JPH09128207A - Monitor information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rearrange screens, which are displayed for state monitoring, in an easy-to-understand rearranged state. SOLUTION: State monitor icons having display modes corresponding to respective monitored objects (e.g. printer) are provided by the monitored objects on a window system and the individual states of the monitored objects are displayed; and a total state monitor icon C is provided and stored, and the total state of the monitored objects is displayed. When this total state monitor icon C is clicked, a list window A where the state monitor icon C is displayed is opened. The total state can easily be grasped by taking a look at the total state monitor icon C. The total state monitor icon C is opened as the list window A and then the state monitor icon C can be seen, so that the individual states of the monitored objects can be grasped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring information display system for monitoring the status of a monitoring target on a window system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a status monitoring device, it is possible to display a message indicating the status of a monitoring target in a window, display the window as an icon, and change the icon color of the iconified window to the status. It has been proposed that the overall situation of the states of a plurality of monitoring targets can be easily grasped by changing it according to the change (for example, JP-A-6-337771).

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional technique (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-33777), a plurality of iconified windows are displayed. In this method, when there are multiple monitoring targets, all the windows for these monitoring targets are arranged as icons, so even those with low monitoring frequency occupy the screen, and the screen becomes complicated, Visibility is alienated. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitor information display device for monitoring the status of a monitoring target on a window system so that the screen displayed for status monitoring is in an easy-to-understand and organized form.

[0004]

The present invention (Claim 1) includes:
In a monitoring information display method for monitoring the status of a monitoring target on a window system, a status monitoring icon that corresponds to the monitoring target and whose display form is controlled according to the status of the monitoring target and one or more status monitoring icons are stored However, the monitoring information display system is provided with an integrated status monitoring icon whose display form is controlled according to the status of the monitored objects corresponding to the stored status monitoring icons.

According to the present invention (claim 2), there are provided a status monitoring means for generating monitoring data representing a status of a monitoring target, an icon database for holding information regarding icons, a monitoring data from the status monitoring means and an icon database. Corresponding to the icon deciding means for deciding the icon corresponding to the monitoring target from the data, the comprehensive status deciding means for deciding the overall status of a plurality of monitoring targets, the status monitoring window corresponding to each monitoring object and its status monitoring window Monitor display means for displaying individual statuses of monitoring targets by the status monitor icons determined by the icon determining means, a comprehensive status monitor window for listing all status monitor icons of the monitor display means, and Comprehensive status display means for displaying an icon representing the comprehensive status determined by the status determination means A monitoring information display system.

[0006]

In the monitoring information display system of the present invention (claim 1), a status monitoring icon having a display form showing the status is provided for each monitoring target (for example, printer). The status of the monitoring target includes, for example, a normal status indicating normal operation, a warning status indicating a shortage of paper and toner, and an abnormal status indicating a failure. Yes, the display form of the status monitoring icon is determined accordingly. The status monitoring icon displays the individual status of the monitoring target. On the other hand, the general status monitoring icon is a container icon that houses one or more status monitoring icons, and the display form thereof represents the general status of the monitoring target. Clicking this comprehensive status monitoring icon opens a window displaying the status monitoring icon. As a result, the individual status of the monitoring target can be known. You can easily understand the overall status by looking at the overall status monitoring icon, and you can see each status monitoring icon by opening the overall status monitoring icon as a window to ascertain the individual status of the monitoring target. be able to. In this way, only one comprehensive status monitoring icon needs to be displayed to grasp the overall status, and only the comprehensive status monitoring icon needs to be opened as a window to grasp the individual status of the monitoring target. It will be easy to understand and organized.

In the monitoring information display system of the present invention (claim 2), the icon determining means determines the icon corresponding to the monitoring target from the monitoring data from the status monitoring means and the data of the icon database. The comprehensive state determining means determines a state in which the states of a plurality of monitoring targets are integrated. The monitor display means displays the individual status of the monitoring target by the status monitoring window corresponding to each monitoring target and the status monitoring icon determined by the icon determining means corresponding to the status monitoring window. The overall status display means displays a list window for monitoring the overall status by displaying a list of all status monitoring icons of the monitoring display means, and an icon representing the overall status determined by the overall status determination means. This makes it possible to prevent the screen from becoming complicated, and it is possible to easily grasp the individual and total states of the monitoring targets.

[0008]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This monitoring information display device, as shown in FIG.
Icon database 12, icon determination unit 13, monitoring display control unit 14, overall state determination unit 15, monitoring display unit 1
6 and an overall status display section 17.

The state monitoring section 11 generates monitoring data representing the state based on the data received from various monitoring targets (for example, printers). The icon database 12 holds information about icons.

