JPS6015181A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electronic equipment which facilitates the preparation and inputting of explanatory notes or the like by differentiating the memory areas for the explanatory notes or the like from that for the text both inputted by the key operation while the printing thereof is subject to the sequence set by automatic editing or editing by the key operation in stead of the inputting sequence. CONSTITUTION:An explanatory note M3 at the bottom of a page and an explanatory note M4 to be printed at the bottom of the text are inputted by pressing a special key (e.g. in combination of ''*A'' key or control key with other keys) after strings M1 and M2 of note symbols [e.g. ''*1'' and ''(1)''] corresponding thereto are inputted and memorized into a second memory RAM2. Then, after the pressing of the special key is pressed again, the inputting of the text is continued. The input information of the text is memorized into a first memory RAM2. With such arrangement, a print control unit PCU outputs printing information calculating it based on information inputted without inputting information on recording space for the explanatory note M3 into the text.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field) The present invention relates to an electronic device that processes information input by key operations on a keyboard equipped with alphabet keys, hiragana keys, etc., prints it out with a printer, and stores it in a memory. For electronic devices such as typewriters and word processors, this allows for easy editing and printing of auxiliary information added to main information, such as annotations added to the main text of a document.

(Prior Art) In general, in electronic devices such as electronic typewriters and word processors that process and print information, the information is printed in the order in which it is input by key operations, so the operator does not have to write it by hand on paper. Information can be printed using the same operations as . Furthermore, in electronic typewriters and word processors equipped with a memory device, information entered through key operations is stored in the -H memory device, and the stored information is collectively displayed on a cathode ray tube display device capable of high-speed display. It is common practice to perform appropriate processing such as corrections if necessary and then print out the data using a printer.By intervening memory, information processing such as reprinting or corrected printing can be performed extremely quickly. It looks like this.

However, the conventional electronic devices of this type, namely,
In electronic typewriters, word processors, etc. equipped with memory devices, the order in which input information is printed or stored is basically 11 feet per month. It was necessary to change the order of printing and storing by operating specific keys and specifying the printing and storing positions in the output information. Moreover, in conventional electronic devices of this type, the text of the document to be printed (
Note) If you have marked the text with a mark or ※ and need to insert a commentary that should be written later, please notify us immediately if you understand the content of the commentary at the time you place the mark (Note) or ※ in the main text. Enter it!
Even if you are in the current state, you need to input the main text of the document in the order in which it will be printed, and then enter annotations at the end of the print page or the end of the main text, corresponding to the (note) or * mark.

This conventional annotation publication system causes the following inconveniences. First of all, if it is necessary to add annotations to the main text of a printed page, care must be taken when editing the main text to leave the bottom of the page blank for the annotations, or After manually writing the main text, the annotations had to be rewritten manually while referring to the notes and fireflies in the main text.

On the other hand, in the past, when manually inputting the keys of an electronic typewriter or word processor, the keys were operated according to a draft created in advance, so even when inputting annotations at the end of a page or text, it was easy to input according to the draft. However, in the future, when using electronic typewriters and word processors, we will move towards creating sentences by directly using the keys while thinking about the text, without drafting it, so when it becomes necessary to create annotations, The disadvantage is that it is extremely troublesome to manually write annotations that can be easily created while reconsidering them once you reach the end of a page or text.

(Purpose) The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and in view of future trends in electronic typewriters and word processors, to simplify the creation and input of additional text such as annotations added to documents to be printed. The object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device of this type that can be used for various purposes.

(Key Points of the Invention) In other words, this type of electronic device according to the present invention is capable of printing specific information such as annotations at the end of the page or text.
1) Enter the text at the same time as a specific key indicating an additional note to the text, such as a (note) mark or * mark, and temporarily store it in the storage device, and the printing operation reaches the end of the page or text. etc., the added text in the storage device can be read out and printed in a form added to the main text at a specific location.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

First, an example of a schematic configuration of an electronic device according to the present invention is shown in FIG.

In the illustrated schematic configuration, KBi-4:, a group of various keys such as A~2 and 0~9 alphanumeric link keys, [1 key, round key, and specific keys representing the features of the present invention, such as 1a key and [ This is a keyboard with 8 keys arranged. The CPU is a control unit such as a microprocessor, and is composed of a clock pulse generation circuit, a delay circuit, a gate circuit, and a sequential control circuit including other logic. The ROM is a read-only storage device that stores a group of microinstructions that sequentially inform the control procedure when the control unit (CPU) supplies a control signal. In addition, the RA old is a first storage device that can be randomly accessed, and a keyboard KBti (a unit that controls key signals obtained by the operator's operations).
The character information converted into an appropriate character code by the CPU is stored under the control of games G1 and G3, which will be described later. On the other hand, the RAM 2 is a second storage device that is also randomly accessible, and stores character information of an annotation sentence that is subsequently input by pressing the 1 key or the [1 key on the keyboard KB.

Next, FFI is a flip-flop and selects which of the character information stored in the first and second storage devices RA and RAM2 is to be displayed on the display layer S to be described later. That is, in the set state, character information of the main text stored in the first storage device RAMI is displayed, and in the reset state, character information of the annotation text stored in the second storage device is displayed. On the other hand, FF2 is also a flip-flop, and converts key signals from the keyboard KB into a control unit (control unit) into character information converted into appropriate character codes by the CPU and stores the character information in the first and second storage devices RA.
Select either M1 or RAM2 to store the data. That is, in the set state, the character information of the main text is stored in the first storage device RA2, and in the reset state, the character information of the annotation text is stored in the second storage device RAM2. Further, D(, IJ is a display control unit, which converts the character code of the character emotion p from the first and second storage devices RA and RAM2 into a character pattern signal for display, and to be displayed.

” - Among the many gate circuits arranged between the respective constituent elements described above, the gate G1 stores the character information of the text in the first storage device RA when the flip-flop FF2 is in the set state.
G2 supplies the character information of the annotation sentence to MI, and G2 inputs the character information of the annotation sentence to the second
G3 is for inserting character information of annotation text at the end of a page or text, and is stored in the second storage RAM2 according to the control signal S20 from the control unit CPυ. The character information of the annotation text is transferred to the first storage device RAM 1 and inserted into the character information of the main text.

Further, the gate G4 is a control unit that stores character information of the main text when the flip-flop FFI is in the set state and displays the character information of the first storage device RAMI.
In addition, when the flip-flop FFI is in the reset state, G5 transfers the character information of the second storage device RAM2, which stores the character information of the annotation sentence, to the display control unit DCU, and also, Gates G6 and G7
are both inverters and flip-flop FFs.
The gate G8 inverts the output signals of I and FF2, respectively, and furthermore, in response to the print command signal S17 from the control unit CPυ, the gate G8 stores the character information of the main text and the game) in the first storage device RA. The character information of the annotation text interrupted via G3 (printing control unit (described later))
Transfer to PCU. The printing control unit) PCI is
The character code signal of the character information transferred from the first storage device RAM l via the G8 is converted into a character pattern signal for display, and the character code signal is transferred to the printing device PU in a predetermined printing cycle.
are supplied and printed sequentially.

Next, FIG. 8 shows the operation of the electronic device of the present invention having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 in the case where the printed matter shown in FIG. This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in .

An example of the printed matter shown in the second figure is the magazine "Nikkei Electronics J, February 14, 1983 issue, pages 172 and 20.
This is an excerpt from page 2, and the annotation symbol ``*l
"Abbreviated character string rAIM/RDB J
Regarding Ml, please refer to the annotation M3 provided at the end of the same page.
The full text is shown in , and the term string "Relational φ model J M
Regarding No. 2, the reference is shown in part M4% of the annotation "References" provided on page n at the end of the main text.

Therefore, in the electronic device of the present invention, the annotation text M3 at the end of the page and the annotation text M4 at the end of the text in the example of the printed matter shown in the second figure are replaced with the corresponding annotation symbols "*1" and "1", respectively.
)” When inputting the main text character string old or M2, the character string is entered by key operation at the same time and is temporarily stored in the storage device. First, in the example of character information shown in the second figure, When inputting the abbreviated character string Ml up to "*1", at the "start" stage F1 in the flowchart shown in the eighth figure, flip-flops FFI and FF2 in the configuration shown in the first figure are reset, and the first and second flip-flops FFI and FF2 in the configuration shown in the first figure are reset. The storage devices RA and RAM2, display control unit y) DCU, print MI control unit pcu, etc. of 2 are kept in a standby state under the control of control unit CPt1 and read-only storage device ROM.

Next, in step F1, it is determined whether or not there is a key operation, and if there is a key press, then in steps F3 and F4, it is determined whether an annotation-related key or a button has been pressed, and if it is not an annotation-related key press. , In step F5, the input key signal is converted into character information by the control unit CPU, and then in step F8, it is stored in the first storage device RA.The steps F1 and F5.FI3 are repeated each time a key is pressed manually. death,
When no key operation is performed, in step F2, the character information stored up to that point in the first storage device is transferred to the display DI.
Display on S.

When the character information inputted manually by the key is stored and displayed as described above, a character string as shown in FIG. 3, for example, is displayed. That is, since the flip-flops FFI and FF2 in the configuration shown in the first diagram are in the set state, and the flip-flops G1 and G2 are in the open state, the character information converted by the key input by the control unit CPU is stored in the first storage device RA. After storing it, display control unit 1-DCU
The information is supplied to the computer, converted into display information, and displayed on the display device DIS.

Next, if you press "Annotation-related key hide" on the keyboard KB in the configuration shown in the first diagram and enter the annotation symbol "*1" in the character string example shown in the second diagram, the process will proceed to step F3 in the flowchart shown in the eighth diagram. The input of the annotation symbol "*1" is determined, the process moves to the process FIO, and character information processing is performed in the subsequent process.

That is, in the process FIO, the annotation symbol information ``*1'' formed by combining the annotation symbol ``※'' and the count value ``1'' generated by the control unit (CPU) is stored in the first
Once stored in the memory device ffiRAM1, flip-flops FFI and FF2 are reset in step F1.2,
The character information obtained by converting the subsequently inputted key signal is regarded as an annotation text and is put into a state where it can be stored in the second storage device RAM2. Then, in step F13, the above-mentioned annotation symbol information "
*1" is temporarily stored in the second storage device RAM2. Next, in step F14, it is determined whether or not there is key power, and if there is no key power, in step F15, the character information of the annotation sentence previously stored in the second storage device RAM2 is displayed on the display DI.
S, and when there is key human power, process F
At step F113, the annotation related key on the keyboard KB [After determining that i or *B is not pressed down, the control unit CPU inputs the key manually at step F17]
1 and then temporarily stored in the RAM 2 of the second f and f device in step F18.

-J- By repeating the process F]4 to FI8 described above, the character information of the annotation sentence is inputted sequentially, and when no key operation is performed, the input is performed at fiIF15.
The character information of the annotation sentence previously stored in the second storage device RAM2 is displayed on the display DTS, and the annotation sentence as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

After entering the text information for the annotation text as shown in "-",
In step F18, the annotation related key IIi on the keyboard KB
When it is determined that the button has been pressed, the process moves to step F22, where the clip-flops FFI and FF2 are set, and the character information of the text is again input. Next, process Fi
When the process moves to 11 and determines whether the sentence is to be continued, the process returns to process Fl and repeats the second process.

By repeating the above processing process, it becomes necessary to display the text shown in Figure 5 and add references as annotations as described above, and the annotation-related key IEi on the keyboard KB is displayed.
When it is determined in step F4 that the button has been pressed, the process moves to the character information processing of the annotation text after the above-described step FIO.

That is, in the process FIO, the symbol "0" input by key operation and the count value "0" generated by the control unit [P, U]
The annotation symbol r(+:z, formed by combining
2 is reset, and the subsequently inputted key signal and the character information converted by the control unit h GPU are regarded as annotation text to be added to the end of the sentence and are stored in the second storage device. Next, in step F13, the aforementioned annotation symbol r(1)'' is stored in the second storage device RAM2. Next, in step F14, it is determined whether or not a key operation has been performed, and if no key operation has been performed, the characters of the annotation sentence that have been stored in the second storage device RAM2 and are to be printed at the end of the sentence are The information is displayed on the display 115, and when a key operation is being performed, the process moves to step F17 via step F18 in the same way as described above, and the key human input signal is converted into character information by the control unit CPU, and then
In step F18, the character information is stored in the second storage device RAM2.
The annotation symbol r(1) is stored in the storage location following the annotation symbol r(1).

By repeating the processing of steps F14 to F18 described above, annotation sentences are input sequentially and temporarily stored.
If no key operation is performed during that time, step F15
By displaying the character information of the annotation text previously stored in the second storage device on the display device DIS, a display is performed as shown in FIG.

After inputting the character information of the annotation text as described above, in the process Fit(), press the annotation-related key [1] on the keyboard KB.
When it is determined that the button has been pressed, in step F22, flip-flops FFI and FF2 are set to a set I-clamp, so that character information of the main text can be inputted, as shown in FIG. When you enter text information for the main text, as shown in the example of the printed matter shown in the second figure, after entering the main text for the first page, an annotation symbol "*" is added at the end of the page.
Character information of the annotation text corresponding to the part marked with "l" can be inserted.

In the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, when it is determined in step F7 that printing of one page of text has been completed, step F18
, and stores the annotation symbol "*1" in the second storage device RAM2, that is, the character information input after pressing the annotation-related key [ on the keyboard KB, as the character information of the main text. The data is transferred to the first storage device RAM 1 as a file. Then, in step F8, the input status of character information for the next page is displayed on the display device DIS.

In order to repeat the above process and insert a subsequent annotation into the annotation symbol r(1), +, etc. at the end of the sentence as in the printed matter example shown in the second figure, the flowchart shown in the eighth figure - In step F19 in the chart, it is determined that the main text of the text has ended, and the process moves to step F20, where the character of the annotation text following the annotation symbol r(1) J, etc. stored in the second storage device RAM2 up to that point is determined. The information is transferred to the first storage device RAMI as character information of the text. Next, in step F21, when the printing device PU prints the storage contents of the first storage device RAMI, since the annotation text has already been inserted into the main text of the storage contents, the storage contents are simply printed. If printed as is, the entire text will be printed as in the example of the printed matter shown in the second figure.

(Effects) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a specific printing position such as an annotation text in a text to be printed, such as the end of a page or the end of a text, can be printed. You can enter specific text information in a location using key operations at the optimal time for inputting that text information, and the editing work to appropriately insert additional text information such as annotations is automatically performed. Therefore, there is no need to insert annotations etc. appropriately in advance and press keys in the edited order to print or memorize the edited sentences, as in the past, and additional characters such as annotations etc. Information can be entered in a timely manner when the need for addition arises.

In the above explanation, the annotation-related keys [, [in] for automatic editing of annotation texts, etc. according to the present invention are specially provided on the keyboard, but the control keys conventionally provided on electronic typewriters and word processors are used. Similar editing can also be performed by combining the I key with other conventional operation keys.

In short, according to the present invention, the main text input by key operation and annotation text etc. are stored in different memory locations in the electronic device, and the printing order at the time of printing is not the same as the order of key input, but automatic editing or editing by key operation is performed. Since printing is performed in the order set by , various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of an electronic device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of printed matter printed according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 7 are printed matter shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart 1 showing an example of the printing operation process in the electronic device of the present invention. KB...keyboard, CPU...control unit, ROM...read-only storage device, RAM1...first storage device, RAM2...second storage device, DCU...display control unit, DJS... ...Display unit, PCU...Print control unit, PU...Printing device, FFI, FF2...Flip-flop, 01-G8
···Gate. Patent applicant: Canon Co., Ltd. (19)! Figure 2 5153 Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 7 g4 Kaisho GO-15181 (8)

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an electronic device that includes at least key manual means for inputting information through key operations, processing means for processing the input information, and printing means for printing the processed information, the information is printed according to the order input by the key manual means. a first means for printing by a means for printing, a second means for storing specific information in a storage means provided in the processing means by inputting a specific key of the key manual means; and a second means for storing specific information in a storage means provided in the processing means; An electronic device comprising: third means for printing at a specific location by the printing means.