JP2666731B2 - Input device for multiple windows - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-window system for managing and displaying a plurality of windows, and more particularly to an input device for a plurality of windows.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, even when a plurality of windows are displayed, only one active window can be controlled and input. For this reason, if it is desired to handle a plurality of windows at the same time, the only choice is to select one window at a time or to sequentially input the windows in a programmed order. For example, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-22396 proposes a method of combining kana-kanji conversion and Japanese-to-English conversion to convert Japanese to English. Because it is not possible, each is decided in order.

[0003]

When it is desired to input data into a plurality of windows, the method of selecting one window at a time requires an operation for selecting the windows, which is a burden on the user. There is also a method of inputting data in a window in a predetermined order. However, there is a case where useless operation is required due to lack of flexibility. For example, in order to use Kana-Kanji conversion and Japanese-English conversion in combination, it is necessary to select a candidate selection window or to confirm the Kana-Kanji conversion result first even if the English word you want to obtain is displayed. Was.

An object of the present invention is to provide an input device which can be used naturally without switching a plurality of windows.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input device for a plurality of windows, comprising: an input unit for receiving a user's input; and a plurality of information processing units defined in each window and performing data processing according to the user's input. A window management unit that manages a plurality of windows and information processing means corresponding to each window, and outputs a processing result of the information processing unit in association with a corresponding window; and a plurality of windows according to an output of the window management unit. In a multi-window system having display means for displaying, a character-window correspondence table describing a correspondence between an input character input by a user and an input, an output character to be output to the window, and an input corresponding to the input character The target window is retrieved from the character-window correspondence table. And input control means for outputting a set of input target windows and output characters, and window management means for outputting output characters input to the input target window when receiving input from the input control means. It is characterized by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input device for a plurality of windows, wherein the information processing means in the first invention comprises a character string editing means for editing an input character string, and a character string editing means for accepting input of candidate selection and confirmation. A plurality of character string conversion control means for converting a string into another character string; and a character string conversion control means for selecting one candidate selection window according to a specific priority when a fixed control character is inputted, And a window management means for sending a confirmation control character to the control unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input device for a plurality of windows, wherein the information processing means in the first invention comprises: a character string editing means for editing an input character string;
An electronic dictionary search means for searching an electronic dictionary such as a Japanese-English dictionary, and converting a character string into another character string while accepting input of candidate selection and confirmation, and selecting a candidate when a search start control character is input, A plurality of character string conversion control means for outputting a request for electronic dictionary search based on a conversion candidate character string designated by a cursor, and selecting one window in accordance with a specific priority when a search start control character is input; And a window management means for sending a search start control character to a character string conversion control means corresponding to the above.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which the first invention is applied to a multi-window system. Referring to FIG. 1, a multi-window system adopting the present invention has an input unit 1 for receiving a user's input.
And a character-window correspondence table 2 describing the correspondence between input characters input by the user and the input characters, the output characters to be output to the windows, and an input target window corresponding to the input characters. , An input control means 3 for outputting a set of an input target window and an output character, a plurality of information processing means 4 defined in each window for performing data processing according to a user's input, and managing a plurality of windows. At the same time, when the input is received from the input control means 3, a window management means 5 for outputting an output character input to a window to be input and a display means 6 for displaying a plurality of windows according to the output of the window management means 5. Be composed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention. Referring to FIG. 2, according to the present invention, in addition to the input means 1, character-window correspondence table 2, input control means 3, and display means 6 described in FIG. Means 7, a plurality of character string conversion control means 8 for converting a character string into another character string while accepting input of candidate selection and confirmation, and one window according to a specific priority when a confirmation control character is inputted. It comprises a window management means 5 for selecting and sending a fixed control character to the character string conversion control means corresponding to the window.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the third invention. Referring to FIG. 3, according to the present invention, in addition to the input means 1, the character-window correspondence table 2, the input control means 3, and the display means 6 described in FIG. Means 7, an electronic dictionary 10 such as a Japanese language dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, an electronic dictionary search means 9 for searching the electronic dictionary 10, and converting a character string into another character string while accepting input of candidate selection and confirmation, and searching. When a start control character is input, a plurality of character string conversion control means 8 for outputting an electronic dictionary search request with a conversion candidate character string, and when a search start control character is input, one The window management means 5 selects a window and sends a search start control character to a character string conversion control means corresponding to the window.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The input means 1 outputs a character code including a control character according to a user input. Upon receiving the input, the input control means 3 acquires from the character-window correspondence table 2 the character code input to which window is input, and outputs a pair of the window ID and the output character. Upon receiving the input, the window management unit 5 searches for the information processing unit 4 corresponding to the window from the ID of the window, and outputs an output character to the obtained information processing unit 4. The information processing means 4 performs data processing according to the input, and outputs the result to the window management means 5. When information to be displayed in each window is changed, the window management means 5 displays the information on the display means 6.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The input means 1 outputs a character code including a control character according to a user input. Upon receiving the input, the input control means 3 acquires from the character-window correspondence table 2 the character code input to which window is input, and outputs a pair of the window ID and the output character. Upon receiving the input, the window management means 5 searches for the information processing means corresponding to the window from the ID of the window, and outputs an output character to the obtained information processing means. When the character string editing unit 7 receives the output character, the character string editing unit 7 performs editing such as displaying a character string or moving a cursor according to the output character. When the character string conversion means 8 receives an output character, it searches for a conversion candidate character string according to the output character to generate a candidate window, or moves a candidate selection cursor in the candidate window. Here, when the user inputs a confirmed control character, and this character corresponds to a plurality of character string conversion means 8 in the character-window correspondence table, the window management means 5 determines the confirmed control character according to a specific priority. Select a candidate selection window to output,
The corresponding control character is output to the corresponding character string conversion means 8. The character string converting means 8 having received the input of the confirmation control character outputs the character string specified in the candidate selection window to the character string editing means 7, and the character string editing means 7 replaces the original character string with the result. Is displayed.

For example, FIG. 4 shows a screen example when the kana-kanji conversion means, the Japanese-English conversion means, and the synonym conversion means are activated. When there is a user's input of "save", for example, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), each character string conversion means 8 generates a candidate selection window and displays a conversion candidate character string and a candidate selection cursor. . FIG. 4
(B) shows an example of a character-window correspondence table. Here, as the cursor movement control character of each window, 4 and 6 in the horizontal direction are displayed in the edit window a.
In the kana-kanji conversion candidate selection window b, 2, 8 in the vertical direction is displayed.
However, 1, 9 in the upper right direction are assigned to the synonym conversion candidate selection window c, and 3, 7 in the lower right direction are assigned to the Japanese / English conversion candidate selection window d. At this time, the user can use the numeric keys shown in FIG. 4C to move the editing cursor, the kana-kanji conversion candidate selection cursor, the synonym conversion candidate selection cursor, and the Japanese-English conversion candidate selection cursor without selecting a window. You can move naturally. In response to the input of the confirmation control character, the window management means 5 selects the character string conversion means according to, for example, the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, and displays the conversion target character string "Osaru" in the editing window a in the selected candidate selection window Is replaced with the character string indicated by the candidate selection cursor.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the third invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In response to a user's input, the character string editing means 7 and the character string conversion means 8 perform editing processing in the same manner as in
Performs character string conversion and displays them. Here, when the user inputs a search start control character, and this character corresponds to a plurality of character string conversion means 8 in the character-window correspondence table, the window management means 5 changes the fixed control character in accordance with a specific priority. A candidate selection window to be output is selected, and a search start control character is output to the corresponding character string conversion unit 8. The character string conversion unit 8 receiving the input of the search start control character is selected in the candidate selection window. The character string that is present is output to the electronic dictionary search means 9 and a search request is made. The electronic dictionary search means 9 searches the electronic dictionary 10 such as a Japanese language dictionary or English-Japanese dictionary using the input character string as a search key, and displays the result in a new window.

For example, FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen when the kana-kanji conversion means, the Japanese-English conversion means, and the synonym conversion means are activated. In FIG. 6, in response to the user's input of "settle", a candidate selection screen and a candidate selection cursor corresponding to each character string conversion unit are displayed through the operation described in FIG. Here, by inputting the search start control character, the window management means 5 selects the character string conversion means according to, for example, the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, and makes a search request with the character string indicated by the candidate selection cursor in the selected candidate selection window. Do. Upon receiving the search request, the electronic dictionary search means 9 searches the electronic dictionary 10 with the input character string,
Display the result in a new window. In FIG. 6, the Japanese-English conversion candidate selection window is selected, and the result of searching the English-Japanese dictionary for “manage” is displayed.

[0020]

As described above, according to the input method of the present invention, a character code output from the input means is assigned to each displayed window, so that a plurality of windows can be handled without switching. Also, by changing the character-window correspondence table, the user can customize the keys used in each window, and can naturally input to a plurality of windows. Further, in the character string conversion device using the input device of the present invention, even if a plurality of character string conversion means are combined, the character strings can be determined in any order of the user without selecting a candidate selection window. If it is difficult to select one character string from the conversion candidate character strings, the user can search and display the electronic dictionary with one key operation, and the user can easily select an appropriate character string. It can be carried out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a block diagram according to an embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a block diagram according to an embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a block diagram according to an embodiment of the third invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the third invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input means 2 Character-window correspondence table 3 Input control means 4 Information processing means 5 Window management means 6 Display means 7 Character string editing means 8 Character string conversion means 9 Electronic dictionary search means 10 Electronic dictionary

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An input means for receiving a user's input, a plurality of information processing means defined in each window for performing data processing according to the user's input, and a plurality of windows and information processing means corresponding to each window are managed. A multi-window system comprising: a window management unit that outputs a processing result of the information processing unit in association with a corresponding window; and a display unit that displays a plurality of windows according to the output of the window management unit. A character-window correspondence table describing the correspondence between input characters and a window for accepting an input, an output character to be output to the window, and an input target window corresponding to the input character are obtained from the character-window correspondence table. And input control means for outputting a set of output characters Input device for multiple windows, characterized in that it comprises a window management means for outputting an output characters entered in the window which is the input object when receiving an input from said input control means. 2. The information processing means includes: a character string editing means for editing an input character string; and a plurality of character string conversion means for converting a character string into another character string while accepting input of candidate selection and confirmation. Control means, and window management means for selecting one candidate selection window according to a specific priority when a fixed control character is input, and sending the fixed control character to the character string conversion control means corresponding to the window. The input device for a plurality of windows according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The information processing means includes: a character string editing means for editing an input character string; an electronic dictionary search means for searching an electronic dictionary such as a Japanese language dictionary and a Japanese-English dictionary; Converts a character string into another character string while accepting a search start control character, and outputs a request for electronic dictionary search using the conversion candidate character string specified by the candidate selection cursor. Column conversion control means;
A window management means is provided which selects one window according to a specific priority when a search start control character is input, and sends the search start control character to a character string conversion control means corresponding to the window. The input device for a plurality of windows according to claim 1.