JPH0651891A - Document input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and speedily prepare a document so as to directly input an object word while using a touch panel and a pen. CONSTITUTION:This device is providing a dictionary part storing the description of a word and a display part 50 to display the word and when the surface of a touch panel 10b is pointed by a pen 10c, the word corresponding to the position is displayed at a text display part 50a. The touch panel 10b displays the the characters of 'a, i, u,...,wa' and a scale expressing the position of the dictionary and performs display for the enlarged or reduced display of the scale and an operator performs selection by touch with the pen 10c. When the object word is displayed at the text display part, the word is selected/fixed by pressing a fixing key 10d. Thus, the document can be easily and speedily prepared.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document input device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of document input device, a Japanese reading is input by inputting Roman characters or by pressing a key corresponding to "A" to "N". , The reading is converted into a kana-kanji mixed character string using a technology such as kana-kanji conversion,
There was something to input a document.

According to the technique, a dictionary for storing the reading and notation of words is provided, and the reading of the dictionary is selected with respect to the reading character string input by the user, and a word corresponding to a part of the reading character string is selected. The documents were input by combining the notations of those words.

Further, a dictionary in which readings and notations of words are stored in a dictionary order of the readings (in the order of the Japanese syllabary) is provided, a shuttle dial is used instead of the keyboard, and words in the dictionary (notations are written according to the rotation position of the shuttle dial. ) Is sequentially displayed on the output device, and the enter key is pressed to select the word candidate currently displayed.

[0005]

However, the above method is inconvenient for beginners because the user needs to remember the keyboard layout for the document input device using an input device such as a keyboard.

Further, in the method of sequentially displaying the words in the dictionary by using the shuttle dial and directly inputting them by pressing the enter key, it is difficult to search for the target word and it takes time to input.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document input device which does not require a user to remember a keyboard layout and can quickly input a document.

[0008]

In order to solve this problem, a document input device of the present invention corresponds to a dictionary storing readings and notations of a plurality of words and positions of the words in the dictionary in the dictionary. A plurality of selection switches, a selection pen for selecting one of the selection switches, a display unit for displaying a word corresponding to the selection switch selected by the selection pen, and a selection pen selected by the selection pen. A determining unit that determines the word corresponding to the selection switch and a storage unit that stores the word determined by the determining unit are provided.

[0009]

The document input device of the present invention having the above configuration is
When any one of the plurality of switches is selected by the pen, the word in the dictionary corresponding to the position of the switch is displayed on the display device, and the word is fixed by the fixing means.
The storage means stores the word.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the overall structure of the document input device will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The input device 10 for giving an instruction to select a candidate, the RAM 20, and the ROM 30.
And a CPU 40 that controls the entire apparatus, and an output device 50 that displays candidates and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the input device 10 is composed of four rows of horizontally long touch panels 10b and one enter key 10d.

The RAM 20 has a text area 21 for storing the created character string, a text display buffer 22 for storing a part of text displayed on the text display section 50a of the output device 50, and a scale display section of the output device 50. 1
0a, the scale display buffer 23 that stores the contents of the scale, the scale mode 24 that stores the state of the scale that is displayed on the scale display unit 10a, and the scale start position 2 that stores the start position of the scale in the dictionary.
5, a scale end position 26 that stores the end position of the scale in the dictionary, and a dictionary number pointer 27 that represents the number of a word in the candidate dictionary displayed on the output device 50.

The ROM 30 includes a dictionary section 31 and its dictionary section 3
1. The total number of dictionaries 32 that stores the total number of all the words stored in 1; the scale storage unit 33 that stores the scale display characters and their positions displayed on the scale display unit 10a of the output device 50; and the program unit 34. And the total number of switches 35 in the horizontal direction on the touch panel 10b of the input device 10.

The dictionary unit 31 has a dictionary body 4 as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a and a verb usage table 4b. Dictionary body 4
In a, a plurality of words are stored, a reading and a notation are stored as a pair for each word, and in each word, the first stored word is 1, 2, 3 ,. The number is stored. In addition, pointers pointing to the synonym utilization table 4b are stored for words to be utilized such as adjectives among words, and the inflection endings are collectively stored for words to be utilized in the same. As shown in FIG. 4, the adjective inflection table 4b stores the character strings when the inflectional ending of the word is utilized in the reading order in the dictionary.

