JP3306192B2 - Recorder with display - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recorder with a display device for displaying or recording a measured signal or the like. In particular, the present invention relates to a device capable of displaying or recording an operation guide such as an operation message such as an operation setting of an apparatus or a selection of processing of an input signal, and relates to a method of displaying each of these data on a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a recorder with a display device of this type, measurement data such as a signal waveform displayed on the display device is used.
It is preferable that the size is substantially the same as the size of the recording paper on which the measurement data is recorded by the recording unit from the viewpoint of visual recognition of the user. It is also desirable to display, as operation guidance, a message about operation settings of a device for displaying and recording the measurement data or operation settings such as a method of processing the measurement data, together with the measurement data. In such a conventional recorder with a display device, there is no device that displays such measurement data display and its operation guide in an easily viewable manner.

[0003]

When the first object, that is, the display width of the measured data (the size of the display screen) is made to match the recording paper width, it is assumed that the display includes the above-mentioned operation guide. It is conceivable to enlarge the display screen of the display device by that amount. However, such a method is not desirable because the display device is unnecessarily enlarged. The present invention has been made in order to improve this point, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a recorder with a display device capable of displaying measurement data and its operation guide in an easily viewable manner.

[0004]

For this reason, in the present invention, an operation guide (hereinafter, referred to as an operation guide) for setting and operating measurement data or processing and operation of the apparatus relating to the measurement data is provided.
In a recorder equipped with a display device having a display device for displaying operation guidance) and a recording unit for recording at least the measurement data on recording paper, the display screen width of the display device is substantially equal to the width of the recording paper. The corresponding size, the display device, for the measurement data and the operation guide,
A first display mode in which the measurement data is displayed in a reduced size so that it can be displayed in one display area divided into a predetermined area, and the operation guide is displayed in another display area divided; Regarding the second display mode, the display screen is displayed on the same width as the recording paper without dividing the display screen, and the measurement data and the operation guide are not divided, and the measurement data is not divided. A third display mode is provided in which at least a third display mode is provided in which the operation guide is superimposed and displayed on a screen displayed in substantially the same width as the recording paper.

[0005]

The display device of this device divides the display screen into a measurement data display area and an operation guidance display area, and displays the measurement data reduced in accordance with the area of the division in the measurement data display area. A first display mode in which operation guides are simultaneously displayed in the area, and a measurement data display area covering substantially the entire area of the display screen provided corresponding to the width of the recording paper, and a size in which measurement data can be recorded on the recording paper. A second display mode in which the measurement data is displayed in substantially the same size as the display data, and the measurement data is displayed in the same size as that which can be recorded on the recording paper, and the operation guide is overwritten on the displayed measurement data. Since the third display mode is provided, when the operation setting of the apparatus is performed, the operation setting is performed according to the operation guide while viewing the measurement data by selecting the first display mode. By selecting the second display mode during the display operation of the measured data, a display equivalent to the actual recording is performed, and the visual recognition of the user can be improved. When the operation setting of the apparatus becomes necessary, the operation guide can be displayed together with the selection of the third display mode, so that the operation setting can be easily performed.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to one embodiment of the drawings. 1 to 5 show an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall circuit configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is an external view of the apparatus, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a first display mode of the apparatus. , FIG.
Is also an explanatory view of the second display mode, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the state of the memory. Please refer to FIG. The recorder with a display device of the present invention has a display screen 2 for displaying various waveforms and operation guidance as operation data on the front side of the device, an operation unit 3 and a recording paper 61 for recording data and the like. On the rear side, an input terminal unit 7 for taking in a large number of signals to be measured and the like into the device is provided.

The display screen 2 has a waveform (measurement data) display area 21, an operation name display area 221, and a selection display area 22.
And an operation guide display area 22 having an area 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation name display area 221 displays an operation name relating to the operation setting of the apparatus or the processing of the measurement data (for example, display setting operation name such as scale line interval, scale line type, input signal sampling rate or Signal processing operation names such as the degree of amplification) are displayed for each group. Also, the option display area 222
, Parameters that can be set for the selected operation name and the like are partitioned and displayed for each group.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation selection key group 31 of the operation unit 3 is arranged corresponding to the operation name divided and displayed in the operation name display area 211, and a desired operation is performed. It is configured to be easily configurable. The key 317 at the right end of the operation selection key group 31 is a display update key for the operation name displayed for each group. By operating this key 317, the operation name of each group is displayed cyclically. Can be. That is, for example, in FIG. 3, if the leftmost key 311 of the operation selection key group 31 is actuated and “scale line interval operation setting” is selected, a parameter group ( "1 mm interval", "5 mm interval", "10 m
"m intervals", "no scale line") are displayed for each group. The selection input key group 32 is provided in correspondence with the display of the selection of the parameter or the like, so that the selection of the parameter or the like can be easily performed. The topmost key 325 of the selection input key group 32 is a key for updating the display of grouped parameters and the like.
By continuing to operate, the parameters and the like for each group can be cyclically displayed. Note that these key switches may be configured such that the action is executed when the user touches a corresponding section of the display screen using a so-called touch panel.

