JPH0648032U - Key input device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable efficient key input operations according to the purpose. According to the key input device of the present invention, the rewriting information of each key of the keyboard is stored in the storage medium, and when changing the key arrangement, the storage medium is inserted into the key information reading means and stored in the storage medium. The key re-reading information is read and stored in the key input collation storage area, and at the same time, the keyboard top is displayed on the keyboard according to the key re-reading information stored in the key input collation storage area. . Then, at the time of actual key input, by designating a desired key on the keyboard displayed by the keyboard display means, the key input position detection means senses and outputs the input key position coordinates to perform an input process. The means receives the input key position coordinate information, collates with the key re-reading information in the key input collation storage area, and outputs regular key information.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention relates to a key input device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, a keyboard, which is a data input means of a computer, touches the keyboard itself, or displays a picture of the keyboard on a liquid crystal and touches the touch panel provided on the front surface of the keyboard to input a key corresponding to the touch position. I am trying to do it.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional key input device, each key layout is fixed, and when shifting from English letters to Kana letters, or vice versa, the shift key is pressed so that the entire keyboard is given priority to English letters or Kana letters. Since it is necessary to perform the procedure of switching and operating the necessary keys, it is not possible to make changes such as alphabetic character priority and kana character priority for each key, so the priority order of individual character input is required. In such a case, there is a problem that it takes time to input data.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and the character priority can be arbitrarily set for each key, and a free key arrangement can be obtained according to the application. An object of the present invention is to provide a key input device capable of performing the above.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A key input device of the present invention reads a portable storage medium that stores rewriting information of each key of a keyboard and the key rewriting information stored in this portable storage medium, and stores it in a key input collation storage area. The key information reading means, the keyboard displaying means for displaying the key tops of the keyboard according to the key reading information stored in the key input collation storage area by the key information reading means, and the keyboard displaying means arranged in front of the keyboard displaying means. The key input position detection means for sensing and outputting the position coordinates of the input key by designating each key displayed on the keyboard display means, and the input key position coordinate information from the key input position detection means. In response to this, the input processing means for collating with the key re-reading information in the key input matching storage area and outputting the regular input key data is provided. Those were.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the key input device of this invention, the rewriting information of each key of the keyboard is stored in the storage medium, and when changing the key arrangement, the storage medium is inserted into the key information reading means and the key stored in the storage medium is stored. The key reading information is read and stored in the key input matching storage area, and at the same time, the keyboard top is displayed on the keyboard according to the key reading information stored in the key input matching storage area.

In actual key input, a key input position detecting means senses and outputs the input key position coordinates by designating a desired key on the keyboard displayed by the keyboard display means. Then, the input processing means receives the input key position coordinate information, collates it with the key re-reading information in the key input collation storage area, and outputs the regular key input information.

In this way, it is possible to shorten the input time by enabling a key layout such that English characters and kana characters that are frequently used according to the purpose are mixed on one keyboard. .

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a computer using an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a detailed internal configuration of an input section which is an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the computer system reads an IC card 1 as a storage medium for storing key re-reading information and the key re-reading information of this IC card 1 and stores it in a key input collation storage area. An input unit 2 for displaying this key layout and for further key input, and a memory 3 for determining and storing input key data in the input unit 2 when a key input is made in the input unit 2; It further comprises a processor (CPU) 4 which receives input key data and recognizes it.

Then, as shown in detail in FIG. 2, the input unit 2 sets the key reading information in which the priority order is set differently for each key and the alphabetic character priority or the kana character priority is individually set for each key. An IC card reader 5 for inserting the registered IC card 1 and reading the key re-reading information, a key input collation storage area 6 for storing the key re-reading information read by this IC card reader 5, and this key input collation Characters such as English letters, kana characters, or numbers are displayed on the key top according to the priority order specified for each key according to the key replacement information registered in storage area 6, and the entire keyboard is displayed. The keyboard display section 7 to be displayed and the keyboard display section 7 attached to the front surface of the keyboard display section 7 when touching individual keys on the keyboard display section. The touch panel 8 that senses the touch position and outputs it as coordinate information indicating the input key position and the input key position coordinate information from the touch panel 8 are input, and the key data is collated with the key arrangement in the key input collation storage area 6 to obtain the key data. It is composed of an input processing unit 9 for indexing and outputting to the memory 3 and the CPU 4.

Next, the operation of the key input device having the above configuration will be described.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 3, the IC card 1 is inserted into the IC card reader 5 of the input unit 2, the key replacement information in the storage area of the I card is read, and registered in the key input verification storage area 6. (Step S1), a keyboard screen in which the key reading information is added is displayed on the keyboard display unit 7 (step S2). On this keyboard screen, alphabetic characters or kana characters are prioritized for each key based on the key re-reading information, resulting in a mixture of English characters and kana characters.

In this way, if the keyboard screen can be displayed based on the key re-reading information, the operator can perform an input operation by touching the position of the corresponding key while looking at the keyboard display on the keyboard display unit 7. (Step S3), the touch panel 8 detects the coordinate information of the touched position and outputs it to the input processing unit 9. In the input processing unit 9, the coordinates of each key stored in the key input collation storage area 6 are detected. The key data is determined by checking the information (step S4), and the key data is output to the memory 3 accessed by the CPU 4 (step S5).

In this way, by replacing the IC card, it is possible to reset the key re-reading information to an arbitrary one according to the application or the program, and an optimal key layout according to the application. It is now possible to prepare a keyboard (alphabetic character priority and kana character priority may be mixed for each key), and the shift key is used when inputting data in which English characters and kana characters are mixed. You can input data from a single keyboard without having to operate the key frequently, and you can input data efficiently.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and even with the same alphabetic character priority keyboard, it is possible to switch to an array of different types for beginners and experts, such as the ABC array and the QWERTY array. Or, even with a kana character priority keyboard, you can switch between AIUEOJO and JIS layout.

Further, in the above embodiment, the touch panel is provided in the key input section so that the key input can be performed by the touch operation. However, this displays an icon on the keyboard display screen, such as a mouse or a trackball. You may input it with a pointing device. Alternatively, a pen input method can be used.

[0018]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to this invention, the rewriting information of each key of the keyboard is stored in the storage medium, and when changing the key arrangement, the storage medium is inserted into the key information reading means and stored in the storage medium. Read the key re-reading information and store it in the key input collation storage area, and also display the key top of the keyboard according to the key re-reading information stored in the key input collation storage area on the keyboard display means. At the time of actual key input, by designating a desired key on the keyboard displayed by the keyboard display means, the key input position detection means senses and outputs the input key position coordinates, and the input processing is performed. The means receives the input key position coordinate information, collates it with the key reading information in the key input collation storage area, and outputs the regular key information. Therefore, it is possible to make an arbitrary key arrangement such that English and Kana characters are mixed for each frequently used key according to the purpose on a single keyboard. The time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a computer using a key input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 IC card 2 input section 3 memory 4 processor (CPU) 5 IC card reader 6 key input collation storage area 7 keyboard display section 8 touch panel 9 input processing section

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A portable storage medium for storing rewriting information of each key of a keyboard, and key information for reading key rewriting information stored in the portable storage medium and storing it in a key input collation storage area. A reading means, a keyboard displaying means for displaying a key top of the keyboard according to the key reading information stored in the key input collation storage area by the key information reading means; and a keyboard arranged in front of the keyboard displaying means. Key input position detecting means for sensing and outputting the position coordinates of the input key by designating each key displayed by the display means, and receiving the input key position coordinate information from the key input position detecting means, Key input collation The input processing means for collating with the key re-reading information in the storage area and outputting the regular input key data is provided. That key input device.