JPH06324777A - Data input method for information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the order of input from being regulated by emphasis displaying newly inputted numerical data within the plural pieces of the numerical data in a first form, emphasis displaying one of the plural pieces of the numerical data in a second form and displaying the judged result of whether or not limiting conditions are satisfied. CONSTITUTION:A user moves a cursor displayed at a display device 203 by a mouse 204 and specifies the numerical input area of a variable X by the cursor (first emphasis display). When data are inputted from a keyboard 205 to the specified numerical input area, a central processing unit(CPU) 201 stores a numerical value in a storage device 202. Then, the judgement of whether or not the limiting conditions are satisfied is executed with the stored numerical value of the variable Y and the newly stored numerical value of the variable X in the CPU 201. When the result of the judgement does not satisy the limiting conditions, transmission to the display device 203 is performed by the instruction of the CPU 201 within the numerical input areas of the variables X and Y and flickering display (second emphasis display) is performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data input method for an information processing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a so-called graphical user interface such as a window system, a window having a plurality of numerical value input areas shown in FIG. 8 is often used as a data input means. Here, an arbitrary numerical value input area is selected by a cursor on the screen operated by a mouse or the like, and a numerical value can be input in the selected numerical value input area. In many cases, there is a dependency relationship such as primary dependency as a limiting condition between a plurality of inputtable numerical values. The determination as to whether or not this restriction condition is satisfied is performed by inputting a numerical value and then pressing a button shown as a setting button in FIG. It is performed by a method of making a judgment immediately when one numerical value is input. In either case, as a result of the determination, if the limiting condition is not satisfied, the user is warned by displaying an error message or the like.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the method of giving a trigger for judgment to the user by pressing a setting button,
Recognize which numerical value input caused the user to leave the restriction condition because the button may be pressed after a certain amount of time has passed since the data was input, and there is a delay between the data input and the determination. The problem is that it can be difficult to do. There is also a problem that it may be difficult to recognize whether the limiting condition is satisfied by correcting a plurality of numerical values.

On the other hand, in the method of making a judgment immediately after inputting a numerical value, even if an attempt is made to input a combination of numerical values that satisfy the limiting condition, a numerical value that does not satisfy the limiting condition is temporarily entered at the stage of inputting one numerical value. Since there is a state in which a combination is input and a warning is issued at this stage, there is a problem that the input order must be regulated in order to make a desired input.

Therefore, in view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a data input method of an information processing system which presents the determination result of the limiting condition to the user and does not regulate the input order. It is in.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the invention of claim 1 inputs a plurality of numerical data as a set, displays the numerical data, and presets the numerical data. In the data input method of the information processing system for displaying the judgment result after judging whether or not the limiting condition is satisfied, in the first form, the latest input numerical data among the plurality of numerical data is It is characterized in that the determination result is displayed by highlighting and displaying any one of the plurality of numerical data in the second form.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, when a plurality of sets of the plurality of numerical data are input, the second form is different for each set. .

[0008]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the user is informed of the latest input data and the determination result of the limiting condition by emphasizing the display of the input numerical value.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment> FIG. 2 shows the main configuration of an information processing system to which the present invention is applied.

This information processing system includes a central processing unit 201 for performing information processing, a storage device 202 for storing data relating to the control procedure and information processing shown in FIGS. A display 203 for displaying information and information processing results, a mouse 204 for inputting information, and a keyboard 205 constitute a main part of the apparatus.

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the data input window displayed on the display device 203 and used for inputting information.
In the figure, 302 is a numerical value input area for variable X, and 303 is variable Y
Is the numerical input area. The data input window 301 is displayed by the display device 203,
The position of the cursor displayed at 3 is moved by the mouse 204. Move the cursor to the numeric input area 302 or 30
When a numerical value input area is designated by placing it on the numeral 3, and a numerical value is entered in the keyboard 205 at this stage, the numerical value is displayed in the designated input area and stored in the storage device 202 as data.

A data input process executed in such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 in addition to FIG.

The user moves the cursor displayed on the display device 203 with the mouse 204, and designates the numerical value input area of the variable X with this cursor (first highlighted display of the present invention). Data is input from the keyboard 205 to the designated numerical value input area (step 1
1). The central processing unit 201 stores the numerical value input as information of the designated input area in the storage device 202 (step 12).

The central processing unit 201 determines whether the already stored numerical value of the variable Y and the newly stored numerical value of the variable X satisfy the limiting condition (step 13). If the result of the determination does not satisfy the limiting condition, all the numerical values constituting the limiting condition including the input numerical values, that is, the variables X and Y, are displayed in the numerical value input area according to the instruction of the central processing unit 201. It is sent to 203, blinking is displayed (second highlighting of the present invention), and the execution procedure is returned to step 11 (step 14).

If the result of the judgment satisfies the limiting condition, all numerical values constituting the limiting condition including the inputted numerical values, that is, variables X and Y, are instructed by the central processing unit 201 within the numerical value input area. When it is sent to the display device for normal display, the execution procedure returns to step 11 (step 15). The above processing is also performed for the input of the other variable Y.

By repeating such data input, if a numerical value is input so that there is no finally blinking numerical value input area, data input that satisfies the limiting condition will be performed. As another form of the first embodiment, the number of numerical value input areas may be three or more. In addition to (1) blinking the numerical value to warn that the judgment is satisfied, (2) blinking an area other than the numerical value in the numerical input area, and (3) displaying the numerical value It is also possible to adopt a method of changing the color, or (4) a method of changing the display color of a region other than the numerical value input. FIG. 4 shows a processing procedure for blinking a numerical value other than the input numerical value for reference.

<Second Embodiment> The second embodiment is an example in which two sets of data groups composed of three variables are judged for each limiting condition. The circuit configuration can be the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. A display example of the data input window is shown in FIG. In the figure, 302 to 307 are variables, Y, Z, P, Q, R
Indicates the area for inputting. In this embodiment, there is a restriction condition that the following relational expression must be satisfied.

[0019]

## EQU1 ## F (X, Y, Z) <0

[0020]

## EQU00002 ## G (P, Q, R) <0 Hereinafter, the data input process in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The user moves the cursor on the display screen with the mouse 204 (see FIG. 2) to specify the numerical value input area 302 of the variable X, for example. Further, data is input from the keyboard 205 to the designated numerical value input area (step 31). The central processing unit 201 stores the numerical value input as information of the designated area in the storage device 202 and displays it in the numerical value input area 302 of the display device 203 (step 32).

The central processing unit 201 evaluates the limiting condition of the function F using the input variable X and the values of the other variables Y and Z (step 33). If the result of determination is that the limiting condition is not satisfied, blinking timing is determined in order to display that fact (step 33). Two kinds of blinking timing are prepared for each limiting condition, that is, a first timing used for a variable using the function F and a variable using a function G. The blinking timing is common for variables that use the same function.

The value of X of the input is normally displayed (first highlighting of the present invention), and the variable of another input area used for the limiting condition according to the obtained blinking timing, in this case, Y on the display device 203. The value of Z is displayed by blinking (second highlighting of the present invention) (step 35) and the process returns to step 31.
If the result of the determination is that the condition is satisfied, the value of the variable other than the input numerical value is displayed in the display device 203.
To display normally and return to step 31 (step 3
6). Hereinafter, the same processing as described above is executed for inputting modified values of other variables. By repeating such data input for each variable, it means that all the data satisfying the limit is input when the blinking numerical value finally disappears.

As a method of warning that the determination is not satisfied in the second embodiment as well, (1) In addition to the method of synchronously blinking the numerical value for this embodiment, (2) The numerical value and the same value in the numerical value input area are used. Numerical value of the limiting condition Method of blinking all areas, (3) Displaying the numerical color of the numerical values other than the entered numerical value of the numerical values that compose the limiting condition is the same color and the numerical value of the numerical values that compose the other limiting condition is different Color method, (4) The display color of the part excluding the numbers in the areas other than the input numerical values among the numerical values forming the same limiting condition is the same color, and the areas other than the numerical value input areas forming the other limiting conditions are different It can be considered as the display color. For reference, a processing procedure for blinking all the numerical values is shown in FIG.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Each time data is input, the user can clearly know which data does not match the condition, so that erroneous input can be prevented and input processing time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another processing procedure of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another processing procedure of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 201 central processing unit 202 storage device 203 display device 204 mouse 205 keyboard

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Inputting a plurality of numerical data as one set,
In the data input method of the information processing system for displaying the result of the judgment, after judging whether or not the predetermined limiting condition is satisfied using those numerical data, among the plurality of numerical data It is characterized in that the most recently input numerical data is highlighted in the first form, and any one of the plurality of numerical data is highlighted in the second form to display the determination result. Data input method for information processing system. 2. The data input method for an information processing system according to claim 1, wherein, when inputting a plurality of sets of the plurality of numerical data, the second form is made different for each set.