JPH012130A - Electronic blackboard and electronic blackboard system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic blackboard and a system in which data stored in a memory can be read and written on a board surface.

[Conventional technology]

With the progress of office automation, various oAj
A-type devices have been developed, and office work and management are becoming more streamlined through their use. Some of these systems are called electronic conference systems, which convert information written during a meeting using, for example, a whiteboard into electrical signals.
Or use a camera to convert the content of the meeting into a video signal,
By transmitting data through communication lines, it is possible to conduct a conference simultaneously between distant locations, and the contents of the conference can be instantly transmitted to other locations. In systems using such whiteboards, the whiteboard is equipped with a coordinate detection function, and when the content of a meeting is written on the whiteboard with a designated writing instrument such as a pen, the written content is detected as coordinate data. converted into an electrical signal.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the above-mentioned electronic conference system, the contents of the meeting and its status are simply converted into electrical signals. etc. Also, if you want to move the content to another location on the whiteboard, or copy it and modify or change it,
The item must be erased or added to more than once, and even if it is a predetermined item, it will not be input as data unless it is filled in each time.

Therefore, when attempting to input and process the content of a meeting as data using a whiteboard, it is necessary to write all of the information on the whiteboard, which may reduce the efficiency of the meeting. It also becomes.

Furthermore, conventional electronic blackboards only capture information as images from the characters and line drawings drawn on the blackboard. Therefore,
On the electronic blackboard: It was impossible to process the numbers written directly as computer data.

Additionally, daily report processing is generally an important management item at work sites, and various systems have been developed to simplify and save labor for such office processing. However, in the conventional computerized daily report processing, since the daily report is used as input data, there is a problem in that the manual labor required by tapping on the keyboard is tedious, and it takes time and effort to submit (input) the daily report and compile it. Also, the data processing system n(I
If N is small, the input time may overlap with other systems such as cost management, and the input process is time-consuming because input is performed while referring to a code table or the like. Furthermore, the contents of daily reports from below are often unclear and inconsistent.
Not only is it impossible to keep track of daily work records, but creating a monthly summary sheet is also laborious and time-consuming.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide an electronic blackboard system that allows predetermined information to be input into a project delivery service.

[Means to resolve the gap]

To this end, the electronic blackboard of the present invention is an electronic blackboard that allows reading and writing of data stored in a memory on the board surface, and is characterized in that a large number of heads for reading and writing stored data from and to the memory are arranged vertically and horizontally on the board surface. A system using such an electronic whiteboard includes an input/output control means that sequentially scans a head placed on the board surface to control the input/output of stored data for reading and writing, and a system that processes the stored data. The present invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a data processing means and configured to read and write data stored in a memory attached to the board surface by associating the position of the head with the stored data.

[Effect]

In the electronic whiteboard and electronic blackboard system of the present invention, when a memory is attached to the board surface, stored data is read and written to the memory by a head through an input/output control means, and the read/write stored data is processed by a data processing means. Therefore, for example, by preparing a memory in which predetermined information is written (2) and pasting it at a specific position on the board surface at any time, the data processing means will recognize it as information corresponding to that specific position.
It is processed. In addition, by pasting a memory at a specific position on the board surface, writing information corresponding to that position into the memory from a data processing means, and reading the stored data in the memory into another device, the information written on the board surface can be The data can be recognized and processed by another data processing unit.

C Example] Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the electronic whiteboard system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of use of the electronic whiteboard according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the processing of the electronic whiteboard system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the flow.

In Figure 1, 1 is the whiteboard, 2 is the henodo, and 3 is the whiteboard.
4 is a memory, 4 is a head control section, 5 is a data processing section, and 6 is a storage section. The whiteboard 1 has a large number of heads 2 arranged vertically and horizontally, and the heads 2 can read and write stored data from and to a memory 3 at any time. The head control unit 4 controls the interface between the head 2 and the data processing unit 5, and for example, the head control unit 4 controls the interface between the head 2 and the data processing unit 5.
process the storage data to be read and written respectively in parallel, convert it into serial data and transfer it to and from the data processing section 5, or read and write the data tα while sequentially scanning the Henode 2. The data processing unit 5 uses a keyboard or the like as a manual means for inputting stored data to be written, control commands, etc., and a display, printer, etc. as an output means for outputting input data, read data, processed data, etc. It processes storage data that is read and written. The storage unit 6 is used as a file for holding stored data to be written, read data, and processed data thereof.

Therefore, each head 2 has an address, and the data processing section 5
By managing the stored data for each address, stored data and positions on the whiteboard 1 are associated with each other. Note that the storage unit 6 may store an input menu from the input means, and when in the input mode, display a menu that guides and instructs the input procedure and format. In this way, it is possible to provide a system that can be easily operated even by an operator who is not familiar with the system.

In such an electronic whiteboard system, the memory 3 is attached to the surface of the whiteboard 1, and is, for example, a small memory shaped like a plastic chip. The surface of the whiteboard 1 may also be constructed so that it can be written with colors or simple characters and information can be displayed. By making it possible to write and erase with a writing instrument such as, it is possible to have the function of a conventionally used blackboard or a display board, and also provide the memory 3 with not only stored information but also display information. . That is, the display on the whiteboard 1 and the display on the output means (display) in the data processing section 5 can be used together.

FIG. 2 shows an example of how the electronic whiteboard system is used. The example shown in Figure 2 uses an electronic blackboard as a work status display board, and like a normal display board, it displays "work name", "location", "worker allocation", and detailed classification of each. is written and displayed on the board. Then, a specific area among them is secured as a memory pasting area. Therefore, the data processing section recognizes these display sections and memory pasting areas in association with the address area of the head.

Therefore, as shown in the figure, if you write "Side wall C stroke" as the work name and then paste the memory in which the work name of "Side wall C stroke" is stored, the data processing section will use the address of the head that read this memory information. It is recognized that the stored data "side wall C hit" is information in the work name area. In other words,
The side wall C stroke is entered as a display on the display board, and a memory storing the corresponding information is pasted thereon, thereby inputting the information to the data processing section. In addition, in the area where workers are placed behind side wall C, dispatched workers paste personal memory that stores the company name and worker's personal information in the column corresponding to their work and work location. . The data processing unit recognizes the information in this memory from the address of the reading head that it is the area for worker placement, that the position corresponds to side wall C of the work name area, and side wall A4 of the location area. can.

Note that the data processing unit may recognize these areas from the information in each memory without particularly recognizing the "work name", "location", and "worker placement" areas as described above. It is sufficient to identify whether it is a work name memory, a location memory, or a worker's memory from the stored information in the memory, and recognize the relationship between the work name, location, and work opening from their positions.

In this way, on the work status display board shown in Figure 2, the work name and work opening arrangement for each location can be recognized from the information read by each head, and by processing this information, aggregate data and statistical data can be obtained. can be output.

What's more, by simply pasting their own personal memory in a designated area, workers can easily enter their personal data and display on a whiteboard who is working on what and where on the site. At the same time, the data processing section can also display and print out information, allowing you to visually grasp the current status of work at the site. At the same time, the data can be simply transferred to a computer that performs aggregation processing and payment processing, which eliminates the need to manually write daily report forms using a keyboard.

For example, in the case of construction work, it is common for the work location and work content of each work tool to change from day to day, and the work location and work content are not individual-specific data; that is, they are stored on a medium such as a magnetic card. It is not possible to register the work location and work content as fixed data along with the individual's name, address, company name, etc. However, the work location and work content are important data in the processing of daily reports. Therefore, a mechanism is needed that allows these data to be changed freely from day to day. The present invention can satisfactorily meet such demands because data on work locations and work contents can be manually generated at the same time as individual-specific data by simply replacing the memory. Furthermore, since the board can display text and graphics in the same way as a conventional whiteboard, data entry status can be displayed in a simple manner.

FIG. 3 shows the overall processing flow of the electronic whiteboard system as described above. As shown in FIG. 3, first, in the case of the system shown in FIG. 2, data regarding the work name, location, and worker are input into the chip-like memory. and,
Paste it on the designated area on the whiteboard.

On the other hand, the sensor head embedded in the whiteboard detects whether there is a mesori at a fixed scanning cycle (every fixed time), and if there is memory, it reads the stored data and stores it in the memory. The data is transferred to the data processing unit through the control unit. The data processing section stores the stored data read in this way in the storage section along with the address of each node, reading time, etc. ! The accumulated data is
&t By storing the time when the machine was removed and the time when it was removed as historical data in the data processing unit according to the data stored in the memory in the worker placement area, it is possible to automatically manage the arrival and departure of workers and work time. can.

As described above, the electronic blackboard system of the present invention can be used for display boards for information that needs to be posted and that requires processing such as aggregation and classification of the information after being posted, such as display boards for clocking in and leaving, mine entry, etc. By using it for business results graphs, display boards for the usage status of machines and negotiations, etc., it is possible to simultaneously display information and manually input information to computers that perform aggregation processing.

Moreover, it can be used with the same sense of anger as a conventional whiteboard,
You can enter necessary data into a computer without using the keyboard. Therefore, even people without computer knowledge can easily use it and input data.

4121 is a diagram showing an example of using the electronic blackboard according to the present invention in a process management system, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of link information between nodes.

When creating a process chart (network), the range that can be calculated manually is about 500 activities, and for more than that, a computer will have to be used. Conventionally, when creating a process chart using a computer, first, a draft is drawn on a sheet of paper, and then data is input from an input sheet or input screen. Therefore, there is a problem that changes and modifications cannot be easily and freely made. In this respect, when the electronic whiteboard system according to the present invention is used, manual work on the process chart can be easily performed. The details are detailed below.

As shown in Fig. 4, the system configuration includes an electronic whiteboard 11 in which a large number of memory reading and writing heads are embedded in the board surface, and a data processing device that controls reading and writing of stored data to the memory on the board surface through the heads. 12,
Furthermore, it consists of a handy reader/writer 13 of, for example, a pencil type, which can individually read and write stored data in each memory. In this example, the data processing device 12 is integrated into the lower right portion of the electronic whiteboard 11, and keys and a display for inputting data and the like are arranged in front of the data processing device 12. leader/
The writer 13 is equipped with keys for inputting stored data, a display for checking the input contents and read contents of the written tα data, and a memory for temporarily holding the read data. The memory 14 attached to the board surface is used as a node for process control, and the memory 14 is used as a node for process control. D.
It stores the number of process days, link information between nodes, etc.

Next, the procedure for creating a process chart using the above system will be explained.

In the process chart creation process, first create a network on the electronic blackboard ll, then transfer memo IJ 14 to No. 13.
When pasted on %g, a node-linked process chart as shown is created. When the process chart is completed on the electronic blackboard 11 in this way, the reader/writer 13 is used to write node information into the memory 14 corresponding to each of n nodes a to g, and the link information line 15 is Although written on the electronic whiteboard 11, this is not read into the data processing device 12, so this connection information between nodes is also written into each memory. When the process chart is created in this way, the memory storage information of each node is read into the data processing device 12 from the head of the electronic blackboard 11. Therefore, this information may be transferred, for example, to a general-purpose computer having a process chart drawing program for drawing a process chart from the memory storage information of each node, and the process chart may be drawn and printed out. FIG. 5 shows an example of link information between nodes.

In FIG. 5, (a) represents type N, and is information that node B can start after xx days have passed after node A ended (end → start). FIG. 4B shows the S type, and is information that node B can start 66 days after node A starts (start-start). The same figure (C1
indicates type F, and is information that node B can be terminated after 00 days have passed since node A terminated (terminate → terminate). In the same figure (di represents the E type, and the information is that node Bh can be terminated (start-end) after a lapse of days after the start of node A.

The connection information between each node is set using the reader/writer 13. For example, when writing the connection destination node b into the memory of node a as connection information, first use the reader/writer 13 to write node b to the memory of node a. By reading and holding the TD of the node A and writing it to the memory of the node A as the connection information of the connected node B, by doing this, you can read the TD from the memory of one node without being aware of each node each time. Read and retain the node ID,
Connection information can be set by a simple operation of writing the ID&'II into the memory of the other node.

Figure 6: This is a diagram showing an example of using the electronic blackboard according to the present invention in a daily report data manual processing system.In Figure 0, 21 is a work item board, 22 is a scanner, 23 is an adapter,
24 is a general-purpose personal computer, and 25 is a memory.

In FIG. 6, the work item board 21 is an electronic blackboard of the present invention with a head embedded in the board surface, and has columns for trader information, job type, and work items, and a memory 25 is pasted in each column. and is read by the scanner 22. To use this, for example, in the morning, the work for the day, etc. is input into the scanner 22 from the work item board, and the scanner 22 is handed over to the foreman. During the work, each time the scheduled work is completed, the foreman inputs the actual number of manpower, and in the evening, transfers the data from the scanner 22 to the general-purpose computer 24 using the adapter 23. A writer is also used, and as soon as the scheduled work is completed, the foreman manually writes the actual manpower numbers into the memory pasted in the work item field.In the evening, the foreman inputs the data into the scanner 22 and uses the adapter 23 to transfer the data to the general-purpose computer 24. In these cases, as in the example above, you are not effectively using the 7 board, but if you use this head, you can move the work content or artificial information from the head of the work item board. It is also possible to read the numbers into a data processing section and transfer the data to the general-purpose personal computer 24 through a transfer line.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible.For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a head embedded in a whiteboard is used to read and write data stored in a memory. However, writing to memory may be done using a write-only V2N, and the head on the board may only read, or time information may also be read when data is read into the computer. .

The present invention can be widely used not only at construction sites as described above, but also at factories, sales offices, and the like.

For example, there is a system in which conventional handwritten documents such as delivery slips and sales slips are entered using a keyboard, a system in which codes are entered using a keyboard for work names, parts names, product names, etc., and a system in which multiple systems are processed by a single computer. Of course, it can be applied to such cases as well.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, by preparing a memory in which predetermined information is stored and attaching or removing it from a specific position on the board surface at any time,
Information corresponding to that particular location can be processed by the data processing means.

In addition, by pasting a memory at a specific position on the board surface, writing information corresponding to that position into the memory from a data processing means, and reading the stored data in the memory into another device, the information written on the board surface can be The data can be recognized and processed by another data processing unit. In this way, the input work using the electronic whiteboard can be significantly simplified and labor-saving compared to the conventional method.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the electronic whiteboard system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of use of the electronic whiteboard according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the electronic whiteboard system according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of using the electronic blackboard according to the present invention in a process control system, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of link information between nodes. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which the electronic blackboard according to the present invention is used in a daily report data input processing system. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Whiteboard, 2... Head, 3... Memory, 4... Head control section, 5... Data processing section,
6...Memory section. Applicant Shimizu Corporation Agent Patent Attorney Ryukichi Abe (2 others) Figure 1 Figure Z Figure 3 Figure 4! ;figure

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An electronic blackboard that allows reading and writing of data stored in a memory on the board surface, and is characterized in that a large number of heads for reading and writing stored data from and to the memory are arranged vertically and horizontally on the board surface. (2) A system that uses an electronic whiteboard with multiple heads arranged vertically and horizontally on the board surface for reading and writing stored data in memory, and the system uses an electronic whiteboard that sequentially scans the multiple heads arranged on the board surface to read and write stored data. It is equipped with an input/output control means for controlling input/output, and a data processing means for processing the stored data, and is configured to read and write the stored data in the memory attached to the board surface by correlating the position of the head with the stored data. An electronic whiteboard system characterized by the following configurations. (3) The electronic whiteboard system according to claim 2, further comprising read/write means that can read and write stored data in the memory separately from the head disposed on the board surface.