JP2014215820A - Information display apparatus, information display method and program for information display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display apparatus capable of conveniently displaying a lot of information in a fashion easy for a user to recognize.SOLUTION: An information display apparatus includes: a display part 5; an operation part 3 configured to accept a division operation for dividing a display area in the display part 5 into a plurality of sections and a change operation for changing each of the sections set in response to the division operation; a processing part 1 configured to set a section corresponding to the accepted division operation; an input/output part 6 configured to retrieve, by each section, such as article data to be displayed in each of the set sections; and a processing part 1 configured to change a section corresponding to the accepted change operation in response to the change operation and control a display using the article data in the changed section.

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of an information display device, an information display method, and an information display program. More specifically, the present invention belongs to the technical field of an information display device and an information display method for displaying various information and a program for the information display device.

  When selecting highly relevant information from a wide variety of information visually provided to the user, generally the visual (visual) of the “layout” of information at the time of provision is selected. Impact plays an important role. For example, on a laid-out paper medium such as a newspaper or magazine, the user can determine the importance of articles and the relevance between articles from information provided from the “layout itself” such as the position and size of each article. to decide.

  As a prior art document relating to the layout of such articles, there is Patent Document 1 below. In the electronic information display device described in Patent Document 1, electronic information such as newspapers and magazines is displayed by imitating the paper surface of actual newspapers and magazines based on article information whose area and arrangement are determined. , And a method for grasping the importance and topicality.

  More specifically, the headline of the article and a part of the article text are displayed in a readable manner in the display area in the technique described in Patent Document 1. On the other hand, the user performs an operation of selecting an article to be read in detail. The selected article can be displayed to any user (reader) by displaying the full text of the selected article, changing the character size by operating a separate button, or displaying the kanji furigana. Is displayed in an easy-to-read manner. Further, in the electronic information display device described in Patent Document 1, when a user selects an article on a screen in which a plurality of sections where electronic information such as articles are displayed is arranged, all the original section divisions are erased, The entire screen is used to transition to a full text information screen that displays the full text of the selected article. As a result, even when there is a long article that cannot be displayed in full text in the divided state, the full text display of the article can be performed using the full text information screen.

JP 2010-165120 A

  Here, the full-text information screen in the electronic information display device described in Patent Document 1 requires a wide display area in order to display all of the selected article text, and is therefore a display using the entire screen.

  However, in this case, there is also a problem that the entire article cannot be grasped while maintaining the relationship between the selected article and other articles. Furthermore, there is also a problem that it is not easy to use because it is necessary to return to the original screen (divided into a plurality of sections) when browsing is completed while displaying the full text using the full text display screen. .

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an example of the problem is an information display device capable of displaying a lot of information in a manner that is easy for the user to recognize and for convenience. And an information display method, and a program for the information display device.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 includes a display unit such as a display unit and an operation unit that receives a division operation for dividing the display area in the display unit into a plurality of partial display areas. Division operation accepting means, setting means such as a processing unit for dividing the display area in response to the accepted division operation and setting each partial display area, and display in each set partial display area An acquisition unit such as an input / output unit that acquires display information to be obtained for each partial display area, and an operation unit that receives a change operation for changing each partial display area set corresponding to the division operation. Change operation accepting means, a change means such as a processing unit for changing the partial display area corresponding to the accepted change operation in accordance with the accepted change operation, and the changed partial display area. And a control means of the processing unit for controlling the display using the obtained display information.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 7 includes a display unit such as a display unit and an operation unit that receives a split operation for dividing the display region in the display unit into a plurality of partial display regions. And a change operation accepting unit such as an operation unit for accepting a change operation for changing each partial display area set corresponding to the split operation. An information display method, a setting step for dividing the display area in response to the accepted division operation and setting each partial display area, and display information to be displayed in each set partial display area For each of the partial display areas, a change process for changing the partial display area corresponding to the received change operation in correspondence with the received change operation, Controlling the display using the obtained display information on a further portion display region including a control step.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 8 includes a display unit such as a display unit, and an operation unit that receives a division operation for dividing the display region in the display unit into a plurality of partial display regions. A division operation accepting unit, and a change operation accepting unit such as an operation unit for accepting a change operation for changing each partial display area set corresponding to the division operation. Setting means for dividing the display area corresponding to the accepted division operation and setting each partial display area, and display information to be displayed in each set partial display area, Acquisition means for each acquisition, change means for changing the partial display area corresponding to the received change operation in correspondence with the received change operation, and the changed portion Control means for controlling the display using the obtained display information on display region to function as a.

  According to the invention described in any one of claims 1, 7, or 8, display information to be displayed in the partial display area divided in response to the division operation is acquired for each partial display area. At the same time, the partial display area corresponding to the change operation is changed corresponding to the change operation, and the display using the display information in the changed partial display area is controlled. Therefore, by displaying the display information in the partial display area changed according to the user's intention, it is possible to display a lot of information in a manner that is easy for the user to recognize and with good convenience.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 2 is the information display device according to claim 1, wherein the change operation is performed by displaying content in one partial display area and another partial display area. And the control means displays the display information corresponding to the display contents of the one partial display area in the other partial display area, and displays the other partial display. Each display is controlled to display the display information corresponding to the display content of the area in the one partial display area.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 1, the change operation replaces the display contents in one partial display area and the display contents in another partial display area. It is a change operation, display information corresponding to the display contents of one partial display area is displayed in another partial display area, and display information corresponding to the display contents of the other partial display area is displayed in one partial display area. Thus, the display contents in the partial display area can be easily exchanged.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 3 is the information display device according to claim 2, wherein the control means includes the one partial display area after replacement corresponding to the change operation and The display information to be displayed in each partial display area is displayed so as to be optimized for each of the other partial display areas.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 2, each partial display area after replacement corresponding to the change operation is optimized and displayed in each partial display area. Since the display information to be displayed is displayed, the display after the replacement can be performed in a state that the user can easily see.

  In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 4 is the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the partial display area is changed in response to the change operation. The display means further includes detection means such as a processing unit that detects the presence or absence of a non-display area where the display information is not displayed, and the control means detects the non-display area when the non-display area is detected. It is configured to display the display information set in advance.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, there is no display in the display means after the change of the partial display area corresponding to the change operation. When the area is detected, the default display information is displayed using the non-display area, so that various information can be displayed by effectively using the display means.

  In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 5 is the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the change operation is performed in any of the partial display areas. A change operation for changing the size on the display means, and the change means changes the size of the partial display area specified by the change operation and changes the size according to the changed size. The size of the partial display area on the display means is also changed.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, the size of any partial display area on the display means is changed. The size of the partial display area designated by the change operation is changed, and the size of the other partial display area on the display means is also changed according to the changed size, so that it matches the user's intention and the display means The display information can be displayed by effectively utilizing.

  In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 6 is the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the change operation is performed in any of the partial display areas. A change operation for deleting the display in the display means from the display means, and the change means deletes the partial display area specified by the change operation from the display means and uses the other partial display area The other partial display area is changed so as to display the display information.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 5, the display in any partial display area is erased from the display means. The partial display area specified by the change operation is deleted from the display means, and the other partial display area is changed to display the display information using another partial display area. The display can be easily erased, and display information can be displayed by effectively utilizing the remaining partial display area.

  According to the present invention, the display information to be displayed in the partial display area divided corresponding to the division operation is acquired for each partial display area, and the partial display area corresponding to the change operation is made to correspond to the change operation. The display is changed and the display using the display information in the changed partial display area is controlled.

  Therefore, by displaying the display information in the partial display area changed according to the user's intention, it is possible to display a lot of information in a manner that is easy for the user to recognize and with good convenience.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the content delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the user terminal etc. which concern on embodiment, (a) is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of a user terminal, (b) is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of a content delivery server. It is a figure which shows the data etc. transmitted / received in the content delivery system which concerns on embodiment, (a) is a figure which illustrates the aspect of the said transmission / reception, (b) is a figure which illustrates the structure of the said data etc. It is a figure which illustrates the data etc. which are exchanged in the content delivery system concerning an embodiment, (a) is a figure showing the 1st example, (b) is a figure showing the 2nd example, (c) is It is a figure which shows a 3rd example, (d) is a figure which shows a 4th example. It is a flowchart which shows the display process which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display process which concerns on embodiment, (a) is a figure which shows a 1st example, (b) is a figure which shows a 2nd example, (c) shows a 3rd example. FIG. It is a figure which illustrates screen transition at the time of layout data creation in other embodiments. It is a figure (I) which illustrates screen operation in other embodiments, (a) is a figure which illustrates article replacement operation, and (b) is a figure which illustrates invalid section operation. It is figure (II) which illustrates screen operation in other embodiments, (a) is a figure which illustrates section size change operation, and (b) is a figure which illustrates article deletion operation.

  Next, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In the embodiment described below, the present invention is applied to display processing in a user terminal included in a content distribution system that distributes newspaper articles and predetermined content to a user terminal via a network such as the Internet. It is an embodiment in the case where it does.

  First, the overall configuration of the content distribution system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the content distribution system according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the content distribution system SS according to the embodiment includes a content distribution server SD, a content providing server SV1, a content providing server SV2,..., A content providing server SVn (n is a natural number), a user terminal Y1, User terminals Y2,..., User terminals Ym (m is a natural number) are connected via the network W. In the following description, when the content providing server SV1, content providing server SV2,..., Content providing server SVn are described in common, they are simply referred to as “content providing server SV”. Similarly, when the user terminal Y1, the user terminal Y2,..., The user terminal Ym are described in common, they are simply referred to as “user terminal Y”.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, each content providing server SV distributes digital content such as newspaper articles and news.

  On the other hand, the content distribution server SD collects the content distributed from the content providing server SV and temporarily stores it. In the following description, the content is appropriately referred to as “article data” or simply “article”. Also, when the content distribution server SD receives a request for content distribution from any of the user terminals Y, the content distribution server SD generates article data corresponding to the received request, and the generated article data is sent to the requesting user terminal. Send to Y. The content distribution server SD can also be configured to distribute necessary article data to each user terminal Y at a predetermined timing set in advance, regardless of the request from the user terminal Y.

  On the other hand, each user terminal Y reproduces the article data acquired (received) from the content distribution server SD via the network W, and the user terminal Y is based on the later-described layout data originally recorded on the user terminal Y. The corresponding article data is displayed in an area arbitrarily divided on the display screen of the terminal Y. In the following description, the divided area is simply referred to as “section” as appropriate. Thereby, each user terminal Y displays the content (the above-mentioned article data, etc.) having a layout configuration, like a plain paper such as a general newspaper or magazine. In this case, the user terminal Y is configured to be able to display a plurality of articles side by side in one screen by dividing one screen into a plurality of sections.

  Next, specific configurations of the user terminal Y and the content distribution server SD according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the user terminal Y and the like.

  First, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), each user terminal Y according to the embodiment can remove the display unit 5 for displaying the content and the like using a liquid crystal display or so-called electronic paper, and the article data and the like. Including an input / output unit 6 for inputting / outputting via a simple recording medium or a communication interface, and each function processing according to the embodiment realized by the control unit 4 executing a program corresponding to a flowchart to be described later The recording unit 2 that records the program executed by the control unit 4, various data, and the like, the operation unit 3 including a touch panel that accepts an operation by the user, and the program read from the recording unit 2 as a whole. And the control unit 4 to be controlled. The processing unit 1, the recording unit 2, the operation unit 3, the control unit 4, the display unit 5, and the input / output unit 6 are connected to each other via a bus B0 so that data can be exchanged. The touch panel constituting the operation unit 3 is provided on the surface of a liquid crystal panel or the like constituting the display unit 5, for example.

  At this time, the display unit 5 corresponds to an example of “display unit” according to the present application, and the processing unit 1 includes an example of “setting unit”, an example of “control unit”, an example of “detection unit”, and “ The input / output unit 6 corresponds to an example of “acquisition unit” according to the present application, the operation unit 3 corresponds to an example of “change operation reception unit” and “divided operation reception unit” according to the present application. Each corresponds to an example.

  On the other hand, the recording unit 2 is configured by, for example, a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and records an article database 20, a layout database 21, a user database 22, and a page data file 23, which will be described later, in a nonvolatile manner. At this time, the article database 20 is a database in which article data and the like distributed from the content distribution server SD via the network W and acquired via the input / output unit 6 are stored. The layout database 21 is a database in which a layout template that becomes a plurality of templates (section division templates for display on the display unit 5) is stored in advance. Further, the user database 22 is a database in which request data and the like related to content desired to be distributed designated using the operation unit 3 are stored. Finally, the page data file 23 is stored after the page-related article data to be displayed at any time during screen transition such as page feed within a section in the display unit 5 is ordered according to the display. It is a data file.

  The other processing unit 1 includes a user management unit 10, a display processing unit 11, a page configuration unit 12, a layout configuration unit 13, a display data configuration unit 14, and a data recording unit 15 which will be described later. In this configuration, the user management unit 10 generates, as the request data, information indicating the content providing server SV that provides the content desired to be distributed, according to the contents of the user database 22, and passes through the input / output unit 6. Requests to the content distribution server SD. In addition to this, the user management unit 10 generates, as layout data, the coordinate position, size, character color information, and the like of each section in the display unit 5 according to the contents of the layout database 21.

  The data recording unit 15 records the distributed article data and the like in the article database 20 and records information generated in each unit constituting the processing unit 1 in each database in the recording unit 2. On the other hand, the display processing unit 11 acquires page data to be displayed from the page data file 23, converts it into image data conforming to the display format or display standard in the display unit 5, and transmits it to the display unit 5. The article ID and the page number of the article being recorded are recorded in the page data file 23.

  On the other hand, the page configuration unit 12 generates the page data obtained by dividing the display data to be displayed on the display unit 5 into pages according to the size of the corresponding section, and records the page data in the page data file 23. And the layout structure part 13 calculates the magnitude | size and position for every section along the resolution and screen size of the display part 5 based on the said layout data. As a result, the display data configuration unit 14 extracts individual data that matches the request of each unit constituting the processing unit 1 from each database in the recording unit 2 and configures the article title, article body, category, and the like as display data collectively. .

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, the content distribution server SD according to the embodiment controls an input / output unit 8 for inputting / outputting article data and the like via a communication interface and a program corresponding to a flowchart to be described later. The processing unit 9A including each functional process according to the embodiment realized by the execution of the unit 7, the recording unit 9 for recording the program executed by the control unit 7, various data, and the like, and reading from the recording unit 9 And the control unit 7 that controls the whole by the program. The processing unit 7, the input / output unit 8, the recording unit 9, and the processing unit 9A are connected to each other via a bus B1 so as to be able to exchange data and the like.

  In this configuration, the recording unit 9 includes, for example, a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and records an article database 90 described later in a nonvolatile manner. The article database 90 is a database in which content data and the like distributed from any content providing server SV via the network W and acquired via the input / output unit 8 are stored.

  On the other hand, the processing unit 9A includes a content collection unit A0, an article submission unit A1, and a distribution display data configuration unit A2, which will be described later. At this time, the content collection unit A0 collects the corresponding content data from any content providing server SV based on the request data transmitted from any user terminal Y and acquired via the input / output unit 8. On the other hand, the article submission section A1 performs structural analysis of the acquired content data and records it in the article database 90. The structure of the content data in this case will be described in detail later. Further, the distribution display data configuration unit A2 acquires the corresponding article from the article database 90 according to the request data, generates article data for display, and then outputs the article data to the input / output unit 8. At this time, if the article data to be acquired in the article database 90 is not recorded in the article database 90, the input / output unit 8 immediately makes an inquiry to one of the content providing servers SV and is necessary from the content providing server SV. Get article data.

  Next, data and the like exchanged in the content distribution system SS according to the embodiment will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing data and the like exchanged in the content distribution system according to the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram specifically illustrating the data and the like.

  First, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, communication between the content distribution server SD and each user terminal Y according to the embodiment includes, for example, HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) or FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Protocols commonly used in networks, such as so-called RSS (eg RDF site summary) procedures, are used. Note that sending and receiving encrypted data according to the application is also a method for improving security. In the user terminal Y according to the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3A, a request is transmitted to the content distribution server SD based on request data related to content that is stored in the user database 22 and desired to be distributed. . On the other hand, the content distribution server SD collects corresponding content data from one of the content providing servers SV and records it in the article database 90. Then, the content distribution server SD acquires the corresponding article from the article database 90, generates corresponding article data, and distributes it to the user terminal Y that has transmitted the request. At this time, the user terminal Y that has received the distribution of the article data may notify the content distribution server SD of the reception completion as necessary.

  Next, a content data management method (hierarchical structure) in the article database 90 of the content distribution server SD and the article database 20 of each user terminal Y will be described with reference to FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the content data according to the embodiment is managed / recorded using a hierarchical structure.

  At this time, one content data is composed of a plurality of article data. Further, one piece of article data is configured by associating with related article data. Then, the article submission unit A1 of the content distribution server SD analyzes the content data acquired by the content collection unit A0 of the content distribution server SD based on the hierarchical structure illustrated in FIG. Data, article data, or related article data) are each assigned an ID, and then recorded in the article database 90. On the other hand, the data recording unit 15 of each user terminal Y records the content data group having the hierarchical structure acquired from the content distribution server SD in the article database 20 as the hierarchical structure.

  Next, a more specific example of the content data illustrated in FIG. 3B will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, referring to FIG. 4A, the article database 90 of the content distribution server SD and the article database 20 of each user terminal Y (hereinafter, the article database 90 and the article database 20 are simply referred to as “article database 90 or the like”). A configuration example of the content data layer in the content data recorded in () will be described. Note that one row of the table shown in FIG. 4A indicates attribute information of one content data.

  In the case illustrated in FIG. 4A, the “content ID” is a unique random number issued when content data is registered in the article database 90 or the like. The “content title” is a title given at the time of article submission in the content distribution server SD. Furthermore, “issuer” is data indicating the issuer of the content. In FIG. 4A, one piece of content data is composed of a plurality of article data as illustrated in FIG. 4B.

  Next, a configuration example of the article data layer in the content data recorded in the article database 90 and the like will be described with reference to FIG. Note that one row of the table shown in FIG. 4B indicates attribute information of one piece of article data. Also, the entire table shown in FIG. 4B shows an article data group corresponding to one content data. FIG. 4B illustrates an article data group corresponding to content data whose “content ID” is “C002” in the case illustrated in FIG.

  In the case illustrated in FIG. 4B, the “article ID” is a random number that is not duplicated and is issued when article data is registered in the article database 90 or the like. “Category No” is a number indicating the type of an article, and is a number used as a clue for associating the article data with related article data described later. Furthermore, “Title” is the name of the article data itself, “Content” is data in which the body, photo, video, etc. as the article data itself are stored in a batch, and “Distribution Date” is the content of the article data It is data indicating a date distributed on the distribution system SS.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4C, a configuration example of categories used when classifying each type of article data in the article data layer in the content data held in the article database 90 or the like will be described.

  In the case illustrated in FIG. 4C, “Category No” is a predetermined random number without duplication. The “main category” and the “subcategory” are character strings (hereinafter simply referred to as keyword character strings) as keywords for making “category No” generally easy to understand. Furthermore, each “related article” is a keyword character string for displaying the article data related to the corresponding “category number” in an easily understandable manner. In the case illustrated in FIG. 4C, each keyword character string is associated with an “article ID” of related article data described later. By retrieving the corresponding article ID from the keyword character string and referring to the table illustrated in FIG. 4B based on the retrieved article ID, the corresponding article data can be called.

  Lastly, FIG. 4D illustrates the relationship between the related article keyword character string of the related article item and the corresponding article ID in the case illustrated in FIG. 4C.

  Next, display processing and the like in the user terminal Y according to the embodiment will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the display processing, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example on the display unit 5 in the display processing.

  First, for example, when the user terminal Y is turned on and the display processing according to the embodiment is performed, the display unit 5 has a screen having a section allocation as illustrated in FIG. Is displayed. In other words, the layout configuration unit 13 according to the embodiment uses the section shown in FIG. 6A as an example of the display screen of the display unit 5 based on the default layout data (the layout template) recorded in the layout database 21. It is divided into four sections (regions) S1 to S4. In each of these sections S1 to S4, corresponding article data is developed and configured. In the following description, when the matters common to the sections S1 to S4 are described, they are simply referred to as “section S”. At this time, which article data is expanded in which section S is generally determined by user settings, for example, but the priority calculated based on the category, issuer, date, etc. of the article data It may be configured to take into consideration. As will be described later, when the entire body of article data cannot be displayed at the same time in one section S, it is divided into a plurality of pages, and screen transition (page turning) described later in the same section S is performed. Can be displayed. The specific processing of this point will be described in detail later.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5, in the display processing according to the embodiment, the display data configuration unit 14 acquires request data related to the content desired to be distributed recorded in the user database 22, and passes through the input / output unit 6. It transmits to the content distribution server SD (step S101). Next, the input / output unit 6 acquires content data (that is, article data group) transmitted from the content distribution server SD (step S102). The data recording unit 15 records the acquired content data in the article database 20 (step S103). Note that the processes in steps S101 to S103 are executed in parallel or in time series for each section S constituting the display screen of the display unit 5. Thereafter, the display data configuration unit 14 acquires request data (request data transmitted in step S101) from the user database 22, and the layout data and article data corresponding to the acquired request data are converted into the layout database 21 and the article database 20 respectively. (Step S104).

  Next, the layout configuration unit 13 calculates the size and position (see FIG. 6A) for each section S corresponding to the resolution and screen size of the display unit 5 based on the acquired layout data, and thereby the display unit 5 Is divided into sections S (step S105). Next, the page composition unit 12 generates article data obtained by dividing all article data into pages according to the size of the corresponding section S, and records it in the page data file 23 (step S106). Thereafter, the display processing unit 11 acquires page data to be displayed for each section S from the page data file 23 (step S107), further converts it into image data, transmits it to the display unit 5, and displays it (step S108). Thereafter, the page composition unit 12 temporarily records the article ID of the article data currently displayed on the display screen and the page number thereof on a memory (not shown) (step S109).

  Next, the operation unit 3 and the processing unit 1 monitor whether or not an operation for performing any event according to the embodiment is performed using the operation unit 3 (step S110). In the monitoring in step S110, it is monitored whether or not an operation for performing an event has been performed, and the contents of the event that is the target of the operation when the operation is performed.

  Here, in the display processing according to the embodiment, as the event, page switching (page turning) operation (see FIG. 6B) for each section S illustrated in FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C. A case where a related article display operation for displaying a related article related to one section S illustrated in the above in another section S will be described. At this time, the “page switching operation” means that a continuation of an article displayed in any section S is operated by, for example, flicking the section S on the touch panel included in the operation unit 3. The operation to be displayed in (i.e., the operation of turning the page). The “related article display operation” means, for example, a tap operation on the position of the touch panel corresponding to one section S in which an article for which the related article is desired to be displayed in another section S is displayed. The operation to display the related article in the other section S.

  That is, when the event that occurred in the monitoring in step S110 is the page switching operation (step S110; page switching operation), the operation unit 3 determines the position of the section S where the flick operation is performed as the page switching operation ( (Coordinate value) is acquired and output to the layout composition unit 13 (step S202). As a result, the layout configuration unit 13 determines the position in the display unit 5 of the section S selected as the page switching operation at that time from the output coordinate value, and is displayed in the section S at that time. The article ID of only article data and its page number are acquired from the memory (step S203). Then, the acquired article ID and page number are updated according to the page switching operation, and are transmitted to the display processing unit 11.

  Thereafter, the display processing unit 11 proceeds to the process of step S107, acquires only page data corresponding to the page to be beaten from the page data file 23 (step S107), further converts it into image data, and transmits it to the display unit 5. Then, it is displayed as a beaten page (step S108). After that, the page composition unit 12 temporarily records the article ID and the page number of the article data currently displayed on the display screen (the article data of the beaten page) on a memory (not shown) (step S109). Thereafter, the process proceeds to the monitoring in step S110. In this case, for example, when the user terminal Y is turned off, the article ID and the page number are recorded in the page data file 23, so that the original is turned on when the power is turned on next time. The display content can be restored.

  Next, a display example when the page switching operation is executed will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6B, for example, when the page switching operation according to the embodiment is executed for the article displayed in the section S1, only the section S1 displays the displayed content before or after. Transition to the page. When the user terminal Y is a so-called tablet-type user terminal Y, for example, the page switching operation can be associated with, for example, a tap operation, a hold operation, or a predetermined button operation in addition to the flick operation.

  On the other hand, when the event that occurred in the monitoring in step S110 is the related article display operation (step S110; related article display operation), the operation unit 3 performs, for example, a tap operation as the related article display operation. The position (coordinate value) of the section S is acquired and output to the layout configuration unit 13 (step S302). Thereby, the layout configuration unit 13 determines the position in the display unit 5 of the section S selected as the related article display operation at that time from the output coordinate value, and is displayed in the section S at that time. Article ID of only existing article data is acquired from the memory (step S303). Here, it is assumed that the article ID acquired by the process of step S303 is, for example, “N001” (see FIG. 4B). As a result, the layout configuration unit 13 refers to the hierarchical structure in the article database 20, and relates to the category No. designated by the article ID; N001; “Related Article 1”, “Related Article 2”, and “Related Article”. 3 "can be recognized and output to the display data configuration unit 14. Then, the display data configuration unit 14 acquires article data of “related article 1”, “related article 2”, and “related article 3” from the article database 20 (step S304).

  Next, the layout configuration unit 13 proceeds to the process of step S105, and calculates the size and position (see FIG. 6A) for each section S corresponding to the resolution and screen size of the display unit 5 based on the layout data. Thus, the display screen of the display unit 5 is divided for each section S (step S105). Next, the page composition unit 12 displays the “related article 1”, “related article 2”, “related article 3”, and the article displayed in the section S where the related article display operation determined in step S110 is executed. Article data including all the article data including the page data according to the size of the corresponding section S is generated and recorded in the page data file 23 (step S106). Thereafter, the display processing unit 11 acquires page data to be displayed for each section S from the page data file 23 (step S107), further converts it into image data, transmits it to the display unit 5, and displays it (step S108). Thereafter, the page composition unit 12 temporarily records the article ID of the article data currently displayed on the display screen and the page number thereof on a memory (not shown) (step S109).

  Next, a display example when the related article display operation is executed will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6C, for example, when the related article display operation according to the embodiment is executed for the article displayed in the section S1, the same article as before is displayed in the section S1, In the other sections S2 to S4, articles related to the section S1 (in the above case, related articles 1 to 3) are displayed. More specifically, for example, the content ID of the article displayed in the section S1 is “C002” illustrated in FIG. 4A, for example. In the current section S1, “how to make meat potatoes” (article ID; N001 ( 4)))), in addition to the display in the current section S1, “XX super flyer” is displayed as the related article 1, for example, in the section S2, and the article related to “nutrient” is the section, for example, as the related article 2. An article related to “cooking” is further displayed in, for example, section S4 as the related article 3 (see FIG. 4C).

  Finally, when the event generated in the monitoring in step S110 is an operation other than the page switching operation and the related article display operation (step S110; other), the operation unit 3 and the layout configuration unit 13 Event processing corresponding to the other operation, such as obtaining the position (coordinate value) of the section S where the other operation has been performed, is executed (step S402), and then the processing unit 1 performs the processing of step S110. Return.

  In the case where the processing illustrated in FIG. 5 is being performed, for example, when an operation such as turning off the power of the user terminal Y is performed, the display processing according to the embodiment ends at that point.

  As described above, according to the display processing and the like in each user terminal Y according to the embodiment, the article data to be displayed for each section S set by dividing the display screen of the display unit 5 is acquired, The display for each section S using article data or the like is changed in correspondence with, for example, a flick operation or the like in the operation unit 3. Therefore, articles can be displayed / changed independently for each section S without affecting the display in other sections S.

[Other embodiments]
Next, other embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(I) Creation of Layout Data by User In the above-described embodiment, the layout of each section S in the display unit 5 uses the template data recorded in the layout database 21 as layout data. It can also be configured to create layout data to suit one's own preferences. That is, when the user performs a section setting operation for arbitrarily dividing the section S on the display screen of the display unit 5, new layout data can be created. The layout data creation operation in this case is associated with a flick operation, a tap operation, a hold operation, a predetermined button operation, or the like when the user terminal Y is a so-called tablet-type terminal. The section setting operation is associated with a drag operation on the display screen of the display unit 5, for example.

  Here, in the user terminal Y, a screen transition when the user creates layout data by himself will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the screen transition. In FIG. 7, a layout button LB corresponding to a layout data creation operation is displayed (implemented) by the user's finger F at the upper right of the display screen of the display unit 5 of the user terminal Y. When the layout button LB is clicked, for example, with the finger F (FIG. 7; step 1), the layout data creation screen is displayed (FIG. 7; step 2).

  In the layout data creation screen illustrated in FIG. 7, “default creation (Default)” in which layout data is newly created using data recorded in advance in the layout database 21, and the user can freely create layout data “ “User Setting” is selectable (see FIG. 7; step 2 left end). When an operation for selecting “user setting” is executed, setting operation for each section S can be performed in the drag region on the screen as illustrated in the center of FIG. 7; step S2, and further FIG. 7; step S2 A setting operation for each section S can be performed by an arbitrary drag operation with the finger F as illustrated on the right end. Then, for example, when the completion button FB is operated after the setting operation for each section S, sections S1 to S4 as exemplified in FIG. 7; step 4 are finally displayed corresponding to the drag operation with the finger F. It is set on the display screen of the unit 5. Based on the four sections S set by the drag operation in the operation unit 3, the user management unit 10 newly creates layout data and records it in the layout database 21 by the data recording unit 15.

  On the other hand, when an operation for selecting “create default” is executed at the left end of FIG. 7; step 2, a transition is made to a setting screen for setting the content displayed in each section S (step 3 in FIG. 7). In the content setting operation, for each section S, the category of the article to be displayed in the section S and the content itself are selected by the finger F using the category selection menu CS and the content selection menu TS. Thereafter, when the completion button FB is clicked, content setting completion processing on the display screen is performed. Then, based on the content set by the selection operation in the operation unit 3, the user management unit 10 newly creates layout data and records it in the layout database 21 by the data recording unit 15. Thereafter, based on the created layout data and request data, the display process described with reference to FIG. 5 is executed, and a desired display is performed (step 4 in FIG. 7).

  As described above, according to the layout data creation process by the user according to another embodiment, the article data to be displayed in the section S divided in response to the division operation of the display screen is acquired for each section S. Therefore, it is possible to display a lot of information in a manner that is easy for the user to recognize and in a convenient manner.

(II) Replacing Articles by User Next, the case of replacing articles for each section S will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8A is a diagram for explaining an article replacement operation as another embodiment.

  That is, as shown on the left of FIG. 8A, an article “Cooking” is displayed in the section S1, an article “Sports” is displayed in the section S2, an article “Music” is displayed in the section S3, and the section When an article “news” is displayed in S4, an article “music” is displayed in a large section S1, and an article “cooking” is displayed in section S3. And a drag operation is performed between any position in the section S3.

  In this case, the layout configuration unit 13 of the user terminal Y newly creates layout data corresponding to each size with reference to the layout database 21 for each of the sections S1 and S3, and thereafter, based on the created layout data. The display process described with reference to FIG. As a result, article replacement as illustrated on the right in FIG. 8A is completed (see step S104 to step S109 in FIG. 5). In this case, the contents of the article data and the like are optimized according to the sizes of the sections S1 and S3 to be exchanged (for example, the large section S1 is displayed in detail and the small section S3 is summarized) Alternatively, only itemized items may be displayed).

  As described above, according to the article replacement process by the user according to another embodiment, the section S corresponding to the replacement operation is changed in accordance with the operation, and the article data or the like in the changed section S is changed. Since the display used is displayed, the article data and the like are displayed by the section S changed according to the user's intention, so that it is possible to display a lot of information in a manner that is easy for the user to recognize and for convenience. .

  Further, since the respective display contents are exchanged corresponding to the operation of exchanging the display contents in one section S and the display contents in the other section S, the display contents in the section S can be easily exchanged.

  Further, when article data and the like are displayed optimized for each section S after replacement, the display after replacement can be performed in a state that is easy for the user to see.

(III) Detection of Display Invalid Area Next, the case where an invalid section without article assignment occurs in the display screen of the display unit 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8B is a diagram for explaining an invalid section operation as another embodiment.

  That is, in the user terminal Y, for example, an invalid section (blank section) to which article data is not assigned may occur in the display screen of the display unit 5 due to the user's layout operation described with reference to FIG. is there. Therefore, the user terminal Y according to another embodiment automatically detects this invalid section and automatically assigns predetermined content to the detected invalid section.

  More specifically, which article data is first developed for the invalid section is determined by, for example, related article data set in the category illustrated in FIG. At this time, when there is an advertisement database (not shown) for storing advertisement data in the recording unit 2, the advertisement data recorded in the advertisement database may be used.

  Then, as illustrated in FIG. 8B, assuming that the sections S1 to S3 are set in the user terminal Y, if the total area of each section S is smaller than the entire display screen of the display unit 5, There is an invalid section S4. At this time, the user terminal Y compares / calculates the coordinate position and size of each section S, identifies the coordinate position and size of the invalid section S4, and, for example, recommends article data fitted to the identified size. indicate. As a result, as illustrated on the right side of FIG. 8B, for example, a recommended article is newly displayed in the invalid section S4.

  Further, as a process in the user terminal Y in this case, specifically, in step S105 shown in FIG. 5, the layout configuration unit 13 divides the display screen into sections S based on the acquired layout data, and then the area of each section S. And the total area of the display screen of the display unit 5 are compared. If the total area of each section S is smaller, the layout configuration unit 13 compares / calculates the coordinate position and size of each section S to identify the position of the invalid section S4 in the display screen, and The specific result is output to the user management unit 10. As a result, the user management unit 10 creates new layout data with the specified position as the invalid section S4, sets recommended article data to be applied to the invalid section S4, and creates new request data. Thereafter, the data recording unit 15 acquires article data corresponding to the request data, and then records the article data in the layout database 21 and the user database 22, respectively. After that, based on the created layout data and request data, the display data configuration unit 14 and the like execute processing similar to steps S104 to S109 shown in FIG. 5, and as a result, the right display screen in FIG. Is displayed.

  As described above, according to the display invalid area detection processing according to another embodiment, when an invalid section is detected in the display unit 5 after the section S is changed, the default recommended information is used using the invalid section. Thus, various information can be displayed by effectively utilizing the display screen of the display unit 5.

(IV) Change of Section Size by User Next, a case where the user arbitrarily changes the size of each section S will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating a section size changing operation as another embodiment.

  In the user terminal Y, an operation for changing the size (section size) of each section S arranged on the display screen of the display unit 5 can be accepted, and the size of the section S is enlarged or reduced. be able to. When the size of one section S is enlarged or reduced, the size of the other section S is adjusted simultaneously and automatically. When the user terminal Y is the tablet type terminal, the section size change operation is associated with an operation such as a drag operation on the display screen, a so-called pinch-in operation or a pinch-out operation.

  More specifically, for example, when the section S1 to the section S4 illustrated in the left end of FIG. 9A are set in the display screen of the display unit 5, the user moves the section S1 to the lowermost display screen at the lower right. When the enlargement operation is performed, the remaining areas related to the sections S2 to S4 are affected (see the broken line in FIG. 9A). At this time, the user terminal Y reconfigures each section S, for example, by reducing the size of the sections S2 to S4 in the horizontal direction so that the areas of the adjacent sections S do not overlap. As a result, sections S1 to S4 are newly arranged as illustrated in FIG. 9A, for example. In this case, the vertical and horizontal sizes of the sections S2 to S4 can be adjusted to maintain the area ratio between the sections S2 to S4 before the change (FIG. 9 (a) right end). reference). Further, the invalid section S4 generated by changing the sizes of the sections S2 and S3 is subjected to the same processing as that described with reference to FIG. 8B to display article data corresponding to “recommended”. (See the lower part of FIG. 9A).

  In addition, as a process in the user terminal Y in this case, specifically, it is determined whether or not an event corresponding to an operation for changing the size of any section S has occurred by the operation unit 3 (see step S110 in FIG. 5). When the event occurs, the operation unit 3 outputs the position and size in the display screen of the section S whose size has been changed, or the change rate to the layout configuration unit 13. Then, the layout configuration unit 13 calculates the coordinate position and size of the section S1 after the size change from the size change rate and the like. Next, the layout constructing unit 13 further calculates a region overlapping with the new section S1 in the sections S2 to S4. For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 9A or the right end of FIG. The coordinate position and size in S4 are changed, and the result is transmitted to the user management unit 10. As a result, the user management unit 10 creates new layout data, and the data recording unit 15 records the new layout data in the layout database 21. After that, based on the created layout data, the display data configuration unit 14 and the like execute the same processing as that in steps S104 to S109 shown in FIG. 5, and as a result, the right end in FIG. 9A or FIG. 9A. The display screen is displayed.

  As described above, according to the section size changing process by the user according to another embodiment, the size of the section S designated by the operation to change the size of any section S is changed and changed. Since the size on the display screen of the display section 5 of the other section S is also changed according to the later size, it is possible to display article data or the like according to the user's intention and effectively utilizing the display screen. it can.

(V) Deletion of Section by User Finally, a case where the user arbitrarily deletes any article (section S) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an article deletion operation as another embodiment.

  That is, as shown in the left of FIG. 9B, the article “Cooking” is displayed in the section S1, the article “Sports” is displayed in the section S2, the article “Music” is displayed in the section S3, and the section S4 is displayed. When the article “news” is displayed, when it is no longer necessary to view the article “cooking”, the end of the display screen of the display unit 5 (for example, FIG. The drag operation is performed up to the left end in b). This drag operation means that the article “dishes” displayed in the section S1 at that time is deleted (discarded outside).

  In this case, for example, the layout configuration unit 13 of the user terminal Y deletes the original section S1 itself, and refers to the layout database 21 for each of the original sections S2 to S4 and regenerates layout data corresponding to each size. Configure. Thereafter, the display process described with reference to FIG. 5 is executed based on the reconstructed layout data. In this case, for example, reconfiguration of the sections S2 to S4 illustrated in the upper right of FIG. 9A is executed (see steps S104 to S109 in FIG. 5).

  When deleting the “cooking” article in the section S1, in addition to reconstructing the display screen by the original sections S2 to S4, the original section S1 is left as it is, and other than “cooking”, for example, The article data corresponding to the “recommendation” illustrated with reference to FIG. 8B may be displayed. In this case, the display process described with reference to FIG. 8B is performed on the remaining section S1. In this case, for example, sections S2 to S4 and a new section S1 illustrated in the lower right of FIG. 9A are configured (see step S104 to step S109 in FIG. 5).

  As described above, according to the section deletion processing by the user according to another embodiment, the section S designated by the operation to delete the display in any one of the sections S is deleted and the other sections S Since other sections S are changed to display article data, etc., the display of unnecessary article data, etc. can be easily deleted and other remaining sections S can be used effectively. You can display article data.

  Note that a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk, or obtained and recorded via a network such as the Internet, and these are read and executed by a microcomputer or the like. Accordingly, it is possible to cause the microcomputer or the like to function as the processing unit 1 according to the embodiment and other embodiments.

  As described above, the present invention can be used in the field of information display devices, and in particular, in the field of information display devices such as tablet terminals that are intended to display a wide variety of article data and the like. When applied to, particularly remarkable effects can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 9A Processing part 2, 9 Recording part 3 Operation part 4, 7 Control part 5 Display part 6, 8 Input / output part 10 User management part 11 Display processing part 12 Page composition part 13 Layout composition part 14 Display data composition part 15 Data Recording unit 20, 90 Article database 21 Layout database 22 User database 23 Page data file SS Content distribution system SD Content distribution server SV, SV1, SV2, SVn Content providing server Y, Y1, Y2, Ym User terminal W Network B0, B1 Bus A0 Content collection unit A1 Article submission unit A2 Distribution display data configuration unit S1, S2, S3, S4 Section LB Layout button F Finger FB Complete button CS Category selection menu TS Content selection menu

Claims (8)

Display means;
A split operation receiving means for receiving a split operation for splitting the display area in the display means into a plurality of partial display areas;
Setting means for dividing the display area in response to the accepted division operation and setting each partial display area;
Acquisition means for acquiring, for each partial display area, display information to be displayed in each of the set partial display areas;
Change operation accepting means for accepting a change operation for changing each of the partial display areas set corresponding to the division operation;
Changing means for changing the partial display area corresponding to the received change operation in correspondence with the received change operation;
Control means for controlling display using the acquired display information in the changed partial display area;
An information display device comprising: The information display device according to claim 1,
The change operation is a change operation for switching display content in one partial display area and display content in another partial display area,
The control means displays the display information corresponding to the display content of the one partial display region in the other partial display region, and displays the display information corresponding to the display content of the other partial display region. Each display is controlled so that it displays on one partial display area, The information display apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The information display device according to claim 2,
The control means optimizes the one partial display area after replacement and the other partial display areas corresponding to the change operation, and displays the display information to be displayed in the partial display areas. An information display device. In the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The display means after the change of the partial display area corresponding to the change operation further comprises a detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a non-display area where the display information is not displayed.
When the non-display area is detected, the control means displays the display information set in advance using the non-display area. In the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The change operation is a change operation for changing the size of the partial display area on the display means,
The changing means changes the size of the partial display area designated by the change operation, and changes the size of the other partial display area on the display means according to the changed size. A characteristic information display device. In the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The change operation is a change operation for erasing the display in any of the partial display areas from the display means,
The changing means deletes the partial display area designated by the change operation from the display means, and changes the other partial display area to display the display information using another partial display area. An information display device characterized by: Display means, split operation accepting means for accepting a split operation for splitting the display area in the display means into a plurality of partial display areas, and changing each partial display area set corresponding to the split operation An information display method executed in an information display device comprising:
A setting step for dividing the display area in response to the accepted division operation and setting each partial display area;
An acquisition step of acquiring, for each partial display area, display information to be displayed in each of the set partial display areas;
A change step of changing the partial display area corresponding to the received change operation in correspondence with the received change operation;
A control step of controlling display using the acquired display information in the changed partial display area;
An information display method comprising: Display means, split operation accepting means for accepting a split operation for splitting the display area in the display means into a plurality of partial display areas, and changing each partial display area set corresponding to the split operation A change operation accepting means for accepting the change operation, and a computer included in the information display device,
Setting means for dividing the display area in response to the accepted division operation and setting each partial display area;
Acquisition means for acquiring, for each partial display area, display information to be displayed in each of the set partial display areas;
Changing means for changing the partial display area corresponding to the received change operation in correspondence with the received change operation; and
Control means for controlling display using the acquired display information in the changed partial display area;
An information display program characterized in that it functions as a program.