JPS62138927A - Data memory device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform more efficient retrieval by displaying the number of data having input partial data when the partial input data constituting part of data is inputted at the time of retrieval. CONSTITUTION:When desired data is retrieved among stored data, a key S3 is operated in telephone number mode m2, which is switched to a data selection mode m4. The 1st-digit character of the desired data is displayed with a key S1 and then the number of data corresponding to the character among the stored data is also displayed together. When it is judged that the one-after- another retrieval of all the data is troublesome, a key S4 is operated to move to the next digit and the next character is displayed with the key S1, so that the number of data corresponding to the two input characters is also displayed similarly. When it is judged that the number of data is too large, the key S4 is further operated to move to the next digit and the next character is inputted, which is repeated until a proper number is displayed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to data consisting of letters and numbers, such as telephone numbers, schedules, etc., which are recorded in plural numbers and can be displayed when necessary. Regarding storage devices.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional data storage devices, when searching for one of a plurality of pieces of stored data, such as a person's name and telephone number, it is either done by sequentially displaying the data each time a switch is operated, or by searching for the person's name data. This is done by inputting the first few characters (the number is an arbitrary number of one or more) or all, and outputting and displaying data containing the input characters.

[Problems with conventional technology]

In the conventional device described above, in the former type of search, the more data there is, the more time is spent on the search, and in the latter type of search, the input character string (several characters) and the number of corresponding data are compared. Since the user does not know the relationship between the characters and the appropriate number of characters to enter in the character string, there is a problem in that an efficient search cannot be performed in any case.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention addresses the above conventional problems and aims to provide a data storage device that allows more efficient searching.

[Key points of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention displays the number of data including this partial data when partial data constituting a part of the data (for example, the above-mentioned string of several characters) is input during a search. This makes it possible to easily find desired data.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention applied to an electronic wristwatch. This electronic wristwatch operates using a microprogram control method, and the ROM
(Read-on memory) 11 stores a microprogram that controls all operations of this electronic wristwatch.
Outputs microinstructions OP and DoSNA in parallel. Here, the microinstruction OP is input to the instruction decoder 12, which decodes it and gives a data read/write command to the R/W input terminal of the RAM (random access memory) 13. (ALU
)14, an operation instruction is given to the S input terminal. Additionally, the microinstruction DO is sent to the RAM 13 via the data bus.
The data is inputted to the er input terminal as address data, and also inputted to the DI2 input terminal of the calculation section 14 as numerical data, and further inputted to the address control section 15. Further, the microinstruction NA is the custom address data input to the address control unit 15, and the address data output from the address control unit 15 is the address of the ROMII (Address
d) applied to the input terminal.

The RAM 13 has a configuration including a number register, an arithmetic register, etc., and is used in timekeeping processing, key manual processing, arithmetic processing, etc., and executes data loading and reading operations under the control of the instruction decoder 12. D of
The data read from the o output terminal is D1 of the arithmetic unit 14.
The signal is applied to the DI1 input terminal and the DI2 input terminal, and is displayed on the display section 17 via the display control section 16. The calculation unit 14 executes various calculations according to calculation instructions from the instruction decoder 12, and the calculation result data is sent to the RA.
It is applied to the DI input terminal of M13 and read into RAM13. Further, when executing a judge operation, the calculation unit 14 outputs a signal indicating the presence or absence of data as a result of the operation and a signal indicating the presence or absence of carry generation, and outputs a signal to the address control unit 15.
to convert the ROMII address. In addition, the address control unit 15 receives a clock clock of 1611□ obtained by dividing the basic clock signal from the oscillator 18 by the frequency dividing circuit 19, and this 16H2
According to the signal, time measurement processing is executed by interrupting once every 1/16 seconds. Further, the predetermined signal frequency signal output from the frequency dividing circuit 19 is given to a timing generator 20, which causes the timing generator 20 to output various timing signals and supply them to each circuit. Note that the display section 17 includes a liquid crystal display device or the like, and a write command r is inputted to the display control section 16 from the command decoder 12. Further, the key code outputted from the key input section 21 is given to the two DIs of the calculation section 14.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the main parts of the RAM 13. As shown in the figure, the RAM 13 stores a display register X1, a time register Y1, a data storage register Z, a telephone number mode flag M, a data setting mode flag N, a data selection mode flag, a data display mode flag K, a digit counter C1, characters and numbers. It is composed of a counter D, a number counter E, etc.

The above display register X consists of n registers XI, X2, .
. . , Xfi, and is a register that temporarily stores data to be displayed on the display section 17 described above. The display is performed using 0 digits corresponding to each of the above registers x1 to xll. The time register Y is a register that stores the current date, day of the week, and time (hours, minutes, seconds). The data storage register Z consists of a large number of registers Zl, 22, Z3, . . . , and these registers can store alphabetic names and telephone numbers.

FIG. 3 shows the display state on the display section 17.
When the telephone number mode flag M1 data setting mode flag N1 data selection mode flag of RAM 13 shown in FIG. are a telephone number mode m2, a data setting mode m3, a data selection mode m2, and a data display mode m, respectively. Also, R.A.
The digit counter C of M13 is counted up by operating a key 84, which will be described later, and this count value is used for selecting the digit of the data display location in the data setting mode m3 and data selection mode m4. Further, a character/number counter D in the RAM 13 is counted up by operating a key SI, which will be described later, and is used to sequentially display characters or numbers in the data setting mode m and the data selection mode m4. The number counter E is a counter that stores how many pieces of data corresponding to the character data input in the data selection mode m are stored in the data storage register Z.

Next, each display mode shown in FIG. 3 mentioned above will be briefly explained. Each of the display modes m1 to m5 is switched by operating keys 81 to S as shown in the same figure, or by operating keys 81 to S, as shown in the figure. Evening settings and selections are made. First, time mode m, (
The flag M=0) is a mode for indicating the current date, time, etc. In the figure, it is Sunday, December 14th at 1:00 am.
It shows 0 minutes and 15 seconds. Telephone number mode m 2 (flag M=1) is a mode temporarily switched when setting, selecting, or displaying a telephone number, etc.

No and J are displayed. Data setting mode m3 (flag N = 1) is a mode for setting the name and its telephone number. Alphabento (name) can be set up to the first 7 lines, and numbers (phone number) are set from the 8th line onwards. It is now configurable. Data selection mode ma (flag = 1) is used to select required data from multiple stored data, that is, to search. When a part of a name (alpha vent) is entered, The number of pieces of data having input data stored is displayed. For example, in Figure 3, the data starting with rAJ is 10
It can be seen that 8 pieces of data are stored following ``,'' rARJ, and 5 pieces of data are stored following ``rARAJ''. The data display mode ms (flag = 1) is the data selection mode m
This mode is for displaying all the data corresponding to the data input in step 4 in alphabetical order, and it is possible to know the necessary data from among them. For example, rARA
After inputting J, if you change the mode to data display mode m5, in this data display mode m%, rARAIJ, r
ARAKIJ, rARAKUWAJ, rARAMATU
J, rARAMOTO" and their telephone numbers can be displayed in order.

Next, the main processing operations of this embodiment will be explained.

First, in FIG. 4, in step a, HALT
) state, time measurement (S E C) processing is performed every time a 1/16 second time measurement signal is output from the frequency dividing circuit 19 in FIG. 1 (a2). This timekeeping process uses the time register X shown in FIG. 2 to calculate and store the current date, day of the week, time, etc.

On the other hand, if there is a key processing instruction in step a1,
Check which key among keys S1, S2, s3, and s4 has been operated (a3 to aS) and perform the respective key processing (a6"-a,). These key processing <ah-
The various data obtained in step (at) and the time data obtained in time measurement processing (a2) are displayed in step alo. This display processing is performed by displaying the data stored in the display register X in FIG. 2 on the display section 17 in FIG. 1.

Next, FIG. 5 specifically shows the process (a6) when the key SI is operated. In the figure, first, in step b, it is checked whether the telephone number mode flag M is 1, that is, whether the display mode is the above-mentioned telephone number mode m2.
If M=1, set M to 0 (bz), and preset the contents of time register Y to display register X (b,
).

If M≠1 in step b, then in step b4 it is checked whether the data setting mode flag N is 1, that is, whether the display mode is data setting mode m3. If it is N-1, character and number setting processing is performed in step b. This process is performed by setting the character/numeric counter D to the digit (register) specified by the digit counter C mentioned above among the registers X, ~X, in the display register X.
This is done by setting the corresponding alphabet or number. Note that if the count value of digit counter C is 0.1.
2.3..., the registers X, , X2, X3, X4, etc. corresponding to the respective values are specified, and the count value of the character/numeric counter D is 0.
1.2.3... are the alphabets A and B respectively at C50.

Corresponds to C, D..., and when C≧7, the number 0.1.2
．． Corresponds to 3... When step b is completed, 1 is added to the character/numeric counter D (b6). That is, if the key SI is pressed continuously in the data setting mode m3, alphabets or numbers are sequentially switched and displayed in one orientation of the display section.

Next, if N≠1 in step b4, it is checked whether the data setting mode flag L is 1, that is, whether the display mode is the data selection mode (b7). L=1
If so, the character and number setting process is performed in the same manner as in step b5 (b8), and 1 is added to the character/number counter D (b,).

Next, among the data recorded in the data record (q register Z), the number of data corresponding to the character data set in steps b8 and b9 above is counted by the number counter E.
(blo), then display the contents of this E in register X
Q4% registers X,−,,X in.

(b++), for example, in the example in Figure 3, "A"
This means that "10" is entered for , "08" is entered for rARJ, and "05" is entered for rARAJ.

If L≠1 in step b7 above, step b
+z determines whether the data display mode flag K is 1, that is, the display mode is data display mode m.

See if. No processing is performed when K=1, and K≠1
, that is, when the clock mode flag M=0,
Set M to 1 b13) and further set r.

Enter the characters No and J into display register X (baa).

That is, the clock mode m1 and the telephone number mode m2 are as follows.
They are mutually switched by operating the key S1.

Next, FIG. 6 specifically shows the process (C7) when the key 82 is operated. First, in step C1, it is checked whether the telephone number mode flag M is 1, that is, whether the display mode is the telephone number mode m.

If M=1, M is set to 0, data setting mode flag N is set to 1 (Cct), and the contents of display register X are cleared (C3).

When M≠1 in step C8 above, step C
4, it is determined whether the data setting mode flag N is 1, that is, the display mode is data setting mode m.

See if. If N=1, set N to 0 and set telephone number mode flag M to 1 (C5)
. Further, in step C6, the setting data is edited, that is, the data set in the data setting mode m and the data already stored in the data storage register Z are all rearranged in alphabetical order. After completing this editing, enter the characters r, No, and J into display register X (C7).

If N≠1 in step C4 above, step C
At step 8, it is checked whether the data selection mode flag L is 1, that is, whether the display mode is the data selection mode m4. L
When =1, L is set to O and data display mode flag K is set to 1 (C9). Further step CIO
In the data selection mode m4, the first data corresponding to the input data (that is, the data stored in the display register X) is read from the data storage register Z and newly stored in the display register X.

If L≠1 in step C8, it is checked in step C1 whether the data display mode flag K is 1, that is, whether the display mode is data display mode m. When K=1, set K to O and set telephone number mode flag M.
Set 1 to a, 2), clear the number counter E (C10), then set r to display register X, No, J
Insert the characters (C,,). Finally, clear digit counter C and character/number counter D (C, S)
.

Next, FIG. 7 specifically shows the process (a8) when the key S3 is operated. First, in step d1, check whether the telephone number mode flag M is 1 in the same way as above, and if M=1, set M to O and set the data selection mode flag L to 1 (d2), and then set the display register to 1. Clear X (d3).

On the other hand, when M≠1 in step d, check whether the data selection I scale mote flag L is 1 (d,), and L = 1.
When , set L to 0 and set M to 1.d,)
, and also put r in display register X.

Enter the letters NO and J (d,). Finally, clear the digit counter C and character/number karatsuta D (d
,).

Next, FIG. 8 specifically shows the process (a,) when the key S4 is operated. In the figure, first step e,...
ez, check whether the data setting mode flag N or data selection mode flag L is 1, that is, whether the display mode is data setting mode m3 or data selection mode m4. If N or L is 1, digit counter C is checked.
1 is added to (e3). That is, the key S4 is used for carry when setting or selecting data.

When N, L≠1 in the above steps e and e2, it is next checked whether the data display mode flag K is 1, that is, whether the display mode is the data display mode m5 (e4). When K=1, the key S2 is operated before this key S4 is operated, but the processing of this key S2, that is, the above-mentioned steps 08 to
The data selection mode m is set in the display register X by the CIO.

Since the first data in the data storage register Z that corresponds to the data input in step e is stored, when key S4 is operated, the next corresponding data is stored in the display register X in step e (e, ).

Further, in steps e6 to ell, the digit counter C is used as a new counter, and each time the key S4 is operated, 1 is added to the digit counter C (e6). Next, check whether the count value matches the value of the number counter E set in the step blo (e7),
If they match, set the digit counter C to O (e,). That is, if the key S4 is operated continuously in the data display mode m, data that corresponds to the data input in the data selection mode m4 will be sequentially displayed in alphabetical order, and all the corresponding data will be displayed. After that, the data will be displayed again from the beginning. For example, in FIG. 3, if rARAJ is input in data selection mode m4, then key S4 is input in data display mode m.
Each time you operate ``ARA IJ, rARAKIJ, rA
RAKUWAJ, rARAMATUJ, rARAMOT
Five pieces of data related to OJ are displayed repeatedly.

Next, key operations in this embodiment in which the above-described processing is performed will be briefly explained based on FIG. 3.

When you first want to set data in the watch mode m1, first operate the key SI to switch to the telephone number mode m2. Then, the letters r, No, and J will be displayed, so
Here, the key 82 is operated to switch to data setting mode m. Therefore, operate key S a predetermined number of times to display the desired character in the first digit, then operate key S4 to move to the next digit, and operate key S again to display the desired character. Display. By repeating the same operation, up to 7 digits of alphabet can be set, and numbers (telephone number) can be set from 8 digits onwards. When such data setting is completed, key S2 is operated. Then, the set data is displayed in display register Z.
are edited and stored in alphabetical order.

When desired data is to be displayed from among the stored data, that is, when desired data is to be searched, key S is operated in telephone number mode m2 to switch to data selection mode m4. Therefore, first, enter the first digit character of the desired data using the S button.
, the number of data corresponding to that character among the stored data will also be displayed.

For example, when the desired data is rARAMOTOJ's telephone number, rAJ is input and "1o" is displayed. If you enter one character in this way and decide that there are too many characters to search for one by one, then press the S key to move to the next digit, then press the S1 key. to display the next character. Then, the number of data corresponding to the two input characters is also displayed in the same way as above. For example, when it is rARJ, "08" is displayed, and the number is smaller than when only rAJ is displayed.

If it is determined that the number is still too large, the user presses the key Ss to move to the next digit, and then inputs the next character using the key S. This operation is repeated until an appropriate number is displayed.

For example, if you enter the three characters rARAJ,
5" is displayed, and if it is determined that this number is appropriate, then the key S2 is operated to switch to the data display mode m. Then, the first data (rARAIJ and its telephone number) among the five data having character data starting with "rARA" is displayed. If you continue operating key S4 until the desired data is displayed, the fourth operation will display the desired "ΔR8 to OTOJ telephone number. If r
If the user wishes to see ARAIJ's telephone number again, by further operating key S4, the data will be displayed again from the beginning.

As mentioned above, when you enter the characters of a part of the desired data, the number of data with that character will be displayed.
The time required for a search can be determined by the number, and the most efficient search can be performed with the minimum amount of human power required.

In addition, the characters to be input in data selection mode m4 are as follows:
It may be possible to select from before or after the desired data.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to immediately know the relationship between the data input by the data input means and the number of data that includes that data as a part, thereby minimizing the necessary data input time. This makes it possible to perform very efficient searches.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of an electronic wristwatch to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the RAM shown in FIG. 1. FIG. FIGS. 4 to 8 are flowcharts showing the processing operations of the same embodiment. 11...ROM. 13...RAM. 17...Display section X...Display register, Y...Time register, Z...Data storage register, M...Telephone number mode flag, N...Data setting mode flag, L... Data selection mode flag, K...Data display mode flag, C...Digit counter, D...Character/numeric counter, E...Number of lines counter, Sl, S2, S3, s4...Keys. Patent Applicant Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Figure 2 g41!1 Figure 6 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Storage means for storing a plurality of data; data input means for inputting desired data among the data stored in the storage means as partial data constituting a part of the data; A data storage device comprising: data number display means for displaying the number of data including the partial data input by the data input means among the data stored in the storage means.