Key input control apparatus

Claim 2

A key input control apparatus comprising: key input means (1) having keys including function keys and a special key, said keys producing electrical signals corresponding respectively to the keys depressed, the special key having a constant number entry function and an arithmetic operation designating function; memory means (6, 15, 13) coupled to said key input means for storing said signals provided from said key input means, which stored signals correspond to keys of said key input means which are depressed in the order of the key operations; designating means (21, 22, 17, 16) coupled to said memory means and to said key input means and which is responsive to operation of said special key for selectively designating a constant number data inputting function or an arithmetic operation designating function, in accordance with said signals which have been stored in said memory means, which stored signals correspond to the keys of said key input means which have been depressed; function execution means (24, 18, 20, 11, 23, 27) coupled to said memory means and to said designating means for executing a function specified by said designating means; and display means (26) coupled to said key input means and to said function execution means for selectively displaying one of data keyed in from said key input means and the results of the function executed by said function execution means on the basis of the data keyed in from said key input means.

Claim 3

The key input control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said keys of said key input means are divided into a first key group and a second key group, and said designating means includes means to designate the constant number entry function and/or the arithmetic operation designating function when said special key is depressed, depending on whether a key depressed before said special key is depressed belongs to said first key group or said second key group.

Claim 4

The key input control apparatus of claim 2, wherein said first key group of said key input means includes numerical data entry keys and a portion of the function keys of said key input means, said function keys producing such a command signal that, when the keys of said key input means are operated, a given calculation is performed to produce a final result of a calculation, and said second key group includes the remaining function keys of the apparatus.

Claim 5

The key input control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said special key, when operated, selectively enters numerical data representing pi with a given number of digits, or designates a given operation.

Claim 6

The key input control apparatus of claim 4, wherein said special key with the function to enter the numerical data representing pi produces a command signal to designate a multiplication operation as said given operation.

Claim 7

The key input control apparatus of claim 5, wherein said special key with the function to enter the numerical data representing pi produces a command signal for commanding a multiplication operation as said given operation, the multiplication operation being a multiplication of pi by the data being displayed by said display means.

Claim 8

The key input control apparatus of claim 5, wherein said special key with the function to enter the numerical data representing pi has a function to produce a command signal which gives a command to execute an operation expressed by an arithmetic expression including arithmetic operators for an arithmetic operation and other operations entered by the keys other than said special key depressed before said special key is depressed and which provides the result of said operation, and said special key has another function to produce a command signal for giving a command to multiply the result of said operation by the numerical data representing pi.

Claim 9

The key input control apparatus of claim 7, wherein said special key with the function to enter the numerical data representing pi has a function to produce a command signal which gives a command to execute an operation expressed by an arithmetic expression including arithmetic operators for a division (÷) and a fraction (A/B) entered by the keys other than said special key depressed before said special key is depressed and which provides the result of said operation, and said special key has another function to produce a command signal for giving a command to multiply the result of said operation by the numerical data representing pi.

Claim 10

The key input control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said designating means includes a temporary memory (14) for temporarily storing given data, and said special key in said key input means is a memory recall key which has a function to recall as entry data the data stored in said temporary memory and another function to execute said arithmetic operation.

Claim 11

The key input control apparatus of claim 9, wherein said key input means is further provided with a mode switch to designate a kind of an operation, and said special key operating as a memory recall key has a function to produce a command signal to command the execution of said kind of operation designated by said mode switch.

Claim 12

The key input control apparatus of claim 10, wherein said special key operating as a memory recall key has a function to produce a command signal for commanding an operation specified by said mode switch for the recalled data and the data.

Claim 13

The key input control apparatus of claim 9, wherein said special key operating as a memory recall key has a function to produce a command signal which gives a command to execute an operation expressed by an arithmetic expression including arithmetic operators for an arithmetic operation and other operations entered by the keys other than said special key depressed before said special key is depressed and which provides the result of the operation, and has another function to produce a command signal for giving a command to execute an operation specified by said mode switch for the result of the operation and the recalled data.

Claim 14

The key input control apparatus of claim 12, wherein said special key operating as a memory recall key has a function to produce a command signal which gives a command to execute an operation expressed by an arithmetic expression including arithmetic operators for a division (÷) and a fraction (A/B) entered by the keys other than said special key depressed before said special key is depressed and which provides the result of the operation, and has another function to produce a command signal for giving a command to execute an operation specified by said mode switch for the result of the operation and the recalled data.

Claim 15

The key input control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said memory means (6, 15, 13) stores signals corresponding to a kind of the key operated, said signals being sequentially updated each time a new key is operated, and said designating means designating a given operation function responsive to an output signal from said memory means which is determined by the key other than said special key which is operated immediately before said special key is operated.

Claim 16

The key input control apparatus of claim 14, wherein said memory means (6, 15, 13) includes a flip-flop type memory element which is set or reset in accordance with a kind of the key depressed in said key input means.

Claim 17

The key input control apparatus of claim 14, wherein said memory means includes a flag register for storing a code in accordance with a kind of the key depressed in said key input means.

Claim 18

A key input control apparatus comprising: key input means having keys including function keys, a special key having a constant number entry function and an arithmetic operation designating function, and an entry key to execute an operation by depression of the entry key to enter a first operand data after a first operand data is registered and by depression of a function key after a second operand data is registered, said keys of said key input means producing signals when depressed; memory means (6, 15, 13) coupled to said key input means for storing signals provided from the keys of said key input means which are depressed, in the order of the key depressions; designating means (16, 17, 21, 22) coupled to said memory means and to said key input means for selectively designating one of said functions of said special key in accordance with said signals which have been stored in said memory means, which stored signals correspond to the keys of said key input means which have been depressed; function execution means (24, 18, 20, 11, 23, 27) coupled to said memory means and to said designating means for executing a function specified by said designating means; and display means (26) coupled to said key input means and to said function execution means for selectively displaying one of data entered from said key input means and the result of the function which is executed by said function execution means on the basis of the data keyed in from said key input means.

Claim 19

A key input control apparatus comprising: key input means having keys including function keys, a special key having a constant number entry function and an arithmetic operation designating function, and an entry key to execute an operation by depression of the entry key to enter a first operand data after a first operand data is registered and by depression of a function key after a second operand data is registered, said keys of said key input means producing signals when depressed; memory means (6, 15, 13) coupled to said key input means for storing signals provided from the keys of said key input means which are depressed, in the order of the key depressions; designating means (16, 17, 21, 22) coupled to said memory means and to said key input means for selectively designating one of said functions of said special key in accordance with said signals which have been stored in said memory means, which stored signals correspond to the keys of said key input means which have been depressed; function execution means (24, 18, 20, 11, 23, 27) coupled to said memory means and to said designating means for executing a function specified by said designating means; and display means (26) coupled to said key input means and to said function execution means for selectively displaying one of data entered from said key input means and the result of the function which is executed by said function execution means on the basis of the data keyed in from said key input means.