JP2001352527A - Data processing unit for facilitating data selection and/ or data processing, and data processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the operability by displaying an operation menu in response to contents of displayed document data. SOLUTION: A document storage section 104 stores data sent from a broadcast station with its contents information. An input operation section 108 accepts operations from a user. An input signal reception section 109 gives an instruction depending on the operation to a control section 110, and the control section 110 instructs a display control section 112 to display a document, a menu generating section 111 to generate an operation menu and an operation execution section 106 to execute the operation respectively. The display control section 112 reads data from the document storage section 104 to allow a display section 103 to display the data. The menu generating section 111 reads menu information stored in a menu information storage section 105 in pairs with contents information of the data that are displayed to generate the operation menu. The display control section 112 allows the display section 103 to display the generated operation menu in addition. The operation execution section 106 executes the operation of a menu item selected for the operation menu.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus for generating, adding and displaying an operation menu for facilitating an operation related to display data of multimedia data including a document, a video, an audio and the like and selecting data. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a first prior art of a data processing apparatus for displaying an operation menu, for example, a text broadcast is received, a table of contents for selecting the content of the text broadcast is displayed, and a text broadcast content is displayed. There is a data processing device that displays an operation menu for returning to the table of contents. This operation menu is not changed by the content of the teletext, but is an operation menu having fixed operation items.

As a second prior art of the data processing apparatus, for example, there is an Internet browser "Netscape" of Netscape Communications. Netscape, Worl
d Wide Web (WWW) is an application for accessing a distributed information system based on the concept of hypertext. For information on WWW, see “World Wide
Web Media Integration ".

A main function of the Internet browser Netscape is to read and interpret information described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) to display contents. In the information described in HTML, information indicating the link destination called a URL is described, and Netscape uses the UR when the place where the link is connected is indicated with a mouse or the like.
The data at the link destination indicated by L is extracted and displayed. Further, in Netscape, a menu prepared in advance can be displayed for a hot spot with a mark (a mark indicating that there is a link destination) in the display data in advance. Regarding Netscape, there is a brief explanation in the September 1995 issue of "internet user" (p93-p99) [Softbank Publishing].

[0005]

In the first prior art, the displayed operation menu is fixed. Therefore, different menu items cannot be selected depending on the content of the teletext. Similarly, in the second conventional technique, an operation menu prepared in advance for a hot spot marked in advance is displayed, and operations such as switching the display to data related to the hot spot can be performed. Although a plurality of operations can be selectively performed on the hot spot, the prepared operation menu cannot be changed depending on the content of the hot spot. For this reason, an unnecessary menu item is displayed depending on the hot spot, so that it is difficult to use.

[0006] In addition, when a user walks through a group of documents linked by a link, it is required to display and follow the documents one by one. Cannot be displayed. In addition, since hot spots to which links are added are scattered throughout the document, it is difficult to see them at the time of selection, or the moving distance of the mouse cursor is large when wondering which hot spot to select.

Further, since there is no information that can be referred to when selecting a hot spot other than the hot spot itself, it is often switched to unnecessary data. Furthermore, since it is assumed that the operation is performed using a pointing device such as a mouse, the operation of selecting a hot spot using the cross cursor of the remote controller is a troublesome operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a data processing apparatus in which partial data included in displayed data is selected for a predetermined period of time so that the user does not have to move and select partial data. The purpose is to do.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a data processing method which can easily display data associated with a partial data by adding the data to the data being displayed to facilitate selection of data directly associated with the partial data. It is to provide a device.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a data processing apparatus having display means, comprising a plurality of data including partial data and a partial data included in any one of the data. A data storage unit for storing an association with any one of the other data, a data display instruction operation unit for giving an instruction to display any one of the data in accordance with a user operation, and the data display instruction First display control means for reading data stored in the data storage means in accordance with an instruction from an operation means and displaying the data in a window provided in the display means, and selecting from among the data displayed on the display means A selected state partial data instructing means for instructing the display mode of the partial data in the state to be distinguished from the display of the other partial data; and Receiving the indication, a second display control means for displaying a display on the display means of the instructed partial data in a display state of a selected state; Data display update instruction operation means for instructing display of data associated with the data, and data directly associated with the selected partial data stored in the data storage means in accordance with the instruction of the data display update instruction operation means And a third display control means for causing the display means to display the data instead of the data displayed by the first display means.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A data processing device according to the present invention will be described below based on an embodiment. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This data processing device includes a broadcast receiving unit 101, a separating unit 102, a display unit 10
3, the document storage unit 104, and the menu information storage unit 105
An operation execution unit 106, a clock unit 107, an input operation unit 108, an input signal reception unit 109, a control unit 110,
A menu creation unit 111 and a display control unit 112 are provided.

[0011] The broadcast receiving unit 101 receives a TV broadcast from a TV broadcast station.
The V broadcast is received, and the received signal is notified to the separation unit 102.
Also, when receiving a predetermined video signal reception instruction of the execution module from the operation execution unit 106, the video signal is received,
This is notified to the separation unit 102. Separating section 102 determines whether or not the received signal notified from broadcast receiving section 101 is a text multiplex broadcast signal, and separates a video signal and a text data signal if the received signal is a text multiplex broadcast signal. The display unit 103 is notified of the separated video signal, and converts the separated character data signal into a character code. When the set of converted character codes is stored in the document storage unit 104 as one document data, the reception time is added to the document with reference to the clock unit 107.

[0012] Further, content information indicating the content is added to one document data. Also, the separation unit 102
If the received signal notified from the broadcast receiving unit 101 is not a text multiplex broadcast signal, the received signal is displayed as it is on the display unit 10.
Notify 3. Therefore, the display unit 103 is also notified of a video signal received by the broadcast receiving unit 101 in response to an instruction from the operation executing unit 106.

The display unit 103 includes a TV receiver, and reproduces and outputs TV broadcast video and audio received by the broadcast receiving unit 101. Further, under the control of the display control unit 112, a document transmitted by text multiplex broadcasting is displayed, and an operation menu is displayed. Further, when the broadcast receiving unit 101 receives a predetermined video signal according to the program of the execution module from the operation executing unit 106, the broadcast receiving unit 101 reproduces and outputs the video.

The document storage unit 104 comprises a RAM or the like,
The separating unit 102 records the document data transmitted by teletext broadcasting together with the reception time.
The document storage unit 104 stores a plurality of pieces of document data having different data contents. FIG. 2 shows the document storage unit 10.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of a document (1) and a document (2) stored in No. 4; The content of the document data 201 indicating the document (1) is "shopping information" as can be seen from the title [used car information]. This document data 201 contains content information 202
Is added and stored. Further, the reception time 203 of the document data 201 is also added.

The content information 205 of the document data 204 of the document (2) is “traffic information”, and the reception time 206 is “October 26, 1995, 14:15”. The document data 201 and 204 and the content information 202 and 205 of these documents (1) and (2) are transmitted from the broadcast station and received at time 2
03 and 204 are recorded by the separation unit 102.

The menu information storage unit 105 is composed of a ROM or the like, and stores in advance menu information for creating an operation menu. This menu information corresponds to content information such as the document data 201 transmitted from the broadcasting station.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing menu information (1) and menu information (2), which are examples of menu information stored in the menu information storage unit 105. In this embodiment, the menu information is stored in advance, but may be transmitted from a broadcasting station.

The menu information (1) contains the document data 201
When the content information such as “traffic information” is “information on traffic”, information for creating an operation menu is described as information with a tag similar to SGML. That is, in the operation menu of “traffic information” indicated by the menu information (1), each of the operation items “print”, “video display”, and “display of congestion list” 301
The operation executed by operating this operation item is described as an execution operation 302. For example, when the operation item “print” is operated, “pri
nt ”operation is performed.

Similarly, in the operation menu of "shopping information" indicated by the menu information (2), the operation items include "detailed display",
Items 303 of “print” and “order” are listed,
The corresponding execution operation 304 is "show ima
ge "," print "," send " fax ". The operation execution unit 106 stores an execution operation correspondence table corresponding to each menu information. FIG.
As shown in the table, the execution operation correspondence table 401 includes link information 403 to the execution module corresponding to each execution operation 402.
Is described. The execution operation correspondence table 401
Corresponds to the menu information (2) shown in FIG.

Upon receiving the notification of the content information and the operation item from the control unit 110, the operation execution unit 106 executes an execution operation corresponding to the item of the menu information whose content information stored in the menu information storage unit 105 matches. read out. Execution operation 402 of execution operation correspondence table 401 corresponding to menu information
Executing the execution module corresponding to. Since the operation of the execution module is not the subject of the present invention, a specific example will be simply described.

For example, the document (2) shown in FIG.
And an operation menu corresponding to the operation menu (1) corresponding to the menu information (1) in FIG.
Is displayed, and when a notification of the “traffic information” and the operation item “video display” is received from the control unit 110, the show operation corresponding table (1) not shown is shown. It operates according to the program of the image execution module, and notifies the broadcast receiving unit 101 of the instruction of the channel for receiving the video signal for displaying the video. The transmission of the video signal is realized by digital satellite broadcasting.

The program of the print execution module instructs a printer (not shown) to make a hard copy of the document (2) currently displayed on the display unit 103. The input operation unit 108 includes, for example, the remote controller 501 illustrated in FIG. 5, and transmits an operation signal to the input signal receiving unit 109 according to a user operation.

A remote controller 501 has a “document display” button 502, a “menu display” button 503,
“Enter” button 504, “↑” button 505, “↓” button 506, “←” button 507, “→” button 50
8, a “next” button 509 and the like. The user selects a “document display” button 502, a “menu display” button 503,
When the “OK” button 504 is pressed, a signal for prompting display of a document, a signal for prompting display of a menu, and a signal for starting operation are transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 109. When the “↑” button 505 and the “↓” button 506 are pressed, respectively, a signal is transmitted to move the selection of the operation item displayed on the display unit 103 up or down.

The input signal receiving unit 109 includes the input operation unit 10
8 receives a signal for prompting display of a document, a signal for prompting display of a menu, and a signal for starting operation.
0 is notified of a document display instruction, an operation menu display instruction, and an operation execution instruction. When receiving a signal for moving the operation item up and down, the control unit 110 is notified of an instruction to move up or down.

Upon receiving the notification of the document display instruction from the input signal receiving unit 109, the control unit 110 reads the current time by referring to the clock of the clock unit 107, and reads the document data 201 stored in the document storage unit 104. , 204, etc. are read, the latest received document data (document data 204 in the present embodiment) closest to the current time is selected, and the display control unit 112 sends the document to the display control unit 112. Notify for identification.

Further, the control unit 110 controls the input signal receiving unit 1
When receiving a notification of the operation menu display instruction from 09, the display control unit 112 reads out the content information of the document currently displayed on the display unit 103 from the document storage unit 104 and notifies the menu creation unit 111. Note that the control unit 110 notifies the display control unit 112 to perform an “error display” when the display control unit 112 does not display the document on the display unit 103 when the notification of the operation menu display instruction is received. I do. When a document as shown in FIG. 6 described later is displayed in the document display area 601, the content information 205 in FIG. 2 is read out and “traffic information” is notified to the menu creation unit 111.

Further, the control unit 110 controls the input signal receiving unit 1
Upon receiving an instruction to move the operation item upward or downward from 09, the display control unit 112 is notified of the instruction. Further, when notified of an operation execution instruction from the input signal receiving unit 109, the control unit 110 displays the operation items of the operation menu currently displayed on the display unit 103, which are shaded, in the display control unit 112. It reads out with reference to the control state, and notifies the operation execution unit 106 together with the content information. Note that when the control unit 110 is notified of the operation execution instruction, the display unit 1
When neither a document nor an operation menu is displayed in 03, the display control unit 112 is notified to perform “error display”.

Upon receipt of the notification of the content information from the control unit 110, the menu creation unit 111 reads out menu information that matches the content information from the menu information storage unit 105, and creates an operation menu using the item as an operation item. . The created operation menu is notified to the display control unit 112. As described above, since the operation menu according to the content of the document displayed on the display unit 103 is created, the operation menu is not fixed.

Upon receiving the notification of the document data to be displayed from the control unit 110, the display control unit 112 reads out the document data from the document data storage unit 104, and reads out the document data.
A window is opened in an area for displaying a document secured in advance in 3 and a document is displayed. If the document (1) and the document (2) as shown in FIG. 2 are stored in the document storage unit 104, the latest received document (2) is displayed on the display unit 103 as shown in FIG. Will be displayed. A TV image is displayed in a region other than the document display area 601 of the display unit 103. In addition, the first traffic information in the document in the document display area 601, that is, “・ Deshiyashiki to Kokusai Nenkin Hospital 5 km traffic jam”, is shaded by default to indicate the selected state.

Upon receiving the notification of the operation menu created from the menu creation unit 111, the display control unit 112 displays the operation menu in a menu display area prepared in advance. As shown in FIG. 6, when the document (2) is displayed in the document display area 601, an operation menu 701 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. The display control unit 112
Displays, by default, a diagonal line indicating the selected state in the first "print" of the operation item of the operation menu 701.

Further, the display control unit 112
When an instruction to move up or down the operation item is notified from, the hatched display of the operation item is moved up or down to display the selected state of the operation item. When a downward movement instruction is notified from the state of the operation menu 701 shown in FIG. 7, the display is changed to the operation menu 801 as shown in FIG.
This indicates that the operation item “image display” is in the selected state.

The display control unit 112 includes the control unit 110
Is notified to perform an “error display” from the display unit 1
An error panel is displayed in a window provided near the document display area 03. In the data processing device having the above-described configuration, when the “enter” button 504 of the remote controller 501 of the input operation unit 108 is pressed by the user while the operation menu 801 shown in FIG. In addition to the document display area 601 and the menu display area of the unit 103, an image of the currently selected “Deyashiki to Kokusei Nenkin Hospital 5km traffic jam” is displayed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 9 shows processing until the received document is stored in the document storage unit 104.
FIG. 10 shows a process until the document and the operation menu are displayed on the display unit 103 and the operation is executed. Broadcast receiving unit 101
Receives a TV broadcast (S902).

The separating section 102 determines whether or not the TV broadcast received by the broadcast receiving section 101 is a text multiplex broadcast and a text multiplex broadcast signal has been received (S904). If the text multiplex broadcast signal is not included, the process returns to S902, and if the text multiplex broadcast signal is included, the video signal and the text data signal are separated (S906). The separated character data signal is converted into a character code (S908), and the document storage unit 104 stores the document data with the reception time appended thereto (S910).

The input signal receiving section 109 is provided for the input operation section 10.
Wait for the transmission of the operation signal from S8 (S1002). The input signal receiving unit 109 notifies the control unit 110 of an instruction intended by the received operation signal (S1004). Control unit 110
Determines whether the notified instruction is a document display instruction (S1006). If not, the process proceeds to S1012. If the instruction is a document display instruction, the latest received instruction stored in the document storage unit 104 is received. The display control unit 112 is notified of a document display instruction (S1008).

The display control unit 112 causes the display unit 103 to display the document (S1010), and returns to S1002. S10
In 12, the control unit 110 determines whether or not the notified instruction is an operation menu display instruction.
8 and if it is an operation menu display instruction, the display unit 10
It is determined whether or not a document is already displayed in S3 (S1).
014). When the document is not displayed, the display control unit 112 is notified that an error is displayed. Display control unit 1
12 displays an error on the display unit 103 (S102).
6) Return to S1002. When the document is displayed, the control unit 110 acquires the content information of the document displayed on the display unit 103 (S1016).

The control section 110 notifies the menu creation section 111 of the acquired content information, and instructs creation of an operation menu (S1018). The menu creation unit 111 reads out menu information that matches the content information stored in the menu information storage unit 105, and creates an operation menu (S
1020), the display control unit 112 is instructed to display the operation menu (S1022). The display control unit 112 additionally displays an operation menu on the document displayed on the display unit 103 (S1024), and returns to S1002.

In step S1028, the control unit 110 determines whether the notified instruction is an operation start instruction. If not, the process returns to step S1002. If the instruction is an operation start instruction, a document and an operation menu are displayed. It is determined whether an operation item has been selected (S1030). If not, the display control unit 112 displays an error (S103).
6) Return to S1002.

When the operation item is selected, the control unit 110 instructs the operation execution unit 106 to execute the operation (S1032). The operation execution unit 106 executes the operation according to the operation item (S1034), and returns to S1002.
In the above embodiment, the operation menu to be displayed is changed according to the contents of the operation target document. However, the operation menu to be displayed may be changed according to a keyword in the operation target document.

That is, when the word "traffic jam" is included in the document, an operation menu corresponding to the content information "traffic information" of the menu information is displayed, and when the word "used car" is included in the document. Displays an operation menu corresponding to the content information "shopping information" of the menu information. Further, in the above-described embodiment, although the content information for changing the displayed operation menu is transmitted from the TV broadcast station, the operation menu may be changed according to the reception time added by the separation unit 102. . That is, the menu information corresponding to the reception time may be stored in the menu information storage unit 105. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. This data processing device includes a broadcast receiving unit 101, a separating unit 102, a display unit 10
3, the document storage unit 1101, and the menu information storage unit 11
02, an operation execution unit 106, an input operation unit 108, an input signal reception unit 109, a control unit 1103, a menu creation unit 1104, and a display control unit 1105.

The components having the same functions as those of the data processing apparatus according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The components unique to the present embodiment will be described. The document storage unit 1101 is composed of a RAM or the like, and stores document data transmitted by text multiplex broadcasting and a list of keywords included in the document data and attributes of the keywords. Note that a keyword refers to a phrase to which an operation menu in document data is added.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of program data 1201 which is document data including a keyword.
The program data 1201 includes a plurality of underlined keywords 1202, 1203, 1204,... FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a list 1301 of keywords 1202, 1203, 1204,... Included in the program data 1201 and types 1302 as their attributes. For example, the type of the keyword “entertainment news” is “program title”, and the type of the keyword “Hiromi Iijima” is “performer”. Here, the type refers to a classification name classified according to the content of the keyword.

The menu information storage unit 1102 is composed of a ROM or the like, and stores in advance menu information for creating an operation menu. FIG. 14 shows the menu information storage unit 11
02 stored in the menu information 1401 and 1402
FIG. The menu information 1401 is menu information (1) corresponding to the type of the ward word “program title”.
Is shown. Menu information 1402 indicates menu information (2) corresponding to the keyword type “performer”.

The menu information 1401 includes items 1403 of operation items displayed as an operation menu and an execution operation 1404 executed when each item is operated. The same applies to the menu information 1402. The input operation unit 108 is the same as in the first embodiment, and
When the button 507 or the “→” button 508 is pressed by the user, a signal for moving the selection of the keyword forward or backward is transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 109. Here, “before or after the keyword” means the earlier of the time zone of the program table 1501 as shown in FIG. 15 described later, and in the same time zone, the keyword at the upper left is the earliest and the keyword at the lower right is Is the last.

The input signal receiving section 109 includes the input operation section 10
When a signal for moving the selection of the keyword back and forth is received from No. 8, the control unit 1103 notifies the instruction of moving forward or backward of the keyword selection. Upon receiving the document display instruction notification from the input signal receiving unit 109, the control unit 1103 instructs the display control unit 1105 to display the program data 1201 stored in the document storage unit 1101 on the display unit 103.

When receiving a menu display instruction from input signal receiving section 109, control section 1103 determines which keyword of program table 1501 displayed on display section 103 is selected by display control section 1105. Is checked and read, and the type corresponding to the read keyword is read from the list 1301 of the document storage unit 1101. The read type is notified to the menu creation unit 1104.

The control unit 1103 includes an input signal receiving unit 109
When receiving the notification of the instruction to move forward or backward from the selection of the keyword, the control unit 1105 instructs the display control unit 1105 to move the keyword selection display from the currently selected and displayed keyword to the previous or next keyword. Menu creation unit 11
When the type corresponding to the keyword is notified from the control unit 1103, the menu information (1) or the menu information (2) whose type matches from the menu information 1401 and 1402 stored in the menu information storage unit 1102.
Is read, and an operation menu having each item 1403 as an operation item is created. The created operation menu is notified to the display control unit 1105.

