JP2586064B2 - Data input device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a data input device such as an office computer capable of inputting data by an abbreviation when inputting data into an input area corresponding to each word label such as a slip. About.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention converts an input abbreviation into corresponding reference data using an abbreviation table and inputs the conversion candidate reference data into an input area corresponding to a predetermined word label to determine the office computer. In the data input device, etc., the abbreviation input at the time of determining the reference data corresponding to the determined reference data is held, and when changing the determined reference data later, it is held in advance. By correcting the abbreviations that have been set, the determined reference data is changed.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a sales slip or the like is created in an office computer, data is sequentially input one item at a time to each item of the slip or the like, that is, an input area corresponding to a word label. In the case of relatively redundant proper nouns such as "name", there has been known one in which data can be input by using abbreviations in order to simplify the input operation.

In this type of data input device, an abbreviation table for storing the abbreviation data corresponding to the reference data is provided, and the inputted abbreviation is converted into the corresponding reference data using the abbreviation table. The conversion candidate reference data is input to an input area corresponding to a predetermined word label to be determined.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in this type of data input device,
If you later find a mistake in the reference data that has already been determined and change that reference data, you need to delete all the determined reference data and then re-enter the abbreviation. It took a lot of time and was troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily and reliably change reference data after inputting an abbreviation and determining reference data corresponding to abbreviation data that matches the abbreviation. It is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The means of the present invention are as follows.

The abbreviation table 1 (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores the reference data corresponding to the abbreviation data. The data input device provided with such an abbreviation table 1 converts the input abbreviation into corresponding reference data using the abbreviation table 1 and inputs data corresponding to a predetermined word label of the conversion candidate reference data. Enter in to confirm.

The holding means 2 stores, for a predetermined period (for example, a period until all the data of one slip is input), the abbreviation input at the time of determining the reference data corresponding to the reference data input and determined in the input area. Hold.

The display control means 3 reads and displays the abbreviations held in the holding means 2 when the input area is designated.

The correction means 4 corrects the abbreviation read by the display control means 3. For example, the displayed abbreviation "de"
Is added to "n" and corrected to "den".

[Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows.

Now, in order to input “calculator DC-400” as record data in an input area corresponding to a word label (product name) of a slip or the like, it is assumed that the initial “de” is input as an abbreviation. Then, the input abbreviation is converted to reference data indicating a product name starting with the initial letter “de” using the abbreviation table 1. In this case, the input abbreviation is converted to another product name, for example, “digital clock WT-20”. It is assumed that it has been decided as it is. Thereafter, if this error is noticed, for example, while data is being input to an input area corresponding to another word label, when the determined reference data stored and held in the holding means 2 is determined, an abbreviation is used. The input “de” is read out and corrected.

In this case, when an input area is designated by placing a cursor or the like on the input area, the display control means 3 reads the abbreviation “de” from the holding means 2 and displays it on a CRT screen or the like.

The abbreviation displayed in this way is read, and correction means 4 is read.
Will correct the abbreviation. Now, "Calculator DC-400"
In this case, the user enters "Digital Clock WT-20", and in such a case, for example, adding "N" to the displayed abbreviation "De" changes the abbreviation to "Den". Correct the input. As a result, when the corrected abbreviation "Den" is converted into reference data indicating the desired product name "Calculator DC-400" by the abbreviation table 1,
It is entered in the input area and confirmed.

Therefore, after inputting the abbreviation and determining the reference data corresponding to the abbreviation data that matches the abbreviation, when changing the reference data, the abbreviation stored and held in advance is read and corrected, so that the reference can be made. Even after the data is determined, the reference data can be easily and reliably changed to the desired reference data.

Embodiment An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Configuration FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing a basic configuration of an office computer.

The processing device 11 controls various operations of the office computer in accordance with the microprogram stored in the ROM 12, and includes a display device 13, a printing device 14, an input device 15, a display control device 17 corresponding to the file 16, a printing device 17, and the like. They are connected via a control device 18, an input control device 19, and a file control device 20.

Then, the processing device 11 sequentially takes in the word labels and abbreviation word label data and the like input from the input device 15 and writes the data into the working RAM 21 so that a predetermined slip format is arbitrarily set. The file 16 is previously stored and held as slip format data.

Further, when inputting the slip data, the processing device 11 reads out the format data of the predetermined slip specified by the input device 15 from the filer 16 and sets it in the slip creation RAM 22. This slip creation RAM 22 has a word label storage area A
1, an abbreviation word label data storage area A2 and an abbreviation storage area A3.

The slip format data set in the slip creation RAM 22 is displayed by the display unit 13. This display
Numerical data and character data input from the input device 15 are stored in one chit data storage unit 23 in the input area corresponding to each word label of the chit format data displayed on 13. In this case, when data is input to the input area in which the abbreviation word label data is set, the processing device 11 writes the data as an abbreviation in the slip creation RAM 22 corresponding to the word label and searches the abbreviation table 24. Then, the input abbreviation is converted into corresponding reference data, and this reference data is set in the candidate register 25. The reference data set in the candidate register 25 is displayed on the display device 13, and the reference data in the candidate register 25 is stored in one slip data storage unit in response to the candidate confirmation operation on the input device 15.
Written to 23 and confirmed.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the abbreviation table 24. In this embodiment, the table has a customer table (1), a person in charge table (2), and a product name table (3). It is written in.
In each of the tables (1), (2), and (3), a setting word and a display word are defined as reference data corresponding to the abbreviation data, and the setting word includes a customer code, a person in charge code, The product name code is stored, and the customer name, the person in charge, and the product name are stored in the display words.

Operation Assume that a slip format as shown in FIG. 4 is created.

<Word label setting> First, each word label is set according to the format of the slip. In this case, word labels are set according to the input procedure shown in FIG.

First, set the word label of the heading. In this setting, enter the character string "date" indicating the first word label of the heading (step A1), and then use the comma key to indicate the data delimiter. Is operated (step A2), the input word label is written into the working RAM 21 (step A3). In this manner, the heading word labels are sequentially input. At this time, the abbreviation word label is specified as needed in accordance with the word label to be input. Here, the designation of the abbreviation area is performed by operating the ▲ [*] ▼ keys and then assigning the abbreviation table number, and the abbreviation word label data input by this operation is processed in accordance with the corresponding word label. Written to RAM21.
Then, when all the heading items have been entered, operate the separator key.

Then, move on to the item setting (steps A4 to A
6). In this state, if each word label is sequentially input and the abbreviation word label is specified as necessary,
The input word label and the like are written in the working RAM 21 in the same manner as described above. Then, when all the items of the word label have been input, operate the separator key.

Then, the process proceeds to the setting of the last insertion head (steps A7 to A9). The input procedure in this case is the same as in the case described above.

Then, when all the word labels of the last inserted heading label have been input, the delimiter key is operated. Then, the contents stored in the working RAM 21 are sequentially read and the file 1 is read.
6 is written and stored as the word label of the sales slip.

<Data Input> After setting various word labels in this way, data such as numerical values and characters are input to the input area corresponding to the word label of the sales slip. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the data input operation in this case.

Now, prior to data entry, the desired format data of the sales slip is read out from the file 16, and the format data of the sales slip is read out from the file creation RAM 22.
, The contents are as shown in FIG. That is, in the word label storage area A1, corresponding to the heading area H, "date", "den No (slip number)",
Word labels of “customer name” and “person in charge” are stored, and word labels of “product name”, “quantity”, “unit price” and “amount” are stored corresponding to the item area I,
Further, word labels of “summary” and “total amount” are stored in correspondence with the last inserted head area N. The abbreviation word label data storage area A2 stores abbreviation word label data "* 1,""*2,""*3," and so on. The numbers attached to "*" are three types of abbreviation tables
24 indicates the designated table number to be referred.
Here, FIG. 2 shows a case where abbreviation word label data is set corresponding to the word labels "customer name", "person in charge", and "product name". Also,
The input abbreviation is set in the abbreviation storage area A3.
Here, the storage content of the abbreviation storage area A3 is used for changing the data after the reference data corresponding to the abbreviation data corresponding to the abbreviation is input and confirmed in one slip data storage unit 23. It is held until the slip creation is completed, and when the confirmed reference data is changed, the corresponding abbreviation is read out and displayed. Then, the word label in the slip creation RAM 22 is displayed in the corresponding item frame of the slip format.

FIG. 4 shows the display state of this sales slip format. This slip format is divided into a heading area H, an item area I, and a last insertion heading area N. Customer name ",
The word label name of "person in charge" and the corresponding input area are displayed. In the item area I, the word label names of "product name", "quantity", "unit price", and "amount" and the corresponding input area Are displayed, and the word label names of “summary” and “total amount” and the corresponding input area are displayed in the last insertion heading area N. In this state, first specify the input area of the slip using the cursor keys, etc. Is operated, the operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is executed.

First, a word label corresponding to the designated input area is searched from the slip creation RAM 22, and whether or not the designated input area is an abbreviation input area is determined based on whether or not abbreviation word label data is set corresponding to the word label. It is checked whether or not it is (step B1). Now, it is assumed that an input area corresponding to the word label of “date” is designated and date data “870330” is input. In this case, since the designated input area is not the abbreviation input area, the process proceeds to step B10, where the input data is displayed as it is, and then the input data is stored in the one-slip data storage unit 23 (step B11).

Next, specify the input area corresponding to the word label of "Product name", enter "De" and enter Is operated. It is checked in the same manner as described above whether or not the area where "de" is input is an abbreviation input area. Since this input area is an abbreviation input area, the process proceeds to step B2,
The input abbreviation "de" is stored in the corresponding abbreviation storage area A3 of the slip creation RAM 22. And the slip creation RAM 22
The designated table number "3" is read out from the abbreviation word label data storage area A2, and the abbreviation table 24 is designated (step B3). As a result, the product name table (3) is designated, and a search is made for abbreviation data that matches the input abbreviation (step B4). In this case, since “de” is input as the abbreviation, the abbreviation data stored in the product name table is searched from the product name table (3) in the abbreviation table 24 for one whose first character is “de”. I do. As a result, when the abbreviation data whose first character is "de" is retrieved, the reference data corresponding to the abbreviation data is read and set in the candidate register 25 (step B5). The input abbreviation may be any number of characters, and abbreviation data matching the number of input characters is searched. Then, the display word in the candidate register 25 is displayed on the display device 13 (step B6). FIG. 7 (B) shows the display state in this case. As shown in FIG. 7 (A), the abbreviation "de" in the input area which is highlighted is displayed on the digital clock WT- using the abbreviation table 24. 10 "is displayed.
At this time, in the key input waiting state (step B7), if it is confirmed that the displayed product name is not the desired one, the next candidate key is operated. Then, this is detected in step B8, and the process returns to step B4. The commodity name table (3) in the abbreviation table 24 is searched for a reference word corresponding to the next inputted abbreviation "de", and the reading candidate register 25 is read.
And display it. FIG. 7C shows a display state in this case. Then, if the currently displayed product name is desired, the enter key is operated. Then, the process proceeds to step B9, where the candidate register 25
Is read out and stored in the one-slip data storage unit 23. FIG. 7 (D) shows the display state after the candidate is determined.

<Change of confirmed data> To change the reference data entered and confirmed in one slip data storage unit 23 as described above, set the correction mode, and then operate the cursor keys to specify the area. I do. As a result, the determined reference data in the designated area is read and displayed as shown in FIG. 9A, and the operation according to the flowchart of FIG. 8 is executed.

In FIG. 9, after inputting the abbreviation "de" and determining the corresponding conversion candidate, that is, the product name "digital clock WT-20", the user notices the mistake and recognizes the mistake. The display state according to the key operation in the case of conversion to "" is shown.

First, on condition that the designated area is the abbreviation input area and that the determined reference data is stored in the abbreviation input area (steps C1 and C2), the slip stored corresponding to this area The abbreviation in the creation RAM 22 is read and displayed (steps C3 and C4). FIG. 9 (B) shows a display state in this case.

Then, in a key input waiting state such as a correction operation (step C5), the data input key is operated to correct the displayed symbol. Then, step from step C6
Proceeding to C7, the input data is written to the abbreviation storage area A3 in the slip creation RAM 22 corresponding to the designated area, and the contents of the abbreviation storage area A3 are displayed. FIG. 9C shows the display state in this case, in which the abbreviation has been corrected from "de" to "den". And then comma key Step C7 is repeated until is operated, but the comma key Is operated, the process proceeds from step C8 to step C9, and a candidate corresponding to the corrected abbreviation is searched from the abbreviation table 24. That is, in the abbreviation data stored in the product name table (3) in the abbreviation table 24, the first two characters are “den”.
Search for things. As a result, the set word and display word of the retrieved candidate are read and set in the candidate register 25, and the display word is read from the candidate register 25 and displayed (steps C10 and C11). FIG. 9D shows a display state in this case, in which a conversion candidate “calculator DC-100” corresponding to the corrected abbreviation “den” is displayed. Then, the process returns to step C5, and waits for a key input.

In this case, since the display candidate is not the desired product name, if it is confirmed, the next candidate key is operated. Thereby, the process proceeds to step C12, where the next candidate is searched from the abbreviation table 24 based on the correction abbreviation `` Den '' stored in the slip creation RAM 22, the set word and the display word are set in the candidate register 25, Perform the display (steps C10, C1
1). Thus, when the desired product name "calculator DC-400" is displayed as shown in FIG. 9 (E), the enter key is operated next. As a result, the process proceeds to step C13, where the setting word stored in the candidate register 25 is sent to the one-slip data storage unit 23, and the setting word is changed from “20002” to “30002”.
Is rewritten as

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention provides a method of inputting an abbreviation, determining reference data corresponding to the abbreviation, and then reading and correcting the abbreviation stored and held in advance when changing the reference data. Even after the reference data is determined, the reference data can be easily and reliably changed to the desired reference data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 9 show one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing a basic configuration of an OIS computer, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display state of a created slip, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an input procedure at the time of setting a word label, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of data input. , FIG. 7 is a display state diagram at the time of data input, FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an operation when changing fixed data, FIG.
The figure is a display state diagram when the fixed data is changed. 11 ... Processing device, 12 ... ROM, 15 ... Input device, 21 ...
Working RAM, 22: RAM for creating slips, 23: One slip data storage unit, 24: Symbol table.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An abbreviation table for storing the abbreviation data corresponding to the reference data; converting the input abbreviation into corresponding reference data using the abbreviation table; A data input device for determining as input data of an input area corresponding to the word label, storing, in correspondence with the reference data determined as input data of the input area corresponding to the word label, an abbreviation input at the time of determining the reference data. Holding means for holding, display control means for reading and displaying an abbreviation held in the holding means when an input area corresponding to the word label is designated, and displaying the abbreviation read by the display control means. Correction means for correcting, and correcting the abbreviation by the correction means to change the determined reference data. A data input device characterized in that the data input device is modified.