JPH0252285A - Electronic memorandum - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To securely recognize a memorial day by generating an alarm sound when it is decided that date data on the set memorial day coincides with the date of the day updated by a calendar means. CONSTITUTION:A display part 1 consists of two upper and lower stages, each of which consists of 12 display digits, and the upper stage makes a 5X7-dot matrix display and displays various character data on the contents, etc., of memorial days. The lower stage makes a 7-segment numeral display, and the contents of a memorial day are displayed at the upper stage and the date is displayed at the lower stage. A key part 2 supplies various data including date data on the memorial day and data on its contents and various instructions to a system by key input. A data storage part 3 stores the data inputted by a user from the key part 2. A sound output part 4 generates the alarm sound at a constant period so as to indicate that it is the preset memorial day today. A timer part 5 supplies a constant-period time signal to a control part 6 according to a clock signal. The control part 6 is equipped with a calendar function for updating the year, month, and day and a function for deciding the coincidence between the date data on the memorial day and the updated date data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an improvement of an electronic memo having a scheduling function.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, an anniversary is set in advance in an electronic memo (and when the day arrives, the date and details of the anniversary are displayed on, for example, a liquid crystal display).

<Problems to be solved by the invention> In conventional electronic memos, when an anniversary arrives, only information indicating that the day is an anniversary is displayed, so it may be difficult to notice unless you look at the display. However, this had the disadvantage that setting an anniversary in advance would be meaningless.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic memo that displays a message and sounds an alarm sound when an anniversary arrives.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the electronic memo according to the present invention includes a setting means for setting the month and day data of the anniversary, and the date is updated every time a clock signal is counted. a determining means for determining whether or not the month and day data of the set anniversary match the current month and day data updated by the calendar means; and an alarm sound when the determining means determines that they match. and an alarm sound generating means that sounds at a constant cycle.

<Function> In the electronic memo according to the present invention, if today is an anniversary, the contents of the anniversary are displayed at regular intervals and an alarm sound is sounded. Therefore, even if the user is not looking at the display, the user will look at the display by hearing the alarm sound, and will surely recognize that today is an anniversary.

<Example> Figure 1 shows the system configuration of an electronic memo according to this example. The clock section 6 is a control section.

Display part 1 consists of two lower rows on the - side, and the number of display digits on each row is 1.
It is 2. The upper row displays 5×7 dosoto 71 to lithographs, and displays various character data such as the contents of the commemorative mouth.

The lower row shows a 7-segment numerical display and displays the date, time, etc. Figure 3 shows display section 1 when setting an anniversary.
The content of the anniversary is displayed in the upper row, and the date of the anniversary is displayed in the lower row. FIG. 4 shows the display contents of the display unit 1 on the day of the anniversary, with the contents of the anniversary displayed in the upper row and the time in the lower row.

Key part 2 provides various data and various commands, including anniversary date data and data indicating its contents, to the system manually. The data storage section 3 can be accessed by the user.
Memorize the data entered from. The sound output unit 4 generates an alarm sound at a constant cycle indicating that today is a preset anniversary, and also generates other key touch sounds and the like. The clock section 5 provides a clock signal of a constant period (for example, 0.5 seconds) to the control section 6 based on the clock signal.

The control unit 6 has a calendar function that updates the year, month, and day by counting the clock signal from the clock unit 5, and the date data of the anniversary stored in the data recording unit 3 and the date data updated by the calendar function. In addition to having a determination function for determining whether or not they match, it also has a function for controlling the entire system including data display on the display section 1 and sound generation on the sound output section 4.

FIG. 2 shows the operation flow. In this system,
Since it has a clock function, clock UP routines are inserted throughout the flow. First, it is checked whether there is a clock signal (lllz signal) outputted from the clock section 5 every 0.5 seconds, and if this clock signal is present, the internally held data of year, month, day, hour, minute, and second is updated.

Then, when the time digit changes, that is, from 59 minutes to 0 minutes, it is determined whether the current time is between 9:00 and 15:00, and if it is between 9:00 and 15:00, it matches today's date. A search is made to see if there is any date data that matches the date of the anniversary, and if there is matching date data, the content and time of the anniversary will be displayed on the display section 1, and an alarm will be sounded for 5 seconds from the sound output section 4. It doesn't ring. In this embodiment, the alarm sound from the sound output unit 4 is sounded a total of seven times every hour from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, in the present invention, the alarm sound does not sound at the same time as the information indicating the anniversary is displayed. This makes it possible to reliably recognize that it is an anniversary.Also, by repeatedly sounding the alarm sound, there is no chance of missing the alarm.Therefore, the notification ability of the electronic memo is enhanced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation flow of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing the display contents of the display unit of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram. 1...Display section 2...Ki section 3...Data storage section 4...Sound output section 5...Clock section 6...Control section Patent applicant Sharp Corporation Agent Patent attorney West 1) New 3rd map

Claims (1)

[Claims] A setting means for setting the month and day data of the anniversary, a calendar means for updating the year, month and day by counting clock signals, and today's month and day updated by the set month and day data of the anniversary and the calendar means. An electronic memo comprising: determining means for determining whether or not the data match; and alarm sound generating means for generating an alarm sound at a constant cycle when the determining means determines that the data match.