JP2002318575A - Multi-display system and its data display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively display necessary contents on the opposite person-side display of a multi-display system which has an operation-side display and the opposite person-side display. SOLUTION: The display contents of the opposite person-side display 102 which are matched with the state of an opposite person are stored in a specific condition storage means 6 and the display contents are generated in a display data indication table. When a request to input is not made on the opposite- person side, the input by the opposite person is inhibited and necessary data are displayed according to the display data indication table. Consequently, the opposite person-side display 102 can effectively be used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a multi-display system, and more particularly to display of predetermined data on a facing display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a multi-display system in which a plurality of display devices are connected to one information processing device has been increasingly used. In addition, not only the displays are arranged side by side, but also the operation in which two displays are placed so that each of two users sitting face to face can be seen is increasing. (Hereinafter referred to as face-to-face).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a multi-display system when placed face-to-face. In FIG. 2, a mouse 21 and a keyboard 22 are connected to the information processing apparatus main body 20, and further, an operation-side display 101 and a facing-side display 102 are connected.

The contents obtained by operating the mouse 21 and the keyboard 22 by the operator are displayed on the operation side display 101 and the facing side display 102.
A partner sitting facing the operator can refer to and operate the facing display 102.

[0005]

However, in the conventional multi-display system, when the operator does not use the facing display, the display content of the facing display is not updated. For this reason, especially when the operator places a meeting in a scene of service at a travel agency or the like, the operator uses the operation-side display 101 to perform an operation such as “search for available room information”. There is a demand that the face-to-face display 102 should successively display predetermined data that is considered effective for the facing person who is referring to the face-to-face display 102 even when the above operation is not performed.

[0006] Also, since the opponents who meet each other have greatly different characteristics such as gender and age, there has been a demand to change the data to be displayed in accordance with the opponents and the situation.

[0007] In addition, the meeting person can select a travel destination,
If the user wants to input a budget, an input device for operation by a meeting person is required. Therefore, it is conceivable to provide a mouse capable of inputting to the facing display 102 or to mount a touch panel. In such a case, if the operator operates the facing display 102 while the operator is performing an operation such as “search for vacant room information” using the operating display 101, the operator may be instructed. It is necessary to prohibit the input of the in-person person while the operator is working, because the operation may be interrupted or malfunction.

According to the present invention, useful information for a facing person can be displayed on the facing side display, and when the facing side display has not been used for a certain period of time, or the operator does not use the facing side display. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-display system capable of displaying predetermined data on the facing display when this is clearly indicated.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus main body, display means connected to the information processing apparatus and including an operation side display and a facing side display, Operation-side input means for inputting an operation, face-to-face input means for inputting an operation on the face-side display, and display content for classifying and holding the display content on the face-side display according to the classification and situation of the face-to-face person Storage means, display data instruction table creating means for creating a display data instruction table for determining display contents according to an individual meeting person, and the facing display according to the display data instruction table created by the display data instruction table creating means. And data display means for displaying predetermined data, and inputting to the face-to-face display It is characterized in that display predetermined data into oncoming display according to the display data instruction tables while you are sealed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display means including an operation-side display and a facing-side display, an operating-side input means for inputting an operation on the operating-side display, and a facing-face inputting an operation on the facing-side display. Side input means, face-side display input monitoring means for detecting that there has been no input on the face-side display for a certain period of time, and face-side display non-use timing input means for the operator to indicate that the face-side display is not to be used and restarted. Display content storage means for classifying and storing face-to-face persons and display contents to face-to-face persons; predetermined condition storage means for storing a predetermined condition classification table for classifying face-to-face persons and their individual situations; Create a display data instruction table for determining display contents according to predetermined conditions held in the condition storage means. Means for creating a display data instruction table, data display means for displaying predetermined data on the facing display along the display data instruction table, and prohibiting input to the facing display by a facing person while the predetermined data is being displayed. And display input prohibiting means.

The invention of claim 3 of the present application is directed to claim 1 or 2
In the multi-display system, the display data instruction table specifies a plurality of files held in the display content storage means and a time for displaying each file.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the multi-display system according to any one of the first to third aspects,
The data display means, when the display of the data specified by the data specification table has completed one cycle, displays the data again from the beginning.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus main body, display means connected to the information processing apparatus and including an operation side display and a facing side display, and an operation side for inputting an operation to the operation side display. Input means, face-side input means for inputting an operation on the face-side display, display content storage means for classifying and holding display contents on the face-side display according to the classification and situation of the face-to-face person, A display data instruction table creating means for creating a display data instruction table that determines display contents according to the classification situation of the above, and data display means for displaying predetermined data on the facing display in accordance with the display data instruction table. A data display method in a display system, wherein display data is tailored to a meeting person. Creating a display table and reading data from the display content storage means in accordance with the display data instruction table and displaying the read data on the facing display while the input to the facing display is prohibited. It is assumed that.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the data display method of the multi-display system according to the fifth aspect, the display data instruction table specifies a plurality of files and a display time thereof. Are sequentially displayed for a designated display time.

The invention of claim 7 of the present application is directed to claim 5 or 6
In the data display method of the multi-display system, the display of the data indicated by the data instruction table on the facing person side display is performed again from the beginning when the display has completed one cycle. is there.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a multi-display system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, an operation side input means 1 is an operation side input means for an operation side display such as a mouse or a keyboard. The facing display is provided with facing input means 2 such as a touch panel. A mouse, keyboard, or the like may be provided as input means dedicated to the facing side, and this may be used as the facing side input means 2. The facing display input monitoring means 3 detects that there has been no input to the facing display for a certain period of time. The face-side display non-use timing input means 4 explicitly inputs that the face-side display is not used or that the use of the face-side display is restarted. The face-side display input prohibiting means 5 is a means for prohibiting input to the face-side display, and is input from the operation-side input means 1. The predetermined condition storage means 6 stores a predetermined condition classification table for obtaining data according to the situation or individual data for the person in contact. The display data instruction table creating means 7 creates a table for determining which file is to be displayed and how it is classified. The display content storage means 8 is a storage means for classifying and holding the display contents to be displayed on the facing display according to the classification and orientation of the facing person.
It consists of image files, audio files, etc. The data display means 9 is for displaying on the facing display in accordance with the display data instruction table. Display means 10
Is an operation-side display 101 used when the operator works, and a facing-side display 102 to which the facing person refers.
It is comprised including.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. With reference to FIG. 3, a description will be given of a flow in which predetermined data is displayed on the facing display by clearly indicating the non-use timing of the facing display. For example, at a travel agency,
When the operator wants to wait for a customer who is facing the user and perform an operation such as “search for vacant room information” or the like, in step 201, the operator explicitly inputs the start of non-use of the facing display.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a display on the operation side display when inputting the start of non-use. This display is displayed on the operation side display 101. Along with a button indicating the start of non-use, the classification and status of the meeting person can be input. The operator can select one of the categories “couple”, “family”, “business”, “mature”, and “general” according to the situation of the customer, for example, “family”
Select Next, in order to select the region where the customer is going to travel and to indicate that the touch panel of the facing display 102 referred to by the customer will not be used anymore,
Press the start button.

Then, the process proceeds to step 202, where a predetermined condition classification table is searched in accordance with the classification and the situation inputted in step 201, and a display data instruction table for a facing person is created.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a part of the display content storage means. The contents of the table need to be registered in advance according to selectable customer classifications and regions. The display data instruction table creating means 5 having received the classification "family" and the area "Oceania" combines the data registered in the predetermined condition classification table to generate a display data instruction table as shown in FIG. In the display data instruction table, the type of data to be displayed, the time to display when the data to be displayed is a still image, the name of the file to be displayed, or the character string to be displayed are stored in the order of display.

Before actually displaying the data, step 2
At 03, the operation on the facing display 102 is prohibited. The facing-side display input prohibiting means 5 constantly monitors the input of the touch panel, the keyboard, and the mouse, and intercepts any input to the facing-side display 102 so as not to pass the input to the system. Prohibit input.

In step 204, the operator starts necessary work, for example, the work of "search for available room information".
On the other hand, in step 205, the data display means 8 starts displaying on the facing display 102 in order from the first row in accordance with the contents of the display data instruction table. When displayed along the display data instruction table of FIG. 6, FIG.
The screen transition is as follows. First, as shown in FIG.
Only the character string "Now processing. Please wait for a while." Is displayed for 7 seconds. Next, a video file “optional tour guide.mpg” is reproduced. Next, a still image of the file xxx beach.bmp is displayed for 5 seconds. Next, a character string of "Please apply early!" Is displayed for 5 seconds. Then, in step 206, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to restart the use of the facing display.

Upon completion of the "search for available room information" operation, the operator issues an instruction to resume the use of the facing display in step 207. This is, for example, the operation side display 10
This can be done by selecting the “End” button displayed in the item 1. Thus, the display of the data repeatedly performed on the facing display 102 ends. In step 208, in order to receive the display of the vacant room information and the input of the facing person, the facing display 102 is received.
Releases the input prohibition to.

In this embodiment, there is a part for inputting the classification and the situation of the meeting person. However, if there is data of the meeting person in the customer data management or the like, the data can be diverted. is there.

The following is a description of the flow when it is detected that there has been no input to the facing display for a certain period of time. If a plurality of customers waiting for another business indirectly refer to the facing display 102 after the customer who left the meeting has left, the operator performs his / her work on the operating display 101. continue. In step 301, the face-side display input monitoring means 3
Monitors all inputs to the facing display of the touch panel, mouse and keys. If there is no input to the facing display 102 for a certain period of time,
The process automatically proceeds to step 302, where data is set in the predetermined condition classification table in the classification "general" area "nationwide", and display is started. Subsequent steps are the same as those in the case where the operator clearly indicates that the face-side display is not to be used, and thus will not be described.

Although the present embodiment has been described on the premise of use in a travel agency, the multi-display system according to the present invention is not limited to this and can be used for various purposes.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the multi-display system of the present invention, even when the operator does not directly operate the facing display, the facing display can be effectively used. Also, when predetermined data is displayed on the facing display, input from the facing person is prohibited, so that malfunction does not occur.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a multi-display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a multi display system.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a specific display non-use start instruction according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a display content storage unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a display data instruction table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen transition according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 operation side input means 2 face side input means 3 face side display input monitoring means 4 face side display non-use timing input means 5 face side display input prohibition means 6 predetermined condition storage means 7 display data instruction table creation means 8 display content storage means 9 Data display means 10 Display means 101 Operation side display 102 Face side display

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Sano 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshifumi Kawabuchi 1006 Okadoma Kadoma, Kadoma City Osaka Pref. 72) Inventor Toshihiro Matsumoto 1006 Kadoma, Kazuma, Osaka Prefecture F-term in Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (reference) 5C082 AA34 CB01 DA87 MM05 5E501 AC07 AC14 BA02 CA02 CB02 CB09 FA42

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus main body, display means connected to the information processing apparatus and including an operation side display and a facing side display, an operation side inputting means for inputting an operation on the operation side display, and the facing side Face-to-face input means for inputting an operation on the display, Display content storage means for classifying and holding the display content on the face-to-face display according to the classification and situation of the face-to-face person, Display content according to the individual face-to-face person Display data instruction table creating means for creating a display data instruction table for determining the display data instruction table, and data display means for displaying predetermined data on the facing display in accordance with the display data instruction table created by the display data instruction table creating means. The display data instruction while the input to the face-to-face display is prohibited. Multi-display system and displaying the predetermined data on the opposite side display according Buru. 2. A display unit including an operation-side display and a facing-side display; an operation-side input unit for inputting an operation on the operation-side display; a facing-side input unit for inputting an operation on the facing-side display; Face-to-face display input monitoring means for detecting that no input has been made to the face-to-face display, Face-to-face display non-use timing input means for the operator to indicate that the face-to-face display is not to be used and to resume use, Display content storage means for classifying and storing display contents to the user; predetermined condition storage means for storing a predetermined condition classification table for classifying face-to-face persons and their individual situations; A display data instruction table for creating a display data instruction table for determining display contents in accordance with a predetermined condition. Table creation means; data display means for displaying predetermined data on the facing display according to the display data instruction table; and prohibition of input to the facing display by the facing person while the predetermined data is being displayed. Means, and a multi-display system comprising: 3. The multi-display according to claim 1, wherein the display data instruction table designates a plurality of files held in the display content storage means and a time for displaying each file. system. 4. The data display means according to claim 1, wherein when the display of the data designated by the data designation table has been completed, the data is displayed again from the beginning.
4. The multi-display system according to claim 3, 5. An information processing device main body, display means connected to the information processing device and including an operation side display and a facing side display, an operation side inputting means for inputting an operation on the operation side display, and the facing side Face-to-face input means for inputting an operation on the display; display content storage means for classifying and holding the display content on the face-to-face display according to the classification and situation of the face-to-face person; A data display method in a multi-display system, comprising: a display data instruction table creating unit that creates a display data instruction table that determines contents; and a data display unit that displays predetermined data on the facing display according to the display data instruction table. Create a display data instruction table tailored to the person A multi-display system for reading data from the display content storage means in accordance with the display data instruction table and displaying the read data on the facing display while input to the facing display is prohibited. Data display method. 6. The display data instruction table according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of files and a display time thereof are specified, and the plurality of files are sequentially displayed at the specified display time. Data display method of multi display system. 7. The display according to claim 5, wherein the display of the data specified by the data specification table on the facing person display is performed again from the beginning when the display has completed one cycle. Data display method of multi display system.