JP2003157133A - Unit and method for screen display and carrying device using the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily switch display pictures of setting items, states, etc., of a device and a system at a low operation frequency. SOLUTION: When the longitudinal tag of a 'supply part' of a 2nd layer belonging to the lateral tag of a 'consumables state' of a 1st layer is selected, the consumables state of the supply part is displayed on a screen. To display detailed items of the lateral tag of 'supply 1' of the 2nd layer belonging to the lateral tag of a different 'I/O monitor' of the 1st layer, (1) the lateral tag 'I/O monitor' is selected and (2) a longitudinal tag 'supply 1' is selected; and then the detailed items of a 2nd layer 'supply 1' of the different 1st layer 'I/O monitor' can be displayed by 2nd selecting operation and the screen display can easily be switched at a low operation frequency.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen display screen display device for displaying various setting items, statuses, etc., based on the contents displayed on the display section of the device, and more particularly to displaying a plurality of setting item display screens in a hierarchy. Regardless, the present invention relates to a screen display device and method that can be easily transitioned to and displayed, and a transport device using the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The operation section of an electronic device or a system having a plurality of devices is provided with an operation display section for displaying the status of each part of the apparatus and setting items. By operating the operation unit while watching the display on the display unit of the operation display unit, the status of each unit of the device can be selected and displayed on the screen, and the setting items of each unit can be set.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of this operation display unit. When the area of the display screen 50 of the device cannot be made large and there is a restriction, the display content has a hierarchy and is displayed on another screen. In order to save space in the operation unit, a touch panel that can be operated by directly touching the display screen 50 with a finger is used without providing an operation unit separately.

On the initial menu screen (not shown), the first
Multiple screens in the hierarchy can be selected. Illustrated screen 50
Is one of the first layer screens. On the first level screen, various display items are displayed as tags 51 (51
A to 51D), for example, when the tag 51C portion of "consumables" is selected, the contents related to the consumables of the apparatus are displayed. To display more detailed contents,
By selecting the “select” key 52 for displaying details by item, the details are displayed on the screen of the second layer, and more detailed item display and item setting can be performed.

A "return" key 53 is displayed on the detailed screen, and it is possible to return to the initial menu screen by following this operation. FIG. 11 shows an outline of a hierarchy of keys having the above-described conventional configuration. A plurality of tags can be moved to the lower layers to display and set more detailed information.

[0006]

However, in the above screen display configuration, the second layer in the lower layer of the first layer screen 1 is used.
Other screens of the same hierarchy in the display state of screen 1-1 of the hierarchy 1-
To display 2, 1. After operating the "Return" key 53 once to display the first layer screen 1, 2. Second layer screen 1-2
Two operations are required to operate the "select" key 52 for.

FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart for switching a screen to another layer according to the conventional technique. Second layer screen 1-
In the state where 2 is displayed (S40), a switching operation of a plurality of times (total of 4 times in this example) is required to shift to the second layer screen 2-2 belonging to another first layer. On this occasion,
After returning to the initial menu screen (S44) by operating the "Return" key 53 twice (S41, S43) (1.
2. ), And further, selecting the other first layer screen 2 by operating the "select" key 52 twice (S45), the second layer screen 2-
2 is selected (S47, FIG. B,) and displayed (S48).

As the number of detailed items increases, the number of switching operations increases correspondingly. Therefore, when a system is configured with multiple devices or multiple devices,
This has led to an increase in the number of operations.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a screen display device and method for easily switching between display screens such as device, system setting items, and status with a small number of operations, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a carrier device using the device. In particular, a component inspection device is often operated continuously for a long time. In addition, mechanical transportation is likely to occur when the parts are transported. Furthermore, the inspection unit (test fixture) that takes out signals from the parts
Since it is more like a consumable item, the purpose is to display the usage status easily.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the screen display device of the present invention displays various items to be displayed on the display screen (20) of the display unit (2) by displaying a plurality of tags for each item. A horizontal tag (21) arranged along the horizontal direction of
A plurality of tags for each detailed item belonging to the horizontal tag is configured by a vertical tag (22) arranged along the vertical direction of the screen, and by selecting the horizontal tag and the vertical tag belonging to the horizontal tag, Detailed items that belong to the corresponding horizontal tag and are selected by the vertical tag (2
3) is provided with a processing unit (4).

