JPH08161139A - Device and method for processing display of window - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain an window display processor for changing and displaying the display state of character information in an window or the shape of the window so that character information able to be referred to from a display screen may be as much as possible. CONSTITUTION: An input device 1 outputs a signal for requesting a change in the display of an window. After receiving the signal for requesting the change of display from the device 1, an input circuit 11 transfers the signal to a display processor 1200. After receiving the signal from the circuit 11, the processor 1200 displays an window state capable of increasing character information amt. to be referred to by a user from a display screen 20 on the screen 20 so as to satisfy the display changing request and stores the state of the window displayed on the screen 20 in a memory 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer system, etc., when a user changes the display shape of a window and the display state of character information such as characters, symbols, figures or tables displayed in the window. , Changing to the display state intended by the user, changing the display state such as the size of the character information displayed in the window, character spacing, line spacing, and display density to the display state intended by the user,
Move the window to a position where the amount of character information that can be referenced by the user on the display screen is as large as possible, and display the margins in the window so that the amount of character information that can be referenced by the user on the display screen is as large as possible. The present invention relates to a window display processing device and a window display processing method that can be avoided.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a window display processing device having a structure shown in FIG. In FIG. 51, 11 is an input circuit, 12 is a CPU connected to the input circuit, 13
Is a memory connected to the CPU, 10 is the input circuit 1
1, a computer having a CPU 12 and a memory 13,
Reference numeral 1 is an input device such as a keyboard or mouse connected to the input circuit 11 in the computer 10, 20 is information connected to the CPU 12 of the computer 10 and having characters, symbols, tables, or figures input from the input device 1. Is displayed on the display screen, and 21, 22 and 23 are display screens 20.
The window 211 displayed is the character information having the characters, symbols, tables or figures displayed in the window 21. Here, the information having characters, symbols, tables, figures, etc. used in this specification means that by operating the input device 1 such as a keyboard or a mouse,
It refers to information stored in a logical file or a physical file that can be displayed and edited on the display screen 20. Also, these windows 21, 22, and 23
Operates the input device 1 to change its size to the size desired by the user in response to the user's request, or moves the position to the position desired by the user. It is possible. Further, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-369716, when there are a plurality of windows on the display screen 20, there is a method of moving the designated window. This specifies the windows and then finds their barycentric positions in windows other than the specified window. Here, the position of the center of gravity can be obtained by regarding the center point on the display screen as the origin and the area of the window as the weight. It can be considered that the weights of windows other than the designated window are concentrated at the obtained center-of-gravity position. After determining the weight of the specified window, determine the position of the specified window so that the weight of this specified window and the weight of the center of gravity position obtained earlier balance at the origin on the display screen,
This moves the specified window position. Further, conventionally, the line spacing and the character spacing are constant in each window, and the shape thereof is basically square. Therefore, a plurality of rectangular windows are displayed on one display screen 20.
When it is displayed on the screen, since the display area of the display screen 20 is limited, the display screen 20 is overlapped in the front and rear. This overlapping part includes many blank parts that are not directly related to information.

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In the conventional window display processing method, since the display area of the display screen is limited as described above, when a plurality of rectangular windows are displayed as shown in FIG. Overlapping occurs before and after the windows. The overlapping portion includes a blank portion not directly related to information, and the area of this blank portion occupies a large proportion from the end of the row to the right end of the window or from the end of the column to the bottom end of the window. In the method as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-369716, the window position is not moved in consideration of the margin portion of the window. Therefore, after moving the window position, the margin portion of the front window causes In some cases, the window information could not be referenced.
In such a case, if the user wants to refer to this information, the rear window must be placed in the front. Also,
If the rear window is completely hidden by the front window and the information in the rear window cannot be referred to, it is necessary to move or reduce the front window, and then move the rear window to the front. . Further, since the line spacing and the character spacing are constant in one window, the information may be interrupted due to the excess of the number of lines or the number of characters when it is desired to display the collected information in one window.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a window display processing device for controlling the state of a window is used to change the window shape when the user requests the change of the display state. You can effectively utilize the limited area on the display screen by changing the window position, changing the window position, changing the display state of the text information in the window, or changing the window layout. It is intended to display the maximum amount of information.

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According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device, a display screen for displaying a window, an input device for requesting a change in the display state of the window, and an input device from the input device. A display processing device for changing the display state of the character information in the window so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user from the display screen in response to the request, and displaying the changed character information on the display screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device which displays a window, a display screen for displaying a window, an input device for requesting a change in the shape of the window, and a request from the input device for changing the display screen from the display screen. And a display processing device for changing the shape of the window so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user and displaying the changed information on the display screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device, wherein a display screen for displaying a plurality of windows, an input device for requesting movement of the positions of the windows, and a request from the input device for displaying the display. And a display processing device for displaying on the display screen a state in which the position of the window is moved so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user from the screen.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device comprising: a display screen in which at least two windows have portions overlapping with each other; and an input device which requests a change in the display state of the windows. A display processing device for displaying on the display screen in a state in which a margin portion of a front window is not displayed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen in response to a request from the input device. It is a thing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in a window displayed on the display screen, characters in the window are increased so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. The display state of information is changed and displayed on the display screen.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in a window displayed on a display screen, characters displayed on a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By changing the size of the character, the proportion of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in a window displayed on a display screen, characters displayed on a plurality of lines are exceeded because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By changing the interval between the adjacent characters, the ratio of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed.

In the window display processing method according to claim 8, in the window displayed on the display screen, part or all of the line spacing of the character information displayed in the window is changed. Is displayed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein when at least two windows are displayed on a display screen and they have a portion overlapping each other, and character information of a rear window cannot be referred to. In response to a request from the device, the line containing the character information that cannot be referenced in the rear window is checked, and the character size of the character information included in the line or the space between adjacent characters is changed and displayed. is there.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in the window displayed on the display screen, a part of the window is out of the display area of the display screen and is displayed in the window. When the existing character information cannot be referenced, the line containing the character information that cannot be referenced is checked, and the character size of the character information contained in the line, the space between adjacent characters, or the space between lines is changed and displayed. is there.

According to a eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, the shape of the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. It is changed and displayed on the display screen.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the character information is in the horizontal direction or the character information in the window. In the case of vertical writing, the window is expanded and displayed in the vertical direction.

In the window display processing method according to the thirteenth aspect, in the window displayed on the display screen, since the amount of information that can be displayed in one line in the window is exceeded, characters displayed in a plurality of lines are displayed. For the information string,
The area of the end of the line including the first character of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines is expanded and displayed.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, in which a window displayed on a display screen is displayed with a small proportion of a blank space in the window.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the delimiter position of each line is changed. In the case where the character information in the window is horizontal writing, the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is maximum is the right edge of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, The shape of the window is changed and displayed so that the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter becomes maximum is at the lower end of the window.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the delimiter position of each line is changed. In the case where the text information in the window is horizontal writing, the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is the minimum is the right edge of the window, or when the text information in the window is vertical writing, The shape of the window is changed and displayed so that the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter becomes the minimum is at the lower end of the window.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the delimiter position of each line is changed. In the case where the text information in the window is horizontal writing, the average value of the coordinate values in the line direction of the delimiter is the right end of the window, or when the text information in the window is vertical writing, the delimiter line The shape of the window is changed and displayed so that the average value of the coordinate values in the direction is at the lower end of the window.

According to a eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, the right end of the window displaying the character information over a plurality of lines in the window is the delimiter of each line. Change the shape of the window so that it becomes the right edge of the window and display it, or the position of the delimiter of each line at the bottom of the window that displays the character information over multiple lines in the window The shape of the window is changed to an uneven shape so that the lower end of the window is displayed.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein when at least two windows are displayed on a display screen and these windows have overlapping portions, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. Is displayed on the display screen in a state in which the position of the window is changed so as to increase.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein at least two windows are displayed on a display screen, and when the windows have overlapping portions, the area of the windows is reduced by a request from an input device. If the sum total is smaller than the area of the display screen, the state where the two windows are moved to a position where they do not overlap each other is displayed on the display screen.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen according to the request, the individual windows do not overlap each other after calculating the state in which the individual windows have moved to the positions where they do not overlap each other. In a state of moving to the position, a quadrangle including all the windows is formed, and the vertical length of the quadrangle is smaller than the vertical length of the display screen, and the horizontal length of the quadrangle is the horizontal length of the display screen. If the length of each window is smaller than the length of the It is.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen according to the request, the individual windows do not overlap each other after calculating the state in which the individual windows have moved to the positions where they do not overlap each other. In a state where the window is moved to a position, an area including all the windows is formed, and if the area of the area is smaller than the area of the display screen, the state where the individual windows are moved to a position where they do not overlap each other is determined. The information is displayed on the display screen.

According to a twenty third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping each other, an input device is used. When the total area of the windows is larger than the area of the display screen according to the request, the state in which the position of the window is moved so that the ratio of the character information on the display screen is maximized is displayed on the display screen. It is a thing.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is larger than the area of the display screen according to the request, the upper side of the first window in which the ratio of the blank space is the largest among the plurality of windows is set to the upper side or near the upper side of the display screen. Alternatively, the left side of the first window, which has the largest proportion of the blank space among the plurality of windows, is moved to the left side of the display screen or near the left side and displayed.

In the window display processing method according to the twenty-fifth aspect, the window receiving a request from the input device is arranged in the foreground while a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen.

In the window display processing method according to the twenty-sixth aspect, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted from a designated key on the keyboard. The switching signal is detected and a window corresponding to the switching signal is displayed on the front surface.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, the first window on the keyboard corresponding to the first window is displayed. A switching signal is transmitted from one designated key, and after detecting the switching signal, the first window is displayed on the front surface.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted at predetermined time intervals, The transmitted switching signal is detected, and a rear window corresponding to the detected switching signal is displayed on the front surface.

According to a 29th aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, a switching signal is transmitted when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, and the transmitted switching signal is transmitted. For a time corresponding to the frequency of use of the rear window, the rear window corresponding to the detected switching signal,
It is displayed on the front.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state of having portions overlapping each other, and the display screen is requested by the input device. In order to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to, the blank area of the front window is not displayed on the display screen.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, the margin portion of the front window is not displayed. A state in which the display density of the character information on the rear window is made relatively lighter than the display density of the character information on the front window is displayed on the display screen.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the margin of the front window is made transparent and the rear window is made transparent. The display density of the character information on the window is displayed at the display density corresponding to the usage time of the rear window on the display screen.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in such a state that they have portions overlapping each other, the margin portion of the front window is not displayed. A state in which the display color of the character information on the rear window is displayed in a color different from the display color of the character information on the front window is displayed on the display screen.

In the window display processing method according to the 34th aspect, the display state of the window is stored in the memory.

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According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device, a display screen for displaying a window, an input device for requesting a change of a display state of the window, and the display screen according to a request from the input device. The amount of character information that the user can refer to by changing the display state of the character information in the window so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to, and displaying it on the display screen. Will increase.

A window display processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention displays a display screen for displaying a window, an input device for requesting a change in the shape of the window, and a request from the input device for changing the display screen from the display screen. Since the shape of the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user and the display processing device for displaying on the display screen is provided, the ratio of the character information in the window increases.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device, which displays a plurality of windows, an input device for requesting a movement of the positions of the windows, and the display device according to a request from the input device. Amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen by including a display processing device that displays the state of moving the position of the window on the display screen so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the screen Will increase.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing device comprising: a display screen which is displayed in a state where at least two windows have portions overlapping each other; and an input device which requests a change of the display state of the windows. A display processing device for displaying on the display screen in a state in which a margin portion of a front window is not displayed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen in response to a request from the input device. This makes it possible to refer to the character information of the rear window that could not be referred to by the front window.

In the window display processing method according to the fifth aspect, in the window displayed on the display screen, the characters in the window are increased so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. By changing the display state of information and displaying it on the display screen, the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user is increased.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in a window displayed on a display screen, a character displayed on a plurality of lines is exceeded because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By changing the size of the character, the proportion of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed, thereby increasing the amount of character information that the user can refer to.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in a window displayed on a display screen, a character displayed on a plurality of lines is exceeded because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By changing the interval between the adjacent characters, the ratio of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed, thereby increasing the amount of character information that the user can refer to.

According to the window display processing method of claim 8, in the window displayed on the display screen, a part or all of the line spacing of the character information displayed in the window is changed. The amount of character information that can be referred to by the user is increased by displaying the information.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein at least two windows are displayed on the display screen, and when the windows have overlapping portions and the character information of the rear window cannot be referred to, the input is performed. In response to a request from the device, a line including character information that cannot be referred to in the rear window is checked, and the character size of the character information included in the line or the space between adjacent characters is changed and displayed. The amount of character information that the user can refer to increases.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, a part of the window is out of the display area of the display screen and is displayed in the window. When the existing character information cannot be referred to, the line including the character information that cannot be referred to is checked, and the character size of the character information included in the line, the space between adjacent characters, or the space between lines is changed and displayed. The amount of character information that the user can refer to increases.

In the window display processing method according to claim 11, in the window displayed on the display screen, the shape of the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. By changing and displaying on the said display screen, the ratio of the character information in a window increases.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the character information is in the horizontal direction or the character information in the window. In the case of vertical writing, the ratio of the character information in the window is increased by expanding and displaying the window in the vertical direction.

In the window display processing method according to the thirteenth aspect, in the window displayed on the display screen, the characters displayed on a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By expanding and displaying the area at the end of the line including the first character of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines, the ratio of the character information in the window increases.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in a window displayed on a display screen, a margin portion in the window is displayed in a reduced proportion to display the margin portion in the window. The ratio of will decrease.

According to the window display processing method of claim 15, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the position of the delimiter of each line is changed. In the case where the character information in the window is horizontal writing, the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is maximum is the right edge of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, By changing and displaying the shape of the window so that the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction is the maximum is at the lower end of the window, the ratio of the blank space in the window is reduced.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the delimiter position of each line is changed. In the case where the text information in the window is horizontal writing, the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is the minimum is the right edge of the window, or when the text information in the window is vertical writing, By changing and displaying the shape of the window so that the position of the delimiter in which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is the minimum is at the lower end of the window, the ratio of the blank area is reduced.

In the window display processing method according to the seventeenth aspect, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the position of the delimiter of each line is changed. In the case where the text information in the window is horizontal writing, the average value of the coordinate values in the line direction of the delimiter is the right end of the window, or when the text information in the window is vertical writing, the delimiter line By changing and displaying the shape of the window so that the average value of the coordinate values in the direction is at the lower end of the window, the ratio of the blank area in the window is reduced.

According to a eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, the right end of the window displaying the character information over a plurality of lines in the window is the delimiter of each line. Change the shape of the window so that it is at the right edge of the window, or display the character information over multiple lines in the window. By changing the shape of the window so that it becomes the bottom edge of the window and displaying it, the ratio of the blank space in the window is reduced.

A method for processing window display according to claim 19, wherein when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen and these have overlapping portions, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. By displaying a state in which the position of the window is changed so as to increase, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen increases. Things.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen and the windows have overlapping portions, the area of the windows is reduced by a request from the input device. If the total sum is smaller than the area of the display screen, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen is increased by displaying on the display screen a state where the two windows have moved to positions where they do not overlap each other. .

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen according to the request, the individual windows do not overlap each other after calculating the state in which the individual windows have moved to the positions where they do not overlap each other. In a state of moving to the position, a quadrangle including all the windows is formed, and the vertical length of the quadrangle is smaller than the vertical length of the display screen, and the horizontal length of the quadrangle is the horizontal length of the display screen. If the length of each window is smaller than the length of the above, it is possible to display on the display screen a state in which the individual windows have moved to positions that do not overlap each other. The amount of text information that can be referenced from the user display screen is increased by.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen according to the request, the individual windows do not overlap each other after calculating the state in which the individual windows have moved to the positions where they do not overlap each other. In a state where the window is moved to a position, an area including all the windows is formed, and if the area of the area is smaller than the area of the display screen, the state where the individual windows are moved to a position where they do not overlap each other is determined. Displaying on the display screen increases the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows among the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping each other, an input device is used. When the total area of the windows is larger than the area of the display screen by request, a state in which the position of the window is moved so that the ratio of the character information on the display screen is maximized is displayed on the display screen. This increases the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is larger than the area of the display screen by request, the upper side of the first window in which the proportion of the blank space in the plurality of windows is the largest is set to the upper side or near the upper side of the display screen. , Or character information that the user can refer to from the display screen by moving the left side of the first window, which has the largest proportion of the margin among the plurality of windows, to the left side of the display screen or near the left side and displaying the left side. Increase the amount of.

According to the window display processing method of the twenty-fifth aspect, the user receives a request from the input device in the foreground while a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen. It becomes possible to easily make a display change request.

According to the window display processing method of claim 26, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted from a designated key on the keyboard. By detecting the switching signal and displaying the window corresponding to the switching signal on the front surface, the user can refer to the information of the window on the rear surface.

According to the window display processing method of claim 27, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the first window on the keyboard corresponding to the first window is displayed. It is possible to refer to the information of the first window by transmitting a switching signal from one designated key, detecting the switching signal, and displaying the first window on the front surface.

In the window display processing method according to the twenty-eighth aspect, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted at predetermined time intervals, By detecting the transmitted switching signal and displaying the rear window corresponding to the detected switching signal on the front surface, the information of the rear window can be referred to.

According to a 29th aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, a switching signal is transmitted when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, and the transmitted switching signal is transmitted. For a time corresponding to the frequency of use of the rear window, the rear window corresponding to the detected switching signal,
By displaying it on the front side, it becomes possible to refer to the information on the window on the rear side.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state of having overlapping portions, the display screen is requested by the input device. Since the user can refer to the information on the rear window by displaying it on the display screen without displaying the margin portion of the front window so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in such a state that the windows overlap each other, the margin portion of the front window is not displayed. , The information on the rear window can be referred to by displaying a state in which the display density of the character information on the rear window is made relatively lighter than the display density of the character information on the front window on the display screen. It will be possible.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in such a state that the windows overlap each other, the margin of the front window is made transparent and the rear window is made transparent. By displaying a state in which the display density of the character information on the window at the display density corresponding to the usage time of the rear window is displayed on the display screen, the information of the rear window can be referred to.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the margin of the front window is not displayed. It is possible to refer to the information on the rear window by displaying a state in which the display color of the character information on the rear window is displayed in a color different from the display color of the character information on the front window on the display screen. It will be possible.

According to the window display processing method of the thirty-fourth aspect, the work efficiency of the user is improved by storing the display state of the window in the memory.

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Example 1. In the following embodiments, information consisting of characters, symbols, tables or figures displayed in windows will be referred to as character information. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration for realizing a window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1200 is a display processing device that responds to a display change request from the input device 1. The operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The input device 1 outputs a signal for requesting a window display change. Input circuit 1
In No. 1, after receiving a signal for requesting a display change from the input device 1, this signal is transferred to the display processing apparatus 1200. In the display processing device 1200, after receiving the signal from the input circuit, the state of the window in which the user can refer to a large amount of character information on the display screen 20 so as to satisfy the display change request is displayed on the display screen 20. The state of the window displayed and displayed on the display screen 20 is saved in the memory 13. With such a device configuration, it becomes possible to respond to the display change request from the user.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the window display processing device described above is incorporated in the computer 10 and the display processing device 1200 is incorporated in the CPU 12 in the computer 10.
By assembling the display processing device 1200 into the CPU 12 as shown in FIG. 2, the display change is requested from the input device 1.
In response to this, the time required to change the state of the window on the display screen 20 can be shortened.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a specific device configuration of the display processing device 1200. In FIG. 3, a window display change request unit 1210 receives a signal for requesting a display change from the input circuit 11, and a window state detection unit 1220 detects a current window state and responds to the display change request. Reference numeral 1230 denotes a variable window calculation unit that calculates a state that satisfies this request in response to a display change request from the window state detection unit, and 1240 shows the state calculated by the variable window calculation unit 1240 actually on the display screen. Display determination unit for determining whether or not to
50 is a window display section for displaying on the display screen 20;
Reference numeral 260 indicates the state displayed on the display screen 20 in the memory 13
It is a window state storage unit to be stored in.

The operation of each processing unit shown in FIG. 3 will be described. In the window display change requesting unit 1210, the input circuit 1
A signal requesting a display change from 1 is received, and this signal is sent to the window state detection unit 1220. In the window state detection unit 1220, the window display change request unit 121
After receiving the signal of the display change request sent from 0, the state displayed on the display screen 20 is detected and the state satisfying the display change request is calculated in order to respond to this request. The variable window calculation unit 1230 is instructed. The variable window calculation unit 1230 receives a calculation command from the window state detection unit 1220, calculates a state that satisfies the display change request, and sends the result to the display determination unit 1240. The display determination unit 1240 determines whether or not the result calculated by the variable window calculation unit 1230 may be displayed on the display screen, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250. In the window display unit 1250, when it is determined by the display determination unit 1240 that a state satisfying the display change request may be output to the display screen 20, a state satisfying the display change request is displayed. Output to the display screen 20, and if not, display the screen before requesting the display change on the display screen 20. In the window state storage unit, when a display change request is made and a state satisfying this request is displayed on the display screen 20, this state is stored in the memory 13. With the above device configuration, when the user makes a display change request,
It is possible to display a state that satisfies this on the display screen 20.

Next, FIG. 4 shows a specific configuration of the variable window calculation unit 1230. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 12301 denotes a shape calculation unit that calculates a shape satisfying the request when the window shape is changed, and 12302 satisfies the request when the size of characters in the window is changed. A character size calculation unit for calculating the size of characters to be processed, 12303 is a window expansion range calculation unit for calculating a window that satisfies the request when a request to expand the window is received, and 12304 is a character displayed on one line in the window , A character spacing calculator that calculates the spacing satisfying the request when receiving a request to change the spacing such as a symbol, and 12305 satisfies this when a request is made to change the line spacing of the information displayed in the window. A line spacing calculation unit for calculating the line spacing, 12306 is a window area calculation unit for calculating the window area, 123 7 is a blank space calculation unit for calculating a blank space in the window, 12308 is a position calculation unit for calculating the position of the window on the display screen 20, 12309 is a plurality of windows in the window, and they are overlapped with each other. If there is a part,
When receiving a request to change the order of the windows to be displayed, the display switching unit that calculates the order satisfying this order,
Reference numeral 12310 is a display density / color calculation unit that calculates a density or a color that satisfies the request when the density of the information displayed in the window or the color of the displayed information is received. .

Next, the operation of each calculation unit shown in FIG. 4 will be described. The window state detection unit 1220, which has received the display change request from the window display change request unit 1210, checks the state of the window displayed on the display screen 20 at the time of receiving the request, and displays the response to the display change request. A command for calculating a state satisfying the request is issued to the calculation unit corresponding to the change request. The shape calculation unit 12301 receives a calculation command for changing the shape of the window from the window state detection unit 1220, calculates a shape satisfying this, and sends the result to the display determination unit 1240.

The character size calculation unit 12302 receives a state calculation command for changing the size of characters in the window from the window state detection unit 1220, calculates the size of characters satisfying this, and then displays the result. Send to the determination unit 1240. Window extension range calculator 12
In 303, after receiving a state calculation command for expanding the window from the window state detection unit 1220,
After calculating the state of the window intended by the user, this result is sent to the display determination unit 1240. Character spacing calculator 12
In 304, the characters displayed in one line in the window,
After receiving a calculation command for changing the interval such as a symbol from the window state detection unit 1220, after calculating the interval intended by the user, this result is sent to the display determination unit 1240.

The line spacing calculation unit 12305 receives a calculation command for changing the line spacing of the information displayed in the window from the window state detection unit 1220, and then calculates the line spacing intended by the user. To the display determination unit 1240. The window area calculation unit 12306 receives the calculation command for increasing the information that can be referred to by the user without changing the shape of the window from the window state detection unit 1220, and then displays the character information in the window. The required area is calculated and the result is sent to the display determination unit 1240.

The margin calculation unit 12307 receives a calculation command from the window state detection unit 1220 to increase the information that can be referred to by the user without changing the shape of the window, and then calculates the area of the blank portion in the window. After the calculation, this result is sent to the display determination unit 1240. The position calculation unit 12308 receives the calculation command for increasing the information that can be referred to by the user without changing the shape of the window from the window state detection unit 1220, and then the information amount displayed on each display screen 20 by each window Is calculated and the result is sent to the display determination unit 1240.

In the display switching unit 12309, when there are a plurality of windows in the window and there are overlapping portions, a command for changing the order of the windows displayed on the display screen 20 is displayed. After receiving from the state detection unit 1220, the states in the order intended by the user are calculated, and the result is displayed by the display determination unit 124.
Send to 0. The display density / color calculation unit 12310 calculates the density or color that the user is satisfied with when receiving a calculation command for changing the density of the information displayed in the window or the color of the displayed information. This result is sent to the display determination unit 1240. With the above-described device configuration, when the user receives a display change request, the window can be changed to a state that satisfies the user's request.

Further, each parameter related to window display, for example, window size, character spacing, line spacing,
Although default values are given in advance for the character size, the number of characters in one line, the minimum character size to be displayed, the window to be changed, etc., the operator can change the set value as necessary. You can specify multiple windows that you want to change, and unless you request otherwise, the window that was used before the change request is the target of the change. Also in the following embodiments, default values are provided according to each change request.

Example 2. In the following embodiments, information consisting of characters, symbols, or figures displayed in a window is character information, a character information group when referring to the entire character information displayed in the window, and a line feed existing in the window. The character information from the beginning of the line next to the symbol to the next line feed symbol will be expressed as a character information string, individual characters, symbols, and figures as characters. Further, in the following embodiments, the character information in the window is horizontal writing, but it is also applicable to vertical writing.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 5, (a) shows the display state of the window before the display change request, and (b) shows the display state of the window after the change. Also in FIG.
Reference numeral 1 is a window, 215 is character information which is a display change target, and 216 is character information which cannot be referred to before the display change request but can be referred to after the change. Further, in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the character information exists in the window 21 below the character information 215, but is not displayed due to the size restriction of the window. Window 2 again
Character information that is not displayed due to the size restriction of 1 can be referred to by using a function such as scrolling. In this embodiment, when the user makes a display change request,
The characters in the specified section are displayed in a reduced size. In this embodiment, the target window 21
In order to reduce the size of the character information of a few lines or less from the bottom of the character information displayed in, it is possible to refer to the character information 216 that was not in the window before the change.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing. First, the user makes a change request for reducing and displaying the character size from the input device 1 (process 1001). When making a display change request,
It is necessary to specify settings such as the character size after change, the character size change section, and the window you want to change,
These are specified as default values in advance, for example, the character size change section is specified within a few lines from the bottom of the character information displayed in the window, and the window you want to change is the window you are currently working on. Need only instruct the input device 1 to change the default value when it does not meet the request. Next, the window state detection unit 1220 that receives the display change request detects the window change request, and according to the default value or the value set by the user, displays the character size in the character size change section in the character size calculation unit 12302. After reducing the size and changing the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in one line, the result is sent to the window display unit via the display determination unit 1240 and displayed on the display screen 20. (Process 1002)

In this example, the character size of several lines or less from the bottom of the information displayed in the window is reduced and displayed. In this way, in this embodiment, the character size of the specified number of lines is displayed in a size smaller than the size for normal display, so when a portion of a certain piece of information does not fall within the visible area in the window in a delicate range, etc. , It becomes possible to display in a limited window area without doing work such as expanding the window or scrolling up and down, and the amount of character information displayed in the window increases and more information can be referenced. It will be possible.

Example 3. FIG. 7 shows a window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 7 (a)
Is the display state of the window before the change, and (b) is the display state of the window after the change. In FIG. 7, character information exists in the window 21 below the end of the character information, but is not displayed due to the size restriction of the window. Character information that is not displayed due to the size restriction of the window 21 can be referred to by using a function such as scrolling. 2 in FIG.
Reference numeral 15 is a character information string displayed in a plurality of lines because the amount of character information that can be displayed in one line in the window 21 is exceeded. In FIG. 7B, 216 is a character information string that could not be referred to before the display change request was made, but as a result of the display change, it was possible to refer to it.

In FIG. 7, when the display change of the window 21 is instructed from the input device 1, the amount of character information that can be displayed in one line in the character information string displayed in the window 21 is exceeded, and therefore the lines are spread over a plurality of lines. After detecting the displayed character information string 215, the detected character information string 21 is detected.
The space between adjacent characters or symbols of 5 is reduced and displayed in one line as much as possible. In addition, the information displayed over multiple lines fits into a smaller number of lines, increasing the amount of information in the window, saving space in the window, and limiting the size of the window before requesting changes. It becomes possible to refer to the character information 216 that has not been displayed. Such a display processing method increases the amount of information in the window.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user specifies a window from the input device 1 and gives an instruction to change the character spacing (step 1101). Upon receiving the instruction to change the character spacing, the window state detection unit 1220 detects the change request and starts calculation. The window detection unit 1220 uses the character information string displayed in the specified window to
Characters displayed over multiple lines because the number of characters that can be displayed in one line has been set in the system, or the length of character information that can be displayed in one line has exceeded the length that is set in the system. Check if there is an information column.
For this purpose, the line spacing from the line feed symbol input by the user to the next line feed symbol may be checked (process 1102). Process 11
If the corresponding character information string does not exist in 02, the display screen before the display change request is displayed without changing the display, and then the process ends (process 1103) process 110
If there is a corresponding character information string in 2, the character spacing calculation unit 12304 changes the adjacent character spacing so that the corresponding character information string can be displayed in one line, and the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in one line. The result is sent to the display determination unit 1240 (process 1104). The display determination unit 1240, which has received the calculation result in the process 1104, checks whether or not the adjacent characters or symbols are overlapped with each other when displayed with the calculated value of the interval between the adjacent characters or symbols (process 1105). When there is no overlap between the adjacent characters or symbols in the process 1105, the display determination unit 1240 sends the result calculated by the character spacing calculation unit 12304 to the window display unit 1250, and the window display unit that receives the result displays the calculation result. Originally displayed on the display screen 20 (Process 1
106). When there is an overlap between the adjacent characters or symbols in the process 1104, the display determination unit 1240 preliminarily sets an interval in the system in which adjacent characters or symbols do not overlap so that the corresponding character information string can be displayed with as few lines as possible. It is displayed in a plurality of lines by using the smallest character spacing among the prepared character spacings (process 110).
7). Such a flow chart increases the amount of information in the window

Here, in processing 1104, the character spacing calculation unit 12304 uses a specific method of changing the spacing between adjacent characters in the corresponding character information string, and in processing 1105, the display determination unit 1240 causes the character spacing calculation unit 12304.
An example of a specific method for checking whether or not there is an overlap between adjacent characters or symbols when displayed at the intervals between adjacent characters calculated in step 1 will be described.

In process 1104, the width required to display one character in the character information string to be changed is W, the interval between adjacent characters is I, the total number of characters in the specified character information string is N, and the length is Let L be L = (W + I) × N (A1). If this character information string is stored in one line, the maximum length of one line in the specified window is L
It is L, and the distance between adjacent characters or symbols that have changed and I1, LL = (W + I 1) × N (A2) is satisfied. From the formulas (A1) and (A2), I ₁ becomes I ₁ = LL × (W + I) / L−W (A3).

The value of I _{1 in} the expression (A3) is used as the character spacing calculation unit 1
The calculation is performed in 2304, and the display determination unit 1240 checks the sign of I _{1 in} the expression (A3). If the sign of I ₁ calculated from the expression (A3) is positive, the display determination unit 1240 determines that adjacent characters in the changed character information string do not overlap, and displays the calculated I ₁ in a window. Send to section 1250.
If the sign of I ₁ calculated from equation (A3) is negative,
The display determination unit 1240 determines that the changed character information string causes an overlap with an adjacent character when the interval is changed to keep the corresponding character information string in one line.

Further, in this embodiment, the description has been made assuming that the characters in the window are written horizontally. However, even when the characters in the window are written vertically, the space between adjacent characters in the row direction is reduced. Can be displayed.

Example 4. Since the information entered in the window exceeds the preset amount of character information that can be displayed in one line inside the system, it may be displayed over multiple lines in the window. At this time, after the user specifies these ranges, a request to change the size of characters and the space between adjacent characters is made to display information displayed on multiple lines in one line as much as possible. Is.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the operation of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 9A, reference numeral 215 denotes a character information string to be changed in display, and since this character information string 215 exceeds the maximum amount of character information that can be displayed in one line preset in the system, a window is displayed. 21 shows a plurality of lines. In FIG. 9B, reference numeral 216 is a character information string that is displayed in the window 21 as a result of making a display change request. When the user gives an instruction from the input device 1, the width of characters and symbols and the interval between adjacent characters or symbols are changed, and the character information string 215 is displayed in one line. As described above, in this embodiment, when the amount of character information that can be displayed in one line is exceeded, the size is reduced in the character information string, so that the information displayed in two or more lines can be displayed in one line. Since it can be referred to, the character information 216 that could not be referred to before the change can be referred to as in the second and third embodiments, so that the amount of information in the window increases. Further, since the collected information can be displayed in one line, it becomes easy to refer to the window.

FIG. 10 shows a flow chart for realizing the above-mentioned display processing. The flowchart of FIG. 10 will be described. The settings necessary for changing here, such as the number of characters displayed on one line, the size of characters, the minimum character size that is the limit value for character reduction, and the minimum character spacing, have default values, so the user side Unless otherwise specified, the optimum number of characters to be displayed in one line, the width of characters, and the interval between adjacent characters are calculated from this value. Further, the range of the character information string to be changed is, for example, a character information string extending at least two lines from the beginning of the line next to the line having the line feed symbol to the next line feed symbol in the window is detected, and this character information sequence is changed. Since there is a default value in advance such as "target", this value is used unless otherwise specified by the user.

First, in order to detect the character information string displayed in a plurality of lines in the window from the input device 1 by the user and change the display size of the character of the detected character information string and the interval between adjacent characters. Is requested (process 1201). Window state detection unit 122 that has received the request
0 is the target character information string in the character information group displayed in the window, that is, the number of characters exceeds the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in one line set in the system, or the characters that can be displayed in one line. Since the length of the information exceeds the length set in the system, it is checked whether or not there is a character information string displayed over j lines (j is a natural number of 2 or more) (process 1202). In process 1202,
If the character information string to be changed does not exist, it is displayed on the display screen 20 without any change, and the process is terminated (process 1203). In the process 1202, when the character information string to be changed exists, the window state detection unit 1220 calculates the width required to display one character of the displayed character information string and the interval between adjacent characters, The calculated value and the number of characters in the specified character information string calculated previously are sent to the character size calculation unit 12302 and the character interval calculation unit 12304 (process 1204). Next, the character size calculation unit 12302 and the character interval calculation unit 123 that have received the calculation result from the window state detection unit 1220.
In 04, 1 so that the specified character information string fits in one line.
The width required to display a character or one symbol, the interval between adjacent characters, and the number of characters per line of the changed character information are calculated and the result is sent to the display determination unit 1240 (process 1205). The display determination unit 1240 which receives the calculation results from the character size calculation unit 12302 and the character spacing calculation unit 12304 checks whether the calculated width is larger than the minimum character width stored in the system (Process 12
06). When the calculated width is larger than the width of the smallest character stored in the system, it is displayed on the display screen 20 based on the calculated result (process 1207). If the calculated width is smaller than the minimum character width stored in the system, the target j character information string can be displayed with fewer lines than the j character size. , And the character spacing are displayed in a plurality of lines using the smallest character size and the smallest character spacing among those prepared in advance in the system (process 1208). By performing such processing, the position of the line feed symbol in the designated character information string is moved to the right edge of the window, so that the blank space in the window is reduced.

A concrete processing method in the processing 1205 will be described. If the width required to display one character before change in the specified character information string is W, the space between adjacent characters is I, and the number of characters in the character information string to be changed is N, the length of the character information string is The length L is L = (W + I) × N (B1) After the change, the width required to display one character is W ₁ , the space between adjacent characters is I ₁ , and the number of characters is N _1. The length is L ₁ , the width required to display one character after the change is W ₂ ,
The space between adjacent characters is I ₂ , the length of the character string with the number of characters N 2 is L ₂ , ..., After the change, the width required to display one character is W _m (m is a natural number), Character spacing is I _m (m
Is a natural number) and the number of characters is N _m (m is a natural number), and L _m (m is a natural number) is L ₁ = (W ₁ + I ₁ ) × N ₁ (B2) L ₂ = (W ₂ + I ₂ ) × N ₂ (B3) ··· L _m = (W _m + I _m ) × N _m (Bm + 1) (m is a natural number). Further, if the length of each line in the specified window is LL, then LL = L ₁ + L ₂ + ... + L _m (Bm + 2) holds to store the specified character information string in one line. is necessary. Further, since the total number of characters and symbols in the designated character information string does not change, N = N ₁ + N ₂ + ... + N _m (Bm + 3) holds. Expression (B1), Expression (Bm + 2), and (Bm
(Bm + 1) from the equation (2) based on the constraint condition of the equation +3)
W ₁ , W ₂ , ..., W _m , I ₁ , I ₂ , ...
., I _m , N ₁ , N ₂ , ..., N _m , and L ₁ , L ₂ ,.
.., L _m are calculated by the character size calculation unit 12302 and the character spacing calculation unit 12304 in process 1205. Further, in the above calculation, the calculated I ₁ , I ₂ ,.
.. When at least one of I _{m has} a value smaller than the width of the minimum character size in the system, the character information string to be changed does not fit in one line.

In particular, in process 1205, the width required to display one character in the designated character information string before the change is W, the interval between adjacent characters is I, and the number of characters in the character information string to be changed Is N, and the character information string whose length is L has a width required to display one character after the change, W, an interval between adjacent characters or symbols is I, the total number of characters and symbols is N ₁ , and the length is The character string whose L is ₁ , the width required to display one character after the change is W ₂ , the space between adjacent characters is I ₂ ,
Number of characters N _2, the length is changed to a character string is L _2, when they are displayed in one line, (W + I) × N = L (C1) (W + I) × N 1 = L ₁ (C2) (W ₂ + I ₂ ) × N ₂ = L ₂ (C 3) N ₁ + N ₂ = N (C 4) L ₁ + L ₂ = LL (C 5) From W ₂ + I ₂ = (LL −L) (W + I) / (L−L ₁ ) (C6), and the sum of W ₂ and I ₂ is the same as that of W and I. By performing the above-described processing in the processing 1205, it is possible to calculate the width required to display one character satisfying the display change request and the interval between adjacent characters.

