JPS61196319A - Menu selection system of display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the reselection of a high-order menu by displaying the histories and to start the processing when the least significant menu is selected. CONSTITUTION:The menu of the 1st stage layer is displayed on the highest stage 3 and then a menu 1 is selected. In this case, the menu set at a place lower by a stage is displayed on a menu display area 4. Then a menu of the next lower stage is displayed on a menu display area 5. When a high-order menu is selected again, a new corresponding display is given or the corresponding processing is carried out. The execution processing routines are displayed on menus 6 and 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a display device that executes processing corresponding to many menus, and particularly to a menu of a display device suitable for systematically and reliably performing menu selection. Regarding selection method.

[Background of the invention]

Conventionally, as shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 57-30073, a method has been known in which a wide area of the display screen is used to display menu items, and the selection is made in association with a function key arrangement. , when one of the menus is selected, the menu screen disappears and the primary menu screen is displayed, so that insufficient consideration has been given to the menu display format on the display. In addition, in order to make effective use of the display space, a method is known in which the menu is displayed only in a part of the menu display area of one screen, but the menu screen cannot be displayed all at once, and the initial menu display If the menu you want to select does not exist, you must repeat the operation of switching to another menu display by pressing a key or other operation until the menu you want to select is displayed. There is a problem in that not only does this cause anxiety for people, but it is also difficult to understand the entire menu.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a menu selection method for a display device that systematically and reliably performs menu selection in order to solve the above problems.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention classifies and hierarchically structures menus in advance according to the type of processing, displays the main menu at the top of the first hierarchy in the menu display area on the display, and displays the main menu in the menu display area on the display. By selecting the menu you want to select, a submenu one level lower than the selected main menu will be displayed near the main menu, and from there, select the menu you want to select. Displays a submenu one step lower than the submenu selected, and in the repetition, the history of menus selected by the operator from the first main menu is saved on the display, and the higher menu is reselected at any stage of one selection. It is characterized in that when the lowest menu is finally selected, the process corresponding to the four selected menus is executed.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overview diagram showing the screen of the display device;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the display state of the same screen and shows the relationship between the actual menu display and selection operations, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the menu selection method of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing how the menu is displayed on the display device. A diagram to explain the method of
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, a display screen 2 of a display device 1 displays a processing content display area of a plurality of processing programs (here, a processing content display area 6 of a processing program (A) 8 and a processing program (B) shown in FIG. 4). 9).

Menu display areas 3, 4.5 are displayed in which menus are displayed sequentially according to the hierarchy.

FIG. 2 shows the display on the display screen 2. The menu display area is divided into a plurality of unit display areas, and has variable rows in the vertical direction corresponding to the hierarchy of the menu. If the menu display area is expanded vertically line by line, it may overlap with the processing content display area (here,
The menu display area 5 overlaps the processing content display area 6).

At the top of the menu display area (area 3).

When the menu of the first hierarchy is displayed and the operator selects menu 1 from among them, a menu one level lower is displayed in the menu display area 4. When menus 1 to 4 are selected from among them, a menu one level lower is displayed in the menu display area 5. If the operator selects a higher-level menu again at this stage, the display of the lower-level menus will be cleared and a new sub-menu will be displayed that corresponds to the re-selected menu. Or the process corresponding to that menu is executed. In the menu display areas 3 and 4, the operator can visually recognize the menu item selected by the operator by changing the display such as inverted display.

The third part is a flowchart showing the above processing method. First, the main menu 18 is displayed in the menu display area 3 shown in FIG. When one menu is selected, a processing routine corresponding to the selected menu is activated. In that case, the processing routines f include execution processing routines that are executed immediately, such as menu 6 and menu 7, and routines that display submenus one level lower, such as menus 1 to 5.Menu 1 is selected. If the submenu 19 is selected, the submenu 19 is displayed in the menu display area 4, and the submenu 19 is displayed in the 1 selection wait 21 to wait for the operator's selection operation. If a higher-level menu is selected again at this stage, the process passes through step 22 and returns to the higher-level menu selection method.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of displaying the above-mentioned menu. The processing program 8 and the processing program (B) 9 operate independently, and output information to be displayed on the display device 1 to the screen control program 10.

