JPS6289164A - Document input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a malfunction and efficiently input the document by adding a discriminating signal for discriminating a national language of the document of registered fixed form in respective memory positions of a memory means for registering the fixed form document and listing and displaying a registered state of the fixed form document. CONSTITUTION:During a Japanese input mode or an English input mode, based on an operation of a scroll key 22, a cursor is moved to a character of a next order of a part in which the document of a fixed form is inputted of characters displayed on a liquid crystal display device 5. Under this state, when a function selecting key 19 and a specific character key 9 are pressed down, a document input device 1 is transferred to a reading mode of the document of the fixed form and the registering state of the document of the fixed form registered in a fixed form document registering buffer area 57 is listed and displayed to a liquid display device 5. At this time, the number corresponding to respective memory positions and a discriminating signal for discriminating the language of the document of the fixed form registered in the memory position are displayed. During a reading mode of the document of the fixed form, when the document of the fixed form of the language different from the input mode is designated by a numeric character key, a buzzer or the like is ringed to process an error.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention has Japanese and foreign language input modes, and can register and read multiple fixed-form documents in each input mode. The present invention relates to a document input device.

[Prior Art] A conventional document input device having Japanese and foreign language input modes stores a plurality of frequently used fixed-form documents from among the documents created in each input mode in the required memory in a storage means. After registering in the location, the registered fixed form document in Japanese or foreign language is read out from the storage means and input, thereby improving the efficiency of document creation work.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the above-described conventional document input device does not display the registration status for identifying the Japanese language of the fixed form document registered in each storage location in the storage means. For this reason, for example, in the Japanese input mode, if you specify the storage location of a foreign language fixed form document, or if you mistakenly register a foreign language fixed form text in the storage location where a Japanese fixed form document is registered, the Japanese There was a problem in which fixed forms of words were deleted.

[Object of the Invention] In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the object of the present invention is to improve the registration status of fixed-form documents in which fixed-form documents in Japanese and foreign languages are mixed.
An object of the present invention is to provide a document input device that can improve document creation efficiency by displaying a list of fixed-form documents with identification symbols for identifying the Japanese language.

[Means for Solving the Problems] For this reason, the present invention provides that each storage location of a storage means for registering a fixed form document is provided with an identification symbol for identifying the Japanese language of the registered fixed form document. The system is configured to display a list of registration status on the display device.

[Operation of the invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, when registering a fixed form document, the registered fixed form document may be rewritten into a different fixed form document and deleted by mistake, or when reading a fixed form document, the fixed form document in a Japanese language different from the input mode may be deleted. It is possible to prevent erroneous operations such as specifying a storage location, and to input documents efficiently.

[Example code] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a document input device equipped with a thermal printing device.
, a liquid crystal display device 5 , and a printing device 7 .

The keyboard section 3 includes character keys 9 to which a flat name and an alphabet are respectively assigned, a flat name key 11, a kanji conversion/selection key 13, a non-conversion key 15, a line feed/execution key 17, a function selection key 19, etc. Various function keys are arranged. Further, the keyboard section 3 is provided with an input mode changeover switch 21, and the input mode changeover switch 21 selects a Japanese input mode or an English input mode as a foreign language.

A liquid crystal display device 5 having a required number of display digits is provided at the rear central portion of the keyboard section 3. The liquid crystal display device 5 displays various characters such as a flat name, alphanumeric characters, and kanji characters inputted by the key. Furthermore, when registering or reading a fixed form document, the liquid crystal display device 5 displays a list of the registration status of the fixed form documents registered in each storage position of a fixed form document registration buffer area 57, which will be described later.

A thermal printing device 7 is arranged at the rear of the document input device 1 . A platen 25 on which thermal paper (not shown) is mounted is rotatably supported between a pair of left and right frames (not shown) in the printing device 7. A platen drive motor (not shown) is connected to the platen 25, and the motor rotates the platen 25 in a desired direction to feed the thermal paper. A guide shaft 27 is provided between the frames so as to be parallel to the axis of the platen 25.
is fixed, and a carriage 29 is supported on the guide shaft 27 so as to be slidable along the platen 25. A thermal print head 31 is attached to the carriage 29. The print head 31 has a large number of heating elements arranged in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the carriage 29, and thermally prints characters by selectively energizing the heating elements based on pattern data while moving the print head 31. The required characters are printed on paper.

In FIG. 2 showing an electrical block diagram of the document input device 1 configured as described above, the CPU constituting the control means
The keyboard section 3 is connected to 41. Also,
A ROM 43 and a RAM 45 are respectively connected to the CP (J41).The ROM 43 has a document input program area 47 and a fixed form document registration status display program area 49.
It has a kanji dictionary area 51 and a pattern data area 53. The document input program area 47 stores Japanese input program data for creating Japanese documents and English input program data for creating English sentences. The registration status display program area 49 stores registration status display program data for displaying a list of registration statuses of the fixed-form documents stored in each storage location of the fixed-form document registration buffer area 57, as will be described later. The kanji dictionary area 51 stores various kanji data corresponding to the readings of kanji input as flat names.

The pattern data area 53 stores pattern data corresponding to various plain names, katakana, alphanumeric characters, and kanji. The RAM 45 has an input bag area 1455,
A fixed form document registration buffer area 57 constituting a storage means,
Candidate kanji buffer area 1a58 and display buffer area 59
, a print buffer area 61 , and a text memory area 63 . The input buffer area 55 stores various codes inputted by keys, for example, for - lines.

The fixed form document registration buffer area 57 has a required number of storage locations (eight in this embodiment), and each storage location stores a fixed form document stored in character code, character number data of the stored fixed form document, and the corresponding number of stored fixed form documents. Identification data regarding the Japanese language of the fixed form document is stored. The candidate kanji buffer area 1i158
The candidate kanji corresponding to the pronunciation input by the flat name key is read out from the kanji dictionary area [51] and stored. The display buffer area 159 stores pattern data transferred from the pattern data area 53 based on the code stored in the input buffer area 55 or the text memory area 63. When print start data is input from the keyboard section 3 to the print buffer area 61, the input buffer area 55 or the text memory area 63
The pattern data area 53
The pattern data transferred from is stored. The text memory area 63 stores Japanese and English documents corresponding to the codes shifted out from the input buffer area 55 during the text creation mode.

A display drive circuit 65 is connected to the CPU 41. The display drive circuit 65 drives the liquid crystal display device 5 based on the pattern data transferred from the display buffer area 59.
to display various characters input by key. Further, the display drive circuit 65 drives the liquid crystal display device 5 based on the registration status display program data in the registration status display program area 49, and drives the liquid crystal display device 5 according to the numbers of various storage locations where the fixed form document is registered and the number of each storage location. display an identification symbol that identifies the Japanese language of the fixed form document registered in

A print drive circuit 67 is connected to the CPU 41. When print start data is input from the keyboard section 3, the print drive circuit 67 operates in the print buffer area 61.
The printing device 7 is driven based on the pattern data transferred from the key input character or text memory area b.
Print the document stored in It63.

Next, an overview of Japanese input will be explained.

