JP2003029889A - Picture overlap display program for actuating processing and recording medium with its program recorded and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picture overlap display program for automatically actuating processing based on processing information without making a user operate by overlapping picture information including a function object and picture information including a trigger object for actuating processing, a recording medium with its program recorded, and its system. SOLUTION: A computer is functioned by providing a display means for overlapping and displaying picture information including a function object embedded with processing information and picture information including a trigger object for actuating processing, a detecting means for detecting that the picture range of the functioning object and the picture rang of the trigger object are at least partially overlapped, and a processing executing means for actuating processing based on the processing information at detecting that the picture ranges are overlapped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image overlay display program for activating processing, a recording medium recording the program, and a system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a clickable map of a Web browser or a general window system, image information including a graphics object (hereinafter referred to as "functional object") in which processing information is embedded is received from a server, and the image is received. Display information on the screen. And
When the mouse cursor overlaps the image range of the functional object, the process is activated. this is,
The mouse cursor is the graphics object that activates the process (hereafter called the "trigger object")
This is because the image information is. The processing executed here includes, for example, displaying balloon characters and starting a specific program.

Further, in the sprite function of a video game, two or more different graphics objects overlap or collide with each other to activate a process based on the embedded process information.

[0004]

However, in the conventional technique, the trigger object for invoking the process exists at the position directly operated by the user, for example, the position controlled by the mouse cursor. To realize this, the function object and the trigger object need to be incorporated in the computer as an integrated program. For example, it is usually realized by a window system in a terminal.

On the other hand, when the trigger object is generated in another computer connected to the network, the information of the trigger object is fetched in its own terminal, and then it is stored in the computer as a program integrated with the functional object. Must be incorporated. Therefore, when the trigger object is applied to a functional object other than this, there is a disadvantage that a program corresponding to the functional object must be created.

As described above, the trigger object needs to be delivered while being integrated with the source code of the image information including the functional object. Therefore, in Internet content, etc., it has become widespread to distribute the source code of the functional object itself via the network.
It was not possible to deliver the trigger object that indicates the timing of activating this functional object.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by superimposing the image information including the functional object and the image information including the trigger object, the processing based on the processing information is automatically activated without the user's operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image overlapping display program, a recording medium recording the program, and a system.

[0008]

According to the image overlay display program of the present invention, the first image information including the functional object in which the processing information is embedded and which defines the image range, and the processing based on the processing information are activated. And displaying the display means for superimposing and displaying the second image information including the trigger object defining the image range, and detecting that the image range of the functional object and the image range of the trigger object at least partially overlap. The computer is caused to function as a detection unit and a process execution unit that activates a process based on the process information when the overlap is detected. As a result, the process based on the process information can be automatically activated without the user's operation.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, it is also preferable that the computer functions as a means for receiving the first image information and the second image information via the network. As a result, not only the image information including the functional object but also the image information including the trigger object can be received from the server via the network.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the trigger object has identification information, and the functional object defines the identification information which should trigger the processing of the processing information in the processing information, and the processing execution means. It is also preferable to cause the computer to activate a process based on the processing information when the identification information defined in the processing information of the functional object matches the identification information of the trigger object. Processing corresponding to various conditions of the user can be activated.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the first and second image information may include a functional object and a trigger object in a mixed manner. In particular, the image range of the functional object, the trigger object, and the image range may overlap with each other. For example, a functional object having a wider range than the image range is set around the image range of the trigger object indicating a person. When the functional object overlaps with the trigger object indicating the taxi, a process indicating that the taxi approaches the person can be invoked.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the second image information including the trigger object is temporally updated, and the computer is controlled so that each means is executed for each updating. It is also preferable to make it function.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the functional or trigger object may be visually visible. Alternatively, the functional object or trigger object may not be visually visible.
In the above-mentioned example, when a functional object having a wider range than the image range is set around the image range of the trigger object indicating a person, the functional object is preferably not visualized. .

A recording medium on which the program of the present invention is recorded is one in which the above-mentioned program is recorded.

The image overlay display system of the present invention comprises:
A first server that distributes first image information including a functional object in which processing information is embedded and defines an image range; and a second server that includes a trigger object that activates a process based on the processing information and defines an image range. An image superposition display system in which a second server that delivers image information and a terminal that receives the first image information and the second image information are connected via a network, and the terminal is the first Display means for displaying the image information and the second image information in an overlapping manner, detection means for detecting that the functional object and the trigger object at least partially overlap, and processing information when the overlap is detected. And a process executing means for activating a process based on.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present invention. According to FIG. 1, servers A and B that distribute image information including a functional object and server X that distributes image information including a trigger object are connected via a network. Various terminals L, M and N are also connected to the network. The image information including the functional object and the image information including the trigger object may be distributed by one server.

FIG. 2 shows image information distributed by the server A. The image information includes the position information of the store providing the service on top of the map information. According to FIG. 2, the polygon of the area of the store has the characters of the service information, for example, if the store is a hamburger store, “hamburger set 380 yen on sale now” or “business hours 11: 00-2.
"1:00" is embedded.

FIG. 3 shows image information distributed by the server B. The image information includes the position information of the intersection on top of the map information. According to FIG. 3, the characters "East station intersection, north: one-way entry prohibited" are embedded in the polygon of the intersection store area.

FIG. 4 shows image information distributed by the server X. The image information is image information including a trigger object of a car and a person. Although the position information of an automobile or the like moves, these may be those that do not move. An identification number is assigned to each of the trigger objects indicating the position information of the automobile or the like.

The terminals L, M and N access the server A or B and the server X, receive image information of each,
The coordinates are aligned and displayed in a superimposed manner. This overlapping technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-335818 by the same applicant.
It is described in. Next, terminals L, M and N
Detects that the image range of the functional object included in the image information A or B and the image range of the trigger object included in the image B at least partially overlap. Finally, the terminals L, M, and N activate processing based on the processing information when detecting overlap.

By this processing, the screens shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are displayed. FIG. 5 is an image in which the image information of FIG. 2 and the image information of FIG. 4 are superimposed. FIG. 6 is an image in which the image information of FIG. 3 and the image information of FIG. 4 are superimposed. In this embodiment, the image information A and B of FIGS. 2 and 3 includes only the functional object, and the image information X of FIG. 5 includes only the trigger object. It may include an object.

According to FIG. 5, since the person's trigger object overlaps the functional object indicating the area of the hamburger store, the character of the service information, for example, the character “I am now selling 380 yen hamburger set” is automatically displayed. It is displayed.

In FIG. 6, since the trigger object of the automobile overlaps with the functional object indicating the traffic information of the intersection, the characters "East station intersection, north: one-way entry prohibited" are automatically displayed.

At this time, for example, the traffic information at the intersection is activated only for the automobile (V1), and the shop information is activated only for the pedestrians (M1 to 3). You can also For example, the identification information of “traffic information” is added to the trigger object of the automobile, and the functional object at the intersection defines “traffic information” as the identification information that should trigger the processing of the processing information.
Identification information specified in the processing information of the functional object,
When the identification information of the trigger object matches, FIG.
The process shown in is activated.

Further, it is preferable that the trigger object is updated every moment by a client pull method or the like. For example, the current position of the person can be updated and displayed, and information corresponding to that time can be automatically presented.

In the following, examples of concrete source codes of the function object and the trigger object will be described. The source code of the image information including the function object and the trigger object can be easily created by expanding the graphics format such as SVG established by W3C.

The following first source code is an example of a trigger object. FIG. 7 is an image display of the first source code. <svg><defs><symbol id = "CAR1" eventSource = "true"> * 1 <circle x = "0" cy = "0" r = "10"/> * 2 </ symbol></defs><use x = "30" y = "50" xlink: href = "# CAR1"/> * 3 </ svg>

* 1 defines a symbol having the name CAR1. Also, the attribute eventSource = "true" indicates that this symbol is an event generation source, that is, a trigger object. * 2: The symbol has a radius of 10
The circle is written. * 3 draws the defined CAR1 symbol at coordinates 30 and 50.

The following second source code is an example of a functional object. FIG. 8 is an image display of the second source code. <svg><polygon points = "0,0,0,30,60, 70,60,0,0,0" * 4 = 'http: //www.w3c.org'" / > * 5 </ svg>

* 4 depicts a trapezoidal polygonal figure * 5 describes processing information (or a link to a site where processing details are described). With the onObjectOver attribute, if this polygon is a trigger object and overlaps with the functional object, http: /
It is written to access the link of /www.w3c.org/.

FIG. 9 is an image display in which the image of FIG. 7 and the image of FIG. 8 are overlapped. As a result, it is detected that the black areas are overlapping, and http: //www.w is automatically displayed.
Go to 3c.org/.

Next, a specific processing flow will be described. (1) The terminal accesses the server A and receives the image information A including the functional object. (2) The image information A is searched for one or more functional objects having the onObjectOver attribute. Next, the processing information included in the retrieved functional object and the area information are saved. (3) Next, the terminal accesses the server X and receives the image information X including the trigger object. (4) The image information A and the image information X are combined and displayed in a coordinated manner (see Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-335818). (5) Search for one or more trigger objects whose eventSource attribute of the image information X is true. Next, the area information of the retrieved trigger object is saved. (6) Whether the functional object of the image information A having the searched onObjectOver attribute and the trigger object of which the eventSource attribute of the image information X is true overlap based on the stored area information of the searched object To search. This search can be easily performed by performing geometric processing. (7) When there is an overlap, the processing information attached to the overlapping function objects is read. (8) Processing is performed according to the read processing information.

If the trigger object included in the above-mentioned image information X is a moving body such as a car that moves with time, the processes of (3) to (8) are repeated.

According to the various embodiments of the present invention described above, various changes, modifications and omissions in the technical idea and scope of the present invention can be easily made by those skilled in the art. The above description is merely an example and is not intended to be limiting. The invention is limited only by the claims and equivalents thereof.

[0036]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the image information including the trigger object is simply superposed on the image information including the functional object whose processing is activated by the mouse cursor operated by the user. Thus, it is possible to automatically provide the user with information according to the usage without the user performing a screen operation. Further, the trigger object can be received as content from another server, and the trigger object can be diverted among a plurality of pieces of image information including a functional object. Particularly, according to the present invention, the trigger object can be provided in the same delivery method and delivery format as the image information including other functional objects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a first image including a functional object.

FIG. 3 is a second image including functional objects.

FIG. 4 is an image of a trigger object.

5 is an image in which the image information of FIG. 2 and the image information of FIG. 4 are superimposed.

6 is an image in which the image information of FIG. 3 and the image information of FIG. 4 are superimposed.

FIG. 7 is an image display of a first source code that is a trigger object.

FIG. 8 is an image display of a second source code which is a functional object.

9 is an image display in which the image of FIG. 7 and the image of FIG. 8 are overlapped with each other.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A first image information including processing information and including a functional object that defines an image range, and a second image including a trigger object that activates a process based on the processing information and defines an image range. Display means for displaying information in an overlapped manner, detection means for detecting that the image range of the functional object and the image range of the trigger object at least partially overlap, when detecting the overlap, An image superposition display program for activating a process, comprising causing a computer to have a process executing means for activating a process based on process information. 2. The display program according to claim 1, wherein the computer is caused to function so as to further have means for receiving the first image information and the second image information via a network. . 3. The trigger object has identification information, the functional object defines the identification information that should trigger the processing of the processing information in the processing information, and the processing execution means is configured to When the identification information defined in the processing information of the functional object and the identification information of the trigger object match, the computer is caused to function so as to activate the processing based on the processing information. The display program according to item 1 or 2. 4. The display program according to claim 1, wherein the first and second image information include a functional object and a trigger object in a mixed manner. 5. The second image information including the trigger object is temporally updated, and the computer is caused to function so that each of the means is executed at each updating. The display program according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The display program according to claim 1, wherein the functional object or the trigger object is visually visible. 7. The display program according to claim 1, wherein the functional object or the trigger object is visually invisible. 8. A recording medium having the program according to claim 1 recorded therein. 9. A first server that distributes first image information including processing object embedded and a functional object that defines an image range, and a trigger that activates a process based on the processing information and defines an image range. An image superposition display system in which a second server that delivers second image information including an object and a terminal that receives the first image information and the second image information are connected via a network. The terminal displays at least partially the display means for displaying the first image information and the second image information in an overlapping manner, and the image range of the functional object and the image range of the trigger object. A detection means for detecting overlap, and a processing execution means for activating processing based on the processing information when the overlap is detected. To, image overlay display system to trigger the process.