Next, the overall circuit configuration of the recorder will be described with reference to FIG. The recorder 1 is configured to perform predetermined arithmetic processing in the control device 11 on measurement data taken from the input terminal unit 7 shown in FIG. The measurement data processed by the control device 11 is sent to the display control device 12 for display on the display screen 2. The measurement data is sequentially stored in the data memory 122 under the control of the controller 121 in the display control device 12. On the other hand, the operation signal from the operation unit 3 is transmitted to the control device 1
1 to regulate this device or measurement data. The control device 11 sends a control signal to the display control device 12 to cause the display control device 12 to perform a display process defined by the operation signal. The display control device 12 includes the data memory 122 described above, and the guide memory 1 storing the display pattern such as the operation name and the parameter related to the operation.
An output command is issued as necessary to the background memory 124 storing background patterns such as 23 and graduation lines, and display data is written to the VRAM 125 as a synthesized display pattern.
The desired output is output from the VRAM 125 to the display screen 2. Further, the control device 11 receives an operation signal regarding recording from the operation unit and performs recording equivalent to the display pattern displayed on the display screen 2 or other recording.
The recording section 6 is controlled via the recording control circuit 13. By using a dot recording element such as a thermal head in the recording unit and recording both the measurement data and the selected background pattern, the same recording as the display screen can be performed.

The guide memory 1 of the display control device 12
23 and the background memory 124, as shown in FIG.
kpn). The fixed pattern selected in response to the command from the operation unit 3 is copied to the display area and combined with the data read from the data memory 122 to select from among various fixed patterns (background or grouped operation guidance). A desired fixed pattern can be displayed.

The recorder has at least three display modes shown in FIGS. The first display mode is shown in FIG. 3, and the display screen 2 is divided into a waveform display area 21 and an operation guide display area 22. The operation guide display area 22 has an operation name display area 221 arranged below the display screen 2 and a selection display area 222 arranged on the right end side of the display screen 2. The remaining area of the display screen is defined as a waveform display area 21. In this display mode, the reduced display is performed at a predetermined reduction ratio with respect to the width (size) of the recording paper 61 in order to store the entire display data in the divided waveform display area 21. By adopting such a display mode, operation settings for the apparatus and the like can be performed while viewing the display screen, which is convenient.

The second display mode is shown in FIG. This display mode is desirably executed when the operation setting is completed and a normal display operation is being performed. Recording paper 6
1 is displayed on the display screen 2 having a width substantially equal to the width of the “1”. At this time, the entire area of the display screen 2 is a waveform recording area. With this configuration, when the image is recorded on the recording paper 61, an equivalent display screen is obtained, and the visual recognition of the user is improved.

The third display mode is shown in FIG. A display in which the operation guide display is overwritten on the screen of the second display mode is made. This is convenient when a simple operation setting is changed during a normal display operation. The measurement data displayed on the waveform display area 21 over the entire area of the display screen 2 is scrolled at a predetermined speed so that the recording paper 61 moves downward from above, similarly to the recording operation on the recording paper 61. , The latest measurement data is sequentially displayed above the display screen 2 and displayed so as to sequentially flow downward. Since the operation name display area 221 is arranged on the downstream side of the display screen on which the scroll (trend) is displayed, it is possible to quickly recognize the situation where the change of the operation setting appears on the display screen. The operation setting method is the same as described above.

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, when the operation setting is changed or when a new recording is started, the setting change mark 25 and the start mark correspond to the starting point. 24 are displayed. In general, such a trend display screen of measurement data is such that one screen (the length from when measurement data appears upward, moves downward, and is erased at the lowermost end) represents a phenomenon of several hours. is there. It is very convenient to be able to recognize at which point a new display is started and at which point a setting change has been made to that display. In this recorder,
A memory (not shown) for storing these start mark patterns or setting change mark patterns is provided.
At the start of recording or when the setting is changed, the necessary mark patterns are read from this memory, and are developed together with the measurement data in the data memory 122 of the display control device 12 shown in FIG. Is to be performed.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, a display device corresponding to the width of the recording paper 61 is used, and at least three display devices adapted to use the device by combining "display of measurement data" and "display of operation guide". The display mode (display mode) is configured so that the user can obtain appropriate recognition according to the usage state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall circuit configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a first display mode of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a second display mode of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a third display mode of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a memory state of a guide memory or a background memory according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: control device 2: display screen 3: operation unit 6: recording unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display device for displaying measurement data or operation guidance (hereinafter simply referred to as operation guidance) for setting operation of processing and operation of the device relating to the measurement data, and recording at least the measurement data on a recording paper. A recording device with a display unit having a recording unit for performing the measurement on the measurement data and the operation guide, wherein the display screen width of the display device is set to a size substantially corresponding to the width of the recording paper. A first display mode in which data is reduced so as to be displayed in one display area divided into a predetermined area and the operation guide is displayed in another divided display area; and at least the measurement data A second display mode in which the display screen is displayed in substantially the same width as the recording paper without dividing the display screen; And a third display mode in which the operation guide is superimposed and displayed on a screen where the measurement data is displayed in substantially the same width as the recording paper without dividing the display screen. Recorder with device.