JPH0944455A - Electronic equipment and data update method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic appliance capable of easily obtaining valid latest information at all times and the data updating method. SOLUTION: A specified symbol (mourning) inputted from a keyboard is stored in the prescribed area of the registration area of the personal information along with a year number at the time. Thereafter, corresponding to the calling request of the personal information (S2), the specified symbol inside the registration area is retrieved (S3). When the specified symbol is retrieved, the year number inside the registration area stored simultaneously with the retrieved specified symbol is compared with the present year number (S4) and the pertinent specified symbol and the year number are automatically eliminated from the prescribed area inside the registration area (S5) when the present year number is larger. Also, when printing is requested (S11), in a case that the specified symbol is retrieved (S12), control for stopping the printing of the personal information corresponding to the retrieved specified symbol is performed (S13).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a relatively small-sized electronic device mainly called an electronic notebook, an electronic memo, etc. and a data updating method, and in particular, it judges the effective period of the stored information at that time. The present invention relates to an electronic device that presents the latest valid information and a data updating method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional electronic device called an electronic notebook, an electronic memo, etc., a name, an address, a telephone number, a memo, etc. are generally entered / registered in one item (item),
At the time of search, an arbitrary name is input to display registration information related to the person, or a large number of names are displayed in a list on one screen so that necessary items can be visually checked.

If such a conventional device has a birthday column or the like, if the date is registered in advance, the user can be informed by an alarm on the day of the birthday. There is.

[0004]

However, in the conventional example as described above, even if a note such as "Mourning" is registered in the memo field, the content of the memo must be read well at the time of retrieval, and It happened that I made mistakes, such as giving a New Year's card to a mourning person, without reading the contents. Also, enter the new address by changing the address in the memo field
Even if you forget to register and delete the old address and replace the data with the new address on the day of the address change, there was a problem to be solved, such as sending the letter at the old address.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a data updating method which can always easily obtain effective latest information. It is in.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a predetermined electronic device in which personal information such as a plurality of names and addresses is stored and the stored personal information can be called and output. According to the input information of, a storage means for storing a specific symbol or character string together with the date information of the year or the year, month, day in a predetermined area of the registration area of the relevant personal information, and in response to a request to call the personal information, Search means for searching the specific symbol or character string in the registration area before outputting the personal information;
When the particular symbol or character string is retrieved by the retrieval means, comparison means for comparing the date information in the registration area stored at the same time as the retrieved particular symbol or character string with the current date. And a deleting unit that automatically deletes the corresponding specific symbol or character string and the date information individually from the predetermined area in the registration area based on the comparison result of the comparing unit. To do.

As one form of the present invention, the date information stored in the predetermined area in the registration area is automatically stored by the storage means based on the output information of the timekeeping means. It can be characterized as being.

As another aspect of the present invention, the deletion means is a comparison result of the comparison means that the registration year as the date information in the registration area is different from the current year of the current date. Based on the above, the corresponding specific symbol or character string and the date information are deleted.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, when the particular symbol or character string is retrieved by the retrieval means, printing of personal information corresponding to the retrieved particular symbol or character string is individually performed. It is characterized by further comprising a print control means for controlling to stop the printing.

Further, the present invention further stores a plurality of personal information such as names and addresses, and in an electronic device capable of calling and outputting the stored personal information, a specific symbol or character string inputted and a future A storage unit for storing the change data such as the name or address or the telephone number to be changed and the date of the change in a predetermined area of the designated personal information registration area; Search means for searching the specific symbol or character string in the registration area before outputting personal information; and if the specific symbol or character string is searched by the search means, the specific symbol searched Or a comparing means for comparing the scheduled date of change and the current date in the registration area stored at the same time as the character string; Corresponding personal information registered in the registration area with corresponding change data stored in the predetermined area in the registration area according to a comparison result of the comparison means that a predetermined date has been reached. It has a registration control means for performing a control to replace the corresponding data of.

Further, as another aspect of the present invention, the registration control means changes the change data, a specific symbol or a character string, and a change plan to be changed from the predetermined area of the registration area according to the change control. It can be characterized by deleting the date.

Further, the present invention is a method for updating data of an electronic device, which stores a plurality of personal information such as names and addresses, and which can call and output the stored personal information according to predetermined input information. A storage step of storing a specific symbol or character string together with the date information of the year or date in a predetermined area of the registration area of the relevant personal information, and before the output of the personal information in response to the request to call the personal information. A search step for searching for the specific symbol or character string in the registration area; and, if the specific symbol or character string is searched for in the search step, store the searched specific symbol or character string at the same time. The comparing step of comparing the date information in the registered area with the current date, and the registration area based on the comparison result of the comparing step. And having a said particular symbol or string and deleting step of deleting individually automatically the date information corresponding from the predetermined area of the inner.

Further, the present invention is a method for updating data of an electronic device capable of storing personal information such as a plurality of names and addresses, calling the stored personal information, and outputting the personal information. A storage step of storing the column, change data such as a name or address or a telephone number to be changed in the future, and a date to be changed in a predetermined area of the designated personal information registration area, and in response to the request to call the personal information. A search step of searching for the specific symbol or character string in the registration area before outputting the personal information, and if the specific symbol or character string is searched in the search step, the searched A comparison step for comparing the current date with the planned date of change in the registration area stored at the same time as a specific symbol or character string. When, in accordance with the comparison result of said comparing step with the current date has reached the date of the planned changes,
A registration control step of performing a control to replace the corresponding change data stored in the predetermined area in the registration area with the corresponding data of the corresponding personal information registered in the registration area. To do.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration example of an electronic apparatus to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 shows an initial state of a display 7 of FIG. 1 in an address book mode. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the state of the display 7 of FIG. 1 with the address book data input.

First, the external structure of the electronic apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes a case of the electronic device, which constitutes the exterior of the electronic device. Reference numeral 2 denotes a keyboard portion, which is an alphabet key for inputting data, a numeric key for inputting a numerical value, a conversion key 4 for selecting kanji, a registration key 3 for registering, a mode key 5 for mode designation, a specific symbol (for example, , A specific key 6 for inputting is displayed. Reference numeral 7 denotes a display, which displays an address and the like, and a liquid crystal display or the like is used. Reference numerals 8, 9, 10, and 11 show examples of display contents on the display unit 7, 8 is a name column, 9 is a telephone number column, 10 is an address column, and 11 is a memo column.

2 and 3 are plan views showing an example of a display screen in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system in one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, the input / output processing performed via the keyboard 2 and the display 7 is controlled by the controller 17. The keyboard 2 is provided with switches such as the alphabet keys, the numeric keys, the registration key 3, the conversion key 4, the mode key 5 and the specific key 6 described in FIG. 1, and the output data thereof is sent to the control unit 17 via the data bus DB1. Is entered.

The control unit 17 is, for example, a one-chip LSI.
(Large-scale integrated circuit)
(Central processing unit) 12, ROM (read only memory) 13 storing operation programs (see FIG. 5), work area for storing address data and the like, static area, RAM used as display buffer (random access memory) 14, a timer 15 for calculating the current year / day, a display driver 1 for controlling the display of the display 7
It consists of 6. The display 7 is connected to the display driver 16 via the data bus DB2.

FIG. 2 shows the initial input screen display. The input method is the same as with a typical Japanese word processor for inputting Roman characters, etc., and the conversion key is used in the case of inputting with the alphabet keys or numeric keys and kanji. 4 is used, and the name (Tokyo Ichiro) and phone number (3758-211)
1) ・ Enter the address (3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo), and because Ichiro Tokyo was unhappy, press the specific key 6 in the memo area and enter "Mourning", and finally enter the registration key 3 To complete registration.

The data thus registered is shown in FIG.
It is stored in the address book area in the RAM 14 indicated by. At this time, the year (1994) in which "mourning" is input is automatically stored in the memo area D of the RAM 14 at the same time. This year (1
The data of 994) is based on the output value of the timer 15.

Next, if the address book is called during the fiscal year 1994, the data in the RAM 14 does not change, but 1
When called in 995, the "mourning" in the memo area is deleted (see Fig. 3).

FIG. 5 shows the control operation of this electronic device (R in FIG. 4).
(Stored in a program form in the OM 13).

In FIG. 5, first, in step S1,
When the electronic device is powered on, it is determined whether the display mode is the address book mode. If affirmative, step S2
Proceed to.

In step S2, the data stored in the RAM 14 is called. Next, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the data called in step S2 includes a specific symbol. If the specific symbol is included, the process proceeds to step S4, and the data input year and the current year are compared. As a result of the comparison, if input year <current year, the process proceeds to step S5 and is stored in the memo area D of the RAM 14. Delete the corresponding specific symbol and input year.

Then, in step S6, the RAM is used to retrieve the next data in the address book area in the RAM 14.
The address 14 is incremented by 1 and the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the number of address data (5) in the RAM 13 matches the number of calls, and until the address data in the RAM 14 is completely transferred to the display driver 16, the process returns to step S2 and the operations of steps S2 to S7 are repeated.

FIG. 6 shows the state of the address data in the RAM 14. In the case of this figure, five pieces of address data can be stored, and one address data is a name area A, a telephone number area B, It is divided into an address area C and a memo area D. Name area A, name in telephone number area B, phone number in address area C, address in memo area D
A specific symbol and a specific symbol input year, or other memo information is automatically input to.

In this way, when the user inputs mourning information in the address book information, the input year is automatically stored, and the input year and the current year are compared each time the address book information is called from the RAM 14. Then, when the mourning information becomes unnecessary, the information is automatically deleted, so that it is possible to prevent accidental release of the New Year's card.

In the present embodiment, the specific information is input by using the specific symbol key. However, even if such a specific key is not used, the determination can be made by the key input with a normal word (eg, mourning). Well, the input year may be entered from the key instead of automatically. It is also possible to display only the specific symbol without displaying the input year (see FIG. 2).

(Second Embodiment) The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and is provided in the memo area when outputting information, for example, when outputting to a printer for printing a New Year's card. If the specific symbol "mourning" is present, it is possible to automatically prohibit output to the printer.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the control operation (stored in the form of a program in the ROM 13 of FIG. 4) of the electronic device that realizes this.

In FIG. 7, first, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the address book mode is selected. If it is the address book mode, the process proceeds to step S10 to call the address book data stored in the RAM 14. In the next step S11, it is determined whether or not an instruction to print the called address book data is input. If the print command is input, the process proceeds to step S12, and it is determined whether or not a specific symbol (for example, mourning) is included in the address book data. If the specific symbol is included in the address book data, the address book data is not to be printed, so the printing is stopped in step S13. In the next step S15, the display mode is set.

(Third Embodiment) The present invention is not limited to the above-described two embodiments, and is similarly applied to the change of the address or the change of the telephone number by the modification of the flowchart of FIG. it can.

As a typical example, the case of a telephone number will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. In the memo field 11 of FIG. 8, a specific symbol (den), a new telephone number, and a date (in this display example, “den 1111-1111, 1995.1.15”) are registered and displayed. On January 15th, the telephone number in the telephone number column 9 is replaced with the number in the memo column 11 as shown in FIG. Note that this display column is shown in FIG.
The RAM 14 corresponds to the address registration area of the RAM 14.

Although the old telephone number is deleted in this example, it is also possible to leave this as the old telephone number in the memo field 11.

(Other Embodiments) The present invention is
The present invention can be applied not only to portable electronic devices such as electronic memos, but also to word processors, personal computers, corporate customer management systems, and the like.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus. In this case, by reading a storage medium storing a program represented by software for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The discriminant symbol entered in the information such as the address book and the entered year, or the date and current date and time are compared to perform the automatic processing corresponding to the discriminant symbol, so the latest valid information is always available. It can be easily known.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration example of an electronic device to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first display state in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a subsequent display state according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration example of a control system of an electronic device to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example according to the embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a memory map diagram showing a storage state of address book data in a RAM 14 of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation example in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a first display state in still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display state after that according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 case (exterior) 2 keyboard part 3 registration key 4 conversion key 5 mode key 6 specific key 7 indicator 8 name field 9 telephone number field 10 address field 11 memo field 12 CPU 13 ROM 14 RAM 15 timer 16 display driver 17 control section

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device capable of storing a plurality of pieces of personal information such as names and addresses, and recalling the stored personal information and outputting the personal information according to predetermined input information. Further, a storage unit for storing the date information of the date in a predetermined area of the registration area of the corresponding personal information, and the identification in the registration area before the output of the personal information in response to a request for calling the personal information. Searching means for searching for the symbol or character string, and, when the specific symbol or character string is searched by the searching means, the searching means for searching for the specific symbol or character string, Comparing means for comparing the date information with the current date, and based on the comparison result of the comparing means, the specific symbol or the corresponding specific symbol from the predetermined area in the registration area. An electronic apparatus, comprising a deleting means for deleting a character string and the date information individually automatically. 2. The date information stored in the predetermined area in the registration area is automatically stored by the storage means based on the output information of the timekeeping means. The electronic device according to 1. 3. The deletion means is based on a comparison result of the comparison means that the registration year, which is the date information in the registration area, is different from the current year of the current date. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a symbol or a character string and the date information are deleted. 4. A print control means for individually controlling printing of personal information corresponding to the searched specific symbol or character string when the specific symbol or character string is searched by the search means. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: 5. An electronic device capable of storing personal information such as a plurality of names and addresses, and recalling and outputting the stored personal information, in a specific symbol or character string input and a name to be changed in the future or Storage means for storing change data such as an address or a telephone number and a date to be changed in a predetermined area of a designated personal information registration area; and output of the personal information in response to a request for calling the personal information. Search means for searching for the specific symbol or character string in the registration area before, and if the specific symbol or character string is searched by the search means, at the same time as the searched specific symbol or character string Comparing means for comparing the scheduled date of change and the current date in the stored registration area, and the current date has reached the scheduled date of change According to the comparison result of the comparison means, the control for replacing the corresponding change data stored in the predetermined area in the registration area with the corresponding data of the corresponding personal information registered in the registration area. An electronic device having a registration control means for performing the operation. 6. The registration control means deletes change data, a specific symbol or character string, and a scheduled change date, which are targets of replacement, from the predetermined area of the registration area according to the replacement control. The electronic device according to claim 5. 7. A method of updating data of an electronic device, which stores a plurality of personal information such as names and addresses, and which can call and output the stored personal information, in accordance with predetermined input information, a specific symbol or A storage step of storing a character string together with the date information of the year or the year, month, and year in a predetermined area of the registration area of the corresponding personal information; and in response to a request for calling the personal information, the registration area before the output of the personal information. A step of searching for the specific symbol or character string in the search, and if the specific symbol or character string is searched in the search step, the registration stored simultaneously with the searched specific symbol or character string A comparing step of comparing the date information in the area with the current date, and the location in the registered area based on the comparison result of the comparing step. Data updating method characterized by having a deletion step of deleting individual automatically said particular symbol or string and the date information corresponding the area. 8. A method of updating data of an electronic device, which stores a plurality of pieces of personal information such as names and addresses, and which can output the personal information stored by calling the stored personal information and changing the particular symbol or character string input in the future. A storage step of storing the change data such as the name or address of the schedule or the telephone number and the date of the change in a predetermined area of the designated personal information registration area, and the personal information in response to the personal information call request. A search step of searching for the specific symbol or character string in the registration area before outputting the information; and, if the specific symbol or character string is searched in the search step, the searched specific symbol or character string or A comparison step of comparing the planned date of change and the current date in the registration area stored at the same time as the character string; Corresponding change data stored in the predetermined area in the registration area is registered in the registration area according to the comparison result of the comparison step that the date has reached the scheduled change date. A data update method comprising: a registration control step of performing a control of replacing the corresponding data of corresponding personal information.