panel screen is easy, anyone can create the screen, and the number of creation steps can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a touch panel screen creation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a drawing showing an example of a touch panel screen configuration drawing drawn on the paper used for creating the touch panel screen of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a terminal display display during creation for explaining the touch panel screen creation method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a touch panel screen creation operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a conventional touch panel screen creation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Touch panel screen creation device, 2 ... Screen data analysis processing unit, 3 ... Screen data analysis processing unit,
4 ... Parameter input / output processing unit, 5 ... Screen display processing unit, 6 ... Fixed display data file, 7 ... Processing content data file, 8 ... Input message file, 9 ... Screen data file,
10 ... Scanner, 11 ... Terminal.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A touch panel screen configuration drawing is created as a touch panel screen configuration drawing on paper by a different line type or different coloring for each process, and the touch panel screen configuration drawing is read as touch panel screen configuration data by a scanner. A method for creating a touch panel screen, characterized in that, based on the touch panel screen configuration data, the contents of processing on the touch panel screen and the coordinate position of the portion are determined from the line type or the color that is different for each process. 2. A screen data receiving means for receiving touch panel screen configuration data obtained by scanning a touch panel screen configuration drawing created by a scanner for each process on the touch panel screen with a different line type or different coloring for each process. A processing content of the touch panel screen is judged from a line type or a colored color which is different for each processing of the touch panel screen configuration data received by the screen data receiving means, and is divided into fixed display data and processing data, and a file 2. A touch panel screen creation device, comprising: a screen data processing means to be stored in a storage device; and a parameter input / output processing means for controlling input / output of parameters required for processing.