The icon determining section 13 determines an icon corresponding to a monitoring target from the monitoring data from the state monitoring section 1 and the data in the icon database 12. The monitor / display control unit 14 performs control for displaying the status of the monitoring target based on the monitoring data from the status monitoring unit 1. The comprehensive state determination unit 15 determines a state in which the states of a plurality of monitoring targets are integrated.

The monitor display unit 16 displays individual statuses of the monitoring targets by the status monitoring windows corresponding to the respective monitoring targets and the status monitoring icons determined by the icon determining unit 13 corresponding to the status monitoring windows. . The overall status display unit 7 displays a list window for monitoring the overall status by displaying a list of all status monitoring icons on the monitoring display unit 6, and an icon representing the overall status determined by the overall status determination unit 5. is there.

FIG. 2 shows a printer management system based on Microsoft Windows (MicroSoftWindows).
s, registered trademark) is a display example of various windows and icons in the case of being configured as one application that operates on S. The window includes a plurality of status monitoring windows B1 and B2 for displaying the status of each printer connected to the system, and all status monitoring windows B1 and B2.
There is a list window A for displaying a list of two icons. Each of the status monitoring windows B1 and B2 can be opened, closed, and iconified, and the list window A is opened when the application is started and can only be iconified, and can be closed until the application ends. -Can not be closed. Opening or closing of each status monitoring window B is performed by selecting the entry corresponding to each status monitoring window B on the list window A, and by the window display menu, double click of the mouse, or Enter key. Even when all the status monitoring windows B are closed, the status of each managed printer can be recognized by the icon list on one open list window A. Further, when the list window A is iconized, the icon C is in a display state of the icon as a general state. Similarly, when the application window E is made into an icon, the icon F is in the display form of the icon as a general state.

The icon used to iconify each status monitoring window B is determined by the monitoring data that is given a higher priority as the more important the monitoring abnormality is. In the embodiment, the monitoring data of the normal state, the warning state, and the abnormal state are set for one type of printer, and the icons corresponding to the monitoring states of the respective printers are provided. Than normal
The warning state has a higher priority, and the abnormal state has a higher priority than the warning state. The normal state is a state in which the printer can operate without problems, and the warning state is, for example, a state in which the amount of paper or toner is low, and replenishment is required. Is. It should be noted that there is a state in which the device has not been started up as a state that does not correspond to any of the normal state, the warning state, and the abnormal state. The icon C when the list window A is converted to an icon is determined as the icon corresponding to the overall state determined by the state having the highest priority among the monitoring data of all the monitored printers. When the application window E is converted into an icon, the total state is similarly determined by the priority, and the corresponding icon F is determined.
Therefore, when it is unnecessary to monitor the status of each printer, the corresponding status monitoring window B can be closed. Even in that case, the printer status can be confirmed from the icon of the status monitoring window B on the list window A. It becomes possible to do.

Further, all the state monitoring windows B are closed, and the list window A itself is also made into an icon,
Even if only the icon C of the on-screen list window A is displayed (only one window is displayed in the application window), if even one monitoring printer becomes abnormal, the overall status is abnormal. Therefore, it is possible to confirm the overall status of the entire monitored printer group, such as displaying an icon indicating an abnormal status. Similarly, even if the application window E is iconized, that is, only one icon is displayed on the desktop, if one monitoring printer is in an abnormal state, the overall state is in an abnormal state. And an icon indicating an abnormal condition is displayed.
You can check the overall status.

Incidentally, FIG. 3A shows a display state in which the status monitoring windows of all printers are closed and only the list window is open. Further, FIG. 7B shows a display state in which the status monitoring windows of all the printers are closed and the list window is iconized. FIG. 6C shows a display state in which the application window is iconized.

The monitoring data from the status monitoring unit 11 is sent to the overall status display unit 17 and the monitoring display unit 16 whose display contents need to be changed via the monitoring display control unit 14, and the respective display contents are displayed. Make changes. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic flow of the icon changing process. When the monitoring data from the status monitoring unit 11 indicates a status change, the status monitoring icon in the list of the list window A is changed (step S42), and the icon C of the list window A is changed.
Is changed (step S43), the icon D of the status monitoring window B is changed (step S44), and the icon F of the application window E is changed (step S45).

The change of the icon in the list of the list window A is performed based on the state indicated by the monitoring data, as shown in FIG. First, the icon is determined from that state (step S421). That is, the monitor display control unit 14 determines an icon from the icon database 12 and the icon determination unit 13 and passes the icon to the overall status display unit 17. The general status display unit 17 checks whether the list window is iconified (step S
422), if it has been converted to an icon, the display of the icon in the list is changed (step S423).

FIG. 9 shows the processing flow of the step of determining an icon from the state indicated by the above-mentioned monitoring data. The icon determination unit 13 checks whether or not the state indicated by the monitoring data is an abnormal state (step S91), and if it is an abnormal state, refers to the icon database 12 and creates an icon in the abnormal state (step S92). If it is not abnormal in the determination in step S91, it is checked whether it is a warning state (step S93). If it is a warning state, the icon database 12 is referred to and an icon in the warning state is created (step S94). Step S93
If it is not in the warning state, it is checked whether the state indicated by the monitoring data is normal (step S9).
5) If it is in the normal state, the icon database 12 is referred to create an icon in the normal state (step S9).
6). If it is not normal, click the icon
It is set as a now icon (step S97).

In changing the icon of the list window A, as shown in FIG. 6, the icon is determined from the total state (step S431). It is checked whether the list window is iconified (step S432), and if it is iconized, the display of the in-list icon is changed (step S433).

FIG. 10 shows a detailed process flow of step S431 for determining an icon from the above-mentioned total state. The overall state determination unit 15 checks whether or not even one of the icons in the list as the overall state is in an abnormal state (step S1).
01) If even one is in an abnormal state, the icon in the list window is set to an abnormal state icon (step S102). If none of them are in an abnormal state, then it is checked whether or not there is at least one warning state (step S103). Change to icon (step S
104). If no one is in the warning state in the determination in step S103, it is checked whether any one is in the normal state (step S105), and if so, the icon of the list window is set to the normal state icon (10
6). If it is not in the normal state, click the icon Un
The icon is known (step S107).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the flow of changing the icon of the status monitoring window. First, the icon is determined from the state indicated by the monitoring data (step S441). This processing is as described above with reference to FIG. Check whether the status monitoring window is iconized (step S44).
2) If it has been converted to an icon, the icon of the status monitoring window is changed (step S443). At that time, the icon held by the comprehensive status display section 17 is referred to.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the flow of changing the icon of the application window. Similarly, when the application window is made into an icon, the total state determination unit determines the current total state, and the information, the icon database 12 and the icon determination unit 13 determine the icon.

According to the present embodiment, the overall state can be easily grasped by looking at the display form of the icons in the list window. Further, when the list window icon is clicked to open the list window, a list of status monitoring window icons can be listed, and the individual status of the monitoring target can be grasped from the display form of the icon. Furthermore, the status monitoring window can be opened by clicking the status monitoring window icon, and a message regarding the status of the monitoring target can be viewed.

[0024]

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp the total status of a plurality of monitoring targets only by looking at the display form of one total status monitoring icon. Also, if you click the comprehensive status monitoring icon to open the comprehensive status monitoring window, you can list the status monitoring window icons, and you can grasp the individual status of the monitoring target from the display form of the icon. . In this way, the icon of the display form showing the condition of the individual monitoring target is stored in the comprehensive condition monitoring window, and the integrated condition monitoring window is iconized to provide a display form showing the comprehensive condition.
It is possible to easily understand the individual status of the monitoring target and the overall status. Moreover, since the status monitoring icons are displayed in a list and the display is hierarchized, it is possible to prevent the screen from becoming complicated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment,

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of windows and icons according to the embodiment;

3A, 3B and 3C are diagrams showing display examples of windows and icons according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for changing an icon;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a process of changing an icon in a list in a list window,

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an icon changing process of a list window;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a process of changing an icon of a status monitoring window,

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a process of changing an icon of an application window.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process of determining an icon from a state,

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a process of determining an icon from the overall state.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Status monitoring unit, 12 ... Icon database,
13 ... Icon determination unit, 14 ... Monitor display control unit, 15 ...
General state determination section, 16 ... Monitor display section, 17 ... General state display section, A ... List window, B ... Status monitoring window, C ... List window icon, D ... Status monitoring window icon.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Minoru Asafuku 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture KSP R & D Business Park Building Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (72) Masato Kurosaki Takatsu, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture 3-2-1, Sakado, Ward KSP R & D Business Park Building Fuji Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring information display method for monitoring a status of a monitoring target on a window system, a status monitoring icon corresponding to the monitoring target and having a display form controlled according to the status of the monitoring target, and one or more status monitoring icons. Monitoring information display characterized by including a status monitoring icon, and a general status monitoring icon whose display form is controlled according to the status of the monitored objects corresponding to the stored status monitoring icons method. 2. A status monitoring unit for generating monitoring data representing a status of a monitoring target, an icon database holding information about icons, a monitoring data from the status monitoring unit and data of the icon database corresponding to the monitoring target. An icon deciding means for deciding an icon, an overall state deciding means for deciding an overall state of a plurality of monitoring targets, a state observing window corresponding to each observing object and the icon deciding means corresponding to the state observing window. Monitoring display means for displaying individual statuses of monitoring targets by the displayed status monitoring icons, a comprehensive status monitoring window for listing all status monitoring icons of the monitoring display means, and a comprehensive status determined by the comprehensive status determining means. Monitoring information display method having total status display means for displaying icon representing status