JPH05282254A - Information processor and label control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add a label to an objective part, and to look at the content as necessary without damaging original information, in an information processor equipped with a label function. CONSTITUTION:When the label function is designated through a touch pen 15, a page managing part 54 reads label function information from a data storage part 53, and commands a display control part 52 to operate a display according to the information. Thus, the label function screen is displayed at a display screen 14b. When the label information is inputted at the label function screen, an icon corresponding to the label information is displayed at the display control part 52 under the control of the page managing part 54 and a page managing table 55. The icon is set at the objective position, and a specific command is issued, so that the label information can be displayed at the objective Position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information processing apparatus having a notebook function, for example, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus having a tagging function for inputting tagging information and a tagging control method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some portable information processing devices such as palmtop computers have a notebook function.
This allows various functions such as a schedule function, a memo function, a calculator function, a spreadsheet function, an address book function, a dictionary function, and a document creation function to be used in a notebook format.

Normally, in the notebook function, an icon is displayed on the display, and various functions are activated by pointing the icon with a touch pen or the like. For example, in the case of the schedule function, when the icon indicating the function is pointed with a touch pen or the like, the schedule function is activated and the schedule information is displayed on the display.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned notebook function, it is sometimes desired to personally add a tag. For example, in the case of a schedule function, something like a note is added to the schedule information. This is not limited to the function of writing / reading information such as the schedule function, and the same applies to the function of merely reading the prepared information such as the dictionary function. That is, for example, in the case of a dictionary function, a personal explanation is added to the dictionary information.

In such a case, if the attachment information is directly input to the target portion, the original information will be lost. Therefore, generally, the attachment information is input to another location. is doing. However, this method is very troublesome because it is necessary to record the place where the sticky note is added somewhere, and it is immediately judged from the target part that the sticky note has been added. It was very inconvenient because I could not.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an information processing in which a tag can be added to the target portion without damaging the original information and the content can be viewed at any time An object of the present invention is to provide a device and an attachment control method.

[0007]

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a mode designating means for designating a sticky mode, and inputs sticky information in the sticky mode designated by the mode designating means. The icon information corresponding to the inputted sticky information is displayed, and the displayed icon information is moved to be set at a target position to call the sticky information.

Further, in the tagging control method of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus having means for designating the tagging mode for inputting the tagging information, the tagging information input in the tagging mode is added to the tag information. Display the corresponding icon information,
It is characterized in that the icon information is moved and set to a target position so that the additional information is called from the icon information set to the target position.

[0009]

According to the above configuration, when the attachment information is input, the icon information corresponding to the attachment information is displayed. By setting this icon information at the target position, the attached information can be called at the target position. As a result, the tag can be added to the target location without damaging the original information, and the content can be viewed at any time.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the external structure will be described. The portable information processing device of the present invention is configured by imagining a notebook to be opened and used in the lateral direction, and includes two units 11a and 11b as shown in FIG. Unit 11
The a and 11b are attached to each other, for example, by a hinge mechanism 12 so as to be openable and closable, and have display devices 13a and 13b as display means, respectively. The display devices 13a and 13b are, for example, LCDs (liquid crystal display devices). When the apparatus is used, the units 11a and 11b are opened as shown in FIG. 5A, and when not used, the units 11a and 11b are closed as shown in FIG. 5B. When the units 11a and 11b are opened, the display screen 14a of the display device 13a and the display device 1 are displayed.
The display screen 14b of 3b appears. These two screens 14a, 1
The notebook function information is displayed on 4b. The user uses the touch pen 15 shown in FIG.
An input operation (menu selection, character handwriting input, etc.) is performed on the notebook function information displayed on a and 14b.

In this embodiment, the notebook function information is displayed in the notebook format as shown in FIG. This notebook function information is, for example, a schedule function,
In addition to the memo function, it has various kinds of function information such as an attachment function. These pieces of function information are pre-allocated to predetermined pages, so that they can be activated as if turning a notebook.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which an arbitrary page is opened. In the example of FIG. 7, the memo function screen 24 is displayed on the display screen 14a which is the left screen, and the display screen 14b which is the right screen.
A tool function screen 25 is displayed on the screen. On the memo function screen 24, handwritten characters can be input through the touch pen 15. On the tool function screen 25, the touch pen 15 is used to select tool selection icons 26a, 26b, 26c ...
The corresponding tool can be started by pointing to. For example, when the icon 26a is selected, the calculator function tool is activated. Similarly, icon 26b
By selecting, the tool of the map function is started, and the icon 26c
By selecting, the tool for the document creation function is started. In this way, various tools can be activated on the tool function screen 25.

Further, in FIG. 7, reference numerals 21a to 21d are title designation portions, and when the touch pen 15 points to this, the page of the corresponding title is opened (displayed). Reference numeral 22 denotes a previous page designating section, which is a touch pen 15
When you point at, the previous page is opened (displayed).
Similarly, reference numeral 23 is a next page designation section, which is the touch pen 1
Pointing at 5 opens (displays) the next page.

FIG. 8 shows the final page opened.
In this embodiment, the tagging function of the present invention is assigned to the last page. In the example of FIG. 8, the tool function screen 25 is displayed on the display screen 14a, and the attached function screen 27 is displayed on the display screen 14b. On the attachment function screen 27, the attachment information can be input by pointing the attachment selection icon 28 with the touch pen 15.

That is, when the icon 28 displayed on the attachment function screen 27 is selected, a window screen 29 for inputting attachment information is displayed. The user inputs the content of the attachment (attachment information) on the window screen 29 through the touch pen 15. In the example of FIG. 8, the attachment information such as “When inputting data to the attachment ... Expand it.” Is input.

Here, when the portion 29a of the window screen 29 is pointed by the touch pen 15, the window screen 29 is closed and the icon 30 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed instead. The icon 30 corresponds to a so-called “attachment”, and its content corresponds to the attachment information input to the window screen 29.

The icon 30 has a portion 30a and a portion 30b. When the portion 30a of the icon 30 is pointed by the touch pen 15, the icon 30 can be set to the moving state or the fixed state. In this case, moving the icon 30 means "making the sticker peeled off", and making the icon 30 fixed means "making the sticky sticking state". Means When the icon 30 is in the moving state (the state where the sticker is peeled off), the icon 30 can be set at an arbitrary position by pointing and pulling the portion 30b with the touch pen 15. That is, the tag can be pasted anywhere. On the other hand, icon 3
When 0 is in a fixed state (state in which a sticker is attached), the window 30 can be opened by pointing the portion 30b with the touch pen 15. As a result, the content described in the attachment (attachment information input on the window screen 29) can be viewed.

In this embodiment, the icon 3 is displayed when the icon 30 is in the moving state (state where the tag is peeled off) and in the fixed state (state where the tag is attached).
The display form of 0 is changed. For example, when the icon 30 is in the moving state, the portion 30a is folded inward. This allows the user to visually determine the moving / fixed state of the icon 30.

When the icon 30 is in the moving state, it is always displayed at the same screen position regardless of the page turning (screen change), and when the icon 30 is in the fixed state, the screen position is linked with the page turning. It is supposed to disappear from.

FIG. 10 shows a case where the page is turned (the screen is changed) when the icon 30 is in the moving state (the state where the tag is peeled off). In the example of FIG. 10, the tool function screen 25 is displayed on the display screen 14b by the page turning operation. At this time, the position of the icon 30 in the moving state has not changed from the position on the attachment function screen 27 shown in FIG. In this state, by pointing the portion 30b of the icon 30, the icon 30 can be set at an arbitrary position.

FIG. 11 shows a case where the icon 30 is set at the target position (a sticky note is pasted at the target position). In the example of FIG. 11, the icon 30 is set at a predetermined position on the memo function screen 24 displayed on the display screen 14a. That is, a sticky note is pasted at a predetermined position on the “memo” page. In this state, by pointing to the portion 30a of the icon 30, the window screen 29 is displayed, and the content of the attachment (attachment information input on the window screen 29) can be viewed.

Next, the structure of the control system will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the embodiment. In FIG. 1, the input control unit 51 controls the input of various information input through an input unit such as the touch pen 15. The display control unit 52 uses the display screens 14a and 14
Display control for b is performed. The data storage unit 53 stores various function information (memo information, memo information,
Tool information etc.) is stored as a file, and an identifier indicating the type of function information is also stored as a part of the file.

The page management unit 54 controls the notebook function and manages the display contents of each page constituting the notebook. The page management unit 54 interprets the input from the user, refers to the page management table 55, and instructs the display control unit 52 to perform a display according to the input, and here, according to the instruction from the attachment management unit 56. The display control unit 52 is instructed to display the attachment function. The page management table 55 is a table that stores information necessary for page management as shown in FIG.

The attachment management unit 56 controls the attachment function of the present invention and manages attachment information input by the user. The attachment management table 57 is
As shown in FIG. 3, it is a table that stores information necessary for attachment management.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the page management table 55. The page management table 55 stores page number, file name, type, offset, and title information. Here, for example, when the display of the third page is instructed, the page management unit 54 searches the page management table 55 by the page number. In the example of FIG. 2, the file on the third page is an address book, the type is database, and the offset is 1. Therefore, the page management unit 54 instructs the display control unit 52 to display the second page of the file address book in a list form. In addition, the display screens 14a, 14
Title designation area 21 displayed at the right (left) end of b
Through a to 21d, for example, a memo function (title designation unit 2
When 1c) is selected, the page management unit 54 instructs the page management table 55 to display the fourth page.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the attachment management table 57. The attachment management table 57 stores information such as attachment numbers, file names, states, pages, x-coordinates, and y-coordinates. Here, for example, when the display of the third page is instructed, the attachment management unit 56 searches the attachment management table 57 for the attachment on the third page. In the example of this table, the second and fourth attachments 2 and 4 correspond. Further, in the example of this table, the state of the sticky note 2 is “attached” and the state of the sticky note 4 is “open”. Therefore, the sticky note management unit 56 instructs the display control unit 52 via the page management unit 54 to display the sticky note 2 at the position of the coordinates (200, 200) on the third page through the page management unit 54. It is instructed to open the window screen 29 of the tag 4 at the position of the coordinates (120, 210). Since the fifth sticker 4 is in a peeled state, the sticker management unit 56 displays the sticker 4 on the right side of the display screen 14b.
The tag 5 is instructed to be displayed at the position of the coordinates (50, 50) in the peeled state regardless of the display content.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

2 constituting the portable information processing device of the present invention
When the two units 11a and 11b are opened as shown in FIG. 6, the notebook function information installed in this apparatus is displayed in a notebook format as shown in FIG. The page turning operation of the notebook function information is performed by pointing the title designating sections 21a to 21d with the touch pen 15 or the previous page designating section 22 or the next page designating section 23 with the touch pen 15.

When the final page is designated, the designation information is given to the page management section 54 shown in FIG. The page management unit 54 refers to the page management table 55 to determine the function information assigned to the final page. in this case,
Attached function information is assigned to the last page. Therefore, the page management unit 54 reads the attached function information from the data storage unit 53 and instructs the display control unit 52 to perform display according to the information. As a result, the display screen 1
An attachment function screen 27 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on 4b.

The operation relating to this attachment function will be described below with reference to FIG.
It will be described according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, on the attachment function screen 27 shown in FIG. 8, the user points the attachment selection icon 28 with the touch pen 15 to instruct input of attachment information (step S).
1). When the input of the attached information is instructed, the input window screen 29 is opened (step S2).

Specifically, when the input of the attached information is instructed through the icon 28, the attached management unit 56 refers to the attached management table 57 to check whether or not the attached information can be input at present. .. That is, the free state of the attachment is checked. If you can enter (if there is a free note),
The attachment management unit 56 changes the status field of the attachment management table 57 from “empty” to “open” and sets the file name, and then displays the information via the page management unit 54. Give to. As a result, the window screen 29 is opened (displayed) through the display control unit 52.

Here, the user uses the touch pen 15 or the like to input attachment information (contents to be attached to the attachment) on the window screen 29 (step S3). The attached information input to the window screen 29 is stored in the data storage unit 53. When the portion 29a of the window screen 29 is pointed (step S4), the display control unit 52 erases the window screen 29 and instead displays the icon 30 as shown in FIG. 9 (step S5). This icon 30
Corresponds to a so-called “attachment”, and the content thereof corresponds to the attachment information input to the window screen 29. At this time, the sticky note management unit 56 changes the status field of the sticky note management table 57 from “open” to “sticky”.

In order to remove the sticker, if the user points to the portion 30a of the icon 30 that is currently attached, the page management unit 54 interprets this as an instruction to remove the sticky note, and interprets this information as the display control unit 52 and the sticky note management. Notify the section 56 (step S6). As a result, the display control unit 52 changes the display form of the icon 30 to the peeled state (see FIG. 9), and the attachment management unit 56 sets the attachment management table 5.
Change the status field of 7 from "attached" to "peeled". When page turning is performed in this state, the page management unit 54 refers to the page management table 55,
Next, the display control unit 52 is instructed what to display (step S7). The display control unit 52 switches the display content according to the display instruction, and the icon 30 in the peeled state at this time is displayed at the same position regardless of the display content (see FIG. 10). Further, in this state, if the portion 30b of the icon 30 is pulled as a point, the icon 30 can be moved to an arbitrary position.

In order to attach a sticker, when pointing to the portion 30a of the icon 30 which is currently in a peeled state,
The page management unit 54 interprets this as an instruction to remove the sticky note, and transmits the information to the display control unit 52 and the sticky note management unit 56 (step S8). At the same time, the page management unit 54 passes the number of the page currently displayed and the coordinates of the attachment to the attachment management unit 56. As a result, the display control unit 52 changes the display form of the icon 30 to the pasted state (see FIG. 11), and the attachment management unit 56 stores the page number and coordinates in the attachment management table 57. Change the status field from "peeled" to "sticky".

In order to see the contents of the attachment, if you point to the portion 30a of the icon 30 that is currently attached,
The page management unit 54 interprets this as an instruction to display the attached contents, and the information is displayed by the display control unit 52 and the attached management unit 56.
(Step S9). As a result, the display control unit 5
2 opens the window screen 29 and displays the attached information in the screen (step S10). At this time, the sticky note management unit 56 changes the status field of the sticky note management table 57 from “attached” to “open”.

As described above, the icon 30 can be used to add a tag at an arbitrary position, and the contents can be viewed at any time. In this case, since the attachment information itself is not directly input to the portion to which the attachment is added, the original information is not damaged. Further, since it can be immediately determined from the display state of the icon 30 that the tag has been added, it is possible to prevent overlooking the tag.

In the above embodiment, the case where one tag is added has been described. However, it is possible to add a plurality of tags and to add, delete, modify, etc. the added tag. It is also possible to edit.

Further, in the above embodiment, the attachment function information is allocated to the last page, but the "attachment master" (icon 28) for providing the function information to the user is registered in the attachment management table 57. If so, the attached function information can be assigned to any page.

As a method of inputting the attachment information, not only handwriting input using the touch pen 15 but also code input using a keyboard and voice input using a microphone and a speaker are possible.

The present invention is not limited to an information processing device having a notebook function, but can be applied to any device requiring attachment.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the icon corresponding to the inputted tag information is set at the target position, the tag is added to the target position, so that the original information is It is possible to inform the user that the tag is not added and the tag is added. Thereby, for example, in an information processing device having a notebook function, temporary addition and deletion of information can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a page management table according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an attachment management table according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an external configuration of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of an arbitrary page of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a tag function screen of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a display example until the sticker is removed.

FIG. 10 is a display example when turning the page with the sticker removed.

FIG. 11 is a display example when a sticky note is attached to a target position.

[Explanation of Codes] 11a and 11b ... Unit, 12 ... Hinging mechanism, 13
a and 13b ... Display device, 14a and 14
b ... Display screen, 15 ... Touch pen, 21a-21d ... Title designating section, 22 ... Previous page designating section, 23 ... Next page designating section,
24 ... Memo function screen, 25 ... Tool function screen, 26a ...
26c ... Icon, 27 ... Attachment function screen, 28 ... Icon, 29 ... Window screen, 30 ... Icon, 51 ... Input control unit, 52 ... Display control unit, 53 ... Data storage unit, 5
4 ... Page management unit, 55 ... Page management table, 56 ...
Attachment management unit, 57 ... Attachment management table.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mode designating means for designating a sticky mode, an input means for inputting sticky information in the sticky mode designated by the mode designating means, and the sticky information inputted by the input means. And a setting means for moving the icon information displayed by the display means to a target position, and the icon information set to the target position by the setting means. An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit for calling attached information. 2. An information processing apparatus comprising means for designating a sticking mode for inputting sticking information, displaying icon information corresponding to the sticking information input in the sticking mode, A sticking control method, characterized in that the sticking information is called from the icon information set at the target position by moving the icon information and setting it at the target position.