JPS645346B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (A) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card image processing data processing device, and particularly to a card image processing data processing device, which manages a plurality of cards having a common format using a concept called “box”. to display the card image on the display,
The present invention relates to a data processing device having a card image processing function that executes processing including calculation processing on the contents of fields on a card image.

(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 fields (items) on each card image are specified and processed, but since the number of card images may become large, Instead of providing processing procedures one by one, it is desirable to prepare a series of processing procedures in advance so that common processing can be executed sequentially at high speed for each card image.

(C) Object and Structure of the Invention The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a system in which a card image is displayed, a processing procedure is created and registered, and the processing can be executed. An object of the present invention is to provide a data processing device having a card image processing function. Therefore, the data processing device having a card image processing function according to the present invention displays a card image on a display screen, and also instructs each field on the card image to give a processing mode, and provides information on the contents of the field. A data processing device having a card image processing function that processes a plurality of cards having a common format is configured so that one box can be accessed and processed in correspondence with a plurality of cards having a common format. at least a format information storage means for storing card format information including ruled lines and fixed characters, a field definition information storage means for storing definition information regarding the entry fields of the card, and a storage means for storing the contents entered in the entry fields of each card. a card data storage means that corresponds to each other, and each entry field of the card displayed using the contents of the form information storage means, the contents of the field definition information storage means, and the contents of the card data storage means; The method further comprises a field instruction means for instructing, an input means for inputting a processing procedure for the field specified by the field instruction means, and an input procedure execution means for executing the processing procedure registered by the input means. It is a feature. 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 a data processing device having a card image processing function according to the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the main part of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention.

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. Separately memorize and
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 corresponding to the character field, and "..." is given to indicate the numeric insertion point corresponding to the numeric field.
,” is given.

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 part)...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 Prefecture" on page 3 is placed in the first frame, and the card image of Mr. "Osaka Prefecture" on page 7 belonging to the box "Membership Fee Deposit Slip" is placed in the first frame.
All or part of the image 4 is displayed together in the second frame (hereinafter sometimes referred to as split display).
ing. 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 A to E in the illustrations show how to delete the information in the event that when inputting the processing procedure on one card image, you incorrectly enter the ``---'' (Quantity x ``Unit Price =''). There is.

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 separated 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, if you are trying to process the card image displayed in the first frame (specified using the frame switching key),
The real cursor is displayed only on the card image in the first frame, 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. Moreover, the size of each of the first frame and the second frame can be increased or decreased as necessary, and at this time, the size of the other frames can be increased or decreased 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 for multiple fields on multiple cards.
In the illustrated case, the instruction is 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 a data processing device having a card image processing function according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a display, 12 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, and 15 is a format analysis section. , 16 is a data entry processing unit that inputs card data such as field names using a kana-kanji conversion function, and 17 is a procedure registration control unit that inputs processing procedures such as calculation instructions, search instructions, and card verification. 18 is a processing procedure storage unit that stores the registered processing procedure; 19 is a procedure execution control unit that performs the processing procedure registered in the processing procedure storage unit 18; Therefore, the boxes 20-1 to 20-n are loaded into the main memory for executing calculations, searches, card verification, etc., and the box 21 is a box selection section which is the current processing target. 22 is a box call control unit which loads the box on the floppy disk 12 onto the main memory; 23 is a box storage control unit which loads the box on the main memory into the floppy disk. What is stored on the disk 12, 24 represents a screen control section.

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 character count 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
Boxes 20-2 are stored in main memory as necessary for processing.
1 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.

In the present invention, the necessary boxes 20-1 to 20-n are mainly loaded on the main memory,
This relates to the manner in which the procedure registration control unit 17 registers the processing procedure based on this. For this reason, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 9, which shows the main configuration of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention.

In FIG. 9, the symbols 10, 11, 18, 20-
1, . . . 20-n, 21 correspond to FIG.
Reference numeral 25 denotes a procedure instruction control unit, which initiates control based on key input from the keyboard 10. Reference numeral 26 denotes a frame switching control unit which selects a frame on the side of the card image where processing will be performed for the time being regarding the frames 3 and 4 explained in connection with FIG. 4 among the card images displayed on the display 11. A process of switching the frame 3 and a process of changing the boundary position between the first frame 3 and the second frame 4 as necessary is performed. To switch the frame, check the "frame number where the cursor is located" in the cursor position information holding unit 31.
33, and the above-mentioned box selection unit 21 is notified of this.

Reference numeral 27 is a page designation control unit that performs processing corresponding to the page designated by the page switching key. On the display 11, as shown in FIG.
data is merged and displayed, and the second frame 4
Assume that the card images belonging to box 20-n are similarly merged and displayed above. When a new page is specified in this state,
The relevant page is the cursor position information holding unit 31
``Page number where the cursor is located'' 34 is set corresponding to each frame, and in response to this, the page selection control unit 41 is activated to extract the page in the box displayed in the frame, and to display the page on the card. The data is transferred to the display unit 39. That is, the card image displayed within the frame is changed (the pages within the same box are changed).

28 is a cursor movement control unit,
When the cursor (actual cursor) is moved by the cursor movement key, the cursor position information holding unit 31 detects the new cursor position.
The "field number where the cursor is located" 32 is set corresponding to each frame. Then, a cursor is displayed by the actual cursor display unit 36, and based on the field number, the field definition information and field name of the corresponding field are extracted by the field definition information search unit 40 and used for processing. Needless to say, if the field is located at a position that is not displayed on the display screen, scrolling will be performed within the above-mentioned frame by vertical scrolling processing or horizontal scrolling processing.

Reference numeral 29-1 is an operator key control unit which is activated in response to registration of a calculation processing procedure. Also 2
9-2 is a search key control unit; 29-p
is a list creation key control unit, which is activated when registering the corresponding processing procedure.

30-1 is a calculation formula display control unit that displays operator keys determined to be valid by the operator key control unit 29-1, field names extracted from the field definition information search unit 40, Based on the box number, a processing procedure is created in the form of an image on the display 11, such as the input image 5 shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, and this is displayed on the display 11. That is, as processing procedures are created sequentially,
Input image 5 is displayed. During this time, the procedure editing control unit 37 controls the movement of the procedure cursor. Further, insertion, addition, deletion, replacement, etc. of procedures are performed while displaying the procedure cursor 8 and mark 9. The display of the procedure cursor 8 can be thought of as the procedure cursor display control unit 37 managing the procedure cursor position.

30-2 is a search condition display control unit;
Reference numeral 30-p is a list creation procedure display control unit that performs processing to display input images corresponding to the search key control unit 29-1 and list creation key control unit 29-p.

35 is a procedure code assembly processing unit, which sequentially creates the above-mentioned input images, as explained in connection with the operator key control unit 29-1 and the calculation formula display control unit 30-1. Correspondingly, processing procedure codes are sequentially assembled based on operators, field definition information, box numbers, page numbers, field numbers, and frame numbers. That is, as the above processing procedure is displayed as an input image, the processing procedure is written in a code format that is easy to execute by the procedure execution control section 19 shown in FIG. Then, the assembly result is checked by the operator in the form of a display of the input image, and if it is correct, it is stored in the procedure storage section 18. That is, for example, if the processing procedure is given unit price x quantity = total, the procedure storage unit 18
For each address, write "i-th address (Unit price field number and box number) (i+1) address ([x] operator code) (i+2) address (quantity field number and box number) (i+3) address ( [=]operator code) (i+4)th address (total field number and box number)'. The contents of each of these addresses are
When executed by the procedure execution control unit 19 shown in FIG. 8, they are sequentially read out and executed while extracting necessary field contents from necessary boxes.

In FIG. 9, the boxes loaded in the main memory may be set in such a way that the same box is loaded into two respective frames, or different boxes may be set in a form in which different boxes are loaded into two respective frames. You can also set it with . For this purpose, the processing performed by registering the above processing procedure is (i) processing between field contents on a single card image, (ii) processing between different card images belonging to the first box. Processing between field contents of images (different pages); (iii) Processing between field contents of card images belonging to different boxes can be registered.

(E) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to collectively process a group of cards having a common format as a box, and to combine individual card images into format data and card data. They can be stored separately and merged and output as needed. Further, the card image can be displayed in a split display if necessary, and processing procedures to be processed can be sequentially created and registered. Therefore, conventional general card processing can be performed while interacting with the display.

[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 FIG. 9 shows an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of a data processing apparatus having a card image processing function, and FIG. In the figure, 1 is a card image, 2 is a box,
3 and 4 are all or part of the card image, 5
is an input image, 7 is a real cursor, 8 is a procedure cursor, 9 is a mark, 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a display, 12 is a floppy disk, 13
14 is a format specification control section, 14 is a card creation management section, 1
5 is a format analysis section, 16 is a data entry processing section, 17
18 is a procedure registration control unit; 18 is a processing procedure storage unit; 19
21 is a procedure execution control unit; 20-1 to 20-n are boxes respectively loaded on the main memory;
22 is a box selection section, 22 is a box call control section,
23 is a box storage control unit, 24 is a screen control unit,
26 is a frame switching control unit, 27 is a page designation control unit, 28 is a cursor movement control unit, 29
-1 represents an operator key control unit, 30-1 a calculation formula display control unit, and 35 a procedure code assembly processing unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card image processing function that displays a card image on a display screen, instructs each field on the card image to give a processing mode, and processes the contents of the field. A data processing device having a card that is configured to be able to access and process a box by associating one box with a plurality of cards having a common format, and the box includes at least ruled lines and fixed characters. A form information storage means for storing form information of the card, a field definition information storage means for storing definition information regarding the entry fields of the card, and a card data storage means for storing the contents entered in the entry fields of the individual cards. and a field indicating means for indicating each entry field of the displayed card using the contents of the form information storage means, the contents of the field definition information storage means, and the contents of the card data storage means; has a card image processing function characterized by comprising: an input means for inputting a processing procedure for a field specified by the input means; and an input procedure execution means for executing the processing procedure registered by the input means. Data processing equipment.