JPH0630090B2 - Electronic memo device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic memo device for storing a plurality of data such as a telephone number and a timetable.

[Background of the Invention]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of electronic memo device, a device is known in which a cursor or the like is displayed on a display unit, a storage area of a data memory is selectively designated according to the position of the cursor, and data is accessed.

Therefore, in order to specify the storage area to access the data, the cursor has to be sequentially moved one by one, which is very troublesome.

[Object of the Invention]

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic memo device in which a storage area for accessing data can be immediately specified and access is very simple.

[Main points of the invention]

An electronic memo device according to the present invention comprises a key input means for inputting data by key, a data memory for storing data input by the key input means, data input by the key input means, or the data memory. First display means for displaying the read data, second display means provided separately from the first display means and divided into a plurality of areas, and transparent covering the second display means. The touch panel, the designation means for designating each of the plurality of areas by touch operation, the mode setting means for setting the mode of data input / output, and the mode setting means for setting the input mode, When the specific area is designated by the setting means, the data displayed on the first display means may be displayed on the designated area of the second display means. When the specific area is designated by the designating means while the storage control means for storing in the corresponding area of the data memory and the mode setting means is setting the output mode, it is displayed on the second display means. The main point is that the reading control means for displaying the designated data on the first display means is provided.

[Structure of Example]

The structure of one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows an overall external view of the electronic memo device. In the figure, 1 is a list display section, and the list display section 1 has 10 display areas 2 arranged in 5 rows and 2 columns. . . It is getting better. On the left side of the list display unit 1, from the top, a numerical display unit 3, a file key 4, a page key 5, a mode switch 6, a pair of file change keys 7a and 7b, a pair of page change keys 8a and 8b, a ten-key pad and a calculation key. There is provided a first key group 9 including designated keys and a second key group 10 including alpha-bet key and kana key.

The numerical display unit 3 temporarily displays the data to be accessed,
The file key 4 designates a file rank of the data memory 19 which will be described later, and the page key 5 further designates a page rank in this file. The mode switch 6 also writes (IN) or reads (OU) the data memory 19.
T) mode designation, and file change keys 7a, 7b
Is for reversing or updating the file displacement from the currently displayed one, and page change keys 8a and 8b are for reversing or updating the page order from the currently displayed one respectively.

The list display section 1 is configured as shown in FIG. 3 (B) and FIG. 4 (B), and one display area 2 is an arrangement of eight 5 × 7 liquid crystal dot display bodies, each of which has 8 digits. Up to characters or numbers can be displayed. A position sensor unit 11 shown in FIGS. 3 (A) and 4 (A) is laminated on the surface of the list display unit 1. The position sensor unit 11 is arranged in 5 rows and 2 columns of the list display unit 1. Display area 2. . . Corresponding to the position sensor 12 of 5 rows and 2 columns. . . The position sensor 12 has a key contact 13 which is turned on by pressing, and is made of a transparent material so that the contents of the display of the list display unit 1 can be seen through.

The position sensor 12. . . Each key contact 13 of. . . One of the terminals is key-in line KI0-K as shown in Fig. 3 (A).
I4, the other terminal is keyout line KO
1, KO2 connected to this keyout line KO1,
A key sampling signal is applied to the KO2 from the key sampling unit 14 shown in FIG. . . When the key is turned on, this key sampling signal is given to the key sampling section 14 as a key on signal through the key lines KI0 to KI4. This key sampling unit 1
When a key-on signal is given, 4 sends an interrupt signal to C
It is given to the PU (central processing unit) 15 to give an instruction for interrupt processing, and the key sampling signal and the key sampling signal are given to the sensor address generation unit 16. The sensor address generation unit 16 determines the key-on position sensor 12 based on the timing of the key-on signal and the key sampling signal, and supplies this to the list address determination unit 17 as sensor address data.

The list address determination unit 17 includes the display address storage unit 1
The display address data indicating the file order and the page order currently displayed in the list display section 1 of the data memory 19 is given from 8, and the list address determination section 17 receives the display address data and the sensor address data. From the position sensor 1 in the data memory 19
A list address indicating the address of the storage area designated by 2 is created and given to the address control unit 20 to cause the data memory 19 to be addressed.

