JP6547286B2 - Electronic calendar - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic calendar that uses electronic paper to display dates and images. Further, the present invention relates to an electronic calendar that enables visual notification of an event or a schedule desired to be notified using an electronic paper capable of multicolor display, and audible notification also by providing a sound generator.

  A conventional calendar is a calendar display unit created on a daily basis, monthly basis, yearly basis, etc. by printing ink on paper, together with images of landscapes, shapes, animals and plants, etc. there were.

  In such a conventional calendar, for example, in a flip-up calendar, it may be forgotten to turn over and the old date may be displayed. The same is true for the monthly calendar, and it was sometimes left as it was for the previous month's calendar.

  An electronic calendar has been disclosed as a calendar which prevents such a turning over. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a calendar display unit that displays a date using a thin CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or a liquid crystal display device, and an image display unit that displays an image such as a landscape, and displays the current date. To be displayed differently from other days. Since all of these are electronically controlled, it is only necessary for a person to operate the calendar display on a daily basis or a monthly basis. In addition, it is possible to display a handwritten input memo on the memo display unit, and also to update an image such as a landscape of the image display unit by reading an image recorded on an IC card.

  In addition, in Patent Document 2, an electronic calendar is adopted in which an electronic paper is adopted as a display device, and an improvement is added to the problem that association with the date of the input schedule is not taken and the problem that it takes time for input operation. It is disclosed.

  The electronic calendar using the electronic paper has the features of the electronic display that the display content can be rewritten simultaneously with the visibility and flexibility of the printed matter of the paper medium, etc., and after the rewriting, the power source It has the advantageous feature of electronic paper that the display is maintained even if it is turned off. However, electronic calendars having improved display performance using electronic paper capable of multi-color display of two or more colors have not been found in patent documents and non-patent documents. Furthermore, it has not been possible to find in the known literature an electronic calendar having a function to enjoy an event or schedule to be noticed other than visual.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 5-181806 JP, 2008-269211, A

  In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention can notify by displaying an event or schedule to be noticed visually different from other information by using electronic paper enabling multi-color display, and visual Another object is to provide an electronic calendar having a function that can be notified.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is:
In order to store display means, information input means for inputting additional information related to a date and designating information desired to be notified among the additional information, and information and calendar information input from the information input means And an electronic calendar which displays and announces the additional information specified in association with the date on the display means,
The display means is a display layer capable of black-and-white dot matrix display in which the microcapsule layer is sandwiched between upper and lower electrodes, and a color layer corresponding to each dot of the display layer on a part of the display layer. With the formed color filter layer,
The display layer constitutes one pixel by four dots arranged in a rectangular shape,
The color filter layer is formed corresponding to the dots of the display layer, and among the four dots arranged in a rectangular shape, two color layers corresponding to two dots on one diagonal line have a complementary color relationship And two diagonally opposite dots do not have a corresponding color layer or a transparent color layer,
The additional information to be displayed and notified on the display means is displayed in a color different from that of the other information, and the color display of the peripheral part of this additional information to be notified and the color of the numeral of the date and the peripheral part of the day of the week The display unit is an electronic calendar that is displayed in different colors that are complementary to each other and that causes color display units displayed in different colors to blink.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the colors of the two color layers in a complementary color relationship are any one of a combination of red and blue green, purple and yellow green, yellow and blue purple. The electronic calendar according to claim 1.

The invention according to claim 3, wherein the dots are electronic calendar according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is rectangular.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4 , any one of the information input means is a handwriting input means, an input means by button operation, an input means based on wireless communication, or an input means using a contact type information recording medium. It is an electronic type calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the electronic calendar comprises one or more.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the information input means comprises an input means using a contact type information recording medium, and the input means comprises a connection terminal for connecting the information recording medium. It is an electronic type calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 4 .

The invention according to claim 6 is the electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising notification means comprising a sound generator .

