JPH02297662A - Electronic notebook - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To precisely designate date and time by providing a data memory, which can store plural schedule data, and a selection part to select the schedule data from the data memory. CONSTITUTION:In a data memory 9, the schedule data inputted at the time of an input mode are numbered for each schedule and stored as a pair of date data and memo data. The date data are stored with being further divided into negative data and the other data. A selection part 11 retrieves the schedule data, which are equipped with the date data corresponding to the date data stored in a date buffer 7, from the data memory 9 and stores the number of the schedule data in a data memory 12 to be selected. Thus, plural days can be made correspondent to one set of memory data and even negative data can be inputted. Then, the date and time can be precisely designated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to an electronic notebook for managing schedules and the like.

(b) Conventional technology Currently, data representing date and time (hereinafter referred to as date and time data)
A plurality of schedule data consisting of data representing actions to be performed on such date and time (hereinafter referred to as memo data) is stored in plurality, and by inputting month and day data indicating a specific day, a schedule related to this month and day can be created. Electronic devices called electronic notebooks that enable schedule management by selectively displaying information are becoming popular (Nikkei Mechanical 1988.4.4.P2O3-108).

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in conventional devices of this type, date and time data for each memo data could only be specified for half a day, such as "March 2nd." For this reason, for example, schedule data for a show held for four days from March 2nd to March 5th, or schedule data for a meeting held on the 2nd day of every month, had to be entered for each day. .

In this specification, data indicating a single day such as "March 2nd" is collectively referred to as half-day designated data, and r 3/2.
It is simplified and expressed as J. Furthermore, data indicating a period such as "March 2nd to March 5th" is referred to as period designation data and is simplified as "r 3/2-315" in the table. Further, data indicating a periodic date such as "the 2nd day of every month" is referred to as periodic designation data.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its structural features are that plurality of schedule data consisting of date and time data and memo data can be input, and that schedule data related to a specific date can be input. It is possible to select and display schedule data, and also indicates that any arbitrary month and day among the single unit specification data, period specification data, period specification data, and month and day expressed in the period specification data or period specification data is excluded from the above date and time data. The electronic notebook is capable of specifying negative data, and includes a data memory capable of storing a plurality of schedule data, an input section for inputting date data indicating the specific date, and the date data and the date and time in the data memory. and a selection section for selecting schedule data from the data memory based on the data.

(e) Effect: With this configuration, it is possible to handle multiple days for one memo data item, and negative data can also be input, so more detailed date and time specifications can be made.

(F) Example In the following, an example of the present invention will be described, but the electronic notebook in this example has: (i) mode for creating new schedule data (hereinafter referred to as input mode) (ii) mode for creating new schedule data (hereinafter referred to as input mode) (iii) A mode in which the input schedule data is referenced one by one (hereinafter referred to as reference mode); (iii) A mode in which plurality of schedule data that has already been input is simultaneously displayed as a list (hereinafter referred to as list mode) Equipped with a mode.

In addition, in the above-mentioned input mode, "" allows arbitrary input on the display screen in the non-input state as shown in FIG. 1(a), and
Data input on the first line on the display screen is treated as date and time data, while data input on the second and subsequent lines is treated as memo data. Further, in the date and time data, month and day data to which the symbol "X" is added in front are treated as negative data. Furthermore, the negative data and other date and time data are separated on the display screen by, for example, <, as shown in FIG. 1(b).

In the reference mode, when date data indicating a specific day is input, schedule data related to the specific day is read out and displayed one by one. On the other hand, in the list display mode, when data indicating a specific day is input, schedule data related to the specific day is read out and each schedule data is simplified to a data length that can be displayed on one line on the display screen. This simplified schedule data is displayed together on the display screen.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. In the figure, (1) is a main control unit consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and (2) is a program memory in which a control program is stored. (1) controls each section described below based on a control program stored in the memory (2).

