JP4933506B2 - Schedule display system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a schedule display system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a schedule display system that displays a plurality of schedules with improved visibility.

  In an organization such as a company, in order to manage the schedule of employees who work there (employees include contract employees, temporary workers, part-time workers, temporary workers, etc. in addition to full-time employees, those who work in that organization) Systems that manage and display schedules are often introduced. In such a schedule management system, good visibility is required so that the schedule of each employee can be seen at a glance, but there is a cause for reducing the visibility.

  As a main cause of the decrease in visibility when displaying a schedule, a plurality of schedules may be displayed in duplicate. In other words, when there are multiple schedules in the same time zone, information indicating that the schedules are included is often simply displayed in a permutation, so it is easy to see which schedule is in which time zone. It is difficult to recognize with.

  Therefore, conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 below, there is a system that improves the visibility when schedules overlap.

  In the system of Patent Literature 1, when displaying character information of a schedule, the character information to be displayed is moved to a line that does not overlap with other character information and displayed.

  Further, in the system of Patent Document 2, when schedules are registered with overlapping time zones, an optimum schedule to be displayed in the foreground is determined from the current time and the start time of the schedule, and a rule set by the user It is a system that displays a more important schedule in the foreground according to information.

JP-A-8-30675 JP 2003-150567 A

  As an operation frequently performed in the schedule display system, when a lot of schedules such as a schedule registered by yourself or a schedule registered by another person have already been registered, free time is found from the schedule and a new schedule is registered. There is an operation to do. In this case, a free time is searched from among a large number of schedules displayed, and the schedule is registered. However, when there are a large number of duplicate schedules, it is difficult to search for a free time. Therefore, there is a demand for a schedule display system with good visibility that can grasp at a glance where the free time is.

  When the system of Patent Document 1 is used, overlapping display of character information is eliminated, but it is immediately understood where there is free time from a plurality of schedules, which is important when setting a schedule. I can't do that.

  In the case of the system of Patent Document 2, only the schedule that seems to be optimal for the user is displayed, so that there is a problem in accuracy and it is difficult to grasp the free time.

  That is, as in each of the above-mentioned patent documents, the conventional schedule management system has a problem in visibility when searching for where there is free time when a large number of schedules overlap.

  In view of the above problems, the present inventors have invented a schedule display system with improved visibility.

1st invention is the schedule display system which displays schedule information, Comprising: The said schedule display system is a schedule information storage means which memorize | stores the schedule information containing at least start time and end time, and registration of new schedule information Registration receiving means for receiving registration instruction information from a predetermined computer terminal, and receiving the registration instruction information, the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means is extracted, and based on the extracted schedule information, Schedule placement determination information generating means for generating schedule placement determination information for displaying the schedule information by storing a flag indicating whether or not there is a schedule in a matrix having a time axis divided for each unit time as one axis. And the schedule Displayed in a rectangular area from the start time to the end time of the schedule based on the schedule placement determination information storage means for storing the schedule placement determination information generated by the placement determination information generation means. A schedule display means for making the schedule arrangement determining information generating means perpendicular to the time axis when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones in the extracted schedule information. When there is a schedule presence / absence flag for each unit time at a position lowered by one step with respect to one axis direction, and the schedule display means has schedule information with overlapping time zones in the schedule arrangement determination information , the corresponding cell in which the flag is stored which indicates that there is a schedule The coordinate group in the display area and the upper side that displays by drawing a rectangle to lower the predetermined common reference line of the display area, a schedule display system.

By configuring as in the present invention, the user can grasp at a glance the time zone in which the schedule is filled. In other words, when there are schedules with overlapping time zones, one side of each schedule displayed in the rectangular area is common, so it is easy to understand which time zone is free by referring to the one side. It becomes possible.
Also, by configuring as in the present invention, even if there are overlapping schedules, the schedules are shifted and displayed, so they are displayed in a rectangular area indicating that there is a schedule, such as the schedule subject and time zone. It is possible to maintain good visibility of information. Note that the display position of the schedule is shifted up or down by a predetermined unit when the schedule is displayed horizontally (when the horizontal axis is an axis representing time), and when the schedule is displayed vertically. In the case where the vertical axis is an axis representing time, it is shifted leftward or rightward by a predetermined unit.

A second invention is a schedule display system that displays schedule information using a matrix composed of a time axis divided for each unit time and another axis perpendicular to the time axis, the schedule display system comprising: A schedule information storage unit that stores schedule information including at least a start time and an end time; a registration reception unit that receives registration instruction information for registering new schedule information from a predetermined computer terminal; and the registration instruction information , Schedule arrangement determination information for extracting the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means and displaying the schedule information by storing the presence or absence of the schedule in each cell of the matrix based on the extracted schedule information Schedule layout to generate A determination information generation means; a schedule arrangement determination information storage means for storing the schedule arrangement determination information generated by the schedule arrangement determination information generation means; and a schedule start time based on the schedule arrangement determination information. Schedule display means for displaying a rectangular area from the end time to the end time, and the schedule placement determination information generation means stores the presence / absence of a schedule in the matrix cell of the extracted schedule information If there is schedule information in a time zone that overlaps with the time zone of the schedule information, the duplicate schedule information is placed at a position that is lowered by one step with respect to one axial direction other than the time axis, for each unit time. By storing a flag indicating whether there is a schedule, the schedule Generating position determination information, and when new schedule information is stored in the schedule information storage means, based on the new schedule information, by storing the presence or absence of a schedule in each cell of the matrix, The schedule arrangement determination information is updated, and the schedule display means corresponds to a cell storing a flag indicating that there is a schedule when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones in the schedule arrangement determination information. This is a schedule display system that draws and displays a rectangle whose upper side is a group of coordinates in a display area to be displayed and whose lower side is a predetermined common reference line in the display area .

The first inventions described above, it is possible to obtain the same technical effect is also constructed as in the present invention. In other words, when there are schedules with overlapping time zones, one side of each schedule displayed in the rectangular area is set as a common lower side, so it is easy to understand which time zone is available by referring to the lower side. It becomes possible to do.
Also, by configuring as in the present invention, even if there are overlapping schedules, the schedules are shifted and displayed, so they are displayed in a rectangular area indicating that there is a schedule, such as the schedule subject and time zone. It is possible to maintain good visibility of information. Note that the display position of the schedule is shifted up or down by a predetermined unit when the schedule is displayed horizontally (when the horizontal axis is an axis representing time), and when the schedule is displayed vertically. In the case where the vertical axis is an axis representing time, it is shifted leftward or rightward by a predetermined unit.

In the above invention, the schedule display system stores the schedule information when the time zone of the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means overlaps with the new schedule information to be registered. A confirmation screen for associating the schedule information with the new schedule information, and receiving the information for performing the association, the already stored schedule information and the new schedule information, Information indicating that there is association is stored in the schedule information storage unit, and the schedule display unit is a case where information indicating that there is association is associated with the new schedule information. And the time zone of the new schedule information is the associated schedule. If not consistent with the time zone of the module is automatically adjusted so that the time zone of schedule information which the are new schedule information or associated previously registered match or enclosure, be configured to schedule the display system You can also.

  According to the present invention, when a newly registered schedule overlaps with an already registered schedule, whether it is double booking or registration of a schedule (upper schedule or lower schedule) related to an already registered schedule, Can be set by the user. Also, if the newly registered schedule is a related schedule, it is automatically adjusted so that it is displayed according to the schedule that has already been registered, so the ratio of manual adjustment by the user can be reduced. , Improve convenience.

  It should be noted that “displayed correspondingly” here is preferably that when a newly registered schedule is associated as a subordinate schedule of an already registered schedule, a rectangular area indicating the newly registered schedule is already registered. If the schedule to be newly displayed is included in the rectangular area indicating the schedule being included, and the newly registered schedule is associated as a higher-order schedule of the already registered schedule. In this case, the rectangular area indicating the newly registered schedule is displayed so as to include the rectangular area indicating the already registered schedule.

Also, the schedule display system further simulation means to hide the schedule information registered in at to have a said simulation means receives a non-display request for the schedule, the The schedule that is the target of the non-display request is extracted from the schedule information storage unit, the schedule information that is stored in the schedule information storage unit is extracted, and the schedule that is the target of the non-display request is deleted from the extracted schedule information Then, the extracted schedule information is stored in the temporary schedule information storage unit as temporary schedule information, the temporary schedule information stored in the temporary schedule information storage unit is extracted, and the extracted temporary schedule information is stored in the extracted temporary schedule information. Based on a given unit time Temporary schedule placement determination information for displaying the temporary schedule information is generated by storing a flag indicating whether or not there is a temporary schedule in a matrix with the time axis divided for each as one axis. Temporary schedule layout determination information is stored in temporary schedule layout determination information storage means, and the schedule display means is a rectangular area from the start time to the end time of the temporary schedule based on the temporary schedule layout determination information. It can also be configured like a schedule display system that displays by

  According to the present invention, provisional provisional schedule information can be registered, or a certain schedule can be temporarily not registered, that is, a non-display state can be visually recognized. Therefore, a more convenient schedule display system can be realized. When the simulation means receives an instruction to hide the schedule information stored in association with other schedule information, the simulation means hides the other associated schedule information or displays the other association information. It is also possible to automatically adjust and display the time zone of the schedule information.

Further, the schedule display system further recalculates a display width unit corresponding to the size of the display data upon receiving an instruction to enlarge or reduce the display data, and the schedule layout unit is re-calculated in the recalculated display width unit. It can also be configured as a schedule display system having display area changing means for expanding or reducing the display area by multiplying the number of stages stored in the determination information storage means and recalculating the width of the display area. .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to always ensure an appropriate display area for each schedule even if the character size is changed, such as enlargement / reduction, in the schedule display, so that the visibility of the registration schedule is not hindered. .

The first invention described above can be realized by causing the computer to execute the program of the present invention. That is, at least one computer, a registration receiving unit that receives registration instruction information for registering new schedule information from a predetermined computer terminal, and a start time that is stored in a predetermined storage area when the registration instruction information is received The schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means for storing the schedule information including at least the end time is extracted, and based on the extracted schedule information, a matrix with a time axis divided for each predetermined unit time as one axis , Storing schedule presence / absence flags to generate schedule placement determination information for displaying the schedule information, and storing the generated schedule placement determination information in the predetermined storage area Schedule to be stored in information storage means Le arrangement determination information generating means, based on the schedule arrangement determination information, a schedule display unit schedule display program to function as, for displaying the rectangular area to the end time from the start time of the schedule, the schedule arrangement When there is schedule information with overlapping time zones among the extracted schedule information, the determination information generation means is configured to reduce the unit time at a position lowered by one step with respect to another axis direction perpendicular to the time axis. A flag indicating whether there is a schedule when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones in the schedule placement determination information. The coordinate group in the display area corresponding to A predetermined common reference line of the display by drawing a rectangle to lower, it can be configured to schedule display program.

The present invention enables a schedule display system with improved visibility. In particular, when the schedules overlap, the visibility can be improved.

  An example of a conceptual diagram of the system configuration of the schedule display system 1 of the present invention is shown in FIG.

  The schedule display system 1 includes a server module provided in the application server 2 and various data provided in the database server 3. In addition, although the case where the schedule display system 1 of this invention was comprised by the application server 2 and the database server 3 was shown, it should just be comprised by one or more servers (a computer terminal is included. The following is also the same). Each function of each server can be appropriately arranged, and may be distributed to a plurality of servers, or may be executed by a single server.

  The schedule display system 1 is realized on a server that controls the processing of the present invention. FIG. 2 schematically shows a hardware diagram of the server. These servers include at least an arithmetic device 10 such as a CPU for executing arithmetic processing of a program, and a storage device 11 such as a RAM and a hard disk for storing information. Each function (each means) realized on the server is executed when a means (program, module, etc.) for executing the process is read into the arithmetic unit 10. When each function uses the information stored in the storage device 11 in the process, each function reads the corresponding information from the storage device 11 and uses the read information in the processing in the arithmetic device 10 as appropriate. The server includes a communication device 14 that transmits and receives processing results of the arithmetic device 10 and information stored in the storage device 11 via a network such as the Internet or a LAN, an input device 13 such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a numeric keypad, and a display such as a display. The device 12 may be included.

  Each function (each unit) in the present invention is only logically distinguished from each other, and may be physically or effectively the same area. Each function can be processed by one or a plurality of programs, modules, devices, or the like.

  The database server 3 includes a schedule information table 31 and a schedule arrangement determination table 32. Although the database server 3 shows a case where data is stored in each table, any method may be used as long as the data can be stored (stored) without using a table format.

  The schedule information table 31 is a table that stores schedule information of each user (employee, etc.). The schedule information includes a schedule title, a start time, and an end time, and further includes information for identifying the registrant of the schedule, such as schedule contents, user ID (identification information of the user who registered the schedule), and schedule ID. Information for identifying the schedule such as information indicating the priority of the schedule may be included. Further, in some cases, association information indicating association between schedules, color information for displaying the schedules, and the like may be included. An example of the schedule information table 31 is schematically shown in FIG.

  The schedule ID is information for identifying and specifying the schedule, and may be assigned so that the upper and lower relationship (parent-child relationship) of the schedule information can be identified. In addition, when registering a new schedule, depending on the priority of the schedule, it is not included in the already registered schedule, it is registered with priority, and the already registered schedule information is divided and registered. You may make it do. This eliminates the need to manually adjust the already registered schedule when interrupting a high priority schedule. In addition, by making the priority and the color information correspond to each other, when the priority is increased, it is possible to automatically display the color information indicating the highlighted display. Thereby, visibility can be improved.

  The schedule arrangement determination table 32 is a table for drawing a schedule to be displayed in the display area, and the x axis (time axis) and y axis (x axis and x axis) of the display area displayed on the display device 12 of the client terminal 4. Schedule registration in the time zone based on a flag (0, 1 etc.) consisting of a matrix of unit time information and stage information each corresponding to an intersecting axis (for example, indicating the vertical width) It is a table which specifies the presence or absence of, and the display position of a y-axis direction. FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of the schedule arrangement determination table 32. In the example of FIG. 5, the flag “0” indicates that the schedule is not registered in the time zone, and the flag “1” indicates that the schedule is registered in the time zone. The schedule arrangement determination table 32 may be temporarily expanded in the storage device 11 such as a memory, or may be always expanded.

  The unit time information is not particularly limited, such as 1 hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes, and 1 minute intervals, but is preferably 15 minutes from the balance between detailed schedule management and processing speed.

  The application server 2 includes a registration receiving unit 21, a schedule display unit 22, a display area change unit 23, and a schedule arrangement determination table generation unit 24.

