JPS63165912A - Automatic display device for operating procedure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an operator to master an operation in a short time by judging the need of an operating procedure through a computer against an operating error of the operator and displaying said procedure as necessary. CONSTITUTION:It is decided whether an operation is correct or not in response to the processing status for input of a HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary) character 'A'. A correct operation is judged owing to a key input and then displayed on a display screen 21. If an operator operates a function key F1 in a wrong way, the operating procedure is displayed via an window 22 in response to the allowable error frequency 44 and the allowable time 45. The operator is allowed to have continuous operating errors within the frequency 44 and also to have the allowable time 45 to attain the procedure.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an automatic operation procedure display device that displays to an operator the correct operation procedure to be performed by an operator on a computer system having an input device and a display device. It is something.

[Conventional technology]

Eight computer systems are becoming more and more multi-functional and complex, and the operating methods are also becoming more and more complex. On the other hand, as the use of computational number systems has rapidly become widespread, they are increasingly being operated by operators who are not skilled in handling computer systems. In such a situation, the biggest problem is the time it takes to learn how to operate the system.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Guidance (gu) is provided to shorten the time required to learn operating methods.
idance) and error messages (error
essage) and the help function that displays operating procedures have been strengthened. but,
Since guidance and error messages are displayed on the display device, it is not possible to provide detailed explanations due to the display area.
The help function often provides an overview of the function currently being operated, and does not necessarily display the steps for the next operation the operator wants to perform. Further, since the help is not automatically displayed, the operator must press the appropriate key, which poses a problem in that inexperienced operators do not know how to use the help function.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems.If the operator makes a mistake in the interactive input operation between the operator and the computer system, the computer side will ask the operator to perform the correct operation. When we determined that it was necessary to inform users of the procedure, we decided to display the correct operating procedure and the necessary information on the screen in a window.

[Failure to solve the problem]

In this invention, the input information and the time information at the time of manual input of the information are written in an input information storage section in correspondence with each other, and the contents of this input information storage section are examined according to a pre-programmed program statement to allow the operator to perform the correct operation. Determine whether instructions need to be communicated. If it is determined that it is necessary, a window is displayed on the screen to display a corresponding combination of the correct operating procedure and information necessary for the operation, which are stored in advance in the display information section.

[Effect]

According to this invention, only when the operator makes a mistake in operation and the computer determines that it is necessary to inform the operator of the correct operating procedure, the correct operating procedure is shown to the operator via the display window, so that the operator can perform the correct operation in a short time. At the same time, the time it takes for operators to become familiar with correct operations can be reduced.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which (1) is a keyboard and (2) is a pointing keyboard.
Device, (3) is input control section, (4) is input information storage section, (5) is time control section, (6) is display information section, (7)
is a judgment information string, (8) is a processing status, (9) is a judgment unit, (1o) is a screen control unit, (11) is a display device, (1
2) is a processing program.

Various character codes and codes representing various commands are inputted from various keys on the keyboard (1).

A dot pattern (image pattern) of characters corresponding to the input character code is displayed on the display device (11), and the operator observes the display to confirm whether or not the operated keys are correct. The process by which characters input in the form of a code are processed by the screen control unit (10) and displayed on the display device (11) in the form of a dot pattern is well known in the art, and therefore will not be described here.

Pointing device (from 21 to display f (11)
) Displacement information (position movement information) for the display position of the cursor displayed on the screen is input, and the display position of the cursor moves in accordance with the input displacement information. Depending on the type of pointing device (2), there are devices that input position information instead of displacement information. In addition, the pointing device (2) is generally equipped with a switch (single or plural), and the pointing device (2)
It is used to enter commands related to the functions of .

The information input as described above is written in the input information storage section (4) in address order in correspondence with time information given from the time control section (5) to indicate the point in time when the information was input. Since there is a limit to the storage capacity of the input information storage unit (4), after writing to the last address, return to the first address and write again, and at this point the information stored in the first address will be erased. Ru.

Figure f42 and Figure 3 are diagrams showing examples of the display screen of the display device (11) in Figure 1, and (21) is the display screen.

FIG. 4 is a format diagram showing the format of the program statement of the processing professional program (12) in FIG.
) is the pointer to the next program statement, (42) is the processing status, (43) is the processing status (key string that is allowed to be operated with 4, (44) is the number of errors allowed, (
45) is an acceptable time.

