JPH08129082A - Electronic equipment and setting method of time - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To set the time by a simple operation. CONSTITUTION: The set time is displayed at a place indicated on a screen. An analog watch designating the current time is displayed on the screen of a display means 4 at the time of a time set mode. A mouse cursor 3a is shifted up to the place of display of a minute hand 21 by moving a mouse 3 on the screen, on which the analog watch is indicated, and the mouse cursor 3a is moved up to an assigned position 24 under a dragged state, thus shifting the minute hand 21 to a designated place.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device provided with a time measuring means for measuring time and a time setting method used therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an electronic device such as a personal computer is provided with time measuring means for measuring time, and the time measured by the time measuring means is displayed on the screen of the display means by a user's operation. As a display form of the time, a digital form or an analog form is used.

When the time is set to this time measuring means,
When setting the alarm time, a numeral indicating the set time or the alarm time is input, and a key input means such as a keyboard is used as a means for inputting the numeral.

In recent years, window systems have become widespread, and personal computer bodies have key input means and
A pointing device such as a mouse for selecting and specifying menus displayed on the screen is connected. With this pointing device, it is possible to easily select and execute many processes.

[0005]

However, when setting the time for the above-mentioned time counting means, since the numeral indicating the set time is input by the key operation of the key input means,
It is necessary to perform key operation of the key input means independently of the operation of the pointing device that enables selection and execution of many processes, and the pointing device that enables selection and execution of many processes cannot be fully utilized. , The time setting operation is very troublesome.

When setting the alarm time, it may not be necessary to accurately input the number indicating the alarm time, but even in this case, it is necessary to input the number indicating the alarm time, which is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a time setting method capable of setting the time with a simple operation.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In an electronic device including display means, time measuring means for measuring time, and position indicating means for indicating the position of the display means on the screen, time setting for the time measuring means is instructed by the position indicating means. It is characterized in that it is performed based on the position on the screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, when the time is set for the time measuring means,
When an analog clock indicating the time being counted by the timekeeping means is displayed on the screen, and the position instructing means indicates a position within the display area of the analog timepiece, the time for the timekeeping means based on the instructed position. It is characterized by setting.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the second aspect, the position indicating means indicates a display position of one of the minute hand and the minute hand of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen. , The one hand at the indicated display position is set to be movable according to the movement of the indication position on the screen by the position indicating means, and the one hand is moved by the position indicating means to measure the time. It is characterized in that the time is set for the means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic apparatus according to the third aspect, the one needle is intermittently moved in response to the movement of the position designated on the screen by the position indicating means. To do.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the fourth aspect, the intermittent movement amount of the one needle is set according to the type of the needle.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the third aspect, it is set so that the other of the needles is moved in association with the one of the needles.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the second aspect, the analog clock displayed on the screen is an analog clock with a numeral indicating time.
When the position designating means designates a position within the numeral display area of the analog timepiece, the time setting for the timekeeping means is performed based on the designated position.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the seventh aspect, a scale is added between the numbers of the analog timepiece.

The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claims 1 to 8.
In the electronic device described in any one of the above, the time corresponding to the position designated by the position designating means is digitally displayed.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the second aspect, when the position indicating means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece, the time measuring means is based on the indicated position of the dial. It is characterized in that the time is set for.

The invention according to claim 11 is a time setting method used in an electronic device, comprising display means, time measuring means for measuring time, and position indicating means for indicating the position of the display means on the screen. In the above, the time setting for the time measuring means is performed based on the position on the screen designated by the position designating means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the time setting method according to the eleventh aspect, an analog clock indicating a time measured by the time measuring means is displayed on the screen when the time is set for the time measuring means, When the position designating means designates a position within the display area of the analog timepiece, the time setting for the timekeeping means is performed based on the designated position.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the time setting method according to the twelfth aspect, the position indicating means indicates the display position of one of the minute hand and the minute hand of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen. Then, one of the hands at the designated display position is set to be movable according to the movement of the designated position on the screen by the position designating means, and the one of the hands is moved by the position designating means. It is characterized in that the time is set for the time measuring means.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the time setting method according to the twelfth aspect, when the position indicating means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece, the timekeeping is performed based on the instructed position of the dial. It is characterized in that the time is set for the means.

[0022]

In the electronic apparatus according to the first aspect, the time setting for the time measuring means is performed based on the position on the screen designated by the position designating means.

According to another aspect of the electronic device of the present invention, when setting the time for the timekeeping means, an analog clock indicating the time measured by the timekeeping means is displayed on the screen, and the position indicating means indicates the position within the display area of the analog timepiece. Is designated, the time is set for the timekeeping means based on the designated position.

In the electronic device according to the third aspect, when the position indicating means indicates the display position of one of the minute hand and the minute hand of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen, one of the hands at the instructed display position is displayed. The hands are set to be movable according to the movement of the position indicated on the screen by the position indicating means, and one of the hands is moved by the position indicating means to set the time for the time measuring means.

In the electronic apparatus according to the fourth aspect, one of the needles is intermittently moved according to the movement of the position designated on the screen by the position indicating means.

In the electronic apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the intermittent movement amount of one needle is set according to the kind of the needle.

In the electronic apparatus according to the sixth aspect, it is set so that the other of the needles is moved in association with the one needle.

According to another aspect of the electronic device of the present invention, the analog clock displayed on the screen is an analog clock with a numeral indicating time, and the position indicating means indicates a position within the numeral display area of the analog clock. , The time is set for the timekeeping means based on the designated position.

In the electronic device according to the eighth aspect, the scales are provided between the numbers of the analog timepiece.

In the electronic apparatus according to the ninth aspect, the time corresponding to the position designated by the position designating means is digitally displayed.

In the electronic apparatus according to the tenth aspect, when the position indicating means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece, the time is set for the time measuring means based on the indicated position of the dial.

In the time setting method according to the eleventh aspect, the time setting for the time measuring means is performed based on the position on the screen indicated by the position indicating means.

In the time setting method according to the twelfth aspect, when setting the time for the time measuring means, an analog clock indicating the time counted by the time measuring means is displayed on the screen, and the position indicating means indicates the position within the display area of the analog time clock. Is designated, the time is set for the timekeeping means based on the designated position.

In the time setting method according to the thirteenth aspect, when the position instructing means indicates the display position of one of the minute hand and the minute hand of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen, one of them is at the instructed display position. The needle is set to be movable according to the movement of the position indicated on the screen by the position indicating means, and one of the hands is moved by the position indicating means to set the time for the time measuring means.

In the time setting method according to the fourteenth aspect, when the position indicating means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece,
The time is set for the timekeeping means based on the designated position of the dial.

[0036]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer which is an embodiment of an electronic apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is stored in a work area of a storage means 5 of the personal computer of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the time setting data currently set.

The personal computer, as shown in FIG. 1, is a mouse that is provided with a CPU 1 for executing calculation and processing based on a program stored in a storage means 5, a clock means 2, and a left button and a right button. 3 and display means 4.

The program stored in the storage means 5 includes a clock display program for displaying on the display means 4 an analog clock representing the time measured by the clock means, the mouse 3
A time setting program for setting the time for the timekeeping means 2 by an instruction operation by.

In the time setting by the time setting program of this embodiment, when the mouse 3 indicates the display position of the long hand of the analog clock displayed on the screen, the long hand is moved according to the movement of the mouse cursor of the mouse 3 on the screen. The time is set to the timekeeping means 2 by setting the movable means and moving the long hand with the mouse 3. In this embodiment, the time is set in the drag mode by the drag operation of the mouse 3.

The storage means 5 is provided with an area for storing the above-mentioned program, an area for storing fixed data used for arithmetic processing, and a work area for temporarily storing the result of arithmetic processing. In the work area, as shown in FIG. 5, each time storage area 5 for storing the current time of the clock means 2 is stored.
a, an area 5b for storing a time setting mode flag indicating the time setting mode (when the time is set to "1" and set to "0" by the reset process), and a drag mode flag ("1" indicating that the drag is in progress). An area 5c for storing "0" in the reset process during dragging) and an area 5d for storing the display area of the hand being displayed in the time setting mode are provided. Note that the drag mode flag will be referred to as DRGMD hereinafter.

A specific example of this time setting operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a diagram for explaining a time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a process of the time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG.

