JPH10301991A - Event information generating device and record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce operator's labor by automatically generating the event information of an event which is not generated in a determined date every year. SOLUTION: A topic table is previously stored in a computer such as a persona computer. An operator inputs the generation dates of specific events such as 'birthday', 'marriage' and 'death'. A topic 'OMIYAMAIRI' (meaning a first visit to a Shinto shrine after birth) is automatically generated after thirty days from the generation date of an event 'birthday' by referring to the topic table and a topic 'TABE HAJIME' (meaning first eating) is automatically generated after ten days. Similarly event information such as topic names and generation dates for topics generated due to the 'birthday' is automatically generated. Similarly topics previously registered in topic tables for 'marriage', 'death' etc., are automatically generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an apparatus for managing event information realized by a computer such as a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as personal computers).
Personal computers (PCs) are becoming more sophisticated and cheaper, and PCs are rapidly spreading not only in offices but also in households. Under such circumstances, many home software have been developed and sold as personal computer software. Among such home software, there is software for managing events in the home. And the CPU (Central Processes) inside the personal computer
When the sing unit executes the software program, the personal computer functions as an event management device.

In such a conventional personal computer-based event management device, an event that the operator needs to perform in the future is manually input from an operation input device such as a keyboard, and registered in the event management device.

There are also devices that can automatically generate events that occur at a fixed date and time every year, such as “birthday” and “marriage anniversary”. Further, there is a device that automatically generates only holidays such as “Children's Day” and “Work Thanksgiving Day”. These devices merely display information on a fixed date every year based on “month / day” indicated by “birthday” or “holiday” registered in advance.

[0005]

However, as events that need to be carried out at home, such as "the memorial service" and "seven three-thirds" do not occur every year, the conventional event management device as described above uses , Could not be automatically generated. Therefore, the operator has to manually input such an event that does not occur on a fixed date every year and register it in the event management device. If you decide to register manually, you may inadvertently forget to register or you may not know that you need to perform such an event, and in such a case, the time will end without being registered The situation occurs. For example, if you forget or don't know about a year when you need to hold an event such as "Journal" or "Shifukusan", the year will pass without an event such as "Journal" or "Shichigosan". It can be a problem later.

[0006] Further, if the operator is "legal" or "chigosan"
Manually inputting events that will occur in the future such as in advance has been troublesome.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can automatically generate events that do not occur on a fixed date every year, and can reduce the trouble of an operator. It is an object to provide an apparatus and a recording medium.

[0008]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for automatically generating event information, comprising: (a) a plurality of event information generated by a predetermined event; Storage means for storing event information in advance as a table, (b) input means for inputting event occurrence information about the event, and (c) a plurality of event caused by the event based on the event occurrence information and the table Automatic generation means for automatically generating schedule information on an event, and (d) display means for displaying the schedule information automatically generated by the automatic generation means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the device according to the first aspect, the table includes event information on a relative occurrence time of an event that occurs when a predetermined period has elapsed due to the event. Is a table in which is stored.

A third aspect of the present invention is the apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the storage means stores a plurality of types of tables in advance.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing in advance a computer as a table a plurality of pieces of event information generated due to a predetermined event;
Input means for inputting event occurrence information for the event, (c) automatic generation means for automatically generating schedule information for a plurality of events caused by the event based on the event occurrence information and the table, (d) automatic generation A computer-readable recording medium which records an event information automatic generation program for functioning as display means for displaying schedule information automatically generated by the means.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

<1. Overview of Apparatus> First, an overview of an event information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG.
1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an event information generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, in this device, an input / output device 11, a CPU 12, a memory 13, a storage unit 1
4, interfaces 15 and 16 are mutually connected via a bus line BL. The input / output device 11 is a device that reads data from and writes data to a computer-readable portable recording medium D such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a CD-ROM. The CPU 12 is a processing unit that performs arithmetic processing. The memory 13 is a device for temporarily storing and holding data, and the storage unit 14 is a computer-readable fixed recording medium such as a magnetic disk. Further, a display device 17 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display is connected to the interface 15, and a keyboard 18 and a mouse 19 are connected to the interface 16.

As described above, the event information generating apparatus according to the present embodiment is an apparatus realized by executing the event information automatic generation program by the internal CPU 12 in one general computer. The above event information automatic generation program may be read from the portable recording medium D, or may be stored in the storage unit 14 in advance. That is, the event information automatic generation program is stored regardless of whether it is a portable recording medium or a fixed recording medium.

<2. Outline of Automatic Generation of Event Information> In this embodiment, an “event” is a special event such as “birth”, “marriage”, or “death”, and some event may occur in the future due to the event. An event that requires an event. For example, if we consider “birth”, the event “birth” will result in the future
Events such as "elementary school enrollment" need to be performed.
Also, when we consider "marriage", events such as "bronze ceremony" and "gold wedding ceremony" will occur in the future due to the event "marriage". And in the future "the first seven days"
It is necessary to perform an event such as "13th Anniversary".

An event that occurs due to an “event” is called “topics”. In the example above, "birth"
Topics for the event "Shichigosan", "elementary school admission", etc., and topics for the event "Marriage" are "Bronze wedding", "Golden wedding", etc., and the topic for the event "Death" is "First seven days". , "13th anniversary" and the like.

In this embodiment, in order to automatically generate event information, a plurality of event information (topic information such as seven hundred fifty-five, elementary school admission) generated in advance due to a predetermined event such as "birth" is stored in a table. And keep it as
This table describes a relative time of an event that occurs when a predetermined period elapses due to occurrence of a predetermined event. For example, "birth"
As topic information on the event, information such as "How many years will" Shihogosan "take place?" Is stored as a table.

In the automatic generation of event information,
Refer to the table above based on the date of occurrence of an event such as “birth,” and determine when each topic occurs (year, month,
, Etc.) are derived by the operation of the CPU 12 (see FIG. 1).

Therefore, the operator can automatically obtain each topic information that will occur in the future due to the event simply by registering the date of occurrence of the individual's predetermined event in the event information generating device.

<3. Screen Configuration> Next, the screen configuration of the event information generating apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a screen configuration of the event information generation device according to the embodiment. The screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 17 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the event information generating apparatus can select a family management ledger screen P2 and a topics management ledger screen P5 from the main screen P1.
Then, a new data registration screen P3 for registering new data can be opened from the family management ledger screen P2,
Further, the event registration screen P4 can be opened from the new data registration screen P3. The topics management ledger screen P5 displays a calendar that records the schedule of the entire family or individual. Then, from the topics management ledger screen P5, an event setting screen P6 for setting event information that cannot be automatically generated by the event information generating device can be opened. It is configured in this way.

The main screen P1 is a screen as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a main screen of the event information generating device according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the main screen P1 includes a family management ledger button B11 for opening a screen for managing a family and a topics management ledger button B12 for opening a screen for managing an event schedule and the like. Are provided.

When the operator operates the mouse, the mouse pointer (not shown) displayed on the screen is moved to a position overlapping the button. Then, when the operator clicks the button of the mouse 19 (see FIG. 1), the family management ledger button B1 displayed on the screen is displayed.
1 can be pressed virtually. In the following, the operation of pressing the button displayed on the screen is performed by operating the mouse as described above.

When the family management ledger button B11 is pressed, a family management ledger screen P2 is displayed, and when the topics management ledger button B12 is pressed, a topic management ledger screen P5 is displayed.

In the lower part of the main screen P1, a user button B13, an environment setting button B14, a help button B15, and an end button B16 are displayed.

The user button B13 is a button for setting the name of an operator who is currently using the event information generating device. When this button is pressed, a screen (not shown) for setting a user opens. Then, the set operator name is displayed on the right side of the user button B13 on the main screen P1. An environment setting button B14 is a button for setting the usage environment of the event information generating device, a help button B15 is a button for displaying a help screen (not shown), and an end button B16 is a button for displaying the event information generating device. Is a button for ending the operation.

<4. Family management ledger> Next, main screen P
The processing of the event information generation device and the operation of the operator when the family management ledger screen P2 is opened from 1 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a family management ledger screen P2 of the event information generating apparatus according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, on the family management ledger screen P2, the list display area 2
A list of family members registered in 1 is displayed. In the list, the name (last name, first name), gender, and age are displayed for each member, and a sign indicating death is attached to the left column of the name of a member who has already died.

If the number of registered members is so large that a list of all members cannot be displayed in the list display area 21, an arbitrary list can be displayed by scrolling the screen. is there.

Here, "scroll" refers to an operation of moving the list display of the list display area 21 up and down to project a necessary display portion. The actual operation is performed by moving the position of the display position button B23 located on the scroll bar 22 up and down by mouse operation or the like. The “scroll bar” refers to a band-shaped operation area for scrolling the display on the screen.

When registering a new member or registering an event for an already registered member, a new data registration button B21 below the list display area 21 is pressed to open a new data registration screen P3. . FIG.
Is a schematic diagram showing a new data registration screen P3 of the event information generating device of the present embodiment. First, when registering new data, a name and gender are entered in the personal information input area 31.

If the name entered in the personal information input area 31 is a member of a registered family, the registered event information about the member is displayed in the event display area 32. When the number of registered events is large and a list of all events cannot be displayed in the event display area 32, the position of the display position button B34 located on the scroll bar 33 is moved up and down by mouse operation or the like. By moving, it is possible to display an arbitrary part. If the name and gender entered in the personal information input area 31 are new members that are different from the family members already registered, the event is not yet registered for that member. Nothing is displayed in 32.

When a new event is to be registered for the member having the name entered in the personal information input area 31, the event registration screen P4 is displayed by pressing an event registration button B31 below the event display area 32. Display. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an event registration screen P4 of the event information generation device according to this embodiment. When registering an event, the operator inputs the year, month, and day when the event occurred in the areas 41, 42, and 43. Then, button B43 is pressed to display an event selection menu prepared in advance. Then, an event name to be registered is selected from the events displayed on a selection menu (not shown). The event prepared in advance may be an arbitrary number of arbitrary events. However, in this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, three events of “birth”, “marriage”, and “death” are used. It is assumed that an event has been prepared. Then, the selected event is displayed in the event display column 45. FIG. 6 shows that the event “birth” has been selected. Then, it is possible to input an arbitrary character string in the remarks column 44 as needed.

Thus, the new data registration screen P3
With respect to the member input in the personal information input area 31 of this item, event occurrence information indicating "what event" occurred and "when occurred" can be input. When the input of each item on the event registration screen P4 is completed and the displayed contents are correct, the registration button B41 is pressed to register the contents and return to the display of the new data registration screen P3. . To cancel, the user only needs to press the cancel button B42.

When a registration operation is performed on the event registration screen P4, the registered contents are displayed on the event display area 32 on the new data registration screen P3. In the event display area 32, "date", "event name", "remarks"
Is displayed. If the content displayed in the event display area 32 is incorrect, the data is deleted by the data delete button B33. If the content displayed in the event display area 32 is satisfactory, the close button B32 is pressed to switch to the display of the family management ledger screen P2.

When the close button B22 is pressed on the family management ledger screen P2, the display is changed to the main screen P1.
Can be returned to. Through the above operations, the operator can register new member and event information.

<5. Automatic Generation of Event Information> Next, automatic generation of event information according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the topic table will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a topic table stored and held in advance by the event information generating apparatus of this embodiment.
The topics table contains a relative timeline of how long each topic that occurs due to an event such as "birth", "marriage", or "death" occurs from the date of the event. Is described. For example, when considering “birth”, the topic “birth” occurs, and “30 days after the birth” causes the topic “Omiya visit” to occur. And
The topic "Beginning of eating" occurs 100 days later. In this way, by storing each topic that occurs due to the event name along with its elapsed date,
It is possible to automatically generate each topic.

In the column of "event No." shown in FIG. 7, a serial number is assigned to each event of "birth", "marriage", and "death". The column of “event name” stores the names of events registered in advance. The column of “number of topics” stores the number of topics stored for each event. Then, “topics 1” and “elapsed date 1” store information indicating when the topics described in the “topics 1” column occur as a pair. Similarly, in the columns after “topics 2” and “elapsed date 2”, the elapsed dates occurring for each topic are stored. Note that the topics table shown in FIG. 7 is set so that up to 20 topics can be stored. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, if the number of items is increased, more than 20 topics can be stored. It is possible to store it in advance.

It should be noted that a simple "birthday" that occurs every year for the event "birth", a simple "marriage anniversary" that occurs each year for the event "marriage", or an annual event for the "death" event A mere “dead day” that occurs can be specified without using a topic table, so that it is not necessary to store it in the topic table in advance.

Next, the family information table will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a family information table generated by the event information generation device of this embodiment. The family information table is updated when a new family member or event is registered on the new data registration screen P3 and the event registration screen P4 as shown in FIGS.

In the column of "person number" shown in FIG. 8, a serial number is assigned to each member. In the "Name" column, the names of the members are described in the order of registration. The "sex" column stores the gender of each member.

The storage of "gender" is adapted so that it can be applied even when the time when an event should be performed differs depending on the gender, for example, "seven five three". Therefore, in the case of “Shi-go-san”, if the gender indicates “male”, the event shall occur when three and five years have passed since birth, and if the gender indicates “female”, , An event that occurs when three and seven years have passed since birth.

The column of "number of events" stores the number of events registered for each member. The family information table shown in FIG. 8 is set so that up to 20 events can be stored for each member.
The present invention is not limited to this. Of course, if the number of items is increased, 20 or more events can be stored. This takes into account, for example, that the event "marriage" can occur many times for its members.

"Event 1" and "occurrence date 1" store event occurrence information indicating when the event described in the "event 1" column occurs as a set. Similarly, a pair of event occurrence information for each event is stored in the columns after “event 2” and “occurrence date 2”.

For example, the person No. Is "1" and "Taro Yamashita" is born on the day of "Date of occurrence 1",
This indicates that “married” on the day of the column “occurrence date 2” and “died” on the day of the column “occurrence date 3”. Also, person N
o. "Hachiro Yamashita" with "7" is "Date of occurrence 1"
Indicates that he was "born" on the day in the column but has not yet been married.

This family information table is referred to when a list of members is displayed in the list display area 21 of the family management ledger screen P2 shown in FIG. And "Event 1"
If an event “Death” is registered in any of the columns “Event 20”, a sign indicating death is attached to the left column of the name when the member is displayed. The age of each member is displayed in the list display area 21 of the family management ledger screen P2. The age displayed here is based on the current date derived based on the date of occurrence of the event “birth”. Age. In addition, when the event “death” is registered for the member, the age at which the member died can be displayed. However, the age after the death can be added to the age.

It should be noted that a simple "birthday" that occurs every year for the event "birth", a simple "marriage anniversary" that occurs each year for the event "marriage", or an annual event for the event "death" The mere “dead day” that occurs is derived based on the date of occurrence registered in the family information table.

In this embodiment, the schedule information for each member is automatically generated based on the topic table shown in FIG. 7 and the event occurrence information stored in the family information table shown in FIG. I do.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an event information table automatically generated by the event information generating device of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the event information table has a three-dimensional structure for the whole family, and one two-dimensional event information table is provided for each member. For example, the two-dimensional first event information table TB1 is shown in FIG.
The person No. shown in FIG. Is an automatically generated event information table of the person corresponding to “1” (that is, “Taro Yamashita”), and the second event information table TB2 stores the person No.
Is an automatically generated event information table of the person corresponding to “2” (ie, “Haruko Yamashita”), and the third event information table TB3 stores the person No. Is an automatically generated event information table of a person corresponding to “3” (that is, “Jiro Yamashita”). Similarly, a two-dimensional event information table is generated for the number of members registered in the family information table of FIG.

The processing for generating the event information table will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an automatic generation process of event information in this embodiment. In the flowchart of FIG. 10, I is a family information table (FIG. 8).
) Is an arbitrary integer indicating “person No.”, and J is “event 1”, “event 2”,
Are arbitrary integers corresponding to the columns "Topics 1", "Topics 2",... In the topics table (see FIG. 7).

First, in step S1, "I = 1" is initialized, and then in step S2, "J = 1" is initialized.

Then, in step S3, an event information table for the I-th member with the "person No." in the family information table is created. For example, in the family information table shown in FIG. Is "1", the event information table TB1 shown in FIG.
Create

Then, in step S4, the J-th registered event and the date of occurrence of the "Person No." in the family information table of FIG. Now, since "J = 1" is set in step S2, the events registered in the columns of "event 1" and "occurrence date 1" and their occurrence dates are read. Then, step S3
"Topics N" in the event information table prepared in
o. The event name and the date of occurrence are described in the column with the smallest number among the empty columns. For example, in FIG. The event “birth” and its “date” from the “event 1” and “occurrence date 1” columns for “Taro Yamashita” with “1” are “Topics” and “Topic” in the event information table TB1 in FIG. In the column of "Date of Occurrence".

In step S5, "K = 1" is initialized.

Then, in step S6, step S4
Referring to the topic table based on the event name read in the above, the topics generated due to the event and the scheduled event occurrence date of the topic are derived and described in the event information table. Since “K = 1” has been initialized in step S5, the “Birth” event in the topics table of FIG. 7 is changed from the “Topics 1” and “Elapsed date 1” columns to “Omiya visit” and “30”.
Days later ”. Then, the read "Omiya visit" is written in the column of "Topics" in the event information table, and the day obtained by adding the readout date "30 days" to the date of occurrence of "Birth" is derived as the scheduled event occurrence date. In this way, the scheduled event occurrence date can be obtained from the event occurrence information (“event name” and its “occurrence date”) and the topic table. Then, the obtained event occurrence scheduled date is described in the column of “occurrence date” for “Omiya visit” in the event information table.

Then, in step S7, "1" is added to the value of K. Then, in step S8, it is determined whether the value of K is greater than the number of topics registered for the event (the number in the "number of topics" column), and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S6. "YE
If "S", the process proceeds to step S9. Here, if “NO” is determined, it indicates that topics to be automatically generated remain for the event, and if “YES” is determined, all topics for the event are automatically generated. It indicates that it was done. Therefore, if the topic of “Omiya visit” for “birth” is automatically generated in step S6, the topics (“eating start”, “Shigosan”, etc.) that are not automatically generated for “birth” remain, Returning to step S6,
Automatic generation of topics in the column of “topics 2” is performed.

In step S9, the value of J is set to "1" to process the next event registered in the family information table.
Is added. Then, in step S10, it is determined whether or not the value of J is greater than the number of events registered for the person (the number in the “number of events” column).
If "O", the process proceeds to step S4 to automatically generate topics for the next registered event. Also,
If "YES" is determined, the process proceeds to step S11. Here, if determined to be “NO”, it indicates that an event that has not been processed for the person remains, and if determined to be “YES”, all events registered for the person have been processed. This indicates that topics for were automatically generated.

In step S11, "1" is added to the value of I in order to perform processing for the next person registered in the family information table. Then, in step S12, it is determined whether or not the value of J is greater than the number of persons registered in the family information table (the maximum number of persons in the column of "person No."). Then, the process proceeds to step S2 in order to automatically generate an event information table for the next registered person. If "YES" is determined, the process ends. Here, if it is determined as “NO”, it indicates that the person whose event information is not generated remains, and if it is determined as “YES”, it is determined that all the registered persons are Indicates that event information was automatically generated.

As described above, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, the processes of steps S4 to S8 are processes for automatically generating all topics that occur due to one registered event for one person. By the loop when “NO” is determined in step S10,
All registered events for a single person can be processed. Then, step S12
The process for all the registered persons is performed by the loop in the case where it is determined to be “NO”.

For events that occur on fixed dates such as “birthday”, “marriage anniversary”, and “death date”,
In any process of steps S4 to S8, the process is derived based on the date of occurrence such as "birth", "marriage", and "death" registered in the family information table.

The processing of the flowchart shown here is executed when the family management ledger screen P2 is closed.
Event information for each member is automatically generated based on the information registered on the lower layer screen of the family management ledger screen P2 (new data registration screen P3, event registration screen P4).

In the present embodiment, a plurality of event information generated due to a predetermined event is prepared in advance as a topic table, and based on the event occurrence information and the topic table registered in the family information table by the operator. In addition, since the scheduled event occurrence date is automatically generated for all of the multiple events that occur due to the event, it is not necessary to forget to register the event and it is necessary to perform such an event Can be known from the automatically generated schedule information. In addition, since it is not necessary to manually input in advance events such as "law" and "chigosan" in the future, the labor of the operator can be reduced.

When it is desired to display the event as schedule information for all family members among the automatically generated topics, such topics can be set in advance. As a result, for example, events on topics such as “Shigosan”, “Golden Wedding”, and “33rd Anniversary” can be written in the event information table for all family members, and the event schedule is registered for all members.

<6. Topics Management Ledger> Next, a topics management ledger screen P5 for displaying event information automatically generated by the event information generation device of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing one form of the topic management ledger screen P5 of the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, on the topics management ledger screen P5, an event schedule is displayed as a calendar for each family member. When changing the member to be displayed, the operator positions the mouse pointer at the tag of the member whose display is desired among the tags 51, 52, 53, and 54 shown in the figure. By clicking the mouse, the event schedule of the desired member is displayed. In the case of FIG. 11, the event schedule of "Saburo Yamashita" is displayed.

How the event schedule is actually displayed in the calendar display of FIG. 11 will be described. FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a part of the calendar display on the topics management ledger screen of FIG. As shown in the figure, in the calendar display, events registered in the event information table registered in the lower column of the date are displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 12, automatically generated topics “33rd Anniversary” and “Golden Wedding” are displayed as event schedules.

However, in the column further below “33rd Anniversary” and “Golden Wedding”, an event “capital fire” is displayed. The event "capital fire" is not an event that occurs due to any event. Therefore, the event of "capital fire" is the schedule information input by the operator.

A case where event information that cannot be automatically generated as described above is input will be described. First, when the operator inputs event information that cannot be automatically generated, the operator presses an event setting button B52 on the topics management screen P5 shown in FIG. Then, an event setting screen P6 as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display device. Then, the operator inputs the year, month, and day in each of the areas 61, 62, 63 on the event setting screen P6. Then, an arbitrary event name to be displayed in the event name area 64 is input. The operator can also input an arbitrary character string in the remarks column 65. Then, the registration button B61 is pressed to register the input event information in the event information table of each member, and the cancel button B62 is pressed to cancel it. The arbitrary event information registered in this way is registered in the event information table and displayed on the topics management ledger screen P5.

Further, the topic management ledger screen P shown in FIG.
5, the display position button B53 is
The display time can be changed by moving up and down along 5. Further, display mode change knobs B54 and B55 are displayed on the topics management ledger screen P5. By operating the display mode change knobs B54 and B55, the calendar display on a daily basis can be changed to a monthly or yearly display. When the operator moves one of the display mode change knobs B54 and B55 along the scroll bar by operating the mouse, the distance between the display position button B53 and the display mode change knobs B54 and 55 changes. Also,
When one display mode change knob is operated, the other display mode change knob also moves in synchronization with the operation. For example, when the display mode change knob B54 is moved upward, the display mode change knob B55 moves downward synchronously. That is, by changing the distance between the apparent display mode change knobs B54 and B55, the display period can be changed accordingly. FIG. 14 shows the topic management ledger screen P5 in the case where the display is made in units of years in this way. In this case, events to be performed each year are displayed as shown in FIG.

The topic management ledger screen P5 displays a bright color (flash) for an event whose schedule is approaching, regardless of the display of FIG. 11 or FIG.
Or blinking display (blinking) to inform the operator that the day is near. Further, when the event information generating apparatus of this embodiment is started up, the calendar is displayed on the topic management ledger screen P5, and furthermore, by flashing or blinking an event that occurs in the near future, the operator can make an intention. This is useful because it is possible to visually recognize the event without having to check the schedule.

<7. Modification> Next, a modification of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the contents of the above-mentioned topics table may not be able to be dealt with because the way of thinking about the statute and wedding anniversary differs depending on the country, region, religion, culture, and the like. Accordingly, a plurality of types of topic tables are prepared in advance, and a topic table used in automatically generating event information can be set by selecting a topic table according to an environment in which the apparatus is used. Good. The setting of the topics table can be input by the operator while referring to, for example, a screen for setting the environment. In addition, the operator can freely set a rule for generating topics and register the rule as a topic table, thereby registering a topic table unique to each household.

Secondly, even in the case of divorce after the event of “marriage”, there is a possibility that topics such as “gold wedding” may be generated due to the event of “marriage”. Therefore, the event information table shown in FIG.
Column is provided. In the column of "caused event", an event which is automatically generated and causes the topic to occur is described. Therefore, if there is a divorce after the event "marriage" as described above,
By deleting topics with “marriage” as the originating event, it becomes possible to generate appropriate event information.

[0074]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of event information generated due to a predetermined event is stored in advance as a table. Then, when the event occurrence information about the event is input, the schedule information for a plurality of events caused by the event is automatically generated based on the event occurrence information and the table, and the obtained schedule information is displayed. Even if the user does not inadvertently forget the registration and does not know that it is necessary to perform such an event, the user can be informed by the automatically generated schedule information. In addition, since it is not necessary to manually input in advance events such as "law" and "chigosan" in the future, the labor of the operator can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the table is a table that stores event information about relative occurrence times of events that occur when a predetermined period has elapsed due to an event. Events that do not occur at regular intervals can also be automatically generated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the storage means stores a plurality of tables in advance, it is possible to select a topic table according to an environment in which the apparatus is used.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, an event information automatic generation program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium is read and executed by a computer, so that an event that does not occur on a fixed date every year is automatically executed. It is possible to realize an event information generation device that can generate the event information and can reduce the labor of the operator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an event information generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of the event information generation device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a main screen of the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a family management ledger screen of the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a new data registration screen of the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an event registration screen of the event information generation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a topic table held in advance by the event information generating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a family information table generated by the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an event information table automatically generated by the event information generation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing automatic generation processing of event information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a topic management ledger screen of the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a part of the topics management ledger screen of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an event setting screen of the event information generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a topic management ledger screen different from that in FIG. 11 of the event information generating device in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 11 input / output device 12 CPU 13 memory 14 storage unit 15, 16 interface 17 display device 18 keyboard 19 mouse P1 main screen P2 family management ledger screen P3 new data registration screen P4 event registration screen P5 topics management ledger screen P6 event setting screen

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshikazu Kado 4-chome Tenjin Kitamachi 1-chome, Higashidori-no-Tori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for automatically generating event information, comprising: (a) storage means for storing in advance a plurality of event information generated as a result of a predetermined event as a table; (C) automatic generation means for automatically generating schedule information for a plurality of events caused by the event, based on the event occurrence information and the table, (d) A display means for displaying the schedule information automatically generated by the automatic generation means. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the table stores event information on a relative occurrence time of an event that occurs when a predetermined period has elapsed due to the event. An event information generating device, characterized in that: 3. The event information generation device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of types of the tables in advance. 4. A computer, comprising: (a) storage means for preliminarily storing a plurality of event information generated due to a predetermined event as a table; and (b) input means for inputting event occurrence information on the event. (C) automatic generation means for automatically generating schedule information on a plurality of events caused by the event based on the event occurrence information and the table, (d) schedule information automatically generated by the automatic generation means A computer-readable recording medium that records an event information automatic generation program for causing the program to function as a display unit that displays the event information.