JPH0638259B2 - Display method of selection candidates - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method of displaying a selection candidate group on a display screen of a word processor or the like.

(B) Conventional technology In a conventional word processor (for example, a word processor SWP-3400 manufactured by Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.), a desired one is selected and input from a plurality of selection candidates as in the case of inputting Chinese characters having the same phonetic sense. In this case, for example, 10 candidates from all candidates are displayed as a group on the screen, and if there is a desired one, the desired number is input by inputting the selection number, and the desired one is selected. If there is not, the next candidate group is called by the key operation of the keyboard and displayed, and if it is not in it, the next candidate group is called and displayed sequentially, and when the display of all candidates ends, from the first candidate group Again, a rotary type display system is adopted in which display is performed in the same manner as described above.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the rotary display method, the display of the first round and the display of the second round of all candidates are the same,
It is difficult to distinguish between the second group and the second group, especially when the total number of candidates is a multiple of the number of candidates (10) in one group, it becomes more difficult to distinguish the last group from the first group, and the same candidate There is a problem that it is displayed many times.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a display method for informing the user of the redisplay of the same candidate, and the display form of the selection candidate group is displayed differently for each cycle. Is characterized by.

(E) Action According to the present invention, since the display form of the selection candidate group is different between the first round and the second round, it is possible to easily identify the end of the first round display of the selection candidate group.

(F) Embodiment Hereinafter, the case where the present invention is applied to a word processor will be described as an example with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the entire word processor. (1) is an input device consisting of a keyboard, (2) is a CRT or LC.
A display device such as D, (3) is a central processing unit which is composed of a CPU or the like and controls each part and executes character data processing, and (4) is a storage device which stores various data such as Chinese characters, symbols and illustrations. The input device has a character input key part (5) for inputting character data such as kana and alphanumeric characters and a function key part (6) for executing various functions, and the function key part (6) inputs kana characters. Kanji conversion key (7) for converting a character string to a character string containing Kanji, a no (pre) conversion key (8) for directly entering a kana input character string, selection candidates for kanji, symbols, illustrations, etc. Includes Kanji dictionary keys (9) for calling.
While the selection candidate is displayed, the key for calling the next candidate is also the Kanji dictionary key (9), and the key for calling the previous candidate is also the none (previous) conversion key (8).

The central processing unit (3) sequentially displays the character strings input based on the input operation of the input device (1) on the display device (2), and also operates a kanji dictionary key (9) to provide a predetermined kanji, symbol, When an instruction to select an illustration or the like is given, predetermined candidates are read from the storage device (4) in units of, for example, 10 and displayed in the selection candidate display area (10) of the display device (2).

FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) show a state in which candidates for a Chinese character having a reading of "re" are displayed in two forms in the display area (10), and the display area (10) has up to 10 characters. Can be displayed by assigning selection numbers (12), (12) ... Of 0 to 9 to each group.

The operation of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 3, taking as an example the case of selecting a Chinese character candidate having a reading of "Le". First, when the kanji dictionary key (9) is pressed after inputting the kana "re", ten kanji candidates (11) (11) ...
Are displayed in the display area (10) as a selection candidate group. If there is a desired one among them, the kanji is selected and input by inputting the selection number. If there is no desired one, the operation of displaying the next candidate group is performed, but here, the Kanji dictionary key (9) is also used. When the Kanji dictionary key (9) is subsequently pressed, the second selection candidate group is displayed as shown in FIG. When the Kanji dictionary key (9) is kept pressed, all the candidates are displayed in a cycle, and the final candidate group shown in FIG. 7C is displayed. During this time, the selection numbers (12) (12) ... Are displayed in normal numbers. If there is a desired one in the previously displayed candidate group, it is possible to return to the previous display by pressing the nothing (previous) conversion key (8).

If the kanji dictionary key (9) is pressed even after the final candidate group is displayed, the same kanji as the first candidate group is displayed as shown in FIG. However, when the second round display is performed, the selection numbers (12), (12) ... Are displayed in black and white inverted numbers. When the Kanji dictionary key (9) is continuously pressed, the same candidate groups as those in the first round are sequentially displayed with the selection numbers (12) (12) ... Reversing in black and white, as shown in FIG. Like 2
The final candidate group for the round will be displayed. Kanji dictionary key
When (9) is pressed, the original first candidate group is displayed as shown in FIG. The second and subsequent rounds are similarly repeated. Incidentally, when the nothing (previous) conversion key (8) is pressed in the display state of the first candidate group of the second round shown in FIG.
The display returns to the display of the final candidate group in which the normal selection numbers (12), (12) ... Are displayed as shown in.

In the above embodiment, the selection of the selection numbers (12), (12), etc. is performed by inverting black and white to distinguish between the first and second rounds. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various methods such as blinking display Can be used. The selection candidates are not limited to Kanji, but may be symbols, illustrations, or the like.

(G) Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, since the display form of the selection candidate group is displayed differently for each round, the first round and the second round are distinguished from each other. And it can be easily identified even in the middle of the process.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of a word processor in which the present invention is implemented, FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are explanatory views showing two display forms of the selection candidate group of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a selection candidate group. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the present invention showing a state of change in the display form of FIG. (1) …… input device, (2) …… display device, (3) …… central processing unit, (4) …… storage device, (10) …… selection candidate display area,
(11) …… Selection candidate, (12) …… Selection number.

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Takayuki Furuwada 2-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Fumihiro Nakagaki 2-18-2 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-60-77224 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of candidates to be selected in a predetermined area on a display screen are divided into a predetermined number of selection candidate groups and sequentially displayed, and then a final selection candidate group is displayed and then a first selection candidate group is displayed. In the method of displaying the selection candidate group, the display form of the selection candidate group is displayed differently for each cycle, and the display method of the selection candidate group is characterized.