JPS63198115A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain displaying action on a next guide screen only by screen data by constituting one screen information data base part of a constitution part and a path part. CONSTITUTION:The screen information data base part and a sentence data base part are constituted in a ROM 4. And the screen information data base part consists of a constitution part 9 which fetches the guide screen of a screen number read from the path part 10 based on inputs and sentences or words from the sentence data base part so as to constitute and the path part 10 which executes setting the each screen number which proceeds next in case of selecting the each specified display number of the guide screen. By constituting one screen information data base part of the constitution part 9 and the path part 11, thus, the guide screen can be made to have the information of every state transition and the displaying action for the next screen can be executed only by the screen data.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a terminal device in a compound terminal device, etc.
In particular, the present invention relates to a terminal device that can expand guidance screens (switch guidance screens one after another) in response to selection input.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in this type of terminal device, the data section of the guidance screen and the next screen information for input have been managed separately with respect to the next screen display. Additionally, the transition of the guidance screen was organized as a series of processing routines. Furthermore, since each guidance screen only had an output that corresponded one-to-one to the input, even screens with the same screen content could not be shared, and the same screen content had to be output to memory individually. That is, it was necessary to prepare many identical screens.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional terminal devices, the data section of the screen and the next screen information for input are managed separately for displaying the next screen, so screen data alone cannot be used for the next screen. The screen could not be displayed.

Furthermore, since the transitions of the guidance screens were organized as a series of processing routines, changing some of the guidance screens required extensive changes. Furthermore, when changing the transition of the guidance screen, another program routine must be created, making it difficult to change the transition of the guidance screen.

Furthermore, each guidance screen only had an output that corresponded one-to-one to the input, so even if the screen content was the same, it could not be shared, and it was necessary to prepare multiple identical screens, which would require more memory. The capacity has increased. If the data of the common part is shared, that is, if the guidance screen of the common part is shared, it is not possible to distinguish between the outputs coming from different routes, so the output cannot be changed depending on the original route, and therefore the same It was difficult to share data, that is, share the same guidance screen.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable the display operation of the next screen using only screen data, and to make it easy to change some screens.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a terminal device that allows the transition of screens to be easily changed, allows sharing of the same data (same screen), and requires only a small memory capacity.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a terminal device that switches guidance screens in response to selection input, and includes a screen information database section and a text database section, the screen information database section comprising: A configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described later based on the input using the text database section, and a configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described later based on the input, and a configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described below based on the input, and a configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described later. It consists of a path section for setting the screen number, and the path section is a help section that indicates the screen number to which the output should proceed in response to help input, and a screen number to which the output should proceed in response to normal input. It has at least a normal section that gives an instruction to jump to the screen number stored in the jump destination register, and a jump destination section that indicates the screen number of the jump destination, and further includes the current screen number in response to help input. A help register for storing
The apparatus further includes a jump destination register for storing the screen number of the jump destination section.

[Operation] Therefore, by configuring one screen information database section with the configuration section and the path section, it is possible to provide each guidance screen with information on each state transition, and therefore, the next screen can be determined using only the screen data. Can perform display operations.

Further, by simply changing the contents of the configuration section and the path section, it is possible to easily change a part of the guidance screen, and also to easily change the transition of the guidance screen.

Furthermore, by having a path part in the screen information database part, and also having a help register and a jump destination register,
It becomes easier to distinguish between items coming from different routes on the guidance screen, and it becomes possible to share the same data (same screen). This increases processing speed, reduces memory capacity, and allows you to use the same data many times. There is no need to enter data, making data settings easy.

[Example] Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a terminal device according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a keyboard for input, 2 is an interface, 3 is a CPU, and 4 is a read-only memory (
ROM), 5 is random access memory (RAM)
, 6 is a cathode ray tube (CRT), 7 is a CRT circuit, and 8 is a system path. Here, the ROM 4 includes a screen information database section and a text database section.
Based on the input, the screen information database section displays the guidance screen of the screen number selected (read) from the path section described below.
A configuration section for configuring by extracting sentences or words from the text database section, and settings for each screen number to proceed to next when each predetermined display symbol (in this case, display number) on the guidance screen is selected. It consists of a pass section to be performed. Second
The figure shows that the screen information database section is composed of the component section and the path section 10 as described above. The pass section 10 also includes a display timing section, as shown in FIG.
Help part, normal part, abnormal part, jump part 5
It is composed of two parts 11 to 15. Here, the display timing unit 11 indicates the screen display effective time and sets the time until the next screen is moved. 01-2 as valid time
It can be set up to 55 (01 to FF) seconds, and OO is invalidated. If 00 is set, the screen will be held until there is a keyboard input, and if the valid time is set and there is no input by the time the time is up, the screen will move to the previously specified screen. do. The help section 12 indicates a screen number to proceed to as an output in response to a help input, and processing is performed with priority over all keys. The normal section 13 shows outputs for normal inputs. If no output is indicated, the process jumps to the screen number stored in the jump destination register. The abnormality section 14 shows processing for abnormal input. The jump destination part 15 is a system call (
(that performs a series of operations) or indicates a transition to another screen. Although the help register and jump destination register may be provided separately, here it is assumed that registers in the CPUB are used. The help register is used to store the current screen number read out from the help section 12 of the path section 10 of the ROM 4 by the CPU 3 based on help input through the keyboard 1. Also, the jump destination register is CP
This is for storing the screen number of the destination section 15 of the path section 10 of the ROM 4 read by the UA.

RAM5 is used as an image memory for work.

The CPU 3 creates a guide screen of the screen number read out from the path section 10 of the ROM 4 in the RAM 5 according to the configuration section 9 based on the input from the keyboard 1, and then displays it on the screen of the CRT 6 as a guide screen.

Next, interpretation of the format will be explained using the first embodiment of the path portion shown in FIG.

Display timing section 11. Help section 12. Normal part 13, abnormal part 14. The jump destination section 15 is actually separated by a period or the like.

In the display timing section 11, since the display timing is 00, the current screen is held until the key is pressed.

In the help section 12, it is 3, / 15, so if you have the key power of 3, you will jump to screen number 15. However, at this time, the current screen number is stored in the help register.

In the normal part 13, 1/-=, 2/10, so if there is a key force of 2, go to screen number 10, and if there is a key force of 1, there is no output for normal input, so go to the jump destination register. Indicates that the screen will jump to the stored screen number.

In the abnormality section 14, if we interpret "//" as "in all other cases", other key human power (
Here, if there is a key force other than key force 1, 2, or 3, the screen will all go to screen number 9.

In the jump destination section 15, if "/" represents a system call, it indicates that system call number 2 is executed and the screen jumps to screen number 14 after completion.

Next, FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) are a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the pass section and a flowchart of FIG. 5(a), respectively.

In the figure, when the guidance screen with screen number 1 (hereinafter also referred to as screen) is displayed on the CRT 6 and the number 1 key on the keyboard 1 is pressed, the CPU 3
Read screen number 2 from the path section 10 of No. 4, and read out the screen number 2 from the pass section 10 of
And R the screen number 2 by the text database department.
It is configured (created) on AM5 and then displayed on the screen of CRT6. Here, this is referred to as jumping to screen number 2 when the No. 1 key of keyboard 1 is pressed (if the 1 key is pressed) (the same applies hereinafter). And when there is other key human power, the screen remains as it is (guidance screen)
It is intended to develop. Further, in this case, since the display timing of the display timing section 11 is OO, the screen remains unchanged until the key is pressed.

FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b) are a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the bus section and a flowchart of FIG. 6(a), respectively.

This figure shows a case where a help screen is added to the second embodiment of FIG. 5. In Figure 6, when the screen with screen number 2 as shown in Figure 7 is displayed, if the number 1 key is pressed according to the number on the screen (if there is manual force on the 1 key)
, jumps to screen number 4, and when the key number 2 is pressed again (if key 2 is pressed), jumps to the help screen of screen number 3. If any other key input is performed, the same screen (the screen with screen number 2) will be displayed.

Also, since the help section 12 of the path section 10 contains data (2/3), the current screen number, ie, "2" is stored in the help register 16. The path section 10 of the help screen with screen number 3 stores the data (1/-) in the help section 12.
) is included. This blank (L-1) indicates that when the No. 1 key is pressed (if the No. 1 key is pressed), the screen jumps to the screen number stored in the help register 16. In this case, the screen will jump to screen number 2. Also, since the display timing is 20 from the display timing section 11, it is 20. Seconds = If there is no input for 32 seconds, it will automatically jump to the screen number stored in the help register 16 (in this case No. 2). If there is any key input other than key 1, an error will occur. The current screen is developed by the section 14.

Further, FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b) are a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the pass portion, and a flowchart of FIG. 8(a), respectively.

The figure shows a case where the same screen (guidance screen) is provided with a function to be shared by several parts. In other words, as can be seen from FIG. 5(b), screen number 8 is called from three screens with screen numbers 5 and 6.7, and path part 1 of screen number 5.6.7 in FIG.
0), screen numbers 8 to 10 pass through the same screen. Furthermore, from screen 10, screens (11, 12, 13>) corresponding to each input (screen number 5゜6.7) are displayed.
fly to

In this case, the number of screens and branches of screens numbered 8 to 10 are not specified. Since the screen number 5.6 contains the screen number in the jump destination section 15 of the path section 10, that value is stored in the jump destination register 17. Also, when screen number 7 is selected, the help section 12 of the path section 10 contains data, so in addition to storing the value of screen number 13 in the jump destination register 17, the value of screen number 7 is also stored in the help register 16. need to be stored. In screen number 10, the next screen to jump to is not specified for key 1, so the screen number stored in the jump destination register 17 (screen numbers 5 to 7)
Depending on which screen number the input is from, the screen jumps to the corresponding screen number among screen numbers 11 to 13. *marks in jump destination register 17 are screen numbers 11 to 13
Indicates that the screen number of the corresponding jump destination is stored.

In this way, in the normal section 13 of the pass section 10 with screen number 10, there is a normal input but no output is shown. In this case, by deciding to jump to the screen with the screen number stored in the jump destination register 17, the screen number 10, as shown in FIG. It is possible to jump from the screen to the corresponding screen among the screens numbered 11 to 13.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the screen example of screen number 2 is
Although the example of the screen shown in the figure and the screen number of the pond is omitted from the illustration, the screens of other screen numbers can be similarly changed by changing the number and contents as appropriate according to the configuration of the pass section 10. Needless to say, it consists of

As explained above, the method of developing the guide screen in which the guide screen is switched according to the selection input will be described below in relation to FIG. 1. Look at the guidance screen displayed on the screen of the CRT 6 and press the key of the selected number on the keyboard 1 (search). Based on this key manual input, the CPU 3 further reads the output read from the path section configured in the ROM 4, especially the screen number, and further outputs the corresponding R O
The component 9 of M4 is read out, and after the output of this component 9, sentences, words, etc. are extracted from the text database section, a screen with that screen number is created in the RAM 5, and then it is sent to the RAM 5 via the CRT circuit 7. For example, the 7th
It is displayed as a guide screen as shown in the figure. and again,
When you look at the guidance screen and manually press the key of the number you selected on keyboard 1, CPU 3 moves to RAM 5 in the same way as described above.
Create a screen with the screen number read from the bus section 10,
It is displayed on the CRT 6 screen as a guide screen. In this way, the guidance screens are developed one after another.

As can be seen from the above explanation, the configuration section 9 and the path section 10
By configuring two screen information database sections, each guidance screen can have information on state transitions one by one, and therefore the next guidance screen can be displayed using only the screen data.

Also, by simply changing the contents of the configuration section 9 and path section 10,
Part of the guidance screen can be easily changed, and the transition of the guidance screen can be easily changed.

The screen information database section also has a path section 10, and a help register 16. By having the jump destination register 17, it becomes easy to distinguish between items coming from different routes on the guidance screen, and the same data (same screen) can be shared, which increases processing speed and reduces memory capacity. It is small, and there is no need to input the same data over and over again, making data settings easy.

In addition, all the configurations of the path section 10, such as jumping to a system call and setting the display time, can be expressed in a unified format.Using this, when the guidance screen is expanded, the route taken is the same as the previous route. It is also possible to easily take the following route.

Further, since the configuration section 9 configures the screen data by extracting sentences or words from the text database section, data compression is also possible depending on the configuration of the configuration section 9.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various applications and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] If the present invention described above is used, the following various effects can be achieved.

(1) By configuring one screen information database section with the configuration section and the path section, each guidance screen can have information on each state transition, so the next guidance screen can be determined using only the screen data. Can perform display operations.

Just change the contents of the upper part of f21 illll,
Part of the guidance screen can be easily changed, and the transition of the guidance screen can be easily changed.

(3) By having a path part in the screen information database part, and also having a help register and a jump destination register,
It becomes easier to distinguish between items coming from different routes on the guidance screen, and the same data (same screen) can be shared. This increases processing speed, requires less memory capacity, and allows you to use the same data multiple times. There is no need to enter data, making data settings easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a terminal device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a screen information database section according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an internal configuration of the path section in FIG. 2. 4 is a block diagram showing the first embodiment of the path section, FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) are block diagrams showing the second embodiment of the bus section, and the flowchart in FIGS. , Figure 6 (a
) and (b) are respectively a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the path unit and a flowchart in FIG.
FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b) are a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the pass section and a flowchart of FIG. 8(a), respectively. 1...Keyboard, 2...Interface, 3...
・CPU, 4...ROM, 5...RAM, 6...
CR, T, 7...CRT circuit, 8...System bus, 9...Configuration section, 10...Pass section, 11...Display timing section, 12...Help section, 13...・Normal part, 14... Abnormal part, 15... Jumping part, 16...
Help register, 17...Jump destination register.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A terminal device that switches guidance screens in response to selection input, comprising a screen information database section and a text database section, the screen information database section comprising:
A configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described later based on the input using the text database section, and a configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described later based on the input, and a configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described below based on the input, and a configuration section for configuring a guidance screen for a screen number selected from the path section described later. It consists of a path section for setting the screen number, and the path section is a help section that indicates the screen number to which the output should proceed in response to help input, and a screen number to which the output should proceed in response to normal input. It has at least a normal section that gives an instruction to jump to the screen number stored in the jump destination register, and a jump destination section that indicates the screen number of the jump destination, and further includes the current screen number in response to help input. A terminal device comprising: a help register for storing a screen number; and a jump destination register for storing a screen number of the jump destination section. (2) The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the screen information database section and the text database section are configured using read-only memories.