System which reads type and position of task element marks on a matrix of program tasks for automatically generating programs

Claim 2

An automatic program generating method comprising the steps of: a step where a whole work to be processed is divided into a plurality of tasks, each task of said work being assigned to a row or column of a matrix or a table with the rows and columns of said matrix or table intersecting to form a plurality of cross-points; a step where free-setting task elements, each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement and each being associated with one or more of said tasks, are assigned to the columns or rows of said matrix or table; said free-setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element, the status of which corresponds to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free-setting task element, the status of which corresponds to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement; a step where fixed task element marks, each corresponding to an incomplete program part, are assigned to at least one of said cross-points of said matrix or table in order to designate the association of at least one of said tasks with at least one of said free-setting task elements; a step where the type and position of the fixed task element marks are read by a mark reading device at every task; a step where a previously prepared incomplete program statement, which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, with said parts corresponding to like types of said fixed task element marks, is fetched at every task by statement generating means, and a step where a program is completed by said statement generating means at every task by communicating with said reading device to determine the type and position of the fixed task element marks so that i) said conditional part of said incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of said operand corresponding to said status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement part corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said consequential part of said incomplete program statement is completed by combining at least part of said operand corresponding to said status of said consequential character free-setting task element with said consequential character incomplete program statement part corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark.

Claim 3

An automatic program generating method according to claim 1, wherein each of said tasks is a process which brings forth a prescribed intermediate or final consequence.

Claim 4

An automatic program generating method according to claim 1, wherein the aforementioned character types of the aforementioned free-setting task elements may be different depending on each task.

Claim 5

An automatic program generating method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the aforementioned free-setting task elements are collected together by the aforementioned character types and assigned to a corresponding zone of said matrix or table.

Claim 6

An automatic program generating device according to the present invention comprising: an information holding frame body which has a matrix or table comprising rows and columns which intersect to form a plurality of cross points; a plurality of tasks which together constitute a work to be processed, said plurality of tasks being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix or table; a plurality of free-setting task elements each being associated with at least one of said tasks, each of said plurality of free-setting task elements being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix, and each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement; said free setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement; fixed task element marks each of a predetermined type which correspond to an incomplete program part, said fixed task element marks designating the association of at least one of said tasks with at least one of said free-setting task elements, said fixed task element marks being positioned on said cross-points of the matrix or table so as to designate the association of the task to be processed with the free-setting task element aligned with said fixed task element mark; a mark reading device for reading the type and position of said fixed task element marks; a memory means which stores in advance an incomplete program statement which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, each corresponding to a like type of said fixed task element mark; and a statement generating means for fetching at every task the previously prepared incomplete program statement and for generating at every task a complete program in a manner such that i) said fetched conditional character incomplete program statement part is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to a status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said fetched consequential character incomplete program statement part is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to a status of said consequential character free-setting task element with said consequential character incomplete program statement corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark, said combining being determined by the association designated by said fixed task element mark.

Claim 7

An automatic program generating device according to the present invention comprising: an information holding frame body which has a matrix or table comprising rows and columns which intersect to form a plurality of cross points; a plurality of tasks which together constitute a work to be processed, said plurality of tasks being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix or table; a plurality of free-setting task elements each being associated with at least one of said tasks, each of said plurality of free-setting task elements being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix, and each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement; said free setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement; fixed task element marks each of a predetermined type which correspond to an incomplete program part, said fixed task element marks designating the association of at least one of said tasks with at least one of said free-setting task elements, said fixed task element marks being positioned on said cross-points of the matrix or table so as to designate the association of the task to be processed with the free-setting task element aligned with said fixed task element mark; a mark reading device for reading the type and position of said fixed task element marks; a memory means which stores in advance an incomplete program statement which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, each corresponding to a like type of said fixed task element mark; and a statement generating means for fetching at every task the previously prepared incomplete program statement and for generating at every task a complete program in a manner such that i) said fetched conditional character incomplete program statement part is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to a status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said fetched consequential character incomplete program statement part is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to a status of said consequential character free-setting task element with said consequential character incomplete program statement corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark, said combining being determined by the association designated by said fixed task element mark.

Claim 8

An automatic program generating device according to claim 5, wherein each of said tasks is a process which brings forth a prescribed intermediate or final consequence.

Claim 9

An automatic program generating device according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of the aforementioned free-setting task elements are collected together by the aforementioned constant character and assigned to a zone.

Claim 10

An automatic program generating device according to claim 5, wherein the aforementioned information holding frame body is a sheet-like body formed of a material selected from the group of paper, wood, plastics, metal, or any combination thereof.

Claim 11

An automatic program generating device according to claim 4 or claim 5, wherein the aforementioned information holding frame body is a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal screen, or a screen of other picture displaying device.

Claim 12

An automatic program generating method comprising the steps of: a step where a whole work to be processed is divided into a plurality of tasks, each task thereof is assigned to a row or a column of a matrix or a table with the rows and columns of said matrix or table intersecting to form a plurality of cross-points; a step where free-setting task elements, each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement, and each being associated with one or more of said tasks, are assigned to the columns or rows of said matrix or table; said free-setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement, said character free-setting task elements being collected together by character type and assigned to different zones of said table or matrix, respectively; a step where a fixed task element mark each corresponding to an incomplete program part, is assigned to at least one of said cross-points of said matrix or table in order to designate the association of one of said tasks with one of said free-setting task elements; a step where the type and position of the fixed task element mark is read by a mark reading device at every task; a step where a previously prepared incomplete program statement, which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, with said parts corresponding to like types of said fixed task element marks, is fetched at every task by statement generating means, and a program is completed by said statement generating means at every task by communicating with said reading device to determine the type and position of the fixed task element marks so that i) said conditional part of said incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to said status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement part corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said consequential part of said incomplete program statement is completed by combining at least part of said operand corresponding to said status of said consequential character free-setting task element operand with said consequential character incomplete program statement part corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark.

Claim 13

An automatic program generating method comprising the steps of: a step where a whole work to be processed is divided into a plurality of tasks, each task thereof is assigned to a row or a column of a matrix or a table with the rows and columns of said matrix or table intersecting to form a plurality of cross-points; a step where free-setting task elements, each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement, and each being associated with one or more of said tasks, are assigned to the columns or rows of said matrix or table; said free-setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement, said character free-setting task elements being collected together by character type and assigned to different zones of said table or matrix, respectively; a step where a fixed task element mark each corresponding to an incomplete program part, is assigned to at least one of said cross-points of said matrix or table in order to designate the association of one of said tasks with one of said free-setting task elements; a step where the type and position of the fixed task element mark is read by a mark reading device at every task; a step where a previously prepared incomplete program statement, which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, with said parts corresponding to like types of said fixed task element marks, is fetched at every task by statement generating means, and a program is completed by said statement generating means at every task by communicating with said reading device to determine the type and position of the fixed task element marks so that i) said conditional part of said incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to said status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement part corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said consequential part of said incomplete program statement is completed by combining at least part of said operand corresponding to said status of said consequential character free-setting task element operand with said consequential character incomplete program statement part corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark.

Claim 14

An automatic program generating device according to the present invention comprising; an information holding frame body which has a matrix or table comprising rows and columns which intersect to form a plurality of cross points; a plurality of tasks which together constitute a work to be processed, said plurality of tasks being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix or table; a plurality of free-setting task elements each being associated with at least one of said tasks, each of said plurality of free-setting task elements being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix, and each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement; said free-setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement, said free-setting task elements being collected together by their character type and assigned to different zones of said matrix or table, respectively; fixed task element marks each of a predetermined type which corresponds to an incomplete program part, said fixed task element marks designating the association of one of said tasks with one of said free-setting task elements, said fixed task element marks being positioned on said cross-points of the matrix or table so as to designate the association of the task to be processed with the free-setting task element aligned with said fixed task element mark; a mark reading device for reading the type and position of said fixed task element marks; a memory means which stores in advance an incomplete program statement which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, each corresponding to a like type of said fixed task element mark; and a statement generating means for fetching at every task the previously prepared incomplete program statement and for generating at every task a complete program in a manner such that i) said fetched conditional character incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to said status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said fetched consequential character incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to said status of said consequential character free-setting task element with said consequential character incomplete program statement corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark said combining being determined by the association designated by said fixed task element mark.

Claim 15

An automatic program generating device according to the present invention comprising; an information holding frame body which has a matrix or table comprising rows and columns which intersect to form a plurality of cross points; a plurality of tasks which together constitute a work to be processed, said plurality of tasks being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix or table; a plurality of free-setting task elements each being associated with at least one of said tasks, each of said plurality of free-setting task elements being assigned to columns or rows of said matrix, and each having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a program statement; said free-setting task elements including i) a conditional character free-setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a conditional program statement, and ii) a consequential character free setting task element having a status corresponding to at least part of an operand for a consequential program statement, said free-setting task elements being collected together by their character type and assigned to different zones of said matrix or table, respectively; fixed task element marks each of a predetermined type which corresponds to an incomplete program part, said fixed task element marks designating the association of one of said tasks with one of said free-setting task elements, said fixed task element marks being positioned on said cross-points of the matrix or table so as to designate the association of the task to be processed with the free-setting task element aligned with said fixed task element mark; a mark reading device for reading the type and position of said fixed task element marks; a memory means which stores in advance an incomplete program statement which comprises a conditional character part and a consequential character part, each corresponding to a like type of said fixed task element mark; and a statement generating means for fetching at every task the previously prepared incomplete program statement and for generating at every task a complete program in a manner such that i) said fetched conditional character incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to said status of said conditional character free-setting task element with said conditional character incomplete program statement corresponding to said conditional fixed task element mark, and ii) said fetched consequential character incomplete program statement is completed by combining said at least part of the operand corresponding to said status of said consequential character free-setting task element with said consequential character incomplete program statement corresponding to said consequential fixed task element mark said combining being determined by the association designated by said fixed task element mark.

Claim 16

An automatic program generating method according to claim 1, wherein a single fixed task element corresponds with a plurality of free-setting task elements, and said task elements interrelate such that more than one free-setting task element is necessary to complete said task.