JP2006209553A - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device having a function for preferentially displaying a section including information which is highly significant for a user at a display part by releasing the user from any labor such as a scroll operation even in information equipment which is provided with only a small display part such as a portable terminal at the time of browsing a Web page. <P>SOLUTION: In a portable terminal 10, the conditions of a part to be displayed in a Web page (for example, part including character string, image, text box, button and coordinate dot or the like) are prioritized, and stored in a storage part 14, and when the Web page is displayed at a display part 16 under the control of a control part 17, the part matched with the stored conditions given high priority is detected, and the detected part is displayed at a predetermined position in the display part by moving a display range. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device capable of displaying a Web page and the like and displaying predetermined items preferentially according to a plurality of set priority conditions.

  As systems that preferentially display predetermined items according to priority conditions, the following first to fifth techniques have been proposed.

  The first is an information system including a mobile memory and an information terminal accessible to the mobile memory, and the information terminal is selected for a plurality of options displayed on the display unit by a user input in the operation unit The desired information can be searched, and the selection information of the options is recorded in the data verse of the mobile memory until the desired information is reached, and the data input history is left. As a result, when the user searches for information using the information terminal next time, the history of past data input in the mobile memory is utilized to preferentially display options with a large number of selections.

  The second is a content prefetching method in which the content prefetching order of a plurality of link destinations is determined by the priority of each link destination page, and the priority is determined by the past access frequency (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Third, display priority ranking is performed from the priority item data selected from the priority display selection menu, the date and time data when the previous item is selected, and the actual data actually selected from the menu, and the display priority is assigned. This is a screen display control system for changing the display position of the attached menu item and displaying it on the terminal screen.

  The fourth is a display method in which, when the user accesses, the cursor is positioned on the information content element (hyperlink) determined by the past selection frequency and preference from the user's profile.

Fifth, a link table that holds a link destination list for each Web page together with a selection frequency based on the past history, a table update unit that updates the contents of the link table when a link is selected, This is a page prefetching method including a page prefetching unit that performs data prefetching of URLs with high past selection frequency based on the contents of the link table (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-11-219313 JP-A-11-249823

By the way, with the spread of mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs in recent years, cases of browsing web pages on the Internet using mobile terminals are increasing.
Most of these Web pages are designed to be viewed on a device equipped with a large display device such as a personal computer, and many are not suitable for viewing on a mobile terminal having only a small display unit. .

  Further, in a small portable terminal such as a mobile phone, input means are also limited. Although it is assumed that a personal computer has a pointing device such as a mouse as an input device, many mobile phone terminals perform operations when browsing Web pages with a small number of keys.

  As a method for browsing a large Web page or image on a small screen, there is a method in which the entire Web page is reduced and displayed so that the entire width of the page or the entire page fits in the display unit.

However, many web pages are considerably larger than the display part of a portable terminal.
Therefore, in the above browsing method, if the image is reduced so that it can be accommodated in the display unit, the reduction rate increases, and characters on the page may not be readable.

When a Web page created for a personal computer or the like is viewed on a portable terminal that has only a small display device, in many cases, an insignificant part (mostly in the upper left) is displayed in the initial state and must be scrolled. There are many things that must be done.
Therefore, when browsing a large-sized web page with a mobile terminal, in order to browse information outside the display range of the display unit, it is necessary to press the key many times to scroll, forcing the user to perform troublesome operations. There are disadvantages.

Therefore, it is conceivable to adopt a method of preferentially displaying predetermined items according to the priority order as described above.
However, since the display technology according to the priority order described above takes a past history and assigns a priority order based on the number of selections, access frequency, etc., the highly important element that the user really needs at that time is displayed. However, it is not always possible to display an element with the next highest priority when there is no element satisfying the highest priority condition.
Moreover, even if the highest priority is given on a certain page, the element may not exist on other pages, and even if the priority is low on some pages, it may be given the highest priority on other pages. With this technology, priorities cannot be set according to the situation, and these requests cannot be fully met.
In other words, in the conventional technology, information that is highly important to the user cannot be displayed in the initial state, and it is necessary to impair visibility, or to perform a troublesome scrolling operation, so that necessary information can be displayed quickly. There is a disadvantage that you can not.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a display device capable of quickly displaying necessary information without impairing visibility or performing a troublesome scrolling operation.

  To achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided acquisition means for acquiring Web page information including a plurality of elements via a communication network based on address information, and Web page information acquired by the acquisition means. Display means capable of displaying the information, and the display means preferentially displays a predetermined different element specified for each Web page information at a predetermined position.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided acquisition means for acquiring Web page information including a plurality of elements via a communication network based on address information, a plurality of address specifying information for specifying a plurality of address information, Specific information corresponding to the address specifying information for specifying the address information of the Web page information acquired by the acquiring means and the priority information including specifying information for specifying one element associated with each address information Extraction means for extracting from priority information, search means for searching for elements specified by the specific information extracted by the extraction means from Web page information acquired by the acquisition means, and elements searched by the search means are predetermined. Display means for displaying at the position.

  Preferably, the priority information includes a plurality of pieces of information that constitute a pair of one address specifying information and one specifying information of one element, and a display corresponding to the address specifying information and / or the specific information. The extraction means can extract a plurality of specific information from the priority information corresponding to the address specification information for specifying the address information of the Web page information acquired by the acquisition means. Yes, the display means, when a plurality of specific information is extracted by the extraction means, from among a plurality of elements corresponding to the extracted specific information, the highest priority that can be searched by the search means The element having a high height is displayed at the predetermined position.

  Preferably, the priority information has position information indicating the predetermined position corresponding to the address specifying information and / or the specifying information, and the display means is at a predetermined position indicated by the position information. Display the element.

  Preferably, the information processing apparatus further includes means for setting the priority information.

  Preferably, the address specifying information is constituted by a predetermined character string, and the extracting means is configured such that the character string constituting the address information of the acquired Web page information is a character constituting the address specifying information of the priority information. When the information includes a character string including a column, the specific information corresponding to the address specifying information of the priority information is extracted, and the search unit acquires the element specified by the extracted specific information. Searching from Web page information, the display means displays the searched element at a predetermined position.

The display means calculates a scroll amount necessary to display an element at a predetermined position, and displays the element at a position moved from the initial position by the calculated scroll amount. The display device according to any one of the above.

  Preferably, the display means displays an element with the highest priority at a predetermined position when the browser is activated.

  Preferably, there is further provided switching means capable of switching the display so that the element with the highest priority is displayed on the predetermined Web page and the element with the lower priority is displayed at the predetermined position.

  Preferably, the display means sets the element that is determined to satisfy the priority condition first in a predetermined Web page as the element having the highest priority.

  Preferably, the display unit collates the acquired page information with the set priority condition, detects a portion matching the condition as a priority display candidate, and increases the priority for the first detected candidate.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a display device that can quickly display necessary information without impairing visibility or performing a troublesome scrolling operation.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a portable terminal employing a display device according to the present invention.

The portable terminal 10 according to the present embodiment is equipped with browser software, can browse web pages, and is important for the user without causing the user to perform a scrolling operation even if the device has only a small display unit. It has a function of preferentially displaying a portion including high-frequency information on the display unit.
The mobile terminal 10 can be exemplified by a mobile phone, a PDA, etc. In FIG. 1, the functions of the display device according to the present invention as a browsing device for Web pages and the like are mainly shown. In the embodiment, the function of a display device as a browsing device will be mainly described.
A Web page refers to a document published on the Internet using a WWW (World Wide Web) system. A collection of data displayed at one time on a Web browser, which is composed of text data, layout information by HTML, images and sounds embedded in a document, moving images, and the like.

The mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment can set a priority condition including a priority order and a condition for specifying the element for each element (a plurality of elements) included in each Web page, and has the highest priority among the set elements. It has a function of displaying an element at a predetermined position.
In the mobile terminal 10, the priority order set for each Web page changes, that is, the element may not exist on a certain page, and even if the priority order is low on a certain page, it becomes the highest priority on another page. In view of this, it has a function of giving priority to the element having the highest priority among the elements of a predetermined page and satisfying the priority condition, and displaying it at a predetermined position.

