JPH10198669A - Electronic conference system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of character input by making possible the input of character even to a section overlapped on a character input picture as well by providing a temporary display area on the character input picture of graphic user interface. SOLUTION: A cursor 3 is displayed on a character input frame 2 by moving a mouse through an input control part and clicking it through the character input frame 2 in a telephone directory register picture 1 in the state of making a character input picture 6 with temporary display frame into icon. In this case, by double clicking the character input picture 6 with temporary display frame made into icon, the character input picture 6 with temporary display frame is displayed while being overlapped on a character input frame 2 or a number input frame 4. Next, when inputting a number, the mouse is moved to the number input frame 4 and the mouse is clicked. Thus, the cursor 3 is displayed in the number input frame 4 and by double clicking the character input picture 6 with temporary display frame again, the number is inputted by the character input picture 6 with temporary display frame and inputted into a temporary display frame 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a graphic user interface (hereinafter referred to as a GUI),
The present invention relates to an electronic conference device that compresses and decompresses image and audio data and performs image and audio communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The spread of digital communication networks and the accompanying spread of videophone / conference systems are markets that are expected to expand in the future. It is essential to improve the operability by facilitating complicated operations in the videophone / conference system. Hereinafter, a conventional graphic user interface for an electronic conference device will be described.

In a conventional electronic conference system, characters must be input for registration in a telephone directory or the like. However, in order to improve operability, it is necessary to use a device such as a mouse without using a keyboard and to easily operate the device.

FIG. 3 shows a GUI in a conventional electronic conference apparatus.
1 is a telephone directory registration screen for registering a telephone directory, 2 is a character input box that is a character input location on the telephone directory registration screen 1, 3 is a cursor indicating the input location of the next character, and 4 is A number input box 5 for inputting a telephone number is a character input screen for determining a character to be input.

[0005] This example is a simple example of inputting a name at the time of registering a telephone directory, and this GUI can be applied to other document creation and the like.

Next, operation of the electronic conference device GUI will be described. First, in the state of the telephone directory registration screen 1 in which the character input screen 5 is displayed as an icon in FIG. 3, the mouse is moved into the character input box 2 and clicked. At this time, the cursor 3 is displayed in the character input frame 2. Next, by double-clicking the iconized character input screen 5, the character input screen 5 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Is displayed as follows.

As an example, a case where "Aoki" is input will be described. In this state, the user first clicks the "hira" button to enter the hiragana input mode. Next, by clicking the “A” button, “A” is displayed as the first character in the character input box 2. Next, by clicking the “O” button, “O” is displayed as the second character. Next, by clicking "K" and "I" in this order, "ki" is displayed as the third character. Here, click the "Convert" button to convert to Kanji. This is converted to "Aoki". If the first conversion does not result in "Aoki", the "Convert" button is further clicked to convert until "Aoki". Thus, “Aoki” can be input in the character input box 2.

Next, when inputting a number, the mouse is moved to the number input frame 4 and the mouse is clicked. As a result, the cursor 3 is displayed in the number input frame 4, and the number is input on the character input screen 5.

[0009]

However, in the above-described conventional GUI configuration, characters cannot be input in a portion hidden by the character input screen 5, so that the telephone directory registration screen 1 cannot be used.
Character input frame 2 and number input frame 4 as shown in character input screen 5
It must be arranged so that it does not overlap, and the display range is limited. In addition, when displaying on a monitor having a low resolution such as a TV monitor, it is necessary to display the character input screen 5 or the like in a large size. In this case, the range not overlapping with the character input screen 5 is narrowed, and the restriction is strict. Become.

[0010] It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an electronic conference apparatus with improved operability.

[0011]

To achieve the above object, the electronic conference apparatus of the present invention has a structure in which a temporary display area is provided on a character input screen of a graphic user interface (GUI).

