JP2009080710A - Display method of data processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display method for a data processing apparatus with good usability, in which a user can freely customize a screen layout according to his / her preference.
An operation menu display area 250 for selecting an operation menu, a main work area 210 for displaying various data, and a selection display for setting data to be displayed in the main work area or selecting a specific function. A plurality of worksheets having tabs are displayed in the main work area, and the tabs are moved to divide the main work area and change the display area of each worksheet. Is possible.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a display method for a data processing apparatus with good usability, in which a user can freely customize a screen layout according to his / her preference.

  In a conventional data processing device, each character and image information is stored in an individual frame so that other frame information can be seen together while maintaining uniqueness such as scrolling and editing within the frame. The method is known. For example, in spreadsheets and document creation software that is started up in a window system, a plurality of operation windows having various operation tools are prepared, and the operation windows are added to one window constituting the work area as necessary. What to display is known. In addition, some spreadsheet software displays a selected work sort in the forefront column by overlaying multiple worksheets in the work area and selecting a tab (heading) provided for this work sort. It has been. In each of these work areas, a display form that can be divided vertically or horizontally or vertically or horizontally with respect to the cursor position is adopted.

  In the biomagnetic field measurement apparatus, a tool bar for selecting an operation is provided in a band shape at the top of the window screen, and below the subject information unit, the analysis data unit, and an operation region unit for instructing a specific operation. Are arranged side by side and display various analysis data in the analysis data section.

  In addition, in order to be able to see the information in the frame in a wide range, the layout area where a plurality of blocks are arranged in one frame (window) and the information of the block selected in this layout area are enlarged. There is known a content display area for blocks to be displayed.

JP 2004-41739 A JP-A-11-195017

  In the spreadsheet and document creation software, the operation window is a collection of icon fields for executing specific functions. Depending on the work contents in the work area, the operation windows are divided into these fields. Since it can be selectively displayed on the screen, a certain work area can be secured. That is, these conventional examples secure a work area of a certain size and selectively display a necessary operation window.

  However, in a special data processing device such as a biomagnetic field measurement device or a design support device, in addition to the main analysis data portion, the area of the subject information portion and the operation region portion that instructs a specific operation As a result, there is a problem that the work area for displaying the main information such as the analysis data section becomes smaller. Therefore, it can be said that improving the usability of the work area is an effective means for improving workability. Moreover, in this kind of special data processing apparatus, since the user becomes a skilled worker, there is a display method that allows the user to freely customize the screen layout according to preference while satisfying the operability. It is requested.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a display method for a data processing apparatus that is easy to use and allows the user to freely customize the screen layout according to his / her preference.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a storage device that stores various data and a display device that displays various data, reads data from the storage device, displays the data on the display device, A display method of a data processing apparatus that executes the data processing of: an operation menu display area for selecting an operation menu, a main work area for displaying various data, and setting of data displayed in the main work area or A selection display area for selecting a specific function. In the main work area, a plurality of worksheets having tabs are displayed in an overlapping manner. By moving the tabs, the main work area can be divided and The display area of each worksheet can be changed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a display method for a data processing apparatus with good usability that allows a user to freely customize a screen layout according to his / her preference.

  Hereinafter, the data processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The data processing apparatus described here is designed mainly for collating a semiconductor circuit created with CAD data with past case data, extracting problems of the semiconductor circuit from these collation results, and making improvements. A support system is explained as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and can be applied to a user-friendly data processing apparatus that allows the user to freely customize the screen layout according to preferences.

  First, the schematic structure of this data processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the data processing apparatus.

  In FIG. 1, a data processing device generally indicated by reference numeral 1 includes a control device 10 that comprehensively controls the data processing device 1, an internal storage device 11 that stores programs, an external storage device 12, an external device It includes an external interface 13 that can be connected to a device, a display device 14 for displaying various information, a keyboard 15 and a mouse 16 as input devices. In this embodiment, the control device 10, the internal storage device 11, the external storage device 12, and the external interface 13 are housed in one control device main body 17, and a separate display device 14 and keyboard are connected via the external interface 13. 15 and the mouse 16 are connected to form the data processing apparatus 1. The configuration of the data processing apparatus 1 is the same as that of a general desktop personal computer, and can be applied to other notebook personal computers. In this embodiment, the external storage device 12 is structured to store and analyze various data such as CAD data, but is connected to a network via the external interface 13 to acquire various data via this network. Can be analyzed.

  In this embodiment, the window system, which is the OS of the data processing device 1, is activated to display an initial screen (not shown) of the OS on the display device 14, and the design support system icon arranged on the initial screen is displayed. When clicked, the control device 10 reads out the program from the internal storage device 11 and activates it, and activates the design support system according to this embodiment having a work screen 200 as shown in FIG.

  One of the major features of the data processing apparatus 1 is that a main work area in which various layouts can be made by moving a plurality of superimposed worksheets via tabs in a window-type work screen 200. 210, an operation menu display area 250 in which icons of specific functions are arranged for each field, and a selection display area 270 of specific functions.

  That is, the work screen 200 according to this embodiment includes a title bar 201 formed in a strip shape at the top of the work screen 200, a strip-shaped toolbar area 202 provided below the title bar, and the toolbar area 202. A strip-shaped operation menu display area 250 provided below, a main work area 210 provided on one side of the operation menu display area 250, and two selection displays provided above and below on the other side of the operation menu display area 250. And an area 270.

  In this work screen 200, each area other than the title bar 201 is handled as one window, and the position of each area can be freely moved. For example, the two selection display areas 270 can be moved from the right side to the left side, or the operation menu display area 250 can be moved below the work screen 200. Further, although the operation menu display area 250 has a horizontally long band shape in FIG. 1, when it is moved to one side of the work screen 200, the shape can be changed to a vertically long band shape. Furthermore, the operation menu display area 250 and the selection display area 270 can be arranged outside the window of the work screen 200. Therefore, when one screen display is performed on two display devices, the work screen 200 is displayed on one display device, and the operation menu display region 250 and the selection display region 270 are displayed on the other display device so as to collect the operation system. As a result, the display area of the work screen 200 can be assigned to the main work area 210 to improve the visibility of the data, and the operation system can be integrated to improve usability.

  The selection display area 270 is provided for each selection function for selecting CAD data, layers, etc., the display operation function for the main work area 210, and the function for selecting an added hot spot. The selection display area 270 includes a data display window 271 and an operation switch group 272 for setting and selecting data displayed in the data display window 271. Therefore, these selection display areas 270 have a specific size, and when all the areas of the selection display area 270 cannot be displayed for display in the work screen 200, the control device 10 displays the vertical scroll bar 204. Alternatively, the horizontal scroll bar 203 is displayed in the selection display area 270.

  On the other hand, the main work area 210 is composed of a plurality of worksheets 211 each capable of displaying data, and these worksheets 211 are usually displayed in an overlapping manner in the main work area 210. Each worksheet is displayed in full screen on one of the predetermined worksheets. These worksheets are selected by selecting a tab 212 provided on one side (upper side or lower side), so that the worksheet of the selected tab 212 is displayed in full screen in the main work area 210.

  One of the other major features of the data processing apparatus 1 is that the division and area can be changed by dragging the main work area 210 overlaid in the tab format via a specific tab 212. It is in the point.

  That is, in this embodiment, when the cursor 205 is moved to one of the tabs 212 and a click operation is performed, the first worksheet 211a of the tab 212 is displayed in full screen. When the tab 212 displayed on the full screen is dragged and moved to the right side as shown in FIG. 1, for example, the area of the first worksheet 211a is reduced to the right side. Accordingly, the second worksheet 211b hidden on the back surface is displayed in the area of the moved region in the left region where the first worksheet 211a has moved. Further, when the dragged tab 212 is further dragged downward, the third worksheet 211c hidden on the back side of the second worksheet 211b is displayed at the upper portion thereof in the area of the moved region.

  In the document creation software and spreadsheet software applied in the conventional window system, when a plurality of data are started up, those that automatically allocate the plurality of data in the work area and display the divided data are known. . However, since the divided data areas are not linked to each other, the size of one area is not changed even if the size of one area is changed. For this reason, if the size of one data area is changed after automatic allocation, the other data area is changed, or the area with overlapping areas and the blank area without the area are left as they are. Work must be continued.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, the main work area 210 can be divided and displayed in various ways by dragging the tabs 212 of the plurality of worksheets 211 displayed in a tab form. In addition, since the other worksheet 211 that is overlaid and hidden in the moved area is displayed in a size corresponding to the blank area, the main work area 210 can be used efficiently without waste. be able to.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is an initial screen diagram of the design support system according to this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a file browser screen view. FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 are screen views showing the dividing operation of the main work area.

  First, referring to FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the control device 10 constantly updates the screen layout of the work screen 200 in the internal storage device 11 (regularly or as needed). Therefore, when this design support system is started, the control device 10 reproduces the previous screen layout on the display device 14. The control device 10 stores the position coordinates, size, and image of the toolbar area 202, the main work area 210, or the operation menu display area 250 constituting the work screen 200 in the internal storage device 11 periodically or as needed or at the end of the system. To do. In particular, in this embodiment, with respect to the arrangement of the data display window 271 and the operation switch group 272 in the worksheet 211 and the selection display area 270, the position coordinates, size, and image can be stored in the internal storage device 11. it can. Thus, the user can freely customize the screen layout according to his / her preference and can work with the same screen layout at any time.

  In this embodiment, the customized screen layout can be stored in the internal storage device 11 with a name. As a result, the user can store a plurality of screen layouts and call a work screen 200 that is easy to use according to the scene of use.

  Next, the initial screen of this design support system will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, a work screen 200 shown in FIG. 2 shows an initial screen. A title bar 201 and a tool bar area 202 are basic displays of the window system. In the title bar 201, the title name of the design support system is displayed on the right side, and basic function icons for reduction, full screen, and close are displayed on the right side. The toolbar area 202 displays operation icons common to window systems such as file, window display, and help.

  In this embodiment, similar operation functions are assigned to the operation menu display area 250 and the selection display area 270. That is, the operation menu display area 250 is a collection of icons to which specific functions that are frequently used are assigned for each type of operation. The operation of the operation menu display area 250 allows the basic operation of the design support system. It can be performed.

  For example, in this operation menu display area 250, hot spot output, image output, overlay, APP name, data name, login name, logout, central coordinates, magnification display setting area, etc. are arranged and displayed in these areas. A function assigned to this icon can be executed by aligning the cursor 205 with the icon and performing a determination operation. As the assigned function, a single function can be executed, or a pull-down display can be used to select a lower-level icon, or a data call or update operation can be performed.

  On the other hand, the selection display area 270 is a detailed operation display window 271 for executing specific functions such as a CAD data file calling unit 274 and a display control unit 273 such as a magnification and position instruction of the main work area 210. A switch group 272 is provided.

  For example, the selection display area 270 shown in FIG. 2 shows the work screen 200 on which the display control unit 273 and the file call unit 274 are displayed. The display control unit 273 includes a layout navigation unit 275, a viewer control unit 276, and a mouse position display unit 277. The layout navigation unit 275 includes a data display window 271a that displays a frame range 283 that displays the entire selected one worksheet 211. The data display window 271a shows the current display range of the main work area 210. A display guide 278 is displayed to display the positional relationship with respect to the entire enlarged display. When a predetermined position in the frame range 283 of the layout navigation unit 275 is clicked or the display guide 278 is dragged, the control device 10 moves the display position based on the instruction operation. Then, the control device 10 displays the range of the display guide 278 on the selected worksheet 211 in the main work area 210, and changes the display of the worksheet 211 as the display guide 278 moves.

  The viewer control unit 276 includes a screen display movement key unit 279, a screen rotation key unit 280, a magnification setting unit 281 and a screen coordinate unit 282. The screen display movement key unit 279 and the screen rotation key unit 280 are provided with up / down / left / right keys. When these four keys are operated, the control device 10 moves the display guide 278 in the moving direction, and the movement is performed. Accordingly, the display of the main work area 210 is also changed. The magnification setting unit 281 sets the magnification of the display guide 278 with respect to the size of the frame range 283, and the control device 10 receives a numerical value input to the magnification setting unit 281 via the keyboard 15. The numerical value is set as the range of the display guide 278 by operating the update button. Further, the control device 10 displays the center position of the display guide 278 on the screen coordinate unit 282 with the X coordinate and the Y coordinate.

  The mouse position display unit 277 includes a mouse coordinate display unit, a cell name of the worksheet 211, and a display area of the number of layers, and the control device 10 is based on the display contents of the main work area 210 and the cursor position. Appropriate numerical values are displayed for these display contents.

  The file calling unit 274 is a controller for selecting and retrieving a cell or layer displayed on the worksheet 211 and calling it. In addition, as the same type of selection display area 270, a layout selection section (not shown) for calling the above-described customized and registered work screen 200 and a file browser section (not shown) for selecting data to be displayed in the main work area 210 are used. Etc. are being prepared. These selection display areas 270 are displayed in the same display form as the file calling unit 274.

  Next, the main work area 210 is configured by laminating a worksheet 211 having a tab 212 with a name in the main work area 210, and the worksheet 211 itself is set in advance or in advance. A pre-registered worksheet 210 is displayed on the full screen in the main work area 210, and the tabs 212 are arranged side by side on the upper side, the lower side, or the left side or the right side so as not to overlap each other in the direction of each side. Therefore, the user can grasp the status of the worksheet 211 by looking at the tab 212.

  Each worksheet 212 has a horizontal scroll bar 203 on the lower side and a vertical scroll bar 204 on the right side. What is the relationship between the range of the display guide 278 displayed in the main work area 210 and the frame range 283? Can be easily grasped, and by dragging these two scroll bars, the content displayed in the main work area 210 (the range of the display guide 278) can be moved.

  Next, an operation method will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in the design support system according to this embodiment, when the system is started up by the above operation, a work screen 200 as an initial screen in FIG. 2 is displayed. In displaying this initial screen, the control device 10 calls up and displays the screen layout from the internal storage device 11 at the previous end or a preset screen layout. In the called work screen 200, the main work area 210 is displayed as a blank.

  When the user selects the data selection unit 284 in the operation menu display area 250, the control device 10 displays the file browser screen 300 shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 2, a screen layout that does not display the file browser portion in the selection display area 270 is set as the initial screen. Therefore, if the file browser unit is set on the initial screen, data can be easily selected via the file browser unit.

  In FIG. 3, the file browser screen 300 has a screen layout in which the main work area 210 and the selection display area 270 of the work screen 200 are changed. That is, a list area 310 is displayed on the lower right side of the file browser screen 300, and a directory area 320 and a file information display area 330 are displayed on the left and right sides of the list area 310, respectively.

  When displaying the file browser screen 300, the control device 10 displays the directory of the files of the internal storage device 11 and the external storage device 12 connected to the directory area 320 or the storage device connected to the network in a tree structure. To do. When the holder of the directory area 320 is selected, the control device 10 displays the data list in the holder in the list area 310. The directory area 320 is provided with a selection button 311 for display contents such as a list and a thumbnail. When the selection button 311 is selected, the control device 10 transfers the selected data from the internal storage device 11. Called up and displayed in the list area 310. Further, when the user selects one data from the list area 310, the control device 10 displays the detailed contents of the data in the file information display area 330 and provides the data name at the bottom of the list area 310. Displayed in the file selection window 312 to be displayed. When the open button adjacent to the file selection window 312 is operated, the control device 10 switches the display content to the work screen 200 and calls the selected data from the internal storage device 11 to call the main work area 210. To display.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7, the division operation of the main work area 210 accompanying the movement operation of the tab 212 will be described. Here, FIGS. 4 to 7 show screen transition diagrams of only the main work area.

  First, in FIG. 4, four (A to D) worksheets 211 are stacked in the order of priority A to D. On the screen 400, the A worksheet 211 is displayed on the entire screen. From this state, when the cursor 205 is positioned on the A tab 212 and dragged to the right side, the control apparatus 10 moves the left end of the A worksheet 211 in accordance with the movement of the tab 212 as shown in the screen 401. Thus, the area of the worksheet 211 of A is reduced in the drag direction. Then, the control device 10 displays the B worksheet, to which the next priority order is set, in the blank portion accompanying the movement of the A worksheet 211 so as to gradually expand in the drag direction. In addition, about the priority order 3 and later, it is set as the state laminated | stacked behind the B worksheet.

  Also, when the A tab 212 is dragged downward from the state of the screen 401, the control apparatus 10 moves the upper end of the A worksheet 211 in accordance with the movement of the tab 212, as shown in the screen 402. The area of the worksheet 211 is reduced in the drag direction. Then, the control device 10 displays the C worksheet, to which the next priority is set, in the blank portion accompanying the movement of the A worksheet 211 so as to gradually expand in the drag direction. In addition, in the priority order 4 and later, it is assumed that the sheets are stacked behind the C worksheet.

  In FIG. 5, when the cursor 205 is positioned on the tab 212 A and dragged downward from the state of the screen 400, the control device 10 moves the tab A along with the movement of the tab 212 as shown in the screen 411. The upper end of the worksheet 211 is moved to reduce the area of the A worksheet 211 in the drag direction. Then, the control device 10 displays the B worksheet, to which the next priority order is set, in the blank portion accompanying the movement of the A worksheet 211 so as to gradually expand in the drag direction. In addition, about the priority order 3 and later, it is set as the state laminated | stacked behind the B worksheet.

  Further, when the C tab 212 is dragged to the right side from the state of the screen 411, the control apparatus 10 moves the left end of the C worksheet 211 as the tab 212 moves as shown in the screen 412. The area of the C worksheet 211 is reduced in the drag direction. Then, the control device 10 displays the B worksheet 211 having a higher priority than C in the blank portion accompanying the movement of the C worksheet 211 so as to gradually expand in the drag direction. In addition, in the priority order 4 and later, it is assumed that the sheets are stacked behind the C worksheet.

  In FIG. 6, when the determination operation is performed by moving the cursor 205 to the C tab 212 from the state of the screen 400, the control apparatus 10 displays the C worksheet 211 in front. For example, when the C tab 212 is dragged to the right side, as illustrated in a screen 422, the control apparatus 10 moves the left end of the C worksheet 211 in accordance with the movement of the tab 212, thereby moving the C worksheet 211. The area of is reduced in the drag direction. Then, the control apparatus 10 displays the A worksheet 211 having a higher priority order in the blank portion accompanying the movement of the C worksheet 211 so as to gradually expand in the drag direction. Note that the B worksheet 211 with the second priority is arranged on the back surface of the worksheet 211, and the worksheets 211 with the fourth or higher priority are arranged on the back surface of the B worksheet 211.

  In FIG. 7, when the cursor 205 is positioned on the tab 212 A and dragged obliquely downward from the state of the screen 400, the control device 10 moves the tab 212 along with the movement of the tab 212 as shown in the screen 431. The left corner of the worksheet 211 is moved to reduce the area of the worksheet 211 of A in the drag direction (diagonal direction). Then, the control device 10 divides the blank portion that accompanies the movement of the A worksheet 211 into two, and assigns the worksheet 211 of the next priority to the two divided blank portions. In this embodiment, it is divided into two parts: a blank part that is divided into left and right by the X-axis coordinate of the left end of the A worksheet 211 and an upper blank part that is divided up and down by the Y coordinate of the A worksheet 211. . Then, the B worksheet is assigned to the left blank, the C worksheet having the next priority B is assigned to the upper blank, and the next priority worksheet is placed on the back side of C.

  In this embodiment, the main work area is divided into three along with the diagonal movement, but may be set to be divided into four.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the example of one display device 14 has been described, but it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a case where a plurality of display devices are connected and used as a multi-monitor. In this case, each display area can be enlarged or reduced beyond the frame of the display device.

It is a schematic block diagram of a data processor. It is an initial screen figure of the design support system concerning this embodiment. It is a file browser screen figure. It is a screen figure which shows the division | segmentation operation | movement of a main work area | region. It is a screen figure which shows the division | segmentation operation | movement of a main work area | region. It is a screen figure which shows the division | segmentation operation | movement of a main work area | region. It is a screen figure which shows the division | segmentation operation | movement of a main work area | region.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Data processing device, 10 ... Control device, 11 ... Internal storage device, 12 ... External storage device, 13 ... External interface, 14 ... Display device, 15 ... Keyboard, 16 ... Mouse, 17 ... Control device main body, 200 ... Workpiece Screen 201: Title bar 202: Toolbar area 203 ... Horizontal scroll bar 204 ... Vertical scroll bar 205 ... Cursor 210 ... Main work area 211 ... Worksheet 212 ... Tab 250 ... Operation menu display area 270 ... Selection display area, 271 ... Data display window, 272 ... Operation switch group, 273 ... Display control section, 274 ... File call section, 275 ... Layout navigation section, 276 ... Viewer control section, 277 ... Mouse position display section, 278 ... Display guide, 279 ... Screen display movement key part, 280 ... Screen rotation key part 281 ... Magnification setting section, 282 ... Screen coordinate section, 283 ... Frame range, 300 ... File browser screen, 310 ... List area, 311 ... Select button, 312 ... File selection window, 320 ... Directory area, 330 ... File information display area .

Claims (5)

A display method for a data processing apparatus, comprising: a storage device for storing various data; and a display device for displaying various data; and reading the data from the storage device, displaying the data on the display device, and executing various data processing Because
An operation menu display area for selecting an operation menu, a main work area for displaying various data, and a selection display area for setting data to be displayed in the main work area or selecting a specific function are displayed.
In the main work area, a plurality of worksheets having tabs are displayed in an overlapping manner, and by moving the tabs, it is possible to divide the main work area and change the display area of each worksheet. A display method of the data processing apparatus.   The operation menu display area is displayed in a strip shape at the top of the display screen, the main work area is displayed on one side below the operation menu display area, and the selection display area is on the other side below the operation menu display area. The display method of the data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display method is displayed on the screen. The tab is moved by a drag operation.
When the tab of the first worksheet is moved while the first worksheet of the plurality of worksheets is fully displayed, the display area of the first worksheet is changed in the drag direction of the tab. The display method of the data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second worksheet is displayed in a blank portion that is reduced and moved. The tab is moved by a drag operation.
When the tab of the first worksheet is moved in an oblique direction in a state where the first worksheet of the plurality of worksheets is displayed on the entire surface, the display area of the first worksheet becomes the tab display area. 4. The sheet is reduced in the drag direction, and a blank portion resulting from the movement is divided into two, and a second worksheet and a third worksheet are displayed in each of the divided areas. The display method of the data processing apparatus in any one of.   Priorities are assigned to the plurality of worksheets, and when a worksheet having a higher priority is reduced, a worksheet next to the reduced worksheet is displayed in a blank portion accompanying the reduction. The display method of the data processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4.

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