JP4830947B2 - Electronic device and control program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus capable of updating information of a predetermined year or month included in document information stored and held, and a control program therefor.

Patent Document 1 discloses a printing apparatus that prints document information on a printing tape and includes a clock circuit, and prints date information obtained from the clock circuit when printing the document information on the printing tape. .
JP 2000-6501 A

  In the conventional printing apparatus, when document information is printed, date information obtained from a clock circuit is also printed. For example, after document information including date information is created and printed, the document information is In some cases, the document information is registered in the storage device of the printing apparatus, the document information is called as necessary, and the document information is reused. In this case, it is convenient if the date information at the time of past creation included in the document information can be automatically updated to the date information at the time of reuse. However, the conventional printing apparatus does not have such a function. In particular, if the document information contains year or month information rather than just calendar date information, the year or month information included in the document information when the document information is called and reused. Is convenient if it can be updated in the fiscal year or month corresponding to the current date, but the above-described conventional printing apparatus cannot meet such a demand. Therefore, if the document information includes year or month information, the year or month will be re-entered according to the current date, but the year or month will not necessarily match the calendar date. Therefore, even if the current date information is obtained, it is troublesome and erroneous to determine and re-enter the current year or month based on the date information.

  The present invention solves such a problem, and when the stored document information includes information on a predetermined year, month, or period, the information on the predetermined year, month, or period is currently displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device capable of automatically updating and outputting the information corresponding to the date information and its control program.

The invention of claim 1 is a document information storage means for storing document information, and a definition for storing definition information for defining a predetermined period from a start date to an end date as a period expression different from a calendar period. information storage means, a search means for variable information represented in combination with the period represented retrieves from the document information stored in the document information storage means, and date information acquisition means for acquiring the current date information, the automatically updated based the variable information included in the document information retrieved by the retrieval means, before SL current date information and the definition information defining information stored in the storage means is acquired by the date information acquisition means Updating means for outputting, and output means for outputting document information including the period expression and variable information updated by the updating means.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the invention of claim 1, as definition information stored in the definition information storage means, the information before KiHiraki start and end date, an input setting means for inputting set at any date Furthermore, it is characterized by providing.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the output means is a printing means for printing the document information updated by the updating means on a recording sheet. It is a feature.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the output means is a display means for displaying the document information updated by the update means on a display screen. It is a feature.

The invention according to claim 5 is a control program for controlling a computer of an electronic device having document information storage means for storing document information, wherein the computer is set to a predetermined period from a start date to an end date. Definition information storage means for storing definition information to be defined as a period expression of a period different from the period delimiter, and variable information represented in combination with the period expression is retrieved from the document information stored in the document information storage means retrieval means for, date information acquisition means for acquiring the current date information, the variable information included in the document information retrieved by said retrieval means, the current date information obtained by the previous SL date information acquisition means the updating means for automatically updating based on the definition information stored in the definition information storage means, the time expression and variable information updated by said updating means It is characterized in that to function as output means for outputting the document information including.

  According to the present invention, when information on a predetermined year, month, or period is included in the stored and stored document information, the information on the predetermined year, month, or period corresponds to the current date information. It can be automatically updated and output, and it can be judged whether or not the information for a given year or month or period should be updated corresponding to the current date information, or the year or month or period information. There is no need to re-enter.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an appearance of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a tape cassette used in the printing apparatus and a part of the internal structure of the printing apparatus. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printing apparatus 1 includes an input unit 3, a display unit 4, and an opening / closing lid 5 on the upper surface of the apparatus body 2. Inside the opening / closing lid 5, a cassette loading unit 6 for loading the tape cassette 21 containing the printing tape 31 and the ink ribbon 35 is formed.

  The input unit 3 is a character input key for inputting character information, a key for editing a document with the input characters, a registration key for registering the created document information, a call key for calling the registered document information, and an instruction for starting printing A print key for moving, a cursor key for moving the cursor on the display screen of the display unit 4, and various keys for setting a print mode and various setting processes.

  The display unit 4 is a liquid crystal display device that displays input characters, documents, selection menu screens for various settings, messages about processing, and the like, as well as various information such as the status of the print mode.

  In the cassette loading unit 6, the printing tape 31 is arranged between the thermal head 7 and a printing head (thermal head) 7 that prints on a long print medium (printing tape) 31 with printing elements arranged in the vertical direction. And a platen roller 8 that sandwiches and transports the ink ribbon 35, a ribbon take-up shaft 9 that winds the ink ribbon 35 used for printing into the tape cassette 21, and a cutter 13 that cuts the print tape 31. A printer unit 20 is provided. The cassette loading unit 6 includes a cassette receiving unit 10 for supporting the tape cassette 21 at a predetermined position. A discharge port 12 communicating with the outside of the apparatus main body 2 is provided at one end of the cassette loading unit 6. The discharge port 12 is provided with a cutter 13 having a fixed blade 13a and a movable blade 13b.

  On the other hand, the tape cassette 21 is provided with a cassette case 22. Inside the cassette case 22, a tape core 23 around which a printing tape 31 is wound, a ribbon supply core 24 around which an unused ink ribbon 35 is wound, and used for printing. Ribbon take-up cores 25 for taking up the finished ink ribbon 35 are accommodated. The printing tape 31 has a laminated structure of a printing tape layer on which printing is performed, an adhesive layer, and a release tape layer. The cassette case 22 of the tape cassette 21 is formed with a head placement portion 27 on which the thermal head 7 is placed when the tape cassette 21 is loaded in the cassette loading portion 6. Is formed with an engaged portion 29 that is engaged with and supported by the cassette receiving portion 10 of the cassette loading portion 6.

  In this printing apparatus 1, when printing of document information created by characters input from the input unit 3 is instructed, the printing tape 31 and the ink ribbon 35 are pulled out from the tape cassette 21 and overlapped with the platen roller 8 and the thermal printer. While being sandwiched between the heads 7 and transported together, the thermal head 7 is driven to generate heat based on the input character print data, and the ink on the ink ribbon 35 is thermally transferred to the print tape 31 for printing. When printing is completed, the cutter 13 operates to cut the print tape 31 and create a print label.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of this printing apparatus. The electronic circuit of the printing apparatus includes a control unit 40 that includes a CPU that is a computer. The control unit 40 is connected to a system program stored in the ROM 41 in advance in response to a key operation signal from the input unit 3 or from an external storage medium 50 such as a memory card or CD-ROM through the storage medium reading unit 51. The device control program read into the memory or the device control program read into the internal memory from the Web server 52 on the external communication network N via the communication control unit 53 is started, and the operation of each part of the circuit is performed using the RAM 42 as a work memory. Control. The control unit 40 is connected to the input unit 3, the display unit 4, the printer unit 20, the ROM 41, and the RAM 42, as well as a display font ROM 43 that stores character fonts for display, and a character font for printing. A print font ROM 44 to be stored is connected. In addition, the control unit 40 registers document information created by characters input from the input unit 3, stores and saves the document information, and stores a predetermined year, month, or period included in the stored document information. A specific character string information memory 46 for storing specific character string information for searching for information to be represented, a definition information memory 47 for storing definition information for defining a predetermined year or month or period, and an RTC (for generating date information) Real time clock) 48 is connected.

  The ROM 41 is executed by a program for printing document information input from the input unit 3, a program for updating information representing a predetermined year, month, or period in the document information according to the present invention, and the printing apparatus 1. A program for each process is stored. The RAM 42 also has an input data memory for storing input document information, a print data memory for storing character print pattern data (print data), and display data for storing pattern data displayed on the display unit 4. Each area of the memory is secured, and a register, a counter, and the like are provided for temporarily storing data necessary for printing processing.

  FIG. 4 shows specific character string information stored in the specific character string information memory 46. This specific character string information is referred to when searching for information representing a predetermined year or month or period included in the document information. As a result of the search, the specific character string information shown in FIG. If there is a character string corresponding to, an identification flag corresponding to each specific character string is set. The specific character string information memory 46 stores, for example, “Heisei xx year” representing the year, “xx month” representing the month, and “fourth quarter” representing the quarter as the specific character string. . The symbol “x” means an arbitrary number, and Y, M, and T represent identification flags.

  The definition information memory 47 is for storing definition information for defining a predetermined year or month or period, and, as shown in FIG. Date information YK, MK is stored. Note that start month information is further stored for each month. In addition, in a quarter as a predetermined period, start date information T1K to T4K and end date information T1L to T4L are stored. These start date information, end date information, and start month information are input and set by the user.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a definition information setting process for defining a predetermined year, month, or period, and FIG. 8 shows the definition information setting screen. The definition information setting process will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 and 8. The definition information setting processing mode is activated by operating a predetermined key of the input unit 3. First, a selection screen for setting definition information for year, month, or period is displayed on the display unit 4 (step A1). On this selection screen, one for selecting and inputting definition information is selected from three types of (1) fiscal year, (2) monthly degree, and (3) quarter. When a selection is made on the selection screen, a setting screen corresponding to the selection is displayed on the display unit 4, and an input is performed on a necessary item by the user (step A2). For example, FIG. 8A shows a definition information setting screen 4a when “FY” is selected. Here, according to the guidance, the date at the beginning of the year is entered in the month and day. FIG. 8B shows a definition information setting screen 4b when “monthly” is selected. Here, according to the guidance, the first date of the month is entered as a day. In addition, either “previous month” or “current month” is selected as start month information. In this case, “previous month” is selected. The start month information indicates whether the start date of the current month is the previous month or the current month. For example, the first day of the month (start date) is 21 days, and the March level is from February 21 to March. If it is up to 20, the start month information is “previous month”. This is because the start date for February is February of the previous month. For example, when the first day (start date) of the month is 11th and the March is from March 11 to April 10, the start month information is “current month”. This is because the start date for March is March, which is the same month. Further, FIG. 8C shows a definition information setting screen 4c when “quarter” is selected. In this case, four screens from the first quarter to the fourth quarter are used, and the start and end dates are entered in the month and day respectively.

  In this way, setting items are input on the setting screen displayed on the display unit 4, but it is determined whether or not necessary input has been made (step A3), and if input has been made (YES in step A3). ), The definition information including the input date information is set and registered in the definition information memory 47 as shown in FIG. 5 (step A4). Then, it is further determined whether or not to perform setting registration (step A5). If the setting registration is to be continued (YES in step A5), the process returns to step A1 and the setting process for the next definition information is repeated. If not continued (NO in step A5), the process is terminated.

  Next, processing for calling document information stored in the document information memory 45 and updating information representing a predetermined year, month, or period included in the document information will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing. First, the document information stored in the document information memory 45 is called to a predetermined area of the RAM 42, and the document information is displayed on the display unit 4, and the user is prompted to select whether or not to update the document information. (Step S1). Next, it is determined whether or not to update the document information is selected (step S2). If it is determined to update (YES in step S2), the specific character string included in the document information is determined. A search is performed (step S3). For example, in FIG. 4, specific character strings related to “year”, “monthly”, and “quarter” are stored, and a search is performed on these. In this specific character string search, it is determined whether there is a specific character string in order from the beginning of the document information (step S4). If there is a specific character string (YES in step S4), the identification flag is a character string in the document information. (Step S5). If there is no specific character string (NO in step S4), step S5 is skipped. That is, for example, if there is a character string “2005” in the document information, the character string corresponds to “Heisei XX year” in the specific character string shown in FIG. The identification flag “Y” is set for the characters “1” and “7” in the character string “2005”. It is determined whether or not the search for all characters in the document information has been completed (step S6). If the search has not been completed (NO in step S6), steps S3 to S5 are repeated. Next, it is determined whether or not an identification flag is set in the document information (step S7). If the identification flag is set (YES in step S7), the current date information is acquired from the RTC 48 (step S8). Then, an update process for a predetermined year, month, or period is performed on the target document information (step S9).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an update process for a predetermined year, month, or period. First, it is determined whether or not the identification flag set in the document information searched for the specific character string is “Y” (step S901). If the identification flag is “Y” (YES in step S901), it is determined whether the year / month information of the current date information acquired from the RTC 48 in step S8 is greater than or equal to the start date YK set in the definition information memory 47. (Step S902). If the current year / month information is greater than or equal to the start date YK (YES in step S902), the numeric part of the character string in which the identification flag “Y” is set in the document information is updated with the current year information. This is performed (step S903). If the current year / month information is not equal to or greater than the start date YK (NO in step S902), the numeric part of the character string in which the identification flag “Y” is set in the document information is the current year information-1. Update is performed (step S904).

  For example, the content of the document information is “2005 sales data” shown in FIG. The current date is November 11, 2006. The start date (YK) of the year is set to April 1. Under such conditions, in step S903, the current year information (2006) is updated. That is, the updated document information becomes “Sales data for FY2006” as shown in FIG. If the current date is March 25, 2007, the update is performed in step S904 with "2006" minus 1 from the current year information (2007). That is, the updated document information becomes “Sales data for FY2006” as shown in FIG. On November 11, 2006 and March 25, 2007, if the start date of the fiscal year is “April 1”, both belong to “FY2006”, and both the calendar date and year Corresponds.

  Returning to FIG. 7, if it is determined in step S901 that the identification flag is not “Y”, it is determined whether or not the identification flag set in the document information is “M” (step S905). If it is determined that the identification flag is “M” (YES in step S905), it is then determined whether the start month information is “previous month” (step S906). If it is determined that the start month information is “previous month” (YES in step S906), it is then determined whether the current day information is greater than or equal to the start date MK set in the definition information memory 47 (step S907). If the current day information is greater than or equal to the start date MK (YES in step S907), the current month information is updated by adding 1 (step S908). If the current day information is not greater than or equal to the start date MK (NO in step S907), the current month information is updated (step S909).

  For example, it is assumed that the content of the document information is “March 2007 work management card” shown in FIG. The current date is March 25, 2007. The start date (MK) of the month is set to 21st. Under such conditions, in step S908, the current month information (March) is incremented by 1 and updated. That is, the updated document information is “April 2007 work management card” as shown in FIG. If the current date is April 5, 2007, the current month information (April) is updated in step S909. That is, the updated document information is “April 2007 work management card” as shown in FIG. As of March 25, 2007 and April 5, 2007, if the start date of the month is the “21st” of the previous month, both belong to “April” and both the calendar date and the month It corresponds.

  If it is determined in step S906 in FIG. 7 that the start month information is not “previous month”, it is then determined whether the current day information is greater than or equal to the start date MK set in the definition information memory 47 (step S910). If the current day information is greater than or equal to the start date MK (YES in step S910), the current month information is updated (step S911). If the current day information is not equal to or greater than the start date MK (NO in step S910), the current month information is updated by subtracting 1 (step S912).

  For example, it is assumed that the content of the document information is “February 2007 work management card”. The current date is March 25, 2007. The start month information is set to “current month”, and the start date (MK) of the month is set to 11th. Under such conditions, in step S911, the current month information (March) is updated. That is, the updated document information is “March 2007 work management card”. If the current date is April 5, 2007, the update is performed in “March”, which is obtained by subtracting 1 from the current month information (April) in step S912. That is, the updated document information is “March 2007 work management card”.

  Further, if it is determined in step S901 that the identification flag is not “Y” and it is determined in step S905 that the identification flag is not “M”, it is determined whether the current date information is T1K to T1L (step S913). If the current date information is T1K to T1L (YES in step S913), it is updated in the first quarter (step S914). If it is determined in step S913 that the current date information is not T1K to T1L, it is determined whether the current date information is T2K to T2L (step S915). If the current date information is T2K to T2L (YES in step S915), it is updated in the second quarter (step S916). If it is determined in step S915 that the current date information is not T2K to T2L, it is determined whether the current date information is T3K to T3L (step S917). If the current date information is T3K to T3L (YES in step S917), it is updated in the third quarter (step S918). If it is determined in step S917 that the current date information is not T3K to T3L, it is updated in the fourth quarter (step S919). FIG. 13B shows a case where the document information in FIG. 13A is updated with the current date information on August 1, 2006.

  In FIGS. 11 to 13, reference numerals L1 and L2 indicate the printed matter of the printed label created by the printing tape 31, but in order to make the explanation in FIG. 7 easier to understand, it is replaced with document information data. Explains.

  When the update process in FIG. 7 is completed, the process returns to step S10 in FIG. In step S10, the update result is displayed on the display unit 4. FIG. 9 shows an example of the display. The updated document information is displayed on the display screen 4d together with the message “Document has been updated”.

  After the update result is displayed, a selection screen for displaying whether or not the updated document information is to be printed is displayed on the display unit 4 and is selected by the user (step S11). When it is determined that the printing is to be selected (YES in step S12), the printer unit 20 performs printing on the printing tape 31 (step S13), and the process ends. 11 to 13 show examples of printing. L1 is a print label on which the document information is printed on the print tape 31, and L2 indicates a print label on which the updated document information is printed on the print tape 31. If execution of printing is not determined in step S12, the process ends without performing printing. If it is not determined to update the document information called in step S2 (NO in step S2), or if it is not determined in step S7 that the document information has an identification flag (NO in step S7), the process proceeds to step S11. Subsequently, steps S12 and S13 are performed.

  According to the above embodiment, when the document information stored in the document information memory 45 includes information on a predetermined year, month, or period, the information on the predetermined year, month, or period is read from the RTC 48. It is possible to automatically update and output the information corresponding to the acquired current date information, and to effectively use the registered document information. Moreover, a year or a month or a predetermined period can be arbitrarily defined according to the circumstances of the user.

  The method described in the above embodiment, that is, the definition information setting process for defining the predetermined year or month or period shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, the predetermined year or month included in the document information shown in the flowchart of FIG. Alternatively, each method such as update processing of document information for updating information representing a period, update processing of a predetermined year or month or period accompanying the update processing of the document information shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 may be executed by a computer. Programs that can be stored and distributed in an external storage medium 50 such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. Can do. Then, the personal computer having the document processing function and the computer of the printing apparatus (1) read the program stored in the external storage medium 50 into the internal storage devices (41) and (42), and operate according to the read program. Is controlled, it is possible to realize an information update function that represents a predetermined year, month, or period included in the document information described in the above-described embodiment, and to execute a similar process using the above-described method.

  The program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on a communication network (public line) N in the form of a program code, and the communication device (53) connected to the communication network N The program data can be taken into a personal computer or a computer of the printing apparatus (1) having a document processing function to realize an information update function that represents a predetermined year, month, or period included in the document information.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, the embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment or some constituent requirements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention are not solved. When the effects described in the column “Effects of the Invention” can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent requirements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

1 is a plan view of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view of the principal part of the printing apparatus and a tape cassette. The block diagram of the electronic circuit of the printing apparatus. Explanatory drawing of a specific character string information memory. Explanatory drawing of a definition information memory. 10 is a flowchart showing document information update processing. The flowchart which shows the update process of the predetermined year or month or period accompanying the update process of document information. Explanatory drawing of the definition information setting screen. Explanatory drawing of the display screen in the update process of document information. 6 is a flowchart showing definition information setting processing. Explanatory drawing of the example of printing of document information and the updated document information. Explanatory drawing of the other example of printing of document information and the updated document information. Explanatory drawing of the example of further another printing of document information and the updated document information.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label production apparatus 2 ... Apparatus main body 3 ... Input part 4 ... Display part 4a ... "FY" definition information setting screen 4b ... "Monthly" definition information setting screen 4c ... "Quarter" definition information setting screen 4d ... Update result display screen DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 ... Opening / closing lid 6 ... Cassette loading part 7 ... Print head (thermal head) 8 ... Platen roller 9 ... Ribbon take-up shaft 10 ... Cassette receiving part 12 ... Discharge port 13 ... Cutter 21 ... Tape cassette 22 ... Cassette case 23 ... Tape core DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 24 ... Ribbon supply core 25 ... Ribbon winding core 27 ... Head arrangement | positioning part 29 ... Engaged part 31 ... Printing tape 35 ... Ink ribbon 40 ... Control part 41 ... ROM 42 ... RAM
43 ... Display font ROM 44 ... Print font ROM 45 ... Document information memory 46 ... Specific character string information memory 47 ... Definition information memory 48 ... RTC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 50 ... External storage medium 51 ... Storage medium reading part 52 ... Web server N ... Communication network L1, L2 ... Print label

Claims (5)

Document information storage means for storing document information;
Definition information storage means for storing definition information for defining a predetermined period from the start date to the end date as a period expression of a period different from the calendar period ;
And retrieving means for retrieving variable information represented in combination with the period represented by the document information stored in the document information storage unit,
Date information acquisition means for acquiring current date information;
Automatically updated based variable information included in the document information retrieved by said retrieval means, before SL current date information and the definition information defining information stored in the storage means is acquired by the date information acquisition means Updating means to
Output means for outputting document information including the period expression and variable information updated by the update means;
An electronic device comprising: Electronic according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the as definition information stored in the definition information storage means, the information before KiHiraki start and end dates, further input setting means for inputting set at any date apparatus.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a printing unit that prints the document information updated by the updating unit on a printing medium.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a display unit that displays the document information updated by the update unit on a display screen. A control program for controlling a computer of an electronic apparatus provided with document information storage means for storing document information,
The computer,
Definition information storage means for storing definition information for defining a predetermined period from the start date to the end date as a period expression of a period different from the calendar period ;
Retrieving means for retrieving variable information represented in combination with the period represented by the document information stored in the document information storage unit,
Date information acquisition means for acquiring current date information;
The variable information included in the document information retrieved by said retrieval means, before SL automatically based on the current date information and the definition information defining information stored in the storage means is acquired by the date information acquisition means Update means to update,
Output means for outputting document information including the period expression and variable information updated by the update means;
A computer-readable control program designed to function as a computer.

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