JPH09297651A - Personal computer and facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a personal computer with which operability is improved in the case of preparing a document while watching a diagram or a flow chart on a screen. SOLUTION: In page information displayed on a display part 10, the specified page information is displayed by operating keys from a keyboard 2 and the remaining page information is displayed by inputting a glance while using a glance input circuit 8. Besides, the specified page information is document information to be prepared based on the information from the keyboard 2 and concerning the remaining page information, the move of display in horizontal or vertical direction and to a preceding page or the next page can be selected by inputting the glance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal computer capable of displaying a plurality of pieces of information and a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when creating documents on a personal computer,
When creating a document while viewing drawings such as diagrams and flowcharts on the screen, it is not possible to view the desired drawings at once, which is inconvenient as compared with document creation using paper.

Therefore, in recent years, a personal computer having a function of displaying a plurality of pieces of information on one screen has been proposed. In this type of personal computer, when moving a position of a figure, a flowchart or a document displayed on the screen, all operations are performed by key operation from a keyboard.

[0004]

However, in a personal computer equipped with a function capable of displaying a plurality of pieces of information on one screen, when a document is created while viewing drawings such as diagrams and flowcharts on the screen, this drawing The operability was very bad because the document was created by key operation while moving the position of by key operation.

In view of the above conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a personal computer and a facsimile apparatus, which have improved operability when creating a document while viewing a drawing such as a drawing or a flowchart on a screen.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a personal computer according to a first aspect of the present invention provides a display section for displaying information, an input section for inputting information, and an information input from the input section. In a personal computer equipped with a display control unit for performing display control on the display unit capable of displaying a plurality of page information based on the above, the input unit includes first input means for inputting information by key operation, and information by sight line. The display control unit displays the specific page information among the page information displayed on the display unit by a key operation from the first input unit. The remaining page information is displayed by the line-of-sight input of the second input means.

A personal computer according to a second aspect of the present invention is the personal computer according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the specific page information is text information created based on the information from the first input means and the remaining pages. As for information, the display movement to the left / right and up / down directions and the previous page / next page is selectively performed by the information from the second input means.

A facsimile apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a display section for displaying information, an input section for inputting information, and a plurality of page information that can be displayed based on the information input from the input section. In a facsimile apparatus including a display control unit for performing display control on a unit and a communication unit for communicating various information including information from the input unit, the input unit is a first input unit for inputting information by key operation. The display control unit includes an input unit and a second input unit for inputting information by a line of sight, and the display control unit is the first input unit for specific page information among the page information displayed on the display unit. It is provided with a first display control means for displaying the remaining page information by operating the keys from and for displaying the remaining page information by the line-of-sight input of the second input means.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the specific page information is text information created based on the information from the first input means, and the remaining information is the remaining page information. The page information is for selectively performing display movement to the left / right and up / down directions and to the previous / next page according to the information from the second input means.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the facsimile apparatus according to the third or fourth aspect of the invention, wherein the second input means is means for inputting information indicating the direction of the line of sight, and the first display control. The means controls the display so as to move the page information according to the information indicating the direction of the line of sight.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a facsimile machine according to the third, fourth or fifth aspect of the invention, a reading means for reading graphic information and document information is provided in the input section, and the graphic information is read. A reading mode setting means for setting the reading mode of the reading means to a reading mode or a document reading mode for reading the document information is provided, and the display control section displays a predetermined line when the document reading mode is set. After reading the information to the right end, move it upward by one line according to the direction of the line of sight,
Further, it is provided with a second display control means for displaying the left end of the document information on the display section by moving it to the left side regardless of the direction of the line of sight, and when the graphic reading mode is set, the first display control means is provided. The display control means is operated.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a personal computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 2 in the figure is a keyboard of a personal computer, and key information pressed by a user's key operation is output to a signal line 2a. Reference numeral 4 denotes a hard disk, which is used to read / write information via the signal line 4a.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a memory, which reads / writes information via the signal line 6a. Reference numeral 8 denotes a line-of-sight input circuit that inputs information (signal line 10a) from the display unit 10 and determines which position of the display unit 10 the line of sight is looking at and whether the line of sight is moving to the left, right, up, or down. It is detected and the information is output to the signal line 8a. Reference numeral 10 is a display unit, which is a signal line 1.
The screen display is controlled by the information of 2a.

The above-mentioned components are controlled by the control circuit 12. The control circuit 12 performs the following control particularly related to the present invention. That is, the control circuit 12 controls the display of the display unit 10 by key operation for specific page information among the page information displayed on the display unit 10, and performs line-of-sight input for the remaining page information. Perform display control. Here, the specific page information is text information created by a key operation, and the remaining page information is selectively moved to the left / right and up / down directions and to the previous / next page by line-of-sight input.

The flows shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 to be described later are stored in, for example, the memory 6 in the form of a control program for realizing the control of this embodiment.

2 to 4 show the control circuit 12 of this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing a specific example of control of step S1.

First, in step S2 of FIG. 2, the information of the signal line 2a is inputted and it is judged whether or not the document creation is selected. If document creation is not selected, step S4
Proceed to and perform other processing. When the document creation is selected, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the designated document is displayed on the display unit 10, and the information displayed on the display unit 10 is input from the keyboard 2 on the signal line 2a to create a document. In the following step S8, information is input from the keyboard 2 on the signal line 2a, it is determined whether or not the document creation is completed. If completed, the process returns to step S2, and if not completed, the process proceeds to step S10.

In step S10, information is input from the keyboard 2 on the signal line 2a, it is determined whether or not display of page information other than the page information for which a document is being created is selected. The process returns to S6, and if selected, the process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, the selected page information is displayed on the display unit 10 via the signal line 12a.

Next, in step S14 (FIG. 3), the information of the signal line 8a is input, and it is determined whether or not the line of sight of the page information other than the document being created has been moved to the left. When it moves to the left, the process proceeds to step S16, and the display of the page information with a line of sight that is displaying other than the document being created is moved to the left.

On the other hand, if the line of sight has not moved to the left, the process proceeds to step S18, where the information of the signal line 8a is input and whether the line of sight of the page information other than the document being created has been moved to the right. Is judged. Moving to the right, step S20
Go to and move the display of page information with line of sight other than the document being created to the right. If it has not moved to the right, the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S22, the information of the signal line 8a is input, it is determined whether or not the line of sight of the displayed page information other than the document being created has moved downward, and if it has moved downward, step S24. If not, the process proceeds to step S26 (FIG. 4). In step S24, the display of the page information with the line of sight other than the document being created is moved downward, and if the trailing end of the current page is displayed, the next page is displayed if there is a next page.

In step S26 (FIG. 4), the signal line 8a
Information is input to determine whether or not the line of sight of the displayed page information other than the document being created has moved upward. If the line of sight has moved upward, the process proceeds to step S28, and the line has not moved upward. Then, the process proceeds to step S30. In step S28,
If the display of page information with a line of sight other than the document being created is moved upwards and displayed up to the upper edge of the current page, if there is a previous page, it moves to the display of the previous page.

In step S30, the keyboard information of the signal line 2a is input to determine whether or not the document creation is completed. If not completed, the process proceeds to step S32, and if completed, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S32, the document designated for document creation is displayed on the display unit 10 via the signal line 12a, and based on this, keyboard information of the signal line 2a is input to create the document.

In step S34, the keyboard information of the signal line 2a is input, and it is determined whether or not the display deletion of the displayed page information other than the page information for which the document is being created is selected. Then, the display of the selected page information is deleted from the display unit 10, and if not selected, the process proceeds to step S40.

In step S38, it is determined whether or not information other than the page information for which the document is created is displayed on the display unit 10. If it is not displayed, the process returns to step S6, and if it is displayed, the process proceeds to step S40. . In step S40,
The keyboard information of the signal line 2a is input, and it is determined whether or not the display of page information other than the page information for which the document is created is selected. If selected, the process returns to step S12, and if not selected, the process proceeds to step S14. Return. Then, in step S42, the document that has been created is stored in, for example, the hard disk 4, and the process returns to the first step S2.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the page information for creating a document can be input by key operation, and the figures and flowcharts can be moved by the line of sight, so that it is as if the document was created on paper. In addition, it is possible to create a document while looking at diagrams and flowcharts.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The same elements as those in FIG.

The facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment has the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and has a communication section 21 connected to a public line 21a and a reading section 2 for reading graphic information and document information.
2 and the reading mode setting means for setting the reading mode of the reading unit 22 to the figure reading mode for reading the figure information or the document reading mode for reading the document information.

Then, when the document reading mode is set, the control circuit 12 reads information on a predetermined line to the right end, and then moves the line upward by one line in accordance with the direction of the line of sight, and further sets the direction of the line of sight. Irrespective of the above, the display is moved to the left side and a display including the left end of the document information is displayed on the display unit 10. When the figure reading mode is set, the same control as that described in the first embodiment is executed.

The control program stored in the memory 6 or the like is changed to the flow shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 described later.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts showing a specific example of the control of the control circuit 12 of the second embodiment, and only the parts different from the flows shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 are shown.

The step S50 in FIG. 6 is the step S50.
10 is the case where the answer is affirmative (YES), and step S
Reference numeral 52 indicates a case where the step S40 is affirmative (YES). Then, in step S54, the information of the signal line 2a is input and the reading mode is checked. If the reading mode is the figure information, the process proceeds to step S56 (step S12). If the reading mode is the document information, the process proceeds to step S58. move on.

In step S58, the selected page information is displayed on the display unit 10. In the following step S60, it is determined whether or not the line of sight of the displayed page information other than the document being created has come to the right end, When it comes to the right end, the process proceeds to step S62, and the page information display with the line of sight other than the document being created is moved up by one line, further moved to include the left end, and not at the right end. And step S64
Go to (Step S30).

In step S66 (FIG. 7), the case where step S40 is negative (NO) is shown.
In the subsequent step S68, it is determined whether or not there is a document being displayed in the document information reading mode. If there is a document being displayed, the process proceeds to step S70 and the step S60 is performed.
Then, the control of step S62 is performed, and if there is no document being displayed, the process proceeds to step S72.

In step S72, it is judged in the graphic information reading mode whether or not there is a document being displayed. If there is a document being displayed, the process proceeds to step S74 (step S14), and there is no document being displayed. Then, the process proceeds to step S76 (step S30).

As described above, the present embodiment has the same advantages as the first embodiment, and when the user views the right end of the document information, the left end of the next line can be automatically displayed. become.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus. In this case, by reading a storage medium storing a program represented by software for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

[0040]

As described in detail above, according to the personal computer of the first invention, the input section has the first input means for inputting information by key operation and the second input means for inputting information by line of sight. The display control unit includes an input unit, and among the page information displayed on the display unit, specific page information is displayed by a key operation from the first input unit, and the remaining page information is displayed. Since the display is performed by the line-of-sight input of the second input means, for example, page information for creating a document can be input by key operation, and figures and flowcharts can be moved by line-of-sight. This allows you to create documents on paper,
It is possible to create a document while viewing drawings such as drawings and flowcharts on the screen.

According to the personal computer of the second invention, in the first invention, the specific page information is text information created based on the information from the first input means, and the remaining With respect to the page information of the above, the display information is selectively moved in the left / right and up / down directions and to the previous / next page according to the information from the second input means. Enter the figure and flow chart to see the left / right / up / down direction and the previous page /
It becomes possible to move to the next page, and it becomes possible to create a document while viewing a drawing such as a diagram or a flowchart on the screen as if the document was created on paper.

According to the facsimile machine of the third invention, the input section includes the first input means for inputting information by key operation and the second input means for inputting information by line of sight, and the display control section. Among the page information displayed on the display unit, display control is performed by key operation from the first input means for specific page information, and the second input is performed for the remaining page information. Since the first display control means for controlling the display by inputting the line of sight of the means is provided,
It is possible to obtain the same effect as the invention of.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the specific page information is text information created based on the information from the first input means. The remaining page information is the second
Since the display movement to the left and right and up and down and to the previous page / next page is selectively performed by the information from the input means, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the second invention.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third or fourth aspect of the invention, the second input means is means for inputting information indicating the direction of the line of sight, and the first aspect of the invention. Since the display control means controls the display so as to move the page information according to the information indicating the direction of the line of sight, the page information including the document information can be moved depending on the direction of the line of sight.

According to the facsimile machine of the sixth invention, in the third, fourth or fifth invention, the reading means for reading the graphic information and the document information is provided in the input section, and the graphic information is read. A reading mode setting unit that sets the reading mode of the reading unit to a graphic reading mode to be performed or a document reading mode to read the document information is provided, and the display control unit sets a predetermined value when the document reading mode is set. After reading the information of the line to the right end, the line is moved upward by one line in accordance with the direction of the line of sight, and further moved to the left side irrespective of the direction of the line of sight to perform a display including the left end of the document information on the display unit. Display control means, and when the graphic reading mode is set, the first display control means is operated. But when viewed to the right edge of the document information, it is possible to automatically display the left end of the next line.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a personal computer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a specific example of control by a control circuit 12 of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a specific example of control by a control circuit 12 of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a specific example of control by the control circuit 12 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a specific example of control by the control circuit 12 of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a specific example of control by the control circuit 12 of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 keyboard 4 hard disk 6 memory 8 line-of-sight input circuit 10 display unit 12 control circuit 21 communication unit 22 reading unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A display unit for displaying information, an input unit for inputting information, and a display control for performing display control on the display unit such that a plurality of page information can be displayed based on the information input from the input unit. And a second input unit for inputting information by a line of sight, wherein the display control unit includes the display unit. Among the page information displayed on the screen, specific page information is displayed by a key operation from the first input means, and the remaining page information is displayed on the second page information.
A personal computer characterized in that display is performed by line-of-sight input of the input means. 2. The specific page information is text information created based on the information from the first input means, and the remaining page information depends on the information from the second input means. 2. The personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the display movement in the vertical direction and the previous page / next page is selectively performed. 3. A display unit for displaying information, an input unit for inputting information, and a display control for performing display control on the display unit so that a plurality of page information can be displayed based on the information input from the input unit. In a facsimile device including a section and a communication section that communicates various information including information from the input section, the input section includes first input means for inputting information by key operation, and information by line of sight. A second input unit for inputting; the display control unit displays specific page information among the page information displayed on the display unit by a key operation from the first input unit. , The second for the remaining page information
A facsimile apparatus comprising: first display control means for performing display by line-of-sight input of the input means. 4. The specific page information is text information created based on the information from the first input means, and the remaining page information depends on the information from the second input means. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display movement to the up / down direction and the previous / next page is selectively performed. 5. The second input means is means for inputting information indicating the direction of the line of sight, and the first display control means moves the page information according to the information indicating the direction of the line of sight. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein display control is performed on the facsimile apparatus. 6. A reading means for reading graphic information and document information is provided in the input section, and a reading mode of the reading means is set to a graphic reading mode for reading graphic information or a document reading mode for reading the document information. When the document reading mode is set, the display control unit reads information on a predetermined line to the right end and then follows the direction of the line of sight.
It is provided with a second display control means for moving to the upper side by the line amount and further moving to the left side irrespective of the direction of the line of sight to display on the display unit including the left end of the document information, and is set to the figure reading mode. The first display control means is actuated when it is present.
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4 or 5.