First, when the Japanese input mode is selected by operating the input mode selector switch 21, the CPLI 41 enters the document input program area IIi! Japanese input processing is executed according to the Japanese language creation program No. 47. That is, when the plain name key 11 is pressed, the CPU 41 transitions to the Hiragana input mode. Then, when the character key 9 of the flat plate name is pressed, the CP
U41 stores the character code corresponding to the character key in the input buffer area 55. Further, the display drive circuit 65 reads character pattern data corresponding to the character code from the pattern data area 53 based on the character code stored in the input buffer area 55. The pattern data then drives the liquid crystal display device 5 to display the name of the flat plate input by the key on the liquid crystal. In this state, no conversion key 15
When is pressed, the CPU 41 determines that the key-input plate name has been input as is, and moves on to the next input process. On the other hand, when the kanji conversion/selection key 13 is pressed after the flat name is input, the CPLI 41 selects candidate kanji from the kanji dictionary area 51 according to the input reading based on the code stored in the input buffer area 55. It is searched and transferred to the candidate kanji buffer area 58. Then, the CPtJ 41 causes the liquid crystal display device 5 to display a predetermined number of candidate kanji characters from the beginning among the candidate kanji characters stored in the candidate kanji buffer area 58. When the predetermined number of candidate kanji displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5 are not the desired kanji, when the kanji conversion/selection key 13 is further pressed, the CPU 41 selects the remaining candidate kanji stored in the candidate kanji buffer area 58. A predetermined number of them are displayed on the liquid crystal display device @5. When a desired candidate kanji is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5, by specifying the desired kanji using the numeric keys, the CPLJ 41 stores the kanji in the input buffer area. The required Japanese document is input by the above operation.

Next, an outline of the English text input method will be explained.

When the input mode selector switch 21 is switched to the English text input mode in the above state, the CPU 41 executes the English text input process according to the input program in the document input program area 47. That is, when the ° character key 9 corresponding to a required alphabet is pressed, the CPU 41 stores the character code corresponding to the character key 9 in the input buffer area 55. Further, the CPU 41 reads character pattern data from the pattern data area 53 based on the code stored in the input buffer area 55 and transfers it to the display buffer area 59.
The required characters are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5 based on the pattern data. As a result, English sentences are created by sequentially inputting the alphabet.

Next, a method for registering a fixed form document in Japanese or English that is frequently inputted from among the documents created by the above input work will be explained.

In the Japanese input mode or the English input mode, among the required documents displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5, scroll key 2
When the function selection key 19 and the specific character key 9 are pressed after moving the cursor to the first or last character of the document to be registered based on the operation in step 2, the document input device 1 Transition to registration mode. Then, move the cursor to the last or first character of the fixed form document by operating the scroll key 22, and then press the line feed/execute key 1.
7 is pressed, the CPU 41 causes the liquid crystal display device 5 to display the registration status of the formatted document registered in the formatted document registration buffer area 57 according to a registration status display program to be described later. When a numeric key corresponding to a storage position in the fixed-form document registration buffer area 57 in which no fixed-form document is registered is pressed, the CPU 41 registers a fixed-form document within the range specified by the cursor in the specified storage position. do.

At this time, data regarding the number of characters in the fixed form document and identification data for identifying whether the fixed form document is in Japanese or English based on the type of input mode are stored together with the fixed form document in the specified storage location. . As a result, fixed-form documents in Japanese and English are registered in each storage location of the fixed-form document registration buffer area 57, respectively.

Next, a method of reading out a fixed form document registered as described above will be explained.

In the Japanese input mode or the English input mode, the cursor is moved to the character next to the position where the fixed form document is to be input, among the characters displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5, based on the operation of the scroll key 22. When the function selection key 19 and the specific character key 9 are pressed in the above state, the document input device 1 transits to the fixed form document reading mode, and displays the registration status of the fixed form document registered in the fixed form document registration buffer area 57. Display the list on the liquid crystal display @5. At this time, the liquid crystal display M5 displays a number corresponding to each storage location in the fixed-form document registration buffer area 57, as well as an identification symbol for identifying the Japanese language of the fixed-form document registered at the corresponding storage location. Then, when a numeric key at a storage location in which a fixed form document to be inputted is registered while referring to the registration status of the fixed form document displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5, the CPU 41 selects a fixed form corresponding to the pressed numerical key. A fixed-form document is read from memory location U in the document registration buffer area 57, and the fixed-form document is inputted before the character specified by the cursor. In addition, when a fixed form document in a Japanese language different from that in the input mode is specified using the numeric keys in the fixed form document reading mode, an error is handled by sounding a buzzer or the like.

