JPH04257052A - Information generator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm set information by generating the information as a test regardless of a set time. CONSTITUTION:When it is noticed that a pen touch is not operated to areas except for a time writing area 83c, whether an area 102 displaying a preliminary bell sound kind, an area 105 displaying a main bell sound kind, or an area 107 displaying an end bell sound kind, is touched by a pen, is judged. The sound kind of any of 'empty', 'melody', 'on-time', 'chime', 'bell', and 'next conference' is selected by each button 104a, 104b,...108a, and 108b, and displayed in these areas. At that time, when these areas are touched, which sound kind is selected is decided. The area in which the sound kind is set in this way is touched by the pen, so that the set sound kind can be rung as the test, and the content can be confirmed, regardless of the setting of a start and end time.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information generating device suitable for use in an electronic notebook device (portable computer).

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In electronic notebook devices, schedules can be input and managed. For example, you can write down individual schedules such as a meeting from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm on January 9th, or a business trip to Osaka from February 3rd to February 4th. You can view it by day, week, or month. Further, a pre-bell, a main bell, or a final bell can be set to ring a predetermined time before the start time of a scheduled event (for example, a meeting), or at the start time and end time. These sound types include, for example, "bell", "melody", "chime",
``Next meeting'', ``It's time'', etc. are provided, and the user can select the desired one from among them.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional device, it is troublesome to confirm the specific types of sounds. For example, if you set ``Kane'' or ``Ojida desu'' as the tone type of a main bell, you can check what kind of ``Kane'' or ``Ojida desu'' will be produced after setting the tone type. , you have to try setting the start time to the current time. After selecting the desired sound type, the player had to set the start time to the correct time again. Therefore, setting took time and was inconvenient.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of this situation, and it is an object of the present invention to make it possible to easily confirm the type of sound.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The information generating device of the present invention includes a generating means for generating information, a setting means for setting the time at which the generating means generates the information, and regardless of the time set by the setting means. The present invention is characterized by comprising a test means for causing the generation means to generate information on a trial basis.

[0006]

[Operation] In the information generating device configured as described above, information can be generated on a trial basis regardless of the set time. Therefore, confirmation of the set information becomes easy.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of an embodiment in which the information generating device of the present invention is applied to an electronic notebook device (portable computer). The main body 1 is provided with a power switch 2, which is turned on when the device is used and turned off when the device is discontinued. A brightness adjustment switch 3 is provided to the left of the power switch 2 to adjust the brightness of the screen 8 (brightness of the LCD 22, which will be described later). Further, a case 4 is provided on the side of the main body 1. This case 4 houses a pen 6, which has a switch 7 at its tip and is connected to the main body 1 via a cord 5, when not in use. This pen 6
can be placed in a groove 10 horizontally formed in the upper part of the main body 1 when taken out from the case 4. A speaker 9 is provided on the left side of the groove 10 to output a predetermined sound.

There are two switches 11 on the upper right side of the main body 1.
, 12 are provided. The switch 11 is a change-over switch that changes the brightness of the backlight, which will be described later, into, for example, two levels, and the switch 12 is a volume change-over switch that changes the volume of the sound output from the speaker 9 into, for example, three levels. The switch 13 provided on the left side of the main body 1 is
This is a stop switch that is operated when stopping a predetermined operation midway (for example, when stopping the sound being emitted). There is also a memory (IC) card 70 (Fig. 5) on the left side of the main body 1.
A socket 14 is arranged in which a device (see above) is attached. A socket 15 is provided on the rear side of the main body 1. A socket 16 is also provided inside a battery mounting section 1a on the rear side of the main body 1 into which a battery 19 is mounted. For example, RS232C cables, modems, and other adapters are connected to these sockets 15 and 16. Furthermore, on the upper left side of main body 1, there is an
A connection terminal 18 of the adapter 17 is provided.

FIG. 2 shows a more detailed example of the configuration of the screen 8. As shown in FIG. In this example, tablet 21 (X
A tablet 21a for detecting the position in the axial direction and a tablet 21b for detecting the position in the Y-axis direction are provided at the top. An LCD 22 is provided below the tablet 21. The LCD 22 is composed of glass plates 22a and 22b provided above and below, and a liquid crystal 23 inserted between the glass plates 22a and 22b. A fluorescent screen (EL) 26 is arranged below the LCD 22. When the fluorescent screen 26 as a backlight generates light, the light is transmitted to the LCD.
22. Since the tablets 21a and 21b are made of a transparent member, the image displayed on the liquid crystal 23 can be observed from above in the figure. Printed circuit board (PCB)
) 25 is loaded with parts (not shown) and is electrically connected to the LCD 22 via a rubber connector 24. It is also electrically connected to the tablet 21 through a conductive film 27 .

FIG. 3 shows a more detailed example of the structure of the fluorescent screen 26. In this embodiment, an insulating film 33 is placed between the electrode 31 and the light emitting section (the other electrode) 32. By applying a predetermined voltage between the electrode 31 and the light emitting section 32, the light emitting section 32 emits light. The electrode 31 and the light emitting section 32 are formed in a plate shape, and can illuminate the screen 8 uniformly.

[0011] In addition to this, it is also possible to use a fluorescent tube as the backlight. In addition, a fluorescent tube is installed on the side of the main body as a side light, and the light is transmitted to the LC using a light transmission member.
It is also possible to transmit the light to the rear of the D22 so that it can be illuminated.

FIG. 4 shows position detection using a tablet and LC
FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram showing the principle of display by D. tablet 2
1 has, for example, 512 electrodes in the X-axis direction,
It has 342 electrodes in the Y-axis direction. This results in
It becomes possible to detect 512×342 pixels. The tablet controller 46 controls the clock generation circuit 45a and sequentially applies a predetermined voltage to each of the 342 electrodes. Next, the clock generation circuit 45b is controlled, and the clock generation circuit 45b is controlled.
A voltage is sequentially applied to the 12 electrodes. That is, the tablet 21 is scanned by clocks generated by the clock generation circuit 45a and the clock generation circuit 45b. When the pen 6 approaches a predetermined position on the tablet 21, a predetermined capacitance is formed between the tablet 21 and the pen 6. When the pen 6 is pressed against the tablet 21, the switch 7 at the tip of the pen 6 is turned on.
The electric charge generated between the terminal and a predetermined electrode on the tablet 21 is detected and supplied to the tablet controller 46 via an amplifier 47. Since the tablet controller 46 manages the clock generation timing of the clock generation circuits 45a and 45b, it is possible to detect the pressed position by the pen 6 on the tablet 21 from the detection signal supplied from the pen 6 and the clock generation timing. can. The tablet controller 46 supplies the thus detected operation coordinates of the pen 6 to the CPU 41. CPU41
constantly monitors the position where the pen 6 presses the tablet 21 and the switch 7 is turned on (pen down), and the position where the pen 6 leaves the tablet 21 and the switch 7 is turned off (pen up). Then, press the pen down to accept the input, and press the pen up to confirm the input.

On the other hand, the CPU 41 is connected to the LCD controller 4.
3 and writes data corresponding to the image to be displayed in the memory (V-RAM) 44. LCD controller 4
3 reads data from the memory 44 and supplies a signal corresponding to the data to the drive circuit 42b. LCD22 is
It has 512 electrodes in the horizontal direction and 342 electrodes in the vertical direction, corresponding to the tablet 21. The drive circuit 42a applies a predetermined voltage to each of the 342 electrodes one by one. Further, the drive circuit 42b sequentially applies voltages corresponding to image data to the 512 electrodes. In this way, each pixel on the LCD 22 is scanned, and the LCD
A predetermined image will be displayed on 22.

FIG. 5 shows a more detailed electrical configuration of the main body 1. The CPU 41 is connected to various ICs via a bus line 57. In addition to the system program for the entire device, the ROM 51 has written therein, for example, a kana-kanji conversion program for the word processor function, a dictionary table therefor, a recognition program for handwritten input, a dictionary table therefor, and the like. The working RAM 52 stores data necessary for operation as needed. A backup battery 54 (separate from the battery 19) is connected to the backup RAM 53, so that necessary data is backed up even when the power to the main body of the apparatus is turned off. The timer IC 55 is connected to the battery 54, counts the clock from the crystal oscillator 56, and outputs the date and time data at that point in time. The above LCD
The controller 43 and tablet controller 46 are also connected to the CPU 41 via a bus line 57.

