JPH1011255A - Command display controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a command display controller which can automatically erase a command display which is not used frequently from within a picture, additionally display a command display, etc., within the picture, integrate a series of operation including the selection of a frequently used command, and change a form between command displays easily generating misoperation. SOLUTION: In the command display controller in an information processor which displays commands to execute at least a part of executable functions within a prescribed area of a display means and executing a processing to a command a user selects from among the displayed commands, a number of selecting times storing means 105 stores the number of the selecting times of the command the user selects from the command displayed within the prescribed area of the displaying means by each command, and a command display erasing means 106 periodically retrieves the stored contents in the number of selecting times storing means to erase the display of commands the number of selecting time of which is not more than a prescribed number of times from within the prescribed area of the display means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus which displays a command for executing an executable function on a display means and executes a process for a command selected by a user from the displayed command. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Commands for executing various functions of an information processing apparatus are usually displayed in the form of menus and icons on display means such as a monitor, and the user can display the displayed commands. The selected command can be input by selecting a command from the display screen by an operation such as clicking the position using a mouse or pressing a function key in a keyboard corresponding to the display position of the command.

The menu structure and the order of the various commands displayed on the screen of the display means, the icons displayed first, and the like are generally fixedly determined by a program. However, actually, the purpose of use of the information processing apparatus, the level of skill of each individual, and the like are different for each user, and some of the commands on the display screen include frequently used commands and commands that are rarely used. In view of this fact, the information processing apparatus is provided with a customization function for changing the menu configuration and the like by the user, and the user can use this customization function to change the menu configuration of commands on the display screen. Were changed to make it easier to operate.

As a method of changing a command menu configuration or the like without using such a customizing function,
For example, JP-A-6-28135 and JP-A-6-30
No. 9133 proposes a method for automatically changing the display order of commands in a menu according to the frequency of selection of displayed commands, and for automatically changing a default command of a menu based on an operation history.

[0005]

However, the operation of changing the positions of menus and icons using the customizing function provided in the information processing apparatus is complicated and burdens the user. In addition, when a series of operations requiring time and effort including selection of a displayed command for performing one process is frequently performed, the series of operations cannot be integrated depending on a customization function. The user frequently repeats such a time-consuming operation, causing a decrease in operability.
In addition, if the user unconsciously performs an erroneous operation due to the position or shape of a menu or icon, the user often does not know the cause of the erroneous operation. It is not possible to change the position, shape, etc. of the menu or icon that will be.

In addition, the method of changing the order of command display in the menu on the screen or automatically changing the default command display on the screen according to the selection frequency of the command and the operation history without using the customizing function, Although it is not necessary to perform complicated processing using the customization function, it is only possible to change the menu configuration in one screen, and the inconvenience of unnecessary display of many commands on one screen cannot be solved.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and a command display that is rarely used can be deleted from the screen without using a complicated customizing function. In addition to providing a command display control device that can additionally display a command, a series of operations including frequent command selection can be integrated, and a form between command displays that is likely to cause erroneous operations is provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a command display control device that can be automatically changed.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a command display control device according to the present invention displays a command for executing at least a part of executable functions in a predetermined area of a display means. In a command display control device in an information processing device that executes a process for a command selected by a user from displayed commands, a selection count of a command selected by a user from a predetermined area of a display unit is stored for each command. A number-of-selections storage unit to be searched, and a command deletion unit that periodically searches the storage content of the number-of-selections storage unit and deletes a display of a command whose number of selections is equal to or less than a predetermined number from within a predetermined area of the display unit. Things.

In this function display control device, further, a command information display means for receiving information from a user and displaying information on a command for executing an executable function on a display means, Command display adding means for adding a display of the command to the predetermined area of the display means when a command corresponding to the information displayed by the means is not displayed in the predetermined area of the display means. Is desirable.

Further, the command display control device according to the present invention displays a command for executing at least a part of the executable function in a predetermined area of the display means, and performs a series of operations including selection of the displayed command by a user. In the function display control device in the information processing apparatus that performs a predetermined process, a continuous operation storage unit that stores a series of operations performed by a user, and a number of times that the series of operations stored in the continuous operation storage unit are performed is periodically determined. The number of consecutive operations and the number of continuous operations are stored in correspondence with the operation, and the number of continuous operations is searched, and a series of operations falling within a predetermined order is counted, starting from the operation with the largest number of operations. As one of the functions, there is provided a continuous operation command display adding means for additionally displaying a command for executing this function in a predetermined area of the display means in a predetermined display format. That.

Further, the command display control device according to the present invention provides an erroneous operation correcting means for interrupting or canceling a command selected by a user according to a user's instruction, and erroneously selecting a command interrupted or canceled by the erroneous operation correcting means. An erroneous command storage means for storing the command selected by the user immediately after processing by the erroneous operation correction means as a correction command; and periodically counting the number of times that the erroneous selection command and the correction command coincide with each other, and Searching the number of erroneous operation storage means and the number of erroneous operation storage means to store in association with the selection command and the correction command,
A display mode changing unit for changing a display mode of a display unit of an erroneously selected command and a correction command within a predetermined order counted from the one stored in a large number of times, in a predetermined area.

In this command display device, the display form changing means further includes form judgment means for judging whether or not the display form of the erroneously selected command and the correction command whose display form is to be changed satisfies a predetermined condition. And a display position separation for permitting changing of the display form of the erroneously selected command and the correction command when the display form of the erroneously selected command and the corrected command satisfies a predetermined condition. Means can be provided.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The information processing apparatus includes a command display unit 101, a display command storage unit 102, an input unit 103, a function execution unit 104, a selection count storage unit 105, and a command display deletion unit 106. Note that the selection count storage unit 105 and the command display deletion unit 106 constitute a command display control device according to the present invention. Further, the command display control device can be realized by using a general-purpose computer with a program for realizing the operations of the selection count storage unit 105 and the command display deletion unit 106, and the program is recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disk. It is possible to This is the same for the following embodiments.

The command display unit 101 is provided in a predetermined area on the screen of a display device such as a monitor, and displays commands stored in the display command storage unit 102 in a menu format. This command may be displayed by an icon or the like. This command display unit 101
Is displayed on the front of a normal display device when the information processing device is used. The display command storage unit 102 stores commands to be displayed on the command display unit 101, and stores commands for executing at least a part of functions executable by the function execution unit 104.

The input unit 103 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. By selecting a command displayed on the command display unit 101 or the like from the screen, the function execution unit 10 is selected.
4 can be input. The function execution unit 104 detects which command of the command display unit 101 has been selected in response to an input from the input unit 103,
Perform the processing corresponding to this command.

The number-of-selections storage unit 105 includes a command display unit 1
The number of times the user has selected a command selected from the commands displayed in 01 is stored for each command. Specifically, the selection count storage unit includes a table as shown in FIG. 2. For example, if the information processing apparatus is a word processor, the selection count storage unit stores the selection count for each command such as “copy” and “delete”. , And each time a command is selected, the number of times the command is selected is incremented by one up to a predetermined number.

The command display deletion unit 106 searches the table of the selection count storage unit 105 for each command at predetermined time intervals, deletes the command whose selection count is 0 from the display command storage unit 102, and deletes the display command. A predetermined output accompanying the deletion is sent to the function execution unit 104. In the present embodiment, the display of a command whose selection count is 0 is deleted. However, this is done by deleting a command whose selection count is 2 or less, such as deleting a command whose selection count is 2 or less. You can do so.

The operation of the information processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described focusing on the command display control unit. First, the command display unit 101 displays 301 in FIG.
It is assumed that commands such as 302,... Are displayed. The number of selections in the table shown in FIG. 2 is initially set to 0 for each command. From such a state, when the user selects a command displayed on the command display unit 101 and operates the information processing apparatus, the selection count storage unit 105 stores the selection count of the command for each command. To go. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the selection count storage unit 105. Selection count storage unit 10
5, first, when a command is selected by the input unit 103, it is checked whether or not the number of selections of the command does not exceed a predetermined maximum value by referring to the table (S30).
1) If not exceeded, the number of selections of the command is increased by one (S302). If the number of selections of the command exceeds the predetermined maximum value in S301, the number of selections of the command is not added any more.

When a predetermined time elapses, the command display deletion unit 106 searches the table of the number-of-selections storage unit 105, and deletes the command whose number of selections is 0 from the display command storage unit 102. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the display command storage unit 102. Also,
It is assumed that the table of the number-of-selections storage unit 105 when a predetermined time has elapsed is in a state as shown in FIG. 2, for example. First, the command deletion unit 106 searches the table of the selection count storage unit 105 for each command, and determines whether the selection count is 0 (S501). If the number of selections is 0, the command is deleted from the display command storage unit 102 (S5).
02), the number of times of selection of the command in the table is set to 0 (S503). If the number of selections is not 0 in S501, the number of selections of the command in the table is set to 0 without performing the command display deletion processing (S50).
3). Here, as shown in FIG. 2, since the number of times of selection of the “character modification” command is 0, the “character modification” command is deleted from the display command storage unit 102, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the command of the “character modification” 303 displayed in FIG.
Removed from 1. That is, the command display deletion unit 106
Is less than or equal to a predetermined number within a predetermined time for searching the table of the selection number storage unit 105, where the number of selections is 0
Will be deleted from the command display unit 101. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 6 shows an outline of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 2. The main difference between this information processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment is that the help content storage unit 6
01, help display unit 602, command display addition unit 603
Command display unit 101, display command storage unit 102, input unit 103, function execution unit 104
Is the same as the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. The command display adding unit 603 constitutes a part that controls command display control.

A help content storage unit 601 stores information on all commands for executing functions executable by the information processing apparatus, and displays information on commands in a help display unit 602 in response to an instruction from the input unit 103. Is output. Also, the help content storage unit 601 stores commands in a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 7, and the user inputs commands higher in the hierarchy by using the input unit.
02, and from this display, the commands lower in the hierarchy can be displayed.

The help display unit 602 is a command display unit 10
1 is provided on the screen of a display device such as a monitor on which the information 1 is provided, and displays information about the command output from the help content storage unit 601. Note that the help display unit 602 is not normally displayed on a display device, and the input unit 10
Only when there is a request from 3, one screen is formed and displayed on the display device as shown in FIG. Further, the help display unit 602 includes, for example, a diagram such that, when a command for which information is displayed is not displayed on the command display unit 101, the command can be added to the command display unit 101 by the user's will. 8 is displayed, and the user selects the “add” command by the input unit 103 as described later, and the information is displayed on the command display unit 101 by the help display unit 602. Can be added to the displayed command. Note that the command for which information is displayed is the command display unit 1
01 is not displayed in the help content storage unit 60
1 is stored for each command, and each time a command display adding unit 603 described later adds a command display,
This stored content is rewritten.

The command display adding section 603 is used when information about a command is displayed on the help display section 602 and the command is not displayed on the command display section 101, and the displayed command is used for storing help contents. If the command is the lowest one of the commands stored in the hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 7 of the unit 601 or the “additional” command displayed on the help display unit 602 is selected. In this case, the command is added to the display command storage unit 102, and a predetermined output accompanying the addition of the display command is sent to the function execution unit 104.

The operation of the information processing apparatus having such a configuration will be described below mainly on the operation of the command display adding unit 603. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the command display adding unit 603. First, a command is displayed on the command display unit 101 as shown in FIG. 10A, and a part of the command hierarchy in which information is stored in the help content storage unit 601 is as shown in FIG. And First, it is assumed that the user has requested the help content storage unit 601 from the input unit 103 to output information related to the “character modification” command (S901). Then "character modification"
Is displayed on the help display unit 602 (S902). Next, the command display adding unit 603
It is determined whether or not the “character modification” command is displayed on the command display unit 101 (S90).
3). Here, if the command of “character modification” is not displayed on the command display unit 101, the command display adding unit 603 does not perform the processing.

However, in this case, as shown in FIG.
, The command display adding unit 603 further continues the following processing. In this case, the help display unit 602 displays an “add” command (S90).
4) For example, the state is as shown in FIG. S903
If it is determined that the command is not displayed on the command display unit 101, the command display adding unit 603 determines whether this command is the lowest command in the help content storage unit 601 (S905). If the command is a lower layer command, the command is added to the display command storage unit 102, and the command display unit 101 additionally displays the command (S908). If this command is not the lowest layer command, it is determined whether or not an “add” command has been selected before the help display for this command is terminated by the user (S907) (S906).
Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the command of “character modification” is not the lowest command, so the command display adding unit 6
03 determines whether the "add" command is selected. If the “add” command is selected before the help display is terminated, the command display adding unit 603 adds the “character modification” command to the display command storage unit 102 (S908). If the help display is terminated by the user before the “add” command is selected, the command display adding unit 6
03 ends the processing. Here, it is assumed that the “add” command is selected by the user. Then, "character modification" is added to the display command storage unit 102, and the command "character modification" is added to the command display unit 101 from the state of FIG. 10A as shown in FIG. 10B.

In the above-described embodiment, the command is added when the "additional" command is selected from the lowermost command or the help display. This satisfies one of the conditions. Needless to say, the command may be added only when necessary. Alternatively, the number of times the help-displayed command is selected may be counted, and a command whose number of selections is equal to or greater than a predetermined number within a predetermined time may be added. (Embodiment 3) FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 3. The information processing apparatus differs from the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment in a continuous operation storage unit 111, a continuous operation count storage unit 112, a continuous operation display addition unit 113, a command display unit 101, a display command storage unit 102, an input unit 103, and a function execution unit 104 are the same as those of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. In addition, the continuous operation storage unit 111, the continuous operation count storage unit 112, and the continuous operation display adding unit 113 constitute a command display control device according to the present invention.

The continuous operation storage unit 111 stores a series of operations including selection of displayed commands performed by the user to cause the information processing apparatus to perform one process. Specifically, the continuous operation storage unit 111 is provided with an operation storage table 121 as shown in FIG. 12, and for each series of operations performed by the user, this operation is displayed in a predetermined area of the display device. A function element which is a command selection such as "copy", "delete", "character modification", "replacement", and an operation element which is an operation such as a range specification accompanying the command selection are registered.

For example, if a certain series of operations is an operation such as designating “range”, selecting “character modification”, and selecting “modification attribute”, the operation shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, the designation of “range” as the operation element 122 and the selection of “character modification” as the function element 123 correspond to the operation element 1
The selection of “qualification attribute” is stored as a series of operations as 24. Then, when a series of operations is performed next, this series of operations is stored in “operation 2” of the operation storage table 121, and thereafter, similarly, for each operation,
When the storage area of the operation storage table 121 becomes full, the operation is overwritten from the head of the oldest table to (operation 1).

The continuous operation number storage unit 112 stores, for each series of operations, the number of times a series of operations has been performed from the operation storage table 121 of the continuous operation storage unit 111 at predetermined time intervals. Specifically, the continuous operation number storage unit 112
3A, an operation count table 132 is provided, and a unique “operation identification” is assigned to the same series of operations in the operation storage table 121, and the number of operations is counted for each operation identification. Remember. Note that, specifically, in the “operation identification”, the position of an operation storage table that stores one of the series of operations is stored. Further, the continuous operation number storage unit 112 has a storage operation number counter 131 as shown in FIG. 13B, and one is added each time a new operation identification is added.