Example 5. FIG. 11 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 11, (a) is the display state of the window before the change, (b)
Is the display state of the window after the change. In this embodiment, part or all of the character information group in the window is displayed with a small line spacing. Further, in FIG. 11, it is assumed that the character information exists in the window 21 below the end of the character information but is not displayed due to the size restriction of the window. Character information that is not displayed due to the size restriction of the window 21 can be referred to by using a function such as scrolling. 12
3 is a flowchart showing a window display processing method.

First, the user makes a change request from the input device 1 to reduce the line spacing and display it. (Process 130
1) When changing the line spacing, it is necessary to specify the window for changing the display, the range for changing the line spacing, the line spacing after the change, etc. Therefore, the user may instruct the input device 1 to change the default value only when the request is not satisfied. Window state detection unit 1220 that has received the change request
Causes the line-spacing calculator 12305 to calculate a state in which the line-spacing is reduced from the information on the changed line-spacing, the line-spacing change section, and the window to be changed specified by the user, and then the result is displayed by the display determination unit 1240. To the window display unit 1250, and the window display unit 1250 reduces and displays the line spacing of the character information string within the specified range in the window based on the result calculated by the line spacing calculation unit 12305. (Process 1302)

In this example, the line spacing of several lines from the end of the information is reduced and displayed. In this way, in this embodiment, since the line spacing of the specified number of lines is displayed small, when a part of a certain set of information does not fall within the visible area in the window in a delicate range, such as when the window is expanded or scrolled vertically, It allows you to display in a limited window area without any work, increasing the amount of information in the window and providing functions such as scrolling information that could not be displayed before the change due to the size of the window. It is possible to refer to it without using it.

Example 6. FIG. 13 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 13, (a) shows the display state of the window before requesting the display change, and (b) shows the display state of the window after the change. In FIG. 13, 20 is a display screen and 21 is a display screen 2.
0 is the window displayed on top of
The user can refer to the character information of the part which is out of the display area of the display screen 20 and is not displayed by moving the position of the window. Further, in FIG. 13, the character information “ABC” in the window 22 is displayed.
The character information "DEFGH" cannot be referred to by the user in the line where "" exists because part of the window 22 is out of the display area. Further, in FIG. 13, "45678" is displayed on the line in the window 22 where the character information "123" exists.
The character information cannot be referred to by the user because a part of the window 22 is out of the display area.

In this embodiment, when the user makes a display change request from the input device 1, the size of characters in the window, the space between adjacent characters, and the space between lines are changed so that the display area is not displayed. This allows the character information that could not be referenced to be referenced. This makes it possible to refer to character information that cannot be referred to because it is out of the display area, without the need for moving the position of the window.

As a concrete method, the horizontal length of the window 22 to be changed is L, and the horizontal length of the window 22 displayed on the display screen is LLL. At this time, in the fourth embodiment, the character information string to be changed can be designated as the character information group displayed in the window, and the length of the character information that can be displayed in one line can be designated as LLL. Becomes Further, by combining with the method of changing the line spacing of the fifth embodiment, it is possible to increase the amount of information in the window.

As described above, in this embodiment, the amount of information in the window displayed in the visible region is reduced by displaying in the visible region the information that cannot be referred to because part of the window is out of the display region. As a result, the amount of information that the user can directly refer to from the display screen increases. Although the right side of the window is hidden in this example, it is possible to deal with any hidden position.

Example 7. FIG. 14 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 14, (a) is the display state of the window before the change, (b)
Is the display state of the window after the change. In FIG. 14, reference numerals 21 and 22 denote windows. The windows 21 and 22 overlap each other, and the character information existing in the portion of the rear window 22 overlapping the window 21 moves to the position of the window 22. Can be referred to.

In this embodiment, the character information that cannot be referred to because the window 22 on the rear side overlaps with the window 21 on the front side, the size of the character in the line in which this character information exists, and By reducing the space between adjacent characters, it is possible to refer to character information that could not be referenced. As a result, it becomes possible to refer to the character information that cannot be referred to in the window 22 without the trouble of moving the position of the window 22.

As a concrete method, the horizontal length of the window 22 to be changed is L, and the horizontal length of the window 22 displayed on the display screen is LLL. At this time, the character information to be changed in the fourth embodiment is designated in the window 22 in a line in which there is character information that cannot be referred to because it overlaps with the window 21, and then the display change shown in the fourth embodiment is performed. To do. This can be achieved by designating the length of the character information that can be displayed in one line only in the designated character information range to a certain value smaller than LLL. Further, by combining with the method of changing the line spacing in the fifth embodiment, it becomes possible to display more information.

As described above, in this embodiment, the amount of information on the display screen is increased by displaying the information hidden by the window in the visible area, and the amount of information that the user can directly refer to from the display screen is increased. Although the upper right corner of the window 22 is hidden in this example, it is possible to deal with any hidden position.

Example 8. FIG. 15 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 15, (a) is the display state of the window before the change, (b)
Is the display state of the window after the change. In this embodiment, when the user requests a display change from the input device 1, the window area is expanded and displayed.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the above window display processing method. First, the user makes a request for expanding the area of the window from the input device 1. (Process 2001) When making a request in process 2001, it is necessary to specify how much the window area is to be expanded, what window is to be expanded, and the like. Need only instruct the input device 1 to change the default value when it does not meet the request. The instruction for this change is, for example, the number of rows, the area,
It can be done in length and so on. Next, the window state detection unit 1220 that receives the display change request from the user
The shape calculation unit 12301 is instructed to expand the window area according to the request, and the shape calculation unit 1230 receives the instruction.
1 calculates the shape of the window when the designated area is expanded, and then sends the result to the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240 and displays it.
(Process 2002)

In this example, since the character information in the window is horizontally written, the user instructs to change the display and then expands and displays it in the lower end direction of the window. However, the character information in the window is vertically written. In this case, it may be displayed by expanding it toward the left end of the window.

Example 9. FIG. 17 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 17, (a) is a window displayed on the display screen 20 before the user instructs the display change, and (b) is a window displayed on the display screen 20 after the user instructs the display change. is there. In FIG. 17A, 217 is a delimiter, and the length of the character information of the line on which the delimiter 217 is located is the maximum length of the character information of each line displayed in the window 21. This is because when the window 21 is specified and a display change request is made, the delimiter closest to the right end of the window 21 is detected, and the position of the right end of the window is changed so that this position becomes the right end of the window 21. It is what makes me.

Here, the delimiter means a delimiter at the end of each line. The delimiter includes a forced line feed symbol and a line feed symbol. When the length of the character information that can be displayed in one line in the window reaches the value set in the system, the forced line feed symbol is automatically inserted and a line feed is performed. The position of the automatically inserted forced line feed symbol changes to correspond to the changed state when the user changes the length of the character information that can be displayed in one line in the window.

In the window, if the user instructs a line feed before the length of the character information that can be displayed on one line reaches the value set in the system, a line feed symbol is inserted and the delimiter position of that line is the line feed symbol. Corresponds to position.
In this way, by setting the position of the delimiter closest to the right edge of the window to the right edge of the window, the area of the blank area after the end of the line in the window is reduced.

A flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method is shown in FIG. First, the user specifies a window from the input device 1 and gives an instruction to change the shape of the window. (Processing 2101) Upon receiving the change command, the window state detection unit 1220 starts detecting the position of the delimiter existing in the specified window and sends the result to the shape calculation unit 12301. (Processing 2102) The shape calculation unit 12301 which receives the result of calculating the position of the delimiter in the window specified by the window state detection unit
Then, after checking the position of the delimiter closest to the right edge of the specified window, a shape is calculated so that the right edge of the specified window comes to this position, and this result is displayed by the display determination unit 1
It is sent to the window display unit 1250 via 240. (Processing 2103) The window display unit 1250 shapes and displays the window based on the result calculated by the shape calculation unit 12301.
(Process 2104)

An example of a concrete processing method in the processes 2103 and 2104 will be described. The shape calculation unit 12301, which has received the information about the position coordinate of the delimiter in the window state detection unit 1220, obtains the position of the right end of the changed window by comparing the magnitude of the x coordinate of each delimiter. For example, in FIG. 16, the upper right coordinates of the window before change are (x ₁ , y ₁ ), the lower right coordinates are (x ₁ , y _n ) (n is a natural number), and the position of the delimiter closest to the right edge of the window is set. Is (x _max , y _k ) (k is a natural number from 1 to n), the right end of the changed window is a straight line connecting (x _max , y ₁ ) and (x _max , y _n ). That is, in the process 2103, the shape calculation unit 12
After 301 examines x _max , in process 2104, the window display unit 1250 shapes the window so that x _max is the right edge of the window.

As described above, in this embodiment, the right side of the rectangular window is determined depending on the end of the longest line.
Since the extra blank area after the end of the longest line is not displayed, the amount of information per unit area in the window becomes high.
In particular, it is effective when referring to information having a small number of characters per line or information having a small variation in line length. In this embodiment, the case where the character information is written horizontally is described, but in the case of vertical writing, the same effect can be obtained by setting the position of the delimiter closest to the lower end of the window to the lower end of the window.

Example 10. FIG. 19 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 19, (a) shows the display state of the window before requesting the display change, and (b) shows the display state of the window after the change. In the present embodiment, when the user specifies a window from the input device 1 and then makes a display change request, the number of characters in each line in the specified window is measured, the average number of characters per line is calculated, and then the length is calculated. The position of the right edge of the window is corrected accordingly.

FIG. 20 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user specifies a window from the input device 1 and gives an instruction to change the shape of the window. (Processing 2201) The window state detection unit 1220 that has received the change command starts measuring the number of characters of each line existing in the specified window, calculates the average number of characters displayed per line, and then Is sent to the shape calculation unit 12301. (Processing 2202) The shape calculation unit 12301 which receives the result calculated by the window state detection unit 1220 performs a calculation for correcting the position of the right end of the window, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240. (Process 2203) The window display unit 1250 shapes and displays a window based on the result calculated by the shape calculation unit 12301.
(Process 2204)

An example of a concrete processing method of processing 2202 and processing 2203 will be described. 1 in processing 2202
As a method to find the average length of the character string per line, find the position coordinate of the delimiter of each line existing in the window,
It is obtained by dividing the sum of these x coordinates by the number of rows. Then, in process 2203, the window shape is determined based on the average length of the character string per line calculated in process 2202. This shape is changed, _assuming that the coordinates of the upper right corner of the window before change are (x ₁ , y ₁ ), the coordinates of the lower right corner are (x ₁ , y _n ), and the average length x _avr of the character string per line. After that, the upper right corner coordinates (x _avr , y ₁ ) of the window and the lower right corner coordinates (x
_avr , y _n ), and the right end of the window is a straight line connecting the window upper right vertex coordinates (x _avr , y ₁ ) and the lower right vertex coordinates (x _avr , y _n ).

As described above, in this embodiment, since the right side of the window quadrangle is determined depending on the average length of the rows,
The amount of information becomes high. This is especially effective when referring to information with little variation in line length. In the present embodiment, the case where the character information is written horizontally is described, but in the case of vertical writing, the same effect can be obtained by setting the average length of the character string of each line as the lower end of the window.

Example 11. FIG. 21 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 21, (a) is the display state of the window before the change,
(B) is the display state of the window after the change. Figure 21
In (a), 217 is a delimiter, and the delimiter 21
The length of the character information of the line in which 7 is located is the smallest among the length of the character information of each line displayed in the window 21. In this embodiment, when the user specifies a window from the input device 1 and then makes a display change request, the shortest character string is detected by detecting the length of the character string displayed on each line in the specified window. Is calculated, and the right edge of the window is adjusted to the end of the line.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart for realizing the window display processing method. First, the user specifies a window from the input device 1 and gives an instruction to change the shape of the window. (Processing 2301) The window state detection unit 1220 that has received the change command starts measuring the number of characters of each line existing in the specified window, and after detecting the line with the shortest number of characters displayed per line. The result is sent to the shape calculation unit 12301. (Process 2302) The shape calculation unit 12301 which receives the result calculated by the window state detection unit 1220 performs a calculation to correct the position of the right end of the window, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250 via the display processing unit 1240. (Processing 2303) The window display unit 1250 shapes and displays a window based on the result calculated by the shape calculation unit 12301.
(Process 2304)

An example of a concrete processing method of processing 2302 and processing 2303 will be described. As an example of the method of detecting the shortest length line in the process 2302, the window state detection unit 1220 detects the position of the delimiter of each line of the window and then compares the x-coordinates of the position coordinates of the delimiter of each of these lines to determine the minimum value. It suffices to detect the delimiter having the x coordinate of. Then, the window shape is determined based on the delimiter having the minimum x coordinate calculated in processing 2302. This shape has the coordinates of the upper right corner of the window before the change (x ₁ , y ₁ ), the coordinates of the lower right corner of the window (x ₁ , y _n ), and the minimum x
If the x coordinate of the delimiter 217 having coordinates is xmin,
After the change, the coordinates of the upper right vertex of the window (x _min , y ₁ ) and the coordinates of the lower right vertex (x _min , y _n ) are determined, and the right end of the window has the upper right vertex coordinates of the window (x _min , y ₁ ).
If, lower right vertex coordinates (x _min, y _n) becomes a straight line connecting the.