Next, the display process of the registration status at the time of registering or reading the above-mentioned fixed form document will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

In FIG. 3 showing the display flow of the registration status and FIG. 4 showing the display state of the registration status, when the line feed/execution key 17 is pressed when registering a fixed form document or when reading a fixed form document, the function is selected. When the key 19 and the specific character key 9 are pressed, the CPU 41 executes a step 71 to store the fixed form document registration buffer? After reading the data regarding the number of characters of the fixed form document registered in each storage location from the area 57 and the identification data regarding the Japanese language of the fixed form document, it is determined in step 72 whether or not the number of characters of the fixed form document is "O". . If no fixed form document is registered in the storage location of the fixed form document registration buffer area 57 and the number of characters of the fixed form document is 0, the determination in step 72 becomes YES, and therefore the storage location is stored in step 73. After blank data is set as an identification symbol indicating that it is unregistered, the process moves to step 77, which will be described later. On the other hand, if the determination in step 72 is NO,
Referring to the identification data read in step 74, it is determined whether the fixed form document at the storage location is in Japanese.

If the fixed form document at the storage location is in Japanese, the determination in step 74 is YES, so in step 75, the data of ゛°和゛′, which is a Japanese identification symbol, is entered as the registration status of the storage location number. Set. On the other hand, if the fixed form document registered in the storage location is in English, the determination in step 74 becomes No, so in step 76, the registration status of the storage location number is determined by "English °", which is an English identification symbol. Set the data.

Then, in step 77, the CPU 41 determines whether data regarding the identification symbol indicating the national language of the fixed form document and the blank space indicating that it is unregistered has been set for all storage locations, and if the determination is No, the Return to step 71. Further, when all the identification symbols indicating the registration status of each storage location are set and the step 77 is YES, the number of the storage location and the registration status corresponding to the number are displayed in step 78 as shown in FIG. The process ends after the identification symbol is displayed on the LCD.

In this way, in this embodiment, the fixed form document registration buffer area 57
When displaying the registration status of fixed-form documents on the liquid crystal display device 5, an identification symbol indicating whether the fixed-form document registered in each storage location is in Japanese or English, and whether a fixed-form document is not registered in the storage location are displayed. You can check the registration status of a fixed form document by displaying a blank space to indicate that it exists. Therefore, when registering a fixed form document, it is possible to prevent the erroneous operation of accidentally rewriting and deleting the once registered fixed form document into a different document, and when reading the fixed form document, it is possible to prevent the user from mistakenly specifying a document in a Japanese language different from the input mode. This can be prevented.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, the present invention displays a list of the registration status of fixed-form documents in which fixed-form documents in Japanese and foreign languages are mixed, with an identification symbol for identifying the national language of each fixed-form document. This makes it possible to provide a document input device that can improve document creation efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the outline of the document input device, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the outline of control of the document input device, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the registration status display process, and Fig. 4 is the display of the registration status. It is an explanatory diagram showing a state. In the figure, 1 is a document input device, 5 is a liquid crystal display device as a display means, 41 is a CPU constituting a control means, and 57 is a fixed form document registration buffer area as a storage means. Patent applicant Brother Industries, Ltd. Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Ken Ito - Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Equipped with a Japanese input mode that allows you to input Japanese by converting the pronunciation entered in kana to the required kanji, and a foreign language input mode that allows you to input foreign languages using alphabets input using the keys. A document input device according to the present invention includes a storage means for registering a plurality of fixed-form documents in required storage locations in a Japanese input mode and a foreign language input mode, and an identification for identifying the Japanese language of the fixed-form documents registered in each storage location. A document input device comprising: control means for displaying a list of registration statuses of the fixed-form documents on a display device with symbols added thereto.