The data memory 19 is divided into a plurality of files, one file is further divided into a plurality of pages, and one page is made up of eight storage areas, and the contents of one storage area are displayed in the display area 2 of the list display unit 1. , And the storage area is configured to correspond to the display area 2. Therefore, the list display unit 1 can display one page of the data memory 19 at a time. The data memory 19 includes an input / output control unit 21.
Through the CPU 15, data is read and written from the CPU 15, and the read / write control signal R / W is switched and applied from the input / output control unit 21 accordingly.

Further, the list address judging section 17 gives the sensor address data from the sensor address generating section 16 to the display buffer 22. The display buffer 22 is pre-set with data from the CPU 15 at an address corresponding to the sensor address data, and the pre-set data is sent to each display area 2 of the list display unit 1 through the list display control unit 23. . . Is displayed in.

Each of the keys such as the file key 4 and the switches 4 to 10 constitute a key input section 24, and each operation signal of each key and the switch is given to the CPU 15. Of these, the first key group 9,
Various data input by the second key group 10 is the CPU
It is preset in the numeral register 25 in 15 and displayed on the numerical display section 3 through the numerical display control section 26.
The switching signal of the mode switch 6 is sent to the mode storage unit 27.
To the CPU 15 to store the designated mode. Further, the file and page data designated by the file key 4 and the page key 5 are preset by the address control unit 20 through the CPU 15 so that the file and page addresses are designated in accordance with the preset data, and the display address storage unit 18 is also stored. Is also preset. The operation signals of the file change keys 7a and 7b and the page change keys 8a and 8b are given to the CPU 15, and the address control unit 2
0 and the address data in the display address storage unit 18 are incremented or decremented.

[Operation of Example]

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

Now, assuming that the data on page 20 of the ABC file in the data memory 19 is called and the telephone number is stored in the empty area of this page, the mode switch 6 is inserted (IN) as shown on the left side of FIG. 6 (1). Set to the mode and press "ABC" with the alphabet key. Then, the "ABC" data is transferred to the register number register 25 in the CPU 15.
The CPU 15 displays this data on the numerical value display section 3 via the numerical value display control section 26. When the file key 4 is operated, the CPU 15 causes the display buffer 2
Data of "FILE ABC" is set to the top address of No. 2, and this data is displayed in the uppermost display area 2 of the list display unit 1 via the list display control unit 23 as shown on the right side of FIG. 6 (1). To be done.

Next, in order to call the 20th page of the ABC file, as shown in the left side of FIG. Then, the data of "20" is set in the numeral register 25 in the CPU 15, and similarly, the numerical value display unit 3
Is displayed in. When the page key 5 is operated, C
The PU 15 gives the display address storage unit 18 and the address control unit 20 the address data of the 20th page of the ABC file to address the data memory 19, and reads all the data of the page via the input / output control unit 21. It is set in the display buffer 22 together with the data of "PAGE 20" and displayed as shown on the right side of FIG. 6 (2). In this case, if the names and telephone numbers of two persons are set in the four storage areas from the top of the read page, the data for the two persons are displayed, and the remaining four display areas 2. . . Does not display anything.

Next, in order to set the telephone numbers next to the data for these two persons, the name is operated as "SATO" with the alphabet key as shown on the left side of FIG. 6 (3). Then, the "SATO" data is stored in the register 15 in the CPU 15.
It is set to 5, and is displayed on the numerical display section 3.

Then, as shown on the right side of FIG. 6 (4), this "SATO"
Display data 2 in the 4th row and 1st column where you want to set the data
Press the position sensor 12 on the surface of the. Then, the key contact 13 is turned on, and the key sampling signal given from the key sampling unit 14 to the key-out line KO2 is given to the key sampling unit 14 as a key-on signal through the key in-line KI3, and the flow operation shown in FIG. Be started. That is, the key sampling unit 14
An interrupt signal is given to the CPU 15 to give an interrupt processing command (step S ₁ ), and a key-on signal and a key-sampling signal are given to the sensor address generator 16 so that the position of the 4th row and 1st column of the key-on. sensor address indicating a sensor 12 "5" is given to the list address determination unit 17 is determined (step S _2, S _3).

Then, the list address determination unit 17 uses the display address data indicating the 20th page of the ABC file from the display address storage unit 18 and the sensor address data indicating the 4th row and the 1st column from the sensor address generation unit 16 in the data memory. A list address indicating the corresponding address of 19 is created (step S ₄ ), and this list address data is given to the address controller 20 and the display buffer 22 (steps S ₅ and S ₆ ).

Next, the CPU 15 determines that the current designated mode is the write mode based on the data of the write mode set in the mode storage unit 27 by switching the mode switch 6 to the write mode (step S ₇ ), the data of "SATO" of the number register 25 is written to the list address indicating the fifth storage area of the 20th page of the ABC file designated by the address control unit 20 of the data memory 19 through the input / output control unit 21 ( Steps S ₈ and S ₉ ). The CPU15 is excisional the address specified by the list address determining unit 17 of the display buffer 22 the data of "SATO" of numeric register 25 (step S _10), the display of the first column of the fourth row of the list display section 1 Area 2 Figure 6 (5)
Display as shown on the right.

In this way, the display area 2 of the list display section 1 to be set
The data memory 1
Data can be written in 9 immediately.

Then, in the same manner for the telephone number, if the telephone number is first input by the ten-key pad 9 and then the position sensor 12 in the display area 2 next to the display area 2 in which "SATO" is displayed is turned on. Then, the processes of steps S _{1 to} S ₁₀ are repeated to perform writing.

In addition, the mode switch 6 is read out (O
In the UT) mode may be operated in exactly the same on such position sensor 12 and when writing, the step S ₁ ~
After determining the list address of S ₆ , the CPU 15 makes a mode determination to determine that the read mode is set, and the data memory 1
The data of the address corresponding to the list address in 9 is read out via the input / output control unit 21, set in the number register 25 (steps S ₁₁ and S ₁₂ ), and displayed on the numerical value display unit 3.

Thus, even when reading data from the data memory 19, the display area 2 desired to be read in the list display unit 1 is read.
Reading can be performed immediately by turning on the upper position sensor 12.

The position sensor 12 is not limited to that in the above embodiment,
It may be a capacitance detection type touch key, a full-scale pressure sensitive keyboard, a key button provided on the side of the display list 2, or the like, as long as it is provided corresponding to each display list 2, the display pattern of the list display unit 1 is The present invention is not limited to a plurality of 5 × 7 dot display bodies, but may be a whole matrix shape, a fluorescent display tube, an LED or the like may be used, and the structure of the list display unit 1 is 5 rows and 2 columns. Not only the data but also the data may be displayed side by side or displayed as a list.

Further, when writing to the data memory 19,
Although the data to be written before the writing is displayed on the numerical display unit 3, the data to be written may be input after the position sensor 12 is turned on and directly displayed in the display area 2.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, since data writing and reading are executed by touching an arbitrary area of the second display means, it is possible to save the labor such as moving the cursor and the data input / output operation becomes very easy. .

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall circuit diagram, FIG. 2 is an external view of an electronic memo device, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are a position sensor unit 11 and a list display unit 1. 5 is a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing the structure of FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of accessing the data memory 19, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an operation of writing to the data memory 19. 1 ... List display part, 2 ... display area, 11 ... position sensor part, 12 ... position sensor, 13 ... key contact, 1
5 ... CPU, 16 ... Sensor address generator, 17 ...
... list address judgment unit, 18 ... display address storage unit, 19 ... data memory, 20 ... address control unit,
22 ... Display buffer, 23 ... List display control unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A key input means for inputting data by key, a data memory for storing data input from the key input means, data input by the key input means, or read from the data memory. First to display data
Display means, a second display means provided separately from the first display means and divided into a plurality of areas, and a transparent touch panel covering the second display means,
Designating means for designating each of the plurality of areas by touch operation, mode setting means for setting a data input / output mode, and when the mode setting means is setting the input mode, the specific area is designated by the designating means. When designated, the data displayed on the first display means is displayed in the designated area of the second display means, and is stored in the corresponding area of the data memory. Read control means for displaying the designated data displayed on the second display means on the first display means when the specific area is designated by the designating means while the setting means is setting the output mode. An electronic memo device characterized by being provided.