As described above, in this embodiment, the right side of the quadrangular shape of the window is determined depending on the end of the shortest line, so that the extra blank space after the end of the shortest line is not displayed and the information density becomes high. . This is particularly effective when referring to information in which the number of characters in one line is small, information in which the line lengths are not scattered, and the like. In this embodiment, the case where the character information is written horizontally is described. However, in the case of vertical writing, after checking the line having the shortest character string among the character strings displayed in the specified window, this line The same effect can be obtained by setting the end of line to the bottom of the specified window.

Example 12. FIG. 23 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 23, 217 is a line feed symbol. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, when the number of characters that can be displayed in one line in the specified window is exceeded and there is a character information string that is displayed over a plurality of lines, the area of the window is expanded to display one line. It is a thing.

FIG. 24 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user detects a character information string displayed in a plurality of lines in the window from the input device 1 and detects the character information string to make a request to expand the area of the window (process 2401).
In response to the request, the window state detection unit 1220 determines that the target character information string in the character information group displayed in the window, that is, the number of characters exceeds the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in one line set in the system. Or there is a character information string displayed over j lines (j is a natural number of 2 or more) because the length of the character information that can be displayed in one line exceeds the length set in the system. It is checked whether or not (process 2402). In the process 2402, when there is no character information string to be changed, the character information string is displayed on the display screen 20 without making any changes, and then the process ends (process 2403). In process 2402, when the character information string to be changed exists, the window state detection unit 1
220 calculates the width required to display one character of the displayed character information string and the interval between adjacent characters, and displays the calculated value and the information about the number of characters in the specified character information string calculated above. It is sent to the shape calculation unit 12301 (process 2404). The shape calculation unit 12301 having received the calculation result of the process 2404 calculates the window shape so that the target character information string fits in one line. Regarding the shape of the window, the character information string in the section whose display is to be changed is displayed in one line, the line feed symbol 217 is positioned at the end of the line, and the expansion range of the window is calculated (process 2405). Next, the display processing unit 1240 checks whether or not the changed position of the delimiter is within the display area of the display screen 20 (processing 2406). If the changed position of the delimiter is within the display area of the display screen 20, the window is expanded and displayed based on the result calculated in the process 2405 (process 2407). If the changed position of the delimiter is not within the display area of the display screen 20, the window is expanded and displayed within the display range of the display screen 20 (process 2408).

As described above, in this embodiment, when the number of characters that can be displayed in one line is exceeded, the window area after the end of the line is expanded, so that the information displayed in a plurality of lines can be displayed in one line as much as possible. Since it fits in, the amount of information in the window increases. Further, since the collected information can be displayed in one line, it is easy to refer to it.

Example 13. FIG. 25 shows an example of the window display processing method. In FIG. 25, 20
Is a display screen, 21 and 22 are windows displayed on the display screen 20, window 21 and window 22.
Therefore, the character information of the window 22 on the rear surface cannot be referred to. User input device 1
When a request for changing the display of the window 21 is made, the position of the delimiter of each line in the window 21 is detected, and the shape of the window 21 is converted into an uneven shape so that this position becomes the right end of the window 21. By converting the shape of the window 21 into the uneven shape in this way, it becomes possible to refer to the character information in the window 22 that could not be referred to because it overlapped with the window 21.

FIG. 26 shows a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user makes a request from the input device 1 to change the shape of the window. (Processing 2501) Upon receiving the request, the window state detection unit 1220 detects the position of the delimiter within the designated window. Moreover, the normal delimiter is not displayed on the display screen 20. In order to respond to the display change request, the result of detecting the position of the delimiter is sent to the shape calculation unit 12301, and a calculation command is issued to the shape calculation unit 12301 to calculate a state satisfying the request. (Processing 2502) The shape calculation unit 12301 having received the calculation command calculates the shape of the window such that the position of the delimiter on each line becomes the right boundary line of the window based on the result of the position of the delimiter detected by the window state detection unit 1220. To do. If the information is displayed vertically, the position of the delimiter is detected, and then the shape of the window is calculated so that the position of the delimiter in each column becomes the lower boundary line of the window. (Process 2503) After that, the calculation result of the process 2503 is displayed on the display determination unit 1240.
To the window display unit 1250, and the window display unit 1250 which receives the conversion converts the shape of the window into an uneven shape. (Processing 2504) By such a process, it becomes possible to convert the shape of the window into an uneven shape.

Here, a concrete method for converting the window shape into the unevenness based on the position of the delimiter in the processing 2503 will be described. FIG. 27 shows an example of the uneven shape of the window. As shown in FIG. 27, the upper left corner of the window 21 is the origin (0, 0), the horizontal direction is the x-axis, and the vertical direction is the y-axis.
Position A at the top and bottom of the delimiter for each line as an axis
₁ (x ₁ , y ₁ ), A ₂ (x ₁ , y ₂ ), A ₃ (x ₂ ,
y ₂ ) ,, A _n-1 (x _{n / 2} , y _{n / 2} ), A _n (x _{n / 2} , y
_{n / 2 + 1} ) (n is an even number) is detected and A ₁ −A ₂ −A ₃ −. ． ．
It is obtained by performing linear interpolation in the order of -A _n-1 -A _n .

In this example, for simplicity of explanation, the case where there is no blank space between the rows has been described. However, when there is a blank space between the rows, that is, when there is a line spacing, 27 are straight lines A ₁ -A ₂ , A ₃ -A ₄ , ...
It is possible to convert the window shape into an uneven shape by extending to the space between the lines. To change the uneven shape, it is also possible to simultaneously specify a plurality of windows and then change these windows to the uneven shape at the same time.

FIG. 28 shows an example in which a plurality of windows in the display screen 20 are changed to be uneven. In FIG. 28, 21,
Numerals 22 and 23 are windows modified to have an uneven shape. In this way, in this embodiment, since the margin portion after the end of the line that is not directly related to information is not displayed and the shape of the window is variable, the information of the rear window hidden by the front window is referred to. become able to. Furthermore, when you want to display the rear window in the foreground, in a rectangular window, the rear window may be completely hidden by the front window, and you may not be able to select the window with the mouse. Although necessary, such an operation can be minimized by varying the window shape to be uneven. Further, by making the window shape uneven, it contributes to space saving of the window.

Example 14. FIG. 29 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In this embodiment, when a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen and these windows overlap with each other, the user gives an instruction to overlap each other without changing the shape of each window. It is displayed by moving to a position that does not exist. As a result, the user does not need to move the individual windows to positions that do not overlap each other, and it is possible to see information that cannot be referenced due to the overlapping of the windows.

FIG. 30 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user makes a change request from the input device 1 to eliminate the overlapping of windows and display the windows (process 3001). next,
Window state detection unit 1220 that has received a display change request
Starts the calculation. First, in order to obtain the area of each window, the horizontal length xw _i and the vertical length yw _i (i is a natural number) of each window are checked and the result is sent to the window area calculation unit 12306. Window state detection unit 122
The window area calculation unit 12306 that has received the calculation result of 0
So, when the total area of windows that are displayed on the display screen 20 and _{S, S = xw 1 × yw} 1 + xw 2 × yw 2 + ··· + xw p × yw p (D1) (p is a display screen (Total number of windows displayed on 20)
From the total area of the window, S is calculated (process 300
2). After that, it is checked whether or not the total area of the window calculated by the equation (D1) is smaller than the area xw × yw of the display screen 20 (process 3003). In process 3003,
If the total area of the windows calculated by the equation (D1) is larger than the area xw × yw of the display screen 20, the processing is terminated without moving the arrangement of the windows. In process 3003, when the total area of the windows calculated by the formula (D1) is smaller than the area xw × yw of the display screen 20, the horizontal length xw _i and the vertical length yw _i (where i =
1 ,. ． ． , P, where p is the information regarding the total number of windows displayed on the display screen 20), and the positions at which the individual windows do not overlap each other are calculated. As a concrete method of this, a method of rearranging the windows displayed on the display screen 20 in an arbitrary combination is used. This result is sent to the display determination unit 1240 (process 30).
04). The display determination unit 12 that receives the result of the process 3004
40 checks whether or not all the windows fit within the display area of the display screen 20 according to the calculated window layout (process 3005). In process 3005, if the entire area of the window does not fit in the display area of the display screen 20, the process is terminated and the window state before requesting the display change is displayed without rearranging the windows,
The process ends. In processing 3005, if the entire area of the window fits within the display area of the display screen 20, processing 3
The result of 004 is sent to the window display unit 1250, and the window display unit 1250 which receives the result displays the result on the display screen 20. (Process 3006)

An example of a specific method for checking whether or not the entire area of each window is included in the display area of the display screen 20 in the process 3005 will be described. First, in process 3003, it is checked whether the sum S of the display areas of the windows calculated by the formula (D1) is smaller than the display area of the display screen 20, and if the sum S of the display areas of the windows is smaller than the display area of the display screen 20. As a result of virtually rearranging individual windows in any possible combination, when it is decided to arrange a certain window, a quadrangle including all of these windows is created. Here, after calculating the rearrangement of individual windows, when a rectangle that includes all windows and has the smallest area is created, the horizontal length of the quadrangle is x, and the vertical length is y. It is determined whether there is a condition that satisfies the following expression. x ≤ xw (D2) y ≤ yw (D3) If the formulas (D2) and (D3) are simultaneously satisfied, the table determination unit 1240 sends the calculation result of the process 3004 to the window display unit 1250.

For example, the process 300 in FIG.
The numerical values required for the determination of 5 are shown in FIG. In FIG. 31, 250 includes a window 21 and a window 22,
And it is a rectangle with the smallest area. Process 3005
Then, the magnitude relationship between the lateral length x of the rectangle 250 and the lateral length xw of the display screen 20 is examined by the equation (D2), and the rectangle 250
The vertical length y of the display screen 20 and the vertical length yw of the display screen 20 (D
Check with formula 3). Further, the area x × y of the rectangle 250 and the area xw of the display screen 20 are used as the criteria for the determination of the process 3005.
The size relationship of xyw may be examined, and when the area of the rectangle 250 is smaller than the area of the display screen 20, the state in which the window is moved may be displayed on the display screen 20.

As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to eliminate overlapping of windows by requesting the display change, and it becomes easy to refer to the information hidden on the rear surface.

Embodiment 15 FIG. 32 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 32,
When the total display area of the windows is larger than the display area of the display screen, the overlapping of the windows is displayed as small as possible.

FIG. 33 is a flow chart showing the above window display processing method. First, the user makes a change request from the input device 1 to reduce the overlapping of windows and display them (process 4101). Upon receiving the request, the window state detection unit 1220 starts calculation. First, after detecting the position of the delimiter of each window, the result is sent to the margin calculation unit 12307. Next, the blank space calculation unit 12307, which has received the result of calculating the position of the delimiter in the window state detection unit 1220, obtains the blank space area after the end of the line of each window, and the result is calculated by the position calculation unit 1
2308 (process 4102). After that, the position calculation unit 12308 determines a position where the overlap becomes as small as possible from the blank area after the end of the line of each window obtained in the process 4102, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240 (process 4103). . The window display unit 1250 displays the result calculated in the process 4103 on the display screen 20 (process 4104).

An example of a specific method of calculating the margin area after the line end of the window in the process 4102 will be described. This can be calculated if information about the position of the delimiter is available. FIG. 34 is a diagram showing the calculation method. In FIG. 34, A ₁ , A ₂ , ... A _n-1 , A
_n (n is an even number) indicates the positions of the upper and lower ends of the delimiter 217, and the coordinate values are shown in parentheses.

If the width of the window 21 is xw and the area of the blank space after the end of the window 21 is SS, SS can be calculated by the following equation. _{SS = | y 2 -y 1 |} × | xw-x 1 | + | y 3 -y 2 | × | xw-x 2 | + ··· + | y n / 2 + 1 -y n / 2 | × | Xw- _{xn / 2} | (E1) If the area of the window 21 is S, S-SS represents the area required to display the information in the window 21, and this is called the effective area. . Based on the calculation result of the blank area after the end of the line of this window 21, another window 21 is moved to a region in the display screen 20 where information is not displayed.