(3) is an input section, and the input section includes a plurality of keys for switching the above-mentioned modes, inputting schedule data, inputting date data, switching screens, and the like. (4) is a display unit made of, for example, a liquid crystal display device; (5) is a display control unit that controls the display of the display unit; and (6) is a page buffer, and the buffer is located at the display position of the display unit (4). It has storage locations corresponding to 1:1. (7) is a date buffer, and date data indicating a specific date input in the reference mode or list display mode is stored in this buffer. (8) is a cursor position storage section, and the cursor position displayed on the display section (4) is stored in this storage section.

(9) is a data memory, and schedule data input in the input mode is stored in this memory. Specifically, as shown in Figure 3, each schedule is numbered and date/time data and memo data are stored as a pair, and the date/time data is further divided into negative data and other data. be done. (10) is a data storage unit, which stores the schedule data in the page buffer (6) in the data memory (9).

(11) is a selection unit, (12) is a selected data memory, and the selection unit (11) transfers the schedule data having date and time data corresponding to the date data stored in the date buffer (7) to the data memory (9). ) and store the number in the selected data memo 1 (12). (13)
is a simplification processing section, and this processing section selects the data memory (9) based on the number stored in the selected data memory (12).
) is read out, and the data is simplified into data that can be displayed on one line of the display section (4) and output. (14) is a list buffer, and a plurality of data simplified by the simplification processing unit (13) are stored in this buffer.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. Since this embodiment has three modes as described above, the operation will be explained for each mode below.

(i) Input mode FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the main control section (1) based on the control program in the input mode, and the operation in the input mode will be explained below based on this flowchart.

When entering the input mode, the main control section (1) first performs initialization processing in step Sl. Specifically, the page buffer (6) is cleared and the cursor position storage unit (
8) is used as information indicating the upper left corner of the display section (4), and then the display control section (5) Nihesihaffa (6)
The contents of the cursor are displayed on the display section (4), and an instruction is given to display the cursor at a position on the display section (4) corresponding to the position information in the cursor position storage section (8). Therefore, S
When one step is processed, the display section (4) will display the screen shown in FIG. 5(a).
), the upper left corner of the clear screen (first row, first column)
A cursor (100) is displayed on the screen.

Next, in step S2, a key input from the input section (3) is waited for, and when there is an input, the process advances to step 83.

In step S3, it is determined whether the key input from the input section (3) is a cursor movement key, and if it is determined that it is a cursor movement key, the process advances to step S4.

In step S.1, the contents of the cursor position storage section (8) are changed in accordance with the cursor movement keys. Also,
In response to such a change, the cursor position on the display section (4) is also changed. For example, in the state shown in FIG. 5(a), when a cursor movement key is input to move the cursor (100) downward by one character, the cursor position storage unit (8)
The contents of are changed to information corresponding to the second row and first column of the display section (4), and accordingly, the display contents of the display section (4) become as shown in FIG. 5(b).

When the process of step S4 is completed, the process returns to step S2.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the key is not a cursor movement key, the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, it is determined whether the key inputted from the input section (3) is a mode switching key, and if it is determined that it is a mode switching key, the process advances to step 86.

In step S6, the data stored in the page buffer (6) is used as schedule data in the data memory (
9) and sends an instruction to the data storage unit (10) to store the data in 4).

Based on such an instruction, the data storage section (1o) first reads out date and time data from the data stored in the page buffer (6) in step 56-1, and also reads out the date and time data from the data stored in the data memory (6), as shown in FIG. 9) Store this in the date and time data storage area.

Specifically, when the schedule data is displayed on the display unit (4) as explained using FIG. 1, the data on the first line of 7JS becomes the date and time data. Therefore, the data storage section (10) reads out only the data displayed on the first line of the display section (4) among the data in the page buffer (6), and the "," is included in the read data. If it exists, it is regarded as a delimiter and the read data is subdivided based on the ",". Then, for each piece of subdivided data, it is determined whether or not there is an r If there is no "X", it is stored in another data area.

As an example, as shown in FIG. 5(c), the schedule data displayed on the display section (4) is transferred to the page buffer (6).
If it is stored in the data memory (9), the date and time data "3/2~3/6. .

Returning to FIG. 6, in step <36-2, one piece of memo data is sold from the data stored in the page buffer (6). Then, in step 86-1, this is stored in the memo data area in the data memory (9) corresponding to the date and time data area where the date and time data is stored.

Specifically, when the schedule data is displayed on the display section (4) as explained using FIG. 1, the data from the second line onward becomes memo data.

Therefore, the data storage unit (10) has a page buffer (6
), only the data displayed from the second line onwards on the display section (4) is read out and stored in the data memory (
9) Store in the memo data area inside.

As an example, suppose that the data "Business Show" is displayed from the second line onwards in the word-of-mouth display section (4) shown in FIG. 5(c).
The above display data is read from the page buffer (6),
The data is stored in the memo data area in the data memory (9) as shown in FIG. 7(a).

When the above step 56-2 is completed, the process starts at 57 in FIG.
Proceed to step. In step S7, it is determined whether the mode switching key determined in step S5 specifically instructs switching to the reference mode or the list display mode. Then, the mode is switched based on this determination.

Returning to step S5, if it is determined in this step that the key is not a mode switching key, the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, it is determined whether the key input in step S2 is a screen switching key, and if so, the process advances to step 89.

In step S9, the data in the page buffer (6) is stored in the data memory (9) as schedule data, similar to step S6. It should be noted that this storage operation is the same as step S6, so the explanation will be omitted.

After that, the process returns to step Sl. Therefore, in step S1, initialization is performed again, so the display section (4) becomes the initial state as shown in FIG. 5(a).
Schedule data for another item can be input.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8 that the key is not a screen switching key, the process proceeds to step 51-0.

In this SIO step, it is determined whether the key input in the S2 step is a key for instructing termination, such as power off, and if so, the power is turned off after processing the Sll step. Finish the operation. Incidentally, since the processing of the Sll step is the same as the S6 step, the explanation will be omitted here.

If it is determined in step S10 that the key does not indicate termination, the key input in step S2 is assumed to correspond to data constituting the schedule data, and input processing is performed in step S12.

Specifically, the above data is stored in the position in the page buffer (6) corresponding to the position information in the cursor position storage unit (8). Thereafter, the position information in the cursor position storage section (8) is changed to indicate the next input position.

As an example, in the state shown in FIG. 5(a), the character "3"
'' is input, the contents of the page buffer (6) and the cursor position storage section (8) are changed by the process of step 512 so that the display state of the display section (4) changes as shown in FIG. 5(d). Be changed.

When the above step 512 is completed, the process returns to step S2.

In this way, in the input mode, schedule data can be input while looking at the top of the display section (4), and the input schedule data is automatically sent to the data memory (9) in response to mode switching, screen switching, and termination operations. ).

(ii) Reference mode FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the control operation of the main control section (1) in the reference mode, and the operation in the reference mode will be explained below based on these flowcharts.

When the reference mode is instructed, the main control unit (1) first
Initialization processing is performed in one step.

Specifically, page buffer (6), date buffer (7)
and clears the selected data memory (12), and instructs the display control unit (5) to display only the data in the page buffer (6).

Thereafter, in step S22, the system waits for human power from the input section (3), and when there is an input, the process advances to step S23.

In step S23, it is determined whether the key input in step 522 is a mode switching key, and if it is a mode switching key, the process advances to step 524.

In this step, it is determined which mode the mode switching key instructs to switch to, and when the mode is in the list display mode or the input mode, the mode is switched to the respective mode, and when the mode is in the reference mode, the process is executed. Return to step 521.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S23 that the key is not a mode switching key, it is determined in step S25 whether or not it is a key indicating termination, such as turning off the power, and if it is determined that it is, the process is completely terminated. If it is determined that this is not the case, the process advances to step 826.

In step S26, it is determined whether the key input in step S22 is date data indicating a specific date, and if it is not date data, the process returns to step 522. If it is date data, the process advances to step 527.

In step S27, the data determined to be date data in step S26 is stored in the date buffer (7).

In the following step S28, data having date and time data corresponding to the date data in the date buffer (7) is selected from the schedule data in the data memory (9), and the number of the selected schedule data is assigned to the selected data. Store in memory (12).

Specifically, for each schedule data in the data memory (9), its negative data and other data are compared with the date data in the date buffer (7), and it is determined that the negative data does not correspond to the date data. , and the number of the schedule data whose other date and time data corresponds to the date data is stored in the selected data memory (12).

In addition, the date and time data corresponding to the date data is, for example, when the date data is "3/2 (book)" indicating "Sunday of March 2nd", the following (a) to (g) are used. It is understood that date and time data with month and day data corresponds.

(a) 3/2 (b) 3/1-3/3 (c) Every day (d) 2nd day of every month (e) Every Thursday <r> ~ 315 (data until March 5th) (g
) 2/28- (Data from February 28th)
That is, when the month/day data in the date/time data includes the above date data, it is considered that they correspond.

- As an example, there is now data memory (9) in Figure 7 (b).
) is stored, and the date buffer (7) contains the date data "r3/2 (Thursday)".
is stored in the selected data memory (12) as a result of the processing of the above 828 steps.
6 is stored.

When step S28 is completed, the process proceeds to step S2 shown in FIG.
Proceed to step 9.

In step S29, the selected data memory (12)
The smallest number among the numbers stored therein is selectively read out, and the schedule data of that number is read out from the data memory (9) and written into the page buffer (6).

In this writing, date and time data is written in the position corresponding to the first line of the display section (4), and memo data is written in positions corresponding to the second and subsequent lines.

For example, suppose schedule data is stored in the data memory (9) as shown in FIG. 7(b), and the number &1,3°5.6 is stored in the selected data memory (12). , the schedule data t1 is stored in the data memory (9) by processing the above step S29.
Since it is read out and stored in the page buffer (6),
This data will be displayed on the display section (4) (
(See Figure 5(e)).

When the processing in step S29 is completed, the input from the input section (3) is then received in step 830. When there is an input, it is determined in step S31 whether the input is a key instructing mode switching, and if it is a mode switching key, the process jumps to step S24. On the other hand, if it is determined that the key is not a mode switching key, the process advances to step 532.

In step S32, it is determined whether the key input in step S30 is a key for instructing termination, such as turning off the power, and if it is determined to be a key for instructing termination, the process is completely terminated. If this is not the case, it is determined in step S33 whether or not the input key in step 830 is a screen switching key.

In such a determination, if it is determined that it is not a screen switching key,
Processing returns to step 530. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is a screen switching key, the process advances to step 534.

In step S34, the next smallest number after the schedule data number currently displayed on the display section (4) is read out from the selected data memory (12), and the schedule data with this number is read out from the data memory (9). , writes to page buffer (6).

Therefore, the display on the display section (4) is also changed in response to such processing.

For example, as described above, the fifth
When the screen switching key is input with the schedule data Nc11 being displayed on the four-way display section (4) shown in Figure (e), the next lowest number among the selected data memory (12) Since the number is Nα3, the schedule data 3 in the data memory (9) is stored in the page buffer (6) through the process of step S34. Therefore, the schedule data NQ2 is also displayed on the display section (4) as shown in FIG. 5 <r>.

When step S34 ends, the process returns to step S30.

As described above, in the reference mode, by inputting the date data and inputting the screen switching key, the date data can be displayed one by one on the display section (4).

(iii) List display mode Figures 10 and 11 show the main control unit (
This is a flowchart showing the control operation of step 1), and the operation in the list display mode will be explained below based on this flowchart.

When the list display mode is instructed, the main control section (1) first performs initialization processing in step S41. Specifically, it clears the page buffer (6), date buffer (7), selected data memory (12), and list buffer (14), and also clears the page buffer (6) in the display control unit (5).
Give instructions to display only the data inside.

Thereafter, steps 542 to S48 are processed, and each step is the same as steps 522 to S28 shown in FIG. Therefore, when the mode switching key is input after processing step S41, the mode is switched to the specified mode by processing steps 842 to S44, and when there is an input instructing termination such as power off, step 542, S43, etc. S4
The five steps are processed in sequence and the operation is completely completed. Furthermore,
Is date data entered? , S42, S43 and S4
Steps 5 to S48 are sequentially processed to search for schedule data having date and time data corresponding to the date data, and store the number in the selected data memory (12).

When the process of step S48 is completed, the process starts in the 11th step.
Proceed to step S49 shown in the figure.

In step S49, the schedule data corresponding to the number stored in the selected data memory (12) is simplified.

Details are as shown in FIG. That is, when the main control unit (1) gives an instruction to the simplification processing unit (13) for the simplification process, the processing unit (13) converts the number in the selected data memory (12) in step 549-1. One piece of schedule data corresponding to the above is read out from the data memory (9), and the data is simplified into data that can be displayed in one line of the display section (4). Specifically, first, the date and time data is simplified, and this simplification deletes all negative data and, among other data, data that matches the basis weight data in the H buffer (7). To explain in more detail how to delete such other data, when the date data is "r3/2 (book)", the methods (a) to (g) shown in "r(ii) reference mode" are used. Among the month and day data, the month and day data of (a), (c), (d), and (e) are deleted. In addition, from date data such as (b), r3/I
Start date data such as J will be deleted.

After simplifying the date and time data in this way, if the data length of the simplified date and time data becomes smaller than the data length that can be displayed in the - line of the display section (4), the data length The difference memo data is read out and combined immediately after the simplified date and time data to form one line of simplified data.

Thereafter, the data created in step 549-1 is stored in the list buffer (4) in step S49-2.

The process then proceeds to step S49-3. In this step, it is determined whether the simplification process has been performed on all the schedule data of the numbers stored in the selected data memory (12), and it is determined whether the simplification process has been performed on all the data. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step 350 in FIG. 11, whereas if it is determined otherwise, the process proceeds to step 549. −
Return to 1 step. Therefore, by repeatedly processing steps 349-1 to 549-3, all the schedule data stored in the selected data memory (12) can be simplified. The determination in step 549-3 can be easily made by sequentially erasing from the selected data memory (12) the schedule data numbers that have been processed in steps 549-1 and S49-2. .

Returning to FIG. 11, in step S50, the simplified data created in step S49 and stored in the list buffer (14) is stored in the page buffer (6). Further, the simplified data is thereby displayed on the display section (4).

As an example, the data memory (9) now contains the information shown in FIG.
) is stored, and "r3/2 (book)" is input as the date data.
Steps S41-S43 and S45-S50 are sequentially processed. As a result, NQI in data memory (9), 3
．． The schedule data of 5.6 is simplified and displayed on the display section (4) as shown in FIG. 5(g).

When the process of step 550 is completed, steps 551 to S53 will be processed, but the above steps S51 and S52 are the same as steps 830 and S31 in FIG. Since this is the same as step 532 in FIG. 9 except for returning to step 532, the explanation will be omitted here.

As described above, in the list display mode, the schedule data for a specific day is simplified, and the simplified data is simultaneously displayed on the display section (4), so that the schedule for the specific day can be confirmed at a glance.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to specify not only a single unit but also a period and a cycle as date and time data of schedule data, so even if the schedule has the same content for multiple days, it can be used as schedule data. You only need to enter one item. Furthermore, since it is possible to specify negative data as date and time data, it is possible to specify a date and time more precisely than in the past.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 5 are schematic diagrams showing the display form of the display unit in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 and 7 are The schematic diagrams showing the contents stored in the data memory, FIGS. 4, 6, and 8 to 12 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of this embodiment. (1)...Main control section, (3)...Input section, (4)...
...Display section, (7)...Date buffer, (9)...
Data memory, (11)... Selection section Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (1 other person) Patent attorney Takuji Nishino (2 others) (e) (b) (f) (d) Figure 8 Figure 9 Go to Figure S50 ST 77°

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Multiple items of schedule data consisting of date and time data and memory data can be input, and schedule data related to a specific day can be selectively displayed. An electronic notebook capable of specifying negative data indicating the exclusion of any month and day among the period specification data or the period specification data, and a data memory capable of storing a plurality of the schedule data;
The present invention is characterized by comprising an input section for inputting date data indicating the specific day, and a selection section for selecting schedule data from the data memory based on the date data and date and time data in the data memory. Electronic notebook.