Upon receiving an instruction to display the program data 1201 from the control unit 1103, the display control unit 1105 reads out the program data 1201 from the document storage unit 1101, and
A program table 1501 as shown in FIG. The technique of creating and displaying a program guide from program data is a technique known in CATV and the like in the United States.

The program table 1501 includes broadcast stations 1502
Each program includes a program broadcasted in each time zone 1503 and its cast, etc., and the keyword includes an underline 1504
Is given. When notified of the operation menu created by the menu creation unit 1104, a window is provided in the lower right area of the currently selected keyword, and the operation menu is displayed.

When the control unit 1103 instructs to move the selection display of the keyword forward or backward, the selection display indicated by shading on the currently selected keyword is moved to the previous or next keyword. It is displayed on the display unit 103. When the program table is first displayed on the display unit 103, the first keyword is shaded by default.

The change of the selection state of the operation item in the operation menu is omitted because the control unit 1103 and the like have the same functions as the components of the first embodiment. In the data processing device having the above configuration, a specific example of a user operation from the remote controller 501 as the input operation unit 108 and an operation menu displayed on the display unit 103 will be described below.

In the display control section, when the program table 1501 shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the window of the display section 103 and the keyword “entertainment news” is selected,
When the “menu display” button 503 is pressed by the user, an operation menu 1601 of the type “program title” corresponding to “entertainment news” is displayed as shown in FIG. Next, when the user presses the “menu display” button 503 after pressing the “→” button 508, as shown in FIG. 17, the operation menu 1701 of the type “performer” corresponding to the keyword “Hiromi Iijima” is displayed. Is displayed.
Further, when the user presses the “OK” button 504 after pressing the “↓” button 506, the operation item “profile display” of the operation execution unit 106 is displayed. profil
The operation is performed according to the program of the e execution module, and the display control unit 1105 displays on the display unit 103 as shown in FIG. The profile 1 of the keyword "Hiromi Iijima" is overlaid on the window displaying the program guide 1501.
A window displaying 801 is opened. The profile of "Hiromi Iijima" required for executing the program of the operation execution module, the mail address of the transmission destination required for executing the program of the mail execution module, and the like are transmitted in advance as character data of text multiplex broadcasting. The operation execution unit 106 stores the result. In addition, the operation execution unit 106 transmits an e-mail via a network (not shown). Further, the operation execution unit 1
06 is prepared in advance in the database for face photographs and the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that storing the received document in the document storage unit 104 is the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, since the program data 1201 does not require the addition of the reception time, the operation is excluded. First, the input signal receiving unit 109
Waits for the transmission of the operation signal from the input operation unit 108 (S
1902). The input signal receiving unit 109 notifies the control unit 110 of an instruction intended by the received operation signal (S190).
4).

The control unit 1103 determines whether or not the notified instruction is a document display instruction (S1906). If not, the process proceeds to S1912. If the instruction is a document display instruction, the control unit 1103 stores the instruction in the document storage unit 1101. The display control unit 1105 is notified of the display instruction of the received document (S1908). The display control unit 1105 causes the display unit 103 to display the document (S
1910), and return to S1902.

In step S1912, the control unit 1103
It is determined whether or not the notified instruction is an operation menu display instruction. If not, the process proceeds to S1928. If the notified instruction is an operation menu display instruction, it is determined whether or not a document is already displayed on the display unit 103 (S1914). ). When the document is not displayed, the display control unit 1105 indicates that an error is displayed.
Notify. The display control unit 1105 displays an error on the display unit 103 (S1926), and returns to S1902. When a document is displayed, the control unit 1103 acquires the selected keyword of the document displayed on the display unit 103. The attribute type of the keyword corresponding to the acquired keyword is acquired (S1916).

The control unit 1103 notifies the menu creation unit 1104 of the type of the acquired keyword, and instructs creation of an operation menu (S1918). Menu creation unit 11
04 reads out menu information of the same type stored in the menu information storage unit 1102, creates an operation menu (S1920), and instructs the display control unit 1105 to display the operation menu (S1922). Display control unit 1
105 adds an operation menu to the document displayed on the display unit 103 (S1924), and returns to S1902.

In S1928, the control unit 1103
Determine whether the notified instruction is an operation start instruction,
If not, the process moves to S1938.
It is determined whether a document and an operation menu are displayed and an operation item is selected (S1930). If not, the display control unit 1103 displays an error (S19).
36), returning to S1002.

When the operation item is selected, the control unit 1103 instructs the operation execution unit 106 to execute the operation (S1932). The operation execution unit 106 executes the operation according to the operation item (S1934), and returns to S1902. In S1938, the control unit 1103 determines whether or not the notified instruction is a moving instruction for keyword selection. If not, the process returns to S1902.
It is determined whether or not to move after the keyword selection (S19)
40). If the movement is later, the display control unit 1105 moves the selection display of the keyword to the later keyword (S19).
42) If it is not moving afterward, the selection display of the keyword is moved to the previous keyword (S1944), and S1902
Return to

In the present embodiment, the attribute "kind" of the keyword is set in the program data 120 as shown in FIG.
1 is stored separately as a list 1301, but the keyword attribute “type” may be added to the program data 1201. Further, in the present embodiment, the keywords are previously indicated in the program data 1201 stored in the document storage unit 1101, but the keywords existing in the keyword and type list 1301 as shown in FIG. It may be extracted from the data 1201 or a known keyword extraction technology (a technology described in "Japanese Information Processing Takahashi, edited by Tanaka et al. Modern Science Company")
You may take out using.

Further, in this embodiment, the operation menu to be added is changed according to the attribute “type” of the keyword, but the operation menu to be added may be changed for each keyword. (Third Embodiment) FIG. 20 is a configuration diagram of a data processing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

This data processing device includes a data storage unit 20
01, an input operation unit 2002, and an input signal reception unit 200
3, a control unit 2004, a display control unit 2005, a display unit 2006, and a menu generation unit 2007. The data storage unit 2001 includes a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and stores a plurality of documents (data) as shown in FIG. Each data is linked to one of the documents as indicated by an arrow 2101. Each data is composed of a title and contents. For example, the data 2102 indicating the document (1) has the title “the result of the soccer match the other day”.
And the content is "Gampa x Heldy = 3 to 0 ...". This data 2102 is composed of data 2103 and 210
4, 2105,... Data 2104
Are linked to data 2106 and 2107. The same applies to the other data 2103 and 2105.

The input operation unit 2002 is the same as that of the first embodiment.
Is the same as that of the remote controller 501, but the instruction content of the signal transmitted in response to the pressing operation of the “next” button 509, the “→” button 508, and the “enter” button 504 is different. Remote controller 501
When the “next” button 509 is pressed, a signal instructing selection and movement of a menu item is transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 2003. Here, the selection movement of the menu item means to move the selected menu item to a menu item located therebelow. Remote controller 50
When the “→” button 508 is pressed, 1 transmits a signal for instructing menu hierarchy to the input signal receiving unit 2003. Here, the menu hierarchy means adding a menu having menu items corresponding to data linked to data corresponding to the selected menu item to the displayed menu. Remote controller 50
When the “enter” button 504 is pressed, the 1 transmits a signal instructing the display update of the data corresponding to the selected menu item to the input signal receiving unit 2003.

Note that the remote controller 501
When a “document display” button 502 is pressed, a signal for instructing data display is first sent to a “menu display” button 503.
By pressing, a signal for instructing menu display of the displayed data is transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 2003. The input signal receiving unit 2003 includes the input operation unit 200
Upon receiving the operation signals transmitted from the control unit 2, the control unit 2004 notifies the control unit 2004 of an instruction corresponding to each operation signal.

The control unit 2004 includes an input signal receiving unit 200
It is determined whether the instruction notified from 3 is any of an instruction to display data, an instruction to display a menu, an instruction to select and move a menu item, an instruction to create a menu hierarchy, or an instruction to update data display. When instructing data display, the control unit 2004 refers to the control state of the display control unit 2005,
It is determined whether or not data is displayed on the display unit 2006, and when the data is not displayed, the display control unit 2
005 is instructed to display data.

When the menu display is instructed, the display control unit 2005 is referred to and the data is already displayed on the display unit 20.
It is determined whether or not the menu is displayed at 06, and when it is displayed, similarly, it is determined whether or not the menu is already displayed. When the title is not displayed, the title of the displayed data is acquired with reference to the display control unit 2005, and the title is notified to the menu generation unit 2007.

When an instruction to select and move a menu item is issued, it is determined whether data and a menu are already being displayed. If the menu item is being displayed, the display control unit 2005 is notified to move the selection of the menu item. In addition, when a menu hierarchical instruction is given, it is determined whether data and menus are already being displayed on the display unit 2006. If the menu item is being displayed, the selected menu item is acquired from the display control unit 2005, and it is determined whether there is data linked to the data corresponding to the menu item in the data storage unit 20.
01 to determine. If there is linked data, the menu generation unit 2007 is notified that the generated menu is to be added together with the selected menu item.

When an instruction to update the data display is issued,
Determine whether the data and menu are being displayed,
During the display, the display control unit 2005 is notified of the update of the data display. The display control unit 2005 includes a control unit 2004
When a data display instruction is received from, a window is opened in the data display area provided in the display unit 2006, and data stored at the head of the data storage unit 2001 is read out.
Display in window.

When the menu generated by the menu generation unit 2007 is notified, a menu display area slightly overlapping the data display area of the display unit 2006 is provided, a window is opened, and the menu is displayed. Control unit 2
When the selection of the menu item is notified from 004 to be moved, the hatched display is moved to the menu item immediately below the menu item indicating that it is currently selected in the hatched display. If the menu item in the bottom column of the menu has a diagonal line, the diagonal line is moved to the menu item in the top column. Further, the menu items indicating the selected state by diagonal lines are separately stored so that the control unit 2004 or the like can check them.

When the menu generation unit 2007 receives a notification of the generated menu and is notified to add the menu, a new menu display area slightly overlapping the menu display area of the display unit 2006 is provided to open the window. Open and display the notified menu additionally. Also,
Upon receiving the notification of the data display update from the control unit 2004,
The data of the title corresponding to the currently selected menu item is read from the data storage unit 2001, and the display is updated in the window of the data display area.

The display unit 2006 includes a CRT or a liquid crystal display, which is a display screen of a TV or a personal computer, and displays data and menus under the control of the display control unit 2005. Upon receiving the data title notification from the control unit 2004, the menu generation unit 2007
The data matching the title notified by the title of each data stored in 1 is checked, and all the titles of the data linked to the data are read. A menu having the read title as a menu item is generated, and the display control unit 2005 is notified of the menu.

When a notification that a menu item and a generated menu are to be added is received from the control unit 2004, a title that matches the menu item is found from the data stored in the data storage unit 2001, and the title corresponding to the title is found. Read all titles of data linked to the data. A menu having the read title as a menu item is generated, and the display control unit 2005 is notified to add the menu.

Next, a specific display example of a hierarchical menu displayed on the display unit 2006 will be briefly described. When a plurality of documents (data) 2102 and the like shown in FIG. 21 are stored in the data storage unit 2001 and the “document display” button 502 of the remote controller 501 is pressed by the user, the display unit 2006 displays As shown in FIG. 22, data 2 stored at the top of data storage unit 2001
The document (1) 102 is displayed in the window 2201 in the data display area. Next, a “menu display” button 503 of the remote controller 501 is operated by the user.
Is pressed, a window 2301 in the menu display area is displayed.
The generated menu is displayed. In this menu, the title of the data linked to the document (1) displayed in the window 2201 is displayed as a menu item. When the menu is displayed, a hatched line indicating the selected state is displayed in the menu item “order” in the uppermost column by default.

The remote controller 5 is operated by the user.
When the “next” button 509 of 01 is pressed once, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the menu item "Gampa" in the menu is hatched to indicate the selected state. Further, the "→" button 50
8 is pressed by the user, the data 2106 linked to the data 2104 with the title “Gampa”,
As shown in FIG. 25, a menu having the title of 2107 as a menu item is newly provided in a window 250.
1 is displayed hierarchically. At this time, when the “enter” button 504 is pressed by the user, the data 2106 corresponding to the menu item selected in the most recently displayed menu is newly added to the data display area as shown in FIG. The display is updated in the window 2601 provided.

When the “→” button 508 is further pressed without pressing the “Enter” button 504,
Until the associated data stored in the data storage unit 2001 is exhausted, the menu generation unit 2007 further generates a menu lower in the hierarchy, and the display control unit 2005.
Displays a hierarchical menu by providing a new window.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Input signal receiving unit 2003
Waits for the transmission of the operation signal from the input operation unit 2002 (S2702). The input signal receiving unit 2003 receives the operation signal transmitted from the input operation unit 2002, and notifies the control unit 2004 of an instruction intended by the operation signal (S270).
4).

The control unit 2004 determines whether or not the notified instruction is a data display instruction (S2706). If the instruction is not a data display instruction, the process proceeds to S2712. It is determined whether or not is already displayed on the display unit 2006 (S2708). If the data has already been displayed, the process returns to step S2702. If the data has not been displayed, the display control unit 2005 is instructed to display the data.

The display control unit 2005 is connected to the data storage unit 20
01 is read out and displayed on the display unit 2006 (S2710), and the process returns to S2702. In step S2712, the control unit 2004 determines whether the notified instruction is a menu display instruction. If the instruction is not a menu display instruction, the process proceeds to step S2728. It is determined whether the data is displayed (S2714). If the data is not displayed, the process returns to S2702. If the data is displayed, it is determined whether or not the menu is already displayed on the display unit 2006 (S2716). If the menu is already displayed, the process returns to S2702. When the menu is not displayed, the menu generation unit 2007 is instructed to generate a menu of the data being displayed on the display unit 2006 (S2718).

The menu generation unit 2007 includes the display control unit 2
005 retrieves the title information of the data linked to the data being displayed on the display unit 2006 from the data storage unit 2001 (S2720), and generates a menu using the retrieved title information as a menu item (S272).
2). The menu generation unit 2007 notifies the display control unit 2005 of the generated menu, and instructs display of data with the menu added (S2724).

The display control unit 2005 causes the display unit 2006 to display the data to which the menu is added (S2726).
It returns to S2702. In S2728, the control unit 200
4 determines whether or not the notified instruction is an instruction to move a menu item, and if the instruction is not an instruction to move a menu item, S2 is executed.
If the instruction is to move the menu item, the display control unit 2005 displays the data and the menu on the display unit 2006 (S 736).
(S2730). If the data and the menu are not being displayed, the process returns to S2702, and if the data and the menu are being displayed, the display control unit 2005 is instructed to move the selected menu item in the menu by one (S2732). .

The display control unit 2005 moves the selected menu item backward by one, displays it on the display unit 2006 (S2734), and returns to S2702. In S2736, the control unit 2004 determines whether or not the notified instruction is an instruction for menu hierarchy. If the command is not a menu hierarchical command, the process proceeds to S2752. If the command is a menu hierarchical command, the display control unit 2005 determines whether data and menus are being displayed on the display unit 2006 (S273).
8). If data and menu are not displayed, S270
Returning to 2, if the data and the menu are being displayed, it is determined whether or not there is data linked to the data corresponding to the selected menu item (S2740). If there is no linked data, the process returns to S2702, and if there is linked data, the menu generation unit 2007 is instructed to generate a menu of the data determined to have linked data ( S274
2).

The menu generation unit 2007 extracts the title information of the data linked to the specified data from the data storage unit 2001 (S2744). The menu generation unit 2007 generates a menu from the extracted title information (S2746). The generated menu is notified to the display control unit 2005, and the display control unit 2005 is instructed to hierarchically display the generated menu in addition to the menu displayed on the display unit 2006 (S274).
8).

The display control unit 2005 causes the display unit 2006 to display the data to which the hierarchical menu is added (S
2750), and the process returns to S2702. In S2752,
Control unit 2704 determines whether or not the notified instruction is a data display update instruction. If it is not a data display update instruction, the process returns to S2702, and if it is a data display update instruction, it is determined whether data and a menu are displayed (S2754). If the data and the menu are not displayed, the process returns to S2702. If the data and the menu are displayed, the display control unit 2005 instructs the display control unit 2005 to update the display to the data having the title information which is the selected menu item. (S2756).

The display control unit 2005 reads data having title information, which is a menu item for selecting data display, from the data storage unit 2001, and reads the data from the display unit 2.
The display is updated to 006 (S2758), and the process returns to S2702. As described above, according to the present embodiment, when data is linked over many stages, it is not necessary to follow the linked data while displaying the data one by one. , Data retrieval will be fast and convenient.

In the present embodiment, the data to be displayed first is the first data in the data storage unit 2001, but may be arbitrarily selected, or the data lastly referred to last time may be stored. The last referenced data may be displayed. Further, in the present embodiment, although the title in the data is used for the menu item, candidate data of the menu item is stored in the menu generation unit 2007 in advance, and if there is a match in the data, the match is determined. May be used as menu items, the first noun in the data may be used as a menu item,
The first 20 characters (regardless of character length) in the data may be used as menu items.

Further, in this embodiment, when the data corresponding to the menu item "Osaka" is displayed, the original data (the soccer match result of the previous day) is deleted, but may be displayed as it is. (Embodiment 4) FIG. 28 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

This data processing device has a data storage unit 28
01, an input operation unit 2002, and an input signal reception unit 200
3, a control unit 2802, a display control unit 2005, a display unit 2006, and a menu generation unit 2803. This data processing device has substantially the same configuration as that of the data processing device of the third embodiment. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. Only the parts will be described.

This embodiment differs from the third embodiment in that, as shown in FIG. 29, a plurality of data stored in data storage unit 2801 are not linked between data, Is linked between the text (for example, hot spot) of the content included in the data and the data. Here, the text refers to a part of data linked to other data.

In this embodiment and the following embodiments, although all texts are used, it is not excluded that a part of data linked to other data is an image. Should be read as an image and applied. Data storage unit 2
Reference numeral 801 includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and stores a plurality of data as shown in FIG. 29 in advance.

The data 2901 includes a “title” and a “content”, and the content includes other data 2902, 29
Text 290 linked to 03, 2904, etc.
5, 2906,... This link is indicated by arrows 2907, 2908,... In the figure.
The texts 2905, 2906,... Are underlined.

Upon receiving a menu display instruction from input signal receiving section 2003, control section 2802 determines whether or not data has already been displayed on display section 2006 with reference to display control section 2005, and determines whether or not data has been displayed. Is displayed, it is similarly determined whether the menu is already displayed. If the menu is not yet displayed,
The currently selected text is acquired from the display control unit 2005, and the text is notified to the menu generation unit 2803.

When the input signal receiving unit 2003 is informed of the menu hierarchy instruction, the display control unit 2 determines whether or not the data and menu are displayed on the display unit 2006.
005 is determined. When the data and the menu are displayed, the selected menu item is acquired from the display control unit 2005, and the menu generation unit 2803 is selected.
To the menu item.

The menu generation unit 2803 includes a control unit 280
When the notification of the text is received from 2, the data storage unit 2801 is checked to determine whether the text is linked to a plurality of pieces of data or another piece of data. Further, when a menu item is notified from the control unit 2802, the data storage unit 2801 is checked to determine whether the menu item is a title or a text. If it is a text, similarly to the above, it is determined whether it is linked to another plurality of data or to another piece of data.

If it is determined that the text is linked to a plurality of other data, the data storage unit 2801 reads the title of the data to which the text is linked, and generates a menu having the title as a menu item. If it is determined that the text is linked to another piece of data, the text in the data storage unit 2801 is read out from the text included in the content of the linked data (the text linked to other data), and the text is read. Generate a menu with text as menu item.

If it is determined that the notified menu item is a title, the text contained in the title is read out, and a menu having the text as a menu item is generated. Menu generation unit 2803
Notifies the display control unit 2005 of the generated menu when the menu is generated.

The display control unit 2005 includes the menu generation unit 2
Upon receiving the notification of the menu generated from the menu 803, if the menu is not yet displayed on the display unit 2006, a menu display area is secured at a position where the selected text is not covered, and a window is opened. Is displayed. When the menu is already displayed, a new menu display area is provided near the display position of the selected menu item, a window is opened, and the menu is displayed hierarchically.

Next, a specific operation of the data processing apparatus for displaying a document stored in the data storage unit 2801 and displaying a hierarchical menu will be described. now,
A plurality of title-added data 2901 and the like shown in FIG. 29 are stored in the data storage unit 2801, and a link 2907 and the like are attached between the data. First, the input operation unit 20
When a “document display” (same meaning as data display) button 502 of the remote controller 501 shown in FIG. 5 is pressed, the input signal receiving unit 2003 receives a data display signal. Data 2901 is displayed on the display unit 2006.

The data to be displayed first is the first data 29 in the data stored in the data storage unit 2801.
01. Next, when the “menu display” button 503 of the remote controller 501 is pressed, the input signal receiving unit 2003 receives the menu display signal. Display unit 20
30, data 2901 and a menu 3001 are displayed as shown in FIG. Here, menu 300
The title of data 2902, 2903,... Is used for the menu item 1. This is the text "Ganpa"
Are linked to a plurality of data 2902, 2903,...

Next, when the “→” button 508 of the remote controller 501 is pressed, a new menu 3101 having a text group linked to other data indicated by the menu item “Overview of Gumpers” as a menu item is displayed in FIG. Is displayed as shown. This is because the menu item “Summary of Gumper” is not a text but a “title”.

Next, when the “↓” button 506 of the remote controller 501 is pressed, the menu item selection moves to “Matsuura Denki” as shown in FIG. Further, the “→” button 50 of the remote controller 501
When 8 is pressed, data 2909, 2910, and 2 linked to the text indicated by the menu item “Matsuura Denki”
Menu 330 with 911 title as menu item
1 is generated and displayed as shown in FIG.

When the “enter” button 504 of the remote controller 501 is pressed, the data 2909 of the selected menu item “History of Matsuura Denki” is displayed in FIG.
The display is updated as shown in FIG. Further, a specific menu display operation when a plurality of data 3501 with a title as shown in FIG. 35 are stored in the data storage unit 2801 of the data processing device will be described.

The data 2901 and the like shown in FIG. 29 have a plurality of links between the text and the data, whereas the data 3501 and the like have a single link between the text and the data. That is, the text “Gampa” included in the content of the data 3501 is linked to the data 3502 as shown by an arrow 3503,
The text “Osaka” included in the content of 2 is data 3504
Are linked as shown by the arrow 3505. As in the specific example described above, a button press on the remote controller 501 and a display example on the display unit 2006 will be briefly described.

When the “document display” button 502 of the remote controller 501 is pressed, data 3501 is displayed on the display unit 2006 as shown in FIG. next,
When the “menu display” button 503 is pressed, FIG.
A menu 3701 is additionally displayed on the display unit 2006 as shown in FIG. Further, when the “→” button 508 is pressed, a menu 3 is displayed on the display unit 2006 as shown in FIG.
801 are displayed hierarchically. On this occasion,
When the “↓” button 506 is pressed, the selection of the menu item is moved to the menu item “okonomiyaki” as shown in FIG. Next, when the “enter” button 504 is pressed, data (not shown) of the title “okonomiyaki” is displayed in a window provided in the data display area of the display unit 2006.

The operation of the present embodiment is substantially the same as the operation of the third embodiment shown in FIG.
S2722 and S2740 to S2746 are different only, and only the operation unique to the present embodiment will be briefly described. In place of S2718 to S2722, control unit 280
If it is determined that the menu is already displayed, the process returns to step S2702, and if the menu is not displayed, the menu acquisition unit 2803 obtains the selected text from the display control unit 2005 and notifies the menu generation unit 2803.

The menu generation unit 2803 examines the data storage unit 2801 to determine whether the data linked to the notified text is single or plural, and when there are plural data, the text link is set. The title of the previous data is read, and a menu having the title as a menu item is generated. If there is only one, the text contained in the linked data is read out, and a menu having the text as a menu item is generated.

Next, instead of S2740 to S2746,
If the data and the menu are not being displayed, the control unit 2802 returns to S2702. If the data and the menu are being displayed, the control unit 2802 notifies the menu generation unit 2803 of the selected menu item. The menu generation unit 2803 checks the data storage unit 2801 to determine whether the notified menu item is a text or a data title.
If it is text, determine whether the data linked to the notified text is single or multiple as described above,
When there are a plurality of data, the title of the data is read from the data storage unit 2801 when the title is a single data, and a menu is generated using the title or the text as a menu item. When the title is the data, the text included in the data is stored in the data storage unit 2.
A menu is read from 801 and the text is used as a menu item.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a text is linked to data in several stages, the data linked to the text is traced while displaying the data one by one. It is not necessary to search and desired data can be searched and displayed at high speed. In the present embodiment, a title is obtained and used as a menu item, but a character string other than the title may be used. That is, a character string to which a specific tag is added may be used, an attribute value added to data may be used, a keyword may be extracted from the content as a menu item, or the first character string 1 of data may be used.
Zero characters (regardless of character length) may be used as menu items.

In the present embodiment, FIGS.
As shown in the above, although the menu is shown up to the third or second hierarchy, as described in the third embodiment,
The data stored in the data storage unit 2801 is further hierarchically associated (not shown).

In this embodiment, texts are scattered in data, and when moving the selection of text,
Due to the complexity, the menu generation unit 2803 may collectively display the text in an area 4001 different from the display area of the document data 3501, as shown in FIG. In this case, the menu 3701 shown in FIG. 37 is displayed as shown in FIG.

The text, which is a menu item, may be displayed vertically and in one column, horizontally and in one column, or as shown in FIG. 40, next to the line in the data where the text appears. May be. (Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 42 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

This data processing device has a data storage unit 42
01, an input operation unit 4202, and an input signal receiving unit 420
3, a control unit 4204, a display control unit 4205, a display unit 4206, and a text selection moving unit 4207. The data storage unit 4201 includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like. As shown in FIG.
02, 4303, 4304, 4305,... The text “Gampa” and the like included in the first data 4301 are separated from the other data 43 by an arrow 4306 and the like.
02 and so on. Further, the text “Osaka” and the like included in the data 4302 are also linked to other data 4304 and the like as indicated by arrows 4307 and the like. Note that text linked to other data is underlined.

The input operation unit 4202 is, for example, the remote controller 50 of the input operation unit 108 of the first embodiment.
When the “document display” button 502 is pressed by the user, a signal prompting display of a document is transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 4203. Similarly, when the “enter” button 504 is pressed, a signal urging the update of the document display is transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 4203. In this embodiment, other buttons such as the “menu display” button 503 of the remote controller 501 are not used for displaying a document.

Upon receiving a signal for prompting display of a document from input operation unit 4202, input signal receiving unit 4203 notifies control unit 4204 of a document display instruction. Similarly, when a signal prompting the update of the document display is received, the signal is stored in the buffer and read by the control unit 4204. Control unit 42
When the input signal receiving unit 4203 notifies the display control unit 4205 of the document display instruction, the data storage unit 4205
An instruction to display the data stored at the head of 201 is given, and the text selection moving unit 4207 is activated. Also, upon receiving a notification from the text selection moving unit 4207 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the input signal receiving unit 4203 determines whether or not a signal to update the display of the document has been received, and a signal to that effect is received. Is received, the display control unit 4205 is instructed to update the display of the document. When the signal indicating that the display of the document is to be updated is not received, the text selection moving unit 4207 is instructed to increment the text counter N.

When the display control unit 4205 is instructed to display data by the control unit 4204, the data storage unit 4201
The data stored at the top of the
206 is displayed. Upon receiving the notification of the value of the text counter N from the text selection moving unit 4207, the display unit 42
At 06, a display indicating the selected state is given to the Nth text of the data being displayed. If the display indicating the selected state is changed to another text when the notification of the value of the text counter N is received, the display indicating the selected state of another text is deleted. The control unit 4 also issues an instruction to update the display of the document.
When the data is received from 204, the data linked to the currently selected text is read from the data storage unit 4201, and the data is updated and displayed on the display unit 4206. At the same time, the text selection moving unit 4207 is notified that the data has been updated and displayed.

The display unit 4206 includes a CRT such as a television receiver and a personal computer, and a liquid crystal display, and displays data stored in the data storage unit 4201 under the control of the display control unit 4205. Text selection moving unit 42
07 has a text counter N and a timer. The control unit 4204 reads the total number NE of texts contained in the first data stored in the data storage unit 4201, sets “1” to the text counter N, starts a timer, and simultaneously stores the text in the display control unit 4205. The value of the counter N is notified. When the timer reaches a predetermined time, the control unit 4204 is notified that the predetermined time has elapsed.

Further, upon receiving a notification from the display control unit 4204 that the data has been updated and displayed, the text selection moving unit 4207 reads out the total number NE of texts contained in the currently displayed data from the data storage unit 4201, and The counter N is set to “0”. When “0” is set to the text counter N or when a notification of the increment of the text counter N is received from the control unit 4204, the value of the text counter N is incremented by “1”. After incrementing the value of the text counter N, the total number of texts NE in the data that has been read out earlier and “N−
It is determined whether or not the value matches the value of “1”, and when they match, the value of the text counter N is set to “1”. When they do not match, the value of the text counter N is notified to the display control unit 4205 while the value of the text counter N is kept as it is. Restart the timer at the same time. When the timer reaches a predetermined time, the control unit 4204 is notified that the predetermined time has elapsed.

Now, a plurality of data 4301 shown in FIG.
When the user presses the “document display” button 502 of the remote controller 501 while the data is stored in the data storage unit 4201, data 4301 shown in FIG. 44 is displayed on the display unit 4206. At this time, the text “Gampa” is shaded to indicate that it is in the selected state. Next, after a lapse of a predetermined time, for example, 3 seconds, the shade indicating that the text “Heldi” is selected is moved as shown in FIG. Further, after the elapse of 3 seconds, the hatching indicating the selected state is moved to the text “Clampath”.

As described above, the text selection moving unit 4207
Has a timer, and the display control unit 4205 sequentially moves the text selection state, for example, every three seconds. For example, when the user presses the “OK” button 504 of the remote controller 501 while the display unit 4206 is in a state as shown in FIG. 45, data 4303 linked to the text “HELDY” is displayed on the display unit 4206. Is done.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the input signal receiving unit 4203 waits for reception of a signal by the user pressing a button on the remote controller 501 (S4602). The control unit 4204 determines whether the instruction notified from the input signal receiving unit 4203 is a document display instruction (S460).
4) If the instruction is a document display instruction, the display control unit 4205 is instructed to display the document (S4606). If it is not a document display instruction, the flow shifts to S4616.

The display control unit 4205 includes the data storage unit 42
01 is read, and the read data (first document) is displayed on the display unit 4206 (S4608). The text selection moving unit 4207 reads and stores the total number NE of texts included in the first data stored in the data storage unit 4201, sets “1” in the text counter N, and starts the timer (S).
4610).

The display control unit 4205, which has been notified of the value of the text counter N from the text selection moving unit 4207,
The fact that the Nth text of the data displayed on the display unit 4206 is selected is displayed (S4612). When the timer indicates that the predetermined time has elapsed, the text selection moving unit 4207 notifies the control unit 4205 of the fact (S4614).

In S4616, the control unit 4205 determines
It is determined whether or not the input signal receiving unit 4203 has received an update signal for document display. If the update signal has been received, the display control unit 4205 and the text selection moving unit 4207
Is notified of a document display update instruction (S4618). If it is not a document display update signal, the flow shifts to S4624. The display control unit 4205 reads from the data storage unit 4701 the data linked to the N-th text of the data currently displayed on the display unit 4206, and updates the display on the display unit 4206 (S4620).

The text selection moving section 4207 reads and stores the total number NE of texts contained in the data whose display has been updated, and sets “0” in the text counter N (S).
4622). In S4624, the text selection moving unit adds “1” to the value of the text counter N, and determines whether the total number NE of stored texts matches the value of “N−1” (S4626). ). If they do not match, the process moves to S4630, and if they do match, "1" is set in the text counter N (S4628).

The text selection / movement unit 4207 includes the display unit 4
The display control unit 4205 is instructed to move the display of the selected state to the N-th text of the data being displayed at 206, and the timer is started (S4630). Display control unit 4205
Sets the display of the N-th text of the data being displayed to the selected state (S4632).

When the timer indicates that the predetermined time has elapsed, the text selection moving unit 4207 notifies the control unit of the fact (S4634), and returns to S4616. in this way,
Since the selected state of the text in the data is sequentially moved at a predetermined time interval, the user, when the text is in the selected state, transmits the data to be linked to the remote controller 5.
By simply pressing the “enter” button 504 of “01”, the user can easily view the image.

In the present embodiment, when a document display update instruction is issued, S461 in the flowchart of FIG.
4. As shown in S4634, although the display of the document is updated after the lapse of a predetermined time, the display of the document may be updated immediately when a document display update instruction is issued by using an interrupt process. (Embodiment 6) FIG. 47 is a block diagram of a data processing apparatus according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. This data processing device includes a data storage unit 4701, an input operation unit 4202,
An input signal receiving unit 4203, a control unit 4204, a display control unit 4205, a display unit 4206, and a text selection moving unit 4702 are provided. Since the data processing device of the present embodiment is different from the data processing device of the fifth embodiment only in the data storage section 4701 and the text selection moving section 4702, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. A description thereof will be omitted, and components specific to the present embodiment will be described.

The data storage unit 4701 stores a plurality of data shown in FIG. 43 similarly to the data storage unit 4201, and also includes a text 4801 included in the data and the text 4801 as shown in FIG. Selection time 4802
And a selection time list 4803 showing a list of the above. That is, the text "Gampa" indicates that the selected state is maintained for 5 seconds, and the text "Heldi" indicates that the state is maintained for 3 seconds. The same applies to other texts.

The text selection moving unit 4702 differs from the text selection unit 4207 in that the selected time list 4 stored in the data storage unit 4701 for each text is different.
The selection time indicated by reference numeral 803 is measured by a timer, and when the time has elapsed, the selection state is moved to the next text. That is, when activated by the control unit 4204, the text selection moving unit 4702 reads the total number NE of texts included in the first data stored in the data storage unit 4701, and selects the first text of the data. Read the time from the selected time list. Set “1” to the text counter N,
The timer is started, and the value “1” of the text counter N is notified to the display control unit 4205. When the time measured by the timer reaches the selection time of the first text, the control unit 4204 is notified that a predetermined time has elapsed. Further, when notifying the display control unit 4205 of the value of the text counter N, the selection time of the Nth text of the data to be displayed on the display unit 4206 is read from the data storage unit 4701, and the timer is restarted. When the time counted by the timer reaches the selected time read out, the control unit 4204 is notified that a predetermined time has elapsed. Other features are
This is the same as the above-described text selection unit 4207.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Since there is almost no difference from the operation of the fifth embodiment, only the difference will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In S4610, in addition to the above-described processing, the text selection moving unit 4702 reads the selection time of the first text of the first data.

In S4614, text selection moving section 4702 notifies control section 4204 that the predetermined time has elapsed, when the time counted by the timer has elapsed the selected time.
In S4630, in addition to the above-described processing, the text selection moving unit 4702 reads the selection time of the N-th text. In S4634, text selection moving section 470
2 notifies the control unit 4204 that the predetermined time has elapsed when the timer counts the selection time of the Nth text.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the text is set to the selected state for the preset selection time, and the selection state moves to the next text after the selection time elapses. As a result, when the user presses the “OK” button 504 of the remote controller 501 when the appropriate text is selected, the display is updated to the data linked to the text.

Therefore, by giving a length to the selection time, it is possible to weight the ease of updating the display to the data linked to the text. For example, if the data at the link destination of the text is a commercial message and the text selection state continues for a long time, the user presses the “OK” button 504 during that time, and the commercial message is likely to be displayed. In such a case, it is a reasonable method to charge the commercial message provider according to the length of the selection time.

In this embodiment, the data storage unit 4
Although a selection time list 4803 as shown in FIG. 48 is stored in 701, the time at which each text is selected is stored. However, it is not necessary to store the time in such a list format. It may be added as an attribute value. (Embodiment 7) FIG. 49 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention. This data processing device includes a data storage unit 4701, an input operation unit 4202,
An input signal receiving unit 4203, a control unit 4204, a text selection moving unit 4702, a display control unit 4901, and a display unit 4206 are provided. Since the data processing device of the present embodiment is different from the data processing device of the sixth embodiment only in the display control unit 4901, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The components specific to the present embodiment will be described.

The display control unit 4901 is the same as that of the sixth embodiment.
The following functions are provided in addition to the functions of the display control unit 4205. The display control unit 4901 includes the text selection moving unit 42
Upon receiving the notification of the value of the text counter N from 07, a new data display area is provided in an area adjacent to the data currently displayed on the display unit 4206, and a window is opened. The data at the link destination of the N-th text of the data being displayed is read from the data storage unit 4701 and displayed on the window opened on the display unit 4206. If the window has already been opened to display data, the data is deleted and the read data is displayed.

The control unit 42 issues an instruction to update the display of a document.
When the data is received from the display unit 04, the data displayed on the window opened in the newly provided data display area of the display unit 4206 is replaced with the data being displayed. At this time, the data displayed in the window opened in the newly provided data display area is deleted. Now, when a plurality of data 4301 and the like as shown in FIG. 43 are stored in the data storage unit 4701 and the user presses a “document display” button 502 of the remote controller 501, as shown in FIG. Two data 4301 and 4302 are displayed on the display unit 4206. That is, the first data 43 in the data storage unit 4701
01 is displayed on the display unit 4206, a window 5001 is opened in a region beside the display unit 4206, and data 4302 of a link destination of the text “Gampa” in a selected state of the data 4301 is displayed in the window 5001. As shown in FIG. 48, when the selection time of the text “Gampa” has passed 5 seconds, the display unit 4206 displays the link destination data 43 of the selected text “Helddy” as shown in FIG.
03 is displayed in the window 5001.

The operation of this embodiment is the same as the operation of the sixth embodiment except that the display control unit 4901 causes the display unit 4206 to display the data of the link destination of the selected text. Therefore, the description is omitted. In the present embodiment, all data at the link destination of the selected text are displayed, but a part of the data, for example, only the title or only the first three lines of the data is displayed. Is also good. Thereby, the data reading time is reduced.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the data at the link destination of the selected text is displayed by being added to the data being displayed.
It is possible to easily display and update the data by pressing the button 504. Although the present embodiment is configured to be added to the above-described sixth embodiment, it is needless to say that the configuration may be added to the above-described fifth embodiment. (Eighth Embodiment) FIG. 52 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

This data processing device includes a data storage unit 52
01, an input operation unit 5202, and an input signal receiving unit 520
3, a control unit 5204, a display control unit 5205, a display unit 5206, and a virtual window generation unit 5207. The data storage unit 5201 includes a RAM or the like,
A plurality of data 5301, 5302, as shown in FIG.
5303 etc. are stored. The data 5301 includes a title and content, and the text included in the content is linked to other data. For example, the text "Gampa" is linked to data 5302 as shown by arrow 5304. The text linked to other data in the data is underlined.

As the input operation unit 5202, for example, the remote controller 501 used in the first embodiment is used.
When the “document display” button 502 is pressed by the user, the remote controller 501 transmits a signal indicating that a document (data) should be displayed to the input signal receiving unit 5203. Also, "↑" button 505 or "↓" button 50
When button 6 is pressed, a signal indicating that the virtual window currently selected (hereinafter referred to as “current”) should be moved forward or backward is transmitted in the same manner. Also, a “←” button 507
Alternatively, when the “→” button 508 is pressed, a signal indicating that the currently selected text is to be moved forward or backward is similarly transmitted. When the “OK” button 504 is pressed, a signal indicating that the data currently being displayed is updated is transmitted in the same manner.

The input signal receiving section 5203 is
Upon receiving a signal indicating that data should be displayed from 202,
The control unit 5204 is instructed to display data. Similarly, when receiving a signal indicating that the current virtual window should be moved forward or backward, the control unit 5204 is instructed to that effect. Similarly, when a signal indicating that the currently selected text should be moved forward or backward is received, the control unit 5204 is instructed to that effect. Further, when receiving a signal indicating that data is to be updated, the control unit 5204 is instructed to that effect.

Control unit 5204 includes input signal receiving unit 520
3 receives an instruction to display data from the display control unit 5205, notifies the display control unit 5205 of the instruction to display data, and also instructs the virtual window generation unit 5207 to generate a virtual window. Also, when receiving an instruction from the input signal receiving unit 5203 to move the current virtual window forward or backward,
The display control unit 5205 is notified to that effect. Similarly, when an instruction to move the selected text forward or backward is received, the display control unit 5205 is notified. Also,
Similarly, when receiving an instruction to update the data display, the display control unit 5205 is notified.

When receiving a data display instruction from the control unit, the display control unit 5205 reads the data stored at the head of the data storage unit 5201 and causes the display unit 5206 to display the data. Also, when notified of the position of the dividing line from the virtual window generating unit 5207, a virtual window surrounded by the dividing line and the outline of the window above the dividing line is displayed. Also, the next time you are notified of the position of the dividing line,
A virtual window surrounded by the previously notified partition line, the currently notified partition line, and the left and right outlines of the window is displayed. When notified of the position of the bottom line of the window, a virtual window surrounded by the previously notified partition line and the outline of the window below the partition line is displayed.

When the display control unit 5205 terminates the display of the virtual window, by default, the uppermost virtual window is displayed as a current virtual window in a bold frame. When the display control unit 5205 receives an instruction from the control unit 5204 to move the current virtual window forward, the display control unit 5205 sets the current virtual window currently displayed in a bold frame as a normal virtual window display, and displays the next lower virtual window. Is displayed in a bold frame. Similarly, when an instruction to move the current virtual window later is received, the current virtual window currently displayed in a bold frame is displayed as a normal virtual window, and the upper virtual window is displayed in a bold frame.

Note that the first text in the current virtual window displayed by the thick line frame is shaded to indicate that it is selected by default. The control unit 5
When an instruction to move the selected text to the front is received from 204, the hatching of the N-th text that is currently being shaded is deleted, and the N + 1-th text is shaded. Similarly, when an instruction to move the selected text later is received, the hatching of the currently displayed N-th text is erased, and the N-1st text is shaded.

The display control unit 5205 includes the control unit 52
When notified that the data is to be displayed and updated from 04, the data linked to the currently selected text is read from the data storage unit 5201, and the display of the window of the display unit 5206 is updated. Displaying the virtual window is the same as displaying the first data.

A display unit 5206 displays the CRT of the TV receiver,
A display control unit 5 comprising a liquid crystal display of a personal computer.
The data is displayed on the window according to the control of 205. When receiving a virtual window generation instruction from the control unit 5204, the virtual window generation unit 5207 displays the display control unit 520.
5 is displayed on the display unit 5206 to determine which data is displayed. The data being displayed is found from the data storage unit 5201, and the total number NE of texts included in the data is counted.
The virtual window generation unit 5207 determines whether or not the total number NE of the counted texts exceeds a previously stored maximum text number NS (the maximum number of texts accommodated in one virtual window). If it is less than the maximum number of texts,
Since there is no need to generate a virtual window, the control unit 520
4 is notified that the processing has been completed.

When the number of texts exceeds the maximum number, the virtual window generation unit 5207 places a pointer at the head of the data being displayed in the data storage unit 5201 and sets the text counter N to “0”. Next, a character string on the pointer is acquired, and it is determined whether or not the acquired character string is text (a character string linked to other data). If it is text, "1" is added to the text counter N. Further, the pointer is advanced to obtain a character string on the pointer. If the character string is text, "1" is further added to the text counter N, the pointer is advanced, and it is determined whether or not the value of the text counter N matches the maximum text number NS. If they do not match, the character string on the pointer is acquired, and if it is text, the process of adding "1" to the text counter N is continued.

When the value of the text counter N matches the maximum number of texts NS, the virtual window generator 5207 separates a portion including NS texts before the position of the pointer from a portion after the position of the pointer. Find the position of the lane marking. The display control unit 5 displays the obtained position of the dividing line.
Notify 205. Also, the virtual window generation unit 520
7 determines whether or not the position of the pointer is at the end of the data. If the position of the pointer is not at the end, the value of the text counter N is set to the value immediately after the position of the dividing line for generating the virtual window is obtained. After "0" is set, the character string on the pointer is obtained, and the process of determining whether the obtained character string is text is repeated.

When the position of the pointer is at the end,
If it is not immediately after the position of the dividing line is obtained, the position of the bottom line of the window is notified to the display control unit 5205. If it is immediately after the position of the dividing line is obtained, the control unit 5204 is notified that the processing has been completed. Now, when the data shown in FIG. 53 is stored in the data storage unit 5201, the display unit 5206 of the display unit 5206 immediately after the user presses the “document display” button 502 of the remote controller 501 (before the virtual window generation processing). The display contents are shown in FIG. Display 52
A window 5401 is opened to the left of 06 and data 53
01 is displayed. Next, as shown in FIG. 55, a first virtual window 5501 is generated by the virtual window generation unit 5207, and displayed on the display unit 5206 by the display control unit 5205.

FIG. 56 shows a virtual window generating unit 5207.
As a result, a second virtual window 5601 and a third virtual window 5602 are generated, and the display control unit 5205 shows a state in which the first virtual window 5501 is displayed as a bold frame as the current virtual window. In this state, the user operates the remote controller 501
When the ↓ "button 506 is pressed, as shown in FIG.
The current virtual window is the second virtual window 560
Move to 1. In this specific example, the maximum number NS of texts to be accommodated in one virtual window 5501 or the like is “12”.
However, it can be any number equal to or greater than "2".

Also, virtual windows 5501 and 560
581, although it is a rectangle, depends on the position where the text exists and the value of the maximum number of texts NS.
Virtual windows 5801, 5802, 58
It may have an arbitrary shape such as 03. Next, the operation of the virtual window display according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

When the data is displayed on display portion 5206,
The virtual window generation unit 5207 counts the total number NE of the texts in the displayed data (S5902). It is determined whether or not the counted total text number NE exceeds the maximum text number NS accommodated in the virtual window (S590).
4) If not, the process is terminated; if not, the pointer is placed at the head of the data being displayed in the data storage unit 5201 (S5906).

The virtual window generation unit 5207 sets “0” to the text counter N (S5908), and acquires the character string with the pointer from the data storage unit 5201 (S5910). It is determined whether the pointer is at the end of the data (S5912).
If not, it is determined whether or not the character string is text (S5914). If it is text, "1" is added to the text counter N, and if not, the pointer is advanced as it is (S5918).

Next, the virtual window generator 5207 determines whether or not the value of the text counter N matches the maximum number of texts NS (S5920). If they match, the process moves to S5922; It returns to S5910. In step S5922, the virtual window generation unit 520
7 determines the position of the dividing line for dividing the window from the position of the pointer (S5922), and notifies the display control unit 5205.

The display control unit 5205 displays a virtual window from the position of the dividing line notified to the display unit 5206 (S5924). The window generation unit 5207 determines whether the pointer is at the end of the data (S592).
6) If it is at the end, the process ends; otherwise, S590
Return to 8. As described above, according to the present embodiment, when there are a large number of texts, it is troublesome to move between the texts. Therefore, a virtual window is provided, and the number of texts in the virtual window is set to a certain number or less. This facilitates selection of text. (Embodiment 9) FIG. 60 is a configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. The data processing device includes a data storage unit 6001, an input operation unit 6002,
An input signal receiving unit 6003, a control unit 6004, a display control unit 6005, a display unit 5206, and a virtual window generation unit 6007 are provided. Since the data processing device of the present embodiment is the same as the data processing device of the eighth embodiment, only the parts unique to the present embodiment will be described.

The data storage section 6001 is composed of a RAM or the like, and stores the data 5301 shown in FIG.
A text number table 6101 shown in FIG. 61 is written by a virtual window generation unit 6007 described later. The input operation unit 6002 has the following functions in addition to the functions of the input operation unit 5202 of the eighth embodiment.

The remote controller 501 sets “1”
When the user presses the channel button of “−12”, the number signal is transmitted to the input signal receiving unit 6003. Similarly to input signal receiving section 5203, input signal receiving section 6003 notifies the control section of the number when receiving the number signal in addition to the function of input signal receiving section 5203. The control unit 6004 similarly notifies the display control unit of the number when receiving the notification of the number from the input signal receiving unit 6003 in addition to the function of the control unit 5204.

The virtual window generation unit 6007 has the following functions in addition to the functions of the virtual window generation unit 5207 of the eighth embodiment. Virtual window generator 600
7 obtains the character string on the pointer, determines that the character string is text, and stores “1” in the text counter N.
Is added to the data storage unit 6001. FIG. 61 shows a text number table 6101 of the data 5301 thus created. In the text number table 6101,
Text 6102 and number 61 added to the text
03 is recorded.

The display control unit 6005 is the same as that of the eighth embodiment.
In addition to the functions of the display control unit 5205, the following functions are provided. When the virtual window is displayed as a current virtual window with a bold frame, the text number of the text included in the current virtual window is stored in the data storage unit 6.
The text is read from the text number table 6101 of 001 and displayed in a circle at the upper left of each text.

FIG. 62 shows the first virtual window 5501
Is the current virtual window, the partial data 62 of the virtual window 5501 displaying the text number
01 is shown. Further, when the display control unit 6005 is notified of the number from the control unit 6004, the data storage unit 605
The data linked to the corresponding text in the text number table 6101 of “01” is read, and the current display unit 6006 is read.
In place of the data being displayed.

Display unit 5206 has the same configuration as display unit 5206 of the eighth embodiment. For example, the display unit 52
06, the first virtual window 55 as shown in FIG.
When the channel button “2” of the remote controller 501 is pressed by the user when 01 is the current virtual window, the window 54 of the display unit 5206 is displayed.
01, the data 5303 (see FIG. 53)
It is displayed instead of 01.

As described above, in the eighth embodiment, “
Although two button operations of the ← “button 507” or the “→” button 508 and the “Enter” button 504 are required, in the present embodiment, one channel button of “1” to “12” is operated. The display of the data displayed on the display portion 5206 can be updated.
The operation is substantially the same as that of the eighth embodiment, and the following operation is added. Therefore, the operation will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

In S5916, the virtual window generation unit 6007 adds “1” to the text counter N, and then writes the text and the value of the text counter N in the text number table 6101 of the data storage unit 6001.
The display control unit 6005 ends the display of the virtual window, and displays the display of the current virtual window on the display unit 52.
After that, the text number of the text included in the current virtual window is read from the text number table 6101 of the data storage unit 6001, and displayed by encircling the circle.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a large number of texts exist, it is troublesome to move between the texts. Therefore, a virtual window is provided, and a certain number of texts or less are provided in the virtual window. The display of linked data is further facilitated by adding a number to the text and displaying the text so that the text can be selected by the channel button of the remote controller.