In this embodiment, a character string, an image, a tag, a data file, a control (text box), and the like included in the source of the Web page are included.
The element information includes an outline and detailed contents of the element.
The priority conditions include element type, element information, priority (priority), URL (Uniform Resource Locator), time information when browsing a Web page, coordinate points in the entire Web page, and the like. In the present embodiment, the coordinates can be designated by the user, and the coordinates are coordinates indicating the display position when the display of the Web page is finished.
Further, in the present embodiment, there is a function capable of designating a position for displaying an element, and the display screen center, upper left, upper right, etc. can be set as the display position.

Furthermore, the mobile terminal 10 of the present embodiment includes a function for acquiring Web page information including a plurality of elements via a communication network based on address information, a plurality of address specifying information for specifying each of a plurality of address information, a plurality of Priority information including specific information for specifying one element associated with each address information and specific information corresponding to the address specifying information for specifying address information of the acquired Web page information is extracted from the priority information. A function, a function of searching for the element specified by the extracted specific information from the acquired Web page information, and a function of displaying the searched element at a predetermined position.
The URL described above is used as address information and address specifying information. The URL employs a description method that indicates the location of information resources (such as documents and images) existing on the Internet, and corresponds to the address of information on the Internet. It consists of information type, server name, port number, folder name, file name, etc. Specifically, “access means: // host name. Domain name [: port name] / path name / file name” is written, and the access means includes http.

Further, the mobile terminal 10 has a plurality of pieces of information whose priority information is a pair of one address specifying information and specific information specifying one element, and corresponds to the address specifying information and / or the specific information. A plurality of pieces of specific information corresponding to the address specifying information for specifying the address information of the acquired Web page information can be extracted from the priority information. When extracted, the element having the highest priority among the plurality of elements corresponding to the plurality of extracted specific information is displayed at a predetermined position.
Here, the priority information includes a priority level, a priority level, a priority level in relation to a predetermined element, and the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, the address specifying information is configured by a predetermined character string, and the mobile terminal 10 includes the address specifying information of the priority information, the character string forming the address information of the acquired Web page information. When it is composed of a character string including a character string, the specific information corresponding to the address specifying information of the priority information is extracted, the element specified by the extracted specific information is searched from the acquired Web page information, The displayed element is displayed at a predetermined position.
In other words, in the present embodiment, the priority condition is applied to an address where the upper part of the address is common and only the lower part differs. For example, this is the case when the domain name + path name in the above URL is the same.

In addition, the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment calculates a scroll amount necessary for displaying the element at a predetermined position, and displays the element at a position moved from the initial position by the calculated scroll amount. It has a function.
The mobile terminal 10 has a function of displaying the element with the highest priority at a predetermined position when the browser is activated, and the element that is determined to satisfy the priority condition first on a predetermined Web has the highest priority. Element.
Further, the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment has a function capable of switching the display so that an element with the highest priority is displayed and an element with a lower priority is displayed at a predetermined position on a predetermined Web page. Have That is, the mobile terminal 10 has a function of sequentially switching to display of elements having a low priority according to a user operation.
As described above, the display position is switched in order of priority. However, this switching may be performed by a user operation or may be automatically performed after a predetermined time has elapsed.
In addition, the mobile terminal 10 has a function of visually showing how to move to the next display position by animation.

  Hereinafter, the configuration and function of each part of the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment, the initial display operation of the Web page, the operation at the time of the display candidate switching request, the screen example when setting the priority condition, the screen example when browsing the Web page, An example of moving the display position by animation, an example of detecting a priority condition, and a procedure for generating a condition table will be described in order.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 10 includes a page acquisition unit 11, a page analysis unit 12, a clock unit 13, a storage unit 14, an operation unit 15, a display unit 16, and a control unit 17.
Among these components, the storage unit 14, the operation unit 15, the display unit 16, and the control unit 17 constitute a setting display unit according to the present invention.

The page acquisition unit 11 has a function of acquiring a Web page through a communication network using a communication function and / or a function of acquiring a Web page from a recording device (not shown).
The page acquisition unit 11 outputs the acquired web page information to the page analysis unit 12.
When the mobile terminal 10 is a mobile phone, the page acquisition unit 11 performs a wireless communication operation via a base station (not shown), for example, a call operation for a telephone number or an e-mail transmission / reception operation, by a communication function.

  The page analysis unit 12 analyzes the page acquired by the page acquisition unit 11, analyzes and extracts the position and size of the element on the Web page together with the type of component included in the page, and outputs the result to the control unit 17 to output.

  The timer 13 measures the current time. The time measured by the timer 13 is referred to by the controller 17.

For example, the storage unit 14 stores a priority condition that is preferentially displayed by the user through the operation unit 15.
The storage unit 14 includes a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM, and stores, for example, a control program for sending and receiving calls and mails, an Internet browser, message data, an address book in which names and telephone numbers are registered.
In the storage unit 14, the element type extracted from the Web page information, the element information, the priority (priority), the time information when browsing the Web page, the coordinate points in the entire Web page, and the like are associated with the object in the URL. Stored in the form by the control unit 17.

  The operation unit 15 has a plurality of numeric keys corresponding to numbers, etc., and in the case of a cellular phone, an end (end call) / power key, a start (call) key, and these keys are operated by the user. Input information such as a priority condition from the user, a priority switching instruction, and a position where the element is displayed on the display unit 16 is output to the control unit 17.

The display unit 16 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), and displays the text of the received e-mail and various text data stored in the storage unit 14 under the control of the control unit 17.
The display unit 16 follows the display rules (display coordinates, display format, and / or display size) stored in the storage unit 14 for the acquired Web page information in the priority order in accordance with the control of the control unit 17. Display in form.

The control unit 17 is configured mainly with a microcomputer, and controls the entire mobile terminal 10. For example, the control unit 17 performs wireless transmission / reception of various types of information in the page acquisition unit 11, display control of information on the display unit 16, processing according to input information of the operation unit 15, access control to the storage unit 14, and the like. Do.
The control unit 17 collates the priority condition stored in the storage unit 14 with the information on the Web page extracted by the page analysis unit 12 and the timing information of the timing unit 13, and sets a location that matches the condition as a priority display candidate. To detect. The control unit 17 always adds the condition “coordinate (0, 0)” as a candidate with the lowest priority.
When there are a plurality of candidates that match a certain condition, the control unit 17 increases the priority of the candidate that is detected first.
The control unit 17 determines the display position on the display unit 16 by selecting the highest priority from the candidates at the time of initial display.
In addition, after the Web page information is displayed on the display unit 16, the control unit 17 switches the selection candidates in order of priority by the user's operation of the operation unit 15 and determines the display position.

The control unit 17 calculates a scroll amount necessary to display the element at a predetermined position, and displays the element on the display unit 16 at a position moved by the calculated scroll amount from the initial position.
The control unit 17 has a function of displaying the element with the highest priority at a predetermined position when the browser is activated, and the element determined to satisfy the priority condition first on a predetermined Web has the highest priority. Element.
Further, the control unit 17 switches the display so that the element with the highest priority is displayed on the predetermined Web page and the element with the lower priority is displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen of the display unit 16. .
Further, the control unit 17 controls the display of the display unit 16 so as to visually show the movement to the next display position by animation.

Next, the Web page initial display operation will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the initial display operation of the Web page in the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment.

  First, in step ST1, with respect to the Web page acquired and displayed by the page acquisition unit 11, constituent elements such as character strings, images, and controls existing in the page, and information on the elements (position, size, link existence, font) Information etc.). The analysis result is supplied to the control unit 17.

  Next, in step ST2, the control unit 17 collates the page analysis result of the page analysis unit 12 with the priority condition enabled in the storage unit 14, and lists the constituent elements that satisfy the condition as display candidates.

  All the candidates are registered in the storage unit 14 in step ST3 in order to perform display candidate switching after the control unit 17 displays once. This eliminates the need to perform a matching operation with the conditions again when switching display candidates. The contents registered in the storage unit 14 are deleted when the Web page to be displayed is switched.

