JPH09146894A - Portable information equipment and data display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate operation for displaying data managed in time series. SOLUTION: When a specific time band is pointed on a time bar display (step S2), the details of the schedule consisting of all the contents of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time zone are displayed (step A3) and when a specific time band is dragged on the time bar display, a list of schedules consisting of partial contents of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time band is displayed (step A6).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information device and a data display method for handling data managed in time series by a schedule function or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a portable information device that is small in size so that it can be easily carried, a function that replaces, for example, a notebook, such as an address function for managing address book data and a schedule are managed. There is a schedule function to do.

In the schedule function, by registering the contents of the schedule corresponding to the date and time of the month,
Alternatively, the schedule content can be displayed and confirmed by specifying a character string that specifies the schedule.

Conventionally, in a portable information device, as a form of presenting the registered schedule contents, there is only a character string or a time bar display. In the time bar display, a time bar (a band-shaped pattern) representing a time series is provided, and the schedule is registered by displaying the portion corresponding to the time zone in which the schedule content is registered in a state different from the others. It is to present that.

Conventionally, it is possible to recognize that data managed in time series, that is, a schedule is registered by displaying a time bar, but many operations are required to display a specific schedule content. For example, the time bar display screen is changed to a screen for displaying schedule contents, a desired month and day is designated, and a screen of a schedule list on the corresponding day is displayed. Further, a desired schedule content is searched from the displayed list, and a detailed screen for displaying the detailed schedule content is displayed. If you cannot display all the schedule contents in one screen when displaying the list,
It is necessary to search the desired schedule content by changing the display content by scrolling the display content.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional portable information device, even if the time bar can be displayed, a list of desired schedule contents from the registered schedule contents or detailed contents are displayed. In order to
Many operations were required and the operability was poor.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides a portable information device and a data display method capable of facilitating an operation for displaying data managed in time series. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

The present invention has a schedule function, and displays that schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series. In a portable information device, a pointing device and a list display means for displaying a list of contents of schedule data corresponding to the specified time width when a specific time width is specified for the pattern by the pointing device. And is provided.

According to such a configuration, not only is the pattern (time bar) representing a time series used to confirm that the schedule data is stored, but
By directly designating a specific time width (time zone) on the pattern, the corresponding schedule contents can be displayed.

The present invention also has a schedule function,
In a portable information device that displays that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, a pointing device and a pointing device, When a specific time point is specified by a detailed display means for displaying details including all contents of schedule data corresponding to the specified time point, and the pointing device, a specific time width for the pattern is set. A list display means for displaying a list of partial contents of the schedule data corresponding to the designated time width when designated is provided.

As a result, the schedule contents are displayed in detail or as a list depending on the difference in designation on the pattern (time bar) representing the time series, that is, whether a particular time point is designated or a particular time width is designated. be able to.

The present invention also has a schedule function,
In a portable information device that displays that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, a pointing device and a pointing device, List display means for displaying a list of partial contents of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time point, and the content displayed by the list display means by the pointing device. When the specific time point of the pattern corresponding to is specified, detailed display means for displaying details including all contents of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time point and determined based on the time zone, Is provided.

As a result, even when a plurality of schedule data that are temporally overlapped are stored, a list of schedule contents can be displayed by further directly designating a time series pattern (time bar). Each detail can be displayed.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable information device according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable information device in this embodiment is C
The PU 10, the RAM 12, the VRAM 14, the ROM 16, the pen input device 18, the input control unit 20, the display device 22, and the display control unit 24.

The CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus and controls various functions by accessing the RAM 12, the VRAM 14, and the ROM 16 and starting a program according to an input instruction. In the present embodiment, it is possible to execute a schedule function in addition to a calendar function, an address function, a memo function and the like.

The RAM 12 is a program area 12 in which various processing programs that determine the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
In addition to a, a character pattern area in which font data is stored, a dictionary area in which a standard dictionary for converting reading information input in kana or Roman characters into kanji information is provided, and the like. In addition, the RAM 12 is provided with a work area 12b for executing various functions and a schedule area 12c for a schedule function.

The work area 12b is an area for temporarily storing data when executing various functions.
The schedule area 12c is an area for storing schedule data and the like input when the schedule function is executed. The data stored in each of the areas 12a to 12c is appropriately read and provided for display as necessary during execution of each function.

The VRAM 14 is an area for expanding display data to be displayed on the display device 22. VR
The display data expanded in the AM 14 is read by the display control unit 24 and provided for display on the display device 22.

The ROM 16 is a program area 16 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
a, a data area for storing various data, and the like are provided.

The pen input device 18 is an input means for realizing a pen input which is one of pointing devices, and is, for example, a coordinate detection device using an electromagnetic induction system, a pressure sensitive system or the like. The coordinate detection surface is configured by being overlapped with the display screen of the display device 22, and the displayed contents are directly
It can be pointed with a pen. With the pen input device 18, it is possible to input a command by pointing a predetermined area or an icon provided on the display screen of the display device 22, or to input a handwritten character as a memo as it is. The input control unit 20 controls pen input by the pen input device 18.

The display device 22 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays under the control of the display controller 24. The display screen of the display device 22 is the pen input device 1
8 coordinate detection planes. Display control unit 24
Is for controlling the display on the display device 22, and VR
The display data stored in the AM 14 is read and provided for display on the display device 22.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The morphological information device according to the present embodiment displays on the display device 22 a button (or icon) for instructing execution of each function such as a schedule function, a calendar function, and an address function. Here, the pen input device 1
When the button area indicating the schedule function is pointed by 8, the CPU 10 determines that the execution of the schedule function is instructed based on the input coordinate values,
Start the schedule function.

When the schedule function is activated, the CPU 10 displays a screen for the schedule function, that is, a schedule data time bar as shown in FIG. 3 (step A1).

As shown in FIG. 3, the screen for the schedule function is provided with. The time bar 30 is a band-shaped pattern that represents a time series and is displayed together with a number that indicates the time.

When the time bar 30 is displayed, the CPU 10 displays the portion corresponding to the time zone in which the schedule content is registered, in a state different from the others, according to the schedule data stored in the schedule area 12c of the RAM 12. Then, it shows that the schedule is registered.

It is assumed that schedule data as shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the schedule area 12c of the RAM 12. As shown in FIG. 4, the schedule data is stored in association with time zones and schedule contents. The schedule contents are classified into a schedule summary that is a target when the schedule list is displayed and a schedule detail that is a target together with the schedule summary when the schedule details are displayed. For example, in FIG. 4, in the schedule data corresponding to the time zone from 12:00 to 14:00, "meeting second meeting room" is the summary of the schedule, and "meeting second meeting room new product planning meeting participant XX YY" Mr. ZZ "becomes the schedule details.

The schedule data stored in the schedule area 12c may be registered by any method (operation) as long as the correspondence between the time zone and the schedule content is clear.

Here, in the screen for the schedule function shown in FIG. 3, when the pen input device 18 uses the pen to point to an arbitrary time zone (specific time point) in the time bar 30 (step A2), The CPU 10 determines the pointed time zone and reads the schedule data corresponding to the pointed time zone from the schedule area 12c of the RAM 12.

The CPU 10 causes the display device 22 to display the schedule details in the schedule display area 32 based on the read schedule data (step A3).

FIG. 5 shows a display example of the schedule detail display in the schedule display area 32. In FIG. 5, the time bar 30 is from 12:00 to.
Since the time zone of 14:00 is pointed, the details of the schedule contents in this time zone "meeting second meeting room ...
... "is displayed.

In the screen for the schedule function shown in FIG. 3, when the pen input device 18 uses the pen to drag an arbitrary time zone (specific time width) in the time bar 30, the CPU 10 causes the dragging. All the time zones that are subject to
The schedule data corresponding to the corresponding time zone is read from 2c (step A5).

Based on the read schedule data, the CPU 10 causes the display device 22 to display a schedule list in the schedule display area 32 (step A6).

FIG. 6 shows a display example of a schedule list display in the schedule display area 32. In FIG. 6, the time bar 30 is from 12:00 to.
Since it is dragged across the time zone of 17:00 as shown by the arrow in the figure, the schedule content of each relevant time zone, that is, a list of schedule points is displayed.

Further, in the state shown in FIG. 6, when an arbitrary time zone is pointed as shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 10
Replaces the schedule list display in the schedule display area 32 with the schedule detail display in the corresponding time zone.

In this way, the time bar 30 displayed on the screen for the schedule function is directly pointed to by using the pen of the pen input device 18 to point to an arbitrary time zone.
Alternatively, by dragging, it is possible to display the details of the schedule contents or the schedule list in the corresponding time zone. That is, the desired schedule content can be efficiently displayed by a simple operation.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The schedule function is activated in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above.

When the schedule function is activated, the CPU 10 displays the screen for the schedule function, that is, the schedule data time bar as shown in FIG. 3, similarly to the first embodiment (step B1).

Here, when an arbitrary time zone in the time bar 30 is pointed by the pen input device 18 using the pen on the screen for the schedule function shown in FIG.
The PU 10 discriminates the pointed time zone, and the RAM 1
The schedule data corresponding to the time zone pointed to is read from the second schedule area 12c.

Based on the read schedule data, the CPU 10 causes the display device 22 to display a schedule list in the schedule display area 32 (step B3). When schedule data that overlaps in time is stored in the schedule area 12c of the RAM 12, the CPU 10 displays a list of all schedules in the corresponding time zone including them.

FIG. 8 shows a display example of a schedule list display in the schedule display area 32. In FIG. 8, 13: 00 to 13 of the time bar 30.
Since the time zone of 14:00 is pointed, the schedule content including the relevant time zone, that is, 12:00
A schedule list is displayed, which is composed of the schedule summary for the time zone of ˜14: 00 and the time zone of 13:00 to 14:00.

Next, when the same time zone as that pointed at step B2 in the time bar 30 is pointed, the CPU 10 determines the pointed time zone and displays the schedule list in the schedule display area 32. Instead, change to the schedule details display for the relevant time zone.

At this time, when there are a plurality of relevant schedule contents, the CPU 10 displays the schedule details in the schedule display area 32 in the order of schedules (time order) in which the earlier time zone is set (step). B5).

With the schedule list displayed as shown in FIG. 8, 13:00 to 14: on the time bar 30.
When the time zone of 00 is pointed again, 12:00 to 1
The details of the schedule contents in the time zone of 4:00 are displayed (the same as the display contents in the schedule display area 32 in FIG. 5).

Here, when the same time zone is further pointed (step B4), the CPU 10 displays the schedule details in the schedule display area 32 for the next schedule contents in chronological order (step B5). In this case, instead of the detailed display of the schedule contents in the time zone of 12:00 to 14:00, 1
The schedule details of the schedule contents (meeting first conference room ...) In the time zone from 3:00 to 14:00 are displayed.

Further, when the same time zone is pointed to, since only two schedules exist in the example shown in FIG. 8, detailed display of the schedule contents in the time zone of 12:00 to 14:00 is performed again. Be done. That is, the details of each schedule displayed in the schedule list can be sequentially displayed only by pointing to the same time zone on the time bar 30.

In step B6, if the pen points to another time zone of the time bar 30 or the execution of another function is instructed by the button instruction on the display screen, the CPU 10 The display of the schedule list is ended, and the process proceeds to the instructed process.

In the second embodiment, when the schedule data are input overlapping in time,
When displaying the screen for the schedule function in step B1, for example, when two schedule data overlap, two time bars 30 corresponding to each schedule data are displayed.
May be provided, overlapping time zones may be displayed in a specific form (color, decoration, etc.), or the fact that two schedule data overlap may be clearly indicated by letters (numbers).

In this way, even if there are a plurality of time-overlapped schedule data, it is possible to display the schedule list corresponding to the corresponding time zone simply by pointing to the time bar 30.
By repeating the points in the same time zone, the details of each schedule content can be sequentially displayed. That is, the desired schedule content can be efficiently displayed by a simple operation.

Although the schedule data in the schedule function is read out and displayed using the time bar 30 in each of the above-described embodiments, data managed in another time series, that is, the time, is displayed. Other data can also be targeted as long as it is the type of data that can indicate the existence of the data by the bar display. Further, although pen input is used as the pointing device, it goes without saying that any input means may be used.

[0050]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the contents of the data corresponding to the instructed time zone are displayed by the instruction using the pointing device for the time bar display, so that the management is performed in a time series. The operation for displaying the data to be displayed becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of displaying schedule contents in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for a schedule function including a time bar in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of schedule data stored in a schedule area in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a state in which schedule details are displayed in the schedule display area in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a state in which a schedule list is displayed in a schedule display area in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of displaying schedule contents in the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a state in which a schedule list is displayed in a schedule display area in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... CPU 12 ... RAM 14 ... VRAM 16 ... ROM 18 ... Pen input device 20 ... Input control unit 22 ... Display device 24 ... Display control unit 30 ... Time bar 32 ... Schedule display area

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable information device having a schedule function, and displaying that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, a pointing device. And a list display means for displaying a list of contents of schedule data corresponding to the specified time width when a specific time width is specified for the pattern by the pointing device. Portable information equipment. 2. A portable information device having a schedule function and displaying that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, in a pointing device. A detailed display means for displaying details including all the contents of schedule data corresponding to the specified time point when a specific time point is specified for the pattern by the pointing device; A list display means for displaying a list of partial contents of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time width when a specific time width is specified for the pattern. Portable information equipment. 3. A portable information device having a schedule function and displaying that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, in a pointing device. A list display unit for displaying a list of partial contents of schedule data corresponding to a specified time point when a specific time point is specified for the pattern by the pointing device; When the specific time point of the pattern corresponding to the content displayed by the list display means is specified by, all of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time point and determined based on the time zone It is characterized by having a detail display means for displaying details consisting of contents. Portable information equipment to collect. 4. A portable information device having a schedule function, and displaying that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, wherein the pattern is provided. When a specific time point is specified for
A detail consisting of all the contents of the schedule data corresponding to the specified time is displayed, and when a specific time width is specified for the pattern, the partial schedule data corresponding to the specified time width is displayed. A data display method characterized by displaying a list of contents. 5. A portable information device having a schedule function, and displaying that the schedule data managed by the schedule function is stored by associating a time zone with a pattern representing a time series, the pattern comprising: When a specific time point is specified for
A list of partial contents of schedule data corresponding to a specified time is displayed, and when the specific time of the pattern corresponding to the displayed content is specified, the specified time is corresponded to. ,
A data display method, wherein details including all contents of schedule data determined based on the time zone are displayed.