KR20050115478A - Keypad for inputting number using the number unit button and input method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a keypad and a number input method of a machine or apparatus requiring a number input, and more particularly, a number input method for inputting a number by a single button or a combination of a letter button and a number button, and a character displaying the number of digits. It is composed of a button and a number button and relates to a keypad that may include a calculation button and a function button.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a keypad and a numeric input method capable of inputting a number accurately, conveniently and quickly without a mistake in the number of digits in a keypad or a machine or apparatus with a keypad.

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is composed of a character button and a numeric button displaying the number of digits, and can include a keypad and a function button and the like, or a machine or device including the same and its numeric input method It is done.

Description

Numeric input method and keypad using the character buttons to display the digits of the number {KEYPAD FOR INPUTTING NUMBER USING THE NUMBER UNIT BUTTON AND INPUT METHOD THEREFOR}

The present invention relates to a keypad of a machine or apparatus requiring a number input, and more particularly, a number input method for inputting a number accurately, conveniently and quickly by a single button or a combination of a character button and a number button indicating the number of digits. And a keypad.

Examples of machines or devices that require numeric input include electronic calculators, electronic notebooks, computers, game machines, gas machines, credit terminals, cash dispensers, cash dispensers, cell phones and vending machines, and ticket vending machines for transportation systems such as buses, subways, aircrafts, and trains. Ticket vending machines for theaters, stadiums, race tracks, and amusement parks.

The number of digits in a machine or device that requires a number input up to now has to be determined by pressing the number buttons with the numeric buttons only, and the number of digits is determined by the ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands of digits. The calculation result was displayed in the display window starting from the one digit and replaced with the higher digit in the input order. For example, when entering numbers such as 123456, press the number buttons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in order from the left in order, and then enter as 1 → 12 → 123 → 1234 → 12345 → 123456. It is read by inserting digits into the digit.

However, the number input method has a disadvantage in that an input error increases when the number of digits increases, such as when a number of 100,000 or more units is input, and the input speed is slow.

In particular, if you listen to a number and enter it, it will be called with a number of digits, such as 213,500 or sixty, or if the number is written as a letter, and if you include 0 in the middle, for example, one hundred fifty six, Problems such as the hassle of translating and inputting by numbers, inaccurate input, and deterioration of input are reduced.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to input a number accurately, conveniently, and quickly by using a digit button and a number button displayed as a letter on a machine or a device. A method and a keypad are provided.

That is, the present invention can be used in a machine or device that requires a number input, it is possible to enter a number more conveniently, accurately and efficiently than the conventional method of entering a number only by the numeric buttons. For example, electronic calculators, electronic notebooks, computers, game machines, lubricators, credit terminals, ATMs, cash dispensers, cell phones and vending machines, ticket vending machines for transportation systems such as buses, subways, aircraft, trains, or theatres, stadiums, racetracks, games, etc. It can be used in all machines or devices that require the input of a number by taking a ticket vending machine such as a park as an example.

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is a keypad consisting of a character button and a number button indicating the number of digits, and may include an operation button, a function button and the like. Numeric buttons are buttons with numbers recognized as numbers 0 to 9, and character buttons representing digits are buttons with tens, hundreds, thousand, tens, billions, trillions, etc. Say. Calculation button is a button that displays symbols used for arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction, decimal point, equal sign, logarithm, square, percent, and minus. The function button is additional to operations such as memory, clear, And, Or, Not, Xor, etc. Refers to a button marked with a symbol recognized as a function used as a function.

In addition, the configuration of the present invention relates to a number input method for inputting a number in combination or a combination of a character button and a numeric button.

Hereinafter, a keypad of a machine or apparatus requiring numeric input of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an example of a configuration diagram of a keypad combined with a character button and a number button indicating the number of digits according to the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, it comprises a numeric button 11 from 0 to 9, an operation button 12, a function selection key 13, and a character button 14 indicating the number of digits.

The keypad configured as described above is controlled by an internal microprocessor of a machine or apparatus that requires numeric input not shown according to the letter button 14 or the number button indicating the number of digits, and the number is displayed on the printing unit 15. Further, the number is arithmetic processed by the combination of the operation button 12 and the function button 13 to display the result on the printing unit 15. The number of digits is the number of digits, meaning the ones place, tens place, one hundred place, one thousand place, one thousand place, one hundred million place.

The operation of the present invention is as follows.

(1) The present invention includes a numeric input method comprising only character buttons for displaying digits representing the technical features of the present invention.

That is, when a digit display letter a button is pressed, '1' is displayed at the digit corresponding to the a digit of the printing unit, and '0' is displayed at the remaining lower digits. This digit character button is particularly useful for arithmetic operations that display digits.

(2) The present invention also has a technical feature in the method of inputting a number using a combination of the numeric buttons 0 to 9 and the character buttons for displaying the digits.

That is, when a number b button is pressed, the number 'b' is displayed at one place of the printing unit. And if you press the letter c button that displays the number of digits in succession, 'b' is displayed in the number corresponding to the number of digits and '0' is displayed in the remaining lower digits. If a number button or a letter button comes in a row, the number is displayed instead of the '0' in the lower digits above, and in the case of a letter button, '1' is the number of digits. Will be displayed together with the number 'b'.

(3) In the present invention, a numeric input method is basically possible using only numeric buttons.

That is, when a number d button is pressed, the number 'd' is displayed at one place of the printing unit. If the next button e is pressed after the number d button is pressed again, the previous number 'd' is moved to the tens digit, the next number 'e' is displayed on the first digit, and the next number button is pressed continuously. In this way, it is displayed while sequentially filling from the place of work.

(4) In the number input method, the method of using only the numeric buttons, the method of using the letter buttons to display the digits, and the method of inputting by using the combination of the number buttons and the letter buttons are numbers including digits or the button is pressed. It is determined by selecting whether the number is small.

In addition to the above number input, when the operation button is pressed, the operation of the number and the operation of the number button or the character button pressed next to the operation button is performed, and if the function button is pressed, the function of the function button is performed.

Example

(1) "Character Button + Character Button": Displaying a digit When the letter a button is pressed, '1' is displayed at the digit corresponding to the a digit of the printing part, and '0' is displayed at the remaining lower digits.

① '100' + '10' + 'only' → 1100000

② '1,000' + 'only' → 10000000 is displayed

③ 'only' + 'thousand' → 11000 is displayed

(2) "Number button + letter button" or "letter button + number button": If you press any number b button, the number 'b' is displayed in place of the printing part. And if you press the letter c button that displays the number of digits in succession, 'b' is displayed in the number corresponding to the number of digits and '0' is displayed in the remaining lower digits. If a number button or a letter button comes in a row, the number is displayed instead of the '0' in the lower digits above, and in the case of a letter button, '1' is the number of digits. Will be displayed together with the number 'b'.

① '3' + 'only' + '10' → 30010 is displayed

② '100' + 'only' + '2' + '1000' → 1002000 is displayed

③ '5' + 'ten' + '3' + 'only' + '2' + 'ten' → 530020 is displayed

(3) "Number button + number button": When you press any number d button, the number 'd' is displayed at one place of the printing part. If the next button e is pressed after the number d button is pressed again, the previous number 'd' is moved to the tens digit, the next number 'e' is displayed on the first digit, and the next number button is pressed continuously. In this way, it is displayed while sequentially filling from the place of work.

① '1' + '2' + '3' → is displayed as 123

② '1' + '0' + '0' + '3' → displayed as 1003

(4) Use only the numeric buttons to display the number of digits, or select the number input method using a combination of the numeric and letter buttons to determine whether the number includes the number of digits or the number of button presses. do. For example, as follows.

① To enter number 10, press number button '1' and number button '0' one by one and press character button 'ten' once. In this case, the character button representing the number of digits is selected.

② The effect of reducing the number of presses is noticeable when the number includes zero. In other words, if you input the number '1000000', you only need to press the button seven times to enter it with the numeric buttons only, but you can enter it with only the character button because you can enter the character button 'back' and the character button 'only' twice. You choose how to do it.

③ How to input the number 10200, press the number button '1', the number button '0', the number button '2', the number button '0', the number button '0' and the letter button combining the numbers and letter buttons. Press 'only', number button '2', letter button 'back'. That is, in this case, as well as the advantage of entering the number correctly, the number of pressing the number button from 5 to the combination of the letter button can be reduced to 3, so the number button and the letter button combination method is selected.

④ When entering the number '2345', if you use the letter button combination, you have to press the key seven times. Therefore, the number button '2', the number button '3', the number button '4', the number button '5' Pressing the button selects the input.

⑤ When '2,337,500' is displayed as a digit or when a digit is called together, it is entered in combination with the character button immediately, so that you can enter numbers more accurately and efficiently while reducing the hassle of writing down numbers and checking the digits. You can do it. In other words, input is made by using a combination of number buttons and letter buttons.

(5) Examples of machines and devices that can use the numeric input method and the numeric keypad according to the present invention include an electronic calculator, an electronic notebook, a computer, a game machine, an lubricator, a credit terminal, an ATM, a cash dispenser, a mobile phone and a vending machine The ticket vending machines of transportation institutions such as buses, subways, aircrafts, and trains, or the ticket vending machines of theaters, stadiums, race tracks, and amusement parks may be mentioned.

The number buttons and the letter buttons displaying the number of digits can be arranged in various positions where the buttons are easy to press, and the high digit letter buttons with low frequency of use among the character buttons can be excluded from the configuration of the keypad.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to provide a machine or apparatus including a keypad capable of inputting the numbers accurately and conveniently and quickly compared to the conventional number input method using only numeric buttons. Will be.

1 is an example of the configuration diagram of a keypad combined with a character button and a number button indicating the number of digits according to the present invention.

2 shows an example of another arrangement among several arrangements of the keypad in which the digits are represented by letters.

Claims (5)

Number input method to input a number only with the character button indicating the number of digits Numeric input method for entering numbers using a combination of character buttons and number buttons indicating the number of digits Numeric input keypad including a character button indicating the number of digits and the number buttons of 0 to 9 and using the combination or inputting the number only by using the character button Machines or apparatus requiring numeric input including numeric keypad according to claim 3 Electronic calculator, electronic notebook, computer, game machine, gasoline machine, credit terminal, cash dispenser, cash dispenser, mobile phone, vending machine, ticket vending machine or ticket vending machine including a numeric input keypad according to claim 3