JPH07244568A - Display screen creating method and display screen creating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A means to automatically and appropriately change the screen design when the resolution or screen size of a screen having multiple screen display parts is changed, or when the number of display parts is increased or decreased. It is intended to be provided. [Structure] In advance, change attributes of display conditions such as display size are set for each screen display component, and when the display screen display space changes due to a change in the display screen resolution or an increase / decrease in the number of screen display components, It is characterized in that the change attribute of the display condition set for each screen display component is checked, the size of the display component that can be changed is changed, and the display screen is automatically reconfigured.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a device for creating screen information output and displayed on a display device in an information processing device and various control devices.
In particular, re-display the display screen on which multiple screen display components such as lists and buttons, which are units of display information, are arranged properly by considering the display space when changing the screen resolution or when increasing or decreasing the number of screen display components. It is possible to configure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an information processing apparatus, when processing is performed interactively using a screen of a display device, data such as a list and a plurality of different types of information such as buttons for inputting operation commands are displayed on one screen. It is often placed inside and displayed. Part (a) of FIG.
As an example, an area of the display screen is set (indicated by a frame) in the display frame of the display device, and a plurality of information units are indicated by rectangular or circular blocks therein. In addition,
Information of each unit displayed on the screen as described above is generalized and referred to as a screen display component.

In the screen design, the layout of the screen display components displayed on the screen, that is, the vertical and horizontal sizes and display positions of the display components are set in the form of a screen definition body or the like. By the way, since the size and display position of such a screen display component are determined based on the pixel address, when the display resolution is changed to the same screen size,
Since the number of pixels per unit area is increased or decreased, the size of the screen display components and the interval between the screen display components are reduced or expanded as the resolution is increased or decreased.

Therefore, when the screen display component designed in the original resolution is displayed on the screen of the new resolution as it is,
When the resolution is increased, the display screen is reduced and displayed in the display frame as illustrated in FIG. 10B, and a large empty space is created, or conversely, the resolution is decreased. As illustrated in FIG. 10C, the display screen is enlarged and displayed, and a part of the display components enlarged and displayed at the same ratio may protrude from the right side and the lower side. In such a case, conventionally, according to the ratio of increasing or decreasing the resolution, the entire display screen is inversely scaled up or down, and further, the individual screen display parts are scaled at an appropriate ratio, and The screen was reconfigured so that the proper arrangement of the screen display parts could be obtained.

Further, even when the screen size is changed in accordance with the change in resolution and the number of pixels per unit area does not change, the expansion or contraction of the entire screen is made to follow the expansion and contraction of the screen size, and the original display balance is maintained. The screen was reconfigured so that it would be maintained.

Conventionally, in such a case, the screen definition body is manually corrected for each screen display component, or a scaling process is performed to uniformly enlarge or reduce the entire screen by using a software function. However, the manual correction method increases the burden on the user, and the uniform scaling method using the software function reduces the screen efficiency depending on the type of screen display component.
There was a problem such as inconvenience in cursor operation.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when the resolution or screen size of a screen having a plurality of screen display parts is changed, or when the number of display parts is increased or decreased, the screen design is automatically changed. The purpose is to provide a means to do.

[0008]

According to the present invention, each of a plurality of screen display components displayed on a screen indicates a change direction or a restriction of a display condition such as a display size when a screen design is changed. Change attributes are assigned in advance, and when it becomes necessary to modify the screen configuration by changing the screen resolution or increasing / decreasing the number of screen display components, the change attribute of the display condition assigned to each display component is set. By referring, it is possible to automatically reconstruct an appropriate screen.

FIG. 1 illustrates the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an information processing apparatus. 2 is a display device.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a display screen, and each block in the display screen is a screen display component. Reference numeral 4 is screen characteristic information that defines the display environment such as the resolution and screen size of the display screen 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes screen display component setting information, which includes display data of each screen display component displayed on the screen, display conditions such as the size and display position of the display area, and change attributes of the display conditions. It is set.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a display screen creating section, which performs a display screen reconfiguration process in response to changes in the display environment such as screen resolution and increase / decrease in screen display parts. A screen characteristic analysis unit 7 refers to the screen characteristic information 4 and the screen display component setting information 5 to detect the presence or absence of a change.

Reference numeral 8 is a screen designing unit, and when the screen characteristic analyzing unit 7 detects a change, the screen display component setting information 5
Redesign the screen layout of each screen display component according to the change attribute of the display condition set in. The design result is reflected in the screen display component setting information 5.

A screen drawing unit 9 draws and outputs each screen display component of the screen design result on the display screen 3 of the display device 2.

[0015]

In FIG. 1, the display device 2 has a unique resolution and screen size determined by the type, and when connected to the information processing device 1, the type information is notified to the information processing device 1 and the information processing device 1 Screen characteristic information 4 such as resolution and screen size corresponding to the type is set therein.

The screen display component setting information 5 including a plurality of screen display components desired to be output and displayed on the display screen 3 of the display device 2, the size of the display area, the address and the change attribute of the display condition is created and set. When the screen display parts are increased / decreased (added / deleted) or changed, the corresponding screen display part setting information is added / deleted / changed. In the change attribute of the display condition, the size of the merit obtained by changing the size of the screen display component, information such as restrictions on how to change the size, or component type information that defines these information is set.

The display screen creating section 6 is started automatically by a command or when the system is started up.
When the display screen creation unit 6 is activated, the screen characteristic analysis unit 7 first functions to check whether any of the screen characteristic information 4 and the screen display component setting information 5 has been changed.
When a change is detected, for example, a change in resolution is detected, the screen design unit 8 is made to function.

The screen design unit 8 designs the screen according to whether the resolution has been changed, the number of screen display parts has been increased or decreased, and the change attribute of the display condition of each screen display part has been set. Start over. At this time, for example, if the resolution is increased, the screen space is substantially expanded, and the apparent size of the screen display parts is reduced, so basically the size of each screen display part is expanded. According to the change attribute set for each screen display component, for example, the one with a large change merit is prioritized, and if there is a constraint on the vertical and horizontal enlargement ratio, the enlargement processing is performed. When the number of screen display parts increases or decreases, the change attributes of each screen display part are taken into consideration so that all the screen display parts are arranged in an appropriate size and layout within the display space of the screen. Perform processing or enlargement processing.

In this way, since the screen design is performed in consideration of the change attribute of each screen display component, for example, in the data such as the list, the amount of data displayed is as large as possible (or not decreasing). In addition, with the button, it is possible to reconfigure the screen with a shape, size, and position that are convenient for cursor operation.

[0020]

FIG. 2 shows a basic process flow of the screen design unit 8 shown in FIG. 1 when the resolution of the display device is changed. The processing content will be described according to the flow.

First, the vertical / horizontal ratio of each screen display component on the original screen is calculated. Next, the standard value HYOJUN of the enlargement ratio (when the resolution is increased) or the reduction ratio (when the resolution is decreased) corresponding to the change of the resolution is set. The enlargement / reduction ratio based on the standard value is for returning the apparent size of the screen display component changed due to the change of the resolution to the original size.

When the enlargement processing is performed due to the increase in the resolution, the change attribute set in each screen display component is checked and the enlargement is performed larger than the standard value of the enlargement ratio. Only screen display parts that have the advantage of being larger than the size of
Let the set be Lgrp, and the enlargement ratio HYOJUN + α (α> 0) that is slightly larger than the standard value for each component of Lgrp.
give. The value of α is preset appropriately.

On the other hand, when the resolution is reduced and the reduction processing is performed, the reduction attribute should be reduced to be smaller than the standard value of the reduction ratio (the apparent size is smaller than the original size). Only the parts that have the advantage of
A reduction ratio HYOJUN-α (α> 0), which is slightly smaller than the standard value, is given to each part of p.

In this way, after determining the enlargement ratio or reduction ratio for the screen display parts that are particularly desired to be enlarged or reduced, the remaining display space is allocated to other parts, and the enlargement ratio or reduction ratio of those parts is assigned. Is calculated back to determine the enlargement ratio and reduction ratio for each. The layout of each part as a result of enlarging or reducing each part is reflected in the screen display part setting information,
It is passed to the screen drawing unit 9.

FIG. 3 is a flow of processing for determining the lateral size of buttons and the distance between buttons when the screen display component is a button, in consideration of the length and margin of the character string displayed in the button. Further, FIG. 4A shows a specific example of the button. Hereinafter, the processing content will be described with reference to the flow.

First, the sum SU of the character string lengths of the button names of the respective buttons such as the button name "function 1" in the example of FIG.
M STR is calculated, and then the minimum value, the intermediate value, and the maximum value of the margins at both ends of the button, which is the sum of the left and right margins provided at both ends of the button name, are determined. For example, the minimum value is "0" and the maximum value is equal to twice the character width.

Next, the distance L between the buttons Maximum value of MAX
To set. Next, the margins at both ends of each button (see FIG.
When the values in (a) are set to the maximum values, the buttons
Check if a part of the
If the tongue is not missing, set both margins to the maximum value and
If the tongue is lacking, the margins on both
Change to a value and see if the button is missing in each case
Check if it is the middle value and the button is not missing, both margins
Is set to an intermediate value, and it is missing at the intermediate value but missing at the minimum value.
If not, set both margins to the minimum value.

In this way, the character string length for each button
And determine the horizontal size of the button from the sum of both margins,
Next, as shown in Fig. 4 (b), display those buttons.
Back calculation of the distance L between buttons when they are arranged at equal intervals in the area
And the value L is changed to L L compared to MAX MAX ≦ L
If so, the value of L between the buttons is L Corrected to MAX, L M
If AX> L, the value of L is used and the button layout
Set out. As a result, the distance between the buttons is L MAX
Make sure the margins on the screen are
Distribute appropriately among

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a concrete example of a processing part for determining the minimum value, the intermediate value and the maximum value of both end margins in the flow of FIG. In this example, the minimum value is 0, the maximum value is the width of one full-width character, and the intermediate value is 1 / of the maximum value.
Is set to 2.

First, 0 is assigned to the minimum value. next,
Calculate the number of dots in the width of one full-width character on the screen, and
The value of ZEN. This dot The value of ZEN
Set the median of both margins Double the value of ZEN
The maximum value of both margins. In addition, the marker at one end of the button
The median value of gin is dot ZEN / 2, maximum is dot
It becomes ZEN.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flow of the processing portion for determining whether or not the button is missing when the both end margins of the button are set to intermediate values in the flow of FIG. First, the displayable horizontal value of the button display area is displayed. X
For each of the N buttons to be arranged, the horizontal value obtained by adding a margin to each of the buttons from button 1 to button N is button1. X ~ buttonN X is the button1 X ~ buttonN Seek the sum of X, yoko Let be X.

Where yoko X value and display
Compare with the value of X, yoko X ≦ display
If it is X, it is judged that there is no missing button, and yok
o X> display If it is X, the button is missing
It is to judge that.

There is an upper limit to the number of buttons and the length of the button character string, and if the number of buttons and the number of characters are set to more than that, an error is issued. In addition, as the method of setting the change attribute of the screen display parts, the size of the merit of enlargement / reduction is set for each type of display parts, but the merit of enlargement / reduction in the vertical direction and the enlargement / reduction in the horizontal direction are set.
The reduction merit and the reduction merit can be set separately. For example, when the display component is a list box, the enlargement in the vertical direction leads to an increase in the number of display data, so the enlargement advantage is large, but the enlargement advantage in the horizontal direction is small. Also, if the display component is a button, the number of characters to be displayed is originally small, so there is not much merit in expanding in the vertical direction, which is normal, but in the horizontal direction, if the button can be extended horizontally, it will be Since the travel distance can be shortened, the merit of expansion is great. In this way, according to the type of display parts, the advantages and disadvantages of vertical / horizontal enlargement / reduction are ranked in advance, and when the screen design is redone by increasing / decreasing the resolution or increasing / decreasing or changing the display parts, It is possible to preferentially enlarge / reduce display components that have a large merit of enlargement / reduction.

7 to 9 show specific examples of screen design changes. FIG. 7 shows an example of changing the screen design when the number of pixels per unit area is changed. A, B, C, D in the figure
Is a display component, and the enlargement / reduction merit set in each change attribute is as shown in FIG. 7D.

FIG. 7A shows a screen designed in the original resolution. FIG. 7B is a screen automatically redesigned by applying the same enlargement ratio to each display component by the conventional method. On the other hand, FIG. 7C shows a screen redesigned by adjusting the enlargement ratio in consideration of the change attribute of each display component according to the present invention. In FIG. 7C, the vertical size of the display component A is not enlarged because the display component A has a small enlargement merit. Instead, the vertical size of the display component C having a large enlargement merit is enlarged, and the display data options start from 5. Has been increased to 7. As a result, the number of times of scrolling when referring to the options can be reduced as compared with the related art.

FIG. 8 shows an example of changing the screen design when a part of the display parts is deleted. 8A is the original screen, and the display components A3 to A5 are deleted here. FIG. 8B is a screen automatically redesigned by the conventional method, and the area where the display components A3 to A5 were present is blank. FIG. 8C is a screen redesigned according to the present invention. By giving the display components A1 to A5 a change attribute that the advantage of lateral enlargement is large, the blank area is effective as shown in the figure. Utilizing this, the display parts A1 and A2 are laterally stretched to expand the area. As a result, in the case of the buttons of the display parts A1 and A2, pointing with the cursor becomes easy.

FIG. 9 shows an example of screen design change when a display component is added. 9A is the original screen, and the display component A5 is added here. FIG. 9B is a screen automatically redesigned by the conventional method, and the added display component A5 is the display components A1 to A in FIG.
Since 4 is displayed in the small empty space at the right end of the upper area in which it is displayed, the display component A5 is displayed as missing. FIG. 9C is a screen redesigned according to the present invention, and by setting the reduction merit in the horizontal direction in advance in the change attribute of the display components A1 to A5, each display component A1 to
A5 can be reduced in the horizontal direction and properly arranged on the screen.

[0038]

According to the present invention, by setting change attributes for each display component in advance, it is possible to recognize a display component that is preferable to be enlarged or a display component that can be reduced at the time of changing the resolution and display components. It is possible to automatically reconfigure an efficient and easy-to-use screen that is not wasted as a whole and is appropriately enlarged or reduced to reduce the screen design load and improve the MMI.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a process flow diagram when the resolution of the screen design unit is changed in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a button screen design process.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a margin and a distance between buttons.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a specific example of a process of determining both-end margins of a button.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart of a process for determining a missing button.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a screen design change example when the resolution is increased.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a screen design change example in which a part of display components is deleted.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a screen design modification example in which display components are added.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of display components and resolution change.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Information processing device 2: Display device 3: Display screen 4: Screen characteristic information 5: Screen display component setting information 6: Display screen creation unit 7: Screen characteristic analysis unit 8: Screen design unit 9: Screen drawing unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of creating a display screen composed of a plurality of screen display components, wherein a change attribute of a display condition such as a display size is set in advance for each screen display component to change the resolution of the display screen. Alternatively, when the display space of the display screen changes due to the increase or decrease or change of the screen display parts, the change attribute of the display condition set for each screen display part is checked and the size of the display part that can be changed is changed. A method of creating a display screen, characterized by automatically reconfiguring the display screen. 2. A display screen creating apparatus for creating a display screen including a plurality of screen display parts and supplying the display screen to a display device, and means for setting a change attribute of a display condition such as a display size for each screen display part. A means for detecting changes in the display screen display space due to changes in the display screen resolution, increase / decrease of screen display parts, and changes, and when the change in the display screen display space is detected, set the above screen display parts unit A display screen creation apparatus comprising: means for checking the change attribute of the displayed display condition, changing the size of the changeable screen display component, and reconfiguring the display screen.