JPS5875233A - Keyboard input equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve input operability greatly, by inputting plural character strings at a time with a special key through the same operation as normal character key input operation. CONSTITUTION:Information inputted with keys is displayed at a CRT display part 11 through a control part 31. When a prescribed character string appears in the information frequently, a memory setting part 23 is pressed and then a character string is inputted with normal keys 22, so that the output character string is inputted to and set in a current file 32. Therefore, each time the prescribed character stiring appears in the input information, a memory specification key 24 is pressed to access the character string stored in a permanent file 33 through a control part 31, and it is displayed at the display part 11. Consequently, the same effect with the input of the prescribed character string is obtaind by operating the key 24 once.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 1) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device suitable for keyboard operability in a character input device such as a computer input device or a control console of a computer system.

2) Prior Art Conventionally, keyboards, which input characters one by one, have been widely used as input devices for human operation in computers, for example. However, the operability is inconvenient in that no matter how many times the same content appears in the key-in information, it is necessary to repeatedly input each character.

3) Purpose of the present invention The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to use a keyboard input device provided with a plurality of special keys in addition to normal input keys, During input operations, multiple character strings can be entered at once by memorizing character strings and operating the special keys mentioned above in the same way as normal character keys manually. The present invention aims to provide a keyboard input device that can dramatically improve performance.

4) Detailed Description of the Present Invention The present invention will be described below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a keyboard input device formed by connecting a keyboard aa to a CRT display section Ql). Figure 2 shows the keyboard of the present invention. In Figure 2, the keyboard main body Qυ includes normal keys (C) consisting of arithmetic numbers, alphabets, symbols, etc., a memory setting key C for setting character strings, and a memory for defining multiple character strings. Designated key! There are 10 to 20 2 Shus arranged.

Here, the memory designation key t241 is provided with a memory for storing character codes for each key as a means for defining character strings. Note that (a) is a single push button for character forwarding.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the present device.

In the figure, (31) is a control section that controls the entire device, and the outputs of the normal key 4, memory setting key U3, and memory specification key Q shown in FIG.
RT display display section The information is input to the resident rent file (32) and the permanent file (33), and the output of the current file (32) is sent to the permanent file (33).
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Next, the operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained. For example, if the information you are about to enter contains "T"
It is assumed that an alphabetic character string such as ou-KA■-Don-Ho+v-sENJ appears frequently. To explain the operating procedure in such a case, first, press the normal keys (if you want to input using 2 keys, press rTJ r
Key in the information as OJ rUJ...-J rEJ rNJ.

The keyed-in information is displayed on the CR7 display section (11) via the control section (31). Next, in the above information, the alphabetic character string prou-xAnee DOU-HON
-8ENJ appears frequently, if the memory setting section (2
After pressing the floor, if the above character string is keyed in using the normal key @, the output of the keyed-in character string is input and set in the current file (32). When the memory designation key (c) is pressed, the character string set in the current file (32) is input and stored in the permanent file (33) under the control of the control section (31).

Therefore, the character string [Tou-KAneeD] is included in the input information.
Whenever OU-HON-8ENJ appears, the control unit (31) calls the character string stored in the permanent file (33) by pressing the memo 1'□ Lee designation key (goods) each time. Displayed on the CRT display section. In other words, the normal key (23 causes the string r
The same effect as when inputting TOU-KAI-DOU-HON-8F, NJ can be obtained by operating the memory designation key t24) once.

In addition, although the above embodiment is explained using a keyboard for inputting alphabets, the present invention is not limited to this.
This method can be applied to any keyboard including kana, kanji, etc. Further, the character string may be stored mechanically, and the character string setting means may be transmitted in advance from the host computer, and the character string may be automatically set.

5) As described in detail, according to the present invention, when there is a character string that appears repeatedly in input information, the character string is stored in correspondence with a special key. By setting the special key, you can easily enter a string with a single operation.
Moreover, it has the excellent effect of preventing erroneous operations and allowing accurate input.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a keyboard input device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of an input keyboard, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the same side. 11...CR7 display section 12...Keyboard 2
2...Normal key 23...Memory setting key 24...Memory specification key 32...Current file 33...Permanent file Agent Patent attorney Inoue - Male

Claims (1)

[Claims] Keys such as the alphabet, 9 kana characters, symbols, etc. are arranged,
In an input device having a keyboard having normal keys that can input one character at a time with one operation, and a display section that displays the characters input by operating the keyboard, the input device is attached to the keyboard and has a combination of the normal keys. a memory setting means for setting to store a character string formed by the above, and a memory setting means for storing a character string set in seconds by a combination of the above-mentioned normal keys in correspondence with a predetermined key. A keyboard input device comprising: means.