JPS63296119A - Data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a key to be arranged and a size to be designed arbitrarily, by taking out a corresponding key code by searching a key code conversion table from obtained coordinate information, and taking out a data item having the key code from a data item file. CONSTITUTION:The key code conversion table 4 and the data item file 5 are stored in an external storage medium 2 and a data processing program 3 receives the coordinate information from a pointing device 1. The key code is taken out by the searching the key code conversion table 4 setting the coordinate information as a key word, and data is processed by taking out the data item having an obtained key code from the data item file 5. In such a way, it is possible to realize the optimum key arrangement and the size for a user and to improve operability in data input.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data processing device, and more particularly to a data input device for inputting data items using a tablet-type pointing device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of data input device, data items are entered using a dedicated keyboard, and the size and arrangement of the keys are fixed, so only the key code corresponding to the key input by the operator is transmitted to the data processing device. It was supposed to be entered in

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

In the conventional dedicated keyboard described above, the size and arrangement of the keys are fixed, so the key arrangement and size have to be designed each time to match the user's usage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a data processing device that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and allows the layout and size of keys on a pointing device to be freely designed to match the user's usage.

[Means for solving problems]

The configuration of the data input device of the present invention uses a tablet-type pointing device in addition to a keyboard for inputting alphabets, numbers, etc., and the key arrangement and size can be freely adjusted to match the user's usage. A menu sheet that can be designed, a key code conversion table that stores the coordinate information of each key area arranged on this menu sheet and the correspondence of key codes for identifying each key, and the key code and its corresponding key code. A data item file storing corresponding data items is provided, a menu sheet in which the user freely arranges keys is placed on the tablet of the pointing device, and coordinate information of the keys on this menu sheet is obtained by the pointing device. By searching the key code conversion table from the obtained coordinate information and extracting the corresponding key code, the data item having this key code is extracted from the data item file, and the key arrangement and size can be freely adjusted. The feature is that it enables the design of

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a tablet-type pointing device, 2 is an external storage medium, 3 is a data processing program, 4 and 5
4 is a CRT display device (CRT) and a printer (PR) for data output, 4 is a key code conversion table, and 5 is a data item file.

Key code conversion table 4 and data item file 5
is stored in the external storage medium 2, the data processing program 3 receives the coordinate information from the pointing device 1, searches the key code conversion table 4 using this coordinate information as a keyword, extracts the key code, and then , extracts the data item having the obtained key code from the data item file 5 and processes the data.

FIG. 2 shows, from the coordinate information obtained from the pointing device 1,
Key code conversion table 4 and data item file 5
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the procedure for searching for and retrieving data items.

In FIG. 2, 1 is a pointing device, the coordinates of each key arrangement are shown, and 4 and 5 are a key code conversion table and data showing the relationship between the coordinates of the key arrangement of pointing device 1 and data items. It is an item file.

The key code conversion table 4 has coordinates and key codes representing the area of each key, and the key code conversion table 4 is searched from the coordinate information obtained by the pointing device 1 to extract the desired key code. , the data item having the target key code is extracted from the data item file 5. Each key 11 to 1n is key code conversion table 4
This corresponds to 11° to 10' of data item file 5, and further corresponds to 11'' to n'' of data item file 5.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention places a menu sheet on a pointing device in which the key arrangement and key size can be freely designed to match the user's usage.
By converting the pointed coordinate information into a key code and then extracting the data item that the user wants from the key code, it is possible to realize the optimal key arrangement and key size for the user, and the data This has the effect of improving input operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a procedure for extracting data items from coordinate information. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Tablet-type pointing device, 2...External storage medium, 3...Data processing program, 4...
Key code conversion table, 5...data item file. Yomu I rM

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a data processing device connected to a tablet-type pointing device, a menu sheet showing an area and arrangement of keys of the pointing device for inputting data;
A key code conversion table that stores the coordinate information of the area of each key arranged on this menu sheet and the key code correspondence for identifying each key, and a data item that stores the key code and its corresponding data item. The user places a menu sheet on which keys are arranged freely on the tablet of the pointing device, and the coordinate information of the keys on this menu sheet is obtained using the pointing device. The key code conversion table is searched based on the coordinate information obtained, a corresponding key code is retrieved, and a data item having this key code is retrieved from the data item file, thereby setting the arbitrary key arrangement and key size. A data input device characterized in that it enables.