WO2023096455A1

WO2023096455A1 - Electronic device for managing work between members and operation method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2023096455A1
Application number: PCT/KR2022/019064
Authority: WO
Inventors: 배석형; 윤준우; 마동혁
Original assignee: 한국과학기술원
Priority date: 2021-11-29
Filing date: 2022-11-29
Publication date: 2023-06-01

Abstract

An electronic device for managing work between members and an operation method thereof are disclosed. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a display module; and a processor which: displays a first character and a second character representing members related to work on the display module; generates an arrow for determining a work relationship between the first character and the second character according to a user's input; on the basis of a deadline input from the user, displays, on the arrow, remaining days corresponding to the number of days left before the deadline, or passed days corresponding to the number of days having passed after the deadline; and changes, according to whether the remaining days or the passed days are displayed on the arrow, a facial expression of the first character and/or a facial expression of the second character.

Description

Electronic device for managing work between members and its operation method

The present invention relates to a method for managing tasks, and more particularly, to an electronic device that efficiently manages task distribution and deadlines among members performing tasks, and an operating method thereof.

When working on a task that requires collaboration, such as a team project, it may be necessary to rationally distribute the work among members in order to achieve the goal. When tasks are concentrated on some members, deadlines may not be met and goals may not be met. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The prevalence of electronic devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs may allow applications, software and/or programs such as calendars and diaries to effectively distribute tasks and manage deadlines.

The present invention provides an electronic device and method for providing a canvas on which a large picture of work can be input in order to efficiently distribute work to members.

In addition, the present invention can distinguish between members who perform tasks and members who report and receive tasks through arrows, and change the facial expressions of characters corresponding to members who perform tasks according to deadlines so that work progress can be recognized. It provides an electronic device and method for

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device displays a display module and first and second characters representing members related to work on the display module, and displays the first character and the second character according to a user's input. Creates an arrow that determines the business relationship between characters, displays a remaining day, which is the number of days left until the deadline, or a due date, which is the number of days that have passed the deadline, on the arrow based on the deadline input from the user, and may include a processor for changing the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character according to whether the remaining days or the next day are displayed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device determines a character located at the beginning of the arrow among the first character and the second character as a character of a member in charge of the task, and The character located at the end can be determined as the character of the member who reports and receives work.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device may change the expression of a character determined as a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device changes the facial expression of the character determined as the character of the member in charge of the task to one of a plurality of facial expressions, and the plurality of facial expressions include a pleasant expression and a neutral expression. Facial expressions and sad expressions may be included.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device, when the remaining days are displayed on the arrow, determines the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character. When the facial expression is changed to a neutral expression and the drawing fruit is displayed on the arrow, the expression of a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character may be changed to the sad expression.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device, when receiving an input indicating that the task has been completed, displays a facial expression of a character of a member in charge of the task from among the first character and the second character. It can be changed to the above pleasant expression.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the first character and the second character is matched with a name of a member corresponding to the first character and a name of a member corresponding to the second character, and the processor, When a name is input from the user together with a mannequin character that is a character that does not represent a member related to the work, and the name is a name matched with the first character or a name matched with the second character, the mannequin character is set as It can be changed to the first character or the second character that matches the name.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device further displays a third character representing a member related to work on the display module, and according to the user's input, the first character, the second character, and the When an arrow for determining a plurality of work relationships between the third characters is further displayed and an input indicating a sequential relationship between the plurality of work relationships is received from the user, an animation image showing a flow of the work relationship according to the sequential relationship can be displayed by overlapping.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device displays a display module and first and second characters representing members related to work on the display module, and displays the first character and the second character according to a user's input. Create an arrow for determining a work relationship between characters, determine a character of a member in charge of a task and a character of a member to whom a task is reported based on the direction of the arrow with respect to the first character and the second character, Based on the deadline input from the user, the remaining days, which is the number of days left until the deadline, or the due date, which is the number of days past the deadline, are displayed on the arrow, and whether the remaining days or the due date are displayed on the arrow Accordingly, a processor may be configured to change the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task to a neutral expression or a sad expression by the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor of the electronic device, when the remaining days are displayed on the arrow, changes the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task to the neutral expression, and on the arrow When the day is displayed, the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task may be changed to the sad expression.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating an electronic device includes an operation of displaying a first character and a second character representing members related to work on a display module, and the first character and the second character according to a user's input. An operation of generating an arrow that determines a business relationship between characters, an operation of displaying a remaining day, which is the number of days remaining until the deadline, or a due date, which is the number of days that have passed the deadline, on the arrow based on the deadline input from the user, and An operation of changing the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character according to whether the remaining days or the due date are displayed on the arrow.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the operation of generating an arrow for determining the business relationship between the first character and the second character of the operating method is at the beginning of the arrow among the first character and the second character. A character positioned at the end of the arrow may be determined as a character of a member in charge of a task, and a character positioned at an end of the arrow may be determined as a character of a member who reports and receives a task.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation of changing the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character of the operating method includes the member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character. You can change the expression of the character determined by the character.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation of changing the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character of the operating method includes a plurality of facial expressions of the character determined as the character of the member in charge of the task. , and the plurality of expressions may include a happy expression, a neutral expression, and a sad expression.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation of changing the expression of the first character or the expression of the second character of the operation method, when the remaining days are displayed on the arrow, the first character and the first character When the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task among the two characters is changed to the neutral expression, and the drawing fruit is displayed on the arrow, the first character and the second character of the member in charge of the task The expression of the character may be changed to the sad expression.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the operation of changing the expression of the first character or the expression of the second character of the operation method, when receiving an input that the task is completed from the user, the first character and the Among the second characters, the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task may be changed to the pleasant expression.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the user of the electronic device can check the progress of the work at a glance as the electronic device provides a large picture of the work. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device provides task management by changing the expression of a character corresponding to a member in charge of the task based on the remaining days and/or due days based on the task deadline. can do.

1 is a diagram for explaining an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram for explaining a method of generating a character corresponding to a member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram for explaining a method of loading a character corresponding to a member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram for explaining a method of generating a character expression corresponding to a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram for explaining a method of distributing tasks according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram for explaining a change in a character's facial expression based on a due date according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram for explaining a change in a character's facial expression once a task is completed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram for explaining a method of generating a memo according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram for explaining an animation showing a flow of work according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram for explaining an electronic device and screen sharing thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a flowchart for explaining a method of operating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the patent application is not limited or limited by these examples. Like reference numerals in each figure indicate like elements.

Various changes may be made to the embodiments described below. The embodiments described below are not intended to be limiting on the embodiments, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents or substitutes thereto.

Terms such as first or second may be used to describe various components, but these terms should only be understood for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element.

Terms used in the examples are used only to describe specific examples, and are not intended to limit the examples. Expressions in the singular number include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present specification, "A or B", "at least one of A and B", "at least one of A or B", "A, B or C", "at least one of A, B and C", and "A Each of the phrases such as "at least one of , B, or C" may include any one of the items listed together in that phrase, or all possible combinations thereof. In this specification, terms such as "include" or "have" are intended to designate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof is not precluded.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiment belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. In describing the embodiment, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiment, the detailed description will be omitted.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an electronic device 100 is shown. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110 and a display module 120 .

The electronic device 100 may provide a user with management of tasks requiring cooperation of members performing tasks by using applications, software, and/or programs. The electronic device 100 may receive work-related information from a user through an input device (not shown) such as a stylus pen, a touch screen, and/or a mouse. For example, the electronic device 100 is a device capable of receiving work-related information from a user through an input device, and includes various devices such as mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, e-book devices, laptops, personal computers, desktops, and electronic blackboards. A computing device may be included.

The electronic device 100 may display the work relationship and/or the flow of the work relationship on the display module 120 based on the work-related information input from the user. For example, the electronic device 100 may display a work relationship using a character of a member in charge of a task and a character of a member who reports and receives a task. The electronic device 100 may display the flow of work using arrows positioned between characters.

The electronic device 100 may receive an input of the due date of the task from the user. The electronic device receiving the deadline date of the task may display the remaining days until the deadline and/or the days that exceed the deadline on an arrow representing the work relationship.

The electronic device 100 may change the expression of a character corresponding to a member in charge of a task according to remaining days and/or days left. For example, the electronic device 100 may change the expression of a character corresponding to a member in charge of a task to a sad expression when a date is displayed on an arrow.

The electronic device 100 has a plurality of work relationships, and may receive an input of precedence and subsequent relationships for the plurality of work relationships from the user. The electronic device 100 that has received the precedence relationship for a plurality of work relationships may display overlapping animation images representing the flow of work according to the precedence relationship.

The processor 110 may control at least one other component (eg, a display module) of the electronic device 100 and may perform various data processing or calculations. Specifically, the operation of the electronic device 100 disclosed in this specification may be performed by the processor 110 . For example, the processor 110 may change the expression of a character corresponding to a member in charge of a task based on remaining days and/or due days.

The display module 120 can visually provide information to the outside of the electronic device 100 (eg, a user). According to one embodiment, the display module 120 may include a touch sensor set to detect a touch or a pressure sensor set to measure the strength of a force generated by a touch.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may further include a communication module (not shown). The communication module may support wired or wireless communication between the electronic device 100 and an external electronic device (eg, the electronic blackboard 1010 and/or the stylus pen of FIG. 10 ).

Referring to FIG. 2 ,

screens

200 and 210 displayed by the display module are shown.

The screen 200 may be a screen for explaining a method of receiving an input of a member's character 213 related to work. The screen 200 may include a canvas 201 capable of displaying letters and/or pictures input from the user. Buttons providing various inputs may be displayed on the canvas 201 on the left side of the screen 200 . The buttons displayed on the left side of the screen 200 are only examples for explanation of the present invention, and are not limited thereto, and more buttons than those shown in FIG. 2 may be displayed on the screen 200 . The date of the day when the user uses the electronic device may be displayed on the upper right corner of the screen 200 .

When the pen button 202 at the top left of the screen 200 is clicked, the electronic device 100 may receive text and/or pictures from the user through an input device such as a stylus pen. A clicked button may be displayed with an inverted color to distinguish it from a non-clicked button. For example, the background of an unclicked button may be white, but the color of a clicked button may be displayed as indigo blue.

After the pen button 202 is clicked, the electronic device 100 can receive text and/or pictures from the user. The user may click the eraser button 203 at the bottom of the pen button 202 when he/she wants to correct the text and/or the picture. After the eraser button 203 is clicked, the electronic device may recognize the user's input as an input for erasing a part of text and/or picture on the canvas 201 .

The user may draw a picture 205 on the canvas 201 to be set as a character 213 of a member related to work. When the user wants to set the picture 205 as a character of a member related to work, the user may draw the picture 205 and then click the character addition button 204 . When a character addition button 204 is clicked by a user after a picture 205 is drawn on the canvas 201, the electronic device 100 may store the drawn picture 205 as a character corresponding to a member related to work.

The screen 210 may be a screen for explaining a method of matching and storing a character 213 corresponding to a member related to work with the name of the corresponding member.

When the character addition button 204 is clicked after the picture 205 is drawn, the electronic device 100 may display a name input field 211 . The user may input the name of a member corresponding to the character 213 into the name input box 211 . When a name is input into the name input box 211, the electronic device 100 may match the name with the character 213. The input name may be matched with the character 213 regardless of language.

When the character addition button 204 is clicked, the electronic device 100 displays a dividing line 212 for distinguishing the character 213 from components (eg, letters and/or other pictures) outside the canvas 201. can do. The electronic device 100 may display the date the character 213 was created at the top of the dividing line 212 .

The user may save the name and the character 213 matched with the name by clicking the confirmation button 214 . The electronic device 100 may store the name and the character 213 matched with the name in a storage device such as a memory. The character 213 may be matched with a name and stored. For example, the character 213 may be matched with "Hong Gil-dong", which is the name of a member corresponding to the character 213, and stored.

According to one embodiment, once the character 213 is created on the canvas 201, the location where the character 213 is created may be moved within the canvas 201. The user may drag the character 213 within the canvas 201 while clicking inside the dividing line 212 for distinguishing it from components outside the canvas 201 . The user can fix the position of the character 213 by releasing the click at the position where the character 213 is to be moved. For example, when the display module 120 of the electronic device 100 includes a touch sensor set to detect a touch, the user touches the inside of the dividing line 212 and drags the character 213 to a desired position. can When the user reaches the position where the character 213 wants to move, the user can release the touch to fix the position of the character 213 to the corresponding position. After the character 213 is created, the user can press the facial expression button 216 at the lower left corner and freely modify the inside of the character dividing line 212 using a stylus pen at any time. The facial expression button 216 may be a button providing editing of a plurality of initial facial expressions related to the character 213 as well as modification of the created character 213 .

According to one embodiment, character 213 may be deleted. Once the character 213 has been created, the user can click inside the dividing line 212 to place the character 213 in a selected state. After that, the user can delete the character 213 by clicking the delete button 215 .

Hereinafter, a method of inputting a name and calling a character matched with the corresponding name will be described.

Referring to FIG. 3 ,

screens

300 and 310 displayed by the display module are shown.

The screen 300 may be a screen for receiving an input of a mannequin character 301, which is an arbitrary character, from a user in order to call a stored character.

