JPH09293068A - Method and device for information processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the device small-sized by displaying candidates for an address on a small display screen at the time of zip code conversion from a zip code to address data. SOLUTION: An electronic address book has a dictionary for zip code conversion where plural zip codes and one or plural address data for each zip code are registered. Then when address book data is registered, a common part to plural address data corresponding to an inputted zip code is obtained from the dictionary for zip code conversion and displayed (steps S400 to S430). Then noncommon parts of the address data corresponding to the inputted zip code are obtained from the dictionary for zip code conversion and displayed as candidate data (step S440). Then candidate data specified among the displayed candidate data and the common part displayed in the step S430 are combined together and displayed as address data of the zip code (step S470).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method suitable for inputting and managing address data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an information processing device capable of managing address data. Some devices of this type convert postal codes into address data (hereinafter referred to as postal code conversion) in order to make it easier to input address data. In such an address data input method that performs postal code conversion, when there are multiple address data candidates for the input postal code, each of these multiple candidates is converted from the prefecture name to the municipality. It is displayed in a format that includes names. From the displayed address data, the user
After selecting and confirming the desired one and inputting the necessary data such as the address, it was registered as address book data.

Further, when the address data once fixed is changed, there is no other way than to use the method of performing the postal code conversion again or deleting the characters one by one and inputting them again.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the postal code is converted, the address candidates are displayed in a format including the prefecture name to the municipality name, so that a plurality of candidates are displayed. There is a problem that it requires a large display screen and cannot be downsized.

Further, when changing the address once fixed, it is necessary to perform the postal code conversion again or delete the characters one by one and input them again, so that there is a problem that the correction work is troublesome. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is information that makes it possible to display address candidates on a small display screen when converting a zip code into address data. An object of the present invention is to provide a processing device and a method thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and method capable of efficiently and easily performing a changing operation when changing address data once determined.

[0008]

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object has the following arrangement. That is, a plurality of postal codes and storage means for storing one or a plurality of address data for each postal code, and a common part of the plurality of address data corresponding to the input postal code are acquired from the storage means, A first display means for displaying this, a second display means for acquiring a non-common part of a plurality of address data corresponding to the input postal code from the storage means, and displaying this as candidate data; 2 candidate data designated from the candidate data displayed on the display means, and the first data
A third display unit is provided which combines the common portion displayed by the display unit, determines the address data of the postal code, and displays the address data.

Preferably, in order to complete the address book data, input means for inputting data subsequent to the address data displayed on the third display means, and registration for registering the completed address book data by the input means. And means.

Preferably, the storage means stores a plurality of address data for one zip code,
The plurality of address data are divided into one common part and a plurality of non-common parts and stored. With respect to a plurality of address data associated with a certain postal code, the common part is stored as one, and thus the required storage capacity can be reduced. Further, the display control of the common part and the non-common part in the first display means and the second display means becomes easy.

Preferably, the second display means is
The non-common portion is displayed as candidate data by replacing the display of the common portion by the first display means. Since the common part and the non-common part can be displayed in the same display area, the display area can be reduced.

[0012] Preferably, it further comprises instruction means for instructing switching from the display by the first display means to the display by the second display means. The common part of address data can be surely confirmed.

Further, preferably, the switching from the display by the first display means to the display by the second display means is performed after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of the display by the first display means.

An information processing apparatus according to another configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object has the following configuration.
That is, it is an information processing device capable of editing registered address book data, and a storage unit for storing a plurality of types of address data represented by a combination of a plurality of place names, the address data and character data subsequent thereto. Display means for displaying desired address book data from a storage medium in which the address book data composed of is stored, and the address data portion of the address book data displayed by the display means is the storage means. And an editing unit that performs editing in units of the place names stored in, and edits the portion of the character data in units of characters.

Further, preferably, the storage means registers a name of each place forming the address data by a code. A storage area for storing address data can be reduced.

Further, preferably, the editing means is an instruction means for instructing a desired position of the address book data displayed on the display means, and a place name where the position instructed by the instructing means constitutes the address data. When included in one of the above, the place name which can be substituted for the place name is extracted by referring to the address data stored in the storage unit, and the place name extracted by the extracting unit is displayed as candidate data. A candidate display means and an updating means for updating the address book data with the designated candidate data by designating one of the candidate data displayed by the candidate display means. With respect to the designated place name, place name candidates that can be replaced are displayed, so that the address book data can be efficiently edited.

