JP2003099166A - Vehicle data input control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle data input control method capable of reducing a load when a user inputs vehicle data. SOLUTION: This vehicle data input control method comprises a step for making an information processor select the item of vehicle data to be inputted by a user according to the classification of a vehicle designated by the user and a step for making the information processor display an input picture including an input column for inputting only vehicle data corresponding to the selected item.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for an information processing device to control the input of vehicle data by a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a vehicle data input control method for providing a user with an environment for inputting vehicle data to an information processing apparatus. In the conventional vehicle data input control method, an input screen including a plurality of data input boxes is displayed, and the user inputs vehicle data that needs to be input to the displayed data input box. On the input screen at this time, data input boxes corresponding to most items of what are generally called vehicle data are displayed so that they can be commonly used for various vehicle types (vehicle types). Therefore, depending on the type of vehicle selected by the user, a data input box that does not require input of vehicle data is also displayed.

Therefore, when the user inputs vehicle data, the user selects the data input box corresponding to the type of vehicle from among various data input boxes displayed on the input screen, and performs data input. There was a need.

[0004]

However, when the user selects the data input box according to the type of vehicle, the vehicle data should not be input to the data input box where the vehicle data should be input due to the user's selection error. On the contrary, there is a problem that the vehicle data which is not necessary to be input is input.

Further, it has been laborious and burdensome for the user to select a data input box corresponding to the type of the selected vehicle from a plurality of data input boxes.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle data input control method which solves the above problems and reduces the burden on the user of inputting vehicle data.

[0007]

The present invention adopts the following configurations in order to achieve the above object. That is, the present invention is
A vehicle data input control method, wherein the information processing device selects an item of vehicle data to be input by the user according to the vehicle type specified by the user, and the information processing device selects the item. Displaying an input screen including an input field for inputting only vehicle data for the item.

According to the present invention, the information processing apparatus first selects the item of the vehicle data to be input by the user according to the vehicle type specified by the user. Then, for items other than the selected item of vehicle data, that is, items of vehicle data that need not be input by the user, the input fields corresponding to the items of the vehicle data are not displayed on the input screen.

Therefore, the user does not need to input vehicle data for the item of vehicle data that does not need to be input by mistake. Further, when the user inputs the vehicle data, it is not necessary to select the item of the vehicle data to be input, and the labor required for the user to input the vehicle data is reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, in the step of selecting the item of the vehicle data, the information processing apparatus refers to a database in which the item of the vehicle data to be input and the vehicle type are stored in association with each other. By
You may comprise so that the item of applicable vehicle data may be selected.

According to the present invention, the information processing apparatus calculates a numerical value indicating vehicle data corresponding to one of the selected items, using the vehicle data input via the input screen. The information processing device may further include a step of inputting the calculated numerical value.

According to the present invention, the information processing apparatus calculates the numerical value indicating the vehicle data corresponding to one of the selected items by using the vehicle data for the item input by the user, and further calculates the calculated value. Automatically fill in the corresponding vehicle data items.

Therefore, the user does not need to calculate or input the numerical value of the vehicle data for the item for which the numerical value of the vehicle data is calculated.

Further, the present invention may be configured so that the information processing apparatus further includes a step of identifying an item of vehicle data used for the calculation according to the designated vehicle type.

According to the present invention, the information processing device specifies the item of vehicle data used for calculating the numerical value of the item of certain vehicle data according to the vehicle type designated by the user. For example, even if numerical values are for the same item of vehicle data, the calculation method may differ depending on the vehicle type specified by the user. Even in such a case, the item of vehicle data used to calculate the numerical value of the item of certain vehicle data is selected according to the vehicle type designated by the user.

Further, according to the present invention, in the step of the information processing apparatus specifying an item of vehicle data used for the calculation, an item for calculating a numerical value of the vehicle data and a vehicle type and an item of vehicle data used for the calculation are provided. It may be configured such that the item of the vehicle data used for the calculation is specified by referring to the database stored in correspondence with.

Further, in the present invention, in the calculating step, the item for calculating the numerical value of the vehicle data is the item of the gross vehicle weight, and the item of the vehicle data used for the calculation by the information processing device is the passenger capacity and the maximum load. It may be configured to be items of quantity and vehicle weight.

According to the present invention, the information processing apparatus uses the vehicle total weight item of the vehicle data items, which is input by the user through the input screen, as the passenger capacity, the maximum load capacity, and the vehicle weight. The value is automatically calculated and input.

Further, in the present invention, in the step of displaying the input screen, the information processing device has a layout similar to the item of each vehicle data in the vehicle verification according to the designated vehicle type, You may comprise so that the input field of an item may be displayed.

According to the present invention, the information processing apparatus has the same input field for each vehicle data item displayed on the input screen as that for each vehicle data item in vehicle verification according to the vehicle type designated by the user. Display in layout.

Therefore, when the user inputs the vehicle data while looking at the vehicle verification, the location of the input field of the vehicle data item to be input can be easily understood, and the labor required for the input work can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, the step of selecting an item of vehicle data to be input by the user according to the vehicle type specified by the user, and only the item of vehicle data corresponding to the selected item are input. And a step of displaying an input screen including the input field of 1. may be a program that causes the information processing apparatus to execute.

Further, according to the present invention, only selection means for selecting an item of vehicle data to be input by the user in accordance with a vehicle type specified by the user, and an item of vehicle data for the selected item are input. The vehicle data input control device may include a display unit that displays an input screen including an input field for.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The configuration of the embodiment is an example, and the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a vehicle data input control device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle data input control device 100 is used by a user to input vehicle data, and can be configured using a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. In FIG. 1, the vehicle data input control device 100 includes an input unit 101 and an output unit 10.
2, a storage unit 103, a data input control unit 104, a data input screen DB105, a calculation unit 106, a calculation value DB107.

The input unit 101 is composed of buttons, a keyboard, a pointing device (mouse, trackball, joystick, etc.), and is used by the user to input data and commands. Output device 102
Is configured using a display, and displays various information such as a data input screen for a user to input vehicle data (corresponding to "display means" of the present invention).

The storage unit 103 is composed of a random access memory (RAM), and the data input control unit 104.
Writing and reading of data are performed by. For example, various vehicle data input from the input unit 101 is written to and read from the storage unit 103.

The data input control unit 104 has a vehicle data input via the input unit 101 and an output unit 102 according to an input column control program (corresponding to the "program" of the present invention) stored in a program memory (not shown). Controls the data entry screen displayed by. For example, the data input control unit 104 receives the vehicle type data input from the input unit 101, searches the data input screen DB 105 using the received vehicle type data as a key, and outputs the output unit 1
The item of the input box to be displayed on 02 is read, a data input screen having the read input box is created and sent to the output unit 102 (corresponding to the "selecting means" of the present invention). The data input screen in the present embodiment refers to a screen in which at least one or a plurality of input boxes that receive input of vehicle data from the user are appropriately arranged.

Further, the data input control unit 104 searches the calculation value DB 107, selects an item of vehicle data used for calculation, and sends the numerical value of the vehicle data corresponding to the selected item to the calculation unit 106.

The data input screen DB 105 is composed of a RAM, a hard disk, and the like, and stores vehicle type data input by the user and vehicle data items (input data group) that are required to be input accordingly. The associated database is stored (corresponding to the “database storing the item of vehicle data to be input and the vehicle type in association with each other” in the present invention).

The calculation unit 106 is composed of a CPU and the like,
Calculation is performed on the input numerical value. Specifically, the numerical value of the vehicle data to be calculated is calculated using at least one numerical value of the already input vehicle data. Calculator 1
After executing the calculation, 06 passes the calculated numerical value to the data input control unit 104.

The calculated value DB 107 is composed of a RAM, a hard disk, etc., vehicle data corresponding to items to be calculated (hereinafter referred to as calculation data), vehicle type data input by the user, and vehicle data of items used for calculation. A database in which the data group (calculation data group) is associated with each other is stored. Database)). According to the vehicle type data input by the user, the database held by the calculated value DB 107
The calculation unit 106 can obtain the calculation data group. <Data Input Screen Control> In FIG. 2, the input data group is selected according to the input vehicle type data, and the output unit 102
Shows how the data input screen is displayed. In FIG. 2, frames 102a to 102d surrounding a plurality of small rectangles are
The example of the data input screen displayed by the output part 102 is shown, and each small rectangle shows the input box of the item of the vehicle data contained in an input data group. Further, FIG. 3 shows a database 105a which is an example of a database held in the data input screen DB 105. Database 1
In 05a, each alphabet shown in the input data group indicates the vehicle data to be input by the user, that is, the input data group.

Control of the data input screen will be described with reference to FIGS. The user inputs vehicle type data using the input unit 101. In the case of the present embodiment, candidates for the vehicle type are a light vehicle, a small vehicle, an ordinary vehicle,
Large cars are available. For example, it is assumed that the user inputs "light vehicle". The data input control unit 104 writes the input data “light vehicle” in the storage unit 103 as vehicle type data.

The data input control unit 104 uses the vehicle type data "light vehicle" as a key to input the data input screen DB105.
Input data group a, b, c, A, B to be displayed on the data input screen by searching the database 105a stored in
To obtain an input screen 102a for inputting items of this input data group (the "information processing device of the present invention is
(Corresponding to "step of selecting item of vehicle data to be input by user according to vehicle type specified by user"). That is, the input boxes a, b, c, A,
The data of the data input screen 102a having B is generated.

The data input control unit 104 passes the data of the data input screen 102a to the output unit 102 and gives an instruction to output the data input screen 102a according to this data. The output unit 102 displays a data input screen 102a based on the received data in accordance with a command received from the data input control unit 104 (the “information processing device of the present invention inputs only vehicle data for the selected item. Equivalent to the step of displaying an input screen including an input field for). Such a data input screen control operation is repeated once or a plurality of times as necessary.

Here, the process of displaying the data input screen 102a corresponding to the light vehicle has been described in consideration of the case where the user inputs "light vehicle" as the vehicle type data. "Small car", "by user
When "normal vehicle" and "large vehicle" are input, similar processing is executed and displayed on the data input screens 102b, 102c, 102d. <Automatic calculation processing> FIG. A database 107a, which is an example of a database, is described below with reference to FIGS.

Data in lower case letters included in the input data group in the database 105a of FIG. 3 indicates vehicle data that is not calculated data in the input data group (hereinafter, such input data will be referred to as the first input item). Called). On the other hand, the capitalized data included in the input data group indicates vehicle data that is calculation data in the input data group (hereinafter, such input data is referred to as a second input item). In the present embodiment, the calculation data, that is, the second input item, is automatically calculated, so that the user does not need to input the second input item. Therefore, the input box may be displayed only on the first input item on the data input screen.

The data input control unit 104 selects a calculation data group by searching the database 107a by using the input vehicle type data and calculation data as a key (the "information processing device of the present invention calculates Corresponding to "the step of specifying the item of vehicle data to be used according to the specified vehicle type"). For example, it can be seen that the calculation data A is calculated using the calculation data groups a and b in a light vehicle.

For calculation data that does not need to be input for the relevant vehicle type, the calculation data group is "NU".
It has a value of “LL”. For example, by searching the database 105a, it can be seen that the calculation data C is vehicle data that does not need to be input in the case of a light vehicle. When the database 107a is searched using "" and the calculated data "C" as a key, "NULL" is obtained as the calculated data group. Therefore, in this case, the calculation for the calculated data C is not executed.

The data input control unit 104 reads the value of the selected calculation data group from the storage unit 103, and the calculation unit 10
Pass to 6. The calculation unit 106 receives the value of the selected calculation data group from the data input control unit 104 and calculates using the value of the calculation data group according to a predetermined calculation formula (the “information processing device of the present invention is The step of calculating the numerical value indicating the vehicle data corresponding to one of the selected items by using the vehicle data input via the input screen), and calculating the calculated data by the data input control unit 104. Hand over to. The data input control unit 104 writes the calculated data received from the calculation unit 106 into the storage unit 103 (corresponding to “the step of the information processing apparatus inputting the calculated numerical value” of the present invention), and further outputs the calculated data. It is passed to the section 102. Upon receiving the calculated data, the output unit 102 displays the calculated data in the corresponding input box of the data input screen and notifies the user of the calculated data.

The calculation data automatically calculated in this way is, for example, the total vehicle weight. When the total vehicle weight is the calculation data, it is calculated using the values of the passenger capacity, the maximum load capacity, and the vehicle weight of the vehicle data input by the user. <Operation Example> FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example in the present embodiment. Hereinafter, an operation example in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when this processing is started (S100), an input box prompting the user to input vehicle type data is displayed (S101). Then, the process waits until the vehicle type data is input by the user (S102-N).

When the vehicle type data is input by the user (S102-Y), the data input control unit 104 uses the input vehicle type data as a key to input the data input screen DB.
The database 105a of 105 is searched and the input data group is determined (S103). Further, the data input control unit 10
4 is the calculated value D using the entered vehicle type data as a key
The calculation data group is read by referring to the database 107a of B107. That is, the data input control unit 104 reads the first input item from the determined input data group.
Data of the data input screen is generated in consideration of the first input item in the determined input data group, and the data input screen is displayed by the output unit 102 (S104).

