JP2013145439A - Data input device and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device with which data can be relatively simply input to an item for data input even when a user is unskilled in a keyboard operation.SOLUTION: A data input device includes: a display unit for displaying a sheet in which plural input items are included and information is input to each input item; input means having at least two kinds of input methods for inputting information; input setting means for setting one of input methods of the input means for each input item of the sheet; reading means for reading the input method from the input setting means with respect to the selected input item; and information storage means for storing the information input to the selected input item.

Description

Embodiments described herein relate generally to a data input device and a program for the data input device.

  2. Description of the Related Art An office information processing apparatus is known in which data is input using a keyboard or the like in a predetermined format such as a form and the form on which the data is input is printed on a copy sheet by a printer. . When inputting to each item of a form with such a device, when the data input of a certain item is completed, pressing the enter key will move to the next item so that each item can be input in the preset order. Some cursors move automatically.

  As an input method for each item, a keyboard is usually used frequently, and it is frequently used regardless of the character type to be input, such as alphabet, kana, kanji and numbers. In addition, in order to make it easy for a person unfamiliar with the operation of the keyboard, or to input a kanji or the like whose reading is not known, there is a type in which an input method by handwriting input can be used. When performing handwritten input, there is an information processing apparatus that enables input using a connected mouse as is well known. As another method of handwriting input, in an apparatus in which the display is a touch panel, there is a method in which data can be input by handwriting by directly touching the screen with a finger or the like. In handwritten input, characters are recognized from input data and input is performed.

JP 07-334287 A

  By the way, when it is desired to change the input method from the keyboard to handwriting, a handwriting screen must be displayed every time handwriting input is performed. For this reason, even if the operator is not used to handwriting without using the handwriting input method provided with much effort, the keyboard input may continue to be used.

  In the present embodiment, a display for displaying a sheet having a plurality of input items and information input to each input item, an input means having at least two types of input methods for inputting information, and the input items of the sheet Input setting means for setting one of the input methods included in the input means for each time, reading means for reading the input method from the input setting means for the selected input item, and reading by the reading means for the selected input item The data input device includes information storage means for storing information input by the input method.

The circuit block diagram which shows the electrical connection of the data input device of this embodiment. The figure which shows the memory map of the area | region formed in HDD of this data input device. The flowchart which shows the process which this data input device performs. The figure which shows the example of a display of the input sheet used with this data input device. The figure which shows the setting screen regarding the input item of the input sheet displayed with this data input device. The figure which shows an example of the keyboard for handwriting input of this data input device.

  Hereinafter, an example in which the data input device of this embodiment is applied to an office computer suitable for creating a form will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing an electrical connection of the data input device of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map of an area formed in the HDD, and FIG. 3 shows processing executed by the data input device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of an input sheet used in this data input device, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a setting screen regarding input items of the input sheet displayed in this data input device, and FIG. 6 is this data input. It is a figure which shows an example of the keyboard for handwriting input of an apparatus.

  The office computer 1 of this embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 via a bus line 3, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 4, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 5, a mouse interface (“Mouse I / I” in the figure). F ”) 6, a hard disk drive device (shown as“ HDD ”in the figure) 7, a display 8, a keyboard 9, and a print control unit 10. Further, a printer 11 integrally formed with the office computer 1 is connected to the print control unit 10. The printer 11 forms an image with an impact dot head.

  The ROM 4 stores, for example, a program that performs initial processing when the power is turned on. The RAM 5 is used as a work area when the office computer 1 operates. A mouse used in the office computer 1 is connected to the mouse interface 6. The hard disk drive device 7 stores various application software, and an area shown in FIG. The display 8 is a liquid crystal display that can be input by touching the screen as a touch panel. The display 8 displays various types of information and can input data by touching the screen with a touch pen or hand. This touch panel is also used for handwritten input on the pop-up screen 61 shown in FIG. The keyboard 9 is a so-called full keyboard on which a large number of keys including an alphabet, a numeric keypad, and a confirmation key are arranged. The keyboard 9 can be used for input for kana-kanji conversion using the alphabet keys, and numeric values can be input from the numeric keypad. The keyboard 9 may be constituted by a keyboard displayed on the screen of the display 8. The print control unit 10 performs control for printing data input from the keyboard 9 or the like on paper set in the printer 11 by the printer 11.

