JPWO2012020497A1 - Information processing apparatus and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

Regarding information processing devices such as computers, in order to organize the desktop screen in a convenient manner for the user, each icon is individually assigned to one or a plurality of groups according to a user operation. Thus, the correspondence relationship between the individual icons and the distribution destination groups of the individual icons is stored, and the group is switched to any one of a plurality of groups to which the icons are distributed according to a user operation.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus such as a computer and an information processing program executed by the computer or the like.

  For example, when operating a notebook personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as “notebook PC”), the shortcut icons for folders and files that are normally used or newly created are arranged on the desktop. Tend to.

  However, the number increases and the desktop is cumbersome, and some people do not want others to see the contents. However, if you store it in another location without placing it on the desktop, you will often find yourself bothered by the fact that it cannot be started immediately or you do not know where it was stored.

  Conventionally, it has been proposed that a program icon and a document icon (data icon) are switched and displayed on a desktop. There is also a proposal for hiding icons that do not have operating authority. It has also been proposed to require a password to display an icon. It has also been proposed to place other desktops below the tree structure and treat other desktops as if they were icons.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-222981 JP-A-6-103017 JP-A-1-276352 JP-A-2-270045

  An object of the information processing apparatus and the information processing program disclosed herein is to make it possible to arrange a desktop screen in a user-friendly manner.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an icon distribution unit, an icon distribution destination storage unit, a group switching unit, and a display unit.

  The icon distribution unit distributes each icon individually to one or more groups of a plurality of groups according to a user operation.

  The icon assignment destination storage unit stores the correspondence between individual icons and the assignment destination groups of the individual icons.

  The group switching unit switches any one of the plurality of groups in a switchable manner.

  The display unit refers to the icon distribution destination storage unit and displays the icons distributed to the groups switched by the group switching unit.

  Further, the information processing program disclosed herein includes information including an arithmetic processing unit that executes the program, a display screen that displays an image in response to an instruction from the arithmetic processing unit, and an input operator that receives an operation input by the user. It is a program executed in the processing device. The information processing program of the present disclosure is executed in the information processing apparatus, and includes the icon distribution unit, icon distribution destination storage unit, group switching unit, and display unit in the information processing apparatus. To construct.

  According to the information processing apparatus and the information processing program of the present disclosure, the user can arrange the desktop screen so as to be convenient for himself / herself, leading to improvement in convenience.

It is an external view of a notebook PC. It is an internal block diagram of the notebook PC shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram of an information processor. It is a figure which shows an example of each data of the display 1, display 2, and display 3 memorize | stored in a memory | storage part. It is the figure which showed the memory | storage part of various flags and a password. It is the figure which showed the example of the desktop screen displayed on a display screen. It is a flowchart showing the process at the time of a display setting. It is a figure which shows the screen opened at the time of a display setting. It is the figure which showed a part of flowchart which represents the process performed when putting a mouse cursor on a background image and right-clicking a mouse | mouth. It is the figure which showed a part of flowchart which represents the process performed when putting a mouse cursor on a background image and right-clicking a mouse | mouth. It is the figure which showed the screen displayed by the process shown in FIG. 9, FIG. It is a flowchart which shows a process when the access on Explorer occurs. It is the figure in the 1st modification which showed the flowchart replaced with FIG. It is the figure which showed the menu screen replaced with the menu screen of FIG. 11 in a 1st modification. It is the figure which showed the memory | storage part of the 2nd modification instead of FIG. 4 in above-mentioned embodiment. It is the figure which showed the desktop screen of the 2nd modification instead of FIG. 6 in the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a flowchart showing the process at the time of "display setting" in the 2nd modification instead of FIG. 7 in above-mentioned embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen opened at the time of a display setting instead of FIG. 8 in the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a flowchart at the time of the desktop screen switching instead of FIG. 9 in the above-mentioned embodiment. It is the figure which replaced the FIG. 11 in the above-mentioned embodiment, and showed the screen displayed by the process of FIG. 19 and above-mentioned FIG. It is explanatory drawing of a 3rd modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of a notebook personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as “notebook PC”). Here, an information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention is constructed by the notebook PC shown in FIG. 1 and an information processing program executed in the notebook PC.

  The notebook PC 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a main unit 11 and a display unit 12.

  The main unit 11 has a keyboard 111 and a track pad 116 as a kind of pointing device on the upper surface thereof. In addition, various electronic components such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a hard disk are housed inside the main unit 11. The display unit 12 is supported by the main unit 11 so as to be openable and closable, and has a display screen 121 at the center thereof.

  FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the notebook PC 10 shown in FIG.

  2 shows the keyboard 111, the display screen 121, the track pad 116, and the mouse 131 that are also shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 2 further shows a CPU 112, a hard disk 113, a memory 114, a network interface 115, and a CD / DVD drive 132.

  These elements are connected to each other by a bus 150.

  Here, the CPU 112 is a central processing unit that executes a program.

  The hard disk 113 is a large-capacity storage device that stores various programs and data.

  The memory 114 is a memory in which a program executed by the CPU 112 is read from the hard disk 113 and expanded. The memory 114 also stores various temporary data.

  The network interface 115 is an element that communicates with the outside via a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, or the like.

  Furthermore, the keyboard 111 is an input device in which a key input operation is performed by a user.

  The display screen 115 is an output device that displays an image in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 112 that executes a program.

  Each of the track pad 116 and the mouse 131 is a pointing device that moves a cursor on the display screen 121 or designates an arbitrary point on the display screen 121. In the following description, it is assumed that the mouse 131 is used for operation.

  Further, the CD / DVD drive 132 is a device on which a CD (Compact Disk) or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) (hereinafter, CD / DVD is referred to as CD / DVD without distinguishing between CD and DVD). The CD / DVD drive 132 drives the loaded CD / DVD 133 and reads information recorded on the CD / DVD 133 or writes information on an empty CD / DVD 133.

  In installing the information processing program in the notebook PC 10, for example, a CD / DVD 133 storing the information processing program is prepared, loaded into the CD / DVD drive 132, and the information processing program is read. The read information processing program is stored in the hard disk 113. In executing the information processing program, the information processing program is read from the hard disk 113 and placed in the memory 114, and the information processing program on the memory 114 is executed by the CPU 112. By doing so, the notebook PC 10 operates as an embodiment of the information processing apparatus.

  Note that the information processing program may be received by the network interface 115 via the Internet or the like instead of being read from the CD / DVD 133, or may be stored in the hard disk 113 from the beginning.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus.

  The information processing apparatus 200 is constructed in the notebook PC 10 by executing an information processing program in the notebook PC 10 shown in FIGS.

  The information processing apparatus 200 includes an input device 210, an arithmetic processing device 220, and a display screen 230.

  The input device 210 includes the keyboard 111 and the mouse 131 of the notebook PC 10 shown in FIGS. From this input device 210, “display setting”, “display switching instruction”, and “password input” are mainly performed.

  In addition, the arithmetic processing device 220 includes an arithmetic unit 221 and a storage unit 222. The arithmetic unit 221 performs various arithmetic processes by executing an information processing program configured by the CPU 112, the memory 114, and the like on the hardware.

  The storage unit 222 includes a hard disk 113 and the like on the hardware. The storage unit 222 mainly stores display 1 data, display 2 data, and display 3 data. Display 1, display 2, and display 3 will be described later. In addition to the data, the storage unit 222 also stores information such as various flags and passwords.

  Data for display 1, display 2, and display 3 is constructed by “display setting” input from the input device 210 and stored in the storage unit 222. Further, in response to the “display switching instruction” from the input device 210, any one of the display 1, display 2, and display 3 data stored in the storage unit 222 is read and displayed on the display screen 230. As will be described later, a password can be set for display 2 and display 3. If a password is set, display 2 and display 3 are displayed on the display screen after user authentication. At the time of password setting, “password input” is performed from the input device 210 and stored in the storage unit 222. Also, at the time of user authentication, “password input” is performed again from the input device 210, and authentication is performed by collating with the password stored in the storage unit 222.

  Hereinafter, details of the processing in the information processing apparatus 200 will be specifically described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of display 1, display 2, and display 3 data stored in the storage unit.

  4A, 4B, and 4C are data of display 1, display 2, and display 3, respectively.

  Here, the icons are allocated to the display 1, display 2 and display 3 groups and stored. The area for storing the icon in the storage unit 222 is an example of an icon distribution destination storage unit in the main body. As shown in FIG. 4A, icons of “computer”, “minutes”, “office”, “Internet”, “operation procedure manual”, and “meeting material” are distributed to the group of display 1. Yes. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, icons of “diary” and “secret folder” are distributed to the group of display 2. The display 3 is a group including all the icons targeted here. Here, as shown in FIG. 4C, the display 3 is assigned to the icon assigned to the display 1 group and the display 2. All the icons are also assigned to this display 3 in an overlapping manner.

Here, the icon of display 1 is, for example,
HKCU ¥ SOFTWARE ¥ KIRIKAE ¥ Desktop ¥ Display 1 ¥
It is recorded under the registry. The same applies to the display 2 and the display 3. However, it is not necessary to be a registry in particular, and it is sufficient if it is stored so that it can be read when the display is switched.

  In FIG. 4, wallpaper 1, wallpaper 2, and wallpaper 3 are stored in correspondence with display 1, display 2, and display 3, respectively. The area in which these wallpapers are stored corresponds to an example of a group-specific background image storage unit in the present case.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing storage units for various flags and passwords.

  These flags and passwords are recorded in the storage unit 222 shown in FIG. 3, and the “wallpaper setting flag” in FIG. 5A sets whether the wallpaper is set for each group of display 1, display 2, and display 3. It is a flag indicating When this “wallpaper setting flag” is off, the same wallpaper is used for display 1, display 2, and display 3. On the other hand, when the “wallpaper setting flag” is on, the wallpaper set for each of the display 1, display 2, and display 3 is used.

  The “security setting flag” in FIG. 5B is a flag indicating whether or not user authentication with a password is required prior to display 2 or display 3 except display 1. When the “security setting flag” is off, user authentication with a password is not required, and when the “security setting flag” is on, user authentication with a password is required.

  In addition, the “password” in FIG. 5C is a storage unit that stores a password when the “security setting flag” is on.

  Furthermore, the “authenticated flag” in FIG. 5D is a flag indicating whether or not a password has been set for display 2 and display 3 and user authentication has been performed since the power was turned on. A password is set for display 2 and display 3. For example, the desktop screen on display screen 230 (see FIG. 3) is switched from “display 1” to “display 2”, then switched to “display 1” again, and then Consider the case of switching to “Display 2” again. In the embodiment described here, user authentication using a password is required when switching to “Display 2” for the first time, and user authentication is not required when switching to “Display 2” or “Display 3” for the second and subsequent times. It is said. The “authenticated flag” in FIG. 5E is a flag for distinguishing between the first time and the second and subsequent times. That is, when the “authenticated flag” is OFF, it means that user authentication has not been performed yet and user authentication should be performed when “display 2” or “display 3” is displayed. On the other hand, when the “authenticated flag” is off, user authentication has been performed once, and it is not necessary to perform user authentication when “display 2” or “display 3” is displayed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a desktop screen displayed on the display screen.

  FIG. 6A shows the desktop screen when switching to “Display 1”. This desktop screen corresponds to FIG. 4A, in which “wallpaper 1” is displayed as a background image, and the icon stored in FIG. 4A is displayed together with the “wallpaper 1”.

  FIG. 6B shows the desktop screen when switched to “Display 2”. This desktop screen corresponds to FIG. 4B, in which “wallpaper 2” is displayed as a background image, and the icon stored in FIG. 4B is displayed together with the “wallpaper 2”.

  Further, FIG. 6C shows a desktop screen when switched to “Display 3”. This desktop screen corresponds to FIG. 4C, in which “wallpaper 3” is displayed as a background image, and the icon stored in FIG. 4C is displayed together with the “wallpaper 3”.

  In any of FIGS. 6A to 6C, when any one of the displayed icons is clicked with the mouse, a file corresponding to the icon is opened or a program corresponding to the icon is executed. Is done.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process at the time of “display setting”.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen that is opened at the time of display setting.

  Here, the desktop screen of any one of FIGS. 6A to 6C is displayed, the mouse cursor is overlaid on any of the icons on the desktop screen, and the mouse is right-clicked. Then, the menu screen of FIG. 8A is displayed (step S11). When a menu other than “display setting” is selected on the menu screen (step S12), “other processing” corresponding to the menu is executed (step S13). Here, we are interested in the “display setting” menu, and the explanation of the other menus is omitted.

  When the “display setting” menu is selected by operating the mouse (step S12), the menu screen of FIG. 8B is displayed. “Display 1” or “Display 2” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 8B (step S14). When “Display 1” is selected, the process proceeds to step S15, and an icon with the mouse cursor in the menu display of step S11 (display of the menu screen of FIG. 8A) is shown in FIG. Move to the “Display 1” column. When the icon with the mouse cursor is originally stored in “Display 1”, it remains in “Display 1” as it is.

  Next, in step S16, it is determined whether the currently displayed desktop screen is any one of “Display 1”, “Display 2”, and “Display 3”. If it is determined as “display 1”, an icon with the mouse cursor is additionally displayed (step S17). If it is determined as “display 2”, it is hidden (step S18), and if it is determined as “display 3”, it is displayed as it is (step S19). In these steps S17 to S19, the icon is read again from the target storage unit (any one of FIGS. 4A to 4C) after the icon is moved and displayed again. This appears on the screen as additional display or non-display of icons. However, when the icon on which the mouse cursor is placed is an icon originally assigned to the “display 1” group, no change occurs on the desktop screen in step S17.

  If it is determined in step S14 that “display 2” has been selected, the process proceeds to step S20, and the icon with the mouse cursor is moved to the “display 2” field shown in FIG. 4B. When the icon with the mouse cursor is originally stored in “Display 2”, it remains in “Display 2” as it is.

  Next, in step S21, it is determined whether the current desktop screen is “display 1”, “display 2”, or “display 3”. If it is determined as “display 1”, the icon with the mouse cursor is hidden (step S22). If it is determined as “display 2”, it is additionally displayed (step S23), or if it is determined as “display 3”, it is displayed as it is (step S24). However, when the icon on which the mouse cursor is placed is an icon that was originally assigned to the “display 2” group, there is no change in the display of the desktop screen in step 23. In steps S22 to S24, the data is read again from the target storage unit (any one of FIGS. 4A to 4C) after the icon is moved and displayed again. As a result, the change described in steps S22 to S24 appears on the desktop screen, or it is displayed without change.

  FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are diagrams showing a part of a flowchart showing processing executed when the mouse cursor is placed on a background image (wallpaper) that is not an icon on the desktop screen and the mouse is right-clicked.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen displayed by the processing shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

  In the present embodiment, when the power is turned on, a desktop screen of “Display 1” shown in FIG. 6A is displayed. However, the process shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 is a process that is valid even when any of the desktop screens of “Display 1” to “Display 3” shown in FIGS. is there.

  When the mouse cursor is placed on the background image (wallpaper) and the mouse is right-clicked on any desktop screen of FIGS. 6A to 6C, the menu screen of FIG. 11A is displayed (step S31). ). When a menu other than “display selection” is selected on this menu screen, “other processing” corresponding to the selected menu is executed (step S33). Among the “other processes”, the wallpaper can be changed by selecting “Properties” in the menu screen of FIG. Since the wallpaper change processing procedure after the selection of “property” is a normal process conventionally performed, the description thereof is omitted here. However, since this wallpaper change is also relevant in this embodiment, the relevant points will be described later.

  When “display selection” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11A (step S32), the menu screen of FIG. 11B is displayed, and “display 1” is displayed on the menu screen of FIG. 11B. , “Display 2”, “Display 3 (all display)”,..., “Property” are selected (step S33). Here, the case where “property” is selected will be described first.

  When “Property” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11B, the menu screen of FIG. 11C is displayed. When “wallpaper” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11C (step S51 of FIG. 10), the screen of FIG. 11D is displayed. When the check box on the screen in FIG. 11D is checked and the “Apply” button is pressed, the “wallpaper setting flag” in FIG. 5A is turned on (step S53). Alternatively, when the check box on the screen in FIG. 11D is removed and the “apply” button is pressed, the “wallpaper setting flag” in FIG. 5A is turned off (step S54). As described above, when the “wallpaper setting flag” in FIG. 5A is turned on, the wallpaper set for each of the desktop screens “display 1”, “display 2”, and “display 3” is applied. Is done. On the other hand, when this “wallpaper setting flag” is set to OFF, a common wallpaper is applied to any desktop screen of “display 1”, “display 2”, and “display 3”.

  When the “wallpaper setting flag” in FIG. 5A is set to ON, “wallpaper 1” of “display 1” in FIG. 5A in the wallpaper storage unit shown in FIG. 4 is maintained as it is. On the other hand, “Display 2”, “Display 3”, “Wallpaper 2” and “Wallpaper 3” in FIGS. 5B and 5C are different from “Wallpaper 1” and “Wallpaper 2”. Different wallpaper for “Wallpaper 3” and “Wallpaper 3” are automatically set without waiting for the setting by the user.

  When the user wants to change the wallpaper, for example, to change the wallpaper of “Display 2”, the user right-clicks on the wallpaper with the desktop screen of “Display 2” opened. Then, as described above, the menu screen of FIG. 11A is displayed. When “Property” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11A, a wallpaper can be arbitrarily selected under the “Property”. When the user selects a wallpaper, information on the selected wallpaper is set as “wallpaper 2” in FIG. The same applies to “Display 1” and “Display 3”.

  When the “wallpaper setting flag” in FIG. 5A is set to OFF, the information of “wallpaper 1” is copied to “wallpaper 2” and “wallpaper 3” in FIGS. 4B and 4C. When the user arbitrarily selects a wallpaper as described above, the selected wallpaper is set as “wallpaper 1”, “wallpaper 2”, or “wallpaper 3” in FIGS.

  When “security” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11C (step S51 of FIG. 10), the screen of FIG. 11E is displayed. When the check box on the screen of FIG. 11E is checked and the “Apply” button is pressed (step S55), the “security setting flag” of FIG. 5B is turned on (step S56). 11 (F) password setting screen is displayed (step S57). As described above, when the “security setting flag” is turned on, user authentication using a password is required when the “display 2” or “display 3” desktop screen is displayed for the first time.

  When a password is entered on the password setting screen of FIG. 11F and the “OK” button is pressed, the password is registered in the password storage unit of FIG. 5C (step S58). Further, the process proceeds to step S59 where the “authenticated flag” in FIG. 5D is set to OFF.

  The “authenticated flag” is initialized to OFF when the power is turned on, but after the “authenticated flag” is once set to ON, the “security setting flag” in FIG. 5B is turned OFF. After that, the “security setting flag” may be set to ON again. In step S59, the “authenticated flag” is set off because the “display 2” or “display 3” desktop screen is opened for the first time when the “security setting flag” is turned on again. It is a measure for treating time as “first time”.

  When the check box is unchecked on the screen of FIG. 11E and the “Apply” button is pressed (step S55), the “security setting flag” of FIG. 5B is turned off (step S60).

  Next, a case where any one of “Display 1”, “Display 2”, and “Display 3 (all display)” is selected on the menu screen of FIG.

  When “Display 1” is selected on the menu screen in FIG. 11B (step S34 in FIG. 9), the information under “Display 1”, that is, the information in FIG. 4A is referred to (step S34). According to the information, the display on the display screen 121 is switched to the “display 1” desktop screen shown in FIG. 6A (step S43).

  When “Display 2” or “Display 3” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11B (step S34 in FIG. 9), the information under “Display 2” or “Display 3”, that is, FIG. The information of 4 (B) or FIG. 4 (C) is referred to (steps S36 and S37). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not security is set by referring to the “security setting flag” in FIG. 5B (step S38). When the security is not set, the process proceeds to step S43, and the display on the display screen 121 is switched to the “display 2” or “display 3” desktop screen shown in FIG. 6B or 6C. (Step S43).

  When security is set (step S38), the “authenticated flag” in FIG. 5D is referred to, and whether or not it is the first switching (“authenticated flag” off) (“authenticated flag” on) ) Is determined (step S39). If it is not the first switching (the switching after the second time, “set flag” is on), the process proceeds to step S43, and the display on the display screen 121 is as shown in FIG. 6B or 6C. The desktop screen is switched to “Display 2” or “Display 3”.

  If it is the first switching (“authenticated flag” is off), the process proceeds to step S40, and the user authentication screen shown in FIG. 11G is displayed.

  The user inputs the password on this user authentication screen and presses the “OK” button. Then, the password input on the user authentication screen is checked against the registered password (see FIG. 5C). If the passwords match, authentication is OK (step S41), the “authenticated flag” in FIG. 5D is turned on (step S42), and the display on the display screen 121 is shown in FIG. 6B or FIG. The screen is switched to the “Display 2” or “Display 3” desktop screen shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the passwords do not match (step S41), an authentication error is displayed (step S44). At this time, the desktop screen is not changed.

  In this embodiment, in this way, an arbitrary icon is assigned to “display 1” or “display 2”, and the display on the desktop screen is changed to “display 1”, “display 2”, and “display 3 (full display)”. Can be switched.

  You can also switch the wallpaper for each desktop screen. By switching the wallpaper, it is possible to determine at a glance which desktop screen is currently displayed.

  Further, for “Display 2” and “Display 3 (all displays)”, security setting by a password can be performed.

  By assigning an icon corresponding to a secret file or the like that the person does not want to see to “Display 2” and setting security, the file cannot be opened from the desktop screen without user authentication.

  However, even if the file cannot be opened from the desktop screen, opening a screen with a list of files, such as Explorer, can open the secret file from the screen, so it is safe enough. Not kept. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a contrivance is made so that a secret file cannot be opened from Explorer.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a process when an access on the explorer occurs.

  When an access to a file or folder occurs on the explorer, the “security setting flag” in FIG. 5B is referred to and it is determined whether or not the security setting has been made (step S71). If security is not set, the process proceeds to step S77 where access is permitted.

  When the security is set, the data of the display 2 shown in FIG. 4 is referred (step S72). Here, whether or not the file or folder accessed this time is a file or folder for which security is set, that is, whether or not the file or folder corresponds to the icon assigned to “Display 2”. Is determined (step S73). If it is not a file or folder for which security is set, the process proceeds to step S77, where access is permitted. If the file or folder has security set (step S73), the “authenticated flag” in FIG. 5D is referred to (step S74). When the “authenticated flag” is on, since access is permitted from the desktop screen, the process proceeds to step S77 where access is permitted. On the other hand, when the “authenticated flag” is off, a user authentication screen similar to FIG. 11G is displayed (step S75), and the password entered on the user authentication screen and the registered password (FIG. 5 ( C) see). If these passwords match, authentication is OK (step S76), and access is permitted (step S77). On the other hand, if the authentication is not OK, an authentication error is displayed (step S78), and access to the file or folder is prohibited.

  In the present embodiment, the processing of FIG. 12 is incorporated, and security is further enhanced.

  Next, various modifications of the above embodiment will be described. For the various modifications described below, only the differences from the above-described embodiment will be illustrated and described.

  FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams showing a flowchart in place of FIG. 9 and a menu screen in place of the menu screen in FIG. 11 in the first modification, respectively.

  The screen of FIG. 14 is different from the screen of FIG. 11 in FIG. 14B. FIGS. 14A, 14C, and 14G are respectively shown in FIGS. Same as (G).

  “Display 1”, “Display 2”, and “Display 3 (full display)” exist on the menu screen of FIG. 11B, but they are replaced on the menu screen of FIG. 14B. “Display switching” exists.

  In the above-described embodiment, when any one of “Display 1”, “Display 2”, and “Display 3 (all display)” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 11, the selected “Display 1” “Display 2” is selected. Or, a desktop screen of “Display 3” is displayed. On the other hand, when “display switching” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 14B, the desktop screen changes from “display 1” to “display 2” each time the menu screen of FIG. 14B is opened and selected. → “Display 3” → “Display 1” →...

  The switching of the desktop screen will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 13, steps denoted by the same reference numerals as the steps (for example, S31, S32, etc.) in the flowchart of FIG. 9 are the same as steps denoted by the same reference numerals in the flowchart of FIG. This is a step for performing the process.

  Also in the first modified example, the desktop screen of “Display 1” shown in FIG. 6A is displayed when the power is turned on, as in the above-described embodiment. However, the process illustrated in FIG. 13 is a process that can be performed even when any of the desktop screens “display 1” to “display 3” illustrated in FIGS. 6A to 6C is displayed. .

  Regardless of which desktop screen shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C is displayed, the mouse cursor is placed on a background image (wallpaper) that is out of the icon on the displayed desktop screen. Right click the mouse. Then, the menu screen shown in FIG. 14A is displayed (step S31). Here, when “display selection” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 14A (step S32), the menu screen shown in FIG. 14B is displayed. When “display switching” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 14B (step S34), the process proceeds to step S81 of FIG. In this step S81, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed desktop screen is the “display 1” desktop screen.

  If it is the “Display 1” desktop screen, the process proceeds to step S 36, the data under “Display 2”, that is, the data in FIG. 4B is referred to, and the user authentication processing in steps S 38 to 42 is performed. The desktop screen can be switched to “Display 2”.

  If it is determined in step S81 that the current desktop screen is a desktop screen other than “Display 1”, the process proceeds to step S82. Here, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed desktop screen is the “display 2” desktop screen. If the current desktop screen is the “Display 2” desktop screen, the data under “Display 3” shown in FIG. 4C is referred to (step S37), and the “Display 3” desktop screen is displayed. (Step S43).

  If it is determined in step S82 that the current desktop screen is not the “display 2” desktop screen, the current desktop screen is the “display 3” desktop screen. In this case, the data under “Display 1” shown in FIG. 4A is referred to (Step S35), and the desktop screen of “Display 1” is displayed (Step S43).

  Here, unlike the case of the above-described embodiment, user authentication is required only when moving from the “Display 1” desktop screen to the “Display 2” desktop screen for the first time. In the case of the first modification, it is not possible to move from the “Display 1” desktop screen to the “Display 3” desktop screen suddenly. Always go through the “Display 2” desktop screen. Therefore, under the idea that user authentication is required only at the first switching, user authentication may be performed only when moving from the “display 1” desktop screen to the “display 2” desktop screen for the first time.

  As shown in the first modification, the desktop screen may be changed cyclically.

  Next, a second modification will be described.

  In the above-described embodiment and the first modification, the desktop screen is switched between “display 1”, “display 2”, and “display 3 (full display)”. On the other hand, in the second modified example described here, the “display 2” in the above-described embodiment and the first modified example gives an impression to the user as a hidden file. That is, the desktop screen is switched between “display 1” and “display 3 (full display)” in the above-described embodiment and the first modification. In the second modification, the display corresponding to “display 3” in the above-described embodiment and the first modification is referred to as “all display”.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a storage unit of a second modified example, which replaces FIG. 4 in the above-described embodiment.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a desktop screen of a second modified example that replaces FIG. 6 in the above-described embodiment.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing processing at the time of “display setting” in the second modified example, which replaces FIG. 7 in the above-described embodiment.

  Further, FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen opened at the time of display setting, instead of FIG. 8 in the above-described embodiment.

  Further, FIG. 19 is a flowchart at the time of switching the desktop screen, replacing FIG. 9 in the above-described embodiment.

  Further, FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a screen displayed by the processing of FIG. 19 and the above-described FIG. 10 instead of FIG. 11 in the above-described embodiment. However, in FIG. 20, the screen displayed in the processing of FIG. 10 described above is the same as FIG. 11 in the above-described embodiment.

  Here, the drawings in the embodiment described above cannot be used as they are, but the drawings are shown again. However, there are many parts in common with the corresponding drawings in the embodiment described above, and only the differences will be described here. .

  Here, the desktop screen of either FIG. 16A or FIG. 16B is displayed, the mouse cursor is placed on one of the icons on the desktop screen, and the mouse is right-clicked. Then, the menu screen of FIG. 18A is displayed (step S11 of FIG. 17). The menu screen of FIG. 18A is the same as the menu screen of FIG. 8A in the above-described embodiment. When a menu other than “display setting” is selected on this menu screen, “other processing” corresponding to the menu is executed (step S13). Here, we are interested in the “display setting” menu, and omit the other menus.