The display information includes display position information and display data of the display screen, and overlap control information. The overlap control is to make a display area (visible to the operator) that corresponds to a state where an operation is directly received from the operator, for example, manual processing of data from the keyboard device 144, B or pointing device 15, fF) stone by controlling it to be displayed at the top. Screen control program IO
is the processing program (5)8. Processing program (B) 9
The display information from is recorded on the virtual screen. next.

The screen control program 10 edits data to be displayed on the real display screen 2 from display information on the virtual screen, and displays the data on the display screen 2 of display group #l via the display control device 11. Here, the editing process performed by the 6-screen control program 10 is as follows. Processing program prisoner 8. Processing program (B) Selects the display data to be displayed based on the display position included in the display information from 9 and the power control information.

In FIG. 4, the flow of the first and second layers of the processing program 8 is displayed, and the third
When displaying the hierarchical menu.

When the display data of the third layer overlaps the display area 8 of the processing program prisoner 8, the one-screen control program 10 displays the overlap control information (here, the menu display of the third layer is at the top). ), the portion of the virtual screen of the processing program (A) 8 that overlaps with the third layer menu display is truncated and displayed. With this method, the processing program I
AJ8. The processing program (B) 9 is no longer aware of the display state of the actual display screen 2.

The system shown in Figure @5 is capable of calculating 6 frames, creating character strings, displaying 6 figures, and comprehensively editing them. When this system is started, each unit display area of the menu display area 3 displays the flow of the first layer.
is displayed. The menu is stored in advance in the memory or auxiliary storage device #16, retrieved under the control of the program stored in the memory 12, and displayed on the menu display area on the screen 2 of the display device 1 via the display control device 11. be done.

In each unit display area of menu display area 3.

For example, menus such as ``Classification'', ``Calculation'', ``Aggregation'', etc. will be displayed. If you select the unit display area [Category, 1] with the pointing device 15, it will indicate that ``Classification'' has been selected.

In addition to changing the unit display area of ``Classification'' by highlighting it, the submenus for ``Classification'', such as ``By customer'', ``By product'', ``By person in charge'', etc., are moved to Flow display area 4. Be displayed. Now, when "By product" is selected with the pointer/g device 15, the unit display area for "By product" is changed by displaying it in reverse video, etc., to indicate that "By product" has been selected.

Submenu for “By product”? ,=for example, "Supplier side", "Warehouse side", etc. are displayed in the menu display area 5, and these menus are repeated.

When the lowest menu of each flow is finally selected, the execution processing routine is started, and when the execution of that routine starts, all menus are cleared or start execution. According to the first example in which a new routine displays a new flow, the hierarchy of the menus is visible to the operator, and menu selections can be made systematically and in a refreshing manner. Furthermore, even if the number of menu items increases with diversification of processing, it is possible to easily add menu items.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the hierarchy of the menu is visible to the operator and the menu selection can be made systematically and reliably.
This has the effect of significantly improving operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

@ Figure 1 is an overview diagram showing the screen of the display device, Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the same screen and a diagram showing an example of menu selection, Figure 3 is a flowchart showing the menu selection method of the present invention, Figure 4
The figure is a diagram for explaining a method of displaying a menu on a display device, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied. l...Display device. 2... Presentation screen, ll... day f spray ho 11 blood j device. 12.Memory, 13.Line printer,
14. Keyboard. 15... Pointing device. 16... Auxiliary storage device, 17... Central processing unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a display device in which a plurality of menus are displayed on a display screen, and when an operator selects one of the menus, a process corresponding to the selected menu is executed, the menus are arranged in a hierarchical structure. A menu selection method for a display device characterized in that, in the process of sequentially selecting menus from higher-ranking menus in the hierarchical structure, the higher-ranking menus are selected again and displayed together with the already selected higher-ranking menus.