JP2002108526A - Information display device and information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display device and information display system capable of displaying character news and relevant pictures on screen so that a strong impact can be applied, and that the contents can be made easy to understand by overcoming the problem such that any strong impact can not be acquired, and that the contents are made difficult to understand at a glance since only the character news is displayed in a conventional information display device and information display system. SOLUTION: An outside data acquisition part 22 of a server 2 acquires news data and relevant news picture data through the internet according to an acquisition condition from an input device 1, and distributes those data through a control part 24 to an information display device 3 by applying the same identification code. Then, the information display device 3 displays the news data and news picture data corresponding to the same identification code on the same screen according to a preliminarily designated screen format.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display apparatus and an information display system for displaying securities information and the like, and more particularly to displaying news and related images on one screen to improve convenience. The present invention relates to an information display device and an information display system that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An information display device is installed in a store of a securities company or a financial company, and provides various kinds of financial information to customers.

A conventional information display system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a schematic system block diagram of a conventional information display system. As shown in FIG.
A conventional information display system includes an input device 51 for inputting data, a server 52 for distributing the input data, and an information display device 5 for receiving and displaying data from the server 52.
3 and an external terminal 54 that receives securities information and the like from an external line and outputs it to the server 52.

[0004] In the conventional information display system, the server 52 accumulates security information and the like input through the external terminal 54, and updates the data,
When there is a request from the information display device 53, the stored data is read out and distributed to the information display device 53.

[0005] The server 52 receives and accumulates display screen data and a display schedule created by the input device 51 by capturing data of moving images, pictures, characters, sounds, and the like, and according to a preset display schedule. In some cases, securities information and various display screens are distributed to the information display device 53 and displayed on the information display device 53.

For example, text news data is input from the outside to the input device 51, and the input device 51 creates display screen data based on the text news data, and creates a display screen data.
, The server 52 distributes the display screen data to the information display device 53, and the information display device 53 displays a news screen of characters.

[0007] As a prior art related to the information display system, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
No. 90035 “Screen operating device in personal computer” (applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., inventor: Hiromo Kamine et al.). This prior art includes a central processing unit for processing requested information, a display device for displaying color data such as windows, characters, and images, an input device, a secondary storage device, and HTML data reading for reading HTML data. , An image data obtaining unit for obtaining image data from the image data, an image information obtaining unit for obtaining information such as an image size, and a layout analyzing unit for calculating a layout of the image list screen. A simple screen operation is realized, and a place in a page desired by the user can be easily displayed.

[0008]

However, in the conventional information display device and information display system, only news of characters can be displayed. Therefore, the impact of the display is weak, and it is difficult to understand the contents at a glance. In addition, there is a problem that the image becomes firm.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has an information display device capable of displaying a related image together with textual news, giving a strong impact to a viewer, and easily grasping the news content. It is an object to provide an information display system.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the problems of the above-mentioned prior art is based on character data obtained through the Internet and provided with a common code, and image data related to the character data. And displays the information on a single screen, for example, textual news information and related news photos can be displayed on a single screen, giving the viewer a strong impact and displaying the content of the news. It can be easier to grasp.

Further, the present invention is a server in which the server assigns a common code to the character data and the image data related to the character data and transmits the same, and the information display device transmits the received character data based on the common code. The information display system is an information display device that displays data and image data on one screen. In the information display device, character data and image data can be displayed on one screen in association with each other. For example, text news information And a news photo related thereto can be displayed on a single screen, giving a strong impact to the viewer and making it easy to grasp the content of the news.

Further, according to the present invention, a server assigns a search code to input image data based on related character data and stores the input image data. Upon receiving the transmission request, the server reads out the image data provided with the search code including the character string in response to the request, and transmits the read image data to the information display device. An image data transmission request that includes an image data transmission request to the server, receives the image data transmitted in response to the request from the server, and displays the image data together with the character data on a single screen. Thus, the user can extract image data related to desired character data without knowing the search code of the target image data.

Further, according to the present invention, the server transmits the display schedule to the information display device in advance, and the information display device receives and stores the display schedule, and displays the character data and the associated image data. The information display system displays the information in accordance with the schedule, so that the processing of the server can be reduced.

Further, the present invention provides an information display system in which a server distributes character data and related image data in accordance with a display schedule of each information display device, thereby simplifying the configuration and operation of a large number of information display devices. In addition, the cost of the information display device can be reduced.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the function realizing means described below may be any circuit or device as long as the function can be realized, and some or all of the functions may be realized by software. is there. Further, the function realizing means may be realized by a plurality of circuits, or the plurality of function realizing means may be realized by a single circuit.

First, an information display system and an information display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the information display system and the information display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the server acquires news data and news image data related thereto via the Internet, and assigns the same identification code to the server. When the information display device displays the news information, the information display device displays the news information and the news image data with the same identification code as a set on the same screen according to a preset screen format. The news data of the text information and the news image data of the image information related to the text information can be displayed on the same screen, giving a strong impact to the viewer and making it easy to grasp the content of the news. Things.

FIG. 1 is a schematic system block diagram of an information display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The information display system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes, as shown in FIG. 1, an input device 1 that inputs data of a screen format and a display schedule and transmits the data to a server 2;
An external terminal 4 for inputting securities information and the like from an external line and transmitting it to the server 2, an input device 1, an external terminal 4, a server 2 for receiving and storing data from the Internet, and distributing it to the information display device 3, 2 and a plurality of information display devices 3 for receiving and displaying data distributed from the information display device 3.

Each component will be specifically described. First, the input device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
1 is a configuration block diagram of an input device 1. FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the input device 1 includes an input unit 11 for inputting a created screen format and display schedule, and parameters for acquiring data from the Internet, an editing unit 12 for editing the input data, Transmitting unit 1 for transmitting
And 3. Further, the input device 1 may be provided in the same device as the server 2.

The input device 1 edits display schedule data and screen format data input from the input unit 11 in the editing unit 12, and transmits the edited data to the server 2 from the transmission unit 13.

Next, the server 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of the server 2. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the server 2 includes a receiving unit 21 that receives data from the input device 1 and the like, an external data obtaining unit 22 that obtains text news data and image news screen data via the Internet, A parameter storage unit 23 for storing parameters necessary for acquiring the information and the like, a data storage unit 25 for storing data of securities information (security data) and data of a display schedule received by the receiving unit 21, and an information display device. 3 and a control unit 24 that performs input / output control and distribution control for the data storage unit 25.

Each component of the server 2 will be described.
The receiving unit 21 receives data from the input device 1 or the external terminal 4 or the information display device 3.
From the external terminal 4, the acquisition conditions and parameters of the external data, the data of the display schedule and the screen format are received, and the security information and the like are received from the external terminal 4. Note that various requests can be received from the information display device 3 as described later.

The parameter storage unit 23 stores conditions for acquiring external data transmitted from the input device 1, parameters, and the like. As the stored data,
There are the URL address of the information acquisition destination of the Internet, the number of acquired news data, the acquisition interval, the acquisition time, and the like.

The external data acquisition unit 22 is a characteristic part of the first system, is connectable to the Internet, and obtains news data and news data from a specific URL on the Internet in accordance with the acquisition conditions stored in the parameter storage unit 23. This is to acquire news image data related thereto.

In the first system, the external data acquisition unit 2
No. 2 connects to a URL that can be browsed in a state where news data and news image data are originally associated with each other, and can be acquired in a state where news data and news image data are associated with each other. For example, by searching and acquiring news image data that has character information "caption" attached, character information can be used as news data and displayed together with the news image data. Is possible.

Further, the "caption" is divided into several parts such as "title", "headline", "comment (text)", and when a news screen is created, each part is displayed on the screen. An area (area) is assigned to create a news screen. In the first system, the news screen creation processing is performed by the information display device 3.
And will be described later.

As a feature of the first system, when the external data acquisition unit 22 acquires news data and news image data related thereto, the external data acquisition unit 22 assigns the same identification code to the news data and news image data. , To the control unit 24. Thus, the news data of the text information and the news photos of the image information can be clearly associated with each other and displayed on the same screen.