The continuous operation display adding unit 113 searches the operation count table 132, and, as a function, a series of operations falling within a predetermined order counted from the ones with the largest number of operations, and issues a command for executing this function. The display command storage unit 102 is additionally stored. Here, a table as shown in FIG. 14 is provided in the continuous operation display adding unit 113, and the maximum number of operations and the operation frequency table 132
The operation identification in the middle is stored, and only a series of operations with the maximum number of operations is regarded as one function. Further, the command additionally stored in the display command storage unit 102 is additionally displayed on the command display unit 101 in a predetermined display format so that it can be understood that the command is a command for executing a series of combined operations. Further, the continuous operation display adding unit 11
Along with the additional storage of the command in the display command storage unit 102, the function execution unit 104 outputs and stores the position of the command in the command display unit 101 and the contents of a series of operations corresponding to the command.

The operation of the information processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described focusing on the operation of the command display control section. FIG.
Indicates a continuous operation count storage unit 112 and a continuous operation display addition unit 11
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of No. 3. First, the user operates the information processing apparatus for a predetermined time, and the continuous operation storage unit 11
It is assumed that a plurality of series of operations are stored in one operation storage table 121. After a lapse of a predetermined time, the continuous operation number storage unit 112 checks the operation element and the function element stored in the operation storage table 121 and analyzes that the same operation is performed. First, the continuous operation number storage unit 11
2 sets the storage operation number counter 131 to 0 (S150
1), the operation storage table 121 of the continuous operation storage unit 111
The following operation is performed until all the operations stored in are checked (S1502).

In the checking process, first, one operation is obtained from the operation storage table 121. Next, the operation corresponding to all the operation identifications in the operation count table 132 is compared with the acquired operation (S1504). In addition, since nothing is stored in the number-of-operations table 132 for the first “operation 1” in the operation storage table 121, the operation is not compared with the operation corresponding to the operation identification, and it is determined that the operation identification is completed. In this case, this “operation 1” is referred to as operation identification A
Is recorded in the operation count table 132 (S1508),
Further, after adding one to the storage operation number counter 131 (S
1509), the same operation number in the operation number table 132 is set to 1
Are added (S1510). When the operation identification is stored in the operation count table 132, the operation count table 1
Then, an operation corresponding to one operation identification stored in 32 is acquired (S1505) and compared with the operation acquired from the operation storage table. In the comparison, first, it is checked whether the functional elements match (S1506), and if they match, it is further checked whether the operation elements match (S1507). If both match, the same operation number in the operation number table 132 is incremented by one. If any one of them does not match, the process returns to S1504, and the same comparison is performed until all the operation identifications in the operation count table 132 are completed. If the operations do not match even after all the operation identifications have been compared, this operation is not stored in the operation count table 132, so that an operation identification is given and recorded in the operation count table 132 (S1508). After adding one to the operation number counter 131 (S1509),
One is added to the same operation number in the operation number table 132 (S1510).

After performing the above-described check processing for all the operations stored in the operation storage table 121, the continuous operation display adding unit 113 sets the operation number table 1
32, and the operation identification with the maximum number of operations is detected.
Here, as a result of the above check processing, the storage operation number counter 131 and the operation number table 132 are respectively shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the state is as shown in (a) and (b).

First, the maximum number of operations 141 of the table shown in FIG. 14 provided in the continuous operation display adding unit 113 is set to 0 (S1511). Then, the following processing is performed for all operation identifications corresponding to the operation identification number stored in the storage operation number counter 131 (S1512). First, one operation identification and the corresponding number of identical operations corresponding thereto are obtained from the operation count table 132. Next, the maximum number of operations 141 in the table of FIG. 14 is compared with the acquired number of identical operations (S1).
514) If the maximum operation number 141 is smaller, the same operation number is set to the maximum operation number 141 (S1515),
The acquired operation identification is set to the maximum number of operation identifications 142 in the table shown in FIG. 14 (S1516). Also, S1
If the maximum number of operations 141 is not smaller than the acquired number of identical operations in 514, the maximum number of operations 141 remains unchanged,
Similar processing is performed for the next operation identification. When the operation identifications in the operation count table 132 have been checked by the number of the stored operation counters 131, the analysis of the same operation ends, and the operation identifications operated most frequently are registered in the maximum number of operation identifications 904. Here, it is assumed that the result is as shown in FIG.

Based on the result, the continuous operation display adding unit 113 sends a series of function elements corresponding to the operation identification stored in the largest operation identification 142 and the operation order of the operation elements to the function execution unit 104 as a composite function. At the same time, the command display for executing the composite function is registered in the display command storage unit 102. Here, since “operation 1” corresponding to the maximum operation identification A, that is, the operation including the functional element of the character modification, is a composite function, the command display unit 101 displays, for example, FIGS. , A command representing a composite function “modification (composite)” 1601 is additionally displayed. Note that the display form of the command for executing the composite function is not limited to the one shown here, and it goes without saying that a display method of, for example, arranging words representing functional elements and operation elements in the order of operation may be used.

In the series of operations stored in the above-described continuous operation storage unit 111, it is not necessary for the operation element to store all the operations performed by the user associated with the function element. It is possible to store only the highly versatile ones such as the "double-width" command selection, which is the operation element for the "character modification" command selection, and not to store the operation element such as the "range" designation. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a series of operations corresponding to the most operated operation identification is a composite function. However, this may be a composite function if the number of operations exceeds a predetermined number. In the above embodiment, a series of operations is stored in the continuous operation storage unit 111, and the continuous operation number storage unit 112 counts the series of operations periodically. Each time it is stored, the operation count table 132 of the continuous operation count storage unit 112 is searched, and if the same operation is not registered, it is registered with an operation identification. If the same operation is registered, the corresponding operation identification is performed. The same operation number may be added by one, and the continuous operation number storage unit 112 may store the operation identification and the same operation number. (Embodiment 4) FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 4. The information processing apparatus differs from the information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 in an erroneous operation correction unit 171, an erroneously selected command storage unit 172, an erroneous operation count storage unit 173, a display mode change unit 174, and a command display unit 101, The display command storage unit 102, the input unit 103, and the function execution unit 104 are the same as the information processing device according to the first embodiment. The erroneously selected command storage unit 17
2. The erroneous operation count storage unit 173 and the display mode change unit 174 constitute a command display control device according to the present invention.

The erroneous operation correction unit 171 is provided in the command display unit 10
The command selected by the user from the commands displayed in 1 is interrupted or canceled according to the user's instruction. Note that the term “interruption” means that a series of processing is interrupted before the processing is completed, and the term “cancellation” means that the processing is canceled after the series of processing is completed. Specifically, after inputting a command selection to the function execution unit 104, the erroneous operation correction unit 171 receives an input from the input unit 103 by the user, and instructs the function execution unit 104 to execute a process corresponding to the command. If the process is in progress, the process is interrupted. If the process is completed, the state is returned to a state where the process was not performed.

The erroneously selected command storage unit 172 stores the command interrupted or canceled by the erroneous operation correcting unit 171 (erroneously selected command) and the command (correction command) selected by the user immediately after the interruption or cancellation. . Here, the same as the operation storage table 121 of the continuous operation storage unit 111 of the third embodiment, the selection of “interruption” or “cancel” is stored as one of the operation elements using the operation storage table (FIG. 18). However, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to store the operation elements, and a table that can store only the function elements and the operation elements of “interrupt” or “cancel” may be used.

The erroneous operation number storage section 173 periodically counts the number of times that the erroneous selection command and the correction command stored in the operation storage table 181 of the erroneous selection command storage section 172 match, and converts the selected command into a correction command. Store them in association with each other. Specifically, the number of erroneous operations storage unit 173
Is an erroneous operation count table 19 as shown in FIG.
0, which is stored as a combination of an erroneous selection command and a correction command. The erroneous operation count storage unit 173 searches the operation stored in the operation storage table 181 for one having an interrupted or canceled operation element, and extracts each functional element from the searched operation and the operation performed immediately thereafter. It is extracted as an incorrect selection command or a correction command. Then, it is determined whether or not the set of the erroneously selected command and the corrected command is stored in the erroneous operation number table 190 as a set of the erroneously selected command and the corrected command. 1
If 90 misoperations are added and one is not registered,
The set of the erroneous selection command and the correction command is appended with “erroneous operation identification” and registered in the erroneous operation count table 190. Further, the erroneous operation number storage unit 173 has an erroneous operation number counter 131 as shown in FIG. 19B, and one is added each time a new erroneous operation identification is added.

The display mode changing unit 174 searches the erroneous operation number storage unit 173, and displays the erroneously selected command and the corrected command, which are within a predetermined order, from the stored erroneous operation number in the command display unit 101. It changes the form. In the present embodiment, the predetermined order is 1
A table as shown in FIG. 20 is provided in the display form changing unit 174 so that the maximum number of erroneous operations and the erroneous operation identification in the erroneous operation number table 190 of the erroneous operation are stored, and the most erroneous operation is performed. The display form of the erroneous selection command and the correction command is changed. Of course, the display form may be changed not from the one with the largest number of erroneous operations to the one within the predetermined order, but the one with the number of erroneous operations exceeding the predetermined number.

The display mode can be changed by the display command storage unit 10.
In step 2, the display information of the command to be changed is changed, and a predetermined output is issued to the function execution unit 104 in accordance with the change. As a result, the command display unit 101 for both commands
Will be changed appropriately. Here, the display form refers to the position, size, pattern, shape, and the like of the command displayed on the command display unit 101. Further, in the present embodiment, a display distance between an erroneously selected command and a correction command will be described as an example of a display form.
That is, in the present embodiment, both the command display units 101 are used as causes of the selection error between the erroneously selected command and the corrected command.
Considering the shortness of the distance, the erroneous selection command and the correction command display interval are to be corrected.

For this purpose, the display mode changing section 174 determines whether or not the display positions of the erroneously selected command and the correction command whose display mode is to be changed on the command display section 101 are within a predetermined distance. When the display position of the erroneously selected command and the corrected command is determined to be within a predetermined distance by the unit 174 (a) and the form determining unit 174 (a), the display of the erroneously selected command and the corrected command is performed. In particular, a form change permission unit 174 (b) for permitting release of the display position as the form is provided. In other words, as described above, even if the erroneously selected command and the correction command with the most erroneous operation are detected, unless the display positions of the erroneously selected command and the correction command on the command display unit 101 are within a predetermined distance, The display position of the erroneous selection command and the correction command as a display form in the command display unit 101 is not changed. Here, the form determination unit 174
The predetermined distance determined in (a) is set to 0. That is, it is determined whether the erroneous selection command and the correction command are adjacent to each other. However, the predetermined distance between the erroneous selection command and the correction command is, for example, a distance such that both commands are arranged one or two steps apart from other commands,
A specific distance unit may be set.

When the pattern, shape, or the like of the command displayed as the display mode is to be changed, the mode determining unit 174 (a) may, for example, change the command display unit 101 for the erroneously selected command and the correction command. It is determined whether or not the display patterns and the display shapes are similar. When the form change permission unit 174 (b) determines that the display patterns and the display shapes of the erroneously selected command and the correction command are similar, the form change permission unit 174 (b) determines What is necessary is just to change the display pattern and display shape of the erroneous selection command and the correction command to those that are not similar to each other.
74 (a), the form change permission section 174 (b) may be provided with a plurality of functions as described above to determine a plurality of conditions. As described above, the form determining unit 174 (a)
It is determined whether or not the display form of the command satisfies a predetermined condition that may cause an erroneous operation. If the condition is satisfied, the form change permission unit 174 (b) sets the display form of the command corresponding to this condition. Changes are allowed.

The operation of the information processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described focusing on the operation of the command display conversion section. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the continuous operation count storage unit 112 and the continuous operation display addition unit 113.
2 is a form determination unit 174 (a), a form change permission unit 174
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of (b). It is also assumed that the command is initially displayed on the command display unit 101 in a display form as shown in FIG.

First, it is assumed that a user operates the information processing apparatus for a predetermined time, and a series of operations including stop and stop are recorded in the operation storage table 181 of the erroneously selected command storage unit 172. After a lapse of a predetermined time, the erroneous operation count storage unit 173 checks the functional elements stored in the operation storage table 181 and the interruption or cancellation, and analyzes which operation has the most erroneous operation. First, the erroneous operation number storage unit 17
3 sets the erroneous operation function counter 191 to 0 (S210).
1) The following operation is performed until all operations stored in the operation storage table 181 of the erroneously selected command storage unit 172 have been checked (S2102).

In the check processing, first, one operation is acquired from the operation storage table 181 (S2103). Next, it is determined whether an erroneous operation has been performed during the acquired operation, that is, whether the operation has been canceled or canceled (S2104). If no cancellation or cancellation has been made, the process returns to S2102.
If the operation has been canceled or canceled, it is determined whether or not this functional element, that is, the erroneous selection command has already been registered in the erroneous operation count table 190 of the erroneous operation number storage unit 173 (S2105), and the information is acquired in the operation storage table 181. Judgment as to whether or not the functional element selected during the operation following the operation, that is, the correction command is the same (S2106)
I do. If it is determined that the erroneous selection command has not been registered yet, or if it is determined that the erroneous operation command has been registered but the correction command does not match, an erroneous operation identification is added and the erroneous selection command and the correction command are added. The number of erroneous operations is registered in the erroneous operation number table 190, and the number of erroneous operations is set to 0 (S2107). Then, the erroneous operation function counter 191 indicating the number of types of erroneous operation registration identification is incremented by one (S21).
08), and then increment the number of erroneous operations by one (S210).
9). If it is determined in S2106 and S2107 that the erroneously selected command has been registered, and it is determined that the corrected command also matches, the registration is performed without performing registration in the erroneous operation count table and addition of the erroneous operation function counter 191. The erroneous operation number of the erroneously selected command is incremented by one (S2
109). As a result of such a check process, the operation count table 190 is assumed to be in a state as shown in FIG.

After performing the above-described check processing for all the operations stored in the operation storage table 181, the display mode changing unit 174 sets the maximum number of erroneous operations 201 in the table shown in FIG. 20 to 0 (S2110). The following processing is performed for all the erroneous operation identifications corresponding to the number of erroneous operation identifications stored in the erroneous operation function counter 191 (S2111).
First, one operation identification and the number of erroneous operations are obtained from the erroneous operation number table 190 (S2112). Next, the maximum number of erroneous operations 201 is compared with the acquired number of erroneous operations (S2113),
If the maximum number of erroneous operations 201 is smaller, the maximum number of erroneous operations is 2
01 is set to the acquired number of erroneous operations (S2114), and FIG.
The acquired erroneous operation identification is set to the maximum number of erroneous operation identifications 206 in the table indicated by 0 (S2115). Also, S21
If the maximum number of erroneous operations 201 is not smaller than the acquired number of erroneous operations in 13, the maximum number of erroneous operations 201 remains unchanged,
Similar processing is performed for the next operation identification. When the number of erroneous operations in the erroneous operation number table 190 has been checked for the number of erroneous operation counters 191, the analysis of the number of erroneous operations is completed, and the erroneous operation identifications operated most frequently are registered in the maximum number of erroneous operation identifications 206. Here, it is assumed that the result of this processing is as shown in FIG.

When the maximum number of erroneous operation identifications is detected as described above, the form determining section 17 of the display form changing section 174 further proceeds.
4 (a), the form change permission unit 174 (b) performs the following processing. Form determination unit 174 (a), form change permission unit 174
The operation of (b) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the form determining unit 174 (a) refers to the maximum function identification in the table shown in FIG.
From 0, the most frequently performed misselection command and the correction command corresponding to this misselection command are acquired (S220).
1). Next, the form determining unit 174 (a) refers to the display command storage unit 102 and determines whether or not the display positions of the acquired erroneously selected command and the corrected command in the command display unit 101 are adjacent (S2202). . If it is determined that both commands are adjacent to each other, the form change permission unit 1
In step 74 (b), rewriting of the contents stored in the display command storage unit 102 is permitted (S2203), and the display positions of the erroneously selected command and the correction command on the command display unit 101 are separated (S2204). If it is determined that the two commands are not adjacent to each other, the form change permission unit 174 (b)
Does not permit the change of the display mode of both commands on the command display unit 101, and the display mode is not changed. Here, the erroneous selection command and the correction command with the largest number of erroneous operations from FIGS. 19 and 20 are “delete” and “character modification”, respectively. In the command display unit 101 of FIG. Since the “.” 303 are adjacent to each other, the form change permission unit 174 (b) permits the change of the form, and the “Delete” 302 and “Character Modification” 303 command displays are separated from each other as shown in FIG. Will be.

In the present embodiment, the display form of the most frequently operated erroneous operation command and correction command is changed. However, this is because the number of erroneous operation commands and correction commands whose number of operations exceeds a predetermined number is changed. The display mode may be changed. Then, in the above embodiment, a series of operations are stored in the erroneously selected command storage unit 172,
This is periodically counted by the erroneous operation number storage unit 173. However, every time a series of operations is stored in the erroneously selected command storage unit 172, the operation number table 190 of the erroneous operation number storage unit 173 is searched, and the same result is obtained. If the combination of the erroneous selection command and the correction command is not registered, the erroneous operation identification is added and registered. If the same is registered, the number of erroneous operations of the corresponding erroneous operation identification is added by one. 173 may store an erroneous selection command, a correction command, and the number of erroneous operations.

[0049]

With the configuration described above, the command display control device according to the present invention has the following effects. First, according to the invention of the present application, the command display deletion unit periodically searches the number of selections of the command selected by the user from the commands displayed in the predetermined area of the display unit stored in the selection count storage unit. The display of the command whose number of selections is equal to or less than the predetermined number is deleted from the predetermined area of the display means, so that the user can use the display means without using a complicated customizing function. Can be automatically deleted from the predetermined area, and an unused command is not displayed, so that an inconvenience of erroneously selecting an unused function is eliminated and operability is improved.

Further, according to the present invention, command information is displayed on the display means by the command information display means in accordance with a user's instruction, and the command corresponding to the displayed information is displayed on the predetermined area of the display means by the command display adding means. If the command is not displayed in the box, the command is added to a predetermined area of the display unit.
Commands that have been once deleted from the predetermined area of the display means or commands that have not been displayed in the predetermined area from the beginning can be automatically added and displayed in the predetermined area of the display means without using the customization function. Can display frequently used commands without too much burden, thereby improving operability.

Further, according to the present invention, the continuous operation storage means periodically counts the number of times a series of operations performed by the user has been performed, stored by the continuous operation storage means, and stores the count in correspondence with the operation. The continuous operation command display adding means,
A series of operations within a predetermined order counted from the operation having the largest number of operations is searched for as one function, and a command for executing this function is displayed in a predetermined display format in a predetermined area of the display means. Display additional within. By such an operation, a series of frequently performed operations including the selection of a command can be integrated into one command, and the user can perform a time-consuming process at one time, so that the operability is significantly improved.

Further, according to the present invention, the erroneous selection command interrupted or canceled by the erroneous operation correction means and the correction command selected immediately after the erroneous selection command are stored by the erroneous selection command storage means. The number of times that the erroneously selected command and the corrected command match from this stored content is periodically counted, stored in association with the erroneously selected command and the corrected command, and the display mode changing means searches and stores the stored content. The display mode of the display means of the display means of the erroneously selected command and the correction command which is within a predetermined order, counting from the one with the largest number of times, is changed. By such an operation, it is possible to automatically change the display mode of the command in response to an erroneous operation based on the display mode such as the arrangement order, the size, and the shape between the displayed commands, and the operability is improved. Furthermore, it is possible to improve the cause of an erroneous operation performed by the user unconsciously, such as a habit of the user.

