JPS63148377A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform a designated operation, by enabling the size of operation guiding information to be changed. CONSTITUTION:Firstly, icon patterns IP1a-IP4 are read out in order from a magnetic disk device 18, and are displayed on a display device 16. In such state, for example, if it is desired to reduce the icon IP1b and magnify the icon IP2a, a size change icon IP4 is designated by a cursor IK first, and next, the icon IP1b is designated by the cursor IK, and furthermore, the icon IP2a is designated, and after that, the size change icon IP4 is designated again. In such way, the size of the display of the icon pattern IP1b stored in the magnetic disk device 18 is reduced, and that of the icon pattern IP2a is magnified. Therefore, the icon IP1a is displayed in a reduced size, and the icon IP2b in a magnified size on the device 16.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to an information processing Vl that is capable of, for example, editing and registering image information, and searching and outputting registered image information. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus in which a process is executed when an operator selects operation guide information displayed in a display area.

(Prior Art) In this type of information processing device, in order to improve operability, a plurality of icons as operation guide information are displayed on a display device, and these icons are specified using a mouse as an instruction means. The required processing is executed.

By the way, the icons displayed on the display device are generally
Its size is assumed to be constant. For this reason, when there are a large number of icons, it takes time to search for a desired icon.

In addition, if the size of the icon is fixedly changed, some icons are more noticeable to the operator and others are less noticeable depending on the size. , it took time to specify the required icon, and the operability was poor.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention solves the problem caused by the size of operation guidance information displayed on a display device being fixed to a specific size, and the purpose and purpose of the invention are The present invention aims to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily perform designated operations and improve operability by making the size of operation guide information changeable.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a display means for displaying operation guidance information, a storage means for storing the operation guidance information and display size information of the operation guidance information. and an instruction means for instructing the operation guidance information, and when the instruction means specifies a change in the display size of the operation guidance information, the corresponding display size information in the storage means is changed, and the display size information is changed. and a control means for changing the display size of the operation guide information according to the size information.

(Operation) In the present invention, when a change in the display size of operation guidance information is specified by the instruction means, the 111111 means performs the following:
The display size information of the operation guidance information stored in the storage means is changed, and the display size of the operation guidance information is changed and displayed on the display means based on the changed display size information. I have to.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information processing device.

The control unit 11 performs overall control of the information processing apparatus using various programs stored in the main memory 12. The control unit 11 includes a scanner device 13 as a means for reading image information, which obtains an electric signal according to the document image by scanning the document image (not shown) with, for example, a laser beam. an optical disk device 14 for recording image information; a keyboard 1 having function keys for inputting unique search information corresponding to the image information; and various operation commands;
5. Read by the scanner device 13 and read by the control unit 1
1 or optical disc V
A CRT display device (cathode ray tube display device) 16 consisting of a color bitmap display serves as a display means for displaying image information read out from the R114 and supplied via the control unit 11, and is read by the scanner device 13, The image information supplied via the control unit 11 or read from the optical disk device 14 is transmitted to the control unit 1.
A printer device 17 that prints out image information etc. supplied through the printer 1, for example, displays a title table consisting of search titles corresponding to image information as search information inputted from the keyboard 15, and icons to be described later. information,
Also connected are a magnetic disk device 18 in which icon display position information and the like are stored, and a mouse 19 for moving a cursor displayed on the CRT display device 1t16 and selectively specifying similarly displayed icons.

FIG. 2(a) shows the display information of the icons stored in the magnetic disk device 18, and this display information includes display size information MDI, MD2, MD3, and their respective corresponding ones. Various icon patterns with the same display content but different sizes, such as large and small IPla
, IPlb, IP2a, IP2b, IP3a, IP3b
, tl: and size-changeable icon pattern rP4 (default value). Also, in this storage state, the icon pattern IPla.

The display size information MDI corresponding to IPlb is set to large, and the display size information MD2 and MD3 corresponding to the icon patterns IP2a to IP3b are set to small.

In the above configuration, the icon display operation will be explained.

When power is supplied to the information processing device, the control unit 11 performs the following operations.
The operations shown in FIG. 3 are performed.

First, in step STI, the magnetic disk drive [18
The display position information of the icon is read out, and step ST
2, the icon patterns IP1a to IP4 stored in the magnetic disk device 18 are sequentially read out. At this time, for the icon patterns IP18 to IP3b, either a large or small icon pattern is read based on the display size information MOI to MD3, respectively, and displayed according to the read display position information. That is, in the case of a sandwich icon that indicates cutting out image information, the larger icon pattern IP1b is read out, and in the case of a pencil icon that adds required information to the image information, and an eraser icon that deletes a part of the obscene information, the larger icon pattern IP1b is read out. , the smaller icon pattern IP2a.

IP3a is read and displayed. Figure 4(a) shows C
It shows the initial display state of the RT display device 16, and the icons IP1b, IP2a, IP3a, IP
4 as well as a cursor IK for pointing to an icon or the like. Note that the icon patterns stored in the magnetic disk device @18 and the icons displayed on the CRT display device 16 are given the same reference numerals.

