JPH11203031A - Data input device and its control method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data input device which can generate a data input form including the input items and can input data by simple operations. SOLUTION: When production of an input form is instructed for input of the check data, a list box 20 shows a list of check items which can be inputted. A list box 21 shows a selected field item to be shown as an item that is actually checked when the desired one of check items is selected out of its list. An operator selects in sequence his desired items out of the box 20 and shows the item to be checked on the box 21. When a setting button 26 is operated, the data input form is generated according to the relevant item of the box 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for inputting data, a control method thereof, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a product inspection, particularly in a durability inspection of a printer device product, every time an error such as a paper jam occurs, an inspector writes the fact on a predetermined sheet, and then collects the data to perform a totaling work. However, errors and inspection results have been electronically input in order to save resources and increase the efficiency of the tabulation work.

Generally, an input terminal such as an HT (handy terminal) is used for this input. However, since the inspection items differ for each product to be inspected, it is necessary to create an input form independently. The input form and the application that operates the input form are created by, for example, an application that operates on a personal computer, and are fixed.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to change a data input form or a program for adding or deleting an inspection item or the like, the change operation must be performed by a personal computer one by one. It was very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a data input apparatus capable of generating a data input form having items to be input by a simple operation and performing data input, and a control method therefor. And a storage medium.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a data input system capable of generating a search form for searching input data using a data input form generated as described above by a simple operation. It is intended to provide an apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium.

[0007]

In order to solve such a problem, for example, a data input device according to the first invention has the following configuration. That is, a data input device for inputting data for each item, a storage means for storing information of an item group in which data can be input, a display means for displaying the item group stored in the storage means, And a selection means for selecting a desired item to be input from the group of items displayed in step (1), and an input form generation means for generating a data input form in accordance with the item selected by the selection means.

[0008]

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

FIG. 1 shows a data input device H according to the embodiment.
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a T (handy terminal).

In the figure, 1 is an input form generation unit, 2 is a display unit such as a liquid crystal, 3 is an input control unit, 4 is a field definition dialog generation unit, 5 is a field item search unit, 6 is a list box generation unit, 7 Is a display unit composed of liquid crystal or the like, 8 is an input unit composed of various key groups and a touch panel provided on the front surface of the display unit 7, 9 is an external auxiliary storage device, 10
Denotes an input form storage unit, and 11 denotes an input form reading unit. Reference numeral 100 denotes a main control unit that controls the entire apparatus. An example of the processing procedure of the data input device of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is performed by the main control unit 100 issuing a command to each processing unit. The procedure (program) is stored in a ROM (not shown) built in the main control unit 100. Is what it is.

First, the menu of FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 7 by the display control unit 2, and it is determined whether or not the new creation 12 is selected by the input unit 8 (step S).
1). When the "new creation 12" is selected, the input form generation means 1 creates a form 30 shown in FIG. 3 in which no items are defined yet (step S2), and the display control unit 2 It is displayed on the display unit (step S3).

Next, the field definition dialog box generation unit 4 generates a field definition dialog box 31 as shown in FIG. Then, the field item search unit 5 searches for the field items previously stored in the external auxiliary storage device 9 (step S4), and the list box 20 in the field definition dialog box 31 is searched.
The list box generation unit 6 performs a process of inserting the searched field items into the field, and the display control unit 2 displays the resulting field definition dialog box 31 on the display unit 2.
(Step S5).

Next, the inspector selects (touches) one or more of the field items displayed in the selectable field item list box 20 of the field definition dialog box 31 on the input section 8. And
When the add button 22 is operated, the selected field item is moved from the selectable field item list box 20 to the selected field item list box 21, and the state after the movement is displayed by the display control unit 2. It is displayed on the display unit 7. In the drawing, the names of the respective fields are "field item 1" and the like. However, actually, the names of the respective fields are, for example, the names of the inspection items.

When it is desired to change the order of the field items in the selected field item list box 21, the user selects the field item to be changed and operates the up button 24 and down button 25 shown in the figure. The position can be changed one by one (for example, when the down button is operated, the display position of the item name of interest is exchanged with the display position of the item name below).

Further, by pressing the delete button 23 while a desired field item in the list box 21 of the selected field item is selected, the selected field is deleted (moving to a selectable field item). ) Is also possible. At this time, the attribute of the input area of each test result to be actually input also moves together. For example, three of A, B, and C are evaluated as inspection results.
Inspection items at the stage move with the information defining the inputtable range. When actually inputting the inspection result, when the item is selected, the selectable items of A, B, and C are displayed, and the inspector only has to perform an operation of selecting any of them. The attribute for the inspection item is
It is different for each item. For example, in the case of a certain item, there are two types, normal and abnormal. For this reason, the external auxiliary storage device 9 stores in advance a column including names of test items as shown in FIG. 7 and a table including information indicating attributes of each test item. The attribute in FIG. 7 also stores information such as the size (height and width) of each input item.

When the inspector performs the above operations and finally operates the setting button 26 by operating the input unit 8, the items in the field item list box 21 selected at that time are displayed in that order. Is created in the field definition area on the form 30 on which no is defined (step S7).

The generated input form 32 is displayed on the display unit 7 by the display control unit 2. Then, the input form 32 is passed to the input control unit 3 by the operation of the input unit 8 by the inspector.
Is stored in the external auxiliary storage device 9 (step S9).

When "File Open" is selected from the menu shown in FIG. 4 displayed on the display unit 7 by the display control unit 2, a list of input forms stored in the external auxiliary storage device 9 in advance is displayed. It is generated by the reading means and displayed on the display unit 7 by the display control unit 2. When a certain one is selected from the input form list, the display control unit 2 reads out and displays the selected input form on the display unit 7 (step S10).

Thereafter, data input (step S1)
1), data storage processing (step S14) and the like are performed.

In the above embodiment, when a new form is created, a dialog box 3 shown in FIG.
1 is displayed, but a new form in which nothing is defined is displayed when new creation is selected, and when a cell in the field definition box of the new input form is selected (for example, the selected cell Within the list), a selectable field item 20 may be displayed, and the field item may be directly selected from the list.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to set an inspection item by a simple operation.

Further, as described above, since the inspection item information referred to when determining a form is stored in the external auxiliary storage device 9, the external auxiliary storage device 9 may be, for example, a removable storage device ( For example, a memory card or a magnetic disk) can deal with any inspection. In this case, the inspection item information is stored in the external auxiliary storage device by, for example, an information processing device such as a personal computer, and when totaling the data, the external storage device is connected to or attached to the information processing device. It's easy.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a new input form is created. However, an already created form can be corrected. To make a correction, an existing input form list is displayed, one of which is selected (a plurality may be present), and a correction button (not shown) is operated, so that an item setting screen for the form is displayed. (Fig. 5) to add, delete,
Then, the display position may be set and re-saved.

<Second Embodiment> In the above embodiment (first embodiment), an example has been described in which a form for inputting inspection data is created. In the second embodiment, a description will be given of the creation of a form for searching for a corresponding file from the data file as the inspection result and the search processing thereof.

As described in the first embodiment, the inspection items can be freely set by the inspector as the items for inputting the inspection results. That is, depending on the case, many inspection items can be set. In this case, if an attempt is made to search for only a particular test result in which a specific item is in a certain state, the item is not always displayed on the screen of the display unit in the data input form, and the horizontal scroll ( (Such as when the items are arranged in a horizontal direction).

In the second embodiment, a search form for displaying only an item of interest at the time of a search is created, and target data is displayed on the search form.

The operation will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The program according to this flowchart is also stored in a ROM (not shown) in the main control unit 100.

In order to create a search form,
A menu similar to that shown in FIG. 4 may be displayed, and this may be performed when new creation is selected. Also, in the drawing, step S
Steps S21 to S30 are substantially the same as steps S1 to S10 in the flowchart of FIG. 2, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, the point that the search form is created in each step and the table referred to when creating the search form is not the table of FIG. 7 but the form created for data entry that has already been created. different. That is, when creating a search form, the items to be searched and displayed are selected from a group of items set for data input. Therefore, although the dialog box shown in FIG. 5 for searching and selecting an item to be displayed is displayed, only items existing in the created data entry form are displayed in the list box of selectable field items. Will be.

