JPH11312008A - Display and record medium for recording display screen design program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display for displaying an operated state of plural outside equipments on a display screen all the time, and a record medium for recording a display screen design program. SOLUTION: This is a display equipped with an image memory 2 for storing the image information of a screen and connected with plural outside equipments 3 for displaying plural state screens 4 for displaying the operated state of each outside equipment 3 on a display screen 1. Each state screen 4 is formed by dividing the display screen 1 for independently storing the state image information of the screen in the image memory 2, and the consumption amounts of the image memory 2 are suppressed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention records a display device which is connected to a plurality of external devices via a control device such as a programmable controller and displays the operated state of each external device, and a display screen design program. It relates to a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of display, there is a display having a structure shown in FIGS. In this apparatus, an image memory for storing image information is provided, and a plurality of status screens B connected to the plurality of external devices A and displaying the operated states of the respective external devices A are displayed on the display screen C. However, in this case, each state screen B is only displayed in a predetermined area as a part of image information on the display screen C, and the state image information of each state screen B can be stored in the image memory independently. Is not formed by dividing the display screen C as shown in FIG.

More specifically, as shown in FIG.
External device A1, second external device A2, and third external device A3
Are connected to three external devices A. As shown in FIG. 7, the first display screen C1 includes a first state screen B1 and a second state screen B2 that respectively display operated states of the first external device A1, the second external device A2, and the third external device A3. , And a third state screen B3 are displayed. When the "stop" button of the second state screen B2 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 8, the second display screen C2 displays "stopped" in which only the state image information of the second state screen B2 has been changed. . Further, when an abnormality occurs in the first external device A1, as shown in FIG.
3 displays "abnormality occurrence" in which only the state image information of the first state screen B1 has been changed. That is, the display screen C is composed of a plurality of screens displaying different operated states of the external devices A.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional display device, a plurality of status screens B, which are connected to a plurality of external devices A and display the operated states of the respective external devices A, can be displayed on a display screen C. .

[0005] However, the display screen C is displayed on each external device A.
Since each state screen B is displayed as a part of the image information on the display screen C, the image memory must store the image information on the plurality of display screens C. Must.

That is, the display screen C is displayed on the (first external device A).
Number of status screens B for 1) * (Number of status screens B for second external device A2) * (Status screen B for third external device A3)
), And the image memory is consumed more as the number of connected external devices A increases. Therefore, when the storage capacity of the image memory is taken into consideration, it is substantially impossible for the display screen C to always display all the operated states of the external device A on each state screen B. Therefore, when the display screen C needs to always display the operated state of the external device A, one device is connected to each external device A as shown in FIG.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to design a display capable of constantly displaying the operated states of a plurality of external devices on a display screen, and to design the display screen. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium recording a display screen design program.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device having an image memory for storing image information and being connected to a plurality of external devices. A display for displaying a plurality of status screens on the display screen for displaying the operated state of the display screen, wherein each of the status screens stores the status image information of the screen independently in the image memory. It is configured to be divided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display device of the first aspect, a zoom switch for enlarging and displaying the status screen is provided on the status screen.

The recording medium storing the display screen design program according to the third aspect is connected to a plurality of external devices and displays a plurality of status screens for displaying operated states of the external devices on a display screen of a display. In the display screen design program, each state screen is formed by dividing the display screen so that the state image information of the screen can be independently stored in the image memory of the display.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The body is formed in a substantially boxed bottom shape and has an opening, and a CR mounted on the opening of the body is provided.
A screen section made of T for displaying a display screen 1 and an image memory 2 mounted on a printed circuit board (not shown) mounted inside the box of the body and storing image information of the screen. You.

[0013] Then, connected to seven external devices 3 including a first external device 31 to a seventh external device 37, a first status screen 41 to a seventh status screen 4 corresponding to each external device 3.
7 is displayed on the display screen 1, has status image information, and displays the operated state of each external device 3. The status image information of each status screen 4 includes, for example, “normal operation”, “abnormality”, “stop”, “start”,
“Stopped”, “Restart operation”, etc., or a combination thereof.

Here, each status screen 4 is not displayed as a part of the image information of the display screen 1 in a predetermined area of the display screen 1, but is formed by dividing the display screen 1 and forming the status image information. Are displayed individually and independently. The image memory 2 stores not the image information of the plurality of display screens 1 but the state image information of each state screen 4 obtained by dividing the display screen 1 independently. When a plurality of operating states are displayed, memory consumption is reduced.

The operation of this is similar to that of the conventional example.
For example, when the "Stop" button is pressed on the status screen 4,
The display screen 1 displays “stopped” in which only the image information of the second state screen 42 has been changed. When an abnormality occurs in the first external device 3, the display screen 1 displays "abnormality" in which only the image information of the first state screen 42 is changed.

Next, a design method for a user to design the display screen 1 using a recording medium storing a display screen design program will be described with reference to FIG.

The display screen design program is stored in a floppy disk 5, and a plurality of state screens 4 are created by dividing the display screen 1 so as to display state image information independently. More specifically, as shown in FIG.
The user loads the floppy disk 5 into the personal computer 6 and starts the display screen design program. Then, the display screen 1 is freely divided, and the station number 4a, the screen number 4b, the reference area 4c, the number of screens 4d, and the like of the external device 3 are set for each of the divided predetermined areas.
Each state screen 4 that displays the operated state of is created. Here, the procedure for creating the state screen 4 is the same as that of the related art, and there is no restriction due to the division of the display screen 1.

Next, a method for changing the status screen 4 by the user will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when changing the first status screen 41, the fifth status screen 45, and the seventh status screen 47 corresponding to the first external device 31, the fifth external device 35, and the seventh external device 37, respectively, The screen 4 is designated, and data in each data area 4e is changed independently. Here, since each status screen 4 is formed by dividing the display screen 1, each external device 3
Only the status screen 4 corresponding to is changed independently.

In the display of the first embodiment,
As described above, each state screen 4 is formed by dividing the display screen 1 and the state image information of each state screen 4 is independently stored in the image memory 2. Unlike the related art in which a plurality of different operation states are displayed and the image memory 2 stores the image information of the plurality of display screens 1, the display screen 1 is used instead of the display screen 1.
Is stored, the consumption of the image memory 2 can be suppressed, the operated states of the plurality of external devices 3 can be constantly displayed on the display screen 1, and the state image information can be stored. Only independently created or modified,
The time for the user to create or change the status screen 4 can be reduced.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the second embodiment, functions different from those in the first embodiment will be described, and members having substantially the same functions as those in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, the zoom switch 45a for enlarging and displaying the screen is set to the fifth external device 35 corresponding to the fifth switch.
The status screen 45 is provided. And seven external devices 3
When only the fifth external device 35 is used, since the fifth state screen 45 is divided and the screen is small, the zoom switch 45a is turned on and the enlarged display is performed.

In the display of the second embodiment,
As described above, the zoom switch 4 for enlarging and displaying the screen
Since 5a is provided on the fifth state screen 45, when only the fifth external device 35 of the seven external devices 3 is used,
The zoom switch 45a of the fifth state screen 45 is turned on, the fifth state screen 45 divided in the display screen 1 is enlarged and displayed, and the operated state of the fifth external device 35 is displayed in an easy-to-view manner. The device 35 can be easily operated.

In the second embodiment, the zoom switch 45a is provided on the fifth state screen 45.
And may be provided on all the status screens 4 without any limitation.

[0024]

According to the display device of the present invention, each state screen is formed by dividing the display screen, and the state image information of each state screen is independently stored in the image memory. Unlike the conventional case where a plurality of different operation states of the external device are displayed and the image memory stores the image information of the plurality of display screens, the state of each state screen is not a display screen but a division of the display screen. Since the image information is stored, the operated state of the plurality of external devices can be constantly displayed on the display screen while suppressing the consumption of the image memory. Can reduce the time to create or change the status screen.

According to the display device of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the display device of the first aspect, a zoom switch for enlarging and displaying a status screen is provided on the status screen. When only the external device is used, turn on the zoom switch of the status screen corresponding to the specific external device, enlarge the split status screen in the display screen,
The operated state of the external device is displayed in an easy-to-view manner, and the external device can be easily operated.

The recording medium storing the display screen design program according to the third aspect is connected to a plurality of external devices and displays a plurality of status screens for displaying operated states of the respective external devices on a display screen of the display. In the case of a display screen design program, each state screen is formed by dividing the display screen so that the state image information of the screen can be independently stored in the image memory of the display device. In addition, the operated states of a plurality of external devices can be constantly displayed on the display screen, and only the state image information of each state screen is independently created or changed, thereby reducing the time for the user to create or change the state screen. Can be

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram when a status screen is created using the above display screen design program.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram when a status screen is changed using the display screen design program according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 (a) shows the zoom switch in an off state,
(B) is a state screen diagram when a zoom switch is in an ON state.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is a first display screen diagram of the above.

FIG. 8 is a second display screen view of the above.

FIG. 9 is a third display screen diagram of the above.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram in which one device is connected to each of the external devices according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 display screen 2 image memory 3 external device 4 status screen 45a zoom switch

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display device having an image memory for storing image information and displaying a plurality of status screens connected to a plurality of external devices and displaying operated states of the respective external devices on a display screen. A display device, wherein each of the status screens is formed by dividing the display screen so that status image information of the screen can be independently stored in the image memory. 2. The display according to claim 1, wherein a zoom switch for enlarging and displaying the status screen is provided on the status screen. 3. A display screen design program for displaying, on a display screen of a display, a plurality of status screens connected to a plurality of external devices and displaying operated states of the respective external devices, wherein each status screen is the screen. A display medium for recording a display screen design program, wherein the display screen is divided and formed so that the state image information can be independently stored in an image memory of the display.