  The registration receiving unit 21 receives registration instruction information for registering a new schedule from a computer terminal used by the user (hereinafter referred to as “client terminal 4”). A new schedule is registered in the schedule information table 31 based on the received registration instruction information.

  Based on the schedule information table 31, the schedule layout determination table generation unit 24 generates a schedule layout determination table 32 for performing schedule display. That is, the schedule information of the user stored in the schedule information table 31 is extracted, and a flag is set in the matrix from the start time to the end time based on the schedule information. When a plurality of schedules overlap in the same time zone, a new “stage” is generated, and a flag is set in the newly generated stage from the start time to the end time of the schedule.

  Further, when the schedule arrangement determination table generating unit 24 detects that there is a schedule already registered by the registration receiving unit 21, among them, new schedule information is included so that it is included in the schedule with the latest start time. indicate. That is, when a new schedule received by the registration receiving means 21 overlaps with already registered schedule information, a schedule arrangement determination table based on the schedule information table 31 in which the new schedule information is registered. A new stage is generated below the lowest stage of 32, and a flag from the start time to the end time of the new schedule is set and stored therein. As a result, the new schedule flag is stored in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 and updated.

  The schedule display means 22 performs a schedule display process based on the schedule arrangement determination table 32. In other words, the schedule display means 22 uses the coordinate group in the display area corresponding to the cell in which the flag indicating that there is a schedule in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 as the upper side, and sets a predetermined common reference line in the display area. Draw a bottom rectangle to display the new schedule. An example of this is schematically shown in FIG.

  The correspondence between the cells in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 and the coordinate groups in the display area is the relationship between the position of the “stage” in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 and the vertical relationship in the display area, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. It is more preferable that the positions correspond to each other, but at least the time zone, subject, etc. of a certain schedule is perpendicular to the time axis so that it is not hidden by other overlapping schedules with a later start time. In addition, it is preferable that the display is shifted by a predetermined unit with respect to one axial direction. An example of a preferable predetermined unit is a display width unit. The display width unit is a size (number of pixels) that allows the display font displayed in the schedule to be sufficiently visually recognized, and one display width unit is twice the display font size displayed at that time. It is preferable that it is the size which can display.

  Further, in this specification, “include” means a relationship in which a certain schedule is completely included in another schedule (when included and displayed, for example, a 7:30 start schedule and an 8:00 start schedule in FIG. 6). As well as a relationship including a part thereof (for example, the relationship between the 7:00 start schedule and the 7:15 minute start schedule in FIG. 6).

  The common reference line may be provided above the lower limit of the display area as shown in FIG. 6, or may be the lower limit of the display area. By providing the common reference line above the lower limit, a space is displayed in the display area, making it easier to perform schedule registration.

  By drawing a rectangular area using a common reference line in this way, it is possible to display a defined side of each rectangular area as a common side, so if you check the common reference line that is the common side The availability of the schedule can be confirmed at a glance. That is, in the conventional schedule management system, when there are a plurality of schedules, for example, as shown in FIG. 17, since they are displayed in different rectangular areas, it is possible to determine which time zone schedule is free. It is difficult to grasp immediately. However, if the common reference line is confirmed by drawing a rectangular area of each schedule based on the common reference line as in the schedule display system 1 of the present invention, the user immediately recognizes and understands the schedule availability. I can do it. FIG. 18 shows a case where the conventional schedule display of FIG. 17 is the schedule display of the present invention using a common reference line.

  In the case where the display area is represented in a two-dimensional display, it is as shown in FIG. 6, but the inclusion may be displayed by the depth using the z axis. Further, not all schedules are included and displayed, but only the associated schedules may be displayed. As a result, it is possible to easily distinguish between the associated schedule and the schedule that is not associated such as double booking or another person's schedule, so that the visibility of the schedule is further enhanced.

  The present invention can also be applied to a so-called group schedule display that displays a plurality of users' schedules simultaneously. In this case, it is preferable to further display an area (for example, registered empty status bar display in FIG. 19) indicating information obtained by adding up the schedule registration status of each individual. The summation of the schedule registration status of each individual can be performed by, for example, extracting the flags of the information table for determining the schedule arrangement of each individual and summing them (for example, taking a logical sum when using 0 or 1 for the flag). .

  With this configuration, for example, when a plurality of employees attend a meeting, it is possible to easily perform an operation of adjusting the free time of each employee and registering the meeting schedule. That is, first, the schedule of each employee is displayed as a list, the registered availability status bar is confirmed, and the available time is searched from among them. If there is free time, the schedule is registered there. In the case where there is no or little vacancy, the specific function (for example, unimportant schedule) of the employee scheduled to participate can be hidden or changed using the above-described simulation function (see FIGS. 19 and 20). It is possible to easily adjust the time zone in which the conference schedule can be registered by removing the employees scheduled to participate (for example, employees who are not required to participate) (FIGS. 21 and 22).

  The display area changing means 23 displays the display area without reducing the visibility of the schedule in accordance with the registration of a new schedule, the deletion of an already registered schedule, or in response to an instruction to enlarge or reduce the display data by the user. Expand or contract

  Next, an example of the processing process of the schedule display system 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the conceptual diagram of FIG. In this embodiment, schedule A, schedule B, and schedule C are already registered in the schedule information table 31 as shown in FIG. 4, and schedule D (start time “August 21, 2008, 8: 8: 00 ”and end time“ August 21, 2008 8:30 ”) are registered and displayed.

  First, a user who registers a new schedule D accesses the schedule display system 1 from the client terminal 4 by a predetermined method, and performs a new schedule registration operation.

  For example, on the display area displayed on the screen for displaying the schedule, the start time (here, “8:00”) of the schedule to be registered is designated by the input device 13 such as a mouse, and the end time (here, “8:30”). ”). At this time, information related to the schedule such as the title, contents, and priority of the schedule is also input, and a registration instruction is given as new schedule information (schedule information of schedule D).

  When the registration instruction is accepted by the registration accepting means 21 (S100), the schedule placement determining table creating means 24 creates the schedule placement determining table 32 based on each schedule information stored in the schedule information table 31. (S110).

  Specifically, schedule information including the user ID is extracted from the schedule information table 31 based on the user ID of the user who has registered the new schedule information. Here, since the schedule information table 31 is FIG. 4, the schedule A, schedule B, and schedule C are extracted.

  And the schedule arrangement | positioning determination table 32 is produced | generated based on the start time and end time in the schedule information of each schedule.

  First, since the start time of schedule A is 7:00 and the end time is 8:00, a flag indicating that there is a schedule is set from 7:00 to 8:00, and there is no schedule in other time zones Set a flag to indicate The start time of schedule B is 7:15, and the end time is 8:15. Therefore, since it overlaps with schedule A, a new stage is generated, a flag indicating that there is a schedule is set in that stage from 7:15 to 8:15, and other time zones are scheduled. Set a flag to indicate that there is no. Similarly, the start time of schedule C is 7:30 and the end time is 9:00. Therefore, since it overlaps with schedule A and schedule B, a new stage is generated, and a flag indicating that there is a schedule between 7:30 and 9:00 is set at that stage, and the others Set a flag to indicate that there is no schedule for the time zone. The schedule arrangement determination table 32 generated in this way is shown in FIG.

  A more detailed process of the schedule arrangement determination table 32 will be described.

  First, a schedule display time zone (for example, 6:00 to 23:00, 7:00 to 22:00, 9:00 to 18:00, etc.) preset by the user is divided by a predetermined unit time (for example, 15 minutes). Thus, the unit time item of the schedule arrangement determination table 32 is determined, and a template of the schedule arrangement determination table 32 is generated.

  Next, schedule information on a specific date (date when new schedule information is registered, date when a schedule display request is made, etc.) is extracted from the schedule information table 31, and the generated schedule arrangement determination table 32 is generated. Flag each cell in the template.

  That is, the schedule having the start time included in the earliest time unit among the unit time items of the template is first extracted from the extracted schedule group of the specific date, and the flag is sequentially set up to the cell including the end time. Next, a schedule having a start time included in the next earliest time unit is extracted. Since a flag is already set in the cell of this time unit, the template row (row) of the schedule arrangement determination table 32 is extracted. Set the flag in order in the same way. The schedule arrangement determination table 32 is generated by repeating this process for the schedule group of the specific date extracted.

  Further, the registration receiving means 21 stores the received new schedule information (schedule information of schedule D) in the schedule information table 31 (S120). FIG. 7 schematically shows this state. This process is preferably performed after the schedule arrangement determination table 32 is generated.

  When new schedule information is stored in the schedule information table 31, the schedule arrangement determination table generating unit 24 updates the schedule arrangement determination table 32 in the same manner as described above based on the newly stored schedule information. (S130). FIG. 8 schematically shows this state.

  The update process in S130 is performed as follows. That is, since the newly registered schedule D has a start time zone between 8:00 and 8:14, the cell is specified. However, since the flags are already set from the first stage to the third stage (schedules overlap), the flag is raised to the fourth stage by lowering by one stage. Then, the flag is raised until 8:30, which is the end time, as described above.

  From the number of stages in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 updated as described above, the schedule display unit 22 calculates the width in the y-axis direction of the display area displayed on the screen of the display device 12 of the client terminal 4. To do. That is, the width in the y-axis direction composed of the display width unit corresponding to the number of stages in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 is calculated (S140).

  The display width unit is a size (number of pixels) that allows the display font displayed in the schedule to be sufficiently visually recognized, and one display width unit is 2 of the display font size displayed at that time. It is preferable that it is the size which can display double.

  Then, the schedule display means 22 calculates a coordinate group corresponding to the upper side of the rectangle indicating the schedule in the display area based on the flag cell indicating that there is a schedule in the schedule arrangement determination table 32, and the coordinates of the upper side are calculated. Data for drawing a rectangle formed by extending down to the common reference line in the lower direction of the y-axis (a rectangle formed by an upper side and a lower side obtained by projecting the upper side onto the common reference line) is generated ( S150). An example of the drawing data is shown in FIG.

  The schedule display means 22 displays the generated drawing data on the screen of the display device 12 of the client terminal 4 by transmitting it to the client terminal 4 (S160).

  Furthermore, on the screen including the drawing data shown in FIG. 9, for example, when the user makes a request to increase the character size, the processing for the schedule information table 31 and the schedule arrangement determination table 32 is not performed, but the display area changing means 23 recalculates the display width unit corresponding to the character size and multiplies it by the number of stages in the schedule arrangement determination table 32 to recalculate the width of the display area. Similarly to the above, data for drawing a rectangle indicating the schedule is generated again, and the drawing data is transmitted to the client terminal 4 to be redisplayed on the screen of the display device 12 of the client terminal 4. The same applies when the user makes a request to reduce the character size.

  Through the processing described above, even when a large number of schedules are registered in duplicate, visibility can be improved and display can be performed with a minimum display space.

  Next, a case where grouping of each schedule is performed will be described. First, a user who registers a new schedule performs an operation similar to that of the first embodiment, and issues a registration instruction such as a schedule title, contents, priority, and presence / absence of association. As in the first embodiment, the registration receiving unit 21 receives the schedule registration information (S100), and the schedule arrangement determining table generating unit 24 is based on the schedule already registered in the schedule information table 31. 32 is generated (S110). Then, the schedule display means 22 stores the new schedule information in the schedule information table 31 (S120).

  In this embodiment, the user designates the association with another schedule, for example, the association with August 27, 2008, 9: 00 to 12: 00 “specification of survey target”. And stored as the schedule ID of the schedule information table 31.

  An example of the schedule information table 31 at this time is shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the schedule ID itself has information on the presence / absence of association. That is, the lower schedule of the schedule ID 21 is represented by ID 211 and the upper schedule is represented by ID 2. It should be noted that the schedule ID itself does not indicate information on the presence / absence of association but may have a table or flag indicating association.

  When new schedule information is stored in the schedule information table 31 in this way, the schedule arrangement determination table generating unit 24 updates the schedule arrangement determination table 32 as in the first embodiment (S130). An example of the schedule arrangement determination table 32 at this time is shown in FIG.

  When the time zone of the new registration schedule instructed to be associated with a certain schedule does not match the time zone of the schedule to be associated (for example, the new registration schedule ID 211 in FIG. 10 is designated as a subordinate schedule of the schedule ID 21). Nevertheless, if it is not included in the time zone 9:00 to 12:00 of the schedule ID 21 (for example, if it is instructed 9:00 to 13:00), the new registration schedule or already registered A configuration may be provided that automatically adjusts so that the time zones of a certain schedule match or are included.

  Then, the schedule display unit 22 determines the width of the display area in the y-axis direction, similarly to the first embodiment (S140), and generates data for drawing a rectangle indicating the schedule in the display area (S150). The schedule display unit 22 transmits the generated drawing data to the client terminal 4 (S160), and the display device 12 of the client terminal 4 performs the inclusion display as shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, even when the schedule to be registered overlaps with the already registered schedule, the schedule (sub-schedule) related to the double booking or the already registered schedule can be obtained. The user can specify whether or not to register. By associating schedules, simple process management can be performed, which is suitable for time counting work based on registered schedule information, for example.

  In addition, when a new schedule is registered by instructing a related schedule, it is included in the upper schedule or automatically adjusted so as to include the lower schedule, and the user manually adjusts it. This makes it easier to register schedules. In addition, even when the associated schedule is changed, the schedule is changed easily because the system automatically changes the batch.

  Next, a description will be given of a case where a schedule simulation is performed, such as temporarily deleting or registering a schedule. In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the schedule of “August 27, 2008, 9:00 to 10:30” in FIG. 11 is hidden. FIG. 14 shows an example of a processing process in this embodiment.

  A user who wants to try scheduling while hiding a part of the registered schedule selects the simulation function from the menu by operating the schedule display system 1 from the client terminal 4 and performing a predetermined operation. As schematically shown in FIG. 13A, a schedule to be hidden on the display area (in this embodiment, a schedule of “August 27, 2008, 9:00 to 10:30”) is input using a mouse or the like. It is specified by the device 13.

  The schedule display system 1 receives this non-display request (S200), and extracts other schedule information (schedule information of ID2 and ID21) associated with the ID 211 registered in the schedule information table 31 (FIG. 10). The schedule display system 1 temporarily (1) hides the schedule information of ID2 and ID21 or (2) reduces the time zone portion of ID211 (in this embodiment, the start time of the schedule of ID2 and ID21) Or (3) Advance the scheduled time of ID211 (in this embodiment, ID2 and ID21 do not change the start time, only the end time is set to 13:30 and 10:30 respectively) , Etc. are notified to the user.

  The present embodiment is a case where the user gives an instruction to delete all the related schedules in (1), and the system generates a temporary schedule information table from which ID2, ID21, and ID211 are deleted (S210). An example of the temporary schedule information table is shown in FIG.

  The schedule arrangement determination table generation means 24 of the schedule display system 1 generates a temporary schedule arrangement determination table according to the temporary schedule information table as in the first embodiment (S220). An example of the temporary schedule arrangement determination table is shown in FIG.

  The provisional schedule information table and provisional schedule arrangement determination table (hereinafter collectively referred to as “temporary table”) are tables temporarily generated for simulation. This temporary table only needs to be stored separately from the schedule information table 31 and the schedule arrangement determination information table 32 (hereinafter collectively referred to as “actual table”). For example, the temporary table is stored in the storage device 11 of the client terminal 4. It may be stored in the storage device 11 of the database server 3.

  That is, the simulation may be processed by the client terminal 4 having the temporary table and processing means in the client terminal 4, or may be processed by the server by storing the temporary table in the database server 3. When processing is performed by the client terminal 4, the amount of communication between the server and the client terminal 4 can be minimized.

  The provision of a temporary table on the server side is suitable when, for example, a simulation is performed using data of another system in cooperation with a system other than the schedule display system 1. In this embodiment, the temporary table is stored in the client terminal 4 and the actual table is stored in the database server 3.

  In addition, when a temporary table is generated, the real table may be locked so that it is not written to the actual table, and the actual table at the time of temporary table generation is saved separately from the actual table as an “adjusting actual table”. When the simulation is completed, the user is notified of a confirmation screen asking whether to synchronize schedule information newly registered, changed, or deleted during the simulation, and then synchronizes with the actual table. May be. Thus, it is possible to prevent a schedule from being registered by another person during the simulation, or the user can determine the handling of the schedule registered during the simulation.

  As in the first embodiment, the schedule display unit 22 determines the width of the display area in the y-axis direction (S230), and generates drawing data for drawing a rectangle indicating the schedule of the display area (S230). The generated drawing data is transmitted to the client terminal 4 by the schedule display means 22 (S240), and the display as shown in FIG. 13B is performed on the screen of the display device 12 of the client terminal 4.

  When the hidden schedule is displayed again, the temporary table is discarded and reprocessing is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment based on the actual table. When temporary registration is performed in a non-displayed state, temporary registration data is stored on the temporary table, and processing is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment based on this temporary table. Further, when the simulation schedule that is hidden and temporarily registered as described above is to be confirmed (reflected in the actual data), the temporary table is overwritten on the actual table, and the same as in the first embodiment based on the overwritten actual table. To process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when a large number of schedules are registered in duplicate, a non-display request can be made and selectively hidden, including the associated schedule. In this embodiment, the case where the simulation function is not displayed is described, but the schedule can be provisionally registered by using the temporary table as described above. Efficient scheduling can be performed by performing non-display / temporary registration in this way and performing some simulations.

By using the schedule display system 1 of the present invention, the schedule display system 1 with improved visibility becomes possible. In particular, when the schedules overlap, the visibility can be improved.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows typically an example of the system configuration | structure of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of a hardware configuration typically. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of this invention typically. It is a figure which shows an example of a schedule information table typically. It is a figure which shows an example of the table for schedule arrangement | positioning determination typically. It is an example of the drawing data displayed by a schedule display means. It is a figure which shows an example of a schedule information table typically. It is a figure which shows an example of the table for schedule arrangement | positioning determination typically. It is an example of a schedule display. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the schedule information table of Example 2. FIG. It is an example of the schedule display of Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the table for schedule arrangement | positioning determination of Example 2. FIG. 12 is an example of a schedule display according to the third embodiment. 12 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an example of a processing process according to the third embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the schedule information table of Example 3. FIG. 12 is an example of a schedule display according to the third embodiment. It is an example of the conventional schedule display. It is an example of the schedule display at the time of displaying the conventional schedule display (FIG. 17) using this invention. It is an example of a group schedule display. It is another example of a group schedule display. It is another example of a group schedule display. It is another example of a group schedule display.

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1: Schedule display system 2: Application server 3: Database server 4: Client terminal 10: Computing device 11: Storage device 12: Display device 13: Input device 14: Communication device 21: Registration receiving means 22: Schedule display means 23: Display Area changing means 24: Schedule arrangement determining table generating means 31: Schedule information table 32: Schedule arrangement determining table

Claims (6)

