JP2001184150A - Data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to efficiently input data. SOLUTION: A data input device consists of an input device 1 for inputting data, a display device 4 for displaying the data, a memory 3 for storing the data, and a main control part 2 connected to the input device 1, the display device 4 and the memory 3 and acting so as to store data inputted from the input device 1 in the memory 3 and display the data on the display device 4. Only a window consisting of an all-data input item display part for displaying plural steps from the start of data input up to the end of data input as a flow and a data input part provided with an input data part and a switch for switching steps according to the step displayed in the display part of the all-data input item is displayed on the display screen of the display device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a data input device capable of inputting data using an input device and a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various kinds of application software are widely used in apparatuses including computers. When you need to input data with the application software,
Conventionally, data is input by displaying a window including only a data input unit on a display device. When the application software has multiple processing steps and inputs the required data in each step, display the input screen for each processing step and input the data,
When the process proceeds to the next processing step, a screen corresponding to the step is displayed and data is input.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional method, since only a data input screen of one processing step is displayed, it is difficult to know what data to input over all steps, or When inputting data in a certain step, there is a problem that it is not possible to know what kind of data should be input after that, and it is not possible to prepare the data thoroughly and quickly. An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and to provide a data input device which can input data efficiently and practically.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an input device for inputting data, a display device for displaying data, a memory for storing data, an input device, a display device, and a memory. And a main control unit connected to the main unit and configured to store data in a memory and display the data on a display device when data is input from the input device. According to the display section of all data input items that displays a plurality of steps until the end of input as a flow, and the steps displayed on the display section of all data input items,
It is characterized in that only one window consisting of an input data section and a data input section having a switch for switching steps is displayed. For this reason, data input becomes easy and efficiency can be improved.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data input device of the present invention, and shows a device equipped with a computer. In the figure, 1 is an input device, 2 is a main control unit including a CPU, 3 is a memory, 4 is a display device, and data input from the input device 1 is displayed on the display device 4 while being stored in the memory 3. Is stored. The memory 3 includes an input item table 31, input items & input data 32, and current input items 33. The main control unit 2 appropriately selects and reads data. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the contents of data stored in the memory 3. The input item table 31 includes input items and input data, and column data of the next input item. It includes the column data of the input data, and indicates that the current input item 33 includes only the column data of the current input item. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for inputting data using the data input device shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 shows the state of the screen displayed during the procedure. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 5 denotes a display section for all data input items.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a data input unit, 7 denotes an input data unit, 8 denotes a present input item specifying unit, and 9 denotes a switch for proceeding to the next data input.

In the case of inputting data using the data input device of the present invention, when the main control unit 2 is operated by a loaded program (not shown), an input item table 31 is created on the memory 3 and all the data input items are stored. The input item data to be displayed on the display unit 5 and the initial data of the input data unit 6 are stored in the input item & input data 32, and the first input item 321 is stored in the current input item 33. From the stored data, the input item 32 is displayed on the display unit 5 for all data input items from the start to the end of the data input in a flow, and the item of the current input item 33 in the flow is specified by the specifying unit 8. In addition, input item & input data 32
Is set in the input data section 7, and a data input screen composed of the display section 5 and the data input section 6 for all data input items is displayed on the display device 4 and waits for an input from the input device 1 (S
1).

When data is input from the input device 1 to the input data section 7 (S2), the data is stored in the input item & input data 32 corresponding to the current input item 33, and the current input item 33 is stored. Subsequent input items & input data 3
2 is stored again from the input item table 31 and the data (S4). Then, based on the re-stored input items & input data 32, the flow from the start to the end of data input is displayed again on the display unit 5 of all data input items in a flow (S5)
It is determined whether data has been input to the input data section 7 or a switch 9 for proceeding to the next data input has been input (S6). Wait for input. Thus, the flow of the display unit 5 for all data input items can be dynamically changed according to the input data.

When the switch 9 for proceeding to the next data input is input from the input device 1 (S3), the next input item in the input item table 31 corresponding to the current input item 33 is searched, and the current input item 33 is searched. The next input item is stored in the input item 33 (S8), and the item of the current input item 33 in the flow of the display unit 5 for all data input items is specified by the specifying unit 8 (S9). Thus, it is possible to easily grasp which part of the current input item from the start of data input to the end of data input. When the next input item in the input item table 31 is the end of the input item, the data input is ended. (S7)

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention,
While the input items of all data from the start of data input to the end of data input are displayed as a flow, the data input unit 6 required for each step of the flow is displayed on the same window.
Can be displayed and input, so that the input of data can be facilitated and the efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data input device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in a memory;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for inputting data.

FIG. 4 is a data input screen

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input device 2 main control unit 3 memory 31 input item table 32 input item & input data 33 current input item 4 display device 5 display unit of all data input items 6 data input unit 7 input data unit 8 explicit unit of current input item

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input device for inputting data, a display device for displaying data, a memory for storing data, and a device connected to the input device, the display device, and the memory for inputting data from the input device. A data input device comprising: a main control unit that stores the data in the memory and displays the data on the display device.The display screen of the display device includes a plurality of steps from data input start to data input end. A display unit of all data input items to be displayed as a flow, and a data input unit including a switch for switching between the input data unit and the step according to the step displayed on the display unit of the all data input items. A data input device wherein only one window is displayed.