JPH09297739A - Portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an portable information terminal which is convenient to use in referring to schedule management information. SOLUTION: The portable information terminal is equipped with an input means 12, a storage means 6 which stores inputted schedule information or ToDo information, a start day acquiring means 14, and a display control means 14 which acquires schedule information scheduled for three days, including a start day as to the schedule information stored in the storage means 6 or ToDo information which has its time limit set to one of the three days, including the start day or is unprocessed on the start day as to the ToDo information stored in the storage means 6 and displays the acquired schedule information or ToDo information in one identical screen of a display means 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information terminal, and more particularly to a portable information terminal which is convenient for referring to schedule management information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional portable information terminal has one of its functions.
One of them has a function as a schedule management device. Here, the information used for managing the schedule (hereinafter, abbreviated as schedule management information) includes schedule information indicating a matter scheduled by a user on a certain day, and a user within a certain deadline. Alternatively, there is ToDo information indicating items to be processed indefinitely, and calendar information indicating days set on the calendar such as holidays and anniversaries. The schedule information includes schedule information that is completed in one day and schedule information that covers a plurality of days.

The above conventional portable information terminal can display schedule information in units of several months, one month, one week, one day, and one case. Further, in each display format, it is possible to switch the date displayed in units of year, month, week, day and the like.

In order to display a list of schedule information that is completed in one day and schedule information that spans multiple days, the schedule start date that spans multiple days can be displayed including the period, or multiple schedule dates can be displayed. A dedicated area that displays schedule information that spans multiple days, in addition to the area that displays the schedule information that is completed in one day on all days that are targets of the schedule that spans days And a straight line having a length corresponding to the range is drawn or displayed in the entire range of the date on which the schedule is required in the dedicated display area.

[0005]

However, the above conventional portable information terminal has a problem that it is inconvenient to refer to the schedule management information as follows.
That is, the detailed contents of the schedule are referred to on a daily basis, but in the daily display, it is inconvenient to refer to the schedule on the next day, the day after the next day, or the like at the same time. Also, T
Since the oDo information does not always have a date like the ToDo information having no deadline, it is usually managed separately from the schedule information having a date, and as shown in FIG. 6, the display is also the schedule information. Since it is different, it is inconvenient when it is desired to refer to the schedule information and ToDo information at the same time. In addition, when the ToDo information is displayed at the same time as the schedule information, it is necessary to enter the deadline date, and even if it is displayed at the same time, it is only displayed on the deadline date, and the ToDo information is valid. It is inconvenient when it is desired to refer to it at the same time as the schedule information on a day within the period (period before the deadline is processed).
In addition, the user can set past and future schedules and T
Although it is possible to freely refer to the oDo information, it is inconvenient because it is necessary to change the screen many times when suddenly wanting to refer to the information of "today".

[0006] Regarding the schedule information spanning a plurality of days, when attention is paid to the second and subsequent days of the schedule information spanning a plurality of days, the schedule cannot be confirmed. In addition, it is difficult to tell at a glance when the focused day falls on a schedule that spans multiple days (start date, end date, etc.). Also, if you have a display area dedicated to schedule information that spans multiple days,
The display areas for the schedule information that is completed in one day and the schedule information that spans multiple days are reduced. In addition, since the display area of the schedule information spanning multiple days has a range in which only one case of information can be displayed per day, schedule information spanning multiple days is
Only one case can be registered per day. Furthermore, when displaying a straight line in the dedicated display area, since the outline of the requirement of the schedule information cannot be displayed at the same time, the user cannot grasp the outline of the requirement, and the detailed information is displayed. It is inconvenient because you cannot check the contents unless you switch to a separate screen.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal which is convenient for referring to schedule management information.

[0008]

A portable information terminal according to the present invention has a display means for displaying a screen and a ToDo representing items to be processed within a certain deadline or without a deadline.
Of the input means for inputting information, the storage means for storing the ToDo information input from the input means, and the ToDo information stored in the storage means, there is a deadline on any day, or the above-mentioned arbitrary Display control means for acquiring the unprocessed ToDo information on the day of, and displaying the acquired ToDo information on the display means so as to display the acquired ToDo information on the display area of the arbitrary day on the screen. .

Further, the portable information terminal according to the present invention comprises a startup date acquisition means for acquiring the startup date of the portable information terminal from a clock, and the display control means among the ToDo information stored in the storage means. ToDo information that has a deadline before the startup date and is unprocessed on the startup date is acquired, and the acquired ToDo information is displayed on the display unit so as to be displayed in the display area of the startup date on the screen. It is supposed to be a thing.

Further, the portable information terminal according to the present invention has a display means for displaying a screen, schedule information indicating a matter scheduled by the user on a certain day, and within a certain deadline or a deadline. ToDo that represents a matter to be processed without stipulation
A user plans an arbitrary date among input means for inputting information, storage means for storing schedule information and ToDo information input from the input means, and schedule information stored in the storage means. Of the scheduled information and the ToDo information stored in the storage unit, ToDo information that has a deadline on the arbitrary date or is unprocessed on the arbitrary date is acquired, and the acquired schedule information is acquired. , And ToDo information are provided on the display means on a single screen.

Further, the portable information terminal according to the present invention has a display means for displaying a screen, schedule information indicating a matter scheduled by the user on a certain day, or within a certain deadline or with a deadline. ToDo that represents a matter to be processed without stipulation
Input means for inputting information, storage means for storing schedule information or ToDo information input from the input means, start date acquisition means for acquiring a start date of the portable information terminal from a clock, and the storage means Of the schedule information stored in the schedule information scheduled by the user for 3 days including the startup date, or the ToDo information stored in the storage means, the 3 days including the startup date. Display means for acquiring the ToDo information that has a deadline on the day of execution or is unprocessed on the startup day, and displays the acquired schedule information or ToDo information on the display means on one screen. It is a thing.

In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the display control means acquires and displays the schedule information or ToDo information for three days from the starting date.

Further, in the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the input means can also input calendar information representing a day set on the calendar such as holidays and anniversaries, and the storage means includes:
The calendar information input from the input unit is also stored, and the display control unit corresponds to any one of the three days including the startup date among the calendar information stored in the storage unit. The calendar information is also acquired, and the acquired calendar information is displayed on the display means together with the schedule information and the ToDo information on one screen.

Further, the portable information terminal according to the present invention includes a display means for displaying a screen, an input means for inputting schedule information representing a matter scheduled by a user on a certain day, and Of the storage means for storing the schedule information input from the input means and the schedule information stored in the storage means, the schedule information spanning arbitrary days is acquired, and the acquired schedule information is acquired. The start date of the schedule information is marked with a start date, the intermediate date of the acquired schedule information is marked with an intermediate date, and the end date of the acquired schedule information is marked with an end date. A display control means for displaying on the screen the display means with respective marks indicating certain things is provided.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiment 1. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal having a function as a schedule management device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, in which 1 is a display-integrated tablet, 2 is an input pen (stylus pen), 6
Is a database that stores schedule management information, screen frame information for constructing a frame of a display screen, and other various information. Reference numeral 11 is a computing unit including a CPU and the like. Then, the computing unit 11 uses the event occurrence signal 1a input from the tablet 1 to generate a pen event on the tablet 1
Input control that specifies the upper coordinates, determines the operation of the user from the coordinate input unit 3 that outputs this as the coordinate information 3a, the coordinate information 3a, constructs the input information 4a according to the operation, and outputs this. Part 4, clock 9 that outputs real time 9a, date (start date) 10 when the personal digital assistant is started from real time 9a
The start date acquisition unit 10 that acquires a stores the input information 4a in the database 6, and according to the input information 4a, acquires information from the database 6 and, if necessary, the start date acquisition unit 10 from the start date 10a. An information management unit 5 that acquires and outputs these as acquisition information 5a, a display control unit 7 that constructs a screen to be displayed on the tablet 1 from the acquisition information 5a, and outputs this as screen construction information 7a, and screen construction information 7a According to the display generation signal 8a, each block of the display generation unit 8 displays a screen on the tablet 1. Here, the display means is composed of the tablet 1, and the storage means is composed of the database 6. The input unit 12 is realized by the tablet 1, the input pen 2, and the coordinate input unit 3, the input control unit 4, the information management unit 5, the display control unit 7, and the display generation unit 8 in the schedule management information input mode. The display control unit 13 is realized by the information management unit 5, the display control unit 7, and the display generation unit 8 in the schedule display mode, and the startup date acquisition unit 14 is provided.
Is realized by the clock 9 and the startup date acquisition unit 10.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an example of a mode selection screen displayed on the tablet 1 when the portable information terminal is started up. In the figure, the mode selection screen 100 includes a schedule management information input button 15 and a schedule display. The button 16 is displayed together with the selection buttons for other modes.

FIG. 3 shows the schedule display mode.
It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the schedule display screen of today / morning / tomorrow which is displayed on the tablet 1, and the schedule display screen 200 of today / tomorrow / tomorrow is arranged in the horizontal direction today, tomorrow. , The small columns 22a to 22c, 23a to 23c for each day after morning,
A schedule information display column 22, a ToDo information display column 23, and an anniversary information display column 24, each of which is composed of 24a to 24c, are arranged in the vertical direction and displayed, and each subcolumn 22a to 22c of the schedule information display column 22 is displayed. The scheduled message 28 of the user is displayed in the icon 29, the time, and the intermediate date mark 30b and the end date mark 30c, and in each of the small columns 23a to 23c of the ToDo information display column 23. , The item 31 to be processed is displayed by the icon 29, the valid period mark 32a, and the deadline mark 32b, and each of the small columns 24a to 24c of the anniversary information display column 24 is displayed.
A memorial item 33 is displayed with an icon 29 inside. In addition, “Today”, “Tomorrow”, and “Asahite” are located above each of the columns for today, tomorrow, and tomorrow.
The dates 21a to 21c are displayed together with the characters. Here, the effective period mark 32a is
The ToDo information indicates that the deadline has not yet arrived and is unprocessed, and the deadline expiration mark 32b indicates that the ToDo information has expired and is unprocessed. Also, the intermediate date mark 30b and the end date mark 30c
Will be described later. 25 is schedule information /
A ToDo information selection button and 26 are display period selection buttons.

FIG. 4 shows the schedule display mode.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a week / table schedule display screen displayed on the tablet 1 when a week table is selected by the display period selection button 26 in FIG. Display screen 30
0 is a ruled line 34a so that the display column 34 is formed between them.
Are arranged in the vertical direction, and the date, day of the week, and schedule management information for one case are displayed in one display field 34a. Here, 30a is a start date mark indicating the start date of the schedule information that extends over a plurality of days, 30b is an intermediate date mark indicating the same intermediate date, and 30c is an end date mark indicating the same end date. The direction of the arrow indicates the start, middle, or end of the user's planned message. Reference numeral 35 is a display week selection tag.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the portable information terminal according to the first embodiment, the operation in the schedule management information input mode, the operation in the schedule display mode, the mode switching operation, and all the operations associated with these operations are performed by each block in FIG. First, the operation common to each operation will be described.

The display control unit 7 builds a predetermined screen to be displayed on the tablet 1 according to the selected operation mode, and outputs the screen building information 7a. This screen construction information 7
Upon receiving a, the display unit 8 outputs the display generation signal 8a and displays the predetermined screen on the tablet 1. This display screen displays the information to be provided to the user, and the display screen displays tags, buttons, and masses corresponding to each operation so that the user can input for the operation. The input area is set in the form of eyes. Next, the user
When an input area corresponding to the operation of the tablet 1 is tapped (touched) by the input pen 2 to perform a certain operation,
The tablet 1 outputs the event occurrence signal 1a, receives the event occurrence signal 1a, and the coordinate input unit 3 identifies the coordinates on the tablet 1 where the pen event has occurred and outputs this as the coordinate information 3a. Upon receiving this coordinate information 3a,
The input control unit 4 determines the operation of the user, constructs the input information 4a according to the operation, and outputs it. Upon receiving this input information 4a, the information management unit 5 stores the input information 4a in the database 6, acquires information from the database 6 according to the input information 4a, and outputs this as acquisition information 5a. Upon receiving this acquisition information 5a, the display controller 7
Builds a screen to be displayed on the tablet 1 and outputs it as screen building information 7a. The subsequent operation is the same as that already described.

Next, operations in the schedule management information input operation and the schedule display operation will be described. now,
As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the user travels from January 10th, 1996, from 10:00 on April 10th to 18:00 on April 12, 1996, at 18:00 on April 13th, and in April. Schedule information for golf on the 23rd, license acquisition with no particular deadline, preparation of materials that must be done by March 18, March 22,
Application for seminars that must be done by the day, and 4
Transfer of telephone charges that must be done by the 25th of the month,
Enter ToDo information, April 13th anniversary information, and on April 11, 1996, first, today /
Consider the operation when referring to the tomorrow / tomorrow's schedule display screen and then to the weekly / tabular schedule display screen. Here, FIG. 5 (b)
As shown in, the ToDo information entered is not processed as of April 11 for license acquisition, material creation, and seminar application, and the telephone charge transfer has been processed for April 11, and the above schedule Before inputting the management information, the database 6 does not store the schedule management information, and after inputting the schedule management information, the schedule management information is stored until the schedule management information is referred to. No input was made.

When the schedule management information is input on January 1, when the switch is turned on, the mode selection screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. Next, when the schedule management information input button 15 is pen-tapped on the mode selection screen, the display of the tablet 1 is switched to the keyboard screen (not shown) by the series of operations described above.

In order to input the above schedule management information, a business trip from 10:00 on April 10 to 18:00 on April 12th, a meal at 18:00 on April 13th, a golf at 12:00 on April 23, and an unlimited period of time. License acquisition, preparation of materials for the deadline of March 18, application for seminars for the deadline of March 22, transfer of telephone charges for the deadline of April 25,
The birthday of April 13 is input sequentially, but first, to enter the business trip from 10:00 on April 10 to 18:00 on April 12, first press the "4" key. Tap the pen.
Then, the tablet 1 outputs the event occurrence signal 1a, receives the event occurrence signal 1a, and the coordinate input unit 3 identifies the coordinates on the tablet 1 where the pen event has occurred and outputs this as the coordinate information 3a. Upon receiving this coordinate information 3a, the input control unit 4 determines that the user has input "4", constructs the input information 4a "4", and outputs this. Upon receiving this input information 4a, the information management unit 5 stores "4" in the database 6, and acquires the information necessary for displaying the character "4" on the screen from the database 6 according to the input information 4a. , And outputs this as acquisition information 5a. Upon receiving this acquisition information 5a, the display control unit 7 outputs the screen construction information 7a so that the character "4" is displayed on the screen of the tablet 1, and the screen construction information 7 is displayed.
Upon receiving a, the display generation unit 8 displays the character "4" at the input character display position on the keyboard screen on the tablet 1.

Next, the "month" key is tapped with the pen. Then, the “month” is stored in the database 6 by the same operation as above, and the “month” is displayed at the position next to “4” on the keyboard screen.
Is displayed.

Below, "10th April to 18th April 12th
When you enter each of the characters "time, business trip" in sequence,
The above-mentioned operation is repeated, “10th 10th to April 12th 1st”
Each character of “Business trip at 8 o'clock” is sequentially stored in the database 6, and “10 days 10
Each character of "business trip from 18:00 to 12:00 on April 12" is sequentially displayed, and input of schedule information of a business trip from 10:00 on April 10 to 18:00 on April 12 is completed.

Next, "18:00 on April 13th, meal", "4
12:00 on the 23rd of the month, "Golf", "Infinite license acquisition", "3
"Month 18th deadline, material preparation", "March 22nd deadline, seminar application", "April 25th deadline, telephone charge transfer", "April 13th, birthday" Typing in sequence, by the above action, meals at 18:00 on April 13th, golf at 12:00 on April 23th, unlimited license acquisition, material preparation for March 18th deadline, seminar application for March 22nd deadline, The input of the schedule management information of the telephone charge transfer for the deadline of April 25th and the birthday of April 13th is completed, and thus the inputting of all the schedule management information is completed.

Next, the operation of referring to the schedule display screen for today / morning / morning on April 11 will be described. When displaying the schedule display screen for today / morning / tomorrow, first, when the switch is turned on, the startup date acquisition unit 10 starts the clock 9 from the startup date, that is, April 11
The date of the day is acquired and output (10a), and the mode selection screen of FIG. 2 is displayed. Next, the schedule display button 16 is pen-tapped on the mode selection screen. Then, the tablet 1 outputs the event occurrence signal 1a, receives the event occurrence signal 1a, and the coordinate input unit 3 identifies the coordinates on the tablet 1 where the pen event has occurred and outputs this as the coordinate information 3a. Upon receipt of this coordinate information 3a, the input control section 4 can be operated by the user.
It is determined that it is switching to the tomorrow / tomorrow schedule display screen, and this is output as the input information 4a.

The information management section 5 receives the input information 4a.
Acquires the activation date (April 11th) from the activation date acquisition unit 10 and uses this activation date to determine whether the schedule management information stored in the database 6 is 3rd April 11th to 13th April. Get schedule management information corresponding to each day.
That is, 1 April 10th stored in the database 6
Of the schedule information of business trip from 0:00 to 12:00 on April 12th, meals on 18:00 on April 13th, and golf on 12:00 on April 23rd, scheduled from April 11th to April 13th ，
Or it will take time, from 10:00 on April 10 to 18 on April 12
Schedule information such as a business trip at 4 o'clock, a meal at 18:00 on April 13 was acquired and stored in the database 6,
Infinite license acquisition, March 18 deadline document creation, March 2
Of the ToDo information of application for seminar on 2nd deadline, telephone charge transfer on 25th April, unlimited license acquisition as of 11th April, preparation of materials for 18th March,
The ToDo information that the seminar application is due on March 22nd is acquired, and the anniversary information that the April 13th birthday is the corresponding day is acquired. Further, the screen frame information and other information are acquired from the database 6, and these information are stored in the acquired start date, schedule information,
The acquired information 5a is output together with the ToDo information and the anniversary information.

Upon receipt of this acquisition information 5a, the display controller 7
Builds a schedule display screen for today, tomorrow, and tomorrow. At this time, from 10:00 on April 10 to 18 on April 12.
The schedule information of a business trip at time is displayed with an intermediate date mark 30b on the intermediate day of the business trip, April 11, and an end date mark 30c on the April 13, the end date of the business trip. Build the screen. Then, the schedule display screen of today / tomorrow / tomorrow constructed in this way is output as the screen construction information 7a. Upon receiving the screen construction information 7a, the display unit generation unit 8 displays the schedule display screen shown in FIG.

In the schedule display screen of today / morning / tomorrow shown in FIG. 3 created in this way, today (April 11), tomorrow (April 12), and morning (April 13) The schedule management information is displayed on one screen, and the user is expected to refer to, input, and modify the schedule most frequently, and simultaneously refers to the schedule information for three days from the start date and the ToDo information. be able to. Schedule information for business trips from 10:00 on April 10th to 18:00 on April 12th, and meals on April 13th at 18:00, license acquisition indefinitely, document preparation for March 18th deadline, March 22nd ToDo called deadline seminar application
Information and anniversary information such as April 13th birthday are displayed on one screen. These schedule information, ToD
o Information and anniversary information can be referenced at the same time.

Also, from 10:00 on April 10 to 18 on April 12.
In the schedule information that spans days called a business trip of time, an intermediate day mark 30b is displayed on April 11, which is an intermediate day of the business trip.
On April 12, the end date of the business trip, the end date mark 30c
Is attached, and from these marks 30b and 30c, 4
You can immediately understand that November 11 and April 12 correspond to the middle and end dates of the business trip.

Further, the ToDo information indicating that the driver's license has been acquired is displayed for three days from April 11 to April 13 with the valid period mark 32a, and the ToDo information without such a deadline is within the valid period. Can be referred to. In addition, ToDo for creating materials and applying for seminars
The information is displayed today with a deadline mark 32b, and ToDo is unprocessed after the deadline.
Information can be known immediately.

The schedule display screen shown in FIG. 3, which can be displayed in this way, will be described in more detail below. To be more specific, by tapping the schedule information / ToDo information selection button 25 with a pen. , Show schedule information or To
It is possible to select whether to display the Do information (in FIG. 3, the schedule information is automatically selected by the selection button 25a at the same time as switching to the schedule display mode), and the display period of the schedule For example, by tapping the display period selection button 26 with a pen, selection can be made in units of 4 months, 1 month, 1 week (week table or week graph), and 1 day (or today) (schedule in FIG. 3). At the same time as switching to the display mode, the today display is automatically selected by the selection button 26a).

Next, the operation for referring to the weekly / tabular schedule display screen will be described. To display the schedule display screen in the week unit / table format, the weekday selection button 26b of the display period selection button 26 is pen-tap on the schedule display screen of FIG. Then, the tablet 1 outputs the event occurrence signal 1a, receives the event occurrence signal 1a, and the coordinate input unit 3 identifies the coordinates on the tablet 1 where the pen event has occurred and outputs this as the coordinate information 3a. In response to this coordinate information 3a, the input control unit 4 operates on a weekly basis by the user.
It is determined that the schedule display screen is switched to the tabular form, and this is output as the input information 4a.

The information management unit 5 receives the input information 4a.
Acquires the startup date (April 11th) from the startup date acquisition unit 10, and uses this startup date to start from April 7th, which includes the startup date, among the schedule management information stored in the database 6.
Schedule information scheduled by the user for the week of April 14, and ToDo that has not yet been processed due to the deadline of April 11
The information and the anniversary information that has a day corresponding to the week from April 7 to April 14 are acquired. That is, from the database 6, schedule information of a business trip from 10:00 on April 10 to 18:00 on April 12 and a meal on April 13 at 18:00, March 1
Preparation of materials for the deadline of 8th, seminar application for the deadline of March 22,
The ToDo information and the anniversary information of the birthday of April 13 are acquired. Also, the screen frame information and other information are acquired from the database 6, and these information are output as acquisition information 5a together with the acquired startup date, schedule information, ToDo information, and anniversary information.

Upon receiving this acquisition information 5a, the display controller 7
Builds a weekly / tabular schedule display screen. At this time, the schedule information of the business trip from 10:00 on April 10 to 18:00 on April 12 is set as the start date of the business trip, 4
A start date mark 30a is attached to the 10th of the month, an intermediate date mark 30b is attached to the 11th day of the business trip, and an end date mark 30c is attached to the 13th day of the business trip. Build the screen to display. The weekly / tabular schedule display screen thus constructed is output as the screen construction information 7a. Upon receiving the screen construction information 7a, the display unit generation unit 8 displays the schedule display screen in weekly / tabular format shown in FIG. 4 on the tablet 1.

In the schedule display screen 300 in the weekly / tabular format shown in FIG. 4, which is created in this way,
Schedule information spanning a plurality of days of business trip from 10:00 on April 10 to 18:00 on April 12 has start date marks 30 on April 10, April 11, and April 12, respectively.
a, an intermediate date mark 30b, and an end date mark 30c are displayed, and these marks 30a, 30b, 30c are displayed.
From this, it is possible to immediately know that April 10, April 11, and April 12 are the start date, middle date, and end date of the business trip, respectively. Further, the schedule information extending over the plurality of days is displayed one by one in one display field 34 without being distinguished from the schedule information completed in one day, and the screen is not wasted. A plurality of schedule information can be registered for one day, and an outline of the schedule information extending over the plurality of days can be grasped.

In the week / table schedule display screen 300 shown in FIG. 4, which can be displayed in this manner, the week to be displayed on the screen is selected by tapping the display week selection tag 35 with the pen. It is made possible (in Fig. 3, the selection tag 35 is automatically selected at the same time as switching to the schedule display screen in weekly / table format.
The week including the startup day is selected by a).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the activation date of the portable information terminal is acquired, and the ToDo information stored in the database 6 has a deadline before the activation date and the activation date. Since the unprocessed ToDo information is acquired and the acquired ToDo information is displayed in the display area of the above-mentioned startup date of the display screen, the ToDo information expires within the valid period of the ToDo information as in the conventional case. It is possible to directly refer to the ToDo information without depending on, to obtain the effect of saving the trouble of searching for the ToDo information, and to obtain the effect that the unprocessed ToDo information is overdue immediately.

Further, in the first embodiment, the start date of the portable information terminal is acquired, and among the schedule information stored in the database 6, the schedule planned by the user for three days including the start date. Of the information and the ToDo information stored in the database 6, the ToDo information that has a deadline on any of the three days including the startup date or is unprocessed on the startup date is acquired, and the acquired ToDo information is acquired. Schedule information and ToDo information on the tablet 1
The schedule information and ToDo information can be referred to at the same time because they are displayed on a single screen, and it is predicted that the user will perform the reference, input, and correction of the schedule most frequently. It is possible to obtain the effect that the schedule information for three days and the ToDo information can be referred to at the same time.

Further, in the first embodiment, among the calendar information stored in the database 6, anniversary information corresponding to any of the three days including the startup date is also acquired, and the acquired anniversary information is acquired. Day information, schedule information, and To
Since it is displayed on the tablet 1 together with the Do information on a single screen, it is possible to obtain the effect that the anniversary information can be simultaneously referred to along with the schedule information and the ToDo information for three days including the startup date. .

Further, in the first embodiment, of the schedule information stored in the database 6, the schedule information spanning a plurality of predetermined days is acquired, and the acquired schedule information is stored as the start date of the schedule information. , A mark 30a indicating a start date, a mark 30b indicating a middle date on an intermediate date, and a mark 30c indicating an end date on an end date. Since it is displayed on the screen, schedule information that spans multiple days can be displayed without distinguishing it from schedule information that completes in one day, and as a result, a display area dedicated to schedule information that spans multiple days. Since it is unnecessary, there is no waste of screen,
There is no restriction that multiple schedule information that spans multiple days cannot be registered for one day, as in the case of providing a dedicated display area, and an overview of schedule information that spans multiple days The effect of being able to do is obtained. Further, from the marks 30a to 30c, it is possible to know whether the date with the mark is the start date, the intermediate date, or the end date of the schedule extending over a plurality of days. can get.

In the first embodiment, today / morning / morning is displayed, but yesterday / today /
You may display tomorrow, or sound / day / day / day.

In the first embodiment, the schedule information, the ToDo information, and the anniversary information are displayed at the same time. However, the schedule information and the ToDo information,
Alternatively, schedule information, ToDo information, and holiday information specific to the user may be displayed at the same time.

The startup date acquisition means 14 is a means for displaying a schedule for three days including the startup date,
This can be omitted when the ToDo information is simply displayed on any day, or when the ToDo information is simply displayed on the same screen as the schedule information and calendar information.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, the ToDo information stored in the storage means has a deadline on an arbitrary date or is unprocessed on the above arbitrary date.
Since the information is acquired and the acquired ToDo information is displayed in the display area of the arbitrary day on the display screen,
On any day of the validity period of the ToDo information, the To
The Do information can be referred to, and the effect of saving the trouble of searching for the ToDo information can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, the ToDo information stored in the storage means for acquiring the activation date of the portable information terminal has a deadline before the activation date and is unprocessed on the activation date. Since the information is acquired and the acquired ToDo information is displayed in the display area of the startup date on the display screen, the effect that the ToDo information that has passed the deadline and is unprocessed can be immediately known is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, of the schedule information stored in the storage means, the schedule information scheduled by the user on an arbitrary day and the T stored in the storage means.
Of the oDo information, the ToDo information that has a deadline on the arbitrary day or is unprocessed on the arbitrary day is acquired, and the acquired schedule information and ToDo information are displayed on a single screen on the display means. Since it did so, the effect that the schedule information and ToDo information can be referred at the same time is acquired.

Further, according to the present invention, the start date of the portable information terminal is acquired, and among the schedule information stored in the storage means, the schedule information planned by the user for three days including the start date. , ToDo stored in the storage means
Of the information, ToD that has a deadline on any of the three days including the above-mentioned start-up day or is unprocessed on the start-up day
Since the o information is acquired and the acquired schedule information or ToDo information is displayed on a single screen on the display means, it is expected that the user will frequently perform schedule reference, input, correction, etc. The effect that the schedule information or the ToDo information can be simultaneously referred in units of three days including the startup date is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, the schedule information or ToDo information for three days from the starting date of the portable information terminal is displayed, so that the user can refer to, input, modify, etc. the schedule. Scheduled for 3 days from the start date or To
The effect that the Do information can be referred to at the same time is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, of the calendar information stored in the storage means, the calendar information corresponding to any of the three days including the starting date is also acquired, and the acquired calendar information is
Since the schedule information and the ToDo information are displayed on a single screen on the display means, it is possible to simultaneously refer to all schedule management information for three days including the activation date.

Further, according to the present invention, of the schedule information stored in the storage means, the schedule information spanning any desired plurality of days is acquired, and the acquired schedule information is stored as the start date of the schedule information. A mark indicating that it is a start date, a mark indicating that it is an intermediate date, and a mark indicating that it is an end date are attached to the intermediate date and the end date, respectively. Since it was set, schedule information that spans multiple days
It can be displayed without distinguishing it from schedule information completed on a day, and as a result, the display area dedicated to schedule information that spans multiple days is unnecessary, so there is no screen waste and a dedicated display area is provided. As described above, it is possible to obtain an effect that there is no limitation that a plurality of schedule information extending over a plurality of days cannot be registered for one day, and an outline of the schedule information extending over a plurality of days can be grasped. . Further, from the mark, it is possible to obtain an effect that it is possible to know whether the day marked with the mark is the start date, the middle date, or the end date of the schedule extending over a plurality of days. .

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[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile information terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a mode selection screen of the portable information terminal of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a schedule display screen of today / morning / tomorrow of the portable information terminal of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a weekly / tabular schedule display screen of the portable information terminal of FIG.

5 is a list showing inputted schedule management information for explaining the operation of the portable information terminal of FIG. 1 (FIG. 5).
(a)) and a table (FIG. 5 (b)) showing the processing status of the input ToDo information.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a ToDo information display screen of a conventional portable information terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Display integrated tablet 1a Event generation signal 2 Input pen 3 Coordinate input section 3a Coordinate information 4 Input control section 4a Input information 5 Information management section 5a Acquired information 6 Database 7 Display control section 7a Screen construction information 8 Display generation section 8a Display generation Signal 9 Clock 9a Real time 10 Startup date acquisition unit 11 Computing device 12 Input means 13 Display control means 14 Startup date acquisition means 15 Schedule management information input button 16 Schedule display button 21 Date 22 Schedule information display column 23 ToDo information display column 24 Memorial Day information display column 25 Schedule information / ToDo information selection button 26 Display period selection button 28 Scheduled message 29 Icon 30a Start date mark 30b Intermediate date mark 30c End date mark 31 Items to be processed 32a Valid period mark 32b Period Time limit mark 33 Commemorative items 34 Display field 34a Ruled line 35 Display week selection tag 100 Mode selection screen 200 Today / morning / tomorrow's schedule display screen 300 Weekly / tabular schedule display screen 400 ToDo information display screen

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying a screen, an input means for inputting ToDo information representing a matter to be processed within a certain deadline or without setting a deadline, and input from the input means. Of the ToDo information stored in the storage unit and the ToDo information stored in the storage unit, the ToDo information that has a deadline on any day or is unprocessed on the above arbitrary date is acquired, and the acquired ToDo information is acquired. A portable information terminal, comprising: display control means for displaying information on the display means so as to display information in the display area of the arbitrary day on the screen. 2. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a startup date acquisition unit that acquires a startup date of the portable information terminal from a clock, and the display control unit includes the ToD stored in the storage unit.
Among the o information, ToDo information that has a deadline before the startup date and is unprocessed on the startup date is acquired, and the acquired ToDo information is displayed in the display area of the startup date on the screen. A personal digital assistant characterized by being displayed on a display means. 3. A display means for displaying a screen, schedule information indicating a matter scheduled by a user on a certain day, and items to be processed within a certain deadline or without a deadline. Input means for inputting ToDo information, schedule information input from the input means, and To
The storage unit for storing Do information, the schedule information stored in the storage unit, the schedule information scheduled by a user on an arbitrary day, and the ToDo information stored in the storage unit Display means for acquiring ToDo information which has a deadline on the day of or is unprocessed on the arbitrary day and displays the acquired schedule information and ToDo information on the display means on one screen. A personal digital assistant characterized in that 4. A display means for displaying a screen, and schedule information indicating a matter scheduled by the user on a certain day, or items to be processed within a certain deadline or without a deadline. Input means for inputting ToDo information, schedule information input from the input means, or To
A storage means for storing the Do information, a startup date acquisition means for obtaining the startup date of the portable information terminal from the clock, and the schedule information stored in the storage means, the user schedules for three days including the startup date. Of the schedule information being executed or the ToDo information stored in the storage means, there is a deadline on any of the three days including the startup date, or the ToDo information that has not been processed on the startup date is acquired. Then, the acquired schedule information or ToD
A portable information terminal, comprising: display control means for displaying information on the display means on a single screen. 5. The portable information terminal according to claim 4, wherein the display control means acquires and displays schedule information or ToDo information for three days from the starting date. Mobile information terminal. 6. The portable information terminal according to claim 4, wherein the input means can also input calendar information representing a day set on the calendar such as holidays and anniversaries, and the storage means The calendar information input from the input unit is also stored, and the display control unit corresponds to any of the three days including the startup date among the calendar information stored in the storage unit. A portable information terminal, wherein the calendar information is also acquired, and the acquired calendar information is displayed on the display means on one screen together with the schedule information and the ToDo information. 7. A display means for displaying a screen, an input means for inputting schedule information indicating a message scheduled by a user on a certain day, and a schedule information input from the input means. Of the storage means for storing and the schedule information stored in the storage means, the schedule information that spans arbitrary multiple days is acquired, and the acquired schedule information is a start date as the start date of the acquired schedule information. , A mark indicating that the acquired schedule information is an intermediate day, and an end date of the acquired schedule information is a mark indicating an end date. And a display control means for displaying on the screen the display means.