JPH10222140A - Display control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display control device by which a screen saver can not be operated for a specific window displaying animation or the like in application in which animation or the like can be appreciated. SOLUTION: This display control device is constituted of an operating means 101 operated by a user with a mouse, a keyboard or the like, a time measuring device 102 measuring a time required for starting a screen saver, a discriminating means 103 discriminating whether a screen saver is required to start or not, a window display means 104 displaying animation or the like in a window, and a background display means 105 displaying a screen saver as a background. During reproducing animation or the like, burning of a monitor can be prevented without disturbing appreciation of animation or the like by starting a screen saver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display control apparatus provided in an application for viewing a title such as a moving image, which is used on an OS operated by using a pointing device such as a mouse, which can display a plurality of windows. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of windows can be displayed,
Operate using a pointing device such as a mouse
In an application for viewing a title such as a moving image used on an S (operation system), the screen saver is activated and the background outside the window area is displayed.
S manages. If the user has not canceled the screen saver, the screen saver is activated and operates on the entire display screen if there is no input from the user for a certain period of time, even if the user is watching a moving image in a certain window, The displayed window is hidden under the screen saver.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of a conventional display control device. In the figure, 1 is a display screen such as a display, and 2, 3
Is an independent window, and 4 is a screen saver action area. In this case, a screen saver operates on the entire screen after a predetermined time elapses as shown in the figure.

[0004]

However, in the conventional method, when the screen saver is activated, it is difficult to watch a moving image or the like. There is a problem in that the displayed content is not updated for a long period of time and the monitor burns in.

[0005]

Accordingly, the present invention provides
It is an object of the present invention to provide a display control device capable of preventing a screen saver from acting on a specific window for displaying a moving image or the like in an application for watching a moving image or the like.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display control device for operating a user operation device such as a mouse or a keyboard, a time measuring device for measuring a time until a screen saver is activated, and activating a screen saver. Determining means for determining whether or not the moving image is displayed, window display means for displaying a moving image or the like in a window, and background display means for displaying a screen saver in the background.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the background display means displays single-color image data.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the viewing of a moving image or the like from being hindered by activating a screen saver while watching a moving image or the like.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a power saving effect can be obtained by setting an area other than a window for viewing a moving image or the like to a color in which the LCD does not consume power.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a display control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram thereof, FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of the same layer, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the same operation.

In FIG. 1, the display device includes an operation means 101 such as a mouse and a keyboard operated by a user;
Time measuring means 102 for measuring the time until the screen saver is activated, determining means 103 for determining whether to activate the screen saver, window display means 104 for displaying a moving image or the like in a window, and background for displaying the screen saver in the background The display unit 105 is provided.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball,
1 is realized, and 202 is a keyboard,
203 is a display device, which implements the window display means 104 and the background display means 105, and 204 is a CPU
And 205 is a ROM which is a memory area where an application having the function of the present invention operates, and 206 is a RAM.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a technique called a layer used in the present invention. What is a layer?
, Consider each display area as an independent area,
Layers above are not affected by layers below. The window 401 in FIG. 3A is at the top and is not affected by the window 402 and the background image 403.
When this is displayed on a screen such as a display, it looks like FIG. 3B. Window 401
Is a window 405, a window 402 is a window 404, and a display screen 403 is a display screen 406.

FIG. 4 shows the concept of the first aspect of the present invention. FIG. 4A shows a state in which the screen saver has not been activated, 501 denotes a display area such as a display, 502 denotes a moving image or the like viewing the display area such as a moving image, and 503 denotes other windows. is there. In this state, if there is no operation from the user for a certain period of time, the screen saver is activated, and the state transits to FIG. In a state where the screen saver is activated, the screen saver operates on an area other than the moving image display area 505 where a moving image or the like is being viewed.

A method in which the screen saver does not act on the display area 505 for a moving image or the like will be described. In order to prevent the display area 505 such as a moving image from being hidden below the screen saver, a technique called a layer as shown in FIG. 3 is used. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 401 denotes a top layer, in this case, a layer on which a window such as a moving image is displayed. Reference numeral 402 denotes a layer on which other windows and the like are displayed, and the screen saver acts on this layer. Reference numeral 403 denotes the lowest layer, on which a background image or the like is normally displayed.

The processing flow at this time will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the application for viewing the moving image or the like is activated and there is no input from the user for a certain period of time, the processing is started. In step 1, it is determined whether or not the screen saver activation is valid. If the screen saver activation is valid, the process proceeds to step 2. In step 2, the second layer is switched to the screen saver, and the process ends.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 6 is a display screen diagram of a display control device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the screen saver has not been activated.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a display area such as a display, 602 denotes a moving image display area for viewing a moving image and the like, and 603 denotes other windows. In this state, the screen saver starts when there is no user operation for a certain period of time,
The state transitions to FIG.

FIG. 6B shows a state in which the screen saver is activated, and the screen saver operates on an area other than the moving image display area 605 where a moving image or the like is being watched. At this time, the screen saver image data is
Is changed to image data of a color that does not consume power.
This is because the LCD performs switching according to the color of the image displayed on the screen, and does not consume power in a certain color (for example, white).

The processing flow at this time will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the application for viewing the moving image or the like is activated and there is no input from the user for a certain period of time, the processing is started. In step 1, it is determined whether or not the screen saver activation is valid. If the screen saver activation is valid, the process proceeds to step 2. In step 2, the second layer is switched to the screen saver, and the process ends. The screen saver at this time is set to a single color.

A method in which the screen saver does not act on the display area 605 for a moving image or the like will be described. In order to prevent the display area 605 such as a moving image from being hidden below the screen saver, a technique called a layer as shown in FIG. 3 is used. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 401 denotes a top layer, in this case, a layer on which a window such as a moving image is displayed. Reference numeral 402 denotes a layer on which other windows and the like are displayed, and the screen saver acts on this layer. Reference numeral 403 denotes the lowest layer, on which a background image or the like is normally displayed.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of windows can be displayed, and an application for viewing a title such as a moving image, which is used on an OS operated using a pointing device such as a mouse. When the screen saver is activated while watching a moving image or the like, it is possible to prevent the viewing of the moving image or the like from being hindered. Further, the power saving effect of the LCD can be obtained while watching a moving image or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a display control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of a display control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of layers of the display control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a display screen diagram of the display control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation of the display control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a display screen diagram of the display control device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a display screen diagram of a conventional display control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Operation means 102 Time measurement means 103 Judgment means 104 Window display means 105 Background display means 201 Pointing device 202 Keyboard 203 Display device 204 CPU 205 ROM 206 RAM 401 Window in the highest layer 402 Window in the middle layer 403 Lowest layer Image data 404 window in the middle layer 405 window in the top layer 406 image data in the bottom layer 501 display area 502 moving image display area 503 other windows 504 display area 505 moving image display area 506 screen saver Action area 601 Display area 602 Moving image etc. display area 603 Other windows 604 Display area 605 Image etc. display area 606 Screen Nseiba action area

Claims (2)

[Claims] An operation unit operated by a user such as a mouse or a keyboard, a time measurement unit for measuring a time until a screen saver is activated, a determination unit for determining whether to activate a screen saver, and a window for displaying a moving image or the like. A display control device, comprising: a window display means for displaying a screen saver in a background; and a background display means for displaying a screen saver in the background. 2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein said background display means displays single-color image data.