JPH02168349A - Electronic notebook device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute a necessary display with an easy operation by providing a CPU and a display, simultaneously, providing an exclusive-use operation button, and arbitrarily changing the length and time of the period of a schedule displayed with the push-down of the operation button. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 21 to have a ROM 23 to contain the system program of the whole device and a display 1 to display the schedule managed by the CPU are provided. In the schedule management program, the program to rearrange the schedule in an arbitrary period is built in, and simultaneously, first exclusive-use operation buttons 5c and 5d to change the length of the period and second exclusive-use operation buttons 5a and 5b to change the time of the period are provided, the schedule of the necessary period is rearranged by the operations of the first and second exclusive-use operation buttons 5a-5d, and it is displayed on the display. Thus, the user can see the schedule of the necessary period only by pushing down the arbitrary exclusive-use operation buttons 5a-5d.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an electronic notebook device that is provided with a CPU and a display that manage schedules, for example.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention relates to an electronic notebook device, which is provided with a CPU and a display, and is also provided with a dedicated operation button, so that the length and time point of a displayed schedule can be arbitrarily changed by pressing the operation button. This allows the desired display to be obtained with simple operations.

[Conventional technology]

For example, electronic notebook devices have been realized that have a built-in CPU and display for managing schedules.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in such electronic notebook devices, schedule management is generally performed by extracting data included in an arbitrary period specified by the user from among the basic data input for each item, and then Predetermined items are rearranged and displayed.

However, in this case, the user needs to operate multiple keys to specify the period, and also the "search" key,
It is also necessary to operate a "view" key, etc., and extremely complicated operations are required to view the schedule for a desired period.

Furthermore, when switching from a display of a "r days" schedule to a "weekly" schedule, for example, complicated operations are required to change the length of the period, making it difficult to easily view the desired schedule. was created.

This application was filed in view of these points.

The schedule management program has a built-in program for rearranging the schedule (RAM (25)) for each arbitrary period, and
First dedicated operation button (5c) to change the length of the above period
(5d) and second dedicated operation buttons (5a) and (5b) for changing the point in time of the above-mentioned period, and by operating these first and second dedicated operation buttons, the schedule for the desired above-mentioned period can be restarted. The electronic notebook device is characterized in that the electronic notebook device is arranged and displayed on the display.

[Effect]

According to this, the user can view the schedule for a desired period simply by pressing any dedicated operation button, making the operation extremely easy.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides at least a schedule management program (RO
M (23) ) and a disk displaying the schedule managed by this CPU.
Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment. In this figure, (1
) is a display section made of liquid crystal etc. This display section (1) displays image data from a CPU etc. which will be described later, and an input tablet (2) made of a so-called transparent touch sensor etc. is mounted on the surface of this display section (1). It is provided. In addition, (3) is a pen that cooperates with this input tablet (2) to input arbitrary data, etc.
) and touch the input tablet (2) with the tip of the pen, information such as the contact position will be sent to the code (4).
The data is supplied to the CPU via the CPU, and arbitrary data and the like are inputted thereto. Furthermore, (5a) (5b) (5c) (5
d), (6a), (6b), (6c), and (6d) are predetermined key switches, respectively, and signals from these are also supplied to the CPU.

Further, (7) indicates a speaker. Reference numeral (8) denotes a battery accommodating portion, and a battery for power supply is housed inside a lid that is opened and closed by releasing the locking mechanism (9).Furthermore, (10) is a power switch.

Further, the broken lines indicate the positions of mechanisms etc. provided on the side, and first (11) is a microphone. In addition, (12) is an operation key for solid-state recording, which will be described later.
By the operation 2), the audio signal supplied to the microphone (, 11) is recorded and the sound is emitted from the above-mentioned speaker (7). Furthermore, (13) indicates the position of a socket into which an IC card such as ROM or RAM is inserted and connected, and (14) indicates the position of an expansion socket for connecting with external equipment, etc., respectively.

Further, (15) is a hinge that houses a flexible substrate for transmitting signals, etc., and this hinge (15) allows this device to be folded into two without suffering from electrical interference. In implementing this device, the length in the unfolded state is approximately 29 CD+, the width is approximately 20.5 cm, and the thickness when folded is approximately 4 cm+, and the display part (1
) will be approximately 15 cm + x 10 cm in size.

Further, in this device, the built-in hardware configuration is as shown in FIG. In the figure, (2
1) is a CPU, and (22) is its path line, through which various functional ICs and the like are connected. First of all, (23) is a ROM,
In addition to the system program for the entire device, this ROM (23) stores, for example, a kana-kanji conversion program for the word processor function and dictionary data therefor, as well as a recognition program for handwritten input and dictionary data therefor. .

Further, (24) is a working RAM, and (25) is a backup RAM that is also provided with a power source (26).

Furthermore, (27) is a timer IC, and this 10 (2
7) is also driven by the power supply (26), and counts the clock from the crystal oscillator (28) to constantly output data of the current year, month, day, and time.

In addition, the following describes the connection with each part that appears in the above-mentioned front view. First, (29) is a display controller that controls the display unit (1), and this core controller (29) LJ: CPU (21) The display data created by the CPU (21) is controlled by the V-
The data is written into the RAM (30), and the written data is supplied to the display unit (1) through the controller (29).

Furthermore, (31) is an input tablet (2) and a pen (3)
This interface circuit (31) supplies data written on the input tablet (2) to the CPU (21).

Further, (32) is a processing circuit for solid-state recording, in which the audio signal from the microphone (11) is processed such as AD conversion, and is sent to the backup RAM (2) via the CPU (21).
5). Also, backup RAM (25
) is subjected to processing such as DA conversion in a processing circuit (32), and is supplied to a speaker (7) through a mixer (33).

Furthermore, (34) is a dialer circuit, and the CPU (
When data such as an arbitrary telephone number is supplied from 21),
An acoustic signal corresponding to the dual tone of a so-called touch-tone phone is generated and this signal is supplied to a speaker (7) through a mixer (33).

In addition, (35) is a key interface circuit, and the above-mentioned (5a) to (5d) (6a) to (6d) (
Signals from key switch groups such as 10) and (12) are supplied directly or through a power supply circuit (36), and predetermined converted signals are supplied to the CPU (21). In addition, the power switch (10) and key switches (6a) to (6d)
) and the operation keys (12) except for the stop S port are connected to the power supply circuit (
36) to the interface circuit (35), and when these key switches are operated, the power supply circuit (36) is first activated, and then key operation information is supplied to the interface circuit (35). It has become.

Furthermore, (37) and (38) are interface circuits for an IC card and external equipment during expansion, and are connected to sockets (13) and (14), respectively.

In this device, key switches (5a) to (5)
For example, items (5c) and (5d) in d) are set as the item types, and by pressing the item types (5c) or (5d), for example, "days", "weeks",
Images showing schedules such as "monthly" and "yearly" are sequentially displayed on the display section (1).

That is, the system program written in the ROM (23) is provided with operations as shown in the flowchart of FIG. In the figure, the above-mentioned switches (5a) to (
5d) When any button such as (6a) to (6d) is pressed, the operation is started, and first, it is determined whether or not the button pressed in step [1] is (5c).

Then, when the button (5c) is pressed, step [2
], the pointer indicating the items such as "day", "week", "month", "year", etc. described above is advanced by "1" in a predetermined direction.

If the pressed button is not (5C), it is determined in step [3] whether or not the pressed button is (5d). When the button (5d) is pressed, the pointer indicating the above-mentioned item is returned "1°" in the opposite direction in step [4].The button (5d) that was pressed in step [3]
If it is not d), other processing is performed in step [5], and when that is completed, the operation is ended.

Further, when the pointer is processed in steps (2) and (4), the item indicated by the pointer is read out in step [6]. Then, in step [7], the basic data is rearranged according to this item, and in step [8], this rearranged display data is displayed on the display section (1).

The basic data is formed as shown in Figure 5, for example.
The contents written on the second line are rearranged according to the date and time written on the third line.

Also, during the execution of the relocation process in step (7), press the button (
When 5c) or (5d) is pressed, the processing in step [7] may be interrupted and the processing starting from step [1] may be newly performed.

Furthermore, in the rearranged schedule mentioned above, if it is "day", it is every day according to the item at that time.

In the case of "r weeks", a delimiter code is inserted every week, or an index table is formed consisting of a set of starting addresses of the delimiters.

In this device, the key switch (5a) (5
b) is the page button, and this page button (5a) or (
By pressing 5b), the schedule is displayed that is moved forward or backward at each interval described above.

With this device, the key switch (5c)
"Days""Weeks" by operating (5d)
Items such as "Monthly" and "Yearly" are selected, the basic data is rearranged accordingly, and the key switch (5a
) By operating (5b), "the previous day", "the day before the previous day", "the next day", "the day after the next day", "the previous week", "the week before the previous day"
You can view the desired schedule such as "next week", "the week after next", etc., and use the device as if you were indexing and turning pages in a regular schedule book.

In this way, according to the above-mentioned device, the user can view the schedule for the desired period by simply pressing any dedicated operation button (key switch (5a) to (5d)), making the operation extremely simple (with only a few ).

In the above-described device, item selection and page turning can also be performed by touching the item names and left/right arrows provided on the right side of the display using the pen (3). However, the above-mentioned key switches (5a) to (
5d), it is possible to view the schedule for a desired period without using the pen (3) when only viewing the schedule.

In addition, the selected items mentioned above may include not only the schedule but also "address book", "telephone number book", etc. In that case, basic data different from the above schedule will be rearranged and displayed. will be carried out.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to this invention, the user can view the schedule for a desired period simply by pressing any dedicated operation button.
It has become extremely easy to operate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an example of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are explanatory diagrams. (1) is the display section, (5a) to (5d) are the key switches, (21) is the CPU, (23) is the ROM, (2
5) is RAM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A CPU having at least a schedule management program
and a display for displaying the schedule managed by this CPU, and the schedule management program has a built-in program for rearranging the schedule for each arbitrary period, and a program for changing the length of the period. A first dedicated operation button and a second dedicated operation button for changing the time point of the above-mentioned period are provided, and the schedule of the desired above-mentioned period is rearranged by operating these first and second dedicated operation buttons. An electronic notebook device characterized by displaying information on a display.