  In step ST4, the control unit 17 selects a candidate with the highest priority among the listed candidates.

Next, in step ST5, the control unit 17 displays the selected candidate at a predetermined position (upper left, upper center, upper right, left, center, right, lower left, lower center, lower right, etc.) on the display unit 16. Calculate the scroll amount to do.
Since the position and size of the component are known from the analysis of step ST1, an appropriate scroll amount is obtained from the information on the width and height of the display unit 16.

  In step ST6, the control unit 17 scrolls the scroll amount obtained in step ST5 and displays it on the display unit 16. If the scroll amount is less than the preset minimum value or greater than the maximum value, the scroll is limited to the minimum value and the maximum value, respectively.

Next, the operation at the time of a display candidate switching request will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example at the time of a display candidate switching request by a user operation or the like in the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment. This request is a request issued by a user operation after performing the initial display operation described with reference to FIG.

  In step 11, the user is allowed to select one candidate from the display candidates registered in the condition storage unit when the Web page is initially displayed. This operation may be a method of displaying all candidates on the display unit 16 and allowing the user to select a candidate from among them. Alternatively, the candidate has one higher priority than the candidate selected immediately before, or one lower priority. A method of selecting either of the candidates may be used.

  In step ST12, as in step ST5 of FIG. 2, the control unit 17 calculates a scroll amount for displaying the selected candidate at a predetermined position.

  In step ST13, as in step ST6, which should have been two, the control unit 17 scrolls by the crawl amount obtained in step ST12.

Next, an example of a priority condition setting procedure according to the display screen will be described with reference to FIG.
4A to 4D are examples of screens displayed on the display unit 16 in order for the control unit 17 according to the present embodiment to set priority conditions (display conditions) for the user and store them in the storage unit 14. FIG.

When the priority condition is set by the user, the URL to which the condition to be set is applied is designated by the operation of the operation unit 15 as shown in FIG. If there is a Web page displayed immediately before, this item has the URL as an initial value.
In the present embodiment, there are also provided an option for applying to all without specifying a specific URL, and an option for manually inputting a URL. Further, as a condition, a target to be preferentially displayed is designated by an operation of the operation unit 15 among a character string, an image / moving image, a control (push button, radio button, check box, text box, etc.), and coordinates. Further, the relative position on the display unit 16 for displaying this component is set by operating the operation unit 15. Moreover, the time zone which applies this condition is set.

FIG. 4B is an example of a screen for performing detailed condition setting to be displayed next when “character string” is designated as the condition in FIG.
In the example of FIG. 4B, a character string including “topics” is set as the priority display condition. On this screen, conditions can be set from the character string, the style (including font, size, and color) of the character string, and the presence or absence of a link.

FIG. 4C shows an example of a screen for setting the priority of the set condition.
In the example of FIG. 4C, there are two existing conditions, and the middle of the priorities of the two existing conditions is selected as the priority of the set condition.

  FIG. 4D is a screen after setting when the priority order is set second in the screen of FIG. The condition set this time is inserted second, and the condition that was second until then moves to the third.

  When the series of operations shown in FIG. 4 is completed, the set priority display condition is registered in the priority condition storage unit, and is referred to by the candidate detection unit of the control unit 17 during the display position determination operation in the control unit 17.

Next, the operation of setting display conditions based on the currently displayed Web page will be described with reference to FIG.
FIGS. 5A to 5F are for the control unit 17 according to the present embodiment to have the user set priority conditions (display conditions) based on the currently displayed Web page and store them in the storage unit 14. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part.

FIG. 5A shows an example of a screen during browsing a Web page, and FIG. 5B shows an example of a screen displayed when a condition setting menu is called from the user while browsing a Web page.
A component to be set as a priority condition on this screen is selected by operating the operation unit 15.

  FIG. 5C shows a screen for selecting the element (here “character string”) selected in FIG. 5B from the currently displayed Web page. When “coordinates” is selected in FIG. 5B, the screen of FIG. 5C is omitted, and the coordinates of the upper left point of the currently displayed screen are used.

  FIG. 5D shows a screen example for setting a display position on the screen and conditions such as a browsing time period condition.

FIG. 5E shows an example of a screen for setting the priority of the set condition, and FIG. 5F shows a screen showing the priority of the condition after setting the priority.
The conditions registered in this way are stored in the storage unit 14 in association with the URL, and are effective only when a page having this URL is displayed.
However, it is also possible to edit the existing conditions after registration by the method shown in FIG.

Next, a display screen on the display unit when browsing a Web page in the normal and the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the layout of the entire Web page and an example of a normal display screen.
FIGS. 7A to 7D are diagrams showing examples of display screens on the display unit when browsing a Web page in the present embodiment.

In FIG. 6, a frame indicated by a broken line is an initial display range in a general (normal) display method in which enlargement or reduction is not performed.
In the normal display method, the upper left is always displayed first, but in many cases, the upper left has a lot of blank portions, and the user is forced to scroll.

FIG. 7A shows a screen when a candidate matching the priority display condition “character string“ topics ”” is preferentially displayed.
In this setting, since the display position is set at the upper left, the character string “topics” is scrolled to be displayed at the upper left.

FIG. 7B shows a screen example when a candidate that matches the display condition “image” is displayed in the center of the screen.
When an image is set as the condition, the control unit 17 actually searches for the tag “<img ...>” included in the HTML file describing the Web page, and the file name specified in the tag The image data is read and scrolled to be displayed at a predetermined position.

FIG. 7C shows an example of a screen when candidates matching the display condition “control (text box)” are displayed at the bottom center of the screen.
The control unit 17 also searches for a tag “<input ...>” in the HTML even in the case of control, and determines whether the type of control matches the condition from the information in the tag.

  FIG. 7D shows a screen example when candidates matching the display condition “coordinates (100, 100)” are displayed on the upper left of the screen.

Next, the movement of the display position by animation will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of movement of the display position by animation in the present embodiment.

  By gradually scrolling from the first display position A indicated by the broken line in FIG. 8 to the display position B after the scroll indicated by the solid line in the figure, the position on the Web page where the displayed screen is located Has the effect of making it easier for users to understand.

Next, a priority condition detection example will be described with reference to FIG.
FIGS. 9A to 9C are diagrams for explaining an example of detection of priority conditions in the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9A, the HTML source of the Web page is assumed.
FIG. 9B shows a display when an image with the file name “mypic.jpg” is set to be displayed at the center of the screen. In the source shown in FIG. 9A, an image “ABC.jpg” is set prior to “mypic.jpg”. In this embodiment, “mypic.jpg” is an image that matches the conditions. "Is read before" ABC.jpg "and the size information of the image is examined.
FIG. 9C shows a display when the text box is set to be displayed at the bottom center of the screen.
The text box or push button searches the “input” tag in the source and determines the type from the type information in the tag.

Next, a procedure for generating a condition table will be described with reference to FIGS.
(A) and (b) of FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrams for explaining a procedure for generating a condition table in the present embodiment.
This figure is a generation example when a Web page whose URL in FIG. 6 is http://www.aaa.jp is viewed at 18:00.

FIG. 10A shows a table representing all conditions registered in the storage unit 14 by the control unit 17.
This table has “priority”, “URL”, “time zone”, “element (condition)”, “condition data”, and “(display) position” as items.

For example, the priority is first, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “image”, the condition data is “file name mypic.jpg”, and the display position is “center”. Register as
The priority is second, the URL is “none”, the time zone is “12: 0 to 19:00”, the element is “character string image”, the condition data is “news”, and the display position is “upper left” To do.
As the third priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone as “none”, the element as “character string image”, the condition data as “topics”, and the display position as “upper left”.
As the fourth priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “character string”, the condition data is “today's data”, and the display position is “upper left”.
The priority is fifth, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “5:00 to 9:00”, the condition is “control”, the condition data is “push button”, and the display position is “right” Register as "Bottom".
The priority is sixth, the URL is “www.bbb.co.jp”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “control”, the condition data is “photo”, and the display position is “upper center”. .
The priority is seventh, the URL is “none”, the time zone is “20: 0 to 23:00”, the element is “image”, the condition data is “extension“ gif ””, and the display position is “center” Register as
The priority is eighth, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “17:00 to 20:00”, the element is “control”, the condition data is “text box”, and the display position is “ Register as “Lower Center”.
Registered as 9th priority, URL as “www.ccc.ne.jp”, time zone as “none”, element as “control”, condition data as “text box”, and display position as “left” To do.
As the tenth priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “coordinate”, the condition data is “0, 0”, and the display position is registered as “upper left”.

