JP2004086586A - Application display control program for multi-display environment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily control the display of applications to be executed in multi-display environment using a number of displays. <P>SOLUTION: This application display control program comprises display specifying means 10 for specifying one or more displays which display applications to be executed on a computer 1, out of applications constituting a display group 3, specification information storing means 11 for storing specification information regarding the displays specified for the applications by the display specifying means 10, application specifying means 12 for specifying the applications for allowing the display of the display group 3, and application display means 13 for displaying the applications specified by the application specifying means 12 on one or more corresponding displays in accordance with the specification information stored in the specification information storing means 11, whereby the computer 1 is functioned. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an application display control program for controlling display of an application executed in a multi-display environment using a plurality of displays.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art A so-called multi-display function is known in which two or more displays are connected to a single computer and display is performed as if it were one large display. Such a multi-display function is required in fields such as DTP (DeskTop Publishing), graphics, and operations that handle a large amount of information or a plurality of pieces of information. Viewing multiple pieces of information at the same time can improve work efficiency and speed up decision-making.
[0003]
FIG. 7 shows a display state of a computer screen by the multi-display function. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the displays 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, and 59 are arranged in three rows and columns to form nine screens, and these nine screens are controlled as one large virtual display 50. I have.
[0004]
In such a multi-display environment, the window 60 of the application executed on the computer can be freely moved or adjusted in size in the virtual display 50, that is, across the plurality of displays 51 to 59 constituting the virtual display 50. It is possible to do.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional multi-display environment, when the window 60 of the application is moved from the display 52 at the lower center to the display 57 at the upper left as shown in FIG. 7, for example, it corresponds to the distance between the displays 52 and 57. It is necessary to perform the operation with a mouse or a keyboard. Also, when adjusting the size of the window 60 of the application across the plurality of displays 51 to 57, it is necessary to perform a considerable distance operation similarly.
[0006]
In a conventional multi-display environment, as the number of displays 51 to 59 constituting the virtual display 50 increases, the operation of the mouse and keyboard when moving or adjusting the size of the window 60 of the application is proportional to the operation. The operation distance and the number of times increase. In addition, since a mouse, a keyboard, and the like usually need to be operated in a limited space such as a desk in an office, if the number of the displays 51 to 59 increases, the operation may not be possible.
[0007]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an application display control program capable of easily controlling the display of an application executed in a multi-display environment using many displays.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The application display control program in the multi-display environment of the present invention, a computer, from each display constituting the multi-display, display designation means for designating one or more displays that display each application executed on the computer, Designation information storage means for respectively storing designation information relating to the display designated for each application by the display designation means; application designation means for designating an application to be displayed on the multi-display; and application designated by the application designation means. Based on the designated information stored in the storage unit, the storage unit may function as an application display unit that displays the information on one or more corresponding displays. It is.
[0009]
In a multi-display environment using a large number of displays, by executing the application display control program of the present invention on a computer, one or more displays for displaying each application executed on the computer can be specified in advance. For example, when an application to be displayed on the multi-display is specified, the specified application is displayed on one or more displays specified in advance.
[0010]
It is desirable that the display specifying means displays the arrangement of each display constituting the multi-display, and specifies one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application from the display. This makes it possible to visually select and easily designate one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application from the arrangement displays of the respective displays constituting the multi-display.
[0011]
Further, the display designation means can designate one or a plurality of displays by a click operation or a drag operation by a pointing device connected to the computer. This makes it possible to easily designate one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application from the arrangement display of each display constituting the multi-display by a click operation or a drag operation using the pointing device.
[0012]
Here, the click operation by the pointing device means a mouse for designating an input position or coordinates on the screen, a pointing device button such as a trackpad or a trackball, etc., for determining the input position or the like. An input operation that is pressed and released. The drag operation refers to an operation of moving the pointing device during an input operation of pressing and releasing a button or the like of the pointing device.
[0013]
Further, the application display means may display the specified application on one or a plurality of corresponding displays. Thus, when an application to be displayed on the multi-display is specified, the specified application is displayed on one or a plurality of previously specified displays.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a computer that has executed an application display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a control panel provided by the application display control program according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, the computer 1 that has executed the application display control program according to the present embodiment functions as a display designation unit 10, a designation information storage unit 11, an application designation unit 12, and an application display unit 13. In addition, a pointing device 2 such as a mouse and a display group 3 including a plurality of displays constituting a multi-display are connected to the computer 1.
[0016]
The display specifying means 10 is a means for specifying one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application executed on the computer 1 from among the displays constituting the display group 3. The display designating means 10 is incorporated as an add button 15 and an edit button 16 at the lower part of the control panel 14 as shown in FIG.