  Here, the form used in the office computer 1 and the printer 11 will be described. A form is a copy paper formed by superimposing a plurality of sheets, and if characters or the like are printed on the first sheet with a strong pressing force, the characters or the like are printed on the second and subsequent sheets by the strong pressing force. Is formed. The printer 11 is a transfer type printer using a so-called impact dot head, and generates characters and the like by a large number of dots. In addition, since it is an impact type transfer type printer, the print head faces the paper with the ink ribbon interposed therebetween, and a strong pressing force is applied to the paper to transfer the ink ribbon ink onto the first paper for printing. .

  As described above, the hard disk drive device 7 includes the sheet information storage area 21, the input setting area 22, and the handwritten display flag area 23 shown in FIG. The sheet information storage area 21 stores data of each item of the sheet, and the stored data is printed by the printer 11 by a print command. The input setting area 22 stores properties relating to input of each input item on the sheet, and setting information indicating whether the input method is a keyboard or handwriting is stored as one of the properties. The display flag area 23 is an area for storing a display flag which is “1” when a later-described pop-up screen 61 for handwriting is displayed on the display 8 and is “0” when the pop-up screen is off. .

  Next, processing executed by the office computer 1 will be described. When the power is turned on, a plurality of icons for starting up the application software are displayed on the display 8 after performing the initial process. The person in charge designates an icon of an application to be executed in the display 8 displayed with the touch pen, a finger, or a mouse, and starts application software. For example, if it is desired to input a delivery note, the delivery note application is launched by designating the delivery note icon, and a delivery note input screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

  If the delivery note is displayed, the process shown in FIG. 3 is executed. First, with respect to the input item of “slip classification” shown in (1) of FIG. The setting information can be set in an edit box as shown in FIG. Here, if the item name “DEN KBNNO” is set in the input item of (1) “slip classification” of the input sheet 24 when the input sheet 24 is created, this item name setting screen is displayed. “DEN KBNNO” is shown at the top of the property screen of FIG. Based on the setting information of the acquired input setting area 22, it is determined whether this item is an input method of keyboard input or handwriting input (Act 2). If the setting is keyboard input, a handwritten pop-up screen 61 is displayed. Whether or not the display flag area 23 is “1” or “0” (Act 3). If the pop-up screen 61 is displayed, the pop-up screen 61 is deleted from the screen (Act 4). . If it is determined in Act 2 that the input setting is not a keyboard input, it is a setting for handwriting input, so it is determined whether the display flag area 23 is “1” or “0” (Act 5). If the display flag is “0” and the pop-up screen 61 is not displayed, the pop-up screen 61 is displayed (Act 6).

  After the process of displaying or deleting the pop-up screen 61 by Act2 to Act6 is completed, it is determined whether or not there is an input from the keyboard 9 (Act7). If there is no input from the keyboard 9, it is determined whether or not there is a handwritten input (Act 8). If there is no handwritten input, the process returns to Act 7 to wait for either the keyboard 9 or the handwritten input. In the case of keyboard input, since the pop-up screen 61 is not displayed, handwriting input is not performed in Act 8, but when the pop-up screen 61 is displayed and there is an input from the keyboard 9 Ignore that keystroke. If it is determined in Act 7 that there is a key input, it is determined whether or not the input key is the handwriting activation key 62 for displaying the handwriting pop-up screen 61 by the mouse (Act 9). Then, the pop-up screen 61 is displayed (Act 10), the display flag area 23 is set to “1” (Act 11), and the process returns to the determination of whether or not the key input of Act 7 is performed. If it is not the input of the handwriting activation key 62, it is determined whether or not the confirmation key has been pressed (Act 12). If it is not the confirmation key, the other keys are input (Act 13), and the process returns to Act 7.

  If it is determined in Act 8 that there is a handwritten input, it is determined whether or not the pop-up screen 61 is erased (Act 14). If it is an erased input, the pop-up screen 61 is cleared (Act 15). 0 ”(Act 16). Here, the erasure input on the pop-up screen 61 is executed by clicking the erasure key 70, which is an icon indicated by “x” in the upper right of FIG. 6, with a mouse. If it is not an erasure input, it is determined whether or not the confirmation key has been pressed (Act 17). If it is not the confirmation key, a handwriting input process is performed (Act 18). The handwritten input is a known technique and will not be described in detail. The confirmation key 69 is a key that is operated when the data of the currently input item is confirmed.

  Here, the determination of the key input shown in Act 7 is a process when input from each key provided on the keyboard 9, and the handwritten input shown in Act 8 is a process when input from the displayed pop-up screen 61. It is.

  If it is determined that the enter key has been pressed in either Act12 or Act17, the data input to the input item is saved in the item information storage area 21 (Act19), and the input method stored in the input setting area 22 is the keyboard 9 Or input by handwriting (Act 20). If it is determined that the input of the keyboard 9 is set by this determination, it is determined whether or not the handwritten pop-up screen 61 is displayed depending on whether or not the display flag is 1 (Act 21). If the process exits and is displayed, the input method is set to the handwriting input method for this input item in the input setting area 22 (Act 22), and the process exits. If it is determined in Act 20 that the input method is not the keyboard 9, since the input method for handwriting input is set, it is determined whether or not the pop-up screen 61 is displayed (Act 23), and the pop-up screen 61 is displayed. If it is not displayed, the input method in the input setting area 22 of this input item is set to the input method of the keyboard 9 (Act 24), and this process is exited.

  When this process is exited, the cursor moves to the next input item, so that the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is repeated as the input process for the next input item. For example, if the input so far is the input of the “slip category” of the sheet shown in FIG. 4 (1), when the confirmation key is pressed, the slip date shown in (2) is entered. Similarly, if (2) the entry of the slip date is confirmed, the slip No. shown in (3) is entered. Similarly, each time the enter key is pressed, input items are selected in the order of circled numbers.

  Next, an example of a display in which the input sheet 24 is displayed on the display 8 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the input sheet 24 is used for inputting the data of the delivery note.

  In the upper center of the input sheet 24, “Invoice” is displayed to indicate that the input sheet 24 is an invoice, and a handwriting activation key 62 is provided at the upper right end. When the handwriting activation key 62 is clicked with the mouse as described above, a pop-up screen 61 for handwriting is displayed. In addition, the input sheet 24 is provided with a header portion 25 and a detail portion 26 which are shown in FIG. The header portion 25 is a portion common to sheets such as “slip classification” and slip date, and the detail portion is a portion for inputting details of a product to be delivered.

  A setting screen 63 for each input item is shown in FIG. This setting screen 63 is an editing screen for setting the input of (1) “slip classification” of the input sheet 24, and an edit box property [DEN_KBNNO] is displayed at the top. Various kinds of data can be set on such a screen when the input sheet 24 is first created, and can also be set by displaying the properties of the input items from the state where the input sheet 24 is displayed. . The setting screen is provided with four tabs: standard, style, display, and condition. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the style tab is selected. These data are stored in the input setting area 22.

  “Keyboard” and “handwriting” can be selected in an input method setting area 64 provided in a portion surrounded by a broken line located substantially at the center of the editing screen. As for the setting method here, the input method of this input item is input from the keyboard 9 if “keyboard” is checked, and the input method is checked if “handwriting” is checked, as in the known technique. It becomes handwriting.

  FIG. 6 shows a pop-up screen 61 for handwriting. If handwriting is set for the selected input item, this pop-up screen 61 is displayed when this input item is selected. When the handwriting activation key 62 displayed on the input sheet 24 is clicked with the mouse or touched (pressed) with the touch pen, the pop-up screen 61 is activated. This pop-up screen is divided into an input part that occupies a large area on the left side and a button part located on the right side. The input unit is provided with a data area 65 in which data is written with a touch pen or the like in order to recognize handwritten characters at the bottom of the screen. This data area is divided into five frames in the drawing. For example, if hiragana is written in one frame, one character of hiragana is recognized, and if a kanji is written, kanji is recognized. In addition, the character type selection key 66 displayed on the data area 65 can specify which character type, such as kanji or hiragana, is recognized by the character input to the data area 65. By specifying, the recognition rate of handwritten characters can be increased. In addition, the confirmed character area 67 is an area for displaying a character when a handwritten character is confirmed. In FIG. 6, the cursor blinks at the left end of the confirmed character area 67 (represented simply by a square in the figure) so that the character string can be identified. The button portion is provided with a conversion key 68, a confirmation key 69, and the like. The conversion key 68 is a key used when converting one or a plurality of hiragana characters input to the data area 65 into kanji. The confirmation key 69 is a key that is operated when the input of this input item is completed. The display screen is provided with an end key 70 for erasing the pop-up screen 61. When the end key 70 is operated with a mouse or a touch pen, the pop-up screen disappears and the keyboard 9 is input.

  When the input to the input sheet 24 is completed and printing is performed, first, a sheet serving as a form is set in the printer 11 and a print button is pressed. Then, the office computer 1 prints the input information on a sheet with the printer 11. If the paper is a copy paper as described above, characters and the like are printed on all the stacked sheets.

  As described above, in the office computer 1, when an input item is selected, the input method for the selected input item is automatically acquired and set. For example, the setting is changed from the input method of the keyboard 9 to the handwritten input method. There is no need for trouble and it becomes possible to input easily. This setting can also be changed by a simple method of changing the setting of the input setting area 22 by displaying the property screen shown in FIG. Also, if the input method setting at the start of input is different from the input method at the time of input confirmation, the input method when input of the input item is confirmed is automatically saved in the storage area and the next input Set as a method. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the input method and it is easy to use.

  When the data input of the input item is confirmed, the input item is moved to a predetermined input item. If the confirmed input item is the input method of the keyboard 9 and the new input item is the handwritten input method, the handwriting is performed. The pop-up screen 61 is automatically displayed. Conversely, if the confirmed input item is the handwriting input method and the new input item is the keyboard 9 input method, the handwriting pop-up screen 61 is automatically deleted. Therefore, the user of the office computer 1 need only input data so that the handwriting input pop-up screen 61 is automatically displayed or disappears without worrying about the setting of the input method.

  As described above, when the input item is confirmed, if the input method used is different from the set input method, the setting is automatically changed, but the input method is set on the display screen. It can also be done by operation. That is, the setting of the keyboard 9 and the handwriting input method can be performed simply by launching a setting screen as shown in FIG. 5 and clicking the input method to be set using a mouse or the like. Even those who are not familiar with the operation can easily set it.

  In this embodiment, an example is described in which the office computer 1 provided with the printer 11 is adapted to print on a form. However, the present invention can be applied even if data is not input to the form. Further, for example, the printer may be a separate device, or may be a device that cannot be connected to the printer. In this example, the keyboard 9 and the handwriting input method have been described as two examples. However, other input methods such as voice recognition can be adopted, and three or more input methods such as the keyboard 9, handwriting, and voice can be used. A device with

  In this embodiment, the example of the office computer has been described. However, for example, a program that can be installed in hardware such as the office computer described here may be provided using a communication line such as the Internet. It is possible to provide the program even when it is stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory).

  As described above, the embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

1 .. Office computer 9 .. Keyboard 11.. Printer 61.. Handwritten pop-up screen 62 .. Handwriting start key 70 .. Handwriting pop-up screen end key

Claims (6)

A display that displays a sheet that has a plurality of input items and information is input to each input item;
An input means having at least two types of input methods for inputting information;
Input setting means for setting one of the input methods of the input means for each input item of the sheet;
Reading means for reading an input method from the input setting means for the selected input item;
A data input device comprising information storage means for storing information input to a selected input item. Confirm key to confirm the information entered in the input item,
Input selection means for enabling input to the input item by an input method different from the input method read by the reading means;
Detecting means for detecting whether a different input method is used in the input selecting means if the confirmation key is pressed;
If the input method detected by the detection means and the input method set in the input setting means differ when the information of the input item is confirmed by the confirmation key, the input method detected by the detection means The data input device according to claim 1, further comprising: an input changing unit that sets the input setting unit to 3. The data according to claim 1, wherein one of the input methods set by the input setting unit is a handwriting input unit capable of handwriting input, and a keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged as one of different input methods. Input device. 4. The data input according to claim 3, further comprising handwriting input display means for displaying a handwriting input screen on the display and enabling handwriting input when the setting method read by the reading means is handwritten input. apparatus. When the input method of the previous input item is handwritten input and the screen for handwriting input is displayed on the display, when the input method of the new input item is read from the input setting unit, the reading unit reads 5. The data input device according to claim 4, further comprising: erasing means for erasing the handwriting input screen from the display if the input method is keyboard input. In a data input device comprising a display, a storage unit, and an input unit having a plurality of input methods for inputting data,
Input setting means for setting one input method of the input unit in the storage unit for each of sheets having a plurality of input items into which data is input;
Reading means for reading out the input method set by the input setting means for the selected input item;
A data input program of a data input device that causes information stored in the storage unit to be stored in the storage unit as to information input by the input method read out by the reading unit for a selected input item.

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