JP2017162404A - Multi-window display device, multi-window display method, and multi-window display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-window display device by which an operator who is not used to the computer operation can browse the information on the vehicle maintenance or the like easily and smoothly and use the information on the maintenance and the like sufficiently.SOLUTION: A multi-window display device displays at the same time, a main window and a subwindow. The multi-window display device includes an information extraction unit 179 that extracts work screen display information from a work screen database 149, and a display control unit 177 to display the work screen generated based on the extracted work screen display information on the main window. The information extraction unit 179 extracts at least one of the vehicle information, the client information, and the maintenance information for a keyword specified on the displayed work screen from a maintenance information database 147. The display control unit 177 displays at least one of the extracted vehicle information, client information, and maintenance information on the subwindow.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a multi-window display device, a multi-window display method, and a multi-window display program suitable for managing information relating to vehicle repair and maintenance.

Vehicles must be used for a relatively long period of time, from purchase to maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection (hereinafter collectively referred to as “maintenance, etc.” in this specification). Is a conceivable article. For this reason, vehicle maintenance factories centrally manage records of vehicle maintenance, etc., and utilize the history of maintenance etc. for future maintenance.
An invention for managing such information such as maintenance is described in Patent Document 1, for example. The dealer service management system described in Patent Document 1 is constructed by a dealer terminal operated by a dealer and a host computer connected via a network. The dealer operates the dealer terminal and determines an evaluation value for each predetermined check item. Dealer clinic check data is constituted by the determined evaluation value. The dealer clinic check data includes, for example, data necessary for the dealer to provide repair / service such as “confirmation of damaged area and situation” and “arrangement for delivery of repaired car”.

  Information related to vehicle maintenance can be used not only at dealers but also at sales and maintenance sites. For this reason, it is desirable that information such as maintenance can be browsed by various workers such as a dealer, a maintenance worker, and a sales person in various places such as an office, a factory, and a customer.

JP 2003-263515 A

However, as described above, when workers in various departments browse information such as maintenance, there is a concern that an operator unfamiliar with the operation of the computer will not be able to fully utilize the information such as maintenance by taking time for the operation. Is done.
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even an operator unfamiliar with computer operation can easily and smoothly browse information such as vehicle maintenance, and sufficient information such as maintenance can be obtained. An object is to provide a multi-window display device, a multi-window display method, and a multi-window display program that can be utilized.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a multi-window display device according to one embodiment of the present invention is used for a first window on a display screen in which display related to work including information input and information editing is performed, and the work A multi-window display device that displays information and simultaneously displays a second window that is not subjected to display related to editing of the information, and stores work screen display information for displaying a work screen on which the work is performed. A work screen display information extraction unit that extracts work screen display information from the work screen database that is stored, a first display control unit that displays a work screen created by the extracted work screen display information on the first window, Vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information corresponding to the keyword designated on the work screen displayed by the first display control unit A maintenance information extraction unit that extracts at least one from the maintenance information database storing the vehicle information, the customer information, and the maintenance information, the vehicle information extracted by the maintenance information extraction unit, the customer information, and A second display control unit for displaying at least one of the maintenance information on the second window.

  In the multi-window display method of one embodiment of the present invention, a display window is used to display a first window in which display related to an operation including input of information and information editing is performed, and information used for the operation. A multi-window display method for simultaneously displaying a second window in which display related to editing is not performed, and work from a work screen database in which work screen display information for displaying the work screen on which the work is performed is stored A step of extracting screen display information, a step of displaying a work screen created by the extracted work screen display information on the first window, and vehicle information corresponding to a keyword specified on the displayed work screen Storing the vehicle information, the customer information and the maintenance information as at least one of customer information and maintenance information. And a step of extracting from the information database, extracted the vehicle information, a step of displaying at least one of the customer information and the maintenance information to the second window, a.

  The multi-window display program of one embodiment of the present invention displays, on a display screen, a first window in which display relating to work including information input and information editing is performed, and information used for the work, the information A multi-window display program for simultaneously displaying a second window on which no editing related display is performed, in which work screen display information for displaying a work screen on which the work is performed is stored in a computer Corresponds to a function for extracting work screen display information from the database, a function for displaying the work screen created by the extracted work screen display information in the first window, and a keyword specified in the displayed work screen At least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information, the vehicle information, the customer information, and A function of extracting from the maintenance information database that stores the serial maintenance information, extracted the vehicle information, said the function of displaying at least one said second window customer information and the maintenance information, to realize.

  According to the present invention described above, a multi-window display device capable of easily and smoothly browsing information such as vehicle maintenance even if an operator is unfamiliar with computer operation, and can fully utilize information such as maintenance. A multi-window display method and a multi-window display program can be provided.

It is a functional block diagram for demonstrating the multi-window display apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a multi-window displayed in the multi-window display device illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a main window and a sub window of the multi-window display device illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the fitting of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the fitting of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the process which determines the side to fit in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the multi-window display method and multi-window display program of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process of step S52 shown in FIG. It is the figure which illustrated the multiwindow displayed in the arbitrary designation mode of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the process which registers maintenance information etc. in the maintenance information database shown in FIG. It is the figure which illustrated the multiwindow displayed in the history inquiry mode of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process of the log | history inquiry mode of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation of the jump mode of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the example which designated the components of the vehicle and extracted the maintenance slip of other embodiment of this invention.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment exemplifies an apparatus, a method, or a program for embodying the technical idea of the present invention. The technical idea of the present invention is based on the material, shape, structure, arrangement, etc. of components. It is not specified to the following. The technical idea of the present invention can be variously modified within the technical scope defined by the claims described in the claims.

[Multi-window display device]
Hereinafter, a multi-window display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining the multi-window display device of this embodiment. The multi-window display device 1 of this embodiment includes a display device 11, a main body 13, and a user interface 15 through which an operator inputs information to the main body 13. Hereinafter, each configuration of the multi-window display device 1 will be described.

<Display device>
The display device 11 is, for example, a general liquid crystal display. The display device 11 includes a display screen 110 and a display driver 111 for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal according to an image to be displayed. The display screen 110 is assumed to have a rectangular shape in front view as illustrated later.

<Main body>
The main body 13 includes a working memory 131, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 133, a program memory 135, a maintenance information database 147, and a work screen database 149 as hardware. Such a main body 13 can be constituted by a general-purpose computer.

  The maintenance information database 147 stores customer information and vehicle information in association with maintenance information related to the contents and history of maintenance. The customer information is, for example, personal information such as the name and address of the vehicle owner. The vehicle information is information determined at the time of manufacturing the vehicle, such as the vehicle model, manufacturer, model, date of manufacture, and parts such as the engine. The maintenance information is, for example, information on the contents of maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection, and the like performed after the purchase of the vehicle.

The work screen database 149 includes work screen display information for displaying a work screen for performing work related to information related to maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection, etc. performed after the purchase or purchase of the vehicle. The database to save.
In the present embodiment, the maintenance information database 147 is prepared by the management side of the multi-window display device 1 in a vehicle maintenance factory or the like. The work screen database 149 may be prepared in advance by the providing side of the multi-window display device, or may be an original created by the management side. The maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 are stored in the multi-window display device 1, read by the CPU 133 as necessary, and displayed on the display screen 110. However, the maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 are not limited to the configuration stored in the multi-window display device 1. The maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 may be stored on a server device connected via a network.

The CPU 133 comprehensively controls arithmetic processing executed by the main body 13. The program memory 135 is a memory that stores a program as software used for processing executed by the CPU 133. The working memory 131 is a memory used for the processing of the CPU 133.
The multi-window display device of the present embodiment includes a fitting control unit 130 related to fitting described later and a work control unit 170 related to work using a sub-window described later. In addition to the multi-window display program of the present embodiment, the program memory 135 stores known programs such as a word processor function, spreadsheet, and the Internet (not shown).

  The operation determination unit 145 determines an operation performed by the operator. Here, the operations are, for example, voice input / output using a microphone, speaker, earphone, character input using a keyboard, input of position and direction (on the screen) using a mouse, pen tablet, touch panel, joystick, etc., an image using a camera, etc. It is performed by video input and a combination thereof. For this reason, as the user interface 15, a microphone, a speaker, an earphone, a keyboard, a mouse, a pen tablet, a touch panel, a joystick, a camera, or the like is used. However, in the present embodiment, a description will be given assuming that the multi-window display device 1 is operated using a mouse and a keyboard.

As described above, this embodiment includes the fitting control unit 130 and the work control unit 170, and has a function of fitting a multi-window and a function of performing work using a sub-window.
The fitting control unit 130 includes an inter-window distance determination unit 137, a display image generation unit 139, and an operation determination unit 145. In addition, the work control unit 170 includes a display control unit 177 and an information extraction unit 179.

(Multi-window fitting)
In the present embodiment, first, functions related to multi-window fitting of the multi-window display device will be described.
If the operation determination unit 145 determines that the operator has instructed the drag operation, the operation determination unit 145 passes the determination result to the display image generation unit 139. When the operation determination unit 145 determines that an instruction to activate a program other than the fitting control unit 130 is instructed by an operation such as a click, the operation determination unit 145 passes the determination result to the activated program.

  The display image generation unit 139 generates an image displayed on the display screen 110 in accordance with the operator's operation. For example, when the worker drags and moves a window displayed on the display screen 110, the display image generation unit 139 creates an image after the window is moved and develops it in the working memory 131. When the operator performs an operation for changing the size of the window, the display image generation unit 139 creates an image after the window is changed and develops the image in the working memory 131. The image data developed in the working memory 131 is output from the display image generation unit 139 to the display device 11 together with a control signal for the display driving unit 111.

The display device 11 drives the display driving unit 111 according to the control signal output from the display image generation unit 139. By such an operation, the image generated by the display image generation unit 139 is displayed on the display screen 110.
The display image generation unit 139 includes a fitting display unit 141 and a window operation unit 143. In this embodiment, the inter-window distance determination unit 137 is stored in the fitting control unit 130. The fitting display unit 141, the window operation unit 143, and the inter-window distance determination unit 137 are programs specific to the multi-window display device 1 of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a multi-window displayed on the display screen 110 in the multi-window display device 1 of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 can be displayed on the display screen 110 as multi-windows. As illustrated, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are both windows having a rectangular shape in plan view. In addition, the rectangle here includes a square having the same length on all four sides.

In the main window 121, display relating to work including input of information and editing of information is performed. In the sub-window 123, information used for work is displayed, but no display related to editing of the displayed information is performed.
The screen shown in the sub-window 123 of FIG. 2 is an initial screen that appears first when the multi-window display program is started in the multi-window display device 1. In the initial screen shown in FIG. 2, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are simultaneously displayed. However, in the multi-window display device 1, the user can arbitrarily select whether or not to display the sub window 123 by switching the flag in the program.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, browsing such as “customer”, “payment”, “total”, “form order”, “vehicle”, “total invoice”, “promotion”, and “application” is displayed on the main window 121. An information selection button 125 for selecting desired information is displayed. The main window 121 has a screen display button 127 for displaying a work screen for creating documents such as “approximate estimate”, “work instruction”, “maintenance invoice”, and “invoice for various expenses” related to maintenance. Is displayed.

Further, when a button such as “car sales” or “sheet metal” in the main window 121 is selected, a work screen for creating a document related to “car sales” or “sheet metal” can be displayed instead of “maintenance”.
Further, a calendar 129 is displayed on the main window 121. In the calendar 129, for example, the details of the schedule of the current month and the schedule of the selected day are displayed.

  The sub window 123 displays at least one of customer information, vehicle information, and maintenance information. In the present embodiment, editing of information on the subwindow 123 is restricted. The operator can narrow down the information from the information displayed in the sub-window 123 or select the displayed information to display related information and more detailed contents of the information on the main window 121.

  In the multi-window display device of the present embodiment, the sub-window 123 can operate in four modes: “arbitrary designation mode”, “history inquiry mode”, “search mode”, and “aggregation mode”. The sub-window shown in FIG. 2 is an “optional specification mode” screen that displays a list of customers in charge of sales A based on the conditions of “customers in charge of sales A” arbitrarily specified. In the arbitrary designation mode, when the operator selects any item included in the list displayed in the sub-window, more detailed information on the selected item can be displayed.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the history of transactions related to the vehicle inspection and maintenance of “A mountain B child” is displayed in the sub-window 123. For example, when the operator selects the first row of the sub window 123 shown in FIG. 2, the display of the sub window 123 is switched to more detailed information of “A mountain B child”.
Next, processing related to fitting performed by the multi-window display device 1 for the main window 121 and the sub window 123 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described. The multi-window display device 1 performs fitting for displaying the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 without a gap and multi-window drag performed after the fitting.

<Fitting>
FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C are schematic diagrams for explaining the fitting of this embodiment. In FIG. 4, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 shown in FIG.
The window distance determination unit 137 shown in FIG. 1 determines the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. When the distance between the main window 121 and the subwindow 123 determined by the inter-window distance determination unit 137 is shorter than a predetermined threshold in the display image generation unit 139, the fitting display unit 141 Fitting, which is an operation for displaying the main window 121 and the sub window 123 so that one side of the sub window parallel to one side matches, is performed.

In the present embodiment, the distance between the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 is determined in advance when the inter-window distance determination unit 137 enters a part of the sub-window 123 within a predetermined range based on the vertex of the main window 121. It is determined that the value has become shorter than a predetermined threshold.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4A, the rectangular main window 121 has a pair of long sides 121a and 121b and a pair of short sides 121c and 121d. The subwindow 123 has a pair of short sides 123a and 123b and a pair of long sides 123c and 123d. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4B, a virtual square a centering on the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121d of the main window 121 is set in advance. The length of one side of the square a can be defined by the number of pixels of the display screen 110. In this embodiment, one side of the square a is set to 40 pixels, for example.

The inter-window distance determination unit 137 monitors whether any part of the sub-window 123 is within the range of the square a. When it is detected that a part of the sub window 123 is within the range of the square a, it is determined that the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 is shorter than the threshold value.
The inter-window distance determination unit 137 notifies the fitting display unit 141 of the display image generation unit 139 that the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 is shorter than the threshold value.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4C, the fitting display unit 141 is in the display image generation unit 139, and the main window 121 has the short side 121d and the sub-window 123 have the long side 123c coincident with each other. The fitting for displaying 121 and the subwindow 123 is performed.
Through the above processing, the present embodiment automatically detects that the worker is going to display the main window 121 and the sub window 123 side by side. And even if an operator does not finely adjust the position of the main window 121 and the subwindow 123, both can be displayed integrally without a gap. Therefore, according to this embodiment, even a worker who is unfamiliar with the operation arranges the main window 121 and the sub window 123 on the display screen 110 so that there is no gap or gap between them in a short time. can do.

