JPS6238907A - Numerical controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a composite display of necessary pieces of information collected from plural pictures on one screen by adding a division picture or replacing an active picture principally by a central processor under an input screen division command according to picture division control information stored in a storage device. CONSTITUTION:The central processor 10 adds a division picture or replaces an active picture on a character display device 13 on the basis of the picture division control information stored in the storage device 12 according to a control mode as the picture division command inputted to an input device 11 to make a composite display of necessary pieces of information collected from plural picture on one screen, thus monitoring relative pieces of information on the picture at the same time. Consequently, even when pieces of information to be referred to are on plural pictures separately, necessary parts are cut selectively and pasted on the same.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a numerical control device equipped with a character display device.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 9 is an output display state diagram of a character display device connected to a conventional numerical control device (hereinafter referred to as an NC device).
In the figure, 20 is a screen, within which various letters 21 such as alphabets and katakana are laid out and displayed.

Furthermore, since there is a limit to the number of characters that can be displayed on one screen, the information handled by the NC device can be displayed by providing multiple screens.

Next, the operation will be explained. Conventional NC devices form one screen information by assigning meaning to each screen and organically combining the related information as described above. Therefore, the operator of the NC device By selectively checking each related screen in sequence,
This allows you to grasp the content of one piece of information.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Conventional numerical control devices are configured as described above, and although related data on one screen are organically combined,
Since there is a limit to the number of characters that can be displayed on a screen, large pieces of data must be divided and displayed on separate screens. Therefore, there is a problem in that related data is separated into two or more screens and cannot be referenced at the same time.

This invention was made to solve the above problems, and even if the information you want to refer to is divided into multiple screens, it is possible to selectively extract the necessary parts and layout them on the same screen. The purpose is to obtain a numerical control device that can.

[Means for solving problems]

The numerical control device according to the present invention inputs screen division management information and general information into the input device, stores double-sided division management information in the storage device, and executes the control based on a predetermined screen division command from the input device. , screen size and position in the above screen division management information.

The central processing unit calculates screen processing information according to priority, etc., and based on the calculation results, extracts information to be referenced from multiple screens on one screen and displays them simultaneously on a character display device. This is what I did.

[For production]

The central processing unit in this invention adds a split screen or replaces an active screen on a character display device based on screen split management information stored in a storage device and in accordance with a control mode that is a screen split command input to an input device. Necessary information gathered from multiple screens is displayed in a composite manner on one screen, allowing related information to be viewed simultaneously on the same screen.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1st
In the figure, 11 is an input device for screen division management information and general information, 12 is a storage device that stores the screen division management information input to the input device 11, 13 is a character display device, and 10
Based on the above-mentioned screen division management information and in accordance with the screen division command, the process adds a divided screen and replaces the active screen, and forms a divided screen on the character display device based on the processing results.

In addition, FIG. 2 shows this divided screen L, 20 is the first screen before division, 22 is the second screen after division, and this second
The content of the screen 22 is completely different from the text 21. As shown in FIG. 3, this split screen is formed by superimposing a second screen 22 on a first screen 20, so that the lower half of the first screen 20 is displayed. No other information is displayed here. Note that the arrow indicates the direction in which a person views the screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram modeling FIGS. 2 and 3, and 30 is screen division management information stored in the storage device 12, including the screen size, position, priority, etc. necessary for dividing the screen. Contains data such as active switch status. 31 is a displayed screen image, which is shown three-dimensionally. According to this, normally, when there is only one screen, only the part marked ■ is displayed. However, if the screen is divided into several bales, it will look like the above model. In this example, the number of display screens is three, and the priority order is 0 → ■ → ■ (
The item with the highest priority is displayed more in front. ).

These three screens are managed by the control information shown below in the screen division information.

Screen size and position: Size of screens X and Y and their display positions Priority: Screens with higher priority are visible on the front side.

Active switch: When this switch is ON, access to that screen is possible.

Next, the operation of the numerical control device of the present invention will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, it is checked whether the information inputted from the input device 11 is a screen splitting command (step 0). If it is not a screen splitting command, the process moves to the next process, for example, normal screen display. On the other hand, if it is a screen division command, the command is analyzed (steps @, @, @). For convenience of explanation, we will limit the explanation to the following three basic commands, and their functions will also be described.

0PEN command: Adds one split screen and makes it the active screen.

CLO8E command: Close the currently active screen,
The other remaining screens are set as active screens.

CHANGE command: Makes the currently active screen non-active and makes the other specified screen the active screen.

The functions of each of these instructions are realized by subroutines, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8.

First, Figure 6 is a split-screen open 7o-chart showing the procedure called by the 0PEN command, and Figure 7 is a C
Figure 8 is a flowchart for closing a split screen showing the procedure called by the I, O8E command.
12 is a flowchart of changing the active screen showing a procedure called by a command.

Below, these flowcharts will be explained in order.

To open the split screen in Figure I6, input the multi-screen size, screen position, etc. using the input device 11 in an interactive manner, and set the priority higher than the existing one (step [phase]).The data is sent to the screen split management information. (Step O). Thereafter, the currently active screen is made inactive and the new screen is made the active screen. This is done using the active switch in the screen division management information shown in FIG. 4 (step [phase]).Next, the active screen that has just been registered is displayed (step O).

Screen display is handled by extending the existing screen display procedure so that it can specify the screen size and screen position.

Next, the split screen sunset shown in figure M7 will be explained. Closes the specified screen among the screens that have been opened so far. First, if the number of screens currently open is one or less, nothing is done (step O). On the other hand, if there are two or more screens, the currently active screen is checked based on the screen division management information, and all of its data is canceled (step O).

Next, one of the remaining screens is set as the active screen. Normally, the screen with the highest priority among the remaining ones is set as the active screen (step O). Next, as in FIG. 6, the screen is updated and displayed (step 0).

Furthermore, the active screen change shown in FIG. 8 will be explained. An active screen is a screen whose display can always be updated. The user performs data input, etc. on this active screen. Of these multiple open screens, only one screen can be used (during a single task, it is possible to make multiple screens active with restrictions in the multitasking system).The active screen can be changed.

First, a new active screen is input using the input device 11 (step O). Next, the active switch of the screen division management information of the designated screen store is turned ON, and the one that was ON until now is turned OFF. Also, the priority order is to exchange the output screen and the new screen (step @). Next, the screen is updated and displayed as in FIG. 6 (step 0).

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of screens can be divided and displayed on the same screen based on various screen splitting instructions. At the center is a screen splitter 5 stored in a storage device.
Based on the management information, the system is configured to add split screens and replace the active screen according to input screen split commands, so necessary information collected from multiple screens can be displayed in a composite manner on one screen. This has the effect of allowing related information to be viewed simultaneously on the same screen. In addition, switching between split screens does not involve any troublesome operations.
It has the effect of being convenient to use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block connection diagram of a numerical control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a divided screen display state of a character display device of this invention, FIG. 7M3 is a display model diagram, and FIG. The figures are model diagrams of split screen management, Figures 5 and 6.
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the display state of a conventional screen. 10 is a central processing unit, 11 is an input device, 12 is a storage device, and 13 is a character display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] an input device for inputting screen division management information and general information, a storage device for storing the screen division management information, and a screen size, position, A central processing unit that calculates screen processing information according to priority, etc., and a character that extracts information to be referenced from multiple screens on one screen and displays them simultaneously based on the calculation results of this central processing unit. A numerical control device equipped with a display device.