JPH0337759A - Electrtonic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the schedule management extending over long time by displaying day of the week data of retrieved schedule information in the week- day display area of a display means, while displaying the schedule information of a specific date in the schedule display area of an indicator, as it is. CONSTITUTION:Day of the week data of schedule information retrieved by a retrieving means is displayed in the day of the week display area 16 of a display means 14, while displaying the schedule information of the specific date in the schedule display area 15 of a display part 14 as it is. In such a manner, a character-string in the schedule information of the specific date which is being displayed is designated, and the week-day information of the schedule containing the same one as its character-string can be displayed simultaneously with the schedule display of the specific date, therefore, the schedule management extending over long time can be executed with a simple operation by using a limited display area.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to electronic equipment, and particularly to schedule information consisting of data on specific dates and days of the week, and schedule item data indicating specific schedule contents associated therewith. The present invention relates to an electronic device that stores schedule information and displays the stored schedule information based on a predetermined display method.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, devices having a schedule management function have been known among various electronic devices such as electronic notebooks, calculators, and word processors.

In this type of device, schedule information such as character strings related to date and time information is manually stored and can be displayed in various display formats.

For example, when displaying schedule information, by selecting the monthly calendar display, etc., the dates on which schedule input is performed are displayed with a mark, etc., and then by performing predetermined operations, the schedule for that day can be viewed in detail. Methods such as display are used.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in most electronic devices having this type of schedule management function, the display area of the display device is limited, and it is difficult to display information regarding the schedule for a specific day, such as schedules, locations, etc. There was a problem in that it was not possible to display a large amount of information at once, such as the time and whether an alarm was set.

For this reason, schedule information for one or more specific days is displayed dividedly over a plurality of screens, and the user must switch the screens using key operations or the like. Further, in displaying schedule information, there is a problem in that it is difficult to display a schedule over a period longer than one day (in some cases, a plurality of schedule items are stored on that day).

When dealing with today's busy work schedules, it is impossible to manage schedules only by checking the daily schedule, and unless you can understand the details of schedules on a weekly basis, you will not be able to find an easy-to-use schedule management device. I can't say that.

This is clear from the fact that many commercially available notebooks allocate spreads to one week. Displaying or editing the entire schedule for such a relatively long period at once requires the operating procedure and number of display screens in the conventional screen switching method, which makes it difficult to operate the device. It has the disadvantage that it is more difficult to master, and the user is constantly forced to perform cumbersome operations.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide an electronic device that can manage schedules over a long period of time with simple operations using a limited display area.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention includes schedule item data indicating specific date and day of the week data, and specific schedule contents associated with these data. In an electronic device that stores schedule information and displays the stored schedule information based on a predetermined display method, there is provided a display means having a schedule display area and a day of the week display area, and a display of the schedule display area and the day of the week display area of this display means. means for specifying a predetermined character string included in the schedule information for a specific date displayed in the schedule display area of the display means; means for searching the schedule information for schedule information containing the same character string as the character string specified by the specifying means, and displaying the schedule information for the specific date in the schedule display area of the display; A configuration is adopted in which the day of the week data of the schedule information retrieved by the search means is displayed in the day of the week display area of the display means.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, a character string in the schedule information for a specific date being displayed can be specified, and day-of-the-week information for a schedule that includes the same character string can be displayed simultaneously with the display of the schedule for the specific date.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the example shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a control system of an electronic device adopting the present invention. Here, a configuration common to electronic devices having various schedule management functions, such as electronic notebooks, calculators, and word processors, is shown.

The illustrated control system controls information input/output of the entire apparatus by a CPU 17 composed of a microprocessor or the like.

In FIG. 1, a storage area 1 is a RAM used as a work area for the CPU 17, and various storage areas shown as storage areas 2 to 7 are set within the RAM 1.

First, the storage area 2 is an area for storing schedule items, dates, and days of the week input from the keyboard 18.

