JPH06259180A - Data entry device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare rational total data with high reliability even at the time of input by a multi-punch code by measuring the number of key touch in each shift state of a keyboard, and storing it in a total data file. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 1 constituted of a microprocessor controls a data entry processing by using a RAM 5 as a work area according to a program stored in a ROM 4. Then, at the time of data input, the data format of a field constituting the record of a data base is controlled by a preliminarily prepared input format program. Then, at the time of input to a bit map field by the multi- punch code, the number of key touch is measured each time of the prescribed shift key of a keyboard 3 is pressed, and stored in the total data file. Moreover, the number of key touch is counted after classified in each shift state such as a Chinese character shift, Roman alphabet shift, or bit shift for input to the bit map field.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data entry device, and more particularly to a data entry device for storing data input from a keyboard in a database file, creating statistical data relating to work, and storing it as a statistical data file. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a data entry device has been used for inputting a large amount of data such as customer data, address book data, and questionnaire surveys.

The data entry device uses character codes such as Chinese characters, numbers, and alphabets as the data format, and also uses a so-called multi-punch code system.

The multi-punch code system is a 2-byte code system used in punch cards and the like, and is used for expressing a bit map or the like of an answer to a question for multiple branch selection, for example, in a questionnaire survey. In addition, numbers, alphabets, and kana are mapped,
It is also used to represent these characters.

When the bit map is input using the multi-punch code, the multi-punch code is a 2-byte code, so that a 16-bit bit map can be stored in the data area for one character. In the case of a code, normally, the upper 2 bits of each of the upper byte and the lower byte are not used, and in many cases, a 12-bit bitmap is eventually stored.

Further, in the input to the bit map field, in order to facilitate the bit-by-bit editing, the numeric keypad or character key of the keyboard is assigned to 12 bits of bit 0 to bit 11, and a predetermined shift key is pressed. By pressing these keys, the relevant bit is set to O
It is conceivable to enable N / OFF.

[0007]

On the other hand, conventionally, there is known a data entry apparatus capable of creating statistical data relating to the data entry of each job in order to judge the work efficiency of an operator.

For example, there is one in which the work time, the number of input records, the number of fields, the amount of input data, etc. are recorded in a statistical file for each job. Also,
The amount of input data is recorded in units of bytes or characters.

However, assuming that the amount of input data is recorded in the statistical file in units of the number of bytes or the number of characters, as described above, the combination of the shift key and the numeric keypad or the character key is used to input into the bitmap field by the multi-punch code. When the method of performing is adopted, the amount of input data is counted as one character or two bytes even if an operation of several bits to ten or more bits is performed, which causes irrationality.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a data entry capable of producing rational and highly reliable statistical data even when inputting into a bitmap field by a multi-punch code. To provide a device.

[0011]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, data input from a keyboard is stored in a database file, and statistical data regarding work is created and stored as a statistical data file. In the data entry device, the number of key touches is measured for each shift state of the keyboard and stored in the statistical data file.

[0012]

With the above configuration, it is possible to classify and store in the statistical data file each shift state such as the Chinese character shift, the alphabet shift, or the bit shift for inputting into the bitmap field of the keyboard. it can.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a data entry device adopting the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a CPU 1 composed of a microprocessor or the like, which controls a data entry process using a RAM 5 as a work area according to a program stored in a ROM 4.

The device has a CRT 2 and a keyboard 3 (or further input means such as a mouse or a light pen) as a user interface means.
The operator inputs data from the keyboard 3. The input data is stored in a file format on a floppy disk loaded in the hard disk drive 6 or the floppy disk drive 7.

At the time of data input, the data format (for example, the field is a number, a character, or a bit map, the number of digits thereof, etc.) of the field constituting the record of the database is controlled by the input format program prepared in advance. To be done.

The input format program also includes data for automatically shifting the keyboard 3 to the kanji input mode or kana input mode according to the content of the data. As a kanji input method, a known associative input method, kana-kanji conversion method, or the like can be used.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the multi-punch code can be used to input into the bitmap field, and in that case, a predetermined shift key of the keyboard 3 is pressed (hereinafter, the input for this bitmap field will be omitted). Shift is called "bit shift"), and input and edit can be done in bit units by pressing the numeric keypad or character keys.

As described in the conventional example, when such an input method is adopted, the amount of input data is several bits to several tens of bits when the number of bytes or characters is recorded as a unit. However, the amount of input data is counted as one character or two bytes, which is unreasonable.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of key touches is counted without calculating the amount of input data by the number of bytes or the number of characters, and the number of key touches is Chinese character shift, alphabetic shift, or bit map. Each shift state such as bit shift for input to the field is classified and counted.

In particular, the number of key touches in the bit shift state is determined by the CP depending on the input event of the keyboard 3.
This can be realized by U1 performing the control shown in FIG. Here, while the keyboard 3 is in the bit shift state, a flag called bit count status is set to O.
When the flag is set to N, the number of touches of the keys (numerical keys and predetermined character keys) used for bitmap input is stored in the dedicated key touch counter only while this flag is ON. Also, it goes without saying that a dedicated key touch counter is prepared for the number of key touches in a predetermined shift state such as Kanji shift or English shift.

That is, in step S3 of FIG. 2, a predetermined bit shift key of the keyboard 3 (for example, "NU").
It is determined whether the "M" key or the like) is operated, and if the bit shift key is operated, the bit count status is turned on in step S6. If the operation of the bit shift key is completed in step S4, the bit count status is turned off in step S7.

Then, in step S5, the number of key touches is counted according to the state of the bit count status. If the bit count status is ON, the key touch statistical counter is incremented for each key touch in step S8.

The bit count status is OFF
If so, in step S9, a key touch counter prepared for each key touch is incremented according to each shift state such as numeric shift, alphabet shift, and Katakana shift. In step S10, the next shift key is detected and the corresponding process is performed.

In this way, the bit shift state is distinguished from numeral shift, alphabetic shift, katakana shift, etc., and the key touch is counted for each shift state, and stored as a statistical file in the floppy disk drive 7 for each job. For example, even when the method of inputting to the bitmap field by the multi-punch code is used with the combination of the shift key and the numeric keypad or the character keys, the amount of input data is counted in the unit of bytes or characters. Reasonable and reliable statistical data can be obtained without irrationality.

The statistical data is stored in the floppy disk drive 7 or the hard disk drive 6 for each job as a statistical data file having a structure as shown in FIG. The file name is "TOKEI"
And so on.

As shown in FIG. 3, the statistical data file is divided into batch information, basic operation information, and additional operation information areas 21 to 23. The number of input key touches to the bitmap field is the additional operation information area. It is stored in the area.
The structure of the statistical data file will be described below.

First, in the batch information area 21, as shown in FIG. 4, a job name, a batch number, an operator ID,
The creation date / time, the number of valid records in the corresponding database file, the number of deleted records in the corresponding database file, and the working time are stored (the position and length of the data are in bytes). For the data of each of these items, a register, a counter, etc. are set on the RAM 5 and are updated during the work as needed. The working time uses the time information of the built-in clock.

Next, in the basic operation information area 22, as shown in FIG. 5, the mode, the number of numeric key touches on the keyboard 3, the number of alphabetic key touches, the number of kana key touches, the number of kanji key touches, and the number of function key touches. , The number of work records is stored. As the number of key touches on the keyboard 3, the number counted in step S9 of FIG. 2 is stored.

Here, "mode" is an entry (input)
Indicates the type of the mode, the verify mode in which the same data as once input is updated again, and the update (update) mode. “E” for entry mode, “V” for verify mode, and “update mode” Stores each character of "U".

As shown in FIG. 6, various pieces of statistical information are stored in the additional operation information area 23. Here, record deletion, insertion, correction information, operator ID, the number of key touches in the verify mode of each key such as alphabetic key touch, kana key touch, kanji key touch, function key touch, etc. are stored. The number of input key touches to the map field is stored in 4 bytes from position 86 (byte) of the additional operation information area.

The statistical data file created as described above is stored in the floppy disk drive 7 or the hard disk drive 6 for each job, and displayed on the CRT 2 if necessary, or recorded and output by a printer (not shown). can do. FIG. 7 shows an example of the display or print format at that time, in which the contents of the statistical data file are recorded.

Particularly, regarding the key touch, an alphabetic key,
The number of key touches for each key such as kana key, kanji key, function key, and the number of correction key touches in the verify mode are displayed. Furthermore, the number of key touches and the number of correction key touches are calculated, and this is also output. is doing.

The number of touches in the input of the multi-punch code into the bit field is output independently of the above key touch.

In this way, by independently calculating and outputting the number of key touches for each key, more reliable statistical information can be obtained.

In FIG. 7, the mis-touch rate is not calculated for the input of the bit field and the function key, but the mis-touch rate may be calculated and output for these as well.

[0037]

As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention, in the data entry device for storing the data input from the keyboard in the database file, creating the statistical data regarding the work, and storing the statistical data as the statistical data file. , The number of key touches is measured for each shift state of the keyboard and stored in the statistical data file. Kanji shift, alphabet shift of the keyboard, or bit shift for input to the bitmap field is adopted. It is possible to provide an excellent data entry device that can be stored in a statistical data file by classifying each shift state such as, and can create rational and highly reliable statistical data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data entry device adopting the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an outline of key input processing in the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of a statistical data file in the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of a statistical data file in the apparatus of FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of a statistical data file in the apparatus of FIG.

6 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of a statistical data file in the apparatus of FIG.

7 is an explanatory diagram showing an output example of a statistical data file in the apparatus of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 CRT 3 keyboard 4 ROM 5 RAM 6 hard disk drive 7 floppy disk drive

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A data entry device that stores data input from a keyboard in a database file, creates statistical data relating to work, and stores the statistical data as a statistical data file, and measures the number of key touches for each shift state of the keyboard. ,
A data entry device characterized by storing in the statistical data file. 2. The bitmap data can be input, and the keyboard has a predetermined shift state for inputting one bit of the bitmap data according to the operation of one key, and the key in this shift state The data entry device according to claim 1, wherein a touch is stored in the statistical data file separately from a key touch in another shift state. 3. A database file verify input mode, wherein the number of key touches at the time of corrective input performed in the verify input mode is measured for each shift state of the keyboard, and the number of key touches at the time of corrective input and
3. The data entry device according to claim 1, wherein the mistouch rate is obtained from the number of key touches in each shift state of the keyboard in the database file input mode. 4. The data entry device according to claim 1, wherein the contents of the statistical data file can be displayed or recorded and output.