Preferably, the editing means has a changing means for changing the display form of the place name when the position indicated by the indicating means is included in one of the place names forming the address data. The place name to be updated can be easily confirmed.

Preferably, the editing means further comprises erasing means for erasing the character data portion of the address book data based on an operation instruction when the address data of the address book data to be edited is updated. Prepare

The information processing method of the present invention for achieving the above object includes the following steps. That is, the common part of the plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code is acquired from the plurality of zip codes and the storage unit that stores one or more address data for each zip code, and this is displayed. A first display step, and a second display step of acquiring a non-common part of the plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code from the storage section and displaying the acquired non-common section as candidate data.
The candidate data designated from the candidate data displayed in the second display step and the common part displayed in the first display step are combined to be determined as the address data of the postal code and displayed. And a display step.

Further, another information processing method of the present invention which achieves the above object comprises the following steps. That is, an information processing method for editing address book data composed of address data expressed by a combination of a plurality of place names and character data following the address data, which is selected from a storage medium in which the address book data is registered. The display step of displaying the address book data, and the address data portion of the address book data displayed in the display step is stored in a storage unit that stores the address data as a combination of a plurality of place names. An editing step is performed in which the place name is edited as a unit and the character data portion is edited as a character.

[0021]

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

(First Embodiment) A small electronic address book according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the small electronic address book of the first embodiment. In the figure,
A CPU 1 controls the entire small electronic address book. A keyboard 2 is used for inputting data to the small electronic address book and for operating instructions such as data registration / search. A ROM 3 stores a control program executed by the CPU 1, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, a zip code conversion dictionary, and the like. A RAM 4 stores address data and the like input and created by the user, and also provides a work area for the CPU 1. Reference numeral 5 denotes a display device, which displays various data and messages. In the first embodiment, the display 5
Has a display screen for displaying data in two columns.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the zip code conversion dictionary stored in the ROM 3. Reference numeral 30 denotes a zip code conversion dictionary. The zip code conversion dictionary 30 includes a zip code column 30a and an address data column 30b corresponding thereto. In the address data column 30b, the common part and non-common part of the address corresponding to a certain postal code are separated by / and stored. Furthermore, when there are plural types of address data in the non-common part, all of them are separated by / and stored.

As an actual example, taking the second row from the top as an example, there are “Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Kita-ku” and “Hokkaido Ishikari-gun Tobetsu-cho” as address candidates for the postal code “002”.
Such address candidates are stored as shown in FIG. That is, in the address data field 30b corresponding to the field in which "002" is registered in the postal code field 30a, there is a common part "Hokkaido" of a plurality of address candidates, and the "/" symbol is used as a delimiter. The address data of the non-common part are "Sapporo City Kita-ku" and "Ishikari-gun Tobetsu-cho". The address data of these two non-common parts are also separated by "/".

3 and 4 are flow charts showing the flow of processing of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of data registration processing.

In step S100 of FIG. 3, a prompt is displayed on the display unit 5 for prompting the user to input data in the field currently input. Next, in step S110, the key data from the keyboard 2 is read, and in step S12
The type of the key input with 0 is determined. If the input key is a character key, the process proceeds to step S130, and the corresponding character data is stored in the input buffer (not shown) in the RAM 4. Then, the process returns to step S110 to wait for the next key input.

If it is determined in step S120 that the key input is the "input" key for instructing the end of input in the corresponding field, the process proceeds to step S200. In step S200, it is determined whether or not all the items are completed. If not completed, the process proceeds to step S210, the control is transferred to the next item, and then the process returns to step S100.

If the key input in step S120 is the "convert" key, the process proceeds to step S150. In step S150, it is determined whether or not there is a character in the input buffer in the RAM 4 described above. If there is a character, the process proceeds to step S160, the kana-kanji conversion process is executed, and then the process returns to step S110. Since the kana-kanji conversion processing in step S160 is known, the description thereof is omitted here.

On the other hand, in step S150, the RAM
If the input buffer in 4 is empty, the process proceeds to step S170. In step S170, it is determined whether the current input target is address data. If the current input target is not address data, the process returns to step S110 without performing any processing. On the other hand, if the current input object is address data, the process proceeds to step S180, the postal code conversion process is executed, and then the process returns to step S100.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing in detail the postal code conversion processing (step S180 in FIG. 3) in the first embodiment. First, in step S400, it is checked whether or not there is postal code data, and if there is no postal code data, this processing ends.

On the other hand, if the postal code data exists in step S410, the process proceeds to step S410. In step S410, referring to the zip code conversion dictionary 30 shown in FIG. 2, a process of obtaining address candidate data from the zip code column data is performed. Here, if there is no corresponding postal code in the postal code column 30a, the postal code conversion process is terminated (step S420).

When the corresponding postal code is retrieved from the postal code column 30a, the process proceeds from step S420 to step S430. In step S430, the common part of the address candidate data obtained in step S410 is extracted from the address data column 30b of the postal code conversion dictionary 30 and is displayed on the display unit 5.
Is displayed in the upper row. Then, in step S440, the data of the non-common part are displayed in the lower part of the display 5 with numbers.

In step S450, a key input from the keyboard 2 is waited for. When the key input is detected, the process proceeds to step S460, and the type of the key input is determined. If the key input is the "next candidate" or "previous candidate" key, the process proceeds to step S480. If there is candidate address data (address data of the non-common part) other than the one currently displayed, step S440. Go back to and list them as next candidates.

On the other hand, if the key input is a numeric key corresponding to the displayed address candidate data, step S47.
Go to 0. In step S470, the relevant candidate address data is determined as address data, the common part / selected non-common part is combined, and the address data is determined and displayed. Then, the postal code conversion process is terminated, and as a result, the process returns to step S110. Then, data such as an address is input by the subsequent key input to complete the address book data. Then, by operating the "input" key, the address book data is registered and the present process is terminated (step S
200).

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining an actual display example and an operation example in the first embodiment. In the following, Figure 3
Description will be given while showing corresponding portions of the flowchart of FIG.

(A) shows an input screen for postal code data. The prompt display in step S100 indicates this state. If the postal code "211" is entered here, the screen (b) is displayed.

When the "input" key is operated in the state of (b), the input of the postal code data is completed, and then the address data input processing is started. That is, since it is not the final item (that is, it is not an address data item) in step S200, the process proceeds to step S210 to move to the next address data input, and the screen of (c) is displayed.

When the "conversion" key is operated in (c), RA
Since the input buffer of M4 is empty and the current input target is address data, the process proceeds to step S180. That is, the control shifts to the postal code conversion processing of FIG. Then, in the process of step S410, the address data candidate "Kawasaki-shi / Kanagawa / Sachi-ku / Nakahara-ku" corresponding to the postal code "211" is obtained from the postal code conversion dictionary 30. Then, in step S430, the common part "Kawasaki City, Kanagawa" is displayed on the display unit 5.
“Sachi-ku / Nakahara-ku” which is displayed in the upper part and is a non-common part in step S440 is displayed in the lower part of the display 5 with a number, and the display of (d) is made.

When "2" is input in the display state of (d), in step S470, "Kawasaki City, Kanagawa" in the common part and the data "Nakahara-ku" selected in the non-common part are combined, and ( e) is displayed.

In (e), "XX Town 1-2-3" is input by operating the character keys and the conversion key, and the address book data is completed, resulting in (f). After that, the address book data is registered by the operation of the "input" key, and the present processing ends (step S200).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when a plurality of types of address data corresponding to a postal code exist at the time of postal code conversion, there are common and non-common parts of the address data. Are displayed separately,
Candidate data is displayed for non-common parts. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the display space for all the address data candidates corresponding to the postal code, as compared with the conventional display that displays all of them.

(Second Embodiment) In the second embodiment of the small address book according to the present invention, compared with the first embodiment,
The display 5 is provided with a single-stage display screen, and further, the display screen is downsized, and thus the entire device is downsized. In the second embodiment, part of the postal code conversion processing is changed from the first embodiment so as to correspond to the one-stage display.