When the search form is created as described above (the created search form can be used any number of times so as to be saved in the processing in step S29), the process proceeds to step S31, and the process proceeds to step S31. Display the search form and select the desired item. At this time, the items are A, B, C as described in the first embodiment.
When only one of the three data is input, the candidate is automatically displayed, and the inspector can input a search keyword by simply selecting any of the three data. . You can set as many search keywords as you want and search by default. However, by displaying a search formula input field separately, a search formula, for example, (item 1 = C) * ((item 2 = abnormal) + (item 3 =
It is also possible to enter a complicated search formula such as 2)). Here, + means a logical sum and * means a logical product.

The search is started by operating a search start button (not shown) provided on the search form, and the search result is displayed in each cell group of a corresponding item below the search form.

The result of the search once is determined in step S3.
4, an external auxiliary storage device 9 as an independent data file
It is also possible to save to.

In the second embodiment, a dialog box 31 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed when a new search form is created. However, if a new creation is selected, no definition is made. When a new form that has not been entered is displayed, and a cell in the field definition box of the new input form is selected (for example, an action such as a click in the selected cell), a selectable field item 20 is displayed. Alternatively, a field item may be directly selected from the list.

Further, the present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices or to an apparatus constituted by a single device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system or an apparatus (HT) with a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments, 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 implements the functions 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 on a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions 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.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, since the inspector can freely process the input form and input the inspection data, it can flexibly cope with a sudden increase or decrease of the inspection items. In addition, when the input format is changed, the change can be performed at low cost without changing the programming.

Further, according to the second embodiment, since the search form can be freely processed and created by the inspector, it is possible to flexibly cope with a sudden increase or decrease of the search items. Further, when the search format is changed, the change can be performed at low cost without changing the programming.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to generate a data input form having items to be input by a simple operation and to input data. According to another aspect of the present invention, a search form for searching for data input using the data input form generated as described above can be generated by a simple operation.

[0042]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data input device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an input form creation procedure according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a newly created form.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an initial menu for form editing in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dialog box for performing a field definition in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input form created in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing table contents of selectable field items in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a search form generation procedure according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input form generation part 2 Display control part 3 Input control part 4 Field definition dialog box generation part 5 Field item search part 6 List box generation part 7 Display part 8 Input part 9 External auxiliary storage device 10 Input form storage part 11 Input form reading Unit 100 Main control unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A data input device for inputting data for each item, comprising: storage means for storing information on a group of items that can be input with data; display means for displaying the group of items stored in the storage means; Selecting means for selecting a desired item to be input from the group of items displayed on the display means; input form generating means for generating a data input form according to the item selected by the selecting means; A data input device comprising: 2. A display apparatus comprising: a first list box displaying a group of selectable items; and a second list displaying the items selected by the selection unit in the first list box. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein a box is displayed. 3. The data input device according to claim 2, wherein a selected item in the first list box is moved and displayed in a second list box. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a change unit configured to change an order of items displayed in the second list box, wherein the form generation unit generates a table calculation expression according to a last order in the second list box. The data input device according to claim 2, wherein the data input device generates a form. 5. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein said storage means is detachable. 6. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein an item group used in a data input form generated by said input form generating means is displayed. Second display means, second selection means for selecting a desired item to be displayed when searching from the group of items displayed on the second display means, and second selection means A search form generating means for generating a search form in accordance with the item selected in (1). 7. A control method for a data input device for inputting data for each item, comprising: referring to a predetermined storage means for storing information of a group of items that can be input with data; A display step of displaying a group of items, a selection step of selecting a desired item to be input from the group of items displayed in the display step, and data according to the item selected in the selection step. An input form generating step of generating an input form. 8. A storage medium storing a program code for functioning as a data input device for inputting data for each item when read and executed by a computer, and stores information of a group of items that can be input data. A program code of a display step of displaying a group of items that can be stored in the storage unit with reference to a predetermined storage unit, and a request to input from the group of items displayed in the display step. A storage medium comprising: a program code of a selecting step of selecting an item to be performed; and a program code of an input form generating step of generating a data input form according to the item selected in the selecting step.