JP2002297420A - Data directory structure display device and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data directory structure display device and a computer program therefor that display directories or files radially on a plane and permit a user to arbitrarily determine the display priorities of a plurality of directories derived from every directory and documents. SOLUTION: A directory display control module 220 performs the generation of priorities (priorities generating module 222) and the generation of directory display position (directory display position generating sub-module 224), and it is necessary, for the generation of these, to perform the acquisition of directory display position (directory display position acquiring sub-module 221) and the acquisition of the priorities (priorities acquiring module 223). Referring to each of these sub-modules 221 to 224, data are exchanged between the acquiring sub-module and the generating sub-module that pair, and the acquiring sub-modules 221, 223 acquire display information from a directory structure displaying module 230 and display the directory structure of a display part 2 on the basis of the generated data from the generating sub-modules 222, 224.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In a user interface for visually displaying the hierarchical structure of data on a computer device, when displaying the hierarchical structure of data, a plurality of directories and documents derived from each directory are arranged in a plane radial pattern. The present invention relates to a directory structure display device to be displayed and a computer program for displaying a directory structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a technique for displaying a hierarchical structure of data, there is known an invention disclosed in 1) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-16612 2) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-47778.

[0003] Among these, the publicly known technique 1) is most suitable for displaying a directory among icons, hierarchies, lists, maps, graphs, rooms, buildings, floors, shelves, and drawers. File management is performed using display formats.In particular, two-dimensional and three-dimensional displays such as map display and room display can be used to search for files with the same operational feeling as real work. is there.

According to the known technique 2), hierarchical data using three-dimensional graphics are arranged in a conical shape instead of the conventional hierarchical tree display of data that is linked in a hierarchical structure. It is intended to be displayed.

[0005]

As can be seen from the above conventional example, in a user interface for visually displaying a hierarchical structure of data by a computer device,
Although the display of directories and files can be displayed hierarchically or in a conical shape, it does not have the function of displaying in a plane radial manner, and the user can specify the priority and display position of directories and files when displaying. It could not be specified or set.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to display directories and files in a plane radial manner, and to allow a user to determine the priority display order of a plurality of directories and documents derived from each directory. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for displaying a directory structure of data which can be arbitrarily determined and a computer program therefor.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a data directory structure display device which allows a user to arbitrarily determine the display position of each directory and document, and a computer program therefor.

Still another object is to provide a data directory structure display apparatus and a computer program for recording and storing a plurality of prioritized display orders and display positions of each directory and document, which can be freely selected by a user. Is to provide.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a directory structure display device for displaying a directory structure of data, comprising: means for acquiring a directory structure of data; Means for displaying in a plane radial manner, means for allowing a user to select the priority display order of an arbitrary directory and document, means for reflecting the display order of an arbitrary directory and document in the display of the directory structure, and displaying the reflected result. And means for displaying on the means for executing.

The second means is a directory structure display device for displaying a directory structure of data, a means for acquiring a directory structure of data, a means for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial pattern, an arbitrary directory and document. Means for allowing the user to set the display position of the user, means for allowing the user to select the display position set by the user, means for reflecting the display position of any directory or document in the display of the directory structure, and displaying the reflected result in the display. And means for displaying on the means for executing.

A third means is a directory structure display device for displaying a directory structure of data, a means for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial pattern, and a means for allowing a user to set a display position of an arbitrary directory and document. Means for storing the priority display order and display position set by the user; means for allowing the user to select the priority display order and display position set by the user; and the directory structure for displaying the priority display order and display position of any directory or document. And a means for displaying the reflected result on the display means.

A fourth means is a computer program for displaying a directory structure of data,
A procedure for obtaining a directory structure of data, a procedure for displaying each directory and document in a flat radial pattern, a procedure for allowing a user to select a priority display order for an arbitrary directory and document, and a procedure for selecting a display order for an arbitrary directory and document. The method is characterized by comprising a procedure for reflecting the result on the display of the structure and a procedure for displaying the reflected result on the display means.

A fifth means is a computer program for displaying a data directory structure.
A procedure for obtaining a directory structure of data, a procedure for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial pattern, a procedure for allowing the user to set a display position of an arbitrary directory and document, and a procedure for allowing the user to select a display position set by the user. It is characterized by comprising a procedure, a procedure for reflecting the display position of an arbitrary directory and a document on the display of the directory structure, and a procedure for displaying the reflected result on the display means.

A sixth means is a computer program for displaying a directory structure of data.
A procedure for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial manner, a procedure for allowing the user to set a display position of an arbitrary directory and document, a procedure for storing a priority display order and a display position set by the user, and a procedure for setting the priority set by the user. A procedure for allowing the user to select a display order and a display position;
A procedure for reflecting the priority display order and display position of arbitrary directories and documents in the display of the directory structure;
Displaying the reflected result on the display means.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a system configuration of a directory structure display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the directory structure display device basically comprises a control unit 1, a display unit 2, and a data storage unit 3. The control unit 1 includes at least a CPU 11, a memory 12, an output interface 13, an input interface 14, and a storage interface 15. The CPU 11 controls the above components and the entire system. The memory 12 includes a ROM and a RAM, and the CPU 11 executes the control according to a program stored in the ROM while using the RAM as a work area. The output interface 13 controls communication with the display unit (display), and the input interface 1
Reference numeral 4 controls communication with input devices such as a keyboard 141 and a mouse 142. The storage interface 15 controls communication with the data storage unit 3. The data storage unit 3 stores various data as files (documents). These documents store a so-called directory structure in a hierarchical manner. In the example shown in FIG. 1, documents B and C are located below document A, and documents D and E are located below document B.
However, the document F and the document G are located below the document C. The data storage unit 3 stores a plurality of documents having such a directory structure.

FIG. 2 shows the module configuration of the directory structure display application according to the present invention. This program includes a directory structure acquisition module 210, a directory display control module 220, and a directory structure display module 230. The directory display control module 220 further includes a directory display position acquisition sub-module 22.
1, directory display position creation submodule 222,
It comprises a priority acquisition submodule 223 and a priority creation submodule 224. The directory structure acquisition module 210 acquires the directory structure of the data from the data storage unit 3, and the directory structure display module 230 acquires the directory structure acquisition module 210
Is displayed, and the directory whose display position is set by the directory display control module 220 is radially displayed on a plane (display).

Directory display control module 220
Is a priority creation (priority creation sub-module 22)
2) and creation of a directory display position (directory display position creation sub-module 224). To create these, the directory display position is acquired (directory display position acquisition sub-module 221) and the priority is acquired (priority order). It is necessary to perform the acquisition submodule 223). Each of these sub-modules 221 to 224 exchanges data between a pair of acquisition sub-modules and creation sub-modules.
223 obtains display information from the directory structure display module 230 and displays the directory structure of the display unit 2 based on the creation data of the creation submodules 222 and 224. In this way, the display order of an arbitrary directory and a document can be reflected on the display of the directory structure.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for displaying a directory structure by the directory structure display device configured as described above.

In this process, when the directory structure display application is started (step 301), the directory structure shown in FIG. Here, directories or files indicated by A to J and X are displayed in a tree shape. A directory or a file to be given a priority is selected from these (step 302). Then, only the selected directory or file is displayed (step 303). In FIG. 4, the directories or files indicated by A, C, H indicated by white frames and the black circles are selected.
In this state, the directory or file in the shaded frame is not displayed. Next, it is checked whether or not a priority is set in the selected directory or file (step 304). If a priority is set, a priority is assigned in step 305. If no priority is given, the process ends at step 304.
When a certain display order is selected in this way, as shown in FIG. 4, when the top of the directory is indicated by a black circle, the directory or file is ranked from the black circle in the order (or hierarchy) of A, C, H, and J described above. Is displayed. The selection is made by the keyboard 14 shown as an input device.
1 or from a pointing device such as a mouse 142.

When a directory or a file is selected and a priority is designated in this way, only a directory or a file desired by the user can be displayed without displaying all the directories and files.

<Second Embodiment> In the first embodiment, the user selects a directory or a file, indicates a priority, and displays only a directory or a file desired by the user. However, the directories and files displayed are dispersed depending on the directory structure, and the display unit 2 may be difficult to see or the directory structure may be difficult to understand. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the position of each directory and file can be freely set by the user. In the case of this embodiment as well, FIG.
2 and the module configuration shown in FIG. 2 are the same, and a duplicate description will be omitted.

The processing procedure according to this embodiment is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this process, when the directory structure display application is started (step 501),
A radial planar directory structure as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Therefore, a directory and / or a file to be moved is selected from the directory structure (step 502). Then, the display location of the selected directory and / or file is moved (step 5).
03) This makes it possible to group a plurality of directories located at distant positions in the directory structure. FIG. 6 shows an example of grouping and moving in this manner. When such grouping is completed, it is checked whether or not the position information of the current directory structure processed in step 503 is to be saved (step 504), and if so, the position information is saved (step 505) and not saved. If this is the case, this processing is terminated.

The determination in step 504 is to determine whether or not the position information of the current directory structure is to be stored. What is stored in step 505 is the position information. Can be saved. The position information and the display order are the same in the first embodiment. The procedure for storing such information is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

In this process, when the directory structure display application is started (step 701), the directory structure as shown in FIG. 4 is radially and planarly displayed. From this state, the user selects the priority order or display position of the directory (step 702), and sets the priority display order or display position. Next, it is checked whether or not the current display position or the display position is to be saved (step 703). If the current display order or display position that has been set is to be saved, the menu bar displayed on the display unit 2 is displayed. Select "Save current state"
The data is saved (step 704), and if it is not necessary to save the data, the process ends.

With this processing, if the user wants to reproduce the previous display order or display position, the user selects "display order" or "display position" from the menu bar, and the display order or display position is reproduced.

The configuration of each unit and the operation of each unit, which are not particularly described, are configured and function the same as in the first embodiment.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first and fourth aspects of the present invention, when displaying the hierarchical structure of data, it is possible to arrange a plurality of directories and documents derived from each directory in a plane radial manner. Thus, the directory structure of the data can be overlooked. Further, since the user can determine the priority display order of directories and documents, even when the directory structure of all data is complicated, only the directory structure of specific data can be displayed by selecting the display order. This allows the user to easily search for data.

According to the second and fifth aspects of the present invention, the directory position on the user interface can be freely adjusted while maintaining the data directory structure. Can be grouped.

According to the third and sixth aspects of the present invention, it is possible for the user to save and select a plurality of priority display orders and display positions of the directory structure. The position can be changed, and the user can analyze and search the data in multiple directions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a system configuration of a directory structure display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a module configuration of a directory structure display application according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a directory structure is displayed by the directory structure display device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a planar radial directory structure displayed by the directory structure display device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a directory structure is displayed by the directory structure display device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a planar radial grouped directory structure displayed by the directory structure display device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for setting and storing position information and display order.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 control unit 11 CPU 12 memory 13, 14, 15 interface 2 display unit 3 data storage unit 210 directory structure acquisition module 220 directory display control module 230 directory structure display module

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A directory structure display device for displaying a directory structure of data, a means for acquiring a directory structure of data, a means for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial pattern, and a priority display order of arbitrary directories and documents. Means for selecting a user, means for reflecting the display order of an arbitrary directory and a document on the display of the directory structure, and means for displaying the reflected result on the display means. Data directory structure display device. 2. A directory structure display device for displaying a directory structure of data, a means for acquiring a directory structure of data, a means for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial pattern, and a display position of an arbitrary directory and document. Means for the user to set, means for the user to select the display position set by the user, means for reflecting the display position of any directory and document in the display of the directory structure, and the result of the reflection displayed on the display means Means for causing the data to be displayed, and a directory structure display apparatus for data. 3. A directory structure display device for displaying a directory structure of data, means for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial manner, means for allowing a user to set a display position of an arbitrary directory and document, and setting by a user. Means for storing the priority display order and display position set by the user, means for allowing the user to select the priority display order and display position set by the user, and reflecting the priority display order and display position of any directory and document in the display of the directory structure. And a means for displaying the reflected result on the display means. A directory structure display apparatus for data. 4. A computer program for displaying a directory structure of data, a procedure for obtaining a directory structure of data, a procedure for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial pattern, and a priority display order of arbitrary directories and documents. , A procedure for reflecting the display order of an arbitrary directory and a document on the display of the directory structure, and a procedure for displaying the reflected result on the display means. Computer program. 5. A computer program for displaying a directory structure of data, comprising: a step of acquiring a directory structure of data; a step of displaying each directory and document in a plane radial form; A procedure for allowing the user to set, a procedure for allowing the user to select a display position set by the user, a procedure for reflecting the display position of an arbitrary directory and a document in the display of the directory structure, and displaying the reflected result on the display means. A computer program comprising the steps of: 6. A computer program for displaying a directory structure of data, wherein: a procedure for displaying each directory and document in a plane radial manner; a procedure for allowing a user to set a display position of an arbitrary directory and document; Storing the priority display order and display position set by the user, the procedure for allowing the user to select the priority display order and display position set by the user, and reflecting the priority display order and display position of any directory and document in the directory structure display. And a step of displaying the reflected result on the display means.