JPH096775A - Method and device for processing data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve work efficiency by making recutting unnecessarying in the same character, character string or graphic. CONSTITUTION: A user instructs the area of a desired graphic character pattern to be cut by an input part 2, inputs the graphic character pattern as well as the label of that graphic character pattern to an application event receiving part 6 and fetches them into the application event receiving part 6. A graphic input part 7 relates the graphic character pattern and label, the graphic character pattern is stored in a graphic storage part 8, and the label is stored in an index storage part 9. At the time of paste, the label of the desired graphic character pattern to be pasted is instructed out of the list of labels displayed on a display part 4, a graphic output part 10 retrieves the label of the index storage part 9, and the graphic character pattern related with the label is retrieved from the graphic storage part 8, outputted through the application event receiving part 6 and pasted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing method and apparatus, and more particularly to a technique effective when applied to a cut-and-paste function used in a word processor, a personal computer or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art According to a study made by the present inventor, for example, when inputting and editing work is performed using a figure editor of a personal computer, characters, character strings or figures that have already been input are repeatedly input. Is a range of characters, character strings, or graphics (hereinafter referred to as graphic character patterns) that you want to input.
It is common to use a cut and paste function.

Incidentally, as an example in which this kind of data processing device is described in detail, Hitachi Hyoronsha Co., Ltd., "Hitachi Hyoron" Vol. 76, No. 8, published on August 1, 1994, Shozaburo Kobayashi (ed.), P35 To P38, and this document describes the configuration and functions of a word processor.

[0004]

However, the present inventor has found that the copying using the cut-and-paste function as described above has the following problems.

That is, if a new cut-and-paste is performed after the cut-and-paste is performed, all previously cut characters, character strings or figures cannot be used, and the necessary characters, character strings or figures are re-used. Had to be cut again, and there was a problem that the efficiency of workability deteriorates.

An object of the present invention is to provide a data processing method and apparatus which can improve work efficiency by eliminating recutting of the same character, character string or graphic.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Among the inventions disclosed in the present application, the outline of a representative one will be briefly described.
It is as follows.

That is, the data processing method of the present invention includes a step of storing the first data in an arbitrary range to be copied and a step of storing the second data associated with the first data. A step of displaying at least second data of the first data and the second data,
The step of searching the first data based on the displayed second data and outputting the first data to a predetermined copy position.

Further, the data processing apparatus of the present invention includes input means for inputting arbitrary data, first data in an arbitrary range designated by the input means, and first data input by the input means. The second data input by the input means is stored with the second data associated with
Cut-and-paste means for outputting the first data stored based on the above-mentioned data to the predetermined copy position designated by the input means, the first data stored in the cut-and-paste means, and the second data The display means for displaying the data and the arbitrary data input from the input means, and the control means for controlling the input means, the cut-and-paste means and the display means are provided.

Further, in the data processing apparatus of the present invention, the cut-and-paste means takes in the first data based on the control signal and combines the second data and the first data inputted from the input means. Data fetching means for making a correlation and outputting the first data and the second data;
The first data and the second data output from the data capturing means
And a data extracting means for searching and outputting the second data stored in the storage means based on the control signal, and data based on a predetermined signal output from the control means. The application control unit controls the fetching unit and the data fetching unit and displays at least the second data of the first data and the second data stored in the storage unit on the display unit. .

Further, in the data processing device of the present invention, the first data stored in the storage means is character, character string or graphic data, and the second data is a label for identifying the first data. It will be.

[0013]

According to the above-described data processing technique of the present invention, the data fetching means associates the first data in the arbitrary range designated by the input means with the first data input by the input means, The first data and the second data are stored in the storage means, and at least the second data is stored from the first data and the second data stored in the storage means displayed on the display means by the application control unit. The arbitrary second data to be selected is input from the input means, and based on that, the data extracting means
Since the second data stored in the storage means is searched and the associated first data is output and is output to the predetermined copying position designated by the input means, the first cut is performed. It is possible to eliminate the operation of cutting the data of again.

Further, according to the above-described data processing technique of the present invention, the first data stored in the storage means is character, character string or graphic data, and the second data is used to identify the first data. By using a label, it is possible to automatically search and paste arbitrary first data by simply specifying the label by the input means during the paste operation, and thus the operation time can be shortened.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a data processing apparatus provided with a cut-and-paste function unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a cut-and-paste function unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a display example when a figure is input in the cut-and-paste function unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, for example, a data processing device 1 such as a personal computer is provided with an input unit (input means) 2 such as a mouse or a keyboard, and a control unit (control means) 3 for controlling the data processing device 1. Has been.

Further, the data processing apparatus 1 is provided with a display section (display means) 4 such as a monitor for displaying data and a cut-and-paste function section (cut-and-paste means) 5 for controlling the cut-and-paste function. There is.

The input unit 2, the display unit 4 and the cut and paste function unit 5 are connected to the control unit 3.

Next, the cut and paste function section 5
An application event receiving unit (application control unit) 6 is provided which receives a command instruction input by the input unit 2 via the control unit 3 and determines and executes a module for executing the command.

Further, the cut-and-paste function section 5 has a character, a character string or a figure (hereinafter referred to as a figure character pattern) cut by the user through the input section 2 based on a control signal outputted from the application event receiving section 6. A graphic input unit (data fetching means) 7 for outputting the data (first data) is provided.

Further, the cut and paste function unit 5
Is provided with a graphic storage unit (storage means) 8 for storing the data of the graphic character pattern, and stores the data of the graphic character pattern output from the graphic input unit 7 provided in the preceding stage.

Further, the cut-and-paste function section 5 is provided with a heading storage section (storage means) 9 for storing a label (second data) which is a keyword input by the user through the input section 2, and the heading storage section 9 is provided. The label output from the graphic input unit 7 is input to the unit 9.

Further, the cut and paste function unit 5
Is provided with a graphic output unit (data extracting means) 10 for outputting a graphic character pattern to be pasted, and the graphic output unit 10 stores a heading based on a control signal output from the application event reception unit 6. A graphic character pattern to be pasted, which is associated with the label stored in the unit 9, is selected from the graphic storage unit 8 and output to the application event reception unit 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when an application program in the data processing device 1 such as a personal computer is activated, it waits for a user event and determines whether or not a character string input processing event, that is, a cut event (step S101).

Then, when the user designates the area of the graphic character pattern to be cut by the input unit 2 by the cut event, the cut graphic character pattern is taken into the application event receiving unit 6 (step S102).

At this time, at the same time, the user also inputs a label in the cut graphic character pattern, and the label is also fetched in the application event receiving section 6 (step S103).

Next, the application event receiving unit 6 outputs a control signal to the graphic input unit 7, and the graphic input unit 7 associates the cut graphic character pattern with the label based on the control signal ( Step S10
4).

Then, the figure input section 7 secures a storage area in the figure storage section 8 (step S105) and stores the cut figure character pattern in the figure storage section 8 (step S106).

Further, the figure input section 7 secures a storage area in the index storage section 9 (step S107) and stores the label in the index storage section 9 (step S108).

Next, in the determination of step S101,
If it is not a cut event, it is determined whether it is an output processing event, that is, a paste event (step S
109), in the paste event, for example, the user instructs the label of the graphic character pattern to be pasted from the label displayed in the list on the display unit 4 by the paste event, and the label is fetched by the application event reception unit 6 (step S110).

Then, the application event accepting section 6 outputs the control signal and the label to the graphic output section 10, and based on the input control signal, the graphic output section 10.
Searches for the label stored in the heading storage unit 9 (step S111).

It is determined whether the label input by the user and the label stored in the headline storage unit 9 match (step S112). If they match, the graphic output unit 10
Searches the graphic storage unit 8 for a graphic character pattern associated with the matched label, and outputs it, that is, pastes it via the application event reception unit 6 (step S113).

If the label is not found in the determination in step S112, the graphic output unit 10 determines the storage area in the index storage unit 9 (step S11).
4) If there is an unsearched area, step S111
The search is repeated, and if there is no unsearched area, the process ends.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, input using the cut-and-paste function will be described with reference to a display example of a graphic character pattern on the display unit 4 provided in the data processing apparatus 1.

In the display section 4 shown in FIG. 3, the right side as viewed is the character strings M1 to M which are the input graphic character patterns.
7, the display in the solid line on the left side indicates headings S1 to S3 that are labels in the cut character strings M1, M4, and M5.

The area shown by the dotted line on the left side of the drawing is the cut character strings M1 and M which are not actually displayed.
These are the contents of M4 and M5.

First, when inputting the character strings M1 to M7 in FIG. 3, the character strings M1 "ABC" and the character string M2 "are input.
DEF "is input, and then the character string M1" ABC "is input again. Here, the user cuts the character string M1" ABC "using the cut-and-paste function by the input unit 2 and at the same time. Paste "1" as a label and heading S1 and paste the character string M1 "A
Copy BC ".

Then, the character string M1 "ABC" which is label input at the time of cutting is displayed as the heading S1 "1".

Next, the user inputs the character string M3 "GH", the character string M4 "IJK", the character string M5 "LMN" and the character string M6 "H", and then the character string M4 "IJ".
You will have to enter K ”again.

Here, the user cuts the character string M4 "IJK" by the input unit 2 by the cut-and-paste function, and at the same time becomes the label and the heading S2 ".
Paste it after adding 2 "to the character string M4" IJ
Copy K ".

Then, the character string M4 "IJK" which is label input at the time of cutting is displayed as the heading S2 "2".

Then, the character string M1 "AB input next
Since it is C ", the user selects the index S1" 1 "with the input unit 2 by the cut and paste function and copies the character string M1" ABC ".

