JPH1195737A - Display processing method and device, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make instantly visible the character string of an input mode name to be changed at the time of changing the input mode name and a character string, whose character are inputted and which is being subjected to a KANNA(Japanese syllabary)-KANJI(Chinese character) conversion even in a television having low resolution by displaying the character string with a magnified display mode over the time from the beginning of the starting of display changeover of the character string to a fixed time. SOLUTION: This device is contructed by the constilution of the electric connection between a television receiver 1 having low resolution and a personal computer main body 2 made so as to utilize the receiver 1 as a monitoring machine. Then, whether the operation of a keyboard or the like is present or not is judged in the personal computor main body 2 and when the operation is performed, the class of the operation whether it is the changing of an input mode or the inputting of a character string is judged. Then, the changing of the input mode become the starting of a magnified display mode simultaneously and the character string of the input mode name is magnified to be displayed, for example, like αcontinuos Roman characters and KANJIsβ. After a fixed time, the input mode name of the α continuous Roman characters and KANJIsβ is displayed at one corner of a screen and the display of the receiver is restored to the display (conventional display) of an original normal display mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display processing method and apparatus for displaying a character string of a document created using a word processing function of a personal computer on a television receiver, and a storage medium. ,
In particular, even a low-resolution television receiver generally used at home can immediately recognize the character string of the input mode name that changes when the input mode is changed or the character string that is being input and converted to kana-kanji characters. Related to the technology to make it readable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Personal computers, which play a part in the information society, are widely used for business purposes, particularly in government offices and corporations, and have been remarkably developed for private use in ordinary households. In addition, this type of personal computer can display a character string of a document created using a word processor function on a monitor and freely develop the created document while referring to the monitor display. Things.

Under these circumstances, there has been a demand from users for providing personal computers at a lower cost, and in recent years, in addition to the development of communication networks such as the Internet, general homes have been required. There is also a demand that a television receiver for personal computers be used as a monitor for a personal computer.

[0004] These demands cannot be met simply by providing electrical wiring so that a television receiver for home use can be simply used as a monitor of a personal computer.

[0005]

That is, in the prior art,
When a general-use television receiver is used as a monitor, the number of scanning lines is less than half that of a general-purpose personal computer, except for exceptions, and character strings are always displayed at low resolution on a monitor. , Which is disadvantageous from the viewpoint of visibility.

On the other hand, when the word processor function is used, the display of the character string of the input mode name and the character string during the Kana-Kanji conversion is very important in supporting the operation, and is always displayed. There is a need.

For this reason, even when the monitor is displayed at a low resolution, the display portion of the character string indicating the input mode name must be located at one corner of the screen due to the balance with the monitor screen. Since a small character string is displayed at low resolution, it is difficult to read the input mode name.

In addition, since the character string of the conversion candidate for identifying that the kana-kanji conversion is being performed is expressed in the displayed text, especially when displayed on a monitor at a low resolution, the identification is included in the text. The character string of the conversion candidate to be performed is usually lost.

Furthermore, if a small character font is used in order to display as much information as possible, the character string of the input mode name that is changed when the input mode is changed, and the kanji characters during the kana-kanji conversion, especially the second-level kanji characters In the display state, visibility is extremely deteriorated.

[0010] Due to such various inconveniences, conventionally, there has been a problem that using a television receiver for home use as a monitor of a personal computer lacks practicality.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to change an input mode even in a low-resolution television receiver generally used at home. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to use the monitor as a monitor device that can immediately visually recognize and read a character string of an input mode name that is sometimes changed or a character string that is being input and is undergoing kana-kanji conversion.

[0012]

The invention according to claim 1 (or 5) of the present invention relates to a display processing method (apparatus) for monitoring and displaying a character string created using a word processor function of a personal computer. An enlarged display step (means) for displaying a character string in an enlarged display mode for a predetermined period of time from the beginning of the display switching of the character string.
And a normal display restoring step (means) for displaying the character string displayed in the enlarged display mode in the normal display mode after the lapse of the predetermined time.

According to the invention described in claim 1 (or 5) of the present invention, the character string is displayed in the enlarged display mode for a predetermined period of time from the start of the display switching of the character string. Even if the low-resolution television receiver used at home is a monitor, the display switching character string is enlarged and displayed on the screen of the monitor, so that it can be immediately visually recognized and read. become.

This effect is particularly remarkable when a small character font is used to display as much information as possible, and when the enlarged display mode is displayed in the display state of the second level kanji. .

Further, after a certain period of time has passed since the display was switched to the enlarged display mode, the display is restored to the original display in the normal display mode (conventional display). It is possible to prevent the enlarged display from obstructing the whole sentence on the screen or resuming the sentence creation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the character string enlarged and displayed is a character string of an input mode name changed by changing the input mode. Item 1 (or 5) The display processing method (apparatus).

Here, the change of the input mode includes, for example, Roman kanji (input a kanji kana mixed sentence), kana kanji (input a kanji kana mixed sentence), half-width alphanumeric kana (half-width character input), code shift JIS ( It means that the mode is changed to any of the modes such as symbol, external character, second level kanji, etc.) and symbol (input symbol, external character, second level kanji, etc.). The character string of the input mode name changed when the input mode is changed is always displayed at one corner of the screen in the conventional display.

According to the invention described in claim 2 (or 6) of the present invention, the input mode name in which it is difficult to visually recognize a monitor having a low resolution in a conventional display which is displayed at one corner of the screen. Is greatly enlarged and displayed on the screen, and the desired input mode can be correctly recognized. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an error in the operation of inputting the character string from occurring.

In the invention according to claim 3 (or 7), the character string to be enlarged and displayed is a character string being converted into a kanji by a character string input.
(5) The display processing method according to any one of (1) to (5).

Here, the character string under kana-kanji conversion by character string input has been underlined or recolored so as to be able to identify that the kana-kanji conversion is under way.

According to the invention described in claim 3 (or 7) of the present invention, in the case of a monitor having a low resolution, the kana-kanji conversion which has been lost in a sentence in the conventional display is being performed. The character string of the conversion candidate to be identified is enlarged and displayed in the text. Thus, the character string of the conversion candidate to be identified can be easily identified as a desired conversion candidate without being confused in the text.

According to a fourth or eighth aspect of the present invention, the monitor display of the character string is performed for a low-resolution television receiver. One of the display processing methods described above.

According to the invention described in claim 4 (or 8) of the present invention, several television receivers that are widespread in each household are to be monitored, so that personal computers can be used. Versatility is further improved.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in a display processing apparatus for monitoring and displaying a character string created by using a word processor function of a personal computer, a predetermined constant value is set from the beginning of switching of character string display. An enlarged display step of displaying a character string in the enlarged display mode over time, and a normal display restoring step of displaying the character string displayed in the enlarged display mode in the normal display mode after the lapse of the predetermined time. The program is stored on a storage medium.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the program stored in the storage medium is executed by a personal computer, thereby achieving the same effect as the first aspect (or the fifth aspect). Since the character string display is performed in the enlarged display mode for a predetermined period of time from the beginning of the display switching of the character string, even if the low-resolution television receiver generally used at home is a monitor, Since the display switching character string is enlarged and displayed on the screen of the monitor device, it can be immediately visually recognized and read.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the character string displayed in an enlarged manner is a character string of an input mode name changed by changing an input mode. Storage media.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the program stored in the storage medium is executed by a personal computer, thereby achieving the same effect as the second aspect (or the sixth aspect). In a conventional display that is displayed at one corner of the screen, a character string indicating an input mode name that is difficult to visually recognize as a monitor with a low resolution is greatly enlarged and displayed on the screen, so that a desired input mode can be correctly recognized. In addition, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of an error in the operation of inputting a character string.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, the character string to be enlarged and displayed is a character string undergoing a kana-kanji conversion by inputting a character string. is there.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, a program stored in a storage medium is executed by a personal computer, thereby achieving a resolution similar to that of the third or seventh aspect. In the case of a monitor device with a low display, a character string of a conversion candidate that should be identified as a kana-kanji conversion that has been lost in a sentence in the conventional display is enlarged and displayed in the sentence. Thus, the character string of the conversion candidate to be identified can be easily identified as a desired conversion candidate without being confused in the text.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, the monitor display of the character string is performed for a low-resolution television receiver. .

