JP2000163034A - Control method for screen saver and recording medium recorded with program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the condition of starting and releasing of a screen saver adjustable to the kind and the state of an application being operated on a computer by setting plural starting and releasing conditions with respect to one screen saver. SOLUTION: When an application is used, a waiting time before a screen saver is displayed can be set a little longer than that in a normal time. Moreover, waiting time before the screen saver is displayed become longer than that in the normal time only when the application is in being used and an application picture does not become an icon state, and when the application is not used or the application is used and the application picture become the icon state, the screen saver is displayed in the waiting time of the normal time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen saver technology, and more particularly, to setting a plurality of activation / cancellation conditions for one screen saver, whereby the type and state of an application running on a computer can be adjusted. The present invention relates to a method for controlling a screen saver that can adjust the conditions for activating and canceling the screen saver, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional screen saver, if a user does not input for a certain period of time while operating the apparatus, the screen saver display is uniformly switched even when the user is sitting in front of the apparatus.
That inconvenience was a challenge.

A conventional technique of a screen saver control method for solving this problem is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 10-161622 (first conventional technique). As shown in FIG. 1 of the publication, this screen saver control method is
Input unit, control unit, display unit, screen saver storage unit,
A time lapse display storage unit, input control means, input processing means, display control means, screen saver output means, time monitoring means, and time lapse display output means are provided. The screen saver control method having such a configuration operates as follows. That is, the time monitoring means monitors the interruption time of the input operation via the input control means, and when the specified time has elapsed, the display pattern indicating the lapse of time from the time lapse display storage section under the control of the time lapse display output means. Is read out and superimposed on the screen currently being operated and displayed on the display unit under the control of the display control means, and after the specified time has passed and the display pattern is completed, the control of the screen saver output means is performed. Based on the screen saver display.

[0004]

However, in the first prior art, before the entire screen is switched to the screen saver display after a period of no input for a certain period of time, it is displayed on a part of the screen that the specified time has passed. Or display the time remaining before switching to the screen saver, letting the user know that the screen saver is about to start displaying,
Since it does not control the start of the screen saver display itself, even if the user is sitting in front of the device, the screen will switch to the screen saver display if there is no input for a certain period of time, so the user's thinking will continue. However, there is a problem that it is not a fundamental solution to the problem of causing problems.

A prior art of an information processing apparatus for solving the same problem is described in JP-A-6-124188 (second conventional technique). As shown in FIG. 1 of the publication, this information processing apparatus includes a main unit, an input device, an output device, an external storage device, an absence control database, an external program execution unit, a device control unit, a central control unit, and a user presence unit. A determination unit.

The information processing apparatus of the second prior art having such a configuration operates as follows. That is, the user presence determination unit emits infrared light and detects that the user is near the device based on the reflected light from the user. The central control unit controls the external program execution unit and the device control unit based on the presence / absence information from the user presence determination unit to gradually limit functions such as power saving, device protection, and security. The external program execution unit executes a screen saver program and the like. The device control unit stops a motor such as an HDD (hard disk).

However, in the second prior art, switching to the screen saver display is performed by measuring the absence time of the user, not the interruption time of the input operation.
It is necessary to prepare a user presence determination unit for detecting that the user is near the apparatus by infrared rays or the like, and if implemented, there is a problem that the structure of the apparatus becomes complicated and the cost increases.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to set a plurality of activation / cancellation conditions for one screen saver, thereby operating on a computer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a screen saver control method capable of adjusting the conditions for activating and canceling the screen saver according to the type and state of the application being used, and a recording medium storing the program.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a screen saver for performing a screen save operation in accordance with a start or release condition.
Storing a first activation / deactivation condition of the screen saver without specifying an application name; and a second activation / deactivation of the screen saver which is applied only when the specific application is running. A step of storing the cancellation condition;
During the execution of the specific application, a screen save operation according to the second start / cancel condition is performed. During the execution of an application that does not specify the name of the application, a screen save according to the first start / cancel condition is performed. And a step of performing an operation. The gist of claim 2 of the present invention is a step of receiving the second activation / deactivation condition or the first activation / deactivation condition of the screen saver, and the step of receiving the second activation / deactivation condition during execution of the specific application. Switching the display content of the display screen from the screen display state of the application to the screen display state of the screen saver when the state matches the start condition. It lies in the control method. According to another aspect of the present invention, when the input data matches the second release condition, the display content of the display screen is changed from the screen display state of the screen saver to the screen display of the original application. The method for controlling a screen saver according to claim 1, further comprising a step of switching to a state. The gist of claim 4 of the present invention is that the display of the display screen is performed when the input data does not match the second start condition and becomes in a state matching the first start condition. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of switching the content to the screen saver. Claim 5 of the present invention
The gist of the invention is that, when data matching the first release condition is input during the screen display of the screen saver according to the first activation condition, the display content of the display screen is changed to the screen of the screen saver. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of switching from the display state to the screen display state of the original application. The gist of claim 6 of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a step of adjusting the conditions for activating and canceling the screen saver according to the type and / or the operating state of the running application. 4. The method for controlling a screen saver according to any one of 4. Claim 7 of the present invention
7. The program according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of a program describing the method for controlling the screen saver is recorded. In the recording medium.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a first embodiment of a computer for executing a method for controlling a screen saver according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a screen saver program storing means 8 stores a screen saver program of the present invention. The screen saver executing means 9 reads out and executes the program, whereby a display screen (CRT in FIG. A screen saver is displayed in (screen notation) 2. The activation / cancellation condition (B) storage means 12 includes:
The name of the application and the screen saver activation / cancellation condition (B) that is applied only when the application is executed on the computer 1 are stored, and the computer 1 is activated while the application is being executed by the application execution means 6. Condition (B) (second
(Start condition). In response, the screen saver executing means 9 switches the display content of the CRT screen 2 from the application screen to the screen saver. Then, during the screen saver display according to the activation condition (B), a value that matches the cancellation condition (B) (second cancellation condition) is input from the data input means 3. In response, the display content of the CRT screen 2 switches from the screen saver to the original application screen. The activation / cancellation condition (A) storage unit 10 stores the activation / cancellation condition (A) of the screen saver for which the name of the application is not specified. When the computer 1 does not match the start condition (B) but matches the start condition (A), the display content of the CRT screen 2 is switched to the screen saver by the screen saver executing means 9 in response to this. . Then, during the screen saver display according to the activation condition (A) (first activation condition), the release condition (A) is input from the data input means 3.
When a value that matches (first cancellation condition) is input, CR
The display content of the T screen 2 is switched from the screen saver to the original screen. In this way, it is possible to change the activation / deactivation condition of the screen saver depending on whether a specific application is running on the computer or not.

The first embodiment will be described in more detail. Referring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of a method for controlling a screen saver according to the present invention includes a computer 1, a CRT screen 2, and a data input unit 3 that operate under program control. The computer 1 includes an application program storage unit 5, an application execution unit 6, a screen display unit 7, a screen saver program storage unit 8, a screen saver execution unit 9, a start / cancel condition (A) storage unit 10, a data input monitoring unit 11, Start-up/
A release condition (B) storage means 12 and an application state monitoring means 13 are provided.

Each of these means operates as follows. The data input means 3 enables a user to input data to the application execution means 6, the activation / release condition (A) storage means 10, and the activation / release condition (B) storage means 12. In response to this, the application program storage unit 5 stores programs of a plurality of applications operating on the computer 1. In response to this, the application execution unit 6 executes the application read from the application program storage unit 5 and sends data to be displayed on the CRT screen 2 to the screen display unit 7. In response to this, the screen display means 7 includes the application execution means 6 and the screen saver execution means 9
And displays the screen display data on the CRT screen 2. In response to this, the screen saver program storage unit 8 stores the screen saver program of the present invention.

In response to this, the screen saver executing means 9 stores the screen saver program of the present invention read out from the screen saver program storing means 8 into the activation / release condition (A) storage means 10 and the activation / release condition (B) storage means. 12 is executed with reference to the data stored in the storage unit 12 and the data received from the data input monitoring unit 11 and the application state monitoring unit 13. In response to this, the activation / cancellation condition (A) storage unit 10 activates / deactivates the screen saver without specifying the name of the application.
The release condition (A) is stored. In response to this, the data input monitoring means 11 monitors the presence or absence of data input from the data input means 3 and the value of the input data, and sends them to the screen saver execution means 9. In response to this, the activation / cancellation condition (B) storage unit 12 stores the name of the application, the computer 1
Saves the screen saver activation / cancellation condition (B) that is applied only when the application is being executed. In response to this, the application status monitoring unit 13 monitors the status of the application when the application set by the activation / release condition (B) storage unit 12 is being executed by the application execution unit 6 and sends the application status to the screen saver execution unit 9. .

Next, the overall operation of the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of a screen saver control method of the present invention executed by the computer 1 of FIG. First, the user selects the screen saver of the present invention stored in the screen saver program storage unit 8 as a screen saver to be used in the computer 1 in advance, and then starts the activation / cancellation condition (A) storage unit 10 from the data input unit 3.
, A screen saver activation / cancellation condition (A) for which no application name is specified is input. Similarly, the data input means 3 stores the activation / cancellation condition (B) storage means 12 with the name of the application and the activation / cancellation condition (B) of the screen saver which is applied only when the application is executed on the computer 1. input. This allows you to select and activate the screen saver /
The input of the cancellation conditions (A) and (B) is completed.

In response, the screen saver executing means 9 reads out the screen saver program of the present embodiment from the screen saver program storing means 8 and prepares for activation. Then, the user instructs the application executing means 6 to execute the application. In response, the application executing means 6 reads the application from the application program storing means 5 and executes the application (step 201 in FIG. 2). In response to this, the application execution unit 6 accepts data input from the data input unit 3 to the application during execution of the application.
As a result, data input is interrupted for a certain time (step 20).
4,209). In response, the screen saver executing means 9 activates the screen saver (steps 205 and 210). In this case, first, the screen saver execution means 9 determines whether or not the screen saver activation / release condition (B) is set in the activation / release condition (B) storage means 12 (step 202). If the determination result is Yes, then, if the application screen is in the icon state in the activation condition (B), it is checked whether the application screen is not applicable (step 20).
3) If the determination result is Yes, the application state monitoring means 13 checks whether the application screen is in the icon state and notifies the screen saver execution means 9 of the result (step 208). Here, if the result of the determination in step 203 is No (denoted by N in the figure) or the result of the determination in step 203 is Yes (denoted by Y in the figure) and the result of determination in step 208 is No, there is no data input. Is continued for the time set in the activation condition (B) (the determination result in step 204 is Y), the screen saver is activated (step 20).
5). Then, in this state, when the data input monitoring means 11 catches the data input from the data input means 3 and further confirms that the correct password has been input when the password is set in the release condition (B), This is notified to the screen saver execution means 9 (step 206), and the screen saver is released (step 207).

If the result of the determination in step 202 is No
Alternatively, if the result of the determination in step 203 is Yes and the result of determination in step 208 is Yes, if the state without data input continues for the time set in the activation condition (A) (the result of determination in step 209 is Y ), A screen saver is activated (step 210). Then, in this state, the data input monitoring means 11 catches the data input from the data input means 3, and further confirms that the correct password has been input when the password is set under the release condition (A). Subsequently, the fact is notified to the screen saver execution means 9 (step 211), and the screen saver is released (step 212).

Next, a specific example will be described. FIG.
In the screen saver control method of FIG.
9 is an example of a screen saver property screen for setting a release condition (A) and an activation / release condition (B).
The user selects the screen saver of the present embodiment.
In response to this, CR
A property screen is displayed on the T screen 2. The activation / release condition (A) storage means 10 and the activation / release condition (B) storage means 1 are transmitted from the data input means 3 using this property screen.
2. Data input is performed. First, select the screen saver screen design from the pull-down menu. Here, the design named "Snow" is selected. This is common to the activation / cancellation conditions (A) and (B).
Next, values are entered in the items of “protection by password”, “password”, and “waiting time until execution” of the start / cancel condition (A), which are outside the box of “valid only during application execution”. . Here, there is a password protection, the password is xxxxxx (not displayed on the screen for security reasons), and the waiting time is 1 minute. Next, “Applied applications”, “Protection by password” of the activation / cancellation condition (B) inside the box “Valid only during application execution”,
“Password”, “Wait time until execution”, “Not applicable in icon state? Enter a value for each item. In this case, the application to be applied is MSWord (word; trademark of word processing software of Microsoft Corporation in the United States) and MSExcel (trademark of spreadsheet software of Microsoft Corporation in the United States), protected by password, and password is yyyyyy (displayed on screen). No), the waiting time is 5 minutes, and it is not applicable in the icon state. The setting of the activation / cancellation conditions (A) and (B) is completed as described above. In response to this, the screen saver execution means 9 reads the screen saver program of the present invention from the screen saver program storage means 8 and prepares for activation.

Subsequently, when the user enters MS Word or MS
Instruct the application execution means 6 to execute any of Excel. In response, the application executing means 6 reads out and executes those applications from the application program storing means 5 (FIG. 2).
Step 201). On the other hand, the screen saver executing means 9 determines whether the screen saver activation / release condition (B) is set in the activation / release condition (B) storage means 12 (step 202). Since the result is Yes, it is checked whether the application condition is not applicable when the application screen is in the icon state (step 203). This result is also Ye
s, the application status monitoring means 13
Checks whether the application screen is in the icon state and displays the result in the screen saver execution means 9
(Step 208). Here, step 20
If the determination result of No. 8 is No, that is, if the application screen is not in the icon state, if the state without data input continues for 5 minutes set in the activation condition (B) (the determination result in step 204 is Y), the screen saver Is activated, and the display content of the CRT screen 2 is switched from the application screen to the screen saver “snow” (step 205). Then, in that state, the data input monitoring means 11
Catches the data input from the data input means 3, and further sets the password 'yyyy set in the release condition (B).
When it is confirmed that yy 'has been input correctly, the fact is notified to the screen saver execution means 9 (step 206), the screen saver is released, and the CRT screen 2 is displayed.
Is switched from the screen saver "Snow" to the original application screen (step 207).

If the result of the determination in step 208 is Ye
s, that is, if the application screen is in the icon state, if the state without data input continues for one minute set in the activation condition (A) (the determination result in step 209 is Y), the screen saver is activated, CRT screen 2
Is switched from the application screen to the screen saver "Snow" (step 210). Then, in this state, the data input monitoring means 11 catches the data input from the data input means 3 and further confirms that the password 'xxxxxx' set in the release condition (A) has been correctly input. The screen saver executing means 9 is notified (step 211), the screen saver is released, and the display content of the CRT screen 2 is switched from the screen saver "snow" to the original application screen (step 212).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, first, when a specific application is used, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set longer than usual. If the user interrupts data input for a while due to elaboration while using the application, the inconvenience of displaying a screen saver against the user's intention can be avoided.

Second, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed becomes longer than usual only when a specific application is used and the application screen is not in the icon state. If the application is not used or the application screen is in the icon state even if the application is used, the screen saver is displayed with the usual waiting time. It does not interfere with the intended use of the screen saver, such as protection and security of the display screen.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
It is a functional block diagram showing a 2nd embodiment of a computer for performing the control method of the screen saver of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the computer 1 according to the second embodiment is different from the computer 1 according to the first embodiment in FIG. 1 in that the start / release condition (B) storage unit 12 and the application state monitoring unit 13 are replaced. It has a feature in that it includes the activation / cancellation condition (C) storage means 14, the communication means 15, and the communication state monitoring means 16.

The data input means 3 allows the user to execute the application execution means 6 or the activation / cancellation condition (A) storage means 1
0, enabling to input data to the activation / cancellation condition (C) storage means 14. Application execution means 6
Executes the application read from the application program storage unit 5 and sends data to be displayed on the CRT screen 2 to the screen display unit 7;
5 to transmit and receive data to and from another computer. The screen saver execution means 9 stores the screen saver program of the present invention read from the screen saver program storage means 8 into the data stored in the activation / release condition (A) storage means 10 and the activation / release condition (C) storage means 14, , While referring to the data received from the data input monitoring means 11 and the communication state monitoring means 16.

The activation / cancellation condition (C) storage means 14 stores a screensaver activation / cancellation condition (C) which is applied only when the computer 1 is transmitting and receiving data to and from the communication partner. Save). The communication unit 15 transmits and receives data between the application executed by the application execution unit 6 and the designated communication partner. The communication state monitoring unit 16 monitors a communication partner when the application being executed by the application execution unit 6 is transmitting and receiving data, and sends the data to the screen saver execution unit 9.

Next, the overall operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a screen saver control method of the present invention executed by the computer of FIG.

First, the user selects the screen saver of the present invention stored in the screen saver program storage unit 8 as a screen saver to be used in the computer 1 in advance, and then saves the activation / cancellation condition (A) from the data input unit 3. A means 10 for starting / cancelling a screen saver without specifying a communication partner (A)
Enter Further, similarly, the data input unit 3 stores the name of the communication partner in the activation / cancellation condition (C) storage unit 14.
A screen saver activation / cancellation condition (C) that is applied only when the computer 1 is transmitting and receiving data to and from the communication partner is input. Selection of the screen saver and input of the activation / cancellation conditions (A) and (C) are completed.
In response, the clean saver execution means 9 reads the screen saver program of the present embodiment from the screen saver program storage means 8 and prepares for activation. Then, the user instructs the application executing means 6 to execute an application for transmitting and receiving data to and from another computer. In response to this, the application executing means 6 reads the application from the application program storing means 5 and the data input means 3
Data transmission / reception with the communication partner specified by the input from the communication device 15 is started via the communication means 15 (step 3 in FIG. 5).
01). During this data transmission / reception, the data input monitoring means 11 notifies that the data input from the data input means 3 has been interrupted for a certain period of time (steps 304 and 308). In response to this, the screen saver execution means 9
Activates a screen saver (step 305,
309). In this case, first, the screen saver execution unit 9 determines whether the activation / cancellation condition (C) of the screen saver is set in the activation / cancellation condition (C) storage unit 14 (step 302). The judgment result is Ye
If s, the communication state monitoring means 16 checks whether or not the current communication partner is not applicable under the activation condition (C), and notifies the screen saver execution means 9 of the result (step 303). Here, if the determination result in step 303 is No, if the state without data input continues for the time set in the activation condition (C) (step 30)
When the result of the determination in step 4 is Y), the screen saver is activated (step 305). Then, in this state, when the data input monitoring means 11 catches the data input from the data input means 3 and further confirms that the correct password has been input when the password is set in the release condition (C), This is notified to the screen saver execution means 9 (step 306), and the screen saver is released (step 307).

If the result of the determination in step 302 is No
Alternatively, if the determination result in step 303 is Yes, if the state without data input continues for the time set in the activation condition (A) (the determination result in step 308 is Y), the screen saver is activated (step 309). ). And
In that state, the data input monitoring means 11
Catch data input from, and further release condition (A)
If you have set a password in, confirm that the correct password was entered. In response, this is notified to the screen saver execution means 9 (step 3).
10), the screen saver is released (step 3)
11).

Next, a specific example will be described. FIG.
In the screen saver control method of FIG.
It is an example of a property screen of a screen saver for setting a release condition (A) and a start / release condition (C).
The user selects the screen saver of the present embodiment.
In response, the property screen is displayed on the CRT screen 2 to set the activation / cancellation conditions and the like. Using this property screen, data is input from the data input means 3 to the activation / release condition (A) storage means 10 and the activation / release condition (C) storage means 14. First, select the screen saver screen design from the pull-down menu.
Here, the design named "rain" is selected.
This is common to the activation / cancellation conditions (A) and (C). Next, values are entered in the items of “protection by password”, “password”, and “waiting time until execution” of the activation / cancellation condition (A) outside the box of “valid only during data transmission / reception”. . Here, there is protection by a password, the password is xxxxxx (not displayed on the screen), and the waiting time is 1 minute.

Subsequently, in the activation / cancellation condition (C), "Limit the applicable destination / Limit the non-applicable destination" and "Protect with the password" in the activation / cancellation condition (C) inside the box "Valid only during data transmission / reception". , "Password", "Wait until execution", enter a value, and then enter the name of the destination. In this case, the input destinations are the in-house server A and the in-house server B, and the “restricted destinations that are not applicable” is selected. Therefore, the activation / cancellation condition (C) is set for only these destinations. Not applicable. And there is password protection, password is zz
zzzz (not displayed on screen), waiting time is 10
Minute, has become. When the setting of the activation / cancellation conditions (A) and (C) is completed as described above, the screen saver execution means 9 becomes the screen saver program storage means 8.
From the screen saver program of the present invention, and prepares for the activation.

On the other hand, the user instructs the application executing means 6 to execute an application for transmitting and receiving data to and from another computer. In response, the application execution unit 6 reads the application from the application program storage unit 5 and starts data transmission / reception with the communication partner specified by the input from the data input unit 3 via the communication unit 15 (FIG. 5 step 301). On the other hand, the screen saver execution unit 9 determines whether the activation / cancellation condition (C) of the screen saver is set in the activation / cancellation condition (C) storage unit 14 (step 302). This result is Ye
Then, the communication state monitoring unit 16 checks whether the current communication partner is not applicable under the activation condition (C), and notifies the screen saver execution unit 9 of the result (step 303). Here, if the determination result in step 303 is No, that is, if the communication destination is other than the in-house server A and the in-house server B, it is assumed that the state without data input continues for 10 minutes set in the activation condition (C) ( When the determination result of step 304 is Y), the screen saver is activated, and the display content of the CRT screen 2 is switched from the application screen to the screen saver “rain” (step 305). Then, in that state, the data input monitoring means 11
Catches the data input from the data input means 3, and further sets the password 'zzzz set in the release condition (C).
When it is confirmed that zz 'has been correctly input, the screen saver execution means 9 is notified of that (step 3).
06) Then the screen saver is released and the CRT screen 2
Is switched from the screen saver "Rain" to the original application screen (step 307).

If the result of the determination in step 303 is Ye
s, that is, if the communication destination is either the in-house server A or the in-house server B, if the state without data input continues for one minute set in the activation condition (A) (step 3)
08), the screen saver is activated,
The display content of the CRT screen 2 is switched from the application screen to the screen saver "Rain" (step 30).
9). Then, in this state, the data input monitoring means 11 catches the data input from the data input means 3 and further sets the password 'xxxxxx set in the release condition (A).
When it is confirmed that x 'has been correctly input, the fact is notified to the screen saver execution means 9 (step 3).
10), the screen saver is released and the CRT screen 2
Is switched from the screen saver "Rain" to the original application screen (step 311).

As described above, according to the second embodiment, first, when a specific application is used, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set longer than usual, so that the user If the user interrupts data input for a while due to elaboration while using the application, the inconvenience of displaying a screen saver against the user's intention can be avoided.

Second, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed becomes longer than usual only when a specific application is used and the application screen is not in the icon state. If the application is not used or the application screen is in the icon state even if the application is used, the screen saver is displayed with the usual waiting time. It does not interfere with the intended use of the screen saver, such as protection and security of the display screen.

Third, as in the first embodiment, during communication with a destination other than the in-house servers A and B that are set as not applicable,
Since the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set to be longer than usual, the communication status is displayed without being hidden by the screen saver while communicating with a non-applicable destination. When applied at the time of communication, for example, it is possible to prevent employees from downloading data for private use on a company computer.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
It is a functional block diagram showing a 3rd embodiment of a computer for performing the control method of the screen saver of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, the present embodiment includes a recording medium 4 that records at least a part of a program describing a screen saver control method of the present invention. The recording medium 4 is a magnetic storage means such as a magnetic disk, an EEPROM,
And a recording medium that can be read by a reading device such as a magneto-optical storage device such as an MO or a DVD, or a composite device thereof. The screen saver program of the third embodiment is read from the recording medium 4 into the screen saver program storage unit 8 and controls the operation of the computer 1. The computer 1 executes the same processing as the processing by the computer 1 described in the first or second embodiment under the control of the screen saver program of the present embodiment.

Note that magnetic storage means such as a magnetic disk, E
A reading device such as a semiconductor storage device such as an EPROM, a magneto-optical storage device such as an MO or a DVD, or a composite device thereof may be provided in the computer 1 described in the first or second embodiment, or may be provided over a network. .., 1 connected to at least one or more computers 1,. In this case, the program describing the control method of the screen saver of the present invention is:
After being read by these reading devices, the data is transmitted to an execution subject (for example, a CPU) via a network or a data bus.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, first, when a specific application is used, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set longer than usual. If the user interrupts data input for a while due to elaboration while using the application, the inconvenience of displaying a screen saver against the user's intention can be avoided.

Secondly, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed becomes longer than usual only when a specific application is used and the application screen is not in the icon state. If the application is not used or the application screen is in the icon state even if the application is used, the screen saver is displayed with the usual waiting time. It does not interfere with the intended use of the screen saver, such as protection and security of the display screen.

Third, as in the first embodiment, during communication with a destination other than the in-house servers A and B that are set as not applicable,
Since the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set to be longer than usual, the communication status is displayed without being hidden by the screen saver while communicating with a non-applicable destination. When applied at the time of communication, for example, it is possible to prevent employees from downloading data for private use on a company computer.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
It is a functional block diagram showing a 4th embodiment of a computer for performing a screen saver control method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, the present embodiment includes a recording medium 4 that records at least a part of a program describing a screen saver control method of the present invention. The recording medium 4 is a magnetic storage means such as a magnetic disk, an EEPROM,
And a recording medium that can be read by a reading device such as a magneto-optical storage device such as an MO or a DVD, or a composite device thereof. The program of the screen saver according to the fourth embodiment is read from the recording medium 4 into the screen saver program storage unit 8, and is stored in the computer 1.
Control the operation of. The computer 1 executes the same processing as the processing by the computer 1 according to the second embodiment under the control of the program of the screen saver of the present invention.
And the like, a magneto-optical storage device such as MO and DVD, and a reading device such as a composite device thereof
Alternatively, it may be provided in the computer 1 described in the second embodiment, or may be provided separately in at least one or more computers 1, ..., 1 connected by a network. In this case, a program describing the method of controlling the screen saver of the present invention is read by these reading devices, and then transmitted to an execution entity (for example, a CPU) via a network or a data bus.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, first, when a specific application is used, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set longer than usual. If the user interrupts data input for a while due to elaboration while using the application, the inconvenience of displaying a screen saver against the user's intention can be avoided.