It is to be noted that Embodiments 3 to 9 are described.
21 showing the storage contents of the data storage unit 2001 of FIG.
And the like, the contents are displayed on the display unit 2006 or the like so that the contents can be understood. However, actually, the contents are described in a language such as HTML. In addition,
In the first to ninth embodiments, the data processing device according to the present invention is realized by the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and the like. However, the present invention is realized by a program, and this is realized by a floppy (registered trademark) disk. By transferring the data to a recording medium such as the one described above, it can be easily implemented by another computer system. FIG. 63 is an explanatory diagram in the case where this is carried out using a floppy disk.

Floppy disk 6 which is a recording medium body
In the physical format 301, tracks 1, 2,..., 80 are created on the concentric circles from the outer circumference to the inner circumference, and are divided into 16 sectors in the angular direction. The program is recorded according to the allocated area. The floppy disk 6301 is housed in a case 6401 as shown in FIG. 64, whereby the disk can be protected from dust and external impact and can be transported safely.

FIG. 65 is a diagram for explaining recording and reproduction of a program on the floppy disk 6301.
By connecting the floppy disk drive 6502 to the computer system 6501 as shown,
The program can be recorded and reproduced on the disk 6301. The disk 6301 is inserted into and removed from the floppy disk drive 6502 through the insertion port 6503. For recording, the program is recorded on the disk 6301 by the floppy disk drive 6502 from the computer system 6501. For reproduction, the floppy disk drive 6502 reads the program from the disk 6301 and transfers it to the computer system 6501.

In this embodiment, the description has been made using a floppy disk as a recording medium. However, the present invention can be similarly performed using an optical disk. Further, the recording medium is not limited to these, and can be similarly implemented as long as the program can be recorded, such as an IC card or a ROM cassette.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
A data processing device having a display unit, wherein the data storage unit stores a plurality of data including partial data and an association between the partial data included in any one of the data and any other data. Reading data stored in the data storage means according to an instruction of the data display instruction operating means, in accordance with an operation of the user, and instructing to display any one of the data, First display control means for displaying data in a window provided on a display means, and a display mode of selected partial data in the data displayed on the display means is distinguished from a display mode of other partial data. When an instruction is received from the selected state partial data instructing means and the selected state partial data instructing means, the display of the instructed partial data on the display means is selected. Second display control means for displaying in a state display mode, and data display update instruction operation means for instructing the display means to display data associated with the partial data in the selected state display mode in accordance with a user operation; ,
According to the instruction of the data display update instruction operating means, the data directly associated with the selected partial data stored in the data storage means is read, and the data displayed by the first display means is displayed on the display means. Since the third display control means for changing and displaying the partial data is provided, the operability of updating the display to the data associated with the partial data in the selected state is improved.

According to the present invention, when the data is displayed on the display means, the selected state partial data designating means of the data processing apparatus designates a predetermined partial data as the data of the selected state. And the time that the display mode of the Nth partial data is in the selected state is measured,
Since the timer unit instructs to move the selected state to the (N + 1) th partial data at predetermined time intervals, the selected state of the partial data can be moved at regular time intervals.

Further, according to the present invention, the selected state partial data designating means of the data processing device, when the data is displayed on the display means, designates the default part which designates predetermined partial data as the selected partial data. And a selected display time storage unit storing a selected display time to be displayed as a selected state of each partial data included in each data, and a display mode of the Nth partial data of the data displayed on the display means is selected. When the selected display time of the partial data is read from the selected display time storage unit, and when the selected display time reaches the read selected display time,
Since the timer unit instructs the (N + 1) th partial data to shift the selection state, the time during which the partial data is selected can be determined for each partial data.

Further, according to the present invention, when the partial data displayed on the display means is selected, the data directly associated with the partial data is read from the data storage means, and a new window is opened. Since the apparatus is provided with the data addition display control means to be provided and displayed, the user can know in advance the data to be displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a data processing method for displaying data including one or more partial data, wherein a display mode of a selected partial data in the data is changed to a display mode of another partial data. A selected state partial data instructing step for instructing to be distinguished, and a second display control step of, when receiving an instruction from the selected state partial data instructing step, displaying a display of the instructed partial data in a selected state display mode; A data display update instruction operation step for receiving an instruction to display data associated with the partial data in the display state of the selected state on the display means; and the partial data in the selected state according to the display instruction received in the data display update instruction operation step. Read the data directly associated with the data, and display the read data in place of the displayed data. In the data processing method having three display control steps, the selected state is automatically moved from the state in which the display mode of the Nth partial data is in the selected state to the (N + 1) th partial data. The operability of display update to data associated with a certain partial data is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a data processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a document stored in a document storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing menu information stored in a menu information storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an execution operation correspondence table stored in an operation execution unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a remote controller that is a specific example of the input operation unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a document displayed on the display unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation menu displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation menu displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of storing a document in the document storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a display operation on a display unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a data processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document stored in the document storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a list of keywords and types stored in a document storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing menu information stored in a menu information storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of a program guide displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation menu displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation menu displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of data display on a display unit by executing the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a data processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating data stored in a data storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of data display on a display unit according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a hierarchical menu on the display unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of data display by executing a menu item in the embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a data processing apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating data stored in a data storage unit according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a display example of a hierarchical menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a hierarchical menu on the display unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a display example of a hierarchical menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of data display by executing menu items according to the embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing other data stored in the data storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a display example of data on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu added to data on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a display example of a hierarchical menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a display example of a hierarchical menu on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a data display example in which a menu in which text in data according to the embodiment is set as a menu item is added.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a display example in which menus are hierarchized in the menu shown in FIG. 40;

FIG. 42 is a data processing apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing data stored in a data storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating an example of data display on a display unit according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing an example of data display on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 47 is a data processing apparatus according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a selection time list stored in the data storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 49 is a data processing apparatus according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 52 is a data processing apparatus according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 53 is a diagram showing data stored in a data storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a display example of the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a display example of a virtual window in the embodiment.

FIG. 56 is a diagram showing a display example of a current virtual window in the embodiment.

FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a display example of a current virtual window in the embodiment.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a current virtual window in the embodiment.

FIG. 59 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 60 is a data processing apparatus according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention;
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FIG. 61 is a diagram showing a text number table stored in the data storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 62 is a diagram showing a display example of the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 63 is an explanatory diagram of a recording medium on which a program executed by each component of the data processing apparatus described in the first to ninth embodiments is recorded.

FIG. 64 is a diagram showing the recording medium and a case.

FIG. 65 is a diagram illustrating how the recording medium is mounted on a computer system.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 broadcast receiving unit 102 separating unit 103, 2006, 4206, 5206 display unit 104, 1101 document storage unit 105, 1102 menu information storage unit 106 execution Section 107: clock section 108, 2002, 4202, 5202, 6002,...
・ Input operation unit 109, 2003, 4203, 5203, 6003
-Input signal receiving unit 110, 1103, 2004, 2802, 4204, 5
204, 6004 ... Control unit 111, 1104, 2007, 2803 ... Menu creation unit 112, 1105, 2005, 4205, 4901, 5
205, 6005... Display control unit 2001, 2801, 4201, 4701, 5201,
6001 data storage unit 501 remote controller 4207 text selection moving unit 6007 virtual window generation unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hidekazu Tanigawa 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A data processing device having a display means, wherein a plurality of data including partial data, and a relation between partial data included in any one data and any other data are stored. Data storage means, data display instruction operation means for giving an instruction to display any one of the data in accordance with a user operation, and data stored in the data storage means in accordance with the instruction of the data display instruction operation means A first display control means for reading data and displaying data in a window provided on the display means; and displaying a display mode of selected partial data in the data displayed on the display means as another partial data. When receiving an instruction from the selected state partial data indicating means,
Second display control means for displaying the specified partial data on the display means in the display state of the selected state; and data associated with the partial data in the display state of the selected state on the display means in accordance with a user operation. Data display update instruction operating means for instructing display of the data, and reading out the data directly associated with the selected partial data stored in the data storage means in accordance with the instruction of the data display update instruction operation means, And a third display control means for displaying the data instead of the data displayed by the first display means. 2. A selected part partial data designating means, when data is displayed on the display means, a default part for designating predetermined partial data as data of a part in a selected state, 2. The data processing according to claim 1, further comprising: a timer unit for measuring a time when the display mode is in the selected state, and instructing to move the selected state to the (N + 1) th partial data at predetermined time intervals. apparatus. 3. A selected state partial data designating means, when data is displayed on the display means, a default section for designating predetermined partial data as a selected state partial data, and a partial data included in each data. A selection display time storage unit that stores a selection display time to be displayed as a selection state of the selected data, and a selective display of the Nth partial data of the data displayed on the display means when the display mode is in the selected state. And a timer unit for instructing to move the selected state to the (N + 1) th partial data when the time in the selected state has reached the read selected display time. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein 4. When partial data displayed on the display means is selected, data directly associated with the partial data is read from the data storage means,
2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data addition display control unit for providing a new window and displaying the new window. 5. A data processing method for displaying data including one or more partial data, wherein the display mode of a selected partial data in the data is instructed to be distinguished from the display of other partial data. A selected state partial data instructing step; a second display control step of, when receiving an instruction from the selected state partial data instructing step, displaying a display of the instructed partial data in a display state of a selected state; A data display update instruction operation step of receiving a display instruction of data associated with the partial data in the display mode; and data directly associated with the selected partial data in accordance with the display instruction received in the data display update instruction operation step. And a third display control step for reading the read data and replacing the read data with the displayed data. The data processing method having the bets, data processing method, wherein the display mode of the N-th partial data is to be moved from the state in the selected state, automatically selected in (N + 1) th partial data.