JPH0128981B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table creation control method in a card image processing data processing device, and in particular, to a table creation control method for a card image processing data processing device, and in particular, a method for controlling a table creation in a card image processing data processing device, and in particular, a table creation control method for a card image processing data processing device. A card image processing data processing device that displays a card image on a display and manages the contents of fields on the card image in a batch manner, including calculation processing, on a line-by-line basis. This relates to a table creation control method.

(B) Technical Background and Problems With the recent spread of office automation, it is desirable to be able to easily perform card image processing that displays and processes card images as well as text creation processing. ing. In other words, in general office processing, it has been widely adopted to store information in the form of cards and use this information. It is desired to be able to perform various types of processing.
However, the format data and card
It is not a good idea to store data in an integrated manner;
It is desirable to be able to grasp the data as a single unit and to be able to display the format data and card data of individual cards in an integrated manner. In addition, when processing, the contents of the fields on each card image are specified and processed, but since the number of card images may become large, processing is performed one by one. Rather than providing procedures, it is desirable to prepare a series of processing procedures in advance so that common processing can be sequentially executed at high speed for each card image.

Incidentally, data written to a card is often of the same type repeated line by line even within a single card. Therefore, for a part where fields with the same attribute are repeated line by line, by simply giving a format instruction for one line, the format for all the repeated lines can be determined within the processing device, and the above process can be performed. If it were possible to process data by taking into account repeated lines, it would be extremely convenient to perform advanced card image data processing with the minimum necessary input.

(C) Purpose and Structure of the Invention The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to treat a rectangular portion of a card in which fields of the same attribute are repeated row by row as a table. And a card that allows you to easily create and control this table.
An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing data processing apparatus. Therefore, the table creation control method in the card image processing data processing device of the present invention not only displays the card image on the display screen, but also instructs the individual fields on the card image to give the processing mode. A card/image processing data processing device that processes contents is configured so that one box can be associated with multiple cards having a common format so that the box can be accessed and processed. When creating a form image that defines a form, search for the content of the form image buffer that corresponds to the display content on the display screen input from the input device,
a field analysis unit that analyzes the format of the fixed part and the field of the variable part and stores the analysis results in a format data storage unit and a field definition information storage unit that are associated with the boxes, and the field analysis unit: It is equipped with a repeating field analysis section that detects the start row/end row of a table that repeats the above-mentioned fields with the same attribute row by row and stores the detection results in a field repetition row table, the above-mentioned format data storage section, and the above-mentioned field definition information storage section. Based on the contents of the field repetition row table, data processing regarding fields included in the table can be performed at once over a plurality of rows. This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

(D) Embodiments of the Invention Figures 1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams explaining the concepts of card images and boxes according to the present invention, and Figures 4 to 7 are examples of processing modes executed in the present invention, respectively. , FIG. 8 is an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention, and FIG.
Figures 11 to 11 are examples of format images for creating blank cards related to the present invention;
The figure is a main part configuration diagram of an embodiment of the part directly related to the present invention, FIG. 13 is a detailed block diagram of the field analysis section shown in FIG. 12, and FIG. 14 is an embodiment of the character field control section shown in FIG. 13. Control explanatory diagram, 15th
The figure is a processing explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the field name detection section shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 16 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the repeated field analysis section shown in FIG. An explanatory diagram of processing of an embodiment is shown.

In the case of the present invention, a card having a predetermined card format is stored in a data processing device as a card image, and the card image is displayed on a display for processing. Each card image consists of format data as shown in Figures 1 and 2 and field contents (card data) given corresponding to fields (items) such as "Customer Name" on the card image. Please remember separately,
If necessary, both data are merged and displayed on the display. And it is assumed that it represents one real card.

The fields on the card image include character fields and numeric fields. In the form data, "..." is given to indicate the character insertion point for character fields, and "〓〓〓, 〓〓〓 to indicate the numerical insertion point is given for numeric fields. It is being

Generally, there are many cards that share format data as shown in Figures 1 and 2, so card images corresponding to these cards are grouped together into a "box" as shown in Figure 3. Introducing concepts. Symbol 1 is a card image, 2
represents box. In order to provide boxes as one processing unit, the following information (or storage unit) is prepared corresponding to each box. That is, (i) Box profile (memory section)...box number, box name, etc.

(ii) Format data (storage unit): data corresponding to the card format (blank card) as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

(iii) Field definition information (storage unit): Field start coordinates and attributes for each field (for numeric fields, presence or absence of commas, number of digits after the decimal point, etc.).

(iv) Field name (memory section)...The name of each field.

(v) Card data (storage unit) Card data corresponding to individual card images belonging to the same box is stored in association with each page.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a mode of processing according to the present invention, and it can be considered that the display as shown in the figure is displayed on the display and the processing begins.

The screen on the display shows the cards in the first frame.
An image display, a card image display in the second frame, and an input image display for inputting processing procedures etc. can be performed together. In the case shown in Figure 4, the 7th item belonging to the box “Membership Fee Bill”
All or part 3 of the card image addressed to Mr. Osaka Furou on page 3 is placed in the first frame, and all of the card image of Mr. Fujitsu Taro on page 7 belonging to the box ``Membership Fee Deposit Slip'' is placed in the first frame. Alternatively, part 4 is displayed together in the second frame (hereinafter sometimes referred to as split display). Input image 5 is displayed, and the contents of the second line of the "Billed Amount" field, which is the field on the card image in the second frame, are changed to the "Current amount" field, which is the field on the card image in the first frame. Instructs to transfer the amount to "Invoiced Amount".

In the case of the present invention, the operator can sequentially create and register contents such as the illustrated input image 5, and by pressing the execution key, the contents are registered as a processing procedure in a form corresponding to the input image 5. The actual processing is executed at a high speed based on what is being done.

FIG. 5 shows the process of creating a processing procedure corresponding to the input image 5 shown in FIG. Furthermore, Figures 5A to 5E show how to delete information when inputting the processing procedure on one card image by erroneously inputting the ``-'' (quantity x ``unit price =''). .

FIG. 5A shows the display at the time when a predetermined card image is displayed in the first frame and when the user presses the "=" key, it is realized that "unit price=" is inputted incorrectly. Note that 7 in the figure represents an actual cursor according to the present invention, 8 represents a procedure cursor according to the present invention, and 9 represents an overlapping display mark of the actual cursor and the procedure cursor.

In the state shown in FIG. 5A, first press the frame switching key to delete the frame. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5B, the actual cursor 7 is superimposed on the procedure cursor 8, and the mark 9 appears. FIG. 5C shows the mark 9 moved to the position where it is desired to be deleted. Further, FIG. 5D shows a state in which the delete key is pressed under the state shown in FIG. 5C. After deleting in this manner, when the frame switching key is pressed, the actual cursor 7 and the procedure cursor 8 are divided as shown in FIG. 5E. As a result, the operator creates a processing procedure by moving the actual cursor 7 to any desired field.

Note that the actual cursor 7 is managed separately for one corresponding to the first frame and one corresponding to the second frame, and indicates the field to be processed in each card image. Also, step cursor 8
indicates the input position on the input image.

Although not shown in the diagram, if you are trying to process the card image displayed in the first frame (specified using the frame switching key), only the card image in the first frame will be processed. A real cursor is displayed and the real cursor on the card image in the second frame disappears. Furthermore, each card image in the first frame and the second frame can be scrolled independently. Further, the size of each of the first frame and the second frame can be increased or decreased as necessary, and at this time, the sizes of the other frames are decreased or increased accordingly.

FIG. 6 shows an aspect of the search process, in which one card image (one of a plurality of images is sufficient) is displayed as a result of the illustrated search process corresponding to the processing procedure. represents the state. For the illustrated search, (i) the address is "Setagaya-ku"
, (ii) the gender is "female", (iii) the age is "between 20 and 30", and (iv) the furigana of the name starts with "to". Instructing.

Needless to say, in addition to the above-mentioned search, sorting processing, card verification processing, etc. can also be performed. FIG. 7 shows a mode in which the same process is performed on multiple fields on multiple cards.
In the case shown in the figure, it is instructed to perform the process Quantity x Unit Price = Amount for item names 1 to 10 for pages 1 to 30 of the card, and calculate the total for each item.

FIG. 8 shows an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention. In the figure, numeral 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a display, 12
1 is a floppy disk in which the boxes referred to in the present invention are stored; 13 is a format specification control section; 14 is a card creation management section; 15 is a format analysis section; and 16 is a data entry processing section for storing card data. 17 is a procedure registration control unit that registers processing procedures such as calculation instructions, search instructions, and card verification, and 18 is a processing procedure storage unit. 19 is a procedure execution control unit which performs calculation execution, search display, card verification, etc. according to the processing procedure registered in the processing procedure storage unit 18. 20-1 to 20-n are the boxes loaded in the main memory, 21 is a box selection unit that selects one of the boxes to be processed for the time being, and 22 is a box call control. 23 is a box storage control unit that stores the boxes on the main memory onto the floppy disk 12; 24 is a screen control unit; It represents.

As explained in connection with Figure 3, the box is
It holds an entire group of card images with common card format data, as shown in the figure.
It has at least form data, field definition information, and card data. This box is created by the format analysis section 15 using the results of the operator creating a card format on the screen of the display 11 and entering characters into each field using the kana-kanji conversion function in the data entry processing section 16. Created. That is, a box is created by collecting format data as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, determining definition information and field names for each field, and organizing card data for each card into pages. These created boxes are stored and retained on the floppy disk 12, but
A box 20-1 is stored in the main memory as necessary for processing.
to 20-n.

The illustration format specification control section 13 shown in FIG. 8 controls the display on the basis of the loaded boxes and handles the above-mentioned process such as box creation. The illustrated card creation management section 14 instructs the data entry processing section 16 in creating the boxes described above, but its main function is to instruct the procedure registration control section 17 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7. The procedure execution control unit 1 registers processing procedures such as
9 to execute the process based on the contents of the process procedure storage unit 18. Meanwhile, necessary boxes are loaded into the main memory, unnecessary boxes are stored on the floppy disk 12, and an instruction is given to the box selection section 21 to switch the boxes.

The present invention mainly relates to the manner in which the format analysis section 15 creates and controls a table when analyzing the format image displayed on the screen of the display 11. For example, a blank card as shown in FIG. 1 is created based on the designation of the format as shown in FIG. 9 when creating a box for a "customer card." Each character field has a field mark (midpoint...)
There is no need to embed , it is sufficient to simply indicate the character field start mark (") and the character field end mark (").

Furthermore, each field does not necessarily have to be surrounded by ruled lines as shown in the "document card" shown in FIG. If you specify the format as shown in Figure 10A, each field will be automatically analyzed, and a mark (...) will appear indicating where to insert the characters as shown in Figure 10B.
A blank card with a will be displayed for confirmation.

In particular, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 11A, only the first row of the field arrangement is defined, and the table start mark (▼) and table end mark (▲) are used to define the same attributes as the first row. You can specify that a field be repeated line by line. Such a part where fields with the same attribute are repeated row by row is called a "table", as opposed to an independent field that exists alone. Procedures such as entering, editing, calculating, and searching data in fields included in a table can be performed in the same way as for independent fields, as well as repeating rows, searching rows, creating a list, swapping rows, etc.
It is now possible to perform table-specific data processing such as column swapping, row-by-row sorting, and display of field names with row identification numbers. By specifying the format as shown in Figure 11A, Figure 11B
A blank card as shown is created and displayed for confirmation.

Figure 12 mainly consists of figure 8 illustration format analysis section 1.
FIG. 5 is a main part configuration diagram of an example of a portion corresponding to No. 5;
In FIG. 12, numerals 10 to 13 correspond to FIG. 8, 30 is a text input section that processes input from the keyboard 10 using the kana-kanji conversion function and displays it on the display 11, and 31 is used for ephemeral kana-kanji conversion. Dictionary Flotspie Disk, 3
2 is a format image buffer, 33 is a field analysis section, 34 is a repeating field analysis section that detects and analyzes a table, 35 is a field name detection section, 36
37 is a field definition information storage section, 38 is a form data storage section, and 39 is a blank card buffer.

When defining a common format for boxes, a format such as that shown in FIG. 9, for example, is input from the keyboard 10 and specified. The format designation control unit 13 performs sequence control for creating a blank card based on this input. Text entry section 30
can be considered to use the dictionary floppy disk 31 to perform processing similar to a conventional word processor. The input form image is stored in the form image buffer 32 and displayed on the display 1.
1 is displayed.

When the input of the form image is completed and the execution key on the keyboard 10 is pressed, the field analysis section 33 is activated by the form designation control section 13. As will be described in detail later, the field analysis unit 33 reads information from the format image buffer 32 and analyzes the format of fixed parts such as ruled lines, titles, and item names, and the fields of variable parts in which character data and numerical data are entered. is analyzed, and the analysis results are stored in the field definition information storage section 37 and the form data storage section 38.
The field definition information storage section 37 stores the position, size, name, attributes, etc. of each field. Further, a format data storage section 38 stores format image data of fixed parts such as ruled lines and titles. The repeated field analysis unit 34 analyzes the table.

The field name detection section 35 accesses the format image buffer 32 and automatically detects the field name corresponding to each field from the format of the fixed part, as will be described in detail later.

Once the analysis of the field and the detection of the field name are completed, the confirmation unit 36 is activated. Confirmation section 36
is the format stored in the format data storage unit 38,
Based on the contents of the field definition information storage section 37, field marks (〓〓〓) (...) are attached, a blank card is generated, and the blank card is written in the blank card buffer 39. The contents of the blank card buffer 39 are displayed on the display 11. The card creator can check the information displayed on the display 11. Note that this blank card is similarly dynamically generated and used when card data is input into each field later. The card creator presses the execution key on the keyboard 10 when the desired card format is obtained. If a key other than the execution key is pressed,
Control is returned to the format designation control unit 13, allowing modification. When the execution key is pressed, the confirmation section 36 writes the contents of the field definition information storage section 37, form data storage section 38, etc. to the floppy disk 12 and registers them.

The field analysis section 33 is configured as shown in FIG. 13, for example. In FIG. 13, 37-1 is an independent field definition information storage unit, 37-2 is a repeated field definition information storage unit, 45 is a format image buffer search pointer, 46 is a coordinate register in the card for the search position, and 47 is a pointer. 48 is a character field control unit, 49 is a numeric field detection unit, 50 and 51 are empty entry pointers, 52 is a character field table, 53 is a numeric field table, 55 is a field definition information creation unit, 56 is a 57 is a table end row information storage section; 58 is a table start/row information storage section;
end table, 59 is repeat row table, 60
61 represents a repetitive field processing section, and 61 represents an independent field processing section.

A format image buffer search pointer 45 provided in the field analysis section gives the address of the format image buffer, and is updated so that the format image buffer is scanned, for example, line by line in the horizontal direction. . The relative address within the card of the search position is held in the coordinate register 46. The character determination section 47 inputs the character at the position indicated by the pointer 45 from the format image buffer and determines it. As a result of the determination, if it is a character field start mark (") or a character field end mark ("), the character field control unit 48 is called.

The character field control section 48 performs control as shown in FIG. 14, for example. That is, if the input character is a character field start mark ("),
The coordinates of the mark are written in the entry of the character field table 52 indicated by the free entry pointer 50, and the free entry pointer 50 is advanced by one entry. If the input character is a character field end mark (''), the first entry in the character field table 52 is pointed to and the next check is performed.

(i) Check whether the entry is an incomplete entry.

(ii) Check whether the character field end mark is to the right or lower right of the character field start mark.

(iii) Check whether the new character field start mark/end mark pair does not intersect with a pair whose correspondence has already been determined. Here, the term "cross" refers to character fields partially overlapping each other, as shown in FIG. 14 (a).

If any of the above checks is successful, point to the next entry and repeat the check. If all of the above check conditions are satisfied, the coordinates of the character field end mark are written in the entry and the completion flag is turned on. In this way, character fields are detected.

When the character determination section 47 reads out the numerical field mark (ⓓ) from the format image buffer, the numerical field detection section 49 is called. The numeric field detection unit 49 writes information such as starting coordinates, length, and the presence or absence of a scale comma into the numeric field table 53 pointed to by the empty entry pointer 51.

Table start mark (▼) or table end mark (▲)
When detected, each row number is set in the table start/end table 58 by the table start row information storage section 56 or the table end row information storage section 57.

When the search for the format image buffer is completed, the field definition information creation unit 55 is called. The repeat field processing section 60 of the field definition information creation section 55 stores the beginning of the repeat field definition information storage section 37-2 for each table based on the character field table 52, the numerical field table 53, and the table start/end table 58. The field information of the row is set, and the repetition row number is set in the repetition row table 59. The independent field processing unit 61 also sorts and merges the definition information of the independent fields, for example, in ascending order of coordinates, and merges the definition information of the independent fields into the independent field definition information storage unit 37-
Set to 1.

Field name detection unit 35 illustrated in FIG.
The field name of each field is detected by processing as shown in FIG. 15, for example. First, the 15th
The diagram processing checks whether there is an item surrounded by ruled lines that is not a variable part above the field. If there is an item surrounded by ruled lines, the character string is extracted through processing, and if there is a blank space, it is compressed and used as a field name. If there is no non-field item above, the process checks to see if there is an item surrounded by a ruled line to the left of the field. If there is an item surrounded by ruled lines on the left, it will be used as the field name through processing. If there is no item surrounded by a border on the left side, the next processing will add the following to the left side of the field:
For example, if there is a colon, check to see if there is a non-field item further to the left. If there is, that item is used as the field name through processing. If a non-field item is not detected, the field name is defined as the starting coordinates of the field, that is, the combination of the starting line number and column number.

The same goes for the field name of a repeating field, but in particular, a repeating row number indicating the row number from the top in the table is added to the field name detected as above, and the repeating field name is shall be.

For example, as shown in the input image 5 shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the field name detected in this way is used when displaying the processing procedure, and is used for data processing of the field.

The repetition field analysis section 34 shown in FIG. 12 is configured as shown in FIG. 16, for example.
In FIG. 16, a field definition information search unit 65 and a repeated line search unit 66 are part of the character determination unit 47 shown in FIG. It may be considered that the field processing section 60 is included. The field definition information search unit 65 searches the character field table 52 and the numerical field table 53 based on the coordinate information of the repetition start row and repetition end row given by detecting the table start mark and the table end mark. , find the corresponding entry and repeatedly generate field definition information based on the information in that entry,
The result is repeatedly stored in the field definition information storage section.

On the other hand, based on the coordinate information of the repetition start row and the repetition end row, the repetition row search unit 66
For example, processing is performed as shown in FIG. That is, first, by the process illustrated in FIG. 17, the image search pointer 67 pointing to the format image buffer is set at the beginning of the repeated row of the table.
Next, through processing, it is determined whether the table has been repeatedly searched to the last row. “NO” at first
Therefore, it is determined whether or not there is a character other than a blank space between the left end and right end of each repeating field in the line indicated by the image search pointer 67. This is to exclude portions of a fixed format, such as ruled lines, from repeating lines. if,
If there is a character other than a blank space, the process returns to the process, advances the value of the image search pointer 67, and processes the next line in the same way. If there are no characters other than blanks, the line is determined to be a repeat line, and the line number is set in the repeat line table 59 shown in FIG.
The process is repeated in the same manner, and when the last row of the repeated table has been processed, the process of the repeated row search unit 66 is terminated. In particular, depending on the treatment
No matter what fixed format is inserted between the table start mark and the table end mark, that line will be automatically skipped and not included in the repeating line.

The repeating field definition information and repeating row table created as described above are referenced, for example, when executing the calculation of "Quantity x unit price = amount" shown in input image 5 in Figure 7. , it is possible to repeat the same process row by row in the table. Furthermore, since it is clear that the rows registered in the repeated row table have fields with the same attributes, in addition to the row repetition processing described above, row search, list creation, row replacement, etc.
Table-specific processing such as column swapping and table row-by-row sorting is possible, and when registering these processing procedures, it is possible to specify them in a simple format.

Although the term "box" is used above, the term should be interpreted broadly, and it goes without saying that it means a collection of information that falls under the box, including, for example, files.

(E) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to extremely easily create and manage a table consisting of a series of data groups having the same attributes, and to collectively manage these data groups. It becomes possible to provide an easy-to-operate card image processing data processing device that can perform the following processing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the concepts of card images and boxes according to the present invention, FIGS. 4 to 7 are examples of processing modes executed in the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an illustration of the concept of a card image and a box according to the present invention An overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of a card image processing data processing device, No. 9
Figures 11 to 11 are examples of format images for creating blank cards related to the present invention;
The figure is a main part configuration diagram of an embodiment of the part directly related to the present invention, FIG. 13 is a detailed block diagram of the field analysis section shown in FIG. 12, and FIG. 14 is an embodiment of the character field control section shown in FIG. 13. Control explanatory diagram, 15th
The figure is a processing explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the field name detection section shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 16 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the repeated field analysis section shown in FIG. An explanatory diagram of processing of an embodiment is shown. In the figure, 1 is a card image, 2 is a box,
33 is a field analysis section, 34 is a repeated field analysis section, 35 is a field name detection section, 48 is a character field control section, and 66 is a repeated line search section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A common format for card image processing data processing devices that display a card image on a display screen, specify processing modes by specifying individual fields on the card image, and process the contents of the fields. In addition to associating one box with a plurality of cards having multiple cards so that the box can be accessed and processed, the format image that defines the above-mentioned common format is created by using input from the input device. Search the contents of the format image buffer corresponding to the contents displayed on the above display screen,
a field analysis unit that analyzes the format of the fixed part and the field of the variable part and stores the analysis results in a format data storage unit and a field definition information storage unit that are associated with the boxes, and the field analysis unit: It is equipped with a repeating field analysis section that detects the start row/end row of a table that repeats the above-mentioned fields with the same attribute row by row and stores the detection results in a field repetition row table, the above-mentioned format data storage section, and the above-mentioned field definition information storage section. and a table creation control in a card image processing data processing device, characterized in that data processing regarding fields included in the table can be performed at once over multiple rows based on the contents of the field repetition row table. method.