JPH0418331B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (A) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card image processing data processing device, and particularly to a card image processing data processing device, which manages a plurality of cards having a common format using a concept called “box”. to display the card image on the display,
It is now possible to execute processing including calculation processing on the contents of the field on the card image, and when executing the above processing, the intermediate results of each processing unit of a series of pre-registered processing steps are displayed sequentially. The present invention relates to a card image processing data processing device.

(B) Technical Background and Problems With the recent spread of office automation, it is desirable to be able to easily perform card image processing that displays and processes card images as well as text creation processing. ing. In other words, in general office processing, it has been widely used to store information in the form of cards and use this information. It is desired to be able to perform necessary processing.
However, the format data and card
It is not a good idea to integrate data and store it in a format, but it is possible to understand a group of cards with a common format as one group, and also to be able to display format data of individual cards and card data in an integrated manner. It is desirable to do so. In addition, when processing, the contents of fields (items) on each card image are specified and processed, but since the number of card images may become large, Instead of providing processing procedures one by one, it is desirable to prepare a series of processing procedures in advance so that common processing can be executed sequentially at high speed for each card image. In particular, in carrying out the above processing steps,
If the card images of the intermediate results of the process are displayed one after another on the display, it is extremely convenient because it makes it possible to confirm the validity of the process and quickly take measures against execution of an undesired process due to, for example, an erroneous operation.

(C) Purpose and Structure of the Invention The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to display a card image, create a processing procedure, register it, and execute the processing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card image processing data processing device in which the intermediate results of the processing can be checked during procedure execution. Therefore, the card image processing data processing device of the present invention displays a card image on a display screen, and also instructs each field on the card image to give a processing mode and process the contents of the field. In a card image processing data processing device, there is a format data storage unit that stores format data regarding boxes defined corresponding to a plurality of cards having a common format, and a field definition that stores definition information of fields included in the boxes. an information storage section, a card data storage section that stores variable data corresponding to each card, and a box corresponding to the card image to be displayed on the display screen for the time being loaded onto the main memory, means for displaying a card image by merging the contents of the form data storage section with the contents of the card data storage section; and a processing procedure for instructing various operations on the card in the box displayed on the display screen. a procedure registration control means for inputting and registering the inputted series of processing procedures; a procedure execution control means for extracting the registered processing procedure and controlling the execution of processing related to the operation on the card instructed by the processing procedure; The present invention is characterized by comprising an intermediate result display means for displaying an intermediate result of the processing according to the registered processing procedure on the display screen each time execution of each processing unit constituting the processing procedure is completed. This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

(D) Embodiments of the Invention Figures 1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams explaining the concepts of card images and boxes according to the present invention, and Figures 4 to 7 are examples of processing modes executed in the present invention, respectively. , FIG. 8 is an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention, and FIG.
10 and 10 show a main part configuration diagram of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention. Also, Figure 11 shows the first
0 shows an example of a processing mode for explaining the illustrated configuration.

In the case of the present invention, a card having a predetermined card format is stored in a data processing device as a card image, and the card image is displayed on a display for processing. Each card image consists of format data as shown in Figures 1 and 2 and field contents (card data) given corresponding to fields (items) such as "Customer Name" on the card image. and are stored separately, and if necessary, the data of both can be merged and displayed on the display. And it is assumed that it represents one real card.

The fields on the card image include character fields and numeric fields. In the format data, "..." is given to indicate the character insertion point for character fields, and "〓〓" is given to indicate the number insertion point for numeric fields.
〓, 〓〓〓” are given.

Generally, there are many cards that share format data as shown in Figures 1 and 2, so card images corresponding to these cards are grouped together into a "box" as shown in Figure 3. Introducing concepts. Symbol 1 is a card image, 2
represents box. In order to provide boxes as one processing unit, the following information (or storage unit) is prepared corresponding to each box. That is, () box profile (memory section)... box number, box name, etc.

() Format data (storage unit)...Data corresponding to the card format (blank card) as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

() Field definition information (storage part)...Field start coordinates and attributes for each field (for numeric fields, presence or absence of commas, number of digits after the decimal point, etc.).

() Field name (memory part)...The name of each field.

() Card data (storage unit) Card data corresponding to individual card images belonging to the same box is stored in association with each page.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a mode of processing according to the present invention, and it can be considered that the display as shown in the figure is displayed on the display and the processing begins.

The screen on the display shows the cards in the first frame.
An image display, a card image display in the second frame, and an input image display for inputting processing procedures etc. can be performed together. In the case shown in Figure 4, the 7th item belonging to the box “Membership Fee Bill”
All or part of the card image addressed to Mr. "Fujitsu Taro" on page 3 is placed in the first frame, and all or part of the card image of Mr. "Fujitsu Taro" on page 7 belonging to the box "Membership Fee Deposit Slip" is placed in the first frame. Part 4 is displayed together in the second frame (hereinafter sometimes referred to as split display). Input image 5 is displayed, and the second field of the "Claim amount" field, which is the field on the card image in the second frame, is displayed.
It instructs that the contents of the first line be transferred to the field "Currently billed amount" on the card image in the first frame.

In the case of the data processing device that is the subject of the present invention, the operator is able to create and register contents such as the illustrated input image 5 in sequence, and by pressing the execution key, the input image 5 can be handled. The actual processing is executed at high speed based on the contents registered as the processing procedure.

FIG. 5 shows the process of creating a processing procedure corresponding to the input image 5 shown in FIG. In addition, Figures A to E in the illustrations show how to delete the information when inputting the processing procedure on one card image by erroneously inputting the ``-'' (quantity x ``unit price =''). .

FIG. 5A shows the display at the time when a predetermined card image is displayed in the first frame and when the user presses the "=" key, it is realized that "unit price=" is inputted incorrectly. Note that 7 in the figure represents an actual cursor according to the present invention, 8 represents a procedure cursor according to the present invention, and 9 represents an overlapping display mark of the actual cursor and the procedure cursor.

In the state shown in FIG. 5A, first press the frame switching key to delete the frame. Accordingly, Figure 5B
As shown, the actual cursor 7 is superimposed on the procedure cursor 8, and a mark 9 appears. Fifth
Figure C shows the mark 9 moved to the position where it is desired to be deleted. Further, FIG. 5D shows a state in which the delete key is pressed under the state shown in FIG. 5C. After deleting in this manner, when the frame switching key is pressed, the actual cursor 7 and the procedure cursor 8 are separated as shown in FIG. 5E. As a result, the operator creates a processing procedure by moving the actual cursor 7 to any desired field.

Note that the actual cursor 7 is managed separately for one corresponding to the first frame and one corresponding to the second frame.
Indicates the fields to be processed in each card image. Further, the procedure cursor 8 indicates the input position on the input image.

Although not shown in the figure, when attempting to process the card image represented in the first frame (specified as the frame switching key), the first
The execution cursor is displayed only on the card image in the frame, and the actual cursor on the card image in the second frame disappears. Furthermore, each card image in the first frame and the second frame can be scrolled independently. Further, the size of each of the first frame and the second frame can be increased or decreased as necessary, and at this time, the sizes of the other frames are decreased or increased accordingly.

FIG. 6 shows an aspect of the search process, in which one card image (one of a plurality of images is sufficient) is displayed as a result of the illustrated search process corresponding to the processing procedure. represents the state. The search shown is that () the address is "Setagaya Ward", () the gender is "female", () the age is "between 20 and 30", and () the first furigana of the name is "fu". ” indicates that you should search for something that is.

Needless to say, in addition to the above-mentioned search, sorting processing, card verification processing, etc. can also be performed. FIG. 7 shows a mode in which the same process is performed on multiple fields on multiple cards.
In the illustrated case, the instruction is to perform the process Quantity x Unit Price = Amount for item names 1 to 10 on pages 1 to 30 of the card, and calculate the total for each item.

FIG. 8 shows an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention. In the figure, numeral 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a display, 12
1 is a floppy disk in which the boxes referred to in the present invention are stored; 13 is a format specification control section; 14 is a card creation management section; 15 is a format analysis section; and 16 is a data entry processing section for storing card data. 17 is a procedure registration control unit that registers processing procedures such as calculation instructions, search instructions, and card verification, and 18 is a processing procedure storage unit. 19 is a procedure execution control unit that stores the registered processing procedures, and 19 is a procedure execution control unit that executes calculations, searches, card verification, etc. according to the processing procedures registered in the processing procedure storage unit 18. 20-1 to 20-n are the boxes loaded in the main memory, 21 is a box selection unit that selects one of the boxes to be processed for the time being, and 22 is a box call control. 23 is a box storage control unit that stores the boxes on the main memory onto the floppy disk 12; 24 is a screen control unit; It represents.

As explained in connection with Figure 3, the box is
It holds an entire group of card images with common card format data, as shown in the figure.
It has at least form data, field definition information, and card data. This box is created by the format analysis unit 15 using the result of the operator creating a card format on the screen of the display 11 and entering characters in the first name field using the kana-kanji conversion function in the data entry processing unit 16. Created. That is, a box is created by collecting format data as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, determining definition information and field names for each field, and organizing card data for each card into pages. These created boxes are stored and retained on the floppy disk 12, but
A box 20-1 is stored in the main memory as necessary for processing.
to 20-n.

The illustration format specification control section 13 shown in FIG. 8 controls the display on the basis of the loaded boxes and handles the above-mentioned process such as box creation. The illustrated card creation management section 14 instructs the data entry processing section 16 in creating the boxes described above, but its main function is to instruct the procedure registration control section 17 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7. The procedure execution control unit 1 registers processing procedures such as
9 to execute the process based on the contents of the process procedure storage unit 18. Meanwhile, necessary boxes are loaded into the main memory, unnecessary boxes are stored on the floppy disk 12, and an instruction is given to the box selection section 21 to switch the boxes.

In the present invention, the necessary boxes 20-1 to 20-n are mainly loaded on the main memory,
Based on this, the procedure registration control unit 17 and the procedure execution control unit 18 register the processing procedure, and when the processing procedure is executed, the intermediate results of the processing are displayed. ing. For this reason,
A description will be given with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10, which show the main structure of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention.

In FIG. 9, the symbols 10, 11, 18, 20-
1, . . . 20-n, 21 correspond to FIG. Reference numeral 25 denotes a procedure instruction control unit, which initiates control based on key input from the keyboard 10. Reference numeral 26 denotes a frame switching control unit which selects a frame on the side of the card image where processing will be performed for the time being regarding the frames 3 and 4 explained in connection with FIG. 4 among the card images displayed on the display 11. A process of switching the frame 3 and a process of changing the boundary position between the first frame 3 and the second frame 4 as necessary is performed. To switch the frame, set the "frame number where the cursor is located" 33 in the cursor position information holding unit 31, and select the box selection section 21 described above.
It can be considered that this is done by notifying the person to this effect.

Reference numeral 27 is a page designation control unit that performs processing corresponding to the page designated by the page switching key. On the display 11, as shown in FIG.
data is merged and displayed, and the second frame 4
Assume that the card images belonging to box 20-n are similarly merged and displayed above. When a new page is specified in this state,
The relevant page is the cursor position information holding unit 31
``Page number where the cursor is located'' 34 is set corresponding to each frame, and in response to this, the page selection control unit 41 is activated to extract the page in the box displayed in the frame, and to display the page on the card. The data is transferred to the display unit 39. That is, the card image displayed within the frame is changed (the pages within the same box are changed).

28 is a cursor movement control unit,
When the cursor (actual cursor) is moved by the cursor movement key, the cursor position information holding unit 31 detects the new cursor position.
The "field number where the cursor is located" 32 is set corresponding to each frame. Then, a cursor is displayed by the actual cursor display unit 36, and based on the field number, the field definition information and field name of the corresponding field are extracted by the field definition information search unit 40 and used for processing. Needless to say, if the field is located at a position that is not displayed on the display screen, scrolling will be performed within the above-mentioned frame by vertical scrolling processing or horizontal scrolling processing.

Reference numeral 29-1 is an operator key control unit which is activated in response to registration of a calculation processing procedure. Also 2
9-2 is a search key control unit; 29-p
is a list creation key control unit, which is activated when registering the corresponding processing procedure.

30-1 is a calculation formula display control unit that displays operator keys determined to be valid by the operator key control unit 29-1, field names extracted from the field definition information search unit 40, Based on the box number, a processing procedure is created in the form of an image on the display 11, such as the input image 5 shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, and this is supplied onto the display 11. That is, as processing procedures are created sequentially,
Input image 5 is displayed. During this time, the procedure editing control unit 37 controls the movement of the procedure cursor. Further, insertion, addition, deletion, replacement, etc. of procedures are performed while displaying the procedure cursor 8 and mark 9. The display of the procedure cursor 8 can be thought of as the procedure cursor display control unit 37 managing the procedure cursor position.

30-2 is a search condition display control unit;
Reference numeral 30-p is a list creation procedure display control unit that performs processing to display input images corresponding to the search key control unit 29-1 and list creation key control unit 29-p.

35 is a procedure code assembly processing unit, which sequentially creates the above-mentioned input images, as explained in connection with the operator key control unit 29-1 and the calculation formula display control unit 30-1. Correspondingly, processing procedure codes are sequentially assembled based on operators, field definition information, box numbers, page numbers, field numbers, and frame numbers. That is, as the above processing procedure is displayed as an input image, the processing procedure is written in a code format that is easy to execute by the procedure execution control section 19 shown in FIG. Then, the assembly result is checked by the operator in the form of a display of the input image, and if it is correct, it is stored in the procedure storage section 18. That is, for example, if the processing procedure is given unit price x quantity = total, the procedure storage unit 18
For each address, write "i-th address (Unit price field number and box number) (i+1) address ([x] operator code) (i+2) address (quantity field number and box number) (i+3) address ( [=]operator code) (i+4)th address (total field number and box number)'. The contents of each of these addresses are
When executed by the procedure execution control unit 19 shown in FIG. 8, they are sequentially read out and executed while extracting necessary field contents from necessary boxes.

In FIG. 9, the boxes loaded in the main memory may be set in such a way that the same box is loaded into two respective frames, or different boxes may be set in a form in which different boxes are loaded into two respective frames. You can also set it with . For this purpose, the processing performed by registering the above processing procedure is () processing between field contents on a single card image, () processing between different card images belonging to a single box ( (2) Processing between field contents of different pages), () Processing between field contents of card images belonging to different boxes, and these can be registered and executed respectively.

Next, before explaining the configuration of the main parts shown in FIG. 10, an example of a processing mode thereof will be explained with reference to FIG. 11.

In conventional data processing using general computers, the results could not be confirmed unless the processing results were output to a file and printed on a printer or displayed on a display. In the case of the present invention, it is possible to select to sequentially display the card being processed and the processing results on the display so that the execution of the registered procedure can be confirmed.

For example, when executing the registration processing procedure for "estimate creation" displayed in input image 5 shown in FIG. 7, the "work selection" key is pressed. By pressing the "work selection" key, a menu as shown in FIG. 11A, for example, is displayed. In order to select "procedure execution", if the numerical key "2" is input, a mode selection menu as shown in FIG. 11B is displayed. Although not shown, the registration procedure names that have been registered up to that point are also displayed. After moving the cursor to the name of the registration procedure that the operator wants to execute, the operator selects the desired mode.

When the mode "1" is selected, the execution mode becomes a continuous execution display mode, and when the "execute" key is subsequently pressed, the processing procedure is executed continuously while displaying intermediate results one by one. Therefore, the execution of the procedure can be confirmed on the display screen. FIG. 11C shows the display screen at this time. As the intermediate result card image, the card image to be processed at that time is merged with the processing result data and displayed.
When all processing steps are completed, the 11th D
The final result is displayed as shown.

Further, in FIG. 11B, when the mode "2" is selected, the execution mode becomes the normal mode, and only the final result as shown in FIG. 11D is displayed without displaying intermediate results.

When mode selection "3" is made, the execution mode becomes the processing unit execution display mode. Then, when the "Execute" key is pressed, one of the registration processing steps will be executed.
Execute a step, view its results, and stop processing. Subsequently, each time a key other than the "end" key is input, for example, the procedure is advanced one by one, and execution, display, and stop are repeated. Therefore, this mode is extremely convenient when checking registered procedures.

If the "end" key is pressed during execution in the continuous execution display mode or the unit-by-process execution display mode, the process returns to the selection state as shown in FIG. 11B. A mode conversion is now possible, and pressing the "run" key resumes execution of the procedure from the point of interruption in the new mode. Note that by pressing the "end" key continuously, the process can be ended at the point where it was interrupted.

In FIG. 10, symbols 10, 11, 18, 1
9 and 24 correspond to FIG. 8, 50 is a mode menu display control section, 51 is an execution mode setting section, 52 is a mode determining section, 53 is a procedure extracting section, 54 is a procedure pointer, 55 is a procedure starting section, 56 57 represents a procedure execution completion monitoring section, 57 a key input monitoring section, 58 an intermediate result display section, and 59 a procedure execution section.

"Execute procedure" is selected by "Work selection",
When the procedure execution control section 19 is activated, the mode menu display control section 50 displays a mode selection menu as shown in FIG. 11B on the display 11 via the screen control section 24. keyboard 10
When a mode is selected from , the execution mode setting section 51 sets the above-mentioned execution mode in a predetermined memory, register, or the like.

When the key input monitoring unit 57 detects the “execute” key, the mode determination unit 52 first determines that the procedure extraction unit 5
Start 3. The procedure extraction section is the procedure pointer 5.
One procedure is read from the position of the procedure storage unit 18 indicated by 4. The procedure pointer 54 is updated to point to the next procedure. The procedure starting section 55 transfers control to the procedure executing section 59, and the procedure executing section 59 executes one procedure such as calculation, search, collation, etc. extracted by the procedure extracting section 53. The procedure execution completion monitoring section 56 passes control to the mode determination section 52 in response to the one procedure completion notification from the procedure execution section 59.

Here, the mode determination unit 52 determines the execution mode set by the execution mode setting unit 51. If the execution mode is the continuous execution display mode or the processing unit execution display mode, the intermediate result display section 58 is called. The intermediate result display section 58 displays the currently processed card image on the display 11 together with the processing result data. Thereafter, the procedure extraction unit 53 is activated and the process for executing the next procedure is repeated in the same way, but especially when the unit-by-processing execution display mode is selected, control is not immediately passed to the procedure extraction unit 53. , control is passed when the key input monitoring unit 57 detects a key input other than the "end" key. Note that the key input monitoring unit 57 indicates "end".
When the key is detected, the mode menu display control section 50 is activated again. At this time, even if the "execute" key is pressed, the procedure pointer 54 is not initialized, so the process is restarted from the point where it was interrupted.

(E) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to collectively process a group of cards having a common format as a box, and to combine individual card images into format data and card data. They can be stored separately and merged and output as needed. Further, the card image can be displayed in a split display if necessary, and processing procedures to be processed can be sequentially created and registered. When executing these processing procedures, the process of executing the registered procedures can be confirmed by sequentially displaying the processing results in the middle of each procedure.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the concepts of card images and boxes according to the present invention, FIGS. 4 to 7 are examples of processing modes executed in the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an illustration of the concept of a card image and a box according to the present invention An overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of a card image processing data processing device, No. 9
10 and 10 are main part configuration diagrams of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention, and FIG. 11 shows an example of a processing mode for explaining the configuration shown in FIG. 10. In the figure, 1 is a card image, 2 is a box,
3 and 4 are all or part of the card image, 5
is an input image, 7 is a real cursor, 8 is a procedure cursor, 9 is a mark, 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a display, 12 is a floppy disk, 13
14 is a format specification control section, 14 is a card creation management section, 1
5 is a format analysis section, 16 is a data entry processing section, 17
18 is a procedure registration control unit; 18 is a processing procedure storage unit; 19
21 is a procedure execution control unit; 20-1 to 20-n are boxes respectively loaded on the main memory;
22 is a box selection section, 22 is a box call control section,
23 is a box storage control unit, 24 is a screen control unit,
51 is an execution mode setting section, 52 is a mode determination section,
53 is a procedure extraction section, 58 is an intermediate result display section, 5
9 represents a procedure execution unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A card image processing data processing device that displays a card image on a display screen, and also instructs each field on the card image to give a processing mode and process the contents of the field. , a format data storage unit that stores format data regarding boxes defined corresponding to a plurality of cards having a common format; a field definition information storage unit that stores definition information of fields included in the boxes; A card data storage unit stores variable data corresponding to the card, and a box corresponding to the card image to be displayed on the display screen is loaded into the main memory, and each card image is stored in the above form data. A means for merging and displaying the contents of the storage section and the contents of the card data storage section, and inputting processing procedures for instructing various operations on the card in the box displayed on the display screen, and a series of the inputted steps. a procedure registration control means for registering a processing procedure; a procedure execution control means for extracting the registered processing procedure and controlling execution of a process related to an operation on a card instructed by the processing procedure; A card image processing data processing device comprising: intermediate result display means for displaying an intermediate result of processing on the display screen each time execution of each processing unit constituting the processing procedure is completed. 2. The procedure execution control means is configured to sequentially call the intermediate result display means for each processing unit in a preset continuous execution display mode, and display the intermediate results of the process. A card image processing data processing device according to claim 1. 3. The procedure execution control means temporarily stops the execution of the process every time the execution of each processing unit is completed in the preset processing unit execution display mode, calls the intermediate result display means, and displays the executed processing unit. The card image processing data processing according to claim 1, characterized in that the card image processing data processing is configured to display the processing results by and control to move to execution of the next processing unit in response to a key input. Device.