JP4734471B2 - Display device, comment display method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device, a comment display method, and a program for displaying a comment together with a moving image.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, there is a system that displays a comment made by a user on a moving image such as a broadcast television program together with the moving image.
For example, in a bulletin board related to a television program or the like having a different broadcast time in each region, even if the time for browsing the bulletin board is different, the writing to one scene of the television program is stored in association with the net time from the start of broadcasting. There is a system that displays previously written contents in accordance with a scene of a television program (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this system, the user can browse and enjoy the comment while watching the TV program without feeling the time lag of the broadcast time.

JP 2002-290949 A

  However, when the above-described system in the prior art is used, the following can be considered. That is, if a large number of comments are written on a moving image, the comments overlap each other, making it difficult to read the comments. Also, if you assign a position to display comments for each user, you can eliminate the overlap, but because the number of users who can write comments on the same screen is limited, exchange comments with a large number of users Interestingness will be reduced.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display device, a comment display method, and a program capable of reducing difficulty in reading a comment even when a plurality of comments are written. It is to provide.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a display device that reproduces a moving image and displays a comment on the moving image, wherein the comment and the beginning of the moving image at the time when the comment is given are displayed. and comment information storage unit that stores comment information including comments attachment time and a moving image reproduction time represents the elapsed time of the moving image on the basis, the moving image reproduced on the first display area is an area for displaying the video and video playback unit for displaying Te, based on said reproduced is movie video playback time, among the comment information storage unit comment information stored in, corresponding to the comment attachment time corresponding to the video playback time of the video reading comments from the comment information storage unit, displays the read comment, on the second display section is an area for displaying the comment comments A part of the second display field is overlapped with at least a part of the first display field, and the other area is outside the first display field. And the comment display unit displays at least a part of the read comment in the second display field, outside the first display field and inside the second display field. It is characterized by.

In the display device described above, the comment display unit may move and display the comment.
Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described display device, the comment display unit moves and displays the comment from the first display field outside the first display field and into the second display field. It is characterized by.
In the display device described above, the second display field in which the comment display unit displays the comment is larger in size than the first display field.

In the display device described above, the comment display unit may include at least a part of the comment outside the first display field in the second display field and the second display field. When displaying inside the display field, the display field is displayed so as to straddle the first display field and the second display field.

According to the present invention, in the above-described display device, the comment displayed by the comment display unit determines whether or not the display position of the comment overlaps with another comment, and the determination unit overlaps the display position of the comment. And a display position control unit that displays the comments at positions where they do not overlap .

The present invention is also a comment display method in a display device that reproduces a moving image and displays a comment on the moving image, wherein the moving image reproducing unit includes a first display field that is an area for displaying the moving image. A video is played and displayed, and the comment display unit includes a comment and a comment addition time which is a video playback time indicating the elapsed time of the video relative to the beginning of the video at the time when the comment is given. refers to the information stored in the comment information storage unit for storing information, on the basis of the video reproduction time of the moving image to be played, the comments of the information comment information stored in the storage unit, the moving picture video playback time corresponding to the read the comment corresponding to the comment attachment time from the comment information storage section, a part of the read comment, displaying the comment Among the second display fields that are areas and part of the area overlaps at least a part of the first display field and the other area is outside the first display field, the first display It is displayed outside the column and inside the second display column .
Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the display method described above, the comment display unit moves and displays the comment.

Also, the present invention reproduces a moving image and reproduces the moving image by displaying a computer of a display device that displays a comment on the moving image in a first display field that is an area for displaying the moving image. Means, a comment, and a comment information storage unit that stores comment information including a comment adding time that is a moving image reproduction time that represents an elapsed time of the moving image with reference to the beginning of the moving image at the time when the comment is added with reference to the information, based on the moving video playback time to be the reproduced among the comment information comment information stored in the storage unit, a comment corresponding to the comment attachment time corresponding to the video playback time of the video read from the comment information storage section, a part of the read comment, part of the area is an area for displaying the comment said first Of the second display columns that overlap at least a part of the display column and the other region is outside the first display column, the second display column is outside the first display column and the second display column. This is a program that functions as comment display means to be displayed inside .
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the comment display means moves and displays the comment.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a moving image is reproduced in the first display field, and a comment associated with a comment adding time corresponding to the moving image reproduction time of the moving image is read from the comment information. In the second display field, which is a display area that partially overlaps with the first display field and does not overlap with other parts, read out outside the first display field and inside the second display field. Display at least some of the comments. Thereby, for example, the comment displayed in the overlay is trimmed outside the screen of the moving image, and the comment itself is not included in the moving image but written by the user with respect to the moving image. Can be grasped, and the difficulty of reading comments can be reduced.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the comment delivery system by one Embodiment of this invention. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a comment distribution server 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a comment information storage unit 21. FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device 3. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on a display device 34. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on a display device 34. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the comment distribution server 2. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the terminal device 3. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on a display device 34. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the case where the comment is written between users. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first display unit 35 in FIG. 4. 12 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of the first display unit 35 in the configuration of FIG. 11. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating duplication of a comment.

  A comment delivery system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a comment delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, the moving image distribution server 1 distributes moving image data in response to a distribution request from the terminal device 3. This distribution is performed by streaming distribution, for example. The comment distribution server 2 receives a comment on the moving image distributed by the moving image distribution server 1 from the terminal device 3 and distributes the comment to each terminal device 3 that browses the moving image. The terminal device 3 is connected to the video distribution server 1 and the comment distribution server 3 via the network 4, receives and displays the video distributed from the video distribution server 1, and receives comments distributed from the comment distribution server 3. Receive and display on video.

Next, the comment distribution server 2 and the terminal device 3 in FIG. 1 will be further described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the comment distribution server 2. In this figure, the comment information storage unit 21 associates the comment content with the comment content using the video playback time based on the playback start time of the video at the time when the comment content is added as a comment adding time. Store as comment information.
An example of data stored in the comment information storage unit 21 is shown in FIG. The comment information storage unit 21 stores a plurality of pieces of comment information in which comments for moving images distributed by the moving image distribution server 1 are grouped for each thread. Each comment information includes information of a moving image ID for identifying a moving image and a thread ID for identifying a thread, and can identify which thread is associated with which moving image. In addition to the comment grant time and comment content, comment information posting real time (corresponding to the above-mentioned real time information) indicating the actual time when the comment was given (speaking) and a comment were given to the comment information A plurality of comment data in which a user name, which is information for identifying a user, and a comment display method, which is information for designating how to display a comment, are associated with each other are included. In addition, when the comment data is received from the terminal device 3 viewing the comment of the thread with the thread ID, the received comment data is additionally stored. Here, by storing the thread ID in association with the moving image ID, it is possible to identify the same moving image or a plurality of different threads. The comment information storage unit 21 corresponds to the first comment information storage unit described above.

Next, the comment information distribution unit 22 reads the comment information stored in the comment information storage unit 21 and distributes it to the terminal device 3. The comment information update management unit 23 adds and stores additional comment information received from the terminal device 3 via the communication unit 24 in the comment information storage unit 21 according to the moving image ID and thread ID.
The communication unit 24 performs various types of communication with the terminal device 3, outputs information transmitted from the terminal device 3 to the comment information update management unit 23, outputs an instruction for adding and storing comment information, A comment information distribution instruction is output to the comment information distribution unit 22.

Next, the terminal device 3 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration of the terminal device 3.
In this figure, a moving image reproducing unit 31 transmits a moving image distribution request designated by the user of the terminal device 3 to the moving image distribution server 1, and receives and reproduces the moving image distributed from the moving image distribution server 1. The comment information receiving unit 32 receives comment information input to the moving image to be reproduced from the comment distribution server 2. The comment information storage unit 33 stores the comment information received by the comment information receiving unit 32. The comment information storage unit 33 corresponds to the above-described second comment information storage unit.

  The display device 34 is a liquid crystal display device, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like, and displays various types of information. The first display unit 35 displays the moving image reproduced by the moving image reproducing unit 31, and among the comment information stored in the comment information storage unit 33, the comment addition time corresponding to the moving image reproducing time of the moving image to be reproduced. The associated comment is read from the comment information, and the read comment is displayed on the display device 34 together with the moving image. Further, the first display unit 35 has a function of displaying the comment content on a moving image in an overlay manner. The second display unit 36 displays a list of comments on the display device 34 as a comment list based on the comment data stored in the comment information storage unit 33. Here, the information is displayed in the order of the comment posting real time information included in the comment data.

  Information displayed on the display device 34 will be further described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on the display device 34. In the display column 101, a URL (uniform resource locator) when this comment distribution server is accessed is displayed. In the display column 102, the moving image ID of the moving image to be reproduced is displayed. In the display column 103, the total number of times that the currently displayed moving image is requested to be viewed is displayed as the number of times of browsing. When the other user reproduces the movie (view request), the number of times of browsing is displayed by updating the count number of the user who is browsing the same movie at that time and updating the count number. In the display column 104, a moving image displayed by the first display unit is displayed. The display column 105 is an area where a comment displayed by the second display unit is displayed. Here, the comment is displayed on the moving image displayed by the display column 104. Here, the display column 105 is set to a size larger than that of the display column 104, and the comment displayed on the overlay is trimmed outside the screen of the video, and the comment itself is converted into the video. It is possible to grasp that the video is written by the user, not included.

  The operation panel 106 displays a play button, a stop button, a rewind button, a fast-forward button, a volume adjustment button, a play status display field indicating which part of the entire video is being played, and the like. When the cursor is placed on the button and clicked, an operation input corresponding to the button is accepted. In the display column 107, the playback time length of the entire moving image and the moving image playback time of the moving image currently displayed in the display column 105 are displayed. In the input field 108, the name of the user who speaks for the moving image is input via an input device such as a keyboard. In the input field 109, the mail address of the user who writes the comment is input. In addition to inputting an e-mail address, the input field 109 can also input information specifying how to display a comment. As the way to display the comment, for example, the position to be displayed on the comment video, font, character size, start position and end position to move display, direction to move display, etc. are specified for overlay display. It can be set as information to be performed.

  A comment is input to the comment field 110 by the user via the input unit 37. When the button 111 is clicked, the comment input in the display field 110 is transmitted to the comment distribution server 2. The display column 112 is an area in which a comment list that is a list of comments is displayed. The comment list includes a number indicating the order of comments given to the comment (reference numeral 112a), the name of the user who input the comment (reference numeral 112b), the comment addition time when the comment was written (reference numeral 112c), and the commented comment. Is displayed according to the order of the posted real-time information. The display field 112 is provided with an input field such as a check box for designating whether or not the display field 112 is displayed on the screen, and the display field 112 is displayed or displayed according to the display permission instruction input to the input field. It is also possible to hide. Further, the number of some comments displayed in the display column 112 may be changed according to a user instruction. The display column 113 displays the details of the comment on which the cursor is placed by the user in the comment list displayed in the display column 112. As the details of the comment, the full text of the comment, the name of the user who made the comment, the e-mail address, and the like are displayed.

  The check box 114 designates a comment input to the comment field 110 as one line by inputting a check mark. For example, if a check mark is entered in the check box 114 and the input of the comment is completed, and the input is completed by pressing the enter key, for example, the “write” button is clicked when the enter key is pressed. As a result, the comment is transmitted to the comment distribution server 2. Thereby, it is possible to input a comment quickly and easily.

  Next, returning to FIG. 4, the input unit 37 is an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, and receives input of various types of information from the user. The selection unit 38 receives an input for selecting a comment input via the input unit 37 from the list of comments displayed by the second display unit 36. The reproduction control unit 39 reads the comment data of the comment selected by the selection unit 38 from the comment information storage unit 33, and the moving image is reproduced by the first display unit from the moving image reproduction time corresponding to the comment adding time of the read comment data. While being reproduced and displayed on the display device 34, the comment content of the read comment data is displayed on the display device 34 by the first display unit 35.

  The transmission unit 40 receives data input of comment content for the video displayed by the first display unit 35 and transmits the video playback time at the time when the comment content is input to the comment distribution server as comment addition time together with the comment content. To do. The transmission unit 40 has a function of transmitting various information to the comment distribution server 2 and the moving image distribution server 1 in accordance with the instruction input from the input unit 37.

Next, the operation of the comment distribution system described above will be described. Here, first, an outline of the operation of the comment distribution system will be described.
First, the terminal device 3 accesses the comment distribution server 2, receives data of a list of moving images whose comment writing times are recent, and displays them on the display device 34. At this time, for example, the display device 34 displays a moving image name, a thread name, etc. as a recent moving image list as shown in FIG. Here, when a thread to be browsed is selected by the user and the name of the thread is clicked with the mouse, the terminal device 3 sends the video ID set to the video corresponding to the clicked thread to the video distribution server 1. The video is transmitted and a moving image distribution request is made, and the thread ID and the moving image ID set for the clicked thread are transmitted to the comment distribution server 2 to request transmission of comment information. Receiving this, the moving image distribution server 1 performs streaming distribution of the moving image specified by the moving image ID to the terminal device 3 that has requested distribution. On the other hand, the comment distribution server 2 reads the comment information corresponding to the thread ID and the moving image ID from the comment information storage unit 21 and distributes the comment information to the terminal device 3 that has requested distribution.

  The terminal device 3 receives the moving image distributed from the moving image distribution server 1 and displays it on the display device 34, and displays the comment content on the moving image based on the comment information distributed from the comment distribution server 2. Here, in accordance with the moving image reproduction time after starting the reproduction of the moving image, the comment contents in which the comment addition time that matches the moving image reproduction time is sequentially displayed on the moving image.

Next, operations of the comment distribution server 2 and the terminal device 3 will be described sequentially.
First, operation | movement of the comment delivery server 2 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.
The communication unit 24 of the comment distribution server 2 detects whether or not a comment information distribution request has been received from the terminal device 3 (step S101). When the comment information distribution request is received, the communication unit 24 instructs the comment information distribution unit 22 to distribute the comment information. Here, the thread ID of the comment information included in the distribution request is output to the comment information distribution unit 22. The comment information distribution unit 22 reads the comment information corresponding to the thread ID output from the communication unit 24 from the comment information storage unit 21 (step S102), and distributes the read comment information to the terminal device 3 that has requested the distribution ( Step S103). Here, each piece of comment information associated with the thread ID is transmitted in a batch.

  On the other hand, when the comment data transmitted from the terminal device 3 is received instead of the comment information distribution request (step S104), the communication unit 24 outputs the comment data to the comment information update management unit 23. The comment information update management unit 23 refers to the comment information storage unit 21, identifies the comment information based on the video ID and thread ID included in the comment data output from the communication unit 24, and for the identified comment information, The received comment data is additionally stored (step S105). When the additional information is stored, the comment information distribution unit 22 reproduces the video with the video ID, and the terminal device 3 viewing the comment with the thread ID together with the video with the video ID. The identified comment data is distributed to each of the identified terminal devices 3 (step S106). On the other hand, if it is not a comment information distribution request and the comment data transmitted from the terminal device 3 has not been received, the process proceeds to step S101. Here, as a method of identifying the terminal device 3 that is playing a video with the same video ID and is browsing the comment of the thread with the thread ID, for example, the terminal device 3 that has accessed the comment distribution server 2 And the terminal device 3 in which the session is valid can be specified as a moving image browsing.

Next, operation | movement of the terminal device 3 is demonstrated using drawing. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the terminal device 3.
When an instruction for reproducing a moving image is input from the user (step S201), the input unit 37 of the terminal device 3 transmits the moving image ID of the instructed moving image to the moving image distribution server 1 by the transmitting unit 40, and requests a moving image distribution request. In addition, a comment information distribution request is transmitted to the comment distribution server 2. And the comment information receiving part 32 will memorize | store it in the comment information storage part 33, if the comment information delivered from the comment delivery server 2 is received (step S202).

When the comment information is received and stored in the comment information storage unit 33, the video reproduction unit 31 receives the video distributed from the video distribution server 1, reproduces the received video, and displays it on the first display unit 35. The information is displayed on the device 34 (step S203). When the reproduction of the moving image is started, the first display unit 35 stores the comment information as to whether or not there is comment data in which the comment addition time that matches the moving image reproduction time is set based on the current moving image reproduction time. It judges with reference to the part 33 (step S204). When there is comment data in which the comment addition time that matches the video playback time is set (step S205—YES), the first display unit 35 calculates the display position of the comment data (step S206). Then, the display control of the comment is performed on the moving image according to the calculated display position (step S206).
On the other hand, the moving image playback unit 31 determines whether or not the playback has ended. If the playback has ended, the video playback unit 31 ends the processing. If the playback has not ended, the moving image playback unit 31 proceeds to step S204.

  On the other hand, if there is no comment to be displayed in step S205, the distribution unit 40 detects whether or not a comment is input from the input unit 37 (step S209). When a comment is input, the playback time pointed to by the player of the software playing the video at the time when the comment is input (for example, when the “write” button (reference numeral 111) is clicked) (Video playback time) is read out, the video playback time is set as the comment giving time, the video ID of the video being played back, the thread ID of the comment being browsed, the current real-time information (current time information), and the terminal The user name of the user of the apparatus 3, the input comment content, and the comment display method are associated with each other and additionally stored as comment information in the comment list of the comment information storage unit 33 (step S210). Then, the transmission unit 40 transmits the additionally stored comment information to the comment distribution server 2 (step S211), and proceeds to step S208.

  If it is not a comment input in step S209, the terminal device 3 detects whether or not comment data is received by the comment information receiving unit 32 (step S212). When the comment data is received, the comment information receiving unit 32 additionally stores the received comment data in the comment information storage unit 33, and proceeds to step S208.

  On the other hand, when the comment data is not received in step S212, the selection unit 38 of the terminal device 3 detects whether or not a comment selection operation has been input from the input unit 37 (step S214). When a comment selection operation is input, the selection unit 38 outputs the comment content of the selected comment data to the reproduction control unit 39. In response to this output, the playback control unit 39 reads the comment addition time stored in association with the selected comment data with reference to the comment information storage unit 33, and the video playback time corresponding to the read comment addition time Accordingly, by rewinding or fast-forwarding the video playback position, playback is performed from the video playback time that matches the comment addition time stored in association with the comment data (step S215). The contents are displayed, and the process proceeds to step S208.

Next, a case where a comment is displayed on the screen will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, a case will be described in which a thread “Let's say about cooking!” Associated with a video of “famous chef omelet rice” in “Recent comment list” of FIG. 6 is selected. When this thread is selected, a moving image of “famous chef's omelet rice” is reproduced, for example, in the area of the display column 104 in FIG. Then, comments are sequentially displayed on the moving image according to the moving image playback time. FIG. 5 shows a screen when the video playback time is 9 seconds. Here, the comment of user F who has commented for 9 seconds moves from the right side of the screen to the left side. Is displayed (reference numeral 115). Then, when the reproduction of the moving image proceeds and the moving image reproduction time reaches 13 seconds, a screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Here, the comment attachment time is of 9 seconds comment "delicious ~!" Is, has moved to the left side of the screen, in a state that has been trimmed to the inside of the display field 10 5 a outside of the display section 104 " Only the part of “So!” Is displayed (reference numeral 200). In addition, the comment of the user Z who has comment time of 10 seconds is displayed in the position below the comment of the user B (reference 201), and the comment time of comment is displayed. "Which egg are you using?" Which is a comment of the user E for 12 seconds is displayed at the lower position of the screen (reference numeral 202). In this way, comments are sequentially displayed.

As described above, the description has been made focusing on the operation of only one terminal device 3, but in practice, comments are exchanged as follows between users who are viewing the same thread and the same video. Can do. Here, description will be made with reference to FIG.
For example, when a video is played by a certain user E and a comment “Where are you using?” Is additionally input as a comment when the video playback time is 12 seconds (symbol a), the additional input The comment information of the comment that has been made is distributed via the comment distribution server 2 to the terminal device 3 that is the same moving image and is browsing the same thread.

When the same moving image is reproduced by another user C after the distribution (reference symbol b), the comment information including the added comment is distributed to the terminal device 3 of the user C. Then, when the moving image playback time is 12 seconds, a comment from the user E, “Which egg are you using?” Is displayed. Then, the user C who has read this comment, as the answer, “It seems to be produced in XX prefecture when the video playback time of the user C is 15 seconds (in the video playback time of the user E, for example, 100 seconds). Is input to the comment distribution server 2 (symbol c), the transmitted comment is distributed to the terminal device 3 of the user E. At this time, for example, when the moving image playback time is 100 seconds, a part of the comment of the user C is displayed in the list of the comment list of the user E in the order according to the real time (symbol d). For example, the latest comment is displayed at the bottom (or top) of the comment list. When a part of the comment is clicked by the user E who has seen this comment list, the video being played back is played back at the time of the video playback time of 15 seconds, and the terminal device 3 of the user E A comment “It seems to be from XX prefecture” is displayed on the screen (reference e). As a result, the user E can enjoy it as if a reply was made to his / her comment. By repeating such exchange of comments, even users who are viewing moving images at different timings can communicate via comments.
In this way, comments are managed in the order of comment input in real time and displayed as a list of comments, so even users who do not match the video playback timing can exchange comments in real time Can communicate with each other.

  Also, when such comment writing and video playback from the time the comment is written are repeated, the difference in video playback timing approaches 0 between users, and the same video is played at almost the same timing. Comments can be exchanged while browsing.

  Here, a case where a plurality of users are viewing the same video has been described. However, if a user plays a video in a situation where no user is viewing the video, it is stored until then. The comment information that has been made is distributed from the comment distribution server 2 to the terminal device 3, and is sequentially reproduced according to the timing of moving image reproduction. Thereby, even in a situation where no other user is browsing, comments made in the past can be browsed in order according to the video playback time of the video. Here, you can also write a comment.

In the above-described embodiment, when a comment is added to the comment list and the added comment is clicked by the user, the comment is played from the video playback time that matches the comment grant time set in the comment. The case where a comment is displayed has been explained, but if the added comment is not clicked, when the video playback time reaches the comment grant time set for the added comment, the comment is displayed on the video. Is displayed.
Also, even if a comment is written by another user during the video playback time of the video you are browsing, it will be displayed in the comment list in real time order, so click on the added comment The user can view the comment by rewinding or fast-forwarding to the point when the comment is written. Also, here, by rewinding the video playback time, the comments written so far, including newly written comments, are sequentially displayed according to the video playback time according to the comment grant time. Is done.

Also, here, it is possible to rewind and fast forward the playback time by moving the slide bar in the playback status display field of the operation panel 106, but in this operation, the video is rewound or fast forwarded. The comment that you want to see disappears from the screen immediately, and it may be difficult to find it, but you can select it from the comment list to see it from the scene you want to see.
In the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the terminal device 3 receives the comment data distributed from the comment distribution server 2 and displays the comment data on the screen. The comment may be displayed on the screen as soon as the comment is input (before being sent to the comment delivery server 2 and received by the comment delivery server 2). Specifically, when a comment is input in step S209 of FIG. 8, the input comment is displayed on its own terminal device 3, the process proceeds to step S210, and the input comment is additionally stored in the comment list. Then, it may be transmitted to the comment distribution server 2.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. Here, a case will be described in which whether or not the position where the comment is displayed overlaps is detected and the display position of the comment is changed when it is determined that the comment is overlapped.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the first display unit 35 in FIG.
The changing unit 50 has a function of changing the character size of the character string to display it, or changing the font of the character and the decoration of the character (such as italic).
The determination unit 51 determines whether the displayed comment overlaps with another comment.
The determination unit 51 determines whether or not the comments overlap based on the comment display time of the comment and the character string length of the comment. Here, if the comments are comments displayed at the same position (fixed position), it is determined whether or not they overlap at the same coordinates at the fixed position. It is determined whether or not the comment is overlapped at the position displayed while moving.
Since the determination unit 51 moves and displays a comment, the comment is moved and displayed on the screen at a moving speed based on the comment display time that is the time to be displayed and the character string length of the comment. Based on the comment display time of the comment and the character string length of the comment, it is determined whether or not the comment to be moved overlaps with another comment to be moved.
The determination unit 51 also has a function of determining whether or not the comment displayed after moving and the comment displayed at the fixed position overlap with each other. If the comments displayed in are continuously overlapped during fixed display, it is determined that they are overlapping, and if there are periods that overlap even in some periods, they are determined not to overlap. .
Further, the determination unit 51 determines the character string length based on the character size after being changed by the changing unit 50, determines whether or not the comments overlap, or when the comments are displayed in a plurality of lines. It has a function of determining whether or not they overlap based on the number of comment lines and the character string length of each line.
When the determination unit 51 determines that comments overlap, the display position control unit 52 displays each comment so that it can be read. Here, the display position is changed so that the comment is displayed at a position where the comments do not overlap.

Next, the operation of the first display unit 35 in the configuration of FIG. 11 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first display unit 35 in the configuration of FIG.
First, the changing unit 50 changes the shape of the character according to the character size, font, decoration (such as italic) among the display methods set in the comment. When the character shape is changed, the determination unit 51 determines whether or not the comments overlap each other.
Here, of the two comments to be subject to duplication determination, t1 indicates the end of the display of the first displayed comment (hereinafter referred to as the first comment), and the comment (hereinafter referred to as the second comment) displayed later. The display start time is set to t2 (step S301).
Next, it is determined whether the first comment and the second comment overlap at t1 (step S302). Next, it is determined whether or not the first comment and the second comment overlap (step S303).

  If the determination result in step S302 does not overlap (no comment overlap at t1) and the determination result in step S303 does not overlap (no comment overlap at t2), a comment It is determined that there is no need to change the display position, and the comment is displayed according to the display position set as the display method in the comment (step S305).

  On the other hand, in the determination result in step S302, if either one of the determination result in step S302 and the determination result in step S303 is a determination result that overlaps, or if the determination result is overlap in both The unit 51 determines that the comment display position is changed. If it is determined that the display position is to be changed, the display position control unit 52 changes the display position of the second comment. Here, for example, the display position of the second comment is changed to a preset relative position (lower or upper in the vertical direction of the screen with reference to the first comment). The preset relative position may be designated by the user when inputting a comment, or may be set in the display position control unit 52 in the terminal device 3.

Here, the duplication of comments will be further described. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the duplication of comments. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating how the comment moves with time at a horizontal position of the screen on which the comment is displayed (screen width of the display screen). Here, the comment is moved and displayed from the right side to the left side toward the screen, the horizontal axis is the horizontal position of the screen, the vertical axis is the time axis t, and the downward direction is positive (the passage of time). is there. The width of the parallelogram shape corresponds to the width of the character string. Further, the description will be made assuming that the comment is displayed on the screen for 4 seconds.
First, in FIG. 13A, the display position is not changed because the first comment and the second comment do not overlap at t1 and t2.
On the other hand, in FIG. 13B, the first comment and the second comment overlap at both t1 and t2. Therefore, in this case, the display position of the second comment is changed.
In this way, overlap determination and display position change are performed.

  Note that the determination unit 51 determines that one of the first comment and the second comment is a comment that is displayed at a fixed position and the other is a comment that is displayed while moving. Also good. In this case, it is determined whether or not there is a period in which the first comment and the second comment overlap while being displayed at the same height on the screen. If there is an overlapping period, the display position is changed. . Even if there is an overlap period, if the overlap time is within a predetermined time period, or the ratio of the overlapping comment area and the non-overlapping area is determined in advance. If it is less than or equal to the specified value, it may not overlap. In addition, you may make it perform duplication determination about the comments displayed at a fixed position. In this case as well, even if there is an overlap period, if the time during the overlap is within a predetermined time, or the ratio of the area that does not overlap with the overlapping comment area May be non-overlapping when is less than or equal to a predetermined value.

  In the embodiment described above, the comment is moved and displayed from the right side to the left side of the screen with the upper end of the area for displaying the comment as a reference position. The display position is changed downward from the upper end, which is the reference position, by the vertical width of the size of its own comment. The vertical width is determined by the font size of a single-line comment, and is determined by the font size and the number of lines of a multi-line comment. Then, the duplication determination of the comment is performed again at the changed display position. If there is no duplication, the position is set as the vertical position (height) for displaying the comment. If it is determined that the display position after the change is duplicated, the display position is changed downward by the width of the size of its own comment. Repeat the process. Here, the reference position is the upper end of the comment display area, but the display position may be changed upward with the lower end as a reference. The comment display position is changed by the vertical width of the comment size. However, the display position is changed within the range of the vertical size of the comment size (for example, half or one third). You may do it.

  In the embodiment described above, the display position control unit 52 changes the display position upward or downward by the vertical width of the comment size when the comment overlaps. The display position control unit 52 may be used as a display control unit, and each comment may be displayed readable by the display control unit. For example, you may make it change the color shade which displays one of the overlapping comments. Specifically, when starting to display the comment that will be displayed later among the overlapping comments, the display color of the comment displayed earlier is lightened so that both comments can be displayed in a legible manner. Good. In addition to changing the shade of the color for displaying the comment, each comment may be displayed in a different color, and the boundary of the overlapping portion may be displayed in a color different from each comment.

According to the embodiment described above, it is determined whether or not the display positions of the comments are overlapped, and if they are overlapped, even if a plurality of comments are displayed by changing the display position to a position that does not overlap, It becomes possible to prevent the reading from becoming difficult.
Even if the added comment information is distributed from the comment distribution server 2 to the terminal device 3 and the added comment information is newly received and displayed in accordance with the video being played back, As described above, the duplication determination is performed and the display position of the comment is controlled.

  In the above-described embodiment, the comment input by the user can be set by inputting the display position such as the upper, middle, and lower stages on the screen and the display time for moving and displaying the comment in the input field 109. It is. Further, when setting the display time, for example, a comment can be displayed for a certain time (for example, 4 seconds) on the upper stage of the screen and can be erased. It is also possible to adjust the moving speed by designating the time from appearing in the display area of the screen to moving outside the area and disappearing (for example, 4 seconds). Also, if a large number of comments are input at a certain video playback time, etc., and they are displayed on the same height line, they can be displayed or moved by changing the height on the screen. It can be displayed. Also, if the moving speed varies depending on the length of the comment character string due to the display time being set, the next comment may catch up before the comment finishes moving. In this case, the next comment may be displayed on a line having a different height or may be displayed in a moving manner.

  In addition to inputting a sentence, a comment can be arranged with characters, symbols, and the like, and ASCII art (also referred to as text art) can be input as a comment. In this case, it is also possible to draw a landscape depiction or a real image by unchecking “one line” in the check box 114 and describing characters and symbols over several lines. Here, the character font may be enlarged or reduced as necessary so that all the lines of ASCII art fit within the screen.

  Also, based on the actual time, it may be determined whether the comment is new or old, and the comment input at the old time in the actual time may be displayed semi-transparently after a certain time, and then deleted. Also, importance may be set for the comment, and the character size of the comment may be changed according to the importance. For example, if the number of response comments is large, it can be determined that the importance is high, and the character size of the route comment can be increased. Further, the display position of the comment in the vertical direction (vertical direction of the screen) may be changed according to the importance. For example, comments with high importance may be displayed on the upper line of the screen, and comments with lower importance may be displayed on the lower line of the screen.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the video distribution server 1 and the comment distribution server 2 are separate servers has been described. However, the functions of the video distribution server 1 and the comment distribution server 2 are realized by the same server. You may do it.
In the above-described embodiment, when viewing comments and videos in this service, the comment distribution server 2 is accessed to receive the latest comment list data, and the latest display displayed on the display device 34. Although the case where a video and a thread are selected from the comment list has been described, the video may be designated as a thread, a URL for viewing the comment and the video may be created, and may be published on the Internet. Specifically, the video ID and thread ID are included, and when clicked, a URL that allows the playback of the video and the comment information of the thread to be received is written on a bulletin board on a blog or an Internet site. You may make it make a user click. Further, such a URL may be set in a thumbnail image or the like and clicked.

  In addition, regarding such a recent comment list, on the screen (for example, FIG. 5) where the video and the comment are viewed, a thumbnail image is displayed on the right side or the lower side of the screen, and a thread with a large number of accesses is displayed. The thread may be displayed as a ranking, clicked by the user, and a thread set in the clicked thumbnail image may be displayed.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the thread ID is specified has been described. However, when the representative thread ID is registered in advance for the moving image ID and only the moving image ID is specified, the representative thread is displayed. Also good. Further, when a comment is simply input to a moving image without specifying which thread is to be written, the representative thread may be written. Further, when a certain number of comments (for example, 100) are remarked in the thread, a new thread may be generated by the comment distribution server 2 or the user.

  In addition, regarding the comment list, for comments that have been displayed once on the video, or for items that the user has clicked and viewed from the comment list, it can be specified in the comment list that they have been viewed. May be. For example, the character color may be changed, or a mark indicating that browsing has been completed may be displayed.

Further, an individual user identifier may be assigned to each user, and for example, a comment may be made by associating a user identifier with a comment. Thereby, it is possible to identify who commented. Furthermore, the comment may be displayed in a different character color according to the user identifier. This makes it possible to identify the user who has spoken.
In addition, by assigning a user ID to users who have accessed the system in advance and storing the user ID in the comment data, it is possible to display a list of comments made by each user by, for example, pop-up display. . This user ID may be assigned to each user by prior user registration, or information for identifying a terminal device may be used. When using information for specifying the terminal device, for example, a calculation may be performed by a hash function based on information for specifying the terminal device, and the calculation result may be used as the user ID.

  In the embodiment described above, the program for realizing the functions of the comment information distribution unit 22, the comment information update management unit 23, and the communication unit 24 in FIG. 2, or the video playback unit 31 and the comment information in FIG. A program for realizing the functions of the reception unit 32, the first display unit 35, the second display unit 36, the input unit 37, the selection unit 38, the reproduction control unit 39, and the transmission unit 40, or the change unit in FIG. 50. A program for realizing the functions of the determination unit 51 and the display position control unit 52 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. Comment distribution and comment display control may be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Movie distribution server 2 Comment distribution server 3 Terminal device 21 Comment information storage unit 22 Comment information distribution unit 23 Comment information update management unit 24 Communication unit 31 Movie playback unit 32 Comment information reception unit 33 Comment information distribution unit 34 Display device 35 First Display unit 36 second display unit 37 input unit 38 selection unit 39 reproduction control unit 40 transmission unit 50 change unit 51 determination unit 52 display position control unit

Claims (10)

A display device that plays a video and displays a comment on the video,
A comment information storage unit that stores comment information including the comment and a comment giving time that is a moving image reproduction time that represents an elapsed time of the moving image with reference to the beginning of the moving image at the time when the comment is given ;
A video playback unit for playing back and displaying the video in a first display field that is an area for displaying the video;
Based on the video reproduction time of the moving image to be the reproduced among the comment information comment information stored in the storage unit, a comment corresponding to the comment attachment time corresponding to the video playback time of the video from the comment information storage unit A comment display unit for reading and displaying the read comment in a second display field that is an area for displaying the comment;
Of the second display field, a part of the region overlaps at least a part of the first display field, and the other region is outside the first display field,
The comment display unit displays at least a part of the read comment outside the first display field and inside the second display field in the second display field. Display device.   The display device according to claim 1, wherein the comment display unit moves and displays the comment.   The said comment display part moves and displays the said comment from the said 1st display column outside the said 1st display column, and into the said 2nd display column. Display device. The said 2nd display column in which the said comment display part displays the said comment is a larger size than the said 1st display column. The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Display device. The comment display unit displays at least a part of the comment when the first display field is displayed outside the first display field and inside the second display field . 5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device extends over the display field and the second display field. A determination unit that determines whether or not a comment displayed by the comment display unit overlaps a display position with another comment;
When the determination unit determines that the comment display position overlaps, a display position control unit that displays each comment in a position that does not overlap ;
The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: A method for displaying a comment in a display device for reproducing a video and displaying a comment on the video,
The video playback unit plays back and displays the video in a first display field that is an area for displaying the video ,
A comment information storage unit that stores comment information including a comment and a comment addition time that is a video playback time that represents an elapsed time of the video relative to the beginning of the video at the time when the comment is added referring to the stored information, based on the moving video playback time to be the reproduced among the comment information comment information stored in the storage unit, corresponding to the comment attachment time corresponding to the video playback time of the video A comment to be read from the comment information storage unit, and a part of the read comment is an area for displaying the comment, and a part of the area overlaps at least a part of the first display field. among the second display column area of outside of the first display field, displaying the inside of the second display column an outer of the first display field Display method according to claim.   The display method according to claim 7, wherein the comment display unit moves and displays the comment. A computer of a display device that plays a video and displays a comment on the video,
A moving image reproducing means for reproducing and displaying the moving image in a first display field which is an area for displaying the moving image;
Information stored in a comment information storage unit that stores comment information including a comment and a comment giving time that is a moving image playback time that represents an elapsed time of the moving image with reference to the beginning of the moving image at the time when the comment is given refers to the, on the basis of the video movie playback time to be the reproduction, the comments of the information comment information stored in the storage unit, comment comment information corresponding to the comment attachment time corresponding to the video playback time of the video A part of the read comment is read out from the storage unit, and a part of the comment is an area for displaying the comment, and part of the part overlaps at least part of the first display column. Comment display means for displaying outside the first display field and inside the second display field among the second display fields outside the one display field ;
Program to function as.   The program according to claim 9, wherein the comment display means moves and displays the comment.

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