JPS61226862A - Data entry terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input a character column by one key operation and to perform a communication processing with a host computer by providing a means for performing a communication control corresponding to a key and a forming processing of a telegraphic sentence based on a pressig down the control key. CONSTITUTION:An input interface section 11 classifies an input signal from a keyboard 9 and for instance an input signal by pressing down a specific key is given to a specific key processing section 12 and an input signal by pressing down a control key is given to a control key processing section 13. The processing section 12 reads a registered word corresponding to a specific key signal applied from the interface section 11 from a converting table on a main memory 5 to deliver to a character/graphic generating circuit 6. The registered word produced herein is incorporated in a frame memory 7 and displayed on a CRT 8. The processing section 13 writes the switch condition of the pressed down control key in a control table 22 on a memory 5. A business processing program, after a 1 telegraphic sentence is processed, referring to the table 22, transmits a predetermined communication control command to a host computer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data entry terminal device connected to a host computer via a communication line.

In conventional financial business processing systems that use electronic computers as the core, operators create telegrams, which are the smallest unit of information handled by the system, by inputting necessary data from a data entry terminal device.

The message is composed of message items such as the date of creation of the message, the name of the bank to which the transfer is made, the account number to which the transfer is made, the name of the transferee, the amount to be transferred, and the name of the person requesting the transfer.

Conventionally, when creating this message, an operator inputs characters such as alphanumeric characters, kana characters, and kana symbols, which are the constituent elements of the message item, one by one.

Communication with the host computer, such as transmitting a message input by the operator to the host computer or receiving a message sent from the host computer, is performed by inputting a paper tape on which the message is recorded.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional data entry terminal device described above, the operator inputs the alphanumeric characters, kana characters, kana symbols, etc. that make up the message item one by one, which takes a lot of time. There is a problem in that online business hours are prolonged due to busy schedules.

Furthermore, since input is performed one by one, there is a problem in that erroneous input occurs frequently, resulting in a decrease in input work efficiency.

Furthermore, since paper tape is used to control communication with the host computer, there is the problem of reduced work efficiency due to the hassle of storing and replacing paper tapes, and the risk of control errors due to the wrong placement of paper tapes. There is also.

Structure of the Invention Means for Solving the Problems The data entry terminal device of the present invention which solves the problems of the prior art described above has a plurality of special keys and a plurality of control keys set in the keyboard, and a special A method for inputting a character string (registered word) registered corresponding to a special key when a key is pressed, and a method based on the pressing of a control key.
It is equipped with means for executing communication control and message creation processing corresponding to the control keys, and is configured to enable character string input and communication processing with the host computer with a single key operation (one touch).

Further, the above registered words can be registered for each terminal device.

Hereinafter, the effects of the present invention will be explained in detail by way of examples.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the data entry terminal device of the present invention.

This data entry terminal device includes a control processor 1
．． A host interface 2 connected to this control processor 1. Disk interface 3. Output device interface section 4. It is equipped with a main memory 59, a character/figure generating circuit (CG/CG) 6, a frame memory 7, and an input processing section 10.

A communication line with a host computer is connected to the host interface 2, a flexible disk unit W3a is connected to the disk interface 3, and a printer 4a is connected to the output device interface 4. Further, a CRT 8 is connected to the frame memory 7, and a keyboard 9 is connected to the input processing section 10.

The second figure shows a keyboard 9 used in one embodiment of the present invention.
It is an external view illustrating the types and arrangement of the keys on the top.

The keyboard 9 has a special key PFI as shown in FIG.
-pFi2 and TAB keys, control keys 01 to C1l, and normal kana character and alphanumeric keys (not shown).

This data entry terminal device is configured to input a corresponding registered word when a special key is pressed, and to perform corresponding communication processing and message creation processing based on the depression of a control key.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main memory 5 stores a business processing program 20, a conversion table 21, and a control table 22.

The business processing program 20 registers/updates registered words in the conversion table 21, and communicates with the host computer and creates messages while referring to the control table 22.

In the conversion table 21, registered words that are frequently used words or words unique to the user are read out in advance from the disk 3a and stored in correspondence with special keys.

This conversion table 21 is composed of a PF primary key table that is referenced when the PFI-PF12 key is pressed, and a TAB key table that is referenced when the TAB key is pressed.

The PF primary key table is composed of 12 PF primary key records, and each PF primary key record stores registered words that should be input (to be incorporated into the message) when each PF key is pressed.

The TAB key table consists of n registered character records. Each registered character record consists of a registered character field and a registered word field, and the registered character field contains a character string of up to 3 characters (“registered character”).
However, the registered word field stores the registered word corresponding to the registered character.

In the control table 22, the control key switch shape D (O
NloFF) is written by the input processing unit.

As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 3, the input processing section 10 includes an input interface section 11, a special key processing section 12,
The control key processing section 13 processes input signals from the keyboard 9.

The input interface unit 11 classifies input signals from the keyboard 9 and passes the input signals to the character/graphic generation circuit 6 if the input signals are caused by pressing a normal key.

The corresponding character data generated by the character/figure generating circuit 6 is written into the frame memory 7 and displayed on the CRT 8.

On the other hand, an input signal caused by pressing a special key is passed to the special key processing unit 12, and an input signal caused by pressing a control key is passed to the control key processing unit 13.

The special key processing unit 12 stores registered words corresponding to the special key signals passed from the input interface unit 11 in the main memory 5.
It reads from the conversion table 21 above and passes it to the character/figure generation circuit 6. The registered words generated here are incorporated into the frame memory 7 and displayed on the CRT 8.

The control key processing unit 13 writes the switch state B (ON) of the depressed control key into the control table 22 on the main memory 5.

The operation of this data entry terminal device will be explained in more detail below by dividing it into special key manual processing and control key manual processing.

■Special key manual processing The PF main key table includes, for example, frequently used ``Sougin'', ``Zengaku'', ``Gotosha'', and ``Gotosha'', which correspond to the PFI to PF12 keys, as shown in Figure 4 (A). It is assumed that "Gohonnin" etc. are registered. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4(B), rABc
If you press the PFI key after entering J and displaying it,
As shown in FIG. 4(C), "Sougin" is input and displayed following rABCJ.

In addition, in the TAB key table, as shown in Figure 5 (A), the registered word "Fuji" is registered for the registered character rFJ, "Guiichikangin" is registered for rDKJ, and the registered word "Guiichikangin" is registered for rl 23J. It is assumed that "Tokyo" is registered. At this time, as shown in Figure 5 (B), if you input rDKJ and press the TAB key immediately after that, "Daichi Kangin" will be displayed instead of rDKJ, as shown in Figure 5 (C). entered and displayed on the screen.

The operation of the special key processing section 12 will be explained in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the special key processing unit 12 is activated by the input interface unit 11, it first determines in step 30 whether the PF primary key is pressed or the TAB key is pressed, and if the PF primary key is pressed, the process proceeds to step 31. The special key processing unit 12 reads the pressed PF primary key registered word from the PF primary key table in the conversion table 21 in step 31, and in step 32, reads the registered word one by one into the character and figure generation circuit 6. After inputting the data into the frame memory 7 and displaying it on the screen, the special key processing ends.

On the other hand, the special key processing unit 12, in step 30,
When it is determined that the TAB key has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 33, where the character string input just before the TAB key was pressed is read from the frame memory 7, and in the next step 34, the cursor position is returned to the beginning of the character string, and the process proceeds to step 31. move on,
In step 31, the registered word corresponding to the character string is T
is read from the AB key table and the next step 32
Then, each character is supplied to the character/figure generating circuit 6 and displayed on the screen.

(2) Control key manual processing By pressing the 01 key to the C1l key in FIG.

After processing one message, the business processing program 20 refers to the control table 22 and determines that the record content is o.

For the (ON) control key, a predetermined communication control command is sent to the host computer in order to perform the following processing.

C1...Reception restart key Pressing this key after reception stop key 02 sends a message from the host computer by Restart reception.

C2...Reception stop key Receive messages from the host computer make it stop.

C3...Resend request key Sent by the terminal from the host computer If the message is incorrect due to paper misalignment, etc. If you cannot always print out Make the request again.

C4...Reading start key Host the messages stored on disk 3a. to the host computer.

C5...reading stop key host computer from disk 3a Temporarily stop sending messages to the data.

C6...Invalid key Disables the message entered by the operator. Ru.

C7...Screen key Display on CRT without using a printer Instruct the person to do the work alone.

C8...Automatic entry key In the specified item field during the telegram The specified data is processed by the business processing program 20. Create and display.

C9...Automatic writing key After the telegram is completed, disk 3 will be automatically Store the business message in a.

C10...day skip key Process the date information entered just before The program 20 displays.

C1l...Send key Human-generated message sent to host computer Send.

Although the configuration in which the conversion table 21 and the control table 22 are attached to the business processing program 20 has been exemplified above, these tables may be attached to the input processing section 10.

Also, if there are few registered words, the registered word processing using the TAB key may be omitted; however, if there are many registered words, the TAB key has the effect of avoiding the limit on the number of registered words caused by the limit on the number of PF keys. be.

Furthermore, the functions set by the control keys may be different from the illustrated functions.

Effects of the Invention As explained in detail above, the data entry terminal device of the present invention has a plurality of special keys and control keys set in the keyboard, and registration corresponding to the special key when the special key is pressed. By providing a means for inputting a word and a means for executing a control process corresponding to the control key based on the press of the control key, input of a word, control of communication with a host computer, and processing of creating a message can be performed with one touch. Since the system is configured to enable data entry, data entry time and online business time can be reduced.

Furthermore, because of the shortened input format, erroneous inputs are reduced, system operation becomes smoother, and work efficiency is improved.

Furthermore, communication processing with the host computer can be executed simply by pressing a control key, which saves time and reduces control errors, further improving work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a data entry terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is an external view showing an example of the types and arrangement of keys on a keyboard used in the entry terminal device. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate an example of the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment. The second conceptual diagram, FIG. 6, is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of the special key processing section 12 shown in FIG. 1. Control processor, 2. Host interface,
5...Main memory, 6...Character/figure generation circuit, 7...
Frame memory, 8...CRT. 9...Keyboard, 10...Input processing unit, 11...
Input interface section, 12...Special key processing section, 13
...Control key processing unit, 20...Business processing program, 2
1. Conversion table "7') Lt, 22. Control table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a data entry terminal device that inputs and outputs data via a communication line with a host computer, a plurality of special keys and a plurality of control keys set in a keyboard, and special key presses are provided. means for inputting a registered word that is sometimes registered corresponding to this special key, and means for executing communication processing with a host computer and message creation processing corresponding to this control key based on the depression of the control key. A data entry terminal device characterized by: