JP2790340B2 - Word processor with typing practice function - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a word processor with a typing practice function configured to enable an operator to learn typing on a display screen interactively.

(B) Conventional technology FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a typing practice screen of a conventional example. As shown in FIG. 6, characters and figures for typing practice are displayed on the screen. Reference numeral 50 denotes a character string for practicing typing, reference numeral 51 denotes a keyboard correspondence diagram, and reference numeral 52 denotes a finger arrangement diagram showing fingers to be operated. A is a character to be typed, and B is a position of the character on the keyboard, which is displayed in reverse video. The character string to be typed is stored in advance in a character string table, and the data structure of each character constituting the character string is JIS.
It consists of character codes, keyboard position information, and finger position information to be operated.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the keyboard correspondence diagram 51 and the finger arrangement diagram 52 of the conventional typing practice screen are arranged apart from each other. There was a problem that the positional relationship was difficult to grasp. In other words, since it is not configured to practice typing while grasping the positional relationship between the character key and the finger to be typed, it is possible to efficiently learn the positional relationship between the character key and the finger that should operate the character key. Did not.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, for example, by displaying a typing practice screen that makes it easy to grasp the positional relationship between a character key and a finger to be typed,
Provided is a word processor with a typing practice function that can accurately and efficiently learn the relationship between a character key and a finger to operate the character key.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a keyboard 1 having character keys, a storage unit 2 in which data of a typing practice screen and a plurality of characters to be typed are stored in advance, a display means 3 for displaying a typing practice screen, and a typing practice. Instruction means 4 for inputting a start instruction;
Receiving a command to start typing practice, generates a character to be typed from the storage means 2, displays the character to be typed in a corresponding key frame in the key correspondence diagram,
Display control means 5 for controlling the display means 3 to display an indicator indicating the line direction position including the key frame, and determination means for comparing the coincidence between the character input from the keyboard 1 and the generated typing target character 6. The display control means 5 receives a coincidence signal from the determination means 6, changes a character to be typed, and updates the display of the key correspondence diagram and the indicator. It is a word processor.

In the present invention, the instruction means 4 is the keyboard 1
By assigning one of the execution key or function key.

The display means 3 is configured by a dot matrix display device including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an EL display, a CRT display, and the like.

The display control means 5 and the determination means 6 include a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O
It consists of a microcomputer consisting of ports.

The storage means 2 is constituted by a ROM therein, in which data of characters to be typed and indicators are stored.

(E) Function According to the present invention, when practicing typing, the line direction position including the key frame on which the typing target character is displayed is displayed by the indicator, so that the character key corresponding to the typing target character is displayed. Thus, it is possible to obtain an effect that the correspondence between the character key and the finger to be operated can be accurately and efficiently learned.

(F) Embodiment The present invention will be described in detail below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.
The present invention is not limited by this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor as one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a word processor body, and a CPU 21, a ROM 22,
It comprises a RAM 23 and an output control unit 24, which are interconnected by a bus line 25. The storage contents of the ROM 22 include a control program 220 for controlling the CPU 21, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary 221, which is referred to when performing kana-kanji conversion,
It consists of typing practice data (described later). RAM23
Is assigned a work buffer, and an intermediate result during execution of the program is temporarily stored. These ROM22 and RAM
23 constitutes a main memory.

A keyboard 26 is externally connected to the CPU 21, and a CRT 27 is externally connected to the output control unit 24. The keyboard 26 includes a character key for inputting a character string for kana-kanji conversion, a conversion key, a mode selection key for switching an input mode to a typing practice mode, an execution key for executing various processes, and the like. Further, the CPU 21 controls the kana-kanji conversion process and also controls the typing practice process which is a feature of this embodiment. In the typing practice process, the keyboard 23
A predetermined amount of the character string is read from 2, and the first character of the read character string is displayed in a frame specified by the position information of the character. The character key position corresponding to the keyboard 26 of the character displayed in the frame is designated in a character key correspondence diagram (described later). Also, the character displayed in the frame is compared with the character input from the keyboard 26, and when they match, the character following the first character is displayed in a predetermined frame, and when they do not match, another character from the keyboard 26 is displayed. Wait for character input.

The typing practice data stored in the ROM 22 has a typing practice display screen and typing character data. As shown in FIG. 3, the typing practice screen has a plurality of frames 31 arranged in a matrix corresponding to the operation range of each finger to be typed in the horizontal direction and the number of character keys arranged vertically in the vertical direction. It is a character key correspondence diagram 32, in which each frame 31 is divided into four frames of the same number as the number of character keys arranged in the row direction.
In each frame 31, a name 33 of a finger to operate a character key for inputting a character in the frame is displayed. Numeral 34 denotes an indicator for indicating the position of the character key, which is used to make the operator know the approximate position of the typing key. FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the character keys and the operation range of the finger.

In this embodiment, character key strings in the row direction are treated as one group. On the other hand, the typing character data is a JIS display character code consisting of 2 bytes, column direction position information consisting of 1 byte and indicating a column in the character key correspondence diagram, and a line consisting of 1 byte indicating a finger position to be typed. Directional position information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, a typing practice mode is called, and a typing practice is started by pressing an execution key. Characters to be sequentially displayed are set in a display character buffer in advance in a data format in which character data corresponding to the number of characters to be displayed are determined (steps 40 to 41). Next, one character typing character data is loaded into the character display routine from the buffer in which the data is set (step 42), and the typing character is placed in the frame according to the row direction and column direction position information added to the character data. Is displayed (steps 43 → 44). At the same time, the indicator 34 indicating the approximate position of the typing character is highlighted (step 45). Here, a key wait state is set for the displayed character (step 46). When the character key of the keyboard 26 is pressed, the code of the displayed character and the character code of the character key input from the keyboard 26 are pressed. Is checked to see if they match (step 47). If NO, an error sound is generated to inform the operator of an input error (step 48), and the state of waiting for character key input is maintained. If YES, the address of the buffer is incremented (step 49) so that the next character to be typed is displayed in the frame.
The subsequent processing is repeated.

In this embodiment, a Japanese word processor has been described as an example, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to a word processor that processes a foreign language language other than Japanese.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, when performing typing practice, an indicator indicating the line direction position including the key frame in which the typing target character is displayed is displayed. The effect is that the positional relationship between the character key to be operated and the finger on which the character key is to be operated can be learned accurately and efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanation showing a typing practice screen of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the character keys and the operation range of the finger in the embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment. 1 ... keyboard, 2 ... storage means, 3 ... display means,
4 ... instruction means, 5 ... display control means, 6 ... judgment means.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-60-253568 (JP, A) JP-A-1-116873 (JP, A) JP-A-58-178435 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int) .Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 17/21-17/22 G06F 3/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A keyboard having character keys, a storage means for preliminarily storing data of a typing practice screen and a plurality of characters to be typed, a display means for displaying a typing practice screen, and an instruction to start typing practice. Instructing means, receiving a typing practice start instruction from the instructing means, generating a character to be typed from the storage means, displaying the character to be typed in a corresponding key frame in the key correspondence diagram, and including the key frame. Display control means for controlling the display means to display an indicator indicating a line direction position, and determination means for comparing a character input from the keyboard with a generated character to be typed, the display control means Receives the match signal from the determination means, changes the character to be typed, and displays the key correspondence diagram and the indicator. Typing Tutor function word processor, characterized in that to update the display of.