JPS60129806A - Operating terminal device of home control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of the titled terminal, by using the 1st display means for displaying general display information and the 2nd display means for displaying effective key information only by providing a transparent touch panel. CONSTITUTION:When power supply is made, Fig. (a) of the figure is displayed in a display means 1 and only the effective key of Fig. (b) is displayed in another display means 2. If the section of telephone number of Fig. (b) is inputted under this condition from a transparent touch panel 5 in front of the means 2 by touching fingers, Fig. (c) and the key of Fig. (d) are displayed in the display means 1 and 2, respectively. When retrieval is inputted in the same way, Fig. (e) and Fig. (f) are displayed in the means 1 and 2, respectively. If a character, for example, (a) is inputted, Fig. (g) is displayed in the means 1 and Fig. (h) is displayed in the means 2. When ENT which is ENTER key is inputted under this condition, names starting with the character (a) and their telephone Nos. are displayed. That is to say, Fig. (i) is displayed in the means 1 and Fig. (j) is displayed in the means 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating terminal device for a home control 7-stem.

Conventional configuration and its problems Conventionally, the input device of a home control system has 1
．． Keyboard method: 2. A transparent touch panel is provided in front of the CRT (cathode ray tube) display section, key information is displayed on the screen, and input is made by touching the screen directly with the hand. An image-key type 3-key method has been adopted in which information is displayed on a CRT, a graphic cursor is moved arbitrarily, and input is made by specifying an appropriate point using a mouse. However, although 1 is the simplest in terms of hardware and the cheapest in terms of cost, it has the disadvantage that the more functions the home control system has, the more the number of keys increases, making operation very cumbersome. had. Methods 2 and 3 are methods in which only valid key information is displayed on the CRT screen for selection, and are considerably easier to operate than method 1. However, since the key information screen and the general display screen information are shared on one screen, there are screen restrictions and one screen must be divided into the key information screen and the general display screen. display or
It is not possible to make effective use of a single screen by displaying them alternately.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves such conventional problems, and aims to improve usability by configuring the general screen display and the screen display of key information using separate display means.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve this object, the present invention includes a first display means for displaying a general display screen, that is, a screen created by input information, and a first display means for displaying only valid key information and a transparent display on the front surface of the display means. A second display means provided with a touch panel is provided.

With this configuration, the general display screen and the key information only display screen can be displayed on separate screens, and input can also be made manually from the screen directly, making operations even easier.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a home control system operation terminal device. 1 is a first display means, 2 is a second display means, 3 is an operating terminal device, and 4 is a floppy disk insertion slot. In this example, the first
．． Although both of the second display stages are constructed using a CRT, a liquid crystal display may also be used. FIG. 2 is a sectional view when a transparent touch panel 5 is provided on the front surface of the second display means 2. As shown in FIG. 6, 7, and 8 are printed patterns of a transparent touch panel, and when force is applied from the direction of arrow 9, 6 makes 7 and 8 conductive. This is the same as a normal switch. In this embodiment, a transparent touch panel is constructed by pattern-printing ordinary switches, but the transparent panel is constructed of glass,
Another possible method would be to attach a pressure sensor at an appropriate location and calculate the location where pressure is applied. The present invention
Since only valid key information is displayed on the second display means and input is made by directly touching the display means with the hand, it goes without saying that it includes everything other than the transparent touch panel used in the actual case. not. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an electric circuit according to an example of the present invention, in which 10 is a main GPU (8-bit parallel processor) which is the control core of this operating terminal device, 11 is a ROM, 12 is a RAM, and 13 is a floppy disk. The FDC 114 that controls the drive is a transmission circuit that centrally controls household appliances using the information line 15 (coaxial cable in this embodiment), and the peripheral interface 16 is used to exchange information with the main CPU 1O. It is done through Details of the exchange of information with household electrical appliances will be omitted here. 17 is a key processing CPU that checks and decodes whether or not there is an input from the transparent touch panel 5; a scan generation circuit 18 generates a scan; the information is taken into the key processing CPU; Main CPU1
Send to 0. 20°21 is the first. The CRTC controls the second display means, and in this embodiment, 9918A manufactured by Texas Innosurment Co., Ltd. is used. 22, 23
is a refresh memory for each display means, and is composed of a dynamic RAM. Further, 24 is a chip select circuit for selecting each LSI. Further, the information bus 25 is an address bus, 26 is a data bus, and 27 is a control bus. FIG. 4 shows examples of displays displayed on the first display means and the second display means. When the power is turned on to the operating terminal device of the home control system of this embodiment, the first display means 1 displays the image shown in FIG. 4(a), and the display means of FIG. 2 displays the image shown in FIG. (b) Valid keys (“Energy”, “Household Management”,
Only "Schedule", "Telephone number", and "EXITl" are displayed.If you enter "Telephone number" by touching it with your hand from the transparent touch panel 5 provided on the front of the second display means 2. , the first display means 1 is shown in FIG. 4(c).
However, the "search", "cancel", "add", and "EXIT" keys shown in FIG. 4(d) are displayed on the second display means. Here, when the "search" key is input in the same manner as above, the first display means 1 will display FIG. 4(,), and the second display means 2 will display FIG. 4(f). . This state is a mode for searching for "name" and "telephone number" that have been stored in advance. Katakana keys, numeric keys, etc. are displayed on the second display means 2 to indicate an input enabled state. Now, when "A" is input, the first display means 1 displays FIG. 4(g), and the second display means 2 displays FIG. 4(h). If the user presses the rENTl key, which is the ENTER key, the name starting with "A" and the phone number will be displayed.

4(i) is displayed on the first display means 1, and FIG. 4(i) is displayed on the second display means 2.

In the above configuration, two display means are provided, one of which displays only valid key information, from which input can be made directly;
Since the display information corresponding to the input is displayed on the other display means, the usability is considerably improved.

As described in detail, the present invention provides an operating terminal device for a home control system with two display means, the first display means displays general display information, and the second display means displays general display information. ,
A transparent touch panel is provided on the front of the screen to display only valid key information so that input can be made on the screen. (1) Since only valid key information is displayed, ease of use is improved.

(2) Since the general screen information is not used as the key information screen, the first display means can be used effectively.

There are advantages such as

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the second display means, Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the electric circuit, Fig. 4 a, b, c, d. , s. f+g+h+1+l is a front view showing a display example of the same display means. 1...First display means, 2...Second display means, 3...Operation terminal device of the pomconotroll system, 5...Transparent touch panel. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1st person)
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Claims (1)

[Claims] It has at least two or more display means, the first display means displays screens created by input information one after another, the second display means displays only valid key information, and the second display means displays only valid key information. An operation terminal device for a home control system configured with a transparent touch panel on the front side.