JPH09245060A - Data input means - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily cope with alterations of a data base without making a system complex by changing an input format temporarily through an input item storage means and an input order storage means and making a display. SOLUTION: A RAM 30 has an item name memory 31 which stores item names of data base definition information and an input management memory 32 which manages whether or not there is data input and the order of the input. In this case, an internal variable SEQ2 which indicates the item order of the input to '1' and an internal variable PTR2 indicating each entry into an input presence/absence table is set to '1'. Then it is decided whether or not an entry that the PTR2 of the input presence/absence table indicates is an item to be inputted (whether the corresponding entry is '1') by referring to the entry and when it is decided that the entry is the input object, the input order of the entry that the PTR2 of the input order table indicates is compared with the SEQ2; when they match each other, the item name of the entry that the PTR2 of the item name table indicates is acquired and displayed by being arranged in the input format.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of interactively inputting data into a database, one of which is composed of a plurality of items, and to an inputting method of an input format according to the purpose of input data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a database intended for address book, business card management, and telephone directory consists of items common to the above purposes such as "name" and "address", and other items unique to the above purpose. There is.

The database is generally created for each purpose of use, but the database having many common items as described above is regarded as one database in terms of unified management of data.

In the data input to the database having a plurality of purposes, there is a method of preparing and inputting an input format according to the purpose in order to simplify the input operation.

As a simple input format example, instead of always displaying from the top item of the input format,
There is a method to display from the item according to the purpose. In the address book function of Hitachi portable information and communication terminal "Possible", "personal"
A distinction is made between "company". In the case of "individual", the items are displayed from the first item, and in the case of "company", items in the middle of the company are displayed.

Alternatively, to simplify the system,
There is a method in which the user inputs while selecting a desired item by a common input format in which all items are displayed in the definition order.

[0007]

According to the prior art, in the method of preparing the input format for each purpose, it is necessary to prepare the input format for each purpose, which complicates the system. When the database is changed and the number of items is increased or decreased, the system is changed each time. There is a problem.

In a method in which a user selects and inputs an item suitable for a purpose by a common input format in which all items are displayed in the order of definition, all the items other than the items to be input are displayed, so that the screen is complicated. Become. Screen scrolling occurs frequently and it is difficult to input. In particular, a small information device such as an electronic notebook has a problem that its frequency is high because the screen size is small.

An object of the present invention is to provide a data input method which can easily cope with changes in a database without complicating the system.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the data input method of the present invention, when continuously inputting data of the same format, is the object of the first input of data of the same format. The input item storage means for storing the items, the input order storage means for holding the order of the items input to the first item of the same format data, the input item storage means and the input order storage means temporarily based on the input item storage means. An input format creating means for changing and displaying the input format is provided.

According to the present invention, the input format changing means holds the first input item and the input order of the same format data, and when inputting the second and subsequent items, inputs based on the held information. Create an input format according to the format.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in an input function on a Japanese word processor will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1A and 1B are examples of data input screens. 50-1a to 50-13a are input guidances, in which the item names of the database definition information are displayed in the definition order, and 50-1b to 50-13b are the examples in which the input data is displayed. FIG. 1A is a general personal information management database. FIG. 1B is a second data input screen when general business card data is input to the database of FIG. 1A and the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied. CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10 that manages all operations of the word processor
Includes a keyboard 20, a RAM (random access memory) 30, and a ROM (read only memory) 40.
And the display unit 50 are connected to each other.

The keyboard 20 has character / symbol keys for inputting data, a data confirmation key 21 and an escape key 22.

The RAM 30 stores data input from the keyboard and is used as a work area of a processing program. The RAM 30 stores an item name memory 31 that stores the item name of the database definition information and whether or not data is input. It has an input management memory 32 for managing the order of.

The ROM 40 stores a control program for operating the CPU 10, and the CPU 10 controls all operations of the word processor such as data input and document editing according to the control program.

The display unit 50 displays data transferred from the keyboard 20, the RAM 30, and the ROM 40 via the CPU 10.

FIG. 3 shows the detailed contents of the item name memory 31. The item name memory 31 has three database definition items.
An item name table 31 storing 1-1 and item names ('name', 'home', 'company name', etc.) in the defined order.
-2 (31-2-1 to 31-2-n).

FIG. 4 shows the detailed contents of the input management memory 32. The input management memory 32 includes an input number 32-1 for storing the number of items to be input and an item name table 31-2.
The entry presence / absence table (32-2-1a to 32-2-) corresponding to each entry (31-2-1 to 31-2-n) of 1 to 1 and managing whether or not the corresponding item is an input target 2-na)
And an input order table (32-2-1b to 32-2-nb) that manages the order in which the corresponding items are input.

When the first record is input, the number of inputs 32-1
Has the same value as the definition item number 31-1.

Input presence / absence table (32-2-1a to 32)
-2-na) When the value of the corresponding entry is "1", the data is input, and when it is "0", the data is not. When the first record is input, all are input targets, so the value is "1".

Input order table (32-2-1b to 32-32)
-2-nb) manages the order in which items are input. The value of the first input item is '1', the value of the second input item is '2', and numbers are given in the order of inputting.

