JP2000010691A - Data input device and its program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To input correct data efficiently simply by checking the display contents at hand, without taking your eyes off the input screen for input operation confirmation. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 displays a display screen according to an application program, and reads attribute information or input status information previously associated with a field selected and designated among fields in the display screen, Transfer to the input program side. During the execution of the input processing according to the input program, an identification display based on the attribute information and the input status information is performed on the input screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data input device having an input screen for input operation confirmation and a program recording medium for the data input device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, mobile P has been used as a portable information device.
In / C and PDAs, there are many keyboard-less products that are not equipped with a keyboard. Such portable information devices execute, for example, business processing for registering a record of a customer master file for each field. At this time, each input field is displayed and output on an application window according to the business program, and data input for each field is registered in a customer master file. At that time, a pen input window is also displayed and output on the same screen, and when characters are handwritten in the character input frame defined in the pen input window, the characters are recognized according to the pen input program, and the recognition result is displayed. Candidates are displayed in the pen input window. Here, the confirmed character string obtained by pen input is transferred to the business program side and displayed and output in the input field. That is, the pen input program and the business program are managed separately and independently, except when the input character string is transferred from the pen input program to the business program.

[0003]

However, when a character string input by a pen is transferred to the business program, the business program must have the number of characters exceeding the input length predefined in association with the input field. If a character string is transferred, the data for the number of extra characters is processed as the data in the next input field. Had the disadvantage of breaking On the business program side, a type indicating an input character type (ANK character, kanji, etc.) is defined for each input field, but if the character string input by the pen is not the corresponding input type, There is a disadvantage that the pen input must be restarted from the beginning. When correcting a part of the already input data displayed and output in the input field on the application window, move the cursor to a character position to be corrected in the input field and indicate a correction position. In addition to the troublesome operation of inputting the correct characters by handwriting by pen input, the operator has to run his / her eyes many times, for example, moving his / her eyes to the pen input window while checking the display contents of the application window, which causes operator fatigue. , And there was also a risk of visual errors. Furthermore, when a character string is to be input for each field unit in a record including a plurality of fields, it is necessary to perform pen input while checking which input field is the current input target on the application window, In addition, it is necessary to make a pen input while confirming on the application window in which digit of the input field the data is to be input, which gives the operator a feeling of fatigue as described above, and there is a risk of visual error. Also, during handwriting input, the operator is watching the display contents of the pen input window, and as a result,
When an error message or guidance displayed on the application window is not noticed, or when a part of the application window overlaps with the pen input window, the error message or guidance display is hidden. Furthermore, there are cases where the input character type is biased depending on the type of application, such as an application that is frequently input in full-width kana and an application that is frequently input in numerical values. Recognition of characters at a time lowers the recognition rate. The above-described problem has been described by taking an example in which an application window and a pen input window are displayed on the same display device in a portable information device, but in a data processing device such as a personal computer with a handwriting input device. When the main body screen and the input screen are displayed on separate display devices, and they are largely separated from each other in distance, the distance to shift their eyes is increased accordingly, which increases fatigue and causes reading errors and input errors. There was a disadvantage that the frequency of mistakes also increased. A first object of the present invention is to make it possible to input correct data efficiently only by checking the display contents at hand, without keeping the eye from the input screen for input operation confirmation. An object of the second invention is to recognize a handwritten input character.
By controlling which character type is to be preferentially recognized for each input target area, for example, for each field, the recognition rate can be greatly improved.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. A data input device for inputting and displaying input data displayed on an input screen for input operation confirmation in an input display area selected and designated from among a plurality of input display areas on a predetermined display screen. Reading means for reading unique attribute information previously associated with the designated input display area or input status information for the input display area; and attribute information or input read by the reading means. Identification display control means for performing identification display based on status information on the input screen. Here, the attribute information previously associated with the input display area selected and specified on the predetermined display screen is, for example, length information that can be input in the specified input display area, or input information in the input display area. Area name information, based on the length information, a data input enabled area on the input screen is identified and displayed, or an input area name is displayed on the input screen based on the input area name information. In addition, the input status information in the input display area is, for example, information of input data already input and displayed in a specified input display area, or information of an input position specified by a cursor on the input display area, or Information indicating the result of the input check on the input data input to the input display area. The input data is displayed on the input screen based on the information of the input data, and is displayed on the input screen based on the input position designation information. Is displayed, and a check result message is displayed on the input screen based on the information indicating the result of the input check. Therefore, correct data can be efficiently input simply by checking the display contents at hand, without keeping the eye from the input screen for input operation confirmation. Claim 1
The invention described in Item 3 is a data input device that recognizes a character input by handwriting on a handwritten character input screen and inputs and displays the recognized character in an input display area on a predetermined display screen. Reading means for reading character type information preliminarily associated with an input display area selected and designated among a plurality of input display areas on a screen, and reading the character type handwritten on the input screen with the read character type Character recognition control means for recognizing characters by giving priority to the character type indicated by the information. Here, when recognizing a character that is input by handwriting on the handwritten character input screen, the character type indicated by the character type information read corresponding to the input display area specified on the predetermined display screen is given priority. Recognize characters. Therefore, when recognizing a handwritten input character, by controlling which character type is to be preferentially recognized for each input target area, for example, for each field, the recognition rate can be significantly improved. .

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a data input device in a portable information device such as a mobile P / C. CPU
Reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit which controls the overall operation of the data input device according to various programs loaded in the RAM 2. The storage device 3 includes a storage medium 4 in which an operating system, various application programs, data files, character font data, and the like are stored in advance, and a drive system thereof. The storage medium 4 is fixedly provided or removably mountable, and is constituted by a magnetic / optical storage medium such as a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, RAM card, or the like, and a semiconductor memory. The programs and data in the storage medium 4 are loaded into the RAM 2 under the control of the CPU 1 as needed. Further, the CPU 1 receives programs and data transmitted from other devices via a communication line or the like and stores them in the storage medium 4 or stored in a storage medium provided in other devices. Existing programs and data can be used via a communication line or the like.

A display device 6, a touch panel 7, and a touch panel control unit 8 which constitute a pen input device 5 which is an input / output peripheral device thereof are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line.
U1 controls their operation. The pen input device 5 constitutes a touch screen in which a transparent touch panel 7 is arranged on a display screen of a display device 6 for displaying character data by a liquid crystal display or the like. . Here, when the writing stroke input by handwriting on the touch panel 7 is cut out in units of one character and sent to the CPU 1, the CPU 1 recognizes the writing stroke as a character and displays the recognition result as a candidate. Such handwritten character input and candidate display are performed in the pen input window. FIG. 2 exemplifies display contents of the pen input window. Here, the handwriting input area 6a will be described with respect to the recognition candidate display area 6b.
The handwriting input area 6a defines a character recognition frame. In this example, a handwriting input area for three characters is arranged, and a handwriting stroke input by handwriting with a pen in the handwriting input area 6a is one. The character is cut out for each character handwriting recognition frame and recognized. The recognition candidate display area 6b is for displaying candidate recognition results of handwritten input strokes when characters are recognized. The first to fourth candidates are displayed in a list. Can be switched. In addition,
Other areas on the pen input window are various function key assignment areas and display areas. That is, although these areas will be described later, a board icon 6 such as a handwritten board, a kana board, or an ABC board is used.
c, icons 6d for functions such as execution, determination, conversion, etc., a recognition result display area 6e, and a field name display area 6
f etc. are arranged. Here, the handwriting input area 6a is allocated when the handwriting board icon is touched with a pen. For example, when the kana board icon is touched with a pen, the handwriting input area 6a is switched to the handwriting input area 6a and the kana board as shown in FIG. Is assigned.

FIG. 3A shows a characteristic portion stored in the storage device 3, and includes a handwritten character dictionary AM, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary BM, a customer master file CM, a record management table DM, and a customer master input application. The program EM, the pen input program FM, etc. are stored in the storage device 3.
Is stored within. The handwritten character dictionary AM is a character recognition dictionary used for character recognition of a handwritten input writing stroke. The writing stroke is converted into a character code for each character. The kana-kanji conversion dictionary BM is used to convert a kana character string into a character string mixed with kanji. Is converted to
In this case, the Kana-Kanji conversion process is started when the Kana-Kanji conversion icon assigned in the pen input window shown in FIG. 2 is touched with the pen. The customer master file CM stores the customer information for each customer as data for one record.
(B) shows the record configuration of the customer master file CM. Here, the customer record is composed of a plurality of fields, and stores “reading”, “customer name”, “address”, “TEL number”, and “FAX number” corresponding to each field. The record management table DM manages record input conditions of the customer master file CM.
(C) illustrates the contents of the record management table DM. This record management table DM defines an input type and an input length for each field constituting a customer record in association with the field name. Here, the input type defines the character type and character size that can be input in the corresponding field. In the example shown in the figure, "half-width kana", "customer name", and "address" correspond to the field name "furigana". Corresponding to "full-width kanji", "TEL number"
A "half-width numeral" is defined corresponding to "FAX number". The input length defines the number of characters that can be entered in the corresponding field. In the illustrated example, "24 characters" corresponding to the field name "furigana" ... "16 characters" are input corresponding to the "FAX number" Defined as length. The customer master input application program EM is a main business program for creating a customer master.
U1 is a customer master input application program EM
Is activated to display and output an application window for creating a customer master, and execute a customer master creation process for updating the contents of the customer master file CM based on the data input to the respective input fields in the application window. . The pen input program FM is a program for pen input, and the CPU 1 activates the pen input program FM to input data input into the pen input window, and transmits the processing result to the customer master input application program EM. Forward.

FIG. 4 shows various parameters set in the RAM 2, in which "cleng", "tp", "b"
“uf”, “cur”, and “fldn” are set at the time of execution of the customer master creation process.
"g" is the input length of the field currently designated as the input target, "tp" is the input type of the field, "buf" is already input data already entered in the field, and "cur" is the cursor at the start of field input. The position "fldn" indicates the field name. Others define the display states of various display areas allocated in the pen input window. The display states of the recognition result display area 6e and the field name display area 6f shown in FIG. Is done. Note that the recognition result display area 6e is an area in which a character string after character recognition and a character confirmed as a first candidate are displayed, and the confirmed character string in the recognition result display area 6e is 1
The data is transferred to the customer master input application program EM as field data. The field name display area 6f is an area for displaying a field name transferred from the customer master input application program EM.

Next, the operation of the data input device will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the storage medium 4 in the form of a program code readable by the CPU 1, and an operation according to the content is executed. . The same applies to other embodiments described later. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the customer master creation process. The CPU 1 executes this creation process according to the customer master input application program EM. First, the customer master file CM is accessed to display and output an application window form for creating a customer master, and a field name is displayed in each field (step A).
1). Next, one record of data is read from the customer master file CM, and data is displayed / displayed for each field unit.
It is highlighted (step A2). In other words, if there is already entered data in each field, the already entered data is output to the corresponding field, and the cursor is positioned at the end of the valid character string,
If there is no input data, the cursor is set at the head position of the field. In this state, the input target field can be arbitrarily selected, but first, the first field is selected.

FIG. 9 shows an application window for creating a customer master. Each field is displayed and output in association with its field name. In this case, the cursor is displayed at the end of the valid character string "Arai Shokai" in the two-item field, indicating that the field is a selected field, and the next character input position. In each field, a rectangular area corresponding to the input length is reversely displayed, and the already input data is displayed as white characters in the reverse rectangular area. The pen input window is displayed and output at a predetermined position on the display screen. When an application window for creating a customer master is opened, the pen input window and the application window are displayed and output on the same screen (see FIG. 10). . Now, when an input field is selected, the process proceeds to step A4, and a transfer process for transferring input conditions and the like corresponding to the selected field as data to be used during pen input processing is performed. That is, the record management table D corresponding to the selected field
The input length and the input type are read from M, respectively, and the input length cleng and the input type tp are set in the RAM 2. If there is already input data already input in the selection field, the input length is read from the customer master file CM. The displayed data is stored in the RAM 2
Is set as already input data buf. Further, the current cursor position set in the selected field is detected, the cursor position cur is set in the RAM 2, and the field name fldn is set.

In this state, the pen input program F
It is checked whether the confirmed character string for one field input and confirmed from the M side has been transferred to the customer master input application program EM side, and waits until the confirmed character string is transferred (step A5). Here, when the confirmed character string is transferred, it is input as the data of the currently selected and designated selection field, and the data is displayed and output in the selection field (step A6). Such processing returns to step A3 until it is detected in step A7 that the end of customer record creation has been instructed, and is repeated for each field. When the end of the creation of one record is instructed, the process proceeds to step A8, and it is checked whether the end of the creation of the customer master is instructed. If the end of the creation is not instructed, the process returns to step A2 to display and output the next customer record. However, if the end of the creation of the customer master is instructed, the process proceeds to step A9, where the process of updating the content of the customer master file CM based on the data input processed for each field and each record is performed. Then, the application window for creating the customer master is deleted.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing pen input processing. The CPU 1 executes this input processing according to a pen input program FM. First, the CPU 1 refers to the RAM 2 and checks whether at least the input length, input type, cursor position, field name, and the like transferred from the customer master input application program EM are set in the RAM 2. It waits until data is set (step B1). And RA
If these data are set in M2, the process proceeds to step B2, where the input length clen set in the RAM 2 is read, and the input length clen is displayed in the recognition result display area 6e of the pen input window.
The rectangular area for the number of characters indicated by is highlighted. Next, if the already input data buf is set in the RAM 2, EXO is stored in the inverted rectangular area of the recognition result display area 6e.
R display (white display) is performed (step B3). FIGS. 2 and 10 show a state in which the customer name "Arai Shokai" is displayed in the recognition result display area 6e, and the input length is notified by the inverted rectangular area. Then, the cursor position cur is read from the RAM 2, and the cursor is displayed at a position shifted to the right by the number of characters indicated by the cursor position cur from the beginning of the display character string in the recognition result display area 6e (step B).
4). In FIG. 10, the cursor is positioned at the end of the valid character string, and the cursor position is specified as the input start position. Further, the field name fldn is read from the RAM 2, and the field name is displayed in the field name display area 6f in the pen input window (step B5).

When the display processing for the recognition result display area 6e and the field name display area 6f is completed in this way, an event wait state is set until a pen is input in the pen input window (step B6). Here, when the presence of an input is detected, an event is determined (step B7). If an arbitrary character is input by handwriting in the handwriting input area in the pen input window, the writing stroke is set to one. The character is cut out as character data and character recognition is performed. At this time, the input type set in the RAM 2 is determined (step B8). Then, the writing stroke is recognized by giving priority to the character type indicated by the input type (step B9). That is, if the selection field is "customer name", the input type is defined as kanji notation as shown in FIG. 3 (C), and the character is recognized with reference to the handwritten character dictionary AM. At this time, character recognition is performed with priority given to kanji candidates. The recognition candidate group converted in this way is displayed as a list in the candidate display area 6b in the pen input window (step B10). Now, assuming that "kai" is entered with handwritten characters in the handwriting input area,
Character recognition is performed with priority given to the kanji notation. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 10, the recognition candidate display area 6b displays "kai", "go",
A list of candidates for “gold” and “rema” is displayed. Then, the first candidate "kai" is displayed at the cursor position in the recognition result display area 6e (step B11), and the cursor display position is moved and displayed one character to the right (step B1).
2). FIG. 10 shows a display example in this case. It is checked whether the cursor position has exceeded the input length by moving the cursor position in this manner (step B).
13) If length over is detected, an error message is displayed (step B14). In this case, the writing stroke displayed in the handwriting input area 6a of the pen input window is temporarily deleted, and message data indicating the input length over is displayed and output.

On the other hand, if the first candidate is not the desired character, the user touches the candidate selection icon in the pen input window with a pen to select the desired candidate from the recognition candidate group. The determination is made and the process proceeds to step B15, where the selected candidate is displayed and output in the recognition result display area 6e, and the candidate is switched. Then, the process proceeds to step B12 to perform a cursor moving process.
Here, when the board icon in the pen input window is touched by the pen, a process of displaying and outputting the selected board to a predetermined area in the pen input window is performed accordingly (step B20). In this case, there are a handwritten board, a kana board, an ABC board, and the like as the board icons.
Is displayed and output as shown in FIG.
When the kana board icon is touched, the kana board as shown in FIG. 11 is switched to the display position of the handwriting input area 6a and displayed and output. In this case, when the recognition rate of handwritten characters is poor, the board is switched to a kana board or an ABC board, and these are used as auxiliary keyboards for the handwritten board. Now, when a key assigned to the Kana board is touched with a pen, a character code corresponding to the touched position is generated similarly to a normal keyboard, and a Kana character string can be input by a key. As described above, the kana character string input from the kana board by key input, the kana character string input by the Roman character from the ABC board, and the kana character string input by handwriting are changed by pen-touching the conversion icon in the pen input window. Kana-Kanji conversion.

That is, when the conversion icon is touched by the pen, the process proceeds to step B16, where the kana-kanji conversion process is performed by referring to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary BM based on the kana character string displayed in the recognition result display area 6e ( Step B17). Then, among the conversion results, the first candidate is extracted and displayed on the recognition candidate display area 6b (step B18), and among the second and lower candidate groups, only the hiragana candidate and the katakana only candidate are selected. Extracts only the first character and causes the recognition candidate display area 6b to display and output the first character. Further, all other characters are displayed and output in the recognition candidate display area 6b (step B19).
Here, FIG. 12 shows a display state in a case where a kana character string “araisukakai” input from a kana board is converted into a kana-kanji character, and only a hiragana and a katakana-only candidate have a short form in which only the first character is displayed. In addition, kana-mixed candidates and kanji-only candidates are displayed for all characters. Here, when the candidate selection operation is performed, the above-described step B15 is executed, and the selection candidate is transferred to the recognition result display area 6e. When the execution icon on the pen input window is touched with the pen, the recognition result display area is displayed. 6e, the determined character string is transferred to the customer master input application program EM, and the recognition candidate display area 6b,
The display contents of the field name display area 6f are cleared (step B22). Then, the input length cleng set in the RAM 2, the input type tp,
The cursor position cur, the field name fldn, and the already input data buf are cleared (step B23), and thereafter, the process returns to step B1, and the input corresponding to the selected field is stored in the RAM 2 in response to the selection of the next field to be input. Wait until the length or the like is set.
Now, the customer master input application program EM
On the side, when the next input target field is selected and input conditions and the like corresponding thereto are set in the RAM 2,
This is detected in step B1, and the same processing is repeated thereafter.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of step B2 (input length inversion display) of FIG. Here, display control information cw and ch corresponding to the recognition result display area 6e are defined in the RAM 2 as shown in FIG. 4, and the display control information cw is one-byte character font 1
The display control information ch indicates the width size of the character, and the display control information ch indicates the height size.
The total width size of the input character string is obtained by multiplying the number of characters of eng, and the width cw is provided on condition that the value is smaller than the maximum width size fw of the recognition result display area 6e defined in the RAM 2 (step C1). Is determined by multiplying the input area by the input length cleng, and a rectangular area having a height ch of the size in the RAM 2 is determined. By inverting the rectangular area, an inverted rectangular area is displayed and output in the recognition result display area 6e. (Steps C2, C3). If the condition is not satisfied in step C1, a length-over error display is performed (step C4). As described above, the input length is displayed by the inverted rectangular area in units of half-width character size, but the input length of kanji is usually defined by two half-width characters in order to make it a full-width size.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of step B3 (display of input data EXOR) in FIG.
First, a character number counter (not shown) cnt is cleared (step D1), and the character number counter cnt is compared with the value of the input length cleng (step D1).
2). Here, at first, since cnt <clen,
Save the value of the character number counter cnt to a save memory (not shown) b
cnt (step D3), and adds "1" to the character counter cnt to update the value (step D4). Then, the already input data bu
The cnt-th character indicated by the character number counter cnt is extracted from f (step D5). In this case, data of half size (1 byte) is taken out. However, since the kanji is composed of 2 bytes, if the kanji is detected in step D6, the value of the character number counter cnt is incremented by "1". The update process is performed (step D7), and the cnt-th character is extracted from the input data buf (step D8). The character code thus extracted is converted into a character font for display to create an inverted image (step D9), and its display position is determined (step D10). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the horizontal position sx,
Since the position sy in the vertical direction is defined, the display position is obtained based on the value obtained by adding the save memory bcnt to the position sx in the horizontal direction and the position sy in the vertical direction, and an inverted image is displayed and output at this display position. (Step D11). As a result, the already input white character string is displayed and output in the input length inverted rectangular area.

As described above, in this data input device, the CPU 1 causes the application window to be displayed and output in accordance with the customer master input application program EM, and based on the data entered in each field in the application window, the customer master file. In addition to the process of updating the CM, the process of inputting data input into the pen input window in accordance with the pen input program FM and transferring the processing result to the customer master input application program EM is performed. When an input length and an input type defined in advance in association with a field arbitrarily selected on the application window are read from the record management table DM and transferred to the pen input program FM side, The input data, the cursor position, and the field name are transferred to the pen input program FM, so that the recognition result display area 6e in the pen input window based on the input length has a rectangular size corresponding to the input length. Is obtained and displayed in reverse video, the operator can intuitively grasp the number of valid input characters in the pen input window, and it is possible to prevent input overruns.
Also, the pen input program FM receiving the input type
On the side, when recognizing a handwritten input character, the character type indicated by the input type is prioritized, so that the recognition candidates can be narrowed down and the recognition rate can be improved. Become.

Further, if there is already input data in the selection field, the pen input program FM which has received the already input data displays and outputs it in the recognition result display area 6e. Input and correction can be performed while looking only at the window, and it is not necessary to read the contents of the application window many times as in the related art, so that the operation can be performed accurately and quickly. Further, when a field name for specifying the selected field selected on the application window is transferred, this is displayed and output in the field name display area 6f in the pen input window. You can check what item data to input without taking your eyes off the pen input window, especially when the application window overlaps the back of the pen input window and a part of it is hidden Will be effective. Further, when an input start position (current cursor position at the start of data input) indicating from which position data should be input is received in the selection field of the application window, the pen input window is set based on the input start position. Since the cursor is displayed at the corresponding position in the box, the start position of the data input can be confirmed without keeping an eye on the pen input window.

When a kana character string input from a kana board, a kana character string input from an ABC board and converted into a roman character or a kana character string input from a handwriting board is converted into a kana-kanji character, a group of conversion candidates Are displayed in a list in the pen input window. Of the candidates that are only hiragana and katakana, only the first character is extracted and displayed in an abbreviated form, and those first characters are displayed in parallel. Thus, the recognition candidate display area 6b can be effectively used, and the number of candidates that can be displayed at one time can be greatly increased. Even if the display is made in the abbreviated form as described above, the hiragana candidate and the katakana candidate can be easily inferred from other candidate displays by looking at only the first character, so that there is no particular problem.

In the above-described embodiment, when recognizing a character input by handwriting, the input type transferred from the customer master input application program EM is determined, and the character type indicated by the input type is determined. Is recognized with priority, but the result of character recognition may be compared with the input type, and if a mismatch is detected between them, an error message may be displayed to that effect.
FIG. 13 shows a display example in this case. When the input type is a half-width / kana character and the recognition result is a full-width kanji, a message indicating "the input type is invalid" is displayed. You may. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the customer master creation process for updating the content of the customer master file CM has been described as an example. However, it is needless to say that the same can be applied to application processes for executing other business processes. In addition, the present invention is not limited to portable information devices such as mobile P / C, but may be desktop information devices.

(Second Embodiment) Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since the form and size of the application window on the display screen are different for each type of application, in the second embodiment, the pen input window is displayed in accordance with the layout state of the application window. The display format, display size, and display position are changed. FIG. 14 shows the pen input window display format (vertical or horizontal), display size (vertical width and horizontal width), and display position (rectangular upper left coordinate position) for each application type A, B. Shows the layout table RT stored as the display control information of the above. When the start of an arbitrary application is instructed,
The CPU 1 refers to the layout table RT, reads out display control information corresponding to the type of the application, and outputs R as transfer information to the pen input program FM.
Set in AM2. Here, the pen input program FM refers to the contents of the RAM 2, reads out the display control information of the pen input window, and sets the pen input window based on the display format, display size, and display position defined in the display control information. Display output on the display screen.
FIG. 15 shows a state in which a vertical pen input window is displayed on the right side of the display screen. As described above, the display mode of the pen input window is changed according to the type of application, so that the pen input window does not hide a part of the application window, and the entire display screen can be used effectively. In addition, it is possible to give a visually neat feeling.

(Third Embodiment) A third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the first and second embodiments described above, an application window and a pen input window are displayed on the same display device in a portable information device. However, in the third embodiment, handwritten character recognition is performed. In a data processing device such as a personal computer having functions, a display device for input operation confirmation is provided on the handwriting input unit side in addition to the display device on the main body side, and a display screen corresponding to the application window of the first embodiment is displayed. The input screen corresponding to the pen input window is displayed on the display device of the handwriting input unit on the display device of the main body. FIG.
1A shows an external perspective view of the data processing apparatus, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the entire configuration. The main body device 11 has a CPU 12 as a core, and a storage device 14 having a storage medium 13, a RAM 15, and a main body display device 16 are connected to the CPU 12 via a bus line, and the CPU 12 controls the operations thereof. Here, when an instruction to start an arbitrary application is issued, the CPU 1 causes the main body display device 16 to display and output an application screen corresponding to the type of the application. The input device 17 is the main device 1
It operates independently and independently of the first device, is cord-connected to the main device 11, and exchanges data with the main device 11. The input device 17 has a CPU 18 as a core, and a key top 19 and an input display device 2 constituting a handwriting input unit 20.
1 and a touch panel 22, a RAM 23 for temporarily storing handwritten input characters and their recognized characters or various information sent from the main unit 11, and a ROM 24 for fixedly storing a pen input program, a handwritten character dictionary and the like. And
The CPU 18 controls those operations.

FIG. 18A shows the contents of the storage device 14 on the main unit 11 side. The storage device 14 has basically the same kana-kanji conversion dictionary BM and master file as the first embodiment described above. CM, record management table DM, customer master input application program EM
In the third embodiment, a product master input application program GM, an application management table HM, and a message file IM are stored. The handwritten character dictionary and the pen input program are stored and managed on the input device 17 side. The master file CM according to the third embodiment stores a customer master and a product master for each type of application, and the record management table DM also stores an input type and an input length corresponding to a field for each type of application. . Here, the application management table HM stores the input type for each type of application (customer master, merchandise master) as shown in FIG. 18 (B). Therefore, "full-width kanji" is set as the input type, and "full-width alphanumeric" is set as the input type because the frequent input of full-width alphanumeric characters is performed when the product master is updated. FIG. 18C shows the contents of the master file DM corresponding to the customer master, in which the input type is set for each field name, but when the input type corresponding to the field is not set, the application management table HM Is set as the input type of the field. The message file IM stores various messages such as an error message indicating that an input error has occurred during the execution of the application. FIG. 18D shows the ROM 24 on the input device 17 side.
The handwritten character dictionary XM, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary YM, and the pen input program ZM are stored in the ROM 24.
Is stored.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the application processing on the main device 11 side, which is basically the same as FIG. 5 in the first embodiment. Therefore, only the differences will be described below. Note that when an instruction to start an arbitrary application is instructed, application processing corresponding to the instruction is started. FIG. 19 shows a case in which customer master creation processing is instructed as in FIG. Also, the same processing as that of FIG. 19 is executed. Here, FIG.
The middle steps C1, C3 to C6, and C10 to C13 are the same processes corresponding to steps A1 to A9 in FIG. 5. First, after displaying an application window for creating a customer master (step C1), Application management table HM based on type
Is retrieved, and the input type corresponding to the application is read and transferred to the RAM 23 of the input device 17 (step C2). Then, the customer record is read and displayed for each field unit (step C3), and an input field is selected from the beginning (step C4), and the record management table DM is selected based on the selected field.
And transfers the input type and input length corresponding to the field to the RAM 23 of the input device 17. If there is already input data in the field, the input data and the input field are set in the selection field. The current cursor position and the field name are input to the input device 17 respectively.
(Step C5).

In this state, 1 is input from the input device 17 side.
It is checked whether the determined character string for the field has been transferred (step C6), and if it has been transferred, an input data check process is performed (step C7). In other words, input check is performed to check whether the same voucher data was re-entered by mistake, and the same field of another record in the customer master is searched. For example, if the voucher number is the same, it is determined that the same voucher is re-input. Then, an error message is created and transferred to the RAM 23 of the input device 17 (step C9). If an error is detected as a result of the input check (step C8), an error message is transferred to the input device 17 in order to invalidate the current input data, and the process returns to step C6 to return to the next data. Is entered until the input is input. If the input check shows that the data is normal, the input data is displayed in the currently selected selection field (step C10). Such processing is completed in step C11 for creating one record (step C11) and step C1.
The process returns to step C4 until the end of creation of all records is instructed in step 2, and the above operation is repeated. As a result, when the processing for all records is completed, the customer master is updated based on the data input for each field and each record (step C13).

Next, the operation of the input device 17 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that FIG.
Is a flowchart showing the operation on the input device 17 side, which is basically the same as FIG. 6 in the first embodiment, and therefore, only the differences will be described below. Here, Steps D1 to D5 are the same processing as Steps B1 to B5 in FIG. 6, and the processing for displaying the input length, already input data, the cursor position, and the field name transferred from the main unit 11 is performed. . And the RAM 23
If an error message indicating an input error is set in (step D6), the guidance message is displayed on the input screen (step C7). FIG. 21 shows the display side in this case, in which an error message is displayed in a window format at the bottom of the input screen. In this case, an example is shown in which guidance indicating that the input customer name already exists is displayed. In this state, an event is awaited (step D8), and if an input is detected, an event is determined (step D9). Now, when a handwriting input is performed, the same processing as steps B8 to B14 in FIG. 6 is performed (steps D10 to D16), but in this case, step D1
In the input type discriminating process at 0, the input type corresponding to the field, if not present in the RAM 23, the character type indicated by the input type corresponding to the application is prioritized, and character recognition is performed according to this character type. Here, when the first candidate is not the desired character, when the desired candidate is selected from the recognition candidate group, the selection candidate is switched (step D1).
7) In this case, it is checked whether or not the input type of the selection candidate matches the input type corresponding to the field or the application (step D18). As a result, if a mismatch is detected, a message to that effect is displayed (step D1).
9). Note that the other steps D20 to D25 are the same as steps B16 to B21 in FIG. 6, and a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in the third embodiment, similarly to the above-described first embodiment, various types of information required at the time of handwriting input can be obtained by merely looking at the hand without moving the line of sight. You can check. In this case, the display screen of the main body device 11 and the input screen of the input device 17 are displayed on separate display devices, and they are far apart from each other. It will be effective. In addition, when an error is detected in the result of the input check by executing the application, the guidance is displayed on the input screen, which can help to reduce input errors and improve the input operation efficiently. It is possible to do. Further, an input type indicating which type of character is to be preferentially recognized at the time of character recognition is associated with each application. If an input type corresponding to a field is not defined, an input corresponding to the application is set. Since the character type indicated by the type is recognized with priority,
The recognition rate can be increased, and erroneous input can be prevented.

In the third embodiment described above,
The input validation error message is given as an example of the message generated by running the application.
It may be a message or the like that informs an input procedure or the like. Furthermore, the process of creating the customer master and the product master has been described as an example of an application, but the application is not limited to this. Further, the input screen for inputting handwritten characters has been described as an example, but the input screen may be an input screen for displaying key input data input from a key top as shown in FIG.

[0030]

According to the present invention, the input data displayed on the input screen for input data confirmation is input and displayed in the input display area selected and designated among the plurality of input display areas on the predetermined display screen. The identification display based on the unique attribute information preliminarily associated with the designated input display area or the input status information on the input display area is performed on the input screen. Even if the user does not keep his eyes off the confirmation input screen, correct data can be efficiently input simply by confirming the display contents at hand. According to another aspect of the invention, a character that is input by handwriting on a handwriting input screen is recognized, and the recognized character is input and displayed in an input display area on a predetermined display screen. Reads the character type information associated with the input display area selected and specified from among the plurality of input display areas, and gives priority to the character type handwritten on the input screen, as indicated by the read character type information. When recognizing a handwritten input character, it is possible to control which character type is to be preferentially recognized for each input target area, for example, for each field. The rate can be greatly improved. As a result, the data input operation can be performed more accurately and quickly than in the past, and it is possible to expect a significant improvement in the operation efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a data input device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a pen input window.

3A is a diagram showing main contents stored in a storage device 3, FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a record structure of a customer master file CM, and FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a record management table DM. The figure which showed the content.

FIG. 4 is a view showing various parameters set in a RAM 2;

FIG. 5 is a customer master input application program E
9 is a flowchart showing a customer master creation process executed according to M.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a pen input process executed according to a Ben input program FM.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing step B2 (input length inversion display processing) in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing step B3 (existing input data EXOR display processing) in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an application window for creating a customer master.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a state where the application window shown in FIG. 9 and the pen input window shown in FIG. 2 are displayed and output on the same screen;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a kana board displayed when a kana board icon in a pen input window is touched by a pen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a conversion candidate group obtained by kana-kanji conversion.

FIG. 13 is a view for explaining a modified application of the first embodiment, showing an example of an error display when the result of character recognition is different from the input type.

FIG. 14 is a layout table R according to the second embodiment;
The figure which showed the structure of T.

FIG. 15 is a view showing a state in which the display mode of a pen input window is changed according to the type of application in the second embodiment.

FIG. 16A is an external perspective view of a data processing apparatus according to a third embodiment, and FIG. 16B is an external perspective view of a data processing apparatus showing a modified application example of the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a data processing device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 18A shows a storage device 1 on the main device 11 side.
4, (B) is a diagram showing the configuration of the application management table HM, (C) is a diagram showing the contents of the record management table DM for the customer master,
(D) is a diagram showing the contents of the ROM 24 on the input device 17 side.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing application processing on the main unit 11 side.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the operation of the input device 17;

FIG. 21 is a view showing a state in which an error message is displayed in a window format at the lower side of the input screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 12, 18 CPU 2, 15, 23 RAM 3, 14, Storage device 4, 13, Storage medium 5, Pen input device 6, Display device 6a Handwriting input region 6b Recognition candidate display region 6e Recognition result display region 6f Field name display region 7, 22 touch panel 8 touch panel control unit 11 main unit 16 main unit display device 17 input device 19 key top 20 handwriting input unit 21 input display device 24 ROM AM handwritten character dictionary CM customer master file DM record management table EM customer master input application program FM pen input Program GM Product master input application program HM application management table IM message file XM Handwritten character dictionary ZM Pen input program

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masayo Nakamura 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office F-term (reference) 5B020 AA02 AA07 CC12 CC19 GG05 GG14 5B087 AA09 AB04 AE06 CC24 DE00 DJ00

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A data input device for inputting and displaying input data displayed on an input screen for input operation confirmation in an input display area selected and designated among a plurality of input display areas on a predetermined display screen. Reading means for reading unique attribute information previously associated with the designated input display area or input status information for the input display area; and reading attribute information or input status information read by the reading means. An identification display control means for performing an identification display based on the input screen. 2. A first processing for inputting input data displayed on an input screen for input data confirmation and transmitting the processing result.
And an application screen having a plurality of input display areas. The processing result sent from the first processing control means is selected and designated from among the plurality of input display areas on the application screen. And a second processing control means for executing a predetermined application process based on the data displayed in each input display area, wherein the data is input to the input screen. The second processing control means reads the unique attribute information previously associated with the input display area selected and designated or the input status information for the input display area and sends it to the first processing control means. The first processing control means performs an identification display based on the attribute information or the input status information on the input screen. The data input device of claim 1 wherein. 3. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the input data is a recognized character obtained by recognizing a character handwritten on the input screen. 4. The attribute information is length information of data that can be input in the designated input display area, and the identification display control means performs data input on the input screen based on the read length information. 2. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the possible area is identified and displayed. 5. The attribute information is information on an input area name in the designated input display area, and the identification display control means displays the input area name on the input screen based on the information on the input area name. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein 6. The input status information is information on already input data that has already been input and displayed in the designated input display area, and the identification display control means is configured to perform a process based on the information on the already input data. 2. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the input data is displayed on the input display screen. 7. The input status information is input position designation information pointed by a cursor on the designated input display area, and the identification display control means controls the input screen based on the input position designation information. 2. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein a cursor indicating the input position is displayed. 8. The input status information is information indicating a result of an input check on input data input to the designated input display area, and the identification display control means includes information indicating a result of the input check. 2. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein a check result message is displayed on the input screen based on the data. 9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the input screen and the predetermined display screen are displayed on separate display devices, and the display device having the input screen is an input-only device for data input. Data input device. 10. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the input screen and the predetermined display screen are respectively displayed in a window format on the same display device. 11. The predetermined display screen is a display screen associated with a predetermined application, wherein various messages generated by the execution of the application are displayed on the input screen. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein 12. The input screen and the predetermined display screen are each displayed in the form of a window on the same display device, and the predetermined display screen is an application window associated with a predetermined application. 2. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein a window of the input screen is displayed in a display mode predetermined according to a type of the application. 13. A data input device for recognizing a character input by handwriting on a handwritten character input screen and inputting and displaying the recognized character in an input display area on a predetermined display screen. Reading means for reading character type information preliminarily associated with an input display area selected and designated from among the plurality of input display areas on the upper part; and character type information read by handwriting characters input on the input screen. And a character recognition control means for recognizing the character by giving priority to the character type indicated by (1). 14. The predetermined display screen is a display screen associated with a predetermined application, and when the handwritten input character is recognized, the reading means sets a character type preset by the application. 14. The data input device according to claim 13, wherein information is read. 15. A recording medium having a program code read by a computer, wherein input data displayed on an input screen for input data confirmation is selected and designated from a plurality of input display areas on a predetermined display screen. A function to input and display in the input display area, a function to read unique attribute information previously associated with the specified input display area, or a function to read input status information to the input display area, Alternatively, a recording medium having a program code for realizing a function of performing identification display based on input status information on the input screen. 16. A recording medium having a program code read by a computer, wherein a character input by handwriting on a handwritten character input screen is recognized, and the recognized character is input to an input display area on a predetermined display screen. A function of displaying, a function of reading character type information previously associated with an input display area selected and designated from among the plurality of input display areas on the predetermined display screen, and a function of handwriting input on the input screen. A recording medium having a program code for realizing a function of recognizing a character by giving priority to a character type indicated by the read character type information.