JPH03292521A - Selection data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the selection of the multi-item data by displaying the designated one of many items in full spelling and in an increased display range. CONSTITUTION:A full spelling mode key is operated by an indicating means 3 with use of a touch panel, for example, and a full spelling display mode is designated for the selection data with touch of a desired item. Then a display control means 4 reads the full spelling display data on the relevant item out of a 1st storage means 1. Then the full spelling characters are shown by a display means 5. When the display contents are confirmed, a reduction mode reset key, for example, is operated by the means 3. Thus the means 4 displays the original reduced characters through the means 5. As a result, the full spelling of a desired item to be selected can be displayed as necessary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a selection data input device in an information processing apparatus such as an office computer or a personal computer.

[Overview] When selecting multiple data items on a personal computer or office computer, a large number of selected data items are displayed on one screen, and transparent touch switches corresponding to the selected items and 1=1 are provided on the top of the display screen. A selection data input device is used in which data is input by operating a touch switch.

However, in such an input device, there are many selection items displayed on the display screen, and the display of each item is an abbreviated display in which each item name is simplified. For this reason, data selection was difficult.

In the present invention, when any one of a large number of items is specified,
By displaying the specified item in full spelling and with a wide display range, it is possible to easily select multi-item data.

[Prior Art] When inputting data into an office computer or a personal computer, qualitative items such as a customer's name, address, product name, etc. are often input. For example, this is the case when a personal computer or the like is used for inventory management, customer management, etc. In such cases, it is inefficient to enter data using a keyboard.

For this reason, selected data such as name, address, product name, etc.
A multi-item input device has been devised that allows input of items (items) with a single key touch. In such an input device,
For example, a transparent touch switch is provided on the front surface of a display displaying input items, and each touch area of the touch switch is made to correspond one-to-one to the item displayed on the display screen. Then, when the user selects a desired item and touches the selected item, the touch operation is detected and processing is performed based on the content of the selection data corresponding to the touch area.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In conventional selection data input devices, the display area of the items displayed on the display screen is fixed to one screen. For example, when displaying selection data of 64 items, one page is divided into 8 x 8 areas. and assigned to each item.

For this reason, the display range of character strings that display selected data is extremely narrow, and simplified item information must be displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, if the multi-item display area 6 can display only two characters, "rAB Shokai" or "rAB Shoji"
Even if the selected data is spelled out in full, it has to be abbreviated as "A-kai" and "A-ji," respectively, as shown by arrows 7 and 8. For this reason, the shortened displays of selected data may be similar, requiring the operator time to decide which key to operate, and there is also the risk of erroneous operation.

In light of this, I think that when using multiple selection keys, it would be a good idea to use some method to display the item names of the selection keys being operated in an easy-to-read manner, if necessary.

An object of the present invention is to enable full spelling display of a desired item to be selected, if necessary.

[Means to solve the problem]

The means of the present invention are as follows.

A first storage means 1 (see the functional block diagram of the present invention in FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores a plurality of selection data (item data).
Memorize the full spelling display characters.

The second storage means 2 stores the abbreviated display characters of the plurality of selection data.

The instruction means 3 instructs the display means 5 to display the characters stored in the first or second storage means.

Based on the instruction from the instruction means 3, the display control means 4 selects, for example, the characters stored in the first storage means 1 when the full spell character display is instructed, and the first character stored in the first storage means 1 when the abbreviated character display is instructed. Display control is performed to display the characters stored in the storage means 2 of No. 2 on the display means 5.

[For production]

The operation of the means of the invention is as follows.

The first storage means 1 stores a plurality of selection data, that is, item names in full spelled letters, and the second storage means 2 stores each item name of the plurality of selection data in abbreviated letters. . Now, when the instruction means 3 specifies full spell display of the selected data, for example, by operating a key to enter full spell mode on a touch panel and touching a desired item, the display control means 3
reads the full spelling display data of the corresponding item stored in the first storage means 1 and causes the display means 5 to display the full spelling characters. After confirming the contents, for example, by operating the key to return to the shortened mode using the instruction means 3,
The display control means 4 causes the display means 5 to display the original abbreviated characters.

Therefore, if necessary, the full spelling of the item desired to be selected can be displayed.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of the selection data input device of one embodiment. The multi-item keyboard 9 includes a touch panel in which transparent touch switches 10 are overlapped on the entire screen of a display section 10' consisting of a liquid crystal display element, etc.
HELP key 11 to instruct display items to be displayed in full spelling
and a HELP release key 12 for canceling the full spell display instruction. The display section 10' shows K I
-K- items of n selection data are displayed. Transparent electrodes (not shown) are formed in a matrix in one-to-one correspondence directly above the display position of the selected data on the display section 10', and a finger or the like is pressed against the displayed item position (item key Ti). The configuration allows you to select the item by touching it (touch operation). However, the position of the item key Ti is the same as the item Ki (i=1.2...n) on the display section 10' as described above.

The multi-item keyboard 9 is connected to a CPU (central processing unit) 14 via a key data control unit 13. When the item key Ti is touched, a key operation signal is output to the key data control unit 13, the key data control unit 13 creates an item code corresponding to the item key Ti, and outputs this data to the CPU 4. Also, HELP key 1
1 or the HELP release key 12 is operated, the key data control section 13 outputs the respective corresponding codes (HELP on code or HELP off code) to the CPU 14 in the same manner as described above.

In addition to the above, the CPU 14 is connected to a display control section 15, a display data control section 16, a display memory 17, a shortened display data buffer 18, a HELP key register 19, and a full spell display data buffer 20. Also, CPU
14 is connected to a ROM (read-on memory) and a RAM (random access memory), although not shown, and performs the processing described later in accordance with a program stored in the ROM.

When the HELP on code is input from the key data control section 13, the CPU 14 outputs a control signal to the IELP key register 19, and sets a flag in the HELP key register 19, which will be described in detail later. In addition, the CPU 14
When the ELP off code is input, a control signal is output to the HELP key register 19 to turn off the set flag.

Further, when the item code is input, the CPU 14 outputs a control signal to the display data control section 16, and notifies the display data control section 16 that the item key Ti has been operated.

When the display data control unit 16 receives a control signal informing input of the item code from the CPU 14, if the flag is not set in the HELP key register 19,
Controls reading of item data corresponding to the item code input to the PU 14 from the shortened display data buffer 18,
When the flag is set in the HELP key register 19, the above item data is sent to the full spell display data buffer 2.
Controls reading from 0.

The abbreviated display data buffer 18 stores abbreviated data (data that simplifies the full spelling of the selected data) of each screen of selected data displayed on the display section 10' in advance. In addition, full spell display data buffer 20
Stores full-spelled item data for each selection data item for one screen displayed on the display unit 10'.

The display memory 17 has a memory area that corresponds 1:1 with the data displayed on the display section 10' of the multi-item keyboard 9, and stores abbreviated data or full spell data of selected data displayed on the display section 10'. . That is, when the flag is not set in the HELP key register 19, shortened data is written from the shortened display data buffer 8 under the control of the display data control unit I6 mentioned above, and the flag is set in the HELP key register 19. At this time, full spell display data is written from the full spell display data buffer 20 under the control of the display data control section 16 described above.

The display control unit 15 is configured to read shortened or full spelled item data stored in the display memory 17 based on a display instruction signal of display data output from the CPU 14, and output it to the display unit 10'. be.

Next, the operation of the selection data manual apparatus of one embodiment configured as described above will be explained using the flow chart shown in FIG.

It is assumed that the flag of the HELP key register 19 is initially set, and that the abbreviated data of the selected data is displayed on the display section 10'. A part of the display state of the display section 10' at this time is shown in FIG. 4(a). In addition, the abbreviated A-kai shown in FIG. 3A is AB Shoji in full spelling, and A is AB Shoji.

First, touch switch 10 or I of multi-item keyboard 9
(If you manually operate the ELP key 11 and HELP release key 12 (step (hereinafter referred to as S) 1), the CPU
14 determines which key has been operated based on the code data converted by the key data control unit 13. In other words, it is determined whether it is a HELP on code, a HELP off code, or an item code (S2).Since the initially selected data is displayed in abbreviated form here, for the sake of explanation, the display is shown in full spelling. It is assumed that the HELP key 11 is operated to perform the following operations. In this case, the HELP on code is input to the CPU 14, so the CPU 14
A control signal is output to the LP key register 19 and a flag is set in the HELP key register 19 (S3).

Next, in the same way, the human power to press the keys on the multi-item keyboard 9 is determined. For example, if the item key Ti is operated next, the CPU
14 determines that it is an operation of the item key Ti based on the item code output from the key data control unit 13, and
It is determined whether a flag is set in the P key register 19 (32→34).

At this time, since the above flag is set in the HELP key register 19, the display data control unit 16 reads out the item data corresponding to the item key code from the full spell display data buffer 20 and stores it in the memory area of the display memory 17. do. Further, the display control unit 15 receives a CP
U14 outputs a display instruction signal, reads out the item data stored in the display memory 17, and causes the display section 10' of the multi-item keyboard 9 to display the item data (
S5). For example, if the item data selected by the key operation at this time is "A-kai"' in FIG. Ru. A diagram showing this display state is shown in FIG. In this way, the items to be selected are displayed on the multi-item keyboard 9 (
By displaying the full spelling on the display unit 10') with the display area enlarged, the operator can reliably check whether the selected item is correct.

Next, when the HELP release key 12 is operated, the process (
In S2), the CPU 14 learns that the HELP release key 12 has been operated by inputting the HELP off code, outputs a control signal to the HELP key register 19, and
Reset the flag of the ELP key register 19 (S6
). By resetting this flag, the display data control unit 16 reads out the shortened data to be displayed in the enlarged display area from the shortened display data buffer 18 and stores it in the display memory 17, and then stores it in the display memory 17 under the display control of the display control unit 15. The display data stored in the display section 17 is read out and displayed on the display section 1.
The display of 0' is returned to the original simplified item data display (S7).

In this state, the display control unit 15 displays the shortened display data stored in the display memory 17, so the display state becomes the state shown in FIG. 4(a) (S2→S4→S8).

As described above, when the item key Ti is operated, the item Ki is displayed in full spelling, and the item data of the item Ki, which had been displayed in a simplified manner, is displayed in full spelling, so the user can easily read the item data. You can quickly and accurately select and input desired items. Also, when you do not need to enlarge the display, use the HELP release key 1.
By operating 2, you can immediately return to the original simplified display.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the item keys are touch switches, but the touch panel is not limited to this, and a keyboard with push-down keys installed separately from the display screen can be used, corresponding to the displayed items. It is also possible to select items displayed on the screen by pressing keys on the keyboard.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, any selected data among the selected data displayed in multiple items can be displayed in full spelling, if necessary, and the contents of the data item can be easily confirmed. Therefore, other items will not be reproduced by mistake, and reliability will be significantly improved.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a selection data input device according to an embodiment, and Fig. 3 is an operation flowchart of a selection data input device according to an embodiment. , FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) are diagrams showing an example of a display on a display section, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display on a conventional display section. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...First storage means, 2...Second storage means, 3...Instruction means, 4...Display control means, 5...Display means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a first storage means for storing the full spelling of display characters of a plurality of selection data; a second storage means for storing abbreviated characters of the plurality of selection data; a display means; an instruction means for instructing to display the characters stored in the second storage means, and displaying the characters stored in the first or second storage means on the display means based on the instruction of the instruction means. 1. A selection data input device comprising display control means for controlling the selection data.