JPH11338610A - Object display method and recording medium storing its program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a display method which can display all of displayed objects within a limited display range without overlapping them and can visibly recognize all of them. SOLUTION: The display size of a current page and a display page are acquired (step 101) in order to set and change a display position on a virtual space that is a displayable range or more as the data of a displayed object, the object data which can be displayed without overlapping the objects are acquired (step 103), the display page is calculated from the coordinate (step 104), the page is produced when a page frame is not produced (steps 105 and 106) and the object is entered into the page frame (step 107). On the other hand, when the page belonging to the object is a display page of a reference page (old page) (step 108), a coordinate in the page is calculated (step 109) and it is displayed there (step 110).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an object display method for displaying a plurality of objects, and more particularly, to a method for displaying a plurality of objects in one screen without overlapping within a limited display range. to be able to do,
Set and display the virtual space display position beyond the displayable range.
The present invention relates to an object display method as electronic filing software or file management software for performing processing such as movement and deletion, and a recording medium for recording the software.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is generally said that when a coherent object such as a file or an input / output device is displayed on a display screen of a computer, the object is displayed on the screen. When displaying a large number of objects within a limited display range, such as a screen of only one page of a display device, the number of objects that can be displayed without overlapping is limited. If many objects are displayed overlapping each other within a limited display range, even if the user tries to indicate something to one of them,
Since it does not appear on the surface, there is a problem that it is very difficult to operate when giving an instruction with a mouse or the like. Normally, by performing operations such as drag and drop on a large number of objects one by one, the objects are moved so as not to overlap, and the position is changed. However, if the display range is limited, the operation cannot be performed well. As a result, it is still easy for the user to give an instruction if the objects overlap slightly, but if the number is large, it is difficult to display the objects without overlapping.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional method, when displaying a plurality of objects on the screen, it is impossible to display objects exceeding the number of objects that can be displayed in one display unit without overlapping. In such a case, since the operator cannot visually recognize all the objects, there is a problem in operating the object. Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and even when there are objects exceeding the number of objects that can be displayed in one display unit, all objects can be visually recognized by an operator. To provide a simple object display method and a recording medium.
A second object of the present invention is to provide an object display method that allows an operator to intuitively change the display position of an object. Further, a third object of the present invention is to prevent an operator from accessing a useless page where no object exists for visual recognition, and to improve the efficiency of work up to visual recognition of the target object. It is to provide a display method and a recording medium. A fourth object of the present invention is to
It is an object of the present invention to provide an object display method and a recording medium capable of setting a minimum virtual space and improving the efficiency of work up to visually recognizing a target object. Further, a fifth object of the present invention is to provide an object display method and a recording medium that can arbitrarily set a display range per page, and are suitable for an operator's work environment.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the object display method of the present invention, a step of displaying a plurality of objects in a specific range, a step of setting and changing a display position of an object to be displayed,
Moving the display range in display units (pages), and moving objects located in a range equal to or greater than the display range to the display page. In addition, it has an area where an object can be dropped at the boundary of the display range, and when the operator moves the display position to the area by an operation such as drag and drop,
It is also characterized in that the display position is changed to an adjacent page. In addition, the method includes a step of expanding a virtual space to a page including a located page at the time of displaying an object, and setting only a necessary virtual space. Also, by moving and deleting objects while the object is displayed,
When the page is reduced from the displayed page, when the page is located at the end of the virtual space, it has a step of deleting the range from the virtual space or the virtual space is kept at the minimum size during display. I have. The method further includes a step of storing the display position of the object as a relative position from the reference point on the reference page, and a step of setting and changing the display range per page. Can save the relative display position between objects,
It is also characterized in that it can be displayed.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a personal computer to which the object display method of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, 10 is a personal computer, 11 is an external hard disk or CD-ROM.
A memory such as a ROM, 12 is a display device, 13 is a keyboard, and 14 is a mouse. The CPU of the personal computer 10 loads electronic filing software or file management software stored in the memory 11 into the internal memory and executes the loaded software to manage objects displayed on the screen of the display device 12. . The file management software, which is the object display method of the present invention, includes the steps of: (a) displaying a plurality of objects in a specific range (that is, calculating a display page based on the coordinates of the acquired objects (see step 104 in FIG. 1); )), And (b) a step of setting and changing the display position of the displayed object (that is, a step of calculating coordinates in the page and displaying the object at the coordinates (see step 109)); c) setting a display position in a virtual space beyond a displayable range as data of a displayed object;
Or (d) creating an array for storing objects that have not been created up to the displayed page (see step 106); and (d) moving the display range in display units (pages) (ie. Adding an object to the display page array (step 10
7))).

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display position in a virtual space according to the present invention. In the conventional method, many objects are all displayed in one page indicated by A on the display device. On the other hand, in the present invention, the horizontal direction (Y
Screens B and C), vertical directions (screens D and E in the X direction),
Alternatively, a virtual space such as a depth direction (screens F and G in the Z direction) is set, a display position where many objects do not overlap is calculated, and the screens of these virtual spaces B, C or D, E or F, G are calculated. They are displayed in an array. Depending on the personal computer 10 used, it is possible to arbitrarily determine which of X, Y, and Z to use as the virtual space. Of course, all virtual spaces of X, Y, and Z may be used. Normally, it is sufficient to use only the virtual space Y, only X, or only Z.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an initial display process in the object display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Initial display means that when there are many objects to be displayed, the number of objects that can be displayed without overlapping within a limited display range is limited,
When displaying more objects on one page, one object is displayed so that all the displayed objects can be visually recognized.
This refers to a display state in which objects beyond the page are moved to a display position in the virtual space. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the display size and display page of the current page are obtained (step 10).
1) Next, the data of the object to be displayed is obtained (step 103), and the display page is calculated based on the display coordinates of the object (step 104). That is, the number of objects that can be displayed without overlapping within one page is determined, and the display pages of the objects more than the number are set as pages in the virtual space.
Each coordinate in the page of the virtual space is calculated. Next, the object storage array for each page to be displayed (that is, the page frame in the virtual space) is checked (step 105). If the page frame has not been generated, an ungenerated page An object storage array is generated (step 106),
The object to be displayed is stored in the page frame (step 107). Next, if the display destination page matches the previously calculated display page (step 108), the display position of the object within the page is calculated (step 109), and the object is displayed (step 110). If there are no unacquired objects, the process is terminated (step 102).
Is repeated. Such processing steps allow the operator to visually recognize all objects even for objects exceeding the number of objects that can be displayed in one display unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a display page change process in the object display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the display page change process, the movement of an object between pages is intuitively recognized by an operator. When the object is displayed, it can be moved by the operation of the operator, and the range for useless pages generated when the object displayed on the specific page is reduced due to movement or deletion after the object is displayed. To remove it from virtual space. In order to realize the above, an area that allows an object to be dropped is provided at the boundary of the display range, and the operator moves the display position to the area by performing an operation such as drag and drop, and the display position is moved to the area. When moved, the display position is changed to an adjacent page (page in the virtual space). In FIG. 4, a newly displayed page (an adjacent page in the virtual space) is acquired (step 201), and the currently displayed object is not displayed (step 20).
2) Obtain non-display object data from the object storage array corresponding to the newly displayed page (step 20).
4) The coordinates of the display position of the object in the page are calculated (step 205), and the object is displayed at the position of the calculation result (step 206). If there are no undisplayed objects, the process proceeds to the unnecessary page processing after step 207.
Steps 4 to 206 are repeated. Thus, the operator can intuitively change the display position of the object.

In order to realize the above, when the object is reduced from the displayed page by movement or deletion during display, if the page is located at the end in the virtual space, the range is subtracted from the virtual space. , Keep the virtual space to the minimum size during display. In FIG. 4, after the object is displayed on the page in the virtual space (step 206), if no undisplayed object remains (step 203), the object remains in the object storage array of the old display page (that is, the page frame). Also confirms whether it is not
7). If not, it is confirmed that the old display page is the last page (step 208), and the object storage array (page frame) of the old display page is discarded (step 209).
For example, since a large number of objects exist on one page, the second and third pages of the virtual space are generated, the objects are moved there, and displayed, and then unnecessary objects are reduced. If no object remains in (), the page frame (third page) is discarded and useless pages are deleted. Thereby, the minimum virtual space can be set at all times, and the efficiency of the operation up to visually recognizing the target object can be improved.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a display position changing process in the object display method. In the display position changing process, a range corresponding to a useless page in which no object exists in a space larger than the display range is omitted, the virtual space is minimized, and the displayable area per page can be changed. It is. In order to realize the above, the virtual space is extended to the page including the page at the time of displaying the object, but the unnecessary virtual space is not set. In FIG. 5, the coordinates of the destination specified by an operation such as drag and drop are acquired (step 30).