The structure of the small electronic address book, the data structure of the zip code conversion dictionary, and the basic control procedure in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIGS. 1 to 3). FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail the postal code conversion processing in the second embodiment. Further, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an actual display example and an operation example in the second embodiment.

Comparing FIG. 6 with FIG. 4, step S43
The process of 0 is changed to step S430 ′, and between step S430 ′ and step S440,
500 and step S510 are inserted.

FIG. 7A shows an input screen for postal code data. The prompt display in step S100 indicates this state. If the postal code "211" is entered here, the screen (b) is displayed.

Next, when the "input" key is operated in the state of (b), the input of the postal code data is completed, and then the address data input processing is started. That is, since it is not the final item (that is, it is not an address data item) in step S200, the process proceeds to step S210 to move to the next address data input, and the screen of (c) is displayed.

When the "conversion" key is operated in (c), RA
Since the input buffer of M4 is empty and the current input target is address data, the process proceeds to step S180. That is, the control shifts to the postal code conversion processing of FIG. Then, in the process of step S410, the address data candidate "Kawasaki-shi / Kanagawa / Sachi-ku / Nakahara-ku" corresponding to the postal code "211" is obtained from the postal code conversion dictionary 30. Then, in step S430 ', the common part "Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture" is displayed on the display device 5, and the display example of (d') is obtained.

Next steps S500 and S510
If it is determined that a key input has been made, and if there is address data of the displayed common part, the process proceeds to step S440 by pressing the "OK" key, and instead of displaying the address of the common part, the address of the non-common part is displayed. Is displayed. That is, in step S440, the non-common portion "Sachi-ku / Nakahara-ku" is displayed on the display 5 with a number, and the display is as shown in the example of FIG.

When "2" is input in the display state of (d "), the common portion" Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture "and the data" Nakahara Ward "selected in the non-common portion are combined in step S470, (E) is displayed.

Further, when the address book data is completed by inputting "XX town 1-2-3" by operating the character keys and the conversion key, the display becomes as shown in (f). After that, the address book data is registered by the operation of the "input" key, and the present processing ends.

In the second embodiment, after the common portion of the address candidate data is displayed, the confirmation key input processing is performed, and then the non-common portion processing is performed (step S).
500, S510), even if this part is simply displayed for a certain period of time and moves to the process of the non-common part,
It does not impair the gist of the present invention.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, since the address data candidates of the non-common part are displayed after the display of the address data of the common part, the display can be constituted by one stage and the display can be made compact. Can be converted.

(Third Embodiment) FIGS. 8 to 11 are views showing a third embodiment of a small electronic address book according to the present invention. In the third embodiment, the contents of the postal code conversion dictionary 30 in the first and second embodiments are coded for each block such as a prefecture name and a city name, and the address book data is registered in the RAM 4. Also uses code data. As a result, when changing the address once decided, it is possible to edit in block units such as prefecture names, city names, and the like. The configuration of the small electronic address book of the third embodiment is also the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the address code table and the postal code conversion dictionary according to the third embodiment. The address code table and the zip code conversion dictionary are stored in the ROM 3.

Reference numeral 31 is a prefecture code table, which corresponds to the data from "01" to "47" in the code column 31a,
The prefecture name is stored in the place name column 32b. It should be noted that this code conforms to the JIS × 0401 prefecture code. 32 is a code table of counties, designated cities, branch offices, etc., and code 32a is a code 31a of prefecture code tables.
After the code corresponding to the column, there is a code starting with "01". The character "/" is a character written to make the table easy to see, and is not actually stored in the ROM 3. The place name column 32b stores the names of counties, designated cities, branch offices, etc., and "(special ward)" and "(city)" shown in parentheses in the figure are written formally in terms of classification. This is the data that is excluded when creating the actual address display.

Reference numeral 33 is a code table for cities / ward / town / villages other than the designated city. The code column 33a contains a code starting with "01" after two codes corresponding to the code column 32a. City names are stored in the place name column 33b.

