JP2010033610A - Information processor, method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate operations for designating or moving the time, etc. when a concept of the time is treated by a personal computer, etc. <P>SOLUTION: An information processor displays label information to which predetermined object information is attached, and which has a change log showing the time when changes are made. When a predetermined time is designated in response to an operation of an operation means for operating the time, a state of the label information corresponding to the time is reproduced, displayed in an operation time display part oti (first area) in a window of a bar-shaped time view console TVC in a display screen of a display means, and the selected time is displayed in a year gauge part cg (second area) in the window of the time view console TVC. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a recording medium, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus and method capable of executing predetermined processing on a label attached as a sticky note to be attached on a desktop screen of a personal computer. And a recording medium.

  Conventionally, as an application program that can handle the concept of time on a personal computer, there is an application program called a scheduler that manages various schedules. According to the scheduler, for example, an image simulating a schedule book, calendar, timetable, etc. is displayed on the desktop screen, and various schedule management can be performed by the user writing a schedule etc. in these schedule book, calendar, timetable, etc. Realized.

  That is, in this scheduler, when a future schedule is written in a schedule book, calendar, timetable, etc., the written content remains in the schedule book, calendar, timetable, etc. Can be confirmed.

  Patent documents 1-5 are known as conventional technology.

JP 07-182365 A JP-A-11-039132 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-171471 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-228351 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-163953

  However, in the above-described conventional scheduler, if the scheduler is not started, the contents written in the schedule book, calendar, and timetable cannot be confirmed. For example, the contents written in the schedule book cannot be confirmed. To find it, operations such as hitting the schedule book and specifying the date and time are required.

  Although not limited to the scheduler, when changing the date and time displayed in the date and time display section in a predetermined window on the desktop, generally the year, month, day of the date and time display section, After indicating either hour or minute, the numerical value is changed. For example, when the display on the date and time display section is “1999: 05: 21: 12: 00: 00: 00” (May 21, 1999 12:00:00), for example, To change the value, move the cursor over the month ("05") to activate it, for example, enter a value directly from the keyboard, or change the value by operating the up and down keys on the keyboard. Or, an operation such as clicking a predetermined button for time up / down instruction displayed in the window with the mouse is required. Such a date and time designation operation is very complicated.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a situation. For example, when handling the concept of time on a personal computer, it is possible to easily and easily perform operations such as time designation and movement. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus and method, and a recording medium that can easily search for information corresponding to the designated time.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus capable of displaying label information having a change history as a change history with predetermined object information pasted. When a predetermined time is designated in accordance with the operation of the display means having the first and second display areas, the operation means for operating the time, and the operation means, the above-mentioned corresponding to the designated time Control means for reproducing and displaying the state of the label information in the first area of the display means and displaying the selected time in the second area.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method capable of displaying label information to which predetermined object information is pasted and the change time is used as a change history. When a predetermined time is specified according to the operation of the operating means for operating, the state of the label information corresponding to the specified time is reproduced and displayed in the first area of the display means, and A control step of displaying the selected time in the second area of the display means;

  The recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute information processing capable of displaying label information having a change history pasted with predetermined object information. When a predetermined time is designated on the computer according to the operation of the operation means for manipulating the time, the state of the label information corresponding to the designated time is displayed on the computer. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a control procedure for displaying the selected time in the second area of the display means while reproducing and displaying in one area.

  According to the present invention, when a predetermined time is designated according to the operation of the operation means for manipulating the time, the state of the label information corresponding to the designated time is reproduced in the first area of the display means. By displaying the selected time in the second area of the display means, for example, when handling the concept of time on a personal computer, operations such as time designation and movement can be performed easily and It can be made easy.

1 is an external perspective view of a notebook personal computer to which the present invention is applied. It is a top view of the main body of the notebook type personal computer shown in the said FIG. It is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the jog dial which becomes the principal part of this invention. It is a side view by the side of the jog dial of the said main body. It is an external perspective view of the jog dial. It is a perspective view of the contact attachment board | substrate used as the principal part of the jog dial shown in the said FIG. It is front sectional drawing of the said jog dial. It is side surface sectional drawing of the said jog dial. It is a side view of the use apparatus which shows the mounting state to the use apparatus of the said jog dial. It is a partially broken top view for demonstrating the rotary encoder part which comprises the said jog dial. It is a top view for demonstrating the push switch part of the said jog dial. FIG. 2 is an electrical circuit diagram of the notebook personal computer whose appearance is shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitution which the embedded controller is monitoring the state of the rotary encoder part of the said jog dial through a rotation detection part. It is a flowchart when an embedded controller executes a jog dial state monitoring program. It is a timing chart for demonstrating operation | movement of the rotation detection part in the said FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the jog dial state monitoring program which CPU of a notebook computer performs after a power switch is turned on. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a jog dial menu. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a jog dial menu. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a jog dial menu. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a submenu. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a submenu. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the notification process which a jog dial corresponding | compatible application performs with respect to the jog dial state monitoring program performed with CPU. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the event operation | movement by the application of a jog dial corresponding type | mold or a non-corresponding type | mold application. It is a figure which shows the example of a window display of the 1st specific example of a jog dial corresponding application. It is a figure which shows a mode that an application is registered into the application list started especially from a launcher function about the setting of a jog dial. It is a figure which shows the mutual relationship of three data of the project, the label, and the object which the label software of this Embodiment handles. It is a figure which shows an example of the desktop screen at the time of normal mode. It is a figure which shows one structural example of the desktop screen in present (Present) mode. It is a figure which shows one structural example of the desktop screen in the past (Past) mode. It is a figure which shows one structural example of the desktop screen in future (Future) mode. It is a figure which shows an example of the window screen of the label of this Embodiment. It is a figure used for description of the tooltip which shows the reproduction | regeneration time (time when the sound is recorded) linked | related with the reproduction | regeneration and pause button. It is a figure used for description of the tool tip which shows the link content (The file path and URL of a link destination) linked | related with the link button. It is a figure which shows an example of an alarm icon and a repetition icon. It is a figure which shows the time view console window of a bar state. It is a figure which shows the time view console window of a floating state. It is a figure which expands and shows only the vicinity of the rotation animation part of the left end of the time view console of a bar state. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the operation menu when it will be in the "display all" state with respect to a label at the time of normal mode. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the operation menu when it will be in the "hide all" state with respect to a label at the time of normal mode. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the operation menu at the time of the past mode. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the operation menu at the time of future mode. It is a figure used for description of a different icon in each of the present mode, the past mode, and the future mode. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a new project creation dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the dialog for time settings at the time of the import which displays the information of a project. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a project import dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the dialog which designates an import method. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the export dialog of a project. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the property dialog of a project. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the label property dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a text edit dialog. It is a figure used for explanation of a state that a recording time when a recording is selected, a tooltip indicating the maximum recording time, and a playback button are changed to a recording button. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a link edit dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the object selection dialog of a clipboard. It is a figure used for description definition of a text margin and an image margin. It is a figure which shows the example of a dialog display when a default label layout is selected by the label setting dialog. It is a figure used for description about operation of label layout by displaying a sample and dragging. It is a figure which shows the example of a label display at the time of custom layout execution. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of an alarm dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the deletion dialog of a present label. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the deletion dialog of a future label. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the warning dialog at the time of link pasting. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the jog dial guide at the time of normal mode. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a jog dial guide at the time view mode. It is a figure which shows the example of a dialog display when label setting is selected by the label setting dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a dialog display when the setting of recording is selected by the label setting dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a dialog display when the setting of an image is selected by the label setting dialog. It is a figure which shows the example of a dialog display when environmental setting is selected by the label setting dialog. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the whole process when reproducing the state of the label of the past arbitrary time points, reserving and reproducing the operation for the future label, and the alarm processing by the CPU. 69 is a flowchart showing details of an operation recording process in step S132 of the flowchart of FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing details of alarm processing in step S133 of the flowchart in FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing details of a label update process in step S134 of the flowchart in FIG. 68. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the whole process in the case of implement | achieving the process which pastes all the information indirectly on a label with a link in CPU. 73 is a flowchart showing details of link editing processing in step S173 of the flowchart in FIG. 72. 73 is a flowchart showing details of link execution processing in step S175 of the flowchart in FIG. 72. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in the case of implement | achieving the process which can move to time at arbitrary time of present / past / future. 76 is a flowchart showing details of movement unit change processing in step S203 of the flowchart of FIG. 75. 76 is a flowchart showing details of a time movement process in step S205 of the flowchart of FIG. 75. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in the case of implement | achieving the process which implement | achieves the time movement to the present / past / future by operation of a jog dial by CPU. FIG. 79 is a flowchart showing details of information browsing processing in step S233 of the flowchart of FIG. 78. FIG. 80 is a flowchart showing details of movement unit change processing in step S244 of the flowchart in FIG. 79. 80 is a flowchart showing details of a time movement process in step S246 of the flowchart of FIG. 79. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in the case of implement | achieving the process which uses operation of a jog dial as a user interface of time movement by CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the browsing process of the information of step S273 of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in the case of implement | achieving in a CPU the function which shows the state of a label to a user by changing the color of the edge of a correction prohibition label. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the browsing process of the information of step S293 of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the update process of the label editable state of step S307 of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in the case of implement | achieving in the CPU the function which implement | achieves returning to the present time immediately by the present button of a time view console. 88 is a flowchart showing details of information browsing processing in step S323 of the flowchart in FIG. 87; It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in the case of implement | achieving the function which implement | achieves changing the design of a task tray icon in present mode, the past mode, and the future mode, and also making it differ even in the state which hides all in the present mode. . FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing details of information browsing processing in step S346 of the flowchart of FIG. 89; FIG. FIG. 91 is a flowchart showing details of a task tray icon update process in step S356 of the flowchart of FIG. 90. FIG.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 4 show the appearance of an information processing apparatus and method according to the present invention and a notebook personal computer as an example to which a recording medium is applied. The notebook personal computer 1 basically includes a main body 2 and a display unit 3 that can be opened and closed with respect to the main body 2. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the display unit 3 is opened with respect to the main body 2. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main body 2, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of a jog dial 4 described later provided on the main body 2. FIG. 4 is a side view of the main body 2 on the jog dial 4 side.

  The main body 2 is provided with a keyboard 5 that is operated when inputting various characters and symbols, a touch pad 6 as a pointing device that is operated when moving a mouse cursor, and a power switch 8 on the upper surface. It has been.

  In addition, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 7 for displaying an image is provided on the front surface of the display unit 3. Furthermore, a lamp made up of a power lamp PL, a battery lamp BL, a message lamp ML as required, and other LEDs is provided in the upper right part of the display unit 3.

  Next, the detailed setting position of the jog dial 4 will be described. The jog dial 4 is incorporated between the key A and key B (rightmost key) of the keyboard 5 on the main body 2 and is almost the same as the key A and key B. It is attached so that it is at the height.

  The jog dial 4 executes a predetermined process corresponding to the rotation operation indicated by the arrow a in FIG. 3 and executes a predetermined process corresponding to the movement operation indicated by the arrow b in FIG. The predetermined process performed by the jog dial 4 will be described later.

  First, the configuration of the jog dial 4 will be described. This jog dial 4 is a specific example of a rotary operation type electronic component with a push switch disclosed in JP-A-8-203387, which was filed by the applicant and a joint applicant.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the jog dial 4 includes a rotary encoder unit 12 and a push switch unit 13 arranged on a contact mounting board 11. The rotary encoder unit 12 can move in a horizontal direction within a certain range, but the push switch unit 13 is fixed so as not to move.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the contact mounting board 11 has a depression 15 having a guide rail part 14 for moving the rotary encoder part 12 and a push switch part 13 for fixing the push switch part 13 to a flat molded resin body. A recess 17 having a stop wall 16 and a contact plate 19 having a terminal 18 for transmitting an electrical signal of the rotary encoder 12 to the outside are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the rotary encoder unit 12 is fitted in the recess 15 of the contact mounting board 11 and horizontally in a certain range by the guide rail 14 (the direction of the arrow H1 shown in FIGS. 5 and 8). A box-shaped case 20 made of a molded resin held so as to be movable, and elastic contact legs 21 and 22 protruding upward and downward from an elastic contact body 45 attached to the bottom surface of the box-shaped case 20 by insert molding. And a rotating body 25 made of a molded resin having a radial contact plate 24 that is rotatably held by a cylindrical shaft 23 integrated in the center of the box-shaped case 20 and has a disk shape and elastic contact legs 21 elastically contacting the lower surface thereof. The rotating body 25 is constituted by a disk-like operation knob 27 of an outer peripheral operation type attached by a screw 26 so as to be able to rotate, and has a pin shape on the contact mounting board 11. The side surface of the box-shaped case 20 is pushed in the horizontal direction by the torsion coil spring 29 positioned at the start 28 (see FIGS. 6 and 10), and is biased so as to be at a position away from the push switch portion 13 in the normal state. The elastic contact legs 22 projecting downward from the bottom surface of the box-shaped case 20 are in elastic contact with the contact plate 19 of the contact mounting board 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the push switch portion 13 is formed in the recess 17 of the contact mounting substrate 11 so that the operation button 30 faces the rotary encoder portion 12 and the rear end portion abuts against the holding wall 16. It is fixed in place.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the driving projection 31 provided integrally with the box-shaped case 20 of the rotary encoder unit 12 is in contact with the tip of the operation button 30 of the push switch unit 13. The jog dial is configured as described above. However, when the jog dial is mounted on an electronic device, as shown in FIG. 9, the connection between the legs 11 </ b> A and 11 </ b> B on the lower surface of the contact mounting board 11 and the rotary encoder unit 12 is performed. The terminal 18 for connection and the connection terminal 32 of the push switch part 13 are inserted and soldered into the mounting holes 34A, 34B, 35, 36 of the printed wiring board 33 of the device, and are connected to the rotary encoder part 12 in a disc shape. The knob 27 is attached so as to protrude to the outside from the gap of the outer case 37 of the end device opposite to the push switch portion 13 side.

  Next, the operation of the jog dial will be described. First, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, by applying a tangential force to the projecting portion 27A from the outer case 37 of the disk-like operation knob 27 attached to the upper end of the rotary encoder unit 12 and rotating it, The rotating body 25 rotates about the central cylindrical shaft 23 of the box-shaped case 20, and the upper elastic contact leg 21 slides on the radial contact plate 24 on the lower surface thereof in an elastic contact. A pulse signal linked to the rotation operation of the operation knob 27 is generated.

  Then, this pulse signal is transmitted from the upper elastic contact leg 21 to the lower elastic contact leg 22 and further transmitted to the contact plate 19 on the contact mounting board 11 on which the elastic contact leg 22 is elastically contacted, and then an external connection terminal. 18 is transmitted to the circuit of the printed circuit board 33 of the electronic device.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, against the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 29 on the contact mounting substrate 11, the horizontal direction connecting the center of the knob and the push switch portion 13 to the protruding portion 27 </ b> A of the disk-like operation knob 27. By applying a pressing force (in the direction of arrow H2), the entire rotary encoder unit 12 is moved in the horizontal direction along the guide rail portion 14 of the contact mounting board 11, and the operation button is operated by the protrusion 31 provided on the box-shaped case 20. The push switch 13 is operated by pressing 30 and the signal is transmitted to the circuit of the printed circuit board 33 of the electronic device via the connection terminal 32 shown in FIG.

  When the pressing force applied to the disk-shaped operation knob 27 is removed, the rotary encoder unit 12 is pushed back by the elastic restoring force of the torsion coil spring 29 of the contact mounting board 11 to return to the state shown in FIG.

  As a means for transmitting the electrical signal of the rotary encoder 12 to the connection terminal 18 of the contact mounting board 11, an elastic contact leg 22 protruding downward from the bottom surface of the box-shaped case 20 of the rotary encoder 12 is attached to the contact. Although it is configured to elastically contact the contact plate 19 of the substrate 11, this may be configured to protrude the elastic contact leg from the contact mounting substrate 11 and elastically contact the contact plate on the bottom surface of the box-shaped case 20. The above is the description of the configuration operation of the jog dial 4 disposed on the right side surface of the main body 2.

  Of course, the jog dial 4 may be arranged on the left side surface of the main body 2. Further, the jog dial may be arranged at the center of the front surface so that the touch pad 6 can be operated with the thumb while operating with the index finger. Moreover, you may arrange | position to the left side or right side of the display part 3 in which LCD7 was provided. Further, the touch pad 6 may be arranged in the vertical direction along the left edge or the right edge. Further, the touch pad 6 may be arranged in the horizontal direction along the upper edge or the lower edge. Moreover, you may arrange | position in the vertical direction between the right button of the touchpad 6, and the left button. Moreover, you may arrange | position in the vertical direction between G key and H key of the keyboard part 5. FIG. Moreover, you may arrange | position with a predetermined angle in the diagonal direction which is not limited to a vertical direction or a horizontal direction and is easy to operate with each finger | toe. Furthermore, you may arrange | position in the position which can be operated with the thumb of the side of the mouse | mouth which is a pointing device.

  Next, an example of the electrical configuration of the notebook personal computer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The central processing unit (CPU) 51 is composed of, for example, a Pentium (trademark) processor manufactured by Intel, and is connected to the host bus 52. Further, a north bridge (AGP Host Bridge Controller) 53 is connected to the host bus 52, and the north bridge 53 is also connected to an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 50 and a PCI bus 56. The north bridge 53 is composed of, for example, Intel 400BX, and controls the CPU 51 and the main memory 54 and the like. Furthermore, the north bridge 53 is connected to the video controller 57 via the AGP 50. The north bridge 53 and a south bridge (PCI-ISA Bridge) 58 to be described later constitute a so-called chip set.

  The north bridge 53 is further connected to a main memory 54 and a cache memory 55. The cache memory 55 is configured to cache data used by the CPU 51. Although not shown, the CPU 51 also includes a primary cache memory.

  The main memory 54 is composed of, for example, a DRAM (Dynamic Read Only Memory), and stores a program executed by the CPU 51 and data necessary for the operation of the CPU 51. Specifically, the main memory 54 stores, for example, an e-mail program 54A, an autopilot program 54B, a jog dial state monitoring program 54C, a jog dial driver 54D, an operating program (OS) 54E, and an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later, when activation is completed. Application program 54F1 which is label software of the form and other application programs 54F2 to 54Fn are transferred from the HDD 70 and stored.

  The e-mail program 54A is a program for sending and receiving communication text via a network from a communication line such as a telephone line 76 via a modem 75 described later. The electronic mail program 54A has an incoming mail acquisition function as a specific function. This incoming mail acquisition function checks whether a mail addressed to itself (user) is received in the mail box 79 with respect to the mail server 78 provided in the provider 77, and if there is a mail addressed to itself. Execute the acquisition process.

  The autopilot program 54B is a program for sequentially starting and processing a plurality of preset processes (or programs) in a preset order.

  The OS (basic program software) 54E controls the basic operation of a computer represented by the so-called Windows 95 and 98 (both registered trademarks) of Microsoft Corporation, the so-called Mac OS (registered trademark) of Apple Computer Corporation, etc. It is.

  The jog dial status monitoring program 54C receives notification from each of the applications as to whether or not it is compatible with the jog dial, and operates to display what can be done by operating the jog dial 4 if it is compatible. Normally, it is waiting for an event of the jog dial 4 and has a list for receiving notifications from the application. The jog dial driver 54D executes various functions in response to the operation of the jog dial 4.

  The video controller 57 is connected to the PCI bus 56, and controls the display on the LCD 7 on the display unit 3 based on data supplied via the PCI bus 56.

  A sound controller 64 is connected to the PCI bus 56 and takes in an input from the microphone 66 or supplies an audio signal to the speaker 65. A modem 75 is also connected to the PCI bus 56. The modem 75 can be connected to a communication network 80 such as the Internet, a mail server 78 and the like via a public telephone line 76 and an Internet service provider 77.

  A south bridge 58 is also connected to the PCI bus 56. The south bridge 58 is composed of, for example, PIIX4E manufactured by Intel, and controls various I / Os (Input / Output). That is, the south bridge 58 includes an IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) controller / configuration register 59, a timer circuit 60, an IDE interface 61, and the like, and is connected to the IDE bus 62 or an ISA / EIO (Industry Standard Architecture). / Extended Input Output) The device connected via the bus 63 and the embedded controller 68 is controlled.

  The IDE controller / configuration register 59 includes two IDE controllers, a so-called primary IDE controller and a secondary IDE controller, a configuration register, and the like (both not shown).

  The primary IDE controller is connected to a connector (not shown) via the IDE bus 62, and the HDD 67 is connected to the connector. The secondary IDE controller is mounted when a bay device, which is a so-called IDE device, such as a CD-ROM drive, a second HDD, or an FDD (not shown) is mounted via another IDE bus. The connector of the bay device is designed to be electrically connected.

  The HDD 67 includes an e-mail program 67A, an autopilot program 67B, a jog dial state monitoring program 67C, a jog dial driver 67D, an OS (basic program software) 67E, an application program 67F1, which is label software of the present embodiment described later, and others. A plurality of application programs 67F2-67Fn and the like are stored. The above-mentioned programs 67A, 67B, 67C, 67D, 67E, 67F1 to 67Fn and the like in the HDD 67 are sequentially transferred and stored in the RAM 54 in the process of startup (boot-up) processing.

  An embedded controller 68 is further connected to the ISA / EIO bus 63. The embedded controller 68 comprises a microcontroller and is used as an I / O controller. That is, the embedded controller 68 is configured by connecting an I / O interface 69, a ROM 70, a RAM 71, and a CPU 72 to each other.

  In the ROM 70, an LED control program 70A, a touch pad input monitoring program 70B, a key input monitoring program 70C, a wake-up program 70D, and a jog dial state monitoring program 70E are stored in advance.

  The LED control program 70A is a program for controlling lighting of a power lamp PL, a battery lamp BL, a message lamp ML as necessary, and other lamps including LEDs. The touch pad input monitoring program 70 </ b> B is a program for monitoring user input from the touch pad 6. The key input monitoring program 70C is a program for monitoring input from the keyboard 5 and other key switches. The wake-up program 70D checks whether or not a preset time has been reached based on the current time data supplied from the timer circuit 60 in the south bridge 58. When the preset time is reached, a predetermined process ( Or a program for managing each chip power source in order to activate the program).

  The jog dial state monitoring program 70E is a program for constantly monitoring whether the rotary encoder unit 12 of the jog dial 4 has been rotated or pressed. Details of the jog dial state monitoring program 70E will be described later.

  In the ROM 70, a BIOS 70F is further written. BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) refers to a basic input / output system, and software that controls the transfer (input / output) of data between the OS and application software and peripheral devices (display, keyboard, HDD, etc.). It is a program.

  The RAM 71 has registers for LED control, touch pad input status, key input status, set time, I / O register for jog dial state monitoring, and the like as registers 71A to 71F. For example, the LED control register 71A controls lighting of the message lamp ML that displays an instantaneous start-up state of an e-mail described later when the jog dial 4 is pressed. The key input status register 71C stores an operation key flag when the jog dial 4 is pushed (pushed) as will be described later. The set time register 71D can arbitrarily set a certain time.

  The embedded controller 68 is connected to the jog dial 4, the touch pad 6, and the keyboard 5 through connectors (not shown), and signals corresponding to the operations of the jog dial 4, touch pad 6, and keyboard 5. Are output to the ISA / EIO bus 63. The embedded controller 68 is connected to a power lamp PL, a battery lamp BL, a message lamp ML, and other lamps including LEDs.

  A power supply control circuit 73 is further connected to the embedded controller 68. The power control circuit 73 is connected to a built-in battery 74 or an AC power supply, and supplies necessary power to each block and performs control for charging the built-in battery 74 and a second battery of a peripheral device. Has been made. The embedded controller 68 monitors the power switch 8 that is operated when the power is turned on or off.

  The embedded controller 68 can always execute the programs 70A, 70B, 70C, 70D, and 70E by the internal power supply even when the power supply 8 is off. That is, the above programs always work even if no windows are opened on the LCD 7 of the display unit 3. That is, the embedded controller 68 always executes the jog dial state monitoring program 70E even when the power switch 8 is off and the OS 54E is not activated by the CPU 51, and the notebook personal computer 1 is not provided with a dedicated key. A programmable power key (PPK) function is provided so that, for example, in a power saving state or when the power is turned off, the user can activate favorite software or a script file simply by pressing the jog dial 4.

  The operation of the embedded controller 68 when the jog dial state monitoring program 70E is executed will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration in which the embedded controller 68 monitors the state of the rotary encoder unit 12 of the jog dial 4 via the rotation detection unit 85. FIG. 14 is a flowchart when the embedded controller 68 executes the jog dial state monitoring program 70E. FIG. 15 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the rotation detector 85 in FIG.

  First, when the rotary encoder unit 12 of the jog dial 4 is rotated to the left or right, the rotation detection unit 85 performs a right rotation or a left rotation based on the timing of the signals A and B shown in FIG. To detect. When it is detected that the rotation is clockwise, a clockwise rotation pulse is supplied to the counter (1) 86 of the embedded controller 68. If the left rotation is detected, the left rotation pulse is supplied to the counter (2) 87 of the embedded controller 68.

  The embedded controller 68 executes a jog dial state monitoring program 70E, and monitors changes in the counter (1) 86 and counter (2) 87, their difference, and whether the jog dial 4 is pressed by polling for 5 ms. .

  First, in step S1 of FIG. 14, the count value Counter1 (T-1) at time T-1 is subtracted from the count value Counter1 (T-1) at the current time T of the right rotation pulse, and the amount of change in the count value of the counter 78 is subtracted. Find Counter1.

Next, in step S2, the count value Counter1 (T-1) at time T-1 is subtracted from the count value Counter1 (T) at the current time T of the left rotation pulse, and the change amount Counter2 of the count value of the counter 87 is obtained. Ask.
In step S3, a difference in the change amount of the count value is obtained. That is, the difference between the change amount Counter1 and the change amount Counter2 is obtained. If the difference between the changes is a negative value, the rotation is counterclockwise.

  In step S4, the pressed state of the jog dial 4 is acquired. In step S5, the amount of change obtained in step S3 is determined. In step S6, it is determined whether the pressing state of the jog dial 4 has changed. If the amount of change is detected in step S5, or if it is determined that the pressed state has changed in step S6, the process proceeds to step S7, and the jog dial driver 54D activated by the CPU 51 is connected via the host bus 52 to the current jog dial 4. The pressed state and change amount are notified via the I / O register 71F by interruption.

  If there is no change in the pressed state of the jog dial 4 in step S6, the process proceeds to step S8, polling is terminated, and the process from step S1 is repeated after 5 ms again.

  Further, after the power switch 8 is turned on, the CPU 51 executes the jog dial state monitoring program 54C according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  That is, in step S31, it is constantly monitored whether or not the jog dial 4 has been operated. It also monitors whether the e-mail program 54A and each of the applications 54F1 to 54Fn have been activated. The jog dial status monitoring here is for monitoring the processing from the jog dial status monitoring program 70E on the CPU 51 side via the jog dial driver 54D, and is substantially the same as the operation described with reference to FIG. It is.

  When an operation notification of the jog dial 4 is received from the jog dial driver 54D in step S32, the process proceeds to step S33. In step S33, it is determined whether or not there is an active application. If there is no active application, the operation proceeds to the launcher operation. If there is an active application, the operation proceeds to the event operation. Here, the launcher operation is an operation for selecting a registered application.

  The launcher operation will be briefly described. As described above, this launcher operation functions under the condition that there is no currently active application. Applications registered in advance in the launcher list are displayed in the jog dial menu. Applications corresponding to the jog dial are registered in the launcher list.

  When the launcher operation is executed, a jog dial menu indicating the launcher state is displayed on the LCD 7. In the jog dial menu, a list of applications corresponding to the jog dial that launches when the jog dial is rotated (scrolled) or pressed (pushed) up and down is displayed and activated.

  For example, it is assumed that there is no activated application and the user presses the jog dial 4 only once in the direction of arrow b in FIG. Then, as described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15, the jog driver 54D receives the push state of the jog dial 4 by sending the flag state from the I / O register by interrupt (interruption) in step S7 of FIG. As a result, the jog dial driver 54D sends an operation notification to the jog dial monitoring program 54C that is also executed by the CPU 51.

  Then, an application program registered in advance in the launcher list and corresponding to the jog dial, for example, adjusting the volume of the speaker 65, adjusting the brightness of the LCD 7, adjusting the contrast thereof, and selecting an application is started by the CPU 51. A jog dial menu as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the LCD 7 of the display unit 3 shown in FIG. This jog dial menu has menu items ("Volume", "Brightness", "Contrast", "Application") corresponding to the above-mentioned volume adjustment, display brightness adjustment, contrast adjustment, and application selection. Select ") is displayed. In this example, the selector A is displayed on the menu item “volume” as an initial state.

  Next, when the user rotates (scrolls) the jog dial 4 in the direction of arrow a shown in FIG. 3 for the purpose of moving the selector A, the embedded controller 68 performs the calculation described in FIG. 14 according to the jog dial state monitoring program 70E. The change amount is notified to the jog dial driver 54D executed by the CPU 51.

  Then, since the jog dial driver 54D sends an operation notification to the jog dial state monitoring program 54C, the CPU 51 moves the selector A onto the menu item corresponding to the process that the user wants to execute. For example, in a state where the jog dial menu of FIG. 16 is displayed on the LCD 7 (in a state where the selector A is displayed on the “volume”), the user places the jog dial 4 below the arrow a in FIG. When the distance (angle) is rotated (scrolled), the selector A moves to the menu item “luminance”. Further, when the user further rotates the jog dial 4 downward, the selector A moves to the menu item “select application” as shown in FIG.

  When the selector A moves to a menu item corresponding to a process to be executed by the user's rotation operation on the jog dial 4, the user presses the jog dial 4 in the direction of the arrow b shown in FIG. Accordingly, for example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the selector A is displayed on the menu item “luminance”, a submenu corresponding to the menu item “luminance” as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed. In the case of this example, six submenu items “5” to “5” selected from the submenu item “5” selected when the luminance is the brightest to the submenu item “0” selected when the luminance is the brightest. “0” is displayed. Then, the amount of change of the jog dial 4 corresponding to the rotation operation of the jog dial 4 by the user is obtained by the processing of the embedded controller 68 shown in FIG. 14, sent to the jog dial driver 54D, and further monitored by the jog dial state monitoring program 54C. , Selector B moves.

  Further, for example, when the selector A is displayed on the menu item “select application” as shown in FIG. 19, it corresponds to the menu item “select application” as shown in FIG. 21 by the user's selection operation. The submenu to be displayed is displayed. In this example, the sub-menu item “word processor” selected when the word processor application is started, the sub-menu item “e-mail” selected when the e-mail program is started, and the sub menu item selected when the spreadsheet program is started. Menu item “Spreadsheet”, submenu item “Internet” selected when starting Internet program, and submenu item “Label software” selected when starting label software according to the embodiment of the present invention described later are displayed. Has been. In this example, the selector B on the submenu is displayed in the uppermost submenu item in the initial state.

  Next, the user performs a rotation operation on the jog dial 4, moves the selector B onto the submenu item to be selected, and presses the jog dial 4 to perform the selection operation. As a result, the submenu item on which the selector B is displayed is selected, and the corresponding process is executed. For example, in the example of FIG. 20, when the sub menu item “3” is selected, the brightness corresponding to the sub menu item “3” is set in the LCD 7. In the example of FIG. 21, when the submenu item “label software” is selected, the label software application program of the present embodiment is activated.

  The jog dial 4 application that can handle the event operation of the jog dial 4 is not compatible with the jog dial, but the applications stored in the HDD 67 and stored in the RAM 54 after the startup processing of the OS 54E is not all. Some are not compatible, such as the application 54F3. The processing for the jog dial assigned by the CPU to the compatible application and the non-compatible application is different. Therefore, the jog dial compatible application performs notification processing on the jog dial state monitoring program 54C executed by the CPU 51 in the procedure as shown in FIG.

  First, in step S61, the jog dial monitoring program 54C is declared that the user (application) is compatible with the jog dial. In step S62, the jog dial monitoring program 54C adds the application software to the list of jog dial compatible software.

  After that, although the explanation is omitted in the above example, the display of the jog dial menu may be made a display unique to the application so as to notify the user in the form of a jog dial guide.

  That is, in step S63, the application corresponding to the jog dial notifies the jog dial state monitoring program 54C of the description of the jog dial operation in the current state as a character string. In step S64, a jog dial window as described later is displayed.

  As shown in step S65, the application corresponding to the jog dial rewrites the list of the jog dial monitoring program 54C by changing the character string in accordance with the activated window state. For this reason, when the jog dial-compatible application is active, the display of the jog dial window indicates the operation of the application by the operation of the jog dial as a character string.

  As described above, there are applications that are compatible with the jog dial and those that are not compatible, and whether the application is compatible or not is determined according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  First, in step S51, a UI for performing an event operation is displayed on the window.

  In step S52, it is checked whether or not the active application is registered in advance as a jog dial compatible application, and a determination is made in step S53. If it is determined in step S53 that the application is compatible with the jog dial, the process proceeds to step S54, and a message notification unique to the jog dial is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S53 that the application is not compatible with the jog dial, the process proceeds to step S55 and a standard message notification is performed.

  Specific examples of application software that supports or does not support the jog dial are given below.

  As a first specific example, a sticky note on the desktop disclosed in the specification and drawings relating to Japanese Patent Application No. 11-108535 (domestic priority application of Japanese Patent Application No. 10-321772) previously proposed by the applicant is provided. There is application software that realizes a desktop environment that can be displayed and moved in time. FIG. 24 shows an example of a display screen when time-based cooperation is performed between an application that realizes a time-movable desktop environment and an image browser application. In FIG. 24, it is assumed that, for example, a search is performed on the desktop by an application that realizes the above-described desktop environment that can be moved in time, and the time is moved until a certain character string or icon appears on the desktop. In this example, for example, a character string “wearable” is input to the search character input space 125, and the character string “wearable” is searched by an application that realizes a desktop environment that can be moved in time. Assume that an icon, a character string, or the like used at the time of the conference related to is displayed on the time-movable desktop window 200. In this example, as can be seen from the display contents of the date and time display unit 127, the desktop environment at the time of the meeting held at 15:00 on Friday, November 20, 1998 (Fri) is displayed on the window 200. . When the “application time” is determined by the application that realizes the desktop environment that can be moved in time as described above, the time information is notified to the image browser. Upon receiving the time information, the image browser displays on the window 201 a photographic image taken in the vicinity of the time (in the middle of the meeting). In this example, as can be seen from the display content of the image file creation time display section 203, a photographic image taken at 16:00 on November 20, 1998 is displayed in the window 201. Conversely, when the image browser is operated, the state of the desktop at the time when the photographic image is taken is reproduced. Therefore, even if no special caption (explanation) is attached to the photographic image, it is possible to understand under what circumstances the photograph was taken. For example, if the event operation of the jog dial 4 is associated with such an application, the time movement direction and amount of the time movable desktop 200 can be operated with the jog dial 4. That is, for example, the jog dial window 90 can be displayed at the lower right of the time-movable desktop 200 and the time movement operation to the past and the future can be performed in response to the scroll of the jog dial 4.

  As a second specific example, there is Smart Capture (trademark), which is a still image / moving image capturing tool of a digital video camera.

  A third specific example is MediaBar (trademark), which is a music related operation tool. In this media bar, for example, the playback of the next / previous music is selected or paused by scrolling with a jog dial or a keyboard.

  As a fourth specific example, there is, for example, a Smart Pad (trademark) which is a handwritten memo tool using the touch pad 6. In this handwritten memo tool, the touchpad 6 is used as an absolute coordinate detecting means, and the handwritten memo input from the touchpad 6 is processed and displayed by a drawing application.

  Furthermore, as a fifth specific example, a schedule management tool can be considered.

  Next, the setting of the jog dial will be described. The operation of the “set up” button in the jog dial window 90 can shift to the jog dial setting screen 300 shown in FIG. For example, an application can be registered in an application list activated from the launcher function. Setting registration is performed by selecting a software registration area 301 and attaching a jog dial mark to a desired application. After that, if the OK button is clicked, the setting registration is completed.

  Next, label software according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The label software according to the present embodiment uses a sticky note attached as a mark to a paper document, and a memo on the sticky note and pasted somewhere and used as a reminder on the desktop of a personal computer. It is an application program that reproduces on the screen. In this embodiment, one sticky note displayed on the desktop screen is called a label, and an application program for displaying a label on the desktop is called the label software.

  The label software according to the present embodiment is an object that can be pasted on the label, which is one sticky note displayed on the desktop, as text such as characters and symbols, images such as still images and moving images, and audio. Functions for handling sounds such as music and music, editing functions for text to be attached to labels, recording / playback functions for sounds to be attached to labels, capture / display functions for images to be attached to labels, and digital cameras and personal computers A function to link with application software for capturing images from the added CCD camera, a function to create a label having a change history as a time management function, and a function to fully support the jog dial for the time management function And the ability to handle links as objects to be attached to labels Eteiru.

  The data structure handled by the label software of this embodiment having these functions includes the following three items: project, label, and object. FIG. 26 shows the relationship between these data.

  The above project is a set of all label data. Usually only one project is created. One project has all past, present, and future label information. However, the label software according to the present embodiment supports the switching and addition of projects in order to provide, for example, sample contents and exchange of project information via the Internet. Details of the project will be described later.

  The label corresponds to one sticky note on the desktop. The label has information from generation to destruction. This information includes all operations that the user has performed on the label through the personal computer from label generation to destruction, such as label resizing, color change, text correction, image change, and sound change. It is information. However, the position information on the screen of the label always has an attribute for displaying in front, but information on the vertical relationship between labels, between windows, and between labels and windows is not retained. The labels can be divided into three types: current labels, past labels, and future labels. The current label is a label whose label creation time is before the current time and has not yet been deleted at the current time. The relationship between the creation time, the current time, and the end (deletion) time in the current label is (creation time ≦ current time <end (deletion) time). The past label is a label that has already been deleted at the current time. The relationship between the creation time, end (deletion) time, and current time in the past label is (creation time <end (deletion) time ≦ current time). The future label is a label that has not been created yet at the time of the current time, and is a label in which the future is set at the creation time. The relationship between the current time, the creation time, and the end (deletion) time in the future label is (current time <creation time <end (deletion) time). Details of the label will be described later.

  The object is data pasted in a label, and specifically includes a text object, an image object, a sound object, a link object, and the like. Details of the object will be described later.

  Next, main components of the desktop screen when the label software of the present embodiment is executed will be described. First, the overall configuration of the screen will be described.

  The label software state (application state) of the present embodiment is roughly divided into the following two states: normal mode and time view mode.

  The normal mode is a state where a label is pasted on the desktop in a state where the time view mode is not set. An example of the desktop screen in the normal mode is shown in FIG. What is indicated by an instruction code L in FIG. 27 is a label. In this normal mode, the label software icon IL of the present embodiment is displayed on the task tray TT of the task bar TB on the desktop screen, and the icon IL is accessed (clicked) with a pointing device such as a mouse. ), It is possible to control all functions of the label software application of the present embodiment.

  The time view mode is a mode in which a time operation can be performed by the label software of the present embodiment, and is divided into the following three states: current mode, past mode, and future mode. FIG. 28 shows an example of the configuration of the desktop screen in the present (Present) mode, FIG. 29 shows an example of the configuration of the desktop screen in the past (Past) mode, and FIG. 30 shows an example of the desktop screen in the future (Future) mode. A configuration example is shown. As shown in FIGS. 28 to 30, in each of the current mode, the past mode, and the future mode, the current state, past state, and future state of the label included in the project are displayed. On the desktop screens of FIGS. 28 to 30, the characters “Present” indicating the current mode, “Past” indicating the past mode, and “future mode” are displayed. "Future" characters are displayed near the center and at the four corners, respectively, so that the user can visually recognize whether the current mode, the past mode, or the future mode. Also in the time view mode, the label software icon IL of the present embodiment is displayed on the task tray TT of the task bar TB on the desktop screen.

When the mode is switched to the time view mode, all areas on the desktop (all monitors when there are a plurality of monitors) are covered with the image by the label software, and the label is displayed thereon. At this time, a time view console TVC for displaying / changing the currently operated time is displayed on the screen. The time view console TVC is displayed at the top of the screen as a standard,
28 to 30 show examples displayed at the bottom of the screen. Hereinafter, the time during which the desktop display is performed in the time view mode is referred to as operation time.

  Next, the window window of the label displayed on the desktop includes a play and pause button, a stop button, a link button, a menu button, an object (text, image, sound) that can be attached to the label, and an icon (alarm). , Repeat) and the like. FIG. 31 shows an example of the window screen of the label L. In the example of the label L shown in FIG. 31, a play / pause button PB, a stop button SB, a link button LB, and a menu button MB are displayed, and further, text, sound, image, and link are pasted in the label L. It represents a rare state. Note that the example of FIG. 31 shows a state when an image is being displayed.

  The playback and pause button PB is a button for instructing to start playback of the sound and pause playback when the label L includes a sound object. That is, when the label L includes a sound object, the sound is played when the play and pause button PB is pressed (clicked with a mouse or the like), and the sound is played and paused during playback of the sound. When the stop button PB is pressed (clicked), playback of the sound is paused. Further, the playback and pause button PB is associated with a tool tip TCt indicating a playback time (time during which sound is recorded) as shown in FIG. 32. For example, the cursor MC has moved over the button PB. Sometimes, a tool tip TCt indicating the reproduction time is displayed.

  The stop button SB is a button for stopping the reproduction of the sound. When the stop button SB is pressed (clicked) during the reproduction of the sound, the reproduction of the sound is stopped.

  The link button LB is a button for opening a linked file associated with the label L or displaying a window in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format. That is, when the file path is set as the link destination address for the label L, when the link button LB in the label window of FIG. 31 is pressed (clicked), the file set in the file path is changed. When a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is specified as a link destination address in the label L, an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format window is displayed when the link button LB is pressed (clicked). Is displayed. Further, the link button LB is associated with a tool tip TCl indicating the link contents (link destination file path and URL) as shown in FIG. 33. For example, when the cursor MC moves on the link button LB. A tooltip TCl indicating the link contents is displayed.

  The menu button MB arranged at the upper right of the label window is a button for displaying a menu of all operations related to the label (for example, file, addition of a new label, time, label, help, etc.). When the menu button MB is pressed (clicked), for example, the menu items (file, addition of a new label, time, label, help, etc.) are displayed as a pull-down menu in the vicinity of the menu button MB. Note that in each part on the label L, when the right mouse button is clicked or when an application key is pressed with focus, the menu (context menu) is the same as when the menu button MB is clicked. ) Items are displayed. Details of the pull-down menu by clicking the menu button MB of the label window and the context menu by application key will be described later.

  Depending on the status and setting of the label, an icon indicating the current state is displayed on the upper right side of the label L (for example, on the left side of the menu button MB). The icons include types such as an alarm icon IA and a repetitive icon IR as shown in FIG. The alarm icon IA is an icon displayed when an alarm is set for the label, and the repeat icon IR is an icon displayed when repeat display is set.

  Further, the label in the time view mode state may be a label for which correction is prohibited. For example, the label of the prohibition of modification is distinguishable from the label that can be modified by changing the color of the edge of the label (changing to a color different from the color of the edge of the label that can be modified). That is, in the present embodiment, the color of the label distinguishes the state of the label that is prohibited to be corrected so that the user can easily understand. As a specific example, the label for which modification is prohibited is distinguished by changing the color of the edge of the label to, for example, “purple” or “blue”. For example, when the color of the edge of the label is “purple”, it indicates that the current label is a label (correction prohibited label) that cannot be corrected in the past mode and the future mode. For example, when the color of the edge of the label is “blue”, this indicates that the label is a past label. Past labels cannot be modified in all modes.

  Next, the time view console TVC has two states: the window in the bar state shown in FIGS. 28 to 30 and 35 described above, and the window in the floating state as shown in FIG. That is, the time view console TVC can be dragged by a pointing device such as a mouse, and when the time view console TVC is moved up or down by the dragging, the bar state as shown in FIG. 28 to FIG. 30 and FIG. It becomes a window, otherwise it becomes a floating window as shown in FIG. Note that the screen configuration changes between the bar state and the floating state, but the function of the time view console TVC is the same.

  The window of the time view console TVC in the bar state as shown in FIG. 35 includes a window title part wt, a year gauge part cg, a current button bb, an operation time display part oti, up / down buttons tub and tdb, time It includes an increase / decrease step selection list box ssl, a time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb, a menu button mb, a close button cb, a help button hb, and a rotation animation portion ra. The rotation animation unit ra is provided at both ends of the window of the time view console TVC in the bar state.

  The window title portion wt is a portion for displaying the title of the window (in this example, the time view), and only the title is displayed. That is, the window title portion wt is provided to clarify that the application that controls the function of the entire screen is the label software.

  The year calendar gauge cg is provided to make it clear to the user which time the label currently displayed corresponds to in the year. The AD gage portion cg is displayed so that the time when the label is displayed on the screen is always in the center of the gauge, and for example, a yellow vertical line le is also displayed to clearly indicate this time. . That is, the time of the central portion of the year gauge section cg is not the actual time (the current time in the real world) but the time corresponding to the past or future (may be the current time) label displayed on the desktop screen. It becomes. The AD gauge section cg in the example of FIG. 35 is a display example when the time when the label is displayed on the screen (the time when the gauge is in the center) is, for example, November 1999. A yellow vertical line le is displayed. Further, in the year gauge section cg, for example, a red vertical line lr is also displayed to indicate the actual time (not the time corresponding to the displayed label but the current time in the real world). In the example of FIG. 35, the red vertical line lr indicating that the actual time (the current time in the real world) is, for example, May 1999 is displayed in the year gauge section cg. Thus, according to the year gauge section cg, the positional relationship between the time corresponding to the displayed label (for example, November 1999) and the actual time (for example, May 1999) can be easily recognized. Has been made.

  The current button bb is a button for instructing to return to the actual time (current time in the real world) from the time corresponding to the displayed label. Therefore, when the current button bb is clicked with, for example, a mouse or the like, the operation time returns to the current time (real world current time). Even if the current time (current time in the real world) is returned by the current button bb, the label software state (application state) maintains the time view mode.

  The operation time display unit oti is a part that displays the time at which the state of the label displayed on the screen is. In the example of FIG. 35, the state of the label at 15: 27: 9 on November 11, 1999 is displayed on the screen.

  The up / down buttons tub and tdb are buttons for increasing / decreasing the time displayed in the operation time display section oti by a specified time increase / decrease unit (time increase / decrease step). Here, for example, when the focus is on the operation time display portion oti and any of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second on the operation time display portion oti is active, the up button When tub is pressed, the value of the part that is in the active state increases in the specified time increase / decrease unit (time increase / decrease step). Conversely, when the down button tdb is pressed, the value of the part that is in the active state is increased. The value decreases in the specified time increment / decrement unit (time increment / decrement step). Further, in the label software of the present embodiment, the same function as the up / down buttons tub and tdb can be realized by rotating the wheel of a mouse with a wheel, moving the cursor key up and down, rotating the jog dial 4, and the like. . That is, in this case, when the focus is on the operation time display part oti and any of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second on the operation time display part oti is in an active state, for example, the wheel When the wheel of the attached mouse is rotated, the up / down cursor key on the keyboard is pressed, or the jog dial 4 is rotated, the value in the active state is changed to the specified time increment / decrement unit (time increment / decrement step). ) To increase / decrease (time increase / decrease).

  The time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl is a portion for displaying the time increase / decrease unit (time increase / decrease step) when increasing / decreasing the time of the operation time display portion oti. In other words, in the time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl, the time that is active in the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, etc. displayed on the operation time display section oti is displayed. The time increment / decrement unit (time increment / decrement step) corresponding to the portion is displayed. In the example of FIG. 35, “*” added after the character of the time increase / decrease unit (time increase / decrease step) displayed in the time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl is the time to which the “*” is added. This indicates that the increment / decrement unit (time increment / decrement step) is currently selected. Here, in the present embodiment, the time increment / decrement unit (time increment / decrement step) is, for example, 100 years, 10 years, 1 year unit, 1 month unit, 1 hour unit, 1 minute unit, 1 second unit, change point unit. Any one of these time increase / decrease steps is displayed in the time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl. In addition, the time increase / decrease in the change point unit means the time when the label is changed due to some operation on the label by the user (for example, the time when the label is moved, the size is changed, the object is corrected, that is, the label on the desktop This means that the time is increased or decreased with the unit from the time when the state changes to the time when the next change occurs to 1 unit. For this reason, when the time is increased or decreased in units of change points, the time interval that changes with a single increase / decrease in time at the change points is not constant.

  The time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb is a button for designating a time increase / decrease step displayed in the time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl by menu selection. In other words, the time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb selects a time display portion to be activated in the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, etc. displayed on the operation time display portion oti. It is a button for. When the time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb is pressed (clicked), a pull-down menu is displayed under the time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb as 100 years, 10 years, 1 year units, 1 month units, 1 The time increment / decrement unit (time increment / decrement step) such as a time unit, a minute unit, a second unit, and a change point unit is displayed. Therefore, by selecting the desired time increment / decrement step from this pull-down menu, the corresponding time display portion is selected from the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second displays on the operation time display section oti. Become active. That is, for example, when a month unit is selected from the pull-down menu of the time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb, the year, month, day, hour, minute, second on the operation time display section oti is displayed. In this state, the value of the month can be changed by rotating the above-mentioned up / down buttons tub and tdb and the wheel of the mouse with the wheel, pressing the up / down cursor key, rotating the jog dial 4 and the like. .

  Further, in the label software of the present embodiment, the same function as the time increase / decrease step selection function by the time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb is performed, for example, pressing of the left / right cursor key on the keyboard or rotation of the wheel of the mouse with a wheel. This can also be realized by rotating the jog dial 4 or the like. That is, in this case, with the focus on the operation time display portion oti, for example, by rotating the wheel of a mouse with a wheel, pressing the left or right cursor key, or rotating the jog dial 4, the operation time is displayed. Any one of the time display portions arranged in the left-right direction on the display unit oti, that is, any of the time display portions of year, month, day, hour, minute, and second can be selected in the active state.

  Further, when the time is increased or decreased by operating the mouse with the wheel, the keyboard, or the jog dial 4 as described above, for example, the continuous operation of the keyboard, the rotation speed of the wheel of the mouse with the wheel, or the rotation speed of the jog dial is detected. Depending on the result, it is also possible to change the method of time advancement and return in an accelerated manner. Thereby, it can move to the target time easily. Note that when the time increase / decrease step selection function is realized by the rotation of the wheel of the mouse with the wheel or the rotation of the jog dial, the selection of the time increase / decrease step is provided for the rotation of the wheel of the mouse with the wheel or the rotation of the jog dial. It is necessary to set up the environment to make it happen.

  Next, the menu button mb is a button for displaying all operation menus related to the project such as file, addition of a new label, time, label, and the like. When the menu button mb is pressed (clicked), an operation menu such as a file, addition of a new label, time, and a label is displayed as a pull-down menu in the vicinity of the menu button mb. Note that in each part on the time view console TVC, when the right mouse button is clicked or when an application key is pressed in a focused state (context menu), the same as when the menu button mb is clicked. Menu items are displayed as follows. Details of the pull-down menu by clicking the menu button mb of the time view console and the context menu by application key will be described later.

  The close button cb is a button for instructing to close the time view console.

  The help button hb is a button for instructing display of a help window used for examining an unclear point when the user operates the label software of the present embodiment.

  The rotation animation part ra is a part for visually indicating to the user that the time is moving by displaying an animation so that the rotation animation part ra rotates as the operation time changes. The direction of rotation is reversed when the time advances to the future and when it returns to the past. FIG. 37 shows only the vicinity of the rotation animation portion ra at the left end of the time view console TVC in a bar state. FIG. 37 shows (a), (b), ( The state where the rotation animation part ra rotates in the order of c) is shown. Thus, by performing the animation display in which the rotation animation unit ra rotates, it is possible to make the user recognize that the time is changing.

  A window of the time view console TVC in a floating state as shown in FIG. 36 includes a window title portion wt for displaying the title of the window (in this example, the time view console), for example, addition of a file, a new label, and time. Window menu part wm for displaying operation menus related to projects such as labels, help, etc., the same year gauge part cg as in the case of a bar state window, the current button bb, and the operation time display part oti The buttons include down buttons tub and tdb, a time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl, and a time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb. In the case of FIG. 36, there is an “x” button as a close button for instructing to close the time view console. Details of the window menu portion wm of the time view console in the floating state will be described later.

  Next, the screen configuration of the label software icon IL of the present embodiment displayed on the task tray TT of the task bar TB on the desktop screen will be described.

  The label software according to the present embodiment is displayed on the label when the cursor is moved on the label software icon IL displayed on the task tray TT and clicks by, for example, pressing the left button of the mouse are repeated. On the other hand, the “display all” state and the “hide all” state are executed alternately. In addition, the label software of the present embodiment is configured so that when a double click is performed by continuously pressing the left button of the mouse twice while the cursor is moved on the icon IL, the user preliminarily sets the environment by setting the environment. The designated default operation (for example, adding a new label, adding a new label and recording sound, adding a new label and acquiring a captured image, entering a time view mode, etc.) is executed. Also, the label software of the present embodiment displays a menu of all operations related to the project of the label software when a click is made by pressing the right button of the mouse while the cursor is moved on the icon IL. . FIG. 38 shows a display example of the operation menu when the “display all” state is specified for the label in the normal mode, and FIG. 39 shows “hide all” for the label in the normal mode. 40 shows a display example of the operation menu in the past mode, and FIG. 41 shows a display example of the operation menu in the future mode.

  In addition, the icon IL is designed to have different designs or colors in the current mode, the past mode, and the future mode. Also in the current mode, there are icons with different designs in the “hide all” state and the “display all” state. Is displayed. For example, FIG. 42A shows an example of the current mode icon IL, FIG. 42B shows an example of the past mode icon IL, and FIG. 42C shows an example of the future mode icon IL. FIG. 42 (d) shows an example of the icon IL in the “hide all” state in the current mode. As a result, the user can visually know the current state without performing an operation of opening the menu of the task tray TT (the menu of FIGS. 38 to 41). Details of the menu in the icon IL on the task tray TT will be described later.

  In the label software of the present embodiment, the main menu itself does not exist, but various menus as described above are displayed under various conditions. The menu is displayed on the menu button MB on the label L, the menu button mb on the time view console TVC, and the context menu (menu displayed by clicking the right button of the mouse and pressing an application key).

  First, a pull-down menu item by clicking the menu button MB of the label window will be described. The menu by the menu button MB of the label window includes menu items for all operations related to the label. The operation menu items related to the label include “Time view mode”, “Text”, “Sound”, “Image”, “Memo”, “Link”, “Label”, “Align”, “Background color”, “Layout” ”,“ Property ”,“ File ”, and“ Delete Label ”items.

  The menu item of “time view” is for switching display / non-display of the time view console described above.

  The above-mentioned menu item of “Text” is for editing the text by the above word processor software, etc., “Text Edit”, “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “Delete”, “Word Wrap” ”And“ Font ”. In the “text editing” item, the text pasted on the label can be edited on the dialog. In the “cut” item, the text pasted on the label can be cut to the clipboard. In the “Copy” item, the text pasted on the label can be copied to the clipboard. In the “Paste” item, the text on the clipboard can be pasted on the label. In the “delete” item, the text pasted on the label can be deleted. In the “word wrap” item, word wrap is performed when displaying text. In the “Font” item, a font used for text display can be set.

  The “Sound” menu items above are for operating sound. “Play”, “Pause”, “Stop”, “Record”, “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “ Each item is “Delete”. In the “playback” item, the sound object can be played using, for example, the music-related operation tool described above. In the “pause” item, it is possible to pause the sound during playback. In the item of “stop”, a stop operation can be performed during sound playback / pause. In the “Recording” item, a new sound can be recorded. In the “cut” item, it is possible to cut the sound object pasted on the label to the clipboard. In the “Copy” item, the sound object pasted on the label can be copied to the clipboard. In the “Paste” item, the sound object on the clipboard can be pasted on the label. In the “delete” item, the sound object can be deleted.

  The menu items for “Image” above are for operations on images. “Display captured image”, “Shot”, “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “Delete”, “Original” Each item is “Change to Size”. In the item “display captured image”, for example, an application for capturing an image such as the above-described still image / moving image capturing tool or the like is started, and the finder can be displayed. In the “shot” item, the captured image can be pasted on the label. In the “Cut” item, the image pasted on the label can be cut out on the clipboard. In the “Copy” item, the image pasted on the label can be copied to the clipboard. In the “Paste” item, an image on the clipboard can be pasted on a label. In the “delete” item, an image attached to the label can be deleted. In the “set to original size” item, the image can be displayed in the original size.

  The menu item of “Memo” is, for example, for the operation of the handwritten memo with the above-mentioned handwritten memo tool, and “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “Delete”, “Start”, “Original” Each item is “Set to size”. In the “cut” item, the handwritten memo attached to the label can be cut to the clipboard. In the “Copy” item, the handwritten memo pasted on the label can be copied to the clipboard. In the “Paste” item, a handwritten memo on the clipboard can be pasted on a label. In the “delete” item, the handwritten memo attached to the label can be deleted. In the “activation” item, for example, a handwritten memo application that reads a handwritten input via a touchpad can be activated. In the “set to original size” item, the image of the handwritten memo can be displayed in the original size.

  The “link” menu item is for the operation of the link, and “link edit”, “open link”, “cut”, “copy”, “paste”, and “delete” items. is there. In the “link edit” item, the link pasted on the label can be edited on the dialog. In the “open link” item, it is possible to open a link corresponding to the file path or URL attached to the label. For example, in the case of a Web page, the browser can be activated to display the page. The “Cut” item can cut the link pasted on the label to the clipboard. In the “Copy” item, the link pasted on the label can be copied to the clipboard. In the “Paste” item, the link on the clipboard can be pasted on the label. In the “delete” item, the link attached to the label can be deleted.

  The “label” menu item is for operations related to the label, and includes items “always forward” and “rearward”. In the “always on front” item, the label can be set to always be displayed on the front side. In the “backward” item, the label can be displayed at the back.

  The menu item "Align" above is for the operation of aligning labels. The items "Align to the left edge of the screen", "Align to the top edge of the screen", "Align to the right edge of the screen", "Align to the bottom edge of the screen" There is. In each of these items, labels can be aligned on the left end, top end, right end, and bottom end of the screen.

  The “background color” menu item is for the operation of the background color of the label, and the label background color can be set by selecting the “background color” menu item.

  The menu items in the above "Layout" are for label layout operations, such as "Relay by default", "Custom layout", "Scale to fit label size", "Maintain image aspect ratio", There are items “Set image to original size” and “Set handwritten image to original size”. In the “relay by default” item, relayout is possible with the default layout. In the “custom layout” item, the user can perform layout. In the “Expand / contract according to label size” item, when the label size is changed, the pasted object can be expanded / contracted according to the label size. In the “Maintain image aspect ratio” item, the aspect ratio of the original image can be maintained when the image is resized. In the “Set image to original size” item, the image can be displayed in the original size. In the “Set handwritten image to original size” item, the handwritten image can be displayed in the original size.

  The “Property” menu item can display label properties.

  The “File” menu item is for file operations, and includes “Import” and “Export” items. In the “import” item, file data (text data, image data, sound data) can be pasted. In the “Export” item, object data can be written to a file.

  With the menu item “Delete Label”, the label can be deleted.

  Next, the context menu by the application key on the label window will be described. The content of the context menu in the label window changes depending on which position on the label is clicked with the right mouse button. That is, whether the position clicked by the right mouse button is on the “text object”, the “image object”, the play / pause button PB or the stop button SB (that is, the “sound object”), or the link The menu contents change depending on whether the button LB (that is, “link object”), “handwritten image”, or other place (“label”). The menu items displayed at five locations on these labels will be described below. Note that the content actually executed is the same as that described for the button menu MB on the label L described above, and is therefore omitted.

  The context menu on the above "Text Object" includes "Text Edit", "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Delete", "Word Wrap", "Font", "Import File", " Each item of "Export file".

  The context menu on “Image Object” above includes “Display Capture Image”, “Shot”, “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “Delete”, “Set to Original Size”, “ There are items of "Import File" and "Export File".

  The context menu on the above "Sound Object" includes "Play", "Pause", "Stop", "Record", "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Delete", "Import File" ”And“ Export file ”.

  The context menu on the “link object” includes items “link edit”, “open link”, “cut”, “copy”, “paste”, and “delete”.

  The context menu on the “handwritten image” includes items “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “Delete”, “Activate”, and “Set to Original Size”.

  The context menu on the “Label” above includes “Insert / Edit”, “Always in front”, “Backward”, “Align”, “Background color”, “Layout”, “Properties”, “Import file”, There are items "Export file" and "Delete label". The “insert / edit” item further includes items of “text editing”, “recording”, “shot”, “link editing”, “display captured image”, and “from clipboard”. The “alignment” items include “alignment at the left end of the screen”, “alignment at the upper end of the screen”, “alignment at the right end of the screen”, and “alignment at the lower end of the screen”. The "Layout" items include "Relay by default", "Custom layout", "Scale to fit label size", "Maintain image aspect ratio", "Set image to original size", "Handwriting" Each item is “Set image to original size”.

  The context menu on "Custom Layout" above includes "Relay by default", "Scale to fit label size", "Maintain image aspect ratio", "Set image to original size", "Handwriting" There are items "Set image to original size" and "End editing".

  Next, a pull-down menu item by clicking the menu button mb of the time view console in the bar state will be described. The menu by the menu button mb of the time view console includes menu items for all operations related to the time view mode. The operation menu items in the time view console include “add new label”, “current time”, “advance time”, “return time”, “time increase / decrease interval”, “time view sound”, “capture image” "Display", "Label", "Alignment", "Project", "Settings", "Search Help", "About Label Software", and "Close Console". Note that descriptions of menus that overlap with task tray icons described later are omitted.

  In the “add new label” item, it is possible to add a label created at the operation time (but after the current time). The “add new label” item includes “text label”, “sound label”, “from captured image”, “from clipboard”, and “from import file”.

  The item “current time” can be set to be linked to the current time.

  In the item “advance time”, the time can be advanced by one in the future direction in the set time increment / decrement step.

  In the item “return time”, the time can be advanced by one in the past in the set time increment / decrement step.

  In the item “time increase / decrease interval”, the time increase / decrease step used to increase / decrease the time can be set to the designated time increase / decrease step. The item of “time increase / decrease interval” includes “100 years”, “10 years”, “1 year”, “January”, “1 day”, “1 hour”, “1 minute”, There are items of “1 second” and “change point”. According to the item “change point”, as described above, the process moves to a step in which the label state has changed, such as label generation / correction / discard, and the time interval is not constant.

  The “label” item includes “display all”, “hide all”, and “delete all” items.

  The “alignment” items include “alignment to the left edge of the screen”, “alignment to the top edge of the screen”, “alignment to the right side of the screen”, and “alignment to the bottom edge of the screen”.

  The “project” items include “new generation”, “open”, “close”, “import”, “export”, and “property” items.

  With the item “close console”, the time view console can be deleted and the current state can be restored.

  Next, window menu items of the time view console in the floating state will be described. The window menu items of the time view console in the rotating state include items of “file”, “add new label”, “time”, “label”, and “help”.

  The “File” item has the following items: “Show Captured Image”, “Project”, “Time View Sound”, “Settings”, “Close Console”, and “Project” item. , “New generation”, “Open”, “Close”, “Import”, “Export”, and “Property”.

  The item “time view sound” includes “setting” and “close console” items.

  The item “add new label” includes the items “text label”, “sound label”, “from captured image”, “from clipboard”, and “from import file”.

  The item of “time” includes “current time”, “advance time”, “return time”, “100 years”, “10 years”, “1 year”, “January”, “1 day”. , “1 hour”, “1 minute”, “1 second”, and “change point”.

  In the item of “Label” above, “Align to left edge of screen”, “Align to top edge of screen”, “Align to right side of screen”, “Align to bottom edge of screen”, “Display all”, “Hide all”, “Delete all” There are each item.

  The “Help” items include “Help search” and “About label software”.

  Next, a context menu by application keys on the time view console will be described. The content that is actually executed is the same as that described for the menu button mb on the time view console described above, and is therefore omitted.

  The context menu on the time view console has the following items: “current time”, “advance time”, “return time”, “time increase / decrease interval”, “time view sound”, and “close console” is there. The item of “Time increase / decrease interval” includes “100 years”, “10 years”, “1 year”, “January”, “1 day”, “1 hour”, “1 minute”, “1 second”. And “change point”.

  Next, a context menu by application keys on the background window in the time view mode will be described. The content that is actually executed is the same as that described for the menu button mb on the time view console described above, and is therefore omitted.

  The context menu on the background window in the time view mode includes “add new label”, “current time”, “advance time”, “return time”, “time increase / decrease interval”, “close console” There are each item.

  In the item of “Add new label” above, it is possible to add a label that will be created at the operation time (but after the current time), “Text label”, “Sound label”, “From captured image”, “From clipboard” Each item is “From Import File”. The item of “time increase / decrease interval” includes “100 years”, “10 years”, “1 year”, “January”, “1 day”, “1 hour”, “1 minute”, “1”. There are items of “second” and “change point”.

  Next, the context menu with the label software icon displayed on the task tray TT will be described.

  The context menu with icons on the task tray TT includes “add new label”, “time view mode”, “time view sound”, “display captured image”, “label”, “alignment”, “project”. , “Setting”, “Search Help”, “About Label Software”, and “End”.

  The item “add new label” includes the items “text label”, “sound label”, “from captured image”, “from clipboard”, and “from import file”. In the item “text label”, an empty label can be created and placed on the desktop. In addition, when the label software is set to display the creation time, the creation time is inserted. In the “sound label” item, a label can be created and placed on the desktop, and sound recording starts immediately after the label is created. When the label software is set to display the creation time, the creation time is inserted. In the item “From Captured Image”, it is possible to acquire a captured image from a captured image capturing application, create a label using the captured image, and place the label on the desktop. If the label software is set to display the creation time, the creation time is inserted. In the item “From Clipboard”, it is possible to create a new label from data on the clipboard and place it on the desktop. Clipboard formats that can be handled here are text, images, and notes from handwriting applications. If the label software is set to display the creation time, the creation time is inserted. When the clipboard data is text, the creation time is displayed in the first line, and the text in the clipboard is displayed from the second line. In the item “From Import File”, it is possible to create a new label from file data and place it on the desktop. The file formats that can be handled here are text, images, sounds, and notes from handwriting applications. If the label software is set to display the creation time, the creation time is inserted.

  In the item “time view mode”, display / non-display of the time view console can be switched.

  In the item of “time view sound”, the sound flowing in the time view mode can be switched on / off.

  In the “display captured image” item, a capture image capture application is started, and an image capture finder can be displayed.

  The “label” item includes “display all”, “hide all”, and “delete all” items. In the “display all” item, all labels can be displayed. In the “Hide All” item, all labels can be temporarily hidden. When the label software icon IL on the task tray TT is accessed, this attribute is reset and all labels are displayed. This attribute is also reset when the label software is restarted. In the “delete all” item, all labels currently displayed can be deleted.

  The “alignment” items include “alignment to the left edge of the screen”, “alignment to the top edge of the screen”, “alignment to the right side of the screen”, and “alignment to the bottom edge of the screen”. According to these items, it is possible to arrange the currently displayed labels at the respective locations in the order of label creation.

  The “project” items include “new generation”, “open”, “close”, “import”, “export”, and “property” items. In the item “Create New”, it is possible to close a currently opened project and create a new project. In the “Open” item, it is possible to close the currently opened project and open another project. In the “Close” item, the currently opened project can be closed. In the “import” item, it is possible to add a label of another project in the archive format to the currently opened project. In the “Export” item, a project can be exported as a single file (archive). In the “Property” item, it is possible to display the properties of the project.

  In the “setting” item, a label, default layout, sound, image, and environment can be set.

  Help can be displayed in the item “search for help”.

  In the item “about label software”, version information of the label software can be displayed.

  In the “end” item, the label software can be ended.

  Next, in the label software of the present embodiment, “operation on the project”, “operation on the label”, “operation on the time view”, “operation on the keyboard / mouse”, and “operation on the jog dial” are possible.

  First, “operation on the project” will be described.

  A project manages all labels belonging to that project. In the label software of the present embodiment, one project is always opened when displaying and manipulating labels.

  In the label software of the present embodiment, a project is created at the first activation and when a new project creation is selected from the menu. When creating a new project, the project name is determined, and if an existing project exists, it is closed and a new project is opened.

  One project is composed of a project file and a label file or a project archive file. The project file has information on the entire project and a list of labels, and one project file exists.

  The label file has information about individual labels such as object information, and one file exists for one label. The project archive file is a collection of project information and information on a plurality of labels included in the project, and is created when the project is exported. The content is a project archive prepared in advance, and content can be included in a newly created project when the project is created. The project file and the label file belonging to the project exist in the same folder.

  When creating the project, for example, a dialog as shown in FIG. 43 is displayed, and the user inputs the project name in the dialog. In FIG. 43, the project name is the lowest folder name of the project and is input as the project file name. Note that existing project names cannot be used. For this project name, for example, a project comment of up to 127 characters can be input.

  When creating the project, a folder with the project name is created, and a project file is created under it. The project just created does not have any labels. However, if the content is specified to be included, the label information is taken from the archive. The operation of importing this content is the same as the project import described later. At the time of project creation, time information at the time of project creation is recorded as internal data.

  The project is opened when the label software of the present embodiment is activated and when a designation is made from the console menu. When starting the label software, the project that was open at the end of the previous session is opened. When a project is opened, labels belonging to the project are displayed on the desktop based on time information and position information. Also, it is not possible to open more than one project at the same time, so if there is a project that was previously open, that project will be closed.

  When the project is closed, the currently open project is closed. At that time, all labels belonging to the open project are closed.

  Next, importing a project is adding all labels contained in another project in archive format to the currently open project. When importing the project, when the import menu is designated, a file dialog is first opened, and a project archive file to be added by the user is designated in the file dialog. When the project archive file is selected, a filter is executed to check the archive type of each label. The label archive types include the following types: “No correction”, “Set current time as start time”, and “Ask the user for start time”. Note that an archive type of “no correction” is imported as it is without correcting the archive information.

  When asking the user for the start time, as a dialog for setting the time at the time of import, for example, as shown in FIG. 44, a dialog indicating the explanation of the input time and the minimum time unit to be specified is displayed. The start time is input from the user by this dialog.

  Next, when the start time is input from the user in the dialog shown in FIG. 44, the dialog shown in FIG. 45, for example, is opened after the filter is executed. The dialog shown in FIG. 45 is a project import dialog that displays information about the project. At this time, when import is executed, the data of all labels of the selected project archive are copied together with the label file to the currently opened project.

If there are labels to import that have the same history as the labels that exist in the current project, or all of one history exactly matches the other partial history, For example, a dialog for designating an import method as shown in FIG. 46 is displayed. On the dialog of FIG. 46, it is displayed whether it is completely the same or which has a long history. In the example of FIG. 46, it is possible to select a desired item from the items “Do not import label”, “Overwrite with label of import file”, and “Make a copy of label”.
Next, in the label software of the present embodiment, as a project export, the labels included in the project can be collectively stored in one archive file that can be imported into another project. When exporting the project, for example, a project export dialog as shown in FIG. 47 is displayed on the desktop. In the dialog of FIG. 47, the user exports “export file name”, “whether the exported label is deleted from the current project”, “all labels are exported, or is generated within a specified time range, Each setting of whether to export a label including both deletion times is made, and a project archive file is created. Note that the number of labels to be exported is displayed at the bottom of the screen of the dialog in FIG. Here, label export means that all the history of the label is exported.

  Next, when the property of the project is selected by the user, the label software of the present embodiment displays a dialog as shown in FIG. 48 on the desktop, for example. In this dialog, each item of "Project Folder", "Project Comment", "Project Creation Time, Last Update Time", "Number of Labels (Overall, Past, Present, Future)", "Label Existence Range" Is displayed. The project folder name is displayed in “Project folder”, and the description of the project set at the time of new creation is displayed in “Project comment”. The information in this “project comment” can be edited. The “label existence range” indicates the label existence range, and indicates the range from the oldest history (the creation time of the oldest label) to the newest history among all the labels. If there is a label for which the deletion time is not specified, a check mark is added to the item “there is a label whose deletion time is undetermined”.

  Next, “operation for label” will be described.

  The "operations on the label" include "New", "Add Object", "Modify Object", "Layout", "Align", "Property", "Import / Export Object", "Delete Label" Are possible.

  In the “new creation” operation for the label, when a new label is created, an object to be inserted first can be designated. Newly created labels include “text label”, “sound label”, “from captured image capturing software”, “from clipboard”, and “from import file”. In addition to the above objects, the label creation time is displayed as a text object on the newly created label. Whether to display the creation time can be set on the setting screen. Each object is displayed according to a default layout described later. The display position of the newly created label is automatically determined. At the same time as the creation of a new label, a label file for storing the label information is created.

  Further, “new creation” includes new creation in the future mode. That is, in the time view mode, a label created in the future (future label) can be added. In the new creation in the future mode, first, when creation of a new label is selected by the user, a new label property screen as shown in FIG. 49 is displayed. On the property screen of FIG. 49, the user can newly create a future label by setting the label start time, end time, repetition setting, and alarm. Note that the default value of the display time of the property screen in FIG. 49 is the operation time at that time, and continuation is checked (ON).

  In the “add object” operation for the label, an object can be added to the currently displayed label. Here, in order to insert a new object, the user designates the menu items of “text”, “sound”, “image”, “handwritten memo”, and “link” from the menu button on the label. . The text menu item above allows text editing, pasting, import file, and drag and drop operations. The sound menu item above allows recording, import file, and drag and drop operations. It is possible to perform the shot, paste, import file, and drag and drop operations in the “image” menu item, and the paste operation in the “link” in the “handwritten memo” menu item. In the menu action, link edit, paste, import file, and drag and drop operations are possible. Note that two or more objects of the same type cannot exist for each label.

  Further, in the “add object” operation for the label, “add object by drag and drop”, “add object position and size”, and “add at time view” are also possible.

  In the above “adding objects by drag and drop”, when a file icon of text, sound, or image is dragged and dropped to a place other than the link button of the label, each object is inserted into the label. Also, if you drag and drop an arbitrary file icon on the label while holding down the control key (Ctrl key) and shift key (Shift key) on the keyboard at the same time, or drag and drop on the link button, the path of the file is changed. Added as a link object.

  In the above “Addition of object position and size”, the size and position of the added object follow the parameters of the default layout. When it is set so that the text object and the image object do not overlap, when either object is newly added, it is inserted below the existing object.

  In the above “addition in time view mode”, when the time view mode is the current mode, the same operation as in the normal mode can be performed. When the time view mode is the future mode, an object can be added to the future label. Only the final result of the object addition operation is recorded, and is the initial setting when the label is displayed. For labels that cannot be added, the label frame is displayed in purple (current label) or blue (past label) as described above.

  In the "Modify Object" operation for the above label, "Modify Text" and "Sound Modify", "Modify Image", "Modify Handwritten Memo", "Modify Link", "Modify in Time View Mode" ”And“ Paste from clipboard ”are possible.

  In the “text correction” described above, when the user selects a text editing item from the menu button MB or the context menu mb, and further selects the menu, for example, editing with the current text as shown in FIG. Dialog will be opened. In the dialog shown in FIG. 50, text editing menus include “file”, “edit”, and “insert” menus. The above "File" includes "Import File" and "End Text Editing". The above "Import File" allows you to select and insert a text file, and "End Text Editing" closes the text editing screen. , Text content can be reflected on the label. The “Edit” menu items include “Undo”, “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste”, “Delete”, and “Select All” items. The “Insert” menu item has “Current time and date” and “Created time and date” items. In “Current time and date”, the current (real time) date and time is inserted, In "Time and date", the label creation time is inserted.

  The “sound correction” can be performed when the user can select recording from the menu button MB or the context menu. At this time, as shown in FIG. 51, the tooltip TCe indicating the recording time and the maximum recording time is displayed on the label, and the playback button PB is changed to the recording button RB, thereby recording to the user. Inform them that they are inside. Here, when the recording button RB is pressed during recording, recording is paused, and by pressing again, recording can be continued from there. In the “sound correction”, overwriting is performed on the existing sound data.

  In the above “correction of image”, the label software of the present embodiment cannot correct an existing image object. Therefore, to change (correct) an image, an existing image object is replaced by inserting the image object.

  In order to directly correct the handwritten memo created by the handwritten memo application as the “correction of handwritten memo”, first, the start of the handwritten memo application is selected from the menu button MB or the context menu, and the handwritten memo application is selected. After editing, the edited memo is realized by selecting the menu button MB or pasting of the context menu and newly inserting it into the label.

  The “link correction” can be performed by the user selecting a link editing item from the menu button MB or the context menu. That is, when a menu is selected by the user, the label software of the present embodiment displays an editing dialog having a current link as shown in FIG. 52 on the desktop, for example. The link edit dialog has an edit box EB and a file reference button. In the edit box EB of the dialog, URLs such as file and folder paths and home page addresses are described. For example, when a “file reference button” is pressed, a file dialog is displayed. By selecting a file for which a link is to be created, the path to the file is entered in the edit box EB. Menu items in the link edit dialog include “file” and “edit”. The “File” menu item has “reference” and “end link editing” items. The “reference” item is selected from the file dialog and is the same as the file reference button. In the “end editing” item, the link correction screen is closed and the link contents are reflected in the label. In addition, the "Edit" menu items include "Undo", "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Delete", and "Select all" items. These are operations, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  As the “correction in time view mode”, in the time view mode, an object can be corrected for a label that is newly displayed in the future. Only the final result of the object correction operation is recorded, which is the initial setting when the label is displayed.

  In the above “Paste from clipboard”, text on the clipboard, bitmap image, WAVE file, and handwritten memo file can be pasted on a label. If there is only one object in the clipboard that can be pasted on the label, that object is pasted. If there are two or more objects in the clipboard that can be pasted on the label, for example, a dialog as shown in FIG. 53 is displayed on the desktop. Here, a check box of data existing on the clipboard is enabled and the checked data is pasted as a label object.

  Next, the “layout” of the operation for the label is determined based on the default layout. However, the default layout setting is used when a label is created and when a new object is added. The default layout is also used when the user explicitly selects a re-layout command.

The default layout is “label size (X × Y)”, “text margin (left edge, top edge, right edge)”, “image margin (left edge, top edge, right edge)”, “layout so that text and images do not overlap. "," Setting for size change (relay, maintain the aspect ratio of the image) ". The “label size” is used as a maximum size in the horizontal direction and a minimum size in the vertical direction. Further, the “text margin” and “image margin” are defined as shown in FIG. 54 and set by the dialog shown in FIG. The vertical size of each object is determined by the data of the object, and expands and contracts. If the text object and image object overlap as a result of the above expansion and contraction, the lower object can be moved further downward by setting, so that it does not overlap (Setting item: Layout so that text and image do not overlap) To do).
There are two settings as the operation when the size of the label is changed. The first “re-layout” re-lays out the object when the label size is changed. If it is not set, the size of the internal object is not changed even if the size of the label is changed. The second “Maintain image aspect ratio” is a setting for whether or not to maintain the aspect ratio when the image size is changed due to the re-layout. The above settings are performed on the default label layout screen of the label software setting dialog of the present embodiment shown in FIG. In addition to numerical input, as shown in FIG. 56, a sample can be set and displayed by dragging.

  Further, according to the label software of the present embodiment, the user can freely customize the layout for each label in addition to the default layout. For example, when a custom layout item is provided as a menu item and the custom layout is executed, the label L is displayed as shown in FIG. 57, for example. At this time, a circumscribed dotted frame is drawn on each object, and the object can be moved by dragging and dropping the mouse inside the frame. Further, according to the label software of the present embodiment, the size of the object can also be changed. To change the size, click the object to select it, and when it is selected, the label border changes from a dotted line to a solid line, and handles (for example, small black squares) are displayed at the four corners and four sides. At this time, the size of the object can be changed by dragging and dropping the handle.

  In the label software of this embodiment, when changing the size of the label, if the automatic expansion / contraction is ON and the aspect ratio maintenance is ON, the left and right margins are always constant unless the image becomes the minimum size. Text, and the margins of the four corners are always kept constant. In this case, the vertical direction of the image may protrude outside the label window in order to maintain the aspect ratio of the image. When automatic expansion / contraction is turned on and aspect ratio maintenance is turned off, the margins at the four corners are always kept constant unless the text and image become the minimum size. In addition, when automatic expansion / contraction is turned off and aspect ratio maintenance is turned on or off, text and images may protrude outside the window. In all these cases, when the default layout is selected, the label size, text, left and right of the image, and the top margin are set to default values. The height of the label, text, and image is automatically adjusted to a value that can sufficiently display the text and image. Here, the value that can sufficiently display text indicates a value that can display all text. The value that the image can be sufficiently displayed means a value that can display all the aspect ratios correctly. A bottom margin of the same size as the top margin is added to the label.

  Next, “alignment” of the operation for the label includes “alignment at the left end of the screen”, “alignment at the upper end of the screen”, “alignment at the right end of the screen”, and “alignment at the lower end of the screen”. In the above-mentioned “alignment with the left end of the screen”, the labels are displayed side by side in the order from the upper left of the screen. When it reaches the bottom of the screen, it is shifted to the right and arranged in the same way. In the above “alignment at the upper end of the screen”, the labels are displayed side by side in the order from the upper left of the screen. When it reaches the right edge of the screen, shift it down one row and arrange it in the same way. In the above “alignment to the right end of the screen”, the labels are displayed in order from the upper right end of the screen in the downward direction. When it reaches the bottom of the screen, shift it one step to the left and arrange it in the same way. In the above “alignment to the bottom of the screen”, the labels are displayed side by side in the order from the bottom left of the screen. When it reaches the right edge of the screen, shift it up one row and arrange it in the same way. The labels are arranged in the order registered in the project label list (in order of creation time). The labels are aligned so as not to overlap each other, and the size of the labels is not changed.

  Next, in the “property” of the operation for the label, a label property dialog as shown in FIG. 49 is displayed. The display contents of the property include “label number”, “history count”, “valid period”, “repetitive label setting”, and “alarm setting”. In the “label number”, a unique label number in the project is displayed. This label number is managed by the label software of the present embodiment and cannot be changed by the user. The “number of histories” displays the number of times the label has been modified since it was created. The “valid period” includes “creation time” and “deletion time”. In the “creation time”, a label creation time is displayed. This “creation time” cannot be changed except when a future label is newly created. In the “deletion time”, the time at which the label is deleted is displayed. This “deletion time” is valid only when continuation is checked. The “repetition label setting” includes “repetition interval and unit”, “next display start time”, and “next display end time”. The “alarm setting” includes “alarm activation time”.

  In the label software of the present embodiment, the following “continuation / non-continuation”, “repetition setting”, and “alarm setting” settings for the label can be changed on the label property screen. In the “continuation / non-continuation” item, the label deletion time can be designated in the case of non-continuation, and the label is automatically deleted at the designated time. In the “repetition setting” item, it is possible to perform repetition setting by checking “use periodic repetition label” in FIG. In the “repetition setting” item, a repetition interval, a display start time, and a display end time can be set. In the “alarm setting” item, the alarm display time is set relative to the label start time. The actual alarm time is displayed under the alarm setting.

  In the label software of the present embodiment, display and non-display can be repeated at regular intervals on the same label. To make a repeat label, check “Regular repeat label (repeat periodically)” on the label property screen of FIG. 49, and set the repeat interval, repeat display time, and non-display time. For example, when a label is displayed every day at 12:00 for 5 minutes, the setting is as follows.

Repeat: 1 day interval Next display start time: YYYY / MM / DD (current date) 12:00:00
Next display end time: YYYY / MM / DD (current date) 12:05:00
In the label software of the present embodiment, for example, if each frame image of a moving image is pasted to a plurality of labels, and each of these labels is set to be sequentially displayed in a short time at the same position, an animation is obtained. Display is possible.
In the label software of the present embodiment, an alarm event can be notified to the user before or after the start of a specific label by using an alarm. In order to notify the alarm, the alarm is checked on the property screen of the label in FIG. 49, and the alarm time is set. When the alarm time is set in this way, an alarm dialog as shown in FIG. 58 is displayed on the desktop when the time specified by the alarm is reached. In this alarm dialog, an alarm time and a label generation time are displayed. By operating this alarm dialog, the user can select whether to turn off the alarm or sound it again. Also, if the item “Close the dialog and then time the label generation time after checking the dialog” in the dialog of FIG. 58 is checked and the OK button is pressed, the time view mode is entered and the operation time is set to the label generation time. .

  Next, as an “object import / export” operation for the label, the label can import and display text, sound, and image files. The operation when imported is the same as the addition and modification of objects. Also, only the data of the label object can be taken out as an export file. The file formats that each object can import and export are “text: text format (extension: .txt)”, “sound: WAVE format (extension: .wav)”, “image: bitmap format (extension: .bmp) ”,“ GIF format (extension: .gif) ”, and“ JPEG format (extension: .jpg) ”. When exporting, an object to be exported is determined based on the extension of the export file.

  Next, “deletion of label” of the operation for the label includes deletion of the current label and deletion of the future label.

  When deletion of the current label is selected, the current time is recorded as the end time and is deleted from the screen. However, the label file is not deleted, and the label can be displayed by returning to the past in the time view mode. When the label is deleted in the future mode of the time view mode, a dialog as shown in FIG. 59 is displayed, and it is possible to select whether to set the operation time to the end time or to delete at the current time.

  When the deletion of the future label is selected, a dialog for deleting the future label as shown in FIG. 60 is opened, and it is possible to select whether to set the operation time to the end time or to completely delete the label. When deleting a label completely, the file and record of the label are deleted, and the label is never displayed again in the time view mode.

  Since the past label has already been deleted, it cannot be further deleted.

  Next, “operation for time view” will be described.

  In the time view mode, the above-described time view console TVC is displayed, and the time operation in the time view mode is performed from the time view console TVC. As described above, the transition to the time view mode is performed by displaying the time view console TVC. The time view console TVC receives a command from the context menu of the label soft icon IL of the tray tray TT or the menu of the label. It is displayed by executing.

  After shifting to the time view mode, as described above, the time can be increased or decreased by operating, for example, the up / down buttons tub and tdb of the time view console TVC or a menu. The unit in which the time is changed by increasing / decreasing the time depends on the setting of the time increasing / decreasing unit (time increasing / decreasing step) described above.

  Further, the label software of the present embodiment cannot create a past label or correct a past label. Although past labels cannot be corrected, labels can be moved / label sizes can be changed. However, this operation is not recorded in the project. In addition, the label returns to the original position / original size immediately after the operation is completed (for example, immediately after the mouse is dragged). This operation is for temporarily moving / resizing, for example, to see the overlapped lower label.

  Also, in the label software of the present embodiment, a new label can be created as a future label unlike the past label (future label). If you create a future label, it will disappear from the desktop when you return to the present. However, when the current time is the time to create a future label, it will appear on the desktop again. Therefore, it can be used as a simple reminder by creating a future label. The future label can be corrected in the same way as at the current time. However, unlike the case of the current time, the correction history is not recorded, and only the corrected final result is stored. Therefore, when corrections are made in the future, the final result is used as a parameter at the time of label generation.

  The end of the time view mode is performed by pressing the close button cb of the time view console TVC or selecting “Close time view console” from the menu.

  In the time view mode, the time view sound that flows at the time of transition to the time view mode and at the end time can be turned on / off from the menu.

  Next, “operation on the keyboard / mouse” will be described.

  According to the label software of the present embodiment, various shortcut keys are set as operations specific to the keyboard.

  For example, when the control key (Ctrl key) and the tab key (Tab key) are pressed at the same time, or when the shift key (Shift key), the control key (Ctrl key) and the tab key (Tab key) are pressed at the same time, The operation of changing the vertical relation of the window of the label displayed on is realized. Note that the operation at this time varies depending on the number of labels currently present. For example, if the number of labels is 1 or less, nothing is done. However, a predetermined sound is generated to indicate that the operation is invalid. For example, when there are two or more labels, pressing the control key and the tab key at the same time moves the label at the forefront to the back of the label. In addition, by pressing the shift key, the control key, and the tab key at the same time, the label at the back is moved to the front of the label.

  For example, when the delete key (Del key) is pressed, the label having the current focus is deleted. Displays a dialog asking if you want to delete the label before deleting it.

  When the escape key (Esc key) is pressed, the currently focused label is temporarily hidden. The hidden label is displayed again the next time the time is changed.

  When the control key and B key are pressed at the same time, the console is closed in the time view mode. When the control key and the D key are pressed at the same time, the label having the current focus is laid out by default. When the control key and the E key are pressed at the same time, the text editing of the currently focused label is opened. When the control key and the L key are pressed at the same time, the link of the label having the current focus is opened. When the control key and N key are pressed simultaneously, a text label is created. When the control key and the O key are pressed at the same time, the sound of the currently focused label is stopped. When the control key and the P key are pressed simultaneously, the sound of the label having the current focus is reproduced. When the control key and the R key are pressed at the same time, recording of the label having the current focus is started. When the control key and the T key are pressed at the same time, the time view mode is entered / exited. When the control key and the V key are pressed at the same time, the contents of the clipboard are pasted to the label having the current focus. When the control key and down key (Down key) / control key and up key (Up key) are pressed simultaneously, the time is increased or decreased in the time view. When the control key and left key (left key) / control key and right key (right key) are pressed at the same time, the time increment / decrement step of the operation time display section on the time view console is changed. When the control key and the home key (Home key) are pressed simultaneously, the current time is returned in the time view mode.

  Next, according to the label software of the present embodiment, “operation on the label”, “operation on the time view console”, and “operation on the desktop in the time view mode” are set as the operation on the mouse (especially the mouse with the wheel). Has been.

  The above-mentioned “Operation on Label” includes “Drag and Drop on Label”, “Drop on Label from Other Apps”, “Right Click on Label”, “Rotate Wheel on Label”, “Wheel on Label” "Click", "Drag and drop onto the label for the file icon (except on the link button)", "Drag and drop to the label for the control key and shift key and file icon (except on the link button), or Each operation of “drag and drop onto link button for file icon”. In the above “drag and drop operation on the label” operation, the label is moved. In the operation of “drop from other application to label”, the object is pasted on the label for data that can be recognized by the label software of the present embodiment. An error dialog is displayed for data that the label software of this embodiment cannot recognize. In the above-described “right click on label” operation, a context menu depending on the object clicked at that time is displayed. In the operation of “rotating the wheel with respect to the label”, the context of the label is adjusted. In the operation of “clicking the wheel on the label”, the time view console is displayed and the mode is shifted to the time view mode. In the operation of “drag and drop onto a file icon on a label (except on a link button)”, a text, an image, and a sound file are respectively inserted as objects. If the file cannot be recognized as an object, it asks whether to insert it as a link object to the file. In the operation of “drag and drop on the label (except on the link button) for the control key, shift key and file icon, or drag and drop on the link button for the file icon”, the above operation is performed. Is inserted as a link object. If a file path is to be inserted as a link object by drag and drop at a location other than the link button LB on the label, a warning dialog as shown in FIG. 61 is displayed. If the “Yes” button is pressed when this dialog is displayed, the processing is performed in the same manner as when a file path is inserted as a link object by drag and drop on the link button LB on the label.

  In the above “Operations for the time view console”, “Right click for the console”, “Rotation of the wheel for the console operation time display”, “Rotation of the wheel for the console time increase / decrease step selection list box” There is an operation. In the above-described “right click on the console” operation, a context menu is displayed. The operation of “rotating the wheel with respect to the operation time display section of the console” corresponds to an increase or decrease in time. The operation of “rotating the wheel for the step selection list box for increasing / decreasing the console time” corresponds to changing the interval for increasing / decreasing the time.

  The “operation on the desktop in the time view mode” includes the operations “click on the wheel on the desktop in the time view mode” and “right click on the desktop in the time view mode”. The above operation of “clicking the wheel on the desktop in the time view mode” corresponds to the change of the increase / decrease interval. In the above-described “right-click on the desktop in time view mode”, the time view context menu is displayed.

  Next, the “operation on the jog dial” will be described.

  In the label software of the present embodiment, operations on the jog dial include “rotating the jog dial clockwise / counterclockwise”, “pushing the jog dial (the interval between pressing and releasing the pressing is 1 second or less)”, “pressing the jog dial long ( The interval from pressing to releasing is 1 second or more). In the label software of the present embodiment, the following functions are assigned to the operation on the jog dial. However, the label software of the present embodiment does not pick up these jog dial operations globally at any time, but responds to the jog dial operations only when the label software has focus.

  For example, in the normal mode, the label software according to the present embodiment responds to operations of “Jog dial right / left rotation” and “Jog dial push (the interval between pressing and releasing pressing is 1 second or less)”. That is, in the normal mode, when “Jog dial right / left rotation” operation is performed, the label software of the present embodiment changes the vertical relationship of the label window currently displayed on the screen. The operation at this time varies depending on the number of labels currently present. For example, when the number of labels is one or less, nothing is done even if the jog dial is rotated right / left. However, a predetermined sound is generated to indicate that the operation is invalid. Also, for example, when there are two or more labels, if the jog dial is rotated clockwise, the label at the forefront is moved to the back of each label, and conversely, the jog dial is rotated counterclockwise. If done, move the label at the back to the forefront of each label. In the normal mode, when the operation of “pushing the jog dial (the interval between pressing and releasing the pressing is 1 second or less)” is performed, the label software of the present embodiment displays the time view console and the time view. Enter mode.

  In the time view mode, the label software according to the present embodiment includes “Jog dial right / left rotation”, “Jog dial push (the interval between pressing and releasing the press is 1 second or less)”, “Jog dial pushing. Responds to all operations (the interval from pressing to releasing is 1 second or more). That is, in the time view mode, when the operation of “rotating the jog dial right / left” is performed, the label software of the present embodiment corresponds to the increase / decrease of time. For example, when the jog dial rotates to the right, the time advances in the future direction, and when it rotates to the left, the time advances in the past direction. In addition, when the operation of “pushing the jog dial (the interval between pressing and releasing the pressing is 1 second or less)” is performed, the label software according to the present embodiment performs the time increasing / decreasing interval (time increasing / decreasing step) Corresponding to the change. For example, every time the jog dial is pushed, the time increase / decrease interval changes in the order of 100 years, 10 years, 1 year, January, 1 day, 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second, 100 years, 10 years,. To do. When the jog dial is rotated while pressing the shift key, the time increase / decrease interval changes in the reverse order when the jog dial is rotated alone. Note that the time increase / decrease interval selected when the jog dial is pushed can be set when setting the environment. When the operation of “pushing the jog dial (the interval between pressing and releasing the pressing is 1 second or longer)” is performed, the label software of the present embodiment closes the time view console and shifts to the current mode.

  Here, the label software of the present embodiment displays the operation at the time of operation of the jog dial as a jog dial guide on the desktop when the operation of the jog dial as described above is performed, so that the jog dial can be displayed to the user. The operation contents corresponding to the operation state and the jog dial operation can be presented. That is, in the label software of the present embodiment, as described above, since the functions assigned to the jog dial operation are different between the normal mode and the time view mode, the jog dial guides having different contents are displayed.

  FIG. 62 shows an example of the jog dial guide in the normal mode, and FIG. 63 shows an example of the jog dial guide in the time view mode. That is, in the jog dial guide in the normal mode shown in FIG. 62, the functions corresponding to the above-described “right / left rotation of the jog dial” and “push of the jog dial (the interval between pressing and releasing the pressing is 1 second or less)”. Is displayed as a guide. Further, the jog dial guide at the time view shown in FIG. 63 includes the above-mentioned “jog dial right / left rotation”, “jog dial push (the interval from pressing to releasing the press is 1 second or less)”, “jog dial The content of the function corresponding to “Push (the interval from pressing to releasing pressing is 1 second or more)” is displayed as a guide.

  Next, the setting contents in the label software of the present embodiment will be described below. In the label software of the present embodiment, “label setting”, “default label layout setting”, “sound recording setting”, “image setting”, and “environment setting” are possible. These settings are saved in the registry and used as common settings for all projects.

As the “label setting”, the level software of the present embodiment can set a default value of a label. As shown in FIG. 64, the label settings are displayed on the screen as “default background color”, “default font (including text color)”, “default word wrap state”, “display creation time”. And “Apply background color only to text”. In the “default background color”, the background color of a newly created label is set. In the “default font (including text color)”, a font for a newly created label is set. In the “default word wrap state”, whether to apply word wrap to a newly created label is set. In the “display creation time”, whether or not to display the creation time on a newly created label is set. In “apply background color only to text”, whether to apply the background color to the entire label or only the text is set for the currently displayed label. Note that a sample of the label status according to the current setting is displayed at the bottom of the setting screen of the label software.
In the above “default label layout setting”, the default layout setting is performed in the layout portion described above.

  In the above “sound recording setting”, various parameters are set for sound recording. As setting contents, as shown in FIG. 65, there are items of “sound source”, “quantization level”, “sampling frequency”, and “maximum recording time”. The “sound source” can be set to monaural / stereo, the “quantization level” can be set to 8 bits / 16 bits, and the “sampling frequency” can be set to 11.25 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 44.1 KHz. The “recording time” can be set to 1 to 1000 sec.

  In the “image setting”, an image is set when the captured image capturing application is used. As setting contents, as shown in FIG. 66, there are “operation when the capture capture button is pressed”, “format of image captured from capture image capture application”, and “setting of JPEG compression”. The “operation when the capture capture button is pressed” includes items “capture an image to the currently selected label” and “capture an image to a new label”. In the above “capture image to currently selected label”, when no label is selected, it asks whether to create a new label. In the above-described “capture image to new label”, a new label is always created and an image is captured to the new label. The “format of the image captured from the captured image capturing application” includes items of “bitmap” and “JPEG”. Since the “bitmap” does not perform H compression, the original is stored as it is, and the “JPEG” is compressed, but the disk capacity can be reduced. In the “JPEG setting”, when “JPEG” is set in the “format of image captured from the captured image capturing application”, the compression rate of the captured image is set. The range of the compression rate is 1/1 to 1/64.

  In the “environment setting”, as shown in FIG. 67, “default command”, “startup”, and “time increase / decrease interval” are set as environment settings. The “default command” sets a default command that is executed when the icon IL of the label software on the task tray TT is double-clicked. The “Default Command” can be selected from “Add New Label”, “Add New Label and Record Sound”, “Add New Label and Capture Image from Capture Image Capture Application”, “Time View Mode” Enter. " The default value is “add new label”. In “Startup” above, whether or not to register for startup is set. In the “time increase / decrease interval”, the time increase / decrease interval (time increase / decrease step) selected when the time increase / decrease step selection menu button sb is pressed in the time view mode is set. The time increase / decrease interval not set here is not unusable and can be selected from a combo box or by clicking a date character string. Note that the time increase / decrease interval checked here is marked with “*” to the right of the character in the time increase / decrease step selection list box ssl as described above.

  According to the label software of the present embodiment having the functions as described above, it is possible to reproduce the state of the label at any arbitrary point in the past by storing all operations on the label on the desktop. There are two methods for saving the label status on the desktop: a method that saves all the information of a plurality of labels at a certain point in time, and a method that saves only the difference between the label information at a certain point in time. The timing for storing the state includes a method of storing periodically at regular intervals and a method of storing when the label changes. In addition, in the case of the method for storing the difference between the label information, the method for storing the operation for the label (that is, the operation history is stored) and the method for storing the difference between the label information before and after the operation for the label (that is, the label). Save the changed part of the information).

  Further, according to the label software of the present embodiment having the functions described above, it is possible to use a label (future label) as a reminder by reserving a future operation as well as an operation for the current label. Yes. The operation of the future label is determined when the current time reaches the time set for the future label. Therefore, the history about the operation of the future label is not saved, and only the information of the last operation is saved. Although it is possible to have a history for the future label, if a history is given to the future label, there will be multiple futures. This is beyond the scope of human understanding. However, it does not adopt to have a history of the future label. Further, as a method for reserving the operation of the future label, not only an operation of simply creating a label but also a repeated operation of displaying / hiding the label can be considered.

  Furthermore, according to the label software of the present embodiment having the function described above, the label is given the concept of time, so that the label is associated with the alarm, and the alarm is sounded when the set time comes. It is possible. This alarm sounds regardless of the current desktop display time, so even if you are displaying the status of past or future labels, the alarm will sound and as a result, you will miss important label information Nothing will happen. In addition, alarms for labels can be attached to individual labels, and unlike normal alarms, they can be sounded not only before the creation time but also after the label has been created. It is also possible to sound an alarm for the deleted label. Therefore, for example, it is possible to sound an alarm one year later, for example, it is possible to sound an alarm one year after the anniversary.

  68 to 71 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the above-described thing is realized by a personal computer using the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 68 shows the overall flow of the label state reproduction process at the arbitrary point in the past, the operation reservation and reproduction process for the future label, the alarm process, and the like. First, when the label software is activated in step S131, the CPU 51 performs a recording process of the operation when an operation is performed on the label in step S132, and an alarm is set in step S133. If the label is set to repeat or the like in step S134, the label is updated. Thereafter, in step S135, the CPU 51 determines whether or not each process has been completed. If it is determined that the process has not ended, the CPU 51 returns to step S132. If it is determined that the process has ended, the process proceeds to step S136. . When the CPU 51 proceeds to the process of step S136, it performs a label software end process.

  FIG. 69 shows a detailed flow of the operation recording process in step S132 of FIG. In FIG. 69, when the operation recording process is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not any operation has been performed on the label by the user in step S141. If it is determined in step S141 that no operation has been performed on the label, the operation recording process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S133 in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S141 that an operation has been performed on the label, the CPU 51 proceeds to the process in step S142, and calculates the difference information between the label before and after the operation. Thereafter, in step S143, the CPU 51 determines whether the operation for the label is an operation for the current label (operation history) or an operation for the future label (operation reservation). If it is determined in step S143 that the operation is a current label, the CPU 51 adds the current time to the label difference information and stores it in step S144. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S43 that the operation is a future label, the CPU 51 adds the reserved time to the label difference information and stores it in step S145. After the processes in steps S144 and 145, the CPU 51 ends the operation recording process and proceeds to the process in step S133 in FIG.

  FIG. 70 shows a detailed flow of the alarm processing in step S133 of FIG. In FIG. 70, when the alarm process is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an alarm is set for the label in step S151. If it is determined in step S151 that no alarm is set for the label, the alarm process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S134 in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S151 that an alarm is set for the label, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the current time has passed the alarm setting time (alarm setting time). If it is determined that the process has been performed, the process proceeds to step S153. If it is determined that the process has not passed, the process proceeds to step S156. When the CPU 51 proceeds to the process of step S153, it sounds an alarm, and then determines whether or not it is necessary to display a target label corresponding to the alarm in step S154. If the CPU 51 determines in step S154 that it is not necessary to display the target label, the process proceeds to step S156, and if it is determined that it is necessary to display, the process proceeds to step S155. When the process proceeds to step S155, the CPU 51 sets the display time to the time when the target label exists, and then proceeds to the process of step S156. When the processing proceeds to step S156, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the alarm processing for all labels has been completed. In this case, the alarm process is terminated and the process proceeds to step S134 in FIG.

  FIG. 71 shows the detailed processing flow of the processing of step S134 of FIG. In FIG. 71, when the label update process is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not there is a label that has been set repeatedly as step S161. If it is determined that there is, the process proceeds to step S162. When the processing proceeds to step S162, the CPU 51 proceeds to the processing of step S163 after performing the repeated label processing. When the processing proceeds to step S163, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the current state is being displayed (current mode), and if it is determined that the current state is not being displayed (that is, the past or future mode), step S165 is performed. If it is determined that the image is being displayed (current mode), the process proceeds to step S164. When the processing proceeds to step S164, the CPU 51 sets the display time to the current time, and then proceeds to processing in step S166. On the other hand, when proceeding to the process of step S165, the CPU 51 proceeds to the process of step S166 after setting the display time to the user specified time. When the processing proceeds to step S166, the CPU 51 displays the state of the label for the set display time (any mode of current, past, and future). Thereafter, the CPU 51 ends the label update process and proceeds to the process of step S135 in FIG.

  Next, the label software of the present embodiment has the above-described function, so that not only fixed information such as text and images but also all information can be pasted on the label indirectly. Is realized. Thus, according to the label software of the present embodiment, by realizing the link function, it is not necessary to display all information in a limited size label, and the effective use of the area of the label is possible. It is possible. That is, in the case of a label that does not have a link function as in the present embodiment, it is necessary to capture all information when an object is attached to the label. In the label software of the present embodiment, it is also possible to display all link information in the label. With the link function, the personal computer in the state where the label software according to the present embodiment is activated can display not only information in the local machine but also information on the network on the label. As described above, since the information on the network can be set as a link on the label, the personal computer of the present embodiment can display the contents of the link only when there is a user's execution request. There is no need to be connected to the network.

  72 to 74 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the above-described link function on the label is realized by a personal computer using the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 72 shows the overall flow of processing for pasting all information indirectly on the label by links. First, in step S171, when the label software is activated, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the link has been corrected in step S172. If it is determined that the link has not been corrected, the process of step S174 is performed. Proceed to On the other hand, if it is determined that the link has been corrected, the process proceeds to step S173. In step S173, the CPU 51 performs link editing processing. Next, in step S174, the CPU 51 determines whether or not to execute the link. If it is determined not to execute the link, the process proceeds to step S176. If it is determined to execute, the process proceeds to step S175. In step S175, the CPU 51 performs link execution processing. Thereafter, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process is completed in step S176. If not completed, the process returns to step S172, and if completed, the process proceeds to step S177. In step S177, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 73 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S173 in FIG. In FIG. 73, when link editing processing is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not link editing has been performed by drag and drop using, for example, a mouse in step S181. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S183. If it is determined not to be drag and drop, the process proceeds to step S182. When the process proceeds to step S183, the CPU 51 stores the dragged and dropped file path or URL as a link, ends the link editing process, and proceeds to the process of step S174 in FIG. On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S182, the CPU 51 displays the link edit dialog shown in FIG. 52, and then proceeds to the process of step S184. In step S184, the CPU 51 determines whether or not a link destination file path or URL has been input in the link edit dialog, or whether a link reference instruction has been issued, and the link destination file path. If it is determined that a URL or URL has been input, the process proceeds to step S187. If it is determined that link reference has been instructed, the process proceeds to step S185. When the processing proceeds to step S187, the CPU 51 saves the input file path and URL as a link destination, ends the link editing processing, and proceeds to processing of step S174 in FIG. In step S185, the CPU 51 displays a link reference dialog, and then proceeds to step S186. When the processing proceeds to step S186, the CPU 51 stores the referenced file path or URL as the link destination, ends the link editing processing, and proceeds to the processing of step S174 in FIG.

  FIG. 74 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S175 of FIG. In FIG. 74, when the link execution process is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the stored link information is a URL in step S191. If it is determined that the link information is a URL, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S193. The process proceeds to step S192 if it is determined that the URL is not the URL. When the processing proceeds to step S193, the CPU 51 opens the stored link information as a URL, and then ends the link execution processing and proceeds to processing in step S176 in FIG. In step S192, the CPU 51 determines whether the stored link information is a path to the execution file. If the CPU 51 determines that the path is to the execution file, step S195 is performed. If it is determined that the path is not the path to the execution file, the process proceeds to step S194. The CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S195 executes the saved link as an execution file, ends the link execution process, and proceeds to the process of step S176 of FIG. On the other hand, when the CPU 51 proceeds to the process of step S194, it opens the saved link as a document file, ends the link execution process, and proceeds to the process of step S176 in FIG.

  Next, the label software of the present embodiment has the functions as described above, so that a time label can be easily displayed on the desktop for current / past / future purposes.

  Here, as a method of moving the time of the label on the desktop, for example, a method of advancing / returning by a certain interval by executing one command of the user can be considered. This makes it possible to easily search for information etc. one day or one hour later.

  Further, as a method of moving the time of the label on the desktop, there is a method of advancing / returning the time to the time when there is a change in the stored information by executing one command of the user. At this time, the time interval is not constant, and is determined by the change point of the label information. Therefore, the moving time interval is variable. Thereby, it is possible to easily search the switching time of the label information.

  Further, as a method of moving the time of the label on the desktop, a method of changing the time advance / return method at an accelerated speed by executing a user's continuous command is also possible. Thereby, it becomes possible to move easily and at high speed to the target time.

  FIGS. 75 to 77 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the moving function of the above-described label time on the desktop is realized by a personal computer using the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 75 shows the overall flow of processing that enables movement at any time in the present / past / future. First, when the label software is activated in step S201, the CPU 51 determines whether or not there is a change in the unit of time movement, that is, the time increase / decrease interval (time increase / decrease step) described above in step S202. If it is determined that there is no change in the interval (time increase / decrease step), the process proceeds to step S204. If it is determined that there is a change, the process proceeds to step S203. In step S203, the CPU 51 performs time movement unit change processing according to the operation from the user, that is, time change interval (time increase / decrease step) change processing. Next, in step S204, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an instruction to move the time of the label displayed on the desktop has been instructed. If it is determined that the instruction has not been instructed, the process proceeds to step S206 to be instructed. If it is determined that the process has been performed, the process proceeds to step S205. In step S205, the CPU 51 performs time movement processing, that is, movement processing to the desktop screen in the past mode or the future mode. After the time movement process in step S205, the CPU 51 updates the display at the set time as step S206, and proceeds to the process of step S207. Thereafter, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process has been completed in step S207. If it has not been completed, the process returns to step S202, and if it has been completed, the process proceeds to step S208. In step S208, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 76 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S203 of FIG. In FIG. 76, when the process of changing the time movement unit (changing the time increase / decrease interval) is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the information change point unit is set as the movement unit in step S211. If it is determined that it has been set, the process proceeds to step S213. If it is determined that it has not been set, the process proceeds to step S212. When the processing proceeds to step S213, the CPU 51 sets the change point of the information as the time movement interval (time increase / decrease interval, time increase / decrease step), and then ends the change processing of the movement unit and the step of FIG. The process proceeds to S204. In step S212, the CPU 51 moves the specified unit (100 years, 10 years, 1 year, 1 month, 1 day,...) To a time movement interval (time increase / decrease interval, time increase / decrease). Then, the movement unit changing process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S204 in FIG.

  FIG. 77 shows a detailed flow of the process in step S205 of FIG. In FIG. 77, when the time movement process is started, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the movement time is directly designated from the operation time display unit oti in step S221, and determines that the time is designated directly. If YES in step S223, the flow advances to step S223. If it is determined that the direct designation has not been made, the flow advances to step S222. When the processing proceeds to step S223, the CPU 51 sets the directly specified time as the movement time (time increase / decrease interval, time increase / decrease step), ends the movement processing for the time, and performs the processing of step S206 in FIG. Proceed to In step S222, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the information change point interval is set as the time movement interval (time increase / decrease interval, time increase / decrease step). If it is determined that it has not been set, the process proceeds to step S225, and if it is determined that the interval between change points has been set, the process proceeds to step S224. When the processing proceeds to step S225, the CPU 51 performs processing for advancing (or returning) the time at a set time interval, and then ends the movement processing for the time and proceeds to processing of step S206 in FIG. In step S224, the CPU 51 searches for the next (or previous) change point. Next, in step S226, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the next (or previous) change point has been found. If it is determined that the next change point has not been found, the CPU 51 terminates the movement processing for that time and proceeds to step S206 in FIG. Proceed to the process, and if it is determined that it was found, proceed to the process of step S227. When the processing proceeds to step S227, the CPU 51 sets the time found by the search as the time moved, and then ends the time movement processing and proceeds to the processing of step S206 in FIG.

  Next, the label software according to the present embodiment has the functions as described above, so that a jog dial can be used as a user interface for time-shifting the label on the desktop. By using the jog dial, the operation of advancing / returning the time is realized by the operation of turning the jog dial to the right / turning to the left, and as a result, the time movement operation can be performed smoothly.

  Further, according to the label software of the present embodiment, having the above-described function makes it possible to assign the operation of pushing the jog dial to the change of the time interval for advancing / returning the time. Therefore, all operations for changing the label time can be realized only by operating the jog dial. As a result, the time change can be completed without using a general keyboard or mouse.

  Further, according to the label software of the present embodiment, having the above-described function, the operation of pressing the jog dial not only changes the fixed time increase / decrease interval of the label display, but also the change point of the label information described above. It can also be assigned to movement. As a result, the movement of time focusing only on the information change point can be realized only by operating the jog dial.

  Furthermore, according to the label software of the present embodiment, by having the function as described above, it is possible to vary the amount of movement of the label time in accordance with the rotation speed of the jog dial, and thereby search for a distant time. You can do it quickly.

  Further, according to the label software of the present embodiment, by having the function as described above, the jog dial push is used as a trigger for the time movement mode, and the subsequent rotation / push operation of the jog dial is used for the time movement described above. All functions of entering the time movement mode / moving the time / exiting the time movement mode can be realized with just the jog dial. Yes. This makes it possible to browse (browse) information scattered in the past / present / future by using only the jog dial. However, for data correction, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse is required.

  Furthermore, according to the label software of the present embodiment, by using the shift key (Shift key) and the control key (Ctrl key) together with the operation of rotating / pressing the jog dial, the opposite function is executed. Time movement operation is made easier. That is, for example, when the jog dial is pressed, the unit of the time increase / decrease interval to be changed is changed from the larger one to the smaller one, and when the shift key (Shift key) and the jog dial are used together, By changing the unit of the time increase / decrease interval in the reverse direction, the selection of the unit of the time increase / decrease interval is made easier.

  78 to 81 show the processing flow in the CPU 51 when the above-described time movement function to the present / past / future by the operation of the jog dial is realized in the personal computer by the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 78 shows the overall flow when the time movement to the present / past / future is realized by operating the jog dial. First, when the label software is activated in step S231, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the jog dial is pressed in step S232. If it is determined that the jog dial is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S234. If it is determined that the process has been performed, the process proceeds to step S233. When the processing proceeds to step S233, the CPU 51 performs information browsing processing by rotating the jog dial. Next, when proceeding to the process of step S234, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process has been completed. If not, the CPU 51 returns to step S232, and if completed, the process proceeds to step S235. In step S235, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 79 shows a detailed flow of the process in step S233 of FIG. In FIG. 79, when the browsing process by the jog dial is started as step S241, the CPU 51 determines whether the jog dial has been pressed for a long time (long press of the jog dial (interval from pressing to releasing the pressing is 1 second or more)) as step S242. If it is determined that the button has been pressed for a long time, the browse process is terminated and the process proceeds to step S234 in FIG. 78. If it is determined that the button has not been pressed for a long time, the process proceeds to step S243. When the processing proceeds to step S243, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the jog dial is pressed (that is, when the interval from pressing the jog dial to releasing the press is 1 second or less) and determines that the jog dial is not pressed. Proceeds to step S245, and if it is determined that the button has been pressed, proceeds to step S244. In step S244, the CPU 51 performs time movement unit change processing according to the operation of pressing the jog dial. Next, when the CPU 51 proceeds to the process of step S245, it determines whether or not the jog dial has been rotated. If it is determined that the jog dial has not been rotated, the CPU 51 returns to the process of step S242 and performs the rotation operation. When it determines, it progresses to the process of step S246. In step S246, the CPU 51 performs time movement processing according to the rotation operation of the jog dial. Next, when proceeding to the process of step S247, the CPU 51 changes the display at the set time, and thereafter returns to the process of step S242. On the other hand, when the processing proceeds to step S248, the CPU 51 ends the browsing processing by the jog dial, and then proceeds to the processing of step S234 in FIG.

  FIG. 80 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S244 in FIG. In FIG. 80, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the shift key is pressed in step S251. If it is determined that the shift key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S253. The process proceeds to S252. When the processing proceeds to step S252, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the current time interval unit (time increase / decrease unit, time increase / decrease step) is the minimum unit. If it is determined that the unit is the minimum unit, the process proceeds to step S255. If it is determined that the unit is not the minimum unit, the process proceeds to step S254. Further, the CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S253 determines whether or not the current time interval unit (time increase / decrease unit, time increase / decrease step) is the maximum unit. Proceeding to step S255, if it is determined that the unit is not the maximum unit, the process proceeds to step S256. The CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S254 sets the next unit on the operation time display section oti as a time movement interval (time increase / decrease unit, time increase / decrease step), and then ends the change process of the movement unit. Then, the process proceeds to step S245 in FIG. Further, the CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S255 sets the change point of the information as the time movement interval (time increase / decrease unit, time increase / decrease step), and then ends the change process of the movement unit, as shown in FIG. The process proceeds to step S245. Further, the CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S256 sets the previous unit on the operation time display unit oti as the time movement interval (time increase / decrease unit, time increase / decrease step), and then the change process of the movement unit. And the process proceeds to step S245 in FIG.

  FIG. 81 shows a detailed processing flow of step S246 in FIG. In FIG. 81, the CPU 51 determines whether or not a continuous rotation operation has been performed on the jog dial as step S261. If it is determined that a continuous rotation operation has been performed, the CPU 51 proceeds to the processing of step S263 and continues the rotation. If it is determined that no operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S262. When the processing proceeds to step S263, the CPU 51 sets the time increase / decrease processing to be accelerated in response to the continuous rotation operation of the jog dial, that is, sets the time movement amount to be accelerated. The process proceeds to step S262. When the processing proceeds to step S262, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an information change point interval is set as a time movement interval (time increase / decrease unit, time increase / decrease step), and the change point interval is set. If it is determined that the change point interval has not been set, the process proceeds to step S265. When the process proceeds to step S264, the CPU 51 considers the determination result in step S261 (that is, considers the acceleration setting in step S263), and determines the next (or previous) information change point. After searching, the process proceeds to step S267. Further, when the processing proceeds to step S265, the CPU 51 considers the determination result in step S261 (that is, considers the acceleration setting in step S263), and sets the time at the set time interval. Is then advanced (or returned), and then the movement process for the time is finished and the process proceeds to step S247 in FIG. Further, when proceeding to the process of step S267, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the next (or previous) information change point has been found. If found, the process proceeds to step S268, and if not found, the process proceeds to step S269. Proceed to processing. When the processing proceeds to step S268, the CPU 51 sets the found time as the moved time, ends the movement processing for the time, and proceeds to the processing of step S247 in FIG. Further, when proceeding to the process of step S269, the CPU 51 sets the time of the last (or first) change point as the moved time, and then ends the movement process of the time and proceeds to the process of step S247 of FIG. .

  Next, the label software according to the present embodiment has the above-described function, so that the time movement operation using the jog dial as described above can be reflected on the screen (that is, reflected as a jog dial guide). In addition, in the label software of this embodiment, a part of the screen (rotation animation part ra of the time view console) can be displayed as a rotation animation in accordance with the rotation operation of the jog dial, and the difference in the rotation direction of the jog dial Can be expressed by changing the direction of the rotation animation.

  Furthermore, the label software of the present embodiment displays the current time as a numerical value on the operation time display part oti and displays the year graph on the year gauge section cg, and updates these displays in real time. It is possible to make the change in time easier to understand by scrolling the AD graph. In the year chart, the current time and the time of the label displayed on the desktop are indicated by different lines (for example, lines with different colors), and the relationship between the current time and the display time can be easily confirmed. I am doing so.

  Furthermore, the label software of the present embodiment changes the desktop background image according to the past, present, and future, thereby clarifying the operations that can be performed at present. For example, the past cannot be modified, the label operation can only be reserved in the future, and all operations can be performed now. By changing the desktop background image, the user can easily understand. providing.

  FIG. 82 and FIG. 83 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the above-described jog dial guide and calendar graph display function are realized by a personal computer using the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 82 shows the overall flow when the operation of the jog dial is used as a user interface for time movement. First, in step S271, when the label software is activated, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the jog dial has been rotated in step S272. If it is determined that the rotation operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S274. If it is determined that the rotation operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S273. In step S273, the CPU 51 performs information browsing processing according to the rotation of the jog dial. Next, when proceeding to the process of step S274, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process has been completed. If not, the CPU 51 returns to step S272, and if completed, the process proceeds to step S275. In step S275, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 83 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S273 of FIG. In FIG. 83, when the browsing process corresponding to the jog dial operation is started in step S281, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the jog dial has been rotated in step S282. If it is determined that the jog dial has been rotated, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S283. Proceed to the process, and if it is determined that it is not rotating, the process proceeds to step S288. In step S283, the CPU 51 displays the rotation animation in accordance with the rotation direction of the jog dial. In step S284, the CPU 51 performs time movement processing in accordance with the rotation direction and the rotation amount of the jog dial. In step S285, the time display and the AD graph are updated by the time movement process. Next, in step S286, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the past / present / future state has changed. If it is determined that the state has not changed, the process proceeds to step S288, where the state has changed. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S287. When the processing proceeds to step S287, the CPU 51 updates the background image of the desktop screen according to the past / present / future state, and the processing proceeds to step S288. When the process proceeds to step S288, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the browse process corresponding to the jog dial operation is to be ended. If it is determined that the process is not to be ended, the process returns to step S282. After the browse end process is performed in step S289, the process proceeds to step S274 in FIG.

  Next, the label software according to the present embodiment has the above-described functions, so that the state of whether or not the information of each label can be changed while browsing information in the past / present / future is displayed on the label. The function of enabling display of the state of the label to the user is realized. In addition, as a method of displaying the state of the label, a method of displaying an icon as a part of the label, a method of bordering the label (for example, changing the color of the border), and the like can be considered. When the method of bordering the label is adopted, the label state can be confirmed even if a part of the label is covered with another window. In addition, the label status is not two states of correctable / prohibited correction, but if the number of states is further increased so that the reason for prohibition of correction can be understood, the user can check the status in more detail.

  FIG. 84 to FIG. 86 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the label state presentation function described above is realized by a personal computer using the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 84 shows the overall flow of the function of presenting the label status to the user. First, when the label software is activated in step S291, the CPU 51 determines in step S292 whether or not a time movement operation has been performed by a jog dial rotation operation, keyboard operation, up / down buttons tub, tdb, or the like. If it is determined that the time movement operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S294. If it is determined that the time movement operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S293. In step S293, the CPU 51 performs information browsing processing in accordance with the time movement operation. Next, when proceeding to the process of step S294, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process has been completed. If not, the CPU 51 returns to step S292, and if completed, the process proceeds to step S295. In step S295, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 85 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S293 in FIG. In FIG. 85, when the browsing process by the time movement operation is started in step S301, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the display time has been changed by the time movement operation in step S302, and the display time is changed. If it is determined that the display time has been changed, the process proceeds to step S303. If it is determined that the display time has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S307. In step S303, the CPU 51 performs time movement processing according to the time movement operation, and then updates label information in step S304. Next, in step S305, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the past / present / future state has changed. If it is determined that the state has not changed, the process proceeds to step S307, where the state has changed. If determined, the process proceeds to step S306. When the processing proceeds to step S306, the CPU 51 performs processing for updating the editable state of the label (for example, changing the edge color) according to the past / present / future state, and proceeds to the processing of step S307. When the process proceeds to step S307, the CPU 51 determines whether or not to end the browse process. If it determines not to end, the CPU 51 returns to the process in step S302. If it determines to end, the browse is performed in step S308. Then, the process proceeds to step S294 in FIG.

  FIG. 86 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S306 in FIG. In FIG. 86, when the label state update process is started as step S311, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the label is displayed as step S312. The process proceeds to step S313, and if it is determined that it is not displayed, the process proceeds to step S318. In step S313, the CPU 51 determines whether the display time is past / present / future. If it is determined that the display time is in the past, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S315 and determines that it is in the future. If YES, the process proceeds to step S314. If it is determined that the current position is present, the process proceeds to step S317. If it is determined in step S313 that it is the future, the CPU 51 determines whether the label is a future label in step S314. If it is determined that the label is a future label, the process proceeds to step S317. If it is determined that it is not a label, the process proceeds to step S316. The CPU 51 at the time of proceeding to the process of step S315 sets the label state to uneditable (past label), and then proceeds to the process of step S318. The CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S316 sets the label state to uneditable (current label), and then proceeds to the process of step S318. The CPU 51 when proceeding to the process of step S317 sets the label state to editable (current label or future label), and then proceeds to the process of step S318. When the process proceeds to step S318, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the update process of all label states has been completed. If so, the process proceeds to step 319. When the processing proceeds to step S319, the CPU 51 proceeds to the processing of step S307 in FIG. 85 after performing the label state update end processing.

  Next, as described above, the label software according to the present embodiment is provided with a shortcut button (current button bb) for returning to the current time on the time view console TVC, so that even when browsing the past or future, It is possible to return to the time.

  87 and 88 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the function of the shortcut button described above is realized by a personal computer using the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 87 shows the overall flow when realizing the immediate return to the current time by the current button bb of the time view console TVC. First, when the label software is activated in step S321, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the browse process is started in step S322. If it is determined that the browse process is started, the process proceeds to step S323. If it is determined that the process is not started, the process proceeds to step S324. When the processing proceeds to step S323, the CPU 51 starts information browsing processing, and then proceeds to processing in step S324. When the process proceeds to step S324, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process is completed. When the process is not completed, the process returns to step S322. When the process is completed, the process proceeds to step S325. In step S325, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 88 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S323 of FIG. In FIG. 88, when the browsing process is started as step S331, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the display time has been changed as step S332. If it is determined that the display time has been changed, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S333. Proceeding to the process, if it is determined that the display time has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S336. When the processing proceeds to step S333, the CPU 51 performs time movement processing according to the time movement operation. Next, in step S334, it is determined whether or not the current button bb has been pressed. Advances to the process of step S335, and if it is determined that it has not been pressed, the process advances to step S336. When the processing proceeds to step S335, the CPU 51 sets the display time to the current time, and then proceeds to processing of step S336. When the process proceeds to step S336, the CPU 51 determines whether or not to end the browse process. If it determines not to end, the CPU 51 returns to the process in step S332, and if it determines to end, browses in step S337. Then, the process proceeds to step S324 in FIG.

  Next, as described above, the label software according to the present embodiment has different designs for the label soft icon IL on the task tray TT in the current mode, the past mode, and the future mode, and also in a state where all are hidden in the current mode. By doing so, selectable menus can be predicted in advance without displaying a context menu. Note that this method is useful not only for applications that have time movement processing but also for all applications that do not have a main window and that have menus assigned to task tray icons. In addition, in applications with a main window, the status can be displayed in the main window, but the task tray icon is always visible, so even when the main window is minimized, the main window is restored to its original size. The state of the menu item can be predicted without returning.

  89 to 91 show the flow of processing in the CPU 51 when the function of changing the design of the label soft icon IL on the task tray TT described above is realized in a personal computer by the label software of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 89 shows the overall flow when realizing that the design of the label soft icon IL on the task tray TT is different in the current mode, the past mode, and the future mode, and further different in the hidden state in the current mode. . First, when the label software is activated as step S341, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the entire label is hidden in step S342. If it is determined that the label is not displayed, step S343 is executed. If it is determined that it is not hidden, the process proceeds to step S344. In step S343, the CPU 51 sets a non-display icon on the task tray TT, and then proceeds to step S345. In step S344, the CPU 51 sets a normal icon on the task tray TT, and then proceeds to step S345. When the process proceeds to step S345, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the browse process is started. When it is determined that the browse process is started, the process proceeds to step S346, and when it is determined that the browse process is not started, step S347 is performed. Proceed to the process. When the processing proceeds to step S346, the CPU 51 starts information browsing processing, and then proceeds to processing of step S347. When the process proceeds to step S347, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the process is completed. When the process is not completed, the process returns to step S342. When the process is completed, the process proceeds to step S348. In step S348, the CPU 51 performs label software end processing.

  FIG. 90 shows a detailed processing flow of the processing in step S346 in FIG. In FIG. 90, when the browsing process is started as step S351, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the display time has been changed as step S352. If it is determined that the display time has been changed, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S353. Proceeding to the process, if it is determined that the display time has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S357. When the processing proceeds to step S353, the CPU 51 performs time movement processing in accordance with the time movement operation. Next, after updating the label information in step S354, the CPU 51 proceeds to processing in step S355. When the processing proceeds to step S355, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the past / present / future state has changed. If it is determined that the state has changed, the CPU 51 proceeds to processing in step S356. The process proceeds to step S357. In step S356, the CPU 51 performs a task tray icon update process, and then proceeds to step S357. When the process proceeds to step S357, the CPU 51 determines whether or not to end the browse process. If it determines not to end, the CPU 51 returns to the process in step S352. If it determines to end, the browse is performed in step S358. Then, the process proceeds to step S374 in FIG.

  FIG. 91 shows the detailed processing flow of the processing in step S356 of FIG. In FIG. 91, when icon update processing is started in step S361, the CPU 51 determines in step S362 whether the display time is past / present / future, and determines that it is in the past. In step S363, the process proceeds to step S364 if it is determined to be present, and to step S365 if it is determined to be in the future. When the processing proceeds to step S363, the CPU 51 sets a past icon as shown in FIG. 42B in the label soft icon IL on the task tray TT, and then proceeds to processing of step S366. When the processing proceeds to step S364, the CPU 51 sets the current icon as shown in FIG. 42A to the label soft icon IL on the task tray TT, and then proceeds to processing of step S366. In step S365, the CPU 51 sets the future icon as shown in FIG. 42C to the label soft icon IL on the task tray TT, and then proceeds to step S366. When the processing proceeds to step S366, the CPU 51 ends the icon update processing, and then proceeds to processing in step S357 of FIG.

  As a medium used for installing the program for realizing the series of processes described above in a computer and making it executable by the computer, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD, or the like is used. In addition to package media, the program may be realized by a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored, and further, wired and wireless communication media such as a local area network, the Internet, and digital satellite broadcasting, And various communication interfaces such as routers and modems that transfer or receive programs provided via these communication media, and the medium in this specification is a broad concept including all these media Means.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, at least an application program that handles the concept of time is held, processing based on the application program is performed, and at least an application is based on an operation signal corresponding to a rotation operation from an operation means capable of rotation operation. By controlling the time axis on the program, for example, when handling the concept of time on a personal computer, it is possible to easily and easily perform operations such as time specification and movement. It becomes easy to search for information corresponding to time.

  1 notebook personal computer, 2 main body, 3 display unit, 4 jog dial, 5 keyboard, 6 touch pad, 7 LCD, L label, TT task tray, IL icon, TVC time view console

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus capable of displaying label information having predetermined object information pasted and a change history as a change history,
Display means having first and second display areas;
Operation means for manipulating time;
When a predetermined time is designated according to the operation of the operation means, the state of the label information corresponding to the designated time is reproduced and displayed in the first area of the display means, and is selected. An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that displays the remaining time in the second area.   2. The information according to claim 1, wherein the control means further displays a time axis in the second display area of the display means, and displays the current time and the specified time on the time axis so as to be distinguishable. Processing equipment. The control means further displays an operation button for designating the current time in the second display area of the display means,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the operation button is operated by the operation means, the state of the label information corresponding to the current time is reproduced in the first area of the display means. An information processing method capable of displaying label information having predetermined object information pasted and a change history as a change history,
When a predetermined time is designated according to the operation of the operation means for manipulating the time, the state of the label information corresponding to the designated time is reproduced and displayed in the first area of the display means. An information processing method comprising a control step of displaying the selected time in the second area of the display means. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute information processing capable of displaying label information having a change history as a change history pasted with predetermined object information,
On the computer,
When a predetermined time is designated according to the operation of the operation means for manipulating the time, the state of the label information corresponding to the designated time is reproduced and displayed in the first area of the display means. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a control procedure for displaying the selected time in the second area of the display means.

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