The next input is the character string M4 "IJ
Since it is K ”and the character string M1“ ABC ”, similarly,
The heading S2 "2" and heading S1 "1" are selected by the input unit 2 by the cut and paste function, and the character strings M4 and M1 are copied.

Further, the next input is the character string M5 "LMN".
Therefore, similarly, the character string M5 "LMN" is cut by the input unit 2 by the cut-and-paste function, and at the same time, the label "3" which is the heading S3 is attached, and then the paste is performed to make the character string M5 ". Copy LMN ".

Then, the character string M5 "LMN" which is label input at the time of cutting is displayed as the heading S3 "3".

After that, since the character string M1 "ABC" is input again, the headline S1 "1" is selected by the input unit 2 by the cut and paste function, and the character string M
1 Copy "ABC". Next, the character string M7 "PQ" is input.

Further, here, the character strings M1, M4, M5
The character strings M1, M4, M5 and the headings S1 to S3, which are labels, were stored after it became necessary to cut
It is also possible to select from any of the character strings M1 to M7 that are considered to require copying in advance, add a heading, and then perform work such as input editing.

Further, the graphic character patterns and the captions which are the labels stored in the graphic storage unit 8 and the caption storage unit 9 can be arbitrarily erased. In that case, a predetermined command is controlled from the input unit 4. Input through the unit 3 to set the application event receiving unit 6 to the erase mode.

Then, the graphic output unit 10 searches for the designated label based on the predetermined signal output from the application event reception unit 6, and the graphic storage unit 8 is searched.
In addition, the application event reception unit 6 deletes the graphic character pattern and label stored in the heading storage unit 9.

At this time, a command is provided to erase not only arbitrary graphic character patterns and labels but also all the data stored in the graphic storage unit 8 and the heading storage unit 9 at once. May be.

As a result, according to the present embodiment, the graphic character patterns cut by the graphic storage unit 8 and the heading storage unit 9 can be stored, and the graphic character patterns can be arbitrarily copied. It is possible to efficiently input and edit the graphic character pattern in.

Further, in the present embodiment, only the headline associated with the cut graphic character pattern is displayed on the display portion, but not only the headline but also the cut graphic character pattern is displayed. Good.

Further, in the present embodiment, the headlines displayed on the display section are in the form of a list, but the headings may be displayed in any format, for example, display by icons, first in first out or last. Good work can be performed by displaying the cut contents one by one with the in-first-out and 1 keys.

As described above, the invention made by the inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. Needless to say.

[0057]

The effects obtained by the typical ones of the inventions disclosed in this application will be briefly described as follows.
It is as follows.

(1) According to the present invention, the cut-and-paste means makes it possible to eliminate the subsequent cutting operation with only one cut, so that the operation time in the cut-and-paste function can be shortened.

(2) In the present invention, a label is added to a cut character, a character string or a graphic and only the label is displayed on the display means, so that the display area of the display means is effectively used. be able to.

(3) Further, in the present invention, the work efficiency in the data processing device can be greatly improved by the above (1) and (2).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a data processing device provided with a cut-and-paste function unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a cut and paste function unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a display example when a figure is input in the cut-and-paste function unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Data Processing Device 2 Input Unit (Input Means) 3 Control Unit (Control Means) 4 Display Unit (Display Means) 5 Cut and Paste Function Unit (Cut and Paste Means) 6 Application Event Reception Unit (Application Control Means) 7 Graphic Input Part (data fetching means) 8 Graphic storage part (storage means) 9 Heading storage part (storage means) 10 Graphic output part (data fetching means) M1 to M7 Character strings S1 to S3 Heading

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A data processing method for copying character or image data by designating it in an arbitrary range and copying it to another position, and storing the first data in the arbitrary range to be copied. A step of storing second data associated with the first data; a step of displaying at least the second data of the stored first data and the second data; A step of searching the stored first data based on the stored second data and outputting the first data to a predetermined copy position. 2. Input means for inputting arbitrary data,
The first data in the arbitrary range designated by the input means and the first data input by the input means
And the second data associated with
Cut and paste means for outputting the first data stored based on the second data input by the input means to a predetermined copy position designated by the input means, and the cut and paste means Display means for displaying the first data, the second data and any of the data input from the input means, which are stored in, and control of the input means, the cut-and-paste means and the display means. A data processing device comprising: 3. The data processing device according to claim 2, wherein the cut-and-paste means fetches the first data based on a control signal, and the second data and the second data inputted from the input means. A data fetching unit that associates with the first data and outputs the first data and the second data, and the first data and the second data output from the data fetching unit. Storing means for storing the data, a data fetching means for searching and outputting the second data stored in the storage means based on a control signal, and a predetermined signal output from the control means. Controls the data fetching means and the data fetching means, and controls at least the first data and the second data stored in the storage means. 2. A data processing device comprising: an application control unit for displaying the data No. 2 on the display means. 4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the first data stored in the storage means is character, character string or graphic data.
Data is a label for identifying the first data.