JPH08305533A - Display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the job efficiency in a data input job and to relieve the load of the job by easily understanding a group relationship of data and a hierarchical relationship between groups. CONSTITUTION: A holder display control section 11 reads a hierarchical structure of choice data out of a choice item storage section 10 and reads a holder image and a display coordinate of the holder image out of a holder image data storage section 9 and allows a holder display data generating section 13 to generate display data so that holders are displayed overlappingly in the order of hierarchy stored in the choice item storage section 10. A holder display control section 11 gives a display coordinate of an item name of a holder mostly this side on a display screen and a choice item to a choice display control section 12. The choice display control section 12 reads choice data to be list-displayed from the choice item storage section 10 and a display coordinate of choice data out of the holder image data storage section 9 and allows a choice display data generating section 14 to generate display data to display the choice data to a holder mostly this side on a display screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a display method in a computer system or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a system that requires input of data from a user, when a candidate for data to be input is predetermined, a choice of data to be input is displayed using a menu, A method is used in which a user selects and inputs data to be input from options displayed on a menu. The input method using such a menu does not require the user to memorize data to be input candidates, and is therefore effective in reducing the work load on the user for data input.

As such a conventional method, as shown in FIG. 14, items and options to be input on the screen are listed,
A user selects and inputs options in the displayed order. As shown in FIG. 15, a user selects and inputs data from hierarchical options using a pop-up menu of a window system. As shown, there is known a method of selecting and inputting data from options having a hierarchical structure using a pull-down menu. In addition,
In FIG. 16, ranges indicated by arrows indicate ranges (layers) displayed on the display screen at each stage.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional method has the following problems.

That is, in the method of enumerating the items and options to be entered on the screen shown in FIG. 14 and allowing the user to select and enter the options in the order in which they are displayed, the data to be entered are grouped into a hierarchical structure. If you have, it is difficult to intuitively understand the hierarchy and group relationships.

In the method using the pop-up menu shown in FIG. 15, the group (category) of option data can be intuitively grasped, but since a plurality of pop-up menus are displayed at the same time, the group (category) is displayed.
It is difficult to intuitively understand the hierarchical relationship between them.

Further, in the method using the pull-down menu shown in FIG. 16, since the data categories in the lower hierarchy are not displayed unless the hierarchy of the menu category is moved, the entire hierarchical structure of input data items is grasped. , You have to try all the menu items, and the work efficiency is poor.

The present invention has been made in response to such a conventional situation, and it is possible to easily understand the group relation of data and the hierarchical relation between the groups, thereby improving the work efficiency and work load in the data input work. It is intended to provide a display method capable of reducing the above.

[0009]

That is, according to the present invention of claim 1, the holder-shaped frames provided with the tags are displayed as if they were overlapped with each other, and various data are stored in the tags. By displaying the group name when grouped, by indicating the tag in which the group name is displayed, the corresponding data is displayed in the corresponding holder-shaped frame,
Further, it is characterized in that the frame is displayed so as to be located at the frontmost position on the display screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display method according to the first aspect, when various data are grouped, a plurality of types of different sizes are set according to the order of upper and lower hierarchical structures of the group. It is characterized in that the holder-shaped frames are displayed so as to be superimposed on each other.

In the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the holder-shaped frames provided with the tags are displayed so as to be overlapped with each other, and the group name when the data is grouped is displayed on the tags of these frames. Then, by indicating the tag in which the group name is displayed, the corresponding data is displayed in the corresponding holder-shaped frame, and the frame is displayed so as to be located at the frontmost position on the display screen.

As a result, the group relationship of data and the hierarchical relationship between groups can be easily understood, and the work efficiency and the work load in the data input work can be improved.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a menu display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a display device, 2 is a mouse, 3 is I / O, 4 is an X / Y coordinate detection unit, 5 is a click detection unit, 6 is a display coordinate storage unit, and 7 is a tag selection detection unit. , 8
Is an item selection detection unit, 9 is a holder image data storage unit, 10
Is an option item storage unit, 11 is a holder display control unit, 12 is an option display control unit, 13 is a holder display data generation unit, 1
4 is an option display data generation unit, and 15 is a display drive control unit.

The display device 1 is composed of a CRT or the like, and a frame-shaped holder H representing a group of option data, option data D, and a pointing cursor P are displayed on the screen of the display device 1. . In addition, each holder H
Is provided with a tag T on which a group name is displayed, and these holders H are displayed so as to overlap the tag T so that the portion of the tag T is visible so as to express the hierarchical structure of the option data.

Then, when the pointing cursor P on the screen is moved by using the mouse 2 and an arbitrary position in the tag T of the holder H is clicked to instruct, the instructed holder H is displayed in a superimposed manner. The option data D of the holder H which is displayed at the forefront of the group and is under the hierarchy of the holder H and the option data D of the holder H at the lowest level are displayed, and the pointing cursor P is moved to the area of the option data D in the holder H. Then, when the area of the option data D desired to be input is clicked to instruct, the instructed option data D is treated as an input by the user.

As described above, the signal of the mouse 2 which is an input means for moving the pointing cursor P on the screen to input the tag T of the holder H and the option data D is input via the I / O 3. , The X / Y coordinate detection unit 4 and the click detection unit 5, and the click detection unit 5 detects the click input, and the X / Y coordinate detection unit 4 detects the pointing cursor P at this time.
(X / Y coordinates) are detected.

On the other hand, the display coordinate storage unit 6 stores the display device 1
Stores the tag T of the holder H and the display coordinates of the option data D which are currently displayed.

Then, the tag selection detecting unit 7 detects the pointing cursor P detected by the X / Y coordinate detecting unit 4.
It is determined whether or not the position is on the tag T of the holder H currently displayed based on the data of the display coordinate storage unit 6, and it is determined whether or not it is an instruction to change the display of the holder H. Similarly, the item selection detecting unit 8 similarly sets the X / Y
It is determined whether the position of the pointing cursor P detected by the coordinate detection unit 4 is over the option data D in the currently displayed holder H based on the data in the display coordinate storage unit 6, and the option data D is determined. It is determined whether the instruction is to change the display.

The holder image data storage unit 9 also stores holder-shaped images of various sizes and display coordinates for displaying the holder-shaped frame, and display coordinates of option items displayed in the holder frame. And option item storage unit 10
The group hierarchy of the option data of the menu and the option data D are stored in.

Then, the holder display control section 11 receives the judgment result of the tag selection detection section 7 and receives the option item storage section 10.
From the holder image data storage unit 9, the holder image and the display coordinates are read, and the holder image, the display coordinates, and the group name of the option data to be displayed on the tag T are displayed in the holder display data generation unit 1.
Send to 3. The holder display data generation unit 13 generates display data based on the information. Thereby, control is performed so that the holder H in which the tag T is selected is displayed at the front of the group of holders H displayed in a superimposed manner.

On the other hand, the option display control unit 12 receives the instruction from the holder display control unit 11 or the determination result of the item selection detection unit 8 and outputs the option data D from the option item storage unit 10 and the holder image data storage unit 9. The display coordinates of the option items are read from each and the option display data generation unit 14 is read.
Send those data to Choice display data generator 14
Generates display data of option data based on these data. As a result, the option data D is displayed and instructed in the designated holder H.
Is controlled to change the display method of.

The display drive control unit 15 drives the display device 1 based on the display data generated by the holder display data generating unit 13 and the option display data generating unit 14 as described above, and executes a predetermined display. To do.

Next, the operation of the menu display system of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 for an example of inputting the type data of a software development document.

In the holder image data storage unit 9, several types of holder images and display coordinate positions corresponding to the superimposed display of the holders H and tags corresponding to each holder image are formed in the format as shown in FIG. The display coordinate position of and the display coordinate position of the option item are stored. Further, in the case of this example, the option item storage unit 10 stores option items that are candidates for the type data of the software development document according to the hierarchical structure in the format as shown in FIG.

First, the holder display control unit 11 reads the hierarchical structure of the option data from the option item storage unit 10 as shown in FIG. 4 (step 201), and at the same time, the holder image data storage unit as shown in FIG. The holder image and the display coordinates of the holder image are read from 9 (step 20).
2).

Then, in order to display the holders in the order of the layers stored in the option item storage section 10, the holder display data generation section 13 sends the hierarchical data of the group name of the option data to generate the display data. (Step 2
03) together with this, the item name, the type of tag information, and the display coordinates are stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6 (step 20).
4).

Further, the holder display control section 11 sends the option display control section 12 the item name of the frontmost holder on the display screen and the display coordinates of the option item. The option display control unit 12 displays option data to be displayed as a list from the option item storage unit 10 based on the group name of the data sent from the holder display control unit 11 and the option data from the holder image data storage unit 9 based on the item name of the holder. The display coordinates are read out (step 205).

Then, the option display data generating section 14 is used to display the option data in the foremost holder on the display screen.
The display data is generated by sending the option data and the display coordinates of the option item (step 206), and the display coordinates of the option item, the type, and the option item are stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6 in the format shown in FIG. (Step 20
7).

The display drive control section 15 displays on the display device 1 based on the display data generated by the holder display data generating section 13 and the display data generated by the option display data generating section 14.

By the series of operations described above, the display screen shown in FIG. 6 appears immediately after the menu display system is started. At this time, on the display screen, holders H1 to H3 hierarchically at the top and holders H11 to H12 below the hierarchy of the holder H1 and holders H below the hierarchy of the holder H11 are displayed.
111 to 113 and tags T1 to T of these holders
3, T11 to T12 and T111 to T113 are displayed. In addition, the holder H11 located at the foreground on the screen.
1, the option data D1111-of the holder H111
D1114 is displayed, and further, an arrow-shaped pointing cursor P is displayed.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, the mouse 2 is operated to move the pointing cursor P to the option data D1.
When the user moves over the display area 111 (in this case, “large”) and presses the click button 2A, the X / Y coordinate detection unit 4
The screen coordinates of the clicked pointing cursor P detected by the click detection unit 5 are input to the tag selection detection unit 7 (step 208).

Then, the item selection detection unit 8 detects the clicked option data name and the option display change instruction from the relationship between the option item names and the display coordinates stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6 (step 209). The selected option data name is sent to the option display control unit 12.

The option display control unit 12 reads the display coordinates of the option data designated from the holder image data storage unit 9 based on the option data name sent from the item selection detection unit 8 (step 210), and the selected option is selected. The option data and display coordinates are sent to the option display data generation unit 14 to change the data display method (step 211).

The display drive controller 15 displays the display data of the option display data generator 14 on the display device 1. FIG. 8 shows an example of image display at this time. In the example of FIG. 8, the display color of a part of the display portion of the selected option data D1111 “large size” is changed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, when the mouse 2 is operated to move the pointing cursor P onto the area of the tag T113 (in this case, "terminal") of the holder H113 and the click button 2A is pressed, X / Y coordinate detection unit 4
The screen coordinates of the clicked pointing cursor P detected by the click detection unit 5 are input to the tag selection detection unit 7 (step 208).

Then, the tag selection detection unit 7 detects the clicked holder name and the holder display change instruction from the relationship between the group name and the screen coordinates stored in the display coordinate storage unit 6, and causes the holder display control unit 11 to detect them. Sent (step 2)
09).

The holder display control unit 11 reads the hierarchical structure of the option data from the option item storage unit 10 (step 212), and also reads the image of the holder and the display coordinates from the holder image data storage unit 9 (step 2).
13), the holder detected by the tag selection detection unit 7 is displayed in the holder display data generation unit 13 so that the holder display data generation unit 13 displays the hierarchical structure of the group name of the option data so that the holder is displayed at the highest position. The data is sent to generate the display data, and the group name of the frontmost holder on the display screen is sent to the option display control unit 12.

The option display control unit 12 stores the option data to be displayed as a list from the option item storage unit 10 in the holder image data storage based on the group name (“terminal” in this case) of the data sent from the holder display control unit 11. The display coordinates of the option data are read from the section 9 (step 21
4) The option data and the display coordinates are sent to the option display data generator 14 in order to display the option data in the foreground holder on the display screen, and the option display data generator 14 generates the option data based on the option data and the display coordinates. Then, display data is generated, and a display as shown in FIG. 10 is performed on the display device 1 by the display drive control unit 15 (step 216). FIG.
In the example shown in 0, the holder of "terminal" is displayed at the forefront, and optional items such as "kanji terminal" and "English terminal" are displayed in the holder.

Further, the option display control unit 12 stores the option item, the type, and the display coordinates of the option item in the display coordinate storage unit 6 in the format shown in FIG. 5 (step 216).

Further, when the mouse 2 is operated from the display state shown in FIG. 10 to move the pointing cursor P to the area of the tag T12 "software" of the holder H12 and the click button 2A is pressed, the same operation as described above is performed. Then, a display as shown in FIG. 11 is obtained.

Similarly, when the mouse 2 is operated to move the pointing cursor P onto the area of the tag T3 "management data" of the holder H3 and the click button 2A is pressed,
A display as shown in FIG. 12 is obtained in the same manner as the operation described above.

As described above, according to the menu display system of this embodiment, the frame shaped like a holder is hierarchically displayed as a frame expressing a group of data,
By displaying a plurality of option data in the frame shaped like the holder, it is possible to intuitively understand the group relationship of the option data to be input and the hierarchical relationship between the groups.

In the above example, an example of inputting the type data of the software development document has been described, but the same can be applied to a menu display system for inputting other data. As an example, FIG. 13 shows an example of a display screen of the design similarity search system.

[0046]

As described above, according to the display method of the present invention, it is possible to easily understand the group relationship of data and the hierarchical relationship between groups, and improve the work efficiency and work load in the data input work. Can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a menu display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the operation of the menu display system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of storage information in a holder image data storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of information stored in an option item storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format of information stored in a display coordinate storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen immediately after starting the system.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting option data.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting option data.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting and inputting a tag of a holder.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen according to another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a conventional menu display system.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a conventional menu display system.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a conventional menu display system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Display Device 2 Mouse 3 I / O 4 X / Y Coordinate Detection Section 5 Click Detection Section 6 Display Coordinate Storage Section 7 Tag Selection Detection Section 8 Item Selection Detection Section 9 Holder Image Data Storage Section 10 Choice Item Storage Section 11 Holder Display Control Part 12 Choice display control unit 13 Holder display data generation unit 14 Choice display data generation unit 15 Display drive control unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A holder-shaped frame provided with a tag is displayed as if they are overlapped with each other, and a group name when various data are grouped is displayed on the tag. By designating the displayed tag, the corresponding data is displayed in the corresponding holder-shaped frame, and the frame is displayed so as to be positioned at the frontmost position on the display screen. Display method characterized by. 2. The display method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of holder-shaped frames having different sizes are arranged according to an upper order and a lower order of a hierarchical structure of various groups when various data are grouped. , A display method characterized by being configured such that they are displayed in a superimposed manner.