JPH05324649A - Data processing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain an efficient data processing by registering data newly inputted to one part of a screen so as to be retrieved by a prescribed format, and restoring the data at the time of stopping the data processing. CONSTITUTION:The minimum document, for example, a document area 41b and a function key instruction area 41d are saved from the screen of a document processing, and a 'white paper card' from which a content is removed from a card, and a function key for an 'idea card' are displayed. At the time of a key input, whether or not it is a character input is judged, and when it is the character input, the character is inputted and displayed in the card, and when it is not the character input, that is, when it is a 'calling' key, the content of the card is called, when it is a 'registration key', the displayed content of the card is registered, when it is a 'retrieval' key, the card is retrieved and displayed, and when it is a 'delete' key, the displayed card is deleted. Then, at the time of clicking an 'ESC' key or the display, when the card displayed at present is not registered, it is registered, and then the saved screen of the document processing is restored.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing method and apparatus in a data processing apparatus having at least an input device and an output screen, and in particular, considering the tendency of human thought and idea, the apparatus and human ability. The present invention relates to an improved data processing method and its apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional data processing apparatus, each data processing, such as a document processing, an image processing, a desktop publishing (hereinafter referred to as DTP) processing, is performed by a series of continuous steps, and the processing is shifted to another processing. In order to do so, the processing in progress is once terminated and then another processing is started, or in the multi-window method, another processing is started in parallel.

Now, when the operator is performing the above-mentioned data processing, an idea about another data processing which is not currently executed or an idea which is not directly related to the data processing but which should be noted should come up. Always.
Previously, these ideas needed to be written down on paper or once the current data processing was terminated and the associated data processing started. For this reason, the ideas are scattered, and it is difficult to lead to the development. Therefore, many current data processing devices have a memo input program in addition to these data processing programs. When an operator comes up with another idea during the processing of certain data, the operator activates a memo entry program,
The idea contents are input and registered there, the program is terminated, and the data processing being executed is returned to.

[0004]

However, since the above-mentioned memo input program is installed as one of the application programs like other data processing, it is necessary for the operator to start the program. To actually execute this, the operator must call the menu screen of the application program list and activate the memo input program from this. Then, after inputting the memo, an operation for returning to the state when the original application was interrupted must be performed. Therefore, the operator feels that the data processing currently being executed is temporarily interrupted, and the degree of concentration on the data processing is reduced and the efficiency is reduced.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and provides a data processing method and apparatus for realizing memo input without giving the operator a feeling that the data processing currently being executed is interrupted.

[0006]

In order to solve this problem, a data processing method according to the present invention is a data processing method in a data processing device having at least an input device and an output screen, and executes a certain data processing. A step of temporarily suspending the processing, a step of registering newly input data in at least a part of the screen in a predetermined format from any data processing installed in the data processing system, and the data And a step of returning the processing to the stop point.

Here, the registration process includes a process of saving at least a part of data on the current screen of the data processing, and a process of opening a window for data input in a predetermined format on at least a part of the screen. And a step of sequentially displaying the input data in the window, a step of registering the input data in the window in a predetermined format searchable from any data processing installed in the data processing system, and the saving. And the step of redisplaying the screen. The window also displays variable length input data in a scrollable manner.

Further, the data processing apparatus of the present invention is a data processing apparatus having at least an input device and an output screen, and when a certain data processing is being executed, the processing is temporarily stopped and at least a part of the screen is displayed. A control means is provided for registering newly input data in a predetermined format so that it can be searched from any data processing installed in the data processing system, and for returning the data processing to the stop point after registration.

Here, the control means temporarily suspends the processing during execution of the data processing, means for saving at least a part of data on the current screen of the data processing, and on the screen. A means for opening a window for data input in at least a part of a predetermined format, and means for sequentially displaying input data in the window,
A means for registering the input data in the window so as to be searchable in a predetermined format from any data processing installed in the data processing system, a means for redisplaying the saved screen, and a return to the time when the data processing is stopped. And means for causing it. Further, the registration means includes index storage means for storing indexes for identifying different data inputs, and record storage means for storing variable-length input data in record units corresponding to the indexes.

Further, there is further provided means for displaying variable length input data in the window in a scrollable manner.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As an embodiment of the present invention, a memo input particularly during document processing will be described in detail below. Hereinafter, the memo input process or the display screen in the present embodiment is also referred to as “idea card”. It should be noted that the present invention smoothly inputs a memo during certain data processing, and can be applied to any data processing.

<Basic Configuration of Data Processing Device of this Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus of this embodiment,
2 is a diagram showing an example of the memory configuration, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a memo input database in the memory, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams of a program particularly related to the description of the present embodiment in the memory. It is a flowchart.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a CPU for arithmetic and control, and 2
Reference numeral 0 denotes a memory including a ROM or a RAM having a program memory unit 21 for storing a control program of the CPU 10 and a data memory unit 22 for auxiliary storage, 30 denotes an input device, in this example, a keyboard 31 and a pointing device (hereinafter referred to as a mouse). (Registered trademark) 32, an input interface for inputting input data from 32 to the system bus 50, 40
Is an output device, and in this example, a display unit 4 having a display screen 41a
1 and an output interface for outputting output data to the printer 42 from the system bus 50.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 is a program memory unit for storing programs executed by the CPU 10, and there is an OS program 21a for controlling the entire system, and an application program, for example, a document processing application 21.
b, the image processing application 21c, the DTP application 21d, etc. are managed. The "idea card" program 21a 'is also included in this OS program 21a. Further, in the OS program 21, the display control program and the key input control blow used in this example,
A mouse input control program and the like are also included, but are not particularly shown. In addition, "Idea card" program 21
The a'is not necessarily required to be included in the OS program 21a, and it means that it operates so as to appear as a part of the OS program 21a.

Reference numeral 22 is a data memory unit for auxiliary storage of calculation / control of the CPU 10, for example, the document storage unit 22.
The "idea card" database 22c is resident together with a, the image storage unit 22b, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the "idea card" database 22c. Reference numeral 60 denotes an index for each card, which has a card No area 60a, a record No area 60b, a record number area 60c, and a keyword area 60d. Here, the card number is an index for card selection, the record number is a pointer for pointing to the beginning of the record, and the keyword is not the card number but a word for searching for a card from its contents. On the other hand, 70 is a record for storing the contents corresponding to each card, and the next record No area 70a
And a self-record length area 70b and a data content area 70c with a maximum of 252 bytes.

With the above-described structure, how each card and record is registered in a searchable and variable length manner and the search is possible will be described.

First, the index 60 is found using the card No. selected by the operator or a new card No. if there is no selection as a pointer. Next, the head of each record is designated by using the record No. 60b of the index 60 as a pointer. For example, when the card number is "1", the index 61 is found, and the record 71 is designated as the first record from the record number. As described above, one record has a maximum of 252 bytes, and when exceeding this, the next record is designated by the next record No. 70a of the record 70.

In this example, records 71-72-73-7
5-76-77 and 6 records are the contents of the card No. “1”. The own record length 70b represents the number of bytes of valid contents of the record. The contents of the card No. “2” are records 74-78, and the contents of the card No. “3” are records 79. Here, the record having "-1" in the next record No. 70a is the last record of the card contents. In the case of the keyword search, if the keyword is registered in advance in the keyword area 60d, the keyword is searched and the designated card is read.

Here, since the area of the display screen is actually limited, when there is a large amount of data such as the contents of card No. "1", only a part of it can be displayed and the screen can be scrolled up and down. Is preferred. Details of this display control are omitted here.

<Operation Example of Data Processing Apparatus of this Embodiment> An example of the operation of the present invention will be described below with reference to the screen display examples of FIGS. 6 and 7 according to the flow charts related to this embodiment of FIGS. Will be explained. Described here is an example of the "idea card" process when the document creation process is being performed.

FIG. 4 shows a simplified document creation processing program, and its various operations are all performed in the character input step S4.
It is summarized in 2. At the time of normal document creation, it is checked in step S41 whether or not an "idea card" process is instructed. Since there is no command, document creation such as character input and edit process is performed in step S42, and document creation ends in step S43. It is checked whether or not, and if not completed, the process returns to step S41. This is repeated until the document creation is completed.

If the operator comes up with an idea or the like concerning a document different from the currently created document or another data processing, which is not related to the data processing and wants to make a memo, the operator may use a key (for example, Call the "idea card" with the function key) or mouse.

Then, the document creation flow is skipped from step S41, and the program goes to the "idea card" program.
Here, the jump to the "idea card" program may be a normal subroutine call or an interrupt jump. As shown in FIG. 2, the "idea card" program 21a 'is
Within the OS program 21a, its operation is directly managed by the OS program 21a. Alternatively, it may be considered as an application that is automatically called under the control of the OS program 21a. That is, this jump
OS program 2 even when migrating to other applications
It is required not to be a link between the two applications via 1a, and it is necessary to minimize the influence (from the viewpoint of the operator) on the data processing being executed.

The processing of the "idea card" program shown in FIG. 5 below is performed under the control of the OS program 21a by a display control program, a key input control program (not shown),
It works in cooperation with a mouse input control program, but since it is complicated, the details of the delivery will not be described.

First, in step S51, a minimum number of documents are saved from the document processing screen. In this example, the document area and the function key designation area 41d shown in 41b of FIG. 6 or 41c of FIG. 7 are saved. Then, the "blank paper card" and the function key for the "idea card", whose contents are removed from the card shown in FIG. 6, are displayed. In this case, it is preferable that an unregistered (empty) card No. is entered because the operator's operation is reduced as much as possible and the feeling of interruption of the document processing is eliminated.

As described above, at this time, the control of the input from the "call", ..., "list" at the bottom of the display screen is performed by the key input program and the "idea card" program corresponding to the function keys. It is based on the exchange of. As shown in FIG. 6, a new card is created from the "blank card" on the display screen, or a card that has already been registered is called by "call" by the card number or "search" by the keyword. ..
Further, if a "list" is designated, a list of current registration states is displayed as shown in FIG.

In step S52, it is determined whether or not there is a key input, and if there is no key input, the process waits. If there is a key input, it is determined in step S53 whether or not a character is input. If a character is input, the process proceeds to step S63 to input and display the character in the card. If it is not a character input, the process proceeds to step S54 and thereafter, and it is determined whether or not it is each function key.

In the case of the "call" key (step S54), the card contents are called according to the card number in step S64. In the case of the "Register" key (step S55),
In step S65, the contents of the displayed card are registered according to the card number. That is, the index 60 described above in FIG. 3 is created, and the card content is one or more records 7.
Registered to 0.

In the case of the "search" key (step S56), the card is searched based on the keyword in step S66 and displayed if found. In the case of the "Delete" key (step S57), the displayed card is deleted in step S67. This card is preferably registered as an empty card for later use. If the "list" key (step S58) is pressed, a list of cards is displayed in step S68 as shown in FIG. It is possible to call the card by selecting the card to be viewed from the list and pressing the "call" key.

When the "ESC" key (step S59) or ESC display is clicked, the process proceeds from step S59 to step S60 to check whether or not the card currently displayed is already registered. After that, the document processing screen (card display area and function key display area in this example) saved in step S51 is restored, the "idea card" processing ends, and the processing returns to step S41 in FIG. At this point, the operator resumes document processing again.

As described above, when the operator wants to make a memo, he / she presses a predetermined key (or mouse click), inputs the contents of the memo, instructs "registration", and clicks "ES".
If the user presses the "C" key, the document processing can be continued and executed again after making a note. As described above, whether or not the document has been registered at the end processing by the "ESC" key without performing "registration". Check, and if it is not registered, it will be registered, so "Idea card" instruction key → memo input → "ES
It is possible to input a memo by a series of simple operations of the C "key.

Therefore, the operator can continue the data processing as if there was no interruption to the data processing being executed. This means that concentration on data processing or thinking is not interrupted by memo input, and efficient data processing is possible. Furthermore, since the operation for memo input is also simplified, it is possible to prevent the idea from disappearing depending on the operation. This memo input is realized in the same way when any data processing is performed by any application, and can be called during any data processing, so that various ideas during data processing are centrally managed. , It is possible to accumulate and extract information useful for new technology development.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a data processing method and apparatus for realizing memo input without giving the operator a feeling that the data processing currently being executed is interrupted.

That is, the operator can continue the data processing as if there was no interruption to the data processing being executed. This means that concentration on data processing or thinking is not interrupted by memo input, and efficient data processing is possible. Furthermore, since the operation for memo input is also simplified, it is possible to prevent the idea from disappearing depending on the operation. This memo input is realized in the same way when any data processing is performed by any application, and can be called during any data processing, so that various ideas during data processing are centrally managed. , It is possible to accumulate and extract information useful for new technology development.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a data processing device capable of implementing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a memory configuration of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of an “idea card” database according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a simple flowchart of document processing of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an “idea card” according to this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display of an “idea card” in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a list display of “idea cards” according to the present embodiment.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A data processing method in a data processing apparatus having at least an input device and an output screen, comprising: a step of temporarily stopping a certain data processing while the data processing is being executed; Input data
A data processing method comprising: a process of registering a data in a predetermined format so as to be searchable from any data process installed in a data processing system; and a process of returning the data process to a stop point. 2. The registration process includes a process of saving at least a part of data on the current screen of the data processing, and a process of opening a window for data input in a predetermined format on at least a part of the screen. , A step of sequentially displaying the input data in the window, a step of registering the input data in the window so as to be searchable in a predetermined format from any data processing installed in the data processing system, and the saved The data processing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of redisplaying the screen. 3. The data processing method according to claim 2, wherein the window displays variable-length input data in a scrollable manner. 4. A data processing device having at least an input device and an output screen, wherein a certain data process is temporarily stopped during execution of the data process and data newly input to at least a part of the screen is displayed. A data processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that searches any data processing installed in the data processing system so as to be searchable in a predetermined format and returns the data processing to a stop point after the registration. 5. The control means, means for temporarily stopping the processing during execution of the data processing, means for saving at least a part of data on the current screen of the data processing, and at least on the screen. Partly means for opening a window for data input in a predetermined format, means for sequentially displaying input data in the window, and input data in the window from any data processing installed in the data processing system. 5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a unit for retrievably registering in a predetermined format, a unit for redisplaying the saved screen, and a unit for returning the data processing to a stop point. 6. The registration means comprises index storage means for storing indexes for identifying different data inputs, and record storage means for storing variable-length input data in record units corresponding to the indexes. The data processing device according to claim 5, further comprising: 7. The data processing device according to claim 5, further comprising means for displaying variable length input data in the window in a scrollable manner.