Reference numeral 34 is a zip code conversion dictionary in which zip codes are stored in the zip code column 34a and address codes corresponding thereto are stored in the address data column 34b. For example, in the data example in the uppermost row, the address code "01/01/02" corresponds to the postal code "001". Here, the first code “01” is searched in the prefecture code table 31 to obtain “Hokkaido”, and the first two codes “01/0” are obtained.
"1" is searched by the county code table 32 to obtain "Sapporo city", and "01-01 / 02" of the entire code is searched by the city code table 33 to obtain "Kita-ku". As a result, the candidate “Kita-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido” with the postal code “001” is obtained.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the structure of the address book data 40 stored in the RAM 4. 40a is a kanji name field, 40b is a name reading field, and 40c.
Is a postal code field for registering a postal code, and 40d is an address code field. A code corresponding to the address data column 34b of FIG. 8 is stored in the address code column 40d. 40e
Is an address character string column for storing the addresses after the address code column 40d in character codes. The postal code column 40c, the address code column 40d, and the address character string column 40e constitute address data.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the flow of address data correction processing in the third embodiment. In step S600, the address book data 40 in the RAM 4
Address code column 40d of the address code table 31a to 31c
A combination of the address character string (hereinafter referred to as the address code portion) and the data in the address character string column 40e is displayed.

In steps S610 and S620, key input and determination of the type thereof are performed. If the key input is the cursor key, the process proceeds to step S650. If the key is any other key, the process proceeds to step S630, the process corresponding to each key input is performed, and then the process returns to step S610.

In step S650, cursor movement processing is performed in accordance with cursor key input. If the cursor position is not the address code portion as a result, the process returns to step S610, and if it is the address code portion, the process proceeds to step S660. In step S660, the range (block) represented by the address code of the place name corresponding to the cursor position is highlighted, and the flow advances to step S670.

It is determined in step S670 and step S680 that a key input has been made, and the key input is the "next candidate".
If it is the key or the "previous candidate" key, the process proceeds to step S690.
In step S690, if there is a next (previous) candidate for the block being displayed in reverse, it is replaced with the place name currently displayed and displayed in reverse. Here, the next (previous) candidate is obtained by searching the postal code conversion dictionary 34 based on the postal code of the address data. For example, if the postal code is “210”, the postal code conversion dictionary 34 has 14
If / 02/01 and 14/02/02 are registered and "Kawasaki Ward" is currently highlighted, the next candidate "Sachi Ward" corresponding to this block will be highlighted. Then, it returns to step S670.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S680 that the key input is the "confirm" key, the reverse display is stopped to confirm the data, and the process proceeds to step S700. In step S700, it is checked whether or not the data in the address code section has been changed by the processing up to this point, and if it has been changed, a confirmation message is displayed as to whether the data after the changed block should be erased and replaced or left as it is. Key input processing is performed, and if it is acceptable to delete, delete it. When the place name is changed as described above, it is possible to collectively delete the character string indicating a range narrower than the changed place name, and the correction operation of the address book data becomes easy.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation example and a display example of address data correction according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 11G shows a display in a state where the address data in the top row of FIG. 9 is being corrected.
Here, the second half of the address data "1-2-3 Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa" is displayed by the processing in step S600. If the left cursor key is input eight times in this state, the cursor comes to the beginning position of the character string data portion as shown in (h). If you input the left cursor again here, the cursor position becomes the address code part,
As shown in (i), the corresponding block “Kawasaki Ward” is highlighted in the process in step S660.

When the "next candidate" key is operated in (i),
Data in which the last "01" of the current address code "14/02/01" in the postal code "210" is changed is searched for from the postal code conversion dictionary 34 in FIG. "Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa" of "14/02/02" was found, and step S690
The reverse display of "Kawasaki-ku" is changed to the reverse display of "Sachi-ku", and is displayed as shown in (j).

When the "confirm" key is operated in (j),
Since the "Sachi-ku" portion is confirmed and the data is changed, a screen asking whether to erase the data "XX 1-2-3" portion after the changed block in the process of step S710 (k) Becomes Here, if the user operates the “N” key to instruct not to erase the data after the changed block,
The character data part is left as it is and the display of (l) is made.

In the above embodiment, the next (previous) candidate is displayed within the range of the postal code that has already been input, but the present invention is not limited to this. In step S690 and the next (previous) candidate display in (j) of FIG. 11, a code in which the “01” part of “14/02/01” is changed is searched from the municipality code table 33 of FIG. 8. Then, the corresponding municipality name may be extracted as the next candidate. According to the municipality code table 33, in this case, 14/02/02 and 14/02/03 are registered in addition to 14/02/01. Therefore, when the next candidate is further displayed from the display state of (j) above, “Nakahara Ward” is highlighted. Here, when the changed address is confirmed in "Nakahara Ward", the postal code conversion dictionary 34 may automatically correct the postal code from "210" to "211". .

As described above, according to the third embodiment, since a part of the address data is coded and stored, there is an advantage that the capacity of the RAM for data storage can be small. Further, since the next candidate is displayed in code units, that is, city / ward / village name, county / city name, or prefecture name, and the desired place name is selected from these candidates, the address data can be corrected, so that the correction operation becomes easy.

In the third embodiment, the display 5
Has been described as a one-stage display screen as a development of the second embodiment. However, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the first embodiment and other display forms.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, even if a plurality of address candidate data exist at the time of zip code conversion, the common part of them is displayed in one place, so that more images can be displayed on a narrow screen. It becomes possible to display the address candidate data of.

Further, according to the second embodiment, the common part of the plurality of candidates is displayed first when the postal code is converted, and only the non-common part is displayed when the candidate is selected. Therefore, it is possible to display a lot of address candidate data on a screen that is narrower than that of the first embodiment.

Further, according to the third embodiment, in the changing work when changing the once fixed address data, it is possible to edit by the block unit such as the prefecture name, the city name, etc., so that the changing work is efficient. It becomes possible to do it.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.) or an apparatus composed of one device.

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to supply a computer (or CPU) of the system or apparatus.
And MPU) read and execute the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) May perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

When the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned storage medium, the storage medium stores the program code corresponding to the above-mentioned flowchart. Briefly, the memory map example of FIG. Each module shown will be stored in the storage medium.

That is, at least the program codes of the "first display processing module", "second display processing module" and "third display processing module" may be stored in the storage medium. Further, it preferably includes an “input processing module” and a “registration processing module”.

Here, the first display processing module stores a common part of a plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code, a plurality of zip codes and one or a plurality of address data for each zip code. The first display process is executed to acquire the data from the storage unit and display it. In addition, the second display processing module acquires the non-common portion of the plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code from the storage unit and performs the second display processing of displaying the non-common portion as candidate data. Also, the third
The display processing module combines the candidate data designated by the candidate data displayed in the second display processing and the common portion displayed in the first display processing, and determines the address data of the postal code. Then, the third display processing for displaying is performed.

Further, the input processing module carries out an input processing for inputting data subsequent to the address data displayed on the third display means in order to complete the address book data. And
The registration processing module performs registration processing for registering the address book data completed by the input processing.

Further, by providing each program module shown in the memory map of FIG. 13, it is possible to easily edit the address book data composed of the address data expressed by a combination of a plurality of place names and the character data following the address data. Become. In this case, the storage medium stores the program codes of the "display processing module" and the "edit processing module".

Here, the display processing module performs display processing for displaying the designated address book data from the storage medium in which the address book data is registered. In addition, the edit processing module, in the address book data displayed in the display processing, for the address data portion, the unit of the place name stored in the storage unit that stores the address data as a combination of a plurality of place names. Edit processing is performed to edit the character data portion in units of characters.

[0087]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It becomes possible to display address candidates on a small display screen when converting a zip code into address data. For this reason, the size of the device can be reduced. Also,
According to the present invention, it becomes possible to efficiently and easily carry out a changing operation when changing address data once determined.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a small electronic address book according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of a zip code conversion dictionary stored in a ROM 3;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of data registration processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing in detail a postal code conversion process in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an actual display example and an operation example according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail a postal code conversion process in the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an actual display example and an operation example according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an address code table and a zip code conversion dictionary in the third embodiment.

FIG. 9: Address book data 40 stored in RAM 4
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of address data correction processing in the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation example and a display example of address data correction according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a memory map of a storage medium storing a control program according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a memory map of a storage medium storing a control program according to the present invention.

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 1 CPU 2 keyboard 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 display 30 zip code conversion dictionary

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. Multiple postal codes and one for each postal code
Storage means for storing one or a plurality of address data, first display means for obtaining a common part of the plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code from the storage means, and displaying this, the first display means, Second display means for acquiring a non-common part of a plurality of address data corresponding to the postal code from the storage means and displaying the non-common part as candidate data, and a candidate designated by the candidate data displayed on the second display means. An information processing apparatus comprising: a third display unit that combines data and a common portion displayed on the first display unit, determines the address data of the postal code, and displays the address data. 2. An input means for inputting data subsequent to the address data displayed on the third display means, and a registration means for registering the address book data completed by the input means in order to complete the address book data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. When a plurality of address data exists for one postal code, the storage means divides the plurality of address data into one common part and a plurality of non-common parts and stores the same. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 4. The second display means replaces the display of the common portion by the first display means and displays the non-common portion as candidate data.
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising instruction means for instructing switching from the display by the first display means to the display by the second display means. 6. The switching from the display by the first display means to the display by the second display means is performed after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of the display by the first display means. The information processing device according to 1. 7. An information processing device capable of editing registered address book data, comprising a storage unit for storing a plurality of types of address data represented by a combination of a plurality of place names, the address data and subsequent thereto. Display means for displaying desired address book data from a storage medium in which address book data composed of character data and registered address book data among the address book data displayed by the display means are An information processing apparatus, comprising: an editing unit that performs editing in units of place names stored in the storage unit, and edits portions of the character data in units of characters. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the storage unit registers a name of each place forming the address data with a code. 9. The editing means includes an instruction means for instructing a desired position of the address book data displayed on the display means, and one of the place names forming the address data, the position instructed by the instructing means. If included in the place name, the place name which can be substituted for the place name is extracted by referring to the address data stored in the storage unit, and the candidate display unit displaying the place name extracted by the extracting unit as candidate data. 8. The updating means for updating the address book data with the designated candidate data by designating one of the candidate data displayed by the candidate display means. Information processing equipment. 10. The editing means has a changing means for changing the display form of the place name when the position indicated by the indicating means is included in one of the place names forming the address data. The information processing device according to claim 9. 11. The editing means further comprises erasing means for erasing a character data portion of the address book data based on an operation instruction when the address data of the address book data to be edited is updated. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, which is characterized in that. 12. A common part of a plurality of address data corresponding to an input postal code is obtained from a plurality of postal codes and a storage unit that stores one or more address data for each postal code, A second display step of displaying a non-common portion of a plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code from the storage unit, and displaying the non-common portion as candidate data; A third display step in which the candidate data designated from the candidate data displayed in the display step and the common part displayed in the first display step are combined, determined as the address data of the postal code, and displayed. An information processing method comprising: 13. An information processing method for editing address book data composed of address data expressed by a combination of a plurality of place names and character data following the address data, the method comprising a storage medium in which the address book data is registered. A display step of displaying the selected address book data, and of the address book data displayed in the display step, the address data portion is stored in a storage unit that stores the address data as a combination of a plurality of place names. An information processing method, which comprises: performing an edit in units of a given place name, and performing an edit in units of characters for a portion of the character data. 14. A computer-readable memory storing a control program for realizing control for registering address book data, wherein a common part of a plurality of address data corresponding to an input zip code is converted into a plurality of zip codes. And a code of the first display step, which is obtained from a storage unit that stores one or a plurality of address data for each zip code and displays this, and a non-display of a plurality of address data corresponding to the input zip code. The code of the second display step of acquiring the common part from the storage unit and displaying it as the candidate data, the candidate data designated by the candidate data displayed in the second display step, and the first display step. A computer-readable memory comprising: a code for a third display step, which is combined with the displayed common part and is determined as address data of the postal code, and is displayed. . 15. A computer-readable memory storing a control program for editing address book data composed of address data expressed by a combination of a plurality of place names and character data following the address data, wherein the address book data is registered. A code of a display step for displaying the specified address book data from the stored storage medium, and, of the address book data displayed in the display step, for the portion of the address data, the address data is a combination of a plurality of place names. A computer-readable memory, comprising: an edit step code for performing editing in units of place names stored in the storage unit stored in 1. and editing for the portion of the character data in units of characters.