JP2711418B2 - Portable electronic devices - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable electronic device having a schedule management function and an alarm function, such as an electronic organizer and a pocket IC card reader.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a portable electronic device having a schedule management function, a date (a year, a month, a day, and a day), a time (a hour, a minute, an hour, and a minute), a schedule content, and the like are set. In addition to inputting the schedule data, the user also sets whether or not an alarm should be sounded when an alarm time (schedule start time) set corresponding to the schedule data comes.

In a conventional portable electronic device having such a schedule management function and an alarm function, when a user displays schedule data on a screen of a liquid crystal display panel and refers to the schedule data, if the schedule data is displayed, When the alarm mode is set correspondingly, the alarm time is displayed on the lowest line of the screen. On the other hand, if the alarm mode is not set, the alarm time is not displayed.

[0004] As described above, the user can know whether or not the alarm mode is set based on whether or not the alarm time is displayed on the lowest line of the screen.

That is, in the conventional example, the alarm time is always displayed in the display mode of the schedule data. Therefore, the fact that the alarm time is displayed indicates that the alarm mode is set. It can be confirmed that the alarm mode is not set by not displaying the alarm time.

However, displaying the alarm time constantly reduces the display area of other data (for example, scheduled contents), and the display data amount must be reduced or the character size must be reduced. No.

In view of the above, the constant alarm time display in the schedule data display mode is eliminated, and the following three methods are used to confirm whether or not certain schedule data is set to the alarm mode. it was thought.

First, as a first method, an alarm sound mode is set and a confirmation is made. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, whether or not the alarm mode is set is confirmed by whether or not the mark 20 is displayed at the top of the time zone display on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel.

Reference numeral 11a denotes date data, 11b denotes time data, 11c denotes scheduled content data, and 11 denotes schedule data collectively.

By operating the alarm list key, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, an alarm time list is displayed in a list on the liquid crystal display panel for all the schedule data set to the mode for sounding the alarm sound.

The mode is switched from the mode in which the schedule data is referred to to the correction mode, and as shown in FIG.
M] to confirm whether the alarm mode is set. The mark 21 indicates that the mode is the correction mode.

[0012]

However, in any of the above three cases, since the operation mode must be fundamentally switched, the only operation for confirming whether or not the alarm mode is set is as follows. Operability is very bad. Similarly, even when returning from the display mode of the alarm mode to the reference mode of the original schedule data,
In addition, the operation mode must be fundamentally switched, which is very troublesome.

In the case of displaying an alarm list (FIG. 7),
Operation of the alarm list key is sufficient, but other items of the schedule are not displayed while the alarm list is being displayed, making it difficult to comprehensively confirm.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in a schedule data display mode, whether or not an alarm mode is set without erasing the display of schedule data by a simple operation. It is an object of the present invention to be able to confirm whether or not to return to the schedule data display mode by a simple operation after the completion of the confirmation.

[0015]

A first portable electronic device according to the present invention has a schedule management function and an alarm function, a schedule start time according to schedule data is set as an alarm time, and an alarm mode is set. A portable electronic device configured to issue an alarm when the alarm time is reached, and in the schedule data display mode, the schedule data is not displayed at all times. The display of the alarm time is performed simultaneously with the display of the schedule data by the specific key operation in the display mode, and the display state of the alarm time at the same time as the display of the schedule data is held during the specific key operation. When the specific key operation is released, the alarm time is displayed. It is characterized in that to release back to the display state of the original schedule data.

According to a second portable electronic device of the present invention, in the first portable electronic device, a specific key operation is a pressing operation of a single key.

According to a third portable electronic device of the present invention, in the first portable electronic device, a specific key operation is performed two times.
This is a continuous depression operation of one or more keys.

In a fourth portable electronic device according to the present invention, in the first portable electronic device, the character size of the display of the alarm time is enlarged or reduced in correspondence with the character size of the display of the schedule data. It is what was constituted.

[0019]

According to the portable electronic device of the present invention, in displaying the alarm time from the schedule data display mode, it is not necessary to fundamentally switch the operation mode, and the schedule data is displayed by a specific key operation. The alarm time is displayed immediately with the alarm status displayed.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a portable electronic device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a portable electronic device. In the figure, 1 is a CPU that controls the entire control, 2 is a ROM storing a program, 3
Is a RAM as a working memory, 4 is an external memory such as an IC card, 5 is a timer as time measuring means, 6 is a C
A keyboard as input means for giving various instructions to the PU 1, a liquid crystal driver 7, and a liquid crystal display panel (L
CD), 9 is an alarm such as an electronic buzzer.

Next, the operation of the portable electronic device in the alarm mode will be described with reference to the screen display state diagram of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG.

Assume that the operation routine of the CPU 1 is in step S11 of FIG. 3 and the schedule data 11 is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel 8. It is assumed that the screen display state of the liquid crystal display panel 8 at this time is as shown in FIG.

On the first line of the screen, date data 11a
(YYYYYYYMMYYYYYY (YYY)) is displayed.
The time data 11b (from hour to minute to hour and minute: including the distinction between morning and afternoon) is displayed, and on the third line, the schedule content data 11c (for example, “regular meeting”) is displayed. These date data 11a and time data 11
The entirety of b and the schedule content data 11c is the schedule data 11.

With respect to the schedule data 11, an alarm mode may be set in which the start time of the schedule is set as an alarm time and the alarm 9 is sounded when the alarm time is reached. , May not be set. Whether the alarm mode is set or not depends on the contents of the schedule and the degree of necessity for the user, and the user can freely determine the alarm mode.

In the case of this portable electronic device, whether the alarm mode is set or not, step S11
In the display operation of the schedule data 11 (the screen display state of FIG. 2A), the presence or absence of the setting of the alarm mode is not always displayed.

When the user wants to confirm whether or not the displayed schedule data 11 is set to the alarm mode, the user operates a specific single key (alarm mode confirmation key K1) on the keyboard 6. I do.

The CPU 1 proceeds from step S11 to step S12 to determine whether or not a key input has been made. If no key input has been made, the process returns to step S11.
If there is a key input, the flow advances to step S13 to determine whether or not the key is the alarm mode confirmation key K1, and if not, the process proceeds to a routine for executing a command designated by the key.

However, if the input key is the alarm mode confirmation key K1, the flow advances to step S14 to control the liquid crystal driver 7 in accordance with the program in the ROM 2 and the data on the presence or absence of the alarm mode setting stored in the RAM 3. Then, the presence or absence of the alarm mode setting is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 8.

That is, when the alarm mode is set, as shown in FIG. 2B, the alarm time data 12 is displayed in the lowermost row of the screen of the liquid crystal display panel 8, for example, [alarm = ○ hour ○ minutes]. AM]. In addition,
Although illustration is omitted, when the alarm mode is not set, a display such as [alarm = hour / minute] is displayed.

Next, the process proceeds to step S15, in which it is determined whether or not the alarm mode confirmation key K1 is continuously depressed. If the depressing operation is continued, the process returns to step S14, and the screen of the alarm time data 12 is displayed. Continue the display state. That is, the simultaneous display state of the alarm time data 12 is maintained as long as the alarm mode confirmation key K1 is continuously pressed down.

In the display state of the alarm time data 12, as is apparent from FIG. 2B, not only the display of the alarm time data 12 but also the screen display state in FIG. Schedule data 1 as well
1 is also superimposed and displayed. Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether or not the alarm mode is set for the schedule while confirming the specific date and time and the contents of the schedule. When it is set, it is very convenient to judge whether or not to cancel the setting, and when it has not been set, it is very convenient to judge whether to set.

Now, step S14 → S15 → S14 →
When the operation of pressing down the alarm mode confirmation key K1 is released in the loop of, the process proceeds to step S16 to return to the screen display state of the schedule data 11. That is,
The state returns to the state of (c) in FIG. 2 (this is the same state as (a) of FIG. 2), and the display of the alarm time data 12 disappears.

Next, the operation of switching the alarm time data 12 to the screen display state by a continuous depressing operation of two alarm mode confirmation keys K2 and K3 instead of a single key will be described. This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S21, the CPU 1 displays the schedule data 11 on the liquid crystal display panel 8 (see FIG. 2A). In step S22, it is determined whether or not a key input has been made. If not, the process returns to step S21.
To determine whether it is the first alarm mode confirmation key K2. If the key is other than the first alarm mode confirmation key K2, the process proceeds to a routine for executing a command designated by the key.

If the pressed key is the first alarm mode confirmation key K2, the flow advances to step S24 to wait until the depression operation of the first alarm mode confirmation key K2 is released. . When it is released, the process proceeds to step S25, and waits until the second alarm mode confirmation key K3 is pressed down. If the press operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S26, and it is determined whether the stop key has been pressed. When the stop key is pressed down, the process returns to step S21 and waits for another key input.

If the second alarm mode confirmation key K3 is pressed down without pressing the stop key, the flow advances to step S27 to control the liquid crystal driver 7 in accordance with the alarm mode setting data in the RAM 3. Then, the presence or absence of the alarm mode setting is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 8 (as shown in FIG.
M] or [Alarm = hours and minutes]).

Next, the operation proceeds to step S28, where it is determined whether or not the second alarm mode confirmation key K3 is continuously depressed. If the operation is continuously depressed, the flow returns to step S27 to return to the alarm time data. The screen display state of No. 12 is continued. In other words, as long as the second alarm mode confirmation key K3 is kept depressed,
The superimposed display state of the alarm time data 12 and the schedule data 11 is held.

In the loop of steps S27 → S28 → S27 →, when the operation of depressing the second alarm mode confirmation key K3 is released, the flow advances to step S29 to return to the screen display state of the schedule data 11 and to display the alarm time data 12 The display disappears (see FIG. 2C).

When the alarm time data 12 is displayed, as shown in FIG. 5, the alarm time data 12 may be displayed using the alarm time data 12 having a character size corresponding to the character size of the already displayed schedule content data 11c. Conceivable.

In the case of FIG. 5A, the scheduled content data 1
1c ₀ character size as small as 6 dots × 8 dots, and therefore, also the alarm time data 12a is displayed in a small character size and 6 dots × 8 dots.

In the case of FIG. 5B, the schedule content data 1
Character size 1c ₁ is Kanji is 16 dots × 16 dots, katakana large as 8 × 16 dots, therefore, the alarm time data 12b also are displayed in a large character size is 8 × 16 dots.

[0043]

As described above, according to the first portable electronic device of the present invention, the display of the schedule data is maintained by the specific key operation in the display state of the schedule data and the release thereof. The alarm time can be displayed or erased while the alarm mode is set, and the presence or absence of the alarm mode setting can be confirmed. Since the alarm time can be displayed simultaneously with the schedule data, comprehensive judgment can be easily performed.

The specific key operation is simpler than switching the operation mode fundamentally.

In addition, the display area can be used effectively without erasing the display of other items for displaying the alarm time.

The specific key operation for displaying and canceling the display of the alarm time in the schedule data display state may be a single key press operation (second portable electronic device) or two or more key operations. The key may be continuously depressed (third portable electronic device), and in each case, the operation is simpler than when fundamentally switching the operation mode. In addition, by matching the character size of the alarm time with the character size of the schedule data, it is possible to confirm according to the importance of the schedule (fourth portable electronic device).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a portable electronic device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a screen display state in the case of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining another operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another screen display state according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an alarm mode display state in a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an alarm mode display state in another conventional example.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an alarm mode display state in still another conventional example.

[Description of Signs] 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 External memory (IC card) 5 Timer 6 Keyboard 7 Liquid crystal driver 8 Liquid crystal display panel 9 Alarm (Alarm) 11 Schedule data 11a Date data 11b Time data 11c Scheduled content data 12 Alarm Time data K1 Alarm mode confirmation key K2 First alarm mode confirmation key K3 Second alarm mode confirmation key

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A schedule management function and an alarm function, wherein a schedule start time according to schedule data is set as an alarm time, and when an alarm mode is set, an alarm is issued when the alarm time is reached. In the portable electronic device configured, in the display mode of the schedule data, the display of the alarm time is performed simultaneously with the display of the schedule data by a specific key operation in the display mode of the schedule data, and the specific During the key operation, the display state of the alarm time at the same time as the display of the schedule data is held, and when the specific key operation is released, the display of the alarm time is released to return to the display state of the original schedule data. A portable electronic device characterized by returning. 2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the specific key operation is a single key press operation. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific key operation is performed two times.
A portable electronic device characterized by a continuous depressing operation of at least one key. 4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the character size of the display of the alarm time is enlarged or reduced in accordance with the character size of the display of the schedule data.