In this display state, in step ST3, the mouse 1
9, it is determined whether or not the size change icon IP4 has been designated by the cursor IK. As a result, the icon IP1b other than the size change icon IP4
~ If IP3a is specified by cursor IK,
In step ST4, the specified icon IP1b-IP
The process according to step ST3a is executed, and then the control is transferred to step ST3 again.

On the other hand, the size change icon IP4 by cursor IK
is specified, the size change icon IP4 is inverted as shown in FIG. 4(b) in step ST5,
The operable status is set and displayed. In this state, if you want to make the icon IP1b smaller and the icon IP2a larger, for example, as shown in FIG. 4(C), first specify the icon IP1b with the cursor IK1).
Next, the icon IP2a is designated 2), and then the size change icon IP4 is designated again (3).

Then, in step ST6, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the display size information MDI corresponding to the icon patterns IP1a and IP1b stored in the magnetic disk device 18 is
is changed from large to small, and the icon patterns IP2a, I
Display size information MD2 corresponding to P2b is changed from small to large. In step ST7, the magnetic disk device 1
8, the icon patterns IP1 to IP4 are read out again and displayed. At this time, the icon pattern IP1a is read out for the sandwich icon, and the icon pattern IP21) is read out for the pencil icon.

Therefore, the display on the CRT display device 116 is
As shown in FIG. 4(d), the icon IP1b is small,
Icon IP2b is enlarged. After this, control 1 part 1
In step ST3, control is again transferred to step ST3.

According to the above embodiment, the display size information MD1 to MD3 is stored in the magnetic disk device 18 in correspondence with the icon patterns IP1a to IP3b, respectively, and a change in the display size of a desired icon is specified by the cursor IK. In this case, the display size information of the specified icon is changed, and the icon is displayed according to the changed size information. Therefore, it is possible for the operator to change the size of frequently used icons as desired, making it possible to highlight the icons that are necessary for the operator, and to quickly perform icon selection and designation operations. This makes it possible.

Furthermore, since the changed display size information is retained until it is changed again, there is no need to specify a change each time, which is convenient.

Next, other embodiments of the invention will be described.

In the above embodiment, the size of the icon displayed on the CRT display device 18 is changed.
This invention can be applied, for example, to changing the size of a display character pattern indicating the processing content of a function key displayed on the CRT display device f18.

FIG. 5(a) shows display information regarding function keys stored in the magnetic disk drive f[18, and this display information includes display size information MDI, MD2,
MD3, display character patterns FP1 a-FP3b for various function keys with the same display content but different sizes, for example large and small, and display character patterns IP4 for changing the size (default value).
It is composed of.

In such a configuration, by the same operation as in the above embodiment, the CRT display device 16 first displays the image shown in FIG.
As shown in a), the display character patterns FP1b are displayed in a large size, and the display character patterns FP2a to FP4 are displayed in a small size.

In this display state, when a function key (not shown) corresponding to the display character pattern FP4 indicating size change is operated on the keyboard 15, this display character pattern FP4 is displayed in reverse video as shown in FIG. 6(b). Ru. After this, for example, first, the display character pattern FPI b
Operate the function key corresponding to the display character pattern FP2a, then operate the function key corresponding to the display character pattern FP2a, and then select the display character pattern FP whose size is changed again.
When the function key corresponding to No. 4 is operated, the display size information MD1 corresponding to the display character patterns FP1a and FP1b of the magnetic disk drive 18 is changed from large to small, as shown in FIG. Character pattern F
Display size information MD2 corresponding to P2a and FP2b is changed from small to large. In this case, these display character patterns are read out again and displayed. At this time, the display character pattern FP1a is read out for copy display, and the display character pattern FP2b is read out for print display. Therefore, the display on the CRT display device 16 is
As shown in Figure (C), the displayed character pattern FP1a is made smaller, and the displayed character pattern FP2b is made larger.

Similar effects can be obtained by the above embodiments as well.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
For example, an icon and a display character pattern corresponding to a function key are displayed on a CRT display device, and the display size of the icon can be changed by operating a function key corresponding to the display character pattern for changing the size. It is also possible to change the display size of the keys by specifying and operating a size change icon.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to an information processing device using an optical disk has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to information equipment such as a personal computer. is also possible.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the display size of the operation guidance information can be changed according to the operator's wishes, thereby making it possible to easily perform a designated operation. , it is possible to provide an information processing device that can improve operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining icon display information, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are icon size changing operations, respectively. 5 and 6 show other embodiments of the present invention, respectively. FIG. 5 is a diagram shown to explain display information of function keys, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation of changing the size of display information corresponding to a function key. 11... Control unit, 15... Keyboard, 16...
CRT display device, 18... magnetic disk device, 19... mouse. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue (a) (b) (C) (d) Figure 4

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) Display means for displaying operation guidance information, storage means for storing the operation guidance information and display size information of the operation guidance information, instruction means for instructing the operation guidance information, and this instruction means When a change in the display size of the operation guidance information is specified by , the corresponding display size information in the storage means is changed, and the display size of the operation guidance information is changed according to this display size information. An information processing device comprising: a control means for changing the information processing device. (2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation guide information consists of an icon, and the instruction means consists of a mouse. (3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction means includes a function key, and the operation guide information is a display corresponding to the function key. (4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage means stores operation guidance information of different sizes for each operation guidance information.