JPS6143374A - Character input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce both the size and the cost of a character input device and at the same time to facilitate easy operations for input, correction, editing, etc. of characters, by displaying a negative number to which a displayed character string belongs and said character string in response to a row number and a digit number in the form of dots or a line. CONSTITUTION:When characters are supplied with operation of keys on a keyboard 2, a character string is displayed at a character display part 14 of a liquid crystal panel 3 in response to the operating contents of the keyboard 2. While the negative number of the character string displayed at the part 14 is displayed at a negative number display part 15 in the form of a line 17 corresponding to the relevant one of digit numbers displayed at a digit number indicating part 4. Then the row number of the character string displayed at the part 14 is displayed at a row number display part 16 in the form of a line 18 is response to the relevant one of digit numbers. Thus the line 17 displayed at the part 15 is shifted successively to the corresponding positions as the negative number, etc. of the character string displayed at the part 14 increases by supplying characters with operation of keys on the keyboard 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Division of the Invention] The present invention relates to a character input device (ζ) equipped with a display unit that sequentially displays character strings input on a keyboard in sequence for each row.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In a character input device such as a Japanese word glosser, a character string (!R'l' Guisugerei) is used as a display section so that many lines of character strings entered on the keyboard can be displayed at once on this CRT display. However, devices that use such a C-T display have the disadvantage that the entire device becomes larger and more expensive.On the other hand, recently, liquid crystal panels have been used as the display section. There is a device that displays only one or two lines of character string using Since it is difficult to know what page and line the 511M is on, there is a drawback that it is difficult to input characters, make corrections, or operate the 511M.To compensate for this drawback, we decided to operate the function keys on the keyboard on the LCD panel. It was displayed backwards.

A device that can display the page number and line number of a character string is provided. However, this method has the drawback of poor operability, since it is necessary to interrupt character input and press a function key in order to display page numbers and line numbers.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the size of the entire device, keep the price low, and, moreover, reduce the page number and digit number of the displayed character string. Character input that can always be displayed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a character input device that can easily perform operations such as correction or cross-cutting.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention displays the page number to which the character string displayed on the display section belongs and the digit number of the character string.
The feature is that the digit numbers of the digit number indicating section formed in a position adjacent to the display section so as to follow the displayed character string on the display section are displayed as dots or lines on the display section. have

[Embodiments of the invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, in FIG. 1, 1 is the main unit of the Japanese word processor which is a character input device, 2 is a keyboard for character input having a large number of keys 2a, and 5 is a character string inputted on the keyboard 2. This is a liquid crystal panel that serves as a display section that sequentially displays information column by column. 4 is a digit number indicating section, which is formed in an adjacent position of the liquid crystal panel 3, for example, in an upper part of the liquid crystal panel 5, along the displayed character string on the liquid crystal panel 5; in this case, this digit number is 1 to 40 as shown in Figure 3.
In addition to the honor number 1, each of the five honor days is a number, and the spaces between these numbers are indicated by "・". 5 is an external memory consisting of, for example, a thermal transfer type printer, and 6 is a floppy disk. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the main unit 1 has a CP
U7, ROM8.

RAM? , display control circuit 10. fl t- from the keyboard input/output device 11 and printer input/output device gL12, etc.
It has a built-in microcomputer 15. In this microcomputer 15, as is well known, the 0PU7 inputs the control program stored in the ROM8, the keyboard 2, and the RAM9.
Based on data transfer with the external memory 6, etc., the liquid crystal panel 5. It controls the printer 5.

(area surrounded by) t- has one row corresponding to the digit number of the digit number indicating section 4, and the page number to which the character string displayed in the character display section 14 belongs in the upper part of this character display section 14 a page number display section 1 that displays a line in correspondence with the digit number;
5 (area surrounded by a dotted line) exists, and character display part 1 is displayed in summer.
4, there is a line number display section 16 (area surrounded by a dotted line) that displays the line number of the character string displayed on the character display section 14 in a line in correspondence with the digit honor sign. - has columns.

Therefore, in the case of the above m precept, key 2 of keyboard 2
When you input a character by operating a, a character string corresponding to the operation on the keyboard 2 is displayed on the character display section 14 of the liquid crystal panel 3 as shown in FIG. 3 (the O mark indicates the displayed character).
is displayed, and the page No. 9 to which the character string displayed in the page number-8 display section 151ζ character display section 14 belongs corresponds to the corresponding number part of the digit number in the digit number indication section 4. in1
7 (in this case, indicating the first page), and
The line number of the character string displayed on the character display section 14 in the line number display section 16 is the digit WJj! It should be displayed as line 18 (in this case, line 54) corresponding to the corresponding number part of r. Then, by operating the keys 2a of the keyboard 2 and inputting characters in sequence, the character display section 1
As the page number 2 line number e to which the character string displayed in 4 belongs increases, the page number display section 15's line 17. The lines 18 of the number display section 16 sequentially move to corresponding positions.

According to this embodiment, the character display section 1 of the liquid crystal panel 3
The page number of the character string displayed in 4 and the line number of the character string are displayed on the page number display section 15 and line number display section 16 provided on the liquid crystal panel 5 in a line corresponding to the digit number of the digit number indicating section 4. 17 and 18, so unlike the conventional system that displays the page number and line number on the display of the LCD panel according to the operation of the function key, it is possible to display the page number and line number without operating the function keys. You can always check the page number and line number, so you can input, correct, or edit characters with ease. Moreover, according to this embodiment, since the display section is made up of the liquid crystal panel 3 for one line of character strings, the entire device can be made smaller in size compared to the case where a CRT display is used as the display section. Of course, the price can also be kept low.

In addition, in this implementation, the page number display section 15 and the line number display section 1
6 are both displayed on lines 17 and 18, but
Dots may be displayed instead of lines. Furthermore, although the page number display section 15 and the line number display section 16 are arranged separately above and below the character display section 14, they are arranged side by side above or below the text display section 14. It's okay.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, the present invention is capable of displaying the page number to which the character string displayed on the display section belongs and the line number of the character string at a position adjacent to the display section along with the character string displayed on the display section. Since the display section is configured to display dots or lines in correspondence with the digit numbers of the digit number indicating section formed as shown in FIG. Even if we tried to reduce the overall size and reduce the price, unlike the previous model where page numbers and line numbers could not be displayed without operating the function keys,
This has excellent effects in that page numbers and line numbers can always be displayed and character input, correction, and editing operations can be easily performed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. fIi1 is an overall perspective view, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the Wll structure, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of a liquid crystal panel portion. In the drawing, 2 is the keyboard, 3 is the liquid crystal panel (display part),
4 is a digit number indicating section, 14 is a character display section, 15 is a page number display section, 16 is a line number display section, and 17 and 18 are lines. Figure 1 Figure 2 @ Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard for inputting characters, a display part that sequentially displays the character strings entered by this keyboard in each column, and digits located adjacent to this display part in line with the character strings displayed on the display part. In a character input device comprising a digit number indicating section forming a number, the page number to which the character string displayed on the display section belongs and the line number of the character string correspond to the digit number of the digit number indicating section. A character input device characterized in that the character input device is configured to cause the display unit to display the characters as dots or lines.