JPH083770B2 - Process monitoring operation device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a process monitoring operation device having a man-machine communication function using an electronic computer, a CRT display device, a keyboard and a touch screen device. .

(Prior Art) Generally, a process monitoring operation device having a man-machine communication function using an electronic computer, a CRT display device, a keyboard and a touch screen device is used by an operator while watching a screen displayed on the CRT display device. The operator is notified by inputting information on the touch screen and outputting the result executed by the electronic computer based on the information on the display screen.

FIG. 7 shows a conventional electronic computer 1, a CRT display device 21,
The man-machine device 2 including the touch screen device 22 and the keyboard 23 is shown, and a method of notifying an operator in conventional man-machine communication will be described below with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, the electronic computer 1 communicates with the operator through the man-machine device 2.

The electronic computer 1 uses the touch screen input processing means 11 or the information requested by the operator in the man-machine device 2.
The data input by the keyboard input processing means 12 is converted into an index which can be judged by the function processing means 14 in the input data processing means 13 and is passed to the function processing means 14, and the input data passed by the function processing means 14 Based on the above, the man-machine communication is performed by taking out the screen number and each display information from the screen information management table 15 and outputting them to the CRT display device 21 by the CRT output processing means 16.

Therefore, when the operator determines whether or not the computer 1 has accepted the request from the operator, the operator can determine whether the request is output by outputting the execution result to the CRT display device 21 or the message is output to the response area. Must be recognized. Therefore, the response area needs to display other messages as well.
There is an inconvenience that the notification of whether or not the computer 1 has accepted the request of the operator is delayed, or the notification cannot be displayed because it is occupied by another message.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, conventionally, an operator uses a keyboard or
Whether or not the input requested via the touch screen was notified to the computer was judged by looking at the execution result of the display screen for the request, or the operator was notified by a message in the response area. Since the response area also displays other messages, there has been a problem that the operator may not be satisfactorily notified. An object of the present invention is to provide a process monitoring operation device having a man-machine communication function capable of promptly notifying an operator.

[Configuration of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A process monitoring operating device of the present invention includes an electronic computer that executes a function requested by an operator, and a display device that displays an execution result of the function of the operator and the electronic device. And a man-machine device composed of a keyboard and a touch screen for exchanging information with a computer. The input data processing means converts the input data into an index corresponding to the function selection display device of the man-machine device. In the input data correspondence information table, the presence / absence of input information, blink instruction, background color, display time, etc. are configured as a table, and the input data judgment means corresponds the data based on the index to the input data. Select from the information table, the display device output processing means, the input data determination means It is obtained so as to display on the display device the selected data.

(Operation) According to the present invention, it is possible to express whether or not the request from the operator is accepted by the computer side by the pattern recognition by color, so that it is possible to make a quick judgment without reading the characters on the display device. You can

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a man-machine communication block diagram based on an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7 indicate the same parts, and the difference from FIG. 7 is that an input data correspondence information table 18 for the input data judging means is provided.

In the unmachine device 2, information input by keyboard input or touch screen input is input to the input data processing means 13 via the touch screen input processing means 11 and the keyboard input processing means 12, and the input data processing means 13 In the case of the touch screen input, the coordinate value is converted into the index corresponding to the function selection display means (DSB panel) provided in the lower stage of the screen of the CRT display device.

In the input data judging means 17, the second data is determined based on the index corresponding to the function selection display means (DSB panel).
The mounted / unregistered information a, blink specification b, background color c, and display time d are extracted from the input data correspondence information table 18 having the structure shown in the figure.

If the input data correspondence information table 18 is implemented, the input data judgment means 17 uses the blink designation b or the background color c to display the blink display data or the background color c.
The color change display is directly passed to the CRT output processing means 16 without passing through the function processing means 14, and the color change display or blink display is performed to promptly notify the operator and at the same time the data is passed to the function processing means 14. To do. Function processing means 14
Then, the screen number and each display information are fetched from the screen information management table 15, and the CRT output processing means 16 outputs them to the CRT display device 21.

If the input data correspondence information table 18 is not registered, the input data judging means 17 notifies the CRT output processing means 16 of color change notification A of the function selection display means (DSB panel).
Then, the input data judgment means 17 outputs an error message B to the response area to the CRT output means 16 to notify the operator through the CRT display device 21. In this manner, the man-machine communication function is realized by which the operator easily recognizes that the present apparatus has received the input data in the man-machine means 2 by performing the color-change display or blink display of the background color.

The flow of the present invention will be described below with reference to the block chart of FIG.

The requested input data is retrieved by data based on keyboard input or touch screen input. (30
1) The fetched input data is converted into an index corresponding to the function selection display means (DSB panel) in the input data processing means 13 in the case of touch screen input, and in the case of keyboard input the function number. . (302) In the input data judgment means 17, the mounted / unregistered information a, blink designation b, background color c, and display time d shown in FIG. It is determined whether the information table 18 implements the input data or is not registered. (303) If the (303) input data correspondence information table 18 judged by the input data judgment means 17 is implemented, information data is taken out from the input data correspondence information table 18 (304),
A display output is output to the corresponding function selection display means (DSB panel) for changing the background color of the function selection display means (DSB panel) and blink display, and the operator is notified (305).

If the input data correspondence information table 18 judged by the input data judging means 17 is not registered, the requested function selection display means (DSB panel) is changed in color (306) (a background color different from that at the time of mounting) and a response area is displayed. The operator is notified by outputting an error message output (307).

From the screen information management table 15, the screen data corresponding to the index requested by the function processing means 14 is displayed.
Take out the No. and each display information. (308) The information obtained from the screen information management table 15 is output to the CRT display device 21 by the CRT output processing means 16. (309) FIG. 4 shows a display screen of the CRT display device 21 in the present invention.

In the figure, 41 is a top area and 42 is a display area for communicating with an operator. 42 is an area for displaying an error message when an error is judged by the input data judging means 14, 44 is a function selection displaying means (DS
B panel) is an area where the operator recognizes that the monitoring operation device has accepted the function selected by the operator by blinking or displaying in color.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Fifth
The figure shows a man-machine communication block diagram according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, in the touch screen input processing means 11, the input data subjected to the input processing is converted into coordinate values by the input data processing means 13, and the input data judging means 17 is notified.

The input data judging means 17 searches for the corresponding device from the operating device arrangement coordinates e in this table 51 by providing the operating device corresponding table 51 having the structure shown in FIG. 6, and the blink designation b, the background color c, and the display. Take out time d. Based on this extracted information, the background color change display and blink display data are displayed.
By delivering the data to the CRT output processing means 16 and displaying the color change or blinking, the operator is notified promptly and at the same time the data is delivered to the function processing means 14.

The function processing means 14 retrieves the name from the operating device name table 52, and the CRT output processing means 16 outputs the name to the CRT display device 21.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the background color change display and blink display of the operation device required for the graphic displayed at an arbitrary position on the CRT display screen having the touch screen input function are displayed. By doing so, the operator can immediately recognize that the process monitoring operation device has accepted.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the content of the requested function is quickly determined by comparing the input from the keyboard or the touch screen device with the content of the input data correspondence information table. Since the background color of the requested function selection display means (DSB panel) is changed or blinking is displayed, the operator can immediately recognize that the process monitoring operation device has received the input data. be able to.

Further, according to the present invention, the function selection display means provided in the screen can be realized by setting it to any part on the screen of the CRT display device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a man-machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an input data correspondence information table, FIG. 3 is a schematic block chart of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of an example of a screen for pattern recognition by color change, and FIG. 5 is an application example of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a man-machine communication based on this, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an operating device correspondence table, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional man-machine function. In the figure, 1 ... Computer, 2 ... Man-machine device, 11 ... Touch screen input processing means, 12 ... Keyboard input processing means, 13
... input data processing means, 14 ... function processing means, 15 ... screen information management table, 16 ... CRT output processing means, 17 ... input data judging means, 18 ... input data correspondence information table, 21 ... CR
T display device, 22 ... touch screen device, 23 ... keyboard.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A computer for executing a function requested by an operator, and a display device for displaying the execution result of the function.
In a process monitoring operation device comprising a man-machine device composed of a keyboard and a touch screen for exchanging information between an operator and the electronic computer,
An input data processing means for converting into an index corresponding to the function selection display means of the man-machine device, and an input data correspondence information table configured as a table of presence / absence of input information, blink instruction, background color, display time, etc. An input data judging means for selecting data based on the index from the input data correspondence information table, and a display output processing means for displaying the data selected by the input data judging means on a display device. Process monitoring operating device.