JPH09114445A - Method for controlling display information arrangement and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling display information arrangement and a device therefor capable of easily adding components having functions of generating, converting and synthesizing new display information. SOLUTION: When a user inputs procedure definintions for generating, converting and synthesizing the display information by using an information generating, converting, and synthesizing procedure defining part 101, these definitions are interpreted in a display information arrangement control part 102, which successively starts up display information arrangement component parts 103 based on the component information of this interpretation. The display information arrangement component parts 103 successively execute operations corresponding to respective components by the control of the control part 102 and then a result in which processings such as the generation, rotation, expansion and synthesis of components are executed as the result of these executions is displayed on a display device 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display information arrangement control method and apparatus for taking out information stored in a storage device and displaying it on a display device by an arrangement method intended by the user. The present invention relates to a display information arrangement control method and apparatus for controlling generation, conversion, and combination of display information when arranging information on a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional display information arrangement control device mainly performs only arrangement information generation by reading and generating information stored in a storage device, and when a new display information generating component is added. The existing display information generation component is also affected by the change, and it is not easy for the user to select the display information intended.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional display information arrangement control device, the arrangement information is mainly generated, and new parts can be easily added without affecting other parts. There is a problem that you cannot do it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a display information arrangement control method and apparatus that can easily generate, convert, and add a new display information component.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 1 stores part data describing a display method of information to be displayed, and stores the part data in a display device. Convert the format so that it fits, perform the operation to transform the shape of the format-converted component data, integrate multiple transformed component data,
The gist is to generate a series of component group data and display the information to be displayed according to the generated component group data.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the part data describing the method of displaying the information to be displayed is converted so as to be compatible with the display device, and the shape of the converted part data is transformed. A plurality of the modified parts data are integrated to generate a series of parts group data, and the information to be displayed is displayed according to the generated parts group data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, display means for displaying the data to be displayed by a visual method, and the data to be displayed are stored in a database as a database.
Display information storage means capable of taking out a data name and each attribute constituting the data as a key; and part data storage means for storing and holding the part data describing the display method of the display data and taking out in response to a request, A component data conversion unit that converts the format of the component data to generate component data suitable for the display unit, a component data transformation unit that performs a transformation operation on the component data generated by the component data conversion unit, and the component The data converting means collects a plurality of deformed parts data and performs an integration operation to generate a series of parts group data to be displayed, and a data name held by each parts data constituting the parts group data and The data to be displayed is extracted from the display information storage means by using each attribute constituting the data as a key, and the parts group data is displayed. And summarized in that and a display control means for performing control to display on said display means in accordance with the display method shown it is.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the data to be displayed is made into a database and stored and held in the display information storage means, and the component data describing the display method of the display data is converted to the display means. The component data that conforms to is generated, the deformation operation is performed on the generated component data,
A plurality of pieces of this deformed part data are collected, a series of parts group data to be displayed is generated by performing an integration operation, and the data name held by each part data forming the part group data and each attribute forming the data The data to be displayed is taken out from the display information storage means with the key as a key and displayed according to the display method indicated by the component group data.

Further, the present invention according to claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 2
In the invention described above, the transformation operation performed by the component data transformation unit is at least one of enlargement or reduction of the component data generated by the component data conversion unit, rotation, left-right or up-down reversal, and transformation of a coordinate axis or coordinate system. The point is that it is an operation.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as the transformation operation, enlargement or reduction of the component data, rotation,
It is possible to invert left and right or up and down, and to convert coordinate axes or coordinate systems.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the second aspect, the integration operation performed by the component integration means obtains a plurality of component data transformed by the component data transformation means, and the plurality of component data is obtained. To arrange or arrange according to a certain rule, if there are multiple data that occupy the same position, shift the position of each data to avoid completely overlapping, operation to leave only overlapping or non-overlapping parts The gist is that it is at least one of an operation of performing a logical operation represented by the above, and an operation of combining and integrating.

In the present invention according to claim 4, as an integrated operation, there are represented an operation of aligning, an operation of avoiding overlapping by shifting data positions, and an operation of leaving only overlapping portions or portions not overlapping each other. It is possible to perform an operation of applying a logical operation according to the above and an operation of combining and integrating them.

The present invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claim 2.
In the invention described in claim 4, among the component data stored and held by the component data storage means, selection of the component data to be used is performed by designating parameters regarding the format of each component, execution order of each transformation operation or each integration operation. And a scenario control means for designating the operations of the component data storage means, the component data conversion means, the component data transformation means, the component integration means, and the display control means in accordance with the designation information received by the scenario acceptance means. The gist is to realize the function to arbitrarily define a series of display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedures by providing the above.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the scenario receiving means receives the parameter relating to the format of each part, the designation of the execution order of each transformation operation or each integration operation, and the scenario control means according to the received designation information. Specifies the operations of the component data storage means, the component data conversion means, the component data transformation means, the component integration means, and the display control means, and arbitrarily defines a series of display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedures.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a display information arrangement control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The display information arrangement control device shown in the same figure is a display information generation / definition procedure that is defined as a procedure for generating, converting, or synthesizing a plurality of pieces of arrangement information based on the information in the storage device 11 by the arrangement method intended by the user. Display information placement control for interpreting the conversion / synthesis procedure definition unit 101 and the display information generation / transformation / synthesis procedure definitions of them, calling the display information placement component according to the defined procedure, and inheriting the execution result of the component. Part 102
And a display information arrangement component unit 103 that is called by the display information arrangement control unit 102 and executes a function in accordance with the delivered parameter.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display information placement component section 103 used in the display information placement control device shown in FIG. Display information placement parts section 1 shown in FIG.
03 is a display information generation component 201 and a display information conversion component 2
02 and display information synthesis component 203. The display information generation component 201 has a one-dimensional display information generation component 204 and a two-dimensional display information generation component 2 according to the number of dimensions processed by the component.
05, three-dimensional display information generation component 206.
The one-dimensional display information generation component 204 has a function of inputting one type of axis such as x, y, and z and determining display coordinates of information in the storage device with respect to the axis. The two-dimensional display information generation component 205 has a function of inputting two types of axes such as x, y, and z and determining display coordinates of information in the storage device with respect to those axes. The three-dimensional display information generation component 206
It has a function of inputting three types of axes such as x, y, and z and determining display coordinates of information in the storage device with respect to those axes.

The display information conversion component 202 has a function of performing conversion on display information generated by the display information conversion component, such as enlargement for a specific axis, rotation for a specific axis, exchange of specific axes, and the like. The display information synthesizing component 203 has a function of synthesizing a plurality of display information such as superimposing a plurality of display information or arranging the display information side by side so as to synthesize one display information. Table 1 shows a specific example of the configuration of parts. In the example shown here, a so-called three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system is described, but other than this, a polar coordinate system, a spherical coordinate system, etc. may be similarly described.

[0019]

[Table 1] Note that in Table 1, examples of arrangement methods include “arrange at a position on the coordinate axis corresponding to a data value” and “arrange each data in order on the coordinate axis”. Further, when the coordinate axis is one-dimensional, any one of x, y, and z is designated or represented, and when two-dimensional, any two of x, y, and z are designated or represented, In the case of three dimensions, x, y, z
Is specified or represented. An attribute is something like a table name that contains data (eg, employee record) and a member of a structure, or something like a column name of a table in RDB,
Or something like the attributes of a GODB class (eg, name, age, etc.). The output of the component is represented by an arrow shown in FIG. 5 described later.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display information arrangement control unit 102 used in the display information arrangement control device shown in FIG. The display information arrangement control unit 102 generates / converts / displays display information generated based on the definition of the user.
It is composed of a display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure definition translation unit 301 that receives a synthesis procedure definition as an input and a component activation control unit 302 that sequentially activates display information placement components based on the translation result.

FIG. 4 shows the display information arrangement control unit 1 shown in FIG.
2 is a block diagram showing a more detailed internal configuration of 02. FIG. As shown in the figure, the display information arrangement control unit 102 shows the configuration of the component activation control unit 302 in FIG. 3 in more detail, and the display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure definition translation unit 301.
Is the same as that of FIG. That is, the display information arrangement control unit 102 includes the same display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure definition translation unit 301 as in FIG. 3, a generation component activation control unit 402 that activates a display information generation component based on the translation result, and generation. Conversion component activation control unit 40 for converting the displayed information
3. The composite component activation control unit 404 combines a plurality of generated and converted display information into one display information. The generation component activation control unit 402, the one-dimensional display information generation component activation control unit 405, the two-dimensional display information generation component activation control units 406, 3 according to the number of dimensions of the display information to be generated.
The dimension display information generation component activation control unit 407 is configured.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure defining unit 101 used in the display information arrangement control device shown in FIG. Generate / convert the display information
The synthesis procedure definition unit 101 includes a display information placement component selection area 5 for selecting a display information placement component available to the user.
01 and a display information generation / conversion / composition definition area 502 for defining a display information generation / conversion / composition procedure using them.
On the display information generation / conversion / synthesis definition area 502, a display information arrangement component 503 represented by, for example, a rectangle, and an execution order designation component 504 for designating an execution order between the components represented by an arrow. .

The operation of the display information arrangement control device configured as described above will be described.

The user generates display information as shown in FIG.
Display information generation using the conversion / synthesis procedure definition unit 101
Enter the conversion / synthesis procedure definition. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure definition screen displayed on the display device 21 is used.
Display information arrangement parts 50 such as a one-dimensional part, a two-dimensional part, a three-dimensional part, a rotating part, an enlarged part, and a composite part, which are displayed in a plurality of rectangles in the display information arrangement part selection area 501.
3 is sequentially designated by a mouse or the like, and these display information arrangement components 503 are connected by the execution order designation component 504.

When the user inputs the display information generation / conversion / combination procedure using the display information generation / conversion / combination procedure definition section 101 displayed on the display device 21 as described above, this procedure is executed to control the display information arrangement control. It is supplied to the unit 102 and interpreted by the display information arrangement control unit 102. In this interpretation, the display information arrangement control unit 102 generates / converts / displays the display information.
Each component defined by the composition procedure definition unit 101 is sequentially translated into each display information placement component 503 according to the procedure indicated by the execution order designation component 504, and the display information placement component unit 103 is configured based on the translated component information. Start up sequentially.

The display information placement component unit 103 operates each component sequentially activated by the display information placement control unit 102, and executes an action corresponding to each component. Specifically, the display information generation component 201 in the display information arrangement component unit 103
When the one-dimensional display information generation component 204, the two-dimensional display information generation component 205, and the three-dimensional display information generation component 206 are started, these one-dimensional display information, two-dimensional display information, and three-dimensional display information are stored. The information is sequentially read from the device 11 and displayed on the display information 21 via the display information arrangement control unit 102. Further, if processing components such as rotation, enlargement, and composition are designated next to the displayed one-dimensional display information, two-dimensional display information, and three-dimensional display information, the display information conversion component 202 And display information synthesis component 203
Is started, and the 1D display information, 2D display information, and 3D display information generated as described above by the display information converting component 202 and the display information synthesizing component 203 are rotated, enlarged, and combined. Is executed, and the result of the processing such as rotation, enlargement, and composition executed is displayed on the display device 21.

As described above, in the display information arrangement control method of the present invention, the procedure of generating, converting, and synthesizing the display information is divided into element functions so that the user can freely combine the information, and the information in the storage device is united. Display information generation component group that determines the arrangement of the display information, display information conversion component group that converts the display information by enlarging, rotating, or changing the coordinate axis, and a display that synthesizes one display information by stacking or arranging a plurality of display information. By providing the utilization means of the information synthesis component group and the component activation control means for controlling the activation of each component, it becomes easy to add the functions of generating, converting and synthesizing the display information.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to easily add the functions of display information generation, conversion, and composition by the activation control means of various parts groups related to the display information arrangement, and as a result, it is possible to reduce the man-hour when adding a new function, and further, regarding the display information arrangement. The user can use various components in various combinations by using the various component groups, and can select a complicated arrangement method.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display information arrangement control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display information arrangement component used in the display information arrangement control device shown in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display information arrangement control unit used in the display information arrangement control device shown in FIG.

4 is a block diagram showing a more detailed internal configuration of a display information arrangement control unit shown in FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure defining unit used in the display information arrangement control device shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 storage device 21 display device 101 display information generation / conversion / synthesis procedure definition unit 102 display information arrangement control unit 103 display information arrangement component unit 201 display information generation component 202 display information conversion component 203 display information synthesis component 301 display information generation / conversion -Synthesis procedure definition translation unit 302 Component activation control unit 501 Display information placement component selection area 502 Display information generation / conversion / synthesis definition area

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A part data describing a display method of information to be displayed is stored, the part data is format-converted so as to be suitable for a display device, and the shape of the format-converted part data is transformed. A display information arrangement control characterized by performing an operation, integrating a plurality of the deformed component data to generate a series of component group data, and displaying the information to be displayed according to the generated component group data. Method. 2. Display means for displaying data to be displayed using a visual method, and storing and holding the data to be displayed in a database, and extracting a data name and each attribute constituting the data as a key. A display information storage unit capable of performing, a component data storage unit that stores and retains component data describing a display method of the display data, and extracts the component data according to a request; A component data conversion unit that generates data, a component data transformation unit that performs transformation operation on the component data generated by the component data conversion unit, and a plurality of component data transformed by the component data conversion unit are collected, and integrated operation is performed. The component integration means for generating a series of component group data to be displayed by applying the component group data The data to be displayed is taken out from the display information storage means by using the held data name and each attribute constituting the data as a key,
A display information arrangement control device comprising: a display control unit that controls display on the display unit according to a display method indicated by the component group data. 3. The transforming operation performed by the component data transforming unit is at least one of enlarging or reducing, rotating, horizontally or vertically flipping, and transforming a coordinate axis or a coordinate system with respect to the component data generated by the component data converting unit. The display information arrangement control device according to claim 2, which is an operation. 4. The integrating operation performed by the component integrating means obtains a plurality of component data transformed by the component data transforming means, and arranges or aligns the plurality of component data according to a certain rule, data occupying the same position. If there is more than one, shift the position of each data to avoid completely overlapping, operation to perform logical operation represented by operation to leave only overlapping or non-overlapping parts, combine The display information arrangement control device according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the operations is integrated. 5. The selection of the component data to be used from the component data stored and held by the component data storage means accepts a parameter relating to the format of each component, the designation of the execution order of each transformation operation or each integration operation. And a scenario control means for designating operations of the component data storage means, the component data conversion means, the component data transformation means, the component integration means, and the display control means in accordance with the specification information received by the scenario reception means. By this, a series of display information generation
5. The display information arrangement control device according to claim 2, wherein a function for arbitrarily defining a conversion / synthesis procedure is realized.