JPH0954755A - Input device for information processor and input method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable even an inexpert operator to easily and accurately perform the input operation to an information processor by selecting a command corresponding to a combination of effective words which are extracted out of a word table and outputting the selected command after converting it into an electric signal. SOLUTION: A command sentence decomposing means 102 decomposes a command sentence inputted in an expression including plural words into words. An effective word extraction means 103 retrieves a word table 104 for every word and extracts the words registered in the table 104 as the effective words. A command selection means 105 selects a command corresponding to a combination of extracted effective words out of a command table 106 which stores the commands corresponding to the combinations of effective words. Then, a command signal output means 107 converts the selected command into an electric signal and outputs it to an information processor. In such a constitution, no expertness is required for an operator to perform the input operations to the information processor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device and an input method for an information processing apparatus, and particularly to analyzing a command sentence input in a colloquial expression and creating a command signal according to the command sentence. The present invention relates to an input device and an input method for an information processing device provided to the information processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as information processing apparatuses such as facsimile machines and copying machines have become more sophisticated and multifunctional, the types of parameters and the like to be set at the time of use have increased, and their operation is complicated and complicated. Tend to change. In order to prevent an increase in the number of key switches that accompanies the higher functionality and the higher functionality and improve the operability, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-3.
Japanese Patent No. 69073 proposes an input method in which a large-sized display panel is mounted, a menu screen is displayed on the display panel, and hierarchical items are sequentially selected so that a desired command can be designated. .

On the other hand, a large number of key switches are connected by connecting a facsimile device to a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) and utilizing the resources of the personal computer (information processing functions including a CPU and terminal devices such as a keyboard and a display device). There has also been proposed a user interface that simplifies command input processing without newly providing a large display panel or the like on the main body of the facsimile apparatus.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional input method, a predetermined word, symbol or the like must be accurately input according to a predetermined rule, so that the operator requires considerable skill. There was a problem of being done.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to enable an operator unfamiliar with the operation to easily and accurately perform an input operation to the information processing apparatus, and To provide an input method.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is characterized in that the following means or processes are provided. (1) A method of decomposing a command sentence input in an expression including a plurality of words in units of words, a method of searching a word table for each word, and extracting a word already registered in the word table as an effective word, The present invention comprises means for selecting a command corresponding to a combination of extracted effective words from a command table storing commands corresponding to combinations of effective words, and means for converting the selected command into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal. . (2) a desired command to the information processing device, a process of inputting from a personal computer in a sentence including a plurality of words, a process of decomposing the input sentence word by word, a word table is searched for each word, A step of extracting a word already registered in the word table as an effective word; a step of selecting a command corresponding to the extracted effective word combination from a command table storing a command corresponding to the effective word combination; And converting the generated command into a code signal and providing the code signal to the information processing apparatus.

According to the above configuration, when the operator inputs a command sentence expressing a desired command as a sentence from the personal computer, the command is automatically selected based on a plurality of words included in the command sentence. , And is transferred to the information processing device and executed.
In this way, the operator can specify the command in the text, and the skill level is not required for the input operation.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system to which the present invention is applied, which is composed of a facsimile device (FAX) 2 as an information processing device and a personal computer (PC) 1 which functions as an input device thereof. . The display device (C
Terminal devices such as an RT) 11, a keyboard (KB) 12, a mouse 13, a hard disk device (HD) 14, and a main memory device (MM) 15 are connected.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the function of the present invention. Command sentence input means 101 for inputting a desired command by a command sentence expressed in a colloquial sentence including a plurality of words, and the input. The command sentence decomposing means 102 for decomposing the decomposed command sentence into words, the word table 104 for storing the words effective as the command, and the word table 104 for each decomposed word are searched and stored in the word table 104. Effective word extracting means 103 for extracting a registered word as an effective word, a command table 106 for storing a command constituted by combining a plurality of effective words as code data, and a command corresponding to the combination of the extracted effective words. Command selection means 105 for selecting a code from the command table 106, and the selection Converts the command code to an electric signal, is constituted by a command signal output means 107 for output as the command signal.

The command sentence input means 101, the command sentence decomposition means 102, the effective word extraction means 103, the command selection means 105 and the command signal output means 107.
Is a function of the personal computer 1, and the word table 104
The command table 106 is one of the functions of the hard disk device 14 or the main memory device 15.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flow chart. 3 to 7 are flowcharts showing the operation of the present embodiment, FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams schematically showing the operation of the present embodiment, and FIGS. 10 to 13 are diagrams showing display examples of the CRT 11.

When a command text is input from the personal computer 1, the CRT 11 has a command text input section 21 and three word display sections 22-1 to 22-3 as shown in FIG. 10 (a).
A word candidate request button 23-1 to 3 provided for each word display section 22-1 to 23, a command confirmation button (R) 24, an operation cancel button (C) 25, and a command execution button (E). ) 26 is displayed.

First, the operator uses the word processor function of the personal computer 1 to input a command sentence in a colloquial expression from the keyboard 12. In the command text to enter,
It must include at least one word that is a keyword. The input operation is performed by the command text input means 1
The input command text corresponds to one function 01 and is displayed in the command text input unit 21 as shown in FIG. Here, the description will be continued on the assumption that a command sentence “register speed dial” is input by an operator who desires new registration of speed dial.

After inputting the command text, the operator confirms the display contents of the command text input section 21. If the command text is correct, the operator uses the mouse 13 to pick the command confirmation button 24. When any button switch is pressed (picked), this is step S in FIG.
Detected at 10. In a succeeding step S20, it is determined whether or not the confirmation button is pressed, and here, it is determined that the confirmation button is pressed and the process proceeds to step S30. In step S30, a confirmation process described in detail below is executed.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the confirmation processing. When the confirmation process starts, step S
At 201, it is determined whether or not a character string (command sentence) is input to the command sentence input unit 21. When the character string is input, the character string "register speed dial" is converted into the command sentence disassembling means 10 in step S202.
2, and the character string is decomposed into word units in step S203. If it is the above character string, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is decomposed into four words, “shortening”, “dial”, “no”, and “registration”. Step S204
Then, each word is extracted one by one, and step S205
Then, the word table search is executed for each word.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the word table search. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the key words are classified into three types,
First, second and third word table 104 for each classification
Description will be made assuming that -1 to 3 are prepared. In step S211, the effective word extracting unit 103 searches each word table for the word “shortened” that is extracted first. In step S212, it is determined whether or not the matching word is already registered in any of the word tables. Here, it is determined that the matching word is already registered in the first word table 104-1,
The word "abbreviation" is determined to be a valid word, and step S2 is performed.
Proceed to 14. In step S214, as shown in FIG. 8, the 1-byte code data “02” stored in association with the valid word “shortening” is stored in the valid word extracting means 1.
It is extracted by 03 and stored in the first byte of the command code 200.

Thereafter, the processing returns to FIG. 4 again, and in step S206, it is determined whether or not extraction of all the decomposed words has been completed. Since it has not been completed here, the process returns to step S204, and the word table search is executed for the word "dial" this time.

Similarly, the word "dial" is the second
Since it is determined that the word table 104-2 has already been registered, the 1-byte code data “0
"1" is stored in the second byte of the command code 200. The word "register" is the third word table 104-3.
Since it is judged that it has already been registered,
Byte code data “01” is command code 200
It is stored in the 3rd byte of. Since the word "no" is not registered in any word table, the determination in step S212 is always negative, and when the search of all word tables is completed and the determination in step S213 is positive, the process ends. Therefore, the word "no" is not determined to be a valid word.

As described above, the word table search for each word is completed, and when it is determined in step S206 in FIG. 4 that all the words have been extracted, the command code 200 has a space in step S207. Is checked. Here is the first command code
Since code data is registered in each of the 3rd to 3rd bytes, the process jumps to step S209. Step S2
09, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), each of the valid words “shortening” is displayed on each of the word display portions 22-1 to 22-3 of the CRT 11.
“Dial” and “registration” are respectively displayed, and the confirmation process ends.

Next, when the operator confirms the display contents and determines that the input command text is interpreted as a desired command, the execute button 26 is picked this time.
When the pick of the button switch is detected in step S10 of FIG. 3, it is determined in step S60 that the execution button has been pressed, and the process proceeds to step S70. In step S70, execution processing is executed.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the execution process. When the execution process starts, step S4
In 01, it is determined whether or not the command code 200 is empty, and since the command code “020101” is already registered here, the process proceeds to step S402. In step S402, the command selection means 105 collates the command code 200 with the command table 106. As shown in FIG. 8, since the command code “020101” is managed in the command table 106 in association with the command signal “01”, the command selecting unit 105 causes the command signal corresponding to the command code “020101”. "01" is selected as the command signal output means 1
Transfer to 07. In step S403, the command signal output unit 107 outputs the command signal “01” to FAX2.
To end the process. The command signal “0
The FAX 2 which received 1 ”analyzes the command and executes scheduled information processing, that is,“ register speed dial ”according to the analysis result.

When the operation cancel button (C) 25 is picked up during the input operation, the cancel processing shown in FIG. 6 is started, the display screen is cleared in steps S301 and S302, and various types are processed in step S303. All code data of is cleared.

FIG. 11A shows a display example when "change transmission time" is input as the command text. In this case, as shown in FIG. 11B, "transmission" and "time" are displayed. "And" change "are determined to be valid words. Then, in FIG.
As described above, the command code “1A020
4 ”is created and the command code is“ 1A0204 ”
“03” is selected from the command table 106 and transmitted as a command signal corresponding to.

As described above, according to the present invention, a command can be designated by inputting a desired command as a colloquial sentence, so that even an operator unfamiliar with the input operation can This makes it easier to input commands.

Next, the operation when the input of the command text is incomplete will be described. As shown in Fig. 12 (a),
When the operator inputs "register dial" as a command sentence, the command sentence is decomposed into two words "dial" and "register" as shown in FIG. The word “dial” is already registered in the second word table 104-2, and the word “registered” is in the third word table 104.
Since it is already registered in -3, the code data "01" and "01" corresponding to each word are command code 2 respectively.
It is registered in the second and third bytes of 00.

However, in this embodiment, since the first byte is not registered, the confirmation process (FIG. 4), step S207.
Then, it is determined that there is a vacancy in the command code, and the process proceeds to step S208. In step S208, as the frequently used word, for example, the effective word “shortening” is provisionally registered as the code data of the first byte from the first word table 104-1. As a result, as shown in FIG. 12 (b), the word display sections 22-1 to 22-3 of the CRT 11 display three effective words of “shortening”, “dial” and “registration”, respectively. Become.

However, when the command desired by the operator is "register one-touch dial" instead of "register short dial", the word candidate request button 23-1 for "shortening" is picked. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the first byte of the command code 200 for which the command data has not been registered is masked, and the command table 106 is searched for a command code in which the lower 4 bytes are “0101”. In this embodiment, the command signal “0” whose command code is “010101”
1 ”and the command signal“ 02 ”whose command code is“ 020101 ”are selected, and valid corresponding to the command data“ 01 ”and“ 02 ”registered in the first byte of each command code. The words "one-touch" and "shortened" are displayed in a list as shown in Fig. 12 (b). When the operator picks the display of "one-touch", it is registered as an effective word as shown in Fig. 12 (c). The "shortening" that has been performed is corrected to "one-touch", and code data "01" corresponding to the effective word "one-touch" is registered in the first byte of the command code 200.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), when the operator inputs only "dial" as the command sentence, there is a space at the first byte and the third byte of the command code 200. Even in such a case, as shown in FIG. 7B, an appropriate effective word is provisionally selected and displayed based on the frequency of use. When the operator picks the word candidate request buttons 23-1 and 23-3, the first selected by the masking process is performed in the same manner as described above.
Since the contents of the word table and the third word table are displayed in a list, the operator can specify a desired command by picking a desired display button.

According to this embodiment, a desired command can be instructed even if the command text is not completely input, so that even an operator unfamiliar with the input operation can input the command. Will be easy to do.

[0030]

According to the present invention, the following effects are achieved. (1) Since the command can be instructed even if the desired command is input as a colloquial sentence, even an operator unfamiliar with the input operation can easily perform the command input process. . (2) Even if the input of the command text is incomplete, the desired command can be specified, so even an operator unfamiliar with the input operation can easily perform the command input process. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of confirmation processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a word table search.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of cancellation processing.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of execution processing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing another example of the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example on a display.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example on the display.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example on a display.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example on the display.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... PC, 2 ... Facsimile device, 3 ... Bus, 11
... display device, 12 ... keyboard, 13 ... mouse, 14 ...
Hard disk device, 15 ... Main memory device, 101 ... Command text input means, 102 ... Command text decomposition means,
103 ... Effective word extracting means, 104 ... Word table, 1
05 ... Command selection means, 106 ... Command table,
107 ... Command signal output means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a desired command in a sentence including a plurality of words, a unit for decomposing the input sentence in units of words, a word table for storing effective words, and each of the words. Means for searching the word table for extracting a word already registered in the word table as an effective word, a command table for storing a command corresponding to a combination of effective words, and a command corresponding to the combination of the extracted effective words An input device of an information processing apparatus, comprising: a means for selecting from the command table and means for converting the selected command into a code signal and outputting the code signal. 2. A method of inputting a code signal to an information processing device, the method comprising: inputting a desired command to the information processing device from a personal computer in a sentence including a plurality of words; , A step of decomposing the input sentence word by word, a step of searching a word table for each word and extracting a word already registered in the word table as a valid word, and a command according to a combination of valid words From the command table that stores the command, the step of selecting a command corresponding to the combination of the extracted effective words, and the step of converting the selected command into a code signal and providing it to the information processing device. An input method of a characteristic information processing apparatus.