For example, operate the "a" key on the keyboard (1). The character code of "A" is inputted back through the input control section (3) to the determination section (9). The determination unit (9) first reads the processing status (81). When determining that the current processing status (8) is "input", the determination information string (7
), the determination information whose processing status (8) is "input" is read. Next, the permissible key string in the determination information is compared with the key "a".

Since the key "A" exists in the allowed key sequence, this operation is determined to be correct and the processing program (
12) Give the code for “A”. At the same time, the code "A" and information indicating the input time read from the time control section (5) are written into the input information storage section (4). The processing program (12) controls the screen control unit (10) to display the character "Aj" corresponding to the code "A" on the display screen (21) of the display device (11) as shown in FIG. do.

It is assumed that the operator next operates the function key "Fl" on the keyboard (1). The determination unit (9) determines the key "Fl" from the processing status (8) and the determination information string (7) corresponding to the processing status (8), in the same way as when the character code "A" is input. Determine whether an operation is a valid operation.

If "Fl" is not included in the allowed key sequence (43), it is determined that the operation is not correct, and "Fl" is stored in the input information storage section (3).
The input time and error information read from the code and time control unit (51) are saved.In this case, if the number of allowed errors (44) and the allowed time (45) are both set to 0, the judgment The unit determines that it is necessary to immediately inform the operator of the correct operating procedure, and reads the display information stored in advance in the display information unit (61) in response to the processing status (42), and sends the screen control unit (10) to the display information unit (61).
The information is displayed on the window (22) in the display screen (21) of the display device (11) as shown in FIG.

In addition, the number of allowed errors (44) and the allowed time (44)
5) can be set to an appropriate value other than 0. In this case, when the operator makes an operation error continuously and the number of errors exceeds the number of allowed errors (44), or when the operator gets lost in the order of operations and sets the number of allowed errors (45). If the correct operation is not performed within the specified time, the above window display can be controlled.

In addition, it is also possible to introduce an artificial intelligence method here and construct a judgment section using judgment information as a knowledge base and treating it as an inference section.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, information regarding correct operation is displayed in a window at the point when the operator most needs it, so that it is possible to provide the most effective education to inexperienced operators, and to Since unnecessary information is not displayed to the operator, it is possible to provide an apparatus suitable for learning the operating method.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing a complete set of embodiments of this invention;
3 and 3 are views showing an example of the display screen of the display device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a format diagram showing the format of the program statement of the processing program shown in FIG. 2. (1) is the keyboard, (2) is the pointing device, (3) is the input side # section, (4) is the input information storage section, (
5) is a time i control section, (6) is a display information section, (7) is a judgment information string, 18) is a processing status, (9) is a judgment section,
(10) is a screen control unit, (11) is a display device, (12)
is the processing program, and (22) is 9 into. Note that the same reference numerals in each figure indicate the same or corresponding parts. Figure 2 Figure 3 Procedural amendment (voluntary) 3. Person making the amendment Representative Moriya Shiki 4 Agent 6 Contents of the amendment (1) Page 3, line 1 of the specification “Calculation number system” Correct "aru" to "computer system." (2) In the 7th line of page 7 of the same book, the words "processing professional program" are corrected to "processing program."(that's all)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An automatic operation procedure display device that displays to an operator the correct operation procedure to be performed by an operator for a computer system having an input device and a display device, comprising: Pointing information regarding the input information to be input and the display position of the cursor to be displayed on the display device.
The positional relationship information input from the device is written in the input information storage section in the order of addresses determined by the order of information input, in correspondence with the time information representing the input time of the information, starting from the last address of the input information storage section. means to return to the initial address and write again in address order, a judgment information string for storing input information based on correct operating procedures, and a means for storing the contents of the input information storage section and the above corresponding to this contents according to the processing status determined by the processing program. a determination unit that compares the contents of the determination information string and determines whether or not it is necessary to notify the operator of the correct operating procedure; a display information unit that stores the correct operating procedure and information necessary for the operation to be displayed to the operator; It is characterized by comprising means for reading out the corresponding information from the display information section and displaying it on the window of the display device via the screen control section when the judgment section judges that it is necessary to inform the operator of the correct operating procedure. Automatic display device for operating procedures.