JPH0934676A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability by erasing the window, which is opened in response to the window open request, at the time of moving a cursor to a position which is a prescribed distance or longer away from the position where the cursor existed at the time of issue of the window open request. SOLUTION: When the window open request is issued a detection means 15 reads the cursor position detected by a cursor position detection means 13 to detect the cursor position for issue of the window open request. After this detection processing, a discrimination means 16 reads the cursor position detected by the cursor position detection means 13 to judged whether the present cursor position is the prescribed distance or longer away from the cursor position detected by the detection means 15 or not. If the discrimination means 16 discriminates that the cursor is moved for the prescribed distance or longer, an erasing means 17 issues an instruction, which erases the window opened in response to the window open request, to a data processing means 10 to erase the window.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus which opens a window on a display screen and executes data processing, and more particularly to a data processing apparatus which realizes improved operability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A data processing apparatus having a configuration in which an application program operates on a window system has a configuration in which data processing is executed while successively opening windows while interacting with a user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, in response to a user's instruction, when a main window for displaying a list of reference destination item names is opened, the user selects one of the reference destination item names. When is selected, as shown in FIG. 8, a window for displaying the reference data pointed to by the selected reference destination item name is opened on the main window, and the data processing is executed. Of. Here, the arrow in the figure indicates the cursor position.

In the case of adopting such a constitution that the windows are displayed in an overlapping manner in this way, as shown in FIG. 9, the cursor is moved to the original window without erasing the newly opened window. There is also a data processing device that has a configuration that allows the work to be continued.
Further, considering that the windows are opened one after another and the screen becomes complicated as shown in FIG. 10, a configuration is provided so that the next operation cannot be performed unless the newly opened windows are deleted. There is also a data processing device used.

Whatever configuration is adopted, it is finally necessary to have a function of deleting the opened window. In the conventional data processing device, in order to erase the opened window, as shown in FIG. 11, a configuration is provided in which an erase button (a confirmation button in the figure) is provided in the opened window. When the button was clicked with the mouse, the opening window was deleted.

As another conventional technique, in response to a user's operation, an OS-provided window control menu as shown in FIG. 12 is opened, and the erase item in the menu is deleted by a mouse. When clicked,
Some also adopted the method of deleting the opening window.

[0007]

However, if the window is erased by the click operation as in the prior art, the user has to execute the click operation one by one. There is a problem that it requires complicated operations.

This problem becomes serious especially when the user does not know where the desired window is. To specifically explain this point using the above-described FIG. 7 and FIG. 11 as an example, the user opens a main window that displays a list of reference destination item names, as shown in FIG. When you do not know the window that displays the data you want to reference, by clicking the item name of the reference item that seems to be that,
When a window is opened as shown in FIG. 13B and the opened window is not the desired window, the window shown in FIG.
As shown in (c) of 3, by moving the mouse to the delete button in the opening window and then clicking,
As shown in FIG. 14 (d), the opening window is erased, and then the mouse is moved to the main window as shown in FIG. The operation of clicking the mouse has to be performed, which complicates the operation.

In order to solve this problem, it is possible to adopt a method of displaying the windows in a superimposed manner without erasing the windows. However, if this method is adopted, the screen becomes complicated this time. Another problem will come up.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and there is a new data for improving the operability when the window is opened on the display screen and the data processing is executed. It is intended to provide a processing device.

[0011]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a data processing apparatus equipped with the present invention, which opens a window on a display screen to execute data processing.

The data processing device 1 includes a data processing means 10, a display means 11, and a cursor moving means 1.
2, cursor position detection means 13, and input / output control means 1
4, detecting means 15, judging means 16, and erasing means 17
With.

The data processing means 10 opens a window on the display screen and executes data processing. The display means 11 displays a window using a display screen. The cursor moving means 12 moves the cursor on the display screen according to the interactive processing. The cursor position detecting means 13 detects the cursor position on the display screen moved by the cursor moving means 12 and notifies the data processing means 10 of it. Input / output control means 14
Controls input / output between the data processing means 10 / cursor position detecting means 13 and the display means 11 / cursor moving means 12.

The detecting means 15 detects the position of the cursor at the time of issuing the window opening request, or detects the moving form of the cursor after the window opening request is issued. Judgment means 1
When the detection means 15 detects the position of the cursor when the window opening request is issued, 6 determines whether or not the cursor has moved a specified distance or more from the detected cursor position, and the detection means 15 causes the window to move. When detecting the movement form of the cursor after issuing the opening request, it is determined whether or not the detected movement form indicates the movement form of the window deletion instruction. The erasing means 17 erases the window opened in response to the window opening request.

[0015]

In the present invention, when the window opening request is issued, the detecting means 15 reads the cursor position detected by the cursor position detecting means 13 to detect the position of the cursor when the window opening request is issued.

Upon receiving this detection processing, the judging means 16
The cursor position detected by the cursor position detecting means 13 is read, and the read cursor position and the detecting means 15 are read.
It is determined whether or not the current cursor has moved a specified distance or more from the cursor position detected by the detection means 15 based on the cursor position detected by.

Then, when the erasing means 17 determines that the judging means 16 has moved by a predetermined distance or more, it issues to the data processing means 10 an instruction to erase the opened window in response to the window opening request. Then, that window is deleted.

Further, in the present invention, when the window opening request is issued, the detecting means 15 detects the moving form of the cursor after the window opening request issuance according to the cursor position detected by the cursor position detecting means 13. For example, it is detected whether or not the moving speed, the moving time of the cursor, or the moving form in which the cumulative amount of movement is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

Upon receiving this detection processing, the judging means 16
It is determined whether the detected movement form indicates the movement form of the window deletion instruction. For example, the detection means 15
Accordingly, when it is detected that the moving speed of the cursor is equal to or higher than the predetermined value, it is determined that the moving form of the cursor indicates the moving form of the window erasing instruction.

When the judgment means 16 judges the movement form of the window deletion instruction, the deletion means 17 issues an instruction to delete the opened window to the data processing means 10 in response to the window opening request. Then, that window is deleted.

As described above, when the data processing device 1 of the present invention is used, the user can erase the window by simply moving the cursor in a predetermined format, and the window is erased without requiring a troublesome click operation. Now that you can, you can easily erase the window.

[0022]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the data processing apparatus 1 having the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the data processing apparatus 1 including the present invention operates under the environment of the window system 20 and the window system 20 that supports the opening of the window and opens the window on the display screen. A data processing program 21 for executing data processing, a display 22 for displaying a window instructed by the data processing program 21 on a display screen, and an instruction for moving a cursor displayed on the display screen in accordance with an interactive process with a user, A mouse 23 for executing a click operation on a window, a mouse module 24 for detecting the position of a cursor moved by the mouse 23, and a window erasing program 25 for erasing a reference window opened by the data processing program 21. With

Here, the reference window to be erased by the window erasing program 25 does not have a button and displays reference data. In the prior art, even this reference window has a configuration having an erasing button, but in the case of the present invention, it is not necessary to have this erasing button as well.

3 and 4 show an example of the processing flow of the data processing program 21 executed to realize the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows the processing of the window deletion program 25 executed to realize the present invention. 1 illustrates an example of a flow. Next, the present invention will be described in detail according to these processing flows.

The data processing program 21 is a mouse 23.
When a window opening request is issued by the click operation of, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 3, first, whether the window having the opening request is the reference window or another window (for data processing) Step 2 when it is determined that it is a request to open a reference window
And notifies the window deletion program 25 of the issuance of the window opening request, and in the following step 3,
A reference window having a request for opening is opened on the display screen, and the process ends.

When it is determined in step 1 that the request is for opening a window other than the reference window, the process proceeds to step 4, where the window requested to be opened is opened on the display screen, and in step 5, the window is opened. By accepting the click operation of the mouse 23 for, the data processing is started.

In this way, the data processing program 2
When the user issues a request to open a reference window, 1 notifies the window erasing program 25 to that effect and then opens the reference window.

On the other hand, the window deletion program 25
When this window opening request issue notification is received from the data processing program 21, as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
Is read, the cursor position (X _0, Y ₀ ) at the time of issuing the window opening request is read, and the read X coordinate value “X ₀ ” is assigned to the variable X _0. The read Y coordinate value "Y ₀ " is the variable Y
Substitute in ₀ .

Subsequently, in step 2, a process of monitoring the cursor position detected by the mouse module 24 is started, the cursor position (X, Y) is read, and the read X is read.
The coordinate value “X” is assigned to the variable X, and the read Y coordinate value “Y” is assigned to the variable Y. Then, in step 3, the cursor positions (X, Y) managed by the variables X and Y and the cursor positions (X _0, Y ₀ ) managed by the variables X ₀ and Y ₀ are used to determine the two cursors. Calculate the linear distance L between the positions.

Subsequently, in step 4, it is judged whether or not the distance L calculated in step 3 has become larger than the prescribed set value N, and when it is judged that it has not become larger, the process returns to step 2. When it is determined that the window has become large, the process proceeds to step 5, and the data processing program 21 is instructed to erase the reference window pointed to by the notified window opening request, and the process ends.

In this way, when the reference window is displayed on the display screen and the cursor is away from the cursor position instructing the opening of the reference window by a predetermined distance or more, the window deletion program 25 performs a click operation. Data processing program 2 without
It instructs 1 to delete the reference window.

On the other hand, when the data processing program 21 receives this reference window deletion instruction from the window deletion program 25, as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
A process of erasing the reference window (the reference window that is the source of the window opening request issued to the window erasing program 25) is executed.

In this way, by using the data processing device 1 of the present invention according to the processing flow of FIGS. 3 to 5, the user moves the cursor to a position more than the specified distance from the position of the cursor issuing the reference window opening request. You can remove the reference window by simply moving.

Now, according to the prior art, the operation procedure shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 must be carried out, whereas according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. When you open the main window that displays a list of names, and you do not know the reference window that displays the data you want to reference, click the name of the reference item that seems to be that, and click (b) in FIG. If a reference window is opened as shown, and the opened reference window is not the desired one, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the cursor is moved so as to draw an arc, for example. By performing the operation procedure to move to the reference item name, the reference window that has been opened can be deleted and the next reference window It is becoming to put the set processing.

In this embodiment, when the cursor is moved to a position more than the specified distance from the cursor position at the time of issuing the window opening request, the reference window opened in response to the window opening request is deleted. Although the configuration has been disclosed, the present invention is not limited to this, and detects the moving speed of the cursor after the window opening request is issued, the cumulative moving amount of the cursor, the cumulative moving time of the cursor, and the like. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the reference window opened in response to the window opening request is deleted when the detected value exceeds the specified value. When adopting this configuration, it is not necessary to detect the cursor position at the time of issuing the window opening request.

In this embodiment, the window to be erased is the reference window. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a window having a button for data processing is to be erased. It is also possible to do so. At this time, when the cursor is moved to a position farther than the distance to the data processing button, the window is erased.

In this embodiment, the mouse is used as the cursor moving means. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other moving means such as a trackball is used. Can be applied as is.

[0039]

As described above, by using the data processing apparatus of the present invention, the user can erase the window by simply moving the cursor in a predetermined format.
It eliminates the need for annoying click operations and makes it easier to erase windows.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a processing flow executed by a data processing program.

FIG. 4 is an example of a processing flow executed by a data processing program.

FIG. 5 is an example of a processing flow executed by a window deletion program.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of opening a window.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of opening a window.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of opening a window.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of opening a window.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Data Processor 10 Data Processor 11 Display Means 12 Cursor Moving Means 13 Cursor Position Detecting Means 14 Input / Output Control Means 15 Detecting Means 16 Judging Means 17 Erasing Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A data processing device for opening a window on a display screen to perform data processing, a detecting means for detecting a position of a cursor when a window opening request is issued, and a cursor for detecting a cursor position detected by the detecting means. And a erasing means for erasing the window opened in response to the window opening request when the deciding means decides that the window has moved a specified distance or more. A data processing device comprising: 2. A data processing device that opens a window on a display screen and executes data processing, wherein a detecting means for detecting a moving mode of a cursor after issuing a window opening request, and a moving mode detected by the detecting means, Judgment means for judging whether or not the movement mode of the window deletion instruction is indicated, and deletion for deleting the window opened in response to the window opening request when the judgment means judges the movement mode of the window deletion instruction A data processing device comprising: means. 3. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the window opening request that triggers detection by the detection means requests opening of a window for displaying reference data. Processing equipment.