JPH0480869A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an input miss by providing a data index group for storing the item number of an index, index item and retrieval key and providing a means to display the above-mentioned data index key according to key input information and to select the retrieval key from displayed contents by a user when retrieving data. CONSTITUTION:When retrieving data from a data group 4, first of all, a data retrieval key deciding means 2 reds the record of an item number 71 from a data index group 1 and displays an index 72 as a menu. The user inputs the selection from a keyboard 7. The deciding means 2 refers to an index key 73 to the menu selection, decides the retrieval key and announces the decided retrieval key to a data read position deciding means 3. The deciding means 3 reads data storage position information corresponding to the announced retrieval key from a data retrieval key group 8 and announces the position to a data reading means 5. The reading means 5 reads a data at the announced position from a data group 4 and displays the data.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an information processing device, and more particularly to an information processing device that eliminates user input errors in data to be searched when searching for data. .

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of information processing apparatus has, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, a data group 4, a data search key group 8, a data reading means, and a data reading position determining means 3.
, a CRT device 6 , and a keyboard 7 . In this search procedure, the user inputs a data search key from the input device of the keyboard 7, and based on the input value, the data reading position determination means 3 determines the data reading position, and this position information is sent to the data reading means 5. The method was to input the data, read the data from the data group 4, and display it on the CRT device 6 or the like.

Here, the data search key group 8 includes, as shown in FIG.
Data of data storage position information 82 corresponding to the search key 81 is stored. Therefore, when the user inputs a search key such as ``animal'' or ``plant'' from the keyboard 7, the position information of the corresponding data group ``10'' or ``20'' is converted and output from the data reading position determining means. Ta.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-described conventional information processing apparatus, the user inputs the data search key 81 by directly operating a keyboard or the like, so there is a risk that the desired data may not be retrieved due to an input error. Another drawback is that it is not possible to search for the corresponding data by inputting a key that does not exist in the data search key group.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that allows a user to visually view a menu of registered search keys and input while making selections.

[Means to solve the problem]

The information processing device of the present invention has a data index group that stores an index item number and an index item indicating the content of the index, and a search key corresponding to this index item, and a data index group that stores the index item number and the index content, and a data search key determining means for reading and displaying information on a data index group on a display device, and for the user to select and input a search key from the displayed content; Based on the input search key information, desired search data is read out from the data group and displayed on the display device.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. 1st
In the figure, components having the same reference numerals as those in the conventional example of FIG. 2 have the same configuration and operation. That is, in this embodiment, a data index group 1 and a data search key determining means 2 are added.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. When performing a data search, the data search key determining means 2 reads menu guidance information for a search key, which will be described later, from the data index group 1 and displays it on the CRT device 6. Subsequently, the data search key determining means 2 selects a key designated by the user from the keyboard 7 from the contents displayed on the CRT 6, and displays the menu number. The index key selected here is notified to the data reading position determining means 3. The data reading position determining means 3 reads data storage position information corresponding to the search key notified from the data search key determining means 2 into the data search key group 8 and notifies the reading means 5 of the data storage position information. The data reading means 5 reads the data of the notified position from the data group 4 and displays it on the CRT device 6. Through this series of steps, the user searches for the desired data. Next, the functions of the data index group 1 and the data search key determining means 2 will be explained with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, data index group 1 includes item number 71 and index 72.
and a search key 73. The data search key determining means 2 first selects the item number 71 from the data index group 1.
The record is read and the index 72 of the record is displayed on the CRT device 6 as a menu. The user is this C
The user looks at the menu displayed on the RT device and inputs a selection using the keyboard 7. When a menu selection is made, the search key 73 of the corresponding data index group 1 is referred to, and if any value is set here, this is used as the search key determined by the data search key determining means 2, and if it is empty. If there is, for example, if the record with the item number "3" is selected in the above selection, the record with the item number "3" is displayed as a menu on the CRT device 6 again, and the menu selection is made. , determines the search key.This realizes a hierarchical menu configuration.In this way, the user visually views the data registered in data index group 1 on the CRT device and selects the desired search key. A choice can be made.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a method for determining a data search key in a menu format by providing a data index group and a data search key determination means, thereby eliminating the need to input the search key directly from the keyboard. This has the effect of preventing mistakes such as specifying the wrong search key. Additionally, from the user's perspective, the menu format provides excellent operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of data index group 1 of this embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional example, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional example and this embodiment. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example data reading position determining means. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Data index group, 2... Data search key determining means, 3... Data reading position determining means, 4... Data group, 5... Data reading means, 6... CRT
Device, 7...Keyboard, 8...Data search key group, 71...Item number, 72...Index, 73...Search key, 81...Search key, 82...Data storage location information.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A data index group that stores the index item number, index item indicating the contents of the index, and a search key corresponding to this index item, and the information of the data index group is read and displayed based on key input information instructed by the user. data search key determining means for displaying the search key on the device and allowing the user to select and key-in a search key from the displayed content; An information processing device that reads desired search data from a data group and displays it on the display device.