The storage area 3 is an area for storing the date and day of the week of the schedule to be displayed on the display I4, and the storage area 4 is an area for storing the schedule date and day of the week to be displayed on the display I4.
This is a storage area that stores the position of the cursor during schedule display in step 4.

Furthermore, the storage area 5 is an area for storing schedule items of schedule information in order to search for the same schedule information.

Here, the schedule item refers to character string data indicating the contents of the schedule, such as "Planning Meeting" as shown in the display example of FIG. The schedule item on which the cursor is currently located is automatically copied to this storage area 5, and item information in this storage area 5 is searched within a predetermined schedule period to control display. This control will be detailed later.

Further, the storage area 6 is an area for storing information in which specific schedule information stored in the storage area 2 is expressed as bitmap data that can be displayed on the display 14, and the storage area 7 is an area for displaying days of the week on the display 14. This is an area that stores information for performing.

The ROM 8 is composed of storage areas indicated by numerals 9 to 12. First, a storage area 9 is a storage area for storing a control program for the CPU 17, which will be described later, and a storage area 10 is an area for storing character fonts expressed on the display 14 in the form of bitmap data. The font data in the storage area 10 is used when displaying character information stored in RAMI or ROMB on the display 14.

The storage area 11 is an area for storing format information when displaying a schedule or various data on the display 14. Here, the storage area 11 displays at least format data for displaying a schedule on a specific date in a table format as shown in FIG. 2, and calendar data for a month including a specific date as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the format information for

The storage area 12 is for storing calendar information, and the storage area 12 stores data on predetermined dates and days of the week in association with each other in a table format or the like. For example, the storage area 12&: is configured such that by inputting date data, day of the week data can be output.

Reference numeral 14 is a display device composed of an LCD panel, etc.
The 0 display 14, which is capable of displaying data such as ruled lines and characters by bitmap display, has two display areas indicated by reference numerals 15 and 16.

First, the display area 15 is an area for displaying a schedule, and in the schedule display mode, schedule items for a certain day are displayed in a table format as shown in FIG. In the case of FIG. 2, date data D1 is first displayed in the schedule display area 15, and below it, schedule items 1 and K2 and time data T1 and T2 of the schedule are displayed in a table format.

On the other hand, the day of the week display area 16 is for displaying seven characters of day of the week data from r day j to "sat j" in order to display a calendar as shown in FIG. In the calendar display of FIG. 3, the area 15 for displaying the schedule displays the calendar display for the month, the date display Dl, and the current time measured by a timer or the like (not shown).

The keyboard 18 is comprised of various keys indicated by numerals 21 to 24. First, reference numeral 21 is a well-known input key 2 consisting of a numeric keypad, character keys, function keys, etc.
Reference numeral 24 denotes a cursor key having arrows in four directions (up, down, left, and right) on the key top for moving a cursor (reference C in FIG. 2) on the display 14.

Reference numerals 22 and 23 indicate function keys particularly required in this embodiment. First, reference numeral 22 is a key for specifying display mode switching, and reference numeral 23 is a key used to call up a schedule for a specific date. be. After inputting numerical data specifying the date using the key 21 in a predetermined format, the date specification key 23 is pressed, and by selecting the display format using the display mode switching key 22, the 81-inch schedule data can be displayed. Used to order calls.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained in detail with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. The procedure in Figure 4 is R
It shows the flow of the CPU 1.7 control program stored in the storage area 9 of the OM8. In addition, Fig. 4 (A
) to (D) are continuous in nodes indicated by alphabets.

When the device is powered on, the CPtJ17 operates as shown in Figure 4 (A
) In step S1, the display is updated and the operation information of the keyboard 18 is read by a timer interrupt. The interruption is performed by the procedure described below in FIG. 4(D). In addition,
Immediately after the power is turned on, a calendar display (including time display) as shown in FIG. 3 is performed based on the current date data obtained by timing with a timer (not shown).

Step S2 if there is key human power in step S1
The process proceeds to steps S2 to S4 to determine the input key.