[0017]
The control panel 14 also functions as the application designating unit 12. The application specifying unit 12 is a unit that specifies an application to be displayed on the display group 3. The application designation unit 12 is incorporated as an application designation frame 17 in the center of the control panel 14 as shown in FIG. The user selects the application to be displayed from the list of applications displayed in the application designation frame 17 by a double-click operation with the pointing device 2 or the application to be displayed by clicking with the pointing device 2. It can be specified later by further clicking the start button 18 below it.
[0018]
When the user wants to add a new application to the list of applications displayed in the application designation frame 17, the user clicks the add button 15 on the control panel 14 with the pointing device 2. FIG. 3 shows a setting panel 21 provided by the display designating means 10 in response to the click operation of the additional button 15.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 3, the setting panel 21 includes a setting number frame 22 for specifying a setting number, an application specification frame 23a for specifying a file name of an application, a display selection frame 24 for specifying a display for displaying the application, and A size specification pull-down menu 25 for specifying the window size of the application to be displayed is incorporated.
[0020]
In the application specification frame 23a, the user directly inputs the file name of the application to be set here, or specifies the selection button 23b on the right side thereof and selects from the application file name list (not shown). specify. Then, one or a plurality of displays for displaying the application specified by the application specification frame 23 are specified by the display selection frame 24.
[0021]
In the display selection frame 24, display icons according to the actual arrangement state of each display constituting the display group 30 are displayed as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, nine display icons corresponding to the display group 30 arranged in three columns each in a vertical and horizontal direction to form a nine (3 × 3) screen are displayed. The user performs one or more displays from the display icons displayed in the display selection frame 24 by clicking or dragging the pointing device 2.
[0022]
Here, when one display is designated, one display icon is designated from the display icons displayed in the display selection frame 24 by a click operation of the pointing device 2. When a plurality of displays are designated, a plurality of display icons can be designated by a drag operation of the pointing device 2.
[0023]
The size adjustment pull-down menu 25 allows the user to specify the window size of the application specified by the application specification frame 23 when the application is displayed on the display specified by the display selection frame 24. For example, the window size is designated by the entire screen of the designated display or the number of dots in the vertical and horizontal directions.
[0024]
When the user clicks the OK button 26 shown in FIG. 3 with the pointing device 2, the display designating means 10 determines the content designated by the setting panel 21 and applies the content designated by the application designation frame 23 to the application designated by the application designation frame 23. The information is stored in the specified information storage unit 11 as setting information on the specified display.
[0025]
Returning to FIG. 2, when the user wants to change the contents of the application list displayed in the application designation frame 17, he clicks the edit button 16 of the control panel 14 with the pointing device 2. FIG. 4 shows a registration display panel 27 provided by the display designating means 10 in response to the click operation of the edit button 16.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 4, in the setting information display frame 28 of the registration display panel 27, detailed setting information of the application displayed in the application designation frame 17 of the control panel 14 of FIG. When changing the content of the setting information displayed in the setting information display frame 28, the user specifies a desired application from the list by double-clicking the pointing device 2.
[0027]
The display designating unit 10 displays a setting panel similar to the setting panel 21 shown in FIG. 3 in response to the double-click operation. With this setting panel, the user can change the setting information in the same procedure as described above. Also here, when the content specified by the setting panel is determined, the display setting unit 10 stores the setting information on the display specified for the application specified by the application specifying frame 23 in the specified information storage unit 11.
[0028]
The application display unit 13 displays the application specified by the application specifying unit 12 on one corresponding display in the display group 3 or on a plurality of displays based on the specification information stored in the specification information storage unit 11. This is a means for straddling and displaying. The size of the application window to be displayed at this time conforms to the size specified by the size adjustment pull-down menu 25.
[0029]
An example of control of the display screen by the computer that has executed the application display control program having the above configuration will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0030]
FIG. 5 is an arrangement diagram of the display group 3 constituting the multi-display.
As shown in FIG. 5, the display group 3 in the present embodiment arranges the displays 31, 32, and 33 in order from the lower left to the right, similarly arranges the displays 34, 35, and 36 in the second row from the bottom. The displays 37, 38, and 39 are arranged in the third row. The display icons "1" to "9" displayed in the display selection frame 24 shown in FIG. 3 correspond to the displays 31 to 39 shown in FIG. 5, respectively.
[0031]
When the user executes the application display control program according to the present embodiment on the computer 1, a control panel 14 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. Here, according to the above description, it is assumed that a window is displayed in advance on the entire screen of the display 39 for the application with the setting number “1” in the application specification frame 17 and stored in the specification information storage unit 11. .
[0032]
When the user designates the application of the setting number “1” from the list of the application designation frame 17 by a double-click operation of the pointing device 2, the application display unit 13 displays the designation information stored in the designation information storage unit 11. , The window 40 of the application having the setting number “1” is displayed on the entire screen of the corresponding display 39 in the display group 30 (see FIG. 5).
[0033]
At this time, if the application with the setting number “1” has already been executed on the computer, the application display unit 13 controls only the display of the window of the application. On the other hand, if the application with the setting number “1” is not yet executed on the computer, the application display unit 13 controls the display of the window after activating the application.
[0034]
FIG. 6 shows an example in which four displays 34, 35, 37, and 38 are designated for one application. As shown in FIG. 6, when the application is set to be displayed on all of the four displays 34, 35, 37, and 38, the application display unit 13 outputs the information to the four displays 34, 35, 37, and 38r. , The application window 41 is displayed on the whole.
[0035]
As described above, in the computer that has executed the application display control program according to the present embodiment, if one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application to be executed on this computer are set in advance by the display designating unit 10, the display When an application to be displayed in the group 3 is specified by the application specifying means 12, the specified application is displayed on one or a plurality of displays specified in advance.
[0036]
That is, by preliminarily setting the displays 31 to 39 of the display group 3 to be displayed for a plurality of applications, and specifying each application from the control panel 14 shown in FIG. The information is displayed on one or a plurality of displays 31 to 39 in the display group 3 set in advance. Therefore, operations such as starting an application and operating a window thereof are facilitated, and simplification and speeding-up of operations and reduction of erroneous operations can be achieved.
[0037]
As a result, in the case where the main task and the sub task are performed simultaneously using one computer, for example, during the main task such as the accounting task, the sub task such as customer telephone response which enters irregularly has been interrupted. In the past, in the past, after terminating or minimizing the accounting business application, it was necessary to start the customer data search application and adjust the window size further, If the application display control program according to the present embodiment is used, these operations can be performed only by operating the control panel 14 shown in FIG.
[0038]
In the present embodiment, the display designating unit 10 designates one or a plurality of displays by clicking or dragging the pointing device 2 from the display icons displayed in the display selection frame 24. When the user sets the display for displaying each application, the user can visually select the display icon and easily designate the display device 2 with the pointing device 2.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
[0040]
(1) A computer is designated for each application by a display designation means for designating one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application to be executed on the computer from among the displays constituting the multi-display. Information specifying means for respectively storing the specified information on the specified display, an application specifying means for specifying an application to be displayed on the multi-display, and an application specified by the application specifying means based on the specified information stored in the specified information storing means. By causing the computer to function as application display means for displaying on one or more corresponding displays, one or more of the applications displayed on this computer are displayed. If the specified number of display previously, when specifying an application to be displayed on the multi-display, it is possible to display on the specified one or more displays that specify an application in advance. This makes it possible to easily perform operations such as starting an application and operating its window, thereby simplifying and speeding up operations and reducing erroneous operations.
[0041]
(2) The multi-display is constituted by the display designation means for displaying the arrangement of each display constituting the multi-display and designating one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application from the display. One or a plurality of displays for displaying each application can be visually selected and easily designated from the arrangement displays of the respective displays.
[0042]
(3) Since the display designating means designates one or a plurality of displays by a click operation or a drag operation by a pointing device connected to the computer, the arrangement display of each display constituting the multi-display is performed. Accordingly, it is possible to easily designate one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application by a click operation or a drag operation by the pointing device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a computer that has executed an application display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control panel provided by an application display control program according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting panel.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a registration display panel.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a display group constituting a multi-display.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of display control when four displays are designated for one application.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display state of a computer screen by a conventional multi-display function.
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 computer 2 pointing device 3 display group 10 display designation means 11 designation information storage means 12 application designation means 13 application display means 14 control panel 15 add button 16 edit button 17 application designation frame 18 start button 21 setting panel 22 setting number frame 23a application Designation frame 23b selection button 24 display selection frame 25 size designation pull-down menu 26 OK button 27 registration display panel 28 setting information display frames 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 displays 40, 41 windows

Claims (4)

Computer
Display specifying means for specifying one or a plurality of displays for displaying each application executed on the computer from among the displays constituting the multi-display,
Designation information storage means for respectively storing designation information relating to a display designated for each application by the display designation means;
Application specifying means for specifying an application to be displayed on the multi-display,
An application in a multi-display environment for causing an application designated by the application designation means to function as application display means for displaying the application on one or more corresponding displays based on the designation information stored in the designation information storage means. Display control program. 2. The multi-display according to claim 1, wherein the display specifying unit displays an arrangement of each of the displays constituting the multi-display, and specifies one or a plurality of displays for displaying each of the applications from the display. Application display control program in the environment. 3. The application display control program according to claim 2, wherein the display designation unit designates the one or more displays by a click operation or a drag operation using a pointing device connected to the computer. The application display control program in a multi-display environment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the application display means displays the specified application on the entirety of the corresponding one or a plurality of displays.

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