JPH10187626A - Method and device for schedule management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to look at pages of today and tomorrow only by pressing a dedicated operation button. SOLUTION: A display part 1 consisting of liquid crystal, etc., is provided, image data from a processing means are displayed on the display part 1, and an input tablet 2 consisting of what is called a transparent touch sensor, etc., is provided on its surface. A pen 3 is provided which inputs arbitrary data, etc., in cooperation with the input tablet 2, and information on a contact position, etc., is supplied to a processing means through a cord 4, etc., by taking the pen 3 out and bringing its pen tip into contact with the input table 2, thus inputting the arbitrary data, etc. Further, signals from specific key switches 5a to 5d and signals from key switches 6a to 6d as dedicated operation buttons corresponding to the dates of today, tomorrow, etc., are supplied to the processing means to detect desired pages through those operations and display their images on the display part 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule management method and apparatus suitable for use in, for example, schedule management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a device for managing a schedule, for example, a so-called electronic organizer, data relating to a schedule for each day is managed in a page configuration for each day. Thus, by inputting a desired date by key operation or the like, the user can call the schedule data of the date and display it on a display or the like.

[0003]

However, in such an electronic organizer, for example, in order to compare today's schedule with tomorrow's schedule, in the prior art, each date is alternately input by key operation or the like. In this case, the schedules of the respective dates are called up, and in order to compare and view the schedules of these dates, the above-described key operations and the like are repeatedly performed, which requires an extremely complicated operation. .

In the case of viewing arbitrary data or the like, in the prior art, a specific keyword or the like in the data is input and desired data or the like is called by search. On the other hand, these operations are extremely complicated. Also, specific data and the like could not be seen immediately.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the problem to be solved is that it is extremely complicated in a conventional apparatus to compare, for example, a schedule between today and tomorrow. It was necessary to perform a special operation.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a plurality of dedicated operation buttons are provided so that a page meeting an arbitrary condition corresponding to the dedicated operation buttons is detected and displayed. According to this, the user can see a page that meets an arbitrary condition only by pressing an arbitrary dedicated operation button, and the operation can be performed extremely easily.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS That is, the present invention provides a timer processing step for counting at least date information, a storage processing step for storing input schedule information in a page unit corresponding to a date, and reading from the storage means. A display processing step of displaying the issued schedule information on a display unit in page units corresponding to the date, and detecting an operation of an operation button for designating a page corresponding to a desired date from the schedule information stored in the storage unit Detection processing step, and a graphic for pointing to a page of a desired date is displayed at a position corresponding to the operation button of the display means,
A control processing step of changing the display mode of the figure based on the operation of the operation button, reading the schedule information of the page of the corresponding date stored in the storage means, and displaying the schedule information on the display means.

The present invention also provides a timer means for counting at least date information, a storage means for storing input schedule information in page units corresponding to the date, and a schedule information read from the storage means corresponding to the date. Means for displaying a page corresponding to a desired date from among the schedule information stored in the storage means, and operation of the display means for displaying a figure for pointing to the page on the desired date Control means for displaying at the position corresponding to the button, changing the display mode of the figure based on the operation of the operation button, reading out the schedule information of the page of the corresponding date stored in the storage means, and displaying the schedule information on the display means. It is provided with.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of an example of an electronic organizer to which the schedule management method and the schedule management method of the present invention are applied.

In FIG. 1, a display unit 1 made of a liquid crystal or the like is provided. The display unit 1 displays image data from a processing unit such as a CPU, which will be described later. An input tablet 2 is provided.

A pen 3 for inputting arbitrary data and the like in cooperation with the input tablet 2 is provided.
By taking out and touching the input tablet 2 with the pen tip, information such as the contact position is supplied to the processing means described later via the code 4 and the like, and input of arbitrary data and the like is performed.

Further, predetermined key switches 5a, 5b, 5
c, 5d, and key switches 6a, 6b, 6 as dedicated operation buttons corresponding to dates on the day such as today and tomorrow.
c and 6d, and these key switches 5a to 5d are provided.
The signals from d, 6a to 6d are also supplied to the processing means described later.

Further, a speaker 7 is provided. In addition, a battery accommodating section 8 is provided, and a battery for power supply is accommodated in the battery accommodating section 8 inside a lid that is opened and closed by releasing the lock mechanism 9. Further, a power switch 10 is provided.

Further, broken lines indicate the positions of mechanisms and the like provided on the side surface of the apparatus. First, a microphone 11 is provided. Further, an operation key 12 for recording a solid state, which will be described later, is provided. By operating the key 12, an audio signal supplied to the microphone 11 is recorded and emitted from the speaker 7 described above. Further, a socket 13 for inserting and connecting an IC card such as a ROM and a RAM, an expansion socket 14 for connecting to an external device, and the like are provided at respective positions shown in the figure.

A hinge 15 having a flexible board or the like for transmitting a signal therein is provided, and the hinge 15 allows the device to be folded in two without receiving an electric obstacle or the like. In implementing this device,
About 29cm in height and 20.5c in width when expanded
m, the thickness when folded is about 4 cm, and the size of the display unit 1 is about 15 cm × 10 cm.

Further, in this apparatus, the configuration of the built-in hardware is as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

In FIG. 2, a CPU 2 as a processing means
1 and a bus line 22 thereof, and various functional ICs and the like are connected via the bus line 22. First, a ROM 23 is provided. This ROM 23 stores, in addition to the system program of the entire apparatus, for example, a kana-kanji conversion program for a word processor function and dictionary data therefor, a recognition program for handwritten input and dictionary data therefor. Is embedded.

A working RAM 24 and a power supply 2
Six backup RAMs 25 are provided.
Further, a timer IC 27 is provided. This IC 27 is also driven by the power supply 26, counts the clock from the crystal oscillator 28, and constantly outputs data of the current date and time.

In the following, regarding the connection with each part appearing in the above-described front view, first, a display controller 29 for controlling the display unit 1 is provided. The controller 29 is controlled by the CPU 21 and
The display data created by the CPU 21 is written to the V-RAM 30, and the written data is supplied to the display unit 1 through the controller 29.

An interface circuit 31 for the input tablet 2 and the pen 3 is provided.
It is supplied to the PU 21.

Further, a processing circuit 32 for solid-state recording is provided, and audio signals from the microphone 11 are subjected to processing such as A / D conversion, and
Is stored. The audio signal data stored in the backup RAM 25 is subjected to processing such as DA conversion in the processing circuit 32, and is supplied to the speaker 7 through the mixer 33.

A dialer circuit 34 is further provided.
When data such as an arbitrary telephone number is supplied from U21,
A sound signal corresponding to a so-called push phone dual tone is generated, and this signal is supplied to the speaker 7 through the mixer 33.

A key interface circuit 35 is provided, and the key switches 5a to 5d, 6a to 6d, 1
Signals from 0 and 12 and the like are supplied directly or through the power supply circuit 36, and predetermined converted signals are supplied to the CPU 21.

The power switch 10, the key switches 6a to 6d, and the operation keys 12 except for the stop button are connected to an interface circuit 35 via a power circuit 36.
When these key switches are operated, the power supply circuit 36
Is activated, and thereafter information about the key operation is supplied to the interface circuit 35.

Further, interface circuits 37 and 38 for providing an IC card and an external device at the time of expansion are provided and connected to the sockets 13 and 14, respectively.

In this apparatus, for example, if "today" is set to any one of the key switches 6a to 6d, for example, the key switch 6a is set and "tomorrow" is set to the key switch 6b, for example, the key switch By pressing the button 6a, an image indicating the schedule of “today” as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 1, for example, by pressing the key switch 6b, an image indicating the schedule of “tomorrow” is displayed on the display unit 1. Become like

The set state of "today" and "tomorrow" is, for example, a figure displayed at a position near the key switch 6a to 6d in the upper left corner of the display unit 1, for example, with respect to the key switch 6b. Is indicated by changing to the inserted display such as “2”. Thereafter, when the key switches 6a and 6b are depressed while any page is opened, the set addresses of "today" and "tomorrow" are read out, and the page indicated by the address is displayed. Will be done.

That is, the system program written in the ROM 23 is provided with an operation as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 4, the switches 5a to 5
The operation is started when any of the buttons d, 6a to 6d, etc. is pressed, and it is first determined in steps [1] to [4] whether the pressed button is any of 6a to 6d. ,
If both cases are NO (NO), another process is performed in step [5], and when the process is completed, the operation is ended (end). If any of steps [1] to [4] is YES, steps [6] to [6]

RA corresponding to [9]
The data at the address of M25 is read.

In step [10], the presence or absence of data is determined. If there is no data, the logical address of the page being displayed at that time is stored in the RAM 25 in step [11].
Is written to the corresponding address. Step [1
0], the image of the page corresponding to the logical address of the data is stored in the RAM 25 in step [12].
And is displayed on the display unit 1 in step [14].

In the operation steps [6] and [7] activated by the key switches 6a and 6b, for example, the above-described timer IC is stored in the address of the corresponding RAM 25.
By writing the data corresponding to the dates of “today” and “tomorrow” read from 27, each of these key switches 6 a and 6 b is pressed to “today”.
The image showing the schedule of "Tomorrow" is displayed on the display unit 1.
Can be displayed.

By operating the key switches 6a to 6d, a page such as today or tomorrow corresponding to the date corresponding to the current day can be called immediately. For example, schedules of today and tomorrow can be compared. Operation can be performed very easily.

Thus, according to the above-described apparatus, the user can view a page that matches an arbitrary condition (today, tomorrow, etc.) only by pressing an arbitrary dedicated operation button (key switch 6a to 6d). The operation can be performed extremely easily (with only one operation).

[0034]

Thus, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the user can view a page that satisfies an arbitrary condition only by pressing an arbitrary dedicated operation button, and the operation can be performed extremely easily. Things.

According to the present invention, these problems can be easily solved by the conventional apparatus which requires extremely complicated operations to compare and view the schedules of today and tomorrow. It can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of an electronic organizer device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the built-in hardware.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the display.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 display unit 2 input tablet 3 pen
4 code, 5a-5d, 6a-6d key switch,
7 speaker, 8 battery storage unit, 9 lock mechanism, 10
... Power switch, 11 ... Microphone, 12 ... Operation key, 13 ... Socket, 14 ... Extension socket, 15 ... Hinge

Claims (3)

[Claims] A timer processing step of counting at least date information; a storage processing step of storing input schedule information in a page unit corresponding to the date in a storage unit; schedule information read from the storage unit A display processing step of displaying a page corresponding to the date on the display unit in a page unit corresponding to the date; and a detection of detecting an operation of an operation button for designating a desired page corresponding to the date from the schedule information stored in the storage unit. A processing step and displaying a graphic for pointing to the page of the desired date at a position corresponding to the operation button of the display means, and changing a display mode of the graphic based on the operation of the operation button; The schedule information of the page of the corresponding date stored in the storage means is read and displayed by the display means. Schedule management method characterized by and a control processing step. 2. Timer means for counting at least date information; storage means for storing input schedule information in page units corresponding to the date; and schedule information read from the storage means corresponding to the date. Display means for displaying the page in units of pages, an operation button for designating a page corresponding to the desired date from the schedule information stored in the storage means, and a figure for pointing to the page of the desired date. The display means is displayed at a position corresponding to the operation button on the display means, the display mode of the graphic is changed based on the operation of the operation button, and the schedule information of the page of the corresponding date stored in the storage means is read out. A schedule management device, comprising: a control unit for displaying by the display unit. 3. The liquid crystal display having a transparent handwriting input tablet provided on a surface thereof, wherein the graphic is displayed at a position corresponding to the operation button on the liquid crystal display. The schedule management device according to claim 2.