JPH09185446A - Data input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the new data of the same contents as data in the past from being inputted when inputting data to a data processor. SOLUTION: Concerning data inputted from an input device in a step S02, the group of data in a data storage device (d) is retrieved in a step S03 and when it is detected the same data as these input data exist in the already stored data group, the existence of the same data as the input data in the data group in the past is displayed on the display screen of display device (g). Next, it is inquired whether or not the same data in the past as the input data are to be erased in a step 505, further, it is inquired whether or not these data are to be read and displayed in a step S08, and the contents inquiring the correction of these data in a step S10 are displayed on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to data input in general data processing apparatuses including not only small electronic devices such as personal computers, word processors, electronic notebooks and electronic memos, but also industrial electronic devices such as workstations. The present invention relates to a data input method with improved usability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a data processing device, data is externally input in some form, and the input data is displayed as it is or is processed by a CPU or the like to be displayed as data on a display device or registered and held in a storage device.

By the way, when inputting data to the data processing device, conventionally, even when the same keyword data has already been input in the past, the operation is exactly the same as when inputting the data for the first time. If the user operates without knowing it, the same keyword data will be input twice. Therefore, the same data is doubly registered in the storage device holding the input data, and the storage area of the data storage device cannot be effectively used.

Further, since there is no function to refer to the data input in the past, the current operation is temporarily interrupted, the necessary past data is retrieved separately, and after reading and confirming, the input operation of the current data is restarted. I had to do it, and I couldn't say that the input performance was good. Further, even when the past data needs to be changed, the current operation is temporarily interrupted, the required past data is searched and corrected, and the data correction performance cannot be said to be good.

[0005]

In the data input method of the above-mentioned conventional data processing apparatus, when inputting data, since the input operation is performed regardless of past data, data having the same content has already been written in the past. If it has been input, the operator has to remember it, or the existence of past data cannot be known unless a search operation is performed and a search is performed from an existing data group. If the amount of data becomes huge, it is difficult for the operator to store past input data, and the operator of the device is not always the same, and new data having the same contents as the past data is input each time the operation is performed. As a result, there was a problem that the same data was input repeatedly.

Further, the existence of past data is not known unless a special search is made from already registered data, and even if there is unnecessary past data at the time of data input, it is stored without being deleted. It remains in the device, and the data storage device having a limited capacity cannot be effectively used.

Furthermore, if the user tries to input data for the input data during the current operation by referring to past data of the same keyword in the data storage device, the past data must be retrieved from the data group and copied. However, there is a problem that it takes time to operate.

[0008]

The present invention has been made in view of the problem at the time of data input in the above-mentioned conventional data processing apparatus, and the invention of claim 1 relates to the data input from the input apparatus. , When the data group of the data storage device built in the data processing device is searched and it is detected that the same data as the above input data exists in the data group already stored, the display screen of the display device is displayed. The data input method is configured with a function of displaying that the past data group has the same data as the input data.

According to the above configuration, since it is displayed that the same data has been input in the past, double input of the same data can be prevented.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the data input method according to the first aspect, the contents asking whether to delete the past data which is the same as the input data detected by searching the data group of the data storage device is displayed. Display on the device screen to configure the data input method.

According to the above configuration, when the same data is input in the past, a message asking whether to delete the data is displayed. Therefore, even if new data is input, the past data can be used as the current operation. Can be deleted in the process of, and the work such as temporarily interrupting the operation for processing the past data becomes unnecessary and the double input can be efficiently prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the data input method according to the first aspect, a question is asked whether to read and display past data that is the same as the input data detected by searching the data group of the data storage device. Is displayed on the screen of the display device to configure the data input method. According to this configuration, since past data is read out and displayed on the screen, it is possible to refer to these data and the workability of inputting the data is significantly improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the data input method according to the third aspect, the contents of the past data read out on the display screen by retrieving the data group of the data storage device are displayed asking the need to be corrected. The data input method is configured by displaying it on the screen of the device and enabling correction of past data. According to this configuration, regarding the past data read on the screen,
If a correction is requested and a correction is required, the correction can be made in the process of the current processing, and the workability of data input and correction is improved.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data processing device equipped with a data input method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data processing device is equipped with a CPUa for processing various input data similarly to a normal information processing device. Is a ROMb in which a control command is written in advance so that the data processing device performs a predetermined function, an input device c including a keyboard and a mouse, data processed by the CPUa are stored and read, and the stored data is read according to an instruction. CPU
A data storage device d supplied to a and a display device g for displaying data processed by the CPU a, input data of the input device c, data read from the data storage device d, and the like are connected.

The display device g comprises a liquid crystal display device, a micromirror display, a visible display means such as a printer, and a CPUa.
Between the display device g and the display device g, there is provided a display control unit f for converting the display signal output from the CPU a into a signal suitable for the connected display device g and supplying the converted signal.

In the present embodiment, in order to facilitate understanding, the data processing method will be described by taking the case where the input data to the data processing device is a telephone number. FIG. 2 is a list of telephone data that can be stored in the data storage device d, in which input data such as name, telephone number, and address are stored in association with each other.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display appearing on the display device g. When a new telephone number data is input,
The following shows the initial display contents when the phonebook menu mode is entered from the menu screen. On the display screen, items such as name, telephone number, fax number, address, and remarks are set, and further commands for "new" input, "search" work, and "list" read operation to select the operation mode are issued. The mode input section for doing is displayed.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a data input method in the data processing apparatus, and the processing steps in the flow chart will be described in detail below together with the contents of data processing and a corresponding display screen at that time. The steps of the flowchart are controlled by the CPUa according to a program written in the ROMb in advance.

First, when "new" is selected in the mode input section in the initial display state of the telephone directory menu of FIG. 3, step S0
After the determination process of 1, the process proceeds to step S02. If "Search" or "List" other than "New" is selected, there is no input data and the process is not driven and the process proceeds to "no" in step S01.
When "END" is reached, this processing ends.

In the new input mode of step S02, the name data is input from the input device c by moving the cursor to the name field as shown in FIG. In the telephone number storage function of the present embodiment, since the name is set as the keyword of the data, the process proceeds to step S03 due to the input of the name, and the past stored in the data storage device d according to the program written in the ROMb in advance. The program automatically searches the data group for data with the same keyword according to the program.

As a result of the search, if there is no data having the same keyword in the past data group, the determination is "no", the process proceeds to step S07, the normal new data input mode is set, and the screen is shown in FIG. In this way, the operation content is instructed, the input work is continued, and when the input of the data of the predetermined input item is completed, the processing is ended.

On the other hand, if the same keyword is found as a result of the search, the determination in step S03 becomes "yes" and the process proceeds to step S04. In step S04, as shown in FIG. 5, the operator is informed that data with the same name has already been input on the display screen, and a question is asked as to whether or not to continue the input. Since the same data has already been input, if it is not necessary to continue the input, "no" is selected and the process ends. However, when data different from the data that has already been input is input, or when it is not known whether it is the same data or the like, the input work will be continued, and "yes" is selected and the process proceeds to step S05.

With the shift to step S05, the content of the inquiry on the display screen is switched to the searched "Do you want to delete the past data?", As shown in FIG. To delete the past data, select "yes" and proceed to step S06 to switch the display screen to that shown in FIG. 7, delete the retrieved past data, and proceed to step S07. Step S0
7, the screen of FIG. 8 is displayed as described above, and the normal input operation of new data is continued.

"No" when past data is not deleted
Is selected and the process proceeds to step S08. In step S08, the display screen is switched to that shown in FIG. 9, past data is read from the data storage device d and displayed on the screen of the display device g, and the display asks whether or not to refer.

"No" when not referring to past data
Is selected, the process proceeds to step S07 described above, and the input operation is continued according to the display screen of FIG. When referring to past data, select "yes" and proceed to step S09.
In step S09, the past data extracted from the data group of the data storage device d in the search operation is read and
As shown in 0, a series of past data is displayed on the display part g as reference data on a part of the screen.

Subsequent to the display of the reference data, the program proceeds to step S10 to display an inquiry as shown in FIG. 11 as to whether or not the data of the reference screen, that is, the past data is corrected. If the past data does not need to be corrected, "do not correct" is selected, the process proceeds to step S13, and the reference data displayed as shown in FIG. 12 is referred to, and the input operation of the new data is executed in step S13.

After inputting the data in the new input item, the program proceeds to step S14, and as shown in FIG. 13, since the new data has been input, whether the past data displayed in the reference data should be deleted or not is displayed. Ask. If "no" is selected in response to the inquiry, the process ends. On the other hand, if "yes" is selected, the process proceeds to step S15 to delete the past data and end the process.

In response to the inquiry about the correction of the past data in step S10, first, after correcting the past data and then inputting the data under the current operation, the process shown in FIG.
The screen of the display device g switches to the screen of FIG. 14 and the past data is corrected first based on the data input by selecting “correct now.” Displayed on the screen of FIG. To do.

After the correction work is completed, the program proceeds to step S.
In step 17, the corrected data is displayed in the reference data area of the screen, and in step S18, the input operation of new data is executed while referring to the corrected data as shown in FIG. 15, and a predetermined item is input. After that, the process ends.

When the past data retrieved in step S03 is to be corrected after the input of new data is completed in step S10, "correct after inputting new data" is selected on the display screen of FIG. Then step S
Proceed to 11. In the state of step S11, the contents of FIG. 16 are displayed on the screen, and the operator first performs an input operation of new data while referring to past data, inputs a predetermined item, and then proceeds to step S12. In step S12, the contents of FIG. 17 are displayed on the screen, and the past data displayed as the reference data is corrected to be new data. After the correction work, the process ends.

The CPUa mounted on the data processing device is
A program written in advance in the ROMb is read according to the operator's input, and the operation of the above flow chart is executed. Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to the case of processing data relating to a telephone number, other data can be similarly applied.

[0032]

As described above, according to the data input method of the first aspect, the data input from the input device is searched for the data group of the data storage device built in the data processing device and already stored. Data input method with a function to display that the same data as the input data in the existing data group is detected on the display screen of the display device when the same data as the above input data is detected. Is.

Thus, when inputting new data, the same data is searched for in the past data group, and if there is the same data, the result is displayed on the display screen. Therefore, double input of the same data is prevented. You can

According to the data input method of claim 2, in the data input method of claim 1, a question is asked whether to delete past data that is the same as the input data detected by searching the data group of the data storage device. Is a data processing method for displaying on the screen of a display device.

As a result, when the same data has been input in the past, a message asking whether to delete the data is displayed. Therefore, even if new data is input, the past data is processed in the process of the current operation. It can be deleted, the storage area of the recording device can be effectively used, and the work such as once suspending the operation for processing the past data becomes unnecessary, and the double input can be efficiently prevented.

According to the data input method of claim 3, in the data input method of claim 1, past data which is the same as the input data detected by searching the data group of the data storage device is read out and displayed. This is a data input method in which the content of inquiry is displayed on the screen of the display device. As a result, the past data is read out and displayed on the screen, so that it can be referred to and the workability of data input is excellent.

According to the data input method of claim 4, in the data input method of claim 3, the past data read out on the display screen by searching the data group of the data storage device,
This is a data input method in which the contents to be queried for correction are displayed on the screen of the display device and the past data can be corrected.

As a result, when the past data read out on the screen is queried for correction and correction is required, the correction can be made in the process of the current processing, and the workability of inputting and correcting the data is excellent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of operations according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a list of telephone data for explaining the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an initial screen of a telephone number storage menu.

FIG. 4 is a screen showing an input operation state of a telephone number storage menu.

FIG. 5 is a screen of the display device when past data is searched.

FIG. 6 is a screen of a display device asking for deletion of past data.

FIG. 7 is a screen of a display device displaying that past data has been deleted.

FIG. 8 is a screen showing an input operation state of a telephone number storage menu.

FIG. 9 is a screen of a display device asking for reference to past data.

FIG. 10 is a screen of a display device displaying and displaying past data.

FIG. 11 is a screen of a display device that asks for correction of past data that is being displayed for reference.

FIG. 12 is a screen showing an input operation state of a telephone number storage menu.

FIG. 13 is a screen of a display device asking for deletion of past data.

FIG. 14 is a screen of the display device showing a past data correction operation.

FIG. 15 is a screen of a display device for correcting and inputting past data.

FIG. 16 is a screen of a display device for correcting and inputting past data.

FIG. 17 is a screen of a display device for correcting and inputting past data.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram of a data processing device embodying the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S02 Data input step S03 Past data presence / absence determination step S05 Past data deletion determination step S06 Past data deletion step S08 Past data display determination step S09 Past data display step S10 Past data correction determination step S15 Past data deletion step S16 Past data correction step

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A data group in a data storage device incorporated in a data processing device is searched for data input from an input device, and the same data as the input data is found in the data group already stored. A data input method characterized by displaying that the same data as the input data in the past data group is displayed on the display screen of the display device when it is detected that it exists. 2. The contents of the past, which is the same as the input data detected by searching the data group of the data storage device, is displayed on the screen of the display device asking whether to delete. The data input method according to item 1. 3. The contents of the past which is the same as the input data detected by searching the data group of the data storage device is displayed on the screen of the display device asking whether to read and display the past data. The data input method according to claim 1. 4. The data group of the data storage device is searched to display the contents of the past data read out on the display screen asking for correction on the screen of the display device so that the past data can be corrected. The data input method according to claim 3, wherein the data input method is performed.