JPH08180107A - Schedule information processor and schedule information managing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the practicality and operability of the schedule retrieving function of the information processor which has a function for processing sched ule information. CONSTITUTION: Data of inputted schedule contents are stored in a schedule contents storage part 321. This processor has a schedule management table 322 which contains inputted date, data and position information on the schedule contents storage part 321 stored with schedule contents corresponding to the data so that they correspond to each other. On the basis of the date, data stored in the schedule management table 322, a list of date when the schedule contents are registered is displayed, for example, in one-week units. When a user specifies an optional date according to the displayed list (weekly schedule screen) of date, the schedule contents corresponding to the specified date are taken out of the schedule contents storage part 321 and displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule information processing apparatus and a schedule information management method used for an information processing apparatus having a schedule management function such as a Japanese word processor, a personal computer and an electronic notebook.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information processing devices such as Japanese word processors, personal computers, electronic notebooks, etc.
A schedule management function is provided.

An example of the procedure for using this schedule management function will be described below. FIG. 7 shows an example of a weekly schedule screen by this schedule management function. As shown in the figure, on this schedule screen, a list of dates and times when the data of the schedule contents is registered is displayed by a time bar T. Therefore, the user can at a glance know the date and time when each schedule is scheduled from this screen.

On the other hand, when the user wants to refer to the schedule contents at a certain date and time using this schedule management function, the user switches the display from the weekly schedule screen of FIG. 7 to the initial screen, and the schedule is registered on this initial screen. By specifying an arbitrary date and time, the schedule contents were displayed. That is, conventionally, the target schedule content could not be referred to unless the screens were switched a plurality of times. Therefore, the operability was poor.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional schedule management method, the schedule contents of an arbitrary date and time are directly searched and displayed from the screen displaying the list of dates and times when the schedule contents are registered. I couldn't.

The present invention solves such a problem. For example, a schedule content of an arbitrary date and time is directly displayed on a screen displaying a list of dates and times on which schedule content is registered, such as a weekly schedule screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a schedule information processing device and a schedule information management method capable of improving operability by enabling the above.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a schedule information processing apparatus of the present invention is a schedule information processing apparatus for managing date and time information and schedule information corresponding to the date and time information as schedule information,
Input means for inputting the date and time information and the schedule information,
Storage means for storing the date and time information and the schedule information input by the input means in association with each other, a first display means for displaying a list of the date and time information stored by the storage means, and the first Secondly, designating means for designating arbitrary date and time information from the list of the date and time information displayed by the display means, and schedule information corresponding to the date and time information designated by the designating means are extracted from the storage means and displayed. The display means is provided.

[0008]

In the present invention, when date and time information and schedule information corresponding thereto are input as schedule information by the input means, the input date and time information and schedule information are stored in the storage means in association with each other. . The first display means is
A list of date and time information stored in the storage means is displayed. When arbitrary date and time information is designated by the designating means from the displayed list of date and time information, the second display means extracts the schedule information corresponding to the designated date and time information from the storage means and displays it.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by simply designating any date / time information from the displayed list of date / time information,
The schedule information corresponding to the designated date and time information can be displayed, and the operability can be improved.

[0010]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of an information processing apparatus having a schedule information management function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a tablet for inputting schedule information consisting of date and time data and schedule contents at that date and time, as well as commands for selecting various functions. A tablet control unit 2 controls various inputs from the tablet 1 to the main control circuit 3. Three
Is a main control circuit that controls the entire device, and CPU
30, a ROM 31, a RAM 32 and the like.
The ROM 31 fixedly stores programs executed by the CPU 30 and various data. In addition, the RAM 32 includes a schedule content storage unit, a schedule management table, and the like. Reference numeral 321 denotes a schedule content storage unit that stores schedule content data at an arbitrary date and time input by the user. Reference numeral 322 denotes a schedule management table in which each address indicating a storage location of each schedule content in the schedule content storage unit 321 is stored in association with date / time data. Reference numeral 4 denotes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display device. The display unit 4 is arranged below the transparent tablet 1 so as to overlap with the tablet 1. Therefore, the display unit 4
The display content of is visible through the tablet 1. 5
Is a display control unit for performing display control of the display unit 4 under the control of the main control circuit 3.

Next, the structure of the schedule information input processing unit in this information processing apparatus will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a weekly schedule screen in which schedule information can be input. On this weekly schedule screen, the time bar T displays the time zone in which the schedule information is registered on a weekly basis. When users register and search for schedule information,
On the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1), the position coordinates corresponding to the target date and time can be designated using the stylus pen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of a tablet position coordinate table for acquiring date and time data from the position coordinates designated on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) of FIG. Here, it is assumed that the time bar display area of the weekly schedule screen is divided into 30-minute units. In the table, start position coordinates (X1, Y1) and end position coordinates (X2, Y2) indicating date and time data are stored in association with each other for each of these divided areas. Using this table, the designated position coordinates on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1), which is the output of tablet 1, is 3
It is converted into date and time data divided in units of 0 minutes. In addition,
The only difference between the start position coordinate (X1, Y1) and the end position coordinate (X2, Y2) in the same area is the value of the Y coordinate,
This difference in Y coordinate corresponds to the width of the time bar T on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1). FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the schedule management table. As shown in the figure, this table stores the date / time data 41, the week data 42, and the position information 43 of the schedule content storage unit 321 in which the data of the schedule content is stored in association with each other. Here, date and time data 4
1 is the start position coordinate (X1, Y1) and the end position coordinate (X
2, Y2). Based on this schedule management table, display of a weekly schedule screen including the time bar T, search of schedule contents according to designated date and time, and the like are executed.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the input process of the schedule information of this information processing apparatus.

The user first calls the weekly schedule screen shown in FIG. Here, in order to input the schedule, the user uses, for example, a stylus pen to indicate a position on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) corresponding to “8:00 on January 12th” which is the start date and time of the schedule. . Next, the user uses the stylus pen to indicate the position on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) corresponding to “9:00 on January 12th,” which is the end date and time of the schedule. The position on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) designated by these stylus pens is detected by the tablet 1 as coordinate data and input to the CPU 30 via the tablet control unit 2. In this way, after the start date and time and the end date and time have been specified by the user, the display is switched to the daily schedule input screen as shown in FIG. Here, the user displays the date and time data “January 12” in a predetermined character input area 61 on the screen.
As the schedule contents in the time zone of 8:00 to 9:00 on the day, for example, characters such as "section meeting (12th conference room)" are handwritten input (step 201).

The CPU 30 stores in the RAM 32 the actual coordinate data on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) designated by the stylus pen. For example, the actual coordinate data around 8:00 on Sunday as the start date and time and the actual coordinate data around 9:00 as the end date and time are stored in the RAM.
Store in 32. Further, the CPU 30 stores the input schedule content in the schedule content storage unit 321 in the RAM 32 (step 202).

Thereafter, the CPU 30 stores the position information 43 of the schedule content storage unit 321 in which the schedule content is stored in the schedule management table 322 (step 203).

Then, the CPU 30 refers to the tablet position coordinate table 311 as shown in FIG. 3 on the basis of the coordinate data of the start date and time and the end date and time stored in step 202, to obtain (100, 170) and the position coordinates of (140, 190), for example, as the end time data. Then, as shown in FIG.
0 stores these start date / time data and end date / time data in the schedule management table 322 (step 20).
4).

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10, the operation for retrieving schedule information on the weekly schedule screen will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a weekly schedule screen, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a schedule information search process. Here, on the weekly schedule screen, as shown in FIG. 7, the presence / absence of a schedule and the time zone in which the schedule exists are displayed by the time bar T on a weekly basis.

First, on the initial screen as shown in FIG. 9, the user selects the display of the weekly schedule screen (step 301). As a result, the weekly schedule screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (step 302).

Thereafter, the CPU 30 waits for input until an arbitrary position on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) is designated (step 303). At this time, when an arbitrary position on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1) is designated, the CPU 30 determines whether schedule information is already registered in the schedule management table 322 (step 304). For example, as shown in FIG.
The user specifies the position of the time bar T of [8:00 to 9:30] on “14th (Friday)”. Here, the CPU 30
If the schedule management table 322 determines that the schedule content of the instructed date and time has been registered, the schedule content of [8:00 to 9:30] of “14th (Friday)” is stored. Content storage unit 3
The position information 21 is read. After that, the CPU 30 determines the schedule content storage unit 321 based on the read position information.
Read the applicable schedule contents from. And C
The PU 30 switches the display to, for example, the daily schedule screen as shown in FIG. 10, and displays the read schedule contents such as “in-section meeting (12th conference room)” on the daily schedule screen together with the corresponding date and time data. To do. (Step 305).

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the schedule information can be retrieved by only designating the time bar T corresponding to the desired schedule information on the weekly schedule screen (tablet 1). You can This improves the operability of the user and improves the search efficiency of schedule information.

Although the tablet 1 and the stylus pen are used as the input device in this embodiment, a mouse or a keyboard may be used as the other input device.

[0027]

As described above, according to the schedule information processing apparatus and the schedule information management method of the present invention, the schedule information corresponding to the date and time information can be obtained only by designating the desired date and time information from the date and time information displayed in the list. Since it is possible to search for and display, it is possible to improve the search efficiency of the designated schedule information and to improve the operability / practicality as compared with the related art.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of a weekly schedule screen used for inputting schedule information in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

3 is a diagram showing a specific example of a tablet position coordinate table stored in the ROM shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of a schedule management table shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for inputting schedule information in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a specific example of a daily schedule input screen for inputting schedule contents in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a weekly schedule screen for searching schedule information in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing a procedure for searching schedule information of the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing a specific example of an initial screen for schedule management in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a daily schedule screen for displaying schedule contents in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... tablet, 2 ... tablet control section, 3 ... main control circuit, 4 ... display section, 5 ... display control section, 30 ... CPU,
31 ... ROM, 32 ... RAM, 311 ... Tablet position coordinate table, 321 ... Schedule content storage unit, 32
2 ... Schedule management table.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A schedule information processing device for managing date and time information and schedule information corresponding to the date and time information as schedule information, comprising: input means for inputting the date and time information and the schedule information; and input by the input means. A storage unit that stores the date and time information and the schedule information in association with each other, a first display unit that displays a list of the date and time information stored by the storage unit, and the display unit that displays the first display unit. A designation unit for designating arbitrary date and time information from the list of date and time information; and a second display unit for extracting and displaying schedule information corresponding to the date and time information designated by the designation unit from the storage unit. A schedule information processing device characterized by the above. 2. The schedule information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display means displays a list of date and time information stored in the storage means for each predetermined date and time unit. apparatus. 3. A schedule information processing device for managing date and time information and schedule information corresponding to the date and time information as schedule information, the step of inputting the date and time information and the schedule information, and the step of inputting by the input means. A step of storing the date and time information and the schedule information in association with each other; a first display step of displaying a list of the date and time information stored by the storage means; and a step of displaying the date and time information displayed by the first display means. A step of designating arbitrary date and time information from a list, and displaying the schedule information corresponding to the date and time information designated by the designating means by extracting from the storage means
A schedule information management method comprising: a display step of.