After clicking the pen button 202 to call a saved character, the user can input a mannequin character 301, which is an arbitrary character, on the canvas 201. After the pen button 202 is clicked, the electronic device 100 may receive an input of a mannequin character 301 as an arbitrary character. The mannequin character 301 may be a character that does not represent a member related to work. The mannequin character 301 may be a character that does not match the name. The mannequin character 301 may be a character that is matched with a name and not stored.

The user may click a character addition button 204 to call a character stored at the location where the mannequin character 301 was drawn. When the character addition button 204 is clicked, the electronic device creates a dividing line 212 for distinguishing the mannequin character 301 from external components, and inputs a name at the bottom of the dividing line 212 to receive a name. A column 211 can be created.

The user may input a name matched with a character to be called in the name input field 211 . The electronic device 100 may receive a name matched with a character. For example, the electronic device 100 may receive input of “Hong Gil-dong”, which is a name matched with the character 213 .

The screen 310 may be a screen calling a character stored in the position of the mannequin character 301 . When a name is input into the name input column 211, the electronic device 100 may call a character matched with the corresponding name to the position of the mannequin character 301. For example, when the name “Hong Gil-dong” is input into the name input column 211, the electronic device 100 may load the character 213 matched with the corresponding name to the position of the mannequin character 301.

The user may confirm import of the character 213 by clicking the confirmation button 214 .

Hereinafter, a method of adding a character's facial expression will be described.

Referring to FIG. 4 ,

screens

400 and 410 for explaining a method of generating a character expression are shown.

The screen 400 may be a screen displaying a plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 according to a click of the facial expression button 216 .

A user may click expression button 216 to generate a plurality of

expressions

412 , 413 , 414 of character 213 . When the facial expression button 216 is clicked, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 . Specifically, the plurality of

initial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 may include an initial expression 402 of a joyful expression, an initial expression 403 of a neutral expression, and an initial expression 404 of a sad expression. The plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 may have the same shape as the character 213 matched with the name.

When the plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 are generated, the electronic device 100 may create a dividing line (eg, dividing line 405 ) dividing the plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 . there is. A word describing a facial expression of a character included in the dividing line may be displayed at an upper portion of the dividing line. For example, “Happy” may be displayed at an upper end of the dividing line 405 dividing the initial facial expression 402 of the happy expression, indicating that the facial expression included in the dividing line is a happy expression.

When the plurality of

initial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 are displayed, the user places the plurality of

initial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 at the top of the dividing line including each of the plurality of

initial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 . It can be edited to suit the words displayed in . Also, if the existing character 213 is modified, the modified items may be reflected in each of the plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 .

The screen 410 may be a screen in which the plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 are edited into a plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 .

The plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 may be facial expressions edited based on the plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 . The plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 may include a happy facial expression 412 , a neutral facial expression 413 , and a sad facial expression 414 . The plurality of

facial expressions

412, 413, and 414 disclosed in this specification are examples only, and are not limited thereto. Accordingly, the plurality of facial expressions may include various facial expressions other than the happy facial expression 412 , the neutral facial expression 413 , and the sad facial expression 414 .

When editing of the plurality of initial

facial expressions

402 , 403 , and 404 is completed, the user may click the confirmation button 214 . When the confirmation button 214 is clicked, the electronic device 100 may store the plurality of edited

facial expressions

412, 413, and 414. The plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 may be matched with words displayed at the top of a dividing line (eg, dividing line 405 ) dividing the plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 and stored. For example, a happy expression 412 may be matched with the word "Happy" displayed at the top of the division line 405 dividing the expression and stored.

The electronic device 100 may use the plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 to change the facial expression of a character determined as a character of a member in charge of a task. That is, the electronic device 100 may change the facial expression of a character determined as a character of a member in charge of a task to one of a plurality of

facial expressions

412 , 413 , and 414 .

Hereinafter, a method of determining a work relationship between characters related to work will be described.

Referring to FIG. 5 , a screen 500 for explaining a character of a member in charge of a task and a character of a member reporting and receiving a task is shown.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a first character 530 and a second character 540 are shown. The first character 530 and the second character 540 may be characters representing work-related members. The first character 530 may be a character matched with a member's name corresponding to the first character (eg, Hong Gil-dong). The second character 540 may be a character matched with a name (eg, Dangun) of a member corresponding to the second character. That is, the first character and/or the second character may be a name and character matched by the method described in FIG. 2 .

Users can draw lines to indicate work relationships between members. The user is the character of the member (eg, the second character 540 in FIG. 5) reporting and receiving the job within the dividing line 510 of the character of the member in charge of the job (eg, the first character 530 in FIG. 5). A line may be drawn inside the dividing line 520 to indicate a work relationship between members. For example, referring to FIG. 5 , the user draws a line from an arbitrary area within the dividing line 510 of the first character 530 to an arbitrary area within the dividing line 520 of the second character 540 to correspond to the character. It can show the working relationship between the members who do. Specifically, a character positioned at a starting point of a line may be determined as a member in charge of a task. A character located at the end of the line may be determined as a member to whom work is reported.

When a line is drawn from the first character 530 to the second character 540, the electronic device 100 may convert the corresponding line into an arrow 501. The electronic device 100 may convert the line into an arrow 501 pointing from the starting point of the line to the ending point of the line. The electronic device 100 may determine a character positioned at the beginning of the arrow 501 as a character of a member in charge of a task. The electronic device 100 may determine a character located at the tip of the arrow 501 as a character of a member who reports and receives work. For example, the electronic device 100 may determine the first character 530 positioned at the beginning of the arrow 501 as a character of a member in charge of a task. The electronic device 100 may determine the second character 540 located at the tip of the arrow 501 as a character of a member who reports and receives work.

After the arrow 501 is created, the electronic device 100 may receive task-related content 502 and/or deadline 503 from the user. The electronic device 100 may determine a date input after "by" is input as the due date 503 . For example, when “by 1109” is input, the electronic device 100 may determine the deadline 503 as November 09.

After the user inputs task-related content 502 and/or deadline 503, the user may click the confirmation button 214 to confirm the content 502 and/or deadline 503. When the due date 503 is finalized, the electronic device 100 may display due date information 504 on an arrow 501 . Specifically, the electronic device 100 may display the due date information 504 overlapping the arrow 501 or display it on top of the arrow 501 .

The due date information 504 may include remaining days, which is the number of days remaining until the due date, and due date, which is the number of days past the due date. For example, if the due date 503 is November 09 and the input date of the deadline 503 is November 06, the electronic device 100 displays "D-3" as the remaining date in the due date information 504. can be displayed.

The electronic device 100 may update deadline information 504 . The electronic device 100 may update the deadline information 504 every day. The updated due date information may be the number of days remaining from the current day to the due date 503 . For example, when the due date 503 is November 09 and one day passes and November 07 is reached, the electronic device 100 may update the due date information 504 to “D-2”.

Hereinafter, the color of the arrow and/or the facial expression of the character that can be changed according to the deadline information 504 will be described.

Referring to FIG. 6 ,

screens

600 , 610 , and 620 showing the color of an arrow 501 that can be changed according to deadline information 504 and expressions of characters are shown.

The screen 600 may be a screen displaying remaining days. The electronic device 100 may display remaining days in the due date information 504 of the screen 600 . For example, if the due date 503 is November 09 and the input date of the deadline 503 is November 06, the electronic device 100 displays "D-3" as the remaining date in the due date information 504. can be displayed. When remaining days are displayed in the due date information 504, the color of the arrow 501 may be blue.

When the remaining days are displayed, the electronic device 100 may change the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task to a neutral expression 413 . The neutral facial expression 413 may be a facial expression loaded with facial expressions stored in the method of FIG. 4 . Alternatively, when the remaining days are displayed, the electronic device 100 may display the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task as the expression of the initially created character. The expression of the character initially created may be the expression of the character stored by the method of FIG. 2 .

The screen 610 may be a screen displaying that today is the due date 503 . If today is the due date 503, since the remaining days are 0 days, “D-DAY” may be displayed in the due date information 504. If today is the due date 503 , the electronic device 100 may change the color of the arrow 501 . For example, if today is the due date 503, the electronic device 100 may change the color of the arrow from blue to yellow. Therefore, the user can intuitively recognize that today is the due date 503 by confirming that the color of the arrow is changed to yellow. At this time, the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task may not be changed.

The screen 620 may be a screen displaying a completion date, which is a completion date that exceeds the deadline, in the due date information 504 when the task is not completed by the due date. For example, if the due date 503 is November 09, but the task is not completed by November 12, the due date "D+3" indicating that 3 days have passed may be displayed.

If the member in charge of the task fails to meet the due date, the electronic device 100 may display the due date in the due date information 504 and change the color of the arrow 501 . For example, when an expiration date is displayed in the deadline information 504, the electronic device 100 may change the color of the arrow 501 from yellow to red. The user can intuitively recognize that the deadline 503 has passed by checking the arrow 501 changed to red.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may change the thickness of the arrow 501 based on the drawing date. The electronic device 100 may change the thickness of the arrow 501 using the figure and the sigmoid function. For example, the electronic device 100 may change the thickness of the arrow 501 thicker by using a sigmoid function when 3 days have passed than when 1 day has passed.

When the due date is displayed in the due date information 504 , the electronic device 100 may change the expression of a character of a member in charge of a task to a sad expression 414 . The sad expression 414 may be a facial expression that has been stored using the method described in FIG. 4 and is called. The user can intuitively recognize that the task has not been completed within the deadline by confirming that the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task is changed to a sad expression 414 .

Hereinafter, the change of the character's expression when the task is completed will be described.

Referring to FIG. 7 ,

screens

700 and 710 showing a change in facial expression of a character when a task is completed are shown.

The screen 700 may be a screen for receiving information that a task has been completed from a user. When the distributed task is completed, the user may check 701 to input that the task has been completed. The check mark 701 is only an example for indicating that the task has been completed, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Accordingly, the user may indicate that the task has been completed in various ways such as a circle mark in addition to the check mark 701 .

The screen 710 may be a screen for changing the facial expression of a character in charge of a task (eg, the character “Hong Gil-dong”) when information indicating that a task has been completed is received. The electronic device 100 may change the facial expression of the character in charge of the task to a pleasant expression 412 when information indicating that the task has been completed is input. The happy facial expression 412 may be a facial expression stored by the method described in FIG. 4 . The electronic device 100 may change the character's facial expression by calling a pleasant facial expression 412 when information indicating that the task has been completed is input.

In addition, upon receiving information indicating that the task has been completed, the electronic device 100 can change the color of components other than the character (eg, the character "Dangun") to report and receive the task. The electronic device 100 may change the color of the character, arrow 501, contents 502, due date 503, and due date information 504 of the member in charge of the task. For example, the electronic device may collectively change the color of the character, arrow 501, content 502, due date 503, and due date information 504 of a member in charge of a task to gray. The user can intuitively recognize that the task has been completed by confirming that the color has changed to gray.

Referring to FIG. 8 , a screen 800 on which a speech bubble 802 is displayed is shown.

Users can freely input work-related descriptions, advice, feedback, situations, and/or pictures on the canvas. The user may input various contents related to work on the canvas and then select the speech bubble button 801 to create a memo with the input contents. When the speech bubble button 801 is selected after various work-related contents are input, the electronic device 100 may create a memo with the input contents.

For example, if the task needs to meet the deadline, the user writes a speech bubble 802 saying "Please adhere to the deadline" on the character side of the member who reports and receives the task, and then selects the speech bubble button 801 to input it. You can create a memo for one thing.

Referring to FIG. 9 , a screen 900 for explaining an animation showing a work flow is shown.

Referring to screen 900, a plurality of work relationships between a plurality of characters are shown. The screen 900 may further include a third character 910 (eg, the character “King Sejong the Great” of FIG. 9 ). The user can grasp work relationships using the screen 900 . For example, referring to the screen 900, the first character 530 may be a character of a member in charge of drafting a report, and the second character 540 may be a character of a member who reports and receives the draft report. there is. Also, the second character 540 may be a character of a member in charge of submitting a report. The third character 910 may be a character of a member receiving report submission. Therefore, the user can check the flow of the work relationship, that is, the work continues in the direction from the first character 530 to the third character 910 using the screen 900 .

In this case, the electronic device may generate animation so that the flow of the work relationship can be clearly known. After selecting the brush button 901, the user may input a line 902, which is an input indicating a precedence relationship between work relationships. The user may input a line 902 from the first task to the last task among the plurality of work relationships to define a precedence relationship among the plurality of work relationships. For example, after selecting the brush button 901, the user may input a line 902 in a direction from the first character 530 to the third character 910. Accordingly, a task in charge of the first character may be defined as a task that is started first, and a task that the third character is reported to may be defined as a task that is started last. In this case, the line 902 may be a line that appears on the screen 900 only upon input and then disappears.

When the line 902 is input, the electronic device 100 can display through a visual animation that the work relationship starts with the first character 530 and continues to the third character 910 through the second character 540. can The electronic device 100 may provide an animation image representing the flow of a work relationship through an effect representing a flow such as a wave. The electronic device 100 may display the animation image overlapping the first character 530 to the third character 910 .

Referring to FIG. 10 , a first electronic device 1000 and a second electronic device 1010 are illustrated.

The first electronic device 1000 may be an electronic device that performs the method for providing management of tasks among members described above. For example, the first electronic device 1000 may be a tablet. The first electronic device 1000 and the second electronic device 1010 communicate using a network 1020 including a short-range communication network (such as Bluetooth and/or WiFi) or a long-distance communication network (such as 5G and/or LAN). can

Specifically, the first electronic device 1000 may share the screen 1001 providing task management with the second electronic device 1010 . When the second electronic device 1010 is a device placed in a work space such as a conference room, the second electronic device 1010 displays the screen 1001 being displayed by the first electronic device 1000 to members performing work. can be shared Members who have shared the screen 1001 can use the corresponding screen 1001 to remind of deadlines and the like. For example, when the second electronic device 1010 is a projector installed in a conference room, members attending the conference can share work situations through the second electronic device 1010 .

According to an embodiment, when the second electronic device 1010 sharing a screen can receive an input from a user through an input device, the user creates or edits a work relationship through the second electronic device 1010. can For example, if the second electronic device 1010 is an electronic blackboard including a touchable display module, the user may write or edit a work relationship through the second electronic device 1010 sharing the screen.

In the following embodiments, each operation may be performed sequentially, but not necessarily sequentially. For example, the order of each operation may be changed, or at least two operations may be performed in parallel. Operations 1110 to 1140 may be performed by the electronic device 100 . Specifically, the operations of the electronic device 100 may be performed by at least one component (eg, the processor 110 of FIG. 1 ).

In operation 1110, the processor may display a first character and a second character representing work-related members on the display module.

In operation 1120, the processor may generate an arrow determining a business relationship between the first character and the second character according to the user's input.

In operation 1130, the processor may display a remaining day, which is the number of days remaining until the deadline, or a due date, which is the number of days past the deadline, on an arrow based on the deadline input from the user.

In operation 1140, the processor may change the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character according to whether remaining days or due dates are displayed on the arrow.

Meanwhile, the method according to the present invention is written as a program that can be executed on a computer and can be implemented in various recording media such as magnetic storage media, optical reading media, and digital storage media.

Implementations of the various techniques described herein may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or combinations thereof. Implementations may be a computer program product, i.e., an information carrier, e.g., a machine-readable storage, for processing by, or for controlling, the operation of a data processing apparatus, e.g., a programmable processor, computer, or plurality of computers. It can be implemented as a computer program tangibly embodied in a device (computer readable medium) or a radio signal. A computer program, such as the computer program(s) described above, may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, and may be written as a stand-alone program or in a module, component, subroutine, or computing environment. It can be deployed in any form, including as other units suitable for the use of. A computer program can be deployed to be processed on one computer or multiple computers at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communication network.

Processors suitable for processing a computer program include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from read only memory or random access memory or both. Elements of a computer may include at least one processor that executes instructions and one or more memory devices that store instructions and data. In general, a computer may include, receive data from, send data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices that store data, such as magnetic, magneto-optical disks, or optical disks. It can also be combined to become. Information carriers suitable for embodying computer program instructions and data include, for example, semiconductor memory devices, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) ), optical media such as DVD (Digital Video Disk), magneto-optical media such as Floptical Disk, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (RAM) , Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and the like. The processor and memory may be supplemented by, or included in, special purpose logic circuitry.

In addition, computer readable media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer, and may include both computer storage media and transmission media.

Although this specification contains many specific implementation details, they should not be construed as limiting on the scope of any invention or what is claimed, but rather as a description of features that may be unique to a particular embodiment of a particular invention. It should be understood. Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments individually or in any suitable subcombination. Further, while features may operate in particular combinations and are initially depicted as such claimed, one or more features from a claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from that combination, and the claimed combination is a subcombination. or sub-combination variations.

Similarly, while actions are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should not be construed as requiring that those actions be performed in the specific order shown or in the sequential order, or that all depicted actions must be performed to obtain desired results. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing can be advantageous. Further, the separation of various device components in the embodiments described above should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the program components and devices described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. You have to understand that you can.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification and drawings are only presented as specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition to the embodiments disclosed herein, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that other modified examples based on the technical idea of the present invention can be implemented.

Claims

display module; and

Displaying a first character and a second character representing a member related to work on the display module;

Creating an arrow for determining a business relationship between the first character and the second character according to a user's input;

Based on the deadline input from the user, a remaining day, which is the number of days remaining until the deadline, or a due date, which is the number of days past the deadline, is displayed on the arrow,

A processor for changing the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character according to whether the remaining days or the due date are displayed on the arrow;

electronic device.
According to claim 1,

the processor,

Among the first character and the second character, a character positioned at the beginning of the arrow is determined as a character of a member in charge of work, and a character positioned at the end of the arrow is determined as a character of a member who reports and receives work. to do, electronic devices.
According to claim 2,

the processor,

An electronic device that changes a facial expression of a character determined as a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character.
According to claim 3,

the processor,

Changing the facial expression of the character determined as the character of the member in charge of the task to one of a plurality of facial expressions;

The plurality of facial expressions,

An electronic device, including a joyful expression, a neutral expression and a sad expression.
According to claim 4,

the processor,

When the remaining days are displayed on the arrow, changing the expression of a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character to the neutral expression,

When the drawing fruit is displayed on the arrow, an expression of a character of a member in charge of the job among the first character and the second character is changed to the sad expression.
According to claim 4,

the processor,

When an input indicating that the task has been completed is received from the user, the electronic device changes a facial expression of a character of a member in charge of the task from among the first character and the second character to the joyful expression.
According to claim 1,

Each of the first character and the second character,

The name of the member corresponding to the first character and the name of the member corresponding to the second character are matched,

the processor,

When a name is input from the user together with a mannequin character that is a character that does not represent a member related to the work, and the name is a name matched with the first character or a name matched with the second character, the mannequin character is set as Changing to the first character or the second character that matches the name, the electronic device.
According to claim 1,

the processor,

A third character representing a member related to work is further displayed on the display module;

Further displaying arrows for determining a plurality of business relationships among the first character, the second character, and the third character according to the user's input;

and displaying an overlapping animation image representing a flow of the work relationship according to the order relationship when an input indicating a sequential relationship between the plurality of work relationships is received from the user.
display module; and

Displaying a first character and a second character representing a member related to work on the display module;

Creating an arrow for determining a business relationship between the first character and the second character according to a user's input;

For the first character and the second character, based on the directions of the arrows, determining a character of a member in charge of a task and a character of a member to whom a task is reported;

Based on the deadline input from the user, a remaining day, which is the number of days remaining until the deadline, or a due date, which is the number of days past the deadline, is displayed on the arrow,

Including a processor for changing the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task to a neutral expression or a sad expression by the user depending on whether the remaining days or the due date are displayed on the arrow,

electronic device.
According to claim 9,

the processor,

Among the first character and the second character, a character positioned at the beginning of the arrow is determined as a character of a member in charge of work, and a character positioned at the end of the arrow is determined as a character of a member who reports and receives work. to do, electronic devices.
According to claim 9,

the processor,

When the remaining days are displayed on the arrow, the expression of the character of the member in charge of the task is changed to the neutral expression,

An electronic device that changes a facial expression of a character of a member in charge of the task to the sad expression when the fruit is displayed on the arrow.
displaying a first character and a second character representing work-related members on a display module;

generating an arrow for determining a business relationship between the first character and the second character according to a user's input;

displaying a remaining day, which is the number of days remaining until the deadline, or a due date, which is the number of days past the deadline, on the arrow based on the deadline input from the user; and

An operation of changing the facial expression of the first character and/or the facial expression of the second character according to whether the remaining days or the due date are displayed on the arrow.

A method of operating an electronic device comprising a.
According to claim 12,

The operation of generating an arrow for determining the business relationship between the first character and the second character,

Among the first character and the second character, a character positioned at the beginning of the arrow is determined as a character of a member in charge of work, and a character positioned at the end of the arrow is determined as a character of a member who reports and receives work. to do, how to operate.
According to claim 13,

The operation of changing the expression of the first character and / or the expression of the second character,

Changing a facial expression of a character determined as a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character.
According to claim 13,

The operation of changing the expression of the first character and / or the expression of the second character,

Changing the facial expression of the character determined as the character of the member in charge of the task to one of a plurality of facial expressions;

The plurality of facial expressions,

A method of operation, including a joyful expression, a neutral expression and a sad expression.
According to claim 15,

The operation of changing the expression of the first character or the expression of the second character,

When the remaining days are displayed on the arrow, changing the expression of a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character to the neutral expression,

and changing the expression of a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character to the sad expression when the drawing fruit is displayed on the arrow.
According to claim 15,

The operation of changing the expression of the first character or the expression of the second character,

When an input indicating that the task has been completed is received from the user, changing a facial expression of a character of a member in charge of the task among the first character and the second character to the joyful expression.