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the program stored in the storage medium is executed by a personal computer, whereby the fourth aspect (8) is realized.
Similarly to the invention described in (1), since television receivers, which are spread at a rate of several units in each home, can be monitored, the versatility of personal computers is further improved.

[0032]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a personal computer system according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied has a low-resolution television receiver 1 which is widely used in each household at a rate of several units, and this television set. It is constructed by an electrical connection configuration with a personal computer main body 2 in which the receiver 1 is used as a monitor.

The personal computer body 2 basically has a word processor function, and can use this word processor function to change an input mode and perform a character string conversion process corresponding to the input mode.

Here, the change of the input mode includes, for example, Roman kanji (input a kanji mixed kana sentence), kana kanji (input a kanji mixed kana sentence), half-width alphanumeric kana (input half-width character), code shift JIS ( This means that one of the modes such as a symbol, an external character, a second-level kanji, etc. is input, and a symbol (input a symbol, an external character, a second-level kanji, etc.) is changed. When the input mode is changed, the display of the input mode name is switched, and a character string indicating the input mode name has always been displayed at one corner of the screen in the related art.

Also, a character string undergoing Kana-Kanji conversion by character string input has conventionally been underlined or changed in color so that it can be identified.

However, the low-resolution television receiver 1
The character string of the input mode name that changes when the input mode is changed, as in the conventional display, and the character string that is being converted to Kana-Kanji by character string input, are always monitored in the normal display mode. When displayed, in the former display of the character string of the input mode name, since one corner of the screen is the display part of the character string at a low resolution, the conversion converted to the kana-kanji through the character string conversion processing corresponding to the latter input mode In displaying a candidate character string, it is difficult to visually recognize any of the candidate character strings because the character string is lost in the text at a low resolution.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, display processing is executed as described below in accordance with a processing flow as shown in FIG. 2 to solve the above-described problem in the conventional display.

As shown in the figure, first, it is determined whether or not an operation of a keyboard or the like is performed on the personal computer main body 2 (step 201). When the operation is performed, the input mode is changed. It is determined whether the operation type is a character string or a character string input (step 202).

For example, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), an input mode name such as "Kana-Kanji" is displayed at one corner of the screen.
In this input mode, when a sentence such as “Today is the weather” is created, if the user wants to input Roman characters from the convenience of the operator, the input mode will be changed to “Ren-Roman Kanji”.

The change of the input mode is simultaneously performed in step 2
At the start of the enlarged display mode 03, the character string of the input mode name is enlarged as shown in FIG.

As a result, a character string indicating an input mode name that is difficult to visually recognize as a monitor having a low resolution in a conventional display displayed at one corner of the screen is greatly enlarged and displayed on the screen. Can be recognized correctly,
It is possible to prevent occurrence of an error in the operation of inputting a character string.

However, if the state in which the character string in the input mode is enlarged and displayed is left for a long time, it will interfere with grasping the entire text or restarting the text creation.

Therefore, after a lapse of a predetermined time suitable for usability after the display is switched to the display of the enlarged display mode (step 204), as shown in FIG. The input mode name is displayed as described above, and the display is restored to the original display in the normal display mode (conventional display) (step 205), so that the enlarged display that is generated each time during the writing of the text grasps the entire text on the screen. Or
Alternatively, it is possible to avoid an obstacle to restarting the text creation.

On the other hand, when the operation type is character string input, character string conversion processing is started (step 206), and for example, kana-kanji conversion is performed in response to the character string input. This kana-kanji conversion simultaneously starts the enlarged display mode in step 207. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), a character string is added after the state in which the character string is displayed, such as "Today is good". Then, when a character string is input with a Kana character such as "Tenki.", The character string being converted to Kana-Kanji is enlarged as shown in FIG.

Thus, the character string of the conversion candidate to be identified can be easily identified as a desired conversion candidate without being mixed in the text.

Next, in order to avoid obstructing the grasp of the entire sentence or the restart of the sentence creation, after a lapse of a predetermined time (step 208), as shown in FIG. Is good weather. "Is restored to the original display in the normal display mode (conventional display) (step 209).

As described above, according to this embodiment, a low-resolution television receiver generally used at home is used as a monitor, but the input mode name changed when the input mode is changed is changed. Since the character string or the character string being converted to Kana-Kanji is enlarged and displayed on the screen of the monitor, it can be immediately visually recognized and read.

This effect is particularly remarkable when a small character font is used in order to display as much information as possible, and when the enlarged display mode is displayed in the display state of the second level kanji. .

Further, after a certain period of time has elapsed since the display was switched to the enlarged display, the display is restored to the original normal display (conventional display). It is possible to avoid an obstacle in grasping the entire text or restarting text creation.

In addition, since television receivers, which are widely used in several households, are used as monitor devices, the versatility of personal computers is further improved.

Further, the contents of the display processing in this embodiment can be stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk in the form of a program. Therefore, by executing the stored program on a personal computer,
With the conventional display that is displayed in one corner of the screen, the character string indicating the input mode name that is difficult to see if it is a monitor with a low resolution or the character string during kana-kanji conversion can be greatly enlarged and displayed on the screen, Also, after a certain time has elapsed from the start of the enlarged display, the display can be restored to the original normal display (conventional display).

[0053]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the input mode name that is changed when the input mode is changed even in a low-resolution television receiver generally used at home. It can be used as a monitor that can immediately visually recognize and read character strings and character strings that have been input and are undergoing kana-kanji conversion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a personal computer system according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a general flow of display processing in a personal computer system according to an embodiment to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a display transition of a character string of an input mode name that is changed when an input mode is changed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining display transition of a character string during kana-kanji conversion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 television receiver 2 personal computer

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A display processing method for displaying a character string created using a word processor function of a personal computer on a monitor, wherein the character string is displayed in an enlarged display mode for a predetermined period of time from the start of switching of the display of the character string. And a normal display restoring step of displaying, in the normal display mode, a character string displayed in the enlarged display mode after the elapse of the predetermined time. 2. The display processing method according to claim 1, wherein the character string to be enlarged and displayed is a character string of an input mode name changed by changing an input mode. 3. The display processing method according to claim 1, wherein the character string to be enlarged and displayed is a character string that has been input and is undergoing kana-kanji conversion. 4. The display processing method according to claim 1, wherein the monitor display of the character string is performed for a low-resolution television receiver. 5. A display device for displaying a character string created using a word processor function of a personal computer on a monitor, wherein the character string is displayed in an enlarged display mode for a predetermined period of time from the beginning of switching of the display of the character string. A display processing device comprising: an enlarged display unit for performing the operation; and a normal display restoring unit for displaying a character string displayed in the enlarged display mode after a lapse of the predetermined time in the normal display mode. 6. The display processing device according to claim 5, wherein the character string displayed in an enlarged manner is a character string of an input mode name changed by changing an input mode. 7. The display processing device according to claim 5, wherein the character string to be enlarged and displayed is a character string that has been input and is undergoing kana-kanji conversion. 8. The display processing device according to claim 5, wherein the monitor display of the character string is performed for a low-resolution television receiver. 9. A display processing device for displaying a character string created using a word processor function of a personal computer on a monitor, wherein the character string is displayed in an enlarged display mode for a predetermined period of time from the beginning of switching of the display of the character string. And a normal display restoring step of displaying, in the normal display mode, a character string displayed in the enlarged display mode after the elapse of the predetermined time, a storage medium storing a program for executing the steps. 10. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the character string displayed in an enlarged manner is a character string of an input mode name changed by changing an input mode. 11. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the character string to be enlarged and displayed is a character string that has been input and is undergoing kana-kanji conversion. 12. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the monitor display of the character string is performed for a low-resolution television receiver.