JPH07295773A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily discriminate the attribute of an object in spite of the size of the object, in an information system controlling the display of the object. CONSTITUTION:Whether the setting of a display system is performed or not is decided. When a positive decision is performed, the setting of the display system is performed and it is subsequently terminated. When a negative decision is performed or the input of the object is performed, whether the object is displayed by the attribute other than the attribute of its original object or not is decided. When the negative decision is performed, data to be instructed to be displayed is converted into the data that a display device 3 can understand in accordance with the already set display system and the data is stored on a main storage device 2. When the positive decision is performed, a conversion processing is performed for displaying the attribute of the object by the color defined for every attribute. Next, the data after the conversion processing is performed is converted into the data that the display device 3 can understand and the data is stored on a main storage device 2. 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing system for controlling display of objects.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, objects such as figures and characters are displayed as they are on a display device.

[0003]

However, depending on the size of the object, it may not be possible to distinguish the attributes of the object.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system capable of easily discriminating an attribute of an object.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

1) The information processing system according to the present invention includes a determination unit that determines whether an object has an attribute other than the original attribute of the object, and if the determination unit makes an affirmative determination,
First conversion processing means for performing conversion processing for displaying the attribute of the object in a color defined for each attribute; conversion means for converting the data processed by the first conversion processing means into a drawing command; Output means for outputting a drawing command obtained by conversion by the conversion means.

2) The information processing system according to the present invention is
A determination unit that determines whether or not the object has an attribute other than the original attribute of the object, and a conversion process for displaying the attribute of the object with a symbol defined for each attribute when the determination unit makes a positive determination. The second conversion processing means for performing, the conversion means for converting the data processed by the second conversion processing means into a drawing command, and the output means for outputting the drawing command obtained by the conversion by the conversion means. It is characterized by

3) In the information processing system described in 1) or 2) above, the output means is a display device.

4) In the above 1) or 2), the output means is a printing device.

[0009]

In the present invention, whether or not the object is an attribute other than the original attribute of the object is determined by the determination means, and when the determination is affirmative, the attribute of the object is displayed in the color defined for each attribute. The conversion processing is performed by the first conversion processing means, the processed data is converted into the drawing command by the converting means, and the drawing command obtained by the conversion is output by the output means.

According to the present invention, whether or not the object is an attribute other than the original attribute of the object is determined by the determination means, and when the determination is affirmative, the attribute of the object is displayed with a symbol defined for each attribute. The conversion processing is performed by the second conversion processing means, the processed data is converted into the drawing command by the converting means, and the drawing command obtained by the conversion is output by the output means.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a main storage device, which stores information necessary for the present system to perform information processing and can be taken out as needed. Reference numeral 3 denotes a display device for displaying the processing result of figures, characters and the like. The display device 3 is a CRT (cathode ray tube)
And liquid crystal displays. Reference numeral 4 is an input device for performing various inputs. The input device 4 includes a keyboard and a mouse. A central processing unit 1 includes a main storage device 2, a display device 3, and an input device 4.
It controls and, and is in charge of four arithmetic operations and logical operations.

FIG. 2 shows the software configuration of this system. The display driver 21 uses the display device 3 to display the object whose display is instructed by the application 22.
It has a function of converting into data (drawing command) that (FIG. 1) can understand.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the control program stored in the main memory 1 shown in FIG.

In step S1, it is determined whether the display method has been set. When an affirmative determination is made, the process proceeds to step S2, the display method is set in step S2, and then the process ends.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S1, that is, when an object is input, it is determined whether the object is displayed with an attribute other than the original attribute of the object. If a negative determination is made, in step S4, the data instructed to be displayed is changed to step S4.
The data is converted into data (drawing command) that the display device 3 can understand in accordance with the display method set in 2, and stored in the main storage device 2. On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S3, then in step S5 a conversion process is carried out for displaying the attributes of the object in colors defined for each attribute.
Then, in step S6, the converted data is converted into data (drawing command) that the display device 3 can understand,
It is stored in the main storage device 2. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish the attribute of the object by the color.

Then, in step S7, the main memory 2
The drawing command stored above is transferred to the display device 3, and then the process ends.

<Second Embodiment> This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the attribute of the object. That is, in the first embodiment, color is used as the attribute of the object, but in this embodiment, symbols such as letters and numbers are used.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the control program stored in the main memory 1 shown in FIG.
The same steps as those shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S3,
In step S65, a conversion process for displaying the attributes of the object with symbols such as letters and numbers defined for each attribute is performed. Then, in step S66, the converted data is converted into data (drawing command) that the display device 3 can understand and stored in the main storage device 2. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish the attribute of the object by the color.

In this embodiment, since it is configured in this way,
Even if the constituent color of the object is composed of color, the attribute of the object can be easily discriminated.

<Third Embodiment> This embodiment is the first and second embodiments.
Compared with the embodiment, the output means is different. That is, although the display device is used in the first and second embodiments,
In this example, a printing device was used.

FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. 5, reference numerals 1, 2 and 4 indicate the same parts as in FIG. Reference numeral 5 denotes a printing device, which prints processing results of figures and characters, and has a printer.

FIG. 6 shows the software configuration of this system. The printer driver 61 has a function of converting an object instructed to be printed by the application 62 into data (drawing command) that the printing device 5 can understand.

In this embodiment, since it is configured in this way,
Even when the resolution of the printing apparatus is low, the attribute of the object can be discriminated on the print result.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
With the configuration as described above, there is an effect that the attribute of an object can be easily distinguished without depending on the size of the object.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a software configuration of a system according to a first embodiment.

3 is a flowchart showing an example of a control program stored in a main storage device 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a control program stored in a main storage device 1 shown in FIG. 1 in a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a software configuration of a system according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central Processing Unit 2 Main Storage Device 3 Display Device 4 Input Device 5 Printing Device

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A determination unit that determines whether an object has an attribute other than the original attribute of the object, and if the determination unit makes an affirmative determination, the attribute of the object is displayed in a color defined for each attribute. Conversion processing means for performing conversion processing for converting the data processed by the first conversion processing means into a drawing command, and an output for outputting a drawing command obtained by the conversion by the converting means An information processing system comprising means. 2. A judging means for judging whether or not the object is an attribute other than the original attribute of the object, and when the judging means makes an affirmative judgment, the attribute of the object is displayed by a symbol defined for each attribute. Conversion processing means for performing a conversion processing for converting the data processed by the second conversion processing means into a drawing command, and an output for outputting the drawing command obtained by the conversion by the converting means. An information processing system comprising means. 3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a display device. 4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a printing device.