Furthermore, the fitting display unit 141 of the present embodiment fits one side of the sub window 123 to one of a pair of two sides parallel to each other of the main window 121. That is, in the present embodiment, the sub window 123 can be fitted to any of two sides of the main window 121 that are parallel to each other.
Which side of the main window 121 is fitted to the sub window 123 is determined as follows. That is, the fitting display unit 141 specifies the main center c1 that is the center of the left and right of the main window 121 and the sub center c2 that is the center of the left and right of the subwindow 123. Then, when the position of the sub center c2 is on the right side of the position of the main center c1, the fitting display unit 141 fits the one side 123c on the left side of the sub window 123 to the one side 121d on the right side of the main window. On the other hand, when the position of the sub center c2 is to the left of the position of the main center c1, the right side 123d of the sub window 123 is fitted to the left side 121c of the main window 121.

The above fitting process will be specifically described.
FIGS. 5-1 (a), (b), and FIG. 5-2 (c) are diagrams for explaining processing for determining which side of the main window 121 the sub window 123 is fitted to. In this embodiment, xy coordinates are shown in any of FIGS. 5-1 (a), (b) and FIG. 5-2 (c). The x side is defined as the “left side” with reference to the center point o of the xy coordinates. Further, the −x side is defined as “right side” with the center point o of the xy coordinates as a reference. Therefore, the center point o is on the left and right center lines of the main window 121 and the sub window 123. The main center c <b> 1 is a straight line passing through the left and right centers of the main window 121. The sub center c <b> 2 is a straight line passing through the left and right centers of the sub window 123.

  When the sub window 123 falls within the range of the square a shown in FIG. 4 of the main window 121, the fitting display unit 141 determines whether the sub center c2 is on the left or right side of the main center c1. When it is determined that the sub center c2 is on the right side of the main center c1 as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the fitting display unit 141 changes the long side 123c of the sub window 123 to the short side 121d of the main window 121. Fit.

  In the present embodiment, the square a shown in FIG. 4B can be set in advance with the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121c of the main window 121 as the center. When the sub window 123 enters the range of the square a set so as to be centered on the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121c, the fitting display unit 141 displays either the left or right side of the main center c1. It is determined whether it is on the side. When it is determined that the sub center c2 is on the right side of the main center c1 as illustrated in FIG. 5B, the fitting display unit 141 changes the long side 123d of the sub window 123 to the short side 121c of the main window 121. Fit.

  FIG. 5C is a diagram for explaining processing for determining whether the sub window 123 is on the left or right side of the main window 121. In the example shown in FIG. 5-2 (c), it is assumed that the subwindow 123 at the position p1 is dragged to the position p3 through the position p2. The fitting display unit 141 sequentially reads the coordinates of the main center c1 and the sub-center c2 in the process of dragging. Then, the fitting display unit 141 determines that the sub window 123 has moved from the right side to the left side of the main window 121 at a timing when the sub center c2 coincides with the main center c1 when the sub window 123 passes through the position p2.

Further, when the condition that the sub window 123 falls within the range of the square a is satisfied, the fitting display unit 141 fits the sub window 123 to the main window 121 based on the relative left and right positional relationship between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. .
According to such processing, the present embodiment can fit the sub window 123 from either the left or right direction with respect to the main window 121. For this reason, in this embodiment, the main window 121 and the sub-window can be arranged so that the operator can easily operate the display screen 110 according to his / her dominant hand and work environment.

  Note that the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration in which the sub window 123 is fitted to either the left or right of the main window 121 as described above. For example, according to the present embodiment, the short side 123b or the short side 123a of the sub window 123 can be fitted to one of the long side 121a or the long side 121b of the main window 121.

<Multi window drag>
Next, multi-window dragging according to this embodiment will be described. The multi-window drag is performed by the window operation unit 143 of the display image generation unit 139 shown in FIG. When a drag operation is performed on the main window 121 on which the fitting has been performed, the window operation unit 143 performs a drag operation on the sub window 123 together with the main window 121 while maintaining the fitting. On the other hand, when a drag operation is performed on the subwindow to which the fitting has been performed, the window operation unit 143 cancels the fitting and performs the drag operation only on the subwindow 123. Such an operation is referred to as multi-window drag in this embodiment.

  Specifically, when the operator instructs a drag operation, the display image generation unit 139 validates this operation instruction and moves the main window 121 and the sub window 123 according to the direction and amount of the drag. A display image in a state in which the window 121 and the subwindow 123 are moved is generated. At this time, in this embodiment, it is determined whether the window operation unit 143 is in the display image generation unit 139 and the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are fitted. Then, it is determined whether dragging is instructed on the main window 121 or the subwindow 123 based on the coordinates of the cursor input from the user interface 15.

  If the window operation unit 143 determines that dragging is instructed on the main window 121, the window operation unit 143 validates this operation and moves the main window 121 according to the drag direction and amount. In addition, the window operation unit 143 moves the sub window 123 by the same direction and the same amount as the main window 121 simultaneously with the movement of the main window 121.

On the other hand, when the window operation unit 143 determines that dragging is instructed on the sub window 123, the window operation unit 143 cancels the fitting between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. Then, the window operation unit 143 validates the drag instruction only for the subwindow 123, and moves the subwindow 123 according to the drag direction and amount.
With the above operation, in this embodiment, if the main window 121 is dragged after fitting, the fitted main window 121 and sub window 123 can be dragged together. For this reason, an operator unfamiliar with the operation of the computer moves the main window 121 to unintentionally release the fitting with the sub window 123, thereby avoiding the trouble of performing the fitting again.

  Further, according to the above operation, the fitting between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 can be canceled as necessary by instructing dragging on the sub window 123. Such an operation is intuitively close to the physical operation of attaching and detaching the sub display to the main display, so that even an operator unfamiliar with the computer can perform the operation smoothly.

[Multi-window display method, multi-window display program]
6 and 7 are flowcharts for explaining the multi-window display method and multi-window display program of this embodiment. FIG. 6 illustrates a multi-window display method for performing the above-described fitting. FIG. 7 illustrates a multi-window display method for executing multi-window drag. The flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are each realized by a program operating on a computer.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in this embodiment, first, in step S <b> 51, the operation determination unit 145 shown in FIG. 1 sequentially acquires the coordinates of the cursor from the user interface 15 sequentially. Next, in step S52, the operation determination unit 145 executes a process of determining an operation such as a drag or a click performed by the operator based on the acquired coordinates or the locus of continuous coordinates. In step S53, the display image generation unit 139 illustrated in FIG. 1 generates a display image that has changed according to the operation.

  In step S54, the inter-window distance determination unit 137 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines the distance of the sub window 123 from the main window 121 in the generated image. If the inter-window distance determining unit 137 determines that the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 are within the range of the square a (denoted as “distance between windows <a” in the figure) (step S54: Yes), in step S55 The fitting display unit 141 shown in FIG. 1 fits the sub window 123 to the main window 121.

  After the fitting, in step S56, the fitting display unit 141 turns on a flag indicating that the fitting is performed in the program functioning as the fitting display unit 141. If it is determined in step S54 that the sub window 123 is outside the range of the square a (step S54: No), the fitting display unit 141 turns off the fitting flag in step S57.

  After the above processing, the display image generation unit 139 shown in FIG. 1 expands the generated display image in the working memory in step S58. Then, the display image developed by controlling the display driving unit 111 is displayed on the display screen 110. Note that the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is terminated by an interrupt process when the system is shut down.

  The flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is a diagram for describing the operation determination process executed in step S52 shown in FIG. In step S61, the operation determination unit 145 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines whether the information input from the user interface 15 is a command indicating a specific task. When it is determined in step S61 that the operation related to the command has been performed (step S61: Yes), the CPU 133 illustrated in FIG. 1 instructs the program corresponding to the command in step S62.

  If the operation determination unit 145 determines that the operation is not a command input (step S61: No), the operation determination unit 145 determines whether or not a drag operation instruction has been issued in step S63. If the instruction is a drag operation instruction (step S63: Yes), the operation determination unit 145 determines whether dragging is instructed on the main window 121 in step S64. If it is determined that the drag operation has been performed on the main window 121 (step S64: Yes), the window operation unit 143 determines whether the fitting flag is ON or OFF in step S65.

  When the fitting flag is ON (step S65: Yes), the window operation unit 143 performs multi-window drag that enables the drag instruction for the sub window 123 simultaneously with the main window 121 in step S66. Further, when it is determined in step S63 that the coordinate instructed to be dragged is not on the main window 121 (step S64: No) and when it is determined that the fitting flag is OFF (step S65: No). The window operation unit 143 validates the drag instruction only for the dragged target (referred to as normal drag processing in the figure).

  Furthermore, when the operation determination unit 145 determines in step S63 that the instruction input from the user interface 15 is not a drag operation (step S63: No), the operation determination unit 145 performs an operation for character input in step S67. Whether or not is instructed is determined. If it is determined that a character input operation has been instructed (step S67: Yes), the operation determination unit 145 notifies the program that performs the character input process of the multi-window display program that the character input has been instructed.

  In response to the notification from the operation determination unit 145, in step S68, the multi-window display program executes input processing for starting a character input program that operates independently as the multi-window display program. If it is determined in step S67 that the operation is not an instruction for character input (step S67: No), the operation determination unit 145 ends the process because the type of operation cannot be determined. At this time, the display image generation unit 139 shifts to display image generation assuming that no operation is performed.

In the present embodiment described above, the multi-window display program provides a multi-window screen independent of the system screen of a general-purpose program used in the multi-window display device 1. Therefore, the multi-window display program operates independently of the general-purpose computer program.
In this embodiment, the main program of the computer can be operated during the execution of multi-window processing. Further, the operation of the main screen of the computer is not limited. For this reason, this embodiment can reduce the stress concerning an operator during multi-window operation.

(Work using subwindow)
Next, an operation using the sub window 123 of this embodiment will be described.
When performing work using the sub-window, the information extraction unit 179 of the work control unit 170 illustrated in FIG. 1 extracts vehicle information, customer information, or maintenance information from the maintenance information database 147. The information extraction unit 179 extracts the extracted information in a period determined based on the current time. The display control unit 177 automatically displays the maintenance information extracted by the information extraction unit 179 on the sub window 123.

In the operation using the sub window, the display control unit 177 controls the main window 121 and the sub window 123 of the display screen 110 separately. Therefore, the display control unit 177 outputs two systems of control information to the display device 11.
As described above, the sub-window 123 operates in four modes: “arbitrary designation mode”, “history inquiry mode”, “search mode”, and “jump mode”. Here, first, an operation in which the sub window 123 operates in the “arbitrary designation mode” will be described.

(I) Arbitrarily designated mode FIG. 8: is the figure which illustrated the display image displayed on the display screen 110, when the subwindow 123 operate | moves in an arbitrary designated mode. The display image shown in FIG. 8 is automatically displayed when the multi-window display device 1 is activated.
In the example shown in FIG. 8, “vehicle inspection check (this month)” is preset in the keyword input field 123w as an arbitrarily designated keyword. The information extraction unit 179 extracts, from the maintenance information database 147, vehicle information that should be checked for this month's vehicle inspection and customer information corresponding to the vehicle information, with a period determined on the basis of the present as “this month”. As a result, in the sub window 123 shown in FIG. 8, vehicle information to be checked for vehicle inspection this month and customer information corresponding to this vehicle information are displayed. Further, since the vehicle information and the customer information are information related to the vehicle or the customer to be inspected this month, they can be said to be maintenance information.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a process of registering maintenance information or the like in the maintenance information database 147 shown in FIG. In order to extract maintenance information and the like in a period determined based on the current date, date information is set in the maintenance information database 147 for the valid period of the vehicle inspection as maintenance information. In addition, the multi-window display device 1 can be set so that the effective period of the vehicle inspection is automatically updated when the vehicle is inspected by setting “automatic update” in the date information.

  When the information extraction unit 179 shown in FIG. 1 extracts customer information, vehicle information, or maintenance information from the maintenance information database 147 using “this month” and “vehicle inspection check” as keywords, the multi-window display device 1 is illustrated. The clock function that does not specify the range of “this month” based on the current time. The information extraction unit 179 extracts vehicle information and customer information of a vehicle to be subjected to a vehicle inspection check during the specified month. Then, the display control unit 177 illustrated in FIG. 1 displays the extracted vehicle information and customer information on the sub window 123.

Needless to say, the period determined based on the present is not limited to this month. The period defined on the basis of the present may be any period as long as the period defined is different if the date and time defining the period are different. Examples of such a period include last year, this year, last month, next month, yesterday and today.
Moreover, this embodiment is not limited to what extracts the information regarding a vehicle inspection, You may extract maintenance information etc. by other conditions. As other conditions, for example, purchase of a vehicle or acceptance of repair can be considered.

In addition, the present embodiment does not limit the keyword used when the information extraction unit 179 extracts maintenance information or the like to one keyword. For example, the company name and vehicle type of the manufacturer may be used as a keyword together with “vehicle inspection check”. it can. In such a case, the information extraction unit 179 extracts maintenance information extracted as a result of AND of a plurality of keywords.
According to such processing, vehicle maintenance information or the like that should be noted when the multi-window display device 1 is activated can be automatically displayed to the worker, and the worker can be guided to the work to be prioritized. In addition, since maintenance information and the like can be extracted by intuitive words such as this month, the operability of the multi-window display device 1 for an operator who is unfamiliar with the operation of the computer can be improved.

(Ii) History Query Mode FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display image displayed on the display screen 110 when the sub window 123 operates in the history query mode.
The information extraction unit 179 illustrated in FIG. 1 extracts work screen display information for displaying a work screen from the work screen database 149. The extracted work screen display information is output to the main window 121 to display the work screen. Further, the information extraction unit 179 extracts from the maintenance information database 147 at least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information corresponding to the keyword specified on the displayed work screen. The display control unit 177 shown in FIG. 1 displays the work screen created by the work screen display information on the main window 121, while at least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information extracted by the information extraction unit 179. Is displayed on the sub-window 123 while the work screen display information is being displayed.

  FIG. 10 shows the maintenance information history of A mountain B child in the sub window 123 while the work screen for creating the maintenance bill for A mountain B child in the history inquiry mode is displayed in the main window 121. It is a figure which shows an example. The work screen is displayed on the main window 121 when the worker selects “maintenance invoice” from the screen display buttons 127 of the initial screen shown in FIG.

Next, the worker inputs the customer name (A mountain B child) as customer information, the vehicle number (Saga 580 et xxx) and the vehicle type (ppp) as vehicle information in the input field 121p of the main window 121. The above customer information and vehicle information are keywords.
The maintenance information database 147 stores maintenance information in association with customer information and vehicle information. The information extraction unit 179 illustrated in FIG. 1 extracts maintenance information associated with the input customer information and vehicle information from the maintenance information database 147. The display control unit 177 displays the extracted maintenance information on the sub window 123 while the work screen of Ms. A and B is displayed.

