JP5739844B2 - Information presenting apparatus, information presenting method, and information presenting program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information presentation device, an information presentation method, and an information presentation program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information presentation apparatuses that perform a search according to a search condition such as a keyword and present information that matches the search condition are known. In such an information presentation device, when a plurality of search conditions are set and a search is performed and the user wants to check the search result, the information presentation device switches the screen for each search result according to the user's operation. indicate. Further, when the user wants to confirm a specific search result, the conventional information presentation device changes the size of the display area of the search result according to the user's operation, and searches for the information amount according to the size of the display area. A result is displayed (for example, refer patent document 1). Moreover, the conventional information presentation apparatus sets the amount of information that can be displayed at one time based on the screen size, and displays a search result corresponding to the set amount of information (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2009-229172 A JP 2007-102701 A

  However, the above-described conventional information presentation apparatus has a problem that it is difficult to grasp an overview of the entire search result when a plurality of search conditions are set.

  For example, in the information presentation apparatus that displays the screen for each search result as described above, in order for the user to grasp the overview of the entire search result, a plurality of operations for screen switching by the user are necessary and complicated. is there. In addition, the information presentation devices in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have no association between the search condition and the search result display mode when a plurality of search conditions are set. For this reason, it is difficult for the user to grasp the outline of the entire search result.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it easy to grasp an overview of the entire search result when a plurality of search conditions are set.

In order to achieve the above object, an information providing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is an information presentation apparatus that simultaneously presents a part of information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions. A display means for displaying an image, a search result acquisition means for acquiring information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions, and a match with the search condition acquired for each of the search conditions by the search result acquisition means When a part of the information to be displayed is simultaneously displayed for each search condition, the total display width of the display area of the information that matches the search condition provided for each search condition in the display means is Search result display control means that is set to have a display width and displays a part of the information that matches the corresponding search condition in the display area for each search condition.

  According to such a configuration, when a plurality of search conditions are set, the information presentation apparatus sets the size of the display area for each search condition according to the number of pieces of information that match the search condition. Thereby, the user can grasp | ascertain the approximate number of the information which is a search result for every search condition from the magnitude | size of a display area, and can recognize the outline | summary of the whole search result easily.

  The search result acquisition unit acquires information matching the search condition for each of the plurality of search conditions at a plurality of timings, and the search result display control unit newly adds information for each search condition by the search result acquisition unit. The display area for each search condition in the display means may be changed according to the number of pieces of information that match the search condition acquired.

  According to such a configuration, the information presenting apparatus changes the display area for each search condition according to the number of pieces of information newly acquired. Thereby, the user can recognize the change in the number of information as search results for each search condition from the change in the size of the display area, in other words, the change tendency of the information to be searched.

  The search result display control means may set the size of the display area having a width proportional to the number of pieces of information that match the search condition acquired for each search condition by the search result acquisition means. .

  According to such a configuration, the information presentation device changes the width of the display area for each search condition according to the number of pieces of information to be acquired. Thereby, the user can grasp the number of information as search results for each search condition from the width of the display area, and can easily recognize the outline of the entire search results.

  The search result display control means expands the display area when the distance between the two contact positions in the display area increases, and increases the display area when the distance between the two contact positions in the display area decreases. May be reduced.

  According to such a configuration, the information presentation apparatus enlarges or reduces the display area in accordance with the change in the distance between the two contact positions in the display area. As a result, when the user thinks that information that matches the predetermined search condition is necessary or unnecessary, the user only needs to change the distance between the two contact positions in the display area. It is possible to present information upon request.

  The search result display control means may display information related to the corresponding search condition in the display area in a state where the display area is most reduced.

  According to such a configuration, the information presenting apparatus displays information on the corresponding search condition even when the display area is the most reduced state. For this reason, the display related to the search condition is not completely erased, and the user can recognize the search condition.

  The search result display control means may display a predetermined number of pieces of information that match the corresponding search conditions in the display area when the display area is most contracted.

  According to such a configuration, the information presentation apparatus displays a predetermined number of pieces of information that match the corresponding search condition even when the display area is in the most reduced state. For this reason, the display related to the search condition is not completely erased, and the user can recognize the search condition.

  The search result display control means may display an image in a mode corresponding to the number of pieces of the information that matches the corresponding search condition in the display area.

  In the case of an information presentation device such as a mobile phone, the display means is small, and it is difficult to display all information that matches the search conditions at once. For this reason, the information presenting device displays an image in a mode corresponding to the number of pieces of information that match the corresponding search condition, so that even if all of the information that matches the search condition is not displayed, the user can It becomes possible to recognize the approximate number of information.

  The search result display control means may scroll the information that matches the corresponding search condition in the display area.

  Even when it is not possible to display all of the information that matches the search condition at a time, the information presentation device can perform scroll display so that the user can recognize all the information that matches the search condition. it can.

  The search result display control means may set a scroll speed in the scroll display in accordance with the number of pieces of information that match the corresponding search condition.

  In this way, the information presenting device sets the scroll speed according to the number of pieces of information that match the search condition, so that even before the display of all information that matches the search condition ends, the user can The approximate number of information that matches the search condition can be recognized by the scroll speed.

In order to achieve the above object, an information presentation method according to a second aspect of the present invention includes display means for displaying an image, and a part of information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions. Is obtained for each search condition in a search result acquisition step for acquiring information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions, and in the search result acquisition step. When the information that matches the search condition is displayed at the same time for each search condition, the total display width of the display area of the information that matches the search condition provided for the search condition in the display means but set to be display width of the display unit, the display area of each of the search condition, the search result display control stearyl to display some of the information that matches the corresponding one of the search criteria Characterized in that it comprises a flop, a.

In order to achieve the above object, an information presentation program according to a third aspect of the present invention displays an image of a computer that simultaneously presents a part of information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions. Display means, search result acquisition means for acquiring information that matches the search conditions for each of a plurality of search conditions, and information that matches the search conditions acquired for each of the search conditions by the search result acquisition means When a part is simultaneously displayed for each condition, the total display width of the display area of the information that matches the search condition provided for each search condition in the display means becomes the display width of the display means. It is configured to function as search result display control means for setting and displaying a part of information corresponding to the corresponding search condition in the display area for each search condition.

  According to the present invention, it becomes easy to grasp the outline of the entire search result when a plurality of search conditions are set.

It is a figure which shows the structure of an information provision system. It is a figure which shows the structure of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of event information. It is a figure which shows an example of crawler information. It is a figure which shows an example of main relevant keyword information. It is a figure which shows an example of sub related keyword information. It is a figure which shows an example of NG keyword information. It is a figure which shows an example of contribution information. It is a figure which shows an example of disaster information. It is a figure which shows an example of candidate related keyword information. It is a figure which shows an example of regional area information. It is a 1st flowchart which shows operation | movement of a terminal device. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows operation | movement of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of a display image. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of a display image. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of a display image. It is a figure which shows the 4th example of a display image.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by the following embodiment and drawing. It goes without saying that the following embodiments and drawings can be modified without changing the gist of the present invention. Moreover, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same or an equivalent part in a figure.

(1) Configuration of Information Providing System FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information providing system 1 includes an information providing server 10, terminal devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 (hereinafter, the terminal devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 are collectively referred to as “terminal device 100” as appropriate. Radio base stations 200-1 and 200-2 (hereinafter, the radio base stations 200-1 and 200-2 are collectively referred to as “radio base stations 200” as appropriate), the communication network 250, and the event notification server 300. And a posting server 400. The terminal device 100 corresponds to an information presentation device.

  The terminal devices 100-1 to 100-3 are a mobile phone such as a so-called smartphone, a personal computer having a communication function, or the like. The communication network 250 is, for example, the Internet. The terminal device 100 can communicate with the information providing server 10 via the communication network 250 and the wireless base station 200. Further, the information providing server 10 can communicate with the event notification server 300 via the communication network 250.

  In the information providing system 1, the terminal device 100 transmits post information, which is information generated by an operation by the user of the terminal device 100, to the posting server 400. Post server 400 receives and stores post information from terminal device 100.

  The event notification server 300 transmits information indicating the occurrence of the disaster (event occurrence information) to the information providing server 10 when a disaster such as an earthquake occurs as an event. At this time, the event notification server 300 may perform unicast communication in which the transmission destination is designated as the information providing server 10 or may perform multicast communication to be transmitted simultaneously to a plurality of devices.

  Upon receiving event occurrence information indicating the occurrence of a disaster from the event notification server 300, the information providing server 10 is transmitted from the terminal devices 100-1 to 100-3 to the posting server 400 and stored in the posting server 400. The post information related to the disaster is extracted and transmitted to the terminal devices 100-1 to 100-3.

  Specifically, the information providing server 10 receives event occurrence information from the event notification server 300. The event occurrence information is, for example, an event date and time indicating the date and time of occurrence of a disaster as an event, a set of longitude and latitude of the outer edge of the disaster occurrence area, identification information (for example, JIS code) of the disaster occurrence area, and the like It includes event information character strings that are character strings indicating disaster contents such as location information, disaster types such as “earthquake”, “tsunami”, “seismic intensity”, and names of disaster-occurring areas. Note that the event position information may include not only information on the area where the disaster occurred, but also information on areas around the area where the disaster occurred and areas related to the area where the disaster occurred.

  Upon receiving the event occurrence information, the information providing server 10 sets a crawler ID that is event identification information. For example, the information providing server 10 acquires the current date and time from a clock (not shown) built in the information providing server 10 and generates a crawler ID including the acquired date and time. Next, the information providing server 10 generates and stores event information by adding the set crawler ID to the input event occurrence information. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of event information. The event information shown in FIG. 3 is configured by associating a crawler ID with an event date / time, event position information, and an event information character string in the event occurrence information.

  The information providing server 10 uses the event information to generate and store the crawler information that corresponds to the event disaster in a one-to-one manner, in other words, the event information and the one-to-one information. . FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the crawler information. The crawler information shown in FIG. 4 includes a crawler ID, generation date / time, event type, event position information, event information character string, execution flag, execution flag update date / time, end flag, end flag update date / time, mismatch flag, and mismatch flag update date / time. Consists of including.

  As the crawler ID, a crawler ID in the event information is set. The generation date / time is the date / time when the crawler information is generated. For example, the information providing server 10 acquires the current date and time from a clock built in the information providing server 10 and sets the date and time of generation. The event type is information indicating the type of disaster that is an event, and is different information for each type of disaster such as an earthquake, tsunami, or typhoon. For example, the information providing server 10 determines a disaster type based on an event information character string or the like in the event information, and sets information corresponding to the type as an event type. The event position information and event information character string are event position information and event information character string in the event information.

  The execution flag is information indicating whether or not the crawler information is used when the information providing server 10 extracts the posted information. The execution flag is “0” indicating that the crawler information is not used in the initial state. 1 ". The execution flag update date and time is the date and time when the execution flag is updated. The end flag is information indicating whether or not the extraction of post information using the crawler information by the information providing server 10 has ended. In the initial state, the end flag is “0” indicating that it has not ended. 1 ". The end flag update date and time is the date and time when the end flag is updated. The discrepancy flag indicates whether or not the number of items to be extracted is 0 when the information providing server 10 extracts the post information using the crawler information, or whether or not the latest extracted post information has occurred before a predetermined period in the past. It is “1” if the number of extracted items is 0 or the latest extracted post information occurs before a predetermined period in the past, and “0” otherwise. The mismatch flag update date and time is the date and time when the mismatch flag is updated.

  The information providing server 10 stores main related keyword information in advance. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of main related keyword information. The main related keyword information shown in FIG. 5 includes an event type, position information, and main related keywords. The event type is information indicating the type of disaster that is an event for which the main related keyword should be used when extracting posted information. The location information is information indicating a disaster occurrence area that is an event for which the main related keyword should be used when extracting posted information, and is a set of longitude and latitude of the outer edge of the disaster occurrence area, and identification information of the disaster occurrence area (For example, JIS code). The main related keyword is a character string that is considered to be highly related to the event corresponding to the event type, and corresponds to the first related keyword. In the post information extraction, post information including a main related keyword is extracted.

  Prior to the extraction of the posted information, the information providing server 10 generates and stores secondary related keyword information based on the event information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sub-related keyword information. The sub-related keyword information shown in FIG. 6 includes a crawler ID and a sub-related keyword. As the crawler ID, a crawler ID in the event information is set. The sub-related keyword is a character string that is considered highly related to the event corresponding to the crawler ID, and corresponds to the first related keyword. In the post information extraction, post information including sub-related keywords is extracted. In the initial state, the number of extracted cases is zero.

  The information providing server 10 stores NG keyword information in advance. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the NG keyword information. The NG keyword information shown in FIG. 7 includes an event type and an NG keyword. The event type is information indicating the type of disaster that is an event for which the NG keyword should be used when extracting posted information. The NG keyword is a character string that is considered to have a low association with the event corresponding to the event type, and corresponds to an unrelated keyword. In the extraction of the posted information, the posted information including the NG keyword is not extracted even if the main related keyword and the sub related keyword are included.

  The information providing server 10 extracts post information for each crawler information after the above-described event information, crawler information, and sub-related keyword information are generated and registered. Specifically, the information providing server 10 includes at least one of a main related keyword and a sub related keyword among post information transmitted by the terminal device 100 and stored in the post server 400, and includes an NG keyword. Extract no posting information.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of post information. The posting information shown in FIG. 8 includes posting date / time, posting position information, and a posting information character string. The posting date and time is the date and time when the terminal device 100 transmits the posting information or the date and time when the posting server 400 receives the posting information. The posting position information is information indicating the position of the terminal device 100 that has transmitted the posting information, and includes longitude and latitude. The post information character string is a character string input to the terminal device 100 by an operation of the user of the terminal device 100. The posted information may include content data other than the posted information character string such as the account name of the poster and the data of the posted image.

  Further, the information providing server 10 counts the number of posting information including the main related keyword and the sub related keyword for each main related keyword and the sub related keyword, and corresponds the count value to the main related keyword and the sub related keyword. Then remember. Furthermore, the information providing server 10 generates and stores disaster information including event information and post information extracted corresponding to the crawler information including the crawler ID in the event information. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of disaster information. The posted information providing unit 30 in the control unit 20 transmits the disaster information to the terminal device 100 via the communication unit 60, the communication network 250, and the radio base station 200.

  Further, the information providing server 10 analyzes the extracted posted information (for example, morphological analysis), and specifies words included in a predetermined number or more of posted information as new sub-related keywords. Further, the information providing server 10 generates and stores new sub-related keyword information including the specified new sub-related keyword and the crawler ID in the corresponding crawler information.

  Thereafter, the information providing server 10 repeats the above-described extraction of post information, transmission of disaster information, generation and storage of new sub-related keyword information at a predetermined cycle.

  The information providing server 10 analyzes the extracted posted information (for example, morphological analysis), and identifies words included in a predetermined number or more of posted information as candidate related keywords. Further, the information providing server 10 generates and stores candidate related keyword information including the identified candidate related keyword. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of candidate-related keyword information. The candidate related keyword information shown in FIG. 10 includes an event type, position information, and candidate related keywords. As the event type and position information, the event type and event position information in the crawler information are set. The candidate related keyword is a character string. The operator of the information providing server 10 can perform a predetermined operation to select a candidate related keyword in the candidate related keyword information and upgrade it to a new main related keyword. In this case, the information providing server 10 stores candidate related keyword information including the selected candidate related keyword among the stored candidate related keyword information as main related keyword information in accordance with an operation by the worker.

  Further, the information providing server 10 edits the NG keyword, such as adding a new NG keyword, deleting the NG keyword, or correcting the NG keyword, according to a predetermined operation by the worker.

(2) Configuration of Terminal Device FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 100 includes a control unit 20, a storage unit 40, a wireless communication unit 60, an antenna 61, a display 80, and a touch panel 90.

  The control unit 20 is configured by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 20 reads and executes the program stored in the storage unit 40 and controls the entire terminal device 100 by processing various data stored in the storage unit 40.

  The storage unit 40 is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory). The storage unit 40 stores programs and various data necessary for the operation of the terminal device 100. The storage unit 40 includes a search result database (DB) 42.

  The wireless communication unit 60 is configured using, for example, a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a baseband (BB) circuit, or the like. The radio communication unit 60 transmits and receives radio signals to and from the radio base station 200 via the antenna 61. In addition, the wireless communication unit 60 performs encoding and modulation of a transmission signal and demodulation and decoding of a reception signal. For communication between the wireless communication unit 60 and the information providing server 10 via the wireless base station 200 and the communication network 250, packet communication using TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) or the like is employed. In addition, a secure communication path such as SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is used for communication between the wireless communication unit 60 and the information providing server 10 as necessary.

  The display 80 includes, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), an EL (Electroluminescence) display, and the like. The display 80 displays an image according to the image signal output from the control unit 20.

  The touch panel 90 is an interface that is arranged on the upper surface of the display 80 and is used for inputting the operation content of the user of the terminal device 100. The touch panel 90 incorporates a transparent electrode (not shown), for example, and detects a position where the voltage has changed as a contact position when a user's finger or the like touches, and outputs information on the contact position to the control unit 20.

  The control unit 20 receives disaster information from the information providing server 10 via the communication network 250, the radio base station 200, the antenna 61, and the radio communication unit 60. Further, the control unit 20 registers the disaster information in the search result DB 42 in the storage unit 40. As described above, the information providing server 10 transmits disaster information to the terminal device 10 at a predetermined cycle. For this reason, the control unit 20 receives disaster information at a predetermined cycle and registers it in the search result DB 42 in the storage unit 40.

  The storage unit 40 stores regional area information indicating the area of each area. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of regional area information. The area information shown in FIG. 11 includes an area ID, an area name, and a set of outer edge longitude / latitude. The region ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the corresponding region. The region name is a character string of the corresponding region. The outer edge longitude / latitude is information on the longitude and latitude indicating the outer edge of the corresponding region.

  The search result acquisition unit 22 in the control unit 20 acquires post information in the disaster information registered in the search result DB 42 in the storage unit 40 and regional area information stored in the storage unit 40. The search result display control unit 24 performs control to display the posted information on the display 80 based on the acquired posted information and the regional area information. Details of the display control will be described later.

(3) Operation | movement of a terminal device Next, operation | movement of the terminal device 100 is demonstrated, referring a flowchart. 12 and 13 are flowcharts showing the operation of the display control of the posted information by the terminal device 100. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the search result acquisition unit 22 in the control unit 20 determines whether or not an operation for displaying posting information has been performed (step S <b> 101). Specifically, the user of the terminal device 100 performs a predetermined operation on the touch panel 90 in order to display the disaster information on the display 80. Here, the user of the terminal device 100 performs an operation of designating a plurality of areas requiring disaster information as search conditions. The designated area may be, for example, a prefecture, a municipality, or a mixture of prefectures and municipalities. When an operation for displaying the disaster information on the display 80 is performed by the user of the terminal device 100, the search result acquisition unit 22 displays the disaster information on the display 80 based on the contact position information input from the touch panel 90. Recognize that the display is instructed and the designated area.

  When the posting information display instruction operation is performed (step S <b> 101: YES), the search result acquisition unit 22 sets the region specified by the user of the terminal device 100 among the region region information stored in the storage unit 40. Corresponding regional area information is acquired (step S103). Next, the search result acquisition unit 22 acquires post information corresponding to the area specified by the user of the terminal device 100 among the post information in the disaster information registered in the search result DB 42 in the storage unit 40. (Step S104). Specifically, the search result acquisition unit 22 includes, for each acquired region area information, post information including post position information indicating the position in the region indicated by the set of the longitude and latitude of the outer edge in the region region information. Is acquired from the search result DB 42 as a search result.

  Next, the search result display control unit 24 specifies the number of pieces of post information for each region (step S105). Specifically, the search result display control unit 24, for each acquired area area information, posts indicating the position in the area indicated by the set of the area area information and the outer edge longitude / latitude in the area area information. Corresponding post information as a search result including position information. Further, the search result display control unit 24 specifies the number of pieces of post information associated with the area area information for each area area information. The number of identified items indicates the number of posted information posted in the corresponding region.

  Next, the search result display control unit 24 sets the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display area for each area according to the number of cases specified in step S105 (step S106).

  Specifically, in the case where the posting information corresponding to all the areas designated by the user of the terminal device 100 is displayed at the same time, the search result display control unit 24 displays the display area for each area in the longitudinal direction of the display 80. The display width is set to a width proportional to the number of pieces of post information associated with the regional area information corresponding to the area. Here, the sum of the display widths in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display areas in each region is the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80. In addition, in the case where the posting information corresponding to a predetermined number of areas among the areas specified by the user of the terminal device 100 is displayed simultaneously, the search result display control unit 24 Then, a predetermined number of regions having a large number of pieces of post information associated with the region region information corresponding to the region are specified. Further, the search result display control unit 24 sets the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the specified predetermined number of display regions for each region to the number of pieces of post information associated with the region region information corresponding to the region. Set to a proportional width. Here, the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the specified predetermined number of display areas is the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80.

  Next, the search result display control unit 24 sets the display color of the display area for each area according to the number of cases specified in step S105 (step S107). Here, the display colors set according to the number of cases may differ only in hue or only in lightness.

  Next, the search result display control unit 24 sets a scroll speed for individually scrolling and displaying each display area according to the number of cases specified in step S105 (step S108). Specifically, the search result display control unit 24 sets the scroll speed at the time of individually scrolling display areas for each area to the number of pieces of post information associated with the area area information corresponding to the area. Set to a proportional speed.

  Next, the search result display control unit 24 starts control for individually scrolling and displaying each display region for each region (step S109). Specifically, the search result display control unit 24, for each region, the region name in the region region information corresponding to the region and the posting information in the posting information associated with the region region information corresponding to the region. Based on the character string, the display width set in step S106, the display color set in step S107, and the scroll speed set in step S108, an image corresponding to an image for scroll-displaying the display area for each region A signal is generated at any time and output to the display 80. The display 80 displays an image according to the input image signal.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image when each piece of post information for each region is scroll-displayed individually. As shown in FIG. 14, the image displayed on the display 80 includes display areas 601, 611, and 621 for each area. The display area 601 includes an area name display area 602 and a post information display area 603. Similarly, the display area 611 includes an area name display area 612 and posted information display area 613, and the display area 621 includes an area name display area 622 and posted information display area 623. The area name display areas 602, 612, and 622 include area names in the area area information of the corresponding area. The posting information display areas 603, 613, and 623 include posting information character strings in the posting information associated with the area information of the corresponding area.