First, in step S2, it is determined whether the date designation key 23 has been pressed. In step S3, it is determined whether the display mode switching key 22 has been pressed. Step S
In step 4, it is determined whether the cursor key 24 has been pressed. If any step in the flow of steps 32 to S4 is affirmed, the steps from the respective steps to step S5, step S6 in FIG. 4(B), and step S
Move to 5.

When the date designation key 23 is pressed, in step S5, the date data entered manually using the keys 21 or the like in a known procedure is temporarily stored in a buffer (not shown) in the RAMI, and the date is displayed on the display. 14.

The display position is, for example, the upper part of the schedule display area 15 as shown in FIG. 2, or the lower part as shown in FIG. 3. In addition, the date can be entered manually by moving the cursor to the bottom of the character indicating the date and pressing a predetermined selection key (not shown) on the keyboard 18 in the calendar display mode as shown in FIG. You may do so.

On the other hand, when depression of the display mode switching key 22 is detected in step S3, the date data stored in the buffer (-) is transferred to the storage area 3 of the RAMI in step S6 of FIG. 4(B).

Subsequently, in step S7, the schedule item corresponding to the date stored in the storage area 3 is searched from the storage area 2 of the RAMI.

Furthermore, the schedule information retrieved in step S8 is developed as bitmap data in the display information area 6 of the RAMI using the font data stored in the storage area 10 in the ROMa, and is displayed on the display 14. At this time,
The schedule display format shown in FIG. 2 is used.

Subsequently, in step S9, the position of cursor C is determined. That is, the cursor position information stored in the RAMI storage area 4 is changed to a value corresponding to the top position in the schedule display area 15 of the display 14 (in the case of FIG. 2, the topmost position in the schedule table). do.

On the other hand, if depression of the cursor C is detected in step S4, step S1l is executed, and then the process moves to step sio.

That is, in step S11, the cursor C is moved according to the press information of the cursor C. This control is performed by RAM
This is done by updating the data in the storage area 4 of I. For example, in Figure 2, when cursor C is positioned on the schedule data on the top row, by pressing the down cursor key, the position of the cursor key changes to the schedule item "Planning Meeting" on the second row as shown. Move to the position.

In step S1O, the character data of the schedule item where the cursor C is located is transferred to the storage area 5 in the RAMI.

In step 512 (Fig. 4 (C)), the ROM
With reference to the calendar information stored in the storage area 12 in RAM i, week range data including dates related to the currently displayed schedule stored in the storage area 3 in RAM i is obtained. Here, the date data of the week that includes the date of the currently displayed schedule is calculated.

In the loop of steps 513 to S16, step S12
Search and display wide schedule information having the same schedule items as those contained in the storage area 5 within the range of weeks determined in .

First, in step 313, among the schedule information stored in the RAMI storage area 2, step S12
R from the schedule information included in the week range calculated by
It is determined whether the search item information is equal to the search item information stored in the storage area 5 of the AMI.

If the determination in step S13 matches in step S14,
In step S16, the day of the week information for the date having the matching schedule item is obtained using the calendar information in the storage area 12 of the ROM 8, and the day of the week information in the day of the week display area 1 of the display 14 is
Display using 6.

If the data do not match in step S14, it is determined in step S15 whether the entire range of the week determined in step 512 has been searched, and if the search is not completed, the process from step S13 is repeated. When the search is completed, the process returns to step si (FIG. 4(A)).

By performing the procedure shown in FIG. 4(C), when displaying schedule data for a specific date as shown in FIG. It is possible to search for schedule information in which the same character string as the item is registered as a schedule item, and to display the day of the week information in the day of the week display area 16 of the display 14.

The example in FIG. 2 shows that the schedule item "Planning Meeting" is registered for three days, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the same week.

In the interrupt control shown in FIG. 4(D), interrupt processing is first prohibited in step S17, and then RAMI is disabled in step 51B.
The display data in the storage area 6 is transferred to the display 14 and displayed in the schedule display area 15.