The audio processing circuit 58 connects the sockets 14 to 1.
A predetermined audio signal is generated in response to an input from 6 or a command from CPU 41, and is output to adder 59. The sound memory 61 is controlled by the CPU 41 and outputs a pre-stored predetermined sound (for example, a warning sound "eh?") to the adder 59. The adder 59 adds the output of the audio processing circuit 58 and the output of the audio memory 61, and outputs the result to the speaker 9 via the audio volume controller 60. A volume changeover switch 12 is connected to the volume controller 60, and the volume can be controlled by operating the switch 12.

The fluorescent screen (backlight section) 26 includes a power supply circuit 64 (when the power switch 2 is turned on, the battery 1
9 or an AC adapter 17) is supplied via an inverter circuit 63. The brightness of the fluorescent screen 26 can be adjusted to two levels via the inverter circuit 63 by switching the selector switch 11 (for example, a brightness suitable for a bright room and a brightness suitable for a dark room).
can be switched to Separately, by controlling the brightness adjustment switch 3, the brightness of the LCD 22 can be controlled to a desired value in multiple stages. The switch 65a is turned on/off depending on whether the battery 19 attached to the main body 1 is a primary battery or a secondary battery. The switch 65b is connected to the battery 19.
The capacitance of the capacitor is detected and the device is turned on/off depending on the size of the capacitance. These switches 65a, 65b, etc. are connected to the key interface 62 via a power supply circuit 64. The key interface 62 is also connected to the brightness adjustment switch 3, the changeover switch 11, the stop switch 13, and the like. The key interface 62 supplies signals corresponding to on/off of these switches to the CPU 41.

An IC card 70 is connected to the socket 14, and the CPU 41 can exchange data, programs, etc. with the IC card 70 via an IC card interface 66. In addition, sockets 15, 1
6 is connected to an adapter 71, and is connected to the CPU 41 via an expansion interface 68.

Next, the process for inputting time information will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 9. In order to make this explanation easier to understand, Figure 1
Examples of input display screens shown in FIGS. 0 to 17 will be referred to as appropriate.
Detailed explanations of these input display screens will be given later.

First, in step S1 of FIG. 6, the CPU 41 determines whether or not the type plate 91 used for writing characters, etc. on the action page is drawn out (FIG. 11). If not drawn out, step S2
and perform other operations. If it has been pulled out, the process advances to step S3, and it is determined whether or not the clock button 93 in the date and time writing area 83c has been touched with the pen 6. If the clock button 93 is not touched, the process advances to step S4 and other processing is executed.

If the clock button 93 has been touched, the process advances to step S5, and the board of the type plate 91 is switched from the character input board (FIG. 11) to the time input board (FIG. 12). Next, the process proceeds to step S6, where the current date and time are read from the output of the timer IC 55, which is in constant clock operation, and the current date and the hour closest to the current time are displayed. Here, the hour is defined as the time when the minute is "00".

The board for time input has four modes. a time at which a given action is performed
A first mode corresponding to the button 100a for inputting a predetermined action; a second mode corresponding to a button 100b for inputting a deadline time (up to) for performing a predetermined action;
The third mode corresponds to the button 100c for inputting the period (within one day) (from ~ to ~) during which the predetermined act is performed, and the period (more than 2 days) (~
This is the fourth mode corresponding to the button 100d for inputting (from to). Immediately after switching to the time input board, the third mode is initially set to be selected. As a result, for example, if the current date and time are 10:15 on February 7th, the period (within 1 day)
The start date is February 7th, the start time is 11:00, which is the hour closest to 10:15, and the end time is 12:00, which is the hour that is one hour later than the start time.

Next, proceed to step S7, and press buttons 109a, 109b, 110a to change the start time and end time.
, 110b, 111a, 111b, 112a, 112b
, 113a, 113b, 114a, 114b, 115a
, 115b, 116a, 116b, 117a, 117b
It is determined whether or not has been touched with the pen 6. If it has been touched, the process proceeds to step S8, and the settings of the date, start time, or end time are changed in accordance with the function of each button. The functions of these buttons will be explained in detail later with reference to the screen.