First, the time setting mode is selected by the mouse 3, and the time setting mode is started. In the time setting mode, as shown in FIG. 2, an analog clock indicating the time stored in the time storage area 5a is displayed on the screen of the display means 4. The displayed analog clock has five minute intervals. It can be seen from the positions of the minute hand 21 and the minute hand 22 of the analog timepiece that the time indicates 5 o'clock.

On the screen where this analog clock is displayed,
When the time 5:00 is set to 5:15, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position of the minute hand 21 by the movement of the mouse 3. Then, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the position 24 while the long hand 21 is dragged (the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the position 24 while pressing the left button of the mouse 3). With the movement of the mouse cursor 3a, the minute hand 21 is moved to a position of "15 minutes" while drawing a locus 31, as shown in FIG. The short hand 22 is moved by a movement amount corresponding to the movement amount of the long hand 21 as the long hand 21 is moved. When the long hand 21 is moved to a predetermined position,
The drag operation is canceled and the time is set to 5:15.

Next, the processing procedure for time setting in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in the personal computer of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the movement amount of the mouse 3 is input, and the mouse cursor is moved based on the movement amount (step S1).

Then, it is determined whether or not the mouse cursor points to the icon indicating the time setting mode, that is, the storage means 5.
It is determined whether or not the time setting mode flag stored in the area 5b of "1" is "1" (step S
2). If the time setting mode flag is "0", other processing is executed (step S10), and the processing exits from the timer processing.

When the time setting mode flag is "1",
It is determined whether the switch (SW) of the mouse 3 is on (step S3). This determination is made to enter the drag mode when not in the drag mode (if the switch is on) and to exit the drag mode when the switch is off.

When the switch (SW) of the mouse 3 is turned on, it is determined whether or not the drag mode is set based on the value of DRGMD stored in the area 5c (step S6). When the value of DRGMD stored in the area 5c is "0", that is, when the drag mode is not set, it is determined whether or not there is a long hand at the display position of the mouse cursor (step S8). This determination is made by comparing the position of the mouse cursor with the needle display area stored in the area 5d of the storage means 5, and the position of the mouse cursor is stored in the area 5d of the storage means 5 Is included, it is determined that there is a needle at the display position of the mouse cursor.

If there is a needle at the display position of the mouse cursor,
DRGMD is set to "1" and the drag mode is set (step S9). After the drag mode is set, the drag mode setting process ends.

If there is no needle at the display position of the mouse cursor (step S8), there is no object to drag, so the drag mode setting process is terminated without performing the process.

When the value of DRGMD stored in the area 5c is "1", that is, in the drag mode (step S6), a process for moving the needle according to the movement of the mouse cursor is performed (step S7).

When the switch (SW) of the mouse 3 is off (step S3), it is determined whether DRGMD is set to "1", that is, whether the drag mode is already set (step S3). Step S4).

When DRGMD is set to "1",
The time corresponding to the position pointed by the mouse cursor is calculated, and the time is stored in the time area 5a of the storage means 5, and the needle display area stored in the area 5d is updated to the new needle display area. Then, DRGMD is set to “0” to exit the drag mode.

As described above, when the mouse 3 indicates the display position of the long hand of the analog clock displayed on the screen, the long hand is set to be movable according to the movement of the mouse cursor of the mouse 3 on the screen, and the long hand is moved to the mouse. Since the time is set for the timekeeping means 2 by moving the timepiece 3, the time can be set by a simple mouse operation.

Further, since the short hand is set to be moved in association with the movement of the long hand, the time can be set with the same image as an actual analog clock, which is very easy to understand. Further, the time can be set by operating the long hand, which makes the time setting operation easier.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. Figure 6
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in a personal computer which is a second embodiment of the electronic apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of time setting data stored in the work area of the storage means.

The structure of this embodiment is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, but in the work area, as shown in FIG.
Each time storage area 5a, an area 5b for storing the time setting mode flag, and SWON indicating that the button of the mouse 3 is pressed ("1" indicates that the button is pressed, and " Area 5 for storing "0")
f, an area 5d for storing the display area of the needle, and SCLT indicating the selected state of the needle (all indicate the state when 1)
And an area 5e for storing

A specific example of this time setting operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the time setting mode is selected by the mouse 3, and the time setting mode is started. In the time setting mode, as shown in FIG. 2, an analog clock indicating the time stored in the time storage area 5a is displayed on the screen of the display means 4.

On the screen where this analog clock is displayed,
When the time 5:00 is set to 5:15, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position of the long hand 21 by moving the mouse 3, and a click is made (the left button is pressed once). The long hand 21 is selected by this click operation. Then, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position 24 and clicked again. Mouse cursor 3a
As shown in FIG. 3, the minute hand 21 moves along the trajectory 31
Is moved to the position of "15 minutes" while drawing, and the time is 5:
Set to 15. The time setting of this embodiment is performed in the click mode.

Next, the procedure for setting the time in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, the movement amount of the mouse 3 is input, and the mouse cursor is moved based on the movement amount (step S11).

Next, the SLC stored in the area 5e
Based on the value of T, it is determined whether or not the needle is selected (step S12). When the SLCT value is "1", it is determined that the needle is selected.

When the needle is selected, the mouse 3 is moved to move the selected needle (step S13).

When the needle is not selected, step S1
Whether or not the mouse cursor points to the icon indicating the time setting mode without performing the process of 3, that is, the storage unit 5
It is determined whether the time setting mode flag stored in the area 5b of "1" is "1" (step S1).
4). If the time setting mode flag is "0", other processing is executed (step S10), and the processing exits from the timer processing.

When the time setting mode flag is "1",
It is determined whether or not the left button (SW) of the mouse 3 has been pressed (step S15).

When the left button of the mouse 3 is pressed, the area 5
The value of SWON stored in f is set to "1" (step S16).

If the left button of mouse 3 is not pressed, SW
It is determined whether the ON value is "1" (step S17). When the value of SWON is “0”, it means that the state in which the left button is not pressed is maintained. Therefore, the mode is not particularly changed and the step S24 is performed.
Move to the processing of.

If the SWON value is "1" (step S15), it means that the left button is clicked. Therefore, whether or not the SLCT value is "1", that is, the needle is selected. It is determined whether or not there is (step S18).

When the SLCT value is "0", it is determined whether or not the needle is present at the current mouse cursor position (step S21). This determination is made by comparing the position of the mouse cursor with the needle display area stored in the area 5d of the storage means 5, and the position of the mouse cursor is stored in the area 5d of the storage means 5 Is included, it is determined that there is a needle at the display position of the mouse cursor.

When the needle is at the display position of the mouse cursor,
SLCT is set to "1" and the SWON value is set to "0" (steps S22 and S23). After the drag mode is set, the drag mode setting process ends.

If there is no needle at the display position of the mouse cursor,
Since the click operation does not make sense, the value of SWON is set to "0" (step S23), and the process proceeds to step S24.

When the value of SLCT is "1" (step S18), since the position of the mouse cursor is designated as the position of the needle by the click operation, the setting process for setting the needle at the position of the mouse cursor is performed. (Step S19). Then SLCT is set to "0" and S
The value of WON is set to "0" (steps S22, S2
3), the process proceeds to step S24.

In the first and second embodiments, when it is difficult to set the time in "minute units", as shown in FIG. 8, there is a 1 minute interval between 5 minute intervals. The time is set to 1 by inserting the tick and displaying this tick.
It can be easily set in minutes. It is also possible to use a method in which the long hand is displayed in minutes so that the long hand moves instead of continuously displaying the long hand when the mouse moves. Further, as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to use a method in which the time that changes with the movement of the long hand is indicated by a digital value. By these methods, the time can be set more easily. In addition, the method of indicating the time that changes with the movement of the long hand by a digital value is a clockwise rotation based on the relative position between the position of the mouse cursor and the center of the clock in the processing procedure of the second embodiment (shown in FIG. 6). This can be easily achieved by calculating the angle, calculating the set time from this angle, and adding the process of displaying the analog clock so as to show the set time. You can

Next, the above-mentioned method of displaying the minute hand by the minute unit and making the minute hand move by the minute unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. 9 and 10
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a method of showing that the minute hand moves in units of minutes.

For example, when the time 5:00 is set to 5:15 on the screen where the analog clock is displayed, the mouse cursor 3 is moved by moving the mouse 3 as shown in FIG.
a is moved to the display position of the minute hand 21, and the minute hand 21 is selected by clicking or dragging. Then
The mouse cursor 3a is moved to the display position 24, and the click operation or the drag operation is canceled again.
As the mouse cursor 3a moves, the minute hand 21 draws a locus 91 as shown in FIGS.
The time is set to 5:15 by moving to the "minute" position in units of minutes. The movement of the minute hand in minutes is performed every time the movement amount of the mouse 3 becomes a predetermined value or more. The movement of the long hand shown in FIG. 10 is schematically represented and is not accurate.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the time setting operation in the personal computer according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
6 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of time setting in a personal computer which is a third embodiment of the present invention.

The configuration of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the time setting mode of the present embodiment, the position of the minute hand that defines the time is clicked with the mouse 3 and the position of the clicked minute hand is changed. The set time is calculated based on the calculated time, and the long hand and the short hand are moved to the position corresponding to the set time obtained by the calculation.

Specifically, the time is changed from 5:00 to 10: 1.
When set to 0, as shown in FIG. 12A, the mouse cursor 3a is moved to the short hand position 121 substantially corresponding to the set time 10:10. Next, when the mouse 3 is clicked at the short hand position 121, the time defined by the short hand position 121 is calculated, and as shown in FIG.
Moved to the 0 position. Although it is not possible to accurately set the time by clicking the short hand position 121, it is possible to shorten the time required for the time setting when the current time and the set time are widely separated from each other, so that the accurate time is set. This is an effective setting method for setting an alarm time that does not require.

Next, the processing procedure for time setting in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 13, first, the movement amount of the mouse 3 is input, and the mouse cursor is moved based on the movement amount (step S31).

Next, it is judged whether or not the mouse cursor points to the icon indicating the time setting mode, that is, whether the time setting mode is selected (step S).
32). If the time setting mode is not selected, other processing is executed (step S38) and the processing exits from the timer processing.

When the time setting mode is selected, the mouse 3
It is determined whether or not the left button (SW) has been pressed (step S33).

When the left button of the mouse 3 is pressed, SWO
The value of N is set to "1" (step S16).

If the left button of mouse 3 is not pressed, SW
It is determined whether the ON value is "1" (step S35). When the value of SWON is “0”, it means that the state in which the left button is not pressed is maintained. Therefore, the mode is not particularly changed and the step S24 is performed.
Move to the processing of.

If the value of SWON is "1" (step S35), it means that the left button is clicked. Therefore, the relative position of the mouse cursor position from the clock center is calculated, and the relative position is calculated from the relative position. The set time is calculated based on the obtained angle in the clockwise direction (step S
36). In the setting time calculation process, the ratio between the X-coordinate value and the Y-coordinate value indicating the mouse cursor position is obtained, the angle corresponding to the ratio is read from a table prepared in advance, and the set time corresponding to this angle is read. The method of reading is used. With this method, the set time can be calculated quickly.

After setting the time, the value of SWON is set to "0" (step S37), and the process proceeds to step S38.

In each of the above embodiments, the mouse is used as the pointing device, but instead of this,
A method of designating a position on the screen by using a pen and touching a position on the screen with the pen can also be adopted.
With this method, since the position on the screen can be directly specified, the operation can be intuitively performed, but it is troublesome to perform the operation corresponding to the drag operation of the mouse.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an analog clock is displayed, but instead of this, it is also possible to display a clock representing time by a bar graph as shown in FIG.

Furthermore, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the time setting is explained, but it goes without saying that it can be applied to the setting of the alarm time. Further, as an application thereof, it can be applied to time setting such as cannabis (eg, sound an alarm after 1 hour).

[0092]

According to the electronic device of the present invention, the time setting for the time measuring means is performed based on the position on the screen indicated by the position indicating means, so that the time can be set by a simple operation. it can.

According to the electronic device of the sixth aspect, since it is set so that the other hand moves in association with one hand, it is not possible to set the time with the same image as an actual analog clock. it can.

According to the electronic device of the seventh aspect, the analog timepiece displayed on the screen is an analog timepiece with a numeral indicating time, and the position indicating means indicates the position within the numeral display area of the analog timepiece. When the instruction is given, the time is set to the timekeeping means based on the indicated position, so that the position corresponding to the set time can be easily indicated.

According to the electronic device of the eighth aspect, since the scale is provided between the numbers of the analog timepiece, it is possible to more easily indicate the position corresponding to the set time.

According to the electronic device of the ninth aspect, since the time corresponding to the position designated by the position designating means is digitally displayed, the time can be set more accurately.

According to the electronic device of the tenth aspect, when the position indicating means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece,
Since the time is set for the timekeeping means based on the designated position of the dial, the position corresponding to the set time can be easily designated.

According to the time setting method of the eleventh to thirteenth aspects, since the time setting for the time measuring means is performed based on the position on the screen indicated by the position indicating means, the time can be set by a simple operation. .

According to the time setting method of claim 14,
When the position indicating means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece, the time is set to the timekeeping means based on the indicated position of the dial, so that the position corresponding to the set time can be easily indicated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal computer that is an embodiment of an electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a process of a time setting operation in the personal computer of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in the personal computer of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a configuration of time setting data stored in a work area of a storage unit of the personal computer in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in a personal computer which is a second embodiment of the electronic apparatus of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of time setting data stored in a work area of a storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a method of showing that the minute hand moves in units of minutes.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a method of showing that the minute hand moves in units of minutes.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a digital timepiece displayed together with an analog timepiece when setting the time.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a time setting operation in the personal computer which is the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of time setting in the personal computer which is the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a clock displayed when setting the time.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Timekeeping Means 3 Mouse (Position Designating Means) 3a Mouse Cursor 4 Display Means 5 Storage Means 21 Long Hands 22 Short Hands

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device comprising display means, time measuring means for measuring time, and position indicating means for indicating a position of the display means on a screen, wherein time setting for the time measuring means is performed by the position instruction. An electronic device characterized by performing the operation based on a position on the screen designated by the means. 2. When setting the time for the timekeeping means, an analog clock indicating the time counted by the timekeeping means is displayed on the screen, and the position indicating means indicates a position within the display area of the analog timepiece. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the time setting for the time measuring means is performed based on the instructed position. 3. When the position designating means designates the display position of one of the long hand and the short hand of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen, one of the hands at the designated display position is moved to the position. 3. The time setting for the timekeeping means is performed by setting the movable means according to the movement of the designated position on the screen by the indicating means, and moving the one hand by the position indicating means. Electronics. 4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the one of the hands is intermittently moved according to the movement of the position designated on the screen by the position indicating means. 5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the intermittent movement amount of the one needle is set according to the type of the needle. 6. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the other one of the needles is set to be moved in association with the one needle. 7. The analog clock displayed on the screen is
It is composed of an analog timepiece with a number indicating time, and when the position indicating means indicates a position in the numeral display area of the analog timepiece, the time is set for the timekeeping means based on the instructed position. Claim 2
Electronic device described. 8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein a scale is provided between the numbers of the analog timepiece. 9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the time corresponding to the position designated by the position designating means is digitally displayed. 10. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the position designating means designates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece, the time setting for the timekeeping means is performed based on the designated position of the dial. Electronics. 11. A time setting method used in an electronic device, comprising display means, time measuring means for measuring time, and position indicating means for indicating the position of the display means on the screen. A time setting method characterized in that the time is set based on the position on the screen designated by the position designating means. 12. The time setting means for setting the time to the time measuring means,
When the position indicating means indicates a position within the display area of the analog timepiece by displaying an analog timepiece indicating the time measured by the timekeeping means on the screen, the time for the timekeeping means based on the instructed position. The time setting method according to claim 11, wherein the setting is performed. 13. When the position designating means designates the display position of one of the long hand and the short hand of the analog timepiece displayed on the screen, the one hand at the designated display position is moved to the position. 13. The time setting for the timekeeping means is performed by setting the movable means according to the movement of the designated position on the screen by the indicating means, and moving the one hand by the position indicating means. Time setting method. 14. The time setting for the timekeeping means is performed based on the instructed position of the dial when the position instructing means indicates the position of the dial of the analog timepiece. How to set the time.