WO2007137537A1 - Procédé pour produire un jeu de données d'entrée et appareil électrique - Google Patents

Procédé pour produire un jeu de données d'entrée et appareil électrique Download PDF

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WO2007137537A1
WO2007137537A1 PCT/DE2006/000970 DE2006000970W WO2007137537A1 WO 2007137537 A1 WO2007137537 A1 WO 2007137537A1 DE 2006000970 W DE2006000970 W DE 2006000970W WO 2007137537 A1 WO2007137537 A1 WO 2007137537A1
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Thomas Jachmann
Uwe RÜCKL
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    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02—Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/023—Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
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    • G06F3/0236—Character input methods using selection techniques to select from displayed items

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  • the individual character to be entered by the user may be a single character of a passcode for activating a specific function of the electrical device, as well as individual characters for forming individual words or even entire texts.
  • the user usually uses a keyboard or individual input keys provided on the electrical device. Frequently, especially with smaller electrical appliances, such.
  • Pocket PCs as well as electrical equipment in which no keyboard is provided with a large number of input keys for cost reasons, the number of input keys less than the number of possible in character input selectable single character.
  • SMS method for character input, in which the individual input keys in the form of number keys of the mobile phone are each occupied by several of the character input selectable characters
  • the number key "2" is assigned the individual characters "a", "b” and "c"
  • Numeric key of the mobile phone are operated according to frequently, with each operation, another of the corresponding number key associated with individual characters is selected for input. For example, to enter the Single character "c w the number key" 2 W are pressed three times consecutively. If the number key is not pressed for a certain amount of time after selecting the desired single character, the selected single character is automatically transferred to the input data record.
  • T9 method the user relies on a dictionary as complete as possible. If several possible words are found for an entered sequence of individual characters, the user must select the desired word from the number of possible words by additional key presses.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the ease of use of an electrical device in the input of individual characters, wherein the electrical device has a number of input keys that is smaller than a number of selectable individual characters.
  • This object is achieved by a method for generating an input data set according to claim 1 and by an electrical device according to claim 6.
  • this object is accordingly achieved by a method for generating an input data record, which consists of at least one character associated with a total character set, by means of an electrical appliance having a display device and input keys, the number of input keys being smaller than that Number of all different individual characters of the total character set, solved, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) displaying a number of character group fields by means of the display device, wherein
  • each character group field is assigned, on the one hand, to one of the input keys and, on the other hand, to a number of individual character fields, each individual character field representing a single character of the total character set, and
  • the number of displayed character group fields is less than or equal to the number of input keys; b) detecting a key operation of one of the input keys; c) recognition of the character group field associated with the actuated input key, d) displaying the character fields assigned to the individual character fields by means of the display device, wherein the number of displayed individual character fields is less than or equal to the number of input keys and each of the individual character fields on the one hand a single character from the Total character set and on the other hand one of the input keys is assigned; e) detecting another key actuation of one of the input keys; f) detecting the single-character associated with this enter key via the corresponding character field; g) insert this single character into the input data record and h) repeating steps a) to g) until the input data set has been completely detected.
  • the particular advantage of the method according to the invention is that in a two-stage selection process initially only a subset of the possible individual characters of the total character set is selected, and only then the desired single character is selected.
  • a multiple actuation of the same key for selecting a particular single character is unnecessary, because after selecting a subgroup of possible individual characters, a reallocation of the existing input keys to the individual characters present in this subgroup and not - such as the SMS procedure - one or more individual characters are permanently assigned to an existing enter key. In this way, almost all individual characters of the total character set, that is to say the total amount of all individual characters available for selection for character input, can each be entered by only two user inputs.
  • Another advantage is that the assignment of the character group fields and the individual character fields among themselves and to the individual input keys and the individual characters is not determined by a fixed label on the respective individual keys, but the user is represented in each case via the display device.
  • the assignment of the input keys is thus determined by a corresponding device setting.
  • an extension or change of the total character set or individual characters from it can be made variable, for example, to adapt the electrical device to another operating language in which there are different from the individual characters of the original operating language single character.
  • an input of arbitrary (even "cryptic") character strings can take place, while For example, in the T9 method, only the strings entered in a dictionary are recognized.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the inventive method provides that the display of the character group fields according to step a) is automatically generated when the electrical device expects an input of an input data set. In this way, an additional operation of the user to start the character input is unnecessary because the electric device automatically changes to its character input mode.
  • the electrical device in this case recognizes when an input of characters is expected by a user and automatically starts the character input mode.
  • the show the character group fields according to step a) and the individual character fields associated with a character group field according to step d) are carried out in a graphic arrangement which corresponds to the arrangement of the input keys on the electrical device.
  • the user of the electrical appliance on the display device so to speak presents an image of the arrangement of the real input keys, so that the selection of the desired input key to select a character group field or a single character field is particularly easy for him.
  • the input keys themselves act as a display device. In this case, each input key has a small display with which the respective key label is displayed flexibly depending on the respective input situation.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention also provides that in the event that the number of individual character fields to be displayed according to step d) exceeds the number of input keys present on the electrical device, initially only a first subset of the single character fields to be displayed is displayed and when actuated a selected subset of the displayed individual character fields is displayed, the assignment of both the individual input keys and the individual characters to the displayed individual character fields each of the displayed subset of the individual character fields corresponds.