The transmitting unit 26 transmits a display schedule, news data, news image data, security data, and the like to the information display device 3 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 24.

The data storage unit 25 stores news data and news image data acquired by the external data acquisition unit 22 in addition to data such as securities data and display schedule received by the reception unit 21.

Here, news data and news image data stored in the data storage unit 25 of the server 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows the data storage unit 2
5 is a schematic explanatory diagram of news data and news image data stored in No. 5; FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, in the data storage unit 25, news data and news image data to which the same identification code is assigned are stored in association with each other, and at the time of distribution, the identification code, the news data, News image data is read as a set and distributed. The “common code” described in the claims corresponds to the “identical identification code”.

Next, data specifying a screen format (screen format specification data) stored in the data storage unit 25 of the server 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the screen format designation data stored in the data storage unit 25. In the first system, one or more screen formats created for each type of information are transmitted in advance from the input device 1 and stored in the data storage unit 25 of the server 2. It is distributed to the display device 3 in advance.
As shown in FIG. 5, the data for specifying the screen format defines which information is to be displayed in which screen format in accordance with an instruction from the input device 1.

In the example of FIG. 5, "interest 1" is displayed in screen format A, and "news" is displayed in screen format D. Further, in the input device 1, it is also possible to arbitrarily select and reset the display format according to the needs and preferences of the user and transmit the display format to the server 2, or to create a new screen format. The screen format designation data is distributed to each information display device 3 before distribution of the data from the server 2 or together with the data.

In the first system, a display schedule for each information display device 3 is also transmitted to each information display device 3 before data distribution.

The control unit 24 controls the distribution of the updated data to all the information display devices 3 when the data stored in the data storage unit 25 is updated. Specifically, the control unit 24 stores the data input from the reception unit 21 or the external data acquisition unit 22 in the data storage unit 2.
5, when the data has been updated, the data is stored in the data storage unit 25, and if necessary, the screen format designation data is read from the data storage unit 25, added to the data, and transmitted. This is output to the unit 26.

In particular, as a feature of the first system, when transmitting the news data and the news image data related to the news data, the control unit 24 identifies the identification data stored in advance in the data storage unit 25. A code is added and output to the transmission unit 26.

Next, the information display device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a configuration block diagram of the information display device 3. As shown in FIG. 6, the information display device 3 includes a receiving unit 31 that receives data from the server 2, a storage unit 32 that stores the received data, a display control unit 33 that performs display control, and a display schedule. Analyze and display control unit 33
Display schedule analysis unit 3 for instructing read data to
4 and a display unit 35 for displaying data.

The storage unit 32 stores the received data. Specifically, the storage unit 32 stores security data, news data, news image data, etc., in addition to the display schedule and screen format of the display device. is there.

Here, news data and news image data stored in the storage section 32 of the information display device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram of news data and news image data stored in the storage unit 32. As shown in FIG. 7, the accumulation unit 32
News information is stored based on the data transmitted from the server 2, and stores a number, an identification code, corresponding news data, news image data, and screen format designation data.

When displaying the news, the display schedule analyzing unit 34 designates “news” to the display control unit 33, and the display control unit 33
, The news data and the corresponding news image data are sequentially read out, the display screen data is created in accordance with the designated screen format, and the news screen is displayed on the display unit 35.

The display schedule analysis unit 34 is a storage unit 3
2 that reads the display schedule stored in 2 and refers to an internal real-time clock, and instructs the display control unit 33 of a program (data) to be displayed from now on when the time of program switching comes. It is.

The display control unit 33 reads out data from the storage unit 42 in accordance with an instruction from the display schedule analysis unit 34, creates display screen data, and outputs it to the display unit 35. At this time, the display control unit 33 specifies the screen format according to the screen format designation data received and stored together with the data, and creates display screen data by combining the screen format data with character data and image data. I have to.

In particular, when displaying news information, the display control unit 33 sets the news and the news image data as a set in accordance with the specified screen format, with the news data and the news image data to which the same identification code is assigned. Create and display news screen data by combining related images.

More specifically, the display control unit 33 displays the news of the character information based on the news data in a specific area on the screen defined by the screen format, and displays the news in another specific area. A news image is displayed based on the news image data corresponding to the data. As a result, the news and the news image related thereto can be displayed on one screen.

Next, the operation of the first system will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In the first system, securities information such as a stock price is received by an external terminal 4 from an external line and transmitted to the server 2 as in the related art. The input device 1 inputs the external data acquisition conditions in the server 2, the display schedule for each information display device 3, and the screen format for each information, and transmits them to the server 2.

In the server 2, the external terminal 4 and the input device 1
When the receiving unit 21 receives the data transmitted from the control unit 24, the control unit 24 stores the external data acquisition condition in the parameter storage unit 23, and stores other data in the data storage unit 25.

The control unit 24 of the server 2 transmits the display schedule, the data of the screen format, and the screen format designation data for each type of information to all the information display devices 3 at the first transmission of the day, for example. This allows each information display device 3 to store the screen format and its own display schedule, perform display control based on these, and reduce the processing of the server 2.

Then, the external data acquisition unit 22 of the server 2
At the time of acquisition of the external data stored in the parameter storage unit 23, a specific U
RL, and acquires news data and news image data according to the acquisition conditions.

Here, the external data acquisition unit 22 periodically attempts to acquire news data and news image data. However, if the data has not been updated in the URL, the data is not acquired and the data is updated. News data and news image data are acquired only when the As described above, the news data is a “caption” attached to the news image data, and the news data and the news image data are associated in advance as being related.

As a feature of the first system, the external data acquisition unit 22 assigns the same identification code to the news data and the related news image data to clarify the correspondence between the news data and the news image data. The data is output to the control unit 24. The control unit 24 stores the news data and the news image data in the data storage unit 25 as shown in FIG.

The control unit 24 checks the information stored in the data storage unit 25, and if there is updated data, reads out the data and outputs it to the transmission unit 26 to all the information display devices 3. . It should be noted that the screen format designation data may be added and distributed at the time of data distribution instead of being distributed collectively.

Then, the transmitting section 26 transmits the transmission data to all the information display devices 3. At this time, TCP / IP or the like is used as a transfer protocol.

In the information display device 3, the receiving unit 31 receives the display schedule, the display format, the securities data, the news data, and the news image data transmitted from the server 2 and accumulates and stores them in the accumulating unit 32.

Then, the display schedule analysis section 34 of the information display device 3 reads the display schedule from the storage section 32 and periodically compares the current time with the display schedule. 33,
An instruction to read data of a newly displayed program (display information) is output. The display control unit 33 reads data from the storage unit 32 according to the instruction, creates display screen data according to the specified screen format, and outputs the display screen data to the display unit 35.

In the first system, the display schedule is set in advance from the input device 1 for each information display device 3, transmitted via the server 2, and stored in the storage section 32 of the information display device 3. The program (information) to be displayed and the display start time are defined.

For example, the display schedule is “9:00
~ Interest 1 "→" 9:10 interest 2 "→ ... → 10: 00
-News 1 "->" 10:05-News 2 "->" 1
0:10 to news 3 ”→... →“ 10:30 to poster ”→.

Here, as a feature of the first system, if the program to be displayed is "news", the display control unit 33
Reads out a set of news data and news image data corresponding to the same identification code in numerical order from the storage unit 35 and a screen format stored corresponding to the set, and defines the set in the screen format. A news screen is created and displayed by inserting text news data and related image data into a specific area.

That is, in the first system, the server 2
Then, every time the data is updated, the updated data is transmitted to all the information display devices 3, and the information display device 3 sorts out the received data according to a dedicated display schedule and displays the data according to the schedule. I have. As described above, by managing the display schedule for each information display device, a user-specific display program for operating the information display device can be provided, and the processing of the server can be reduced.

In the first system, it is the information display device 3 that creates a news screen, and the server 2 includes news data necessary for creating a news screen, news image data, a screen format, The screen format designation data is transmitted, and the processing of the server 2 can be reduced.

