JP2003219308A - Screen display control method and screen display control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce disturbance on video image viewing in the case of displaying a keyboard image for character entry or a dialog menu for operation setting and message display on a display screen while a video image is displayed on part or entire area of the display screen. <P>SOLUTION: When the operation of a slave menu ON is executed while a mail creation menu 50 is displayed on a display screen 10, a CPU sets a slave menu 13 to the lower right part of the display screen 10 and displays a video image of a channel having been finally received on the slave screen 13. In the case of displaying a keyboard image on a lower area of the display screen 10 in this state, the slave screen is moved to the upper right of the display screen 10. In the case of displaying an index menu 11 or a dialog menu such as a message menu while a video image is displayed on all or part of area of the display screen 10, transparent processing is applied to the dialog menu and then displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention displays a video content (viewing target video) such as a video of a television or a video played by a DVD player on a display screen, and a keyboard screen for inputting characters, or The present invention relates to a screen display control method and a screen display control device for displaying a dialog screen for operation setting and message display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In video equipment and information equipment, on the one hand, a television image or an image reproduced by a DVD player is displayed on a display screen, and on the other hand, a keyboard screen for character input or operation setting. A dialog screen for displaying messages and messages may be displayed.

For example, while displaying a screen for composing an electronic mail on the display screen, at the same time displaying an image of a TV or the like on a child screen which is a partial area of the display screen, mail while watching the image of the TV or the like. It is conceivable that a keyboard screen for character input is displayed in a partial area of the display screen in such a state that it can be created.

In addition, in a state where an image of a television or the like is displayed on all or a part of the display screen, based on a user's operation or as a control operation of a device, an operation or a setting is performed on the display screen. It is conceivable to display the screen of, or a screen for displaying a message such as a guide message or an error message as a dialog screen.

[0005]

However, when the keyboard screen is displayed in a partial area of the display screen while the image is displayed on the child screen as in the former method, the child screen is hidden by the keyboard screen. Has ended up,
You may not be able to watch the video.

When the dialog screen for operation setting or message display is displayed in the state where the image is displayed on the display screen like the latter method, part or all of the image is hidden by the dialog screen. The image becomes difficult to view or cannot be viewed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the image is displayed in a part or the whole area of the display screen,
When a keyboard screen for inputting characters or a dialog screen for operation setting and message display is displayed on the display screen, it is possible to reduce the viewing hindrance of video.

[0008]

According to the screen display control method of the first invention, when a keyboard screen for character input is displayed in a partial area of the display screen, a child screen is set in the area. The step of determining whether or not an image is displayed on the screen, and when the image is displayed on the child screen in the area, the child screen is moved to an area outside the area in the display screen. And displaying a video image.

In the screen display control method of the second invention, when a dialog screen for operation setting or message display is displayed on the display screen, a step of judging whether or not an image is displayed on the display screen When,
When an image is displayed on the display screen,
And transparently processing the dialog screen for display.

In the screen display control method according to the first aspect of the present invention configured as described above, when the keyboard screen is displayed, even if the child screen is set in the area where the keyboard screen is displayed,
Since the child screen moves to an area outside the area where the keyboard screen is displayed, the child screen is not hidden by the keyboard screen and the video cannot be viewed.

In the screen display control method according to the second aspect of the present invention configured as described above, when the dialog screen is displayed, when the image is displayed in all or a part of the display screen, the dialog screen is transparent, Below that you can see the image faintly.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [One Embodiment of the Invention: FIGS.
2] Wireless L constructed in a limited area such as a house
As a kind of AN (Local Area Network) system, a base device that functions as an information source, such as a tuner for receiving or receiving a television broadcast built-in or connected and a telephone line connected via a modem, and the base device By issuing a command to the base device by wireless communication between the base device, receiving the television image from the base device, receiving the information on the Internet via the base device, and displaying the image and information on the display. , A monitor device that sends and receives an electronic mail via the base device.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below by taking the case where the present invention is applied to the monitor device of the above system as an example.

(Schematic Configuration of Monitor Device and Base Device: FIGS. 1 to 4) FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an example of a monitor device, and FIGS. 2 and 3 show a schematic configuration of an example of a base device. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the monitor device is self-supported by a stand.

As shown in FIG. 1, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 101 is provided on the front surface of the monitor device 100, a touch panel 103 is provided on the display screen thereof, and an upper part is provided at the left and right positions of the LCD 101. Speaker 10
5, 106 are provided, and a base device 200, which will be described later, is provided below.
Patch antennas 107 and 108 for wireless communication with and are provided.

One patch antenna 107 forms a hemispherical radiation pattern on the front side of the monitor device 100, and the other patch antenna 108 conversely has a hemispherical shape on the rear side of the monitor device 100. By selecting a patch antenna that actually forms transmission and reception based on the reception level information of the patch antennas 107 and 108 that form a radiation pattern, the patch antennas 107 and 108 as a whole have a spherical shape. Is formed so that the wireless communication between the monitor device 100 and the base device 200 is performed well regardless of the positional relationship between the monitor device 100 and the base device 200. It

On the right side of the front of the monitor device 100,
On the lower side of the speaker 106, the index button 111,
Jump button 112 and channel button 11
3, 114 are provided, and a charging lamp (LED) 115 and a mail automatic transmission / reception lamp (LED) 116 are provided below the speaker 105 on the left side of the front surface.

When the index button 111 is pressed, the index screen 11 as shown in the figure is displayed on the LCD 101, and the user touches one of the menus with a touch pen or a finger to display on the television. Channel selection, operation of an external device connected to the base device 200, access to the Internet, creation / transmission of mails, display / composition of albums, and the like.

By pushing the jump button 112, the channel previously received can be received, and the channel button 113 can be received.
By pressing this, the operation screen displayed on the LCD 101 can be switched in the order of TV → external device → Internet → mail → album → TV, and the channel button 114 can be displayed on the LCD 101 by pressing it. The displayed operation screen is switched in the reverse order to the above order.

An album is an image of an image taken by a digital camera and recorded on a Memory Stick (registered trademark).
Display on CD101, process on LCD101, LC
Attach it to the email created on D101, save it in the monitor device 100 or the memory stick after processing, or use a television image as a still image, or an image received by email or an image acquired on the Internet.
For example, it is stored in the monitor device 100 or on a memory stick, processed on the LCD 101, attached to a mail created on the LCD 101, or uploaded on the Internet to an image stored in the monitor device 100 or on the memory stick.

As the processing of the image, it is possible to change the color and brightness of the image and add characters and pictures to the image by handwriting input.

On the upper surface of the monitor device 100, a groove 121 for accommodating the touch pen 119 and a standby lamp (L
ED) 122, power button 123, line lamp (LE
D) 124, line disconnect button 125, print button 12
6, a mute button 127, a volume increasing button 128, and a volume reducing button 129 are provided.

On the left side surface of the monitor device 100, the LCD 1
A knob 131 for adjusting the brightness of 01, a terminal 132 for connecting headphones, a USB (Universal Seri)
alBus) terminal 133, terminal 13 for keyboard connection
4, and terminals 135 for connecting the AC power adapter are provided.

A slot 142 into which the memory stick 141 is mounted and a lamp (LED) 143 for the memory stick are provided on the right side surface of the monitor device 100, and the charging terminal 151, on the bottom surface of the monitor device 100.
152 is provided.

On the back surface of the monitor device 100, a handle portion 161 for gripping the monitor device 100 is provided, and a U-shaped stand 163 for making the monitor device 100 self-supporting is attached so as to be openable and closable, which is omitted in the drawing. However, a battery storage portion is provided in a portion surrounded by the stand 163, and the battery is stored in this portion.

As shown in FIG. 2, the base device 200 is
The front part 210 and the rear part 220 are joined and integrated, and the monitor device 10 is provided at the left and right positions of the front part 210.
Patch antennas 207 and 208 for wireless communication with 0
Is provided.

The patch antenna 10 of the monitor device 100
Similarly to 7, 108, one patch antenna 207 is
A hemispherical radiation pattern is formed on the front side of the base device 200, and the other patch antenna 208 is
On the contrary, it is assumed that a hemispherical radiation pattern is formed on the rear side of the base device 200, and each patch antenna 207,
By selecting a patch antenna that actually transmits and receives based on the reception level information of 208, an antenna having a spherical radiation pattern is formed as a whole of the patch antennas 207 and 208, and the base device 200 and The wireless communication between the base device 200 and the monitor device 100 is configured to be performed well regardless of the positional relationship with the monitor device 100.

The front part 210 is inclined rearward, and the monitor device 100 is mounted on the base device 2 in the lower center part.
00 is provided with a support body 211, charging terminals 201 and 202 are provided inside the support body 211, and a power lamp (LED) 20 is provided on the surface of the support body 211.
4 is provided, and the line lamp (L
ED) 205 is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, on the lower rear surface of the rear part 220, a power button 231, an AC power adapter connection terminal 232, a VHF / UHF terminal 239, a line terminal 241, an ADSL modem or a CATV modem, etc. Ethernet (registered trademark) terminal 242 for connection, AV mouse connection terminals 243, 244, S-video input terminal 24
5, a video / audio input terminal 246, 247, a video / audio output terminal 248, a USB terminal 249 for connecting a printer, and the like are provided.

In the monitor device 100 and the base device 200 described above, the user fixedly arranges the base device 200 in a place such as a living room, and carries the monitor device 100 to an arbitrary place such as a house or a garden, and arbitrarily selects it. At this location, the monitor device 100 at hand can perform functions such as receiving a television broadcast, accessing the Internet, and sending and receiving an electronic mail.

In this case, the monitor device 100 can be used while being held by hand, but as shown in FIG. 4, the stand 163 is opened to allow the monitor device 100 to stand on a suitable surface at a suitable inclination angle. You can also

Further, the monitor device 100 is used as the base device 20.
It can also be used by leaning against the front part 210 of 0.
In this case, the charging terminal 151 on the bottom surface of the monitor device 100,
The battery attached to the monitor device 100 can be charged by the base device 200 by the 152 contacting and connecting to the charging terminals 201 and 202 inside the support body 211 of the base device 200.

(Functional Block Configurations of Base Device and Monitor Device: FIGS. 5 and 6) FIG.
An example of a functional block configuration of is shown. The control unit 270 uses C
PU 271, ROM 272 in which programs to be executed by CPU 271, fixed data, etc. are written, and CP
RAM 27 that functions as a work area for U271
It is composed of three.

The VHF / UHF terminal 239 has VHF /
The UHF antenna 1 is connected, and the terrestrial television broadcast signal received by the VHF / UHF antenna 1 is transmitted to the base device 2
The signal is demodulated and demodulated by the VHF / UHF tuner 259 in 00, further converted into video data and audio data, and then transmitted to the bus 274.

The telephone line 2 is connected to the line terminal 241, and the line terminal 241 is connected to the bus 274 via the line interface 261 and the modem 262.

The video / audio input terminal 246 includes, for example, a digital CS tuner and a digital B as the first external device 6.
An S tuner or the like is connected, and the video data and audio data from this are sent to the bus 274 via the external input interface 266 in the base device 200.

The video / audio input terminal 247 is connected to, for example, a DVD player or a hard disk recorder as the second external device 7, and the video data and audio data from this are transmitted via the external input interface 267 in the base device 200. , To the bus 274.

AV mice 3 and 4 are connected to terminals 243 and 244, and terminals 243 and 2 are also connected.
44 is connected to the bus 274 via the interfaces 263 and 264 in the base device 200, and the control unit 27
The infrared remote control signal transmitted from the light emitting units of the AV mice 3 and 4 by the command signal from 0 is received by the light receiving units provided in the first external device 6 and the second external device 7, The external device 6 and the second external device 7 are operated.

The printer 9 is connected to the USB terminal 249, and the printing command and data sent to the bus 274 are supplied to the printer 9 via the USB interface 269.

A wireless communication unit 280 is connected to the bus 274, and various data and commands to be transmitted to the monitor device 100 are modulated by the wireless communication unit 280 by a predetermined modulation method (for example, DS-SS). , Converted to a high frequency signal in a predetermined frequency band (for example, 2.4 GHz band),
The commands and various data transmitted from the patch antennas 207 and 208 to the monitor device 100 and transmitted from the monitor device 100 are transmitted to the patch antennas 207 and 2.
The wireless communication unit 280 frequency-converts the signal, demodulates it, and sends it to the bus 274.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a functional block configuration of the monitor device 100. The control unit 170 includes the CPU 171 and C
R in which a program including a screen display control processing routine, which will be described later, to be executed by the PU 171 and fixed data are written.
The OM 172 and the RAM 173 functioning as a work area of the CPU 171 and the like.

A user memory 175 for writing image files and the like is connected to the bus 174, and the memory stick 141 is inserted into the slot 142 shown in FIG.
When the memory stick 141 is attached,
Are connected.

A wireless communication unit 180 is connected to the bus 174, and commands and various data to be transmitted to the base device 200 are modulated by the wireless communication unit 180 by a predetermined modulation method, and a high frequency of a predetermined frequency band is obtained. The signal is converted into a signal, and then the patch antennas 107 and 108 output the base device 20.
0, and various data and commands transmitted from the base device 200 are transmitted to the patch antenna 10
The signals are received by the wireless communication unit 180, frequency-converted, demodulated by the wireless communication unit 180, and transmitted to the bus 174.

The LCD 101 is connected to the bus 174 via the display control unit 191, and the speaker 1 is connected via the D / A converter 195 and the audio amplification circuit 196.
05 and 106 are connected.

Further, the touch panel 103 is connected to the bus 174 via the coordinate detecting section 193, and
Operation unit 1 including the index button 111 shown in FIG.
09 is connected to the bus 174 via the interface 199.

(Screen display control: FIGS. 7 to 12) In the monitor device 100 described above, a menu (channel) such as Internet, mail or album is selected,
When screens about these are displayed on the LCD 101, at the same time, the first screen connected to the video of the television or the video / audio input terminal 246 or 247 of the base device 200 on the sub-screen of a partial area on the LCD 101. Images such as images from the external device 6 or the second external device 7 can be displayed.

For example, an index screen 1 as shown in FIG.
When a mail is selected from 1, a mail transmission / reception box screen 40 is displayed on the display screen (screen of the LCD 101) 10 as shown in FIG. At this time, the sub-screen operation button group 20 is displayed in the upper right part of the display screen 10, and when the sub-screen on / off button 21 is touched, the sub-screen 13 is displayed in the lower right part of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. It is set and the image is displayed on it.

The child screen ON / OFF button 21 is displayed as "child screen ON" before the child screen 13 is set, and the child screen 13 is displayed.
When is set, “Child screen is off” is displayed.

The image displayed on the sub-screen 13 is the sub-screen 1
This is the last video I saw before setting 3. For example, when viewing the VHF channel 3 before selecting the mail, the video of the VHF channel 3 is displayed.

In this state, if the plus button 22 is touched, the channels of the television can be changed in the order of 3 channels → 4 channels → 6 channels, and if the minus button 23 is touched, the television channels can be changed in the reverse order. You can change the channel.

Further, by touching the small screen on / off button 21, the small screen 13 can be turned off, and when the full screen button 24 is touched, the image at that time can be displayed on the entire display screen 10 and the television or The external device menu (channel) is selected.

An inbox tab 41 or an outbox tab 42 is displayed on the mail transmission / reception box screen 40, a list of received mails is displayed on the inbox tab 41, and an outbox tab 4 is displayed.
A list of sent mails, mails waiting to be sent, and mails saved midway is displayed in 2.

At the bottom of the display screen 10, buttons 31 ...
A mail operation screen 30 composed of 36 is displayed. The display and functions of the buttons 31 to 36 change depending on what screen is displayed as the mail screen.
The button 33 is displayed as “New” when the mail transmission / reception box screen 40 is displayed as shown in FIG. 7, and by touching this, the display screen 1 is displayed as shown in FIG.
A mail composition screen 50 is displayed on the screen.

The mail creation screen 50 has a title input field 51,
A body creation field 52, a destination input field 53, and a mail copy delivery destination input field 54 are provided.

Title input field 51 of this mail creation screen 50
Alternatively, when the text creation field 52 is touched, a keyboard screen 60 is displayed in the lower area of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. 9, and the title and text are entered in the title input field 51 and the text creation field 52 using this. can do.

At this time, when the child screen 13 is set in the lower right part of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. 8 and an image is displayed on the child screen 13, the screen display control processing routine, which will be described later, causes the screen shown in FIG. The child screen is moved to the text creation field 52 in the upper right portion of the display screen 10, as shown as the child screen 14 in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the keyboard screen is not displayed, touch the destination input field 53 or the mail copy destination input field 54 of the mail creation screen 50,
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 9, when the keyboard screen 60 is displayed in the lower area of the display screen 10, the input end button 69 on the keyboard screen 60 is touched to close the keyboard screen 60 once, and then the mail message is sent. When the address input field 53 or the mail copy destination input field 54 of the creation screen 50 is touched, a keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area of the display screen 10, and by using this, the address input field 53 and the mail copy destination input field 54 are displayed. You can enter the recipient and the mail copy destination.

At this time, when the child screen 14 is set in the upper right portion of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. 9 and an image is displayed on the child screen 14, a screen display control processing routine described later will be performed. The child screen moves to the lower right portion of the display screen 10, as shown as the child screen 13 in FIG.

Therefore, in either case, the sub-screen will not be hidden by the keyboard screen and the video cannot be viewed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, the image is displayed on the child screen 13 at the lower right of the display screen 10, or FIG.
When the index button 111 is pressed in the state where the image is displayed on the child screen 14 in the upper right part of the display screen 10 as described above, the index screen 11 is displayed on the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. However, FIG. 10 shows a case where an image is displayed on the child screen 13 at the lower right of the display screen 10.

At this time, the index screen 11 is transparently processed by a screen display control processing routine which will be described later.
That is, it is combined with the video of the mail creation screen 50 and the child screen 13 (or the child screen 14) by so-called alpha blending. The alpha value (transparency or opacity) is set to an appropriate value between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

Therefore, the index screen 11 is transparent, and below the index screen 11 is the mail creation screen 50 and the child screen 13.
The image of (or the child screen 14) can be seen faintly.

Further, in the monitor device 100, as dialog screens, in addition to operation setting screens such as the index screen 11, message display screens such as guide messages and error messages are displayed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a mail creation screen 50
When is displayed, when the button 35 on the mail operation screen 30 is touched, a message screen "Are you sure you want to discard this mail?" Is displayed on the mail creation screen 50, and " When the "OK" button is touched, the mail being created is discarded.

Further, when the remaining amount of the battery becomes less than or equal to a predetermined amount while the monitor device 100 is in use, a message screen "The battery will be exhausted soon" is displayed in order to prompt the user to charge the battery.

In this way, when the message screen is displayed as a dialog screen, when the image is displayed on the child screen 13 or 14 as shown in FIG. 8 or 9, or when the image is displayed on the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. Whole area (almost whole area)
When the image 16 is displayed on the screen, the message screen is transparently processed by the screen display control processing routine described later.

Therefore, the message screen 17 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the message screen is transparent, and the image 16 on the display screen 10 or the image of the child screen 13 or 14 as shown in FIG. 8 or 9 can be seen under the message screen.

FIG. 11 shows the state immediately after the television image is displayed on the display screen 10. The channel display screen 19 is displayed at the top of the display screen 10 and the operation screen 90 is displayed at the bottom. Is displayed.

When the button 91 on the operation screen 90 is touched, the image at that time is displayed as a still image, and the button 9
When 2 is touched, the image at that time can be saved as a still image in the user memory 175, and when the button 93 is touched, the image at that time can be saved as a still image in the memory stick 141.

When the video 16 is displayed for a certain time, the channel display screen 19 and the operation screen 90 disappear, and the video 16 is displayed on the entire display screen 10. However, when any part of the display screen 10 is touched, The channel display screen 19 and the operation screen 90 are displayed again, and the screen memo and screen saving as described above can be performed.

FIG. 12 shows C of the monitor device 100 described above.
An example of the screen display control processing routine which PU171 performs is shown.

In the screen display control processing routine 70 of this example, the screen display control processing is started every time various screens are displayed on the display screen 10 based on the operation of the user or as the control operation of the CPU 171. First step 71
Then, it is determined whether or not the keyboard screen is displayed. If the screen other than the keyboard screen is displayed, step 7
From 1 to step 72, it is determined whether or not the dialog screen is displayed.

Then, the mail transmission / reception box screen 40 as shown in FIG. 7 and the mail creation screen 50 as shown in FIG.
When a main screen other than the dialog screen is displayed, the process proceeds from step 72 to step 73, and the screen is displayed without being transparently processed.

On the other hand, when displaying a dialog screen such as the index screen 11 shown in FIG. 1 or 10 or the message screen 17 shown in FIG.
From 2 to step 74, it is judged whether or not the image is displayed in a part or the whole area of the display screen 10,
When the image is not displayed, the process proceeds from step 74 to step 75, and the dialog screen is displayed without being transparently processed. However, when the image is displayed,
From step 74 to step 76, the dialog screen is transparently processed and displayed.

If it is determined in step 71 that the keyboard screen is to be displayed, steps 71 to 81
Then, it is determined whether or not a child screen is set in the area for displaying the keyboard screen.

That is, when the keyboard screen is displayed in the lower area of the display screen 10, it is determined whether the child screen 13 is set in the lower area as shown in FIG. 8 and the image is displayed in this area. Conversely, when the keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area of the display screen 10, it is determined whether the child screen 14 is set in the upper area as shown in FIG. 9 and an image is displayed in this area.

When the child screen is not set in the area for displaying the keyboard screen, the process proceeds from step 81 to step 82 to display the keyboard screen as it is.

On the other hand, when the child screen is set in the area for displaying the keyboard screen, the process proceeds from step 81 to step 83 to move the child screen to an area outside the display area of the keyboard screen and display the image. Then, the process proceeds to step 84 to display the keyboard screen.

That is, when the keyboard screen is displayed in the lower area when the child screen 13 is set in the lower area of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. After displaying the video by setting the child screen 14 in the upper area, the keyboard screen 60 is displayed in the lower area, and conversely, the child screen 14 is set in the upper area of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. When the keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area in the state of being displayed, the display screen 10 is displayed as shown in FIG.
The sub-screen 13 is set in the lower area of the screen to display the video, and then the keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area.

Therefore, in the state where the image is displayed on the lower right sub-screen 13 of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. 8, the keyboard screen 6 is displayed in the lower area of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG.
If 0 is displayed, steps 71, 81, 83,
By sequentially executing 84, the child screen 14 is set in the upper right portion of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. 9, and an image is displayed.

Similarly, when the keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area of the display screen 10 while the image is displayed on the child screen 14 in the upper right part of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. , 81, 83, 84 are sequentially executed, so that the child screen 13 is set in the lower right portion of the display screen 10 and an image is displayed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG.
Alternatively, when the dialog screen such as the index screen 11 is displayed as shown in FIG. 10 while the image is displayed on 14, or the image 16 is displayed on the entire area (almost the entire area) of the display screen 10 as shown in FIG. In the displayed state,
When a dialog screen such as the message screen 17 is displayed as shown in the figure, steps 71, 72, 74 and 7 are displayed.
6 is sequentially executed, the dialog screens such as the index screen 11 and the message screen 17 are transparently displayed.

