JP3104189B2 - Information processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method for processing a plurality of data groups, and in particular, to enter a user name when a predetermined initial setting process is performed. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a method for requesting the same.

[Summary of the Invention]

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method for processing a plurality of data groups, a detection unit for detecting a registration state of a user name after performing a predetermined initial setting process, and a method for detecting a registration state of a user name when the user name is not recorded. The display means for displaying a message to be registered requests the entry of a user name when a predetermined initial setting process is performed.

[Conventional technology]

In a conventional computer (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) or the like, a program for storing a large amount of data stored in a memory in the form of a page or a card is generally used. What is stored in the form of a page is a set of predetermined data for each page, and what is stored in the form of a card is generally a single piece of data, but the data is grouped but scattered. Things. In this specification, the description will be made as a plurality of data managed for each page including the data for each page and each card. When considering data managed in the form of a page or a card which is managed for each page in this manner, who writes a single page or a card which is sorted separately for each page or card, There was a problem that it was not possible to know when the data was recorded or out. Especially in handwriting etc., the data creator etc. can be determined by handwriting, etc., but even data written by word processor or handwriting is recognized and displayed as type data and recorded or recorded It was very difficult to determine the creator of the data. Therefore, the applicant has provided an information processing device having an owner column in the same way as a personally owned notebook, etc., in which the name and address entry columns of the owner etc. are provided at the end of the notebook, and in this owner column, If the owner's name such as the user's name is written, it is proposed that the signature of the data creator can be always written at the end of the page or card.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional configuration as described above, since some users do not enter the user name after purchasing the information processing device in the owner column, it is not possible to determine by whom the data managed for each page has been written. Was.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. The purpose of the present invention is to request that the owner name be always written in the owner column at the time of performing predetermined initial setting processing. It is possible to clearly determine who wrote the data.

[Means for solving the problem]

The information processing apparatus of the present invention manages data for each page, and in a case where a user name is registered in a user name registration field, a signature of the user name is given to each page. After performing the initial setting process, a detecting means for detecting a registration state of the user name, and a message prompting the registration of the user name when the detecting means detects that the user name is not registered. The information processing method of the present invention manages data for each page, and when a user name is registered in a user name registration field, In an information processing method in which a user name is signed on a page, an initial setting processing step for performing a predetermined initial setting processing, and a detecting processing step for detecting a registration state of the user name after executing the initial setting processing step And the detection process If the user name is detected that it is not registered by the flop and is characterized by comprising a display processing step of displaying a message prompting to register the user's name.

[Action]

The information processing apparatus and method of the present invention, if the user name has not been registered, display a message to perform registration when predetermined initial setting is performed, and this message is again displayed within a predetermined time within one hour. When the setting is made, the image is not displayed in order to avoid annoyance, and after the registration of these users, a greeting is appropriately selected and displayed according to the date and time.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the information processing apparatus and method of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Before describing the present invention with reference to FIG. 1, an embodiment in which the information processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to, for example, an electronic organizer will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of this device. In this figure, (1) is a display device made of liquid crystal or the like, that is,
The display unit (1) displays image data from a CPU and the like, which will be described later,
An input tablet (2) including an input device, a so-called transparent touch sensor, is provided on this surface. Further, (3) is a pen for inputting arbitrary data and the like in cooperation with the input tablet (2).
In U, there is a detecting means for taking out the change in capacitance between the tablet and the pen tip, so that the coordinates can be detected even when the pen tip is not in contact with the tablet (2) and the cursor is positioned at the position facing the pen tip. It is made to be displayed. By taking out the pen (3) and touching the input tablet (2) with the pen tip, information such as the contact state and the contact position is supplied to the CPU via the code (4) or the like, and arbitrary data or the like is obtained. Is input. (5a) (5b) (5c)
(5d) and (6a) (6b) (6c) (6d) are predetermined key switches, respectively, and signals from these are also supplied to the CPU.

(7) indicates a speaker. (8) is a battery accommodating portion, in which a battery for power supply is accommodated inside a lid which is opened and closed by releasing the lock mechanism (9). Further, (10) is a power switch.

Furthermore, the broken line indicates the position of the mechanism etc. provided on the side surface,
First, (11) is a microphone. Reference numeral (12) denotes an operation key for solid-state recording described later.
The sound signal supplied to the microphone (11) is recorded by the operation described above, and is emitted from the above-mentioned speaker (7). Further, (13) shows the position of a socket for inserting and connecting an IC card such as a ROM and a RAM, and (14) shows the position of an expansion socket for connecting to an external device or the like.

Further, (15) is a hinge incorporating a flexible board or the like for transmitting a signal, and the hinge (15) allows the device to be folded in two without being subjected to an electric obstacle or the like. When using this device, the size of the unfolded state is about 29 cm in length, about 20.5 cm in width, and about 4 cm in thickness when folded, and the size of the display unit (1) is about It is 15cm x 10cm.

Further, in this apparatus, the configuration of the built-in hardware is as shown in FIG. In the figure,
(21) is a CPU, (22) is its bus line, and various functional ICs and the like are connected through this bus line (22). First, (23) is a ROM. In the ROM (23), in addition to the system program of the entire apparatus, for example, a kana-kanji conversion program for a word processor function and dictionary data therefor, and a recognition program for handwriting input and Dictionary data and the like for that purpose are written.

(24) is working RAM, (25) is power supply (2
This is the backup RAM attached to 6).

Further, (27) is a timer IC. This IC (27) is also driven by the power supply (26), and counts the clock from the crystal oscillator (28) to constantly keep the current date and time. Outputting data.

In the following, a description will be given including the connection relationship with each part shown in the perspective view of FIG. First (29) is the display unit (1)
The controller (29) is controlled by the CPU (21), and the display data created by the CPU (21) is transmitted to the V-RAM (30) via the display controller (29). And the written data is supplied to the display unit (1) through the controller (29).

Further, (31) is an interface circuit of the input tablet (2) and the pen (3) integrated with the display unit (1), and this interface circuit (31)
And the like written on the input tablet (2) by the CPU (2)
Supplied to 1).

Reference numeral (32) denotes a processing circuit for solid-state recording, in which a sound signal from the microphone (11) is subjected to processing such as AD conversion and stored in the backup RAM (25) through the CPU (21). The audio signal data stored in the backup RAM (25) is subjected to processing such as DA conversion in the processing circuit (32),
It is supplied to the speaker (7) through the mixer (33).

Reference numeral (34) denotes a dialer circuit. When data such as an arbitrary telephone number is supplied from the CPU (21), an acoustic signal corresponding to a so-called dual tone of a push phone is generated, and this signal is converted to a mixer (33). ) Is supplied to the speaker (7).

Further, (35) is a key interface circuit, which is described above in (5a) to (5d), (6a) to (6d), (10) and (1).
2) The signal from the key switch group is supplied directly or through the power supply circuit (36), and a predetermined converted signal is supplied to the CP.
U (21). The power switch (10) and the operation keys (12) except for the key switches (6a) to (6d) and the stop button are supplied to the interface circuit (35) via the power circuit (36), and these key switches are operated. When this is done, the power supply circuit (36) is first activated, and then information on key operation is supplied to the interface circuit (35).

Further, (37) and (38) are interface circuits for the IC card and an external device at the time of expansion, which are connected to the sockets (13) and (14), respectively.

In the above electronic organizer, when the power switch (10) shown in FIG. 6 is turned on, the first step ST _{1 in} FIG.
CPU (21) as shown in the start, into the second step ST ₂ processing. This processing includes initialization of hardware in the electronic organizer immediately after the power is turned on, checking of the contents of the memory such as the RAM (24), and the like. The flow advances to the third step ST _3,
As will be described later, it is determined whether or not the difference between the time when the power is turned off stored in a memory, for example, the RAM (24), and the current time is within one hour. Here, this time difference is 1
If it is within time (YES), the power switch (10) frequently "on-off" means to eliminate the complexity for the people to be there the end as end up without getting a message leading to (step ST ₁₄₎ I do. The third step ST ₃ is whether WHETHER OR written something name field such owner page proceeds to fourth step ST ₄ if elapsed "NO" state 1 hour (will be described later owner page) to decide. The fourth what if neither write CPU to the owner page in step ST ₄ (21) proceeds to a sixth step ST _6, displaying a fourth such message is shown in the display window of FIG. A (50).

For example, the content of the message is "Please write your name in" Owner "of" Sonota ".] At the same time, the percentage of memory usage is displayed. The back area (6) of the display window (50) in FIG.
The action screen (70) is displayed on the display unit (1) of (0) because the action screen (70) was used last time, and is displayed.
The pictures arranged on the upper side and the right side of the action screen (70) indicate an icon group (40) that can perform various processes, and the icon group (40) is in an unselectable state (shown by oblique lines).

Then CPU (21) proceeds to the twelfth step ST _12, becomes the pen input waiting, the user (user) display window (50)
OK keys displayed a (51) determines to touch the tip of the pen (3) in the 13 step ST ₁₃ in the intelligibility key (5
If the tip of pen (3) does not touch 1), twelfth step ST
Return to ₁₂ , but if "YES", end (step 14
Leading to S _14).

If nothing is written in the name column of the owner page, a message as shown in FIG. 4A is displayed when the power is turned on.

If there is writing in a name field owner page in the fourth step ST ₄ proceeds to a fifth step ST _5, the date of today's timer (27) determines whether or not it is registered in the table A.
Table A stores the contents as shown in Table 1 in the ROM (24).

The fifth step ST ₅ is "Happy New Year" as in the display window (50) the appropriate message to FIG. 4 B of the table A shown in Table 1 proceed to the seventh step ST ₇ If "YES" Is displayed. Further eleventh step ST ₁₁ in the name field of the owner page as indicated character, for example, displayed as with the "Summary" to "Sakarisan Katsuo""Sakarisan Katsuo sama", the 12th step ST _12, second 14 step ST ₁₄ Reach. Fifth step
Today's date timer (27) at ST ₅ is advanced to an eighth step ST ₈ long day that is not registered in the table A, C
PU (21) determines whether the time of the timer (27) is am, displays "Good morning" on the display window (50) proceeds to a tenth step ST _10, if in the morning.
Further, a ninth step S if not in the morning at the eighth step ST ₈
To display the "Hello," the fourth in the display window as shown in Figure C (50) proceed to the T _9. Ninth and tenth steps ST ₉
And ST ₁₀ after an end with a "summary" to the character of the name field of the "owner page in the first 11 step ST _11" Hello, Sakarisan Katsuo-sama "twelfth to step ST ₁₂ to display the first 14 step ST ₁₄
Will be reached.

The above-described flowchart is for when the power is "on", while FIG. 2 is a flowchart for when the power is "off". When the power switch (10) is turned off (first step STE ₁ ), the CPU (21) starts operating. In the second step STE ₂ , this state is judged. Other processing takes place in STE ₂ ,
It is returned to the second step STE _2. "YE" in the second step STE ₂
If "S", the processing II is performed in the fourth step STE _{4. In} the processing II, the display section (1) is set to "1" for work other than the timer time which must be performed after the power switch (10) is turned "OFF". After the completion of the processing II, the fifth step STE ₅ stores the current time in the timer (27) to the end time of the memory. It reaches the end of 6-step STE ₆ .

Although not shown in the above flowchart, the ROM (2
3) There is a column in the table A for entering the birthday of the owner page.
It is also possible to display a message such as "Yamao Husband" or a message such as "I haven't turned on the power for more than 3 days.

A method of registering an owner name using the "sonota" icon based on the display of FIG. 4A will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The As shown in Fig. 4 D 1 of the step S ₁ in the fourth
Display unit (1) based on the display message of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4D, “Sonota” at the bottom of the icon group (40) on the right side of
When the tip of the pen (3) is touched to 1) and the owner page is opened, a screen (71) of the owner page is displayed on the display unit (1) as shown in FIG. 4D. In this owner page, in addition to the column (72) where your name, home address, home phone number, work address, work phone number, etc. are written, your name, for example, "Katsuo Moriyama" , Signature, or pen name, etc., are provided. It is noted in this column. ?, A, B, O, AB are blood types? In the case of a person whose blood type is unknown, the blood type is registered by touching with a pen tip. Then the fourth to the touch pen (3) to the print icon (41) that says "print" as shown in Figure D among the second step S ₂ to at by icon group (40) Pen (3 ) Is pulled out to the center of the screen of the display unit (1) without separating from the screen of the display unit (1), the type icon (41) is enlarged, and a type plate (72) is obtained. The type plate (72) is displayed on the owner screen (71) in a superimposed manner. This type plate (72) is displayed at a position where the tip of the pen (3) is separated from the screen. The type plate (72) drawn out on the owner screen (71) in this manner has the handwritten key (53) in an active state as shown by hatching in FIG. 4E. For example, write the name of “Katsuo Moriyama” on the square (53) of the type plate (72) with the pen (3), touch the Kanji key (55) of the character-specific key (54) with the pen tip, and touch the recognition key ( If the pen tip is touched again at 56), the CPU (21) recognizes the handwritten character, converts it into a predetermined type of kanji, displays it on the square (53), and registers the owner name.

FIG. 4F shows a state in which the owner column is opened after the registration of the following items A to H in each owner column of FIG. 4D.

Example of A to H entries A: Katsuo Moriyama B: Moriyama Katsushi C: February 9, 1957 D: Daitoyo Kogyo E: 1-5-6 Nishiyamada, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo F: 03-123-4567 G : 03-123-4566 H: Katsu-chan The action (85) displayed at the end of the right area of the action screen (70) in FIG. 4A is mainly used for schedule management, and the connection (86) is It is mainly used for address books, etc., and the report (87) has a simple word processing function. In addition, the mill (see) icon (92) in the icon group (40) vertically arranged on the right side of the area (60)
Among them are the daily schedule (80), monthly schedule (81), telephone directory (82), address book (83),
It consists of an unchecked list (84) and is used when viewing stored data. The kaku “write” icon (93) also has the action (8) as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG.
5), connection (86), report (87), etc., used when writing. These are indexed data consisting of a set of pages each having a plurality of pages and having the same attribute. For example, in the case of the action (85), between the first page (85a) of the action and the last page (85b) of the action There are a plurality of pages, and the last page (85b) is designed to be a blank page. That is, the action (85)
Assuming that there are 29 pages in total, and various action data have already been entered in these pages, the electronic notepad device automatically generates the last unfilled 30th page of the action page and Filed as data managed by index. Shori (process) icon (88), dig (hold) icon (89), drawer icon (9
0), the sonota (other) icon (91), and the like are also managed so as to have a layered structure for each index as schematically shown in FIG.

Since the present invention is operated as described above, if the owner name is not entered, it is required to register the owner name when the power is turned on, when the power is turned off, or at the time of initial setting, etc., so that the registration is automatically performed. Based on this owner name, it is not only useful to determine who registered the data separately, but also a greeting can be projected by date and time based on the registered owner name. An information processing apparatus and a method thereof are obtained. It is apparent that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

〔The invention's effect〕

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is not only useful to determine who registered the data registered separately based on the owner name at a later date, but also a greeting is projected by date and time based on the registered owner name. Thus, an information processing apparatus and method capable of performing the above are obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart at the time of power-on showing an embodiment of the information processing apparatus and method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart at the time of power-off showing one embodiment of the information processing apparatus and method of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flow chart at the time of owner name registration showing one embodiment of the information processing apparatus and method of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a screen view showing one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data array showing an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a housing showing an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 7 is information of the present invention. 1 is an overall system diagram showing an embodiment of a processing apparatus and a method thereof. (1) is the display unit, (2) is the tablet unit,
(3) is a pen, (71) is an owner screen, and (72) is a type plate.

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus which manages data for each page and, when a user name is registered in a user name registration field, a signature of the user name is given to each page, a predetermined initial setting. After performing the process, a detecting unit for detecting a registration state of the user name, and a message for prompting the registration of the user name is displayed when the detecting unit detects that the user name is not registered. An information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined initialization processing is started when power is turned on. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user name registration unit for registering a user name input by handwriting on a transparent tablet superimposed on said display unit. 4. An information processing method in which data is managed for each page, and when a user name is registered in a user name registration field, each page is signed with a user name. An initial setting processing step for executing processing; a detecting processing step for detecting a registration state of a user name after executing the initial setting processing step; and that the user name is not registered by the detecting processing step. A display processing step of displaying a message prompting registration of a user name when detected. 5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein said predetermined initialization processing step is started when power is turned on.