According to the present invention, it is possible to input a character also in a portion overlapping a character input screen in a GUI,
An electronic conference device excellent in operability of character input can be provided.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a graphic user interface which requires character input, and wherein the graphic user interface is provided.
It is an electronic conference device provided with a temporary display frame for confirming the character being input on the character input screen in the interface, and the character being input can be confirmed in the temporary display frame,
Characters can also be input to a portion overlapping the character input screen, which has the effect of improving the operability of character input.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a GUI of an electronic conference apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the electronic conference apparatus.

In FIG. 1, components designated by reference numerals 1 to 4 are shown in FIG.
It has the same configuration as. 6 is a character input screen with a temporary display frame which is displayed so as to overlap a part of the telephone directory registration screen 1;
7 is the temporary display frame.

In FIG. 2, 10
Denotes a CPU unit for controlling the entire operation, 11 denotes a ROM unit for storing fixed data such as programs, 12 denotes a RAM unit for recording temporary data and the like, 13 denotes an input control unit for controlling mouse operations, and 14 denotes A display unit 15 for displaying characters and the like is a codec communication unit for performing code / decoding and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and these components constitute a control system of the electronic conference system.

With respect to the electronic conference apparatus having the above-described components and its GUI, the operation of character input will be described below with reference to telephone directory registration.

In FIG. 2, the codec communication unit 15 has an R
CPU section 10 operated by a program in OM section 11
The image is controlled by the codec communication unit 15 according to H.264. 261 and the like, and the voice is 728
The encoded image and audio data are encoded / decoded according to H.264. H.221 etc. 3
Transmission and reception are performed on a communication line as 20 or the like. At this time, RA
The M section 12 is used as a work area. The operation of the mouse is controlled by the input control unit 13, and the display of the selected character is displayed on the display unit 14.

In the telephone directory registration, the mouse is moved by the input control unit 13 on the telephone directory registration screen 1 in which the character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame is iconified, and the character input frame 2 is clicked. A cursor 3 is displayed in the character input box 2. Here, by double-clicking the iconized character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame, the character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame is displayed overlapping the character input frame 2 and the number input frame 4 as shown in FIG. .

Here, a case where "Aoki" is input will be described as an example. In this state, the user first clicks the "hira" button to enter the hiragana input mode. Next, by clicking the “A” button, the temporary display frame 7 is displayed.
"A" is displayed as the first character of. Next, by clicking the “O” button, “O” is displayed as the second character. Next, by clicking "K" and "I" in this order, "ki" is displayed as the third character. Here, click the "Convert" button to convert to Kanji. This is converted to "Aoki". If the first conversion does not result in "Aoki", the "Convert" button is further clicked to convert until "Aoki". As a result, "Aoki" can be entered in the temporary display frame 7, and the content displayed in the temporary display frame 7 is displayed continuously from one of the cursors 3 in the character input frame 2 by clicking the "OK" button. You. At this time, the character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame
Is displayed as an icon.

Next, when inputting a number, the mouse is moved to the number input frame 4 and the mouse is clicked. As a result, the cursor 3 is displayed in the number input frame 4, and the character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame, which has been iconified again, is double-clicked to bring the state shown in FIG. Enter the number on the character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame, enter the number in the temporary display frame 7,
By clicking the “OK” button, the number in the temporary display frame 7 is displayed in the number input frame 4. At this time, the character input screen 6 with the temporary display frame is displayed as an icon.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, by providing a temporary display frame on the character input screen in the GUI, the character input screen can be overlapped without being affected by the size of the character input screen. Can also enter characters,
It is possible to provide an electronic conference apparatus that can easily input characters in large characters easily and can improve operability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a GUI in an electronic conference device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the electronic conference device.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a GUI in a conventional electronic conference device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Phonebook registration screen 2 Character input frame 3 Cursor 4 Number input frame 5 Character input screen 6 Character input screen with temporary display frame 7 Temporary display frame

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI H04N 5/445 H04N 7/15 7/15 H04L 11/18 (72) Inventor Shuichi Ishizaka 1006 Kadoma, Kazuma, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akihiro Nawata 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A graphic user interface requiring a character input, and a temporary display frame for confirming a character being input is provided on a character input screen of the graphic user interface. Electronic conference equipment.