As shown in FIG. 9, when entering a text of the text in the text creation field 52 of the mail creation screen 50, if the text of the text extends over the sub-screen 14, the screen of the text is transparent. By performing the processing, it is possible to prevent the viewing of the image on the small screen 14 from being disturbed.

[Other Embodiments] The above-described embodiments are cases where the present invention is applied to a monitor device of a system including a monitor device and a base device, but the present invention is not limited to such a monitor device. It can also be applied to other video equipment or information equipment.

[0085]

As described above, according to the present invention, a keyboard screen for character input or an operation setting screen or a character input screen is displayed on the display screen in a state where an image is displayed in a part or the whole area of the display screen. When displaying the dialog screen for message display, it is possible to reduce the interference of viewing of the video, and when the keyboard screen is displayed,
By moving the child screen on which the image is displayed, you can view the image on the child screen, and when the dialog screen is displayed, the dialog screen is transparently processed so that the image is displayed below the dialog screen. You can see a little.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitor device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a front surface and a side surface of an example of a base device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a back surface of an example of a base device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the monitor device is self-supported by a stand.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block configuration of a base device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block configuration of a monitor device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which a mail transmission / reception box screen and a child screen are displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which a mail creation screen and a child screen are displayed.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which a mail creation screen, a keyboard screen, and a child screen are displayed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a mail creation screen, a child screen and an index screen are displayed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a video image and a message screen are displayed.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display control processing routine.

[Explanation of symbols]

Since the main parts are all described in the figure, they are omitted here.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Yoshizumi Takeda             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Mami Uchida             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Manabu Onishi             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Yuji Sayama             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Toyohiro Shirota             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Kirito Ogawa             7-6-4 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company N Day F term (reference) 5C023 AA01 AA15 AA18 AA38 BA11                       CA01 CA05 DA04                 5C025 BA27 BA28 CA06 CA10 CB10                       DA08                 5E501 AA08 AB06 AB16 BA03 BA05                       CA04 CB05 CB11 CC06 EA05                       EA14 FA05 FA08 FB29

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. When displaying a keyboard screen for character input in a partial area of a display screen, it is determined whether or not a child screen is set in the area and an image is displayed in this area. And a step of displaying the image by moving the child screen to an area outside the area in the display screen when the image is displayed on the child screen in the area. 2. The screen display control method according to claim 1, wherein the keyboard screen is displayed in a lower area or an upper area of the display screen, and when the keyboard screen is displayed in the lower area, a child screen is displayed. A screen display control method for moving a child screen into the lower area when the keyboard screen is moved to the upper area and the keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area. 3. A step of determining whether or not an image is displayed on the display screen when displaying a dialog screen for operation setting or message display on the display screen, and an image is displayed on the display screen. When displayed,
A screen display control method comprising the step of transparently displaying the dialog screen and displaying the dialog screen. 4. When displaying a keyboard screen for inputting characters in a partial area of the display screen, it is determined whether or not a child screen is set in the area and an image is displayed in this area. A screen display control device comprising: means for displaying an image by moving the child screen to an area outside the area in the display screen when the image is displayed on the child screen in the area. 5. The screen display control device according to claim 4, wherein the keyboard screen is displayed in a lower area or an upper area of the display screen, and when the keyboard screen is displayed in the lower area, a child screen is displayed. A screen display control device that moves a child screen into the lower area when the keyboard screen is displayed in the upper area by moving the child screen into the upper area. 6. A means for determining whether or not an image is displayed on the display screen when displaying a dialog screen for operation setting or message display on the display screen, and an image on the display screen. When displayed,
A screen display control device comprising: a unit that transparently processes and displays the dialog screen. 7. A monitor device comprising a display and comprising the screen display control device according to claim 4, wherein a command is issued to the base device by wireless communication with the base device. A monitor device that receives video from the device. 8. A monitor device comprising a display and the screen display control device according to claim 6, wherein a command is issued to the base device by wireless communication with the base device, and the base device issues the command. A monitor device that receives video.