Patent ID: 7191028
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electronically controlled apparatus, comprising: an input-output section, which electronically processes and outputs input data; a control section, which electronically controls the input-output section according to activity rate data of each component of the input-output section; a managing section, which monitors the activity rate data of each component of the input-output section, so as to store and manage the activity rate data with corresponding time information of the activity rate data; a processing section, which creates a graphic display of the activity rate data in a given time scale according to the activity rate data and the time information; a display section, which displays the graphic display that was processed in the processing section; and a reservation instructing section, which makes a reservation for a new job for each component according to the displayed graphic display, wherein the reservation instruction section can display on the graphic display a plurality of previously entered jobs on the time scale indicating when the previously entered jobs are scheduled for as reserved icons, and wherein a reservation icon is initially displayed on the graphic display at a time location proximate the current time and the reservation icon may be moved by a user to another desired time location to reserve the new job if a previously reserved job already exists at the current time.