Data editing apparatus, data editing method, and data editing program

• US 10,203,850 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Ishikuro, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Ashish
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahmood, Rezwanul
• Application Number:
  US15/542,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,446 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/13004 Programming the plc
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels

Abstract

A data editing apparatus has: a storage unit which stores first and second project data; a temporary screen data creating unit which creates temporary screen data based on screen data selected from among a first group of screen data; a temporary label list creating unit which creates a temporary label list including a label written in the temporary screen data; a temporary data changing unit which replaces the label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list with a label which does not overlap with the label written in a second label list, when the label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list is written in the second label list; and a project data adding unit which adds allocation information written in the changed temporary screen data and temporary label list to the second label list.

Claims

1. A data editing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store;

first project data including;

a first group of screen data; and

a first label list having written therein allocation information for associating a label and a device name written in the first group of screen data with each other, and

second project data including;

a second group of screen data; and

a second label list having written therein allocation information for associating a label and a device name written in the second group of screen data with each other;

a temporary screen data creating unit configured to create temporary screen data based on screen data selected from among the first group of screen data;

a temporary label list creating unit configured to create a temporary label list based on allocation information in the first label list including a label written in the temporary screen data;

a temporary data changing unit configured to, in response to determining that a label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list, which is to be written in the second label list, is identical to a label written in the second label list, replace the label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list with a label that is not identical to the label written in the second label list, to thereby generate changed temporary screen data and a changed temporary label list; and

a project data adding unit configured to add the changed temporary screen data to the second project data, and to add allocation information written in the changed temporary label list to the second label list.

2. The data editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the temporary data changing unit includes:

a temporary label list changing unit configured to replace the label written in the temporary label list with the label that is not identical to the label written in the second label list when the label written in the temporary label list is written in the second label list; and

a temporary screen data changing unit configured to replace the label to be changed by the temporary label list changing unit with the label changed by the temporary label list changing unit, in the temporary screen data.

3. The data editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a temporary label list adding unit configured to, when a label or device name written in the temporary screen data is not written in the temporary label list, create allocation information including the label or device name that has not been written in the temporary label list and add the allocation information to the temporary label list.

4. The data editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the temporary label list adding unit includes:

a temporary screen data searching unit configured to search for and extract a label written in the temporary screen data;

a label list searching unit configured to search the first label list using the label extracted by the temporary screen data searching unit and thereby generate search results; and

an allocation information adding unit configured to create allocation information representing that the label extracted by the temporary screen data searching unit is not associated with a device name, and add the allocation information to the temporary label list, in response to the search results indicating that allocation information including the label extracted by the temporary screen data searching unit is not written in the first label list.

5. The data editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the temporary screen data searching unit is further configured to search for and extract a device name written in selected screen data, and

the allocation information adding unit is further configured to create a label that is not identical to the label written in the temporary label list and create allocation information for associating the device name extracted by the temporary screen data searching unit with the created label to add the allocation information to the temporary label list, and replace the extracted device name written in the temporary screen data with the created label.

6. A data editing method comprising:

a temporary screen data creating step of creating temporary screen data based on screen data selected from among a first group of screen data in first project data including the first group of screen data and a first label list having written therein allocation information for associating a label and a device name written in the first group of screen data with each other;

a temporary label list creating step of creating a temporary label list based on the allocation information in the first label list including a label written in the selected screen data;

a temporary data changing step of, in response to determining that a label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list, which is to be written in a second label list in second project data including a second group of screen data and the second label list having written therein allocation information for associating a label and a device name written in the second group of screen data with each other, is identical to a label written in the second label list, replacing the label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list with a label that is not identical to the label written in the second label list, to thereby generate changed temporary screen data and a changed temporary label list; and

a project data adding step of adding the changed temporary screen data to the second project data and adding allocation information written in the changed temporary label list to the second label list.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute:

a temporary screen data creating step of creating temporary screen data based on screen data selected from among a first group of screen data in first project data including the first group of screen data and a first label list having written therein allocation information for associating a label and a device name written in the first group of screen data with each other;

a temporary label list creating step of creating a temporary label list based on the allocation information in the first label list including a label written in the selected screen data;

a temporary data changing step of, in response to determining that a label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list, which is to be written in a second label list in second project data including a second group of screen data and the second label list having written therein allocation information for associating a label and a device name written in the second group of screen data with each other, is identical to a label written in the second label list, replacing the label written in the temporary screen data and the temporary label list with a label that is not identical to the label written in the second label list, to thereby generate changed temporary screen data and a changed temporary label list; and

a project data adding step of adding the changed temporary screen data to the second project data and adding allocation information written in the changed temporary label list to the second label list.