JP2007072655A - Terminal device, schedule management method of terminal, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal device, a schedule management method of terminal device, and a program therefor, through which even a person not familiar with operation of PC or the Internet can perform schedule management without trouble. <P>SOLUTION: A symbol image B in which schedule information related to the implementation schedule of a local business including local events and/or government services is coded is read, the read symbol image B is decoded, schedule information obtained from the decoded result is registered in a scheduler 52, and implementation of the local business is reported in cooperation with the scheduler 52 at an execution date and/or before a predetermined period therefrom. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device that performs schedule management for an implementation schedule of a local business including regional events and / or administrative services, a schedule management method for the terminal device, and a program thereof.

Conventionally, as a scheduler for managing a personal schedule, software that operates on a PC client or a scheduler that manages a schedule on the Web is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). These schedulers are equipped with a reminder function, and the reminder function notifies the user that an event will occur before the date and time when the event registered in the scheduler occurs. Thereby, the user can surely grasp the occurrence of the event registered in the scheduler.
JP 2001-350884 A

  By the way, it can be assumed that this kind of scheduler is used to manage the schedule of local projects including local events and administrative services such as local events and garbage collection. Such public information is closely related to daily life and is relevant to any household regardless of family structure or age. However, since this type of scheduler often operates on a PC client or on the Web as described above, registration to the scheduler is not easy if the user is not familiar with the operation of the PC or the Internet. In particular, the registration of a periodic schedule represented by a garbage collection schedule is complicated and laborious.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a terminal device, a schedule management method for a terminal device, and a program thereof that can perform schedule management without any problem even for those who are unfamiliar with PC and Internet operations. And

  The terminal device of the present invention is a terminal device having an image display unit, a sound output unit, a data storage unit, and a data input unit, and is stored in the data storage unit and can be operated from the data input unit, and a regional event And / or a symbol image reading means for reading a symbol image obtained by encoding schedule information relating to the implementation schedule of a local business including an administrative service from an information medium, a decoding means for decoding the symbol image read by the symbol image reading means, and a decoding means The schedule information acquisition means for acquiring the schedule information from the decoding result, the schedule registration means for registering the acquired schedule information in the scheduler, and the implementation date and time of the local business based on the registered schedule information in cooperation with the scheduler And / or the local period Work is characterized in that and a notification control means for controlling the image display unit and / or the audio output unit to perform a notification to the effect to be implemented.

  Similarly, the schedule management method for a terminal device according to the present invention includes an image display unit, an audio output unit, a data storage unit, a data input unit, and a scheduler that is stored in the data storage unit and can be operated from the data input unit. A schedule management method for a terminal device, in which the terminal device reads a symbol image obtained by encoding schedule information related to a schedule of local projects including local events and / or administrative services from an information medium, and a symbol image Decoding step for decoding the symbol image read in the reading step, schedule information acquisition step for acquiring schedule information from the decoding result in the decoding step, schedule registration step for registering the acquired schedule information in the scheduler, and cooperation with the scheduler Registered schedule information Based on the date and time of the local business and / or a notification period for performing the notification to the effect that the local business is implemented via the image display unit and / or the audio output unit before the predetermined period. Features.

  According to these configurations, the user manages the above-described implementation schedule using the scheduler of the terminal device only by causing the terminal device to read the symbol image obtained by encoding the schedule information related to the implementation schedule of the local business from the information medium. can do. In addition, since the terminal device can acquire schedule information necessary for schedule management simply by reading a code, the user does not need to perform complicated registration work with the scheduler, and the network connection by the terminal device Therefore, the apparatus configuration is simplified and the operation cost can be saved. Therefore, it is possible to easily introduce the terminal device of the present invention in any household regardless of the family structure or age, as well as those unfamiliar with the operation of the PC and the Internet.

  In this case, the schedule information includes area-specific schedule information related to the implementation schedule of local projects for each area, and the data storage unit stores address specifying information for specifying the address of the terminal device user. And it is preferable that a schedule information acquisition means acquires the schedule information according to the area of the area corresponding to the address specified based on the stored address specifying information.

  According to this configuration, since it is possible to acquire regional schedule information for a region corresponding to the address specified based on the address specifying information from a plurality of regional schedule information, the schedule information for a region that does not correspond to the user's address, that is, the user There is no possibility of registering schedule information that is unnecessary as a schedule. Moreover, since the symbol image distribution side can share the symbol image to be distributed in a plurality of regions, the symbol image can be efficiently generated and distributed. The “address specifying information” is assumed to be the basic resident register number of the user, for example.

  In this case, the schedule information includes a URL for acquiring detailed information, which is detailed information on the local business, and accesses the URL in accordance with the instruction means for issuing an instruction for acquiring the detailed information. Detailed information acquisition means for acquiring detailed information and storing the detailed information in a data storage unit; and output control means for controlling the image display unit and / or the audio output unit so as to output the acquired detailed information. preferable.

  According to this configuration, when a user wants to know more detailed information such as the location of a local event or the contents of an administrative service, the user can obtain detailed information by simply instructing the terminal device to acquire the detailed information. The detailed information can be output to the image display unit or the audio output unit of the terminal device. That is, the user can grasp detailed information regarding the local business with a simple operation.

  The program of the present invention is for causing a computer to execute the schedule management method for a terminal device described above.

  By executing this program by a computer, it is possible to provide a terminal device that can perform schedule management without any problem even if it is a person unfamiliar with the operation of a PC or the Internet.

  Hereinafter, a terminal device, a schedule management method for a terminal device, and a program thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention relates to a terminal device that acquires schedule information (information related to the implementation schedule of local projects including regional events and administrative services), and performs schedule management based on the acquired schedule information. The problem is that even unskilled persons can manage schedules without any problems. Therefore, the terminal device according to the present invention is applied to a television receiver that is routinely used in a general home, and is configured from the television receiver and an information distribution device that distributes e-mails including schedule information. The schedule management system will be described as an example.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a schedule management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the schedule management system 10 includes one or more information distribution apparatuses 20 (1) that transmit an electronic mail including schedule information 200 (see FIG. 3) relating to a schedule of local projects including regional events and administrative services. And only one television receiver 30 (only one device is shown) that receives the schedule information. The information distribution device 20 and the television receiver 30 are connected by a network 42 such as the Internet. It is configured to be possible.

  The information distribution device 20 is installed in a public institution such as a prefecture or a municipality, and transmits the schedule information 200 to the user's television receiver 30 who has applied for the distribution service of the schedule information 200 using electronic mail. That is, when applying for the delivery service for the schedule information 200, the user declares an e-mail address that can be received by the television receiver 30 owned by the user, and the e-mail address reported is delivered to the information delivery apparatus 20. It is registered as a destination. In addition, it is assumed that the application for the distribution service is performed through the network 42 from the television receiver 30 in addition to the paper medium.

  On the other hand, in the television receiver 30, a program (schedule management application 53; see FIG. 2) for performing schedule management based on the received schedule information 200 is read from a recording medium by the memory card slot 37 or a predetermined Web It is installed in advance by a program download service from the site. That is, by installing this program, a schedule management function is installed in the television receiver 30.

  In addition, the television receiver 30 is equipped with a scheduler 52 (schedule management function), and displays and manages a schedule, and performs image display and audio output based on the input schedule. Therefore, the electronic mail received from the information distribution apparatus 20 is analyzed, and the schedule information 200 included therein is registered in the scheduler 52, whereby the schedule display function and the scheduler 52 cooperate to display the image of the television receiver 30. The unit 32 displays a calendar C in which the schedule of the local project included in the schedule information 200 as shown in the figure is displayed, or displays a message or voice message indicating that the local project is to be performed before the date of execution or a predetermined period thereof. It is possible to guide with. Needless to say, the scheduler 52 has a timer function for measuring time.

  Furthermore, the control structure of the information delivery apparatus 20 and the television receiver 30 is demonstrated. The information distribution apparatus 20 reads / writes various recording media such as an input device (information input means) 21 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display 22 that displays input data and processing results, an operation instruction to the user, and a CD-ROM. In addition to a media drive 23 for performing communication and a communication interface 24 for transmitting and receiving e-mail, a hard disk, CPU, ROM, RAM, etc. (all not shown) are provided. 25 is installed.

  The e-mail application 25 transmits schedule information 200 relating to the implementation schedule of public works and administrative services stored in the information distribution device 20 to each registered distribution destination as an e-mail. Note that the information distribution apparatus 20 uses the TV receiver 30 to specify address specifying information 54 (for example, a basic resident register number) for specifying the address of the user of the TV receiver 30 (applicant for distribution service); see FIG. ) Together with the e-mail transmission request (see FIG. 8 (S01); details will be described later), the e-mail application 25 receives the schedule information 200 of the area corresponding to the address specified by the received address specifying information 54. Send to the delivery destination.

  In addition, when applying for a distribution service via a network, the address specifying information 54 may be transmitted at the time of application. In this case, the information distribution apparatus 20 (e-mail application 25) can register the received e-mail address as a distribution destination and associate an address specified based on the address specifying information 54 at the same time.

  Then, the electronic mail application 25 transmits the schedule information 200 of the area corresponding to the address specified based on the received address specifying information 54 to the delivery destination as an electronic mail. For example, when using the Basic Resident Register number as the address specifying information 54, the address distribution by the information distribution apparatus 20 (e-mail application 25) may be performed by connecting to the Basic Resident Register network and specifying the address via the network. Can be assumed. Moreover, the table which linked | related the basic resident register number and the address may be memorize | stored, and an address may be specified based on this table. Of course, the address specifying information 54 is not limited to the basic resident register number, but may be text data such as “1-2-3 Nihonbashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo”, a postal code, and an area code. In this case, the e-mail application 25 includes a program for identifying and specifying “prefecture name” and “city name” from the text data, the postal code, and the area code.

  On the other hand, the television receiver 30 includes a tuner 31 that receives a broadcast signal of a selected channel from radio waves such as terrestrial waves (VHF, UHF) and satellite waves (BS) received by the antenna 43, and the received broadcast signal. A display (image display unit) 32 for displaying the video of the video signal obtained by processing, a speaker (audio output unit) 33 for outputting the audio of the audio signal obtained by processing the received broadcast signal, and a television A controller (data input unit) 34 for performing various operations related to the television function of the receiver 30 and operations of the scheduler 52, a data storage unit 35, and a control unit 36 for controlling these units are provided. The data storage unit 35 stores an e-mail application (e-mail receiving means) 51, a scheduler 52, a schedule management application 53, and address specifying information 54 (all of which are shown in FIG. 2). In addition to these, at the bottom of the display 32 of the television receiver 30, a memory card slot 37 for reading data from a recording medium such as a memory card, an infrared sensor 38 for detecting an infrared signal from the controller 34, various notifications. An LED 39 and a power switch 40 are provided, and a communication interface 41 for sending and receiving e-mails and connecting to the Internet is provided on the back of the television receiver 30.

  Here, the functions of the schedule management application 53 will be mainly described with reference to the control configuration diagram of the television receiver 30 shown in FIG. The schedule management application 53 includes a schedule information acquisition unit 61, a schedule registration unit 62, a notification control unit 63, an address specifying information transmission unit 65, an e-mail transmission request unit 66, an instruction unit 67, a detailed information acquisition unit 68, and an output control unit 69. It is equipped with. Each means included in the schedule management application 53 is realized by the control unit 36 processing various data based on the program of the schedule management application 53.

  The schedule information acquisition unit 61 acquires the schedule information 200 included in the electronic mail received from the information distribution device 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the schedule information 200 acquires the execution schedule information 210 related to the implementation schedule of public works and administrative services, the expiration date information 220 related to the expiration date of this implementation schedule, and detailed information related to public works and administrative services. In addition, the implementation schedule information 210 includes periodic implementation schedule information 210a such as a garbage collection schedule, and aperiodic implementation schedule information 210b such as an election, preventive checkup, and festival schedule. include. The schedule information 200 is registered in the scheduler 52 by a schedule registration unit 62 described later, and the expiration date information 220 and the URL information 230 are stored in the data storage unit 35.

  The schedule registration unit 62 refers to the analysis master M necessary for analyzing the acquired schedule information 200 (implementation schedule information 210), generates schedule information for registration in the scheduler 52, and registers the schedule information in the scheduler 52. . That is, the periodic execution schedule information 210 a and the aperiodic execution schedule information 210 b described above are analyzed with reference to the analysis master M and registered in the scheduler 52.

  The notification control unit 63 cooperates with the scheduler 52 to control notification by the image display unit 32 and / or the audio output unit 33 based on schedule information registered in the scheduler 52. The notification control means 63 also has a function of setting the date and time of notification and a notification form. FIG. 4A shows a notification date and time setting screen D1 for setting a date and time for performing notification. The notification date and time setting screen D1 includes a date setting unit 101 for setting a “date” for performing notification and a time setting unit 102 for setting a time for performing notification. It can be set to “current day” or “predetermined number of days ago” of the implementation date. When “predetermined days ago” is set, the number of days desired by the user can be input. Note that both the “current day” and the “predetermined number of days ago” may be set as notification days.

  In the time setting unit 102, a user can input a desired time. Note that the schedule information shown in FIG. 3 includes information related to the “month and day” of the schedule, but when information related to “time” is further included, It is also possible to set “minutes ago”. In addition, a menu M1 for changing to the notification form setting screen D2 is arranged at the lower part of the notification date and time setting screen D1.

  FIG. 4B shows a notification form setting screen D2 for setting a notification form. The notification form setting screen D2 includes a setting unit 103 that sets a notification form when the television receiver 30 is in a screen display state, and a setting unit 104 that sets a notification form when the television receiver 30 is in a standby state. As a notification form, the user selects “message display” for causing the image display unit 32 to perform notification, “voice guidance” for causing the voice output unit 33 to perform notification, and “LED” for turning on or blinking the LED 39. It can be set to a desired form. In addition, a menu M2 for making a transition to the notification date / time setting screen D1 is arranged at the bottom of the figure. In addition, as an alerting | reporting form, it is also possible to select a some alerting | reporting form so that it may show in figure.

  Then, the notification control unit 63 causes the image display unit 32 and the audio output unit 33 to perform notification based on the timing set on the notification date and time setting screen D1 and the notification mode set on the notification mode setting screen D2. Take control. FIG. 5A shows notification by the image display unit 32. The television receiver 30 according to the present embodiment can display a small screen 32a on a part of the image display unit 32, and the notification by the image display unit 32 is illustrated using the small screen 32a. A message is displayed. FIG. 5B shows notification by the audio output unit 33. In particular, in the case of notification by the voice output unit 33, it is preferable that a predetermined operation indicating that the user has recognized the notification is determined in advance and the notification is continued until this operation is performed. Further, FIG. 5C shows notification by the LED 39 when the television receiver 30 is in a standby state. When performing the notification by the LED 39, it is preferable to differentiate from the case where the LED 39 dedicated to the notification is provided or the LED 39 is lit for other purposes such as flashing rapidly. In addition, you may set it as the structure which can set alerting | reporting date for every classification of the acquired implementation schedule information 210, or a user can edit the content of a message display or audio | voice guidance.

  In addition, when the notification is performed by the image display unit 32, various notification forms such as a telop display or a notification by switching from a television broadcast screen to a notification screen in addition to the above-described sub-screen 32a may be employed. . Similarly, in the notification by the voice output unit 33, a buzzer or a beep sound may be used instead of voice guidance. Further, the notification control means 63 also performs control for displaying the schedule information registered in the scheduler 52 as a calendar C as shown in FIG.

  The address specifying information transmitting unit 65 transmits the address specifying information 54 stored in the data storage unit 35 to the information distribution apparatus 20 via the communication interface 41. The timing for transmitting the address specifying information 54 is assumed to be when applying for a distribution service (when applying through the network) or when an e-mail transmission request is made by the e-mail transmission requesting means 66 described later. Various timings can be considered, such as transmission based on the instruction by.

  The address specifying information 54 is information for specifying the address of the user (applicant for the distribution service) of the television receiver 30 as described above. A ledger number is assumed. The address specifying information 54 is stored in the data storage unit 35 when the user inputs his / her basic resident register number using the controller (data input unit) 34, for example.

  The e-mail transmission request unit 66 requests the information distribution apparatus 20 to transmit an e-mail including the schedule information 200. The e-mail transmission request unit 66 also has a function of setting a timing for making a transmission request. FIG. 6A shows a transmission request setting screen D3 for setting the timing for transmitting an e-mail transmission request to the information distribution apparatus 20.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, on the transmission request setting screen D3, the timing for transmitting the e-mail transmission request to the information distribution apparatus 20 is “once a month”, “once a week”, or “arbitrary”. It can be set to either. In the case of setting “once a month” or “once a week”, the user inputs “what day” to transmit every month or “what day of the week” every week. When “arbitrary” is set, a transmission request is not made periodically, and a transmission request is made with a predetermined operation by the user as a trigger. It should be noted that the schedule information 200 acquired from the information distribution device 20 as described above includes the expiration date information 220 regarding the expiration date (see FIG. 3). In addition to the timing set in D3, when the expiration date of the schedule information registered in the scheduler 52 approaches, the transmission request is always executed before the expiration date.

  The address specifying information transmitting unit 65 and the e-mail transmission requesting unit 66 described above can receive address information (can be received by the television receiver 30) as an e-mail transmission destination so that the information distribution apparatus 20 can specify the transmission source. Including the information of the correct e-mail address). The information for specifying the transmission source is not limited to the e-mail address, but may be the IP address or the MAC address of the television receiver 30. However, in this case, it is assumed that the information delivery apparatus 20 stores the delivery destination e-mail address and the IP address or MAC address in association with each other.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The instruction unit 67 instructs to acquire detailed information regarding the local business. FIG. 6B shows a detailed information acquisition instruction screen D 4 displayed by the instruction unit 67. The instruction unit 67 displays the detailed information acquisition screen D4 in response to a predetermined operation using the controller (data input unit 34) by the user. On the detailed information acquisition screen D4, all URLs included in the URL information 230 (see FIG. 3) stored in the data storage unit 35 are displayed. The user selects a URL to be accessed from the displayed URLs and performs a confirmation operation. Then, the access control to the URL by the detailed information acquisition unit 68 is started with this confirmation operation as a trigger.

  The detailed information acquisition unit 68 receives an instruction from the instruction unit 67, accesses the selected URL via the communication interface 41, downloads detailed information regarding public works or administrative services from a predetermined Web site, and stores the data storage unit. 35.

  The output control unit 69 performs control for causing the image display unit 32 and the audio output unit 33 to output detailed information stored in the data storage unit 35. FIG. 7A shows an output by the image display unit 32. In the output by the image display unit 32, detailed information such as the location of public works and the contents of administrative services is displayed using the sub-screen 32a as in the case of schedule notification. FIG. 5B shows the output from the audio output unit 33. In this case, detailed information such as the location of the local event and the content of the administrative service is output by voice. In addition, the structure which cooperates both the image display part 32 and the audio | voice output part 33, and outputs may be sufficient. Moreover, you may employ | adopt a moving image as detailed information.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8, a series of flows relating to the schedule registration process (see (a) in the figure) and the notification process (see (b) in the figure) of the television receiver 30 configured as described above will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, first, based on the date and time set on the transmission request setting screen D3 (see FIG. 6A), the electronic mail transmission requesting unit 66 sends an electronic mail to the information distribution apparatus 20. Is transmitted to the information distribution apparatus 20, and the address specifying information 54 is transmitted by the address specifying information transmitting means 65 (S01). When the information distribution apparatus 20 receives a transmission request from the television receiver 30 (S02), the information distribution apparatus 20 specifies an address based on the received address specifying information 54 (S03), and schedule information 200 of the area corresponding to the specified address. Is sent to the television receiver 30 (S04). Then, when the television receiver 30 receives the e-mail (S05), the schedule information acquisition unit 61 acquires the schedule information 200 included in the received e-mail (S06). Furthermore, the schedule registration means 62 refers to the analysis master M based on the acquired schedule information 200, generates schedule information for registration in the scheduler 52, and registers it in the scheduler 52 (S07).

  In the information distribution apparatus 20, the address specified based on the received address specifying information 54 may be stored in association with the e-mail address registered as the distribution destination. In this case, since the address need only be specified once, the processing efficiency is good. Further, when the registration process to the scheduler 52 is completed, a message display for notifying the user of the completion of registration may be performed as shown in FIG. In this message display, a calendar display for the user to confirm the registered schedule information and a menu M3 for setting the notification date and time may be displayed. Further, when the television receiver 30 is in a standby state when the registration process is completed, notification may be performed using the LED 39 as shown in FIG.

  Further, the description of the notification process by the television receiver 30 will be continued. As shown in FIG. 8 (b), the notification control means 63, when the current date / time corresponds to the notification date / time set on the notification date / time setting screen D1 (see FIG. 4 (a)) (S10: Yes), the notification mode. Based on the notification mode set on the setting screen D2 (see FIG. 4B), the image display unit 32 and / or the audio output unit 33 (or LED 39) is notified (S11). It should be noted that the e-mail transmission request (corresponding to S01) by the television receiver 30 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10A is omitted, and the information distribution apparatus 20 transmits the e-mail to the television receiver 30 at an arbitrary timing. Good.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the television receiver 30 receives an email including the schedule information 200 regarding the schedule of the local business, and based on the received schedule information 200 of the email, the scheduler 52 and Schedule management can be performed by the schedule management application 53. Therefore, even a person unfamiliar with the operation of the PC or the Internet can easily perform schedule management related to the implementation schedule of the local business by using the television receiver 30 used on a daily basis. In addition, the calendar C shown in FIG. 1, the notification date setting screen D1 shown in FIG. 4 (see FIG. 4A), the notification form setting screen D2 (see FIG. 6B), and the transmission request setting screen D3 shown in FIG. The detailed information acquisition screen D4 (see (b) in the figure) is displayed on the detailed information acquisition screen D4 (see (b) in the figure) at any timing by the user performing a predetermined operation using the controller (data input unit) 34. It is possible to display on the part 32. In this case, an initial menu screen (not shown) for transitioning to each screen may be displayed first.

  In the above description, the configuration in which the television receiver 30 receives an e-mail from one information distribution device 20 is described, but it is naturally possible to receive an e-mail from a plurality of information distribution devices 20. . That is, it is possible to receive the schedule information 200 of the area corresponding to the address of the user of the television receiver 30 from a plurality of public institutions such as prefectures and municipalities, and to manage them centrally.

  Subsequently, instead of the configuration in which the television receiver 30 acquires the schedule information 200 by receiving an e-mail, the television receiver 30 acquires the schedule information 200 by reading a symbol image in which the schedule information 200 is encoded. A configuration to be described will be described as a second embodiment, focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

  FIG. 10 is a control configuration diagram of the television receiver 30 according to the second embodiment. The television receiver 30 according to the second embodiment includes a CCD sensor (symbol image reading means) 71 having a reading function of the symbol image B in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment, and further the symbol image read by the CCD sensor 71. A decoder (decoding means) 72 for decoding B is incorporated in the television receiver 30. Then, the schedule information acquisition unit 61 acquires the schedule information 200 from the decoding result by the decoder 72.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the schedule information 200 stored in the symbol image B includes area-specific schedule information for a local project implementation schedule for each area for a plurality of areas. And the schedule information acquisition means 61 acquires the schedule information classified by area corresponding to the address specified based on the address specification information 54 of the data storage part 35 from a decoding result. Alternatively, the symbol image B in which the address specifying information 54 is encoded may be read by the CCD sensor 71, and the address specifying information 54 may be acquired from the decoding result by the decoder 72 and stored.

  In this way, by including the schedule information 200 for a plurality of regions in the symbol image B, the symbol image to be distributed can be shared in the plurality of regions for the providing side of the symbol image B. Can be generated and distributed. At the same time, in the television receiver 30, the schedule information for each region corresponding to the address specified based on the address specifying information 54 is acquired from the schedule information 200 included in the symbol image B. Therefore, unnecessary schedule information is stored in the scheduler 52. There is no risk of being registered.

  Assuming that the address specifying information 54 is the basic resident register number, as a method for specifying the address, when the television receiver 30 can be connected to the network, the address is set by connecting to the basic resident register network as in the first embodiment. Although it is conceivable that the television receiver 30 cannot be connected to the network, the user's address is registered in the television receiver 30 without using the basic resident register number as the address specifying information 54. It is preferable to provide a function.

  As described above, in the configuration of the second embodiment, at least when the schedule information 200 is acquired, the connection to the network is not necessary. Therefore, if the detailed information acquisition function that requires the network connection is omitted, The device configuration is simplified and the operation cost can be suppressed. That is, the schedule management system 10 can be easily introduced. In addition, as a form of providing the symbol image B from a public institution, a form of printing and distributing on a circulation board or the like browsed in each region can be considered. Further, the detailed information may be acquired by reading the symbol image B in which the detailed information is encoded.

  In addition, although the case where a QR code is used is illustrated as the symbol image B (see FIG. 10), other two-dimensional codes may be used, and codes other than two-dimensional codes such as barcodes may be used. Further, instead of the symbol image B, an RFID capable of reading information without contact may be attached to a circulation board or the like and read by the television receiver 30. In this case, however, it is assumed that the television receiver 30 is provided with an RFID reader.

  Note that each means of the schedule management system 10 (mainly the schedule management application 53) shown in the above example can be provided as a program. Further, the program can be provided by being stored in a recording medium (not shown). CD-ROM, flash ROM, memory card (compact flash (registered trademark), smart media, memory stick, etc.), compact disk, magneto-optical disk, digital versatile disk, flexible disk, hard disk, etc. can be used as the recording medium. is there.

  Furthermore, regardless of the example of the television receiver 30 in the above-described embodiment, the apparatus configuration, processing steps, and the like can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, instead of the television receiver 30, the schedule management function of the present invention may be mounted on a mobile phone carried by many people every day. Furthermore, the user may be able to select a television receiver and / or a mobile phone as a terminal for receiving schedule information.

It is a system configuration figure of a schedule management system. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of a television receiver. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of schedule information. It is a figure which shows an example of a notification date setting screen and a notification form setting screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of a alerting | reporting form. It is a figure which shows an example of a transmission request setting screen and a detailed information acquisition screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of the form which outputs detailed information. It is a flowchart which shows a schedule registration process and an alerting | reporting process. It is a figure which shows an example of the form notified when the schedule registration is completed. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of the television receiver which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Schedule management system 20 ... Information delivery apparatus 30 ... Television receiver 32 ... Image display part 33 ... Audio | voice output part 34 ... Data input part 35 ... Data storage part 36 ... Control part 51 ... E-mail application 52 ... Scheduler 53 ... Schedule Management application 54 ... Address specifying information 61 ... Schedule information acquisition means 62 ... Schedule registration means 63 ... Notification control means 67 ... Instruction means 68 ... Detailed information acquisition means 69 ... Output control means 71 ... CCD sensor 72 ... Decoder

Claims (5)

A terminal device having an image display unit, an audio output unit, a data storage unit, and a data input unit,
A scheduler stored in the data storage unit and operable from the data input unit;
Symbol image reading means for reading from the information medium a symbol image in which schedule information relating to the schedule of the local business including local events and / or administrative services is encoded;
Decoding means for decoding the symbol image read by the symbol image reading means;
Schedule information acquisition means for acquiring the schedule information from the decoding result by the decoding means;
Schedule registration means for registering the acquired schedule information in the scheduler;
The image display unit cooperates with the scheduler to notify that the local project is implemented based on the registered schedule information and / or a predetermined period before the implementation date of the local project. And / or a notification control means for controlling the voice output unit. The schedule information includes schedule information by region for the schedule of implementation of the local project by region for a plurality of regions,
In the data storage unit, address specifying information for specifying the address of the terminal device user is stored,
The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the schedule information acquisition unit acquires the schedule information according to the area of the area corresponding to the address specified based on the stored address specifying information. The schedule information includes a URL for acquiring detailed information that is detailed information on the local business,
Instruction means for giving an instruction to acquire the detailed information;
In accordance with the instructions, the detailed information acquisition means for accessing the URL to acquire the detailed information and storing the detailed information in the data storage unit;
The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising output control means for controlling the image display unit and / or the audio output unit so as to output the acquired detailed information. A schedule management method for a terminal device having an image display unit, an audio output unit, a data storage unit, a data input unit, and a scheduler that is stored in the data storage unit and can be operated from the data input unit,
The terminal device is
A symbol image reading step of reading, from an information medium, a symbol image obtained by encoding schedule information relating to a local business implementation schedule including local events and / or administrative services;
A decoding step of decoding the symbol image read in the symbol image reading step;
From the decoding result in the decoding step, a schedule information acquisition step for acquiring the schedule information;
A schedule registration step of registering the acquired schedule information in a scheduler;
In cooperation with the scheduler, based on the schedule information registered, the image display unit and / or a notification that the local project is to be implemented and / or a predetermined period before the implementation date of the local project. And a notification step performed via the voice output unit.   A program causing a computer to execute the schedule management method for a terminal device according to claim 4.

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