JP6553436B2 - Graphical user interface device, method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to software employing a graphical user interface.

  Some software that employs a graphical user interface classifies information to be drawn according to its type, and integrates and displays the classified information.

  An example of a technique related to such software is described in Patent Document 1. The related art described in Patent Literature 1 acquires a plurality of types of information related to aircraft to be controlled. And this related art displays each kind of information on a different display area formed by dividing a screen. This related technique selects a corresponding aircraft in accordance with an aircraft selection event that has occurred in any of the display areas. The related art then updates each display area to display information about the selected aircraft.

  Another technique related to such a problem is described in Patent Document 2. The related art described in Patent Document 2 acquires information representing the position, the traveling direction, and the altitude of an aircraft. And this related art divides the flight altitude of the aircraft into a plurality of altitude bands without overlapping. In this related technique, symbols representing the position and traveling direction of an aircraft flying in the altitude zone are displayed in a drawing area representing each altitude zone.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-273099 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-232728

  Here, among the software as described above, there are ones in which objects to be drawn are distributed to layers according to their types, and those layers are superimposed and displayed in one display area. Such software searches and selects an object corresponding to the position from a plurality of layers in response to input of information specifying the position on the screen. Such software then performs processing on the selected object.

  However, in such software, when performing object search processing, the drawing information of each layer may be being updated. This is because when the information on the object to be drawn is updated, the drawing information on each layer is updated. In this case, such software can refer to the drawing information of each layer only after finishing the update processing of the drawing information of each layer, and cannot start the search processing of the object corresponding to the designated position. For this reason, in such software, it takes time from input of information specifying a position on the screen until an object is selected and related processing is executed. That is, such software has a problem that the processing time required for object selection becomes long. This problem is particularly noticeable when the object to be drawn is updated frequently or when the number of layers is large.

  However, the related technology described above cannot solve this problem.

  The related technology described in Patent Document 1 displays each type of information related to an aircraft in different display areas that are not superimposed on each other. Therefore, in this related art, one aircraft selection event occurs in one display area. Therefore, this related art can start the search process of the aircraft according to the aircraft selection event as long as the update of the display area where the aircraft selection event occurred is finished. Therefore, this related art is not suitable for solving the above-mentioned problems in software that distributes objects to be drawn into layers according to their types and displays those layers in a superimposed manner.

  Moreover, the related technique described in Patent Document 2 displays symbols representing each aircraft in different drawing areas that are not superimposed on each other according to the altitude zone. Further, Patent Document 2 does not describe processing for selecting a drawn aircraft according to input information. Therefore, this related art is not suitable for solving the above-mentioned problems in software that distributes objects to be drawn into layers according to their types and displays those layers in a superimposed manner.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for shortening the processing time required for object selection in software that sorts objects to be drawn into layers according to their types and displays these layers in a superimposed manner.

  The graphical user interface device according to the present invention includes an object information acquisition unit for acquiring information on an object to be drawn, an object information storage unit for storing information on the object, and a type indicated by the information on the object. A layer drawing information generation unit that generates drawing information of each layer in which the object is arranged based on a display position indicated by information on the object, and superimposes the drawing information of each layer. An object of a display position corresponding to the screen position designation information, a superimposed display unit to be displayed on the screen of the display device, a screen position designation information input unit for acquiring from the input device screen position designation information to designate the position on the screen From the object information storage unit Comprising an object selection unit that selects an object, a processing execution unit for executing a process related to the object selected by the object selection section.

  In addition, the method of the present invention acquires information about an object to be drawn and stores it in an object information storage unit, distributes the object to one or more layers according to the type indicated by the information about the object, A screen for generating drawing information of each layer in which the object is arranged based on a display position indicated by information on the display, superimposing the drawing information of each layer on the screen of the display device, and specifying a position on the screen When the position designation information is acquired from the input device, the object at the display position corresponding to the screen position designation information is searched from the object information storage unit, the searched object is selected, and the process related to the selected object is executed.

  The program according to the present invention further includes an object information acquisition step of acquiring information on an object to be drawn and storing the acquired information in an object information storage unit, and one or more layers according to the type indicated by the information on the object. And a layer drawing information generation step for generating drawing information of each layer in which the object is arranged based on a display position indicated by the information related to the object, and the drawing information of each layer is superimposed and displayed on the screen of the display device The object information storage unit for the object of the display position corresponding to the screen position specification information, the screen position specification information input step for acquiring from the input device the screen position specification information for specifying the position on the screen; Search from and select the searched object And-object selection step, the process executing step of executing a process related to the object selected by the object selecting step to execute the to the computer device.

  The present invention can provide a technique for reducing the processing time required for object selection in software for allocating objects to be drawn to layers according to their types and superimposing and displaying those layers.

It is a figure which shows the functional block structure of the graphical user interface apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the graphical user interface apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the object display operation | movement of the graphical user interface apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the object selection operation | movement of the graphical user interface apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining operation | movement of the graphical user interface apparatus as embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a functional block configuration of a graphical user interface device 1 as an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the graphical user interface device 1 includes an object information acquisition unit 11, an object information storage unit 12, a layer drawing information generation unit 13, and a superimposed display unit 14. The graphical user interface device 1 further includes a screen position designation information input unit 15, an object selection unit 16, and a process execution unit 17.

  Here, the graphical user interface device 1 can be configured by hardware elements as shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the graphical user interface device 1 is configured by a computer device including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1001, a memory 1002, a display device 1003, and an input device 1004. The memory 1002 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and an auxiliary storage device (such as a hard disk). The display device 1003 is configured by a device having a screen for displaying information. The input device 1004 is configured by a device such as a mouse or a keyboard capable of inputting information for specifying a position on the screen. In this case, the object information storage unit 12 is configured by the memory 1002. The other functional blocks are configured by the CPU 1001 that reads and executes the computer program and various data stored in the memory 1002 and controls the display device 1003 and the input device 1004. The hardware configuration of the graphical user interface device 1 and each functional block thereof is not limited to the above-described configuration.

  Next, details of each functional block of the graphical user interface device 1 will be described.

  The object information acquisition unit 11 acquires information related to the drawing target object. Here, the information related to the drawing target object includes information capable of deriving the type and information capable of deriving the display position on the screen. Alternatively, the information related to the drawing target object may include information indicating the type itself and information indicating the display position itself on the screen. Note that the display position on the screen may be represented by a coordinate system (hereinafter also referred to as a screen coordinate system) representing the position on the screen. The information related to the drawing target object may include an object identification ID and other information related to the object.

  Also, for example, the object information acquisition unit 11 may acquire these pieces of information from the memory 1002. In addition, the object information acquisition unit 11 may acquire these pieces of information from another device connected via a network. Also, for example, the object information acquisition unit 11 may acquire these pieces of information at predetermined timings. Or the object information acquisition part 11 may acquire such information at the timing notified from the outside that there exists an update about these information.

  The object information storage unit 12 stores information on an object to be drawn acquired by the object information acquisition unit 11.

  The layer drawing information generation unit 13 distributes each object indicated by the information stored in the object information storage unit 12 to one or more layers according to the type.

  Further, the layer drawing information generation unit 13 generates drawing information of each layer by arranging each of the distributed objects on the corresponding layer based on the display position on the screen. Here, the drawing information of each layer may represent substantially the same size and shape.

  The superimposing display unit 14 superimposes the drawing information of each layer and displays it on the screen of the display device 1003.

  The screen position specification information input unit 15 acquires screen position specification information for specifying a position on the screen from the input device 1004. The acquired screen position designation information may be expressed in the aforementioned screen coordinate system.

  The object selection unit 16 searches the object information storage unit 12 for an object at a display position corresponding to the screen position designation information. Then, the object selection unit 16 selects the searched object. For example, the object selection unit 16 may search the object information storage unit 12 and select an object associated with a display position included in a predetermined range from the position indicated by the screen position designation information.

  Here, it can be considered that the object information storage unit 12 stores information on a plurality of objects as objects at a display position corresponding to the screen position designation information. For example, there are two or more objects associated with the display position included in the predetermined range from the position indicated by the screen position designation information. In this case, the object selection unit 16 may display the plurality of objects on the display device 1003 in a selectable manner. In this case, the object selection unit 16 may select an object indicated by information input via the input device 1004 with respect to a selectable display.

  The process execution unit 17 executes a process related to the object selected by the object selection unit 16. For example, it is assumed that detailed information about each object is stored in the object information storage unit 12. In this case, the process execution unit 17 may execute a process of acquiring and displaying detailed information regarding the selected object from the object information storage unit 12. In this case, the process execution unit 17 may form an area for displaying detailed information in a part of the screen, and display the detailed information in that area.

  The operation of the graphical user interface device 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the object display operation of the graphical user interface device 1 is shown in FIG. This operation is performed at predetermined timings or whenever information on an object to be drawn is updated.

  In FIG. 3, first, the object information acquisition unit 11 acquires information related to the drawing target object and stores it in the object information storage unit 12 (step S <b> 11).

  Next, the layer drawing information generation unit 13 distributes each object indicated by the information stored in the object information storage unit 12 to one or more layers according to the type (step S12).

  Next, the layer drawing information generation unit 13 generates drawing information of each layer in which the distributed objects are arranged based on the display positions on the screen (step S13).

  Next, the superimposition display unit 14 superimposes the drawing information of each layer and displays it on the screen of the display device 1003 (step S14).

  Above, graphical user interface device 1 ends object display operation.

  Next, an object selection operation of the graphical user interface device 1 is shown in FIG. This operation is executed when screen position designation information is input from the input device 1004.

  First, the screen position specification information input unit 15 acquires screen position specification information from the input device 1004 (step S21).

  Next, the object selection unit 16 searches the object information storage unit 12 for an object at a display position corresponding to the screen position designation information and selects it (step S22).

  Next, the process execution unit 17 executes a process related to the object selected by the object selection unit 16 (step S23).

  Thus, the graphical user interface device 1 ends the object selection operation.

  The operation of such a graphical user interface device 1 is schematically shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, information regarding the drawing target object is acquired in step S <b> 11 and stored in the object information storage unit 12. For example, in FIG. 5, the object information storage unit 12 is schematically shown as a table that stores information related to objects to be drawn. In this table, the left column stores information indicating the type of object. Here, the figures of "★", "■" and "●" represent the types of objects. Each of the other columns stores the display position of the object and various detailed information.

  Then, the information related to the drawing target object stored in the object information storage unit 12 is distributed to layers according to the type in step S12. Then, in step S13, each object allocated to the layer is arranged in the layer based on the display position, and drawing information of each layer is generated. Then, the drawing information of each layer is superimposed in step S14 and displayed on the screen of the display device 1003.

  In FIG. 5, screen position designation information is input via the input device 1004 in step S <b> 21 to the screen on which the drawing information of each layer is superimposed and displayed. In step S22, an object at a display position corresponding to the input screen position designation information is searched from the object information storage unit 12 and selected. In step S23, a process related to the selected object is executed.

  As shown in step S22 of FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, the object selection unit 16 searches the object information storage unit 12 for an object indicating a display position corresponding to the screen position specification information. For this reason, even if the object information storage unit 12 is updated in step S11 of FIG. 5, the object selection unit 16 does not wait for the drawing information generation processing for each layer in steps S12 to S13 to be completed. The object selection process of S22 can be started. In addition, the object selection unit 16 does not have to perform search processing for each of the one or more layers generated in step S13 of FIG. 5, and one search processing for the object information storage unit 12 makes the object You can choose.

  Next, the operation of the graphical user interface device 1 will be shown as a specific example. In this specific example, the case where the graphical user interface device 1 is applied to software of an application for air traffic control will be described.

  First, the object information acquisition unit 11 acquires information about an object representing an aircraft, a coastline, an airway, an airspace, or the like as an object to be drawn, and stores it in the object information storage unit 12 (step S11).

  In this specific example, the information related to the drawing target object acquired includes information indicating the type of each object and information indicating the display position of each object. Here, as the type of object, information representing the distinction between an aircraft, a coastline, an airway, an airspace, and the like is acquired. Further, as the information indicating the display position of the object, the display position converted in advance to the screen coordinate system outside the apparatus based on the position of the object on the map and the map range displayed on the screen, etc. Information shall be obtained.

  Furthermore, in this specific example, it is assumed that the information related to the drawing target object includes information indicating the shape and size when each object is displayed on the screen. For example, information on an object representing an aircraft includes information representing the shape and display size of an icon representing the aircraft. Further, the information on the object representing the coastline includes information representing the shape of the coastline and the display size.

  Furthermore, in this specific example, it is assumed that the information related to the drawing target object includes detailed information of each object. For example, it is assumed that detailed information on an object representing an aircraft includes coordinates on a map and a call sign.

  Next, the layer drawing information generation unit 13 distributes the object to be drawn to layers for drawing an aircraft, a coastline, an airway, an airspace, and the like (step S12).

  Note that the layer drawing information generation unit 13 does not necessarily have to assign one layer to one type as a layer for distributing each object. For example, the layer drawing information generation unit 13 may distribute an object representing an aircraft to a layer for drawing an aircraft, and distribute other types of objects to a layer for drawing a background.

  Next, the layer drawing information generation unit 13 arranges each distributed object based on the display position in the layer for drawing the aircraft, the coastline, the airway, the airspace, and the like, and generates drawing information for each layer (step) S13).

  Next, the superimposition display unit 14 superimposes the drawing information of each layer and displays it on the screen of the display device 1003 (step S14).

  Next, the screen position specification information input unit 15 acquires screen position specification information from the input device 1004 (step S21).

  Next, the object selection unit 16 searches the object information storage unit 12 for an object at a display position corresponding to the screen position designation information and selects it (step S22).

  Here, it is assumed that a plurality of objects representing an aircraft are stored in the object information storage unit 12 as objects associated with display positions included in a predetermined range from the position indicated by the screen position specification information.

  Therefore, the object selection unit 16 displays a list of aircraft represented by the plurality of objects on the screen of the display device 1003 so as to be selectable. For example, the object selection unit 16 may display a selection list of a plurality of corresponding aircrafts in the vicinity of the position indicated by the screen position designation information.

  Then, the object selection unit 16 selects an object representing one aircraft based on information input via the input device 1004 to the selection list.

  Next, the process execution unit 17 displays, for the object representing the aircraft selected by the object selection unit 16, information representing detailed information (such as a call sign and coordinates on a map) (step S23).

  This is the end of the description of the specific example.

  Next, the effects of the present embodiment will be described.

  The graphical user interface device according to the present embodiment can reduce the processing time required for object selection in software that distributes objects to be drawn into layers according to their types and displays these layers in a superimposed manner.

  The reason will be described. In the present embodiment, the object information acquisition unit acquires information about the drawing target object and stores it in the object information storage unit. And a layer drawing information generation part distributes an object to one or more layers according to the kind which the information about an object shows. And a layer drawing information generation part produces | generates the drawing information of each layer which has arrange | positioned the object based on the display position which the information regarding an object shows. Then, the superimposing display unit superimposes the drawing information of each layer and displays it on the screen of the display device. Then, when the screen position specification information input unit acquires screen position specification information from the input device, the object selection unit searches the object information storage unit for an object indicating a display position corresponding to the screen position specification information. Select an object. This is because the process execution unit executes a process related to the selected object.

  As described above, the present embodiment does not search for the object at the display position corresponding to the screen position designation information from each layer, but from the object information storage unit that stores information about the object before being distributed to the layer. Search for the corresponding object. Thereby, even if the update frequency of the information regarding an object is high, this Embodiment does not need to wait for completion of the update process of the drawing information of each layer accompanying the update of an object information storage part, and processing time required for object selection is reduced. Significantly shortens. Similarly, in the present embodiment, even if the number of layers displayed in a superimposed manner is large, it is not necessary to perform search processing for each of a plurality of layers, and the processing time required for object selection is significantly reduced.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, a specific example in which the graphical user interface device of the present embodiment is applied to software for use in air traffic control has been described. The present embodiment is not limited to this, and as long as it is software that distributes objects to be drawn to layers according to their types and displays them in layers, it is also applicable to software of other uses. For example, the present embodiment can also be applied to game software executed on a computer device. In that case, for example, a character or a thing that constitutes a background is applied as the object to be drawn. Further, objects may be assigned to a layer for drawing a character and a layer for drawing a background depending on the type of the object. In such a case, the present embodiment exhibits the same effect as described above when displaying information related to the character or background selected according to the input of the screen position designation information.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the information on the object to be drawn acquired by the object information acquisition unit has been described centering on the example including the information representing the type of the object itself. However, the information related to the drawing target object acquired by the object information acquisition unit may not include information indicating the type of the object itself. In this case, the object information acquisition unit may store information representing the type derived based on the acquired information in the object information storage unit. Alternatively, the layer drawing information generation unit may distribute the objects to the layers based on the types derived based on the information stored in the object information storage unit.

  Further, in the embodiment of the present invention described above, an example in which the information on the object to be drawn acquired by the object information acquisition unit includes information representing the display position of the object converted to the screen coordinate system is mainly used. explained. However, the information related to the drawing target object acquired by the object information acquisition unit may not include information indicating the display position of the object converted into the screen coordinate system. In that case, the object information acquisition unit may store information representing the display position converted into the screen coordinate system based on the acquired information in the object information storage unit. Alternatively, the object selection unit may perform the search process after calculating information representing the display position of the screen coordinate system based on the information stored in the object information storage unit. Alternatively, the object selection unit may perform the search process after converting the screen position designation information acquired from the input device into a coordinate system in which the information stored in the object information storage unit is represented.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, an example has been described in which the object selection unit displays a plurality of corresponding objects so as to be selectable and selects one of them based on input information. . However, the object selection unit may select an object at a display position closest to the position indicated by the screen position designation information from among a plurality of corresponding objects. Alternatively, the object selection unit may select an object of higher importance among a plurality of corresponding objects. Alternatively, the object selection unit may select all of the plurality of corresponding objects and notify the processing execution unit, and the processing execution unit may execute all processing related to each of the selected objects.

  Also, in the embodiment of the present invention described above, the example has been mainly described in which each functional block of the graphical user interface device is realized by a CPU that executes a computer program stored in a storage device or a memory. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and some, all, or a combination of each functional block may be realized by dedicated hardware.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the functional blocks of the graphical user interface device may be distributed and realized in a plurality of devices.

  In each of the embodiments of the present invention described above, the operation of the graphical user interface device described with reference to the flowcharts is stored in a storage device (storage medium) of the computer device as the computer program of the present invention. May be. Then, the computer program may be read and executed by the CPU. In such a case, the present invention is constituted by the code of the computer program or a storage medium.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in various modes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Graphical user interface apparatus 11 Object information acquisition part 12 Object information storage part 13 Layer drawing information generation part 14 Superimposition display part 15 Screen position designation information input part 16 Object selection part 17 Processing execution part 1001 CPU
1002 Memory 1003 Display device 1004 Input device

Claims (3)

An object information acquisition unit for acquiring information related to the drawing target object;
An object information storage unit for storing information about the object;
Layer drawing information generation that distributes the object to one or more layers according to the type indicated by the information related to the object, and generates drawing information of each layer in which the object is arranged based on the display position indicated by the information related to the object And
A superimposed display unit that superimposes the drawing information of each of the layers and displays the superimposed information on the screen of the display device;
A screen position specification information input unit that acquires, from an input device, screen position specification information that specifies the position on the screen;
An object selection unit that searches the object information storage unit for an object at a display position corresponding to the screen position specification information, and selects the searched object;
A process execution unit that executes a process related to the object selected by the object selection unit;
Bei to give a,
The information on the object acquired by the object information acquisition unit includes information representing the display position converted to a coordinate system representing the position on the screen, and coordinates on the map,
When the object selection unit searches the object information storage unit for a plurality of objects as objects of the display position corresponding to the screen position designation information, the object selection unit displays the plurality of objects so as to be selectable and can be selected. A graphical user interface device for selecting an object indicated by information to be input . Get information about the drawing target object, store it in the object information storage,
The object is distributed to one or more layers according to the type indicated by the information related to the object, and drawing information of each layer in which the object is arranged is generated based on the display position indicated by the information related to the object,
The drawing information of each layer is superimposed and displayed on the screen of the display device,
When obtaining the screen position designation information for designating the position on the screen from the input device,
An object at a display position corresponding to the screen position designation information is searched from the object information storage unit, and the searched object is selected.
Including processing to perform processing related to the selected object ,
The information on the object includes information representing the display position converted to a coordinate system representing the position on the screen, and coordinates on a map,
In the process of selecting the object, when a plurality of objects are searched from the object information storage unit as objects of the display position corresponding to the screen position designation information, the plurality of objects are displayed in a selectable manner and selectable. A method for selecting an object indicated by information input for the . An object information acquisition step of acquiring information on an object to be drawn and storing the acquired information in the object information storage unit;
Layer drawing information generation that distributes the object to one or more layers according to the type indicated by the information related to the object, and generates drawing information of each layer in which the object is arranged based on a display position indicated by the information related to the object Steps,
A superimposed display step of superposing the drawing information of each of the layers and displaying the superimposed information on a screen of a display device;
A screen position designation information input step of acquiring from the input device screen position designation information which designates the position on the screen;
An object selecting step of searching the object information storage unit for an object at a display position corresponding to the screen position specification information, and selecting the searched object;
A process execution step of executing a process related to the object selected in the object selection step;
To the computer device ,
The information on the object includes information representing the display position converted to a coordinate system representing the position on the screen, and coordinates on a map,
In the process of selecting the object, when a plurality of objects are searched from the object information storage unit as objects of the display position corresponding to the screen position designation information, the plurality of objects are displayed in a selectable manner and selectable. A program that selects the object indicated by the information entered for .

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