In step S19, the day of the week display information in the storage area 7 is similarly transferred to the display 14 and displayed in the day of the week display area 16. In step S20, key manual data from the keyboard 18 is read, and in step S21, an interrupt is permitted and the original routine is returned.

According to the above configuration, when displaying the schedule for a predetermined date, days of the week that have the same schedule item can be displayed by simply moving the cursor over the desired schedule item, and the user can You can instantly know information related to the schedule within the same week.

In this case, the display area for displaying the days of the week uses data used for calendar display, and does not require a large data area for display data, nor does it require a large display area.

In the above, the day of the week with the searched schedule is displayed using the day of the week display area for displaying a calendar as shown in FIG. 3, but this day of the week display is not necessarily set on the display surface of the display 14. For example, as shown by reference numeral 16 in FIG. The presence or absence of a corresponding schedule may be indicated by displaying a mark as shown by reference numeral 29 at the bottom.

In the above description, the schedule item on which the cursor is located is searched for automatically by simply moving the cursor, but the above search and day of the week display may be performed by pressing a predetermined search key.

In addition, the character string of the schedule item specified by the cursor may be specified not in its entirety, but only in part. Operational controls are available.

Furthermore, in the above example, one schedule information consists of schedule items and time data, but even if there are multiple schedule items such as the first item, second item, etc., the same method can be applied. You can search for schedule information that has schedule items. In this case, if the first item is the same, only the first item may be searched, or all search items may be searched. It is also conceivable to search for time data by moving the cursor over the time data.

In addition, after displaying the days of the week that have the same schedule item as shown in Figures 2 and 5, the cursor can be moved to the bottom of the characters (or mark 29) of the currently displayed day of the week, and a predetermined selection can be made there. By pressing a key (not shown) or the like, schedule data for that day of the week may be displayed as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5. When a press of a predetermined selection key is detected, the date is determined using the calendar information in ROMa, and step S5 in FIG. 4(A) is performed.
All you have to do is move on to the process from .

It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to various electronic devices having a schedule management function, such as electronic notebooks, calculators, word processors, and personal computers.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, schedule information consisting of data on specific dates and days of the week, and schedule item data indicating specific schedule contents associated therewith can be stored. , in an electronic device that displays schedule information stored based on a predetermined display method, a display means having a schedule display area and a day of the week display area; a means for controlling display of the schedule display area and the day of the week display area of the display means; means for specifying a predetermined character string included in the schedule information for a specific date displayed in the schedule display area of the display means; Means for searching for schedule information containing the same character string as the character string specified by the specifying means is provided, and the searching means searches while displaying the schedule information for the specific date in the schedule display area of the display device. Since the configuration is such that the day of the week data of the scheduled schedule information is displayed in the day of the week display area of the display means, a character string in the schedule information of a specific date being displayed is specified, and the data containing the same character string is displayed. Schedule day information can be displayed at the same time as the schedule for a specific date. That is, it has the excellent effect of allowing the user to recognize and manage a long-term schedule with simple operations using a limited display area.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device adopting the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams showing the display format of the display device in FIG. 1, and FIGS. D) is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the CPU in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing different display formats. 1... RAM 2-7.9-12... Storage area 8... ROM 14... Display 15... Schedule display area 16... Day of the week display area 17... CPU 18...・Keyboard 21...
・Key 22...Display mode switching key 23...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A schedule that stores schedule information including data on specific dates and days of the week, and schedule item data indicating specific schedule contents associated therewith, and that is stored based on a predetermined display method. An electronic device that displays information, comprising: a display means having a schedule display area and a day of the week display area; a means for controlling display of the schedule display area and the day of the week display area of the display means; means for specifying a predetermined character string included in schedule information for a specific date, and a character string that is the same as the character string specified by the specifying means from schedule information within a week including the specific date; means for searching for schedule information including a character string, and displaying the day of the week data of the schedule information searched by the search means while displaying the schedule information for the specific date in the schedule display area of the display. An electronic device characterized in that the day of the week is displayed in a day of the week display area of the means.