  After the control of individually scrolling and displaying each display area in step S109 is started, the operation proceeds to the operation shown in FIG. The search result display control unit 24 determines whether or not two points of contact are detected in a predetermined area centered on the display area of one area (step S111).

  Specifically, the search result display control unit 24 determines whether or not two points of contact are detected based on the information on the contact position input from the touch panel 90. When two contact points are detected, the search result display control unit 24 further determines that the two contact positions are one region display region and one region display region in the longitudinal direction of the display 80. It is determined whether or not it is included in any of the two areas sandwiching. For example, when the contact position A and the contact position B exist as shown in FIG. 15, these two contact positions A and B are included in the display area 601 of one area. Therefore, the search result display control unit 24 determines that two points of contact are detected in a predetermined area centered on the display area of one area.

  When two points of contact in a predetermined area centered on the display area of one area are detected (step S111: YES), the search result display control unit 24 moves the two points of contact according to the movement of the user of the terminal device 100. It is determined whether or not the distance between them has increased in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 (step S112). Specifically, the search result display control unit 24 recognizes changes in the two contact positions based on the contact position information that is input from the touch panel 90 as needed. Furthermore, the search result display control unit 24 determines whether or not the two contact positions have expanded in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 based on the change in the two contact positions.

  When the distance between the two contact positions is enlarged in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 (step S112: YES), the search result display control unit 24 displays the display area of one area including the two contact positions, or 2 The display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is enlarged for the display area of one area sandwiched between the point contact positions (step S113).

  Specifically, the search result display control unit 24 recognizes the expansion width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 after the change is started for the two contact positions. Further, the search result display control unit 24 is proportional to the recognized expansion width for the display area of one area including the two contact positions or the display area of one area sandwiched between the two contact positions. The display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is enlarged as described above, while the image signal corresponding to the image in which the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is reduced is generated for display areas in other regions. Output. The display 80 displays an image according to the input image signal.

  On the other hand, when the distance between the two contact positions is not enlarged in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 (step S112: NO), the search result display control unit 24 performs the two-point contact according to the movement of the user of the terminal device 100. It is determined whether or not the distance between the positions has been reduced in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 (step S114). Specifically, as in step S <b> 113, the search result display control unit 24 recognizes changes in the two contact positions based on the contact position information input from the touch panel 90 as needed. Further, the search result display control unit 24 determines whether or not the two contact positions are reduced in the longitudinal direction of the water play 80 based on the change in the two contact positions.

  When the distance between the two contact positions is reduced in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 (step S114: YES), the search result display control unit 24 determines that the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the two contact positions is a predetermined distance. It is determined whether or not the following has occurred (step S115).

  When the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the two contact positions is equal to or less than the predetermined distance (step S115: YES), the search result display control unit 24 displays the display area of one area including the two contact positions, Alternatively, the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is reduced in the display area of one area sandwiched between the two contact positions, and only the area name is displayed (step S116). Specifically, the search result display control unit 24 uses the display 80 for a display area of one region including two contact positions or a display area of one region sandwiched between the two contact positions. The display width in the longitudinal direction is reduced to the display width of the area name. On the other hand, for display areas in other areas, an image signal corresponding to an image in which the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is enlarged is generated. Output to 80. The display 80 displays an image according to the input image signal.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the contact position A and the contact position B move in the directions of the arrows, and the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the contact position A and the contact position B becomes equal to or less than a predetermined distance. As shown in FIG. 16, the display area 601 for one area is only the display area 602 for the area name.

  On the other hand, when the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the two contact positions exceeds the predetermined distance (step S115: NO), the search result display control unit 24 displays the display area of one area including the two contact positions. Alternatively, the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is reduced in the display area of one area sandwiched between the two contact positions (step S118).

  Specifically, the search result display control unit 24 recognizes the reduction width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 after the change of the contact position between the two points is started. Further, the search result display control unit 24 is proportional to the recognized reduction width for the display area of one area including the two contact positions or the display area of one area sandwiched between the two contact positions. The display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is reduced as described above. On the other hand, for the display areas in other regions, an image signal corresponding to an image in which the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is enlarged is generated. Output. The display 80 displays an image according to the input image signal.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the contact position A and the contact position B move in the directions of the arrows, and the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the contact position A and the contact position B exceeds a predetermined distance, As shown in FIG. 17, the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 in the display area 601 decreases, and the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 in the display areas 611 and 621 increases.

