JPH10134045A - Document preparation device and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the input efficiency of address data in a document preparation device. SOLUTION: Addresses corresponding to the postal code of seven digits inputted from an inputted part 3 are retrieved from a postal code dictionary 2. Choice to which one address or plural addresses corresponding to the postal code correspond is displayed. When the plural addresses corresponding to received selection input exist, the common part of the address and a part which is additionally inputted are combined and decided as address data by waiting for the completion of the input of a remaining part except for the common part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processor such as a word processor or a personal computer having a function of inputting an address based on an input postal code, and a procedure for inputting an address used in these document generators. The present invention relates to a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional document creating apparatus having an address book database editing function includes a postal code dictionary in which a plurality of postal codes are stored in association with one or more addresses, respectively. The procedure for registering an address in the address book database by the document creating apparatus involves calling a postal code, address and name editing screen, searching a postal code dictionary according to the input of the postal code by the user, and associating with the postal code. Retrieve and display a part of the given address. Then, an appropriate data input to the address and name input fields of the edit screen by the user is accepted, and address data to be registered in the address book database is determined.

[0003]

By the way, the postal code is expanded from the current five digits to seven digits, so that the postal code can be associated with the details of the address. Therefore, if the 7-digit postal code and address correspond one-to-one, 7
It is possible to previously create a postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are associated with the postal code of the digit, search for the postal code dictionary in response to the input of the postal code, and specify the address data, By doing so, the trouble of the input operation can be saved. The present invention has been made under such a background. By searching an address corresponding to an input postal code from a postal code dictionary and determining the address data with a smaller number of input operations, the address data is obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device having excellent input efficiency and a recording medium used in the document creation device.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document creating apparatus which stores a postal code dictionary in which a plurality of postal codes are stored in association with one or more addresses, and receives input of postal codes. In the document creation device that searches the postal code dictionary and determines address data, the postal code dictionary is searched according to the input of the postal code, and one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the postal code are displayed as options. Means to
A means for receiving a selection input of one displayed address or a plurality of addresses; a means for determining the address as address data when the address corresponding to the selection input is one; and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the selection input. In such a case, means for displaying those common parts, means for receiving additional input of the remaining part excluding the common part of the address, and determination of the common part and the additionally input part as address data to be input together And means for performing the operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document creating apparatus comprising: a zip code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of zip codes; Means for retrieving the postal code dictionary in response to the input of the postal code, and displaying one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the postal code as options, Means for receiving the selected input of one address or a plurality of addresses, means for determining the address as the address data when the address corresponding to the selected input is one, and when there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the selected input Means for displaying those common parts and displaying those different parts as options, means for receiving selection input of parts having different addresses, Characterized in that it comprises a means for determining the address data to be input together a portion corresponding to.

A recording medium according to a third aspect of the present invention searches a postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of postal codes, and the postal code dictionary in response to input of a postal code. Searching a zip code dictionary in response to input of a zip code on a recording medium storing a computer program for determining address data; Displaying an address and a plurality of addresses as options, accepting a selection input of one displayed address or a plurality of addresses, and, if the address corresponding to the selection input is one, the address is used as address data. Deciding, if there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the selection input, displaying a common part thereof, and the remaining part excluding the common part of the address And the step of accepting an additional input,
Determining the common portion and the additionally input portion as address data to be input together.

A recording medium according to a fourth aspect of the present invention searches a postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of postal codes, and the postal code dictionary in response to input of a postal code. Searching a zip code dictionary in response to input of a zip code on a recording medium storing a computer program for determining address data; Displaying an address and a plurality of addresses as options, accepting a selection input of one displayed address or a plurality of addresses, and, if the address corresponding to the selection input is one, the address is used as address data. The step of determining and, when there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the selection input, displaying common portions thereof, and displaying the different portions as options. A computer program including a step of receiving a selection input of a part having a different address, and a step of determining the common part and the part corresponding to the selection input as address data to be input together. Features.

In the first and third aspects of the present invention, a zip code is input, an address corresponding to the input zip code is searched from a zip code dictionary, and one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the zip code are input. The associated options are displayed, and when there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the received selection input, an additional input of the remaining portion excluding the common portion is received, and the common portion and the additionally input portion are combined. By deciding the address data, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting the address data and to improve the input efficiency of the address data.

In the second and fourth aspects of the present invention, a zip code is input, an address corresponding to the input zip code is searched from a zip code dictionary, and one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the zip code are input. When the associated options are displayed and there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the received selection input, the common parts and the options in which the different parts are associated are displayed, and the selection input of the different parts is received. By deciding the common part and the part corresponding to the selection input as the address data, it is possible to save the trouble of the operation of inputting the address data and to improve the input efficiency of the address data.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a postal code dictionary in which a 7-digit postal code and place name addresses such as prefectural, municipal, and street addresses corresponding to the postal code are registered in advance. An input unit 3 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like for inputting a postal code, an address, a name, selecting a search result, editing address data, and registering.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the contents of the postal code dictionary 2 shown in FIG. Zip code 386 as shown
The address -857 is associated with addresses 1-857, Kokubu, Ueda-shi, Nagano Prefecture and addresses 864-873, 1-chome. In other words, the former is a single address and thus is specified up to an address, but the latter is a plurality of addresses and cannot be specified up to an address.

In FIG. 1, when an editing command of address data is given from the input unit 3 to the control unit 1, the control unit 1 controls the display unit 4 including a CRT display or a liquid crystal display.
A postal code area 41 for inputting a postal code, a prefectural municipal area 42 for inputting a prefectural municipalities, a proper name area 43 for inputting a proper name such as an address and a room number and a name. Is displayed on the screen for editing provided with the name area 44. Then, the input accepting unit 11 accepts an input from the input unit 3 to each of these areas.

When a seven-digit postal code is input to the postal code area 41 of the editing screen, the control unit 1 inputs a place name address corresponding to the postal code input from the postal code dictionary 2 to the dictionary search unit 5. Let me search. The dictionary search unit 5 gives the search result to the control unit 1. The control unit 1 causes the display unit 4 to display a menu screen on which the place name address of the search result can be selected for each place name address.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the menu screen. In the figure, reference numeral 45 denotes a selection area for selecting a place name address. The selection area 45 displays a plurality of place name addresses associated with the zip code 386-0016 input to the zip code area 41, and also displays a cursor indicating waiting for selection input.

The control section 1 receives a selection input of a place name address from the input section 3 and gives the selection input to a registration number judgment section 6 for judging whether or not the address associated with the option is one. The registration number determination unit 6 gives the determination result to the control unit 1. When the number of determinations by the registration number determination unit 6 is one, the control unit 1 gives the place name address of the search result to the prefectural municipal area 42 and the unique name area 43, and determines this as address data. When the result of the determination by the registration number determination unit 6 is a plurality of cases, a common part of the plurality of place name addresses is given to the prefectural municipal area 42 and the unique name area 43.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen in which the display unit 4 displays the place name address associated with the option selected and input by the control unit 1. When the user selects an option number from the menu screen shown in FIG. 3, that is, a plurality of addresses, a common part of a plurality of place name addresses associated with this option is shown in FIG. A cursor, which is displayed in the area 43 and indicates input of the remaining part of the address for specifying the address, is displayed immediately after the common part of the place name address. After the input of the remaining portion is completed, the common portion of the place name address and the input remaining portion are determined together as address data. Then, the user is prompted to input a name.

After the input of the name data is completed, when an address data registration instruction is given to the control unit 1 from the input unit 3, the postal code is stored in the postal code storage area 71 of the address book database 7 by the registration means 12, and The municipalities and unique names are stored in the address storage area 72 of the address book database 7, and the name data is stored in the name storage area 73, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a specific processing procedure for editing address data in the control unit 1 shown in FIG. The input of the zip code 386-0016 is received from the input unit 3 (S1), and the zip code dictionary 2 is input to the dictionary search unit 5.
A search is made for a place name address associated with the postal code entered from (S2). A menu screen is displayed in which the search result given from the dictionary search unit 5 can be selected for each place name address (S3, see FIG. 3). When the selection input of the place name address by the user on the menu screen shown in FIG. 3 is received (S4), it is determined that the selected place name address corresponds to one place based on the determination result of the registration number determination unit 6 (S5). Then, the selected place name address is determined as address data (S6).

In S5, if it is determined that there are a plurality of place name addresses, a part common to the plurality of place name addresses is displayed, and a cursor indicating the input waiting for the remaining part for specifying the address is displayed. It is displayed immediately after the common part of the address (S7, see FIG. 4). Then, after the input of the remaining portion is completed, the common portion of the place name address and the input portion are determined as address data together (S8).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another processing procedure for editing address data. This flowchart will be described based on a case where the postal code 386-0016 is input from the input unit 3. In the figure, steps (S1 to S5) corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. In S5, if it is determined that there are a plurality of place name addresses, the common part of the plurality of place name addresses is displayed, and the difference between the place name addresses for inputting the remaining part necessary for specifying the address is displayed. A menu screen that can be selected for each part to be displayed is displayed (S9).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the menu screen. In the figure, reference numeral 46 denotes a selection area for selecting the remaining part. In the selection area 46, a common part of a plurality of selected place name addresses (1-chome, Kokubu, Ueda-shi, Nagano) and different parts of each place name address (addresses 864 to 873) are displayed. The waiting cursor is displayed.

In the flowchart of FIG. 6, the selection input of the different part of the place name address by the user on the menu screen shown in FIG. 7 is accepted (S10), and the common part of the place name address and the different part of the selected place name address are displayed. Together, it is determined as address data (S11). Note that the computer program for editing address data as described above is a computer program of the document creating apparatus having the configuration shown in FIG.
In addition to writing the program in the OM, the program is recorded on a recording medium M such as a compact disk as shown in FIG. 8, the recording medium M is loaded into a disk drive of a personal computer, the program is read out and executed, and the A configuration for editing data may be used.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, when inputting an address, the address is generally determined from the seven-digit zip code input by the user, and the user is allowed to input only the remaining part for specifying the address. This has the effect of simplifying the input operation. In the second and fourth aspects of the present invention, the input operation of the address can be simply performed after the input of the seven-digit postal code, so that the input operation is further simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the contents of a postal code dictionary.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another processing procedure according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Postal code dictionary 3 Input part 4 Display part 5 Dictionary search part 6 Registration number judgment part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of postal codes, and a document which searches the postal code dictionary in response to input of a postal code and determines address data In the creation device, means for searching the postal code dictionary according to the input of the postal code, and displaying one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the postal code as options, one displayed address or a plurality of addresses. Means for receiving the selection input, means for determining the address as address data when the address corresponding to the selection input is one, and means for displaying a common part of the addresses when there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the selection input Means for receiving an additional input of a portion other than the common portion of the address, and means for determining the common portion and the additionally input portion as address data to be input together Document creation device, characterized in that it comprises a. 2. A postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of postal codes, respectively, and the postal code dictionary is searched according to input of a postal code to determine address data. In the document creating apparatus, a means for searching the postal code dictionary according to the input of the postal code, displaying one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the postal code as options, and displaying the displayed one address or a plurality of addresses. Means for receiving an address selection input, means for determining the address as address data when the address corresponding to the selection input is one, and displaying a common part of the address when there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the selection input. Means for displaying those different parts as options, means for receiving a selection input of a part having a different address, and a part corresponding to the common part and the selection input. Document creating apparatus characterized by comprising means for determining as to be input address data. 3. A postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of postal codes, and the postal code dictionary is searched according to input of a postal code to determine address data. Retrieving the postal code dictionary according to the input of the postal code, and, based on the search result, one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the postal code. A step of displaying as an option, a step of receiving a selection input of one displayed address or a plurality of addresses, a step of determining the address as address data if the address corresponding to the selection input is one, and a step of selection input If there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the address, a step of displaying a common part thereof, and a step of receiving an additional input of the remaining part excluding the common part of the address A recording medium on which a computer program including a step and a step of determining the common portion and the additionally input portion as address data to be input together is recorded. 4. A postal code dictionary in which one or more addresses are stored in association with a plurality of postal codes, respectively, and the postal code dictionary is searched according to input of a postal code to determine address data. Retrieving the postal code dictionary according to the input of the postal code, and, based on the search result, one address and a plurality of addresses corresponding to the postal code. A step of displaying as an option, a step of receiving a selection input of one displayed address or a plurality of addresses, a step of determining the address as address data if the address corresponding to the selection input is one, and a step of selection input If there are a plurality of addresses corresponding to the address, displaying a common part of the addresses and displaying the different parts as options, A recording medium recording a computer program including: a step of receiving a selection input of a different part; and a step of determining the common part and the part corresponding to the selection input as address data to be input together. .