JPH0421118A - character processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input a character string only by one operation by registering respective character strings corresponding to individual virtual keys constituting a virtual keyboard, and when a certain virtual key is specified, outputting the character string corresponding to the specified virtual key. CONSTITUTION:Required virtual keyboards 33 to 35 are displayed and an objective virtual key is selected by a graphic cursor 36. In this case, whether a character string corresponding to the specified virtual key is already registered in a table corresponding to the virtual keyboards or not is retrieved. When the registered character string is present thereon, the number of characters registered correspondingly to the virtual key concerned is read out from the table concerned and each character from the address next to the read number of characters is inserted into a sentence on a document forming screen. Whether inserting processing corresponding to the read number of characters is executed or not is decided and the reading processing is repeated until the end of the inserting processing is decided. Thus, a character string consisting of plural characters can be inputted only by one processing.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a character/symbol input method, and more particularly to a character/symbol input method in a document processing device or the like.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, document processing devices, such as word processors that edit and create documents, display a virtual keyboard equipped with a group of virtual keys on which special characters, symbols, etc. are written, in order to input special characters, symbols, etc. There was something to display on the screen.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, only one character or symbol can be inserted into a document by input using the virtual keyboard in one input operation. The present invention has been made in view of such prior art, and -
The present invention aims to provide a character/symbol input method that allows inputting a character string consisting of multiple characters with a single operation.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve this problem, the character/symbol input method of the present invention has the configuration shown below. That is, a display means for displaying a virtual keyboard, a registration means for registering a character string for each virtual key constituting the virtual keyboard, and a designation of a desired virtual key in the virtual keyboard displayed by the display means. and output means for outputting a registered character string corresponding to the virtual key specified by the specifying means to an output target side.

[Effect]

In such a configuration of the present invention, character strings are registered for each virtual key making up the virtual keyboard. When a desired virtual key is specified, a character string corresponding to the specified virtual key is output.

【Example】

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block configuration diagram of a document processing device in an embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a system bus (including address bus, data bus, control bus, etc.) that electrically connects each component. 2 is an MPU that controls the entire device;
3 is a magnetic disk that stores and stores document data and the like. Reference numeral 4 is a RAM used for a work area and various tables when the MPU 2 performs processing, and 5 is a ROM in which procedures for processing performed by the MPU 2 (flowcharts in FIGS. 2 and 6) are stored. 6 is a font ROM that stores font patterns for characters and symbols (hereinafter simply referred to as characters); 7 is a keyboard for inputting characters when creating/editing documents, or inputting instruction information for instructing predetermined processing; be. 8 is a CRT display (hereinafter simply referred to as CRT)
A pointing device (mouse, etc.) for specifying an arbitrary position on the device 11), and is used, for example, to indicate various displayed command menus. Reference numeral 9 denotes a display control unit that controls data transmission when character patterns and the like are developed to the VRAM10. This VRAM
10 corresponds one-to-one with CRTII, and is a memory for developing an image to be displayed. CRTII is a so-called cathode ray tube that receives image data from VRAM10 and forms an image on the display screen while performing raster scanning. It is. During editing, the operator operates while looking at this CRTII. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the overall process flow related to the virtual keyboard of the embodiment. Below, Figures 3 to 5
This processing procedure will be explained using figures. An example of the editing screen is shown in FIG. 3(A). In the diagram, 30 is C
This is the display screen of RTII, and 31 is its image display area. In the image display area 31, various commands shown in windows 32 and 33 to 35 for expanding the document, and a graphic cursor 36 linked to the pointing device 8 are displayed. Operator operates pointing device 8! /11
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When one of the commands c is specified, the MPU 2 operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in step S1, if it is determined that the instructed command is the virtual keyboard display command 33, a virtual keyboard separate from the keyboard 7 is displayed at a predetermined position in the image display area. An example of a state in which the virtual keyboard display command 33 is instructed is shown in FIG. 3(B). The illustrated numeral 37 is a virtual keyboard, the details of which are shown in FIG. The virtual key bolt 37 includes a next page command 40 for displaying the next virtual keyboard, and a previous page command 4 for displaying the previous virtual keyboard.
1 is provided. The operator displays the desired virtual keyboard by operating the cloak 40.41, and by specifying the desired key with the graphic cursor 36, the character string corresponding to that virtual key is expanded into the document. Insert at the document cursor position in window 32. Note that this insertion process will be described later. η:;! If InoiC++-vh---TodorokiC轡TEζ--^ko111-^ is specified, the process proceeds to steps S3 and 5.
Proceeding to 4S5, a desired character string is registered in each key forming the virtual keyboard. For example, a character string registration window 50 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and one of the virtual keys to be registered is specified with the graphic cursor 36. Each virtual key is numbered, and in the case shown in the figure, an example is shown in which a character string is registered in the "3rd" virtual key. After this, in the state shown, the keyboard 7
Enter the character string you are trying to register. The illustration shows that the character string "hard disk" has already been registered in the virtual key with key number "1" and the character string "floppy disk" has already been registered in the virtual key with key number "2". There is. Now, the registered contents are saved in a table provided in the RAM 4 for each virtual keyboard. An example of the table is shown in FIG. In the illustration, the number of characters "7" indicates that the number of character strings registered in the virtual key is seven characters. Also, the number of characters is °°○”°, indicating that no character string has been registered for that virtual key, or that it has been registered but has been deleted.As shown in the figure, the table In addition to the registered character strings for each virtual key number on the virtual keyboard, the number of such character strings is also registered.The character strings to be registered are stored as they are input in the window shown in Figure 5. Although the explanation is complicated, in FIG. 5, the key number displayed at the bottom of the window 50 and the character string indicating its registered contents are scrolled within the window shown. Therefore, for example, the key number "20", simply scroll until the key number is displayed.Also, when registering to another virtual keyboard, use the desired key number, similar to the next page command 40 shown in Figure 4. After displaying a virtual keyboard to display, the character string is registered.Furthermore, if it is determined that the registered character string deletion command 35 has been instructed in step S1 of the flowchart of FIG. To delete a 0 character string that is registered to the keyboard, display the same window as the previous character string registration, and perform it while checking the character strings registered to each virtual key. Specifically, this is done by moving the graphic cursor 36 to the position of the virtual key to be deleted on the displayed virtual keyboard and pressing the button provided on the pointing device 8. At this time, if the button is not pressed, displays the registered character strings of the key group near the virtual key where the graphic cursor 36 is currently positioned as shown in the lower part of Fig. 5.Move the graphic cursor 36 to the position to be deleted, When the button is pressed, the field corresponding to the number of characters in the table corresponding to the virtual keyboard being displayed at that time is set to "o".Of course, in Fig. 5, there is no place other than the virtual keyboard. Even if you use the pointing device 8 to specify a location where no text is written, you cannot delete anything.The same applies to character string registration. Next, the process of inserting a character string into an edited document using the registered character string will be explained according to the flowchart of Fig. 6. In the state of Fig. 3, select the desired virtual keyboard. is displayed, and when the desired virtual key is selected with the graphic cursor 36, the process passes through steps S10 and Sll and proceeds to step S12. In step S12, a search is made to see if a character string has already been registered for the designated virtual key in the table corresponding to the virtual keyboard currently being displayed. As a result, if it is determined that there is no registered character string, the insertion process ends, but if it is determined that there is a registered character string, the process advances from step S13 to step S14. Here, the number of characters registered for the virtual key is read from the corresponding table, and in the next step S15, characters are inserted one by one into the document on the document creation screen starting from the address next to the number of characters read. Then, in step S16, it is determined whether or not this insertion process has been performed for the number of read characters, and the reading of the next character in step S17 is repeated until it is determined that the insertion process for that number of characters has been completed. This completes the process of inserting the character string registered in the virtual key. As described above, according to this embodiment, character strings such as words and predicates can be registered in the virtual keyboard, and the character strings can be inserted into a document with a simple operation. This has the effect that when creating a document, it is not necessary to input the same key bunch over and over again, such as frequently used words or the name of something. In the embodiment, the character string output target for the MPU 2 is the cursor position of the document being edited (not particularly shown), but the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, the character string input using the virtual keyboard may be output (passed) to the application program that is running at the time. Furthermore, the character string to be registered may, of course, be a character string mixed with kanji.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to input a character string consisting of a plurality of characters with - number of operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the document processing device, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when inputting commands related to the virtual keyboard, and FIGS. 3 (A) and (B) show the state of the display screen in the embodiment. Figure 4 is a diagram showing the virtual keyboard, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the state of the virtual keyboard at the time of character string registration, Figure 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure for inserting a character string using the virtual keyboard, Figure 7 FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a table for registering a virtual keyboard. In the figure, 1... system bus, 2... MPU, 3...
・Magnetic disk, 4...RAM, 5...ROM, 6
...Character font ROM, 7...Keyboard, 8.
...Pointing device, 9...Display control section, 1
0...VRAM, 11...CRT display, 3
0... Display screen, 31... Image display area, 32...
・Document expansion window, 33...Virtual keyboard display command, 34...Character string registration command, 35...
Registered character deletion command, 36...Graphic cursor, 37...Virtual keyboard, 50...Table. Figure 3 (△) 3° 3rd m <8) Figure 4 Figure 5A Figure 6 7th weak sF3

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Display means for displaying a virtual keyboard; Registration means for registering a character string for each virtual key constituting the virtual keyboard; A character/symbol input method comprising: a designation means for designating a virtual key; and an output means for outputting a registered character string corresponding to the virtual key designated by the designation means to an output target side.