JPH0321128U

JPH0321128U -

Info

Publication number: JPH0321128U
Application number: JP4488689U
Authority: JP
Priority date: 1989-04-17
Filing date: 1989-04-17
Publication date: 1991-03-01

Description

[Brief explanation of drawings]

第１図は、本考案による文字入力装置の機能ブ
ロツク図、第２図は、前記装置のキーボードを示
す平面図、第３図，，は、メモリに格納さ
れた英文字表、ひらがな文字表、およびカタカナ
文字表を説明する図、第４図は、従来のキーボー
ドを示す図である。５……キーボード、６……切替キー、８……メ
モリ、１０……ＣＰＵ、１１……数字入力手段、
１２……英数字入力手段、１３……英文字入力手
段、１４……日本文字入力手段、１５……ひらが
な入力手段、１７……カタカナ入力手段、Ｋ_１…
Ｋ_１０……一般キー。 FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a character input device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the keyboard of the device, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a conventional keyboard. 5...Keyboard, 6...Switching key, 8...Memory, 10...CPU, 11...Numeric input means,
12... Alphanumeric input means, 13... Alphabet input means, 14... Japanese character input means, 15... Hiragana input means, 17... Katakana input means, _K1 ...
_K10 ... General key.

Claims

[Scope of claim for utility model registration] A character input device used in word processors, electronic notebooks, etc.
A switch key 6 for switching to either hiragana input or katakana input mode, and numbers from "0" to "9" are respectively written, and along with the numbers, "H", "K", "
S”, “T”, “M”, “Y”, “W”, “R”
, the consonant alphabet of "N", and "a",
10 general keys K1... _K1 with the vowel alphabets of "i", "u", " _e ", and "o" ₀ , and when inputting Japanese characters, one key has two functions of matrix row and row, which can be switched with each stroke, and an English character table, a hiragana character table, and a katakana character table. A memory 8 storing a character table and the keys _K1 ... _K10 and a CPU 10 that performs input processing of characters specified by keystrokes, and in the alphanumeric input mode, the CPU 10
A numeric input means 11 that inputs and processes the numbers written on the pressed general keys _K1 ... _K10 each time the general keys _K1 ... _K10 are pressed once;
In alphanumeric input mode, two general keys K ₁ ... _K10 is pressed at the same time, the English character input means 13 reads out the alphabetic character specified by the combination of the two general keys _K1 ... _K10 from the memory 8 and inputs it. In the numeric input means 12 and in each of the hiragana input mode and the katakana input mode, the pressed general key _K1 ...
It consists of a hiragana input means 15 and a katakana input means 17 which read out characters corresponding to the Romanized pronunciation of Alphabet displayed on the memory 8 from the memory 8 and input them, and a Japanese character input means ₁₄ which inputs hiragana and katakana respectively. A character input device comprising: