KR102189292B1 - Method for displaying chart and apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes the steps of directly creating a chart to be inserted into an electronic document or calling an already created chart; And displaying the chart through a display device, wherein the displaying of the chart comprises: reducing and displaying the chart; And
Disclosed is a chart display method comprising the step of enlarging and displaying the reduced-displayed chart according to an action of an input device. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the layout may be changed according to the relationship between the test and the OLE object in a document, and, if the user desires, the appearance of the actual OLE object can be displayed according to the action of the input device.

Description

Chart display method and device using it {METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CHART AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a chart display method and an apparatus using the same, and more particularly, a chart that inserts a chart into a document using a document editing application, displays the inserted chart, and displays the chart differently according to the operation of the input device. It relates to a display method and a device using the same.

An object is the result of an application program for Windows. That is, a document becomes an object in a document editing program such as a word processor, and a music file becomes an object in a program that creates music. As such, the types of objects are very diverse, such as letters, pictures (still images, videos), sounds, charts, equations, and tables.

Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) refers to organically tying each data together, rather than independently using the various data produced by each application program in Windows.

For example, a document written with a word processor includes diagrams, equations, and pictures, and if necessary, audio or audio data are included in the document. On the contrary, in the music-only program, the description required for the music material can be created using a document editing-only program, and then the material can be included in the music material as it is.

As such, the ability to use independent materials in various ways in one application is called OLE function.

If you use the OLE function well, you can create a much more efficient and three-dimensional document by using various application programs along with editing the document using a word processor.

When an object is inserted or embedded in a document using the OLE function, the inserted or embedded object is displayed as it is in the document or in the form of an icon. In other words, if the object is a visual object such as a picture, chart, and formula, the actual appearance of the object is displayed. If the object is an audio or video object, such as a sound or video, the audio or video is inserted into the document separately from the actual playing. In order to indicate the location of the object, the location of the object is indicated using an icon.

However, according to the conventional technology, when visual objects such as pictures, charts, and equations are displayed in a document using the OLE function, it is necessary to set the relationship between the text and the OLE object, and the relationship between the test and the OLE object. As a result, the overall layout of the document may change, and the text and OLE objects may become inconsistent during this process.

In addition, in the case of OLE written by an application program different from the word processor for document editing, due to the use of a large amount of memory in rendering the screen according to page up or down, so-called screen pressure, so-called screen scrolling, may be strained. .

1 is a flow chart illustrating a method for editing a decoration effect of a figure object in a document editing program as a prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, the prior art is a step of selecting and displaying a basic image of a figure object using a vector method, displaying an editing window, selecting a decorative image, and combining the decorative image with the basic image and displaying it. Is composed. It can be seen that the prior art is differentiated from the configuration of the present invention regarding a method of displaying an overall visual OLE object in that it aims to give a decorative effect to a basic image by applying image composition to a figure object using a vector method. have.

In the chart display method and the apparatus using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, by solving the problems of the prior art, it is possible to display an OLE object including a chart in harmony with text, reduce the burden of scroll pressure, and an input device. It has the characteristic that you can check the actual shape of the object at any time according to the action of In this respect, a method for displaying a chart and an apparatus using the same according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is distinguished from the above-described prior art and disclosed to solve the problems of the prior art. In addition, the chart mentioned in the description of the embodiment of the present invention has been used to represent visual OLE objects such as pictures, graphs, figures, and equations among several OLE objects.

Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2010-0113845 (2010.10.22.)

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a chart display method capable of displaying a visual OLE object including a chart in a document without screen scroll pressure using a document editing application, and an apparatus using the same.

The problem to be further solved by the present invention is to prevent a situation in which the layout may be changed according to the relationship between the test and the OLE object in the document, and if the user wants, the actual appearance of the OLE object is displayed according to the action of the input device. It is to provide a chart display method and a device using the same.

A chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of directly creating a chart to be inserted into an electronic document or calling an already created chart; And displaying the chart through a display device, wherein the displaying of the chart comprises: reducing and displaying the chart; And enlarging and displaying the reduced-displayed chart according to an action of an input device.

In this case, the step of reducing and displaying the chart may include displaying the chart as an icon or a thumbnail image.

Here, in the step of enlarging and displaying the chart, the chart is enlarged and displayed according to a screen scroll or a mouse rollover operation.