When the first record is input, the item name table 31
Numbers are given in the order defined by -2.

5 and 6 are flow charts for realizing the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a main program for data input. Step S1 (hereinafter simply abbreviated as S1 to S25)
Performs initial processing of tables and internal variables.

The input number 32-1 has the same value as the definition item number 31-1. Input presence / absence table (32-2-1a to 3-2
2-2-na) are all "1". The input order table (32-2-1b to 32-2-nb) is 32-2-1.
b is assumed to be "1", and hereinafter, consistent numbers up to "2", "3", ... And "n" are assigned.

Further, "1" is set to the variable REC No. for managing the record number to be input, and the variable SEQ for managing the order of items in which data is input by the first data input.
Set “1” to 1.

S2 is a subprogram for displaying the input format screen (details will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6).

In step S3, an initial value "1" is set in a variable PTR1 indicating an item to be currently input on the input screen.

S4 is a subprogram for inputting data for one item. The data input subprogram is PT
Data is input to the item pointed to by R1, the input data is displayed on the screen, and control is returned to the main program at the time when any of the "data confirmation key" or the "escape key" is input. There are three types of return information from the data input subprogram: a return key, input data size, and input data.

Whether or not data is input is determined by the input data size "0".

At S5, it is determined whether the record is the first record input (the first record when REC No. is "1"). When the determination in S5 is the first record, the input presence / absence table and the input order table are updated as follows. S
6 determines the presence / absence of data input. When there is input data, the input order table (32-2-1b to 32-32) is input in S7.
2-nb) sets SEQ1 in the entry pointed to by PTR1.

In S8, SEQ1 is increased by "1". S
9 stores the input item data in the input buffer on the RAM 30.

When there is no input data, the PTR of the input presence / absence table (32-2-1a to 32-2-na) is determined in S10.
'0' is set to the entry pointed to by 1.

In S11, the input number 32-1 is counted down by "1".

In step S12, it is checked whether the return key is the "data confirmation key". In S13, when the return key is the “data confirm key”, the variable PTR1 is incremented by “1”. In S14, it is determined whether PTR1 exceeds the number of input items, and if not, the process jumps to S4 to input the next item.

If it exceeds the limit, the input of one record is completed, and the input data in the input buffer is written in the database file in S15. In S16, REC No. is incremented by "1", and the process jumps to S2 to input the next record.

S17 is the end of data input, RAM
When there is input data in the input buffer on 30, the data is written in the database file and the process is terminated.

FIG. 6 is a program for displaying the input format. S18 is an internal variable SEQ2 indicating the order of items to be input, and an initial value "1" is set.

In S19, the input presence / absence table (32-2-
1a to 32-2-na) internal variable P pointing to each entry
Set "1" to TR2.

In S20, the input presence / absence table (32-2-
The entry indicated by PTR2 of 1a to 32-2-na) is referred to and it is determined whether or not it is an input target item (corresponding entry is “1”). When the determination in S20 is an input target, in S21,
Input order table (32-2-1b to 32-2-nb)
2 is compared with the input order of the entry pointed to by PTR2. When the comparison result in S21 is the same, in S22, the item name of the entry pointed to by PTR2 of the item name table 31-2 (31-2-1 to 31-2-n) is acquired, arranged in the input format, and displayed. .

When the comparison result in S21 is different, PTR2 is incremented by "1" in S23 and the process returns to S20 to compare the next entry.

In step S24, SEQ2 is increased by "1" to search for the next input item.

In step S25, it is determined that the processing has ended. When SEQ2 exceeds the number of inputs 32-1, the processing ends.

[0046]

According to the present invention, the system does not become complicated because it is not necessary to prepare an input format according to the purpose. It can be easily dealt with when the database is changed. Since only necessary items are displayed, scrolling on the screen is minimized and input operation is easy. The items in the database are arranged in the order of items to be entered, so the input operation is easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a database input screen.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a table used in a program when implementing the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a table used in a program when implementing the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for realizing the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for realizing the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... CPU, 20 ... Keyboard, 21 ... Data confirmation key, 22 ... Escape key, 30 ... RAM, 31 ... Item name memory, 32 ... Input management memory, 40 ... ROM, 50 ...
Display section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting data interactively, display means for displaying input format and input data,
1st place item name of database definition information in the order of definition
Input format creating means, input item storage means for storing the item that was the target of the first consecutive data by the input to the database, the first consecutive data by the input to the database In a data input device equipped with an input order storage means for storing the order of items input to the database, when continuously inputting data of the same format to the database, the first input of continuous data may be the first input. Using the input format created by the input format creating means, in the second and subsequent inputs of the same continuous format data, only the item names stored in the input item storage means are stored in the input order storage means. A data input method characterized in that an input format created by a second input format creating means arranged in order is used. 2. The input format according to claim 1, when inputting the second and subsequent items of the same continuous format data, the item names stored in the input item storage means are input in the order of the items stored in the input order storage means. A data input method using an input format created by a second input format creating means that is preferentially placed above the table.