JPS6244825A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve a response speed and the using efficiency of a circuit by forming a small display device on a keyboard of a terminal equipment and inputting, storing and displaying a necessary functional contents guide text corresponding to a certain multipurpose key to the terminal equipment itself. CONSTITUTION:The terminal equipment is provided with an information input means 1 for receiving a function contents display text corresponding to a certain multipurpose key 7 from a processing program during the execution of the program, a storage device 3 for storing the text through a registering means 2 and a display means 5 for displaying the text on a display device 6. When a user depresses any one of the multipurpose keys 7 on the keyboard, presence or absence of the functional contents display text for the corresponding multipurpose key is decided, and when the text exists, the text is read out from the storage device 3. The read-out text is sent to a keyboard display control part. Consequently, the text can be instantaneously displayed on the display device 6 of the keyboard without any transmission/reception of the text to/from the program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a terminal device connected to a computer and equipped with a keyboard having multipurpose keys that provide different functions for each processing program.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the methods for terminal device users to know the meaning of each multi-purpose key on this type of keyboard are: 1) Look at the instruction manual 2) Use the guide label provided on the keyboard , 3) The program always displays on the screen display device, 4) The program has a guidance function and displays the contents on the screen display each time a multi-purpose key is pressed or a guidance request is made. There was a method.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

” - The conventional method described above has the following problems: 1) It is troublesome to read the instructions one by one, 2) Guide labels must be replaced by a program, and 3) It impedes effective use of the limited screen space. 0 With online programs, communication between the post and the terminal device is performed every time a multi-purpose key is pressed or a guidance request is made, which has the drawback of taking time and reducing line usage efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device that can immediately provide guidance on the function contents of multi-purpose keys without interacting with a processing program.

[Means for solving problems]

The terminal device of the present invention includes an information input means for receiving a function content display text corresponding to a multi-purpose key from the processing program in order to guide the function content of the multi-purpose key when necessary while the processing program is running; a storage device that stores a content display text; a registration device that receives the function content display text from the information input device and stores it in the storage device; a display device that operates in conjunction with a multipurpose key when the key is pressed; It has a reading means for reading out the function content display text stored in the storage device, and a display means for displaying the function content display text read from the storage device on the display device.

Therefore, for multi-purpose keys that are provided with different functions for each processing program, a list of the functions and the functions of each multi-purpose key can be quickly displayed and guided within the keyboard without making inquiries with the program. be able to.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the terminal device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of the keyboard, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the control section of the terminal device, and Fig. 4 is the main control of the terminal device. FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the operation of the keyboard input/output control section 14 of the terminal device.

The terminal device of this embodiment includes an information input means 1 for receiving a function content display text corresponding to a multi-purpose key from the processing program in order to guide the function content of the multi-purpose key when necessary while the processing program is running. , a storage device 3 for storing the function content display text, a registration unit 2 for receiving the function content display text from the information input means 1 and storing it in the storage device 3, a display device 6, and when any one of the multipurpose keys is pressed. At times, in conjunction with that key, storage device 3
It is characterized by comprising a reading means 4 for reading out the function content display text stored in the storage device 3, and a display means 5 for displaying the function content display text read from the storage device 3 on a display device 6.

The control unit of the terminal device includes a main control unit 1 as shown in FIG.
1, a storage section 12, a screen display control section 13 that controls screen display on the screen display device, a keyboard input/output control section 14 that performs input/output control with the keyboard, and a display on the display wave M6 of the keyboard. A keyboard display control section 15 is also configured.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

First, when the user starts the program from the terminal device, the program displays a constantly displayed guide text for the multi-purpose key function content display text and an explanatory text corresponding to each multi-purpose key, based on the established communication rules. is sent to the terminal device.

In the terminal device, the main control unit 11 inputs the multipurpose key function content display text from the information input means 1 and sends it to the registration means 2 after distinguishing between a constantly displayed guide text and an explanatory text corresponding to each multipurpose key. (Process 21), the registration means 2 stores the multi-purpose key function content display text in the storage device 3 (Process 22). At this time, the main controller @ 111 passes control to the reading means 4 to display the guide text for constant display, and the reading means 4
reads out the always-display guide text stored in the storage device 3 (process 23), and displays the always-display guide text on the display device 6 via the display means 5 (process 20).Next, the program reads the multi-purpose key It is determined whether there is a request to change the function content display text (process 25), and if so, control is passed to process 21 and the information in the storage device 3 is updated.

Next, when the user presses one of the multipurpose keys 7 on the keyboard, the keyboard input/output control unit 14 senses the press of the multipurpose key and processes 31), and determines whether there is a corresponding multipurpose key function content display text (31). Processing 32). Many
If there is a key function content display text, the storage device 3
The multi-purpose key function content display text corresponding to the multi-purpose key is read out by the reading means 4 (process 33);
Control is passed to the keyboard display control section 15, and the multipurpose key function content display text is immediately displayed on the display device 6 on the keyboard without any interaction with the program (process 34). Thereafter, the terminal device user only needs to read and confirm the multi-purpose key function content display text displayed on the keyboard, and then perform the necessary operations. If there is no multi-purpose key function content display text, the main control unit 11
Control is returned to and the program is executed (process 35).
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〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a small display device on the keyboard of a terminal device, and controls the terminal device itself to input, store, and display necessary function content guidance text corresponding to multi-purpose keys. Doing so will have the following effects:

1) Even if the multi-purpose keys have different meanings for each program, they are automatically displayed and guided, so the terminal device user does not have to memorize them by himself or replace guide labels.

2) The program does not need to be constantly aware of the multi-purpose key guidance request, and only needs to send the multi-purpose key function content guidance text to the terminal device in a predetermined procedure only at the beginning of processing or when there is a change.

3) If it is an online processing program of the host computer, communication will not be performed in a short time when a multi-purpose key is pressed, the response speed will be faster, and the efficiency of using one line will be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the terminal device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of the keyboard shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the control section of the terminal device, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the terminal device. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the keyboard input/output control section 14 of the terminal device. l... Information input means, 2... Registration means, 3...
・Storage device, 4...Reading means, 5...Display means, 6...Display device, 7...Multi-purpose key, 11...Main control unit, ]4...Keyboard input/output control unit , 15...Keyboard display control section. Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Procedural amendment (method) % formula % Relationship to the case of a person committing three acts Applicant: 5-33-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo (423) NEC Corporation Representative Tadahiro Sekimoto 5-37-8 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108 Resident Mita Building 5, Amendment 6, Drawing 7 subject to amendment, Contents of amendment Drawing 2 will be replaced with the attached drawing. “l゛′”shi

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a terminal device equipped with a keyboard having a multi-purpose key that provides different functions for each processing program, the processing program is configured to provide information about the function of the multi-purpose key when necessary while the processing program is running. an information input means for receiving function content display text corresponding to the multi-purpose key from the program; a storage device for storing the function content display text; and a registration means for receiving the function content display text from the information input means and storing it in the storage device. , a display device, a reading means for reading out a function content display text stored in a storage device in conjunction with the depression of any one of the multi-purpose keys, and the function content read out from the storage device. A terminal device comprising display means for displaying display text on a display device.