JPS63145565A - Schedule management equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the visual recognition performance on a schedule management by displaying representing inputted time information to be a start time automatically at a point of time when the time information is inputted after the time display. CONSTITUTION:In case of schedule input, a symbol representing the start time of schedule to be the inputted time is displayed automatically after time display at a point of time when the time information is inputted in an equipment storing the inputted time information and the contents of the schedule in response to the time information. Thus, any special key operation is not required at the input state of schedule, the symbol is displayed after the time display by having only to input the time information simply and when the contents are displayed, what does the display time is meant is made clear thereby avoiding the user from a trouble.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a schedule management device that can manage schedules for business trips, company visits, meetings, and the like.

<Prior Art> As a schedule management device, matters such as a schedule are inputted, and the schedule, that is, the time, is manually recorded, and each input information is sequentially stored in a storage unit. When necessary, if time information or the like is specified, the schedule is displayed on the display device, or the stored schedules are displayed in order.

The schedule management device as described above has not only the function of a management device but also the function of a normally electronic on-board computer. In particular, some electronic desktop calculators are equipped with the above schedule management function as part of their additional functions.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> According to the conventional schedule management device as described above, when time information is manually generated, only hours and minutes are displayed. Therefore, its human power or memory,
When this content is displayed, the user is often confused because it is not clear what the displayed time is.

Means for Solving Problems> The present invention stores time information entered manually and information such as the contents of a schedule corresponding to this time information. At this time, a symbol indicating that the input time is the start time of the schedule is automatically displayed after the time display.

According to the configuration of the present invention, in the manual state of scheduling, by simply inputting time information without requiring any specific key operation, it is possible to determine after the time information that this time is the start time of the schedule. A symbol indicating the time is displayed after the time display.

<Example> FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an electronic device, for example, an electronic desktop calculator (hereinafter referred to as electronic device), which is equipped with the schedule management function of the present invention as well as other management functions, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an electronic desktop calculator.

In the figure, 1 is the main body of the electronic device, and 2 is an application card inserted through the insertion portion 1a of the main body of the electronic device.

On the left side of the main body of the electronic device, there is a display device 3 for displaying schedules, calculation results, etc. according to the present invention, and a transparent touch that allows information input according to the insertion of the application card 2. There are keys 4 and an information input key 5 on the right side of the main body that allows various information to be entered manually. Inside this electronic device main body l, the display device 3,
It is equipped with a central processing unit (CPU), etc. that controls input/output of the transparent touch keys 4, information input keys 5, etc.

The application card 2 includes a ROM containing a program for controlling the operation of the processing device of the main body 1 of the electronic Wlt 15, an rLAM for storing necessary data, and the like. A key symbol 7 is printed on the application card 2 in an area corresponding to the transparent touch key 4 when attached to the electronic device main body 1. Therefore, the contents of the key symbol 5 that can be seen through the transparent touch key 4 can be input. In addition, application card 2 has
A connector 6 is provided at the tip to be electrically connected to the electronic device main body 1 and to operate both in an integrated manner. By attaching this application card 2 to the electronic device main body 1, the electronic device main body 1 operates according to the program ROM in the application card 2. In this way, the application card 2 includes a plurality of types of application cards, and by attaching each card to the electronic device main body l, it becomes possible to execute various applications.

Next, the information input keys 5 of the electronic device main body 1 will be explained in detail.

In particular, in Fig. 1, 50 is a mode setting key for calling up and setting each function of the electronic device, 51 is a key for inputting character information in Roman letters, and 152 is used as a normal calculator. This is an input key for manually inputting the numerical information when used and the numerical information of the time according to the present invention.

The mode setting key is l.

It has keys for setting modes such as KU YO ■ 3 pull times], E CO, and TA 1 KU I. The character information person key 51 includes keys 511 for inputting subtones and semi-voiced sounds when inputting character information. For example, when inputting "ba", the key 511 is pressed after operating the [p key]. one time,"
When inputting ``,'', the user performs the above-mentioned operation and then operates the key 511 again. In other words, by operating the key 511 twice in succession, it is possible to input semi-voiced sounds. In addition, for characters such as "a" in "fa", the fork key 512 is also used. Furthermore,? The key 513 is a mode designation key that allows input of each character, and allows three types to be switched cyclically. In addition to the numerical values 0 to 9, the numerical value input key 52 is equipped with keys for addition, subtraction, and remainder for performing calculations. and “conversion” etc. are valid when the characters are written manually. For example, by operating the "conversion" key against "Kaigi's" human power, "
We will convert the word ``Kaikai'' into kanji. Furthermore, when the "Cancel" key is operated, the display of "Meeting" returns to the kana display of "Kaigi".

The information input key 5 also includes a mode setting key 5.
0 and the character information input key 51 are arranged a cursor movement key 53, power ON/OFF keys 54, 55, a LOCATION key 56 for kanji conversion, a key 57 used as a shift key, etc. has been done. The cursor key 53 is
By combining the above function keys 57, you can change the information attached along with the direction of cursor movement, such as "Delete°", "Insert""
"Corrections" etc. can be made.

Finally, the text information manual key 51 and the numerical information input key
A small alphabet mark on the upper left corner of 52 indicates a display that can be used when the alphabet mode is designated by the key 513.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an overall system block diagram of the electronic device body 1. As shown in FIG. In this figure, lO is a central processing unit (C
PU). The display device 3 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device with a dot matrix configuration, and is driven via a drive circuit 11 based on a control signal from an arithmetic processing device IO.
According to the present invention, schedule contents and the like are displayed. Further, the key input from the information input key 5 and the transparent touch key 4 is processed by the arithmetic processing device 10 via the input input boat 12 . Reference numeral 13 denotes the arithmetic processing unit 1 of the electronic device body l.
This is a built-in rtON that stores a program for controlling the operation of the main body 1, and this program mainly stores a control program for the input/output device of the main body 1. This program is used as a subroutine in the application card 2 program. Reference numeral 14 denotes a RAM that stores data such as temporary storage used by the above program. Further, reference numeral 15 is a real-time clock (R'l'C) that automatically counts the year, month, day, hour, minute, etc., and the contents of this count can be written continuously by the arithmetic processing unit 10h. . This IITC 15 enables display of calendars and the like.

Further, reference numeral 16 is a connector connected to the connector 6 of the application card 2. Application card 2 having a connector 6 connected to this connector 16
is equipped with a ROM 17 and an rtAM 18. R
The OM 17 stores an application program that regulates the processing operation of the arithmetic processing unit 10 when the application card 2 is connected to the electronic device main body l.
The electronic device body 1 will operate according to this program. The RAM 18 is a RAM that stores data of an application controlled by the ROM 17.
A backup battery 19 is connected to back up the stored data when the card 2 is disconnected from the electronic device main body 1. In addition, the electronic device body l includes an arithmetic processing unit lO.
A battery 20 is provided at an appropriate location to operate the equipment.

In the electronic device having the above configuration, the present invention provides a schedule management function, and details of this management function will be described below.

By operating the mode switching key X'7)x) key 502 of the information input key 5 on the main body of the electronic device,
Set the electronic device to schedule mode. With this setting, the main body of the electronic device can read out the manual schedule or the input schedule.

This management function will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

This will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. in this case,
An example of inputting a schedule as shown in FIG. 7 will be explained. First, before operating the schedule key, 1=, 2 key 50
By operating 1, the date is selected. This F-engine Σ7
By operating Yokey 501, 1 of 1 to 12 of the year
The contents of the calendar for each month are displayed on the display device 3.

An example of this display is shown in FIG. 7(a). As for displaying the first month of a month, the display of the month in which the RTC 15 is currently counting may be displayed first, or January may be displayed with priority. This may be determined in advance by setting a program or the like, or may be performed by specifying a key. Since this point is not directly related to the present invention, the details will be omitted.

When the calendar is displayed on the display device 3, the month corresponding to the schedule is called up by operating the search key 507 or 508. If the June calendar is called,
Next, to specify the day, the cursor is moved to the corresponding day by operating the cursor key 53. At this time, the date is blinking at the cursor position, and the state designated by this cursor movement is shown in FIG. 7(b). Once the month and day have been selected, the schedule key 502 can be operated to manually select the schedule for this month and day. Through this operation, the date of the schedule is determined and its display is displayed on the display device 3. The display state at this time is as shown in FIG. 7(C).

When schedule input is enabled as described above, the next key input determines whether the input is time information or manual input of schedule information. R
It is stored in a specific area of AM18. This will be explained in detail according to the flowchart of FIG. 4. Information entered manually is temporarily stored in the RAM 14 of the electronic device main body 1.

The following explanation assumes that K stores the contents of this input operation key in order to remember what it is. Each control branches depending on the stored contents of the above-mentioned manual operation key K. Here, if the manual operation key is a mode switching key, the process moves to the corresponding mode (S2)L, the process according to the setting mode described earlier is executed, and after the process is executed, the process ends. .

If the content of the input operation key K is a numerical value, a time information input subroutine (S3) is executed to input the time information of the schedule. In this case, 13:00 is entered manually, and the entered time is displayed on the time display portion of the display device 3 (see FIG. 7(d)). Thereafter, the content of the schedule at that time is manually executed (S4). As this key input information, information on a sales meeting is input as shown in FIG. 7, and the scheduled contents of the display device 3 are completed. The display state at this time is shown in FIG. 7(e). Once the time and the details of the time are entered manually, the above-mentioned information is registered after confirming the input in the four keys 21 (S5).

In other words, by operating the key 521, the image shown in FIG.
The displayed content is the RA of application card 2.
It will be stored in M18. At this time, whether to use the date of the calendar mentioned above as the address of the stored contents, or whether to store the input schedule in chronological order, and whether to read and display it by specifying the date or in chronological order depends on the necessity. Just set it.

