JP3207061B2 - Electronic equipment and time setting method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus provided with time measuring means for measuring time and a time setting method used for the electronic apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an electronic device such as a personal computer is provided with a time measuring means for measuring time, and the time measured by the time measuring means is displayed on a screen of a display means by a user's operation. As a display format of the time, a digital format or an analog format is used.

[0003] When the time is set for this time measuring means,
When the alarm time is set, a numeral indicating the set time or the alarm time is input, and a key input unit such as a keyboard is used as a unit for inputting the numeral.

In recent years, window systems have become widespread.
A pointing device such as a mouse for selecting and specifying a menu or the like displayed on the screen is connected. Many processes can be easily selected and executed by using this pointing device.

[0005]

However, when the time is set for the above-mentioned clock means, a number indicating the set time is input by a key operation of the key input means.
It is necessary to perform the key operation of the key input means independently of the operation of the pointing device that enables selection and execution of many processes, and the pointing device that enables selection and execution of many processes cannot be fully utilized. The time setting operation is very troublesome.

In setting the alarm time, there is a case where it is not necessary to accurately input the number indicating the alarm time, but even in this case, it is necessary to input the number indicating the alarm time, which is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a time setting method which can set the time by a simple operation.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Display means, a counting means for counting the time, an electronic apparatus and a position indicating means for indicating a position on the screen of said display means, image instructed by said position indicating means
Set the time for the timer based on the position on the surface.
Time setting means, wherein the time setting means
When setting the time for the means,
Function to display on the screen an analog clock indicating the time
Is displayed on the screen by the position indicating means.
Display position of one of the long and short hands of an analog clock
When the display is instructed,
Moves the needle to the position indicated on the screen by the position indicating means
And a function to set it to be intermittently movable according to
By moving the one hand with the position indicating means,
In this case, the time is set for the time counting means .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device, comprising:
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Electronic device having a position indicating means for instructing.
Based on the position on the screen designated by the position designating means.
Time setting means for setting the time for the time counting means.
The time setting means has a time with respect to the time measuring means.
At the time of setting, an analyzer indicating the time
A function for displaying a log clock on the screen;
Analog clock long hand displayed on the screen by the step
When the display position of one of the short hands is indicated,
Pointing one hand at the indicated display position to the position
One of the hands according to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by the means
Can be moved intermittently with a preset amount of movement.
A function of setting the position of the one hand by the position indicating means.
To set the time for the timekeeping means.
Is performed .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device, comprising:
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Electronic device having a position indicating means for instructing.
Based on the position on the screen designated by the position designating means.
Time setting means for setting the time for the time counting means.
The time setting means has a time with respect to the time measuring means.
At the time of setting, an analyzer indicating the time
A function for displaying a log clock on the screen;
Analog clock long hand displayed on the screen by the step
When the display position of one of the short hands is indicated,
Pointing one hand at the indicated display position to the position
Can be moved according to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by means
A function to be set and the one hand by the position indicating means
Machine that sets the other of the hands to be movable in conjunction with the movement of
The one hand is moved by the position indicating means.
The time is set for the time counting means .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a display means,
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Electronic device having a position indicating means for instructing.
Based on the position on the screen designated by the position designating means.
Time setting means for setting the time for the time counting means.
The time setting means is provided by the position indicating means.
Digitally advance the time corresponding to the indicated screen location
It is characterized by including a function of displaying on the screen of the display means .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device, comprising:
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Used in an electronic device having a position indicating means for indicating
The time setting method,
At the time of setting the time, an alarm indicating the time
Displaying a analog clock on the screen; and indicating the position.
The length of the analog clock displayed on the screen by means
The display position of one of the hand and the short hand is indicated
And move one hand at the indicated display position to the position
Intermittent according to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by the indicating means
Setting the position to be movable, and
By moving one of the hands,
And setting a time period .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a display means,
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Used in an electronic device having a position indicating means for indicating
The time setting method,
At the time of setting the time, an alarm indicating the time
Displaying a analog clock on the screen; and indicating the position.
The length of the analog clock displayed on the screen by means
The display position of one of the hand and the short hand is indicated
And move one hand at the indicated display position to the position
In response to the movement of the designated position on the screen by the indicating means,
Can be moved intermittently with a preset amount of movement with respect to the needle
And setting the one hand with the position indicating means.
Time setting for the timing means by moving
And a step of performing the following.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a display means,
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Used in an electronic device having a position indicating means for indicating
The time setting method,
At the time of setting the time, an alarm indicating the time
Displaying a analog clock on the screen; and indicating the position.
The length of the analog clock displayed on the screen by means
The display position of one of the hand and the short hand is indicated
And move one hand at the indicated display position to the position
Moveable according to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by the indicating means
Setting the function, and the one by the position indicating means.
The other hand is set to be movable in conjunction with the movement of the needle.
Moving the one needle by the position indicating means.
To set the time for the timer
And having a step.

[0015] According to the present invention, the display means,
Time means for measuring the position of the display means on the screen.
Used in an electronic device having a position indicating means for indicating
Time setting method, the position indicating means
Indicating a position on the screen, and the position indicating means
The time corresponding to the position on the screen indicated by
Displaying on a screen of the display means in a graphical manner;
The time for the timing means based on the indicated position on the screen
And setting the interval .

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According to the present invention, at the time of setting the time for the timer,
An analog clock showing the time being measured by the clock means is displayed on the screen.
Displayed on the screen, and the
Display position of one of the long hand and short hand of the analog clock
Is indicated, move one hand at the indicated display position.
Disconnect according to the movement of the position indicated on the screen by the position
Set to be continuously movable, and move one hand with the position
To set the time for the timekeeping means.
U.

Also, in the present invention, the image is
Of the hour hand and hour hand of the analog clock displayed on the
When the display position of one of the hands is indicated, the indicated
Indication of one hand at the position on the screen by position indication means
Set in advance for the one hand according to the movement of the position
Set to be able to move intermittently according to the amount of movement, and
Time to timekeeping means by moving one hand
Make settings.

Also, in the present invention, the image is
Of the hour hand and hour hand of the analog clock displayed on the
When the display position of one of the hands is indicated, the indicated
Indication of one hand at the position on the screen by position indication means
Set to be movable according to the movement of the position, and
To move the other hand in conjunction with the movement of one hand
And move one hand with the position indicating means.
To set the time for the timing means.

Further , in the present invention, the finger is operated by the position pointing means.
The time corresponding to the indicated position on the screen is displayed digitally.
Displayed on the screen of the pointing means, and
The time is set for the timing means based on the position on the surface.

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

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer which is an embodiment of the electronic apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 5 is stored in a work area of a storage means 5 of the personal computer of FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of present time setting data.

As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer includes a CPU 1 for executing calculations and processing based on a program stored in a storage means 5, a timekeeping means 2, and a mouse provided with left and right buttons. 3 and display means 4.

The programs stored in the storage means 5 include a clock display program for displaying on the display means 4 an analog clock representing the time measured by the clock means, and a mouse 3.
And a time setting program for setting the time on the timekeeping means 2 by the instruction operation by the user.

In the time setting by the time setting program of this embodiment, when the mouse 3 indicates the display position of the long hand of the analog clock displayed on the screen, the long hand is moved according to the movement of the mouse cursor of the mouse 3 on the screen. The time is set for the timekeeping means 2 by setting the movable hand and moving the long hand with the mouse 3. In the present embodiment, the time is set in the drag mode by the drag operation of the mouse 3.

The storage means 5 is provided with an area for storing the above-mentioned program, an area for storing fixed data used for the arithmetic processing, and a work area for temporarily storing the result of the arithmetic processing. In the work area, as shown in FIG.
a, an area 5b for storing a time setting mode flag indicating the time setting mode (set to “0” during resetting while the time is set to “1”), and a drag mode flag (“1” indicating the dragging). There is provided an area 5c for storing "0" in the reset processing during dragging, and an area 5d for storing the display area of the hands being displayed in the time setting mode. Hereinafter, the drag mode flag is referred to as DRGMD.

A specific example of the time setting operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a diagram for explaining a time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a process of the time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG.

First, the time setting mode is selected by the mouse 3, and the time setting mode is started. In the time setting mode, an analog clock indicating the time stored in the time storage area 5a is displayed on the screen of the display unit 4, as shown in FIG. The displayed analog clock is engraved with a five-minute index. From the positions of the long hand 21 and the short hand 22 of the analog timepiece, it can be seen that the time indicates 5:00.

On the screen on which the analog clock is displayed,
When the time 5:00 is set to 5:15, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position of the long hand 21 by moving the mouse 3. Next, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the position 24 while the long hand 21 is being dragged (the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the position 24 while pressing the left button of the mouse 3). With the movement of the mouse cursor 3a, the long hand 21 is moved to the position of "15 minutes" while drawing the locus 31, as shown in FIG. The short hand 22 is moved by a movement amount corresponding to the movement amount of the long hand 21 with the movement of the long hand 21. When the long hand 21 is moved to a predetermined position,
The drag operation is released, and the time is set to 5:15.

Next, the processing procedure of the time setting in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in the personal computer of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the amount of movement of the mouse 3 is input, and the mouse cursor is moved based on the amount of movement (step S1).

Next, whether or not the mouse cursor has pointed to the icon indicating the time setting mode,
It is determined whether or not the time setting mode flag stored in the area 5b is “1” (Step S).
2). If the time setting mode flag is "0", other processing is executed (step S10), and the processing exits from the timer processing.

If the time setting mode flag is "1",
It is determined whether the switch (SW) of the mouse 3 is turned on (step S3). This determination is made to enter the drag mode when not in the drag mode (if the switch is on) and to exit from the drag mode when the switch is off.

When the switch (SW) of the mouse 3 is turned on, it is determined whether or not the mode is the drag mode based on the DRGMD value stored in the area 5c (step S6). When the value of the DRGMD stored in the area 5c is “0”, that is, when the mode is not the drag mode, it is determined whether or not there is a long hand at the display position of the mouse cursor (step S8). This determination is made by comparing the position of the mouse cursor with the needle display area stored in the area 5 d of the storage means 5, and the position of the mouse cursor is stored in the needle display area stored in the area 5 d of the storage means 5. Is included, it is determined that the hand is located at the display position of the mouse cursor.

When the pointer is at the display position of the mouse cursor,
DRGMD is set to “1”, and the drag mode is set (step S9). After setting the drag mode, the drag mode setting process ends.

If there is no needle at the display position of the mouse cursor (step S8), there is no object to be dragged, and the drag mode setting process ends without performing the process.

When the value of the DRGMD stored in the area 5c is "1", that is, in the drag mode (step S6), a process for moving the needle in accordance with the movement of the mouse cursor is performed (step S7).

If the switch (SW) of the mouse 3 is off (step S3), it is determined whether or not the DRGMD is set to "1", that is, whether or not the drag mode has already been set (step S3). Step S4).

When DRGMD is set to "1",
The time corresponding to the position pointed by the mouse cursor is calculated, and the time is stored in the time area 5a of the storage means 5, and the display area of the hands stored in the area 5d is updated to the display area of the new hands. Then, DRGMD is set to “0” to exit the drag mode.

As described above, when the mouse 3 indicates the display position of the long hand of the analog clock displayed on the screen, the long hand is set to be movable in accordance with the movement of the mouse cursor of the mouse 3 on the screen, and the long hand is moved to the mouse. Since the time is set for the timekeeping means 2 by moving the mouse 3, the time can be set by a simple mouse operation.

Further, since the setting is such that the short hand is moved in conjunction with the movement of the long hand, the time can be set with the same image as that of an actual analog clock, which is very easy to understand. Further, the time can be set by operating the long hand, and the time setting operation is further simplified.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting time in a personal computer which is a second embodiment of the electronic apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of time setting data stored in a work area of the storage means.

The structure of the present embodiment is almost the same as the structure of the first embodiment.
A time storage area 5a, an area 5b for storing a time setting mode flag, and a SWON indicating that a button of the mouse 3 is being pressed ("1" indicates a state in which the button is pressed, and the reset processing indicates " 0) is stored in the area 5
f, an area 5d for storing a needle display area, and an SCLT indicating a needle selection state (when both are 1, the state is indicated).
And an area 5e for storing.

A specific example of the time setting operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the time setting mode is selected by the mouse 3, and the time setting mode is started. In the time setting mode, an analog clock indicating the time stored in the time storage area 5a is displayed on the screen of the display unit 4, as shown in FIG.

On the screen on which the analog clock is displayed,
When the time 5:00 is set to 5:15, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position of the long hand 21 by moving the mouse 3, and a click is performed (the left button is pressed once). The long hand 21 is selected by this click operation. Next, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position 24 and clicked again. Mouse cursor 3a
As shown in FIG. 3, the long hand 21
Is moved to the position of "15 minutes" while drawing, and the time is 5:
It is set to 15. The time setting in the present embodiment is performed in the click mode.

Next, the processing procedure for setting the time in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, the amount of movement of the mouse 3 is input, and the mouse cursor is moved based on the amount of movement (step S11).

Next, the SLC stored in the area 5e is
It is determined whether or not the needle has been selected based on the value of T (step S12). When the value of SLCT is “1”, it is determined that the needle is selected.

When the needle is selected, the selected needle is moved by moving the mouse 3 (step S13).

When the hand is not selected, step S1
Whether the mouse cursor has pointed to the icon indicating the time setting mode without performing the processing of step 3;
It is determined whether the time setting mode flag stored in the area 5b is “1” (step S1).
4). If the time setting mode flag is "0", other processing is executed (step S10), and the processing exits from the timer processing.

When the time setting mode flag is "1",
It is determined whether the left button (SW) of the mouse 3 has been pressed (step S15).

When the left button of the mouse 3 is pressed, the area 5
The value of SWON stored in f is set to "1" (step S16).

If the left button of the mouse 3 is not pressed, SW
It is determined whether the ON value is "1" (step S17). When the value of SWON is “0”, it indicates that the state in which the left button is not pressed is maintained, and therefore, step S24 is performed without changing the mode.
Move to the processing of.

If the value of SWON is "1" (step S15), it means that the left button has been clicked. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value of SLCT is "1", that is, the hand is selected. It is determined whether or not there is (step S18).

When the value of SLCT is "0", it is determined whether or not the needle is at the current mouse cursor position (step S21). This determination is made by comparing the position of the mouse cursor with the needle display area stored in the area 5 d of the storage means 5, and the position of the mouse cursor is stored in the needle display area stored in the area 5 d of the storage means 5. Is included, it is determined that the hand is located at the display position of the mouse cursor.

When the hand is at the display position of the mouse cursor,
SLCT is set to “1”, and the value of SWON is set to “0” (steps S22 and S23). After setting the drag mode, the drag mode setting process ends.

If there is no needle at the display position of the mouse cursor,
Since the click operation has no meaning, the value of SWON is set to "0" (step S23), and the process proceeds to step S24.

When the value of the SLCT is "1" (step S18), the position of the mouse cursor is specified as the position of the needle by the click operation, so the setting processing for setting the needle at the position of the mouse cursor is performed. (Step S19). Next, SLCT is set to "0" and S
The value of WON is set to “0” (steps S22, S2
3), the process proceeds to step S24.

In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, when it is difficult to set the time in "minute units", as shown in FIG. By inserting a step and displaying this step, the time can be set to 1
It can be easily set in minutes. In addition, a method may be used in which the long hand is displayed in units of minutes instead of continuously displaying the long hand when the mouse moves, so that the long hand moves in units of minutes. Further, as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to use a method in which the time that changes with the movement of the long hand is indicated by a digital value. By these methods, the time can be set more easily. In addition, the method of indicating the time changing with the movement of the long hand by a digital value is based on the processing procedure of the second embodiment (shown in FIG. 6), which is based on the relative position between the mouse cursor position and the clock center. This method can be easily realized by calculating an angle, calculating a set time from this angle, and adding a process of displaying an analog clock so as to indicate the set time. Can be.

Next, a method of displaying the long hand in units of minutes and causing the long hand to appear to move in units of minutes will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 and 10
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method for showing that the long hand moves in units of minutes.

For example, when setting the time 5:00 to 5:15 on the screen on which the analog clock is displayed, as shown in FIG.
is moved to the display position of the long hand 21, and the long hand 21 is selected by a click or a drag operation. Then
The mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position 24, and the click operation or the drag operation is canceled again.
With the movement of the mouse cursor 3a, the long hand 21 draws a trajectory 91 as shown in FIGS.
It is moved in minutes to the position of "minute", and the time is set to 5:15. The movement of the long hand in minute units is performed every time the amount of movement of the mouse 3 exceeds a predetermined value. Note that the movement of the long hand shown in FIG. 10 is schematically shown and is not accurate.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the time setting operation in the personal computer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a time setting procedure in a personal computer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

The configuration of the present embodiment is the same as the configuration of the first embodiment. In the time setting mode of the present embodiment, the position of the short hand that defines the time is clicked with the mouse 3, and the position of the clicked short hand is set. A set time is calculated based on the calculated time, and the long hand and the short hand are moved to positions corresponding to the set time obtained by the calculation.

Specifically, the time is changed from 5:00 to 10: 1.
When setting to 0, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the short hand position 121 substantially corresponding to the set time 10:10, as shown in FIG. Next, when a click operation is performed by the mouse 3 at the short hand position 121, the time defined by the short hand position 121 is calculated, and as shown in FIG.
It is moved to the position of 0. The time setting by clicking the short hand position 121 cannot be made accurate, but when the current time and the set time are largely separated, the time required for the time setting can be shortened, and the accurate time setting can be performed. This is an effective setting method for setting an alarm time that does not require a password.

Next, the procedure for setting the time in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 13, first, the amount of movement of mouse 3 is input, and the mouse cursor is moved based on the amount of movement (step S31).

Next, it is determined whether or not the mouse cursor has pointed to the icon indicating the time setting mode, that is, whether or not the time setting mode has been selected (step S).
32). If the time setting mode is not selected, other processing is executed (step S38), and the processing exits from the timer processing.

When the time setting mode is selected, the mouse 3
It is determined whether or not the left button (SW) has been pressed (step S33).

When the left button of the mouse 3 is pressed, SWO
The value of N is set to "1" (step S16).

If the left button of the mouse 3 is not pressed, SW
It is determined whether the ON value is "1" (step S35). When the value of SWON is “0”, it indicates that the state in which the left button is not pressed is maintained, and therefore, step S24 is performed without changing the mode.
Move to the processing of.

When the value of SWON is "1" (step S35), it means that the left button has been clicked, so that the relative position of the mouse cursor position from the clock center is calculated, and from the relative position. The set time is calculated based on the obtained clockwise angle (step S).
36). In this set time calculation process, the ratio between the X coordinate value and the Y coordinate value indicating the position of the mouse cursor is obtained, the angle corresponding to the ratio is read from a table prepared in advance, and the set time corresponding to this angle is read. Is used. With this method, the set time can be calculated quickly.

After setting the time, the value of SWON is set to "0" (step S37), and the process shifts to step S38.

In each of the above embodiments, a mouse is used as a pointing device.
A method of specifying a position on the screen by using a pen and touching the position on the screen with the pen can also be adopted.
According to this method, since the position on the screen can be directly specified, the operation can be performed intuitively. However, performing the operation corresponding to the mouse drag operation is troublesome.

In each of the embodiments described above, the analog clock is displayed. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 14, a clock representing the time can be displayed by a bar graph.

Further, in each of the embodiments described above, the time setting is described. However, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the setting of the alarm time. In addition, as an application, data
It can be applied to time settings such as ima (for example, sound an alarm after one hour).

[0092]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When setting the time for the timer, the timer is not
Display an analog clock indicating the time
The analog clock's long hand and the
When the display position of one of the hands
One hand at the indicated display position is
Set to move intermittently according to the movement of the indicated position on the surface
And move one hand with the position indicating means.
Since the time is set for the clock means, the time can be set by a simple operation.

Further , according to the present invention, the position indicating means is provided.
The minute hand and minute hand of the analog clock displayed on the screen
When the display position of one of the hands is indicated,
Move one hand at the display position on the screen
Set in advance for the one hand according to the movement of the indicated position.
Position can be set to be intermittently movable
Move one hand at
Since the time is set, the time can be set with simple operations
Can be.

Further , according to the present invention, the position indicating means can be used.
The minute hand and minute hand of the analog clock displayed on the screen
When the display position of one of the hands is indicated,
Move one hand at the display position on the screen
Set to be movable according to the movement of the pointing position, and
The other hand can be moved in conjunction with the movement of one hand by the step
And move one hand with the position indicating means.
Therefore, since the time is set for the timekeeping means, simple operation
You can set the time manually, and
You can set the time with the same image as the log clock
You.

Further , according to the present invention, the position indicating means is provided.
Time corresponding to the indicated position on the screen
Displayed on the screen of the display means, and
Set the time for the timer based on the position on the screen
Time can be set easily and accurately.
it can.

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[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer which is an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a process of a time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in the personal computer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of time setting data stored in a work area of a storage unit of the personal computer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a time setting processing procedure in a personal computer which is a second embodiment of the electronic apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of time setting data stored in a work area of a storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the analog clock displayed on the screen.

FIG. 9 is a view for explaining a method of showing that the long hand moves in units of minutes.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a method of showing that the long hand moves in units of minutes.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a digital clock displayed together with an analog clock when setting time.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a time setting operation in a personal computer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a time setting process in the personal computer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a clock displayed when setting time.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Timing means 3 Mouse (position designation means) 3a Mouse cursor 4 Display means 5 Storage means 21 Long hand 22 Short hand

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G04G 5/00 G04G 1/00 G06F 3/00

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a display unit; a timer unit for measuring time; and a position indicating unit for indicating a position on the screen of the display unit. before on the basis of the position
There is a time setting means for setting the time for the timekeeping means.
And the time setting means sets a time for the time keeping means.
Analog time indicating the time being measured by the time measuring means.
A function of displaying a meter on the screen;
The analog hand displayed on the screen
When the display position of one of the short hands is indicated, the finger
One hand at the indicated display position is
Can move intermittently according to the movement of the indicated position on the screen
And the function of setting
Time by moving the hand
An electronic device characterized by performing interval setting . 2. Display means and time measuring means for measuring time
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
An electronic device including an instruction unit , wherein the position is determined based on a position on the screen designated by the position instruction unit.
There is a time setting means for setting the time for the timekeeping means.
And the time setting means sets a time for the time keeping means.
Analog time indicating the time being measured by the time measuring means.
A function of displaying a meter on the screen;
The analog hand displayed on the screen
When the display position of one of the short hands is indicated, the finger
One hand at the indicated display position is
To move the designated position on the screen
To be able to move intermittently with a preset amount of movement
The one hand is moved by the position indicating means.
To set the time for the timekeeping means.
Electronic equipment characterized by the following . 3. Display means and time measuring means for measuring time
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
An electronic device including an instruction unit , wherein the position is determined based on a position on the screen designated by the position instruction unit.
There is a time setting means for setting the time for the timekeeping means.
And the time setting means sets a time for the time keeping means.
To, when an analog indicating a time at which said clock means is a time meter
A function of displaying a meter on the screen;
The analog hand displayed on the screen
When the display position of one of the short hands is indicated, the finger
One hand at the indicated display position is
Can be moved according to the movement of the indicated position on the screen
Function and movement of the one hand by the position indicating means.
And the function of setting the other of the hands to be movable in conjunction with
Moving the one hand by the position indicating means.
Setting the time for the time counting means by
Electronic equipment characterized . 4. Display means and time measuring means for measuring time
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
An electronic device including an instruction unit , wherein the position is determined based on a position on the screen designated by the position instruction unit.
There is a time setting means for setting the time for the timekeeping means.
The time setting means is instructed by the position instructing means.
Digital display of the time corresponding to the position on the screen
An electronic device comprising a function of displaying on a screen of a means . 5. Display means and time measuring means for measuring time
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
Time setting method used for an electronic device having an instruction unit
In the above, when the time is set for the time counting means, the time counting means
An analog clock showing the time of day is displayed on the screen.
And displaying an image displayed on the screen by the position indicating means.
The display position of one of the long and short hands of the log clock is
When instructed, one hand at the indicated display position
In response to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by the position indicating means.
Setting the first needle to be movable intermittently, and moving the one needle with the position indicating means.
Setting the time for the time counting means.
A time setting method characterized by: 6. A display means, and a time keeping means for keeping time.
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
Time setting method used for an electronic device having an instruction unit
In the above, when the time is set for the time counting means, the time counting means
An analog clock showing the time of day is displayed on the screen.
And displaying an image displayed on the screen by the position indicating means.
The display position of one of the long and short hands of the log clock is
When instructed, one hand at the indicated display position
In response to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by the position indicating means.
Intermittently with a predetermined amount of movement with respect to the one hand.
Moving the one hand with the position indicating means.
Setting the time for the time counting means.
A time setting method characterized by: 7. Display means and time measuring means for measuring time
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
Time setting method used for an electronic device having an instruction unit
In the above, when the time is set for the time counting means, the time counting means
An analog clock showing the time of day is displayed on the screen.
And displaying an image displayed on the screen by the position indicating means.
The display position of one of the long and short hands of the log clock is
When instructed, one hand at the indicated display position
In response to the movement of the indicated position on the screen by the position indicating means.
In the same manner as in the step of setting to be movable, in conjunction with the movement of the one hand by the position indicating means.
Setting the other of the needles to be movable, and moving the one of the needles by the position indicating means.
Setting the time for the time counting means.
A time setting method characterized by: 8. A display means, and a clock means for measuring time.
And a position for indicating a position on the screen of the display means
Time setting method used for an electronic device having an instruction unit
A step of designating a position on the screen by the position designating means.
And the position on the screen indicated by the position indicating means.
Digitally displays the time to perform on the screen of the display means.
And a counter for the timing means based on the designated position on the screen.
Setting a time to be performed.
Interval setting method.