JPH05324970A - Personal job time recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To exactly and precisely record the time and schedule of various jobs with comparatively simple operations by constituting the recorder selectively preparing a lot of items, which are previously registered while being divided into plural blocks. CONSTITUTION:A storage part composed of a ROM 11 storing a system program and a RAM 12 to store data such as time records or schedules is connected to a CPU 10 as the center of a control part and further, a display 5 is connected through a controller 5a. In the case of preparing the time records and schedules, the item setting function of a 'specified function' is used, and respective item data previously registering a lot of items expressing the executed contents of various jobs such as 'where,' 'what' and 'how' or the like while dividing them into plural blocks are utlized. In the case of preparing the respective items, the item setting function of the 'specified function' is used, and they are inputted while observing an item name input operation picture displayed on the display 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal job time recorder capable of recording the work contents and schedule of each individual person in relation to time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a zone where a time recorder such as a time recorder or a job time recorder is installed, that is,
When an employee works in the area of a company, etc., it is possible to accurately record or aggregate the employment data of each individual by using a time recorder installed, for example, a salesman or a serviceman, Alternatively, in the case of an atypical worker who works outside the area of the time recorder, such as a telecommuter, he has no choice but to rely solely on the daily report created by each person, and therefore the contents of the work must be accurate. Couldn't record.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has filed Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-1537.
No. 92 or Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-259872, or
A portable type job time recorder (time recorder) as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-111161 was developed, and succeeded in accurately recording and totaling the work contents of the atypical workers.

[0004]

However, JP-A-61-161
In the case of the personal type job time recorder disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 153792, a work item is selected from the work item designation keys provided in the recorder, and the time for starting, interrupting, completing, etc. of the work is input. , It is not possible to record the work that does not exist in the work item designation key,
In addition, because it is not possible to create a work schedule, it is very useful when used by teleworkers whose work content is specified, for example. There is a problem in that the contents of various jobs cannot be recorded in detail or a schedule cannot be created when used by a service person or a service person.

On the other hand, in the case of the recording apparatus disclosed in JP-A-2-259872 or JP-A-4-111161, the contents of various jobs are input and recorded by the tablet system. Since it is possible to record the contents of various jobs accurately and create schedules for various jobs, it is suitable for use by atypical workers such as salesmen and service men, but In recording the contents and schedule, it was necessary to write characters on the tablet with each input pen, and the handling operation was very troublesome.

Therefore, a technical object of the present invention is to enable time recording and schedule of various works to be recorded accurately and in detail by a relatively simple operation.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means taken in the present invention for solving the above technical problems are as follows. A notebook-type configuration that allows you to carry the whole thing, and a time recording function that records the contents of the work together with the time each time the work starts, and a schedule that records the work schedule together with the scheduled date and time. In a personal job time recorder equipped with a recording function and a display for displaying such a time recording and a schedule,

(1) Item setting means for registering a large number of items indicating the execution contents of various jobs such as where, who, what, and what in advance by dividing them into a plurality of blocks, and each of these items as a block Item display means for displaying on the above-mentioned display in order for each, and a record creating means for creating the above-mentioned time recording or schedule contents by combining a plurality of items selected one by one from each block, and A storage means for storing the created time record and schedule.

(2) The item registered by the item setting means includes an item for calling the address book of the company and the individual, and the record creating means has the company name selected from the address book of the company and the individual. Or, configure to create the contents of the time record or schedule by using the personal name.

(3) A memo item is included in the items registered by the item setting means, and when the memo item is selected, the memo input screen is displayed on the display unit and the memo input screen is used. And write required memos during time recording.

(4) Among the items displayed on the display unit, there are blank items whose execution contents are not determined,
When this blank item is selected, an item name input screen will be displayed on the display unit, and the item name input screen must be used to configure the required items.

(5) A conversion means for calling a previously recorded schedule and converting the contents of this schedule into a time recording as it is.

[0013]

The above means operates as follows. According to the above-mentioned means (1), by selecting one item in order from various items displayed for each block and combining them, where, who, and what was said. For example, the content of work execution is
"Meeting for products" or "Hold a planning meeting for B products at the head office" to record the time of work,
Alternatively, a schedule can be created and recorded, so that it is possible to extremely easily and accurately input a time record of complicated contents or a schedule by simply operating a key.

According to the above-mentioned means (2), since it is possible to input the company name or the personal name to the time record and the schedule respectively by using the address book, for example, “ABC Trading sells X products, "Go," or "E at the XYZ company,
It is possible to create and record a time record or a schedule that means the contents of work with proper nouns such as "Maintenance of products".

According to the above-mentioned means (3), when a time record is created by selecting various items, when a special record or the like that cannot be expressed by the preset items becomes necessary. By selecting the memo item from the items, it is possible to further improve the expressiveness by entering the necessary work contents and various memos in the time record using the memo input screen. To

According to the above-mentioned means (4), when selecting various items and creating a time record or a schedule,
If you decide to use another item that is not among the items that are not set in advance, select the blank item (blank item) from the items and select the item you need using each item input screen. Create and allow it to be used as a component of a time record or schedule.

According to the above-mentioned means (5), when each item is selected and the time record is created, if the content is the same as the content of the schedule input in advance, the content of the item of this schedule is changed. It is possible to move to the current time record as it is and save time and effort for time record creation. As described above, the above-mentioned technical problems can be solved by the above-mentioned means, and the problems of the conventional techniques can be solved.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the personal job time recorder according to the present invention described above will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a personal job time recorder according to the present invention, which is configured as a portable notebook as a whole, in which 1 is a main body of the recorder, 2 is a lid that is configured to be openable and closable, 3 is a touch pen, 4 is a key panel, 5 is a display (LCD) that also serves as a touch panel 6, 7
Is a contrast adjustment dial, and 8 is a connection terminal used when the apparatus is connected to a host computer, a printer or the like.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the key panel 4 described above. Here, the "ON / time recording" key for turning on the power and starting the time recording operation, the confirmation of the number of values and the cursor The "E" key for selecting the contents of the position, the "Registration" key for registering data, the "ON / Menu" key for turning on the power and displaying the operation menu on the display unit 5, and the immediately preceding The "C" key to return to the procedure, the "AC" key to return to the initial screen of the function being operated, the "OFF" key to turn off the power, and the "convert" key to convert kana into kanji when entering characters, The "Enter" key to confirm the characters, alphabets, symbols, and numbers entered when entering characters, the "Delete" key to delete one character on the cursor, the "Search" key to search the previous and next minutes, and the cursor "Cursor" key to move up, down, left and right Operation keys consisting are provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the electrical construction of the personal job time recorder according to the present invention. The CPU 11 which is the center of the control unit stores a ROM 11 storing a system program, a time record, a schedule, and the like. A storage unit including a RAM 12 for storing data is connected, and further, the above-described display 5 is connected via the controller 5a, and the key panel 4 and the touch panel 6 are also connected in the same manner to monitor the CPU 10. According to the system program stored in the ROM 11 below, each is configured to exhibit various functions described below. Also, the CPU 10 is connected to the host computer 14 or other external equipment via the adapter 13 by using the above-mentioned connection terminal 8 so that various data can be input and output to or from the external equipment. Made of

FIG. 4 shows the key panel 4 "ON" shown in FIG.
The operation menu displayed on the display unit 5 when the "/ menu" key is turned on, and the personal job time recorder according to the present invention touches this menu screen with the touch pen 3 to start the work at each start of the work. "Time record" to record the contents of the time with the time, the function to create the "address book" of individuals and companies, and the function to create their own "schedule", "clock", "calculation", The functions of "calendar", destination, time required for each work, action record generation, comparison with schedule, and "totalization" function of totaling various data such as extraction of unexecuted items can be demonstrated, and , Holiday setting, item setting, clock setting, memory usage display, data deletion and correction, touch panel 6 adjustment, printing, communication, machine number setting Has a mechanism of "special function" can also be exhibited.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing the functions that can be exhibited by the personal job time recorder of the present invention described above. In creating the "time recording" and "schedule", the item of "special function" is shown. By using the setting function, a large number of items representing the contents of execution of various jobs such as where, who, what, and what are registered in advance are divided into a plurality of blocks (a total of three categories in the illustrated embodiment) and registered. It is structured to use each item data that exists.

In creating each item, the item setting function of "special function" is used to input while looking at each item input operation screen displayed on the display unit 5. That is, FIG. 6 shows the transition of the display screen in which the item of "meeting" is added to the item of category 1, and the keyboard for the word processor or the handwriting input displayed on the editing screen at the center is shown for the input. The text "Meeting" is edited by a tablet for tablets (not shown) and written in the item of category 1, which is classified as category 2.
For items 3 and 3, similarly, items indicating the execution contents of various jobs are set.

The contents of each classification name and the items set in each classification 1 to 3 are completely free. For example, "classification 1"
Is an item that means a place to work or a partner, such as a meeting room, a reception room, a company name, or an individual name (address book).
Etc. are set, and in “Category 2”, items that mean the product name of the work, such as a time recorder or a time stamp, are set. By setting sales, meeting, etc., by selecting and combining items one by one from these three categories, it is possible to express the work execution contents and use them for time recording and schedule creation.

In FIG. 7, "Record time" is selected on the menu screen shown in FIG. 4, and "Meeting for A merchandise is held in the meeting room."
It shows the transition of the display screen when creating the work content of, the item of "Meeting room" is touched with pen on the first classification 1 screen, and the item of "A product" is displayed on the next classification 2 screen By touching with the pen, and then touching the "Meeting" item on the classification 3 screen, the work content of "Meeting room, A product, meeting" shown on the fourth screen is specified, and this data is the date and time data ( In the illustrated case, the time is recorded together with May 13, 1992 (9:31), and the content of work can be clearly recorded.

To create a work schedule for each person, select "Schedule" on the menu screen shown in FIG. 4, then select new input and enter the date and time of the schedule As in the case of recording, if each item of classification 1 to classification 3 is selected, a schedule with date and time as shown in the screen on the left side of FIG. 8 is created. The schedule thus recorded can be displayed by selecting "Schedule" on the menu screen and then calling it to display the right side view of FIG.

If a reserved word such as "individual name" or "company name" is set in each of the above items as shown in FIG. 7, selecting these items calls up the address book of individuals and companies and sets the time. You can use proper nouns to make records and schedules,
Further, when the reserved word of “schedule” is set in the item of category 1 as shown in FIG. 7, when this is selected, the schedule of the day is called and the content can be used as it is as the content of the time record. In addition, if there is an item of “memo” in the set items as shown in FIG. 6, when this item is selected, the memo input screen (keyboard or tablet) is displayed, and the required memo content is displayed. It is possible to create a time record that includes.

Further, as shown in the right diagram of FIG. 7, a blank item in which nothing is set is provided in each item, and when the item indicating the work content is not found when the time is recorded or the schedule is created, this blank item is set. It is also possible to select an item and call an item input screen (keyboard or tablet), and use this screen to newly create and input a necessary item.

Next, an example of using the personal job time recorder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flow chart for explaining the procedure for creating the time record, and either the “ON / time record” key on the key panel 4 shown in FIG.
When the "time record" is selected from the menu of FIG. 4 displayed by turning on the "/ menu" key and touched with the pen, the display process of step S1, that is, the items of the current time and classification as shown in the left side of FIG. The selection screen is displayed.

If, for example, the item "meeting room" is touched with a pen in the next step S2, the process proceeds to step S3, and this "meeting room" is temporarily recorded as an item for classification, and then the process proceeds to step S4, for example. The current date and time and category item selection screen as shown in the central diagram of Fig. 7 is displayed.
Furthermore, if the item "A product" is touched with a pen in step S5, the process proceeds to the next step S6 and the "A product" is selected.
“Merchandise” is temporarily recorded as an item for classification, and then the process proceeds to step S7, where the item selection screen for the current date and time and the item shown in the right side of FIG. 7 is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S8.

If, for example, the item of "meeting" is touched with the pen in step S8, the process proceeds to step S9, and the item and time selected from the categories ~, that is, "May 13, 1992 09" in the embodiment of FIG. : 31 ”and“ meeting, A product, meeting ”are stored, and the registration contents of these are displayed as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. 7. Then, in step S11,“ OFF ”of the key panel 4 is performed. By turning on the key, the time recording process is completed.

On the other hand, when the "company name" item is turned on by the key selection in step S2, the company name search process of steps S12 to S16 shown in FIG. 10 is executed,
Similarly, if the item of "personal name" is turned on in step S2, the personal name search process of steps S18 to S22 shown in FIG. 10 is executed, and each company or company required from the address book of the individual. It is designed so that you can create a time record by selecting your name or individual name.

In the flow chart of the address book processing shown in FIG. 10, when the "new" key is touched to create a new address book, the address input display screen of the keyboard or tablet is displayed. In step S24, a character input operation is performed using this display screen, and then in step S25.
In step S26, if the new address is registered and the new address is used for time recording, in step S4, the newly registered company name or personal name is used as the classification item. It is designed to be a temporary memory.

On the other hand, when the item of "schedule" is selected in the above step S2, the processes of steps S27 to S28 of the schedule function shown in FIG. 11 are executed and the contents of the schedule are registered in the time record. If the "memo" item is selected in step S2, the processing of steps S32 to S34 of the memo input function shown in FIG. 12 is executed to fill in the necessary memo, and further, step S2
When the item of "blank SW" is selected in step S36 to S3 of the special function 1 item edit function shown in FIG.
The process of 8 is executed, a new item is registered, and a time record is created using this new item.

In the processing procedure of the schedule function shown in FIG. 11, when the "new" key is selected in step S28, the process proceeds to step S30, the schedule input operation, specifically, the above-mentioned time. After entering the schedule item and date and time in the same creation procedure as for recording,
Proceeding to step 31, the mechanism for displaying and registering the detailed view on the screen as shown in the left side view of FIG. 8 is constructed.

The above-mentioned company name, personal name, memo, and blank SW selection items can be created and used in the same manner for classification, but only the schedule item can be created only for classification. There is a need to.

[0037]

As described above, according to the personal job time recorder of the present invention, the time record and schedule of each person's work are created and recorded, and these data are displayed on the display device as needed. It is possible to print, print out using an external printer, or perform various tabulations. For example, non-standard work such as a salesman, serviceman, or teleworker. It is suitable for people to use, but in the present invention, in particular, when creating a time recording or a schedule, it is created by selecting a large number of items that are registered in advance in a plurality of blocks. The advantage of being able to create a time record and a schedule of various contents including proper nouns very simply and accurately by key operation can be exhibited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire personal job time recorder according to the present invention with an upper lid opened.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a key panel.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a display screen showing a menu that can be executed by the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing functions that can be exhibited by the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing transition of a display screen at the time of editing an item.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a transition of a display screen when creating a time record.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing transition of display screens when creating a schedule.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for creating a time record.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an address book function.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a schedule function.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a memo input processing procedure.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a special function one item editing function.

[Explanation of symbols] 3 Touch pen 4 Key panel 5 Display 6 Touch panel

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A timekeeping function which is structured as a notebook so that the whole can be carried, and records the contents of the work together with the time each time the work is started, and the work schedule as the scheduled date and time. In a personal job time recorder equipped with a schedule recording function for recording together and a display for displaying these time recording and schedule, it shows the execution contents of various jobs such as where, who, what, and what Item setting means for registering a large number of items in advance by dividing them into a plurality of blocks, and item display means for displaying each of these items in sequence on the display unit,
A record creating means for creating a time record or schedule contents by combining a plurality of items selected one by one from each block, and a storage means for storing the time record and schedule thus created A personal job time recorder characterized by: 2. The item registered by the item setting means includes an item for calling up the address book of the company and the individual, and the record creating means includes the company name or the company name selected from the address book of the company and the individual. 2. The personal job time recorder according to claim 1, wherein said personal name is used to create the contents of the time record or the schedule. 3. A memo item is included in the items registered by the item setting means, and when the memo item is selected, a memo input screen is displayed on the display unit and the memo input screen is used. 2. The personal job time recorder according to claim 1, wherein a required memo is written during time recording. 4. An item name input screen is displayed on the display unit when a blank item whose execution content has not been decided is included in the items displayed on the display unit, and the item name is displayed. The personal job time recorder according to claim 1, characterized in that required items can be set using an input screen. 5. The personal job time recorder according to claim 1, further comprising conversion means for calling a previously recorded schedule and converting the contents of the schedule into a time recording as it is.