  According to the history inquiry mode, maintenance information that may be used during document creation work can be prefetched and automatically extracted and displayed together with the work screen. Such processing does not require the operator to return to the initial screen and acquire information to be input to the work screen, and can input information to the main window 121 while viewing the sub window 123. For this reason, the history inquiry mode can easily and efficiently create a document even if the operator is unfamiliar with the operation of the computer.

  In addition, this embodiment is not limited to the structure which displays maintenance information on the subwindow 123 as shown in FIG. For example, while the work screen is displayed on the main window 121, customer information and vehicle information necessary for work performed on the work screen can be displayed. Further, in the present embodiment, a plurality of customer information, vehicle information, and maintenance information necessary for work on the work screen may be displayed on the sub window 123.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the history inquiry mode of the multi-window display method of this embodiment. The flowchart shown in FIG. 11 is realized by a program operating on a computer. In the present embodiment, the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11 is performed by the operation determination unit 145 and the work control unit 170 shown in FIG.
In step 81, the operation determination unit 145 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines whether or not a work screen for work such as creation of a rough estimate or work instruction is selected from the initial screen illustrated in FIG.

  When it is determined in step 81 that the work screen has been selected (step S81: Yes), the operation determination unit 145 passes information indicating the selected work screen to the information extraction unit 179. Further, when the work screen is not selected (step S81: No), the operation determination unit 145 waits until the work screen is selected. Note that the standby of the operation determination unit 145 is canceled by interrupting other work.

  In step 82, the information extraction unit 179 extracts work screen display information for displaying the selected work screen from the work screen database 149. The extracted work screen display information is output from the display control unit 177 to the main window 121 in step 83. The work screen display information output to the main window 121 causes the main window 121 to display the work screen.

  Next, in step 84, the operation determination unit 145 determines whether customer information or vehicle information is input as a keyword on the work screen. When a keyword is input (step S84: Yes), the information extraction unit 179 extracts maintenance information corresponding to the input keyword from the maintenance information database in step 85. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the information extraction unit 179 extracts information related to maintenance history corresponding to customer information and vehicle information that are keywords.

If no keyword is input (step S84: No), the operation determination unit 145 waits until a keyword is input. Note that the standby of the operation determination unit 145 is canceled by interrupting other work.
In step 86, the display control unit 177 displays the maintenance information history extracted in step 85 on the sub-window 123.

(Iii) Search Mode Next, the search mode of this embodiment will be described.
In the search mode, the display control unit 177 displays the maintenance information extracted from the maintenance information database 147 on the sub window 123. Further, the display control unit 177 displays a work screen of work performed using the extracted maintenance information on the main window 121 in a state where the extracted maintenance information is reflected.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the sub window 123 has a vehicle number input field 123q for inputting the vehicle number, and a manufacturer / vehicle type input field 123r for inputting the manufacturer name and the vehicle type of the vehicle. Is provided. The operator inputs the vehicle number (Saga 580) in the vehicle number input field 123q of the sub window 123, and inputs the manufacturer name (company a) and the vehicle type (ppp) in the manufacturer / vehicle type input field 123r. Further, the worker selects, for example, a work screen for creating a “maintenance request” from the initial screen shown in FIG. The display control unit 177 displays the selected work screen on the main window 121.

In addition, the operator uses the user interface 15 to select maintenance information displayed on the first line, for example, from the maintenance information displayed on the sub window 123. The operation determination unit 145 retrieves the selected maintenance information and acquires it from the maintenance information database 147. The display control unit 177 displays the acquired maintenance information in a corresponding column of the work screen and reflects it on the work screen.
According to such a search mode, the operator can create a document reflecting the maintenance information simply by selecting arbitrary information from the extracted plurality of maintenance information. For this reason, even in the search mode, even a worker who is unfamiliar with the operation of the computer can easily and efficiently create a document.

(Iv) Jump Mode Next, the jump mode of this embodiment will be described. The jump mode is a mode for calling a work screen from the sub-window of the arbitrary designation mode shown in FIG.
FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B are diagrams for explaining the jump mode. The example illustrated in FIG. 12A illustrates a state where the user has selected the vehicle information “Saga 50 or xxx a company ttt” on the sub-window 123 illustrated in FIG. 8.

When the operator right-clicks with the vehicle information selected, a pull-down menu is displayed as shown in FIG. In the pull-down menu, work related to maintenance (estimated estimate, work instruction, maintenance bill, various expenses bill) shown by the screen display button 127 shown in FIG. Is displayed.
The worker selects one of the tasks from the pull-down menu shown in FIG. The operation determination unit 145 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines the type of the selected work and notifies the information extraction unit 179 of it. The information extraction unit 179 extracts data for displaying a work screen corresponding to the selected work from the work screen database 149 and sends the data to the display control unit 177. The display control unit 177 displays the work screen on the main window 121 using data extracted from the screen database 149.

  Through the above processing, in the jump mode, the work screen related to the arbitrarily designated vehicle can be displayed without returning to the initial screen. In the present embodiment, an example of jumping from the vehicle information to the work screen is shown. However, the jump mode is not limited to selecting vehicle information, and any information displayed in the sub-window 123 can be used. Any information can be selected.

Further, in the present embodiment, after the work screen is displayed on the main window 121 in the jump mode, the information selected on the sub window 123 is automatically reflected on the work screen of the main window 121 as in the search mode. It may be. Such an operation can be realized by the following processing.
As illustrated in FIG. 12A, the operation determination unit 145 determines that specific vehicle information is selected, and notifies the information extraction unit 179 of the selected vehicle information. The information extraction unit 179 extracts the notified vehicle information and information corresponding to the vehicle information from the maintenance information database 147 and sends the extracted information to the display control unit 177. The display control unit 177 reflects the extracted vehicle information and information associated with the vehicle information at a corresponding portion of the work screen displayed on the main window 121.

Furthermore, the multi-window display device of the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the configuration described above. For example, the information extraction unit 179 does not extract only information that completely matches the keyword. For example, when the worker inputs only a part of a keyword, the information extraction unit 179 extracts all information including the input keyword. With such a configuration, the present invention can increase the possibility that target information can be extracted even if only a part of the information to be extracted is known. Such a search is also called “fuzzy search”. The fuzzy search is effective for extracting information relating to a document created in the past and whose detailed contents are unknown.
Further, the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration in which the maintenance information is extracted by designating the vehicle number and vehicle type in the sub window 123. In the embodiment of the present invention, maintenance information can be extracted by designating parts constituting a part of the vehicle such as an engine type.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a multi-window in which a maintenance slip as maintenance information is extracted by designating parts of a vehicle. In the example shown in FIG. 13, on the slip search 123s screen displayed in the sub-window 123, the worker inputs the company name “Company a” in the manufacturer / vehicle type input field 123t, and enters, for example, “ 5A "is entered. In such a case, the information extraction unit includes maintenance information (slip No., maintenance major classification) and vehicle information (vehicle number, model name) relating to a vehicle manufactured by a company and having an engine type of 5A. To extract. Then, the display control unit displays the extracted maintenance information and vehicle information on the sub window 123.
According to such a structure, the freedom degree of the keyword used for information extraction becomes large, and an operator can browse desired information simply.

  The present invention can be applied to any configuration as long as it is a field for centrally managing information related to vehicle sales, purchase, maintenance after sales, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multiwindow display apparatus 11 Display apparatus 13 Main body 15 User interface 110 Display screen 111 Display drive part 121 Main window 121a, 121b, 123c, 123d Long side 121c, 121d, 123a, 123b Short side 123 Subwindow 125 Information selection button 127 Screen display Button 129 Calendar 131 Working memory 133 CPU
137 Inter-window distance determination unit 139 Display image generation unit 141 Fitting display unit 143 Window operation unit 145 Operation determination unit 147 Maintenance information database 149 Work screen database 135 Program memory 177 Display control unit 179 Information extraction unit

Claims (4)

A first window on the display screen for displaying information related to work including input of information and information editing; a second window for displaying information used for the work and no display related to editing of the information; A multi-window display device that simultaneously displays
A work screen display information extracting unit for extracting the work screen display information from a work screen database in which work screen display information for displaying a work screen on which the work is performed;
A first display control unit for displaying a work screen created by the extracted work screen display information on the first window;
Storing at least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information corresponding to a keyword specified on the work screen displayed by the first display control unit, the vehicle information, the customer information, and the maintenance information; A maintenance information extraction unit that extracts from a maintenance information database,
A second display control unit for displaying at least one of the vehicle information, the customer information, and the maintenance information extracted by the maintenance information extraction unit on the second window;
A multi-window display device comprising:   The multi-function according to claim 1, wherein the keyword is customer information or vehicle information, and the maintenance information extraction unit extracts information related to a maintenance history corresponding to the customer information or the vehicle information. Window display device. A first window on the display screen for displaying information related to work including input of information and information editing; a second window for displaying information used for the work and no display related to editing of the information; A multi-window display method for simultaneously displaying
Extracting work screen display information from a work screen database in which work screen display information for displaying a work screen on which the work is performed;
Displaying a work screen created by the extracted work screen display information on the first window;
At least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information corresponding to the keyword specified on the displayed work screen is extracted from the maintenance information database that stores the vehicle information, the customer information, and the maintenance information. Process,
Displaying at least one of the extracted vehicle information, the customer information and the maintenance information on the second window;
A multi-window display method. A first window on the display screen for displaying information related to work including input of information and information editing; a second window for displaying information used for the work and no display related to editing of the information; Is a multi-window display program that simultaneously displays
A function of extracting work screen display information from a work screen database in which work screen display information for displaying a work screen on which the work is performed is stored in a computer;
A function for displaying a work screen created by the extracted work screen display information on the first window;
At least one of vehicle information, customer information, and maintenance information corresponding to the keyword specified on the displayed work screen is extracted from the maintenance information database that stores the vehicle information, the customer information, and the maintenance information. Function and
A function of displaying at least one of the extracted vehicle information, the customer information, and the maintenance information on the second window;
A multi-window display program characterized by realizing the above.

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