The present invention relates to a calendar displaying a year, a month, and a day.
Conventionally, various calendars have been used. Typical calendars are composed of a group of rows, in each of which the days for one week are displayed horizontally, and these rows are placed side by side vertically. These typical calendars have a structure to let a user read the display of a day from the group of rows. A calendar with an easy-to-read display for a particular day has been desired. Patent Literature 1 describes a calendar that allows a user to easily understand the schedule. This literature is not relevant to the present invention.
The present invention aims to provide a calendar allowing a user to easily read the display for a particular day.
To achieve the aim, a calendar of the present invention includes: a day-display section that displays a particular day. The day-display section has a plurality of arc figures each having an arc centered on a vertex of a polygon, and the days are sequentially and continuously displayed along the plurality of arc figures.
In the present invention, an arc centered on a vertex of a polygon refers to a part of the circle centered on the vertex of the polygon. The arc figure refers to a figure including the part of the circle.
The polygon may be a pentagon.
Each of the plurality of arc figures may abut on at least another arc figure. Each of the plurality of arc figures in the day-display section may display days of one week.
The calendar may further include a time-display section that displays the time at a center of the polygon.
The calendar may further include a year-display section displaying the year and a month-display section displaying the month.
The day-display section may be displayed on a screen of an image display device.
In the present invention, the image display device is a device for displaying an image or enabling the display of an image thereon, and refers to a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, a personal computer (PC), a game machine, a digital signage, or the like.
The calendar according to the present invention is configured so that days are displayed sequentially and continuously along the plurality of arc figures. This configuration allows the user to follow the display of days continuously with their eyes. In this way, the user could easily read the display for a particular day. The user also feels the flow of time.
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Structure
Screen of Mobile Terminal (Display Substrate)
A calendar 10 is to be displayed on a screen 16 of a not-shown mobile terminal (mobile phone) that is an image display device. Specifically, a mobile terminal (mobile phone), which is an image display device, is a terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The mobile terminal includes a computer equipped with a CPU and a memory, and a liquid crystal display controlled by the computer and functioning as a screen. The memory stores a program in advance for displaying the calendar 10 on the screen, and the CPU executes this program. The memory also stores the image data of arc
Year-Display Section, Month-Display Section, Day-Display Section, and Arc
The calendar 10 has a year-display section 22, a month-display section 24, and a day-display section on the front face (surface). The year-display section 22 displays the year with a number, the month-display section 24 displays the month with a number, and the day-display section displays a particular day from 1 to the last day of the month. The display for year on the year-display section 22 is created and displayed by a year-display creation unit of the computer in the mobile terminal. The display for month on the month-display section 24 is created and displayed by a month-display creation unit of the computer in the mobile terminal. The display for a particular day on the day-display section is created and displayed by a day-display creation unit of the computer in the mobile terminal. Specifically, the CPU of the computer in the mobile terminal executes a command of acquiring the year, the month and the day (the date) to acquire it, displays the year and month on the liquid crystal display, and also displays the dates from the 1st to the last day of the month based on the acquired year and month. Thus, the CPU of the computer functions as the year-display creation unit, the month-display creation unit, and the day-display creation unit. These year, month, and days are displayed with numbers in this case, and they may be represented in a way other than with numbers as long as it indicates the year, month, and days. The display for days on the day-display section includes the display from 1st day to the last day of the month. In another embodiment, the display may include a part of the days of the month, for example, the days of half the month.
The day-display section has a plurality of number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5). For example, taking December 2020 as an example, the display for year is “2020”, the display for month is “12”, and the display for days on the day-display section includes the numbers of “1” to “31”. The day-display section has five arc
The colors of the five arc
In the number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5), numbers indicating days are displayed along the inner circumference of the five arc figures in the ascending order from 1. The numbers for Saturdays are colored in blue, and the numbers for Sundays are colored in red. Numbers other than Saturdays and Sundays are colored in black. In each arc
Circle
Any of the numbers in the number displays 26(1) to 26(5) is surrounded by a circle 30 indicating that it is the current day. This circle 30 is created and displayed by a circle creation unit of the computer in the mobile terminal. Specifically, the CPU of the computer executes a command of acquiring the date, and displays the circle 30 so as to circle the number corresponding to the acquired date. When the current day is Dec. 15, 2020, “15” is circled in the number display 26(3). The circle 30 may be a filled circle in red, for example.
Clock
The calendar 10 includes a time-display section 32 (clock 32) that displays the time in an area surrounded by the five arc
In response to a user's touch with the icon indicating the calendar on the initial screen (home screen) of the mobile terminal, the year-display creation unit displays the year-display section 22 on the screen 16, the month-display creation unit displays the month-display section 24 on the screen 16, and the day-display section including the arc
The calendar 10 according to the present invention is configured so that one arc figure abuts on two other adjacent arc figures, and numbers indicating days are displayed sequentially and continuously along the inner circumference of the five arc
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Structure
Mount (Display Substrate)
A calendar 10 in
Year-Display Section, Month-Display Section, Number Display, and Arc Figures
The year-display section 22 and month-display section 24 are different from the year-display section 22 and month-display section 24 shown in
Clock
The calendar 10 in
The calendar 10 according to the present invention in
In
Structure
Substrate Film
The calendar 10 includes a circular substrate film 16. The substrate film 16 has a rear face (back face), on which adhesive (not shown) is applied, and a release sheet (not shown) is stacked on the rear face via the adhesive. This calendar 10 is configured so that, after peeling off the release sheet, the calendar 10 is attachable on the cup 12 of the pudding 14. The materials of the substrate film 16 and the release sheet are not particularly limited, including paper, polypropylene, or polyester. For example, a preferable material of the adhesive is an acrylic block copolymer. This is because acrylic block copolymers are soft, easily deform to conform to various shapes of an object for adhesion, and have excellent weather resistance. The calendar 10 is prepared by printing a year-display section 22, a month-display section 24, number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5), and a circle 30, by a printer on the substrate film 16.
Year-Display Section, Month-Display Section, Day-Display Section, and Ring Figures
The calendar 10 has a year-display section 22, a month-display section 24, and a day-display section on the front face (surface). The year-display section 22 displays the year with a number, the month-display section 24 displays the month with a number, and the day-display section displays a particular day from 1 to the last day of the month. The day-display section has number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5). For example, taking December 2020 as an example, where the display for year is “2020” on the year-display section 22 and the display for month is “12” on the month-display section 24, the display for days on the day-display section includes the numbers of “1” to “31”. The day-display section has five ring
The five ring
In the number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5), numbers indicating days are displayed along the inner circumference of the five ring figures in the ascending order from 1. The numbers for Saturdays are colored in blue, and the numbers for Sundays are colored in red. Numbers other than Saturdays and Sundays are colored in black. In each ring
Circle (Marker)
Any of the numbers on the number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5) is surrounded by a circle (marker) 30 that indicates a best-before date, which is one of the expiration dates related to food products. When the best-before date of the pudding 14 is Dec. 15, 2020, for example, “15” in the number-display section 26(3) is circled. The circle 30 is a filled circle in yellow, for example. As a marker, the figure may be filled with fluorescent paint. As a marker, hologram of a figure or a symbol may be displayed in the vicinity of the day corresponding to the best-before date. Preferably, a description indicating that the circle 30 means the best-before date is included in the section to display the product name, the ingredients, and the like (typically affixed to the cup 12).
A plurality of calendars 10 displaying different best-before dates are prepared. Then, the manufacturer of the pudding 14 selects one of the calendars 10 that displays the best-before date of the pudding 14 and affixes it to an affixing area 32 on the front face, which is the surface of the cup 12 of the pudding 14. The pudding 14 is placed on a store shelf with the calendar 10 attached for displaying. Consumers visiting the store or store clerks will be able to see the pudding 14 and calendar 10. Consumers, for example, recognize the year display on the year-display section 22, the month display on the month-display section 24, and the number surrounded by the circle 30 that are displayed on the calendar 10. Consumers usually know that the date displayed on a food product is the expiration date related to the food product, especially the best-before date. Consumers therefore recognize that the best-before date is specified by the year in the year-display section 22, the month in the month-display section 24, and the number surrounded by the circle 30. For example, in the case of the calendar 10 shown in
This calendar 10 on the pudding 14 is novel and conspicuous to consumers and store clerks. The calendar 10 therefore makes consumers instantly see the calendar 10 displaying the best-before date, and allows them to easily find the display for the best-before date.
This calendar 10 displays the numbers indicating days sequentially and continuously along the inner circumference of the five ring
That is descriptions on the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to these illustrated embodiments.
For example, in the above-mentioned calendars 10 shown in
In the present invention, the calendar 10 in
In a modified example of
The first embodiment includes the time-display section 32 (clock 32) at a position surrounded by five arc figures. In another embodiment, the time (clock) is displayed continuously for a predetermined period, followed by the display of an advertisement or a photograph at the display position. The memory of the computer stores the image data of the advertisement or photograph. Following displaying of the time, the CPU of the computer may extract the image data from the memory and display it on the liquid crystal display.
The first embodiment describes the liquid crystal display of the mobile terminal (mobile phone) as an example as the screen of the image display device. The present invention is not limited this embodiment, and the screen may be one of a smart watch.
In the first embodiment, the day-display section may be controlled so as to change its display position in response to the screen operation by the user. For example, when the CPU of the computer of the mobile terminal recognizes a user's screen touch, the CPU rotates the day-display section clockwise (rotates the day-display section clockwise around the time-display section). When the CPU recognizes a user's screen touch again, the CPU decelerates and stops the rotation of the day-display section. Controlling this way allows the user to play a roulette-like game.
In the above embodiments and modified examples, the first week is allocated to the arc
In the third embodiment, a description indicating that the circle means the best-before date may be given on the front face of the cup 12 of the pudding 14, as in “◯: best-before date”. This allows consumers to recognize, just by looking the cup 12 on which the calendar 10 is affixed, that the number surrounded by the circle 30 on the calendar 10 is the best-before date.
In the third embodiment, the calendar 10 may not have the circle 30. In this case, the description section, typically affixed to the cup 12, states that marking is to be given on the best-before date. Before or after the manufacturer of the pudding 14 attaches the calendar 10 to the cup 12, they give a marker on or near the best-before date in the number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5) with a marker pen, for example, fluorescent paint in pink. The color of the marker pen is not particularly limited. Instead of using a pen, the marking (marker) may be given with a stamp. Preferably, the material of the substrate film 16 on which the number-display sections 26(1) to 26(5) are printed is one that is easy to apply fluorescent paint, such as paper. In such an embodiment, the number indicating the best-before date is marked after the calendar 10 is printed, which means that the calendar 10 for every year and month may be printed.
In the third embodiment of the calendar 10, in addition to surrounding the best-before date with the circle 30, the date of manufacture may be surrounded with a square marker. In this case, the description section, affixed to the cup 12, states that the circle 30 indicates the best-before date and the square indicates the date of manufacture. Consumers recognize the date of manufacture and best-before date from the circle 30 and square markers, and are able to tell the period from the date of manufacture to the best-before date. Therefore, the consumers are able to tell how many days the product deteriorates in taste.
In the first and second embodiments, the arc figures of the day-display portion make up a shape of petals, and the entire five arc figures make up a shape of the corolla. In comparison with the first and second embodiments, the day-display section may have triangular shapes, so that the five triangles make up a star shape and the days are displayed along this star shape. The above embodiments, which display the days along the petal shapes, are favorable in visibility of the entire dates.
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