The invention described in Claim 7, for additional information to be notified by displaying on the display means is an electronic calender according to claim 6, wherein when a notice in the sounding body.

The invention according to claim 8 is the electronic calendar according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the sounding body uses a piezoelectric element.

According to the electronic calendar of the present invention, calendar display such as day unit, month unit, year unit, etc. and various images can be freely displayed on the display unit made of electronic paper, and by multicolor display of two or more colors In the case of monthly display etc., the color of the peripheral part such as the current day of monochrome display or the event or schedule you want to notify can be changed and displayed, so that the notification part can be made conspicuous and the notification sound can be made by specifying in advance. Because it is also possible to issue an announcement, it is possible to notify more reliably.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Schematic explanatory drawing which shows the example of a structure of the electronic type calendar | calender of this invention. The schematic explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of the display means of the electronic type calendar of this invention.

The electronic calendar of the present invention will be described using the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of the configuration of the electronic calendar 1 of the present invention. In the electronic calendar 1 of the present invention, the display means 2 for displaying a date and an image, and additional information such as a schedule and an event for each date are inputted as a set, and information desired to be notified among the additional information An information input means 6 for designating, additional information input from the information input means 6, and an information recording means for storing calendar information such as the date, day, calendar, etc. of each month of the calendar to be displayed The display means 2 is displayed on the display means 2 on the basis of the information recorded in the information recording means and the information for which notification is desired among the additional information is displayed in a manner different from other information. Display on Although not shown, information such as an event, a schedule, etc. inputted from the information input means 6 and the date thereof is recorded in the information recording means, and the recorded information is inputted from the input means 8 by button operation. A control device (not shown) for controlling a series of operations such as displaying on the display means 2 in various layouts and display formats in accordance with commands is provided.

  Electrophoretic electronic paper can be used as the display means 2 of the electronic calendar of the present invention. In the display layer made of this electronic paper, dot matrix display is possible by a configuration in which a microcapsule layer for black and white display is sandwiched by upper and lower electrodes. Furthermore, a color filter layer is formed in which color layers are formed corresponding to the respective dots constituting the part of the display layer. Furthermore, in order to enable clearer multi-color display, one dot is composed of four dots in which the dots constituting the dot matrix are arranged in a rectangular shape, and the color filter layer corresponds to the four dots. Of the four dots formed in the rectangular shape of the display layer, the two color layers corresponding to the two dots on one of the diagonals are the complementary color and the two on the other diagonal By not forming a color layer at a position corresponding to a dot, or making the color layer transparent, sharper display is possible. The complementary colors are, for example, red and blue-green, purple and yellow-green, yellow and blue-purple, and the like. Moreover, as a shape of a dot, although the rectangle with high utilization of an area is preferable, it is possible to implement dot matrix display, even if it is shape other than a rectangle. By doing so, different colors can be displayed on the periphery of a date number and the periphery of characters of an event or a schedule, and the others can be displayed in monochrome.

  The notification issued by the display means 2 of the electronic calendar 1 according to the present invention is, for example, when displaying a calendar on a monthly basis, the color of the periphery of the numbers of the date and the characters of the day, characters of the event and schedule The color of the peripheral part of is displayed in different colors that are complementary to each other, and numbers of other dates, events, and characters of the schedule are notified by displaying in monochrome. In addition to the different colors, it is also possible for the color display part of the peripheral part to blink them. It is also possible to simply blink the numbers and characters without changing the color and keeping the same monochrome display as the numbers and characters of other dates. Further, in addition to the notification by the display, it is possible to emit a predetermined sound or melody from a sound generator such as a piezoelectric element or a speaker provided as the notification means 5.

  As the information input means 6, for example, input means 8 by button operation, handwriting input means 7, input means 9 based on wireless communication such as RFID, and input means using a contact type information recording medium (connection terminal setting unit 10 One or more of the input means used may be provided. It is desirable to have as many means as possible, but it does not have to be all means, as it leads to increased costs. Moreover, the input means 8 by button operation doubles as the input means of the command with respect to the electronic type calendar 1 of this invention. The command may have a function of selecting a layout of a calendar, a display format, an image such as a landscape to be displayed on the image display unit 3, and other commands to be operated.

  As the input means 9 based on wireless communication, for example, it is possible to input information to the electronic calendar 1 by holding the non-contact information recording medium in which the information is written over a calendar using an RFID system. Moreover, the input from a portable information terminal is also possible by using the radio | wireless communications system corresponding to portable information terminals, such as a smart phone. If there is a wireless LAN environment in the home, it is also possible to input information to the electronic calendar 1 of the present invention using a personal computer. When inputting from a portable information terminal or a personal computer, it becomes possible by adding a communication function that enables communication with a wireless router that establishes a wireless LAN environment to the electronic calendar 1 of the present invention.

Also, by inserting the contact type information recording medium into the connection terminal adapted to the information recording medium provided in the connection terminal setting portion 10 of the electronic calendar 1 of the present invention, an input means using the contact type information recording medium Is also possible. For that purpose, the connection terminal installation unit 10 provided in the information input means 6 of the electronic calendar 1 according to the present invention may be provided with connection terminals corresponding to at least one contact type information recording medium.
Examples of the information recording medium include a USB memory, an SD card, a micro SD card and the like, but any one or more of the connection terminals may be provided in the connection terminal installation unit 10 among them.

  Further, when using the input means 9 based on wireless communication or the input means using a contact type information recording medium, the power consumption becomes large, so connection to a commercial power source is preferable. If they are not used, using a battery as a power source eliminates the need for connection to a commercial power source.

  Moreover, in order to display time on the electronic calendar 1 of the present invention, it is possible to provide a clock function. In order to obtain accurate time information, it is also possible to provide a radio clock function or to connect to the Internet to acquire time information.

Next, examples of the present invention will be described.
<Example>
The color layer of the color filter layer formed at the position corresponding to the four dots arranged in a rectangular shape of the microcapsule layer as the display means of the electronic calendar of the present invention has two colors complementary to one diagonal line As red and blue-green, the color layer on the other diagonal was not formed, and an electronic paper display capable of partially displaying in multiple colors as a transparent portion was manufactured. This electronic paper display device displays the peripheral portion of the event or schedule to be notified in red on the relevant day, in blue-green on the date and time, and in monochrome on the other.

  On the other hand, adjacent to the display means, the handwriting input means of the information input means and the input means by button operation were manufactured using the touch panel.

  In addition, as an input means based on wireless communication, a commercially available RFID system was used. On the electronic calendar side of the present invention, an antenna for reading information of the contactless IC tag is installed, and the main body of the reader / writer is connected to the outside. A commercial power supply was used for the main body of the reader / writer.

  In addition, in order to be able to use a USB memory as a contact type information recording medium, a connection terminal for the USB memory was installed in the connection terminal setting portion 10 (see FIG. 1).

  In this example, a sounding body using a piezoelectric element can be used as the notifying means 5, and it is disposed at the upper part of the area where the information input means 6 of the electronic calendar of the present invention is provided (see FIG. 1). A sounding body using this piezoelectric element is attached to a base such as a telegram, and is used for generating a melody from the sounding element when the telegram is opened. It becomes. It is also possible to use various other speakers as the sounding body.

  The display means of the electronic calendar of the present invention can change the contents to be displayed freely by dot matrix display. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the image display unit 3 for displaying landscape etc. is disposed at the upper part of the display means, and the year and month are displayed at the lower part of the image display unit 3. Shows a layout for displaying a calendar for one month. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, it can be displayed as a date-off calendar as a display for only one day. As the display content as the date-turning calendar, for example, the month, day, day, and time can be displayed at the top of the calendar, and below that, events and schedules of that day can be displayed for each item.

  Adjacent to such display means, information input means were arranged. Further, on the upper part of the information input means, a sounding element using a piezoelectric element was disposed as a notification means.

  The electronic circuit for driving the display means is mounted together with the notification means and the printed wiring board for driving the information input means, and the decorative board is used to cover the area other than the exposed portion of the surface. It is possible to make an electronic calendar.

  The electronic calendar produced in this manner can be displayed using information such as the date and day of the calendar, calendar, etc. and the layout data which have been created in advance for the calendar display for each year, month and day. In addition, input of date and additional information such as events and schedules to the calendar can be performed by handwriting input means or input means by button operation. In addition, information written on a writable non-contact IC tag can be input using an input unit based on wireless communication. In addition, it is possible to input information written in the USB memory by inserting it into the connection terminal for the USB memory.

  In addition, for events that you want to announce, such as a birthday, that you have entered in this way, announce the announcement at the preset time of the day by entering the announcement together when entering the information in advance. Is possible. The contents of the notice can display the character display of the event or schedule in a color different from that when viewed such as an event not notified. Moreover, it is also possible to emit a notification sound simultaneously by setting beforehand. Alternatively, it is also possible to emit only the notification sound.

Comparative Example 1
Next, a comparative example will be described.
What differs from the example is that an electronic paper without a color filter layer was used as a display means, and an electronic calendar without a notification means was produced.

Comparative Example 2
What is different from the example is that the color liquid crystal display device is used for the display means, and the electronic calendar without the notification means is manufactured.

<Evaluation>
Since the electronic calendar of the present invention in the embodiment uses electronic paper capable of multicolor display, it can visually identify an event to be noticed etc. from the electronic calendar using electronic paper which can not perform multicolor display. Not only it is easy to do, it is also an electronic calendar that can be easily identified aurally by emitting a notification sound.

Reference Signs List 1 electronic calendar 2 display means 3 image display unit 4 calendar display unit 5 notification means 6 information input means 7 handwriting input means 8. · Input means 9 by button operation · · · Input means 10 based on wireless communication · · · Connection terminal setting part

Claims (8)

In order to store display means, information input means for inputting additional information related to a date and designating information desired to be notified among the additional information, and information and calendar information input from the information input means And an electronic calendar which displays and announces the additional information specified in association with the date on the display means,
The display means is a display layer capable of black-and-white dot matrix display in which the microcapsule layer is sandwiched between upper and lower electrodes, and a color layer corresponding to each dot of the display layer on a part of the display layer. With the formed color filter layer,
The display layer constitutes one pixel by four dots arranged in a rectangular shape,
The color filter layer is formed corresponding to the dots of the display layer, and among the four dots arranged in a rectangular shape, two color layers corresponding to two dots on one diagonal line have a complementary color relationship And two diagonally opposite dots do not have a corresponding color layer or a transparent color layer,
The additional information to be displayed and notified on the display means is displayed in a color different from that of the other information, and the color display of the peripheral part of this additional information to be notified and the color of the numeral of the date and the peripheral part of the day of the week An electronic calendar characterized by displaying in different colors complementary to each other with a display unit and causing a color display unit displayed in different colors to blink.   2. The electronic calendar according to claim 1, wherein the color of the two color layers in complementary relationship is any one of a combination of red and blue-green, purple and yellow-green, yellow and blue-purple.   The electronic calendar according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the dots are rectangular.   The information input means includes one or more of a handwriting input means, an input means by button operation, an input means based on wireless communication, or an input means using a contact type information recording medium. The electronic calendar according to any one of 1 to 3.   The information input means includes an input means using a contact type information recording medium, and the input means includes a connection terminal for connecting the information recording medium. Electronic calendar described. The electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising notification means comprising a sound generator.   The electronic calendar according to claim 6, wherein the additional information to be displayed on the display means and notified is notified by the sound generator.   The electronic calendar according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the sounding body uses a piezoelectric element.

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