JP2007064758A - Portable electronic device, display control program, display control method, and clock device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable electronic device, a display control program, a display control method, and a clock device that can improve the operability by simplifying the operation by an operation unit.
A CPU 9 that controls each unit constituting a wristwatch performs an operation that is switched by an operation of an operation unit 4 based on a current time measured by a timer unit 11 and an operation history information stored in a memory 10. Control. Thereby, the display of the display unit 5 on which information corresponding to the operation is displayed is controlled based on the current time and history information. By controlling the display of the display unit 5 in this way, it is possible to predict the display screen that the user desires at the current time from the history information, and display the predicted display screen on the display unit 5.
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Description

  The present invention particularly relates to a portable electronic device, a display control program, a display control method, and a timepiece device that switch a display screen of a display unit by operating an operation unit.

  In recent years, various types of portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and portable game machines have been used. A portable electronic device is easy to carry, so it can be used on the go and is convenient. In particular, a wearable device such as a wristwatch is always worn, so that it can be used immediately regardless of location, which is very convenient.

  The following Patent Document 1 is a small-sized device in which a wearable body to be worn on a user's body is provided on a terminal body and attached to a wrist or the like, so that information can be easily confirmed like a wristwatch, and there is no need to select a place to use. Mobile terminals have been proposed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-298362

  If a portable electronic device provided with a display unit such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) as described in Patent Document 1 is used, a user can perform various operations to view various information by viewing the display screen. Can be easily obtained.

  By the way, the portable electronic device is preferably small in order to improve portability. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to operate if it is small. Therefore, it has been desired that the target screen be displayed immediately by a simple operation.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device, a display control program, a display control method, and a timepiece device that can improve the operability by simplifying the operation by the operation unit.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides:
A timekeeping section that measures the current time,
An operation unit that outputs a control signal that switches operation according to an operation;
A display unit for displaying information according to the operation;
A storage unit for storing operation history information;
A portable electronic device having a control unit that controls an operation in accordance with a current time measured by a clock unit based on history information.

In addition, this invention
A control step for controlling the operation according to the current time measured by the timer unit based on the history information of the operation switched by the operation of the operation unit stored in the storage unit;
A display control program that causes a computer to execute a display step of displaying information corresponding to an operation on a display unit.

In addition, this invention
A mounting part for mounting on the body;
A timekeeping section that measures the current time,
An operation unit that outputs a control signal that switches operation according to an operation;
A current time measured by the timekeeping unit is displayed, and a display unit that displays information corresponding to an operation switched by a control signal output from the operation unit;
A storage unit for storing operation history information;
A timepiece device comprising: a control unit that controls an operation according to a current time measured by a clocking unit based on history information.

  In the present invention, since the operation switched by the operation unit is controlled based on the history information stored in the storage unit according to the current time measured by the time measuring unit, the display unit displaying information corresponding to the operation is controlled. The display is controlled according to the current time based on the history information.

  According to the present invention, since the display on the display unit is controlled according to the current time based on the history information, a display screen that the user may desire at the current time can be predicted from the history information. By displaying the predicted display screen on the display unit, display unnecessary for the user can be omitted, and operability can be improved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an example of an external configuration of a wristwatch to which the present invention is applied. The wristwatch 1 is configured such that a mounting portion 3 is provided in the main body portion 2. The mounting unit 3 is for mounting the main body unit 2 on a user's wrist or the like.

  The main body 2 has a configuration in which an electronic circuit is accommodated in a case. The main unit 2 is provided with an operation unit 4 so that the user can operate it. The main body 2 is provided with a display unit 5 so that the user can visually acquire information.

  The operation unit 4 includes pushbutton keys 6 and 7. The key 6 is mainly used as a determination key. The key 6 is also used as a menu key. The key 7 is mainly used as a movement key for moving a cursor or the like. The correspondence between each operation of the keys 6 and 7 described later and the operation of the wristwatch 1 is merely an example. Further, the configuration of the operation unit 4 such as the type and number of keys is not particularly limited to the illustrated one. For example, the operation unit 4 may be configured using a pointing device such as a touch panel.

  The display unit 5 is for visually presenting arbitrary information corresponding to the operation to the user. The type of the display unit 5 is not particularly limited, but is configured by a color display that can display in units of pixels using liquid crystal, organic EL (Electronic Luminescence), and the like suitable for displaying arbitrary information. Is preferred.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a circuit configuration of a main part of the wristwatch 1. The main part of the electronic circuit constituting the wristwatch 1 includes the operation unit 4 and the display unit 5, the power supply unit 8, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 9, a memory 10, and a timer unit 11. The power supply unit 8 is connected to each unit that requires a power supply. The operation unit 4, the display unit 5, the memory 10, and the time measuring unit 11 are each connected to the CPU 9.

  The operation unit 4 supplies control signals corresponding to the operation of the keys 6 and 7 to the CPU 9. The display unit 5 displays an image based on the control of the CPU 9. The power supply unit 8 converts a battery voltage such as a lithium ion battery into a predetermined voltage and supplies it to each unit that requires power.

  The CPU 9 controls the operation of each unit constituting the wristwatch 1 based on various programs stored in the memory 10. In addition, the CPU 9 constantly monitors the operation of each unit constituting the wristwatch 1 and stores operation history information in the memory 10 as log data.

  The memory 10 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. In addition to the various programs and log data described above, the memory 10 stores temporary data used when executing the various programs, various setting data, various program files, a screen ID described later, a log table, and the like.

  The timer unit 11 is generated by, for example, an oscillation circuit that outputs an oscillation pulse with a fixed period using a crystal oscillator, a frequency divider that divides the oscillation pulse from the oscillation circuit to generate a reference signal, and a frequency divider And a counter for counting the current reference time and counting the current time. The current time is counted and supplied to the CPU 9. The current time can acquire time information related to the current time, such as year, month, day of the week, hour, minute and second.

  When a clock function such as display of the current time is executed, the current time measured by the timer unit 11 is used. For example, the CPU 9 controls the display on the display unit 5 based on the current time, whereby the current time is displayed on the display unit 5.

  The wristwatch 1 may be configured to be able to perform data communication with other devices. FIG. 3 shows an example of a circuit configuration of a main part of the wristwatch 1 provided with a communication unit. A communication unit 12 is connected to the CPU 9. The communication unit 12 is for performing data communication with other devices through a known wireless and / or wired communication interface. Examples of the wireless communication include an IrDA (Infrared Data Association) system and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). Examples of wired communication include those using USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394, and the like.

  In this manner, by providing the communication unit 12, data communication can be performed with other devices. For example, programs that can be executed by the wristwatch 1 and program files can be exchanged with other devices.

  The wristwatch 1 may be configured to include an external storage. FIG. 4 shows an example of a circuit configuration of a main part of the wristwatch 1 having an external storage. An external storage 13 is connected to the CPU 9. The external storage 13 is used to input / output data to / from a recording medium via a known input / output driver. For example, a small hard disk as a recording medium, a case in which a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory is housed in a case, and the like can be mentioned.

  Thus, by providing the external storage 13, the data capacity can be increased. By enabling recording on a detachable recording medium such as a memory card using a semiconductor memory, data can be exchanged with an external device. For example, a program or a program file that can be executed by the wristwatch 1 can be exchanged via a removable recording medium.

  Furthermore, the wristwatch 1 may be configured to include both the communication unit 12 and the external storage 13 described above.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a display screen when displaying time information. The time display unit 21 displays time information such as the current time. A background image 22 can be displayed on the display screen. Even if display specifications such as display screen brightness and color, display screen layout, and font and size of display characters can be changed as desired by the user using the operation unit 4, for example, by a program. Good. Data regarding these display specifications and design specifications may be acquired via the communication unit 12 or the external storage 13.

  These display specifications and design specifications may be automatically switched to predetermined ones based on the current time, for example, by a program. Note that the clock screen displaying the time information is not limited to the one shown in the drawing as long as the time information can be visually presented to the user. For example, the time information may be displayed in an analog manner.

  The wristwatch 1 has an additional function in addition to the clock function. The additional function is not particularly limited as long as the wristwatch 1 can execute, but in this example, the additional function such as a scheduler, a game, and a calculator will be described.

  These functions can be selectively used by the user. Further, the wristwatch 1 has a display control function for controlling the display on the display unit 5 to be suitable for the user based on the current time and the log data. The clock function, the additional function, and the display control function are realized by the CPU 9 executing each program stored in the memory 10.

  Each screen displayed on the display unit 5 is associated with a screen ID for identifying the display screen. This screen ID is used in a display control function described later. The screen ID is stored in advance in the memory 10, for example, and the CPU 9 can call the program for displaying the screen corresponding to the screen ID based on the screen ID and perform an operation for displaying the screen corresponding to the screen ID. ing. The screen ID is associated with all screens displayed on the display unit 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the screen ID may be associated only with a screen that should be display-controllable by the display control function. As a result, the data capacity can be reduced.

  Here, the transition of the screen displayed on the display unit 5 when the display screen is not controlled by the display control function will be described using the scheduler screen and the game screen as examples.

  In the normal state in which the watch is used, for example, a watch screen as shown in FIG. In this example, it is assumed that the screen ID of the clock screen is “T001”.

  For example, in the state where the clock screen is displayed on the display unit 5 in this way, when the key 6 is pressed and the menu is called, the menu screen is displayed on the display unit 5. In this example, it is assumed that the screen ID of the menu screen is “M001”.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of the menu screen. Icons 23 ₁ , 23 ₂ ,... For executing various programs are displayed as selection items on the menu screen. For example, the icon 23 ₁ is selected when performing various settings of the clock function, the icon 23 ₂ is selected when using the scheduler, and the icon 23 ₃ uses the game. are those selected when the icon 23 ₄ are those selected when using the calculator function.

In this example, each time the key 7 is pressed, the icons 23 ₁ , 23 ₂ ,... Move and the selectable icons on the cursor 24 are switched. After the icon on the cursor 24 reaches the last icon, it moves from the icon 23 ₁ again. Note that the display of the menu screen is not limited to the illustrated one. For example, the menu screen may be configured to move the cursor 24 or may be configured to select from icons displayed in a matrix.

The user can use a function corresponding to the icon by moving the desired icon to the position of the cursor 24 with the key 7 and then pressing the key 6. For example, when the icon 23 ₂ is selected on the menu screen, the scheduler program is called, and when the icon 23 ₃ is selected on the menu screen, the game program is called, and when the icon 23 ₄ is selected, the calculator The program is called. Note that when a menu end instruction is given by selecting a menu end icon (not shown) or the like, the display is switched to a clock screen as shown in FIG.

  For example, the scheduler can read schedule data stored in the memory 10 and refer to the schedule. The schedule data is edited by another device such as a mobile phone or a personal computer, and is stored in the memory 10 via the communication unit 12, the external storage 13, or the like.

  Note that the scheduler can edit the schedule such as registration, change, and deletion by not only referring to the schedule but also inputting by a software keyboard, handwriting input using a touch panel, etc., and stores the schedule data in the memory 10 It may be. In this example, the control of the reference screen of the scheduler that only refers to the schedule has been described. However, the control can also be applied to the control of the reference screen and the edit screen of the scheduler that can edit the schedule.

  The scheduler in this example can refer to the schedule step by step in units of months, weeks, days, and schedules. In this example, the screen ID of the monthly schedule screen is “S011”, the screen ID of the weekly schedule screen is “S012”, and the screen ID of the daily schedule screen is “S013”. Assume that the screen ID of the schedule screen for each schedule is “S014”.

  7 is an example of a monthly schedule screen, FIG. 8 is an example of a weekly schedule screen, FIG. 9 is an example of a daily schedule screen, and FIG. 10 is a schedule of a schedule unit. It is an example of a screen.

The scheduler screen in this example includes a schedule display unit 25 and an icon display unit 26. The schedule display unit 25 displays a schedule in units of months, weeks, days, or schedules for each reference unit. The icon display unit 26 displays icons (icons 27 ₁ to 27 that are common to the scheduler screens). ₄ ) is displayed.

  The reference unit of the schedule displayed on the schedule display unit 25 is selectable, and is selected when the schedule displayed on the schedule display unit 25 is switched to a more detailed one. The reference unit of the schedule screen of the schedule unit that is the lowest layer cannot be selected.

The icon 27 ₁ switches the schedule displayed on the schedule display unit 25 to the previous page, and the icon 27 ₂ is selected when switching the schedule displayed on the schedule display unit 25 to the subsequent page. For example, on the monthly schedule screen, when the icon 27 ₁ is selected, the previous month's schedule is displayed, and when the icon 27 ₂ is selected, the next month's schedule is displayed.

Icon 27 ₃ is selected when switching the hierarchy on one display schedule display unit 25. For example, when the icon 27 ₃ is selected in the schedule screen monthly, is switched displayed on the menu screen, the icon 27 ₃ is selected in the schedule screen weekly, the display is switched to the schedule screen monthly .

Icon 27 ₄ is selected when terminating the scheduler. When the instruction of termination of the scheduler, such as by selection of an icon 27 ₄ is made, the scheduler program is terminated, the display is switched to the watch screen as shown in FIG.

The cursor 24 moves by reference unit of the schedule displayed on the schedule display unit 25 by pressing the key 7, and when the key 7 is further pressed at the position of the last reference unit, the icon display unit 26 side Move to. When the key 7 is further pressed, the cursor 24 moves in order from the icon 27 ₁ to the icon 27 _{4. When the} key 7 is further pressed at the position of the last icon 27 ₄ , the cursor 24 returns to the schedule display unit 25 side. Move to the position of the reference unit. Since the reference unit of the schedule screen of the schedule unit which is the lowest layer cannot be selected, the cursor 24 repeatedly moves the icons 27 ₁ to 27 ₄ sequentially on the schedule screen of the schedule unit.

  The user can execute processing corresponding to the position by moving the cursor 24 to a desired position with the key 7 and then pressing the key 6.

  In the monthly schedule screen shown in FIG. 7, a schedule for one month is displayed on the schedule display unit 25. In this example, the schedule for August of the year 2005 is displayed, and it can be seen from the mark “☆” and the mark “♪” that a schedule is entered on the 1st and 31st, respectively. This mark can be selected as desired according to the contents of the schedule when the user edits the schedule, for example. Note that the types of marks are not particularly limited to “☆” and “♪”.

  In the weekly schedule screen shown in FIG. 8, a schedule for one week is displayed on the schedule display unit 25. In this example, the schedule of the first week of August 2005 AD is displayed, and it can be seen that a schedule for meeting with the monthly meeting is entered on Monday of the first day.

  In the daily schedule screen shown in FIG. 9, a schedule for one day is displayed on the schedule display unit 25. In this example, the schedule of August 1, 2005 AD is displayed, and the monthly meeting is scheduled in the conference room A from 9:00 to 10:00, and the meeting is scheduled in the conference room B from 13:00 to 15:00. You can see that there is a plan.

  In the schedule screen for each schedule shown in FIG. 10, detailed information on the schedule is displayed on the schedule display unit 25. In this example, detailed information of the monthly meeting scheduled from 9:00 am to 10:00 on August 1, 2005 is displayed. The meeting place is the meeting room A, and the participant is Mr. A. You can see that Mr. B and Mr. C.

When the icon 23 ₂ is selected on the menu screen shown in FIG. 6, the scheduler in this example first displays a monthly schedule screen including the current date on the schedule display unit 25. Therefore, when the display screen is not controlled by the display control function, for example, when the user refers to the details of the desired schedule, the desired month, week, day, and schedule are sequentially selected from the monthly schedule screen. become.

