JPH0272473A - Data controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a data controller which excels in the handling performance by using a means which limit the total quantity of data of all types down to the prescribed value at input of the data of either one of plural types. CONSTITUTION:A schedule input control part 35 which controls the input of the schedule data and a memo input control part 36 which controls the input of the memo data are connected to a main control part 31. A schedule counter and a memo counter of the part 31 store the numbers of lines of the inputted schedule and memo data respectively. Then the gentle limitation is set to the input data quantity, that is, it is just required to keep the sum of lines of both schedule and memo data under the prescribed value. Thus the schedule data can be increased in the case the memo data has a small number of lines for example. Thus it is possible to obtain a data controller which excels in the high handling performance.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a data management device for managing schedules and the like.

(Prior Art) Recently, computer-based data management devices have been widely used. A wide variety of application programs for data management have been developed for personal computers and pocket computers. In addition, word processors, which are computers for specific purposes, have a schedule management function in addition to the original document creation function.

Devices that are equipped with data management functions such as address book management functions and can be used as data management devices are becoming common.

A data management device that performs schedule management in such a data management device will be described. Conventional data management devices typically include a processing unit that includes a CPU, as well as a keyboard for inputting data.

It is equipped with a display device for displaying input data and a printing device for making a hard copy of the input data. The input schedule data consists of, for example, date and time and schedule items, and is displayed on the 8 display device as shown in FIG. In schedule management, it is useful to add memo data consisting of a character string of an arbitrary length to schedule data for consideration, so a memo data input function is often provided. Memo data is normally input under a memo input mode provided separately from the scheduler mode, and the input memo data is displayed on a display device as shown in FIG. 6, for example. The schedule data and memo data thus manually entered are printed on a sheet of paper using a printing device as shown in FIG.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional data management device as described above, the printing formant is fixed. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, in addition to the total number of printed lines C, distribution of the total number of printed lines C to schedule data and memo data, I! The number of lines a to be printed for schedule data and the number of lines to be printed for memo data were determined.

For this reason, generally there is a blank area 7 where nothing is printed in 1% I71 of the schedule data and the memo data column 72.
3.74 respectively. Because the print format is determined in this way, the number of lines of data that can be input is also limited to lines a and lines b for schedule data and memo data, respectively. Therefore, for example, schedule data (a+2
) line and input memo data in (b-3) line, when the number of lines of a certain type of data is small, it is not allowed to input a large number of lines of other data. As described above, conventional data management devices have severe limitations on the amount of data that can be input, and have had major problems with ease of use.

The present invention was made in view of the current situation, and
The purpose is to provide a data management device that is easy to use and has gentle restrictions on the amount of data that can be input when multiple types of data such as schedule data and memo data are input.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The data management device of the present invention is a data management device capable of inputting multiple types of data, and when inputting any type of data among the multiple types of data. It is equipped with a means to limit the total amount of data of all types of data to within a predetermined amount of data.

This achieves the above objective.

(Example) The invention will now be described with reference to examples.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a data management device equipped with a schedule management function, which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the apparatus of this embodiment, a keyboard 32 . A display device 33 for displaying data and a printer 34 for printing data are connected. The main control unit 31 also includes: Schedule input control unit 35 for controlling input of schedule data.
Memo input control unit 36 for controlling input of memo data
．． A one-line print control section 37 for controlling printing of one line of data is also connected. Schedule input control section 3
5 is connected to a schedule one-line buffer 351.

A schedule buffer 352 is connected to the schedule one-line buffer 351 . A memo one-line buffer 361 is connected to the memo human control unit 36, and a memo buffer 362 is connected to the memo one-line buffer 361. A one-line print buffer 371 is connected to the one-line print control section 37 .

Schedule data can be input line by line under the control of the main control unit 31 and schedule input control unit 35. The input schedule data is stored in the schedule one line buffer 351. Schedule 1 line buffer 35
1 becomes full, the schedule data in the schedule 1 line buffer 351 is stored in the schedule buffer 352.

The main control unit 31 and the memo human control unit 3 handle the memo data manually.
This is done line by line under the control of 6. The manually entered memo data is transferred to the memo buffer 36 via the memo one line buffer 361.
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The procedure for inputting schedule data will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG. The main control unit 31 includes a schedule counter (hereinafter abbreviated as rscJ) that can be referenced from the schedule input control unit 35 and memo input control unit 36.
and a memo counter (hereinafter abbreviated as rMC). SC and MC each store the number of lines of schedule data and the number of lines of memo data that have been input. When inputting schedule data, take into account that the maximum number of lines that can be printed on one sheet of paper is C.

The sum of the contents of SC and the contents of MC is made not to exceed C. In step Sll, it is determined whether the sum of the contents of SC and the contents of MC is smaller than C.

If SC+MC≧C, it is displayed that no further data input is allowed (step 517).

If SC0MC<c, input of characters using the keyboard 32 by the operator is accepted, and the input characters are stored in the schedule 1-line buffer 351. This process continues until the schedule 1 line buffer 351 is full (steps 312-514). When the one-line schedule buffer 351 becomes full, the data in the buffer 351 is transferred to the schedule buffer 352, and 1 is added to the contents of SC (steps 515 to 316). after that,
Return to step Sll.

The memo data input process is also performed while checking the number of lines so that the sum of the number of lines of the schedule data and the number of lines of the memo data does not exceed C, similar to the input process of the schedule data described above.

In this way, the limit on the amount of input data in the data management device of the present embodiment is relaxed so that the sum of the number of lines of schedule data and the number of lines of memo data is equal to or less than a predetermined value C. There is. Therefore, for example, if the number of lines of memo data is small, more schedule data can be input.

Printing of data is performed according to the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, the title of the schedule is printed (steps 521-322), and then the schedule data is printed (steps 323-524). Next, print the title of the memo field (steps 525-526),
After that, the memo data is printed (steps 327 to 528).
). An example of the printing result is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, according to the above-described printing procedure, a blank area 41 is generated only at the bottom edge of the paper on which printing has been performed.

Note that the data input to the data management device is not limited to schedule data and memo data, and there may be three or more types of input data. The unit of data amount subject to restriction is not limited to rows. For example, if the data basically does not include line breaks, the amount of data in units of characters can be restricted.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, when inputting multiple types of data, the limit on the amount of data is set only for the sum of the amounts of data of all types of data. If the amount of data is small, a data management device that is easy to use and can input a large amount of other types of data is provided.

4. NOW DAY FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the schedule data input procedure in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the printing procedure in the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an outline of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a printing result according to the embodiment, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing an example of a display device in a state in which data is displayed in a conventional data management device. , FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a printing result in a conventional data management device.

31... Main control unit, 32... Keyboard, 33...
・Display device.

34...Printer, 35...Schedule input control section, 36...Memo input control section, 37...1 line printing control section.

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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A data management device capable of inputting a plurality of types of data, wherein when inputting any one of the plurality of types of data, the amount of data of all types of data is A data management device including means for limiting the total to within a predetermined amount of data.