JPH04284528A - Data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize an item intended to select, and to quickly select it in a touch panel type data input device. CONSTITUTION:The display information of an item key is read out of page information stored in a page information storage part 8, and is displayed on a display device 13. When a touch panel 15 on the item key displayed on this display part 13 is touched by a finger, etc., a position sensor 16 detects this position, and the position is converted into the item number of a corresponding item key by a position-item converting part 18, and is outputted. The frequency in use of this selected item key is counted by a frequency in use counting part 20, and editing such as the change of the displaying size and the change of the thickness of the frame of each item key to be displayed on the display device 13 and so on is executed by a page information editing part 21 in accordance with the frequency in use. Thus, the item key of the high frequency in use becomes conspicuous, and becomes easy to find.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a data input device.
Specifically, the present invention relates to a data input device in which a touch panel is arranged on a screen displaying item keys to be input, and input is performed from the screen.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art For example, data input devices, such as automatic payment devices at banks and post offices, are used in which necessary input can be made by touching various items displayed on the screen of a display device with a finger. It has become so. Such data input devices include LCD (liquid crystal display), CR
A touch panel is combined with the screen of a display device such as a T, and the items displayed on the screen and the sensor position of the touch panel are registered in advance in correspondence, and the sensor detects the position touched by the finger and inputs the corresponding item. It will be done. Then, according to the input items, the screen changes to another screen that displays the next instruction or input item, and the type and layout of the input items are changed. In this way, by touching the necessary items with your finger, you can input the necessary data one by one.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in a data input device using such a touch panel, as the number of items to be displayed increases, the number of items on one screen increases, and furthermore, the number of items displayed over several screens increases. Become so. In this way, when the number of selection items increases, it becomes difficult to quickly find the desired item, which may cause malfunctions. Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel type data input device that makes it easy to recognize and quickly select an item to be selected. A second object of the present invention is to provide a data input device that can avoid malfunctions by further widening the sensor range of selected items.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The invention according to claim 1 includes a usage frequency detection means for detecting the usage frequency of an item key;
The first and second objects are achieved by providing the data input device with editing means for changing the display range of the item keys displayed on the display unit and the sensor range of the touch panel based on the detected usage frequency. do. Claim 2
In the described invention, a data input device includes a use frequency detection means for detecting the use frequency of an item key, and an editing means for changing the frame display state of the item key displayed on the display section based on the detected use frequency. The first objective is achieved by providing the following. Furthermore, in the invention according to claim 3,
The first object is achieved by comprising a use frequency detection means for detecting the use frequency of an item key, and an editing means for blinking or holding the item key displayed on the display section based on the detected use frequency. do.

[0005]

In the data input device according to the first aspect, the usage frequency of the item key displayed on the display section is detected by the usage frequency detection means. Then, by changing the display range of the item key and the sensor range of the touch panel by the editing means based on this frequency of use, it becomes easy to find the item key according to the frequency of use, and erroneous input is prevented. In the data input device according to claim 2, by changing the frame display state of the item key displayed on the display section by the editing means,
In the data input device according to claim page 3, by blinking or holding the item keys with the editing means, frequently used item keys stand out and can be easily found.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the data input device of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. In this specification, item key display information for one screen is referred to as page information, and page information for multiple screens is referred to as book information. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a data input device. In FIG. 1, 1 is a book information registration unit that registers the relationship between display information of item keys, sensor positions, and generated item numbers (output data from a data input device input to a connected data processing device); This book information registration section 1 includes a book information editing section 2 and a book information storage section 3. A plurality of pieces of book information are registered in the book information storage unit 3 as required. FIG. 2 shows the structure of book information and page information, and each book information stores a plurality of page information. Each page information also stores display information such as the display position of the item key, the name, and the item number of the item key.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes a reading/holding section for reading out necessary book information and page information from the book information storage section 3 and holding the read/holding section. section 6, page information reading section 7,
A page information storage section 8 is provided. Reference numeral 9 denotes a display section that displays item keys for input on the screen according to the page information stored and held in the page information storage section 8;
includes a display information reading section 10, a display changing section 11, a display control section 12, and a display device 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a data output unit that detects the position touched by the input user, outputs the corresponding item number, and supplies it to the connected data processing device.
It includes a position sensor 16, a key information reading section 17, and a position item converting section 18. Reference numeral 19 denotes an editing control unit that detects frequently used item keys from the item keys displayed on the display device 13 and edits the item keys to be displayed. It includes an editing section 21 and a page information writing section 22. 23 is a book information creation utility for creating book information and registering it in the book information storage unit 3; 24 is an application to which item information converted from the position item conversion unit 18 is supplied; both are connected to a data input device; is located in the data processing device that will be used.

FIG. 3 shows the external configuration of the data input device. A display screen of a display device 13 is arranged in the center of the device, and a touch panel 15 is arranged on the top surface. Various function keys 25 for performing various operations are arranged around the display device 13.

The operation of the data input device configured as described above will now be described. Book information creation utility 2 for the data processing device to which the data input device is connected
3, the relationship between the display information of the item key, the position where the item key is displayed, and the item number corresponding to the item key is created and supplied to the book information registration section 1. The book information registration section 1 edits the information supplied by the book information editing section 2 into an appropriate data format, and stores this in the book information storage section 3 as book information. Then, when the power (not shown) of the data input device is turned on and necessary book information is selected using the function key 25, the book information reading section 5 reads out the necessary book information from the book information storage section 3, and the book information is read out from the book information storage section 3. It is stored in the storage unit 6. Furthermore, only currently required page information is retrieved from the book information storage section 6 by the page information reading section 7 and stored in the page information storage section 8.

[0010] For each page information stored in the page information storage unit 8, display information such as the display position and name of the item key is retrieved by the display information reading unit 10, and displayed on the screen on the display device 13 through the display control unit 12. Ru. FIG. 4 shows an example of a state in which food item keys are displayed.

A necessary item key is selected by the inputter, and the touch panel 1 is pressed at the position where the item key is displayed.
5 is pressed, the position sensor 16 detects which position was pressed, and the pressed position information is supplied to the position item converter 18. In parallel with this, the key information reading unit 17 reads position number correspondence information stored in the page information storage unit 8 and indicating the relationship between the position and the item number,
This is supplied to the position item converter 18. The position item conversion unit 18 converts the position information from the position sensor 16 and
An item number is determined based on the position number correspondence information from the key information reading unit 17, and the item number is supplied to the application 24 as information input from the data input device.

[0012] In this way, each item key inputted from the touch panel 15 is supplied from the position item converting section 18 to the usage frequency counting section 20, and the usage frequency of each item is counted. Then, the most frequently used item key and the least frequently used item key are supplied to the page information editing section 21. The page information editing section 21 edits the page information storage section 8 according to the supplied usage frequency information. That is, the page information editing section 21 edits the display information stored in the page information storage section 8 so that frequently used items are displayed in a large size on the display device 13. In addition, the sensor range of the key information inside the page information storage section 8 is expanded in accordance with the change in the size of the item. Conversely, for items that are used less frequently, edit the display size and sensor range to be smaller.

The display information after editing is read out from the page information storage section 8 by the display information reading section 10, the data is processed by the display changing section 12 according to the edited contents, and each item is displayed on the display device 13 by the display control section 12. A key is displayed. Figure 5 shows an edit to change the size of such item keys when "Cola" is used most frequently and "Banana" is used least frequently among the item keys displayed as shown in Figure 4. This shows the display state after this has been performed. In this way, by increasing the size of frequently used items, the time required for the inputter to search for the item he/she wants to select can be shortened. Furthermore, since the sense range of frequently used item keys is also increased at the same time, it is possible to reduce malfunctions during input.

When the end of the input process is selected, the page information in the page information storage section 8 containing information based on the frequency of use is taken in by the page information writing section 22 and sent to the book information editing section 2. You will be prompted to rewrite the book information. The book information editing section 2 rewrites the information in the book information storage section 3 according to instructions from the page information writing section 22. As a result, even when the system is restarted, the usage frequency information is saved.

FIG. 6 is for explaining display information edited according to another embodiment. In this embodiment, among the display information stored in the page information storage section 8, the frames of frequently used item keys are made thicker. In other words, "Coke" is the most frequently used
Surround it with a 3-fold frame, and the next most frequent ``yoghurt'' with 2 layers.
I try to surround it with a heavy frame. Further, FIG. 7 is for explaining an editing state according to yet another embodiment, in which editing is performed so that only frequently used item keys are blinked or held.

In the embodiments described above, the same page information was explained, but when a specific item key is selected and input from one page information, the screen display is changed according to the selected item content. Alternatively, other display information may be displayed. In this case, the frequency of use of each item key is detected for the display information after the change, and editing such as changing the size or frame is performed. In addition, in the embodiment described above, book information was selected using the function keys, but initial information for selecting book information and page information is prepared, and the initial information is sent when the data input device is powered on. It may be displayed on a display device, and book information or page information may be selected by inputting from the screen.

[0017]

According to the present invention, since the display state of the displayed item keys is edited according to the frequency of use, it is possible to easily identify the item keys.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a data input device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of book information and page information stored in a book information storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the data input device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a display state of display information before editing displayed on a display device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display state of display information after editing the size of the item key according to the frequency of use.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display state of display information after editing the thickness of the frame of the item key according to the frequency of use.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display state of display information after editing the item keys to blink or hold them depending on the frequency of use.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Book information storage section 8 Page information storage section 13 Display device 15 Touch panel 16 Position sensor 18 Position item conversion section 20 Frequency of use count section 21 Page information editorial department

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claim 1: A data input device in which a touch panel is disposed on the display surface of a display unit that displays item key information indicating input item keys, and outputs an item key displayed at a pressed position on the touch panel, wherein the item key and an editing means for changing the display range of the item keys displayed on the display unit and the sensor range of the touch panel based on the detected usage frequency. data input device. [Claim 2] A data input device in which a touch panel is disposed on the display surface of a display unit that displays item key information indicating input item keys, and outputs an item key displayed at a pressed position on the touch panel. A data input device comprising: a use frequency detection means for detecting the use frequency; and an editing means for changing the frame display state of the item key displayed on the display section based on the detected use frequency. . 3. A data input device in which a touch panel is disposed on a display surface of a display unit that displays item key information indicating input item keys, and outputs an item key displayed at a pressed position on the touch panel, wherein the item key 1. A data input device comprising: a frequency of use detecting means for detecting a frequency of use; and an editing means for blinking or holding an item key displayed on the display section based on the detected frequency of use.