In this case, the step of enlarging and displaying the chart may include displaying an image capturing the shape of the chart.

Here, the chart display method further comprises the step of generating and storing the captured image, icon and/or thumbnail image of the completed chart, and when the chart is modified, the captured image, icon and/or thumbnail image The chart display method, characterized in that the newly updated.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a chart display device includes: a chart generation module that directly creates a chart to be inserted into an electronic document or loads an already created chart; And a chart display module for displaying the chart through a display device, wherein the chart display module reduces and displays the chart, and enlarges and displays the reduced-displayed chart according to an operation of an input device. .

Here, the chart display module is characterized in that the chart is displayed as an icon or a thumbnail image.

Here, the chart display module is characterized in that the chart is enlarged and displayed according to a screen scrolling or a mouse rollover operation.

Here, the chart display module is characterized in displaying an image capturing the shape of the chart.

Here, the chart display device further includes a chart control module for generating and storing a captured image, an icon, and/or a thumbnail image of the completed chart, and the chart control module includes the captured image when the chart is modified. It is characterized in that the image, icon and/or thumbnail image are newly updated.

According to the present invention, a visual OLE object including a chart can be displayed in a document without screen scroll pressure using a document editing application.

In addition, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the layout may be changed according to the relationship between the test and the OLE object in the document, and if the user wants, the appearance of the actual OLE object can be displayed according to the action of the input device.

1 is a flow chart illustrating a method for editing a decoration effect of a figure object in a document editing program as a prior art.
2 is an exemplary diagram of a system environment including a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram showing the control unit of FIG. 3 in detail.
5 is a block diagram of a computing device corresponding to a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart of a chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a layout according to a conventional technique.
8 and 9 are exemplary diagrams for explaining a method of displaying a layout and a chart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a chart display device will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The same reference numerals in each drawing indicate the same member. In addition, specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention are exemplified only for the purpose of describing the embodiments according to the present invention, and unless otherwise defined, all of the technical and scientific terms used herein The terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms as defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in this specification. It is desirable not to.

Documents referred to in the present invention can be created by an editing application and stored as an electronic file, and can be viewed as an electronic document, for example, a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation software, that is, various electronic documents that can be created with an office program. Includes documentation.

Hereinafter, a system environment 1 including a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

2 is an exemplary diagram of a system environment including a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a system environment 1 including a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a chart display device 100, a server 200, a database 300, and a network ( 400).

The chart display device 100 in the form of the user terminal 100 is a device capable of creating and/or viewing an electronic document and performing data backup. Here, the chart display device 100 is a device for creating an electronic document, a viewer dedicated to reading electronic documents, a device dedicated to creating and editing electronic documents, a document editor, a document editing device, and an electronic typewriter. In addition to (electric type writer) or document creation and editing, a computing device capable of performing general-purpose operations, a terminal, and a wireless terminal may be included.

Various embodiments of the wireless terminal include a cellular phone, a smart phone having a wireless communication function, a personal portable terminal (PDA) having a wireless communication function, a wireless modem, a portable computer having a wireless communication function, a digital camera having a wireless communication function, and The same photographing device, a gaming device having a wireless communication function, a music storage and playback home appliance having a wireless communication function, an Internet home appliance capable of wireless Internet access and browsing, as well as a portable unit incorporating a combination of such functions, or Terminals may be included, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The chart display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention corresponding to the user terminal 100 is a document editing application module coded with a computer instruction set to perform the chart display method S100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Save the file containing (175).

The user terminal 100 may read the media stored in the document editing application module 175 that is not installed, and install it in the user terminal 100. Such media include optical storage media, such as CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. In addition, the document editing application module 175 may be provided in the form of a binary file downloaded from the server 200. The user terminal 100 may download various files from the server 200 through the network 400 and update the document editing application module.

The server 200 corresponds to an application server driving a document editing server module interlocked with the document editing application module and a backup server storing a backup version of an electronic document edited by the user terminal 100. In addition, the server 200 may include a file server, an update server, an FTP server, a cloud server, a web server, and a database server for storing files provided to the user terminal 100, but is not limited thereto. The file server 200, the FTP server 200, and/or the update server 200 storing the document editing application module are various files required for the user terminal 100, for example, a document editing application module file, an extended application module. A file and service pack file may be stored, and access to the user terminal 100 may be allowed to provide reception/transmission or update of the files by file downloading.

In addition, the cloud server 200 may store all or part of the document editing application module in the cloud server 200 and provide it to the user terminal 100 through the web server 200. Accordingly, the user terminal 100 may receive all or part of the functions provided by the document editing application module through the remote cloud server 200 and/or the web server 200.

The backup server 200 storing the electronic document may allow the user terminal 100 to edit or browse at any time while storing the electronic document at the request of the user terminal 100.

In addition, the database server 200 or the database 300 may store document data, data for cloud services, web application data, and the like, and provide them to the requesting user terminal 100.

Network 400 is a wired and wireless network, such as the Internet (internet), intranet (intranet) and extranet (extranet), cellular, such as a wireless telephone network, local area network (LAN), wide area network ), WiFi networks, ad hoc networks, and combinations thereof.

Network 400 may include a connection of network elements such as hubs, bridges, routers, switches and gateways. Network 400 may include one or more connected networks, such as a multi-network environment, including a public network such as the Internet and a private network such as a secure corporate private network. Access to network 400 may be provided through one or more wired or wireless access networks.

3 is a block diagram of a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the input device 110 includes a keyboard, a touch screen, a mouse, an electronic pen, and a voice input device for inputting data required for electronic document creation and information for setting various parameters of a user's work environment. Including a microphone, but is not limited thereto. Substantially, the input device 110 inputs characters and objects into the document through user input. Here, the character is a concept including numbers, symbols, and spaces, and the object includes various types of form objects such as icons, pictures, figures, tables, and charts.

The display device 120 includes a cathode-ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), which performs frame output of an editing screen for creating an electronic document. A light emitting diode (LED) display and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display are included, but are not limited thereto.

The output device 130 includes, but is not limited to, a printer, a plotter, a beam projector, a text to sound (TTS) device, a speaker, and an earphone.

The storage device 140 is in any form that can or cannot be separated from the chart display device 100, and is stored in a magnetic method such as a magnetic tape, a magnetic drum, a floppy disk, a ZIP drive, and a hard disk drive (HDD). Electrical storage devices and CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, blu-ray disc drives using flash memory devices, SD cards, USB memory and solid state drives (SSD). Including an optical storage device such as, but is not limited thereto.

The communication device 150 includes a communication module corresponding to various communication networks of the network 400, for example, a Bluetooth module, a WiFi module, an Ethernet interface card, a USB module, a cellular wireless communication module, a modem, and a wireless router, but limited thereto. It does not become. The communication device 150 includes a transmitting unit 151 and a receiving unit 152 therein.

The power supply 160 includes, but is not limited to, a power supply that converts AC to DC, an adapter, an SMPS and a lithium ion battery, a lead acid battery, a fuel cell, and a secondary battery such as a fuel cell and a bioethanol battery, and other primary cells. It is not.

The controller 170 includes a memory area in which the processor 178 and the operating system 176 and the document editing application module 175 are loaded. Further, the control unit 170 executes a command set included in the document editing application module 175 according to a user selection or setting. Hereinafter, the control unit 170 will be described in detail.

4 is a block diagram showing the control unit of FIG. 3 in detail.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 170 includes a processor (central processing unit, CPU) 178, an operating system 176, and an integrated chart display module 174 related to a chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The included document editing application module 175 includes a loaded memory 176. Specifically, in the memory 176 area, the control unit 170 includes a chart generation module 171, a chart display module 172, and a chart control including a computer instruction set for performing a chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It includes an integrated chart display module 174 in which the module 173 is included. The controller 170 controls each component and modules in the user terminal 100 so that the chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

Specifically, the control unit 170 receives a user input through the input device 110 and provides an electronic document creation process according to a chart display method, and an output process of a screen frame through the display 120 representing the created electronic document. , A process of outputting an electronic document created through the output device 130, for example, a report or a drawing on paper or by sound, a process of storing the created electronic document in the storage device 140, various data required for electronic document creation The process of receiving or transmitting the created electronic document to the server 200 or an external terminal through the network 400 using the communication device 150 and the power supply process through the power supply 160 are provided in the control unit 170. Integrated chart display module 174 including a configured processor (CPU) 178, an operating system (OS) 176, and a computer instruction set for a chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a document editing application including the same The module 175 is controlled using the loaded memory 177.

The operating system 176 is a computer operating program for managing the file system and various interfaces of the user terminal 100 and controlling the operation of components. The operating system 176 includes, for example, operating systems of wired and mobile devices, such as MS Windows, Unix, Linux, XOS, Android, and iOS operating systems, but is not limited thereto.

The document editing application module 175 is an executable program configured to run on the operating system 176 to provide various functions as described in the present invention. As described above, the document editing application module 175 includes an office program, an image retouching program, and a video editing program capable of editing and/or viewing an electronic document.

The integrated chart display module 174 included in the document editing application module 175 includes a chart generation module 171, a chart display module 172, and a chart control module 173. A detailed description of the various modules 171 to 173 included in the integrated chart display module 174 will be described later.

In the configuration of the chart display device 100 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the configuration in the document editing application module 175 is a configuration that is functionally classified for convenience of description, and is processed by one processor in hardware. It may be configured as a logical function, and does not limit the present invention by the presented classification.

In addition, although the connection relationship between each component is shown as a connecting line, or the connection relationship between each other is not individually expressed, communication and transmission for control or data exchange may occur even between configurations in which the connection line is not shown, and only as presented. It does not limit the present invention.

The chart display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the computing device 500. Hereinafter, it may be described in more detail through another embodiment of the chart display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention corresponding to the computing device 500.

The chart display device 100 may include a computing system including one or more central processing units (CPUs), memory, mass storage, input interface devices, and output interface devices. Elements of a computing system can communicate with each other via a bus.

The hardware platform of the computing device includes a personal computer, a handheld or laptop device, a multiprocessor system, a microprocessor based system, a program consumer electronics, and a distributed computing environment including any of the above systems or devices, such as a cloud based computing system. It can be implemented in many forms, including.

5 is a block diagram of a computing device corresponding to a chart display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5, the computing device 500 includes an input interface device 510, an output interface device 520, a memory 531, a storage device 532, a power supply device 540, a processor 550, and a network interface. A device 560, a wireless communication device 570, and a bus 580.

The input interface device 510 inputs characters or objects required for document creation according to a user's input. The input interface device 510 includes, but is not limited to, a keyboard, a touch screen, a mouse, a stylus pen, and a pen tablet.

The output interface device 520 includes a display for displaying a user interface related to a document editing application module, and a printer for printing a document. In addition, the output interface device 520 includes a speaker, a headphone, and a headset for outputting text in a document as speech using a text to speech (TTS) engine. do.

The processor 550 is a computer instruction set included in the document editing application/server module 174/274 for the data backup method according to an embodiment of the present invention stored in the memory 531 and/or the storage device 532 Can run. The processor 550 may mean a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor in which the methods according to the present invention are performed. The memory 531 and the storage device 532 may be formed of a volatile storage medium and/or a nonvolatile storage medium. For example, the memory 531 may be composed of read only memory (ROM) and/or random access memory (RAM).

The wireless communication device 570 includes a device for short-range wireless communication, wireless data communication, and wireless voice communication.

Each of the components included in the computing device 500 is connected by a bus 580 to communicate with each other.

Hereinafter, the chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention in which the chart display device 100 described above is executed through an operation of a computer instruction set constituting the integrated chart display module 174 included in the document editing application module 175 It will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4 and 6 to 9.

6 is a flowchart of a chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a chart display method S100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes steps S110 to S140.

First, a chart to be inserted into an electronic document is directly created through the chart generation module 171 or an already created chart is loaded (S110).

Next, the captured image, icon, and/or thumbnail image of the completed chart is generated and stored through the chart control module 173 (S120). Step S120 is performed in advance for step S131 to be followed.

Next, a chart is displayed through the display device 120 (S130). Here, step S130 includes steps S131 and S132.

The chart display device 100 once reduced and displays the loaded chart (S131). In addition, the chart display apparatus 100 enlarges and displays the reduced-displayed chart according to the action of the input device 110 (S132). The chart display device 100 may display the position and approximate shape of the chart by using an icon or thumbnail image similar to the chart stored in step S1120 above the loaded chart. In addition, the chart displayed in a reduced form in normal times may be enlarged and displayed by the action of the input device 110. The chart display module 172 may enlarge and display the chart using an image that has captured the shape of the chart.

Here, the action of the input device 100 is a type of the input device 100, for example, a mouse rollover and/or a mouse scroll action.

When the corresponding chart comes within the screen area indicated by the display device 120 by the mouse scrolling action, the chart display module 172 may enlarge and display the corresponding chart.

Rollover is a technique that is widely applied in creating web pages. To create a web page, rollover is a technology that allows the user to change the page components using JavaScript when a user passes a certain part of the web page (which may be text or graphic image) with the mouse. The term rollover derives from the meaning that a small ball inside the mouse rolls over the surface.

There are several examples of rollovers. Interaction with the user is induced by extruding the text elements in the menu, or by making the text elements appear animated by rolling the mouse over each line. This is done by creating a small graphic image for each line of text, and when it detects that the mouse is over that line of text, it is immediately replaced with a second graphic image. This effect prompts the user to click on one of the rows that are being rolled over.

In addition, when the user places the mouse over a specific part of the web page, graphic images or other components that were not previously visible appear suddenly.

Also, when the mouse is rolled over another element, the color of the page element changes. This is a way to reinforce user awareness of the fact that certain page elements are alive and clickable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second application may be used among the above-mentioned applications. That is, when the mouse is placed on the icon and/or thumbnail image representing the chart, the entity of the chart may appear or an image that captures the entity of the chart may appear.

Finally, when the chart is modified, the image, icon, and/or thumbnail image captured through the chart control module 173 are newly updated (S140). That is, the icon and/or the thumbnail image and the captured image are always required to be reduced or have an actual shape as a shape resembling a cart. Therefore, the user can distinguish which chart is based only on the icon or thumbnail image.

The chart display method S100 according to the exemplary embodiment described through the above drawings may be implemented in the form of a recording medium including an instruction set executable by a computer such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer, and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. Further, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery medium.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a visual OLE object including a chart may be displayed within a document without screen scroll pressure using a document editing application.

In addition, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the layout may be changed according to the relationship between the test and the OLE object in the document, and if the user wants, the appearance of the actual OLE object can be displayed according to the action of the input device.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative and non-limiting in all respects. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: chart display device
110: input device
120: display device
130: output device
140: storage device
150: communication device
151: transmitter
152: receiver
160: power supply
170: control unit
171: chart generation module
172: chart display module
173: chart control module
174: integrated chart display module
175: document editing application module
176: operating system
177: memory
178: CPU
200: server
210: database
400: network
500: computing device
510: input interface device
520: output interface device
531: memory
532: storage device
540: power supply
550: processor
560: network interface device
570: wireless communication device
580: bus

Claims (10)

Calling a chart, which is a visual OLE (Object Linking & Embedding) object to be inserted into an electronic document;
Generating and storing the chart as at least one of an icon and a thumbnail image; And
Including the step of displaying the chart through a display device,
Displaying the chart,
The chart is inserted into an electronic document and displayed as one of the generated icon and thumbnail image,
The chart displayed as one of the icon and the thumbnail image is enlarged and displayed according to the action of the input device,
When the original chart of the imported chart is modified, the icon or thumbnail image and the image capturing the shape of the chart are also updated newly,
When the original chart of the imported chart is modified, the icon or thumbnail image and the captured image of the chart are also updated, or the chart is enlarged and displayed,
And displaying the chart as the visual OLE object or displaying the shape of the chart as a captured image so as not to affect the layout of the electronic document.
delete The method according to claim 1,
To enlarge and display the above chart,
The chart display method, characterized in that the chart is enlarged and displayed according to a screen scrolling or a mouse rollover operation.
delete delete A chart creation module that loads a chart, which is a visual OLE (Object Linking & Embedding) object to be inserted into an electronic document;
A chart control module generating and storing the chart as at least one of an icon and a thumbnail image; And
Including a chart display module for displaying the chart through a display device,
The chart display module,
The chart is inserted into an electronic document and displayed as one of the generated icon and thumbnail image,
When the original chart of the imported chart is modified, the icon or thumbnail image and the image capturing the shape of the chart are also updated newly,
When the original chart of the imported chart is modified, the icon or thumbnail image and the captured image of the chart are also updated, or the chart is enlarged and displayed,
The chart display device, characterized in that the chart is displayed as the visual OLE object, or the shape of the chart is displayed as a captured image while displaying so as not to affect the layout of the electronic document.
delete The method of claim 6,
The chart display module enlarges and displays the chart,
A chart display device, wherein the chart is enlarged and displayed according to a screen scrolling or a mouse rollover operation.
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