[0023] When it is determined in step S7 that each button has not been touched, the process proceeds to step S9, and it is determined whether or not the buttons 100a to 100d for switching the expression time width have been touched. When touched, step S10
, and the display is switched to the above-mentioned first to fourth modes corresponding to the button.

When it is determined in step S9 that the button has not been touched, the process proceeds to step S11, and one of the bell mark buttons 106a and 106b for setting the tone type of the main bell displayed on the right side of the start time is selected. button 1 on the right
It is determined whether or not 06a has been touched. Button 10
When 6a is touched, the process advances to step S12, and the area 105 above the buttons 106a and 106b is changed to "blank".
, "Melody,""It'sTime,""Chime,""Bell,""NextMeeting," and "Blank" in this order. That is, by touching the button 106a once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired tone type (FIG. 13).

[0025] When it is determined in step S11 that no button has been touched, the process advances to step S13, and one of the bell mark buttons 106a and 106b for setting the sound type of the main bell displayed on the right side of the start time is selected. It is determined whether the left button 106b has been touched. Button 1
When 06b is touched, the process advances to step S14, and the display in the area 105 above the buttons 106a and 106b is changed to "blank", "next meeting", "bell", "chime", "it's time", and "melody". , "Blank". That is, by touching the button 106b once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired tone type. In this way, buttons 106a and 10
6b, the direction in which the note types are sequentially switched and displayed is reversed (FIG. 13).

When it is determined in step S13 that the button has not been touched, the process advances to step S15, and one of the bell mark buttons 108a and 108b for setting the sound type of the final bell displayed on the right side of the end time is selected. It is determined whether the button 108a on the right side has been touched. Button 1
When 08a is touched, the process advances to step S16, and the display in the area 107 above the buttons 108a and 108b is changed to "Blank", "Melody", "It's Time", "Chime", "
The display changes in the order of ``Bell'', ``Next Meeting'', and ``Blank''. That is, by touching the button 108a once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired tone type (FIG. 14).

When it is determined in step S15 that no button has been touched, the process advances to step S17, and one of the bell mark buttons 108a and 108b for setting the sound type of the final bell displayed on the right side of the end time is selected. It is determined whether the left button 108b has been touched. Button 1
When 08b is touched, the process advances to step S18, and the display in the area 107 above the buttons 108a and 108b is changed to "blank", "next meeting", "bell", "chime", "it's time", and "melody". , "Blank". That is, by touching the button 108b once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired tone type. In this way, buttons 108a and 10
8b, the direction in which the note types are sequentially switched and displayed is reversed (FIG. 14).

When it is determined in step S17 that the button has not been touched, the process advances to step S19, and one of the bell mark buttons 104a and 104b for setting the sound type of the warning bell displayed to the left of the start date. , it is determined whether the button 104a on the right side has been touched. When the button 104a is touched, the process advances to step S20, and the display in the area 102 above the buttons 104a and 104b is changed to "blank", "melody", "it's time", "chime", etc.
The display changes in the order of "bell,""nextmeeting," and "blank." That is, by touching the button 104a once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired tone type (FIG. 15).

When it is determined in step S19 that the button has not been touched, the process advances to step S21, and one of the bell mark buttons 104a and 104b for setting the sound type of the warning bell displayed to the left of the start date. , it is determined whether the left button 104b has been touched. When the button 104b is touched, the process advances to step S22, and the display in the area 107 above the buttons 104a and 104b is changed to "blank", "next meeting", "bell", "chime", "it's time", "melody". ”, then “blank”. That is, by touching the button 104b once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired tone type. In this way, the buttons 104a and 1
04b, the direction in which the note types are sequentially switched and displayed is reversed (FIG. 15).

Buttons 106a, 1 for setting the tone type of the main bell
06b, and a button 108a for setting the sound type of the final bell.
108b, and buttons 104a and 1 for setting the sound type of the warning bell.
04b has a different design. In the case of the embodiment, the main bell and final bell buttons have black bell marks, and the pre-bell button has a white bell mark. The main bell and final bell are rung at the displayed time, but the preliminary bell is not rung at the displayed start time but before the start time, so the user needs to calculate the time to ring from the start time. There is. In order to give an impression of this, different types of displays are used.