1) It is determined whether or not the coordinates of the movement destination are in the page boundary area (step 302). If the coordinates are on the current display page other than the page boundary area, the display position of the object is changed from the original display position. Change to coordinates and display (Step 30)
3) Update the object position data (step 3)
04). When the coordinates of the movement destination move to the page boundary area, it is determined whether or not a storage array (page frame) for the movement destination page already exists (step 305). (Step 306). When the page frame is generated, the object is hidden (step 307), the storage destination array of the object is changed (step 307), and the display position information which is data of the object is updated (step 30).
9). That is, if a drop is performed on the boundary area, only the necessary virtual space page frame is generated, the display of the old page object is deleted, and the display of the object is changed to the previously generated page frame. Then, the in-page position data of the object is calculated and updated. Accordingly, the operator does not access a useless page where no object exists for visual recognition, and can improve the efficiency of work until the target object is visually recognized.

In order to realize the above, there is provided a process for storing the display position of the object as a relative position from a reference point on a reference page, and a process for setting and changing a display range per page. Even when the display range per page is changed, the relative display position between objects is preserved and display is possible. In FIG. 5, when it is not a drop to the boundary area (step 302), the object is displayed in the reference page, that is, the old page (step 30).
3) The object position data is calculated and updated (step 304). For movement on the reference page, a relative position is calculated based on the reference point (upper left corner) and stored.
That is, even if the virtual space is generated, it is inconvenient if the usability is not good. Therefore, the virtual space is automatically calculated as a relative position from the reference point of the reference page by software, thereby making it easy for the operator to use. If it is a drop to the boundary area (step 302), the processing of steps 305 to 309 is performed. As a result, the display range per page can be set arbitrarily, so that display suitable for the work environment of the operator can be realized.

If the processes represented by the respective flows shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are converted into programs, and these programs are stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a hard disk, the recording medium is transported. In any given place, the object display method of the present invention can be easily realized. Of course, it is necessary to install hardware such as a personal computer.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The operator can view all of the objects exceeding the number of objects that can be displayed in one display unit, and in that case, the operator can intuitively change the display position of the object, and Since the operator does not access a useless page where no object exists for visual recognition, the efficiency of the operation up to visual recognition of the object can be improved, and the display range per page can be set arbitrarily. Display can be realized according to the environment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of hardware to which an object display method according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual space used by the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart of an initial display in an object display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a display page change process in the object display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an object display position changing process in the object display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 personal computer, 11 memory, 12
Display device, 13 keyboard, 14 mouse.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An object display method for displaying a plurality of objects, comprising: preparing for an object storage array which is a display position in a virtual space larger than a displayable range for data of an object to be displayed; The data of the displayed object of the reference page that has been obtained is acquired, and the display page by the display coordinates of each object is displayed when all the displayed objects are displayed without overlapping using the object storage array. Calculating the object storage array for each page to be displayed, and if the object storage array has not been generated, generates an ungenerated object storage array up to the calculated end page. Storing the displayed object in the array; and calculating the calculated displayed object. If the displayed page is a reference page, calculating the display position of each object within the page and displaying the object. 2. The object display method according to claim 1, wherein, when the object is stored in the object storage array, an area where the object can be dropped is provided at a boundary portion of a currently displayed page, and drag and drop by an operator is performed. An object display method wherein the display position of the object is changed to an adjacent page when the display position is moved to the area by an operation such as the above. 3. The object display method according to claim 2, wherein when the object is stored in the object storage array, the object is displayed on the display page after acquiring a new display page. The virtual space is extended to a page including the page where is located, and only a necessary and sufficient virtual space is set. 4. The object display method according to claim 3, wherein after the object is stored in the object storage array, if the object is moved or deleted from the displayed page during display, the object is displayed. If the page is a page located at the end in the virtual space, the page is deleted from the virtual space, and the virtual space being displayed is maintained at a necessary and minimum size. 5. The object display method according to claim 4, wherein when the object is stored in the object storage array, the display position of the object is stored as a relative position from a reference point on a reference page. When setting or changing the display range of
An object display method characterized by storing a relative display position between objects. 6. A recording medium wherein each step group shown in the object display method according to claim 1 is converted into a program, and the program is stored.