Display apparatus, portable information processing apparatus, information recording medium, and electronic apparatus

Claim 2

A display apparatus comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; and controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; wherein said plural types of information includes file-size information regarding file sizes, and said controlling means performs display-control in accordance with said file-size information so that a length of said icon information changes in the direction perpendicular to said time axis.

Claim 3

A display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising clock means to allow said controlling means to display said time axis with changing time in accordance with the current time measured by said clock means.

Claim 4

A display apparatus according to claim 1 , in which said controlling means performs display-control so that a time width of said time axis becomes wider as time approaches the current time.

Claim 5

A display apparatus according to claim 1 , in which said controlling means performs display-control by changing the size of said icon information so that it is wider at a past time and it becomes narrower as it approaches future time.

Claim 6

A display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, and in which said controlling means performs display-control so that a screen image is displayed showing an aerial view on which the time width on said time axis is reduce-displayed along the direction of the said time axis and the size of said icon information is reduced linking with the reduce-displaying in accordance with an operation-input from said operation-inputting means.

Claim 7

A display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, and in which said controlling means performs display-control so that the time width of said time axis is enlarge-displayed along the direction of said time axis and the size of said icon information is reduced linking with the enlarge-displaying in accordance with an operation-input from said operation-inputting means.

Claim 8

A display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, in which said plural types of information comprises input information to be operation-input and information regarding time of inputting said input information, and controlling means displays said icon information in accordance with the input-time information.

Claim 9

A display apparatus according to claim 7 , in which said input information comprises user-specified specification-time information, and said controlling means displays said icon information on said display screen.

Claim 10

A display apparatus according to claim 7 , in which said controlling means performs display-control to form said icon information within a width-wise region of said time axis so that it is represented to be wider at past time and is represented to become narrower as it approaches future time.

Claim 11

A display apparatus according to claim 7 , in which said input information comprises first schedule information, second schedule information having contents different from those of said first schedule information, and identification information to identify said first schedule information and said second schedule information; and said controlling means displays said icon information on said display screen in accordance with said identification information.

Claim 12

A display apparatus according to claim 7 , in which said icon information comprises icon-switching information to perform switching between two-dimensional display and three-dimensional display, and controlling means perform display-switching between the two-dimensional display and the three-dimensional display in accordance with said operation-input to said icon-switching information from said operating means.

Claim 13

A display apparatus according to claim 11 , in which said icon information displays scrolling scroll-icon information used to perform scrolling along said time axis and said controlling means performs control so that said display screen is scrolled in accordance with an operation-input to said scrolling icon information from said operating means.

Claim 14

A display apparatus, comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; and controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; wherein said icon information comprises plural items of first icon information which are formed of characters different from each other depending upon the attribute of said plural types of information, and said control means selectively displays one shape of an icon of said plural items of said first icon information.

Claim 15

A display apparatus, comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; and controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; wherein said icon information comprises plural items of first icon information which are formed of characters different from each other depending upon the attribute of said plural types of information, and said control means selectively displays one shape of an icon of said plural items of said first icon information.

Claim 16

A display apparatus according to claim 13 , in which said plural items of first icon information are formed of characters different in shape.

Claim 17

A display apparatus according to claim 13 , in which said plural items of first icon information are formed of characters different in color.

Claim 18

A display apparatus according to claim 13 , in which said plural items of first icon information are formed of characters different in size.

Claim 19

A display apparatus, comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; and operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, in which, said plural types of information comprises input information to be operation-input and information regarding time of inputting said input information, and controlling means displays said icon information in accordance with the input-time information; wherein said icon information comprises database icon information formed in a past region on said time axis and used to display contents of said database regarding said plural types of information, and said controlling means performs display-control of contents of said database in accordance with an operation-input to said database icon information from said operating means.

Claim 20

A display apparatus, comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; and operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, in which, said plural types of information comprises input information to be operation-input and information regarding time of inputting said input information, and controlling means displays said icon information in accordance with the input-time information; wherein said icon information comprises database icon information formed in a past region on said time axis and used to display contents of said database regarding said plural types of information, and said controlling means performs display-control of contents of said database in accordance with an operation-input to said database icon information from said operating means.

Claim 21

A display apparatus according to claim 17 , in which said operating means comprises a pen-input operation member to operate said icon information, and said controlling means performs character-recognition and display-control in accordance with an input from said pen-input operation member.

Claim 22

A display apparatus according to claim 18 , in which said operating section comprises a key-input section formed of a plurality of concaved parts.

Claim 23

A display apparatus, comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; and operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, in which said plural types of information comprises input information to be operation-input and information regarding time of inputting said input information, and controlling means displays said icon information in accordance with the input-time information; wherein said icon information comprises a read-E-mail icon formed in a future region on the said time axis and used to read-display contents of contents of said E-mail, and said controlling means performs display-control of contents of said E-mail in accordance with an operation-input to said read-E-mail icon information from said operating means.

Claim 24

A display apparatus, comprising: displaying means to combine a time axis with a background screen to be three-dimensionally displayed and to display the combined screen on a display screen, a width of said time axis changing to be wider as it approaches a past time and changing to be narrower as it approaches to the future; storing means to store background screen data used to display said background screen and time-axis display data used to display said time axis, said storing means having plural types of information of which attributes are different from each other, plural types of attribute information used for identification of types of said plural types of information, plural items of time information related to said plural types of information, and icon information which corresponds to each of said plural types of information and is at least arranged along with said time axis and displayed three-dimensionally; controlling means to display-control so as to combine said time axis with said background screen in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data, said controlling means being effective for performing selection of said icon information corresponding to the attribute of each of said plural types of information in accordance with said attribute information, and performing control in accordance with said time information related to plural types of information so that said selected icon information is arrayed to each corresponding time of said time axis; and operating means to perform operation-inputting of information of said time axis and said icon information that are displayed on said display screen, in which said plural types of information comprises input information to be operation-input and information regarding time of inputting said input information, and controlling means displays said icon information in accordance with the input-time information; wherein said icon information comprises a read-E-mail icon formed in a future region on the said time axis and used to read-display contents of contents of said E-mail, and said controlling means performs display-control of contents of said E-mail in accordance with an operation-input to said read-E-mail icon information from said operating means.

Claim 25

A display apparatus according to claim 20 , in which said controlling means performs control so that items of said read-E-mail icon information are sort-displayed for each of mail to be sent, received, opened, unopened.

Claim 26

A display apparatus according to claim 20 , in which said controlling means performs control-display so that the amount of E-mail information is displayed for each of mail to be sent, received, opened, unopened.

Claim 27

A portable information processing apparatus,comprising a display apparatus according to one of claims 1 , 2 , 3 to 9 and 13 to 19 .

Claim 28

A portable information processing apparatus according to claim 23 , which is connected to said display apparatus and comprises a wrist-wearing section to be put on the wrist of the user.

Claim 29

An information recording medium that stores at least information used to generate a display screen, said information comprising: background screen data to display a three-dimensional background screen; time-axis display, data used to display a time axis that changes in shape so that it is wider at a past time and it becomes narrower as it approaches a future time on said background screen; information used to perform display-control in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data so that said time axis is combined with said background screen; and file-size information regarding file sizes; wherein said information used to perform display-control is augmented by said file-size information such that said display-control is performed in accordance with said file-size information so that a length-of-icon information for controlling display of an icon changes in a direction perpendicular to said time axis in accordance with said file-size.

Claim 30

An information recording medium that stores at least information used to generate a display screen, said information comprising: background screen data to display a three-dimensional background screen; time-axis display, data used to display a time axis that changes in shape so that it is wider at a past time and it becomes narrower as it approaches a future time on said background screen; information used to perform display-control in accordance with said background screen data and said time-axis display data so that said time axis is combined with said background screen; and file-size information regarding file sizes; wherein said information used to perform display-control is augmented by said file-size information such that said display-control is performed in accordance with said file-size information so that a length-of-icon information for controlling display of an icon changes in a direction perpendicular to said time axis in accordance with said file-size.

Claim 31

An information recording medium according to claim 25 , comprising: plural items of attribute information used to identify plural types of information having a different attribute from each other, icon information three-dimensionally displayed corresponding to each of said plural types of information and which is arrayed at least along with said time axis, and information used to perform control so that said icon information corresponding to each attribute of said plural types of information is selected in accordance with said attribute information and each item of said icon information selected therein is arrayed to a corresponding time on said time axis in accordance with said time information regarding said plural types of information.

Claim 32

An electronic apparatus comprising a information recording medium according to one of claims 25 and 26 .