JP2005011107A - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device allowing recognition of hierarchical information items at a glance and easy detection of target information. <P>SOLUTION: This display device 1 is provided with a display 2 (display means) simultaneously displaying information 50 and the information items 60 and a display control means 3 controlling display on the display 2. On the display 2 having a screen configuration wherein a plurality of hierarchical menus 81, 82, and 83 hierarchically dividing the information items 60 to display them are arranged around an information screen 7 displaying the information 50, the information items 60 related to the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7 are displayed in the hierarchical menus 81, 82, and 83 by means of the display control means 3. By the display control means 3, arrangement parts of the respective information items 60 in the hierarchical menus 81, 82, and 83 function as screen selecting tab switches 8 on the information screen 7. In this way, the screen for the information display 7 can be switched only by a single operation for making selection among the tab switches 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a display device that displays desired information on a screen based on hierarchized information items, and to a display device that can easily switch screens of information to be displayed on the screen. For example, it can be used as a display device in a controller such as a molded product take-out machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of display device, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, hierarchical information items 60 are displayed as icons 500 on menu screens A to C for each hierarchy. In this display device, the information items are configured in three layers. First, an icon 500 representing the information item 60 is selected from the menu screen A of the highest layer displayed on the screen 200 by touch or click. Then, the screen 200 is switched to the menu screen B one level lower. Similarly, when the icon 500 on the menu screen B is selected, the screen 200 is switched to the lowest menu screen C. When the icon 500 of the information item 60 displayed on the menu screen C at the lowest hierarchy is selected, the screen 200 is switched to the information screen, and the target information 50 is displayed on the screen 200.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-11-254497 [Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-5679 A [Patent Document 3]
JP 2000-20201 A [Patent Document 4]
Design Registration No. 1055328 Publication [0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the display device, since the display on the screen 200 is sequentially switched to the menu screen for each layer, if the user does not know the hierarchical structure of the information item 60 displayed by the icon 500, the target information 50 is immediately displayed. It was difficult to find out and display on the screen 200. That is, in the case of the three layers shown in FIG. 5, it is necessary to perform at least two menu screen switching operations until the menu screen C is reached from the menu screen A, and the target information 50 is displayed on the menu screen C that has been reached. If the information item 60 is not found, it is necessary to perform a screen switching operation for returning to the menu screen B in the upper hierarchy or the menu screen A in the upper hierarchy, which is very troublesome.
[0005]
In particular, if the display device is a display device in the controller (control device) of the take-out machine in the molding machine, the operator cannot perform various operations on the take-out machine unless the target information 50 is displayed on the screen 200. Therefore, in addition to the operation skill of the molding machine and the unloader, the operator further displays the information 50 in addition to the operation skill of the display device, that is, the type and content of the information 50 displayed on the display device. It is necessary to be familiar with the hierarchical structure of the information item 60 and the like.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and realizes a display device that makes it possible to easily understand hierarchical information items and easily find target information.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A display device according to a first aspect of the present invention is a display device that displays desired information on a screen by selecting hierarchical information items, and includes a screen that simultaneously displays the information and the information items. Displayed on the information screen in the hierarchical menu as a screen configuration in which a display unit provided and a plurality of hierarchical menus for displaying the information items classified by hierarchy are arranged around the information screen for displaying the information. Display control means for displaying an information item associated with information and for causing each arrangement portion of the information item in the hierarchical menu to function as a screen switching tab switch in the information screen. .
As a result, information and hierarchical information items are simultaneously displayed on the same screen, so that the displayed information and the hierarchical structure of information items associated with this information can be seen at a glance. In addition, since each arrangement portion of the information items in the plurality of hierarchical menus functions as a screen switch tab switch on the information screen, the information screen can be switched by one operation only by selecting this tab switch once. It is possible to display information different from the currently displayed information instantly. In particular, if information is displayed on the information screen and the tab switch of the lowest hierarchical menu is selected, the target information can be displayed on the information screen instantly with a single operation.
[0008]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device according to a second aspect of the present invention, wherein the display device (invention 1) includes history storage means for storing a history of information displayed on the information screen. When a tab switch of a higher level menu is selected, the information displayed most recently with reference to the history is displayed on the information screen from the information associated with the information item of the tab switch. It is characterized by being displayed.
As a result, even when a tab switch in a higher hierarchy menu than the lowest hierarchy is selected, the target information can be displayed on the information screen with a single operation of selecting the tab switch only once.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of a display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a hierarchical structure of information items 60 associated with information 50 displayed on the display device 1, and FIG. A screen configuration of the display device 1 is shown.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 1 is used as the display device 1 in the controller 30 (control device) of the unloader 20 installed in the molding machine 10, and the information items 60 stratified on the screen are displayed. It is a device that displays desired information 50 necessary for operation, monitoring, etc. of the unloader 20 by selecting. The display device 1 includes a display 2 (display means), a display control means 3, and a history storage means 4.
[0011]
The display device 1 is connected to external information item storage means 6 and information item storage means 5. The information item storage means 6 stores various information 50 to be displayed on the screen, such as the operation information 50 and teaching information 50 of the unloader 20, and is constituted by an external memory such as a ROM and a RAM. The information item storage means 5 stores information items 60 associated with each of the above information 50, and is constituted by an external memory such as a ROM or a RAM.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 2, the information item 60 has a three-layer structure. That is, the information item 60 in the third hierarchy of the lowest hierarchy is associated with the various information 50 in a one-to-one relationship, and the information item 60 in the second hierarchy, which is one level higher, is the information of the third hierarchy. The item 60 is bundled with a certain common item, and the information item 60 in the first layer of the highest layer one level higher is bundled with the information item 60 of the second layer by a certain common item. This information item 60 serves as a heading of the information 50, but may have the same content between the layers.
[0013]
The hierarchical data indicating the hierarchical structure of the information item 60 and the association data with the information 50 in the information item storage means 6 may be stored in the information item storage means 5. Only the description data of the information item 60 may be stored in the display control means 3 and the information item storage means 5 may be stored.
[0014]
The display 2 serves as a screen of the display device 1 and displays the information 50 and the hierarchical information items 60 simultaneously. The display 2 is, for example, a touch panel type liquid crystal display 2 (LCD: Liquid Crystal) that can be interactively touch-input from the screen using a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
Display) or the like.
[0015]
The display control means 3 arranges a plurality of hierarchical menus 81, 82, and 83 for displaying the information items 60 classified by hierarchy along the periphery of the information screen 7 for displaying the information 50 on the display 2. Enables display of screen configuration. Specifically, in the screen configuration in which the information item 60 has a three-level hierarchical structure, as shown in FIG. 3A, a large rectangular information screen 7 is formed on the screen, and this rectangular information screen is displayed. 7, a first hierarchical menu 81, a second hierarchical menu 82, and a third hierarchical menu 83 are formed on three sides, respectively.
[0016]
Further, the display control means 3 displays the information items 60 of the respective layers associated with the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7 on the display 2 on the respective layer menus 81, 82, 83.
[0017]
Specifically, referring to FIG. 2, for example, when the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7 is “Information 1-1-1”, the information 50 has a serial relationship with “Information 1-1-1”. “Item A1”, “Item B1-1”, “Item C1-1-1” of the information item 60, “Item A1”, “Item B1-1”, “Item C1-1-1” of these information items 60 "Item A2" to "item An", "item B1-2" to "item B1-n", "item C1-1-2" to "item C1-1-" n ”is displayed on each hierarchical menu 81, 82, 83. Since the information item 60 in the first layer has the above-mentioned serial relationship or parallel relationship with all of the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7, the first layer menu 81 on the screen always includes all items in the first layer. The information item 60 is displayed.
[0018]
In addition, as shown in FIG. 3A, the specific display on the display 2 is that the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7 is “input signal information”, and is in series with this “input signal information 50”. The information items 60 in the relationship are “teaching” in the first layer, “monitor” in the second layer, and “input signal” in the third layer. “Teaching” in the first layer is “Operation” and “Setup change”, “Monitor” in the second layer is “Teaching”, “Manual” and “New mold”, “Input signal” in the third layer "Is an" output signal ". Accordingly, when the “input signal information” information 50 is displayed on the information screen 7, the “operation”, “setup”, and “teaching” information items 60 are displayed on the first hierarchy menu 81, and the second hierarchy menu 82. The information items 60 of “teaching”, “manual”, “monitor”, and “new mold” are displayed, and the information items 60 of “input signal” and “output signal” are displayed in the third hierarchy menu 83.
[0019]
Further, the display control means 3 causes each arrangement portion of the information item 60 in each hierarchical menu 81, 82, 83 to function as a screen switch tab switch 8 of the information screen 7. Specifically, the arrangement portion of each information item 60 in each of the first hierarchy menu 81, the second hierarchy menu 82, and the third hierarchy menu 83 shown in FIG.