The processing unit (4) continuously displays the plurality of horizontal tags (21) to directly select another horizontal tag while the detailed item (23) is displayed and switch the display. Can be configured as possible.

Further, the plurality of vertical tags (22) may be different items for each item of the horizontal tags (21) to which the vertical tags belong.

Further, there is provided an operation unit (3) for switching the set value of the detailed item (23) and the display screen, which operation unit is superposed on the display screen (20) of the display unit (2). It may be configured with a touch panel provided.

A carrying device of the present invention is a carrying device using the screen display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and is provided with a carrying section for carrying the article for inspection and measurement of the article. In the carrying device, the processing unit (4) indicates each item of maintenance and inspection for the carrying device by the horizontal tag (21).
Is displayed on the screen, and is displayed on the screen using the vertical tag (22) for each component of the transport device.

According to the screen display method of the present invention, various items corresponding to the first layer are displayed on the display screen (20) of the display unit (2), and a plurality of tags for each item are provided along the horizontal direction of the screen. Two
1) A plurality of tags of the second layer for each detailed item belonging to the horizontal tag of the first layer are arranged and displayed as vertical tags (22) along the vertical direction of the screen. The corresponding detailed item (23) is displayed by selecting the vertical tag, the horizontal tag of the first layer is constantly displayed on the display screen, and the other detailed item of the second layer is selected and displayed. When a horizontal tag is selected, the vertical tags belonging to the selected horizontal tag can be selected.

According to the above construction, when the horizontal tag 21 on the display screen 20 is selected, the vertical tags 22 belonging to this horizontal tag are displayed, and when the vertical tag 22 is selected, the vertical tags 22 corresponding to these selected horizontal tags and vertical tags are displayed. The detailed item 23 to be displayed is displayed.
In this state, another horizontal tag 21 can be selected. The vertical tags 22 belonging to the selected horizontal tag 21 are displayed. In this way, by selecting the horizontal tag 21 and the vertical tag 22, it is possible to easily switch screens of different layers with a small number of operations.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a screen display device of the present invention. The present invention can be applied to an automatic inspection device that measures the electrical characteristics of electronic components. The screen display device 1 has a display unit 2 and an operation unit 3, and displays various settings relating to the automatic inspection device, operation status, consumable product status, and the like on the display unit 2. The operation unit 3 is used for screen switching operation, setting value input, and the like. In this embodiment, a configuration in which the operation unit 3 including a touch panel is provided on the display unit 2 will be described as an example.

The display unit 2 displays various items related to measurement of electronic parts and various items related to maintenance of the automatic inspection device itself. The operator observes the display on the display unit 2,
One of the above items is selected by moving the marker displayed on the display unit 2 by operating the keys of the operation unit 3.

The operation unit 3 is included in the processing unit 4 having a CPU and the like.
The operation content of is input and every time the operation unit 3 is operated, the display screen corresponding to the operation content is displayed on the display unit 2. Storage unit 5
Stores a plurality of display screens for displaying the above-mentioned various items necessary for guiding the operation to the display unit 2 in advance.
A screen corresponding to the operation of the operation unit 3 is called by the processing unit 4. In addition, the storage unit 5 stores data obtained by the processing unit 4 controlling each component of the measurement configuration unit 7 corresponding to various items selected by the operation unit 3.

The processing unit 4 outputs each screen to the display unit 2 and outputs necessary information on this screen, for example, set values to be set to the measurement configuration unit 7 input by the operation unit 3 and the measurement configuration unit. The detection value (data) detected in 7 and maintenance data such as the usage frequency of consumables of each constituent element of the measurement constituent unit 7 are also output to the display unit 2.

A specific example applied to an automatic inspection device for electronic parts will be described below. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the automatic inspection device 10. This apparatus is generally provided with a supply unit 11 that supplies an electronic component W to be inspected, and an electronic component W from the supply unit 11.
The index part 12 for taking out and aligning the electronic parts W, the alignment part 13 for positioning the electronic component W with respect to the measuring jig (test fixture) in the preceding stage, the test fixture part 14 for measuring the electrical characteristics of the electronic component W, and the Collection unit 1 for taking out and collecting the electronic component W from the jig
5 and.

In this apparatus, a plurality of systems (2CH) are provided between the supply section 11 and the recovery section 15, and the electrical characteristics of the electronic component W are measured independently for each CH. Further, each component has a transport mechanism for the electronic component W and a positioning mechanism for measurement, and these are centrally controlled by a central controller.

The screen display device of the present invention is connected to this control unit and displays the operating status of each unit and the frequency of use of consumables on the display unit 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 2 is provided on the front surface of the housing 16 of the automatic inspection device 10 for monitoring and maintaining the automatic inspection.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the hierarchical structure of the display screen of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the screen configuration. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the plurality of first layer screens 1 and 2 has second layer screens 1-1, 1-2, 2-1 and 2-2 in the lower layer. As shown in Figure 4, all screens, regardless of hierarchy,
A horizontal tag 21 and a vertical tag 22 are displayed. Horizontal tag 2
1 is arranged side by side in the horizontal direction of the screen on the display screen 20 of the display unit 2, and vertical tags 22 are arranged in the vertical direction on the left side of the screen in the display screen displayed by each horizontal tag 21. Will be placed.

As shown in the figure, a plurality of vertical tags 22 are displayed in the display area of the selected horizontal tag 21, and detailed items 23 related to the selected vertical tag 22 are displayed. In the state shown in FIG. 4, the contents of all the horizontal tags 21 are displayed with the display contents unchanged, and the vertical tags 22
Displays the content belonging to the selected horizontal tag 21.

The processing unit 4 corresponds to arbitrary operation selection of the horizontal tag 21 and the vertical tag 22. As shown in FIG. 3, if another horizontal tag 21 is operated while the first layer screen 1 is displayed,
It is possible to switch and display to another screen 2 in the hierarchy (A in the figure). Also, by operating another vertical tag 22 in the display state of the second layer screen 1-1, it is possible to switch and display to another screen 1-2 of the second layer belonging to the first layer (in the figure). B).

Since the horizontal tags 21 and the vertical tags 22 are displayed in a matrix, even if the basic first layer screen is different, the second layer belonging to other screens of the first layer is the same. It becomes possible to switch to the screen of with a small number of operations.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation contents of this switching process. For example, switching from the second hierarchy screen 1-1 to the second hierarchy screen 2-2 shown in FIG. 3 will be described as an example. 1. While displaying the second layer screen 1-1 (S1), the horizontal tag 21
When the first layer screen 2 is selected with (S2), the first layer screen 2 is displayed (S3). 2. Next, the vertical tag 22
When the hierarchy screen 2-2 is selected (S4), the second hierarchy screen 2
-2 is displayed (S5). In this way, by the matrix arrangement of the horizontal tags 21 and the vertical tags 22, it becomes possible to perform switching display on another screen in the same hierarchy by two selection operations.

The display screen switching process will be described below using a more specific example. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the display unit 2 when applied to the automatic inspection device 10.
The horizontal tag 21 is a display item related to the automatic inspection device 10 and includes five items (production information 21A, operating rate 21B, consumable item status 21C, etc.) relating to maintenance data indicating the usage status by itself.
There are an alarm 21D and an I / O monitor 21E). The upper part of these is acquired by the processing unit 4 from each component of the measurement component unit 7 and stored in the storage unit 5. For acquisition, a method using a sensor or counting control commands output from the processing unit 4 is used.

In the vertical tag 22, the names of a plurality of constituent elements constituting the automatic inspection apparatus 10 are arranged on the left side of the screen along the vertical direction. In the illustrated example, the tag 2 corresponding to each of the five components (the supply unit 11, the index unit 12, the alignment unit 13, the test fixture 14, and the collection unit 15)
2A to 22E are displayed respectively.

The vertical tag 22 is displayed in the horizontal tag 21 as information indicating details of the contents of the items classified by the horizontal tag. In the case of the example shown in the figure, the “consumable status” of the horizontal tag 21C is selected, and the “alignment unit 13” of the vertical tag 22C is selected.

In this case, as the detailed item 23 on the screen,
Details of the chuck, which is a consumable item in the alignment unit 13 provided in the automatic inspection device 10, are displayed on the screen. The chuck is a suction nozzle provided in a hand that holds an electronic component.

As shown in the figure, the detail item 23 is a set value 23a of the chuck life count for 2CH and a use count of 2
3b is displayed. As the set value 23a, the number of lifespan of the chuck is numerically input from the operation unit 3. The number of times of use 23b is a bar graph showing the number of times of use of the chuck up to the present. In this way, set the life frequency of the life parts,
By displaying the current number of times of use against the number of times of life in a bar graph, it becomes possible to easily grasp at a glance the remaining life of the life parts.

The horizontal tag 21 and the vertical tag 22 are selected by directly touching the touch panel with a finger. The detection of the contact position is performed by detecting the contact of the finger on the coordinate position of the screens X and Y, which is generally used.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of a hierarchy of keys using the vertical tags 21 and the horizontal tags 22. If another horizontal tag 21 is operated in the display state of the detailed item 23 of the "consumables status" on the first layer screen, another screen "I /
It can be displayed by switching to "O monitor" (A in the figure).

If another vertical tag 22 is operated in the display state (FIG. 6) of the second layer screen "alignment", the first layer is displayed.
It is possible to switch and display to another screen “supply unit” or the like in the second layer belonging to the layer “consumables status” (B in the figure).

Since the horizontal tags 21 and the vertical tags 22 are displayed in a matrix, even if the basic first layer screen is different, the second layer belonging to other screens of the first layer is the same. It becomes possible to switch to the screen of with a small number of operations.

For example, from the second layer screen "Alignment" belonging to the first layer screen "Consumables status" shown in FIG.
The switching to the second layer screen “Supply 1” belonging to the different first layer screen “I / O monitor” shown in FIG. 9 will be described as an example.

1. When the horizontal tag 21E on the different first layer screen "I / O monitor" is selected (S2) while the second layer screen "Consumables Status-Alignment" shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (S1 in FIG. 5), The default first layer screen "I
"/ O monitor" is displayed (FIG. 8, S3). In the default state, the top vertical tag 22A1 "measuring instrument communication CH1" belonging to the first layer screen "I / O monitor" is displayed.

2. Next, the second layer screen “Supply 1” belonging to the first layer screen “I / O monitor” is set to the vertical tag 22A3.
When selected with (S4), as shown in FIG. 9, detailed information 23 regarding the second layer screen “Supply 1” is displayed (S4).
5). In this way, by the matrix arrangement of the horizontal tags 21 and the vertical tags 22, it becomes possible to perform switching display on another screen in the same hierarchy by two selection operations.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the number of items of the vertical tag 22 belonging to the first hierarchy screen "I / O monitor" is as shown in FIG.
More items 22a to 22g (measurement device communication CH1, than the number of items of the vertical tag 22 of the first layer screen “consumables status” described)
Measuring instrument communication CH2, supply 1, supply 2, alignment, recovery 1, recovery 2) are displayed. other,
More items can be displayed by operating the scroll key 22h at the bottom. In this way, the vertical tag 22 can be configured differently according to the contents of the first layer (horizontal tag 21) to which it belongs. The vertical tags 22 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are the same as those shown in FIG.
Similarly, they are the respective parts constituting the automatic inspection device 10.

[0042]

According to the screen display device of the present invention, since the horizontal tags and the vertical tags are arranged in a matrix, desired detailed items can be displayed by a simple operation by selecting these horizontal tags and vertical tags. Like Further, by always displaying the horizontal tag, it is possible to easily switch screens between the same layers or different layers with a small number of operations. The number of detailed items can be increased by configuring the vertical tag items to be different for each horizontal tag item. In addition, by configuring the touch panel with the operation unit on the display unit, the device can be downsized, and in particular, even when applied to a device in which the size of the display unit is restricted, good operability can be obtained. Will be able to.

According to the carrying apparatus of the present invention, the items for maintenance and inspection are assigned to the horizontal tags, and the components of the apparatus are assigned to the vertical tags, so that the display of the items for maintenance and inspection in each component can be easily performed. Like In particular, even if the installation space for the display unit cannot be saved, a plurality of detailed items can be displayed on one screen by switching the display screen, and the display screen can be easily switched with a small number of operations. .

According to the screen switching method of the present invention, the corresponding detailed item is displayed by selecting each of the horizontal tag and the vertical tag. By displaying the horizontal tag at all times, regardless of the currently displayed layer, It is possible to easily switch the screen for other detailed items in any hierarchy with a small number of operations. In particular, in automatic inspection equipment that continuously measures for a long period of time, or in equipment that has consumables, such as test fixtures that contact electronic components and exchange signals with them, The effect that the usage status of each component can be seen with a simple operation is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a screen display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an electronic component automatic inspection device to which the screen display device is applied.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a hierarchical structure of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen configuration example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of screen switching of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen when applied to an automatic inspection device.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a hierarchical structure when applied to an automatic inspection device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram (No. 1) showing a display screen during a switching operation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram (No. 2) showing a display screen at the time of switching operation.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen of a conventional screen display device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of a conventional display screen.

FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart of conventional screen switching.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Screen display device, 2 ... Display part, 3 ... Operation part, 4 ... Processing part, 5 ... Storage part, 10 ... Automatic inspection device, 11 ... Supply part,
12 ... Index part, 13 ... Alignment part, 14 ...
Test fixture section, 15 ... Collection section, 20 ... Display screen, 21 (21A to 21E) ... Horizontal tag, 22 (22A to)
22E, 22a to 22h) ... Vertical tags, 23 ... Detailed items.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A horizontal tag (21) in which various tags for displaying various items to be displayed on the display screen (20) of the display unit (2) are arranged along the horizontal direction of the screen, and the horizontal tag (21). A vertical tag (22) in which a plurality of detailed item-specific tags are arranged along the vertical direction of the screen, and by selecting the horizontal tag and the vertical tag belonging to the horizontal tag, the corresponding horizontal tag is selected. A screen display device comprising a processing unit (4) for displaying a detailed item (23) belonging to a tag and selected by a vertical tag. 2. The processing unit (4) constantly displays the plurality of horizontal tags (21) to directly select another horizontal tag while the detailed item (23) is displayed and switch the display. The screen display device according to claim 1, which is possible. 3. The screen display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of vertical tags (22) are different items for each item of the horizontal tags (21) to which the vertical tags belong. 4. A set value of the detailed item (23) and an operation unit (3) for switching the display screen, the operation unit being overlaid on the display screen (20) of the display unit (2). The screen display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the screen display device comprises a touch panel. 5. A carrying device provided with a carrying unit for carrying an article for inspecting and measuring the article, wherein the processing section (4) indicates each item of maintenance and inspection for the carrying apparatus by the horizontal tag ( 21) is used to display a screen, and the vertical tags (2
2. The screen is displayed using 2).
A transporting device using the screen display device according to any one of to 4. 6. The display screen (20) of the display unit (2) has a first screen.
Various items corresponding to the hierarchy are displayed by arranging and displaying a plurality of tags for each item as a horizontal tag (21) along the horizontal direction of the screen. A plurality of tags are arranged and displayed as vertical tags (22) along the vertical direction of the screen, and detailed items (2
3) is displayed, the horizontal tag of the first layer is always displayed on the display screen, and when another horizontal tag is selected while the detailed items of the second layer are selectively displayed, the horizontal tag is selected. A screen display method, wherein the vertical tag belonging to a horizontal tag is selectable.