The scale storage unit 33 stores a scale table 1 and a scale table 2 as shown in FIG. The scale table 1 says, "Oh, oh, u, oh, oh ...
The first letters of the words in the dictionary arranged in the Japanese syllabary order are arranged in that order. In addition, the dictionary number of the first word in which the first character of the word becomes that character is stored as a display position in each character. In addition, in the scale table 2, the dictionary is arranged in the order of the dictionary with the first character and the next two characters "Ah, ah, ai, au ... Wan", and is stored together with the dictionary number of the dictionary that becomes the first two characters. Has been done.

The program section 34 includes a ROM 30 and a RAM
A program for controlling 20 or the like is stored.

The output device 50 may be, for example, 2 as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a line text display portion 50a and a four-line scale display portion 10a.

Next, the operation of the document input device will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, referring to FIG. 6, the operation of the entire document input device will be described. In step S60 (hereinafter abbreviated as S60, other steps are the same), an initial setting process is performed. Here, the scale mode is set to 1, the contents of the scale table 1 are stored in the scale display buffer 23, and the contents are stored in the scale display unit 10 of the output device 50.
Display in a. At this time, the characters displayed on the scale,
"A, I, U, E, O ... wa" is the number of switches on the touch panel 10b represented by the total number of switches 35 × (display position ÷ total number of dictionaries 32) using the display positions stored with each character. Display in position.

Next, in S61, it is determined whether or not there is an input by the pen 10c on the touch panel 10b of the input device 10. If yes, the determination is Yes and the process proceeds to S64. If there is no input, it is determined as No and the process proceeds to S62.

If it is determined in S61 that there is input from the pen 10c, the process proceeds to S64, the position of the touch panel 10b pressed by the pen 10c is confirmed, and if the position of the enlargement / reduction switch is determined to be Yes. , S65, the scale display process (the process here will be described later with reference to FIG. 7) is performed, and the touch panel 10b is restarted.
S6 until the switch and confirmation key 10d are pressed
Repeat 1 and S62. If it is not the enlargement / reduction switch position, it is determined as No and the process proceeds to S66 in which the candidate selection display process (the process here will be described later with reference to FIG. 8) is performed, and when the candidate selection and the display of the word are completed, the touch panel 10b is restarted.
Until the switch and confirmation key 10c are pressed S61
And S62 are repeated.

Next, the scale display processing 10a shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the switching process between the whole scale display (scale mode 1) and the partial enlarged display (scale mode 2) will be described.

First, in S70, the scale mode 24
Is checked if it is 1 or 2, and if it is 1, it proceeds to S73, and if it is 2, it proceeds to S71. In the initial state, the scale mode is 1 and the scale display unit 10a is in the state shown in FIG. 3A, so that the determination in S70 is 1 and the process proceeds to S73. In S73, set the scale mode 24 to 2,
Proceed to S74. In S74, the scale head position 25 is set. At this time, for example, the dictionary number pointer is 86576.
Assuming that the total number of switches 35 is 5000, the dictionary number pointer 27- (total number of switches / 2) is calculated to be 84.
Since this is 076, this value is stored in the scale head position 25. This value is the dictionary number of the first word displayed on the scale display section 10a.

Next, in S75, the scale end position 26 is set. Similarly for the scale end position 26, when the value of the dictionary number pointer 27+ (total switch number / 2) is calculated, 8
It becomes 9076, and this value is stored in the scale end position.

Next, in S76, the scale table 2 shown in FIG. 5 is moved from the scale head position 25 calculated in S74 to S7.
The scale end position 26 calculated in 5 is stored in the scale display buffer. That is, the scale start position 25 is 8
4076, the scale end position 26 is 89076, so the display position of the scale table 2 in FIG.
The display characters that are 89076 or less are stored in the scale display buffer 23 so as to be displayed at the switch position of the touch panel 10b obtained by subtracting 84076 from the display position, and the process proceeds to S77. In step S77, the contents of the scale display buffer are displayed on the scale display unit of the output device 50, and the process ends. As a result, the scale display can be switched, for example, as shown in FIG.