  • the method according to the invention can be used without significantly increasing the number of operator actions required to enter a single character.
  • the display of a character group field assigned Single-character fields can be displayed as scrollable or scrollable.
  • the electrical appliance With regard to the electrical appliance, the above object is achieved by an electrical appliance with a display device, input keys and a control device, which is set up to generate an input data set according to one of claims 1 to 5.
  • the electrical device may be an electric field device for controlling and monitoring electrical power supply networks, such as an electrical protection device, an electrical control device, an electric power quality device or an electrical automation device.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of an electrical device
  • FIG. 2 shows the electrical device according to FIG. 1, wherein a number of character group fields is displayed on a display device;
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative to Figure 2 view of the electrical device with a further display option of Zeichementfel- the;
  • FIG. 4 schematically shows the selection of a character group field
  • Figure 5 shows the electrical device, wherein on the
  • FIG. 6 shows schematically the selection of a single character field
  • FIG. 7 schematically shows the selection of a function key for turning over the display of individual character separators
  • FIG. 8 shows a display of individual character fields, and a page view, with respect to the representation of FIG
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic process flow diagram for explaining a method for generating an input data record.
  • FIG. 1 shows by way of example an electrical device 10 in which a method for generating an input data record can be carried out.
  • the electrical device 10 has for this purpose a display device 11, which may be, for example, an LCD element, a set of input keys 12 and a set of function keys 13, which are formed in Figure 1, for example only as a directional cross.
  • the electrical device 10 may be, for example, an electrical protection device for the protection of electrical energy supply networks.
  • the method can also be used in electrical control devices, electrical power quality devices or electrical automation devices and in other electrical devices, such as mobile phones, mobile media players or so-called pocket PCs.
  • the input keys 12 are 10 individual numeric keys, which are labeled with the numbers 0 to 9.
  • a variety of electrical appliances include such a numeric keypad. Instead of such a numeric field but also any types of input keys can be used in any number.
  • Function keys 13 the position of a display element, such as a cursor, can be changed on the display device 11. Instead of the function keys 13 shown but also any other function keys can be used.
  • the electrical device 10 may occur situations in which the user of the electrical device 10 is to enter a one or more individual characters in the form of an input data set in the electrical device 10. For example, this can be done by entering a password to invoke a password-protected function of the electrical device, to enter a name or a term, or to change a name or value of a parameter in the electrical device. In addition, whole can
  • Texts can be entered on the electrical device. This can occur, for example, when the electrical device is a mobile phone and a text message (SMS) is to be entered.
  • the input data set to be input consists of one or more individual characters, all different selectable individual characters taken together resulting in a total of individual characters, which may be composed of alphanumeric characters and special characters. Usually, this total character set exceeds the number of input keys 12 present on the electric device 10 for entering individual characters. In order nevertheless to be able to input all possible individual lines available in the total character set as components of the input data set with this limited number of input keys Carried out with reference to Figure 9 method.
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematically illustrated process flow diagram in which the individual steps of the method for generating an input data record are illustrated.
  • a number of character group fields is displayed on the display device of the electrical device 10.
  • a pictorial representation of a symbol is to be understood by a symbol group field or one or more individual characters, on the one hand, a certain subset of individual character fields is assigned and on the other hand one of the existing input keys 12 is assigned.
  • a single character field is understood to be a pictorial representation of a symbol or a single character, to which one of the input keys 12 and, on the other hand, a single character from the total character set is assigned. This will be explained later.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of a possible representation of
  • Each of the character group fields 21 graphically provides information about which individual character fields - and thus which subset of the total character set - are associated with it.
  • the character group field 21a labeled "ABC” is assigned the individual character fields with the individual characters "A u ,” B “,” C “and letters derived therefrom, such as the single character” A n
  • the designation "+ # @” is assigned to the individual character fields with the special characters
  • the character group field 21c with the designation "0..9” is assigned to individual character fields with the numbers from 0 to 9.
  • the assignment described here or the division of the individual character fields onto the individual character group fields should be considered as examples only and changes may be made as required.
  • An input area 22 shown empty in FIG. 2 serves to display the already entered individual characters of the input data set as information for the user.
  • functional fields 23 and 24 are also shown in FIG. 2, which are associated, for example, with the left-hand key ( ⁇ -) 13a and the right-hand key ⁇ ->) 13b of the directional cross 13. These are feature feeders for activation from input control functional.
  • the function field 23 can be selected to clear the last entered character of the input data set.
  • function field 24 is selected in order to terminate the input data set with "OK.”
  • Other input control functions such as aborting the input, repeating an already entered single character, etc., are instead or additionally without Further usable, provided that the required function keys are present on the electrical device.
  • the display of the character group fields and the individual character fields takes place in a character input mode of the electrical device.
  • a character input mode can be automatically started when the electrical device expects input of an input data set from a user, for example the entry of a password.
  • the character input mode may also be manually started by the user, for example, a mobile phone for inputting a text message.
  • the display of the character group fields according to FIG. 2 is a display that is particularly easy for the user to grasp, since the arrangement of the character group fields corresponds to the arrangement of the individual keys 12 on the electrical device 10. In this way, the user visually records very quickly which character group field is assigned to which input key.
  • the character group field 21a "ABC" is assigned to the upper left input key, namely the number key labeled "1".
  • FIG. 3 the character group fields are shown as one - ⁇
  • step 92 the electrical device 10 awaits an actuation of one of the input keys to select a particular character group field.
  • 4 shows the selection of the input key with the number "1" by the user by way of example by means of a schematically illustrated hand 41.
  • This input key with the number "1” is assigned internally to the character group field 21a "ABC" a microprocessor-controlled control device, which is the assignment known for example via an electronically available mapping table file.
  • the control device of the electrical device 10 recognizes the corresponding character group field on the basis of the actuated input key.
  • the controller Upon actuation of the number key "1", the controller thus recognizes that the user wishes to enter one of the letters "A", “B” or “C u, or a letter derived therefrom, such as” A “or” A ".
  • the selection of the character group field 21a is again indicated schematically by another hand 42.
  • the electrical device 10 subsequently generates on the display device 11 as a function of the selected character group field a representation of single character fields associated with the selected character group field.
  • each of the individual character fields 51 stands for an input single character from the total character set.
  • step 95 as soon as the individual character fields are displayed, the electrical device 10 waits for a selection of a character field by the user of the electrical device 10. For this purpose, an actuation of one of the input buttons 12 is again expected, on the basis of which the control device of the electrical Device 10 can recognize the selection of the corresponding single character field.
  • the control device of the electrical device 10 recognizes the actuated input signal. key, determines the single character field associated with this input key and thus also recognizes the single character associated with that single character field.
  • this selected single character is inserted into the input data record.
  • the input single character "B" is shown in FIG. 6 in the input field 22.
  • a check is made as to whether the input data record has been completely entered. This can be communicated to the control device of the electrical device 10 by the user, for example, by actuating an OK button (see FIG. If the entry of the input data set is completed after the entry of the single character according to step 97, the method is ended in a concluding step 99 and the electrical device 10 closes the character input mode and returns to its normal operating mode. In the normal operating mode, the input keys can be used with others
  • the process starts again at step 91 with the display of the character group fields to allow the user to select another character.
  • a schematic hand 75 indicates that the user actuates the right-hand key of the directional cross, which is assigned to the function field 71-indicated by a further schematic hand 74-on the display device 11.
  • Function field 71 the display is indexed such that now as shown in Figure 8 recognizable on the display device 11 more individual character fields 81 are displayed. With these now newly displayed single character fields 81 further single characters not present in the previous display can be selected in the form of special characters. These individual character fields 81 are again assigned to the input keys 12, so that by pressing one of the input keys 12, a specific single character can be selected. Alternatively to a For example, a scrollable screen display can also be provided. In this case, the current display for the display of further individual character fields is not completely changed, but, for example, only in rows or columns.
  • the method described is distinguished by the fact that it requires relatively few inputs from the operator in order to select specific individual characters for entry in the input data record.
  • two operator actions suffice, namely the selection of a character group field and the selection of the corresponding single character field for the input of the desired single character.
  • Another advantage of the described method is that by simply changing the processed by the controller of the electrical device software (or in the case of a controller in the form of an ASIC - Application specific integrated circuit - or FPGA - Field programmable gate array - by changing the controller itself) a change in the total character set or individual characters can be made in it. For example, when changing the user language, you can switch to a different character set, for example to display Greek letters instead of Latin. This is particularly easy because the input keys of the electrical device not directly applied to them inscription of the selectable by them individual characters as is the case, for example, in today's mobile phones. In the method described, namely, as described, each selectable individual characters are displayed on the display device of the electrical device; This display can be adjusted more easily by changing the device software.

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L'invention vise à créer un procédé le plus convivial possible pour produire un jeu de données d'entrée dans un appareil électrique (10) avec comparativement peu de touches d'entrée (12). A cet effet, le procédé de l'invention comprend les étapes suivantes: a) affichage d'un nombre de champs de groupe de caractères (21) au moyen du dispositif d'affichage (11); b) saisie d'un actionnement d'une des touches d'entrée (12); c) reconnaissance du champ de groupe de caractères (par ex. 21) associé à la touche d'entrée activée (12); d) affichage de champs de caractères individuels (51) associés à ce champ de groupe de caractères (21) au moyen du dispositif d'affichage (11); e) saisie d'un autre actionnement d'une des touches d'entrée (12); f) reconnaissance du caractère individuel associé à cette touche d'entrée activée (12) par le champ de caractère individuel correspondant (51); g) ajout de ce caractère individuel dans le jeu de données d'entrée et h) répétition des étapes a) à g), jusqu'à ce que le jeu de données d'entrée soit complètement saisi. L'invention concerne également un appareil électrique (10) pour l'exécution du procédé.
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