Proposal of a Scheduling App Utilizing Time-Perception-Reality in Analog Clocks

Abstract
Recently, various business tools are provided as smartphone applications (apps) or Web services by the development and the advanced features of the smartphones. Typical examples are the schedule management applications and Web services for work management. On the other hand, many people prefer to write plans in the traditional paper media such as calendars or notebooks to manage their schedules. Especially among the businessmen, who have high productivity, most of them use both of digital schedule management systems and paper media. The number of these instances is quite many toady. The major reason is the usability based on "Reality (actual feeling)". The easiness only exists in the analog tools, and it outweighs the convenience of digital tools. Because the usability that provides tactile experience is suitable for the human senses. As the instance of the books shows, numerous people prefer the books printed on papers rather than the handy digital books. The charm that analog objects have is rather outstanding in the present developing digitalization. This study especially focuses the schedule management out of the cases for digitalization, and proposes a new type of scheduling application. The application realizes the same "tactile" experience that the analog method provides, on the digital devices. In other words, it adds the analog-like expression and techniques to the digital equipment's convenience and the excellent functionality. The specific way of realization is to provide time-perception-reality of the analog clocks. By the digital methods, the features that only the analog clocks have are replicated; the hands movements, time display of 24h/12h, and the characteristic mechanical sounds. Thus, this study proposes the clock-type scheduling application to enable the users to recognize "time-perception-reality" of the analog clocks.