Here, a display example of news information in the first system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
(A) and (b) show the information display device 3 of the first system.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of news information in the example. In the format shown in FIG.
The display area is divided into three areas (areas) of “title”, “image”, and “article” on a display area of 80 dots × 640 dots.

"Title" is character information that simply expresses the content of the news, and is a part of the received news data, which is displayed using character information data that is specified in advance as "Title". It is.

Similarly, the "article" is displayed based on another part of the news data, and is character information for explaining the content of the news. The “image” is a picture or a picture displayed based on the news image data, and the text information of the news and the image related thereto are displayed on one screen.

As another display example in the first system, there is a four-divided screen as shown in FIG. 8B, and the screen is divided into four parts, and “title”, “headline”, “image” and “comment” are displayed. Each is displayed in an area defined by the screen format.

As shown in FIG. 8B, a small square is displayed at the left end of the screen, which is a feature of the first system, and indicates that the news information is not updated for a certain period of time. Symbol. The monitoring symbol can warn the user that the news information has not been updated.

More specifically, the display schedule analysis section 34 of the information display device 3 determines whether the news information in the storage section 32 has been updated, and updates the news information even after a predetermined time has elapsed. If not, an instruction is output to the display control unit 33 to display a monitoring symbol as a warning display.

According to the information display system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the external data acquisition unit 22 of the server 2
Acquires the news data and the related news image data via the Internet according to the acquisition conditions from the input device 1, attaches the same identification code, and distributes the same to the information display device 3 via the control unit 24. Since the information display device 3 displays news data and news image data corresponding to the same identification code on the same screen in accordance with a previously specified screen format, the related image is displayed together with the text news. This has the effect of giving a strong impact to the viewer and making it easier to grasp the news content.

According to the first information display system,
In the information display device 3, when news information is not updated for a certain period of time, a monitoring sign is displayed as a warning display. Therefore, it is possible to warn of abnormality of the system so that a visitor does not recognize it, which is convenient. There is an effect that the property can be improved.

When only news data of character information is distributed from the server and the user checks the news data on the information display device and specifies the news data whose image is to be displayed, the information display device displays the news data. Sends an image data transmission request including the identification code given to the server to the server, and the server receives the image data transmission request, reads out news image data provided with the identification code included in the request, and sends the request to the server. The information may be transmitted to the original information display device and displayed on one screen in the information display device.

Next, an information display system (second system) according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The second system does not distribute news data and news image data in association with each other from the server side,
The server assigns a search code to news image data and stores the news image data, and according to a request from the information display device, distributes the news image data to which the search code according to the request is assigned.

The configuration of the server of the second system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a configuration block diagram of a server of the second system. As shown in FIG. 2, the configuration of the server 2 'in the second system is almost the same as the configuration of the server 2 in the first system shown in FIG. 1, except for the external data acquisition unit 22' and the control unit 24. ′ Are partially different from those of the first system.

External data acquisition section 22 'of the second system
Is for connecting to the Internet and acquiring news data and news image data in the same manner as the external data acquisition unit 22 of the first system. The second system is characterized in that the acquired news image data has text information And a search code providing means for providing the search code.

The search code is character information that accurately represents the content of the news image data, and is extracted from the caption accompanying the news image data by the search code assigning means and assigned. Then, the external data acquisition unit 22 'outputs news data and news image data to which the search code is added to the control unit 24'.

The control unit 24 'includes an external data acquisition unit 22'
Is stored in the data storage unit 25. The second system is characterized by transmission of image data input from the information display device 3 '. In response to the request, control is performed to search the data storage unit 25, extract news image data based on the search code, and transmit the news image data to the information display device 3 'of the request source.

Next, an information display device of the second system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a configuration block diagram of the information display device of the second system. The information display device 3 'of the second system has substantially the same configuration as that of the first information display device 3 shown in FIG. 6, but is partially different in the configuration and operation of the display schedule analysis unit 34'. Also, a transmitting / receiving unit 37 is provided instead of the receiving unit 31,
An operation unit 36 for a user to perform an input operation is provided.

The display schedule analyzing section 34 'outputs a display instruction to the display control section 33 based on the display schedule as in the first system. As a feature of the second system, the operation section 37 is provided. When an instruction of a keyword and an image data transmission request is input from, an image data transmission request including the keyword is transmitted to the server 2 via the transmission / reception unit 37.

The display schedule analyzer 34 '
It receives the image data transmitted from the server 2 in response to the image data transmission request and outputs it to the display control unit 33.

The operation of the second system will be described with reference to FIGS. Server 2 'of the second system
Is similar to the server 2 of the first system, when the external data acquisition unit 22 'acquires news data and news image data from the Internet as external data, but acquires news data and news image data related thereto. Then, a search code for character information representing the content of the news is added to the news image data, and output to the control unit 24 '. The search code is assigned based on news data related to the news image data. The control unit 24 '
News data and news image data to which a search code has been added are stored in the data storage unit 25.

When the news data is updated and distributed, the control unit 24 reads out only the news data from the data storage unit 25 and distributes it to the information display device 3 ′ via the transmission unit 26.

The information display device 3 'displays a program (information) based on a display schedule as in the first device. When displaying news information, first, only the news data of character information is displayed. I do. Then, when the user inputs a character string serving as a keyword based on the character information as needed, the display schedule analysis unit 34 'creates an image data transmission request including the character string, and
7 to the server 2 '. It is easy to extract keywords from “headings” and “titles” that are part of news data.

In the server 2 ′, upon receiving the image data transmission request including the keyword, the control unit 24 selects the news image data to which the search code including the keyword is added, and transmits the selected image data via the transmission unit 26. Information display device 3 '
Send to

In the information display device 3 ', when news image data is received by the transmission / reception unit 37, the display schedule analysis unit 34' outputs the received news image data to the display control unit 33, and the display control unit 33 executes News screen data is created by combining news data of character information and news image data of image information in accordance with a specified screen format, and is output to the same screen.

According to the information display system of the second embodiment, when the external data acquisition unit 22 'of the server 2' acquires news image data, it retrieves a search code representing the contents of the news image data. The information is stored in the data storage unit 25 via the control unit 24 ', and the control unit 24' transmits only the news data to all the information display devices 3 'when the news information is distributed. When displaying the news data, only the news data of the character information is displayed, and when a character string serving as a keyword is input by the user based on the character information, the display schedule analyzing unit 34 'displays an image including the character string. The data transmission request is transmitted to the server 2 ', and the server 2' transmits the news image data to which the search code including the character string included in the image data transmission request is added. Is read and transmitted to the requesting information display device 3 '. Since the information display device 3' displays news data and news image data on the same screen, the server 2 'displays only the news data. Broadcasting can be performed all at once, and only necessary news image data can be transmitted in response to a request from each information display device 3 'later. This has the effect of reducing the amount of transmitted data during simultaneous distribution.

Further, according to the second information display device and the information display system, the user can retrieve the desired news image data without knowing the search code of the desired news image data, and can obtain the news data and the related news data. The news image data to be displayed can be displayed on one screen.

Next, an information display system (third system) according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the third system, creation of news screen data and management of a display schedule in each information display device are performed by a server, so that the configuration and processing of the information display device can be simplified.

The configuration of the entire third system is almost the same as that of the first system shown in FIG. 1, but the configuration and operation of the server and the information display device are partially different from those of the first system. The configuration of the server in the third system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a configuration block diagram of a server in the third system. As shown in FIG. 11, the configuration of the server 2 ″ in the third system is almost the same as that of the servers in the first and second systems, but the configuration and operation of the control unit 24 ″ are different. Further, the external data acquisition unit 22 is similar to the external data acquisition unit 22 in the first system. Also, the data storage unit 2
5 stores a display schedule for each information display device.

As a feature of the third system, the control unit 24 ″ includes a news screen creation unit, combines news data input from the external data acquisition unit 22 and news image data related thereto, and further stores a data storage unit. The news screen data is created in a screen format based on the screen format designation data stored in advance in the storage unit 25 and stored in the data storage unit 25.

In the third system, the control unit 24 ″ creates not only news screen data but also display screen data of other information and stores it in the data storage unit 25.

The control unit 24 ″ has a data storage unit 25.
The news screen data is read from the data storage unit 25 based on the display schedule of each information display device 3 ″ stored in the information display device 3 ″, and the information display device 3 ″ is transmitted via the transmission unit 26.
To send to.

Next, the configuration of the information display device of the third system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the configuration of the information display device 3 ″ in the third system. As shown in FIG. 12, the information display device 3 ″ includes a receiving unit 31, a display control unit 33, a display unit 35, , And the information received by the receiving unit 31 is
3 and sequentially output to the display unit 35 for display.

As described above, in the third system,
The configuration and operation of the information display device 3 ″ can be greatly simplified.

The operation of the third system will be described with reference to FIGS. Server 2 ″ of the third system
Then, similarly to the server 2 of the first system, the external data acquisition unit 22 acquires news data and news image data from the Internet, attaches the same identification code, and outputs it to the control unit 24 ″.

The control unit 24 ″ combines news data and corresponding news image data to create news screen data in which news data and news image data are displayed on the same screen according to a preset screen format. Is stored in the data storage unit 25.

Then, the control unit 24 ″ stores the data storage unit 2
5 is compared with the current time, and if the current time matches the display schedule, the program (display screen data) specified by the display schedule is read and the display is performed. The display unit outputs the display screen data to the information display device 3 ″ corresponding to the schedule to the transmission unit 26. If the display schedule specifies news, the control unit 2
4 "reads out the news screen data and transmits it to the information display device 3".

When the information display device 3 "receives the display screen data from the server 2", the information display device 3 outputs it to the display unit 35 to display the received display screen data. If the received display screen data is news screen data, news data of character information and news image data of image information are displayed on the same screen. The operation in the third system is performed in this manner.

According to the information display apparatus and the information display system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 24 ″ of the server 2 ″ controls the news data input from the external data acquisition unit 22 and the news data related thereto. News screen data for displaying character information and image information on the same screen is created in combination with news screen data in accordance with the screen format stored in the data storage unit 25, and stored in the data storage unit 25. The news screen data is read out according to the display schedule for each information display device 3 "stored in the data storage unit 25 and distributed to the information display device 3" from the transmission unit 26, and the information display device 3 "receives the news screen data. The configuration and operation of a large number of information display devices 3 ″ can be greatly simplified, and the cost can be reduced. There is an effect that can be reduced.

The display schedule may be independent for each information display device 3 ", common to a specific group, or the same for all information display devices 3".

Also, by incorporating a calendar function into the display schedule, for example, programs for customers are displayed during business hours, and educational programs for users (branch members) are displayed on non-business days and outside business hours. It can also be displayed.

Similarly, by inputting the peripheral map information of the branch, the walking information of the branch, and the like from the input device 1, it is also possible to display a program specific to the branch, thereby providing an effect of further improving customer service. is there.

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According to the present invention, an information display device that receives character data obtained via the Internet and provided with a common code and image data related to the character data and displays the data on one screen. Therefore, for example, text news information and news photos related thereto can be displayed on one screen, which has the effect of giving a strong impact to a viewer and making it easy to grasp the contents of the news.

Further, according to the present invention, the server is a server that adds a common code to the character data and the image data related thereto and transmits the same, and the information display device receives and transmits the character data based on the common code. Since the information display system is an information display device that displays character data and image data on a single screen, the information display device can display character data and image data on a single screen in association with each other. The news information and the related news photos can be displayed on one screen, which has the effect of giving a strong impact to the viewer and making it easy to grasp the contents of the news.

Further, according to the present invention, the server assigns a search code to the input image data based on the related character data and stores the image data, and includes a specific character string from the information display device. Upon receiving the image data transmission request,
In response to the request, the image data to which the search code including the character string is added is read and transmitted to the information display device, and the information display device transmits the image data including the character string related to the character data to be displayed. Sends a request to the server,
Since the information display system receives the image data transmitted in response to the request from the server and displays the image data together with the character data on one screen, the user can obtain a desired image data without knowing the search code of the target image data. Image data related to character data can be extracted.

Further, according to the present invention, the server transmits the display schedule to the information display device in advance, and the information display device receives and stores the display schedule, and stores the character data and the associated image data. , Because the information display system that displays according to the display schedule,
Server processing can be reduced.

Also, the present invention is an information display system in which the server distributes character data and related image data in accordance with the display schedule of each information display device. Therefore, the configuration and operation of many information display devices can be simplified. Thus, the cost of the information display device can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic system block diagram of an information display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of the input device 1.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a server 2.

FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory diagram of news data and news image data stored in a data storage unit 25.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram of screen format designation data stored in a data storage unit 25;

FIG. 6 is a configuration block diagram of the information display device 3.

FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram of news data and news image data stored in a storage unit 32.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are explanatory diagrams showing display examples of news information on the information display device 3 of the first system.

FIG. 9 is a configuration block diagram of a server.

FIG. 10 is a configuration block diagram of an information display device of the second system.

FIG. 11 is a configuration block diagram of a server in a third system.

FIG. 12 is a configuration block diagram of an information display device 3 ″ in the third system.

FIG. 13 is a schematic system block diagram of a conventional information display system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 input device, 2 server, 3 information display device
4 external terminal, 11 input unit, 12 editing unit, 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a transmission unit, 21 denotes a reception unit, 22 denotes an external data acquisition unit, 23 denotes a parameter storage unit, and 24 denotes a control unit.
5 data storage unit 26 transmission unit 31 reception unit
32 storage unit 33 display control unit 34 display schedule analysis unit 35 display unit 36 operation unit
37: transmitting / receiving unit, 51: input device, 52: server,
53: information display device, 54: external terminal

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Claims (8)

[Claims] The server acquires character data to which a common code is added and image data related to the character data via a communication line, and receives the character code to which the common code is added. An information display device, wherein the character data and the image data are displayed on one screen. 2. An image data transmission request including a character string related to character data received from a server is transmitted to the server, and image data transmitted in response to the image data transmission request from the server is received. 2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display device displays the character data on one screen. 3. A screen format for designating an area for displaying character data and an area for displaying image data, wherein character data and image data related to the character data are displayed on one screen based on the screen format. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information is displayed. 4. A server for transmitting input character data and related image data via a communication line, and an information display device for receiving and displaying the data transmitted from the server via the communication line. An information display system comprising: wherein the server is a server that adds and transmits a common code to character data and image data related to the character data, and wherein the information display device is based on the common code. An information display device for displaying the character data and the image data on one screen. 5. A server for transmitting input character data and related image data via a communication line, and an information display device for receiving and displaying the data transmitted from the server via the communication line. An information display system comprising: the server, in addition to the input image data, by adding a search code based on the relevant character data and storing,
When receiving an image data transmission request including a specific character string from the information display device, in response to the image data transmission request, reads out image data to which a search code including the character string is added, and sends the read image data to the information display device. A server for transmitting, the information display device transmits an image data transmission request including a character string related to character data to be displayed to the server,
An information display system, comprising: an information display device that receives image data transmitted from the server in response to the image data transmission request and displays the image data together with the character data on one screen. 6. A server transmits a plurality of screen formats for designating an area for displaying character data and an area for displaying image data to an information display device in advance, and stores the character data and an image related to the character data. A server for transmitting data and data designating any of the screen formats to an information display device, wherein the information display device stores the screen format received from the server, and outputs character data and text data from the server. When image data related to the character data and data specifying a screen format are received, information for displaying the character data and the image data on one screen according to a screen format specified by the data specifying the screen format The information display system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the information display system is a display device. 7. A server for transmitting a display schedule designating display information and a display time to an information display device in advance, wherein the information display device receives and stores the display schedule transmitted from the server. In advance, the character data transmitted from the server and the image data related thereto are
7. The information display system according to claim 4, wherein the information display device displays information according to the display schedule. 8. A server stores a display schedule that specifies display information and a display time corresponding to each information display device, and stores character data and image data related to the character data in accordance with the display schedule. 5. The information display system according to claim 4, wherein the server is a server that distributes the information to each of the information display devices.