A schedule display system for displaying schedule information,
The schedule display system includes:
Schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including at least a start time and an end time;
Registration accepting means for accepting registration instruction information for registering new schedule information from a predetermined computer terminal;
When the registration instruction information is received, the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit is extracted, and a schedule based on the extracted schedule information is arranged in a matrix with a time axis divided every predetermined unit time as one axis. Schedule placement determination information generating means for generating schedule placement determination information for displaying the schedule information by storing a flag of presence or absence of
Schedule placement determination information storage means for storing schedule placement determination information generated by the schedule placement determination information generation means;
A schedule display means for displaying a rectangular area from the start time to the end time of the schedule based on the schedule arrangement determination information;
The schedule layout determination information generating means includes:
In the extracted schedule information, when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones, a flag indicating whether or not there is a schedule for each unit time at a position lowered by one step with respect to one axial direction other than the time axis. Store
The schedule display means includes
In the schedule arrangement determination information, when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones , the coordinate group in the display area corresponding to the cell storing the flag indicating that there is a schedule is set as the upper side, and the display area Draw and display a rectangle with the specified common reference line at the bottom ,
A schedule display system characterized by that. A schedule display system that displays schedule information using a matrix composed of a time axis divided for each unit time and another axis perpendicular to the time axis,
The schedule display system includes:
Schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including at least a start time and an end time;
Registration accepting means for accepting registration instruction information for registering new schedule information from a predetermined computer terminal;
When the registration instruction information is received, the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means is extracted, and based on the extracted schedule information, the presence or absence of the schedule is stored in each cell of the matrix, thereby the schedule information is stored. Schedule layout determination information generating means for generating schedule layout determination information to be displayed;
Schedule placement determination information storage means for storing schedule placement determination information generated by the schedule placement determination information generation means;
A schedule display means for displaying a rectangular area from the start time to the end time of the schedule based on the schedule arrangement determination information;
The schedule layout determination information generating means includes:
Among the extracted schedule information, when there is schedule information in a time zone overlapping with the time zone of the schedule information in which the presence or absence of the schedule is stored in the cell of the matrix, the duplicate schedule information is perpendicular to the time axis. In addition, the schedule placement determination information is generated by storing a flag indicating whether or not there is a schedule for each unit time at a position lowered by one step with respect to one axis direction,
When new schedule information is stored in the schedule information storage means, the schedule arrangement determination information is updated by storing the presence / absence of a schedule in each cell of the matrix based on the new schedule information. ,
The schedule display means includes
In the schedule arrangement determination information, when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones , the coordinate group in the display area corresponding to the cell storing the flag indicating that there is a schedule is set as the upper side, and the information in the display area Draw and display a rectangle with the specified common reference line at the bottom ,
A schedule display system characterized by that. The schedule display system includes:
When the time zone of the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means and the time zone of the new schedule information to be registered overlap, the schedule information already stored and the new schedule information Display the confirmation screen to confirm the association,
When the information for performing the association is received, the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means in association with the information indicating that there is the association with the already stored schedule information and the new schedule information,
The schedule display means includes
In the case where information indicating that there is the association with the new schedule information is associated, and the time zone of the new schedule information is not consistent with the time zone of the associated schedule, Automatically adjust the time zone of new schedule information or related schedule information that has already been registered to match or include,
The schedule display system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the system is a schedule display system. The schedule display system further includes:
Simulation means to hide the schedule information registered in de Su has a
The simulation means includes
Upon receiving a non-display request for the schedule, the schedule that is the target of the non-display request is extracted from the schedule information storage unit,
The schedule information stored in the schedule information storage means is extracted, the schedule that is the target of the non-display request is deleted from the extracted schedule information, and the extracted schedule information is stored as temporary schedule information. Memorize the means,
The temporary schedule information stored in the temporary schedule information storage means is extracted, and based on the extracted temporary schedule information, a temporary schedule is arranged in a matrix with a time axis divided every predetermined unit time as one axis. By storing the presence / absence flag, temporary schedule placement determination information for displaying the temporary schedule information is generated,
Storing the generated temporary schedule placement determination information in the temporary schedule placement determination information storage means;
The schedule display means includes
Based on the provisional schedule placement determination information, the provisional schedule is displayed in a rectangular area from the start time to the end time.
The schedule display system according to claim 3 . The schedule display system further includes:
When an instruction to enlarge or reduce the display data is received, the display width unit corresponding to the size of the display data is recalculated, and the number of stages stored in the schedule arrangement determination information storage unit is calculated for the recalculated display width unit. Display area changing means for multiplying and recalculating the display area by calculating the width of the display area again ,
The schedule display system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising: At least one computer
Registration accepting means for accepting registration instruction information for registering new schedule information from a predetermined computer terminal;
When the registration instruction information is received, the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit that stores the schedule information including at least the start time and the end time stored in the predetermined storage area is extracted, and based on the extracted schedule information The schedule arrangement determination information for displaying the schedule information is generated by storing a flag indicating whether or not there is a schedule in a matrix having a time axis divided for each predetermined unit time as one axis. Schedule layout determination information generating means for storing the schedule layout determination information storage means for storing the generated schedule layout determination information in a storage area;
A schedule display program that functions as a schedule display unit that displays a rectangular area from a start time to an end time of the schedule based on the information for determining the schedule arrangement ;
The schedule layout determination information generating means includes:
In the extracted schedule information, when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones, a flag indicating whether or not there is a schedule for each unit time at a position lowered by one step with respect to one axial direction other than the time axis. Store
The schedule display means includes
In the schedule arrangement determination information, when there is schedule information with overlapping time zones, the coordinate group in the display area corresponding to the cell storing the flag indicating that there is a schedule is set as the upper side, and the display area Draw and display a rectangle with the specified common reference line at the bottom,
A schedule display program characterized by that.

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