JPH0793077A - Data processor with easy input function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input a symbol according to easy-to-understand operation while making a list of symbols to be inputted small as to a data processor having a simple input function which displays the list of symbols to be inputted on a display screen and inputs symbols selected from in the list. CONSTITUTION:The data processor employs the constitution where the list of representative symbols of the symbols to be inputted is displayed on the display screen and is equipped with a judging means 16 which judges whether or not there is relative attribute symbol having an attribute relating to a representative symbol when the displayed representative symbol is selected and a display control means 17 which displays the relative attribute symbol and selected representative symbol on the display screen while making them correspond to each other when the judging means 16 judges the presence of the relative attribute symbol. The data processor is also equipped with a selecting means 18 which selects the input symbol among the representative symbols and relative attribute symbols displayed on a display control means 17 through interaction with the display screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention employs a structure in which a list of input symbols is displayed on a display screen, and data having a simple input function is adopted in which a symbol selected from this list is input. The present invention relates to a processing device, and more particularly to a data processing device having a simple input function that allows a symbol to be input according to an easy-to-understand operation while keeping this list small.

2. Description of the Related Art There is a data processing apparatus having a structure in which a list of symbols to be input is displayed on a display screen and a symbol selected from this list is inputted. Such a data processing device allows a person unfamiliar with a computer to handle the symbol by inputting symbols without using a keyboard. From now on, it is necessary for the data processing device having such a configuration to be able to input a symbol in accordance with a simpler operation.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In the most popular data processing device,
A keyboard is provided for inputting symbols such as characters. That is, the user finds the key of the corresponding symbol from the keyboard and depresses the key to input the symbol into the data processing device. At this time, when a voiced or semi-voiced character is input, the corresponding character is input by simultaneously pressing the clear voice character key and the voiced (semi-voiced) designation key.

However, such keyboard operation is very troublesome for a person such as a child, an elderly person, or a woman who is not accustomed to a computer. Therefore,
Against the background of the widespread use of pointing devices such as mice and touch panels recently, a configuration has been adopted in which a list of input target symbols such as Japanese syllabary characters is displayed on the display screen, and symbols selected from this list are input. A data processing device having a progressive structure has come to be provided.

To explain that the input object symbol is a character, conventionally, in the case of adopting such a configuration, in order to input a voiced character or a semi-voiced character in addition to a clear character, these characters are input. The method of adding the voiced or semi-voiced characters to the Japanese syllabary characters and displaying them as input characters is sometimes used. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, in addition to a clear sound such as “hahifuheho”, a voiced sound “babibubebo” and a semi-voiced sound “papipuppepo” are displayed on the display screen as input characters. It is a thing.

Further, as another method, as shown in FIG. 12, in addition to the Japanese syllabary character, the dakuon symbol "" and the semi-voiced symbol "°" are displayed as input characters, as in the case of the keyboard. By adopting the configuration, when the user inputs a voiced sound, the user inputs a voiced sound followed by the voiced sound symbol, and when inputting the semi-voiced sound, a method in which the user inputs the voiced sound followed by the semi-voiced sound symbol is adopted. Sometimes.

[0007]

However, if the former method is followed, the number of buttons will be more than 70, which makes it difficult to display on the display screen and it is difficult to find the desired button. However, in the case of a touch panel, there are various problems such that the size of the button becomes small and the button may be pressed incorrectly.

Further, when the latter method is followed, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand a dakuon symbol or a semi-done symbol and it is difficult to intuitively grasp what character is to be input.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a configuration in which a list of symbols to be input is displayed on a display screen and a symbol selected from this list is input. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data processing device having a new simple input function that allows a user to input a symbol according to an easy-to-understand operation while keeping this list small at the time of collection.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a data processing apparatus equipped with the present invention.

The data processing apparatus 1 includes a display means 10, a pointing means 11, an input / output control means 12, a representative symbol list display control means 13, a symbol attribute management means 14, and a representative symbol selection means 15. Judgment means 16
A display control means 17, a selection means 18, and a data processing execution means 19.

The display means 10 displays information on the display screen. The pointing means 11 functions as a means for designating the coordinate position of the display screen. The input / output control unit 12 controls input / output processing between the display unit 10 and the pointing unit 11.

The representative symbol list display control means 13 displays a list of representative symbols of the input target symbols on the display screen. At this time, regarding the representative symbol having the related attribute symbol, the related attribute symbol may be displayed together as one. The symbol attribute management unit 14 manages the related attribute symbols of the representative symbols displayed by the representative symbol list display control unit 13. The representative symbol selection means 15 interacts with the pointing means 11 so that the representative symbol list display control means 13
Select one of the representative symbols displayed by. Judgment means 1
For example, 6 is expanded in the representative symbol selecting means 15 and determines whether or not the representative symbol selected by the representative symbol selecting means 15 has a related attribute symbol.

The display control means 17 displays the related attribute symbol on the display screen in association with the representative symbol that forms a pair. The selecting unit 18 interacts with the pointing unit 11 to select one of the representative symbol / related attribute symbol displayed by the display control unit 17. Data processing execution means 1
Reference numeral 9 executes prescribed data processing using the input symbols.

[0015]

In the present invention, the representative symbol list display control means 13
However, when displaying the list of the representative symbols of the input target symbols on the display screen, the representative symbol selecting means 15 interacts with the pointing means 11 to select one of the displayed representative symbols.

When the representative symbol is selected in this way,
The determination means 16 determines whether or not the selected representative symbol has a related attribute symbol by referring to the management data of the symbol attribute management means 14, and this determination processing determines that the related attribute symbol does not exist. Then, the data processing executing means 19 treats the representative symbol selected by the representative symbol selecting means 15 as an input symbol and executes the data processing.

On the other hand, when it is judged by the judgment processing of the judging means 16 that the related attribute symbol exists, the display control means 17 associates the related attribute symbol with the representative symbol selected by the representative symbol selecting means 15. By displaying on the display screen and receiving this display processing, the selecting means 18 interacts with the pointing means 11 to select one of the displayed representative symbol / related attribute functions. Then, in response to this selection, the data processing execution means 19 causes the selection means 18
Data processing is executed by treating the symbol selected by as the input symbol.

As described above, according to the present invention, by adopting the configuration of displaying the list of the symbols to be input on the display screen,
At the time of adopting the configuration of inputting symbols selected from this list, it will be sufficient to display a list for the number of representative symbols, so this list can be made small, and further, Since the interactive related attribute symbol selection process will be activated in conjunction with the selection of the representative symbol,
You will be able to input symbols according to easy-to-understand operations.

[0019]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. FIG. 2 illustrates a system configuration of a video software search system including the present invention. This video software search system has a configuration in which, when a hiragana character of the first character of the video software name is set, a list of video software names with the set character as the first character is displayed, and the video software is selected from them. It is a system that has the function of displaying information about the video software.

In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a computer system for executing a video software search process, which includes a display 21 for displaying display information, a search program 22 for executing the video software search process, and a search process for the search program 22. And a search key setting program 23 for setting the first character of the video software name used for.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a mouse included in the computer system 20 for designating the screen position of the display 21. A video software database 25 included in the computer system 20 manages a video software classification index used to search for video software and catalog information of the video software displayed on the display 21. Reference numeral 26 denotes an image database included in the computer system 20, which is an image file of Japanese syllabary hiragana displayed on the display 21, an image file of cut information of video software displayed on the display 21, and a search displayed on the display 21. This is for managing the image file of the screen for use.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a processing flow executed by the search key setting program 23. Next, according to this processing flow, the video software search processing configured according to the present invention will be described in detail.

When there is a video software search request, the search key setting program 23 firstly, as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
The image file of the Japanese syllabary of Hiragana is read from and the Japanese syllabary is displayed on the display 21 to set the button corresponding to the Japanese syllabary of Hiragana on the display 21. Here, there are 3 pieces of character code information for each sound corresponding to a pure sound, a dakune, and a semi-voiced sound (however, if there is only a pure sound, 1 if there is only a sound, 2 if there is only a sound) Will be stored.

The hiragana syllabary diagram displayed at this time is such that, as shown in FIG. 4, only the pure sound is displayed, and as shown in FIG.
The configuration to display them all together is adopted,
The configuration is such that it has buttons for the number of pure sounds only, and does not provide the dakuon symbol """and the semi-voiced symbol" ° ". Therefore, the user can easily search for the target hiragana, and the size of the button is sufficiently large to prevent input errors.

When the Japanese syllabary of hiragana is displayed on the display 21, next, in step 2, by interacting with the user, a process of designating the first character of the video software name to be searched is performed. At this time, when the first character is a dull sound or a semi-voiced sound, the user is required to specify the corresponding clear sound. For example, when the user wants to search for video software titled "Panda no Furusato", he or she uses the mouse 24 to press the "ha" button corresponding to the first character "pa". By detecting the motion, the designation process of the first character of the video software name to be searched is performed.

When one character to be searched is designated, the search key setting program 23 will be described as an object-oriented structure.
A message to that effect is sent to 3, so that the search key setting program 23 recognizes the first character of the video software name to be searched. In the above example, "ha" is recognized.

When the leading character of the video software name to be searched is recognized, subsequently, in step 3, by referring to the three character codes set in the selected leading character, the leading character Check whether the hiragana has a dakuon or a semi-dakuon. According to this check process, for example, "ha" is "0x82c" which means "ha".
The character code "d" and "0x82c" that represents "ba"
The character code "e" and "0x82c" that represents "pa"
It will be checked that three character codes "f" have been set.

Subsequently, in step 4, according to the check processing of step 3, it is judged whether or not the selected hiragana of the first character has a dakuon / semi-dakuon (may be only a dakuon). If it is determined that the user does not have it, the process immediately proceeds to step 7, the search program 22 is activated, and the process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the user has the sound, the process proceeds to step 5 and the clear sound / dull sound button / half sound is displayed on the display 21 as shown in FIGS. A selection dialog having a dull button is displayed, and each character code is assigned to a variable provided in association with each of these buttons. At this time, for each button, the video software database 25 to be referred to when selected
The address to and the link information to the next screen will also be set. In addition, when it has only a dull sound, the selection dialog has only a clear sound button and a dull sound button.

When the selection dialog is displayed on the display 21, subsequently, in step 6, by interacting with the user, a character to be searched is specified by specifying one character among the clear sound, the dull sound, and the semi-voiced sound in the selection dialog. Perform the process to specify the first character of the software name. Then, in order to notify the search program 22, the character code associated with the button of the specified character is stored in the external variable. For example, when the user wants to search for video software with the title "Panda's hometown", he uses the mouse 24 to push the button "pa" of the first character displayed in the selection dialog. By detecting the operation, the first character of the video software name to be searched is specified.

When one character to be finally searched is specified, a message to that effect is transmitted to the search key setting program 23, whereby the search key setting program 23 causes the search key setting program 23 to search for the video software name to be searched. Since the final leading character of will be recognized, continue to Step 7
Then, the search program 22 is activated and the process is terminated.

When started in this way, the search program 22 has the first character by tracing the video software classification index of the video software database 25 using the first character notified from the search key setting program 23. The video software name is searched and displayed on the display 21, and when the video software name is specified by the user, the catalog information of the video software is read from the video software database 25 and displayed on the display 21, or the image database. The cut information of the video software is read out from 26 and displayed on the display 21.

Here, in the processing flow of FIG. 3, the search key setting program 23 specifies the first character of the final video software name according to the selection dialog so that the search processing can be started with a small number of actions. And I disclosed the configuration to start the search program 22 immediately,
Before activating the search program 22, a configuration for displaying a dialog for confirmation as shown in FIG. 8 is adopted.
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the search program 22 is activated when "Yes" is pressed in this dialog, and the process returns to step 1 when "No" is pressed.

9 and 10 show specific screen configurations of the selection dialog displayed on the display 21. Although the illustrated embodiment has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, although the present invention is disclosed according to the application to the search system in the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to other data processing systems as it is. In addition, although the present invention has been disclosed in the embodiments according to the related attribute symbols such as dakuon / semi-dakuon, the present invention is not limited to this, and may have other related attribute symbols such as uppercase / lowercase letters. It can also be applied to things as they are.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is necessary to display the list of input symbols on the display screen and input the symbols selected from this list. It is sufficient to display the list for the number of representative symbols. As a result, this list can be made small, and the interactive related attribute symbol selection process is activated in synchronization with the selection of the representative symbol. become able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a processing flow executed by a search key setting program.

FIG. 4 is an example of a Japanese syllabary diagram displayed on a display.

FIG. 5 is another embodiment of the Japanese syllabary diagram displayed on the display.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a selection dialog opening process.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a selection dialog opening process.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a dialog.

FIG. 9 is a screen configuration diagram of a selection dialog.

FIG. 10 is a screen configuration diagram of a selection dialog.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Data Processing Device 10 Display Means 11 Pointing Means 12 Input / Output Control Means 13 Representative Symbol List Display Control Means 14 Symbol Attribute Management Means 15 Representative Symbol Selection Means 16 Judging Means 17 Display Control Means 18 Selection Means 19 Data Processing Execution Means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiyuki Saotome 1-6-4 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Within Fujitsu Social Science Laboratory (72) Inventor Shinji Kubo 1-6 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo No. 4 In Fujitsu Social Science Laboratory, Inc. (72) Inventor Yoshiyuki Okada 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Within Fujitsu Limited

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A simple input function having a configuration in which a list of representative symbols of respective input target symbols is displayed on a display screen and a symbol specified by selection processing for the list is input. A data processing device that has, when a representative symbol to be displayed is selected, a determining means that determines whether or not there is one or more related attribute symbols having an attribute related to the representative symbol (16). ), And when the judging means (16) judges the existence of the related attribute symbol, the display control means (17) for displaying the related attribute symbol on the display screen in association with the selected representative symbol, and the display screen. By interacting with the above display control means
A selection means (18) for selecting one of the representative symbol and the related attribute symbol displayed by (17) is provided, and when the determination means (16) determines that the related attribute symbol does not exist, it is selected. The representative symbol is treated as an input symbol, and when the judging means (16) judges that there is a related attribute symbol, the symbol selected by the selecting means (18) is treated as an input symbol. A data processing device with a simple input function. 2. The data processing device having the simple input function according to claim 1, wherein a list of representative symbols is not displayed as it is, but a representative symbol having a related attribute symbol has only one related attribute symbol. A data processing device having a simple input function, characterized by being configured to display the list while being combined.