  If it is determined in step S111 that two points in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 in the predetermined area centered on the display area of one area are not detected (step S111: NO), two points are determined in step S113. In the case where the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is enlarged for one area display area including the two contact positions or one area display area sandwiched between the two contact positions, in step S114, When it is determined that the distance between the contact positions of the points is not reduced in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 (step S114: NO), in step S116, the display area of one area including the two contact positions, or For the display area of one area sandwiched between two contact positions, the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 is reduced to When only the name is displayed, or in step S118, the display area of one area including the two contact positions or the display area of one area sandwiched between the two contact positions is displayed on the display 80. When the display width in the longitudinal direction is reduced, the search result display control unit 24 determines whether or not an operation for instructing display end of the posted information has been performed (step S121).

  When the post information display end instruction is operated (step S121: YES), a series of operations ends. On the other hand, when the operation for instructing the display end of the posted information is not performed (step S121: NO), the search result acquisition unit 22 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the acquisition of the posted information in step S104 ( Step S122).

  For example, the search result acquisition unit 22 recognizes the elapsed time since the posting information was acquired in step S104 based on a clock (not shown) built in the terminal device, and the elapsed time is a predetermined time or more. It is determined whether or not there is. When the predetermined time has not elapsed since the acquisition of the posted information (step S122: NO), the contact of two points in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 in the predetermined area centered on the display area of one area in step S111 is detected. The operation after the determination of whether or not is repeated. On the other hand, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the acquisition of the posted information (step S122: YES), the operations after the acquisition of the posted information in step S104 are repeated.

(4) Action / Effect As described above, in the information providing system 1, the terminal device 100, for each area designated as a search condition by the user, post information corresponding to the area, in other words, posting in the area. Get posted information. Furthermore, the terminal device 100 sets the display width and display color in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display area for displaying the posted information in the area so as to be proportional to the number of posted information for each area.

  Thereby, the user of the terminal device 100 can grasp the number of pieces of post information for each area based on the display width and display color in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display area for each area. It is possible to easily recognize the outline of the entire posted information.

  Further, the terminal device 100 periodically acquires post information for each region designated as a search condition by the user, and changes the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display region for each region. Thereby, the user of the terminal device 100 can recognize the tendency of the change of the posting information for each area from the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display area for each area.

  In addition, when the distance between the two contact positions in a predetermined area centered on the display area of one area on the touch panel 80 is enlarged in the longitudinal direction of the display 80, the terminal device 100 has the one area. When the display area is enlarged in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 and reduced in the longitudinal direction of the display 80, the display area of the one area is reduced in the longitudinal direction of the display 80. Thereby, when the user of the terminal device 100 thinks that the posting information corresponding to the predetermined area is necessary or unnecessary, the user changes the distance between the two contact positions in the predetermined area centering on the display area of the area. It is only necessary to perform an operation, and it is possible to present post information according to the user's request with a simple operation.

  Further, the terminal device 100 displays only the area name when the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the two contact positions is equal to or less than a predetermined distance. For this reason, the display regarding the area is not completely erased, and the user of the terminal device 100 can recognize the area as the search condition.

  Also, the terminal device 100 sets a scroll speed proportional to the number of corresponding posted information in the display area for each region, and performs scroll display of the posted information. Therefore, even when the display 80 is small and not all post information corresponding to a region can be displayed at one time, the scroll display allows the user of the terminal device 100 to move to a region without performing a special operation. All corresponding post information can be recognized. Further, the user of the terminal device 100 can recognize the approximate number of pieces of post information corresponding to the region based on the scroll speed.

(5) Other Embodiments Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. The present invention includes a combination of the embodiments and the following modifications as appropriate, and includes equivalents thereof.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the search result display control unit 24 reduces the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 when the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the two contact positions is equal to or less than a predetermined distance. And only the area name was displayed. However, when the distance in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 between the two contact positions is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, the search result display control unit 24 displays the display area of one area including the two contact positions, or For the display area of one area sandwiched between the two contact positions, the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 may be reduced to a display width capable of displaying the area name and a predetermined number of pieces of post information. Also in this case, the display regarding the area is not completely erased, and the user of the terminal device 100 can recognize the area as the search condition.

  In the embodiment described above, the search result display control unit 24 displays the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display area for each area and the display area for each area according to the number of pieces of post information for each area. The scroll speed of the display area for each color and area was set. However, the search result display control unit 24 selects one or two of the display width in the longitudinal direction of the display 80 for the display area for each area, the display color of the display area for each area, and the scroll speed of the display area for each area. You may make it set according to the number of the contribution information for every area.

  In the embodiment described above, the search result display control unit 24 sets the display color of the display area for each area according to the number of pieces of post information for each area. However, the setting of the display area mode for each area according to the number of pieces of post information for each area is not limited to this. For example, the search result display control unit 24 may set the shape of the display area for each area according to the number of pieces of post information for each area.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the control unit 20 in the terminal device 100 receives the disaster information from the information providing server 10 without giving a special instruction regarding the search to the information providing server 10. However, the search result acquisition unit 22 in the control unit 20 transmits information that can identify a plurality of areas designated by the user of the terminal device 100 to the information providing server 10. You may make it receive the disaster information containing only the posting information posted in the some area designated by the user.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the predetermined event is a disaster has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly applied when the terminal device 100 acquires post information related to an event other than a disaster. .

  Further, the configuration of the information providing system 1 is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, the information providing server 10 and the posting server 400 may be configured by a single server. Further, for example, a program for realizing the function of the terminal device 100 may be stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or downloaded via the communication network 250.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision system 10 Information provision server 20 Control part 22 Search result acquisition part 24 Search result display control part 40 Memory | storage part 60 Wireless communication part 61 Antenna 80 Display 90 Touchscreen 100-1, 100-2, 100-3 Terminal apparatus 200- 1, 200-2 Wireless base station 250 Communication network 300 Event server 400 Posting server

Claims (11)

For each of a plurality of search conditions, an information presentation device that simultaneously presents part of information that matches the search conditions,
Display means for displaying an image;
Search result acquisition means for acquiring information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions;
The search provided for each of the search conditions in the display means when a part of the information that matches the search conditions acquired for each of the search conditions by the search result acquisition means is simultaneously displayed for each of the search conditions The total display width of the information display area that matches the conditions is set to be the display width of the display means, and a part of the information that matches the corresponding search conditions is displayed in the display area for each search condition. Search result display control means for displaying;
An information presentation device comprising: The search result acquisition means acquires information that matches the search condition for each of the plurality of search conditions at a plurality of timings,
The search result display control means changes the display area for each search condition in the display means according to the number of information that matches the search condition newly acquired for each search condition by the search result acquisition means. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   The search result display control means sets the size of the display area having a width proportional to the number of pieces of information that match the search condition acquired for each search condition by the search result acquisition means. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.   The search result display control means expands the display area when the distance between the two contact positions in the display area increases, and increases the display area when the distance between the two contact positions in the display area decreases. The information presentation device according to claim 1, wherein the information presentation device is reduced.   The information presentation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the search result display control unit displays information related to the corresponding search condition in the display area in a state where the display area is most reduced.   6. The search result display control means causes the display area to display a predetermined number of pieces of information that match the corresponding search condition in a state where the display area is most reduced. The information presentation apparatus described in 1.   The said search result display control means displays the image of the aspect according to the number of the said information corresponding to the said search conditions corresponding to the said display area, The Claim 1 thru | or 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information presentation device.   8. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search result display control means scrolls and displays the information that matches the corresponding search condition in the display area.   9. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the search result display control unit sets a scroll speed in the scroll display according to the number of information items that match the corresponding search condition. An information presenting method in an information presenting apparatus that has display means for displaying an image and simultaneously presents a part of information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions,
A search result acquisition step for acquiring information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions;
The search provided for each of the search conditions in the display means when partially displaying the information that matches the search conditions acquired for each of the search conditions in the search result acquiring step for each of the search conditions The total display width of the information display area that matches the conditions is set to be the display width of the display means, and a part of the information that matches the corresponding search conditions is displayed in the display area for each search condition. A search result display control step to be displayed;
The information presentation method characterized by including. For each of a plurality of search conditions, a computer that simultaneously presents some of the information that matches the search conditions,
Display means for displaying images,
Search result acquisition means for acquiring information that matches the search condition for each of a plurality of search conditions;
The search provided for each of the search conditions in the display means when a part of the information that matches the search conditions acquired for each of the search conditions by the search result acquisition means is simultaneously displayed for each of the search conditions The total display width of the information display area that matches the conditions is set to be the display width of the display means, and a part of the information that matches the corresponding search conditions is displayed in the display area for each search condition. Search result display control means to be displayed,
An information presentation program characterized by functioning as

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