[0020]
When the tab switch 8 of the first hierarchy menu 81 or the second hierarchy menu 82 higher than the lowest third hierarchy is selected, the display control means 3 displays the information item 60 of the tab switch 8. The information 50 displayed most recently with reference to the history in the history storage means 4 is displayed on the information screen 7 from the associated information 50. As a result, even when the tab switch 8 in the upper hierarchy menu 81 or 82 is selected from the lowest hierarchy, the target information 50 is displayed on the information screen 7 by one operation of selecting the tab switch 8 only once. Can be displayed.
The display control means 3 is constituted by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
[0021]
The history storage means 4 stores a history of information 50 displayed on the information screen 7 of the display 2 for a certain period, and is constituted by various internal memories.
[0022]
Next, the display operation on the screen in the display device 1 will be described. The display operation on the screen is controlled by the display control means 3.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the power of the display device 1 is turned on, a prescribed initial screen is opened on the display 2 or the most recently displayed screen stored in the history storage means 4 is opened. FIG. 3A shows a state in which the most recently displayed screen is opened.
[0023]
In this case, “input signal information” information 50 is displayed on the information screen 7 on the screen, and the hierarchical menus 81, 82, and 83 around the information screen 7 are associated with the above “input signal information”. Information items 60 of each hierarchy are displayed. Specifically, information items 60 of “operation”, “setup change”, and “teaching” are displayed in the first hierarchy menu 81, and “teaching”, “manual”, “monitor”, and “new money” are displayed in the second hierarchy menu 82. The information item 60 of “type” is displayed, and the information items 60 of “input signal” and “output signal” are displayed in the third hierarchy menu 83.
[0024]
As information items 60 associated in series with the “input signal information” of the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7, “teaching” in the first hierarchy menu 81, “monitor” in the second hierarchy menu 82, and third It is clarified that each arrangement portion of the “input signal” in the hierarchical menu 83 has a serial relationship with the “input signal information” with the boundary line between the information screen 7 disappearing. As long as the information items 60 in series with the displayed information 50 are clear, even if the border line is not erased as described above, the display portion of these information items 60 is color-inverted, brightness, The activation may be such that the color changes.
[0025]
Thus, since the information 50 and the hierarchized information item 60 are displayed simultaneously on the same screen, the hierarchical structure of the displayed information 50 and the information item 60 associated with the information 50 can be seen at a glance. I understand.
[0026]
Next, when the “output signal” of the information item 60 of the third hierarchy menu 83 is touched with a finger or pen from the state of FIG. 3A, the screen of the information screen 7 is displayed as shown in FIG. The information 50 of “output signal information” is displayed after switching. At the same time, a boundary line appears between the “input signal” arrangement portion of the information item 60 and the information screen 7 in the third hierarchy menu 83, while the “output signal” arrangement portion of the information item 60 and the above information screen The borderline with 7 is erased.
[0027]
As described above, the information item 60 displayed on each hierarchical menu 81, 82, 83 functions as a screen switch tab switch 8 on the information screen 7. Therefore, the screen of the information screen 7 can be switched by a one-touch operation by simply touching and selecting the information item 60 that is also the tab switch 8. In addition, since the display of the information screen 7 is maintained as it is, there is no need to perform an operation for returning to the upper layer screen as in the prior art (see FIG. 5), and the information 50 different from the currently displayed information 50. Can be displayed instantly. In particular, if the tab switch 8 which is the information item 60 of the lowest third level menu 83 is selected, the target information 50 can be displayed on the information screen 7 instantly by one operation.
[0028]
Next, from the state of FIG. 3B, when the finger touch or pen touch is applied to “teaching” of the information item 60 of the second hierarchy menu 82, the screen of the information screen 7 is turned off as shown in FIG. Instead, “teaching operation information” is displayed.
[0029]
That is, when the tab switch 8 of the hierarchical menus 81 and 82 higher than the lowest hierarchy is selected, the display control means 3 selects from the information 50 associated with the information item 60 of the tab switch 8. The most recently displayed information 50 is displayed on the information screen 7 with reference to the history of the history storage means 4. Therefore, in this case, the most recently displayed information 50 when “teaching” in the first hierarchical menu 81 and “teaching” in the second hierarchical menu 82 are selected is “ This is the “teaching operation information” associated with “operation”.
[0030]
As described above, when the tab switch 8 of the upper hierarchy menu 81 or 82 is selected from the lowest hierarchy, the most recently displayed information 50 is displayed on the information screen 7 with reference to the past history. Therefore, the probability that the information 50 is frequently displayed is high, and the probability that the information 50 is the target information 50 is high. Therefore, even when the tab switch 8 in the upper hierarchy menu 81 or 82 is selected from the lowest hierarchy, the target information 50 is displayed on the information screen 7 with a one-touch operation by selecting the tab switch 8 only once. Can be made.
[0031]
Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the “teaching operation information” does not all fit in the information screen 7 due to the specified size of the information screen 7, a scroll bar 9 is displayed below the information screen 7. Is displayed, and the “teaching operation information” of the information 50 can be scroll-displayed by touching the scroll bar 9. The display of the scroll bar 9 and the scroll display of the information screen 7 are performed by a command from the display control means 3.
[0032]
Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the number of information items 60 in the third hierarchy menu 83 is large and not all of them are arranged in the screen size at the same time as tab switches 8, this third hierarchy menu 83 is used. The scroll bar 9a is displayed, and the information item 60 can be scroll-displayed by touching the scroll bar 9a. The display of the scroll bar 9a and the scroll display of the information item 60 are performed by a command from the display control means 3. Note that the information item 60 is also scroll-displayed in other cases in the first hierarchical menu 81 and the second hierarchical menu 82 in the above case.
[0033]
As described above, according to the display device 1 according to this embodiment, the hierarchical information items 60 can be recognized at a glance, and the tab switch 8 is selected only once with the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7. The information screen 7 can be switched by one operation, and information 50 different from the currently displayed information 50 can be displayed instantaneously. Therefore, even if the user does not know the hierarchical structure of the information item 60, the target information 50 can be easily and immediately found. In addition, the time required for the operation can be shortened. Therefore, even if the operator of the molding machine 10 is not familiar with the hierarchical structure of the information items 60 in the display device 1, the display device 1 can be used easily, and the controller 30 controls and monitors the unloader 20. Can be done very smoothly.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various design changes can be made without changing the scope of the invention.
[0034]
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the second hierarchy menu 82 and the third hierarchy menu 83 may be displayed in a double line. In this case, the information item 60 in a serial relationship with the information 50 displayed on the information screen 7 is activated by color reversal or the like.
[0035]
Further, in the above embodiment, the hierarchical structure of the information item 60 is three layers, but it may be other multiple layers such as two layers, four layers, five layers, etc. In this case, the number according to the number of layers The hierarchical menu may be displayed.
The plurality of hierarchical menus may be displayed along the periphery of the information screen 7 in a single, double, or other multiple arrangement around the information screen 7.
[0036]
In addition, the plurality of hierarchical menus may be appropriately arranged in an empty area in the screen configured by the display 2 as long as the hierarchical menus are arranged separately for each hierarchy around the information screen 7. For example, the background image of the screen appears between the information screen 7 and the hierarchical menus 81, 82, 83 by arranging the hierarchical menus 81, 82, 83 along each side in the outermost periphery in the screen (2). May be.
[0037]
Further, the periphery of the information screen 7 for displaying the hierarchical menu (81, 82, 83, etc.) may be specifically outside the outline of the information screen 7 as described above or inside the criticality of the information screen 7. .
The information screen 7 has a rectangular shape, but may be displayed in various shapes such as a circle, an ellipse, and a triangle.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the display device of the present invention, hierarchical information items can be recognized at a glance, and information can be displayed with a single operation by selecting a tab switch once with information displayed on the information screen. The screen can be switched, and information different from the currently displayed information can be displayed instantaneously. Therefore, even if the user does not know the hierarchical structure of the information items, the target information can be found easily and immediately, and the operation time can be shortened.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a hierarchical structure of information items.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a screen configuration of the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a screen configuration of a display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a screen configuration in a conventional display device.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Display device 2 Display (display means)
3 Display control means 4 History storage means 5 Information storage means 6 Information item storage means 7 Information screen 8 Tab switch 50 Information 60 Information item 81 First hierarchy menu 82 Second hierarchy menu 83 Third hierarchy menu

Claims (2)

A display device that displays desired information on a screen by selecting hierarchical information items,
Display means comprising a screen for simultaneously displaying the information and the information item;
Information related to the information displayed on the information screen is displayed in the hierarchical menu as a screen configuration in which a plurality of hierarchical menus are displayed around the information screen for displaying the information. A display device comprising: display control means for displaying an item and causing each arrangement portion of the information item in the hierarchical menu to function as a screen switching tab switch in the information screen. The display device according to claim 1,
Having history storage means for storing a history of information displayed on the information screen,
When a tab switch of a higher hierarchy menu than the lowest hierarchy is selected, the display control means refers to the history from the information associated with the information item of the tab switch and most recently. A display device characterized in that displayed information is displayed on the information screen.

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