JPS5929184A - Manuscrip table - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a manuscript table capable of directly searching the line of data during input even if the surface of a manuscript is looked aside for a while, constituted by mounting a cursor moving on a manuscript set surface corresponding to the input operation of data. CONSTITUTION:A cursor 3 is guided along the guide grooves 2a, 2b provided to a plate 1 for setting a manuscript in a movable manner. A rope 6 is trained over the roller 7a and the guide roller 7b fixedly provided to a pulse motor 9 and the part thereof is fixedly attached to the cursor 3. On the other hand, A treating part 10 comprising a microcomputer treats the signals of control switches 16, 17 according to the control order stored in control memory (ROM) 11 and controls the pulse motor 9 to perform the positional control of the cursor 3. The starting of a new line of the cursor 3 is indicated by the control switch 16 and the movement to the uppermost stage is indicated by the control switch 17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a document table used with typewriters, word processors, etc., on which a document containing data to be input is set.

The document table used in conventional typewriters, etc., simply sets the document on the table, and while data is being input using the keyboard, when you take your eyes off the document and look at the document again, you will not be able to see what is currently being input. The drawback was that you had to search for the line where the /' -ta was written.

The present invention has been made in view of the above two points, and by moving the cursor according to the line of data currently being input using the keyboard, the current input data can be displayed when the user takes his or her eyes off the document and then looks at the document again. The main objective is to provide a document table that does not require searching for lines of data inside.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The filter plate 1 is provided with guide grooves 2a and 2b, and the cursor 6 is moved between the grooves 2a and 2 by rollers 4a, 4b, 5a and 5b.
b and moves parallel to the original set surface.

The rope 6 fixed to the upper right side of the cursor (near roller 5a) is guided by rollers 7a and 7b, and is fixed again to the lower right side of the cursor 6 (near roller 5b).

Roller 7b is pulled downward by spring 8 to provide tension to rope 6+C. Further, the roller 7a is fixed to a pulse motor 9. Therefore, by rotating the pulse motor 9, the cursor 6 is moved in parallel on the plate 1.

FIG. 2 shows a control circuit used in the document table shown in FIG. In the figure, a processing unit (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 10 consisting of a microcomputer has a control memory (hereinafter referred to as 1tOM).
According to the control procedure stored in the control φ11 switch 16 and 17, the position of the cursor 3 is controlled by controlling the pulse motor 9. The above-described control switch 16 is a switch for instructing the cursor to change one line, and the control switch 17
is a switch for moving the cursor 6 to the top.

The signals of the control switches 16 and 17 are connected to the ferrule interface adapter (hereinafter referred to as the interface) 15.
is input. The interface 15 is connected to the MPU 10, and by sensing the interface 15, the MPU 10 can detect whether the control switches 16, 17 are turned on.

The interface 13 connected to the MPU 10 is
It is connected to the pulse motor 9 via the drive section 14.

Therefore, MPU 10 is interface 1.

The position of the cursor can be controlled by driving the pulse motor 9 via the drive section 14.

Next, the operation of the document table of the present invention configured as described above will be explained in the sixth section.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in the figure. Nao■
A program according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the computer M12.

At the beginning of step 20, interface 13.1
5 is set to the initial state, and the cursor 6 is assumed to be at the top.

First, in step 21, the MPU 10 checks via the interface 15 whether the r inch 16 is turned on. If it is determined that the control switch 16 is turned on, the process moves to step 22 and it is checked whether the cursor is at the bottom. If the cursor is not at the bottom, the process moves to step 23, where the cursor is moved to a new line.

On the other hand, if the cursor 6 is at the bottom of the step 22, no further line breaks can be made, so the process returns to step 21 again without performing any processing.

Also, in step 21, the control switch 16 is turned on,
If it is determined that the control switch 17 is not turned on, the process moves to step 24 and it is checked via the interface 15 whether the control switch 17 is turned on. If it is determined that the control switch 17 is turned on, the process moves to step 25 and the cursor is moved to the lowest position. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 24 that the control switch 17 is not turned on, the process returns to step 21. 1. c i.e. main control hand 11
14 monitors whether the normal control switches 16 and 17 are turned on, and when the control switch 16 is turned on, moves the cursor 6 to a new line, and when the control switch 17 is turned on, moves the cursor to the first line. Moving.

[Mihihi In the first embodiment, line feed and movement to the return stage are performed using control switches 16 and 17, but the typewriter
, line breaks and movement to the first row can be performed by commands from an external information processing device such as a word processor. In addition to line feed and movement to the top row, reverse line feed (upward line feed), etc. may also be performed.

Furthermore, although the line feed pitch is fixed in this embodiment described above, a line feed pitch specifying switch may be set so that it can be freely set according to the line spacing of the original image d. Also, the line feed pitch may be freely set by commands from an external information processing device.

Also, in this embodiment, the cursor is moved up and down by 1 to match the horizontally written original, but it is also possible to move the cursor horizontally to match the vertically written original. .

Furthermore, the document table was rotated 90 degrees to 8 positions, and h'/jfi-
It can be used both vertically and vertically.

Other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As described above in detail, the manuscript table according to the present invention uses the cursor to always indicate the line of data that is currently being input manually, so that when you take your eyes off the manuscript and look at the manuscript again, the line of data that is currently being input is displayed. It is very useful because it allows you to input manuscript data efficiently without having to search for it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a general view of a document table for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a first damping circuit used for document table pressure shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a cursor movement. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of control. iam fist plate @φΦ cursor 9...pulse motor 10...~1PU16.17
...Control switch applicant Canon Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] A movable cursor was provided on the document setting surface, and the cursor was moved according to the data input operation! Manuscript stand marked with r￥.