FIG. 35 shows a flow chart of a concrete method for obtaining a position where the overlapping of windows becomes as small as possible in the process 4103. First, the margin calculation unit 12307
The position calculation unit 12308, which has received the result of calculating the blank area of the window in, assigns a number to each window displayed on the display screen 20, and sets the set of numbers as a set Z. (Process 41031) Next, the window having the largest blank area is selected, and the left end of this window is brought to the left end of the display screen 20 or a position near the left end of the display screen 20. (Process 4103
2) The window number targeted in the process 41032 is removed from the set Z. (Process 41033) A window having the largest blank area is selected from the set Z, and the effective area of this window, the area of the window not displayed on the display screen 20, and the window displayed on the display screen 20. The selected window is placed at a position where the overlap with the blank area of the window whose placement location is fixed is as large as possible. (Process 4103
4) The window number targeted in the process 41034 is removed from the set Z. (Process 41035) If there is an element in the set Z, the process is ended unless the process returns to the process 41034. (Process 41036) As described above, in the fifteenth embodiment, the calculation is performed to calculate the margin area of the windows so that the overlapping of the character information between the windows is reduced, so that the amount of information on the display screen increases. The amount of information that the user can directly reference from the display screen increases. In particular, when the rear window is completely hidden by the front window, operations such as moving or reducing were required to display the rear window on the front, but by performing the window arranging method as described above, troublesome operations can be performed. It can be reduced and work efficiency is improved.

Example 16. FIG. 36 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 36, reference numeral 25 is a window change request setting window for changing the display state of the window, and the window change request setting window 25 is information on character information in each window (character size, character spacing, line spacing). ,
The number of characters per line, etc.) is displayed.

When the user operates the window change request setting window 25 to change the window display state, the user can set the state intended by the user and can refer to the information regarding the set state. In this embodiment, when a plurality of windows are displayed, the window change request setting window 25 for changing the display state of the windows is always arranged in the frontmost visible area.

In order to realize this, if the position of the change request setting window 25 is determined last in the fourteenth or fifteenth embodiment, the window 25 can be arranged in the foreground. . Alternatively, in the change request step, the user may request that the window change request setting window 25 is always placed in the foreground.
Alternatively, the window 25 may be arranged in the foreground using the following method. Window state detection unit 122
0 is started at regular intervals by a timer (not shown) or the like, and the display state of the window is checked. At this time, the window 25 overlaps with other windows,
In addition, when the window state detection unit 1220 determines that the window 25 is arranged on the rear surface, the window state detection unit 1220 issues a display switching instruction to the display switching unit 12309. The display switching unit 12309, which has received the command from the window state detection unit 1220, calculates the state in which the window 25 is in the front and displays it on the display screen 20. In this way, by always displaying the window change request button on the foreground, it is possible to easily make a window change request and to always refer to the setting information of the change request.

Example 17 In this embodiment, the windows are sequentially switched and displayed on the front surface, but the switching of the display is performed by the key operation assigned by the operator.
In FIG. 37, it is assumed that the window 21 and the window 22 are displayed on the display screen 20, the window 21 is arranged on the front surface, and the window 22 is arranged on the rear surface. At this time, when the user inputs a key from the keyboard (for example, the Esc key and the character key “1” are simultaneously input), the window 22 is brought to the front and the window 21 is brought to the rear. In this way, the work efficiency of the user can be improved by making the keyboard display command associated with the window display switching.

FIG. 38 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user inputs a corresponding key on the keyboard to request switching of display of windows. (Process 5001) The window state detection unit 1220, which has received a request from a key input on the keyboard, instructs the display switching unit 12309 to display the front window on the rearmost side,
Upon receiving the command, the display switching unit 12309 calculates the state in which the front window is arranged on the rearmost surface, sends the result to the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240, and the window display unit 1250 also receives the received result. And is displayed on the display screen 20 (process 5002).

As described above, in this embodiment, when a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner and the windows on the rear face cannot be referred to partially or entirely, the windows are displayed on the front face for each designated key operation. This makes it easier to refer to. In this embodiment, two display windows are described, but a rear window can be sequentially displayed on the front whenever a key for switching the display is input for three or more windows. It is possible.

Example 18. In the seventeenth embodiment, when a key is pressed to request display switching, the rear window is displayed in front. However, display screen 2
When multiple windows are displayed on top of each other on 0, the display switching key may be input multiple times to display the window in front of the window intended by the user only by the display switching key. . In this embodiment, a key for designating a window displayed on the display screen 20 is set in addition to the key for switching the display in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, so that a desired window can be displayed in front at once. Is to be displayed.

FIG. 39 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user specifies a window to be displayed on the front by key input on the keyboard, and inputs a key for switching display (process 5101). Upon receiving the display switching request, the window state detection unit 1220 instructs the display switching unit 12309 to display the corresponding window in the front, and the display switching unit 12309 receiving the instruction calculates the state in which the corresponding window is in the front. Then, the result is sent to the window display unit 1250, and the window display unit 1250 switches the display based on the received result (process 5102).

As described above, in this embodiment, when a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner and the windows on the rear surface cannot be referred to partially or wholly, a designated key is assigned to each window. After the window is designated, the display is switched after the window is designated, so that the desired window can be directly displayed on the front side, and necessary information can be immediately displayed on the front side, which makes it easy to refer to and improves the work efficiency of the user.

Example 19 FIG. 40 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 40, (a) shows a state in which the window 21 is on the front side and the window 22 is on the rear side, and (b) shows a state in which the window 21 is on the rear side and the window 22 is on the front side. In this embodiment, each time a predetermined time interval is detected for two or more designated windows, each window is displayed in front in order.

FIG. 41 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user makes a change request from the input device 1 to display a window on the front surface at predetermined time intervals (process 5201). In processing 5201, when the change request is made, the switching time,
It is necessary to set the target window etc., but since these have default values set in advance,
The user may change the default value from the input device 1 only when the request is not met. Upon receiving the change request, the window state detection unit 1220 activates a time measuring device (not shown) such as a timer (process 5202). The display screen 20 at the time when the timer is activated displays the state of FIG. After that, when the set time elapses,
The window state detection unit 1220 calculates a state in which the frontmost window among the windows displayed on the display screen 20 is arranged on the rearmost surface, and issues a command to switch the window display state to the display switching unit 12309 (processing 5
203).

In this example, the window state detector 1220
In response to the instruction from the display switching unit 12309, by making the window 21 the rear surface, the display switching unit 12309 calculates a state in which the window 22 is the front surface, and the display determination unit 124
It is sent to the window display unit 1250 via 0, and the window display unit 1250 which receives this transmits the window display based on the received information. After switching
The display screen 20 displays the state of FIG. 40 (b). Next, by the display switching, the display determination unit 1240 checks whether the frontmost window is the frontmost window before requesting the display change (process 520).
4). In process 5204, if the frontmost window is the frontmost window before the display change request, the process ends. In process 5204, if the frontmost window is not the frontmost window before the display change request, the process returns to process 5202. FIG.
In the example of 0, the window 22 is brought to the front, and after a predetermined time has passed, the window 21 is brought to the front and the post-processing is ended.

By using the above flow chart, the user can refer to the unreferenced character information on the rear surface after a predetermined time has elapsed. In addition, processing 5204
In the display determination unit 12, a function for counting the number of times that the window that was in the foreground before the change request is brought to the foreground again
By adding 40, it is possible to repeat the above operation m times (m is a natural number). Further, by omitting the process 5204 and returning to the process 5202 after the process 5203 is completed, the window behind the window is periodically arranged in the front.

In this embodiment, the display window is 2
Although described as one window, the above processing can be applied to three or more windows. in this way,
In this embodiment, a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner, and when the windows on the rear surface cannot be partially or completely referred to, the windows are sequentially displayed on the front surface at predetermined time intervals. After a lapse of time, it becomes possible to refer to the unreferenced character information on the rear surface.

Example 20. In the nineteenth embodiment, the time interval until the window display is switched is constant regardless of the frequency of use of the window, but in the present embodiment, the usage time of each window is measured and the window display is switched according to the frequency of use. It determines the time. 42, it is assumed that the window 21 and the window 22 are displayed on the display screen 20, the window 21 is arranged on the front surface, and the window 22 is arranged on the rear surface.

At this time, when the user requests a display change from the input device 1, the window switching time is determined based on the usage times of the windows 21 and 22. That is, for a window that is frequently used, the time for displaying it in the foreground is made longer than that of a window that is not frequently used. In this way, it is possible to increase the work efficiency of the user by prolonging the time in which a frequently used window is displayed in the front.

FIG. 43 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. The user makes a change request from the input device 1 based on the frequency of use of each window so as to sequentially display the windows on the front side (process 5301). When making a change request, it is necessary to specify the cycle T, the target window, etc., but default values have been set in advance for these, so the user can enter the default value from the input device 1 only when the request cannot be met. Should be changed. Here, the cycle T is defined as the time from when the user makes a display change request until the windows are sequentially displayed in the front and the display state before the display change request is returned to.
Window state detection unit 1220 that has received a display change request
Starts the calculation. First, when the display is changed, the usage time of each window displayed on the display screen 20 is detected. When a new window is opened on the display screen 20, a window usage time measuring device (not shown) such as a timer corresponding to this window is installed, and the usage time is measured by this timer. This timer measures the usage time while the user specifies a newly opened window, but when the user specifies another window, it stops measuring the usage time, and then the user selects this new window. The measurement of the usage time is resumed when the window opened in is specified.

By doing so, it is possible to measure the usage time of each window. In FIG. 39,
If the usage time of the window 21 is ta and the usage time of the window 22 is tb, the window switching time TT
Is given by, for example, TT = T × ta / (ta + tb) (F1) (process 5302). Next, the window state detection unit 1220 that receives the change request activates a time measuring device (not shown) such as a timer (process 5303). The display screen 20 at the time when the timer is activated displays the state of FIG. 39 (a). After that, when the time TT elapses from the time when the user requests the display change, the window state detection unit 1220 sets the frontmost window among the windows displayed on the display screen 20 to the usage time of the frontmost window. After displaying it on the foreground for a corresponding time, it calculates a state in which the foreground window is on the last screen, and issues a command to switch the window display state to the display switching unit 12309.

In this example, the window state detection unit 1220
In response to the instruction from the display switching unit 12309, the window 21 is displayed in front of the TT time, and then the window 2
1 is calculated as a rear surface, and the result is sent to the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240,
Upon receiving this, the window display unit 1250 switches the window display based on the received information (process 530).
4). After the switching, the display screen 20 is shown in FIG.
The state of (b) is displayed. Next, by switching the display, it is checked whether the frontmost window is the frontmost window before requesting the display change (process 5305). In process 5305, if the frontmost window is the frontmost window before the display change request, the process ends. In processing 5305, if the frontmost window is not the frontmost window before requesting the display change, processing 5303
Return to

In the case of this example, the window 22 is brought to the front due to the display switching, and the processing 5305 causes the processing 5303.
Then, after displaying the T-TT time window 22 on the front surface by processing 5303, the window 22 is set to the rear surface,
At this time, the window 21 is in the foreground, so the process ends.

In this embodiment, the display window is 2
Although described as one sheet, the same display can be performed in three or more windows. As described above, in this embodiment, when a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner and the windows on the rear surface cannot be partially or completely referred to, they are sequentially displayed on the front surface at predetermined time intervals. The user can refer to the unreferenced character information on the rear surface after a predetermined time has elapsed.

Example 21. FIG. 44 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 44, 228 and 229 are areas of the window 22 that cannot be referred to by the user from the display screen 20 because they are originally on the rear surface of the window 21, but can be referred to by changing the display. 228a and 229
a is character information existing in the areas 228 and 229 of the window, and the display density of the character information 228a and 229a is different from the display density of the character information in the window 21. In FIG. 44, the user inputs the input device 1
When a display change request is issued from, the margin between lines in the front window and the margin after the delimiter at the end of the line are made transparent so that the information in the rear window can be referred to. At this time, in order to distinguish the information displayed on the front window from the information displayed on the rear surface, the display density of the character information 228a and 229a is different from the display density of the character information in the window 21. Display with.

FIG. 45 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user requests a display change to refer to information in a rear window that cannot be referred to because it is the front window (Process 6).
001). Window state detection unit 1220 that received the request
Checks the character information that cannot be referenced because it overlaps the front window and the rear window, and sends the result to the display density / color calculation unit 12310. In response to this, the display density / color calculation unit 12310 calculates a state in which the space between the lines of the front window overlapping the rear window and the blank area after the delimiter are transparent, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250 ( Process 6002). Next, the display density of the character information that can be referred to by the user by making the front window transparent is changed to a display density different from the display density of the character information displayed in the front window ( For example, the display density is made lighter than the display density of the character information string in the front window), and the result is calculated by the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240.
(Process 6003). Process 6002 and 6003
The window display unit 1250 which has received the result calculated in step 1 changes the display of the window based on this result (process 6).
004).

However, it is necessary to set the display density of the changed character information in the process 6003, but here, when the default value is set in advance and it does not meet the user's intention, the user uses the input device 1 to display the display density value. To change.

As described above, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen 20 and the windows are overlapped with each other, it is impossible to refer to a part or all of the character information in the rear window. Of the back window that was hidden due to the front window by making the margin between the lines existing at the intersection of the window of the front and the window of the front and the space after the end of the line of the delimiter transparent. It becomes possible to refer to the information.

Further, in order to make the display density of the character information of the rear window that can be referred to by the display change different from the display density of the character information of the front window,
The user can distinguish and recognize the character information of the front window and the character information of the rear window.

Example 22. FIG. 46 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 46, 228 and 229 are areas of the window 22 which cannot be referred to from the display screen 20 by the user because they are originally on the rear surface of the window 21, but can be referred to by changing the display. 228b and 229
Reference character b is character information existing in the areas 228 and 229 of the window, and the display color of the character information 228a and 229a is different from the display color of the character information in the window 21. When the user requests a display change from the input device 1 in FIG. 46, the blank space between the lines of the front window and the blank space after the delimiter at the end of the line are made transparent so that the character information of the rear window can be referred to. It is the one. Further, at this time, in order to distinguish the character information displayed on the front window from the character information displayed on the rear surface, the character information 228b and 22 are displayed.
The display color of 9b is displayed in a display color different from the display color of the character information in the window 21.

FIG. 47 is a flow chart for realizing the above window display processing method. First, the user makes a display change request for referring to the character information of the rear window that cannot be referenced by the front window (process 6101). Window state detection unit 12 that received the request
Reference numeral 20 investigates character information that cannot be referenced because it overlaps the front window and the rear window and the front window, and then sends this result to the display density / color calculation unit 12310. In response to this, the display density / color calculation unit 12310 calculates a state in which the space between the lines of the front window overlapping the rear window and the blank area after the delimiter are transparent, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250 ( Process 6102). Next, change the display color of the text information that can be referenced by the user by making the front window transparent to a display color different from the display color of the text information displayed in the front window. The display determination unit 1240 calculates this result.
To the window display unit 1250 via (step 610).
3). The window display unit 1250 which has received the results calculated in the processes 6102 and 6103 changes the display of the window based on the result (process 6104).

However, it is necessary to set the display color of the changed character information in the processing 6103, but here the default value is set in advance and if the user's intention is not met, the user changes the display color from the input device 1. To do.

As described above, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen 20 and the windows are overlapped with each other, a part or all of the character information in the rear window cannot be referred to. Of the back window that was hidden due to the front window by making the margin between the lines existing at the intersection of the window of the front and the window of the front and the space after the end of the line of the delimiter transparent. It becomes possible to refer to the information.

Further, in order to make the display color of the character information of the rear window that can be referred to by the display change different from the display color of the character information of the front window, the user needs to display the character information of the front window and the rear window. It is possible to distinguish and recognize the character information of the window.

Example 23. FIG. 48 shows an example of the window display processing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 48, 228 and 229 are areas of the window 22 that cannot be referenced from the display screen 20 by the user because they are originally on the rear surface of the window 21, but can be referenced by changing the display. 228c and 229
c is character information existing in the areas 228 and 229 of the window 22, and character information 228c and 229
The display color of c has a display density according to the frequency of use of the window 22. When the user requests a display change from the input device 1 in FIG. 48, the margin between the lines of the front window and the margin after the delimiter at the end of the line are made transparent so that they can be referred to before the change request. It is possible to refer to the character information in the rear window that could not be done. Further, at this time, in order to distinguish the character information displayed on the front window from the character information displayed on the rear surface, the character information 228c and 229 is displayed.
The display density of c is changed and displayed according to the frequency of use of the window 22.

FIG. 49 is a flow chart showing the window display processing method. First, the user makes a display change request to refer to information on a rear window that cannot be referred to because the window is the front window (process 6201). Upon receiving this, the window state detection unit 1220 starts calculation. First, when the display is changed, the display screen 2
The usage time of each window displayed at 0 is detected, and the result is stored in the memory and sent to the display density / color calculation unit 12310 (process 6202). In response to this, the display density / color calculation unit 12310 calculates a state in which the space between the lines of the front window overlapping the rear window and the blank area after the delimiter are transparent, and sends the result to the window display unit 1250 ( Process 6203). next,
The display density / color calculation unit 12310 changes the display density of the character information string which can be referred to by the user by making the front window transparent to a display density according to the usage time of the rear window calculated in step 6201. Then, the result is sent to the window display unit 1250 via the display determination unit 1240 (process 6204). The window display unit 125 that receives the calculation results of the processings 6203 and 6204
0 is displayed on the display screen 20 based on this (process 620).
5).

A method of detecting the window usage time in process 6202 will be described. When a new window is opened on the display screen 20, a window usage time measuring device (not shown) such as a timer corresponding to this window is installed, and the usage time is measured by this timer. This timer measures the usage time while the user specifies the newly opened window,
The measurement of the usage time is stopped when the user specifies another window, and then the measurement of the usage time is restarted when the user specifies this newly opened window. By doing so, it is possible to measure the usage time of each window.

As described above, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen 20 and these windows overlap each other, it is impossible to refer to a part or all of the information in the rear window. By making the blank space between the lines existing at the intersection of the window and the front window and the space after the end of the line of the delimiter transparent, the information of the rear window hidden due to the front window is displayed. It becomes possible to refer. In addition, in order to set the display density of the character information in the rear window that can be referred to by the display change to the display density according to the frequency of use of the rear window, the user sets the information of the front window and the information of the rear window. It is possible to distinguish and recognize.

Example 24. Since the window display processing device has the memory 13 and the window shape storage unit 1260 for storing the window shape in the memory 13, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency by effectively using these. Become. Writing to the memory 13 is performed when it is decided to change the display of the window. That is,
The window display processor allows the user to request a display change,
After displaying a window satisfying this request on the display screen 20, the user is asked whether or not the changed window is acceptable, and the user confirms this and checks the input device 1
From the window shape storage unit 126.
0 stores information about the state of the window displayed on the display screen 20 in the memory 13. Further, when the changed window does not satisfy the user's request, the user can instruct from the input device 1 to return from the information on the state of the window stored in the memory 13 to the state before requesting the display change. it can.

FIG. 50 is an example in which a process of storing window information in the memory 13 is added to the flowchart of FIG. Processings 2501 to 2504 are the same as the processing described in FIG. From the result of detecting the position of the delimiter, the window display unit 1250 displays only the character or graphic information area without displaying the blank area after the delimiter, and then the changed window satisfies the user's request. If the changed window satisfies the user's request, the window state storage unit 1260, which has received the instruction from the input device 1, displays on the display screen 20. The state of the displayed window is stored in the memory 13
Save to. (Processing 2505) When the changed window does not satisfy the user's request, after the user gives an instruction from the input device 1, the memory 1
The state of the window before the display change is requested from the information stored in 3 is displayed on the display screen 20.

As described above, by storing the state of the window in the memory, even if the display state on the display screen 20 changes, it is not necessary to make a variable request again, which is effective. Here, the method of storing the state of the window changed to the window display processing method of the thirteenth embodiment in the memory is described, but the individual methods can be applied to other embodiments.

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According to the window display processing device of the first aspect, the display screen for displaying the window, the input device for requesting the change of the display state of the window, and the request from the input device are used to Character information that a user can refer to by including a display processing device that changes the display state of the character information in the window to display on the display screen so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen Increase the amount of.

A window display processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention displays a window, a display screen, an input device requesting a change in the shape of the window, and a request from the input device Since the shape of the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user and a display processing device that displays the information on the display screen is provided, the ratio of the character information in the window increases.

A window display processing device according to a third aspect of the present invention is a display screen for displaying a plurality of windows, an input device for requesting a movement of the positions of the windows, and a display device according to a request from the input device. Amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen by including a display processing device that displays the state of moving the position of the window on the display screen so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the screen Will increase.

According to another aspect of the window display processing device of the present invention, a display screen is displayed in a state where at least two windows have portions overlapping each other, and an input device for requesting a change of the display state of the windows. A display processing device for displaying on the display screen in a state in which a margin portion of a front window is not displayed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen in response to a request from the input device. This makes it possible to refer to the character information of the rear window that could not be referred to by the front window.

According to the window display processing method of claim 5, in the window displayed on the display screen, the characters in the window are increased so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. By changing the display state of information and displaying it on the display screen, the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user is increased.

According to the window display processing method of claim 6, in the window displayed on the display screen, the characters displayed on a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By changing the size of the character, the proportion of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed, thereby increasing the amount of character information that the user can refer to.

In the window display processing method according to claim 7, in the window displayed on the display screen, the characters displayed on a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed on one line in the window is exceeded. For the information string,
By changing the interval between the adjacent characters, the ratio of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed, thereby increasing the amount of character information that the user can refer to.

According to the window display processing method of claim 8, in the window displayed on the display screen, part or all of the line spacing of the character information displayed in the window is changed. The amount of character information that can be referred to by the user is increased by displaying the information.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen and they have overlapping portions and the character information of the rear window cannot be referred to, the input is performed. By checking the line containing the character information that cannot be referenced in the window on the rear side according to the request from the device and changing the character size of the character information included in the line or the space between adjacent characters to display it. The amount of character information that the user can refer to increases.

In the window display processing method according to claim 10, in the window displayed on the display screen, a part of the window is out of the display area of the display screen and is displayed in the window. When the existing character information cannot be referred to, the line including the character information that cannot be referred to is checked, and the character size of the character information included in the line, the space between adjacent characters, or the space between lines is displayed to change the display. The amount of character information that the user can refer to increases.

According to the window display processing method of claim 11, in the window displayed on the display screen, the shape of the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. By changing and displaying on the said display screen, the ratio of the character information in a window increases.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the horizontal direction or the character information in the window is displayed. In the case of vertical writing, the ratio of the character information in the window is increased by expanding and displaying the window in the vertical direction.

In the window display processing method according to the thirteenth aspect, in the window displayed on the display screen, since the amount of information that can be displayed in one line in the window is exceeded, characters displayed in a plurality of lines are displayed. For the information string,
By expanding and displaying the area at the end of the line including the first character of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines, the ratio of the character information in the window increases.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein in a window displayed on a display screen, a margin portion in the window is displayed in a reduced proportion to display the margin portion in the window. The ratio of will decrease.

According to the window display processing method of the fifteenth aspect, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the position of the delimiter of each line is changed. In the case where the character information in the window is horizontal writing, the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is maximum is the right edge of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, By changing and displaying the shape of the window so that the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction is the maximum is at the lower end of the window, the ratio of the blank space in the window is reduced.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the delimiter position of each line is changed. In the case where the character information in the window is horizontal writing, the position of the delimiter at which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is the minimum is the right end of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, By changing and displaying the shape of the window so that the position of the delimiter in which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is the minimum is at the lower end of the window, the ratio of the blank area is reduced.

According to the window display processing method of claim 17, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window displayed on the display screen, the position of the delimiter of each line is changed. In the case where the text information in the window is horizontal writing, the average value of the coordinate values in the line direction of the delimiter is the right edge of the window, or when the text information in the window is vertical writing, the delimiter line By changing and displaying the shape of the window so that the average value of the coordinate values in the direction is at the lower end of the window, the ratio of the blank area in the window is reduced.

According to a eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, in the window displayed on the display screen, the right end of the window displaying the character information over a plurality of lines in the window is the delimiter of each line. Change the shape of the window so that it becomes the right edge of the window and display it, or the position of the delimiter of each line at the bottom of the window that displays the character information over multiple lines in the window By changing the shape of the window so that it becomes the bottom edge of the window and displaying it, the ratio of the blank area in the window is reduced.

According to the window display processing method of claim 19, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen and these have overlapping portions, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. By displaying a state in which the position of the window is changed so as to increase, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen increases. Things.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, at least two windows are displayed on the display screen, and when these windows have a portion overlapping each other, the area of the window is reduced by a request from the input device. If the total sum is smaller than the area of the display screen, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen is increased by displaying a state in which the two windows have moved to positions that do not overlap each other on the display screen. .

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen as required, the individual windows do not overlap each other after calculating the state in which the individual windows have moved to the positions where they do not overlap each other. In a state where the rectangle is moved to the position, a rectangle including all the windows is formed, and the vertical length of the rectangle is smaller than the vertical length of the display screen, and the horizontal length of the rectangle is the horizontal length of the display screen. If the length of each window is smaller than the length of the above, it is possible to display on the display screen a state in which the individual windows have moved to positions that do not overlap each other. The amount of text information that can be referenced from the user display screen is increased by.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen as required, the individual windows do not overlap each other after calculating the state in which the individual windows have moved to the positions where they do not overlap each other. In a state where the window is moved to a position, an area including all the windows is formed, and if the area of the area is smaller than the area of the display screen, the state that the individual windows are moved to a position where they do not overlap each other is set. Displaying on the display screen increases the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. When the total area of the windows is larger than the area of the display screen by request, a state in which the position of the window is moved so that the ratio of the character information on the display screen is maximized is displayed on the display screen. This increases the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed on a display screen, and when at least two windows of the plurality of windows have portions overlapping with each other, an input device is used. If the sum of the areas of the windows is larger than the area of the display screen by request, the upper side of the first window in which the proportion of the blank space in the plurality of windows is the largest is set to the upper side or near the upper side of the display screen. , Or character information that the user can refer to from the display screen by moving the left side of the first window, which has the largest proportion of the margin among the plurality of windows, to the left side of the display screen or near the left side and displaying the left side. Increase the amount of.

According to the window display processing method of the twenty-fifth aspect, the user receives a request from the input device in the foreground while a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen. It becomes possible to easily make a display change request.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted from a designated key on the keyboard. By detecting the switching signal and displaying the window corresponding to the switching signal on the front surface, the user can refer to the information of the window on the rear surface.

[0211] A window display processing method according to claim 27 is characterized in that, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, the window display processing method on the keyboard corresponding to the first window is performed. It is possible to refer to the information of the first window by transmitting a switching signal from one designated key, detecting the switching signal, and displaying the first window on the front surface.

According to the window display processing method of claim 28, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted at predetermined time intervals, By detecting the transmitted switching signal and displaying the rear window corresponding to the detected switching signal on the front surface, the information of the rear window can be referred to.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, a switching signal is transmitted when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, and the transmitted switching signal is transmitted. For a time corresponding to the frequency of use of the rear window, the rear window corresponding to the detected switching signal,
By displaying it on the front side, it becomes possible to refer to the information on the window on the rear side.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the display screen is requested by the input device. By displaying on the display screen in a state where the margin of the front window is not displayed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to, it is possible to refer to the information of the rear window.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state where they have portions overlapping with each other, the margin portion of the front window is not displayed. It is possible to refer to the information on the rear window by displaying a state in which the display density of the character information on the rear window is made lighter than the display density of the character information on the front window on the display screen. It will be possible.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing method, when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state where they have portions overlapping each other, the margin of the front window is made transparent and the rear window is made transparent. By displaying a state in which the display density of the character information on the window at the display density corresponding to the usage time of the rear window is displayed on the display screen, the information of the rear window can be referred to.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window display processing method, wherein at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in such a state that they have portions overlapping each other, the margin portion of the front window is not displayed. It is possible to refer to the information on the rear window by displaying a state in which the display color of the character information on the rear window is displayed in a color different from the display color of the character information on the front window on the display screen. It will be possible.

According to the window display processing method of the thirty-fourth aspect, the work efficiency of the user is improved by storing the display state of the window in the memory.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a window display processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a window display processing device according to the present invention,
It is a block diagram showing a state when the display processing device 1200 is incorporated in the CPU 12.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of a display processing device 1200.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of a variable window calculation unit 1230.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of character information in a window before display change and a display state of character information in a window after display change in the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for realizing the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of character information in a window before display change and a display state of character information in a window after display change in the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for realizing the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of character information in a window before display change and a display state of character information in a window after display change in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 4.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 9.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart diagram for implementing the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the eleventh embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the eleventh embodiment.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the twelfth embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the twelfth embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the thirteenth embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the thirteenth embodiment.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram for changing the window shape to unevenness in the thirteenth embodiment.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when the shapes of a plurality of windows are made uneven in Example 13;

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the fourteenth embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 14;

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing window information and display screen information required when determining whether or not to change the display in the fourteenth embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of a case where the total area of windows displayed on the display screen in Example 15 is larger than the area of the display screen.

FIG. 33 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the fifteenth embodiment.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of calculating an area of a blank portion in Embodiment 15.

FIG. 35 is a flow chart diagram for obtaining a position where the overlap of windows is as small as possible in the fifteenth embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a state diagram showing a state in which the window change request setting window is arranged on the forefront in the sixteenth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the seventeenth embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Example 17;

FIG. 39 is a flow chart diagram for realizing the eighteenth embodiment.

FIG. 40 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the eighteenth embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Example 19;

FIG. 42 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the twentieth embodiment.

FIG. 43 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Example 20.

FIG. 44 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the twenty-first embodiment.

FIG. 45 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 21.

FIG. 46 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before a display change and a display state of a window after a display change in the twenty-second embodiment.

47 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 22. FIG.

FIG. 48 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a window before display change and a display state of a window after display change in the twenty-third embodiment.

49 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 23. FIG.

FIG. 50 is a flow chart diagram for realizing Embodiment 24.

FIG. 51 is a block diagram showing a conventional window display processing device.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 input device 10 computer 11 input circuit 12 CPU 13 memory 20 display screen 1200 display processing device 1210 window display change request unit 1220 window state detection unit 1230 variable window calculation unit 1240 display determination unit 1250 window display unit 1260 window state storage unit 12301 shape Calculation unit 12302 Character size calculation unit 12303 Window expansion range calculation unit 12304 Character spacing calculation unit 12305 Line spacing calculation unit 12306 Window area calculation unit 12307 Margin calculation unit 12308 Position calculation unit 12309 Display switching unit 12310 Display density / color calculation unit 21 Window 22 Window 23 Window 215 Character information string 217 Delimiter

Claims (34)

[Claims] 1. A display screen that displays a window, an input device that requests a change in the display state of the window, and a request from the input device that increases the amount of character information that can be referenced by the user from the display screen. And a display processing device that changes the display state of the character information in the window and displays it on the display screen. 2. A display screen that displays a window, an input device that requests a change in the display form of the window, and a request from the input device that increases the amount of character information that can be referenced by the user from the display screen. And a display processing device that changes the shape of the window and displays it on the display screen. 3. A display screen for displaying a plurality of windows, an input device for requesting movement of the positions of the windows, and a request from the input device for increasing the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. And a display processing device for displaying a state in which the position of the window is moved on the display screen so that the window display processing device. 4. A display screen in which at least two windows are displayed in a state having portions overlapping each other, an input device for requesting a change in the display state of the windows, and the display screen according to a request from the input device. A display processing device for displaying on the display screen in a state in which the margin portion of the front window is not displayed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to. 5. In a window displayed on the display screen, the display state of the character information in the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. How to display the window display. 6. In a window displayed on a display screen, a character size is changed for a character information string displayed over a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed in one line in the window is exceeded. The window display processing method according to claim 5, wherein the ratio of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced and displayed. 7. In a window displayed on a display screen, a space between adjacent characters is changed for a character information string displayed in a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed in one line in the window is exceeded. 7. The window display processing method according to claim 5, wherein the ratio of the character information string displayed over the plurality of lines in the window is reduced to display the window. 8. The window displayed on the display screen, wherein part or all of the line spacing of the character information displayed in the window is changed and displayed. Window display processing method described in the section. 9. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen, and these have overlapping portions and the character information of the rear window cannot be referred to, a request from the input device causes the rear window to be displayed in the rear window. Check the line containing the character information that cannot be referred to, the size of the character of the character information included in the line,
9. The window display processing method according to claim 5, wherein the space between adjacent characters is changed and displayed. 10. In a window displayed on a display screen, when a part of the window is out of the display area of the display screen and the character information displayed in the window cannot be referred to, the unreferenced character is displayed. The window according to any one of claims 5 to 9, wherein a line containing information is examined, and the size of characters of the character information included in the line, the space between adjacent characters, or the space between lines is changed and displayed. Display processing method. 11. A window display process for changing the shape of the window displayed on the display screen so as to increase the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen. Method. 12. In a window displayed on the display screen, when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the horizontal direction,
12. The window display processing method according to claim 11, wherein when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the window is expanded and displayed in the vertical direction. 13. In a window displayed on a display screen, a character information string is displayed over a plurality of lines because the amount of information that can be displayed in one line in the window is exceeded. 13. The area of the end of the line including the first character of the existing character information string is expanded and displayed.
Window display processing method described in. 14. The window display method according to claim 11, wherein a window displayed on a display screen is displayed with a reduced proportion of a blank space in the window. 15. In the window displayed on the display screen, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window, the character information in the window is written horizontally in the delimiter position of each line. In this case, the position of the delimiter that maximizes the coordinate value in the row direction is the right edge of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the delimiter that maximizes the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter. 14. The window display processing method according to claim 13, wherein the shape of the window is changed and displayed so that the position of is the lower edge of the window. 16. In the window displayed on the display screen, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window, the character information in the window is written horizontally in the delimiter position of each line. In this case, the position of the delimiter in which the coordinate value in the row direction of the delimiter is the minimum is the right edge of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the delimiter in which the coordinate value of the delimiter in the row direction is the minimum. 14. The window display processing method according to claim 13, wherein the shape of the window is changed and displayed so that the position of is the lower edge of the window. 17. In the window displayed on the display screen, when the character information is displayed over a plurality of lines in the window, the character information in the window is written horizontally in the delimiter position of each line. In this case, the average value of the coordinate values in the row direction of the delimiter is the right edge of the window, or when the character information in the window is vertical writing, the average value of the coordinate values in the row direction of the delimiter is the bottom edge of the window. 14. The window display processing method according to claim 13, wherein the window shape is changed so as to be displayed. 18. In a window displayed on a display screen, the right end of the window displaying character information over a plurality of lines in the window is adjusted so that the delimiter position of each line is the right end of the window. Change the shape to uneven display, or make the window shape uneven so that the delimiter position of each line is the lower edge of the window displaying the character information over multiple lines in the window. 14. The window display processing method according to claim 13, wherein the window display processing method is changed to and displayed. 19. The position of the window is changed so as to increase the amount of character information that can be referred to by the user from the display screen when at least two windows are displayed on the display screen and have portions overlapping each other. A window display processing method for displaying a state on the display screen. 20. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen, and these windows have portions overlapping each other, if the total area of the windows is smaller than the area of the display screen due to a request from the input device, 20. The window display processing method according to claim 19, wherein a state in which the two windows have moved to a position where they do not overlap each other is displayed on the display screen. 21. When a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen, and at least two windows of the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping each other, the total area of the windows is displayed on the display screen according to a request from an input device. If the area of each window is smaller than the area of each of the windows, then after calculating the state that the individual windows have moved to the positions that do not overlap with each other, In the case where a quadrangle is formed and the vertical length of the quadrangle is smaller than the vertical length of the display screen, and the horizontal length of the quadrangle is smaller than the horizontal length of the display screen, the individual windows are 20. The window display processing method according to claim 19, wherein a state where the windows have moved to positions that do not overlap each other is displayed on the display screen. 22. When a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen, and at least two windows of the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping each other, the total area of the windows is displayed on the display screen according to a request from an input device. If the area of each window is smaller than the area of each of the windows, then after calculating the state that the individual windows have moved to the positions that do not overlap with each other, 20. The area is produced, and if the area of the area is smaller than the area of the display screen, a state in which the individual windows are moved to positions not overlapping each other is displayed on the display screen. Window display processing method. 23. When a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen, and at least two windows of the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping each other, the total area of the windows is displayed on the display screen according to a request from an input device. 20. The window display processing method according to claim 19, wherein a state in which the position of the window is moved so that the ratio of the character information on the display screen is maximized is displayed on the display screen when the area is larger than the area. 24. When a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen, and at least two windows of the plurality of windows have a portion overlapping each other, the total area of the windows is displayed on the display screen according to a request from an input device. If the area is larger than the area of the above, the upper side of the first window in which the ratio of the margin portion in the plurality of windows is largest is the upper side of the display screen or near the upper side, or the margin portion of the plurality of windows. 20. The left side of the first window, which has the largest occupancy, is moved to the left side of the display screen or near the left side to be displayed.
Window display processing method described in. 25. A window display processing method, wherein a window receiving a request from an input device is placed in the foreground while a plurality of windows are being displayed on the display screen. 26. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted from a designated key on the keyboard, the switching signal is detected, and the switching signal is output. A window display processing method that displays the corresponding window in the foreground. 27. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted from a first designated key on the keyboard corresponding to the first window, 27. The window display processing method according to claim 26, wherein the first window is displayed on the front surface after detecting the switching signal. 28. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state having portions overlapping each other, a switching signal is transmitted at predetermined time intervals, the transmitted switching signal is detected, and the detected switching signal is detected. A window display processing method in which a rear window corresponding to a switching signal is displayed in the front. 29. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen in a state of having overlapping portions, a switching signal is transmitted, the transmitted switching signal is detected, and the detected switching signal is responded to. 29. The window display processing method according to claim 28, wherein the rear window is displayed on the front for a time period according to the frequency of use of the rear window. 30. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the amount of character information that the user can refer to from the display screen is increased by a request from the input device. As described above, the window display processing method for displaying on the display screen in a state in which the margin of the front window is not displayed. 31. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the margin of the front window is not displayed, and the display density of the character information on the rear window is adjusted. 31. The window display method according to claim 30, wherein a state in which the display density of the character information on the front window is relatively lightened is displayed on the display screen. 32. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the margin of the front window is made transparent, and the display density of the character information on the rear window is changed to the rear window. 31. The window display method according to claim 30, wherein a state in which the display density is displayed corresponding to the usage time of the window is displayed on the display screen. 33. When at least two windows are displayed on the display screen so as to have portions overlapping each other, the margin of the front window is not displayed, and the display color of the character information on the rear window is changed. 31. The window display method according to claim 30, wherein a state displayed in a color different from the display color of the character information on the front window is displayed on the display screen. 34. The window display processing method according to claim 5, wherein the display state of the window is stored in a memory.