JP2000148325A - Business processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To improve the work efficiency by minimizing the movement of the operator's line of sight. SOLUTION: In addition to having a keyboard, it has a touch panel superimposed on the screen of the display, displays a group of buttons on the screen of the display, and detects a touch position on the screen by the touch panel, and corresponds to the touch position. In a business processing device that performs a business process assigned to a button and displays a status display frame indicating the status of the business process on a display, a keyboard position sensor that detects a position of a keyboard with respect to the display is provided, and the status display frame is displayed as a button. It is displayed between the group and the keyboard, and the display position of the status display frame is shifted according to the position of the keyboard detected by the keyboard position sensor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business processing apparatus provided with a display having a touch panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of business processing apparatus includes a merchandise sales registration processing apparatus used in stores such as supermarkets. This product sales registration processing device has a keyboard 3 on which a product key group 1 and a value key group 2 indicating a product name such as a product A are arranged as shown in FIG. Having a touch panel 5,
When a button group 5 indicating a product name such as a product A is displayed on the screen of the display 4 and a product key is input from the keyboard 3 or a touch position on the screen is detected by the touch panel 2, the product key or the product key is displayed. It performs business processes such as registration of products assigned to the button corresponding to the touch position, calculation of subtotals and totals, and displays the number of products on the display 4.
A status display frame 7 indicating predetermined processing information such as a subtotal and a total is displayed.

[0003]

By the way, such an apparatus is provided with a touch panel so that even a beginner can easily perform an input operation. However, in general, it is necessary to input the number of products from the keyboard 3. The more skilled operators tend to perform the input operation from the keyboard 3 because, for example, the registration of the product is performed by the keyboard 3 with minimal hand movements, and the input operation from the keyboard 3 is faster. .

However, in the conventional device, the status display frame 7 is displayed at a position next to the button group 6, so that when the operator performs an input from the keyboard 3 or performs a key operation, the keyboard 3 of the keyboard 3 is used. It is necessary to look at the status display frame 7 of the display 4 when checking the number, the total, and the like by looking at the keys, so that the operator's eye movement increases. In this case, there is a problem that the user tends to be tired during the operation and the working efficiency is reduced.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a business processing apparatus capable of minimizing the movement of the operator's line of sight and improving the operation efficiency of the operator.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch panel having a keyboard, a touch panel superimposed on a display screen, and displaying a group of buttons on the display screen.
An information display frame is displayed in a business processing device that performs a business process assigned to the button or key by a key operation of a keyboard or a button operation of a touch panel, and displays an information display frame for displaying predetermined processing information on a display device. And a display control means for displaying the display at a position between the button group and the keyboard of the container.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided detecting means for detecting a lateral displacement of the keyboard with respect to the display, and the display control means determines a position at which the information display frame is displayed in accordance with the lateral displacement of the keyboard detected by the detecting means. 2. The business processing device according to claim 1, wherein the keyboard is shifted in a direction in which the keyboard is shifted.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch panel having a keyboard, a touch panel overlaid on a screen of a display, displaying a group of buttons on the screen of the display, and operating the keys of the keyboard or the buttons of the touch panel. In a business processing apparatus that performs business processing assigned to the button or key and displays an information display frame for displaying predetermined processing information on a display device, a determination is made as to whether input is from a touch panel or a keyboard. Means, and when the determination means determines that the input is from the keyboard, an information display frame is displayed at a position between the button group and the keyboard on the display, and the determination means determines that the input is from the touch panel. In this case, display control means for displaying the information display frame at a position outside the group of buttons on the display and the keyboard is provided. Is a business processing apparatus according to.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a business processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. Reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) constituting a control unit main body, and 12 denotes a ROM (ROM) storing program data to be executed by the CPU 11. Read-only memory), 13
Is a readable and writable memory area such as a product registration file for accumulating and storing sales data of registered products, and is designated by a predetermined variable name for storing a detection code based on a detection output of the keyboard position sensor 18 described later. RAM (random access memory) having a memory area, etc., 14 is a hard disk drive (HDD), 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a keyboard control unit that outputs a keyboard input code based on a key operation of a keyboard 16 provided with keys for the operator to perform various operations. Reference numeral 17 denotes a position (lateral displacement) of the keyboard 16 with respect to a display 19 with a touch panel described later. A touch panel control unit for controlling a keyboard position sensor 18 as a detecting means for detecting
0 is a display with a touch panel in which the touch panel 21 is superimposed on the screen of No. 0.

A display 20 of the display 19 with a touch panel is connected to a display control section 22 for controlling display on the display 20, and the touch panel 21 outputs a touch panel input code based on a button operation of the touch panel 21. Connected to the touch panel control unit 23.

The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 1
3, hard disk device 14, keyboard control unit 15,
The sensor control unit 17, the display control unit 22, and the touch panel control unit 23 are connected by bus lines such as a data bus, a control bus, and an address bus, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows a display 19 with a touch panel and a keyboard 1 of the business processing device according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a case where the operator sees No. 6 from an operator. As shown in FIG.
, A button group 25 indicating a product name such as a product A or B to be sold / registered, and predetermined processing information such as the number of products to be sold / registered, a subtotal of the price of the product, and a total of the product price are displayed. Display frame 26 as an information display frame for
Is displayed.

On the keyboard 16, keys 27 indicating the same product name as the button group 25 displayed on the display 20 of the display 19 with a touch panel are arranged similarly to the button group 25. Furthermore, the keyboard 16 includes
A value number key 28 and an Enter key 29 for inputting the number of products and the like are arranged.

The keyboard position sensor 18 is composed of a plurality of light reflection type sensors as shown in FIG. 2, and each light reflection type sensor is arranged at a predetermined interval on the front surface of the display 19 with a touch panel.

For example, when three light reflecting sensors are used, one light reflecting sensor is provided at the center, and the other two light reflecting sensors are provided at regular intervals on both sides of the central light reflecting sensor. . As a result, when the keyboard 16 is located at the position facing the light reflection type sensor, an H level detection signal "1" is output from the sensor control unit 17, and when the keyboard 16 is not located at the position facing the light reflection type sensor, the L level is output. The detection signal “0” is output from the sensor control unit 17.

Accordingly, the display 19 with a touch panel is provided.
On the other hand, when the keyboard 16 is located substantially in front, the detection signals from all the light reflection type sensors become "1". At this time, the detection code is “111”. Also,
When the keyboard 16 is located slightly to the right from the front of the display 19 with a touch panel, the detection code is “011”, and when the keyboard 16 is located slightly to the left from the front of the display 19 with a touch panel, The detection code becomes “110”. When the keyboard 16 is largely shifted rightward with respect to the front of the display 19 with the touch panel, the detection code is “001”.
When the keyboard 16 is largely shifted to the left with respect to the front of the display 19 with the touch panel, the detection code becomes “100”.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the business treatment device according to the present embodiment. Reference numeral 31 denotes a status display frame 26 at an optimum position based on a detection code from the keyboard position sensor 18. A display position instruction command output unit 32 for outputting a display position instruction command for registering a selected product according to a touch panel input code based on a button operation on the touch panel 21 or a keyboard input code based on a key operation on the keyboard 16. In addition to performing business processes such as calculating the number of products and the subtotal of the amount, the status display frame such as the number of products and the subtotal of the amount is changed according to the display position instruction command from the display position instruction command output unit 31. Application program part to be displayed at the position indicated by the arrow.

Each of the display position instruction command output unit 31 and the application program unit 32 is constituted by a software program stored in the hard disk device 14 or the like.
The data is read from the hard disk device 14 or the like by 11.

As shown in FIG. 4, the specific processing contents of the display position instruction command output section 31 are as follows.
In ST (step) 1, a detection output from the keyboard position sensor 18 is fetched at predetermined time intervals via the sensor control unit 17, and a detection code indicating the state of the keyboard position sensor 18 at that time is stored in a variable A.

Next, it is determined how many detection codes are stored in the variable A. Then, the following processing is performed according to the detection code. If the detection code stored in the variable A in ST2 is any one of “011”, “111”, and “110”, the status display frame 26 is set in the button group 25 and the keyboard 16 in ST3 as shown in FIG. (That is, the lower part of the button group 25), outputs an instruction command (middle) to be displayed at a substantially central position, and ends the processing (display control means). Upon receiving the instruction (middle), the application program unit 32 displays the status display frame 26 indicating the number of products, the subtotal, and the total on the display 20 of the display 19 with the touch panel in accordance with the instruction (middle).

If the detection code stored in the variable A in ST2 is "001", the process proceeds to ST4 in FIG.
As shown in (5), an instruction command (right) for displaying the status display frame 26 between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16 and shifted to the right from the center position is output, and the processing is terminated (display control means). When receiving the instruction command (right), the application program unit 32
The status display frame 26 is displayed on the display 20 of the display 19 with the touch panel in accordance with the instruction command (right). In this case, the center of the status display frame 26 is
It is preferable that the display is made so as to be on a line connecting the center of the button group 25 and the center of the keyboard 16.

If the detection code stored in the variable A in ST2 is "100", the flow goes to ST5 in FIG.
As shown in (5), an instruction command (left) for displaying the status display frame 26 between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16 and shifted to the left from the center position is output, and the processing is terminated (display control means). Upon receiving the instruction (left), the application program unit 32 displays the status display frame 26 on the display 20 of the display 19 with the touch panel in accordance with the instruction (left). Also in this case, it is preferable that the center of the status display frame 26 is displayed on a line connecting the center of the button group 25 and the center of the keyboard 16.

If the detection code stored in the variable A is "000" in ST2, the keyboard 16 is located at a position far from the display 19 with the touch panel, so that error processing is performed in ST6. For example, "Please re-install the keyboard."
The display prompts the user to move the keyboard 16 to a position where the keyboard position sensor 18 can detect it. In this case, when the keyboard 16 is detected by the keyboard position sensor 18, the processing by the display position instruction command output unit 31 may be executed again.

As described above, the position of the status display frame 26 is displayed between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16 so that the operator's line of sight can be moved even when the selection of a product is performed by the key 27 of the keyboard 16. Can be minimized, fatigue of the operator can be reduced, and work efficiency can be improved.

The lateral displacement of the keyboard 16 with respect to the display 19 with a touch panel is detected. When the keyboard 16 is located in front of the display 19 with a touch panel, the status display frame 26 is moved between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16. And is displayed at a substantially central position. Even if the operator shifts the keyboard 16 from the front of the display 19 with the touch panel, the keyboard 16
The status display frame 26 can be automatically displayed at a position that is always easy to see by displaying the status display frame 26 by shifting the icon to the direction in which it has been moved. As a result, the movement of the operator's line of sight can be minimized,
The work efficiency of the operator can be improved.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that a block diagram showing the configuration of the business processing device according to the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and therefore a detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, in the present embodiment, it is not always necessary to provide the keyboard position sensor 18 and the sensor control unit 17 in FIG.

The display position instruction command output unit 33 in the present embodiment receives a touch panel input code based on a button operation on the touch panel 21 or a keyboard input code based on a key operation on the keyboard 16 as shown in FIG. It outputs a display position instruction command for displaying the status display frame 26 at different positions depending on the type of code.

FIG. 7 shows the specific processing contents of the display position instruction command output section 33. This process is performed when an input code is received from either the touch panel input code or the keyboard 16. That is, when receiving the input code, first, the CPU 11 stores the input code received in ST11 in the variable B.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the input code stored in the variable B in ST12 is a keyboard input code (determination means). If it is determined in ST12 that the input code stored in the variable B is a keyboard input code,
At ST13, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), an instruction command to display the status display frame 26 between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16 (below the button group 25) and substantially at the center position is output and processed. (Display control means). Upon receiving this instruction command, the application program unit 32 displays the status display frame 26 on the display 20 of the display 19 with a touch panel according to the instruction command.
When the keyboard input code is received, the status display frame 26 is displayed according to the position of the keyboard 16 detected by the keyboard position sensor 18 as in the first embodiment.
May be changed.

If it is determined in ST12 that the input code stored in the variable B is a touch panel input code, a status display frame 26 is displayed in ST14 as shown in FIG. Then, an instruction command to be displayed at a position outside the range, for example, at the upper right of the screen, is output, and the process is terminated (display control means). Upon receiving this instruction command, the application program unit 32 displays the status display frame 26 on the display 20 of the display 19 with a touch panel according to the instruction command.

As described above, when input is made from the keyboard 16, the status display frame 26 is displayed between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16, so that the operator's line of sight is moved as in the first embodiment. Can be minimized,
When input from the touch panel 21, the status display frame 26 is displayed at a position outside the area between the button group 25 and the keyboard 16, so that the status display frame 26 is not hidden by the hands of the touch panel 21, and the status display is performed. It is not necessary to move the line of sight by resting hands every time the frame 26 is confirmed. Thereby, the working efficiency of the operator can be improved.

In the business processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, when the display screen of the display 19 with the touch panel is narrow, the status display frame 26 hidden by the hand operating the touch panel 21 is likely to be hidden. It is valid.

[0033]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the information display frame is displayed between the button group of the display and the keyboard, so that the operator's eyes can be moved even when operated from the keyboard. An object of the present invention is to provide a business processing apparatus which can be minimized and which can improve the work efficiency of an operator.

When an input is made from the keyboard, an information display frame is displayed between the button group and the keyboard. On the other hand, when an input is made from the touch panel, the information display frame is displayed from the button group and the keyboard. Since the information display frame is displayed at a deviated position, the information display frame is not hidden by the hand operating the touch panel, and it is not necessary to move the eye by moving the hand every time the information display frame is checked, thereby improving the work efficiency of the author. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a business processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a display with a touch panel and a keyboard of the business processing device according to the embodiment as viewed from an operator;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing by a display position instruction command output unit in the embodiment.

5A and 5B are diagrams for explaining the operation in the embodiment, and FIG. 5A shows a case where a keyboard is located on the right side of the center with respect to the display with a touch panel, and FIG.
Shows a case where the keyboard is located on the left side of the center with respect to the display with the touch panel.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of a business processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing by a display position instruction command output unit in the embodiment.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams for explaining the operation in the embodiment. FIG. 8A shows a case where an input is made from a touch panel, and FIG. 8B shows a case where an input is made from a keyboard.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a case where a display with a touch panel and a keyboard in a conventional business processing apparatus are viewed from an operator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 14 Hard disk device 15 Keyboard control unit 16 Keyboard 17 Sensor control unit 18 Keyboard position sensor 19 Display with touch panel 20 Display 21 Touch panel 22 Display control unit 23 Touch panel control unit 25 Button group 26 Status display frame 27 Key 28 Value key 29 Enter key 31 Display position instruction command output unit 32 Application program unit 33 Display position instruction command output unit

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Claims (3)

[Claims] An electronic device includes a keyboard and a touch panel superimposed on a screen of a display, displays a group of buttons on the screen of the display, and operates the buttons by operating the keys of the keyboard or operating the buttons of the touch panel. Or, in a business processing device that performs a business process assigned to a key and displays an information display frame for displaying predetermined processing information on the display, the information display frame is formed by the button group and the keyboard of the display. A business processing device, comprising a display control means for displaying a display at a position between them. 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising: detecting means for detecting a lateral displacement of the keyboard with respect to the display, wherein the display control means determines a position at which the information display frame is displayed according to the lateral displacement of the keyboard detected by the detecting means. 2. The business processing device according to claim 1, wherein the business processing device is shifted in a direction in which the information is shifted. 3. It has a keyboard and a touch panel superimposed on the screen of the display, displays a group of buttons on the screen of the display, and operates the buttons by operating the keys on the keyboard or operating the buttons on the touch panel. Or, in a business processing device that performs a business process assigned to a key and displays an information display frame for displaying predetermined processing information on the display, a determination is made as to which of the touch panel and the keyboard is input. Means, when the determination means determines that the input is from the keyboard, displays the information display frame at a position between the button group and the keyboard on the display, the determination means the touch panel When it is determined that the input is from the, the information display frame and the button group and the keyboard in the display unit And a display control means for displaying the image at a position outside the space between the two.