  When the “display setting” menu is selected by a mouse operation, a menu screen shown in FIG. 18B is displayed. On the menu screen of FIG. 18B, “display 1 (always displayed)” or “display 2 (hidden)” is selected (step S14). When “display 1 (always display)” is selected, the process proceeds to step S83, and the icon that is set with the mouse cursor in the menu display of step S11 (display of the menu screen of FIG. 18A) is changed to FIG. It is added to the “display 1” field shown in A) (step S84). When the icon with the mouse cursor is originally stored in “Display 1”, it remains in “Display 1” as it is.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed desktop screen is the “display 1” desktop screen (step S84). When the desktop screen of “Display 1” is displayed, the storage unit of “Display 1” shown in FIG. 15A is referred to, and the desktop is based on the data stored in the storage unit of “Display 1”. A screen is displayed (see FIG. 16A). On the other hand, when it is determined in step S84 that the display screen is not the “display 1” desktop screen, that is, the “all display” desktop screen, the “all display” storage unit shown in FIG. The desktop screen is displayed based on the data stored therein.

  Here, when the “Display 1” desktop screen is displayed, only the icons existing in “Display 1” can be specified. Therefore, even if an additional process (step S83) is performed on “display 1” on the “display 1” desktop screen, there is no change on the “display 1” desktop screen (step S85). On the other hand, on the “all display” desktop screen, an icon that does not exist in “display 1” can be designated. However, even if an icon is added to “display 1”, there is no change on the “all display” desktop screen (step S86). Thereafter, when switching to the “Display 1” desktop screen, the addition of the icon can be confirmed.

  On the other hand, if “display 2 (hidden)” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 18B, the process proceeds to step S87, and the mouse is displayed during the menu display of step S11 (display of the menu screen of FIG. 18A). The icon on which the cursor is placed is deleted from the “Display 1” field shown in FIG. However, it remains registered in the “all display” column shown in FIG.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed desktop screen is the “display 1” desktop screen (step S87). If it is the desktop screen of “Display 1”, the storage unit of “Display 1” (see FIG. 15A) after being deleted in step S87 is referred to and based on the data of “Display 1”. The desktop screen is displayed. That is, in this case, the “Display 1” desktop screen is displayed in which the icon with the mouse cursor hidden is displayed during the menu display of Step S11 (display of the menu screen of FIG. 18A) (Step S89). ). On the other hand, when it is not the “display 1” desktop screen (ie, the “full display” desktop screen) (step S88), the “full display” desktop screen continues to be displayed without any change (step S88). Step S90).

  In the second modification, the icon is moved from “Display 1” to “Display 2” (“Display 2” may not actually exist) or “Display 2” to “Display” by the above processing. The icon can be moved to “1”.

  When the mouse cursor is placed on the background image (wallpaper) and the mouse is right-clicked on the desktop screen of either FIG. 16A or FIG. 16B, the menu screen of FIG. Step S31 in FIG. 19). When a menu other than “display selection” is selected on this menu screen, the “other processing” corresponding to the selected menu is executed (step S33). Among the “other processes”, the wallpaper can be changed by selecting “Properties” in the menu screen of FIG. This point is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and the description is omitted.

  When “display selection” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 20A (step S32), the menu screen of FIG. 20B is displayed. FIG. 20 is different from FIG. 11 in the above-described embodiment only in FIG. 20B. On the menu screen of FIG. 20B, any one of “Display 1”, “Full Display”,..., “Property” is selected (step S32). The case where “Property” is selected is the same as that in the above-described embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  When “display 1” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 20B (step S34 in FIG. 19), information under “display 1”, that is, information in FIG. 15A is referred to (step S34). In step S35, the display on the display screen 121 is switched to the “display 1” desktop screen shown in FIG. 16A according to the information (step S43).

  When “all display” is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 20B (step S34 in FIG. 19), information under “all display”, that is, information in FIG. 15B is referred to (step S34). S91). Thereafter, after the same user authentication process as the user authentication after step S38 in FIG. 9 in the above-described embodiment, the screen is switched to the “all display” desktop screen (step S43).

  As shown in the second modification, a system that does not display the “display 2” desktop screen in the above-described embodiment may be used.

  Next, a third modification will be described.

  In the above-described embodiment, when security is set and user authentication is not yet performed, files and folders corresponding to the icons assigned to “Display 2” can be opened from Explorer without user authentication. (See FIG. 12). A third modification described below is a process that replaces the process of FIG. 12, and here, files and folders under security are not displayed.

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a third modification.

  It is assumed that the “Display 2” desktop screen is displayed after user authentication from the “Display 1” desktop screen, and then returns to the “Display 1” desktop screen.

  At this time, the files and folders corresponding to the icons assigned to “Display 2” are also hidden from the Explorer when the first “Display 1” desktop screen is displayed. You cannot open files or folders. After user authentication, even if the desktop screen is subsequently changed, those files and folders are displayed on Explorer and can be opened.

  As shown in the third modification, when security is set, further security can be ensured by hiding it on the explorer before user authentication.

  In the above-described embodiment, three types of desktop screens “display 1”, “display 2”, and “display 3 (all display)” are handled. As shown in the second modification, “display” is used. “1” and “Full display” may be used. Alternatively, only “Display 1” and “Display 2” may be provided, and the “Full Display” desktop screen may not be provided. In this case, if all the icons are to be displayed, all the icons may be distributed to “display 1”. Further, the icons may be further divided into a number of groups such as “Display 1”, “Display 2”,..., “Display n”.

10 Notebook PC
111 Keyboard 112 CPU
113 Hard disk 114 Memory 115 Network interface 116 Trackpad 121, 230 Display screen 131 Mouse 132 CD / DVD drive 133 CD / DVD
200 Information Processing Device 210 Input Device 220 Arithmetic Processing Device 221 Operation Unit 222 Storage Unit

Claims (12)

In accordance with a user operation, each icon is individually divided into one or more of a plurality of groups, an icon distribution unit,
An icon assignment destination storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the individual icons and the assignment destination groups of the individual icons;
A group switching unit that switches to any one of the plurality of groups in a switchable manner;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays icons distributed to the group switched by the group switching unit with reference to the icon allocation destination storage unit. An image setting unit for setting background images individually for the plurality of groups;
A group-specific background image storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the plurality of groups and the background image;
The display unit sets an icon assigned to the group switched by the group switching unit with reference to the group background image storage unit and the icon distribution destination storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is displayed together with a background image. A password setting unit that sets a password in one or more groups of the plurality of groups;
A password storage unit for storing the password set in the password setting unit;
An authentication unit that performs authentication using the password at the first switching to the group in which the password is set by the group switching unit;
The display unit waits for authentication by the authentication unit and displays icons distributed to the group at least for the first time switching to a group for which a password is set by the group switching unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.   A group in which an icon displayed by the display unit is designated and an instruction to execute the process is received through a path other than a path for executing a process corresponding to the icon, and the process is a group in which a password is set And when the icon is in a state where the icon is not displayed without being authenticated by the authenticating unit, the authenticating unit performs the password before executing the process. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein authentication is performed according to the above.   A display representing a path excluding a path to be executed by clicking the icon displayed by the display unit, corresponding to an icon assigned to a group for which a password is set, is displayed by the authentication unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a display control unit that is not displayed when the screen is not displayed without being received.   The icon distribution unit allows one icon to be distributed to a plurality of groups, and distributes all icons to be distributed by the icon distribution unit to one group. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The information processing unit is executed in an information processing apparatus having an arithmetic processing unit that executes a program, a display screen that displays an image in response to an instruction from the arithmetic processing unit, and an input operator that receives an operation input by a user. In the device,
In accordance with a user operation, each icon is individually divided into one or more of a plurality of groups, an icon distribution unit,
An icon assignment destination storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the individual icons and the assignment destination groups of the individual icons;
A group switching unit that switches to any one of the plurality of groups in a switchable manner;
An information processing program that constructs a display unit that refers to the icon distribution destination storage unit and displays icons distributed to the groups switched by the group switching unit. In the information processing apparatus,
An image setting unit for setting background images individually for the plurality of groups;
Constructing a group-specific background image storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the plurality of groups and the background image;
The display unit sets an icon assigned to the group switched by the group switching unit with reference to the group background image storage unit and the icon distribution destination storage unit. 8. The information processing program according to claim 7, wherein the information processing program is displayed together with a background image. In the information processing apparatus,
A password setting unit that sets a password in one or more groups of the plurality of groups;
A password storage unit for storing the password set in the password setting unit;
An authentication unit that performs authentication by the password at the first switching to the group in which the password is set by the group switching unit,
The display unit waits for authentication by the authentication unit and displays an icon distributed to the group at least for the first time switching to a group for which a password is set by the group switching unit. The information processing program according to claim 7 or 8.   A group in which an icon displayed by the display unit is designated and an instruction to execute the process is received through a path other than a path for executing a process corresponding to the icon, and the process is a group in which a password is set And when the icon is in a state where the icon is not displayed without being authenticated by the authenticating unit, the authenticating unit performs the password before executing the process. The information processing program according to claim 9, wherein authentication is performed according to the above.   In the information processing apparatus, a display representing a path excluding a path to be executed by clicking the icon displayed by the display unit, corresponding to an icon assigned to a group for which a password is set. The information processing program according to claim 9, wherein a display control unit is configured to be hidden when the icon is not displayed without being authenticated by the authentication unit.   The icon distribution unit allows one icon to be distributed to a plurality of groups, and distributes all icons to be distributed by the icon distribution unit to one group. The information processing program according to any one of claims 7 to 11.

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