When the icon 23 ₃ is selected in the menu screen shown in FIG. 6, the game title screen is displayed on the display unit 5. In this example, it is assumed that the screen ID of the game title screen is “G010”. In this example, the screen ID is associated with the game title screen, but the association of the screen ID of the game screen is not limited to this. For example, for a predetermined game screen after the game is started May be associated with each other.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the configuration of the game title screen. For example, icons 28 ₁ and 28 ₂ are displayed on the game title screen together with the title of the game. The user can execute processing corresponding to the icon by moving the cursor 24 to a desired icon with the key 7 and then pressing the key 6.

The icon 28 ₁ is selected when starting the game. When the icon 28 ₁ is selected game is started, the display is switched to the game screen. Icon 28 ₂ is intended to be selected when the game is ended. An instruction for end of the game is made by such as icons 28 ₂ selection, the game program is ended, the display is switched to the watch screen as shown in FIG.

  Next, a display control function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The display control function predicts a screen that the user thinks is desired based on the current time and the log data by the log table generation process and the display control process, and displays the predicted screen.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the log table generation process. In the log table generation process, first, it is determined whether or not the display screen has been switched by a user key operation (step S1). For example, the switching of the display screen is determined by detecting the switching of the screen ID being displayed. The determination process in step S1 waits until the display screen is switched.

  If it is determined in step S1 that the display screen has been switched, the current time measured by the timer unit 11 is acquired (step S2). When the current time is acquired in step S2, the screen ID after switching is extracted (step S3).

  When the screen ID after switching is extracted in step S3, the log data stored in the memory 10 is updated with the current time acquired in step S2 and the screen ID extracted in step S3 (step S4). . Note that if log data is not stored in the memory 10, it is newly generated.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of the structure of log data. The log data has a configuration in which time information including date (year / month / day) and time (hour: minute: second) is associated with a screen ID. The date (year / month / day) and time (hour: minute: second) are times when the screen corresponding to the screen ID is displayed on the display unit 5.

  In the illustrated example, a schedule screen (screen ID: S014), a clock screen (screen ID: T001), a menu screen (screen ID: M001) after 21:30 on July 31, 2005, It can be seen that the game title screen (screen ID: G010) and the clock screen (screen ID: T001) are sequentially displayed.

  In addition, for example, the game title screen (screen ID: G010) is displayed on each screen, such as being displayed for 13 minutes and 10 seconds from 21:40:10 to 21:53:20. I know the time. In this example, log data in which time information and a screen ID are associated is used, but the log data is not limited to this, and the correspondence between the display screen and the display time can be understood. If so, it may be constituted by history information of other operations, such as an association between the contents of the key operation and the operation date and time. The time information is not limited to the date and time as long as the display time can be specified.

  If the log data is updated in step S4, it is determined whether or not the current time has passed a predetermined time when the log data is tabulated (step S5). For example, the predetermined time is set for each predetermined period such as an hour unit, a day unit, a week unit, or a month unit. The predetermined time may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  If it is determined in step S5 that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S1. If it is determined in step S5 that the predetermined time has elapsed, a log table is generated by tabulating the log data (step S6), and the process returns to step S1.

  The screen displayed on the display unit 5 includes a screen required for the user and a screen that simply passes through. For example, if you want to check only the daily schedule screen from the state where the clock screen is displayed, the menu screen that must be displayed sequentially, the monthly and weekly schedule screens are simply passed, It is unnecessary for the user. In the tabulation of log data, the screen that seems to be required by the user is calculated as follows, and the screen set that is adjacent to the display order is extracted from the calculated screen, and the extracted set is extracted. The log table is generated by counting the number of times extracted for each time.

  For example, whether or not the screen is required by the user can be determined as follows. As described above, from the log data, the time during which each screen was displayed can be known. Therefore, in this example, each screen that has been displayed for a predetermined time or more is regarded as a screen required by the user. For example, if a threshold value is associated with the screen ID of each screen and the display time of the screen exceeds the threshold value corresponding to the screen ID of the screen, the screen is required for the user and does not exceed the threshold value Things are simply screens that have been passed. Thereby, even if the average display time of each screen differs, the screen which seems to be required can be determined. Note that the threshold value for each screen ID may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the transition of the display screen switched by a series of operations by the user. The horizontal direction shows the flow of processing, and the vertical direction shows the passage of time.

  Switch A, Switch B, Switch C, Switch D, Switch E, Switch F and Switch G are respectively a menu screen, a monthly schedule screen, a weekly schedule screen, a daily schedule screen, a clock screen, a game screen, and The switching operation of the clock screen is shown.

  That is, the display unit 5 displays a clock screen (screen ID: T001), a menu screen (screen ID: M001), a monthly schedule screen (screen ID: S011), and a weekly schedule screen (screen ID: S012). The daily schedule screen (screen ID: S013), the clock screen, the game title screen (screen ID: G010), and the clock screen are switched in this order.

  In addition, each length of the thick line portion in the vertical line in the figure indicates the display time of each screen. In this example, a clock screen displayed from switching A to a menu screen displayed from switching A to switching B, a weekly schedule screen displayed from switching C to switching D, and a clock displayed from switching E to switching F. Each screen is shorter than the corresponding threshold. Further, the monthly schedule screen displayed from the switching B to the switching C, the daily scheduling screen displayed from the switching D to the switching E, and the game title screen displayed from the switching F to the switching G are respectively corresponding threshold values. Longer than.

  That is, the monthly schedule screen, the daily schedule screen, and the game screen are the screens required by the user. Further, as a set of two screens whose display orders are adjacent, a set of a monthly schedule screen and a daily schedule screen, and a set of a daily schedule screen and a game screen are extracted.

  For example, by generating a log table from log data every predetermined period such as hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, etc., such as hourly units such as morning, noon, and night, daily units such as day of the week, weekdays, weekends, etc. The tendency of the display screen for every predetermined period such as weekly, monthly at the beginning of the month, month end such as the end of the month can be analyzed, and a screen suitable for the user can be predicted for every predetermined period.

  For example, if the log table can be initialized by the user, it is possible to quickly cope with a case where the display tendency of the screen changes suddenly due to a change in the life cycle of the user.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of the structure of the log table. The log table illustrated in FIG. 15 is a log table for one day obtained by collecting log data for a predetermined period every 6 hours. The set ID identifies the set of screens extracted from the log data as described above. In this example, the group ID includes a screen ID of a required screen (hereinafter referred to as a previous screen ID) and a screen ID of a screen required immediately after the required screen (hereinafter referred to as a rear screen). (Referred to as “ID”) in combination (previous screen ID−rear screen ID).

  In the illustrated example, a set “S011-S012” in which the previous screen is a monthly schedule screen and the rear screen is a weekly schedule screen is extracted from the log data of a predetermined period from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock. It can be seen that the number was 8 times. A group with a higher number of extractions in each time zone has a higher probability that the user views the screen in the order of the group in that time zone. That is, the priority of the screen to be displayed can be determined based on this number of times, and the next display screen suitable for the user can be predicted.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of priority allocation in the time zone from 6:00 to 12:00 shown in FIG. The priority is assigned in order from the group with the highest number of extractions, first, second,. In addition, when there is a group having the same number of extractions, a predetermined ranking is given by giving priority to the one extracted later.

  In this example, the group with the group ID “S013-S014” has the highest priority. In the time zone from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock, the daily schedule screen and the schedule unit schedule screen are sequentially displayed. It turns out that the probability of seeing is the highest. In addition, since the priority of the group having the group ID “S011-S012” is seventh and the priority of the group having the group ID “S011-S013” is fourth, the monthly schedule screen is displayed. If it is displayed, then it can be seen that the probability that the daily schedule screen is displayed is higher than the display of the weekly schedule screen.

  The log table generated in this way is stored in the memory 10 and used in the display control process of the display control function. In this example, when the log table is generated, the screen required for the user is calculated based on the display time of the screen, but may be calculated based on a predetermined rule such as always omitting the menu screen. Further, since the display screen of the scheduler has a hierarchical structure, the priority order is determined for each group. However, the priority order is not limited to this, and the priority order may be determined for each screen required by the user.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the display control process. In the display control process, it is first determined whether or not the key 6 has been pressed (step S11). The determination process in step S11 waits until the key 6 is pressed.

  If it is determined in step S11 that the key 6 has been pressed, the current time is acquired (step S12). When the current time is acquired in step S12, the log table corresponding to the current time is referred to (step S13).

  If the log table is referred to in step S13, a screen suitable for the user is predicted based on the current time and the log table, the display is switched to the predicted screen (step S14), and the process ends.

  For example, when the current time is 9 o'clock and the log table and priority order shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 are used, the key 6 is displayed from the state in which a screen with a screen ID that does not exist in the previous screen ID shown in FIG. When is pressed, a screen corresponding to the previous screen ID of the set having the highest priority, that is, a daily schedule screen (screen ID: S013) is displayed on the display unit 5. Further, when the key 6 is continuously pressed, a screen corresponding to the rear screen ID having the highest priority order, that is, a schedule unit screen (screen ID: S014) is displayed on the display unit 5.

  When the key 6 is pressed while the schedule screen of the schedule unit is displayed, the screen corresponding to the rear ID of the group having the highest priority is displayed on the display unit 5. Is displayed. In these displays, the user may be able to select a higher priority.

  In the display control process, control is performed so that the next display screen suitable for the user is predicted from the current display screen and the predicted display screen is switched. The more the user uses the wristwatch 1, the more data is accumulated in the log table, and the screen display more suitable for the user is performed.

  As described above, in the display control function according to the embodiment, it is possible to omit the display of a screen that is considered unnecessary for the user, and thus it is possible to reduce the number of times of operating the operation unit 4 while viewing the display screen of the display unit 5. . That is, troublesome operation by the operation unit 4 is reduced, and operability can be improved.

  In this example, the log table is generated in the log table generation process. However, without generating the log table, the log data is read in the display control process, and a screen suitable for the user is directly displayed from the log data. It may be predicted. Further, it is preferable that whether or not to perform display control by the display control function can be selected by a key operation method or mode setting. Also, in the display control process, the display control target group is a group whose extraction frequency is a predetermined number or more, a group whose extraction frequency ratio is a predetermined ratio or higher, or a group whose priority is predetermined or higher. By providing a threshold value for determining whether or not to display, it is possible to stably perform screen display control more suitable for the user. Further, in this example, the display control is performed when the key 6 is pressed by the display control process, but the display control may be automatically performed at a predetermined time.

  In this example, the screen ID is associated with each of the monthly schedule screen, the weekly schedule screen, the daily schedule screen, and the schedule screen for each schedule, but the screen ID is associated with each schedule screen. It is also possible. For example, as an example of a monthly schedule screen, it may be possible to associate the screen ID “S011-200508” with the schedule screen for August 2005. Reference numeral 200508 indicates the date of the schedule screen (August 2005). By associating the screen IDs in this way, it is possible to predict a schedule screen for the date and schedule suitable for the user. For example, when checking the schedule of the day every morning and checking the schedule of the next day every night, the schedule of the day is displayed in the morning, and the schedule of the next day is displayed at night. Control can be performed.

  Further, by displaying information indicating whether or not the display has been switched by the display control function on the display unit 5, the user can determine whether the display screen has been automatically switched by the display control function. You can easily know whether or not. For example, by changing the display screen design by changing the background color of the display screen between the normal screen and the switched screen, or by displaying a mark that identifies whether or not the screen is switched. The user can know whether or not the display screen is a switched screen.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications and applications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the wristwatch 1 is described as an example of a portable electronic device, but the present invention can also be applied to other portable watch devices such as a necklace watch and a pocket watch. Further, the present invention is not limited to the clock device, and can be applied to other devices having a clock function, such as a mobile phone, a portable game machine, a digital camera, and a portable television receiver. Further, the present invention may be applied to a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a portable recording / reproducing apparatus using a small hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  FIG. 18 shows an example of a circuit configuration of a main part of a mobile phone to which the present invention can be applied. The main parts of the electronic circuit constituting the mobile phone are an operation unit 34, a display unit 35, a microphone 36, a speaker 37, a power supply unit 38, a CPU 39, a memory 40, a clock unit 41, a communication unit 42, an external storage 43, and a transmission / reception unit 44. It is constituted by.

