JPS61285531A - Multi-function icon controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the display and selection of a multi-function icon at a high speed by providing a pointing device controller, a icon display controller and a icon controller which controls said devices. CONSTITUTION:A display memory 10 which transmits the video signals to a CRT device 11 is connected to a system common bus via an ALU 8, a mem ory 9, a controller 17 and a display controller 12. At the same time, a pointing device controller 13 which controls a pointing device for input of data is con nected to the common bus together with a icon data controller 14 which stores and controls the data on the function, position, form, menu, etc. of each icon and a icon display controller 15 which displays a menu when a icon is selected by means of said data stored in the controller 14. These controllers are con trolled by a icon controller 16. Then the selection operations are executed for the icon and menus.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention provides a calculation If device that displays and selects functions using icons, in which when one icon is selected, the icon display changes to a plurality of selection items; The present invention relates to a multifunctional icon control I device that allows any item to be selected from among the displayed selection items.

Conventional technology Fig. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional computer device, and 1 indicates ALL.
I (Allsmetic and Lo.

lc LJnit), 2 is memory, 3 is display memory,
4 is a CRT device; 5 is a display control device that generates a video signal from the contents of the display memory 3 and displays it on the CRT device 4; 6;
7 is a pointing device control 'I device that controls the pointing device and manages data input; 7 is an AL
Ul, memory 22 display system a device 5. This is a control unit that controls the movement of the pointing device control device 6.

The operation of the icon control of the conventional computer device configured as described above will be explained below.

First, the control m+ device 7 sends display data of an icon to be displayed from the memory 2 to the display memory 3, and uses the display control device 5 to display the icon on the CRTIIfJ. At the same time, the position of the icon display area displayed on the display memory 3 is stored. In many cases, the number of icons displayed is multiple. Next is the control system! 17 moves the position of the cursor on the CRT device 4 according to the movement of the pointing device when the switch attached to the pointing device is pressed. lJ all
l Input the device. If the input cursor position is within the icon display area of any of the first stored arccons, the function corresponding to that icon is executed.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional configuration as described above, each data of an icon (position 1 function 1 display data, icon status, etc.) is stored in the memory, and when displaying, the display data is transferred from the memory. When you retrieve the icon and transfer it to the display memory and display it, or when you check the position indicated by the pointing device, you retrieve the icon position from the memory and compare the current position of the pointing device. Processing requires a lot of memory access and requires a lot of CPU time. Display and selection operations took time because functions such as comparison and transfer were being executed.

Also, since it takes time to display/select icons,
When you select one icon, the icon display changes to multiple selection items, and you can select any item from the displayed selection items.
This method has problems such as the inability to perform selection operations at high speed.

In view of this, the present invention provides a multi-functional icon display/selection control in which when one icon is selected, the icon display changes to multiple selection items, and any item can be selected from the displayed selection items. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multifunctional icon control device that can perform operations at high speed.

Means for Solving the Problems The multifunctional icon control device of the present invention includes a pointing device control device that receives information from a pointing device, the function of each icon, its position on the screen, the shape of the icon, and the information provided by the pointing device. An icon data management device that stores and manages menu data to be displayed when selected; and an icon data management device that displays an icon on the screen and displays the contents of the menu data at the position of the icon when the icon is selected; An icon control device that controls an icon display management device for storing, a pointing device control device, an icon data management device, and an icon display management device and manages icon selection operations and menu selection operations.
t device.

With this configuration, when the icon control device obtains information (including location information) from the pointing device control device that a switch attached to the pointing device has been pressed, it uses the icon data management device to check whether a corresponding icon exists. , if the icon exists, the icon display management device is used to display the menu of that icon, and the pointing device control device and the icon display management device are used to select items on the displayed menu, so data is transferred to the CPU. It is possible to quickly display and select icons and menus without the need for comparison, memory access, etc.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the multifunctional icon t+ control device of the present invention. In Figure 1, 8 is an ALU, 9
is a memory, 10 is a display memory, 11 is a CRT device, 12
13 is a display device that generates a video signal from the contents of the display memory 10 and displays it on the CRT device 11; and 13 is a pointing device 1liil III! that controls the pointing device and manages data input. Place,
14 is an icon data management device that manages the function of each icon, its position on the screen, shape information of the icon, the number of menus, and menu data displayed when an icon is selected; 15 is managed by the icon data management device Icon display management Vtm, ie uses icon data to display an icon on the screen, when the icon is selected, displays the contents of the menu data at the position of the icon, and stores the display position d of the menu on the screen. Pointing device system all device 13 and icon data management device 14
and an icon control device 17 that controls the icon display management device 15 and controls icon selection operations and menu selection operations.
is ALLJ8. Display control device 12. Icon control device 1
1 and II control device that controls 6.

Multifunctional icon vl of this embodiment configured as above
The operation of the IIIH position will be explained below.

First, it is assumed that data for each icon is initially set in the icon data management device [14] as shown in FIG. The icon data indicates icon 1101.
4 Icon function identifier 18 ・ Icon position information on the screen 19 ・ Icon shape information 20 ・ Number of menus that the icon has 2 Menu data 2 that is the contents of the menu
It is assumed that the icons are stored in the format 2, and data continues for each icon. It is also assumed that the cursor moves on the CRTi device 1 according to the movement of the pointing device.

For example, suppose that U is displayed on the CRT device 11 as the icon function identifier of a predetermined icon, as shown in FIG.
The operation of each function when performing the selection operation of the KM menu will be explained using the flowchart of FIG.

First, at 23, the icon ItlJ @ device 1G
gives a command to the pointing device management system [113] and inputs the status of the switch attached to the pointing device (information on whether the switch has been pressed, current cursor position, switch number ¥f). If the switch is in the pressed state, the following 24 processes are performed. If the switch is not pressed, the process in step 23 is repeated. In step 24, the icon control device 16 informs the icon data management device 14 of the state of the switch obtained in step 23, of the cursor position when the switch was pressed. A command is given to check whether there is an icon whose position corresponds to the position information of the icon registered in the icon data management device M14. If the existence is confirmed by the report, the process moves to 25, and if it does not exist, the process of 23 is given. Return to processing. , 25, the icon control device i16 instructs the icon display management device 15 to display the menu data of the icon specified in 24. In this case, the screen display will be as shown in Figure 4 (
b), and the icon function identifier is n.
In this case, [Item 1] to [Item 4] correspond to, for example, the paper size on which printing is performed. At 26, the icon control device 16:
The pointing device management device 13 is used to detect the point in time when the switch attached to the pointing device is released, and at the same time input the position information of the cursor when the switch is released. At 27, the icon control device 16 controls the icon display tube Iq! The device 15 is used to determine whether the cursor position input at 26 is within the currently displayed menu area. If the cursor position is outside the menu area, the process returns to step 23. If the cursor position is within the menu area, the selected menu item is determined using the position of the menu display area stored in the icon display management 8/15. In step 28, the icon control device 1G notifies the υ control device 17 of the selected icon and its selected menu item, and in the case of the above example, the icon control device 1G informs the υ control device 17 of the selected icon and its selected menu item.
] The process waits until printing using the specified paper size is executed and completed, and at the time it is completed, the process moves to step 23.

As described above, according to this embodiment, there is provided a pointing device management device that manages information from a pointing device, the functions of each icon, the position on the screen, the shape of the icon, and the menu data displayed when the icon is selected. Remember, Suga L11! an icon data management device that displays an icon on a screen, displays the contents of menu data at the position of the icon when the icon is selected, and stores the display position of the menu on the screen; and a pointing device. By providing an icon control device that controls the management 1a, the icon data management device, and the icon display management device and manages icon selection operations and menu selection operations, data transfer and comparison, memory access operations, etc. are performed by the CPU. You can quickly display and select icons and menus without having to do so.

As described in detail, the multifunctional icon control device of the present invention allows the CPU to transfer and compare data.

Since no memory access operations are performed, icons and menus can be displayed and selected quickly, which has a great practical effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the multifunctional icon control device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an icon data pipe of the same embodiment]! I!
An explanatory diagram of the storage format of icon data managed by liN, Fig. 3 is an operation flowchart of the same embodiment, Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a screen display example in the same embodiment, and Fig. 5 is an illustration of the storage format of icon data managed by liN. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a computer device. 8... ALU, 9... Memory, 10... Display memory, 11... CRT device, 12... Display control device,
13... Pointing device control device, 14...
- Icon data management device, 15... Icon display management device, 16... Icon control device, 17... Control device Fig. 2 Fig. 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pointing device control device that manages information from a pointing device, and an icon data management device that stores and manages the functions of each icon, its position on the screen, the shape of the icon, and menu data to be displayed when that icon is selected. , an icon display management device that displays an icon on a screen, displays the contents of menu data at the position of the icon when the icon is selected, and stores the display position of the menu on the screen; a pointing device control device; and an icon data management device. A multifunctional icon control device comprising: an icon control device that controls the device and an icon display management device and manages icon selection operations and menu selection operations.