  FIG. 10B is a table generated by filtering FIG. 10A with conditions and condition data. The result of sorting is as follows.

As the first priority, URL is registered as “www.aaa.jp”, time zone is “none”, element is “image”, condition data is “file name mypic.jpg”, and display position is registered as “center” To do.
As the second priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone as “none”, the element as “character string”, the condition data as “topics”, and the display position as “upper left”.
The priority is third, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “5:00 to 9:00”, the condition is “control”, the condition data is “push button”, and the display position is “right” Register as "Bottom".
As the fourth priority, URL is registered as “www.bbb.co.jp”, time zone is “none”, element is “control”, condition data is “photo”, and display position is “upper center”. .
The priority is fifth, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “17:00 to 20:00”, the element is “control”, the condition data is “text box”, and the display position is “ Register as “Lower Center”.
6th priority, URL registered as “www.ccc.ne.jp”, time zone as “none”, element as “control”, condition data as “text box”, and display position as “left” To do.
As the seventh priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “coordinates”, the condition data is “0, 0”, and the display position is registered as “upper left”.

  FIG. 11A removes the condition in which the URL that does not match the URL of the Web page to be displayed is removed from FIG. 10B, and the priority of the condition with the URL designation is higher than the priority of the condition with no designation. This is a table generated by sorting so as to be higher. That is, FIG. 11 (a) is a table that is filtered and sorted by URL from FIG. 11 (b). For example, “www.ccc.ne.jp” is browsed. The result of sorting is as follows.

As the first priority, URL is registered as “www.aaa.jp”, time zone is “none”, element is “image”, condition data is “file name mypic.jpg”, and display position is registered as “center” To do.
The priority is second, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “5:00 to 9:00”, the condition is “control”, the condition data is “push button”, and the display position is “right” Register as "Bottom".
As the third priority, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “17:00 to 20:00”, the element is “control”, the condition data is “text box”, and the display position is “ Register as “Lower Center”.
As the fourth priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “character string”, the condition data is “topics”, and the display position is “upper left”.
As the fifth priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “coordinate”, the condition data is “0, 0”, and the display position is registered as “upper left”.

FIG. 11B removes the condition in which the time zone that does not coincide with the browsing time is designated from FIG. 11A, and the priority of the condition with the time zone designation is higher than the priority of the condition with no designation. This is a table generated by sorting so that it becomes higher. The table generated in this way becomes a table of final priority display positions, and is registered in the storage unit 14.
The contents of the finally registered table are as follows.

As the first priority, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “17:00 to 20:00”, the element is “control”, the condition data is “text box”, and the display position is “ Register as “Lower Center”.
The priority is second, the URL is “www.aaa.jp”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “image”, the condition data is “file name mypic.jpg”, and the display position is registered as “center” To do.
As the third priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone as “none”, the element as “character string”, the condition data as “topics”, and the display position as “upper left”.
As the fourth priority, the URL is registered as “none”, the time zone is “none”, the element is “coordinates”, the condition data is “0, 0”, and the display position is registered as “upper left”.

FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams showing the transition of the display position when the final tables in FIGS. 10 and 11 are followed.
FIG. 12A shows the display position of priority 1, which is the initial display position of this Web page.
12B, 12C, and 12D show the display positions of priority 2, priority 3, and priority 4, respectively.

In this embodiment, it is also possible to switch from the display position of FIG. 12A to the display positions of FIGS. 12B, 12C, and 12D in order by an operation from the user, an automatic display position switching function, or the like. And
At this time, in order to notify the user of the presence of the next priority display candidate, some display is performed on the display unit. After the display candidate with the lowest priority is displayed, the display position returns to the priority 1 display position by the switching operation.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the conditions (for example, locations including character strings, images, text boxes, buttons, coordinate points, etc.) to be displayed on the Web page are prioritized and stored. When the web page is displayed on the display unit 16 under the control of the control unit 17, a part that matches the stored condition is detected and the detected part is stored in the display unit. Since the display range is moved and displayed so as to be displayed at a predetermined position, the following effects can be obtained.
When browsing a Web page, even if it is an information device that has only a small display unit such as a portable terminal, a part containing information that the user wants to display preferentially is displayed quickly without performing scrolling operations. Can be displayed on the screen.

It is a block block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the portable terminal which employ | adopted the display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the initial display operation | movement of the web page in this embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation example at the time of the display candidate switching request | requirement by user operation etc. in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a display part in order for the control part which concerns on this embodiment to make a user set priority conditions (display conditions) and memorize | store in a memory | storage part. The control part which concerns on this embodiment is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a display part in order to make a user set priority conditions (display conditions) based on the web page currently displayed, and to memorize | store in a memory | storage part. is there. It is a figure which shows the layout of the whole web page, and the example of a normal display screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen in a display part when browsing the web page in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a movement of the display position by the animation in this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a detection of the priority condition in this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the production | generation procedure of the condition table in this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the production | generation procedure of the condition table in this embodiment. It is a figure showing the transition of the display position when following the final table in FIG. 10 and FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Portable terminal 11 ... Page acquisition part 12 ... Page analysis part 13 ... Time measuring part 14 ... Memory | storage part 15 ... Operation part 16 ... Display part 17 ... Control part

Claims (10)

Acquisition means for acquiring Web page information including a plurality of elements via a communication network based on address information;
Display means capable of displaying the Web page information acquired by the acquisition means,
The display means preferentially displays a predetermined different element specified for each Web page information at a predetermined position. Acquisition means for acquiring Web page information including a plurality of elements via a communication network based on address information;
Priority information including a plurality of address specifying information for specifying a plurality of address information, and specifying information for specifying one element associated with each of the plurality of address information,
Extracting means for extracting from the priority information specific information corresponding to address specifying information for specifying address information of the Web page information acquired by the acquiring means;
Search means for searching for the element specified by the specific information extracted by the extraction means from the Web page information acquired by the acquisition means;
A display unit configured to display an element searched by the search unit at a predetermined position. The priority information includes a plurality of information paired with one address specifying information and specifying information specifying one element, and the display priority corresponding to the address specifying information and / or the specific information is set. Has priority information to indicate,
The extraction means can extract a plurality of specific information corresponding to the address specification information specifying the address information of the Web page information acquired by the acquisition means from the priority information,
When a plurality of specific information is extracted by the extraction unit, the display unit has the highest priority among the plurality of elements corresponding to the extracted plurality of specific information that can be searched by the search unit. The display device according to claim 2, wherein an element is displayed at the predetermined position. The priority information includes position information indicating the predetermined position corresponding to the address specifying information and / or the specifying information,
The display device according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays the element at a predetermined position indicated by the position information. The display device according to claim 2, further comprising means for setting the priority information. The address specifying information is composed of a predetermined character string,
When the character string that forms the address information of the acquired Web page information is a character string that includes the character string that forms the address specifying information of the priority information, the extracting unit specifies the address of the priority information. Extracting the specific information corresponding to the information,
The search means searches the acquired Web page information for an element specified by the extracted specific information,
The display device according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays the searched element at a predetermined position. The display means calculates a scroll amount necessary to display an element at a predetermined position, and displays the element at a position moved from the initial position by the calculated scroll amount. The display device according to any one of the above. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays an element having the highest priority at a predetermined position when the browser is activated. 9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising switching means capable of switching the display so that the element with the highest priority is displayed and the element with the lower priority is displayed at a predetermined position on the predetermined Web page. A display device according to claim 1. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit sets an element that is determined to satisfy a priority condition first in a predetermined Web page as an element having the highest priority.

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