JPH09127926A - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute a system extremely easy for users to use and excellent in general-purpose property in which the language kind displayed with the first priority can be easily changed by properly setting a priority order code. SOLUTION: This device has a memory device 15 in which screen data including character data 153 by plural kinds of languages and a priority order code 154 are stored, and a language switching part 16 for switching the priority of the plural kinds of languages, and the priority order of the language kind is inputted from an input device 16, whereby the priority order code 154 is set, and the screen data is displayed on a display part 18 according to the priority. The priority is switched by the operation of the language switching part 161, and the screen data by a desired language kind are successively switch- displayed on the display part 18 according to the priority order code 154.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device capable of displaying in a plurality of languages. More specifically, the present invention relates to a display device that prioritizes a plurality of languages and can switch and display them.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are various display devices such as display devices used in various machine tools and display devices connected to a computer.

For example, FIG. 5 shows an example of a display device of a control device of an injection molding machine as described in Japanese Patent Application No. 6-72473. Here, the injection molding machine 51 is a control target and is controlled by the control device 52. The control device 52 includes, for example, the CPU 53, the ROM 54, and the RAM 5
5, an input device 56, an input / output circuit 57, a display unit 58, and the like. Screen data is divided and stored in the RAM 55 as graphic data 551, numerical data 552, Japanese character data 553, and foreign language character data 554. The foreign language character data is prepared in the number of predetermined language types corresponding to the graphic data, and if the predetermined language types are provided, it is not always necessary to provide Japanese character data. Then, when the language to be used is designated and input by the manual operation input device 56, the graphic data, the numerical data, and the character data of a predetermined language type are combined by the combining processing unit of the CPU 53 and displayed on the display unit 58.

Now, let us consider, for example, a display device capable of displaying in any one of the languages of Japanese, English, and German by default.

For example, FIG. 6 shows an example of screen data.
Here, the graphic data is “◯”, “*”, “+”, etc., and the numerical data “01”, “1” is appropriately set in correspondence with each.
"1", "12", etc. are set. In addition, as the character data, Japanese character data “yen”, “star”, “plus”, etc. corresponding to the respective graphic data and numerical data, English character data “circle”, “star”, "Pl
us ", etc., and German character data" Kreis "," Ster
"n", "Plus", etc. are stored.

It is assumed that the initial setting is such that the order of switching is Japanese->English-> German. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7A, in the initial state, the character data portion of the display content is displayed in Japanese. Next, as shown in FIG. 7B, by operating the language switching button 561, the language is switched to English, and as shown in FIG. 7C, the language switching button 561 is pressed again. When operated, it operates to switch to German.

[0007]

However, there are cases where it is desired to change the priority order of displayed languages depending on the country in which such a display device is used or the user's native language. For example, in a system that can display in three languages, Japanese, English, and German, considering that it is mainly used in Japan, as shown in FIG. 7, cut in the order of Japanese->English-> German. It is assumed that the initial settings are made so that they will be replaced. However, when it is used in Germany, etc., considering the usability of the user, as shown in FIG.
As the priority order, for example, it is necessary to change the order of German->English-> Japanese. That is, in the initial setting, it is easier to use the German language as shown in FIG. 8A. Then, in this example, similarly, as shown in FIG. 8B, the language switching button is operated to switch to English, and the language switching button is operated again to switch to Japanese. Works like.

By the way, conventionally, the combination of the priorities has been already initialized, for example, when the display device was shipped from the factory, and could not be changed by the user. When changing the priority order, for example, it is necessary to initialize the display device according to a desired combination of priorities when the display device is shipped from the factory. For example, when three kinds of languages are assumed as described above, the number of permutations (3x
There are 6 types which are 2x1). Therefore, if all changes in the priority order are to be handled at the time of factory shipment, six types of systems that are initially set by these six types of combinations are required.

Therefore, preparing six types of system configurations as display devices in advance is complicated and wasteful.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and provides a multilingual display device which has a high versatility and can easily meet the needs of users in each country by one type of system configuration. The purpose is to provide.

[0011]

According to the present invention, input means capable of inputting a priority order of a plurality of language types, and priority levels of the plurality of language types according to the contents input from the input means. A language switching unit, a storage unit that stores screen data including character data in the plurality of language types, and a priority code, and a display unit,
The priority code is set based on the priority input from the input means, the screen data is preferentially displayed on the display unit according to the priority according to the priority code, and the language switching unit is operated. And a display control means for preferentially displaying the screen data of a desired language type on the display unit by switching the priority according to the priority code. is there.

As a concrete display control method, it is possible to sequentially switch and display the character data of the plurality of language types in the order corresponding to the priority code by operating the language switching section.

Further, the screen data may include graphic data and / or numerical data.

Further, as the display method, only the first priority language type may be displayed as the character data, or the character data may include any of the first priority language types. Alternatively, the language type may be displayed so that the priority can be identified by the color, size, or darkness.

With such a configuration, the language type preferentially displayed as the first priority can be easily changed by appropriately setting the priority code, and the priority can be switched by the language switching unit. Since the order can be changed as appropriate, it is possible to construct a system that is extremely easy for users to use and has excellent versatility.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows a system including a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and here, a display device used for a control device of an injection molding machine is targeted.

The injection molding machine 11 is a control target controlled by the control device 12. The control target includes not only various machine tools and specific hardware such as communication devices but also software as well.

The control device 12 includes, for example, a CPU 13 and an R
OM14, RAM15, input device 16, input / output circuit 1
7, a display unit 18, and the like.

The CPU 13 is a processor that executes a control program.

The ROM 14 is a storage device for storing various programs and processing programs.

The RAM 15 stores various data including screen data and a priority code. The screen data is, for example, graphic data 151, numerical data 152,
And character data 153 and the like. Character data 1
53 is further classified into character data in each language, and is composed of, for example, Japanese character data, English character data, German character data, and the like.

An example of the screen data is shown in FIG. 6 as described in the section of the prior art. These languages can be in any national language and can correspond to any number of languages.

The priority code 154 is code data in which the priority of a plurality of languages is displayed, and is set according to the input from the input device 16. For example, assume that the language type is Japanese, English, and German, and the language code corresponds to "0" for Japanese, "1" for English, and "2" for German. To do. At this time, the priority code is 3 digits, and the first digit from the higher order is the first priority and the second digit is the second priority.
The third and third digits are composed of language codes of the language type with the third priority. That is, for the priority code "012", the priority corresponds to "Japanese->English->German", and for the priority code "210", the priority is "German. "->English->Japanese" corresponds.

The input device 16 is used for various data input, maintenance,
It is a man-machine interface that inputs commands for monitoring. It may be a manual operation input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch input, or any input device such as a sensor input such as an infrared sensor. Further, the input device 16 has a language switching hand button 161 for switching the displayed national language priority. For example, the language switching button 161 does not necessarily need to be provided with a special switch, and the switching means may be configured by inputting an operand / command using a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, or by inputting a sensor. Also, language switch button 1
61 may be provided in a place or device other than the input device 16.

The input / output circuit 17 is an interface for exchanging signals with a control target such as the injection molding machine 11.

The display unit 18 is a device for visually displaying necessary data as appropriate, and is composed of a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or the like.

Next, the operation of such a display device will be described. In the display device of the present application, the screen data is composed of, for example, graphic data 151, numerical data 152, character data 153, and the like. Focusing on the character data 153, the priority is the first among Japanese, English, and German. Language is displayed. As shown in FIG. 2A, for example, as a default value, the priority code 15
When 4 is set to "012", corresponding to this,
In the control device 12, the first priority is Japanese, the second is English,
It is judged to be German in 3rd place. Then, in the initial state, the Japanese character data in the character data is selected and displayed. Here, it is assumed that the user desires a display in a language other than Japanese. At this time, the user can operate the language switching button 161 to display English with the second highest priority, and further operate the language switching button 161 to display the German with the third highest priority. Switch to. Thus, according to the priority of the priority code 154, a plurality of languages are cyclically switched. In order to make it cyclically readable, the RAM can be used as a shift register by shifting the designated addresses one by one, for example.

Here, there may be a case where it is desired to appropriately set the priority order of the displayed language according to the usage pattern such as the country where the display device is installed, the user's native language, and the usage by a plurality of multinational users. In that case, the priority code 154 can be appropriately changed by the input device 16.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), when the priority code 154 is changed to "210", the language switch button 161 is pressed to display, for example, German-> English-
> You can switch in the order of Japanese.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart for changing the priority code 154.

First, the operator switches to the mode for inputting the priority code using the input device 16 or the like (S3).
1). Next, for example, the priority code 154 is input by sequentially inputting the language codes in order of priority (S).
32). In this case, in addition to directly inputting the language code, a method of clicking the name of the language type with the mouse while looking at the display such as the display unit 18, or the input device 16
Or a method of inputting with a keyboard such as external installation,
It can be input by a well-known method. Priority code 1
When 54 is not directly input (S33), the CPU 13 appropriately converts it into the priority code 154 according to the input data relating to the language type (S34). Next, the CPU 13
Stores the priority code 154 in the RAM 5 (S3
5).

For example, in the case where the language type is three languages as in the above example, there are six combinations of the priority order, so the priority code 154 is, for example, "01".
There are 6 possible values of "2", "021", ... "210". That is, when the priority code 154 is "012", the order is Japanese->English-> German, and "21".
In the case of "0", the correspondence is made in the order of German->English-> Japanese.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart for displaying on the display device according to the present invention. (1) Initial Setting First, it is selected whether or not to use the default value of the priority code 154 (S47). When using this, for example, the initially set priority code “012” is used as it is (S41). Further, when the priority order is changed, the priority code 154 can be appropriately set and changed by executing the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 (S48). (2) Normal operation Next, the CPU 13 causes the priority code 1 in the RAM 15 to be
54 is read (S42). According to the priority code 154, the display language having the first priority among the language types is selected (S43). The selected language type may be set in a memory or a register in the CPU, the RAM 15, or the like, for example. Here, "(1) Initial setting"
If the priority code 154 is changed to "210" by going through step S48 at the step of, the control device 12 determines that the priority is German->English-> Japanese. It

When the language switching button 161 is operated (S
44), according to the priority code 154, it is changed to the priority display cyclic of each language type (S45). And
According to the priority order according to the priority code 154, character data of a predetermined language type is preferentially displayed on the display unit 18.
Is displayed on the screen (S46). As in this example, when the priority code 154 is "210", German->
The priority display switches in the order of English-> Japanese. Therefore, if the language switching button 161 is not operated, the German with the first priority is preferentially displayed, while if the language switching means 161 is operated, the selection of the display is Germany with the first priority. By moving from the word to the English with the second highest priority, the English is preferentially displayed. When the language switching means 161 is operated again, Japanese is preferentially displayed by changing the display selection from English having second priority to Japanese having third priority.

Here, as a method of displaying the character data on the display unit 18, (a) display only the language type of the designated one country, and (b) display all the language types in order by priority. By (c) displaying a plurality of high priority language types in order, and (d) emphasizing the high priority language type with large characters, dark characters, different colors, or different fonts. , Various formats are conceivable, such as displaying so that it can be distinguished from the language type with low priority.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the priority code is provided, it is possible to easily change the priority of the displayed language type and the switching order. With one type of system configuration, it is possible to easily meet the special specifications of each country and provide a highly versatile display device. In addition, it is possible to easily meet the needs of each country's user, such as when the user's mother tongue or multiple users of various mother tongues share and use it, and to realize a user-friendly multi-language compatible display device. You can

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of correspondence between a priority order code and a priority order table and a display format in the display device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of changing a priority code setting in the display device of FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing a display operation in the display device of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional display device.

FIG. 6 is a chart showing an example of a correspondence relationship of screen data.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing conventional language type switching and display operation.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing conventional language type switching and display operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 51 Injection molding machine 12, 52 Control device 13, 53 CPU 14, 54 ROM 15, 55 RAM 16, 56 Input device 17, 57 Input / output circuit 18, 58 Display section 151, 551 Graphic data 152, 552 Numerical data 153 Character data 154 Priority code 161, 561 Language switch button 553 Japanese character data 554 Foreign language character data

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input unit capable of inputting a priority order of a plurality of language types, a language switching unit switching a priority level of the plurality of language types according to contents input from the input unit, Screen data including character data in different language types, and a storage unit for storing a priority code, a display unit, and the screen data on the display unit according to the priority according to the priority code input from the input unit. Display control means for preferentially displaying the screen data of a desired language type on the display unit by switching the priority according to the priority code by operating the language switching unit. A display device characterized by the above. 2. The display control means sequentially switches and displays the character data of the plurality of language types in an order corresponding to the priority code by operating the language switching section. The display device according to claim 1. 3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen data includes graphic data and / or numerical data. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays only the language type having the first priority as character data. 5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays, as character data, a plurality of language types having a high priority. 6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of language types are displayed together with the identification of the priority order by size, density, color or font.