JPH04181457A - Menu item display device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a menu item display device, the purpose is to reduce the amount of key operations for selecting a menu item, and the menu item memory records a plurality of menu items;
a display section that displays the plurality of menu items in a predetermined order; a counter section that counts the number of selections of the selected menu item; a selection number memory that records the number of selections; and a selection number memory based on the result of the selection number memory. and a control section that changes the display order of menu items on the display section.

[Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a menu item display device.

On a personal computer or workstation, menu items are displayed on the initial screen, and the user selects the required menu item from among them to begin work. However, as personal computers and workstations become more multifunctional, the number of menu items also increases, and the amount of key operations required to select a desired menu item from among them also tends to increase.

Since selecting a menu item is an operation that must be performed when starting up a personal computer or workstation, an increase in the amount of key operations places a large psychological burden on the operator. Therefore, it is required to be able to quickly select menu items.

[Conventional technology]

On a personal computer or workstation, a necessary menu item is usually selected from menu items displayed in a tree format. For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), main menu items A, B, and C are displayed in a predetermined order on the initial screen after the power is turned on. When the operator selects the desired menu item from among them, the submenu items corresponding to that menu item are then displayed.

Then, the operator again selects the necessary menu item from among them. If there is a menu item at a lower level, the selection is made in the same way. As described above, the operator must select menu items many times for each displayed screen. The operation of selecting a necessary menu item from among the menu items displayed on the display screen is normally performed as follows.

When main menu items A, B, and C are displayed on the initial screen, a cursor (not shown) is located on one of the menu items to indicate that it has been selected, and the operator can press the button on the keyboard. By pressing the selection key, the cursor is moved and the desired menu item is selected. Typically, the cursor is located on a menu item displayed at the top of the display screen. Therefore, Fig. 3 (
In example a), menu item A can be selected immediately without pressing the selection key, but menu item C can be selected immediately.
must be selected by pressing the selection key twice and moving the cursor. Selection is made in a similar manner for submenu items.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the past, the display order of menu items displayed on the screen was fixed and could not be changed.

Normally, the display order is predetermined so that the menu items expected to be used most frequently can be selected with a small amount of keystrokes. However, if the frequency of use of a menu item to be selected changes due to a change in work content, etc., the amount of key operations increases, creating a problem for the operator.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the amount of key operations required to select menu items.

[Means to solve the problem]

The solution to the above problem is to provide a menu item memory that records a plurality of menu items, a display section that displays the plurality of menu items in a predetermined order, a counter section that counts the number of times a selected menu item is selected, and a This is achieved by a menu item display device comprising a selection number memory for recording the number of selections, and a control section for changing the display order of menu items on the display section based on the result of the selection number memory.

[Function] According to the present invention, the display order of menu items on the display section is changed depending on the number of times the menu item is selected, and the menu item that is selected more often can be displayed at a position where the amount of key operation is less. Therefore, the amount of key operations required to select a necessary menu item can be reduced.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a menu item memory, 2 is a display section, 3 is a counter section, 4 is a selection number memory, 5 is a control section, and 5a is an address. memory, 5
b is a CPU, and 6 is a keyboard. Figure 2 (a), (
b) is a diagram explaining the change of display order, Figure 3(a), (
b) is a diagram showing a display screen. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, in the initial state, as shown in FIG. 2(a), menu items are stored with addresses in the menu item memory 1, and in the address memory 5a in the control section 5, The addresses of the above menu items are stored in a predetermined order. After the power is turned on, the address memory 5 is
Starting from the address (01) stored at the beginning of a, the menu items are read out in the order shown in the figure and sent to the menu item memory 1. The addresses are sent to the display section 2 by accessing the menu items in the order in which they are read. As a result, Figure 3(a)
As shown in , on the screen of the display unit 2, A, B,
Menu items are displayed in order C.

The operator then presses the selection key on the keyboard 6 to move the cursor and select the required menu item.

If the cursor is set to be located at a menu item that is displayed at the top of the display screen before operating the selection key, menu item A can be selected immediately without pressing the selection key. However, in order to select another menu item, it is necessary to press the selection key the number of times corresponding to its display position.For example, to select menu item C, the selection key must be pressed twice. When menu item C is selected in this way, the number of selections is counted by the counter 3, and the result is sent to the CPU.
The number of selections is recorded in the memo 'J4 via 5b. The selection number memory 4 records the number of previous selections for each menu item, and the number of selections of menu item C increases by one by the above count. Then CP
U5b reads the contents of the selection number memory 4, compares the number of selections of each menu item, and changes the storage order of addresses in the address memory 5a in descending order of the number of selections. The previous order is maintained between addresses that have been selected the same number of times.

As a result of repeated menu item selection operations as described above, menu items C, A, and B are selected in descending order of the number of selections.
When this happens, the addresses in the address memory 5a are stored in the order of (03), (01), and (02) corresponding to the above order, as shown in FIG. 2('b). There will be.

Therefore, when displaying the next menu item, the second
As shown in Figure 1), the address (03) stored at the beginning of the address memory 5a is sequentially sent to the menu item memory 1, and in this order the menu items are called up and sent to the display section 2. Then, C, A, and B are displayed on the screen of the display unit 2 in this order.

The same selection operation as described above is performed for submenu items as well. FIG. 3(b) shows the display screen when main menu item C and submenu item C3 have been selected the most times, and when menu items C and C3 are selected in this state, can be selected immediately without pressing the selection key.

Note that in this embodiment, the menu items are displayed from top to bottom in descending order of the number of selections on the display screen, but this is not the only option. The display may be sequentially displayed toward both ends.

Furthermore, although a keyboard is used to select menu items in this embodiment, other input devices such as a mouse may also be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the display order of menu items can be changed according to the number of selections of menu items, the amount of key operations required for menu item selection can be reduced, and This is useful for improving operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining changing the display order, where (a) is the initial state and (b) is the state after menu item selection. , FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the display screen, where (a) is the initial state and (b) is the state after menu item selection. In the figure, 1 is a menu item memory, 2 is a display section, 3 is a counter section, 4 is a selection number memory, 5 is a control section, 5a is an address memory, 5b is a CPU, and 6 is a keyboard. , 5 Control unit Block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention Fig. 1 Initial state State after menu item selection (a) (b
) Diagram 2 to explain the change in display 1 order

Claims (1)

[Claims] Menu item memory (1
), a display section (2) that displays the plurality of menu items in a predetermined order, and a counter section (2) that counts the number of times a selected menu item is selected.
3), a selection number memory (4) for recording the number of selections, and a display unit (2) based on the result of the selection number memory (4).
control unit that changes the display order of menu items in ) ( ).
5) A menu item display device comprising: