US-12620371-B2 - Information processing apparatus

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of chromatograph apparatuses includes a display unit, a display processing unit, and an operation receiving unit. The display processing unit causes the display unit to display a management screen in which a display image for each of the chromatograph apparatuses related to at least one of an analysis result in a plurality of the chromatograph apparatuses and operation on a plurality of the chromatograph apparatuses is arranged at a common aspect ratio. The operation receiving unit receives change operation for changing a display mode of the management screen. When the change operation is received by the operation receiving unit, the display processing unit rearranges the display image in a state where an aspect ratio is maintained.

Inventors

Yasuhiro Kimoto
Yuri ITO

Assignees

SHIMADZU CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20230405
Priority Date: 20220531

Claims (7)

1 . An information processing apparatus for communicating with a plurality of chromatograph apparatuses, the information processing apparatus comprising: a first display unit; a display processing unit that causes the first display unit to display a management screen in which an interface comprising a chromatograph analysis result or operation for each of the chromatograph apparatuses is displayed in a separate area, from among a plurality of divided areas, of the management screen, wherein each chromatograph analysis result or operation is arranged at a same aspect ratio in accordance with the plurality of divided areas, and wherein each interface is configured to receive operations for controlling a corresponding chromatograph apparatus; and an operation receiving unit that receives change operation for changing a display mode of the management screen, wherein the plurality of divided areas are displayed in accordance with an array pattern from among a plurality of array patterns, the plurality of array patterns comprising: (i) a one-dimensional division pattern in which the plurality of divided areas are partitioned only in either a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, and (ii) a two-dimensional division pattern in which the plurality of divided areas are partitioned in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and wherein the first display unit is configured to switch between displaying each chromatograph analysis result or operation in the one-dimensional pattern and the two-dimensional division pattern based on the change operation being received by the operation receiving unit, and wherein the display processing unit causes the first display unit to display the management screen with the plurality of divided areas such that the same aspect ratio is maintained in both the one-dimensional pattern and the two-dimensional pattern.
2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the change operation includes operation of rotating the information processing apparatus.
3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the change operation includes operation of changing size of the management screen.
4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display processing unit rearranges the display images corresponding to the plurality of chromatograph apparatuses on one of the management screen and causes the first display unit to display the rearranged display images in a case where the management screen has a predetermined size or more when the change operation is received by the operation receiving unit.
5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display processing unit rearranges the display image corresponding to a part of the plurality of chromatograph apparatuses on one of the management screen and causes the first display unit to display the rearranged display image in a case where the management screen is smaller than a predetermined size when the change operation is received by the operation receiving unit, and switches display of the management screen to rearrange the display image corresponding to a remaining one of the chromatograph apparatuses on the management screen and cause the first display unit to display the rearranged display image when switching operation is received by the operation receiving unit.
6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one chromatograph apparatus of the plurality of chromatograph apparatuses includes a second display unit on which the display image is displayed, and the display processing unit causes the first display unit to display the management screen by using information input from the at least one chromatograph apparatus.
7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the management screen comprises a switching key displayed as a button, and wherein the switching key, when operated, causes the information processing apparatus to switch the display of the management screen to rearrange the display image corresponding to the remaining one of the chromatograph apparatuses on the management screen and cause the first display unit to display the rearranged display image.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2022-088323 filed on May 31, 2022, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of chromatograph apparatuses. Description of the Related Art For example, in a graph display processing apparatus as disclosed in JP-A-2014-75114, after rough alignment positions of a plurality of windows displayed on a display screen are designated by operation by the user, the windows can be aligned. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, in such a graph display processing apparatus, an aspect ratio of windows changes as the windows are aligned. For this reason, for example, if a gradient, an interval between peaks, and the like in a graph of an analysis result change along with a change in an aspect ratio of a window, there is a possibility that the user visually recognizes the analysis result erroneously. That is, for each window, convenience is lowered when the aspect ratio changes. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of arranging display images for a plurality of chromatograph apparatuses on a management screen at a common aspect ratio, and rearranging the display images in a state where the aspect ratio is maintained when a display mode of the management screen is changed. An aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with a plurality of chromatograph apparatuses, and includes a first display unit, a display processing unit, and an operation receiving unit. The display processing unit causes the first display unit to display a management screen in which a display image for each of the chromatograph apparatuses related to at least one of an analysis result in a plurality of the chromatograph apparatuses and operation on a plurality of the chromatograph apparatuses is arranged at a common aspect ratio. The operation receiving unit receives change operation for changing a display mode of the management screen. When the change operation is received by the operation receiving unit, the display processing unit causes the first display unit to display the management screen in which the display image is rearranged in a state where the aspect ratio is maintained. According to the present invention, display images for a plurality of chromatograph apparatuses can be arranged on a management screen at a common aspect ratio, and the display images can be rearranged in a state where the aspect ratio is maintained when a display mode of the management screen is changed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a management system according to the present embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of a management screen according to the present embodiment; FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining rearrangement of a display image according to the present embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first example of rearrangement of a display image according to the present embodiment; FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a second example of rearrangement of a display image according to the present embodiment; FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a third example of rearrangement of a display image according to the present embodiment; FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram illustrating a specific example of an electrical configuration of an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment; FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of screen display processing of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment; and FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of display switching processing of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 1. Management System FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a management system 10 according to the present embodiment. Further, FIG. 1 is also a block diagram illustrating an example of an electrical configuration of an information processing apparatus 20 of the present embodiment. The management system 10 includes the information processing apparatus 20. The information processing apparatus 20 includes a control unit 22, a display unit 30, an operation receiving unit 32, a communication unit 34, and the like, which are electrically connected to each other via a circuit 36 such as a bus. The control unit 22 is responsible for overall control of the information processing apparatus 20. The control unit 22 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 24. Further, the control unit 22 includes a random access memory (RAM) 26 and a storage un