JPH04342040A - Terminal operating time measuring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To measure operating time automatically and correctly in a short time by storing the starting time and the finishing time of operation based on the decision of the presence of key input for every job, and calculating the operating time from the above time. CONSTITUTION:The terminal operating time measurement is executed by storage area initialization processing 1, menu output processing 7, operating time storage processing 18, and operating time output processing 19. After the initialization of a storage area, a menu selection No. is selected from an outputted menu (step 9). An operating time decision flag Y is made '1', and present time alphais stored (step 10, 11). Henceforth, the presence of the key input is monitored. In the case that no key input arises for five minutes or more, the operation is considered to be finished, and the present time beta is stored (step 12, 13). The operating time is calculated based on the operation starting time alpha, the operation finishing time beta, and the menu selection No., and the flag Y is made '0' (step 14). Further, when the key input arises, it is decided whether it is the restart of the operation or a menu call, and corresponding processing is executed (step 16). Thus, the terminal operating time can be measured correctly and automatically.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for measuring operating time in a terminal.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, terminal operating time has been measured manually by an operator who records and totals the data.

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[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional method for measuring terminal operating time described above is not accurate because it is measured manually.
Another problem was that it took too much time.

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[Means for Solving the Problems] The terminal operating time measurement method of the present invention is applicable to business No. a storage area for storing the operating time for each operation; means for determining the presence or absence of key input for determining when the operation starts and ends; means for reading the time from the time generator at the time of starting and ending the operation and storing it in the storage device; Calculate the operating time from the above time and select the corresponding task number. and means for outputting the operating time.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the terminal operating time measurement method includes a storage area initialization process 1, a menu output process 7, and an operating time storage process 18.

First, when the power of the terminal is turned on, the storage area initialization process 1 selects the menu selection number. Set the operating time storage area for each (job number) to ZERO, and set the operating status judgment flag to Y.
(0: not in operation, 1: in operation) is set to 0.

Next, a menu is output by menu output processing 7. Thereafter, by repeating the operating time storage process 18 or the menu output process 7 and the operating time storage process 18,
Menu selection no. The operating time for each (job number) is stored and output to the output device 19 in response to an operating time output request.

The operating time storage procedure 18 will be described in detail below.

First, the task determining means determines which task is requested (step 8), and if it is a request to output the operating time, the operating time is outputted by the operating time output processing 19, and the process ends. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

[0011] Menu selection No. selected by the menu. (
Business No. ) as the menu selection number. The menu selection number is stored by the storage means. Store it in the storage area and proceed to the next step (step 9).

The operating state storage means stores "1" in the operating state determination flag Y (indicating that the system is in operation) and proceeds to the next step (step 10).

The time storage means reads the time from the time generator and stores it in the operation start time storage area a (step 11). After the operation start time is stored, the presence or absence of a key input is monitored by the key input presence/absence determining means.

If there is no key input for 5 minutes or more, it is assumed that the operation has ended, and the time storage means reads the time from the time generator and stores it in the operation end time storage area b (steps 12 and 13). Next, the stored operation start time a, operation end time b, and menu selection No. (Business No.), the operating time calculation/storage means calculates the operating time and stores it in the corresponding operating time storage area (step 14). Also, "0" is stored in the operating state determination flag Y (indicating that it is not operating). This state is monitored by the key input presence/absence determining means and the business determining means, and when a menu output request is made, the menu output processing is repeated from step 1.
5,16). In other cases, it is assumed that the previous work has been restarted, and the operation state storage means of the operation time storage process performs processing 10 again.

If there is a key input within 5 minutes and the task is determined by the task determining means and a menu output request is made (step 17), the menu output process 7 is performed again. However, in this case, since it is in operation, the menu output process includes an operating state judgment means, a time storage means, an operating time calculation and
Accumulate operating time, including processing by storage means. If the request is other than a menu output request, it is assumed that the current business operation continues, and the presence or absence of a key input is monitored again by the key input presence/absence determination means (step 12).

Although the operating time storage process 18 has been described above, it is assumed in this embodiment that a job is always started from the menu output process 7.

[0017]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, the terminal operating time is the highest in the business. Another advantage is that it can be measured accurately and automatically.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Storage area initialization processing 4 Operation end time storage means 7 Menu output processing 11 Operation start time storage means 12 Key input presence/absence determination means 18　　　　Operating time storage processing 19 Operating time output processing

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Business No. a storage area for storing the operating time for each operation; means for determining the presence or absence of key input for determining when the operation starts and ends; means for reading the time from the time generator at the time of starting and ending the operation and storing it in the storage device; Calculate the operating time from the above time and select the corresponding task number. A terminal operating time measuring method comprising: means for storing the operating time in an operating time storage area; and means for outputting the operating time.