In the above manner, schedule input is executed. In the schedule mode, if the content of the input operation key K is input information in Roman letters (alphabet, etc.) other than numerical values, S4
The process immediately shifts to , and the content input process for the matter corresponding to that date is executed without inputting time information. In this way, the contents and the like can be input without inputting the time information, and this information can be stored in the storage section. In the above-mentioned schedule mode, if the content of the manual operation key K or any other key is selected, other key processing is executed. Although not specifically shown, this allows, for example, entering and exiting the kanji input mode, and switching between uppercase and lowercase letters.

Next, subroutine S3 for inputting time information according to the present invention.
will be explained in detail. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the details. First, in the flowchart of FIG. 4, if the human key is a numeric key, the contents are stored in K, as explained above. Therefore, in step 53-1, control is branched depending on which key is input next. The contents of the key input at this time will be explained assuming that it is stored in 1.

If the content of Kl is a numerical value, the content is anew stored in H together with the previous content of K as a two-digit time input (S3-2). This H is for storing the hour of time information.

Further, if the content of Kl indicates a decimal point, the above content is stored in H, assuming that the content of K is time information. In other words, the input process is branched depending on whether the time information is 1-digit or 2-digit, and the decimal point is manually used to display a ":" indicating the time after the input value (S3-4).
. For example, as shown in FIG. 7(d), 13: is displayed on the display device 3 by operating the III-port key.

When the above-mentioned manual input is completed, the minute input process is executed. The input process for this minute is the same as the hour input process, and the input two-digit contents are stored in the memory section M indicating the minute (S3-6).

When you finish inputting this minute, the time based on the time information input will be displayed as shown in Figure 7(d), and this time will be regarded as the start time, and a symbol "~" will be automatically displayed after the time display. be done. Specifically, the BROUTINE displayed by the ROM 13 can be called with the parameters set to "~", and the symbol "~" indicating the start time is automatically displayed based on the end of inputting the minutes. . In this case, as a symbol indicating the start time, not only "~" but also characters such as "from" or other symbols may be used.

As described above, time information human power is completed and this! The contents of I and M are partially stored in a buffer (for example, a part of the RAM 14) as the time is 9 minutes, and the process returns to step S4 shown in FIG.

Furthermore, an outline of inputting the contents of matters will be explained with reference to FIG. When inputting character information, this electronic device is configured to input Roman characters and convert them into kana, and then convert the kana into kanji.

First, the contents of N are cleared. Since this N stores input character information, etc., it is constituted by a part of RAM+4. Through this process, when the first Roman key is operated manually in step 54-1, the next key is disabled. If not, the next key input is read (S4-2). Then, kana-kanji conversion is performed based on the operation of the conversion key using the alphabet combinations input so far (S4-3). In this example, since hiragana, kanji, etc. cannot be directly input, in order to perform Romaji-kana conversion and Romaji-kana-Kanji conversion, the contents stored in K are temporarily stored in an input buffer, and kana-kanji conversion is performed based on this memory. In step 54-3, conversion is performed according to the contents of the input buffer. In addition, Romaji generally waits for the input of 3 letters of the alphabet other than vowels, which are 2 letters, and then converts it to kana, so the content of this alphabet is temporarily stored and the buffer described above is used to store it. . This area is RAM
A portion of 14 is allocated.

As described above, 84-4 branches according to the content of K, and if it is a displayable character (alphabet, kana-katakana, kanji, symbol, etc.), it is stored successively in the N area. Now, if you input the alphabets in sequence as shown in Figure 7 (e), it will be converted to kana if you are happy with it, and if you operate the conversion key as necessary, it will be converted to kanji and its contents will be displayed. displayed sequentially on the device.

As mentioned above, if the contents of the schedule are input and the next information input is B; Cokey 521, the information stored in N can be used as the schedule information of the schedule, or it can be used first in accordance with this schedule. Store it in the IIAM 18 together with the input time information of l-1 and M. In this case, as for time information, in addition to the hour and minute input information, a symbol indicating that this time is the start time is also stored. Alternatively, without storing this symbol, when displaying on the display device 3, a symbol indicating the start time may be displayed after the time display.

<Effects> According to the schedule management device of the present invention, by simply inputting the time manually when inputting the schedule, a symbol indicating that the input time is the schedule start time is displayed. Since no special operations are required for this purpose, it is very easy to use as a schedule management device.

Furthermore, by inputting the time, it becomes clear that the time displayed is the start time, improving visibility in schedule management.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an electronic device main body equipped with a schedule management function according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the electronic device main body of FIG. 1, and FIG. The overall system block diagram, FIGS. 4 to 6 are flowcharts related to the manual schedule control operation according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of the display device showing an example of display according to the input state of the display device. 1; Electronic device body 2; Application card 3;
Display device 5; Information input key lO; Arithmetic processing device 1
3. ROM 14.18. rZAM 501; Calendar key 502; Schedule key Agent Patent attorney Karitsugu Sugiyama (and 1 other person) KAIKI DAN KAIKI KU KARUKI 7th O1 de 1'''P' 1! Drunk Shitsu

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit that simultaneously stores predetermined time information and input information on matters such as a schedule according to this time information;
In a schedule management device that can read out and display the contents of this storage section as necessary, when time information is input, a display indicating that the input time information is the start time is automatically displayed after the time display. A schedule management device characterized by: