JPH1083423A - Electronic scheduler - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use electronic scheduler in which a schedule extending over a plurality of days can be displayed so as to be distinguished from other schedules. A schedule data area (41) for storing a plurality of sets of data including date data, time data and schedule contents, and a period data area (42) for storing a plurality of data sets of period data and schedule contents are provided. Date data of a predetermined period is generated based on the date data input from the unit 1, and the date data of the predetermined period is arranged and displayed in a row in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which a plurality of numbers representing times of the day are arranged. At the same time, the time data read from the schedule data area 41 corresponding to the date data of the predetermined period and the period data read from the period data area 42 are simultaneously associated with a plurality of numbers representing the date of the predetermined period and the time of one day. To display a graph.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electronic scheduler capable of displaying the contents of a schedule in a time series of a predetermined period unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a tendency to use an electronic scheduler instead of a conventional notebook for managing a schedule related to an individual. By the way, in such an electronic scheduler, when a registered schedule is displayed, a schedule on a daily basis is displayed in chronological order. This means that even when a schedule having the same content over a plurality of days is displayed, the schedule of one day is displayed in chronological order for the period.

[0003]

However, displaying a schedule extending over a plurality of days in a daily unit schedule makes it possible to distinguish between a schedule covering only one day and a schedule extending over a certain period. And it is difficult to use, and there is a possibility that the contents of the schedule may be misunderstood, and there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to use.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an easy-to-use electronic scheduler which can display a schedule extending over a plurality of days so as to be distinguished from other schedules. .

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides date data,
A first storage unit that stores a plurality of data sets each including a set of time data and schedule contents; a second storage unit that stores a plurality of data sets each including a set of period data and schedule contents; and a date specification unit that specifies a date. A date data output means for outputting date data of a predetermined period based on a date designated by the date designation means, and a direction orthogonal to a direction in which a plurality of numbers representing times of the day displayed in a line are displayed. First display control means for displaying date data for a predetermined period output from the date data output means in a row in a direction, and data corresponding to date data for a predetermined period output from the date data output means From the first storage means and the second storage means, and read the time data read from the first storage means and the time data read from the second storage means. Duration data simultaneously, the first
And the second display control means for displaying a graph in correspondence with the date of the predetermined period and the plurality of numbers displayed by the display control means.

As a result, according to the present invention, the date data of the predetermined period based on the date specified by the date specifying means is converted into a plurality of numbers representing the time of one day, that is, a numeric string representing the time of the day. Are displayed side by side in the direction orthogonal to the
Since the period data and the time data can be displayed in correspondence with the date and each time of the predetermined period, the schedule content can be displayed simultaneously in the period unit and the time unit.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a circuit configuration of the embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a key input unit. The key input unit 1 has character keys for schedule input (not shown), numeric keys for date input, etc., and a "weekly" key 1a for instructing display of a weekly schedule. Have. The key output data from the key input unit 1 is sent to the control unit 2. The control unit 2 stores various programs in advance, and supplies a control signal to each circuit. In this case, the control section 2 supplies control signals to the date register 3, the address section 5 of the data storage section 4, the arithmetic section 6, the display buffer 7, the buffer control section 8, and the display format memory 9.

The date register 3 writes date data input from the key input unit 1. The address of the data storage unit 4 is controlled by the address control unit 5, and stores the schedule data. The data storage unit 4 includes a normal schedule data area 41 and a period schedule data area 42.
have. Here, data of date, time or time zone, and schedule contents are written in the normal data area 41, and the start date, end date, and schedule contents of the period schedule are written in the period data area 42. The arithmetic section 6 calculates one week's worth of date data while adding +1 day to the date data based on the date data in the date register 3, and supplies the calculated date data to the date register 3. The display buffer 7 stores display data of the display unit 10 and is controlled by the buffer control unit 8. Here, the display buffer 7 has a length of 48 dots as shown in FIG.
It has a storage area of 191 horizontal dots, and the leftmost 48 × 32
The dot, date and day of the week display area 71, followed by 48 × 15
Dots are displayed in the period display area 72 and the remaining 48 ×
144 dots are set in a 24-hour table graph (time table) area 73.

The display format memory 9 stores the format of the table graph to be written in the table graph area 73 of the display buffer 7, and here, as shown in FIG. The format of seven ruled lines for displaying data is stored. Here, one scale indicating one hour attached to each ruled line is 6 dots, and one dot is 10 minutes.

The date data of the date register 3 is supplied to a calendar unit 11 and a date comparison unit 12. Calendar part 1
Numeral 1 calculates the day of the week based on the date data of the date register 3, and writes the date and the day of the week in the date / day of the week display area 71 of the display buffer 7. Date comparison unit 12
Compares the date data of the date register 3 with the date data of the normal data area 41 of the data storage unit 4 and compares the period data of the period data area 42 with the comparison result. It is provided to the conversion unit 13. Period data converter 13
Outputs the pattern data shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C in accordance with the result of comparison between the date data and the period data in the date comparison unit 12. The information is provided to the period display area 72. In this case, when the date data coincides with the start date of the period data, an upward arrow pattern shown in FIG. 3A, and when the date data is between the start date and the end date, as shown in FIG. When the end date matches, a downward arrow pattern shown in FIG.

The time data corresponding to the comparison result between the date data in the date comparison unit 12 and the date data in the normal data area 41 is supplied to the time data conversion unit 14. In this case, the time data conversion unit 14 generates a dot output at time T1 if the time data does not have a range,
If it has a range, a dot output at times T1 to T2 is generated.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. When the user inputs "January 29, 1989" as date data from the key input unit 1 and operates the "weekly" key 1a, the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is executed.

First, the date data input in step A1 is written into the date register 3. Then, the date data of the date register 3 is given to the calendar unit 11, the day of the week is calculated, and the obtained day and date (here, “29” and “SU”) are stored in the display buffer 7.
The data is written in the day display area 71 and displayed on the display unit 10.

On the other hand, the date data of the date register 3 is given to the date comparing section 12, and is compared with the date data of the schedule registered in the period data area 42 of the data storage section 4 first. Here, January 2 is stored in the period data area 42.
Assuming that the schedule from the 5th to the 30th of January is registered, YES is determined in step A2, and the process proceeds to step A3. In step A3, the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is executed.

In this case, it is determined in step B1 whether the date data (January 29) input from the key input unit 1 is the start date of the schedule. Here, since the answer is NO, the process proceeds to step B2, and it is determined whether or not the date is the middle date of the schedule. Then, here, YES, so step B
3, the bar pattern shown in FIG. 3B is output from the period data storage unit 13, written in the period display area 72 of the display buffer 7, and displayed on the display unit 10. Then, the process returns to FIG.

In FIG. 4, at step A4, it is determined whether or not normal data corresponding to the date data exists in the normal data area 41. Here, if there is normal data corresponding to the date data, the result is YES, and the process proceeds to step A5. In step A5, the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is executed.

In this case, in step C1, the data storage unit 4
The time data corresponding to the date data is read from the normal data area 41. Then, proceed to Step C2,
It is determined whether the time data has a range. here,
If NO, the process proceeds to step C3, in which dot conversion for the time T1 is performed by the time / time data conversion unit 14. If YES, the process proceeds to step C4, where dot conversion for the time T1 to T2 is performed by the time data conversion unit 14, and the display buffer 7
Is written in the table graph area 73, and is displayed on the display unit 10. Then, the process returns to FIG.

In FIG. 4, in step A6, the arithmetic unit 6 increments the date data of the date register 3 by one day, and in step A9, it is determined whether the date is the eighth day. Here is NO
Returning to step A2, first, the day of the week is calculated by the calendar unit 11 based on the date data of the date register 3, and the result (here, "30" and "MO") is stored in the date and day of week display day area 71 of the display buffer 7. It is written and displayed on the display unit 10. Further, in step A2, YES is returned again according to the schedule from January 25 to January 30, so the process proceeds to step A3, and the period data display shown in FIG. 5 is executed. Here, step B1, step B2
Are both NO, the process proceeds to step B4, and it is determined whether or not the end date of the schedule. Here, since the result is YES, the process proceeds to step B5, and the period data storage unit 13 stores the downward arrow shown in FIG. The pattern is output, written in the period display area 72 of the display buffer 7, and displayed on the display unit 10. If it is determined in step A4 that there is normal data corresponding to the date data (30 days), the time data is stored in the table graph area 7 of the display buffer 7.
3 to be displayed on the display unit 10.

In the same manner, the date data of the date register 3 is incremented by +1 day, and the corresponding date and day are displayed on the display unit 10 via the display buffer 7 while the calendar unit 11 calculates the day of the week. Also, it is determined whether there is period data corresponding to the date data, and if there is the period data,
The corresponding pattern data is output from the period data storage unit 13, displayed on the display unit 10, and if there is normal data corresponding to the date data, the time data is displayed on the display unit 10 via the display buffer 7. Become. Then, when such display is repeatedly executed for one week, a table graph as shown in FIG. 7 is obtained.
If the answer is YES, the series of processes ends. Here, when the start date of the schedule is determined in step B1 by comparing the period data corresponding to the date data, the process proceeds to step A6, where an upward arrow pattern is output and displayed on the display unit 10.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified and implemented without changing the gist. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the predetermined period is one week, but may be in units of 10 days or 30 days. Further, although the arrow pattern is used for displaying the data period, other means can be used as long as the period can be displayed.

[0021]

According to the present invention, a schedule spanning a certain period can be distinguished from other schedules from a graph display corresponding to date data of a designated predetermined period, and at the same time, one day of each date data can be recognized. From the graph display corresponding to the numeric string representing the time, it becomes possible to recognize the schedule in units of time, so it is possible to accurately grasp the entire schedule contents simply by looking at the schedule contents displayed in the graph at a glance. In addition, extremely easy-to-use schedule management can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a display buffer according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an output pattern of a period data converter according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit according to one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Key input part, 2 ... Control part, 3 ... Date register, 4 ... Data storage part, 41 ... Normal data area, 42 ... Period data area, 5 ... Address part, 6 ... Calculation part, 7 ... Display buffer, 8 ... buffer control unit, 9 ... display format memory, 10 ... display unit, 11 ... calendar unit, 12 ... date comparison unit, 13 ... expiration date data conversion unit, 14 ... time data conversion unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A first storage unit that stores a plurality of data sets each including a set of date data, time data, and schedule contents; a second storage unit that stores a plurality of data sets each including a set of period data and schedule contents; Date designating means for designating a date; date data output means for outputting date data for a predetermined period based on the date designated by the date designating means; A first display control means for arranging and displaying date data for a predetermined period output from the date data output means in a row in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the numbers are arranged; and a predetermined output from the date data output means. Data corresponding to the date data of the period is read out from the first storage means and the second storage means, and the time data and the time data read out from the first storage means are read out. A second display control means for simultaneously displaying the period data read from the second storage means in a graph corresponding to the date of the predetermined period and the plurality of numbers displayed by the first display control means; An electronic scheduler comprising: