JPH0430237A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize the data quantity of remaining data in the middle of communication by calculating time required for the communication of remaining communication data from the total data quantity of communication data, the data quantity of communicated data in prescribed time in the middle of communication and time required for the communication of communicated data. CONSTITUTION:In the case of transmission, transmission data is stored in a data storage means 1, and the total data quantity of transmission data is stored in a communication data quantity storage means 3. A communication means 2 reads data stored in the data storage means 1 and it sequentially transmits them. At that time, a remaining communication time calculation means 5 calculates remaining communication time from the transmission total data quantity, transmitted data quantity and transmission execution time, which are stored in the communication data quantity storage means 3 and a communicated data quantity storage means 4. Thus, a user can learn communication termination time in the middle of data communication execution.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to information processing devices such as Japanese desktop publishing systems (hereinafter referred to as Japanese DTP) and Japanese word processors (hereinafter referred to as Japanese word processors). It is something.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information processing devices such as Japanese DTP and Japanese word processors have been used as terminal devices for data communications.

In conventional information processing devices, when performing data communication, the amount of communication data at the time when data communication is started, the amount of data that has not yet been communicated during communication, and the amount of data that has been communicated are displayed on the CRT display. was.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the conventional information processing apparatus described above has the problem that the user cannot know the end time of the communication while the data communication is in progress, and is tied to the terminal until the end of the communication. was.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides information on the total amount of communication data, the amount of communicated data at a predetermined time during communication, and the communication of the communicated data. It has means for calculating the time required for communication of the remaining communication data from the time required.

Effects With the above-described configuration, the present invention calculates, based on the total amount of communication data, the amount of communicated data at a predetermined time during communication, and the time required for communication of the communicated data,
The time required to communicate the remaining communication data is calculated.

Example The configuration of the present invention will be explained based on FIG.

First, in the case of transmission, the data storage means 1 stores the transmission data, and the communication data amount storage means stores the total amount of the transmission data. The communication means 2 reads data stored in the data storage means and sequentially transmits the data. At this time, the communication means 2 measures the amount of data to be transmitted, and stores the data amount in the communicated data amount storage means for each unit time.

Then, the remaining communication time calculating means 5 calculates the remaining communication time from the total transmission data amount, the transmitted data amount, and the transmission execution time stored in the communication data amount storage means 3 and the communicated data amount storage means. .

Next, in the case of reception, the communication means 2 first receives the total amount of data to be received and stores it in the communication data amount storage means 3. Next, the received data is received and sequentially stored in the data storage means 1. Thereafter, the remaining communication time is calculated in the same manner as in the case of transmission.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information processing device in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, 6 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 7 is a read-only control memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) that stores control procedures, control data, etc. for the CPU 6 to process data. be. 8 is a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM), and a transmission data storage section 9. Transmitted data number storage 810. Total number of transmitted data storage unit 11゜Reception data storage unit 12. Received data number storage unit 1
3. It has a total number of received data storage section 14. The transmission data storage section 9 and the reception data storage section 12 each store data to be transmitted and received. The transmitted data number storage unit 10 and the received data storage unit 13 each store the number of transmitted and received data. The total transmitted data number storage unit 11 and the total received data number storage unit 12 each store the total number of data to be received.

15 is a CRT display device (hereinafter referred to as CRT); 16 is a modem that modulates and demodulates transmitted and received data; 17 is a transmitter that temporarily stores transmitted data and sends it to the modem 11; 18 is a modem 16
This is a receiving unit that receives and temporarily stores received data sent from the receiver.

The operation of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, the operation during data transmission will be explained.

The CPU 6 performs the processing shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with the control procedure stored in the ROM 7. Data for transmission is stored in the transmission data storage section 9.

At step 21 in FIG. 3, the CPU 6 calculates the total number of transmission data stored in the transmission data storage section 9, and stores this total number in the total number of transmission data storage section 11. Next, in step 22, transmission of the data stored in the transmission data storage section 9 is started. Data transmission is performed by the modem 16 sending out transmission data sent by the CPU 6 to the transmission section 17 to the communication line. When transmission is started, the CPU 6 calculates the number of transmitted data based on the number of data transmitted from the modem 16 at regular intervals, and stores the calculated number in the transmitted data number storage section 10. The number of transmitted data is compared with the total number of transmitted data in step 24, and if the two data numbers are the same, the process moves to step 26 and the transmission ends, and if they are different, the process moves to step 25. In step 25, the CPU 6
calculates the time required to complete transmission from the total number of transmitted data, the number of transmitted data, and the transmission time up to that point, and
15. At this time, if the total number of transmitted data is A, the number of transmitted data is B, the transmission time up to that point is T, and the time required to complete transmission is E, then E = (A-B)/B* It can be obtained by calculating T.

Next, the operation when receiving data will be explained. CPU6 is RO
The processing shown in FIG. 4 is performed according to the control procedure stored in M7.

In step 31 of FIG. 4, the CPU 6 receives the total number of received data via the modem 11 and the receiving section 18, and stores it in the total number of received data storage section 13. In step 32, the data reception is completed. Begins. The modem 16 receives the data from the communication circuit, and the receiving unit 1 receives the data.
This is done by sequentially writing the data stored in the received data recording section 12 by the CPU 6. When reception is started, the CPU 6 calculates the number of received data from the number of received data written in the received data storage section 12 for each fixed period of time, and stores the calculated number in the received data number recording section 13. Thereafter, the time required to complete reception is calculated by the CPU 6 and displayed on the CRT 15 in the same manner as at the time of transmission.

As described above, in this embodiment, the time required until the end of communication is displayed on the CRT display during data communication work, so the worker is not tied to the communication terminal during data communication and can perform work. becomes more efficient. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the remaining communication time is calculated based on the amount of data that has been communicated and the time actually required to communicate the data. Even in such cases, the remaining communication time can be accurately predicted.

Effects of the Invention The present invention calculates the time required for remaining communication based on the total amount of communication data, the amount of communicated data at a predetermined time during communication, and the time required for communication of the communicated data. Since the amount of data is calculated, the user can know the amount of remaining data during communication, and can perform work efficiently without being tied to the terminal.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 shows a processing procedure when transmitting data of the information processing device. Flowchart FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when the information processing apparatus receives data. 1...Data storage means, 2...Communication means, 3...Communication data amount storage means, 4.Old...Communicated data amount storage means, 5... ... Remaining communication time calculation means, 6 ... CPU, 7 ... ROM
, 9... transmission data storage unit, 10... communication data number storage unit, 11... total transmission data storage unit, 12. old... received data storage unit, 13.・・・・・・
Received data storage unit, 14... Total received data number storage unit, 15... CRT, 16... Modem, 17... Transmission unit, 18. ...Receiving section. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano Diagram

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Data storage means for storing data; communication means for transmitting the data stored in the data storage means to the outside and receiving data from the outside; and communication by the communication means. communication data amount storage means for storing the total amount of communication data to be transmitted; communication data amount storage means for storing the amount of data communicated by the communication means within a specified time; and the communication data amount storage means Based on the total amount of stored communication data, the amount of communicated data stored in the communicated data amount storage means, and the time required to communicate the amount of communicated data, the communication of the remaining communication data is determined. An information processing device comprising: means for calculating the time required to complete the process.