JPH0276018A - Process supervisory operating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To speedily judge a request without reading the character of a display device by executing pattern recognition by color whether the request from an operator is received in an electronic computer side or not. CONSTITUTION:In an input data correspondence information table, the presence and absence of input data, blink designation, background color or a display time, etc., are constituted as a table. Then, an input data judging means 17 delivers the color change display of blink display data or back ground color (c) directly to a CRT output processing means 16 without passing through a function processing means 14 on the basis of blink designation (b) or the background color (c). Then, by executing the color change display or blink display, the information of the operator is speedily executed and the data are delivered to the function processing means 14 simultaneously. Thus, the information can be dispatched to the operator speedily.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) 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) In general, 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 such that an operator can use the keyboard and the touch screen device while looking at the screen displayed on the CRT display device. Information was entered through a touch screen, and the computer executed the results based on that information and outputted them on a display screen to notify the operator.

Figure 7 shows a conventional electronic computer 1 and a CRT display device! 2
1. This figure shows a man-machine device 2 consisting of a touch screen device 22 and a keyboard 23.

Hereinafter, a method of notifying an operator in conventional man-machine communication will be explained with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, an electronic computer 1 communicates with an operator through a man-machine device 2. In FIG.

The electronic computer 1 inputs information requested by the operator using the man-machine device 2 through a touch screen input processing means.
The input data processing means 13 converts the data input by the keyboard input processing means 12 into an index that can be determined by the function processing means 14 and passes the data to the function processing means 14. Based on the input data, the screen Nα and each display information are extracted from the screen information management table 15, and the CRT output processing means 16 outputs them to the CRT display device 21, thereby performing man-machine communication.

Therefore, when the operator judges whether or not the computer has accepted the operator's request, the operator should judge by outputting the execution result of the request to the CRT display device 21, or by outputting a message to the response area. must be recognized as such. Therefore, since the response area also needs to display other messages, the notification of whether or not the computer 1 has accepted the operator's request may be delayed, or the response area may be occupied by other messages and the above notification may be delayed. There was an inconvenience that it could not be displayed.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In this way, conventionally, whether or not the input requested by the operator via the keyboard or touch screen has been notified to the computer depends on the execution result of the display screen in response to the request. In the past, the operator was notified by making a judgment based on the current situation or by sending a message to the response area, but since the response area also displays other messages, there is a problem that the notification to the operator may not be carried out satisfactorily. there were. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a process monitoring and operating device having a man-machine communication function that can promptly notify an operator.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A process monitoring operation device of the present invention includes: a computer that executes a function requested by an operator; a display device that displays the execution result of the function; an operator; It consists of a man-machine device consisting of a keyboard and a touch screen that exchange information with a computer, and
The input data processing means converts the input data into an index corresponding to the function selection display device of the man-machine device, and the input data correspondence information table includes information such as presence or absence of input information, blink instruction, background color, display time, etc. is configured as a table, and the input data judgment means uses
Data based on the index is selected from the input data correspondence information table, and the display device output processing means displays the data selected by the input data determining means on the display device.

(Function) According to the present invention, it is possible to express whether or not a request from an operator has been accepted by the computer side by color pattern recognition, so it can be quickly determined without reading the characters on the display device. Can be done.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a man-machine communication configuration diagram based on an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 7 indicate the same parts, and the only difference from FIG. 7 is that an input data correspondence information table 18 with input data determining 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. In this step, a coordinate value is converted in the case of touch screen input, and a function number in the case of keyboard input is converted into an index corresponding to a function selection display means (DSB panel) provided at the lower part of the screen of the CRT display device.

In the input data determining means 17, the function selection display means (
Based on the index corresponding to DSB panel), the installed/unregistered information a, blink specification b, and background color C are selected from the input data correspondence information table 18 having the structure shown in FIG.
1 Take out the display time d.

If the above-mentioned input data correspondence information table 18 is implemented, the input data judgment means 17 specifies blinking or performs blink display data or color change display of the background color C based on the background color C via the function processing means 14. Zu direct C,
The data is passed to the RT output processing means 16, and the operator is quickly notified by displaying a color change or blinking display, and at the same time, the data is passed to the function processing means 14. The function processing means 14 extracts the screen number and each display information from the screen information management table 15, and the CRT output processing means 16 outputs it to the CRT display device 21.

If the input data correspondence information table 18 is unregistered, the input data determining means 17 determines that the CRT output processing means 16
to change the color of the function selection display means (DSB panel). Then, the input data determining means 17 outputs an error message 8 to the response area to the CRT output means 16, thereby notifying the operator through the CRT display device 21. In this way, a man-machine communication function is realized that allows the operator to easily recognize that the present device has received input data in the man-machine means 2 by displaying a background color change or blinking.

The flow of the present invention will be explained below using the block chart shown in FIG.

Retrieve requested input data with data based on keyboard input or touch screen input. (301
) The retrieved input data is converted into an index corresponding to the function selection display means (DSB panel) by the input data processing means 13, such as coordinates in the case of touch screen input and function numbers in the case of keyboard input. do. (302) The input data determining means 17 uses the index to extract the mounted/unregistered information a, blink designation b, and background color C1 display time d shown in FIG. 2 from the input data correspondence information table 18, and extracts the input data correspondence information It is determined whether the table 18 implements the input data or whether it is unregistered. (303) If the input data correspondence information table 18 determined by the input data judgment means 17 is the implementation, extract the information data from the input data correspondence information table 18 (304),
Outputs the display output to the function selection display means (DSB panel) for changing the background color or blinking the corresponding function selection display means (DSB panel).
305) Notify the operator.

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

The function processing means 14 extracts one screen Nα and each display information from the screen information management table 15 as screen data corresponding to the requested index. (308) The information obtained from the screen information management table 15 is transferred to the CRT output processing means 16.
output to the CRT display device 21. (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, 42 is a display area, and communication with the operator is performed.

Reference numeral 42 is an area for displaying an error message when an error is determined by the input data judgment means 14, and 44 is a function selection display means (DSB panel) for indicating that the monitoring operation device has accepted the function selected by the operator. This is an area where the operator is made aware of this by blinking or color display.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 5 shows a man-machine communication configuration diagram based on another embodiment of the present invention.

First, the input data processed by the touch screen input processing means 11 is transferred to the input data processing means 13.
The input data is converted into coordinate values and notified to the input data determining means 17.

The input data determining means 17 is provided with an operating device correspondence table 51 having the structure shown in FIG.
The corresponding device is searched from the operating device arrangement coordinate e in 1, and the blink designation b, background color C1 and display time d are extracted. Based on this retrieved information, the background color change display and blink display data are passed to the CRT output processing means 16, and by color change display and blink display, the operator is quickly notified and the function is processed. The data is passed to the means 14.

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

As explained above, according to this embodiment, the background color of the operation device requested for a figure to be displayed at an arbitrary position on a CRT display screen equipped with a touch screen input function can be changed to a different color or blinked. By doing so, the operator can immediately recognize that the process monitoring operating device has accepted the request.

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

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

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a man-machine functional block diagram according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of an input data correspondence information table, Fig. 3 is a schematic block chart of the present invention, Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a screen that can perform pattern recognition by color change, and Fig. 5 is an example of application of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of a table corresponding to operating devices, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional man-machine function block diagram. In the figure, 1...electronic computer, 2...man-machine device, 11.
...Touch screen input processing means, 12...Keyboard input processing means, 13...Input data processing means, 1
4... Function processing means, 15... Screen information management table, 16... CRT output processing means, 17... Input data judgment means, 18... Input data correspondence information table, 21... CRT Display device, 22... touch screen device, 23... keyboard. (7317) Agent Patent Attorney Noriyuki Chika (88)
69) Agent Ken Daikomaru Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 1'2' Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] A man-machine device consisting of an electronic computer that executes a function requested by an operator, a display device that displays the execution results of the function, and a keyboard and touch screen that exchange information between the operator and the computer;
A process monitoring operation device comprising: input data processing means for converting into an index corresponding to the function selection display means of the man-machine device; presence/absence of input information, blink instruction, background color, display time, etc. configured as a table. an input data correspondence information table, an input data determination means for selecting data based on the index from the input data correspondence information table, and a display output process for displaying the data selected by the input data determination means on a display device. A process monitoring operation device comprising: means.