Information management apparatus and method, recording medium, as well as program

• US 20060048152A1
• Filed: 08/29/2005
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ino, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 8,108,861 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/222 Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

An information management apparatus, which enables all persons in charge of managing an event to know easily both of an event scheduled in advance and an unexpected event, is provided.

This apparatus displays time ranges 31 through 34 of scheduled events from the start time to the end time along a time axis 22b on a screen of a display unit based on an operation performed to schedule the start time and end time of the events. Further, this apparatus displays a time range 35 of an unexpected event along the same time axis 22b on the same screen based on an operation corresponding to a start of the unexpected event such that the time of the operation is set as a starting point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to an end of that unexpected event is performed.

Claims

1. An information management apparatus comprising:

first operation means for scheduling the start time and end time of an event;

second operation means for performing an operation corresponding to the start and end of an unexpected event; and

display control means

for displaying a time range from said start time to said end time of the event scheduled by said first operation means along a time axis on a screen of display means, and

for displaying a time range of the unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means such that the time of the operation performed by said second operation means correspondingly to the start of the unexpected event is set as the start point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until said second operation means perform the operation corresponding to the end of the unexpected event.

2. An information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said first operation means and said second operation means each select a system to perform an operation from a plurality of systems, and

said display control means arrange in parallel display columns with respect to said plurality of systems along said time axis and display said time ranges in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by said first operation means and said second operation means.

3. An information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said event is a recording of data supplied from the outside.

4. An information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display control means display said extension of the elapse of time along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

5. An information management apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein said event is a recording of data supplied from the outside.

6. An information management apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein said display control means display said extension of the elapse of time along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

7. An information management apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein said display control means display said extension of the elapse of time along said time axis on said screen by using the line cursor that shows the present time.

8. An information management method comprising:

a first step of displaying a time range of a scheduled event from the start time to end time along a time axis on a screen of display means based on an operation performed to schedule said start time and end time of the event; and

a second step of displaying a time range of an unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means based on an operation performed correspondingly to the start of the unexpected event such that the time of the operation performed is set as a starting point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to an end of the unexpected event is performed.

9. An information management method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

arranging display columns with respect to a plurality of systems in parallel along said time axis,

wherein in said first step and said second step said time ranges are each displayed in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by the respective operations.

10. An information management method according to claim 8,

wherein said event is a recording of data supplied from the outside.

11. An information management method according to claim 8,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

12. An information management method according to claim 9,

wherein said event is a recording of data supplied from the outside.

13. An information management method according to claim 9,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using the line cursor that shows the present time.

14. An information management method according to claim 12,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using the line cursor that shows the present time.

15. A recording medium read by a computer, comprising a program recorded to make a computer execute:

a first step of displaying a time range of a scheduled event from the start time to the end time along a time axis on a screen of display means based on an operation performed to schedule said start time and end time of the event; and

a second step of displaying a time range of an unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means based on an operation performed correspondingly to the start of the unexpected event such that the time of the operation is set as a starting point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to the end of the unexpected event is performed.

16. A recording medium read by a computer according to claim 15, comprising a program recorded to make a computer further execute a step of:

arranging display columns with respect to a plurality of systems in parallel along said time axis,

wherein in said first step and said second step said time ranges are each displayed in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by the respective operations.

17. A recording medium read by a computer according to claim 15,

wherein said event is a recording of a program in which data supplied from the outside is recorded.

18. A recording medium read by a computer according to claim 15,

wherein a program to make said extension of the elapse of time displayed along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time is recorded.

19. A program which makes a computer execute:

a first step of displaying a time range of a scheduled event from the start time to the end time along a time axis on a screen of display means based on an operation performed to schedule said scheduled start time and scheduled end time of the event; and

a second step of displaying a time range of an unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means based on an operation corresponding to the start of the unexpected event such that the time of the operation is set as a starting point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to the end of the unexpected event is performed.

20. A program according to claim 19, which makes the computer further execute a step of:

arranging display columns with respect to a plurality of systems in parallel along said time axis,

wherein in said first step and in said second step said time ranges are each displayed in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by the respective operations.

21. A program according to claim 19,

wherein said event is a recording of data supplied from the outside.

22. A program according to claim 19,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

23. An information management apparatus comprising:

a first operation unit for scheduling the start time and end time of an event;

a second operation unit for performing an operation corresponding to the start and end of an unexpected event; and

a display control unit

for displaying a time range from said start time to said end time of the event scheduled by said first operation unit along a time axis on a screen of a display unit, and

for displaying a time range of the unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display unit such that the time of the operation performed by said second operation unit correspondingly to the start of the unexpected event is set as a start point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until said second operation unit performs the operation corresponding to the end of the unexpected event.