JPS6022420Y2 - Address information input device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an address information input device that allows address information to be input easily.

With the diversification of information, addresses have also become the subject of data processing, but conventionally, addresses have been input by entering them one character at a time using a character keyboard like other data, or by inputting preset data. A method of inputting information by district code is adopted.

The former method is 1 Tokyo, then 1 Higashi J from the keyboard.
'%'TokyoJ%'toYo is inputted respectively, and the latter method is to input a preset code for 1TokyotoYo.

In any case, since characters and codes are input using a keyboard while being indexed, the input operation is complicated, and requires a lot of effort in, for example, the resident management department of a local government that handles addresses.

This invention has been made in view of these points, and the purpose is to provide an address input device that can facilitate the input operation of address information with a few operations.To this end, the present invention makes use of a map. It is a feature.

That is, map information is provided in correspondence with the position detecting means, a storage section is accessed using the position information obtained by specifying one position, and address information corresponding to the position is obtained from this storage section.

A detailed explanation will be given below along with the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the appearance of an address input device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main parts.

The input device has an operation section 11 and an instruction section 12.

The operation section 11 includes a numeric keypad section 11a and a cassette instruction section 11b.
It consists of 1 address display parts 11c and 11d.

The instruction section 12 has a position detection board 13.

This position detection ff113 identifies one position on the board specified by the operator and obtains position information Xn, Yn.
It has the function of sending out.

Various conventionally known techniques can be considered as the position detection method, such as an electromagnetic induction method, a capacitance change method, and a mechanical contact method.

14 is a film on which a map is printed.

This film consists of multiple pages, and each page has a map printed by prefecture, city, town, village, etc.

A rotation drive unit 15ai5b such as a pulse motor is connected to the winding shafts 14a and 14b via a gear train.

The pulse motor 15a transports the film 14 in the forward direction,
The pulse motor 15b transports the film 14 in the opposite direction.

This transfer is carried out intermittently page by page, and for this purpose the numeric keypad portion 11a is provided with a 1+IJ key and a 1-IJ key.

'+1J key is pressed once, the film 14 will move to the next page of the page facing the current position detection board 13.
On the contrary, when the rIJ key is pressed once, the previous page is positioned so as to directly face the board 13.

The cassette instruction section 11b is activated by a three-digit digital switch, and the number corresponding to the one roll of film 14 currently set is input.

That is, one roll of the film 14 is made into a cassette that can be attached to and removed from the apparatus, and when the film is replaced, the operator sets a three-digit number corresponding to the film in the cassette indicator 11b.

The address information display sections 11c and 11d display numbers input by the operator via the numeric keypad section 11a when the map information is so rough that the address cannot be input.

In FIG. 2, REG1 to REG are registers, CN
T is a counter, MEM is a storage section, BUF is an output, and <sofa circuit.

Address information related to the map printed on the film is input to the memory unit MEM, and this is expressed, for example, in Japanese code including Kanji code.

The address indicating the reading position with respect to the storage unit MEM is stored in the register REG3.

The address consisting of a plurality of bits is defined by information from the cassette instruction section 11b indicating the film cassette, page selection information, and position information from the position detection board 13.
Of course, if at least one of these pieces of information changes, the area to be accessed in the storage unit MEM changes.

For this purpose, the register REG1 stores the cassette information instructed by the cassette instruction section 11b, and the counter CN
In response to the transfer signals given to the pulse motors 15a and 15b, T stores page information facing the board 13, and register REG is supplied with position information Xn and Yn.

Address information corresponding to the read address set in the register REG3 is read from the storage unit MEM and stored in the buffer BtJF'1 of the output buffer circuit BUF.

Address information input by the operator through the numeric keypad portion 11a is added to the buffer BUF 2, and the address is thereby expressed in code.

There are various methods of providing map information, such as a method of projecting the map information onto a position detection board, a method of displaying the map information on a screen such as a CRT display device, and a method of placing a transparent position detection board in front of the screen. may be adopted.

Alternatively, information may be provided on the cassette itself without providing a special cassette instruction section 11b, and the information may be read by the set.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the address can be obtained by simply indicating the desired point on the map information, rather than by inputting the characters or codes themselves, so the operation of inputting address information is extremely simple. becomes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings relate to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view showing the appearance of an address input device, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the present invention. 11 is an operation unit, 12 is an instruction unit, 13 is a position detection panel, 14
indicates a film, and MEM indicates a storage section in address information.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A position detecting means for detecting a designated position on a predetermined detection board and transmitting position information, a means for providing map information on the detection board of the position detecting means, a storage section storing address information, and the position detecting means. An address information input device characterized by having means for accessing the storage section in accordance with position information from a computer and successively outputting corresponding address information.