JPH0577038B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a schedule management device that stores a schedule and the date and time at which the schedule is to be executed, and informs a user of the schedule at the current time.

<Prior art> A schedule management device stores and displays in advance a schedule for a certain period of time and the date and time at which this schedule is to be executed, and also has a clock function to inform the user of the schedule to be executed at the current time. It is something to tighten. In conventional schedule management devices, when the current time is to be displayed, the user selects the clock mode to display the numerical value of the clock as shown in Figure 5 or the analog graphical display of the clock as shown in Figure 6. was.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> As described above, the conventional schedule management device requires a complicated operation of selecting the clock mode when displaying the current time. Another problem is that the numerical display or analog graphical display of the clock occupies a large area on the display screen.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The schedule management device of the present invention is provided with a row of dots for displaying a schedule and a date on which this schedule is to be executed, and for indicating the current time for each date. an input means for instructing the displayed content, a determining means for determining the displayed content based on information of the input means, and driving and controlling the display means based on the information of the determining means. and a display control means,
When displaying the result determined by the determination means including that of the current day, the display control means reads the current time and calculates the dot position of the row of dots corresponding to the current time. It is characterized by being configured to blink a dot corresponding to the current time.

<Example> FIG. 1 shows an example of a display on a schedule management device. The date column 1 displays the date of the week, the day of the week, and the six days of the week, and the time column 2 displays the time. The schedule column 3 is provided for each date in the date column 1, and displays a schedule at a position corresponding to the execution time in the time display in the time column 2.

The current time display column 4 is provided for each date in the date column 1 and consists of one row of dots corresponding to the time in the time column 2. This dot is represented as "." in the current time display column 4 of FIG. By blinking the dot at the position corresponding to the current time in the current time display field 4, the user is informed of the schedule to be executed at the current time. For example, if the current date is December 17th and the time is 1:21 p.m.
The dot 4a in the current time display column 4 blinks, indicating that the schedule is "meeting with a customer."

In Figure 1, in the current time display field 4, the "|" line is
This indicates that the same schedule continues for the time period indicated by the "|" line. Dots “・” and “|” in the current time display field 4 in Figure 1
The line indicates the dot matrix liquid crystal display device 1, which will be described later.
1, the display is driven and displayed.

5 is a symbol display of a command to call a memo, and 6 and 7 are symbol displays of a command to call a key symbol on the left and right sides of the screen, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows the system configuration of the schedule management device. The dot matrix liquid crystal display device 11 is
It has a display screen consisting of several hundred dots x several hundred dots that displays the above-mentioned date, time, schedule, etc.
Segment driver 12 and common driver 13
driven by.

The display memory 14 records the date, time and schedule pattern to be displayed in bit images. The display memory 14 also stores character codes. Characters and symbols are generated as a predetermined pattern from the character code and the character pattern in the ROM 15.
The display control circuit 16 controls the display of the liquid crystal display device 11 according to the output of the display memory 14.

An electromagnetic induction type tablet 17 is arranged on the back side of the liquid crystal display device 11. Stylus pen (tablet pen) in contact with the liquid crystal display device 11
The magnetic field lines generated by the tablet 17 pass through the liquid crystal display 11, so that the tablet 17 detects the position of the stylus pen.

An asynchronous data transfer interface 18 connected to the tablet 17 converts the coordinate data serially output from the tablet 17 into parallel data and outputs the parallel data to the bus line 19.

The ROM 15 stores character patterns as described above, and also stores a system control program. The ROM 20 stores application programs and character recognition control programs. Note that the RAM 21 and the RAM 22 are a system control memory and a program execution memory, respectively.

The CPU 23 performs main control of the system.
A key input device 24, a buzzer 25, a bus line 19, and an external keyboard connector 26 are connected to the CPU 23, and a bus line 1
9 to the clock circuit 27 and gate array circuit 28
is connected. The gate array circuit 28 is an interface with the clock circuit 27 and an I/O circuit (not shown).
It contains an address decoder, memory chip select, interrupt control circuit, power supply control circuit, and other control signal generation circuits.

The bus line 19 is connected to a connector 29 for connecting the bus line to an external device, and can also be connected to an external device via an interface circuit 30 and a connector 31 with an external communication interface.

The power supply circuit 32 is connected to an external power supply via an AC adapter connector 33, and serves as a power supply for this system.

3 and 4 show the processing procedure of the schedule management device. By inputting the ON key on the key input device 24 (step S1), it is determined whether or not the week including the current day is displayed (step S2). If the current day is included, the current time _T0 is called (step S3), and the current time T0 is called up (step S3). The coordinates Xo(D) of the current time display field 4 at that time are calculated, step S4), and the schedule to be executed is displayed by blinking the dot corresponding to the current time in the current time display field 4 (step S5). In addition, the time measurement process (step S6) counts time T (step S7),
If time T is To+1 (step S8), current time
Set To to +1 (step S9) to generate an interrupt and execute steps S2 to S5.

<Effects> As described above, according to the schedule management device of the present invention, it is determined based on the input information whether or not the display content includes the current day's content, and if the current time's content is included, the current time is displayed with a dot. Since it is made to light up, the schedule at the current time can be easily confirmed, and the time can be displayed simply and clearly using this dot row. Furthermore, in order to display the time, there is no longer a need for the complicated operation of calling up the clock mode as in the past, and the display does not occupy a large area of the display screen. It is also possible to display a case where it is not necessary to include the current day's date, in which case the dot row serves as a mark that makes it easy to check the time. Furthermore, as described above, it is possible to select between a display that includes the current day's data and a display that does not include the current day's data, thereby realizing a versatile display.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of display according to an embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, Figures 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 5 and 6 show the clock display pattern of the conventional example. It is a diagram. 1...Date column, 3...Schedule column, 4...
Current time display field.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying a schedule and the date on which this schedule is to be executed, and provided with a row of dots for indicating the current time for each date, an input means for indicating the display contents, and an input means for indicating the display contents. The display control means includes a determination means that determines the display content based on information of the determination means, and a display control means that drives and controls the display means based on the information of the determination means. When displaying the result determined by , including the current day, the dot corresponding to the current time will blink by calling the current time and calculating the dot position in the above dot column corresponding to the current time. A schedule management device configured to: