JP4869894B2 - Content display method, content display device, and multiprocessor system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying related content in a navigation space.

  A technique called mashup (Mashup) is provided in which different contents provided by a plurality of servers are combined and provided as one service. In the mashup, a plurality of APIs (Application Program Interface) can be combined to make it appear as if it is a single service. For example, map data is acquired from a server, a marker is provided at a specific position on the map data, and the marker further includes data related to the specific position, for example, the name and URL information of a facility existing at the position Associate. A user interface for searching on the map displayed on the display is provided, and the user is navigated to a target position on the map. When a marker is set at or near the target position, the marker is displayed on the map, so that the user can know that there is some related information at or near the target position.

  In this way, if mashup technology is used in the map search service, information related to a specific location on the map can be synthesized and presented on the map display screen, and the user can search the marking location while searching on the map. Can browse related information together. For example, it is assumed that a user inputs a specific address in the map search service and a map near the address is displayed on the screen. When the user inputs a movie theater as a keyword, a marker is synthesized and displayed on the map on the screen at a location where the movie theater is located. When the user selects a marker with a pointing device such as a mouse, information associated with the selected marker is popped up. Specifically, related information such as the address of the marker position, latitude / longitude information, movie theater URL and telephone number is displayed. The user can browse the Web page of the movie theater by clicking the displayed URL.

  In the conventional web application, the user terminal transmits a request to the server, receives a response from the server as a new web page, and updates the web page displayed on the display of the user terminal. On the other hand, in recent web applications, when requesting data from the server, the entire web page is not reloaded, but a function for reading an XML document from a URL is used. Asynchronous communication can be performed, and only necessary data can be fetched from the server, and a user terminal can draw a screen as necessary. This technology is called Ajax (Asynchronous Java Script + XML) (Java is a registered trademark), and can realize an interactive and highly operable web application that does not make the user feel the existence of the server. For example, in the above-described map search service, when the user moves the map displayed on the screen with the mouse, the map data to be read next is acquired by asynchronous communication, and the web page is not loaded and the mouse moves according to the movement of the mouse. The map is drawn immediately.

Patent Document 1 discloses an information providing method for easily including an accurate map in guide information when searching for a necessary place.
JP-A-9-311873

  As described above, recent web applications can provide a seamless service by integrating map information and related information. On the other hand, content provided on the Web includes video, music, games, and the like, and many of these contents include geographic information. For example, some car racing games select an actual place as a racing course, and flight simulations have a setting for flying in an actual airspace. The video also shows a particular building, such as a church in the suburbs of Paris, in a scene from a documentary program. It is generally difficult to provide content including a specific geographical location as a scene in association with map information. For newly produced video content, by inserting metadata into the video content, it is also possible to search for a scene showing a specific location from the video content and play the video from that scene. is there. However, in the case of existing content such as videos and games that do not have such metadata inserted, there is no choice but to wait for the corresponding scene to appear from the beginning and to effectively link with map information. It was difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for displaying related content in a navigation space.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a content display method according to an aspect of the present invention provides a marker at a marking location in a navigation space searched by a user, and handles content including a scene related to the marking location for each marker. Marking step, a navigation step providing a user interface for navigating the user to a target position in the navigation space, a marker specifying step for specifying the marker existing within a predetermined range from the target position, Emulation that makes the content executable from the scene by emulating the user's input operation up to the display of the scene related to the marking location for the content associated with the identified marker The Tsu and a flop.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a content display device. The apparatus includes a marking processing unit that provides a marker at a marking location in a navigation space searched by a user, and associates content including a scene related to the marking location for each marker, and a user to a target position in the navigation space. A navigation processing unit that provides a user interface for navigating, a marker specifying unit that specifies the marker existing within a predetermined range from the target position, and content associated with the specified marker, And an emulation execution unit that emulates a user's input operation until the display of the scene related to the marking location, thereby making the content executable from the scene.

  Yet another aspect of the present invention is a multiprocessor system. In this multiprocessor system, a marker is provided at a marking location in a space searched by a user, and the user is navigated to a target location in a navigation space in which content including a scene related to the marking location is associated with each marker. A first processor in which a navigation processing function to be gated is realized, and a user from the target position to the display of a scene related to the marking location with respect to the content associated with the marker existing within a predetermined range And a second processor that realizes an emulation execution function that makes the content executable from the scene.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and the expression of the present invention converted between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a data structure, a recording medium, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, related contents can be effectively displayed in the navigation space.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a content display system according to an embodiment. A client computer 200, a content server 500, and a map server 600 are connected to each other via a network 700. The map server 600 provides the client computer 200 with data related to the navigation space searched by the user. The navigation space is a planar or three-dimensional space that includes geographic data.

  The content server 500 is a server that manages content such as moving images, music, and games, and provides content data in response to a request from the client computer 200. In particular, in the present embodiment, a marker is provided at a specific marking location in the navigation space provided by the map server 600, and content including a scene related to the marking location is provided from the content server 500 to the client computer 200. For example, when a geographical location is set as the marking location, the content server 500 provides the client computer 200 with content including a scene related to the specific location.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the client computer 200 of FIG. The client computer 200 includes a CPU 220, a memory 210, a graphics processor 230, a south bridge 250, a hard disk 240, a network interface 260, a USB interface 270, a PCI interface 280, an audio D / A converter 290, an audio output terminal 310, and a USB interface 270. Audio input terminal 320 connected to the. The output of the graphics processor 230 is supplied to the display 300 and displayed on the screen. A USB device 330 can be connected to the USB interface 270, and a PCI device 340 can be connected to the PCI interface 280.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a multi-core processor 400 suitable as an implementation example of the CPU 220 of FIG. The multi-core processor 400 is obtained by integrating a plurality of processors in one package. One main processor 410, a plurality of (here, four) sub-processors 420a to 420d, a memory interface 450, and an I / O interface 440 are ring-shaped. The configuration is connected by a bus 430. In the multi-core processor 400, the main processor 410 operates at startup, and the main processor 410 assigns tasks to the sub processors 420a to 420d.

  The multi-core processor 400 has a configuration suitable for executing software including a plurality of programs that operate in parallel. In the present embodiment, a parallel process is performed in which a navigation process described below is executed by one sub processor and an emulation process is executed by another sub processor.

  FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the content display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. This figure depicts a block diagram focusing on functions, and these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof. That is, at least a part of these functional configuration blocks is realized by the hardware configuration of the client computer 200 described with reference to FIG. 2, and the functional blocks that are not realized by the hardware configuration are executed by the CPU 220 by executing the program loaded in the memory 210. It is realized by doing.

  The navigation processing unit 10 receives data related to the navigation space searched by the user from the map server 600 and stores the data in the storage unit 60 as navigation data 62. The navigation processing unit 10 provides a user interface for navigating the user to a target position in the navigation space. For example, when the navigation space is a two-dimensional planar map, the user can input an address or facility name as a search keyword, search and display the map, scroll the map up / down / left / right by mouse operation, etc. By providing a user interface for changing the user, the user is navigated to the target position on the map. When the navigation space is a three-dimensional space, a user interface that allows the user to freely move in the three-dimensional space while changing the viewpoint is provided.

  The marking processing unit 20 sets a marker at a specific marking location in the navigation space, and performs processing for associating content including a scene related to the marking location for each marker. The marking processing unit 20 acquires the marker display information 64 and the emulation signal sequence 66 from the content server 500 and stores them in the storage unit 60. The marker display information 64 includes a marking location in the navigation space, information related to the marker to be set in the marking location, and information related to the content associated with the marker.

  The emulation signal sequence 66 is a signal sequence for emulating the input operation of the user until the scene related to the marking portion is displayed. The content associated with the marker includes a scene related to the marking portion, and by executing the emulation signal sequence 66, the process up to that scene can be skipped and the content can be executed from the scene. Can be set to

  The navigation processing unit 10 refers to the marker display information 64 stored in the storage unit 60 and displays the marker superimposed on the marking location in the navigation space searched by the user.

  The marker specifying unit 30 specifies a marker at or near the target position in the navigation space. If there are a plurality of markers near the target position, the user may be allowed to select any of the markers. The marker specifying unit 30 gives information on the marker specified near the target position to the emulation executing unit 40.

  The emulation execution unit 40 downloads the content associated with the marker specified by the marker specifying unit 30 from the content server 500 and holds it as content data 68 in the storage unit 60. The emulation execution unit 40 reads the emulation signal sequence 66 stored in the storage unit 60, executes the emulation signal sequence 66 on the content data 68, and performs user operations up to the scene related to the marking portion. Pre-processing is performed so that the content can be executed by emulating the scene as a starting point.

  The content data may include a program, or another program for reproducing the content data may be used. When a process for executing content is started, the emulation execution unit 40 inputs a signal sequence for emulating a user input operation to the process. This is realized by switching the input to the content execution process from an input means such as a mouse or a keyboard to the emulation program and supplying a signal sequence generated by the emulation program to the content execution process instead of the user input. Such input redirection is restored when the execution of the emulation process is completed. In other words, the input to the content execution process is switched to the input means such as the original mouse or keyboard.

  The emulation execution unit 40 also redirects the output of the content execution process. While the user input operation is being emulated, the output is redirected to the emulation program and is not output to the display 300 as the display means. When the execution of the emulation process is finished, the output redirection is restored and the content execution result is output to the display 300. As a result, the execution result of the content while the user operation is being emulated is not displayed on the display 300.

  The display control unit 50 supplies the graphics output to the display 300 so that the execution result of the content after the end of the emulation processing is output to the display 300.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram for explaining the procedure of the content display method according to the present embodiment. The client computer 200 executes application software. The application software communicates with the map server 600 and requests map data (S10). The client computer 200 asynchronously acquires map data from the map server 600 in accordance with the execution of the application software (S20).

  In the initial stage, the application software designates the center coordinates of the map and issues a request to the map server 600, thereby receiving map data within a predetermined range from the center coordinates from the map server 600. When an event occurs when the user operates the mouse on the application software, the event is transmitted to the map server 600, and the necessary processing is executed by the map server 600, and new map data is transferred to the client as necessary. It is transmitted to the computer 200. The process in which the client computer 200 transmits a request for map data to the map server 600 and receives new map data from the map server 600 is executed in parallel with the user input / output operation in the application software. For this purpose, the Ajax technique already described may be used.

  The client computer 200 communicates with the content server 500 in parallel with the transmission / reception of the map data from the map server 600, and requests a marker to be set on the map (S30). The client computer 200 acquires marker display information from the content server 500 (S40). The application software on the client computer 200 displays the marker as a map (S50). For this purpose, the mashup technique already described may be used.

  The navigation processing unit 10 of the client computer 200 executes navigation processing according to the user's operation (S60). When the user navigates to the target position in the navigation space, the marker specifying unit 30 specifies a marker near the target position (S70).

  The client computer 200 requests content associated with the identified marker from the content server 500 (S80), and downloads the content from the content server 500 (S90).

  The emulation execution unit 40 emulates the user's operation and executes the content until reaching a specific scene related to the geographical position where the marker is provided (S100). Thereafter, the content is executed from the specific scene (S110), and the map screen that has been browsed is switched to the content display screen (S120).

  In the above description, the method of downloading the content specified by the marker to the client computer 200 and executing the content has been described, but the content may be executed by the content server 500. In that case, the content server 500 transmits image information generated as an execution result to the client computer 200, and an input from the client computer 200 is transmitted to the content server 500.

  FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams for explaining a method of executing game content from a specific scene related to a marking location. FIG. 6A shows a screen when the game is started. Here, the user is requested to press the “start” button 800 in order to start the grand prix race. When the user presses this button, a “start” signal is generated. Since the game program is configured to wait for an input from the user whether or not a “start” signal is generated, the next screen is loaded by detecting the “start” signal.

  FIG. 6B is a game selection screen displayed after the “start” signal is executed. Here, the user is prompted to select three race courses (“Tokyo”, “Belgium”, and “Monaco”). The game program enters an input waiting state while waiting for whether or not the user has pressed the “confirm” button 802 with the left course initially selected. In this state, when the user presses the “left” button or “right” button of the mouse or game controller, the game program that has received the signal moves the cursor position to the left or right between the three race courses.

  Here, it is assumed that the user presses the “Right” button twice and then presses the “Confirm” button 802 to select “Monaco”. The game program receives the “right button” signal twice, and then receives the “confirmed” signal, and transitions to the state where the third race course “Monaco” is selected. FIG. 6C is a game start screen after selecting the race course, and the “Monaco Grand Prix” is started.

  Here, since the “Monaco Grand Prix” of the car racing game is related to the geographical “Principality of Monaco”, when the “Principality of Monaco” is displayed on the map, the game program is displayed from the initial screen in FIG. Instead, it is desirable to start from the game start screen after “Monaco Grand Prix” is already set as the game setting condition as shown in FIG. Therefore, in the content display system according to the present embodiment, when the vicinity of “Principality of Monaco” is displayed on the map on the client computer 200, the client computer 200 is as if the user has displayed the game content from FIG. A signal sequence is generated and the signal sequence is input to the game program as if the input operation until transition to 6 (c) was performed. As a result, the input operation of the user is emulated, and the game can be started from the “Monaco Grand Prix” screen of FIG.

For this purpose, the client computer 200 inputs the following emulation signal sequence to the game program after loading the game program and before displaying the screen.
Signal sequence: {"start" signal, "right button" signal, "right button" signal, "confirm" signal}

  Control is performed so that the screen of the game content is not displayed on the display 300 while the emulation signal sequence is executed, and the game content screen is displayed after the execution of the emulation signal sequence. When searching for the vicinity of “Principality of Monaco” on the map, a car racing game of “Monaco Grand Prix” related to the geographical information can be executed.

  FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a method for reproducing video content from a specific scene related to a marking location. FIG. 7A shows an initial screen at time 0 of the video content, and FIG. 7B shows a screen at time T. This video content guides tourist attractions in Tokyo and introduces “Tokyo Tower” from time T. Assume that the vicinity of “Tokyo Tower” is displayed on the map, and a marker is displayed on Tokyo Tower. When the video content is associated with the marker, it is desirable to select the marker so that the video content is reproduced from the scene of “Tokyo Tower”. For this purpose, an emulation signal for delaying the video content until time T is generated and input to the video reproduction program. Note that even if the video content is not a storage type but a real-time type that is streamed, a mechanism for starting playback by jumping to an arbitrary time, such as “delayed”, is supported.

  The emulation signal sequence for proceeding execution of content up to a specific scene may be created by the content provider or the user. In particular, in the case of existing content, a user who has viewed the content may create and publish an emulation signal sequence. Recently, the number of video sites has increased, and an unspecified number of users can create an emulation signal sequence for starting from a specific scene in the content and publish it on the network. Further spread.

  FIG. 8A illustrates the marker display information 64 in FIG. The marker display information 64 is described in XML (Extensible Markup Language) as an example. In this example, the marker display information 64 defines three markers, and the first to third columns of each tag are information corresponding to the first to third markers, respectively.

  In a portion (reference numeral 812) enclosed by the first tag <markers>, latitude / longitude information is described as geographical position information. The part (symbol 814) enclosed by the second tag <titles> describes the title of the content, the first argument of the tag <title> is a character string of the title, and the second argument is the content Type. In a portion (reference numeral 816) enclosed by the third tag <urls>, a URL that is a storage location of the content on the network is described. In a portion (reference numeral 818) enclosed by the fourth tag <posIDs>, an ID indicating a specific scene of the content is described.

  The first marker is set at the marking location of latitude XA and longitude YA, the game content “Grand Prix Race” is associated, the URL of the game content is LOCA, and the specific scene that is the start position of the content ID (hereinafter referred to as “start position ID”) is A_SCENE_ID1. The first marker is set at a marking location of latitude XA and longitude YA, the game content “Grand Prix Race” is associated, the URL of the game content is LOCA, and the start position ID is A_SCENE_ID1. The third marker is set at a marking location of latitude XA + 100 and longitude YA + 10, the video content “Japanese landscape” is associated, the URL of the video content is LOCB, and the start position ID is B_SCENE_ID1. .

  FIG. 8B is a diagram for explaining the emulation signal sequence 66 of FIG. The emulation signal sequence input to the content is described for each start position ID of each content in FIG. For example, in A_SCENE_ID1, which is the start position ID of the game content associated with the first marker, a signal sequence: {“start” signal, “right button signal”, “right button signal”, “confirm” signal} Are listed. A_SCENE_ID2, which is the start position ID of the game content associated with the second marker, describes a signal sequence: {“start” signal, “right button signal”, “confirm” signal}. In B_SCENE_ID1, which is the start position ID of the video content associated with the third marker, a signal string: {“forward to position at time T” signal} is described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow from the start of execution of the navigation application to the start of the content execution process. A navigation application can be a map or a virtual museum. In the present embodiment, content related to information provided in a specific location or a certain area in the navigation space is automatically or selectively executed.

  When the navigation application is activated, a marker detection range is first designated (S200). This marker detection range may be specified by the user or may be predefined by the system. The marker detection range is a rectangular region or a circular region when the navigation space is two-dimensional, and is a cubic region or a spherical region when the navigation space is three-dimensional. The rectangular area is specified by the vertical and horizontal distances, and the circular area is specified by the radius from the center.

  Next, navigation space information such as map data and virtual space data is acquired (S202). The navigation space information may be acquired from a local storage that can be directly accessed from a local computer, or may be acquired from a remote server such as a map server. Furthermore, the marker information associated with the position data in the navigation space is acquired from the local storage or the remote server, and is mapped in the navigation space (S203).

  Here, the navigation space information processing (S202) and the marker information processing (S203) may be executed in parallel. For example, when processing is performed by a multiprocessor as shown in FIG. 3, navigation space information may be processed by one subprocessor, and marker information may be processed by another subprocessor.

  The navigation application detects an event such as a mouse movement and executes navigation processing according to the user's operation (S204). The application acquires a marker within the marker detection range from the mouse position (S206).

  If there is no marker at all (N in S208), the process returns to step S204 and again enters a state of waiting for a user input event. When one or more markers are present (Y in S208), it is checked whether there are two or more markers (S210). The procedure may be changed so that the check of whether or not there are two or more markers is omitted and the process proceeds to step S212.

  When two or more markers are present (Y in S210), marker display for selecting content corresponding to the marker is performed (S212). The marker may be displayed in a balloon format, or an icon, a thumbnail image, or a title representing content stored as marker information may be displayed. However, the marker display is performed in such a manner that it can be understood which content the user has selected.

  Until the user selects one of the markers, the user is in an input waiting state (N in S214). When it is determined that the user has selected one marker, that is, the corresponding content (Y in S214), a process for executing the content specified by the marker is activated (S216). The content execution process executes different processes depending on content types such as a game, video, and audio. For this purpose, a program may be prepared for each content type, or a different process may be executed by selecting the content type in one program.

  As one example, if there is only one marker in step S210 (N in S210), the process proceeds to step S216 to automatically start the process for executing the content corresponding to the marker. it can. In other words, assuming that the navigation application is map navigation and the content is a game, for example, when the vicinity of the Principality of Monaco is displayed, the game screen of the Monaco Grand Prix is automatically switched without allowing the user to select a marker. Also good. Furthermore, in this case, the marker may or may not be displayed on the map.

  A processing procedure in the content execution process will be described. Since the content is provided by the content server 500, the content execution process first downloads the content from the URL associated with the content. The client computer 200 puts the downloaded content in the execution state with the image output turned off. That is, control is performed so that an image generated by the content is not output to the graphics processor 230.

  Next, the client computer 200 retrieves the emulation signal sequence specified by the start position ID previously associated with the content selection marker from the storage such as a hard disk, an external disk device, or a memory device, and executes this signal sequence. Input for content that is waiting for input. After all signal sequences have been input, turn on image output. As a result, the content is executed from the specific scene.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the navigation space and markers displayed on the display 300 of the client computer 200. Here, a navigation map 860 is displayed as an example of the navigation space. The navigation map 860 is displayed when the user inputs “Principality of Monaco” as a search keyword (reference numeral 830) and presses the map search button 832. For the navigation map 860, the user can change the scale of the map by operating the scale bar 840, or can change the display range of the map by pressing the up / down / left / right arrow buttons (840a to 840d). .

  Two markers 850a and 850b are displayed on the navigation map 860. The first marker 850a is set at the geographical position “Monte Carlo”, and the marker 850a is associated with movie content including a scene of a Monte Carlo casino. The second marker 850b is set at the central position of the Principality of Monaco, and this marker 850b is associated with game content including the Monaco Grand Prix game.

  When the user moves the mouse over the second marker 850b, a balloon 852 appears, indicating that the game content including the Monaco Grand Prix corresponds to the marker 850b. In addition, a marker list 870 is displayed on the right side of the navigation map 860, and content associated with each marker is displayed.

  The user specifies a marker by selecting any marker in the marker list 870 or clicking any marker in the navigation map 860. An emulation signal sequence is input to the content corresponding to the specified marker, the user's input operation up to the specific scene is emulated, and execution of the content is started from the specific scene. For example, when the user selects the second marker 850b, an emulation signal sequence for setting the “monaco grand prix” is input to the game content, and the game content is displayed on the “monaco grand prix” screen shown in FIG. Execution starts from

  Although the embodiment has been described above in which content is executed by the client computer 200, the content may be executed by the content server 500.

  FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram for explaining the procedure of the content display method when content is executed by the content server 500. Steps S10 to S70 are the same as those in FIG.

  The client computer 200. The content designated by the marker and its start position ID are designated, and the CGI program on the content server 500 is called (S120). At this time, the output to the graphics processor 230 on the client computer 200 side is set to OFF.

  Next, in the content server 500, the execution process of the content specified in the specified CGI program is started. The content execution process takes out the emulation signal sequence specified by the start position ID received from the client computer 200 from a storage such as a hard disk, an external disk device, or a memory device, and waits for input in the execution state of this signal sequence. The content is input (S130). After all the signal sequences have been input, the content server 500 transmits a signal notifying the client computer 200 that the content can be played back, and then executes the content from the specific scene (S140). The content server 500 transmits image data obtained as a result of the content execution to the client computer 200 (S150).

  The client computer 200 receives a signal notifying that the content can be reproduced from the content server 500, turns on the output to the graphics processor 230, and displays the content (S160). As a result, the content is executed from the specific scene.

  As described above, according to the content display system of the present embodiment, even for existing content that does not have meta information, by emulating the user's input operation, it is possible to Content can be started.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. The embodiments are exemplifications, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of the respective constituent elements and processing processes, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. .

  In the above description, content including a scene related to the location is associated with a specific location in the navigation space. However, if the navigation space is a virtual space such as a three-dimensional art museum, Content including a scene related to a specific object may be associated with a specific object as a marking location. For example, movie content including a mona lisa in one scene may be associated with a picture of “mona lisa” displayed in a three-dimensional art museum.

  In addition, in the case of an application such as “content cruise” in which a user searches a virtual space where content is arranged, another content including a scene related to the content is provided by setting a marker as the marking location. May be associated with a marker. For example, in a virtual space where photos are exhibited, a marker may be set at a place where the photo is installed, and movie content including a scene in which a person of the photo appears may be associated with the marker. Thereby, the user can be navigated to another content related to the content from the content that the user is interested in.

  In the case of a 3D map navigation application, a marker may be provided with a position away from the ground surface as a marking location. In this case, by defining a cubic space including the space from the air to the ground as the marker detection range, for example, when you come over Tokyo, the flight simulator with Haneda Airport selected as the game setting condition is automatically activated. Can be configured.

1 is a configuration diagram of a content display system according to an embodiment. It is a block diagram of the client computer of FIG. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a multi-core processor suitable as an implementation example of the CPU of FIG. It is a functional block diagram of the content display apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram explaining the procedure of the content display method which concerns on embodiment. FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams for explaining a method of executing game content from a specific scene related to a marking location. FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a method for reproducing video content from a specific scene related to a marking location. FIG. 8A is a diagram for explaining the marker display information of FIG. 4, and FIG. 8B is a diagram for explaining the emulation signal sequence of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of a process from the execution start of a navigation application to a content execution process start. It is a figure explaining the navigation space and marker which are displayed on the display of a client computer. It is a sequence diagram explaining the procedure of the content display method in case a content is performed with a content server.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation processing part, 20 Marking processing part, 30 Marker specific part, 40 Emulation execution part, 50 Display control part, 60 Storage part, 62 Navigation data, 64 Marker display information, 66 Emulation signal sequence, 68 Content data, 100 Content display Apparatus, 200 client computer, 400 multi-core processor, 410 main processor, 420 sub-processor, 500 content server, 600 map server, 700 network.

Claims (14)

A marking step in which a marker is provided at a marking location in a navigation space searched by a user, and content including a scene related to the marking location is associated with each marker,
A navigation step for providing a user interface for navigating the user to a target position in the navigation space;
A marker specifying step for specifying the marker existing within a predetermined range from the target position;
Emulation that makes the content executable from the scene by emulating the user's input operation up to the display of the scene related to the marking location for the content associated with the identified marker Steps ,
The content display method includes a step of not displaying a content execution process while executing emulation of a user input operation, and displaying a content execution result when execution of the emulation processing is completed. . The navigation space is a plane containing geographic data;
2. The content according to claim 1, wherein the marking step includes providing the marker with a specific geographical location as a marking location, and associating content including a scene related to the specific geographical location with the marker. Display method. The navigation space is a three-dimensional space including geographic data,
2. The content according to claim 1, wherein the marking step includes providing the marker with a specific geographical location as a marking location, and associating content including a scene related to the specific geographical location with the marker. Display method.   4. The content display method according to claim 3, wherein in the marking step, the marker is provided with a specific position away from the ground surface as a marking location. The navigation space is a three-dimensional virtual space,
The content display according to claim 1, wherein the marking step includes providing the marker with a specific object in the virtual space as a marking location, and associating content including a scene related to the specific object with the marker. Method.   2. The content display method according to claim 1, wherein the navigation step provides a user interface for navigating the user to the target position based on a search keyword input by the user. The content is data including a program code,
The emulation step starts execution of the content from the scene by emulating a user input operation up to display of a scene related to the marking location and executing at least a part of the program code. The content display method according to claim 1, wherein: The content is game content including a program code, and the scene related to the marking portion is a scene corresponding to a specific setting condition of the game,
The content display method according to claim 1, wherein the emulation step makes the content executable from the scene by emulating an operation of inputting a specific setting condition of the game. The content is video data;
The emulation step starts the program necessary for reproducing the video, and emulates the user's input operation up to the display of the scene related to the marking portion with respect to the program. The content display method according to claim 1, wherein the content is made reproducible from the scene. A marking processing unit for providing a marker at a marking location in a navigation space searched by a user and associating content including a scene related to the marking location for each marker;
A navigation processing unit for providing a user interface for navigating the user to a target position in the navigation space;
A marker specifying unit for specifying the marker existing within a predetermined range from the target position;
Emulation that makes the content executable from the scene by emulating the user's input operation up to the display of the scene related to the marking location for the content associated with the identified marker and an execution unit seen including,
The emulation execution unit does not display the execution process of the content while executing the emulation of the user input operation, and displays the execution result of the content after the execution of the emulation process is completed. Display device.   The emulation process by the emulation execution unit further includes a display control unit that starts displaying the content from the scene after the emulation is completed without displaying the content. The content display device described. A marking processing function for providing a marker at a marking location in a navigation space searched by a user and associating content including a scene related to the marking location for each marker;
A navigation processing function for providing a user interface for navigating the user to a target position in the navigation space;
A marker specifying function for specifying the marker existing within a predetermined range from the target position;
Emulation that makes the content executable from the scene by emulating the user's input operation up to the display of the scene related to the marking location for the content associated with the identified marker The execution function is realized on the computer ,
The emulation execution function does not display a content execution process while executing emulation of a user's input operation, and displays a content execution result when the emulation processing is finished. . The computer includes a multi-core processor in which a plurality of processors are integrated in one package,
The program according to claim 12, wherein at least the navigation processing function is realized by one processor, and at least the emulation execution function is realized by another processor. A navigation processing function for navigating the user to a target position in a navigation space in which a marker is provided at a marking location in a space searched by the user, and content including a scene related to the marking location is associated with each marker. A first processor implemented;
The content associated with the marker existing within a predetermined range from the target position is emulated by the user's input operation until the display of the scene related to the marking location, and the content is then converted to the scene. look including a second processor emulation execution function is realized to an executable state from
The emulation execution function does not display a content execution process while executing emulation of a user's input operation, and displays a content execution result when the emulation processing is completed. Processor system.

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