JPH07152469A - Character input method - Google Patents

Character input method

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Publication number
JPH07152469A
JPH07152469A JP5323236A JP32323693A JPH07152469A JP H07152469 A JPH07152469 A JP H07152469A JP 5323236 A JP5323236 A JP 5323236A JP 32323693 A JP32323693 A JP 32323693A JP H07152469 A JPH07152469 A JP H07152469A
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Prior art keywords
input
keys
liquid crystal
displayed
crystal screen
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Inventor
Hiroshi Shinoda
宏 信田
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Pentel Co Ltd
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Pentel Co Ltd
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/023Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
    • G06F3/0233Character input methods
    • G06F3/0236Character input methods using selection techniques to select from displayed items

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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease the number of keys and to reduce the area occupied by the keys by providing a key for input corresponding to the number of data, which are divided into blocks, to be displayed on a liquid crystal screen. CONSTITUTION:Keys 2-5 for input are arranged at the lower part of the liquid crystal screen, and menus 11-14 are displayed at correspondent positions. When a key B4 for input is inputted in the case of an alphabet character input, indications 11-14 as shown in the figure appear on the liquid crystal screen 1. When inputting an alphabet character 'C', since the 'c' is included in the ABCDEF of the indication 11, the contents of the indication 11 are separately displayed on the liquid crystal screen 1 when a key B1 for input corresponding to the indication 11 is pressed, the characters are displayed in a lower step one by one, and the characters of EFGH are displayed in an upper step. Then, the characters surrounded by a rectangular frame in the lower step are correspondent to keys 2-5 for input, and the character of 'C' is added to the control part of a handy terminal by pressing B3. When the designated character of C is inputted, the original state is recovered.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、入力装置特にハンディ
ターミナルのアルファベット文字を入力する場合のキー
の数を少なくしたものである。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reduces the number of keys for inputting alphabetic characters of an input device, particularly a handy terminal.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】従来のハンディターミナルでアルファベ
ット文字を入力する場合は、通常アルファベット26文
字をそのまま順番に並べるか、テンキーに二重割付をし
て16キーに減らしてアルファベット文字の入力を行う
のが一般的であった。。
2. Description of the Related Art When inputting alphabetic characters in a conventional handy terminal, it is usually arranged to arrange 26 alphabetic characters as they are in order, or to input the alphabetical characters by assigning double allocation to the ten keys and reducing them to 16 keys. It was common. .

【0003】[0003]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】従来の技術では、アル
ファベット文字を入力する場合、キーは26キー又は1
6キーが必要であった。アルファベットの入力方式を工
夫することで、キー数を減らしキーの占める面積を削減
する必要があった。。
In the prior art, when inputting alphabetic characters, the keys are 26 keys or 1 key.
I needed 6 keys. By devising the alphabet input method, it was necessary to reduce the number of keys and the area occupied by the keys. .

【0004】[0004]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は従来の問題点に
鑑みなされたもので、文字、記号等を表示する液晶画面
と、該液晶画面に表示される表示データのブロック化さ
れた個数と対応する入力用キーとからなり、該入力用キ
ーの選択に応じて文字を入力する文字入力方法を提案す
るものである。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the conventional problems, and includes a liquid crystal screen for displaying characters, symbols and the like, and a block number of display data displayed on the liquid crystal screen. The present invention proposes a character input method that includes a corresponding input key and that inputs a character according to the selection of the input key.

【0005】[0005]

【作用】本発明では、液晶に表示されたメニューに対応
した入力キーを順次選択して、所望のアルファベット文
字を少ないキーで入力する。。
In the present invention, the input keys corresponding to the menu displayed on the liquid crystal are sequentially selected, and the desired alphabetic characters are input with a small number of keys. .

【0006】[0006]

【実施例】本発明を添付図面を参照して説明する。図1
は本発明を適用するハンディターミナルの液晶画面であ
る。液晶画面下部には入力用キー2、3、4、5及びS
HIFTキー6が配置されている。液晶画面1の下段に
は入力用キー2、3、4、5に対応した位置に、メニュ
ー7、8、9、10が表示されている。このメニュー
7、8、9、10はそれぞれ、入庫処理、出庫処理、在
庫処理、アルファベット文字入力を指定するものであ
る。始めに、アルファベット文字入力を指定するため
に、入力用キーB4(5)を入力すると、液晶画面1に
は図2に示すような表示が表われる。入力用キー2、
3、4、5に対応してそれぞれ、ABCDEFGH(1
1)、IJKLMNOP(12)、QRSTUVWX
(13)、YZ大小(14)が2段に表示されている。
The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1
Is a liquid crystal screen of a handy terminal to which the present invention is applied. Input keys 2, 3, 4, 5 and S at the bottom of the LCD screen
A HIFT key 6 is arranged. Menus 7, 8, 9, and 10 are displayed on the lower part of the liquid crystal screen 1 at positions corresponding to the input keys 2, 3, 4, and 5. The menus 7, 8, 9 and 10 are used to specify a warehousing process, a warehousing process, an inventory process, and an alphabetic character input. First, when the input key B4 (5) is input to specify the alphabetic character input, a display as shown in FIG. 2 appears on the liquid crystal screen 1. Input key 2,
ABCDEFGH (1 corresponding to 3, 4, and 5 respectively
1), IJKLMNOP (12), QRSTUVWX
(13) and YZ size (14) are displayed in two rows.

