JPH01277920A - Input system for address input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten address input time by performing the retrieval/editing processing of a storage where address constituting elements and their membership information are registered and selecting address elements without KANA (Japanese syllabary)-KANJI (Chinese character) conversion to perform the input operation. CONSTITUTION:First, address constituting elements having the highest level are displayed as selection candidates on a display device 106, and a key to select a pertinent address constituting element is inputted through a keyboard 102. Next, the selected address constituting element is edited and outputted on the screen, and the previously selected address constituting element is used as a parent to retrieve address constituting elements having membership to the parent from a storage device 200, and they are outputted as address constituting element candidates on the display device 106. Thus, the retrieval and editing processing of the storage device where address constituting elements and membership information are registered to effectively input an address without KANA-KANJI conversion by the input operation which selects address constituting elements.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an address input method in an address input device, and particularly an address in which address components are prefectures, cities, and towns, and parent-child relationship information is provided between the address components. Regarding input methods.

(Prior art) Conventionally, in this type of input method, in the process of inputting an address, in order to input the kanji characters that make up the address, the pronunciation of the kanji characters is input from an input device, and the kana There has been a known input method in which a Kanji character is converted by using Kanji conversion. Next, a corresponding Kanji character is selected, the Kanji character is extracted, and an address is created by sequentially arranging the extracted Kanji characters.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional address input method described above, normally when inputting an address, the reading kana of the kanji is input in kana form from the input device for the kanji characters that make up the address. are doing. Based on the input pronunciation, convert the kanji to kanji using kana-kanji conversion, select the relevant kanji, and [extract the kanji first.]

The address is created by repeating this process in order and returning it at the end.

The above input method has the disadvantage that it takes a very long time to input an address because it is necessary to go through kana-kanji conversion each time.

Also, depending on the ability of the person in charge, it may be difficult to read kanji, so
It becomes impossible to input kana characters, it becomes impossible to use kana-kanji conversion, and the address itself cannot be input completely.

Furthermore, even if kana-kanji conversion can be used, it is not possible to select an appropriate kanji, resulting in kanji being used as kanji, leading to typographical errors.

An object of the present invention is to convert the kanji characters constituting the address into kanji characters using kana-kanji conversion when inputting an address using an address input device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an input method for an address input device which eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks by performing a search/edit process on a storage device in which a registered address is registered, and which allows a complete address to be entered without errors in a short time.

(Means for Solving the Problems) An input method in an address input device according to the present invention is configured to include a storage device, an input device, a CPU, and an output device.

The storage device has a registration file containing address components and a random access storage area for storing address data.

The input device is for inputting selection/correction data of address component g elements.

The CPU is connected to a storage device and an input device,
It is used to edit, search, and control data.

The output device is for outputting the processing results of the CPU.

(Example) Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of an input method in an address input device according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a computer system, 101 is a CPU 11o2 is a keyboard, 103 is a tablet, 104 is a disk device, 105
is a floppy disk, 106 is a hard display,
1o7 is a printer. Further, the input device 1oo is a generic term for the keyboard 102 and the tablet 103, the storage device 200 is a generic term for the hard disk drive 104 and the floppy disk 105, and the output device 300 is a generic term for the display 106 and the printer 107.

In FIG. 1, the address input device is constructed by connecting an input device e100, a storage device 200, and an output device 300 to a CPU 101.

The input device 100 inputs selection information of address components displayed on the display 106.

The keyboard 102 is used to input operation commands specifying startup/stoppage of the device, abnormal processing, and the like.

The hard disk drive 104 stores address components such as XX prefecture, XX city, XX town, and parent-child relationship information such as (XX prefecture - X city) and (XX city - X town). and C
At the request of the PU 101, the corresponding address components are sent to the CPU.
Output to I01. A floppy disk device 105 is incorporated to store created address data.

The output device 300 outputs the results processed by the CPU 101.

Based on the data input from the keyboard 102 or tablet 103, the CPU 10I searches for address components from the disk device 104 and displays them on the display 10.
6 Display this on top. Further, the CPU 10I edits the address on the display 106, registers the address data on the floppy disk 105, or controls the printer device 107 to output data on the printer 107.

FIG. 2 shows the display 1 of the address input device according to the present invention.
06 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of output.

In this example, the highest level address components are first displayed on the display 106 as selection candidates, and a key to select the corresponding address component is input from the keyboard 102. Next, the selected address component is edited and output on the screen, and then an address component having a child relationship is searched from the storage device 200, using the pre-selected address component as a parent. , are output on the display 106 as address component candidates.

Thereafter, address components are selected and the same process is repeated up to the lowest level of address components.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the structure of address components registered in the hard disk group R104.

In FIG. 3, for an address component selected at level 0, only all address components of the label that have a parent-child relationship with that address component are searched. Next, up to N (N: positive integer ≧ 3), such as two-level address components for the address components selected in the rubel.
It has a tree structure that allows you to search based on parent-child relationships.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, when an address is input using an address input device, the present invention converts the kanji characters constituting the address into kanji using kana-kanji conversion, without creating an address. By searching and editing the storage device in which the address structure IJ! elements and their parent-child relationship information are registered, it is now possible to input addresses by selecting address components without using kana-kanji conversion. This has the effect of shortening the time required to enter an address.

Furthermore, since there is no need to use kana-kanji conversion, there is an effect that even people who cannot read the kanji that make up an address can enter an address, and can enter an address regardless of their personal ability with kanji.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of an input method in an address input device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the display output of the address input device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of address components registered in the hard disk device. 101... CPU 102... Keyboard 103... Tablet 104... Hard disk device 105... Floppy disk 106... Display 107... Printer 10
0... Input device 200... Storage device 300.
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a registration file containing address components and a storage device having a random access storage area for storing address data; an input device for inputting selection/modification data of said components; said storage device and said input; An address input device that is connected to the device and includes a CPU for editing, searching, and controlling the data, and an output device for outputting the processing results of the CPU. Input method.