JPS6063185A - Electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electronic apparatus capable of easily returning to an initial margin position even after the margin position is momentarily changed, by providing a memory means for margin positions, an auxiliary memory means for the margin positions and a controlling means for transferring the content of the memory means into the auxiliary memory means in response to setting of the margin positions. CONSTITUTION:For example, in an electronic printer, when a left margin position setting key LM is depressed, the value of a pointer indicating a left margin position in the memory device 3 is stored into a pointer 33, followed by retraction, and then the value of a pointer 35 indicating the position of a carriage CRG is stored into a pointer 31 in order to make the position a new left margin position. Setting of a right margin is similarly conducted. Returning the margin positions to the positions before the current setting is performed by depressing a function key RST to thereby exchange the value of the pointers 31, 33 with the values of the pointer 32, 34 in the memory device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an electronic device, and particularly to an electronic device configured to easily reset the margin +=hLt.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, electronic equipment equipped with a printing device or a display device, as seen in electronic typewriters, has been
The configuration is such that the operator can set the Mercy position to a desired position. However, even when it is desired to temporarily change the margin, setting a new margin causes the previous margin position to be lost, so the original margin position had to be set again.

This will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. For example, when printing from line L1 to line LL2 using an electronic typewriter, the margin positions are set to LMI and R old for lines 4 from line L1 and line 12 from line L9, and then for lines 8 from line 15. The following describes the case where margin position X is printed as LM2 and RM2. In this case, the operator first
After printing the i2 line, set the margin to LH2, RM2,
After printing another line L8, the original margin LM1. R.M.
There was the hassle of having to set it again to I.

[Objective] In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device having a function of returning the margin position to the position before the margin change by a simple operation.

In order to achieve such an object, the electronic device of the present invention includes a margin setting means for setting a margin position, a margin position storage means and a margin position auxiliary storage means for storing the margin position, and a margin position storage means and a margin position auxiliary storage means for storing the margin position. and control means for storing the contents of the margin position storage means in the margin position auxiliary storage means.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the arrangement of an electronic typewriter to which the present invention is applied.

Here, CRG is a carriage for moving the print head in the main scanning direction relative to the print paper, and by pressing the space key SP or backspace key EISP,
This carriage CRG can be moved within the range of the left limiter L-LMT and the right limiter R-LMT.

LH is a left margin position setting key, and RM is a right margin position setting key. By pressing both keys LM and RM, the margin position can be determined, thereby setting the movement range of the carriage GRG.

RTN is a return key that returns the carriage CRG to a new line, and when this key RTN is pressed down, the carriage CR
G returns to the right margin position and a line break is performed.

RST is a function key for restoring the margin to its original position. That is, while the left margin position setting key LM and right margin position setting key RM described above are keys for setting a new margin, this key RST has the function of resetting the margin to the margin before the current margin setting. .

FIG. 3 shows an example of the system u1 of the electronic typewriter shown in FIG.

Here, reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard device, which is equipped with letters/symbol input keys such as alphabet keys and function keys for instructing various functions.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a printing device, which can move a carriage and print characters, fist symbols, etc. input from the keyboard device 91.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a storage device that stores information regarding the line format, such as left and right margin positions, and includes a portion that stores the margin position before the change when the margin is changed.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a control device which controls the operations of the keyboard device 1 and the printing device 2, and also stores and retrieves various information from the storage device 3.

Information input from the keyboard device 1 is processed in accordance with the input by the control device 4, and the processing results are sent to the printing device 2 and the storage device 3.

The memory device FIJ,3 has a plurality of pointers 31-35. Here, 31 is a pointer indicating the left margin position set by pressing the left margin position setting key LH, and 32 is a pointer indicating the right margin position set by pressing the right margin position setting key RM. 3.3 is a pointer indicating the left margin position before the left margin position setting key LM is pressed, and 34 is a pointer indicating the right margin position before the right margin position setting key RM is pressed. 35 is a pointer indicating the position of carriage CRG.

4 and 5 show the processing procedure when the left margin position setting key LH and right margin position setting key RM are pressed, respectively.

When the left margin position setting key LM is pressed, the value of the pointer indicating the left margin position in the storage device 3 is set to pointer 3.
3 and saves it (step 540), and stores the (+&) in the pointer 31 to set the value of the pointer 35 indicating the carriage position as the new left margin position
Step 542).

Similarly, when the right margin position setting key RM is pressed,
The value of pointer 32 indicating the right margin position is transferred to pointer 34.
The value of the pointer 35 indicating the position of the carriage is stored in the pointer 32 to set it as the new right margin position (step 552).

FIG. 6 shows the processing procedure associated with pressing the function key R5T. In other words, this diagram shows function key R9T.
When pressed, the pointers 31 and 33 in the storage device 3
The processing procedure is shown in which the margin position is returned to the position before the current setting by exchanging the values of , and the values of the pointers 32 and 34 (step S60, step 562).

Although an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic typewriter has been described above, the present invention can be applied not only to printing devices but also to all electronic devices equipped with a display device.

[Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, even when the margin is temporarily changed, it is possible to restore the original margin position by a simple operation.

Therefore, for the operator, there is an advantage that the complicated operation of resetting the margin position is no longer necessary.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a general print string, Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of an electronic typewriter to which the present invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is a system configuration of an electronic typewriter to which the present invention is applied. A block diagram showing an example; Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when the left margin position setting key of the electronic typewriter shown in Fig. 2 is pressed; Fig. 5 is a right side of the electronic typewriter shown in Fig. 2. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when the margin position setting key is pressed. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when the margin position return key of the electronic typewriter shown in FIG. 2 is pressed. GRG...Carriage, SP...Space key, BSP...Backspace key, RTN...Return key. 1, M...Left margin position setting key. R-Right margin position setting key, R3T...Margin position, return key, L-LMT...
・Left limiter, R-L, MT...Right limiter, 1...Keyboard device, 2...Printing device, 3...Storage device, 4...Control device, 31-35...Pointer . Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) Margin setting means for setting a margin position; margin position storage means and margin position auxiliary storage means for storing the margin position; and the margin position storage means in response to the margin setting. and control means for storing the contents of the means in the margin position auxiliary storage means. 2) The control means includes a restoring means for restoring the contents of the margin position auxiliary storage means to the margin position storage means, and an instruction means for activating the restoring means. The electronic device according to item 1.