  The operation unit 34, display unit 35, power supply unit 38, CPU 39, memory 40, timing unit 41, communication unit 42, and external storage 43 are the operation unit 4, display unit 5, power supply unit 8, CPU 9, It corresponds to the memory 10, the time measuring unit 11, the communication unit 12, and the external storage 13. Note that the operation unit 34 can be configured by menu keys, direction keys, and the like provided in advance in the mobile phone.

  For example, the display unit 35 displays the current time when in a standby state, and displays information according to the operation of the additional function when the additional function is used.

  In addition to the various functions provided in the wristwatch 1 described above, the mobile phone has a well-known wireless telephone function due to the microphone 36, the speaker 37, the transmission / reception unit 44, and the like.

  For example, radio waves received by an antenna (not shown) are supplied to the transmission / reception unit 44, subjected to predetermined signal processing such as demodulation and decoding processing, supplied to the speaker 37, and sound is output from the speaker 37. Also, audio data input from the microphone 36 is supplied to the transmission / reception unit 44, and is subjected to signal processing such as encoding and modulation processing and transmitted from the antenna.

  As described above, the present invention can be applied to any electronic device having a clock function and a display device. Cellular phones have many functions such as an address book function, browser function, and mail function. In such a multi-functional electronic device, there is a high possibility that there are many functions that are not normally used. Can be improved.

It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance structure of the wristwatch to which this invention was applied. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the circuit structure of a wristwatch. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a circuit structure provided with the communication part. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a circuit structure provided with the external storage. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen at the time of the display of time information. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a menu screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the monthly schedule screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the schedule screen of a week unit. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the daily schedule screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the schedule screen of a schedule unit. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a game title screen. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a log table production | generation process. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of log data. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the transition of a display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a log table. It is a figure for demonstrating allocation of a priority. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a display control process. It is a figure which shows an example of the circuit structure of the mobile telephone which can apply this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wristwatch 4,34 ... Operation part 5,35 ... Display part 9,39 ... CPU
10, 40 ... Memory 11, 41 ... Timekeeping section

Claims (7)

A timekeeping section that measures the current time,
An operation unit that outputs a control signal that switches operation according to an operation;
A display unit for displaying information according to the above operation;
A storage unit for storing the history information of the operation;
A portable electronic device comprising: a control unit that controls the operation in accordance with a current time measured by the timing unit based on the history information.   The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the operation switched by a control signal output from the operation unit. The above history information
Identification information for identifying a display screen displayed on the display unit;
The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display screen includes time information displayed.   The control unit analyzes the operation based on the history information every predetermined period, and controls the operation switched by a control signal output from the operation unit based on the analysis result. Item 2. A portable electronic device according to Item 1. A control step for controlling the above operation according to the current time measured by the time measuring unit based on the history information of the operation switched by the operation of the operation unit stored in the storage unit;
A display control program for causing a computer to execute a display step of displaying information according to the operation on a display unit. A control step for controlling the above operation according to the current time measured by the time measuring unit based on the history information of the operation switched by the operation of the operation unit stored in the storage unit;
And a display step of displaying information corresponding to the operation on a display unit. A mounting part for mounting on the body;
A timekeeping section that measures the current time,
An operation unit that outputs a control signal that switches operation according to an operation;
A current time measured by the timekeeping unit is displayed, and a display unit for displaying information according to the operation switched by a control signal output from the operation unit;
A storage unit for storing the history information of the operation;
A timepiece device comprising: a control unit that controls the operation according to a current time measured by the timekeeping unit based on the history information.

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