JPS59196494A - Electronic schedule board controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify manipulation, by providing a plurality of moving keys corresponding to the moving direction of a cursor. CONSTITUTION:A time display part 1 due to a liquid crystal displays not only a figure such as a date or time but also a number of characters and marks. A schedule display part 2 is set to a horizontal axis and printed with a time figure 3. The right side of the display parts 1, 2 is formed into a keyboard which in turn has a mode key 8 for changing over display, a corrected figure selecting key 9, a set key 10 for correcting a figure or setting an alarm, moving keys 11, a schedule set key 12 and a schedule reset key 13. The moving keys 11 are provided in order to move the cursor of the schedule display part 2 and comprise four numbers corresponding to up-and-down and left-and-right and are provided with arrows for showing moving directions.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention displays clock information such as date and time, and
It relates to an electronic schedule management device that writes schedules electronically, displays weekly schedule status as a list, and notifies you with an alarm when the scheduled date and time arrive.

Notebooks are traditionally used to manage personal schedules.
With the recent development of electronic technology and display means, it has become possible to electronically record and display schedules. This type of device has an advantage over a notebook in that it can be linked with a clock function and notify you with an audible alarm or visual display when the scheduled date and time has arrived. Although products of this type already exist, they are generally complicated to operate and are far from practical. In view of this point, the present invention organizes the functions that a schedule management device should have and proposes an easy-to-use and preferred form.

This will be explained below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1(a) is an external view of an electronic schedule manager according to the present invention. 1 is a time display section using a liquid crystal display, which displays the date, time, etc. in numbers, and some letters and symbols. The grid pattern shown in 2 is also the schedule display area. The grid is printed on the display section to make it easier to see the location, and may be omitted in some cases. The schedule display section 2 has a horizontal axis as a time axis, and time numbers are printed as shown in 3.

In this embodiment, the period is from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., which covers the active time period in normal life.

The vertical axis is a date axis, with seven days equivalent to one week - 4 is a Sunday mark displayed on the liquid crystal display, and 5 is a two-digit date display for seven days, also on the liquid crystal. The schedule display section 2 is omitted from FIG. 1(a) for simplicity, but as shown in FIG. 1(b), each grid has four schedule display segments 6a to d. . 6a and 6b are reservation marks in 30 minute increments,
6C16d%! Additionally, there is an alarm mark to indicate that a notification tone has been set.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the schedule display section 2 is provided with 476 display segments. The right side of the display section 1.2 is a keyboard, 8 is a mode key for display switching, 9 is a correction digit selection key, and 10 is a set key for digit correction and alarm cent. Reference numeral 11 indicates movement keys for moving the cursor on the schedule display section 2, and there are four movement keys corresponding to the top, bottom, left, and right, each with an arrow indicating the direction of movement. 12 is a schedule set key for writing a schedule, and 13 is a schedule reset key for canceling a schedule. 14 is a buzzer that emits an alarm sound. Each time the mode key 8 is pressed, the display modes cycle through the order of time, alarm, and schedule.

FIG. 2 shows the time mode, and the time display section 1 is displaying 10:45:30 a.m. To set the time at the beginning of use, press the 1 selection key 9 and a certain digit of the time number will blink, then press the set key 10 the necessary number of times to set the desired number. Each time you press selection key 9, the blinking digits move and cycle, allowing you to correct each digit.

The operation tail that sets the clock to the time mode also includes the calendar cent.

In other words, when the selection key 9 is pressed and the time digits go around the clock, the display on the time display section 1 changes to month-day and day-of-the-week abbreviations using two Roman letters.
This is corrected by operating 0, but this is also common in ordinary digital watches, so the details will be omitted.

Please note that the calendar can be displayed by pressing the mode key 8V when in use.
It is not included in the mode switching loop by c, and when the set key 10 is pressed in the time mode, the bf display section 1 changes to a calendar display and displays the month, day, and day of the day, and returns to the time display by pressing the set key 10 again. do. Although a diagram of the alarm mode is omitted, the time display section 1 displays the hour and minute of the alarm time, and by operating the selection key 9 and set key 10, the alarm time is set and the alarm operation is turned on and off. This is independent of the notification sound alarm in the schedule mode, which will be described later, and if it is set, it will operate at that time every day without setting the bi date.

Note that the mark 15 in FIG. 2 indicates that an alarm has been sent. The display on the schedule display section 2 will be explained with reference to FIG. The time number 6 on the horizontal axis is printed,
Date numerals 5 and Sunday marks 4 on the vertical axis are displayed on the liquid crystal display. In this example, the dates of the week from the 15th to the 21st are displayed, and the 17th is Sunday. As will be described later, the display may scroll by operating the movement key 11 to display schedules from the 21st onwards.
The most popular daily newspaper (15th in Figure 2) works in conjunction with the clock function to show the current date, and past dates never appear. Several days' worth of schedules have already been recorded in the schedule display section.

That is, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on the 15th, from 9:00 am to noon on the 16th, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on the 18th, and from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on the 21st. Of these, you can see that the car for the 15th only shows the scheduled time, and the car for the other three days is set to emit a notification sound for the first time. As a result, when the alarm clock reaches the half-day time, the buzzer sounds to notify the arrival of the scheduled time. As time passes and the next day arrives on the 16th, the display on the schedule display section 2 moves up one line at a time, and the date display 5 on the vertical axis has the highest date on the 16th, the bottom line on the 22nd, and Sunday display 4. also moves up one line.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the mode key 8 is operated to enter the schedule mode. Time display section 1 (・C is the same as when in time mode.
<The time numerals and the alarm set mark 15 are displayed, or the characters 16 indicating the schedule mode are newly displayed. Then, the left segment ζF) segment 17 of the schedule display section 2 starts blinking.

The flashing of this segment serves as a cursor for determining the expected cent position, and by pressing movement key 11, it moves in the direction of the arrow on the key.The cursor moves one step per press of the movement key, i.e. The cursor will move continuously if you hold down the movement key for 15 seconds or 2 seconds or more if it is 11 days or if you want to move it by a large amount. If you move the cursor to the right (() and press the move key after reaching the right edge, the cursor will move to the left edge of the next day; (move the cursor to the left, and after reaching the left edge, it will move to the right edge of the previous day. shall be.

If you move the cursor downward and press the move key after reaching the bottom, each line of the schedule display section 2 will move up one line. For example, in Fig. 3, the bottom line will be the 22nd, and the top will be the 16th.

In other words, the schedule display is scrolled. After moving the force upward υ and reaching the upper end, the schedule display will scroll downward. If you press the movement key 1 or more, scrolling will be done continuously.

However, once the storage limit for the event is reached, the cursor and scrolling will stop moving. Since the cursor is blinking, in order to indicate whether or not a schedule has been set at the cursor position, characters such as 18 are displayed on the display section 1 to indicate whether or not a schedule has been set. When the user wants to complete the schedule, use the movement key to move the cursor to the desired position and press the schedule key 12 to memorize the date and time data.
A letter will appear indicating that it has been set to the 18th position.

When the cursor leaves that location, the location remains as a reserved mark or lit. Conversely, to delete the schedule, the schedule reset key 16 is used. According to the schedule, press and hold the schedule key 12 or the schedule reset key 16 for 15 to 2 seconds or more to continuously advance cents or reset the cursor.

This feature is useful for making and canceling reservations over long periods of time. To set not only the reservation display but also the alarm sound, move the cursor to the desired position (move the cursor and press the cent key 10. The cursor will memorize that the alarm was sent on the corresponding date and time. The segment of the alarm mark will appear on the display 2.) The calf is missing.Each time the set key 10 is pressed, the alarm is turned on and off repeatedly.

When you operate mode key 8 to return to the normal time mode shown in Figure 2, the cursor in the schedule segment stops and the cursor disappears.In this mode, no schedule is written or deleted.・Press the up and down movement keys to display the schedule (1 scroll up and down,
Use it as a reference for your schedule.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention using a microprocessor. Each section is controlled by a CPU 21 and a central information processing unit 21 through an address node 22 and a data bus 26. 24 (An oscillation circuit using a high-frequency oscillator, etc.), which serves as the reference clock for the oscillation output 6-1 cpu, and is frequency-divided by the frequency divider circuit 25.The frequency-divided output provides a clock signal to the CPLI, and also serves as a liquid crystal display. drive circuit 2
7=28 and the buzzer circuit 60 etc. as a reference clock. The 62 ROM is a read-only memory that contains programs and data that operate the CPU.
RAM 6 is a read/write memory that stores data such as scheduled date, time, alarm on/off status, etc., and is also used as a work area for the CPU's calculation operations. The CPU 21 transfers the address data to the address bus 2.
2 and converted by the address decoder 61, the ROM and RAM are addressed. C
P[J monitors the key power status, and key operations are input to the CPU from the key input circuit 64. Data for displaying time and schedule is written to registers 26 and 28 from the registers and RAM of CPtJ via the data bus.
The display drive circuits 27-29 drive the display section according to the contents of the register. Register 261. The drive circuit 27 is used for displaying time, 28.29) and schedule. C
The PU compares the time data and the alarm setting status, and if there is a match, sends an operation signal to the buzzer circuit 30 i1ζ to sound the buzzer.

As described above, according to the present invention, an electronic schedule management device with an IC advantage for viewing schedule status can be realized with a small number of operation keys and a simple operation method.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 (a) - Figure 2 - Figure 3 are external views of the present invention σ)1 embodiment, Figure 1 (1)) is a detailed view of the schedule display segment o), and Figure 1 is an actual h1 example. σ) There is a block diagram, 1.
... Time display section, 2 ... Schedule display section, 8 ... Mo 1- key, 9 ... a selection key - 10 ... Seven throat key - 11 ... Movement key 12 - ...Schedule set key, 16...Schedule reset key, 14. Buzzer, 21...CP Ll 0 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 7) Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a schedule manager that has a display section with display segments arranged in rows and columns according to dates and time zones for one week, and that displays a pattern of one child's status, multiple movement keys corresponding to the direction of movement of the cursor are used. An electronic schedule management device characterized by: (2) The electronic schedule management device according to claim 1, characterized in that the force to crane moves one step by pressing the movement key, and continuously moves by continuing to press the movement key. (3) The electronic schedule management device according to claim 1, characterized in that the display is scrolled by operation of a movement key after the cursor reaches the end of the schedule display section.