JPS60250478A - Picture display control system of state transition diagram - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form efficiently a state transition diagram by calculating automatically the area in which a picture to be inputted next is displayed when inputted graphic symbol is displayed in the lowermost position of the picture in a display unit. CONSTITUTION:When it is decided that a graphic symbol A is displayed in the lowermost position, a display area calculating section 8 calculates a page corresponding to the area in which the graphic symbol is displayed, and at the same time, shifts the graphic symbol, and calculates a page corresponding to the display area and display area section when displaying the graphic symbol again in the uppermost end of picture after shifting. Then, the graphic symbol displayed in the picture and picture display area mesh address calculating section 5 is called by a graphic picture erasing section 9 to position the graphic symbol in the uppermost end of display area corresponding to the next page.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides a so-called state transition diagram in which a text string is written inside and a plurality of graphical symbols having different shapes for each state are arranged in a tree structure. , relates to a screen display control method in the process of creating a graph using a graph ink display device.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

When creating a state transition diagram, for example, a state showing the call control state of an electronic exchange, using a graph ink display device, it is desired that the diagram can be created efficiently.

Figure 6 shows an example of a state transition diagram. When creating such a tree-structured state transition diagram, the creator inputs a graphic symbol indicating the shape of the graphic symbol from an input section such as a keyboard. information, text string information indicating the text string written in the graphic symbol, branch number information indicating the number of branches, etc., are input sequentially, and the text string is written inside on the screen of the display device. This is done while checking the graphical symbols displayed one after another. For example, the sixth
In the state transition diagram shown in the figure, a branch consisting of graphic symbols A1, A2, .
A branch consisting of graphic symbols C1, C2, and C3 at a branch point,・
...Finally, the creation is completed by inputting the branch consisting of the graphic symbols G1, G2, and G3 of the branch part. The input graphic symbols are displayed sequentially from top to bottom on the screen of the display device, and when they reach the bottom of the screen, the screen remains stationary but no further graphic symbols can be input. cannot be confirmed on the screen. Therefore, the creator needs to specify the area where the subsequent screen will be displayed and display it on the screen in order to confirm the input information.

In addition, when the state transition diagram to be created has branches as shown in Figure 6, if the area on the screen where the branch part is created is not on the current display screen, the area where the branch part should be displayed is must be specified and displayed on the screen.

Therefore, in the above case, the creator has to specify the area to be displayed each time, resulting in a problem of reduced work efficiency.

[Means for solving problems]

An object of the present invention is to provide a state transition diagram screen display control method that solves the above problems.

According to the present invention, the area on the screen where the subsequent graphic symbol is to be displayed is automatically specified when the input graphic symbol is displayed at the bottom edge of the screen. an analysis department that analyzes information entered into the department;
an extraction unit that extracts at least graphic symbol information and text character string information from the output of the analysis unit; a storage unit that stores the extracted information; and the display that displays graphic symbols based on the information from the storage unit. a screen display area determination unit that determines whether or not the displayed graphic symbol is located at the bottom edge of the screen of the display unit; A display area calculation section that calculates a page on which a graphic symbol is located, and a screen erasing section that erases the current screen that is displayed to the bottom of the screen of the display section, and the input graphic symbol is displayed on the screen of the display section. , the screen is erased and the graphic symbol displayed at the bottom is redisplayed at the top of the screen corresponding to the page calculated by the display area calculation unit. It is characterized by

Further, according to the present invention, when displaying and creating a graphical symbol of a branch on the screen, the area on the screen where the graphical symbol of the branch is to be displayed is automatically specified. , an analysis section that analyzes information input to the input section, an extraction section that extracts at least figure symbol information, text string information, and branch number information from the output of this analysis section, and a storage that stores the extracted information. a mensch address calculation unit that calculates a mensch address of the display unit in which the graphic symbol is to be displayed based on information from the storage unit, and a mensch address calculation unit that determines whether or not a series of graphic symbol inputs for the branch are completed. a branch input end determination unit that determines whether a branch number is stored in the storage unit; a branch number determination unit that determines whether a branch number is stored in the storage unit; and a page number that calculates a page number of a page on which a graphic symbol of a branch to be displayed is located. A calculation unit, a page number determination unit that determines whether the calculated page number is the same as the page number of the currently displayed page, and a screen deletion unit that deletes the screen. , the page on which the graphic symbol of the branch to be displayed is located is automatically displayed.

The present invention forms the concept of a page in which a set of a plurality of graphic symbols and the coordinate positions on the screen where these graphic symbols are displayed are defined as one unit, and input is performed in units of one page. ing. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the four principles of the page. When the state transition diagram shown in the figure is created on the screen of a display device, a page is expressed on the screen as seven graphic symbols in the X-axis direction, Y
It is expressed as a unit having a display area of, for example, 10 graphic symbols in the axial direction. In the figure, the display area corresponding to each page is shown separated by a broken line, and each page has page numbers 01, 02, 01, 02, etc. ...12 is added and shown.

One graphic symbol is displayed within a mesh that indicates the minimum unit display area on the screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display area corresponding to the page with page number O1,
Each mesh is shown separated by a dashed line. The position of each mesh on the screen can be represented by a mesh address, and in the figure, the mesh address M, 1. l M
1, 2...M7.10 is shown. Therefore, once the mesh address at which the graphic symbol is to be displayed is calculated, the page containing the mesh address can be calculated.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In the diagram, ■ indicates information necessary for the creator to create a state transition diagram, such as graphic symbol information indicating the shape of the symbol, text string information indicating the text string written in the graphic symbol, etc. This is the human power department that inputs commands including. Reference numeral 2 denotes a command analysis unit that analyzes the contents of input commands, and 3 a graphic symbol extraction unit that extracts graphic symbol information, text character string information, and the like. 4 is a data storage unit that stores extracted information in various data areas in order to manage the connection status of graphic symbols, etc. 5 is a data storage unit that stores the extracted information in various data areas in order to manage the connection status of graphic symbols, etc. 5 is a data storage unit that stores the extracted information in various data areas to manage the connection status of graphic symbols, etc. This is the calculation of the screen display area mesosure address. 6 is a graphic display on which the input graphic symbol is displayed; 7 is a screen display area determination unit that determines whether the input graphic symbol is displayed at the bottom edge of the screen of the graph ink display 6; be. Reference numeral 8 denotes a display area calculation unit that calculates on which page the graphic symbol to be input after the graphic symbol t displayed at the bottom edge of the screen is located, and reference numeral 9 designates a graph ink screen erasing unit that erases the display screen. be.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to processing flowchart 1 shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the graphic symbols A1, A2, . . . in the state transition diagram shown in FIG.
Assume that a branch consisting of A13 is created.

When the creator inputs information from the input section 1, it is analyzed by the command analysis section 2 and then displayed as a graphic symbol.

Graphic symbol information, text character string information, etc. are extracted in the extraction section 3, and these information are stored in the data storage section 4. In the screen display area mesh address calculation unit 5,
The menu address on the screen where the input graphic symbol should be displayed is calculated, and the graphic symbol is displayed in the display area on the screen of the graph ink display 6 corresponding to the calculated mesh address. In this way, by sequentially inputting information, graphic symbols A1, A2, A3, . FIG. 3(A) shows the display state of graphic symbols on the screen of the graph ink display 6. FIG. When the creator, while looking at the screen of the graphic display 6, has tentatively determined that the graphic symbol AIO is displayed at the bottom end of the screen, he inputs a simple command from the input unit 1 without being aware of the area. This command passes through the command analysis section 2 and then passes through the screen display area determination section 7.
to determine whether the graphic symbol AIO is displayed at the bottom edge of the screen (step Sl). When it is determined that the graphic symbol AI'O is displayed at the bottom,
The display area calculation unit 8 calculates a page corresponding to the area in which the graphic symbol AIO is displayed (step S2),
And when shifting the graphic symbol AIO and redisplaying the graphic symbol AIO at the top of the screen after shifting,
Set the next page and display area corresponding to that display area to 5
Do ('J) (step S3). Here, the display area section is the display area of the graphic symbol AIO displayed at the bottom of the screen that is subtracted from the display area of the next page expressed in page units. Next, the graphic screen erasing unit 9 erases the graphic symbols AI, A2, . . . AIO displayed on the screen in step S4.
), calls the screen display area mesh address calculation unit 5 and places the graphic symbol A at the top end of the display area corresponding to the next page.
The display is redisplayed so that the IO is located (step S5).

FIG. 3(B) shows a state in which the graphic symbol A10 is redisplayed on the screen. On the redisplayed screen, the creator selects graphic symbol A10, followed by graphic symbol A.
ll, A12, and A13 can be created.

According to this embodiment, when a graphic symbol is displayed at the bottom of the screen, the display area where the graphic symbol should be displayed is automatically calculated, so it is not necessary for the creator to specify it each time. This improves the efficiency of creating state transition diagrams.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram further illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an input section, 2 is a command analysis section, 3 is a graphic symbol extraction section, 4 is a data storage section, 5 is a screen display area mensch address calculation section, and 6 is a graph ink display. It has the same functions as those in the embodiment.

Furthermore, in the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a branch input end determination unit that determines whether or not a series of graphic symbol input for a branch has been completed, and 11 indicates whether the number of branches is stored in a stack (not shown) of the data storage unit 4. 12 is a page number calculation unit that calculates the page number of the page on which the graphic symbol of the branch to be displayed is located; 13 is the page number calculation unit that calculates the page number of the page currently displayed. A page number determining section 14 determines whether the page number is the same as the page number, and a graph ink screen erasing section 14 erases the display screen.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the processing flowchart shown in FIG. In this embodiment, it is assumed that a state transition diagram shown in FIG. 6 is created. As explained with respect to Figure 6, this state transition diagram 4.1-f 'J'
After a technique consisting of graphic symbols Δ1, A2, . Graphic symbol A with branch 41'
1, A3, and A9, a command including branch number information indicating the number of branches as well as graphic symbol information and text character string information is input to the input section l. The branch number information is extracted in the graphic symbol extracting section 3, and is stored in the data case ゛Pattern section 4.
is stored in the branch number stack. The branch number stack is 1
Linked to various information such as graphic symbol information,
Contains page concept information.

Creation of a branch consisting of graphic symbols AI, A2...A13 ■, ~ The branch human power completion determination unit 1o determines whether or not there is a graphic symbol input, and if there is no graphic symbol input, it is determined that the branch human power has ended. (Step Sl). When the branch input is completed, the branch number determination unit 11 reads the branch number stack in the data storage unit 4 and determines whether there is a branch number (step S
2). If the number of branches is not input, it is determined that there is no branch, and if the number of branches is input, the corresponding number of branches in the branch number statistics is calculated, and then the shape of the branch of the branch to be manually created is calculated. The mesh address of the symbol B1 is calculated by the screen display area mesh address calculation unit 5 (step S3
). The page number calculation unit 12 calculates the page number of the page where the graphic symbol B1 to be input is located based on the calculated address (step S4). The page number determining unit 13 determines whether the calculated page number is the same as the page number of the page currently displayed on the screen of the display 6 (step S5).

If they are not the same, the display screen is erased by the graph ink screen eraser 14 (step S6), and the corresponding page where the graphic symbol Bl of the technique of the branching part to be input exists is displayed on the screen of the display 6 (step S7). ). Then, the graphic symbols B1 and B2 of the technique of the branching part are sequentially input and created (step S8). If they are the same in step S5, graphic symbols B1 and B2 are created by sequentially inputting them while leaving the display screen as is (step S8). In the above step S1, if there is a graphic symbol input, that is, if the input of one branch is not completed, the address of the next input graphic symbol is calculated by the graphic display area mesh address calculation unit 5 ( step S9), thereafter steps S4, B5...
- Processing of B8 is performed.

According to this embodiment, when creating a branch of a branch, the display area in which the graphic symbol of the branch should be displayed is automatically calculated, so it is not necessary for the creator to specify it each time, and the state transition The efficiency of diagram creation is improved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, when a state is created using a graph ink display device, if an input graphic symbol is displayed at the bottom position on the screen of the display device, the area where the next screen to be input is displayed is Since it is automatically calculated, there is no need for the creator to specify it, and the graphic symbol displayed at the bottom will be redisplayed at the top of the calculated area, allowing the creator to efficiently transition states. It becomes possible to create a diagram. In addition, if the state transition diagram to be created has branches, the area in which the graphic symbol of the branch of the branch should be displayed is automatically calculated, so the creator does not have to specify it each time, and this improves the production efficiency. can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 Fig. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display in the embodiment of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the present invention; 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a state transition diagram, and FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the concept of a page. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the mensch address. In the figure, 1 is an input section, 2 is a command analysis section, 3 is a graphic symbol extraction section, 4 is a data storage section, 5 is a screen display area mensch address calculation section, 6 is a graph ink display,
7 is a screen display area determination unit, □8 is a display area calculation unit, 9
and 14 indicate a graphic screen erasing section, lO a branch input end determining section, 11 a branch number determining section, 12 a page number calculating section, and 13 a page number determining section. Patent applicant: Fujitsu Co., Ltd. Representative patent attorney Mori 1) Hiroshi (1 other person) (A) 3 years old (F5) ℃

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a screen display control method where a state transition diagram is created on the display section of the display device while inputting information to the display device, an input section for inputting information and the information input to this input section are analyzed. an analysis section, an extraction section that extracts at least graphic symbol information and text string information from the output of the analysis section, a storage section that stores the extracted information, and a graphic symbol displayed based on the information from the storage section. a mesh address calculation unit that calculates a mesh address of the display unit to be displayed; a screen display area determination unit that determines whether a displayed graphic symbol is located at the bottom edge of the screen of the display unit; a display area calculation unit that calculates a page on which a graphic symbol to be inputted is located, and a screen erasing unit that erases the current screen that is displayed to the bottom of the screen of the display unit, When displayed at the bottom edge of the screen of the display section, the screen is erased and the graphic symbol displayed at the bottom edge is positioned at the top edge of the screen corresponding to the page calculated by the display area calculation section. A screen display control method for a state transition diagram, characterized in that the state transition diagram is redisplayed. (2) In a screen display control method for creating a state transition diagram on the display section of the display device while inputting information to the display device, an input section for inputting information and analyzing the information entered manually into this input section are used. an analysis section; an extraction section that extracts at least figure symbol information, text string information, and branch number information from the output of the analysis section; a storage section that stores the extracted information; and an extraction section that stores the extracted information; a mental address calculation unit that calculates a mesh address of the display unit that is to display a graphic symbol; a skill input end determination unit that determines whether input of a series of graphic symbols for a branch has been completed; and the storage unit a branch number determination unit that determines whether or not a branch number is stored in the page; a page number calculation unit that calculates the page number of the page on which the graphic symbol of the branch to be displayed is located; It is equipped with a page number determination unit that determines whether the page number is the same as the page number of the displayed page, and a screen erasing unit that erases the screen, and when creating a branch, the position of the graphic symbol of the branch that should be displayed. A screen display control method for a state transition diagram, which is characterized by automatically displaying a page to be displayed.