Further, when changing the display mode of a command which is likely to be erroneously operated, a mode determining means for determining whether or not the display mode of the erroneously selected command and the correction command whose display mode is to be changed satisfies a predetermined condition. When the display position of the erroneously selected command and the correction command satisfies a predetermined condition, the display form change permission means for permitting change of the display form of the erroneously selected command and the correction command is determined. If provided, before attempting to change the display mode, the mode determination means determines whether the display mode of the erroneously selected command and the correction command satisfies a predetermined condition, and determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied. In this case, the change of the display mode of the erroneously selected command and the correction command is permitted by the display mode permission unit. By such an operation, for example, the incorrect selection is that the display position of both commands is within a predetermined distance, and that predetermined conditions such as approximation of the shape, pattern and size of both displayed commands are causes of the incorrect selection. Is estimated, and the display form of the erroneous selection command and the correction command is changed according to the condition of the command. If the cause of the erroneous selection is in the form between the displayed commands, the cause is determined. This can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a table for storing the number of times a command is selected.

3A is a diagram illustrating a command display unit before a command display is deleted, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating the command display unit after a command display is deleted;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a selection count storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a command display deletion unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an information processing apparatus according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a storage form of a help content storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a help content display unit.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

10A is a diagram illustrating a command display unit before a command display is added, and FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating the command display unit after a command display is added.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an information processing apparatus according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an operation storage table.

FIG. 13A is a diagram showing an operation count table;
(B) is a diagram showing a storage operation number counter table.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a table of a continuous operation display adding unit.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a continuous operation count storage unit and a continuous operation display addition unit.

16A is a diagram illustrating a command display unit before a multifunction command is added, and FIG. 16B is a diagram illustrating the command display unit before a multifunction command is added.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing an information processing apparatus according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an operation storage table that stores operation elements of interruption and cancellation.

19A is a diagram illustrating an erroneous operation number table, and FIG. 19B is a diagram illustrating an erroneous operation function counter table.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a table of a display form changing unit.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating operations of an erroneous operation number storage unit and a display mode changing unit.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation of a form determination unit and a form change permission unit.

23A is a diagram illustrating a command display unit before a command display mode is changed, and FIG. 23B is a diagram illustrating a command display unit before the command display mode is changed; is there.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 Command display unit 102 Display command storage unit 103 Input unit 104 Function execution unit 105 Selection count storage unit 106 Command display deletion unit 201 Operation count counter 601 Help content storage unit 602 Help display unit 603 Command display addition unit 111 Continuous operation storage unit 112 Continuous operation number storage unit 113 Continuous operation display addition unit 121, 181 Operation storage table 131 Stored operation number counter 132 Operation number table 172 Error operation number storage unit 173 Error operation number storage unit 174 Display form change unit 174a Form judgment unit 174b Form change permission unit 191 Erroneous operation function counter 192 Erroneous operation number table

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A command in an information processing apparatus for displaying a command for executing at least a part of an executable function in a predetermined area of a display means and executing a process for a command selected by a user from the displayed commands. A display control device, comprising: a selection count storage unit configured to store, for each command, a selection count of a command selected from commands displayed by a user in a predetermined area of the display unit; A command display control device, comprising: a command display deleting unit that periodically searches for and deletes a display of a command whose selection number is equal to or less than a predetermined number from within a predetermined area of the display unit. 2. The command display control device according to claim 1, further comprising: command information display means for receiving information from a user and displaying information on a command for executing an executable function on a display means; When a command corresponding to the information displayed by the command information display means is not displayed in the predetermined area of the display means, a command display addition means for adding the display of the command to the predetermined area of the display means, Command display control device provided. 3. An information processing for displaying a command for executing at least a part of the executable function in a predetermined area of the display means and performing a predetermined process by a series of operations including selection of the displayed command by a user. A command display control device in the device, comprising: a continuous operation storage means for storing a series of operations performed by a user; and periodically counting the number of times the series of operations stored in the continuous operation storage means are performed. A continuous operation count storage unit that stores in association with an operation and a continuous operation count storage unit are searched, and a series of operations falling within a predetermined order counted from those having the largest number of operations as one function. And a continuous operation command display adding means for additionally displaying a command for executing the command in a predetermined area of the display means in a predetermined display format. 4. The command display control device according to claim 1, further comprising: an erroneous operation correcting means for interrupting or canceling a command selected by the user according to an instruction of the user; A command selected or canceled by the user immediately after processing by the erroneous operation correcting means, and an erroneous command stored in the erroneous selection command storing means. The number of times that the selection command and the correction command match is periodically counted, and the number of times of operation error storage means for storing the number of times of error operation is stored in association with the error command and the correction command. Within a predetermined area of the display means for incorrectly selected commands and correction commands that fall within a predetermined order counting from the most A display form changing means for changing a definitive display mode, command display control device provided with a. 5. A form determining means for determining whether or not a display form of an erroneously selected command and a correction command whose display form is to be changed satisfies a predetermined condition. 5. A form change permitting means for permitting change of the display form of the erroneously selected command and the correction command when it is determined that the display form of the erroneously selected command and the correction command satisfies a predetermined condition.
Command display control device as described.