INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150046798A1
• Filed: 07/25/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: KAWAKAMI, Fumio, ISHIHARA, Hiromi
• Application Number:
  US14/340,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046798A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/249
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/22 characterised by the display of characters or indicia using display control signals derived from coded signals representing the characters or indicia, e.g. with a character-code memory
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/26 for modifying the character dimensions, e.g. double width, double height

Abstract

An information processing apparatus stores calculates, based on a display area information, a degree of visibility of characters for a case in which a character string is displayed in a display area using a first display format that displays all of the characters in the same size in a single line, and a degree of visibility of the characters for a case in which the character string is displayed in the display area using a second display format that displays all of the characters in the same size in a plurality of lines. The information processing apparatus transmits, to the programmable display apparatus, in association with one another, the character string, the display area information, and attribute information for displaying the character string on the programmable display apparatus using the one of the first and second display formats that has a higher degree of visibility.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus communicably connected to a programmable display apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a first character string and display area information indicating a size of a predetermined display area;

a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the display area information, a degree of visibility of characters for a case in which the first character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a first display format, and a degree of visibility of the characters for a case in which the first character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a second display format, the first display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a single line, and the second display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a plurality of lines; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, in association with one another, the first character string, the display area information, and first attribute information to the programmable display apparatus, the first attribute information being for displaying the first character string on the programmable display apparatus using the one of the first display format and the second display format that has a higher degree of visibility.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the degrees of visibility of the characters are character sizes, and

the first attribute information includes first size information indicating a character size calculated by the calculation unit.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

if the one of the first display format and the second display format that has the higher degree of visibility is the second display format, the first attribute information further includes position information designating a line feed position in the first character string.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the first character string is composed of one or more words,

the one or more words are composed of one or more characters, and

the calculation unit calculates a character size of the first character string for the second display format on a condition that a word composed of a plurality of characters is displayed in the same line.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the first character string is a character string in a first language,

the storage unit further stores a second character string that is a translation of the first character string in a second language,

the calculation unit further calculates, based on the display area information, a degree of visibility of characters for a case in which the second character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using the first display format, and a degree of visibility of the characters for a case in which the second character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using the second display format,

the transmission unit further transmits the second character string and second attribute information to the programmable display apparatus in correspondence with the display area information, the second attribute information being for displaying the second character string on the programmable display apparatus using the one of the first display format and the second display format that has a higher degree of visibility,

the degrees of visibility of the characters are character sizes of the second character string, and

the second attribute information includes second size information indicating a character size of the second character string calculated by the calculation unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

if the one of the first display format and the second display format that has the higher degree of visibility is the second display format, the second attribute information further includes position information designating a line feed position in the second character string.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

the second character string is composed of one or more words,

the one or more words are composed of one or more characters, and

the calculation unit calculates a character size of the second character string for the second display format on a condition that a word composed of a plurality of characters is displayed in a single line.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the storage unit further stores setting value information indicating an initial setting value of a character size of the second character string, the information processing apparatus further comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the second character string is displayable in a first display area using the first display format while the character size of the second character string is set to the initial setting value,

wherein if the determination unit determines that the second character string is not displayable in the first display area, the calculation unit calculates, based on first display area information, a character size for a case in which the second character string is displayed in the first display area using the first display format, and a character size for a case in which the second character string is displayed in the first display area using the second display format.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the first character string is composed of one or more words,

the one or more words are composed of one or more characters, and

the degrees of visibility of the characters are specified by a character size and by whether or not a line feed is inserted in a middle of a word.

10. A programmable display apparatus communicably connected to a programmable logic controller, the programmable display apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a predetermined character string and display area information indicating a size of a predetermined display area;

a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the display area information, a degree of visibility of characters for a case in which the predetermined character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a first display format, and a degree of visibility of the characters for a case in which the predetermined character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a second display format, the first display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in one column, and the second display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a plurality of columns;

a selection unit configured to select the one of the first display format and the second display format that has a higher degree of visibility of the characters; and

a display unit configured to display the predetermined character string inside the predetermined display area using the selected display format.

11. A data processing method used in an information processing apparatus communicably connected to a programmable display apparatus, the data processing method comprising:

a step of calculating, based on display area information indicating a size of a predetermined display area, a degree of visibility of characters for a case in which a predetermined character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a first display format, and a degree of visibility of the characters for a case in which the predetermined character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a second display format, the first display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a single line, and the second display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a plurality of lines; and

a step of transmitting, in association with one another, the predetermined character string, the display area information, and attribute information to the programmable display apparatus, the attribute information being for displaying the predetermined character string on the programmable display apparatus using the one of the first display format and the second display format that has a higher degree of visibility.

12. A program for controlling an information processing apparatus communicably connected to a programmable display apparatus, the program causing a processor of the information processing apparatus to execute:

a step of calculating, based on display area information indicating a size of a predetermined display area, a degree of visibility of characters for a case in which a predetermined character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a first display format, and a degree of visibility of the characters for a case in which the predetermined character string is displayed in the predetermined display area using a second display format, the first display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a single line, and the second display format displaying all of the characters in the same size in a plurality of lines; and

a step of transmitting, in association with one another, the predetermined character string, the display area information, and attribute information to the programmable display apparatus, the attribute information being for displaying the predetermined character string on the programmable display apparatus using the one of the first display format and the second display format that has a higher degree of visibility.