JPH03154153A - Document generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply execute the reconversion without executing a zip code converting operation over again from the beginning by providing a means for replacing the zip code whose reconversion is designated with an address obtained by a converting means. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a reconversion number reading part 31, a zip code converting part 32, a conversion candidate output part 33, a conversion candidate selecting part 34, and a selected candidate replacing part 35, and by bringing the zip code on a document screen to reconversion designation, the zip code whose reconversion is designated is brought to zip code conversion, and replaced with an address obtained by the conversion. In such a way, in the case an erroneous operation of a 'zip code conversion' key is executed after inputting the zip code, the reconversion can be executed simply by utilizing the zip code inputted already without executing the converting operation over again from the beginning as in the past. Also, since it is unnecessary to reinput the zip code, such a state that the number being different from the zip code inputted previously is inputted can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a document creation device having a postal code conversion function.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, some document creation devices are equipped with a postal code conversion function that outputs (displays) the address corresponding to the input of a postal code, for example. This is accomplished by using an external memory (floppy disk) in which a plurality of postal codes and addresses matching the numbers are registered in advance, and by calling up the address corresponding to the input number from this external memory.

By the way, if you make a mistake in the specified key operation (the operation of the "postal code conversion" key) after entering the postal code, please try again.
In order to perform postal code conversion, it was necessary to restart the conversion operation from the beginning. In other words, after clearing the already entered postal code and entering the same number again,
I had to operate the "zip code conversion" key,
For this reason, the reconversion operation is troublesome, and there is a particular problem in that a user enters a different postal code from the previously entered postal code.

In addition, when registering an address in address input using such a postal code conversion function, a postal code conversion operation is required in the address field on the address input screen as shown in FIG. 8, for example. In this case, in the address field, you have to re-enter the same postal code that has already been entered in the postal code field, which is not only cumbersome, but also
There was a problem where users entered a different number from the postal code field.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, conventionally, when reconverting a postal code, it was necessary to redo the conversion operation from the beginning.

There was also the problem of entering the wrong postal code at that time.

Furthermore, when entering addresses using postal code conversion, it is necessary to re-enter the same postal code as the postal code field in the address field.
There was a problem where the address could be registered incorrectly due to input errors.

The present invention was created in view of the above points, and allows for easy re-conversion without having to restart the postal code conversion operation from the beginning.In addition, when entering an address using postal code conversion, the postal code field can be added to the address field. To provide a document creation device that can easily register an address without re-entering the same postal code.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) That is, the present invention provides a document creation device having a postal code conversion function that outputs an address corresponding to the same number by inputting a postal code. The first feature is that by specifying reconversion of the postal code on the screen, the specified postal code is converted into a postal code and replaced with the address obtained through this conversion. With such a configuration, the postal code conversion operation can be easily reconverted without having to start over from the beginning.

Furthermore, in the address input using postal code conversion, by specifying the address field on the address input screen, the present invention converts the postal code that has already been entered in the postal code field, and obtains the postal code obtained by this conversion. The second feature is that the address is output to the specified address field. With such a configuration, an address can be easily registered without re-entering the same postal code as in the postal code field in the address field.

(First Embodiment) A document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a document creation device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a reconversion number reading section 31, a postal code conversion section 3, and a postal code conversion section 3.
2. It mainly includes a conversion candidate output section 33, a conversion candidate selection section 34, and a selected candidate replacement section 35.

The re-conversion number reading unit 31 reads the postal code designated for re-conversion by the user. The postal code conversion unit 32 detects address candidates corresponding to the postal code read by the reconversion number reading unit 31 from a postal code dictionary to be described later. The conversion candidate output unit 33 outputs the address candidates detected by the postal code conversion unit 32 to the display screen.

The conversion candidate selection unit 34 allows the user to select the address candidates output by the conversion candidate output unit 33. The selected candidate replacement unit 35 replaces the postal code specified for reconversion on the document with the address selected by the user in the conversion candidate selection unit 34.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the document creation device. In the same figure, lO is a microprocessor (CPU), 1
1 and 12 are memories (RAM, ROM) accessed by the microprocessor 10.

The microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 10 is
It controls the entire device including the processing in each section 31 to 35 shown in Fig. 1. It accesses the RAM 11° ROM 12 and starts a program according to input instructions to perform document creation processing and postal code conversion processing. etc.

The RAM 11 is provided with areas for storing various control information, such as a document area (not shown), a custom character registration area, a phrase registration area, and a cursor position register for storing the cursor position on the document display screen. .

The ROM 12 includes a program area 13 that stores various processing programs that determine the operation of the CPU 10,
A character pattern area 14 in which font data is stored, a dictionary area 15 in which various dictionaries for converting readings input in kana or Roman characters into kanji are registered are provided.

In addition, 16 is a keyboard (KB), 17 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF), 18 is a display device,
19 is a display controller (display-CNT), 20 is a display dot memory, and 21 is a floppy disk device (FD).
D), 22 is the FDD interface (FDD-I
F), 23 is a printer device (PRT), and 24 is a printer interface (PRT-IF).

The keyboard (KB) 1B uses the keyboard interface (KB-IF) 17 to input information necessary for document creation, etc.
output to CP 010 via.

This keyboard 1B includes, in addition to "character" keys, "numeric" keys, "cursor" keys, etc., a "postal code conversion" key for instructing postal code conversion, and a "selection/selection" key for instructing confirmation of various settings. "Run" key, document creation, editing/
Various function keys are provided, including a "delete" key and an "insert" key used for calibration, etc.

The display device 18 is composed of, for example, a 10-line liquid crystal display, and the bottom line (10th line) is set as an area exclusively for guide display (guide line). Display-CNT19 is C
Under the control of PUl0, the display of the display 18 is controlled using the display dot memory 20.

The floppy disk device (FDD) 21 is a cpv
Under the control of io, the FDD interface (FDD
- IF) 22 to save the created document and to store external characters (characters, symbols, marks, etc. other than JIS 1st level characters and 2nd level characters), 2nd level characters, etc. In this embodiment, this floppy disk device (FDD)
) 21 stores the postal code dictionary. In this postal code dictionary, many postal codes and addresses corresponding to those numbers are registered in advance.

The printer device (PRT) 23 includes, for example, a serial printer. This PRT 23 is connected to a printer interface (PRT-IF) under the control of CPU10.
24, the document stored in the document area in RAM II or the floppy disk device (FDD) 2
1, the document information read into the main body and stored in the document area is printed on paper, the paper is conveyed, and other printing processes are executed.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 to 6, a description will be given of the postal code reconversion processing operation as the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, a case will be explained assuming that the postal code r135J has already been input.

For example, if you input the postal code r135J as shown in Figure 3 and then make a mistake in the predetermined key operation (the operation of the "Postal code conversion" key), first, as shown in the flowchart in Figure 6, the re-conversion is performed. K B IS the range (starting point and ending point)
After specifying with the “cursor” key (not shown) above, select the same K B
The user operates the "postal code conversion" key (not shown) on 1B to specify postal code conversion (step AI). In the example in Figure 3, for the zip code r135J that has already been input, "1
After specifying the re-conversion range with the cursor with ``'' as the starting point and ``5'' as the ending point, press the ``Postal code conversion'' key.

When such a reconversion operation is performed, the CPUIO reads the postal code surrounded by the cursor, that is, the postal code specified for reconversion, and selects the address candidate corresponding to the read postal code from the postal code stored in the FDD 21. It is detected from the number dictionary (steps A2 to A4). This postal code dictionary contains
Multiple addresses corresponding to postal codes are registered in advance. C
When PUl0 detects an address candidate from this postal code dictionary, it outputs (displays) the candidate on a candidate screen as shown in FIG. 4 (step A5). In addition, here, the addresses corresponding to postal code r135J are "Koto-ku, Tokyo",
It is assumed that there are three candidates: "Tokyo parts district" and "Minato-ku, Tokyo." These three address candidates are displayed with candidate selection numbers as shown in FIG.

For example, if "Minato-ku, Tokyo" is the address to be converted, enter the candidate selection number "3" by operating the "Numeric" key (not shown) or the "Cursor J key" on the KBIB (
Select) (Step A6) Upon input of this candidate selection number, CPU10 replaces the postal code specified for reconversion on the document screen with the selected address (Step A8). As a result, the reconversion designated zip code r13
5J will be replaced with "Minato-ku, Tokyo" as shown in Figure 5.

Note that, in step A2, if the conversion is other than postal code conversion, the CPU II executes other conversion processing, such as kana-kanji conversion, in accordance with the current pm operation (steps A9, Al0).

In this way, after entering the postal code, click "Postal code conversion" -
If you make a mistake in the operation, you can easily reconvert using the already input postal code without having to start over from the beginning as in the past. in this case,
Since there is no need to re-enter the postal code, it is possible to prevent the user from inputting a postal code different from the previously entered postal code during reconversion.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a document creation device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

A second embodiment of the present invention relates to address input using postal code conversion. What is address input? For example, on the address input screen (recipient data input screen) as shown in Figure 8, enter the necessary data in the predetermined fields such as name field, postal code field, address field, etc. It is to input. By inputting the address, various postcard processing such as postcard address printing can be performed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the document creation device 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a cursor position detection section 41, a postal code field inspection section 42, a postal code conversion section 43, and a conversion candidate output section 44.
, a conversion candidate selection section 45, and a selection candidate replacement section 46. The cursor position detection unit 41 detects that the cursor is located in the address column of the addressee input screen. The postal code field inspection unit 42 reads the postal code entered in the postal code field. The postal code conversion unit 43 detects address candidates corresponding to the postal code read by the postal code field inspection unit 42 from the postal code dictionary. Conversion candidate output unit 4
4 outputs the address candidates detected by the postal code converter 43 to the display screen. The conversion candidate selection unit 45 allows the user to select the address candidates output by the conversion candidate output unit 44. The selection candidate replacement unit 46 includes the conversion candidate selection unit 45
Outputs the address selected by the user in the address field.

Next, referring to FIGS. 8 to 10, the addressee input processing operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Here, the description will be made assuming that the CPU 10 shown in FIG. 2 controls the entire apparatus including the processing in each section 41 to 4B shown in FIG. 7.

When entering addressee data, for example, when recipient data is input, an addressee input screen for entering recipient data as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. While looking at this screen, the user
Enter (register) the necessary data in each field such as name field, postal code field, address field, etc. Here, when registering an address in the address field, conventionally, the user had to re-enter the postal code entered in the postal code field and operate the "postal code conversion" key. On the other hand, in the present invention, after inputting the postal code in the postal code field, the user only needs to set the cursor in the address field and operate the "postal code conversion" key.

The operation of address input using this postal code conversion will be explained below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10.

That is, after displaying the address input screen as shown in FIG.
If postal code conversion is specified, CPU10 first
The position of the cursor on the addressee input screen is detected (steps B1 and B2). Here, if the cursor is set in the address field, CPU10 detects whether or not a postal code has already been entered in the postal code field, and if so, reads the same number (steps 83- B5) And CP
Ul0 executes the postal code conversion process as described in the first embodiment on the read postal code (steps 88 to B10), and outputs the address obtained by this conversion process to the cursor position, that is, the address field ( Display) (Step B
11). As a result, as shown in Figure 9, the postal code r123 in the postal code field is displayed in the address field specified by the cursor.
The address corresponding to J, "Adachi-ku, Tokyo," will be displayed.

Note that in steps B3 and B4, if a postal code is not entered in the postal code field, if a postal code is entered in the address field, CPU10 executes postal code conversion according to the input number (step B6 , B7). In addition, in step B1, in cases other than postal code conversion, the CPU
0 executes other conversion processing according to the key operation at that time, such as kana-kanji conversion (step B12).

In this way, if a postal code has already been entered in the postal code field, the postal code can be converted using the postal code in this postal code field.

Therefore, an address can be easily registered without re-entering the same postal code as in the postal code field in the address field as in the past, thereby preventing erroneous registration due to input errors.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when reconverting a postal code, it is possible to easily reconvert a postal code using an already input postal code without having to restart the postal code conversion operation from the beginning. Therefore, during this reconversion, it is possible to prevent a situation in which a number different from the previously input postal code is input.

Additionally, when entering addresses using postal code conversion, addresses can be easily registered using the postal code that has already been entered in the postal code field without having to re-enter the same number as the postal code field in the address field. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation where a wrong address is registered by inputting a number different from the postal code field.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the document creation device, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are respectively in accordance with the first embodiment. A diagram showing an example of a display screen, FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the second embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment. lO...Microprocessor (CPU) 11...
・RAM, 12...ROM, 13...Program area, 14...Character pattern area, 15...Dictionary area, IB...Keyboard (KB), 1g...Display unit,
20...Display dot memory, 21...Floppy disk device (FDD), 23...Printer (PRT)
).

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A document creation device equipped with a postal code conversion function that outputs an address corresponding to the same number by inputting a postal code, comprising a specifying means for specifying reconversion of the postal code on the document screen; and the specifying means. a reading means for reading a postal code specified for reconversion by the reading means; a conversion means for converting the postal code read by the reading means into a postal code; and a conversion means for replacing the postal code specified for reconversion with the address obtained by the conversion means. 1. A document creation device comprising: replacement means. (2) A document creation device equipped with a postal code conversion function that outputs an address corresponding to the same number by inputting a postal code, the display means displaying an address input screen having at least a postal code field and an address field. , an input means for inputting a postal code in the postal code field of the address input screen displayed by the display means; a detection means for detecting the postal code entered in the postal code field by the input means; a specifying means for specifying the address field on the input screen; a converting means for converting the postal code detected by the detecting means into a postal code; and converting the address obtained by the converting means into the address field specified by the specifying means. 1. A document creation device comprising an address output means for outputting an address.