【0007】ここで、アルファベットのCを入力する場
合で説明する。アルファベットのCは表示11のABC
DEFGHに含まれているので、この表示11に対応す
る入力用キーB1(2)を押すと、液晶画面1には表示
11の内容が分離して表示され(図3参照)、下段には
ABCDが1文字づつ□で囲まれて入力用キー2、3、
4、5に対応している。又上段にはEFGHがそのまま
表示されている。下段の□で囲まれた文字が、入力用キ
ー2、3、4、5に対応しているので、B3(4)を押
すとCの文字が図示しないハンディターミナルの制御部
に印加される。指定したCの文字が入力されると、図2
の状態に戻る。
Here, the case of inputting the alphabet C will be described. Alphabet C is ABC on display 11
Since it is included in DEFGH, when the input key B1 (2) corresponding to this display 11 is pressed, the contents of the display 11 are displayed separately on the liquid crystal screen 1 (see FIG. 3), and ABCD is displayed in the lower row. Is surrounded by □ for each character and input keys 2, 3,
It corresponds to 4 and 5. Also, EFGH is displayed as it is on the upper stage. Since the characters enclosed by □ in the lower row correspond to the input keys 2, 3, 4, and 5, when B3 (4) is pressed, the character C is applied to the controller of the handy terminal (not shown). When the designated C character is input,
Return to the state of.

【0008】次にNを入力する場合には、アルファベッ
トのNは表示12のIJKLMNOPに含まれているの
で、この表示12に対応する入力用キーB2(3)を押
すと、液晶画面1には表示12の内容が分離して表示さ
れ(図4参照)、下段にはIJKLが1文字づつ□で囲
まれて入力用キー2、3、4、5に対応している。又上
段にはMNOPがそのまま表示されている。下段の□で
囲まれた文字が、入力用キー2、3、4、5に対応し、
Nが上段に表示されているのは入力状態にないので、S
HIFTキー6を押すと、液晶画面1は図5のように変
化する。
When N is input next time, the letter N is included in the IJKLMNOP of the display 12, so when the input key B2 (3) corresponding to this display 12 is pressed, the liquid crystal screen 1 is displayed. The contents of the display 12 are displayed separately (see FIG. 4), and IJKL is enclosed by □ for each character at the bottom and corresponds to the input keys 2, 3, 4, and 5. In the upper row, MNOP is displayed as it is. The characters enclosed by □ in the lower row correspond to the input keys 2, 3, 4, and 5,
N is displayed in the upper row because it is not in the input state, so S
When the HIFT key 6 is pressed, the liquid crystal screen 1 changes as shown in FIG.

【0009】下段に□で囲まれたMNOPからNに対応
した入力用キーB2(3)を押すとNの文字が図示しな
いハンディターミナルの制御部に印加される。指定した
Nの文字が入力されると、図2の状態に戻る。
When the input key B2 (3) corresponding to N is pressed from the MNOP enclosed by □ in the lower row, the character N is applied to the controller of the handy terminal (not shown). When the designated N characters are input, the state returns to the state of FIG.

【0010】次に入力するアルファベットの大文字か小
文字を変更する場合には、液晶画面が図2表示の時可能
である。入力用キーB4(5)を選択し押圧すると、液
晶画面1には図5に示すように、YZ大小が□で囲まれ
て表示される。ここで、大B3(4)を押圧して大文字
入力を選択すると、前述した文字入力ができる。アルフ
ァベットの小文字を入力したいときは、図2の状態で入
力用キーB4(5)を選択し押圧すると、図6の状態に
液晶画面1が変化するので、入力用キーB4(5)を押
圧すると、表示されるアルファベットは小文字となり、
小文字のデータが図示しないハンディターミナルの制御
部に印加される。
When changing the upper case or lower case of the alphabet input next, it is possible when the liquid crystal screen is displayed in FIG. When the input key B4 (5) is selected and pressed, the liquid crystal screen 1 displays YZ size as surrounded by squares as shown in FIG. Here, if the large B3 (4) is pressed and the capital letter input is selected, the aforementioned character input can be performed. When inputting the lowercase letters of the alphabet, when the input key B4 (5) is selected and pressed in the state of FIG. 2, the liquid crystal screen 1 changes to the state of FIG. 6, so when the input key B4 (5) is pressed. , The alphabet displayed will be lowercase,
Data in lower case is applied to the controller of the handy terminal (not shown).

【0011】図1に示した他の処理についても、入庫処
理、出庫処理、在庫処理はそれぞれ対応した入力用キー
2、3、4、5を選択押圧することで達成できるが、本
発明の要旨ではないので説明は省略する。本実施例では
入力用キーを4個で説明したが本発明はこれに限定され
るものでなく、液晶画面に表示する文字のブロック化さ
れる文字の数に対応して、任意に選択できるものであ
る。
With respect to the other processes shown in FIG. 1, the warehousing process, the warehousing process, and the inventory process can be achieved by selecting and pressing the corresponding input keys 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. Therefore, the description is omitted. Although four input keys have been described in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be arbitrarily selected according to the number of characters to be blocked on the liquid crystal screen. Is.

【0012】[0012]

【発明の効果】以上説明したように本発明では、液晶画
面の表示を変化させて、液晶画面の表示に対応した入力
用キーと、液晶画面の表示とを組み合わせて入力するア
ルファベットを設定できるので、アルファベット26文
字のキー数が1/5の5キーにすることが可能になる。
又、アルファベットに限らず、所望の文字を表示して少
ない入力用キーで多種類の文字をハンディターミナル
の、少ない面積で入力できるものである。
As described above, according to the present invention, the display of the liquid crystal screen can be changed, and the input key corresponding to the display of the liquid crystal screen and the alphabet for inputting can be set by combining the display of the liquid crystal screen. , The number of keys of 26 letters of the alphabet can be reduced to 1/5, which is 5 keys.
Further, not only the alphabet, but also desired characters can be displayed and a large number of characters can be input with a small input key in a small area of the handy terminal.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】 文字入力選択の液晶画面と入力用キーの展開
[Fig.1] Expansion view of LCD screen for inputting characters and input keys

【図2】 アルファベット選択開始の液晶画面と入力用
キーの展開図
[Fig. 2] Expansion view of LCD screen and input keys for alphabet selection start

【図3】 Cの文字入力時の液晶画面と入力用キーの展
開図
FIG. 3 is a development view of a liquid crystal screen and an input key when a character C is input.

【図4】 Nの文字入力時の液晶画面と入力用キーの展
開図
FIG. 4 is a development view of the LCD screen and input keys when N characters are input.

【図5】 Nの文字入力時の液晶画面と入力用キーの展
開図
FIG. 5 is a development view of a liquid crystal screen and an input key when N characters are input.

【図6】 大文字と小文字入力時の液晶画面と入力用キ
ーの展開図
[Fig. 6] Exploded view of the LCD screen and input keys when inputting uppercase and lowercase letters

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1 液晶画面ー 2 入力用キー 3 入力用キー 4 入力用キー 5 入力用キー 6 SIFTキー 7 画面表示 8 画面表示 9 画面表示 10 画面表示 11 画面表示 12 画面表示 13 画面表示 14 画面表示 1 LCD screen-2 Input key 3 Input key 4 Input key 5 Input key 6 SIFT key 7 screen display 8 screen display 9 screen display 10 screen display 11 screen display 12 screen display 13 screen display 14 screen display

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 文字、記号等を表示する液晶画面と、該
液晶画面に表示される表示データのブロック化された個
数と対応する入力用キーとからなり、該入力用キーの選
択に応じて文字を入力することをることを特徴とする文
字入力方法。
1. A liquid crystal screen for displaying characters, symbols and the like, and an input key corresponding to the number of blocks of display data displayed on the liquid crystal screen, which are selected according to the selection of the input key. A character input method characterized by inputting characters.
JP5323236A 1993-11-29 1993-11-29 Character input method Pending JPH07152469A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6603708B2 (en) 2000-12-26 2003-08-05 International Business Machines Corporation Input object selector and method therefor
EP1067784A3 (en) * 1999-06-29 2003-08-20 Pace Micro Technology PLC Method of selecting alphanumeric characters using a display means

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1067784A3 (en) * 1999-06-29 2003-08-20 Pace Micro Technology PLC Method of selecting alphanumeric characters using a display means
US6603708B2 (en) 2000-12-26 2003-08-05 International Business Machines Corporation Input object selector and method therefor

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