Similarly, a button 112 for setting the start time
The designs of the buttons a to 113b and the buttons 115a to 116b for setting the end time are also different. In the example, the button for setting the start time is represented by a black arrow, and the button for setting the end time is represented by a white arrow. This gives the impression that different times are set.

[0032] When it is determined in step S21 that no button has been touched, the process advances to step S23, and one of the arrow mark buttons 103a and 103b for setting the time of the warning bell displayed to the left of the start date is pressed. It is determined whether the button 103a on the right side has been touched. When the button 103a is touched, the process advances to step S24, and the display in the area 101 above the buttons 103a and 103b is changed to "blank", 180, 120, 90, 60, 30, 20, 15.
, 10, 5, and "blank". That is, by touching the button 103a once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired time (FIG. 15).

[0033] When it is determined in step S23 that no button has been touched, the process advances to step S25, and one of the arrow mark buttons 103a and 103b for setting the time of the warning bell displayed to the left of the start date is pressed. It is determined whether the left button 103b has been touched. When the button 103b is touched, the process advances to step S26, and the display in the area 101 above the buttons 103a and 103b is changed to "blank", 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60, 90, 12.
The display changes in the order of 0, 180, and "blank". That is, by touching the button 103b once at a time, the user can sequentially switch the display and select a desired time. In this manner, when the buttons 103a and 103b are operated, the direction in which the time is sequentially switched and displayed is reversed (FIG. 15).

[0034] When it is determined in step S25 that no button has been touched, the process advances to step S27, and it is determined whether or not the clear button 118b has been touched. If it has been touched, the process advances to step S28, and if something is displayed in the time writing area 83c of the action page, it is erased. If nothing is displayed, no changes will occur.

[0035] When it is determined in step S27 that the clear button 118b is not touched, the process proceeds to step S29.
Then, it is determined whether the write button 118a has been touched. If it is touched, proceed to step S30,
The time and the like on the type plate 91 input using the time input board are written in the time writing area 83c.

When it is determined in step S29 that the write button 118a is not touched, the process advances to step S31, and it is determined whether or not the type plate 91 is accommodated in the icon display area 81. If it is accommodated, writing will no longer be possible, so the processing for writing will be accommodated. If it is not accommodated, the process advances to step S32, and it is determined whether or not the pen 6 touches an area other than the time writing area 83c of the action page. If it has not been touched, the process proceeds to step S33, where the board of the type plate 91 is switched from the time input board (FIG. 12) to the handwritten board for character input (FIG. 11), and a program that operates that function is started. Ru. That is, a program is operated to perform pattern recognition on characters handwritten into the squares 92 with the pen 6 and to display the characters obtained as a result of the recognition on the squares 92.

Next, the process advances to step S34, where it is determined whether or not the type plate 91 is accommodated in the icon display area 81. If the type plate 91 is not accommodated, the process proceeds to step S35, where other processing (for example, the above-mentioned handwritten character input process) is performed. is executed, and if it is accommodated, the write process ends.

If it is determined in step S32 that there is no pen touch other than the time writing area 83c, the process advances to steps S36 to S38, and the area 102 for displaying the preliminary bell sound type and the area 105 for displaying the main bell sound type are displayed. Alternatively, it is determined whether the area 107 displaying the final bell type is touched with the pen 6 or not. As mentioned above, these areas include buttons 104a, 104b, 106a, 1
06b, 108a, and 108b, one of the sound types "blank", "melody", "it's time", "chime", "bell", or "next meeting" is selected and displayed. Therefore, in steps S36 to S38,
When it is determined that these areas have been touched, then steps S39, S40, S42, S44, S46, S4
8, it is determined which of these tone types is selected and displayed.

If it is determined in step S39 that the tone type is "blank", no special output is generated. In other words, if you select "blank" as the sound type (nothing is displayed in the area), you are inputting and setting that the pre-bell, main bell, or final bell will not ring, so this confirms the setting state of silence. be done.

If the tone type is determined to be "melody" in step S40, the process advances to step S41, and the CPU 41 stores the music data corresponding to the "melody" in the audio memory 61.
The data is read out from the audio memory 61, subjected to D/A conversion by a D/A converter built in the audio memory 61, and then output. This music signal is input to a volume controller 60 via an adder 59 and adjusted to a predetermined volume. This volume can be changed to three levels, ``low,''``medium,'' and ``high,'' using a volume changeover switch 12. When it is "low", it is set to a relatively small level, and when it is "high", it is set to a relatively large level. When "medium", the level is set between "low" and "high". In this way, the audio signal adjusted to a level corresponding to the setting of the volume changeover switch 12 is output from the volume controller 60 to the speaker 9, and is emitted. As a result, for example, a predetermined melody (electronic sound) is output from the speaker 9.

[0041] If it is determined in step S42 that the note type is "Ojida desu", the process proceeds to step S43, where the CPU 41 reads out the music data corresponding to "Ojida desu" from the audio memory 61 and stores it in the audio memory 61. D/A built in
After D/A conversion by a converter, it is output. This music signal is supplied to the speaker 9 via the adder 59 and the volume controller 60, and is emitted. As a result, for example, a message (electronic sound) saying "It's time" is output from the speaker 9.

If the sound type is determined to be "chime" in step S44, the process proceeds to step S45, and the CPU 41 stores the music data corresponding to the "chime" in the audio memory 61.
The data is read out from the audio memory 61, subjected to D/A conversion by a D/A converter built in the audio memory 61, and then output. This music signal is supplied to the speaker 9 via the adder 59 and the volume controller 60, and is emitted. As a result, for example, a predetermined chime sound (electronic sound) is output from the speaker 9.

If the tone type is determined to be "bell" in step S46, the process proceeds to step S47, where the CPU 41 reads music data corresponding to the "bell" from the audio memory 61, and reads out the music data corresponding to the "bell" from the audio memory 61. /A converter converts D/
After A conversion, output. This music signal is sent to the adder 5
9 and the volume controller 60, the signal is supplied to the speaker 9, and the sound is emitted. This allows, for example, a predetermined bell sound (
electronic sound) is output from the speaker 9.

If the sound type is determined to be "next meeting" in step S48, the process advances to step S43, and the CPU 41 stores the music data corresponding to the "next meeting" in the audio memory 61.
The data is read out from the audio memory 61, subjected to D/A conversion by a D/A converter built in the audio memory 61, and then output. This music signal is supplied to the speaker 9 via the adder 59 and the volume controller 60, and is emitted. As a result, a message (electronic sound) saying, for example, "Next meeting" is output from the speaker 9.

By touching the area in which the note type has been set in this way with the pen 6, the set note type can be played on a trial basis, regardless of the start time and end time settings, and you can hear what it sounds like. You can check whether it is. Also,
At this time, the volume set by the volume changeover switch 12 can also be confirmed by actually emitting sound.

Next, specific examples of input display screens will be explained with reference to FIGS. 10 to 17.

In this embodiment, three types of pages are prepared for writing information: action, connection, and report. Action is a page where you can write down your schedule, such as a predetermined action to be taken on a predetermined date, Connection is a page where you can enter your address, phone number, etc., and Report is a page where you can write down your ideas or necessary items. This page is for taking notes. The user can set the writing mode by touching the "Kaku" button 84b with the pen 6 among the plurality of buttons 84 displayed on the right side of the screen 8. In this writing mode, as shown in FIG. 10, by touching any of the areas where the characters of action, connection, and report are displayed,
You can now select the corresponding page. The example of FIG. 10 shows a state where an action page is opened. If you want to display connections or report pages on the screen, use Pen 6.
All you have to do is touch the area where those characters are displayed vertically with the pen 6.

Although not shown, touching the "Mill" button 84a with the pen 6 sets the viewing mode, such as daily, weekly, monthly, check, action, telephone,
Addresses, reports, and other pages can be selected and displayed as desired. The information written on the three pages of action, connection, and report is automatically transferred and displayed on the necessary page so that it can be viewed freely in viewing mode. ing.

In FIG. 10, the button 84b is displayed in reverse video so that it can be seen that the writing mode is set. At the top of the screen, an icon display area 81
is provided, and various icons 82 are displayed, including the "Katsuji" icon 82a. Icon display area 8
The input display area 83 below 1 includes an area 83a for entering a category, an area 83b for entering a subject name, an area 83c for entering time information (date and time information), an area 83d for entering a client's name, and an area 83d for entering a client name. Area 83e for writing notes
, an area 83f where the date of creation of this page is automatically displayed, and an area 83g where the name of the owner of this electronic notebook device is displayed.

[0050] When the user inputs a schedule, he or she writes the schedule on this action page. To do this, move the pen 6 down to the icon "Katsuji" 82a, pull the pen 6 downwards in the direction of the input display area 83, and then move the pen up.
A type plate 91 (FIG. 11) is displayed in the input display area 83. If you use this to enter the specified character information,
The character information input on the squares 92 of the printed characters 91 will be written in a predetermined area on the input display area 83.

Area 83c of input display area 83 is an area for inputting time information (date and time). When inputting time information here, if the clock button 93 is touched with the pen 6, the display on the type plate 91 changes to a board for inputting time information as shown in FIG. In addition, by touching the board button 118d (FIG. 16) with the pen 6, a window (not shown) is displayed, and from among the various boards displayed in the window, a board for short sentence input, a board for telephone input, etc. , it is now possible to select the desired board.

When the type plate 100 is set as a board for inputting time information, which of the buttons 100a to 100d is operated will be initially set as the input mode (that is, the input mode in the initial state) as appropriate. It is now possible to select and set. In this embodiment, the mode in which the button 100c is first selected is displayed as the initial state. That is, in this mode, the start time and end time within one day are input, so the year, month, day, hour and minute indicating the start time and the hour and minute indicating the end time are displayed, respectively. In this example, the start time is 1991
It is displayed as starting at 11:00 on Thursday, February 7, 2018, and ending at 12:00.

When a command is given to switch the type plate 91 to a board for inputting time information, the CPU 41 monitors the output of the timer IC 55 and displays the next hour closest to the current time as the start time and end time. . Here, the hour is defined as a time when the minute value is 00, such as 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00. For example, in the case of the embodiment, as shown by the icons "Calendar" and "Tokei" in the icon display area 81, the current time is 10:15 on February 7, 1991 (however, the year displayed on the icons is (omitted), and the next hour, 11:00 on February 7, 1991, is displayed as the start time. The end time is set to be one hour ahead of the start time.

Buttons 109b and 109a are buttons for delaying or advancing the year, and button 110b
and 110a are buttons for delaying or advancing the month, and buttons 111b and 111a are buttons for delaying or advancing the day. Similarly, buttons 112b and 112a are buttons for delaying or advancing the start time, and buttons 113b and 112a are buttons for delaying or advancing the start time.
3a is a button for delaying or advancing the start time by minutes. Buttons 115b, 115a and 116
b and 116a are buttons for delaying or advancing the hours and minutes of the end time, respectively. Buttons 114 and 117 are buttons for advancing the start time and end time in 15 minute increments, respectively.

[0055] In the area 101 of the type plate 91, 5 minutes before, 10 minutes before, 15 minutes before the displayed start time,
When ringing a bell at a predetermined time such as 20 minutes before, 30 minutes before, 60 minutes before, 90 minutes before, 120 minutes before, 180 minutes before, blank (does not ring), etc., set and display the time. is now possible. The time can be selected as appropriate using buttons 103b and 103a. If a blank space is displayed here as the time to ring the warning bell, this means that the warning bell is not set to ring. In addition, the area 102
It is now possible to set and display the type of bell. In this setting, one of blank, melody, "It's time", chime, bell, and "Next meeting" can be selected as appropriate using the bell mark button 104a or 104b.

[0056] In areas 105 and 107 provided on the right side of the start time and end time, it is possible to appropriately select and display the types of main bell and final bell that announce when the start time or end time has arrived. It is now possible to do so. for example,
By appropriately selecting the bell mark button 106a or 106b, one of melody, ``It's time'', chime, bell, ``Next meeting'', and blank can be selected as appropriate. The same applies to the area 107, and the type of final bell can be set by appropriately selecting the bell mark button 108a or 108b. Of course, these buttons are operated by touching them with the pen 6. Then, when the button indicated by the symbol a or b is operated, the display direction is sequentially switched and reversed.

FIG. 13 shows a state in which "melody" is selected as the sound type of the bell by touching the button 106a or 106b with the pen 6 and displayed in the area 105. FIG. 14 shows a state in which "next meeting" is displayed as the sound type of the final bell in the area 107 by operating the button 108a or 108b. Further, in FIG. 15, the button 103a or 103b is operated to select and display 5 minutes before as the sound type of the warning bell in the area 101, and the button 10
4a or 104b, "melody" is selected and displayed in area 102 as the sound type of the warning bell. In the end, in this diagram, a melody bell rings 5 minutes before 11:00 (start time) on February 7, 1991, a melody bell rings at the start time, and a melody bell rings at 12:00 at the end time. The message ``Next meeting'' is output as the final bell every minute.

Next, as shown in FIG.
After entering the predetermined time information in 1, press the write button 118a.
When the pen 6 is moved down, the display of the write button 118a is reversed to black. Then, when the pen 6 is further lifted up from the write button 118a, the type plate 91 (
The time information displayed on the time input board) is written into the time information input display area 83c of the input display area 83 (FIG. 15). In this way, once the time information has been written in the area 83c, if it is desired to erase the display, the clear button 118b of the type plate 91 can be touched with the pen 6. Further, if you want to cancel the erased operation after erasing the display in the area 83c by touching the clear button 118b with the pen 6, use the pen 6 to touch the cancel button 118 on the type plate 91.
Just touch 8c. In this way, the previous operation (operation of the clear button 118b) is canceled, and the time information that was displayed in the area 83c before touching the clear button 118b is displayed again.

After writing the necessary time information (date, time, pre-bell, main bell, final bell, etc.) in the area 83c in this way, next time, for example, to enter the subject name in the area 83b, use the pen 6. Touch area 83b with . Then, as shown in FIG. 16, the cursor 120 is displayed in the area 83b, and the type plate 91 automatically changes from the time input board (FIG. 15) to the handwriting input board (FIG. 16) (steps S32, S33). . Therefore, when characters are input by hand with the pen 6 into the squares 92 of the type plate 91, the strokes are recognized as patterns, and the characters obtained as a result of the pattern recognition are displayed in the squares. If the displayed characters are correct, touch the write button 118a with the pen 6. Then, the character displayed in the square will move to cursor 12.
Written to the location where a 0 is located. FIG. 16 shows a state in which "planning meeting" has been written as the subject in the area 83b in this manner.

After inputting the predetermined time information, subject name, etc. as described above, in order to put away the type plate 91, place the type plate 91 at a predetermined position (the part indicated by the black line on its outer periphery or ” (upper right corner), drag the pen 6 to the icon display area 81, and then move the pen up there. As shown in FIG. 17, the display on the type plate 91 changes. The process is canceled, and the “Katsuji” icon 82a is displayed in the icon display area 81.

[0061] When time information is input in this way,
The CPU 41 reads this time information and automatically writes the input time information into each daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly schedule. Therefore, after completing such writing, the pen 6 presses the button "Mill" 84a.
Touch to switch from writing mode to viewing mode, then select daily, weekly, or monthly schedule.
The time information entered in writing mode will be written as a schedule on that page.

In the above embodiment, the generating means for generating information is the voice memory 61, and the setting means for setting the generation time of the information is the buttons 103a, 103b, 109a.
, 109b, 110a, 110b, 111a, 111b
, 112a, 112b, 113a, 113b, 114,
115a, 115b, 116a, 116b, 117, the test means for generating information on a trial basis is in step S3.
6 to S49, respectively.

[0063] In the above, the time and sound type of the pre-bell, main bell, final bell, etc. are input from the tablet, but they can also be input from devices such as keys, switches, etc. (for example, VTRs, timer devices, clocks, etc.). The present invention is applicable.

[0064]

As described above, according to the information generating device of the present invention, predetermined information can be generated at a set time, and the information can be generated on a trial basis regardless of the set time. This makes it easier to confirm the contents of the information, volume, etc. in advance, and it becomes possible to complete the setting operation in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a portable computer to which an information generation device of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an example of the configuration of a screen in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the structure of an example of the fluorescent screen in the example of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection relationship between the LCD and the tablet in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall electrical connection relationship of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 13 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 14 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 15 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

16 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5. FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram of an input screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols] 6 Pen 8 Screen 21 Tablet 22 LCD 91 Type plate 93 Clock button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A generating means for generating information; a setting means for setting a time at which the generating means generates information; and a generating means for generating information on a trial basis regardless of the time set by the setting means. An information generating device comprising: testing means for