JPH06161966A - Data processor and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize the duplicated state of a schedule at a glance in a data processor equipped with a schedule function. CONSTITUTION:Daily schedule information managed in time unit and monthly schedule information managed in month unit are stored in the areas 17a, 17b of a RAM 17. When the display of the daily schedule information is instructed, a CPU 11 reads the daily schedule information for the day, and displays the time zone of the schedule information on the first stage of a bar graph, and when another schedule information is inputted in duplication, the time zone is displayed in graphic information. The date of the monthly schedule information is displayed in a bar graph for month of two stage constitution similarly when the display of the monthly schedule information is instructed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus used as a portable personal information device having a schedule function and a schedule display control method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some data processing devices used as portable personal information devices have a schedule function. The schedule function is a function of inputting and displaying a schedule.

By carrying the data processing apparatus having such a function, the user can check the schedule at any time by inputting his own schedule in advance.

[0004]

By the way, there is a data processing apparatus of this type that displays the schedule status of the current day or the current month as a graph. FIG. 20 shows a conventional display example. FIG. 20 (a) shows a time zone in which a schedule is included in a single band graph. With such a display, it is possible to understand what time of the day there is a schedule. Also, FIG.
Shows the time zone in which the schedule is included by a plurality of belt graphs for each requirement. With such a display,
It is possible to understand what kind of schedule is included from what time on the day to what time.

However, in the display method shown in FIG. 20 (a), since the presence or absence of a schedule is only indicated by the time zone, there is a problem that even if the schedules are duplicated in the same time zone, they cannot be understood at all. Further, in the display method shown in FIG. 7B, the time zone in which the schedule is included is displayed for each message. Therefore, if you check each time slot of each message, the overlapping status Can be determined,
At first glance, there are problems that you cannot easily understand.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a data processing device and a display control method capable of easily grasping the overlapping situation of schedules at a glance.

[0007]

According to the present invention, schedule information is managed on an hourly or daily basis, and when the display of the schedule information is instructed, the schedule information for the current day or the current month is read out and the schedule information for the schedule information is read. The time zone or date is displayed in the first graph information, and when the other schedule information is duplicated, the time zone or date is displayed in the second graph information. .

[0008]

According to the above configuration, when the schedule display is instructed, the time zone or the date of the schedule information is displayed in the first graph information, and when other schedule information is duplicated at this time, , Its time zone or date is displayed in the second graph information. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the overlapping status of the schedules at a glance from the display of the second graph information.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This device has a schedule function and is used as a portable personal information device. The schedule function is a function for inputting a schedule managed on an hourly or daily basis and displaying it on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

In FIG. 1, a CPU 11 controls the entire apparatus and executes various control processes related to the above-mentioned schedule function. The input unit 12 is, for example, a pressure-sensitive tablet. Further, the display unit 13 is, for example, L
It consists of a CD (liquid crystal display device). Here, in the embodiment, the input unit 12 (tablet) and the display unit 13 (LCD)
Are integrated and both have the same coordinate plane, and the coordinate position on the display screen of the display unit 13 can be directly specified by the input unit 12, and the display information on the display unit 13 is input via the input unit 12. It is configured to be visible. Input control unit 14
Controls the input of the input unit 12 under the control of the CPU 11. The display control unit 15 controls the input of the display unit 13 under the control of the CPU 11.

The ROM 16 stores information such as programs necessary for the operation of the CPU 11. In RAM17,
Areas 17a and 17b for storing the schedule information input by the schedule function are provided. Of these, the area 17a stores daily schedule information managed on an hourly basis. on the other hand,
The area 17b stores monthly schedule information managed on a daily basis. Also, the real timer 18 is C
The current date and time are counted in synchronization with the clock signal of PU11.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a first display screen of the daily schedule. When the "schedule" of the fixed switch (not shown) is selected, the schedule function is activated. At this time, as a default, the daily schedule function, which is one of the schedule functions, is activated. In addition, the daily schedule function is available at the bottom of the schedule screen
It can also be started by pen-clicking the tag switch 21 for the pen.

The daily schedule function is a function for inputting and displaying a daily schedule. On the schedule display screen, as shown in FIG. 2, the same day (here, March 3
Sunday schedule information 22 and the current day (March 3)
Monthly schedule information 23 including is displayed.

In this case, whether the daily schedule information 22 or the monthly schedule information 23 is distinguished can be determined by the display format of the time column. That is, the daily schedule information 22 indicates time in the format of "hh: mm", and the monthly schedule information 23 indicates "mm / d".
The time is shown in the form of "d".

Further, in this embodiment, the daily band graph 26 is displayed on the schedule display screen. The daily band graph 26 is a band graph in which the time zone in which the daily schedule information 22 is stored is displayed, and has a two-stage structure. The first row shows a time zone of a certain schedule (one case), and the second row shows a time zone of a schedule (two or more cases) overlapping with the time zone displayed on the first row. In the example of FIG. 2, the time zone of the schedule included in 9:00 to 10:00 is displayed on the first stage of the zone graph, and from 9:30 to 1
The time zone of the schedule entered at 1:00 is displayed on the second stage of the bar graph.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a second display screen of the daily schedule. Figure 2 shows the daily schedule display screen.
There are two types of screens, the first screen shown in FIG. 3 and the second screen shown in FIG. On the first screen, time, alarm, message and place are displayed. On the 2nd screen, in addition to time, alarm, message, remarks,
Expenses and monthly display are displayed. Switching from the first screen to the second screen is performed by pen-clicking the screen switching button 24 on the first screen. To switch from the second screen to the first screen, use the screen switching button 25 on the second screen.
It is done by clicking the pen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of the monthly schedule. By pen-clicking the "monthly" tag switch 31 at the bottom of the schedule screen, the monthly schedule is activated.

The monthly schedule function is a function of inputting and displaying a monthly schedule. On the schedule display screen, as shown in FIG. 4, the current month (here, March)
The monthly schedule information 32 and the daily schedule information 33 on the day designated for monthly display are displayed.

Further, in this embodiment, the monthly band graph 34 is displayed on the schedule display screen. The monthly band graph 34 is a graph display of dates containing the monthly schedule information 32 and has a two-stage configuration. The first row shows the date of a certain schedule (1 case),
The second row shows dates of schedules (two or more) that overlap the dates displayed in the first row. In the example of FIG. 4, the date of the schedule included in 3/3 is displayed in the first band graph, and the date of the schedule included in 3/3 to 3/5 is displayed in the second band graph. Has been done. Before explaining the operation of the embodiment, (a) a daily schedule input method and (b) a monthly schedule input method will be described. (A) Input method of daily schedule

As shown in FIG. 7, when "Edit" in the menu bar 41 is pressed with a pen, the pull-up menu 42 is displayed.
Is displayed, and by selecting "new input", an input dialog 43 and an input window 44 as shown in FIG. 8 are displayed at the same time. The input cursor is
It is displayed at the beginning of "Time". After inputting each item, pen-click the "execute" button to display the input schedule on the schedule display screen. After pen-clicking the "execute" button, the input dialog 43 enters a new input state. (1) Date input

As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, after the "Date" item 45 in the input dialog 43 is pen-clicked, the schedule is entered in the input field 46 through the input window 44 (numerical keypad not shown). Enter the date of. (2) Input time

As shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b),
After pen-clicking the "time" item 47 in the input dialog 43, the start time and the end time are input in the input field 48 through the input window 44 (numerical keypad not shown).

Further, the time can be input through the time log 49 in the input dialog 43 as shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). Input of time using the time log 49 is input in units of 30 minutes. The start time and the end time are input by pen-clicking the time log 49. In this case, when the time log 49 is pen-clicked once, the start time is input, and the input cursor moves to the start position of the end time input. afterwards,
When the user clicks the time log 49 again with the pen, the end time is input. Also, when entering the start time, the time log 49
If you trace the inside with a pen, you can enter the start time and end time at the same time. (3) Alarm setting

As shown in FIG. 12, the input dialog 43
The alarm setting time (5 minutes before, 10 minutes before, 30 minutes before) is set by pen-clicking the alarm time switching radio button 50 of the "alarm" item in the above. (4) Input of subject, place and remarks

As shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b),
By pen-clicking the "requirement" item 51 in the input dialog 43, the input cursor moves to the "requirement" input field 52, and the input window 44 for character input is displayed at the same time. Through the input window 44, a requirement is input in the input field 52. Similarly, for the place and the remark, after moving the input cursor to the item "place" or "remark", character input is performed. (5) Input of various expenses

As shown in FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b),
By pen-clicking the "overhead" item 53 in the input dialog 43, the input cursor moves to the end in the "overhead" input field 54, and the input window 44 (numerical keypad) is simultaneously displayed. Through this input window 44, various expenses are input in the input field 54. (6) Monthly schedule display attribute and private attribute

As shown in FIG. 15 (a), when the "monthly display" item 55 in the input dialog 43 is pen-clicked, the display form changes to show that the daily schedule is also displayed in the monthly schedule.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the "private display" item 56 in the input dialog 43 is pen-clicked, the display form is changed to indicate that it is a daily schedule with a private attribute. (B) Input method of monthly schedule

As shown in FIG. 16, when "Edit" in the menu bar 61 is pressed with a pen, the pull-up menu 6
2 is displayed, and by selecting "new input", an input dialog 63 and an input window 64 as shown in FIG. 17 are displayed at the same time. The input cursor is displayed at the input position of the date of the "period". When the "execute" button is pen-clicked after inputting each item, the input dialog 63 enters a new input state, and another schedule can be input. (1) Enter period

As shown in FIGS. 18 (a) and 18 (b),
Through the input window 64 (numerical keypad, not shown), enter the period (XXXXXXXXyearXXXXXmonthXXXX day to XX) in the input field 65.
Enter xx year xx month xx day). In this case, it is also possible to move the input cursor and polarize the input start position by clicking the pen.

Further, the period can be input through the time log 66 in the input dialog 63 as shown in FIG. The start date and end date of the period are input by pen-clicking the time log 66. Further, by tracing the inside of the time log 66 with a pen, it is possible to input as a period (start time and end time). (2) Input of message and location

As in the case of the daily schedule, after moving the input cursor to the item of "requirement" or "location", the characters of "requirement" or "location" are input through the input window 64 for character input. . Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

First, the display control processing operation of the daily schedule will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In the schedule function, when the daily schedule display is instructed by, for example, pen-clicking the tag switch 21 for "day" at the bottom of the schedule screen (step A1), the CPU 11 acquires the current date and time from the real timer 18 (step A2), area 17 of RAM 17
The daily schedule information of the current day is read out from a one by one in the sorted order (step A3). The daily schedule information is sorted in the order of date and time in the area 17a. In addition, the current month or the current day is the month or the day that is the display target.

When one piece of the daily schedule information for the current day is read, the CPU 11 first displays the time zone of the schedule information in the first-stage belt graph in the daily belt graph 26 shown in FIG. 2 (step A5). .

Here, when the next schedule information is read (step A7), if the time zone of the schedule information overlaps with the time zone already displayed in the first band graph, that is, the schedule If information is duplicated in the same time zone (step A4), CP
U11 shows the time zone of the overlapping schedule information as shown in FIG.
It is displayed as a second band graph in the daily band graph 26 shown in (A6).

By thus instructing the daily schedule display, the time zone of the schedule information is displayed in a two-stage band graph. In this case, the second band graph indicates that the time zones of the schedules overlap, so the conventional method of displaying with one band graph or multiple band graphs for each requirement Compared with the method displayed by
It is possible to grasp the overlapping status of schedules at a glance.

Next, the display control processing operation of the monthly schedule will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In the schedule function, when the monthly schedule display is instructed by, for example, pen-clicking the tag switch 31 for "month" at the bottom of the schedule screen (step B1), the CPU 11 acquires the current date and time from the real timer 18 (step B2), area 17 of RAM 17
The monthly schedule information for the current month is read out from b one by one in the sorted order (step B3). The monthly schedule information is sorted in the order of date in the area 17b.

When one piece of monthly schedule information for the current month is read, the CPU 11 first displays the date of the schedule information in the first band graph in the monthly band graph 34 shown in FIG. 4 (step B5).

Here, when the next schedule information is read (step B7), if the date of the schedule information overlaps with the date already displayed in the first band, that is, the schedule information is If the same date is duplicated (step B4), the CPU 11
Displays the date of the overlapping schedule information in the second band graph in the monthly band graph 34 shown in FIG. 4 (step B6).

In this way, by instructing the monthly schedule display, the dates of the schedule information are displayed in a two-stage band graph. In this case, since the second band graph indicates that the dates of the schedules overlap, it is possible to display with one band graph as in the conventional method or to display multiple band graphs for each message. Compared to the display method, the overlapping status of schedules can be grasped at a glance.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the schedule information is displayed, the graph information having the first time zone or date of the schedule information is displayed. At this time, other schedule information is duplicated. When it is included, the time zone or date is displayed as the second graph information, so that the overlapping status of schedules can be easily grasped at a glance. As a result, the function of the personal information device can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display screen of a daily schedule of the embodiment (first
Screen).

FIG. 3 is a display screen of a daily schedule of the embodiment (second
Screen).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of a monthly schedule according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the display control processing operation of the daily schedule according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a monthly schedule display control processing operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a daily schedule input instruction screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an initial input screen of the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a date input screen of the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a time input screen (input using an input window) of the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a time input screen (input by a time log) of the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a view showing an alarm setting screen of the daily schedule according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a message input screen for the daily schedule according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a miscellaneous expense input screen for the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display attribute setting screen of the daily schedule according to the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a view showing a monthly schedule input instruction screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an initial input screen of a monthly schedule according to the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a period input screen (input using an input window) of the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a period input screen (input by a time log) of the daily schedule of the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional schedule status graph display.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... CPU, 12 ... Input section, 13 ... Display section, 14 ... Input control section, 15 ... Display control section, 16 ... ROM, 17 ... R
AM, 17a ... daily schedule information storage area, 17b
... Monthly schedule information storage area, 18 ... Real timer, 21 ... Tag switch, 22 ... Daily schedule information, 23 ... Monthly schedule information, 24 ... Screen switch button, 25 ... Screen switch button, 31 ... Tag switch, 32 ... Monthly schedule Information, 33 ... Daily schedule information, 41 ... Menu bar, 42 ... Pull-up menu, 43 ... Input dialog, 44 ... Input window,
45 ... "Date" item, 46 ... Input field, 47 ... "Time" item, 48 ... Input field, 49 ... Time log, 50 ... Alarm time switching radio button, 51 ... "Message" item, 52
… Entry field, 53… “Miscellaneous expenses” item, 54… Entry field, 55
… “Monthly display” item, 46… “Private display” item,
61 ... Menu bar, 62 ... Pull-up menu, 63
Input dialog, 64 input window, 65 input field, 66 time log.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A schedule storage means for storing schedule information managed on an hourly or daily basis, a display instruction means for instructing to display the schedule information, and a display instruction means for instructing to display the schedule information. In this case, the schedule information for the current day or the current month is read out from the schedule storage means, and the first graph display means for displaying the time zone or date of the schedule information in the first graph information, and the first graph information. A second graph display means for displaying the time zone or date in the second graph information when the displayed time zone or date overlaps with the other schedule information. And data processing device. 2. The schedule information is managed on an hourly or daily basis, and when the display of the schedule information is instructed, the schedule information of the current day or the current month is read out, and the time zone or date of the schedule information is set to the first time. The display control method is characterized in that the time zone or the date is displayed as the second graph information when the other schedule information is duplicated and displayed.