Further, in S70, the scale mode 24 at that time is set.
When is 2, the process proceeds to S71 and the scale mode 24
Is set to 1, and the process proceeds to S72. In S72, the scale table 1 shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the scale display buffer 23. At this time, the storage method is as follows:
The display position is taken out, and the total number of switches is 35 × (display position ÷ total number of dictionaries 3
2) is calculated, display characters are stored in the scale display buffer 23 so that the value is displayed at the switch position of the touch panel 10b, and the process proceeds to S77. In S77, the contents of the scale display buffer are displayed on the scale display unit 10a of the output device 50, and the process ends. As a result, for example, it is possible to switch to the scale display of the entire dictionary as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the candidate selection display processing of S66 of FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the position of the switch on the touch panel pressed in S80 is detected, and the process proceeds to S81. In S81, it is determined whether the scale mode 24 is 1 or 2, and if it is 1, the process proceeds to S82, and if it is 2, the process proceeds to S83. First, assuming that the scale mode 24 is 1, the entire scale display "A, I, U, E, O ... wa" (Fig. 3)
Since (a)) has been performed, the total number of dictionaries x (position of switches detected in S80 / total number of switches) is calculated in S82, and the value is stored in the dictionary number pointer 27 and S8 is set.
Proceed to 7. If the value of the scale mode is 2 in S81, the scale display portion 10a displays a partial scale display (3 (b) in FIG. 3), and therefore the process proceeds to S83 and is detected at the scale start position 25 + S80. The switch position is calculated, the value is stored in the dictionary number pointer 27, and the process proceeds to S84.

In S84 to S86, the scale start position 25 and the scale end position 26 are calculated in the same manner as described with reference to FIG. 7, and in S86, the scale start position 25 to the scale end position 26 of the scale table 2 in FIG. 5 are calculated. Is taken out and stored in the scale display buffer 23, the contents are displayed on the scale display unit 10a, and the process proceeds to S87.

In S87, the word corresponding to the number indicated by the dictionary number pointer 27 is taken out from the dictionary unit and stored in the text display buffer, and the process ends.

For example, when 1566 is set as the value of the dictionary number pointer 27, the dictionary body 4a is referred to and the word having the dictionary number 1566 is searched. However, since the dictionary number 1565 is followed by 1572, 156
Refer to the vocabulary utilization table pointed to by the word No. 5, and refer to the vocabulary utilization table 2 after the word "call" in the dictionary body 4a.
Connect the second "stored" to "not write"
Is stored in the text display buffer 22 and the text display unit 1
It is displayed in 0a and the process ends.

The value of the dictionary number pointer 27 is 1
If 15 is set, the word "Aichi" will be read from the dictionary body 4a.
Is taken out, stored in the text display buffer 22 and displayed in the text display section. In this case, since there is no pointer pointing to the word usage table, the pointer is simply stored as it is and the content of the word usage table 4b is not referred to.

After that, returning to S61 of FIG. 6 again, S61 and S62 are repeatedly checked until the switch on the touch panel 10b is pressed by the pen 10c or the confirm key 10d is pressed.

Next, the processing when the enter key 10d is pressed in S62 and the process proceeds to S63 will be described.
Dictionary number pointer 2 set in 66 candidate selection display processing
The word in the dictionary body of FIG. 4 corresponding to the value set in 7 is stored in the text area 21 and is taken in as a formal document. When this candidate confirmation process ends, the process returns to S61 again, and S61 and S62 are repeatedly checked until the switch on the touch panel 10b is pressed with the pen 10c or the confirmation key 10d.

As described above, the target word can be easily input by using the touch panel 10b and the pen 10c for pressing the touch panel 10b.

In addition, the pen 10c is touched on the touch panel 10b several times.
Since you can directly input a word by simply touching, you don't have to input the phonetic reading and convert it into kana-kanji characters.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, the touch panel 10b of the input device is divided into four stages and used.
0b can be shortened and the scale table of the scale storage unit 33 can be provided with several scale tables so that the scale table can be changed not only in two scale tables 1 and 2 but also in any number of stages so that the entire product can be miniaturized. .

The enter key 10d is provided as a key different from the touch panel 10b.
It is also possible to embed 0d in the touch panel 10a like the enlargement / reduction switch.

[0041]

As is apparent from the above description, the document input device of the present invention can easily and quickly create a document by directly inputting a target word using a touch panel and a pen. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a claim correspondence diagram.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of the document input device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an overall view of the device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram conceptually showing a dictionary part of the apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram conceptually showing a scale storage unit of the apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of scale display processing in the same apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of a candidate selection display process in the same device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Input Device 21 Text Area 22 Text Display Buffer 23 Scale Display Buffer 31 Dictionary Section 50 Output Device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dictionary storing readings and notations of a plurality of words, a selection switch group in which a plurality of selection switches corresponding to positions of words in the dictionary are arranged, and any one of the selection switch groups. Selecting means for selecting, the display means for displaying the word corresponding to the selection switch selected by the selecting means, the confirming means for confirming the word corresponding to the selection switch selected by the selecting means, and the confirming means A document input device comprising: a storage unit that stores a word determined by the above. 2. The document input device according to claim 1, further comprising switching means for switching the correspondence between the position of the word in the dictionary in the dictionary and the position of the selection switch.