JPH035896A - Article name code input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the input of a code from taking longer by listing the candidate of the name of an article and designating the corresponding one and retrieving and inputting the code by only keying in a part of the head of a character string to show the name of the article. CONSTITUTION:In article name code input processing 1 assembled between two kinds of the main processing 11, 12 of some information processing system, the head within five characters of the character string to show the name of the article is inputted, and an article name code file is retrieved as considering this character string of the head within five characters a key, and all the names (full name) of the articles and all the codes coincident with this character string are read out and displayed. Then, the name of the article to be inputted is selected from among the displayed names of the articles, and the code of the name of the article to be inputted is outputted. Thus, the code of the name of the article can be inputted efficiently in a short time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a product name code input method, and more particularly to a product name code input method for inputting a code corresponding to an abbreviated keyed-in product name.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, in an information processing system, many product names and the like are processed by converting them into :r=. For example, in a system that handles food, a 6-digit alphanumeric code is determined for each food item, and this code is used in the system to process the food. That is, in school lunch systems, nutrition guidance systems, etc., the above food codes are used to refer to food composition tables to create menus and calculate nutritional values.

Since the above codes are uniquely determined for each product name, there are as many individual codes as there are product names, and it is almost impossible to memorize them. Therefore, when entering a code into a system using such a hood, it is necessary to refer to a food book or the like to input the key correctly, which has the disadvantage that it takes a lot of time to input the code.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The problem to be solved by the present invention, that is, the purpose of the present invention is to key in a part of the beginning of a character string representing a product name to display product name candidates, and to specify the corresponding product name among them to search for that food. The object of the present invention is to provide a product name code input method that improves the above-mentioned drawbacks.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the product name code input method according to the present invention, the first five characters of a character string representing the product name to be input are input, and a product name code file storing the product name and the code corresponding to the product name is searched according to the first five characters. This is realized by extracting and displaying product names whose first five characters are equal to the first five characters, selecting the product name to be input from among the displayed product names, and outputting the code of the input product name. .

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the product name code input method according to the present invention. In the figure, the product name code input method is executed in a product name food input process 1 incorporated between main processes 11 and 12 of a certain information processing system. That is, when the main process 11 requires a product name code, control is passed to the product name code input process 1 via the data request 11a. The product name code input process 1 determines the product name code in a manner described later, and passes it to the main process 12 via the data reception 12a. Main processing 12 receives the above product name code, and main processing 1
Execute the process continuing from 1.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of product name code input processing 1. In step 21, the first five characters of a character string representing the product name are input. In step 22, the product name code file 23 is searched using the above-mentioned first five characters or less of the character string as a key, and all product names and codes that match the above-mentioned character string are read out.

The product name code file 23 stores the entire character string (full name) of the product name and its corresponding code.

Step 24 displays the product name (full name) retrieved as described above as a candidate product name having the input sales code. When there are a large number of candidate product names, multiple screens with several candidate product names are configured on each screen and displayed sequentially.

In step 25, one of the candidates displayed as described above that corresponds to the product name having the code to be input is specified. If the corresponding product name is not on that screen, the next screen is designated or the process moves to step 22 to search the product name code file 23 again. Step 26 outputs the specified product name and its code as described above, and data reception 12
Give it to a.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of food code input regarding the operation of the above product name code input method. In FIG. 3A, the data request 11 & screen has a code column 31 and a product name column 32. When entering a code, key in the first five characters of the product name in the code field 31. In the same figure,
is keyed in.

FIG. 3(b) shows a search screen 33 that displays product name candidates extracted by searching using the above-mentioned "shi" as a key. The search screen 33 displays food names with numbers as the first character, and the user selects and specifies the food name and keys in the number in the number input field 34. In the figure, "03" is keyed in.

FIG. 3(c) shows the screen of the data reception 12a on which the food name (soy sauce) determined as described above and its code (17003A) are input into the product name field 32 and the code field 31, respectively.

Since the above product name food input method is configured as a subroutine, it can be easily incorporated and used in other systems that use the same code. For example, food codes can be used for school lunch systems and nutritional guidance systems.

A similar product name code input method can also be used in drug search systems, library management systems, etc.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, according to the product name code input method of the present invention, by simply keying in a part of the beginning of the character string representing the product name, product name candidates are listed and the corresponding one is specified to search for the code. Since you can input the code, there is no need to refer to a food book or the like and input the code one part at a time. Therefore, there is an effect that the product name code can be inputted efficiently in a short time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the product name code input method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of inputting a food code. ■・・・Product name code input processing, 23...
Product name code file, 31...Code field, 32
...Product name column, 33...Search screen, 34
・・・・・・Number input field.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Enter the first five characters of the character string representing the product name, search the product name code file that stores the product name and the code corresponding to the product name according to the first five characters, and select the first five characters and the first five characters. A product name code input method characterized by extracting and displaying product names that have the same characters, selecting the product name to be input from among the displayed product names, and outputting a code of the product name to be input.