Second, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed becomes longer than usual only when a specific application is used and the application screen is not in the icon state. If the application is not used or the application screen is in the icon state even if the application is used, the screen saver is displayed with the usual waiting time. It does not interfere with the intended use of the screen saver, such as protection and security of the display screen.

Third, as in the first embodiment, during communication with a destination other than the in-house servers A and B set as not applicable,
Since the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set to be longer than usual, the communication status is displayed without being hidden by the screen saver while communicating with a non-applicable destination. When applied at the time of communication, for example, it is possible to prevent employees from downloading data for private use on a company computer.

The number, position, shape, and the like of the above-mentioned constituent members are not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be set to a suitable number, position, shape, and the like for implementing the present invention. In each drawing, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

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Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. First, when using a specific application, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set longer than usual, so if the user interrupts data entry for a while due to elaboration while using the application, This avoids the inconvenience of displaying a screen saver against the user's intention. Second, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed becomes longer than usual only when a specific application is being used and the application screen is not in the icon state. If the application screen is not used or the application screen is in the icon state even if it is used, the screen saver is displayed with the usual waiting time, so that the display screen is protected despite the first effect. It does not interfere with the intended use of the screen saver, such as security or security. Third, while communicating with a destination other than the in-house servers A and B set as non-applicable, the waiting time until the screen saver is displayed can be set to be longer than usual, so the non-applicable destination When communicating with other computers, the communication status is displayed without being hidden by the screen saver.For example, to prevent employees from downloading data for private use on a company computer Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a first embodiment of a computer for executing a screen saver control method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling a screen saver according to the present invention, which is executed by the computer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a start / cancel condition (A) and a start / cancel condition (B) in the screen saver control method of FIG. 2;
This is an example of a screen saver property screen for setting.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a second embodiment of a computer for executing the screen saver control method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a screen saver control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is executed by the computer of FIG. 4;

6 is a diagram showing a control method of the screen saver shown in FIG. 5;
This is an example of a screen saver property screen for setting.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing a third embodiment of a computer for executing the screen saver control method of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of a computer for executing the screen saver control method of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Computer 2 ... Display screen (CRT screen) 3 ... Data input means 4 ... Recording medium 5 ... Application program storage means 6 ... Application execution means 7 ... Screen display means 8 ... Screen saver program storage means 9 ... Screen saver execution means 10 ... Start / release condition (A) storage means 11 ... Data input monitoring means 12 ... Start / release condition (B) storage means 13 ... Application state monitoring means 14 ... Start / release condition (C) storage means 15 ... Communication means 16 ... Communication status monitoring means

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method for controlling a screen saver for performing a screen save operation according to a start or release condition, the method comprising: saving a first start / release condition of the screen saver without specifying an application name; Storing a name of the screen saver and a second activation / deactivation condition that is applied only when the specific application is being executed; and executing the second activation / deactivation condition while the specific application is being executed. Performing a screen save operation according to the first activation / cancellation condition while executing an application that does not specify the name of the application. Receiving the second activation / cancellation condition or the first activation / cancellation condition of the screen saver; and becoming a state consistent with the second activation condition during execution of the specific application. Switching the display contents of the display screen from the screen display state of the application to the screen display state of the screen saver. 3. When the input data matches the second release condition, the display content on the display screen is changed to
The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of switching from the screen display state of the screen saver to the screen display state of the original application. 4. A step of switching the display content of the display screen to the screen saver when the input data does not match the second start condition and matches the first start condition. The method for controlling a screen saver according to claim 1, further comprising: 5. When the data corresponding to the first release condition is input during the display of the screen saver according to the first activation condition, the display content of the display screen is displayed on the screen saver. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of switching from the state to the screen display state of the original application. 6. The type of the running application and / or
5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of adjusting activation and release conditions of the screen saver in accordance with an operation state. 6. 7. A program for controlling a screen saver according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of a program describing the method of controlling the screen saver is recorded. recoding media.