Next, on the displayed data input screen, the vehicle data input by the user is accepted, and the process waits until all the vehicle data corresponding to the first input item is input (S105-N). When all the vehicle data corresponding to the first input item is input (S105-Y), the calculation unit 1
According to 06, the second input item is calculated (S10).
6). The calculation in S106 is executed until all the second input items are calculated (S107-N), and when all are calculated (S107-Y), the vehicle data is input for all the first input items and the second input items. It is determined that the process is completed, and the process ends (S108).

According to this embodiment, the data input screen specialized for the vehicle type selected by the user is automatically generated and displayed. The data input screen specialized for the vehicle type selected by the user means here an input box for inputting the first input item corresponding to the vehicle type selected by the user, or the first input item and the second input item. Refers to the data input screen in which only the input box for inputting input items is displayed.

As described above, when the user inputs vehicle type data, a data input screen in which only data items corresponding to the data can be input is displayed. Therefore, the user can simply input data in the displayed data input box. Good. Therefore, the user does not need to select a data input box to which data should be input from a plurality of data input boxes, and the labor required to input vehicle data is reduced.

Further, since the user inputs data corresponding to all the input boxes displayed on the data input screen, unnecessary data is not input by the user and conversely, necessary data is not input. Is prevented.

Further, regarding data items that need to be calculated, for example, the total vehicle weight, the vehicle type data and the vehicle data items necessary for calculating the total vehicle weight, that is, the passenger capacity, the maximum load capacity, and the vehicle weight. Is automatically calculated by inputting, and is input and displayed. Therefore, the user does not need to perform the calculation and input the calculated value.

Further, in the present embodiment, the data input screen may display an input box of data items according to the vehicle type in a layout similar to the vehicle verification using the input data group. With such a display, the user can input necessary vehicle data by checking the data input screen and the vehicle verification, and mistakes by the user are further reduced.

[0050]

According to the present invention, when the user inputs the vehicle data, the user does not need to select the item of the vehicle data to be input, and the burden on the user in the input work can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a vehicle data input control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing how an input screen is selected by the vehicle data input control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a database held in a data input screen DB of the vehicle data input control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a database held in a calculated value DB of the vehicle data input control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data flow representing a process of the vehicle data input control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Vehicle data input control device 101 Input section 102 output section 102a-102d data input screen 103 storage 104 data input control unit 105 Data input screen DB 106 calculator 107 calculated value DB

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A step in which an information processing device selects an item of vehicle data to be input by a user according to a vehicle type specified by the user, and the information processing device sets vehicle data for the selected item. And a step of displaying an input screen including an input field for inputting only the vehicle data input control method. 2. In the step of selecting an item of the vehicle data, the information processing apparatus refers to a database in which an item of the vehicle data to be input and the vehicle type are stored in association with each other, The vehicle data input control method according to claim 1, wherein an item of vehicle data to be selected is selected. 3. A step in which the information processing device uses the vehicle data input via the input screen to calculate a numerical value indicating vehicle data corresponding to one of the selected items; The vehicle data input control method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of inputting the calculated numerical value by the processing device. 4. The vehicle data input control method according to claim 3, further comprising a step in which the information processing device specifies an item of vehicle data used for the calculation according to the designated vehicle type. 5. The information processing apparatus, in the step of identifying the item of vehicle data used for the calculation, associates the item for calculating the numerical value of the vehicle data and the vehicle type with the item of the vehicle data used for the calculation. The vehicle data input control method according to claim 4, wherein the item of the vehicle data used for the calculation is specified by referring to the stored database. 6. In the step of calculating, the item for calculating the numerical value of the vehicle data is an item of gross vehicle weight, and the items of vehicle data used for the calculation by the information processing device are the passenger capacity, the maximum load capacity, and the vehicle. The vehicle data input control method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, which is an item of weight. 7. In the step of displaying the input screen, the information processing device inputs the items of each vehicle data in the same layout as the items of each vehicle data in the vehicle verification according to the designated vehicle type. The vehicle data input control method according to claim 1, wherein a column is displayed. 8. A step of selecting an item of vehicle data to be input by a user according to a vehicle type specified by the user, and an input field for inputting only an item of vehicle data corresponding to the selected item. A program for causing an information processing device to execute a step of displaying an input screen including 9. A selection means for selecting an item of vehicle data to be input by the user according to a vehicle type specified by the user, and an input for inputting only an item of vehicle data corresponding to the selected item. A vehicle data input control device including a display unit that displays an input screen including columns.