JPS6095628A - Portable document data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a device which is small-sized and light, and has a high practical use by fetching a document data written in a storage medium and transferring it to a document generator, and also providing a mode selecting means of a transfer mode, etc. CONSTITUTION:An identification number is preset to a memory card 17, and when it coincides with an inputted code number, this card can be used. Generation of a document data is executed by a character data operated by an input pen 11 from a key of the first and the second character key groups, and a control data for giving an instruction for generating a document, from a key of a control character key group. This document generating mode has a local mode for completing a document data by only a character data, and a transfer mode for completing a document data by mixing the character data and the control data, and it is selected by a selecting means. The document data is written in said card 17 by the transfer mode, and thereafter, it is fetched and used as a medium, and this document data is inputted to a document generator, by which a document is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a portable document data input device that can retrieve data written on a storage medium to the outside.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

There is a limit to the amount of documents that can be created using a document creator such as a Japanese word processor, and as the amount of documents that can be created increases, a large number of document creators become necessary.

Moreover, as the types of kanji and other characters increase, document creators become larger and more difficult to carry, limiting the number of places where they can be used.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention was made based on these circumstances, and
The first invention is easy to carry, and allows input document data to be taken out to the outside and transferred to a document creator.
An object of the present invention is to provide a portable document data input device that can perform document creation and compensate for the shortage in the number of document creators.

In addition to the first invention, a second invention aims to provide a portable document data input device that can be used alone to easily create documents.

[Summary of the invention]

The portable document data input device according to the first invention includes:
A character data input means for inputting character data, a control data input means for inputting control data for giving instructions for document creation, a display section for displaying the input character gita and control data, and a display section for displaying the input character data and control data. The apparatus includes write instruction means for instructing to write document data consisting of control data into a storage medium, and is configured such that the document data written on the medium can be taken out to the outside.

Therefore, the document can be created by extracting the document data written in the storage medium and transferring it to the document creator, thereby making up for the shortage in the number of document creators. In addition, since character data is limited to a small number of characters such as kana and numbers, the storage capacity is small, and the keypad can also be made small.As a result, it can be made compact and lightweight, making it easy to carry. becomes.

Furthermore, in addition to the first invention, a portable document input device according to a second invention completes document data by combining a local mode in which document data is completed with only character data and a mixture of character data and control data. The configuration includes mode selection means for selecting a transfer mode and a mode to be selected.

Therefore, by selecting the transfer mode using the mode selection means, it is possible to create document data to be transferred to the document creation device in the same way as in the first invention, and by selecting the local mode, it is possible to create document data to be transferred to the document creation device. It can also be created directly, increasing its practicality.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Below, Part 1. An embodiment common to the second invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a portable document data input device, which includes a display section (for example, a liquid crystal display) 3, a keyboard 5, and a pen holder recess 7 on the top side of a main body case 1. Pen holding claws 9th and 9b are provided in the pen mounting recess 7 so as to hold the input pen 11 within the pen mounting recess 7. It should be noted that the input pen 11 is used to perform a desired input by applying the tip of the input pen 11 to the corresponding key of the first key 5.

Further, a rectangular opening Z3 is provided on the upper surface of the main body case 1, and a signal transmission section (not shown) is incorporated into this opening 13. The opening 13 is a lid 15 that can be opened and closed.
A card storage section 19 is formed on the back side of the lid 15 to store a microcomputer memory card 17 as a storage medium. The microcomputer memory card 17 has a structure in which a conductor integrated circuit is built into a plastic case, and can be taken in and out of the card storage section 19 with the lid 15 open as shown by the phantom line in FIG.

Furthermore, a power-on confirmation lamp 21, an operable indication lamp 23, and a card insertion confirmation lamp 25 are provided at a side position of the display section 3.

The surface of the keyboard 5 is as shown in FIG.
The entire area is roughly divided into three areas: a first character key group area 27, a second character key group area 29, and a control character key group area 31. As shown in FIG. 6B, the first character key group area 27 includes a hiragana key 27h, various mark keys 27b, a small number of kanji keys 27a, numeric keys 27d, and various code keys 27e used in mathematical formulas. has been done. Further, alphabet character keys 29a, period mark keys 29b, etc. are prepared in the second character key group area 29, and the first . The keys in the second character key group area 27 and 29 are mainly used to input character data. Furthermore, the control character key group area 31 includes an execution key 31a, a cursor movement key 31b1, a kanji conversion key, and a ?
Various keys are provided for giving document creation instructions such as 1a and -4 and inputting control data.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of this device. A central control circuit (CPU) 3J is connected to a read-only memory (
ROM) 39, random access memory (RA)
M) 41, a display control drive circuit 43, a memory card control circuit 45, and a key date control circuit 4°7 are connected, respectively.

The ROM 39 stores program data for controlling each section. Further, the RAM 4Z stores a data storage memory and the like. The display control drive circuit 43 controls the various lamps 21, 23, and 25 as well as the display section 3. The memory card control circuit 45 controls reading of data from the memory card 17 and writing of data to the memory card 17 in accordance with key operations on the keyboard 5. An interrupt signal, a card interrupt signal from the memory card control circuit 45, and a key interrupt signal from the key date control circuit 47 are input. Further, the CPU 33 controls the memory card control circuit 45 to determine the closed state of the lid 15, and also controls the display control drive circuit 43 to turn on the card insertion confirmation lamp 25.

Next, the operation will be explained based on FIGS. 4 to 7.

When the power source (for example, a battery or a rechargeable battery) is turned on, the ROM 39 is loaded with a predetermined program, and the display section displays a task selection screen as shown in FIG. Then, using the input bench 11, the user specifies the contents of the work using the numerical keys in the first character key group area 27 of the keyboard 5 and performs each work. Duties include document creation, updating, erasing, copying, etc.

No matter which task is to be carried out, the contents of the memory card 17 are always read first as shown in FIG. 5, and an error message is displayed on the display section 3 for cards that do not meet the conditions.

Further, a password is preset in the memory card 17, and unless the input password matches the password of the memory card 17, the card cannot be used. however,
If the memory card 17 does not have a password, a new password can be written.

Creation of document data is done in the first step. Second character key group area 27
．． Character data obtained by operating the keys in 29 with the input pen 11, and control data for giving instructions for document creation obtained by operating the keys in the control character key group area 3Z. It is done well.

Here, the document creation modes include a "local mode" in which document data is completed using only character data, and a "transfer mode" in which document data is completed by a mixture of character data and control data.

Here, the character data mainly refers to the first . It refers to various data including characters existing in the second character key group area 27.29, and control data refers to data consisting of conversion symbols, right alignment symbols, and other control characters.

FIG. 6 shows an example of document data created in the "transfer mode". The meanings of the control characters used here are as shown in the table below.

The one in Figure 6 is not a document that can be used as is, but should be used as document data to be input to the document creator. Therefore, after writing the document data as shown in Figure 6 to the memory card 17, When the card 17 is taken out and document data is input to the document creator using the memory card 17 as a medium, either directly or through a dedicated reader, the document creator reads the document data and converts it into kanji according to the control characters in the document data. Layout settings and the like are performed to create a document as shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to the document data input device configured as described above, the structure of the mechanism, hardware, and software can be simplified by having the function of creating document data to be input to the document creator using the transfer mode. It can be made smaller, lighter, and easier to carry. This device can compensate for the shortage in the number of document creators and can improve economic efficiency.

Furthermore, by using a microcomputer memory card as a storage medium, it is possible to obtain a small size and a huge storage capacity.

Furthermore, the local mode and the transfer mode can be selected, and a simple document can be created directly by selecting the local mode, making it highly practical.

Furthermore, by connecting a printer to the document data input device shown in the above embodiment, it is also possible to document document data created in the local mode.

Furthermore, when applied to a cash register or the like, it is also possible for a plurality of operators to write their sales onto their own memory cards, collect all the cards at the time of totaling, and use a totalizer to total the sales.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, the portable document data input device of the first invention includes a character data input means for inputting character data, and a control data input means for inputting control data for giving instructions for document creation. a display section for displaying input character data and control data; and a write-in instruction means for instructing to write document data other than the character data and control data into a storage medium, the storage medium It is configured so that document data written in can be retrieved externally.

Therefore, the document can be created by extracting the document data written in the storage medium and transferring it to the document creator, thereby making up for the shortage in the number of document creators. Because text data is limited to a small number of characters, such as kana and numbers, the storage capacity is small, and the keyboard can also be made smaller.As a result, it can be made smaller and lighter, making it easier to carry. Become.

Further, in addition to the first invention, a portable document data input device according to a second invention completes document data by combining a local mode in which document data is completed with only character data and a mixture of character data and control data. This configuration includes mode selection means for selecting a transfer mode.

Therefore, by selecting the transfer mode using the mode selection means, it is possible to create document data to be transferred to the document creation device in the same way as in the first invention, and by selecting the local mode, it is possible to create document data to be transferred to the document creation device. It can also be created directly, increasing its practicality.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention (first invention, second invention), in which Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a portable document data input device, and Figs. 2 (,) and (b) are Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the input device, Figures 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the operation, and Figure 6 is the document data created manually. For example, FIG. 7 is an example of a document created by a document creator based on the document data shown in FIG. 3...Display section, 5...Key is - mode, 17...Microcomputer memory card (storage section), 27...First character key group area, 29...Second character key group area, 31...Control character key group area, 33...CPU, 39...RO
M, 41...RAM, 43...display control drive circuit,
45...Memory card control circuit, 47...Key? −
control circuit, 49... timer circuit. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2 (a) Figure 3

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) Character data for inputting character data! an input means, a control data input means for inputting control data for giving instructions for document creation, a display section for displaying input character data and control data, and document data other than the character data and control data. 1. A portable document data input device comprising: write instruction means for instructing to write the data into a storage medium, and the document data written on the medium can be taken out to the outside. (2) The portable document data input device according to claim (1), wherein the storage medium is a removable microcomputer memory card. (3) a character data input means for inputting character data, a control data input means for inputting control data for giving instructions on document creation, and a display section for displaying the input character data and control data; mode selection means for selecting a local mode in which document data is completed with only character data and a transfer mode in which document data is completed by a mixture of character data and control data; and an instruction to write document data in a storage medium. 1. A portable document data input device, comprising: a write instruction means, which allows document data written in the storage medium to be retrieved to the outside. (4) The portable document data input device according to claim (3), wherein the storage medium is a removable microcomputer memory card.