JP2003316346A - Terminal unit, function setting method, function providing method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal unit enabling a usage of various functions through the use of contents with a simple operation even when a display screen has a small size. <P>SOLUTION: A background image having a larger size than the display screen of the terminal unit 1 is related on a background image table 44 with a content table 35 for setting the various function using the contents in each division area of the background image. The terminal unit 1 selects the desired background image from a web storing the plurality of background images, or from a freely removable storage medium, etc., and obtains it. A content table name corresponding to the background image is obtained from the background image table 44, and the applicable contents table is also obtained from a contents table providing site. When the background image is scrolled, and an arbitrary area is displayed in the display screen for selection, the function set in the area is performed based on the contents table. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal device having a display unit capable of scroll display, a function setting method for the terminal device, a function providing method for the terminal device, and a storage medium detachable from the terminal device. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the amount of information that can be displayed on a display screen of a mobile terminal, a mobile phone or the like is scarce. When the entire image cannot be displayed on the display screen, a so-called scroll display is used in which a part of the image is displayed on the display screen and the display range of the image is moved by operating a button. This scroll display is generally used as a display operation method in a personal computer or the like, but in a portable terminal device, the size of the operation unit is determined under strict restrictions, and therefore the button operation for scroll display is not often performed. Not comfortable.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-7027 discloses a technique of detecting the movement of the device in the front, rear, left and right directions and scrolling the image in the moving direction of the device at the same time. According to such a technique, the cumbersome button operation at the time of scroll display as described above is released, and moreover, it is possible to perform the scroll display that matches the intuition of a person.

[0004]

When receiving various contents such as images, music and various search functions from the Web to such a portable terminal device, the user provides the target contents from the Web. You have to search the place (site) where you are, and then find the target page, and further the operation buttons on the page, by scrolling repeatedly. Again, the small display screen is a factor that impairs operability. I couldn't wipe away something.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention provides a terminal device, a function setting method, and a terminal device which can use the functions using various contents with a simple operation even if the size of the display screen is small. The purpose is to provide a function providing method and a storage medium.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a terminal device of the present invention comprises a display section having a display screen,
Scrolling means for moving the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen when displaying an image having a size larger than this display screen, and obtaining a desired image from a place where a plurality of the images are accumulated And a table corresponding to the image acquired by the image acquiring unit is acquired from the image acquiring unit and a plurality of tables for setting individual functions in a plurality of areas dividing the image. A table acquisition unit and an image acquired by the image acquisition unit are moved by the scroll unit and a function set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen is executed based on the table acquired by the table acquisition unit. And means for doing so.

Here, the function set in each area for partitioning an image includes not only the function of acquiring various contents such as images, music, documents, application programs from the Web but also the Web such as map search and dictionary search. It has a function of using the above various services, or a function of operating the device when the terminal device is used as a terminal for remotely controlling various devices by infrared communication or the like.

In order to realize the function of obtaining contents from the Web as described above, the table has information on the Web necessary for realizing the function as information for setting the function of each of a plurality of areas for dividing an image. It is sufficient that the acquisition location of the content of is registered.

According to the present invention, an image in which various functions are set for each area can be set as a background image on the display screen,
By scrolling the screen, an area can be selected and the function set in the area can be selected and executed. Therefore, even if the size of the display screen is small, various contents can be provided by exchanging the background images with a simple operation.

In the present invention, the place where a plurality of images are stored and the place where a plurality of tables are stored may be a site on the web or a removable storage medium.

The scroll means has a detecting means for detecting the movement of the terminal device, and moves the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen according to the movement of the terminal device detected by the detecting means. I don't care. By using such scrolling means, a scrolling operation suitable for human perception is possible, and operability in selecting a function is improved.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device function setting method, wherein a display unit having a display screen and a display screen for displaying an image having a size larger than the display screen are displayed on the display screen. A method of setting a function of a terminal device, comprising: a scrolling unit that moves the position of the image, the step of acquiring a desired image from a place where the plurality of images are accumulated, and a method of dividing the image. Acquiring a table corresponding to the acquired image from a place where a plurality of tables for setting individual functions are stored in each area, and moving the acquired image by the scrolling means. A step of executing a function set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen based on the acquired table.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a function to a terminal device, wherein a display unit having a display screen and the display screen is used for displaying an image having a size larger than the display screen. A method for providing a function to a terminal device provided with scrolling means for moving the position of the image to be displayed, for setting individual functions in the plurality of images and in a plurality of areas dividing the image. As the information of, an image / table providing site capable of providing a plurality of tables in which the acquisition locations of the contents on the web necessary for realizing the function are registered,
A content providing site capable of providing the content is provided on the web, and the terminal device online connected to the image / table providing site is caused to select a desired image, and the selected image is provided to the terminal device. And displaying the table on the display screen, and providing a table corresponding to the selected image; and moving the image by the scroll means in the terminal device to display any image on the display screen. Providing the content necessary for realizing the function set in the area from the content providing site to the terminal device.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a function to a terminal device, wherein a display unit having a display screen and the display screen displays an image having a size larger than the display screen. A method for providing a function to a terminal device provided with scrolling means for moving the position of the image to be displayed, for setting individual functions in the plurality of images and in a plurality of areas dividing the image. As a piece of information, a removable storage medium that stores a plurality of tables in which acquisition locations of contents on the web necessary for realizing the function are stored is distributed, and contents that can provide the contents are provided. If a providing site is provided on the web and a desired image is read from the storage medium to the terminal device and displayed on the display screen, In which the table corresponding to the selected image is read and stored, and the image is moved by the scroll means in the terminal device to be set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen. Providing the content necessary for realizing the function from the content providing site to the terminal device.

In the function providing method for a terminal device according to the present invention, a fee may be charged for providing an image to the terminal device. Alternatively, the provision of content to the terminal device may be charged.

A storage medium according to yet another aspect of the present invention includes a display unit having a display screen, and an image to be displayed on the display screen when an image having a size larger than the display screen is displayed on the display screen. A removable storage medium that can be read by a terminal device that includes a scroll unit that moves a position, and information for setting functions associated with a plurality of images and a plurality of regions that divide the images. In addition, a plurality of tables in which acquisition locations of contents on the web necessary for realizing the function are registered are stored.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the outer appearance of a terminal device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 has a housing 2 of a size that can be held by a user with one hand, for example. A camera 3, a microphone 4, a speaker 5, a display unit 6, and an operation area 7 are provided on the front surface 2 a of the housing 2. Further, on the side surface 2b of the housing 2, for example, a mounting portion 9 on which a stick-shaped storage medium 8 is detachably mounted is provided. The camera 3 is, for example, a CCD camera, and the display unit 6 is, for example, a color liquid crystal display device.
In the operation area 7, an OK button 10 and an Undo button 1
1, a camera capture button 12 and the like are provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the terminal device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 1 includes a CPU 15, a ROM 16 and an S-on the main bus 14.
In addition to the RAM (static RAM) 17, the RAM 18, the interface 19 for the storage medium, the sensor interface 20, various interfaces such as TTY (Tele).
Typewriter 21, Ethernet (registered trademark) board (Ethernet (registered trademark) Boar
d) 22, image processing unit (Image
e Processing Unit) 23, Visc
a interface (Visca Interface)
24, VGA board (VGABoard) 25, audio / video interface (Audio & VideoI)
interface 26 is connected.

The CPU 15 controls the entire terminal device 1 as a whole, the ROM 16 stores a program necessary for its operation, and the S-RAM 17 stores, for example, a content table, an image source, etc., which will be described later. The RAM 18 is used as a work space for processing.

The mounting unit 9 is connected to the storage medium interface 19, and data communication is performed with the storage medium 8 mounted in the mounting unit 9.

A position detecting sensor 27 is connected to the sensor interface 20. As the position detection sensor 27, for example, an acceleration sensor can be used. The acceleration sensor is, for example, an element that detects acceleration in biaxial directions or triaxial directions when the user moves the space while holding the terminal device 1 in his hand. For example, an acceleration sensor is used as a sensor for detecting acceleration in two axial directions, the vertical direction component and the horizontal direction component of the acceleration applied to the terminal device 1 are detected, and time integration calculation is performed for each component to calculate a velocity component and a displacement component. Is calculated. This calculation result is used for scrolling display of images, which will be described later.

TTY (Tele Typewrite)
r) 21 is various buttons 10 and 1 in the above operation area
1 and 12 are connected. Ethernet board (Et
The Hernnet Board) 22 is connectable to the Ethernet. For example, it is connected to a host device via Ethernet and can be connected to the Internet via this host device. Alternatively, the terminal device 1 may be directly online connected to the Internet without using the host device, and may be connected to a server device that provides a service of providing contents.

Image processing unit (Ima
The camera interface (Camera Interface)
e) 28 is connected, and the above-mentioned CCD camera 3 is connected to this camera interface 28. An image connected by the CCD camera 3 can be captured in the terminal device 1 and can be displayed on the display unit 6.

Visca interface (Visca
An external personal computer or the like is connected to the interface 24, and various controls of the terminal device 1 can be performed via this interface. V
The liquid crystal display device as the display unit 6 is connected to the GA board (VGA Board) 25.

Audio Video Interface (Aud
An audio / video system device is connected to the io & Video Interface) 26. A signal from an audio / video system device can be taken into the terminal device 1 via the interface 26, and conversely, an audio signal or an image signal can be output to the audio / video system device.

FIG. 3 shows a part of the structure of the programs and data stored in the ROM 16 and the S-RAM 17.
In the ROM 16, a basic program 31 necessary for operating the terminal device 1, a program 32 for executing functions using contents such as images, sounds, documents, application programs, and a content table described later are linked. Content management program 3 for managing content acquisition, update, deletion, etc.
3 and the like are stored. The content management program 33 may be included in the basic program 31.

The programs 32 necessary for executing the function using the contents include, for example, a program for drawing an image, a program for reproducing and outputting a sound, a program for opening and editing a document, and an execution of an application program. It is a program that provides the environment.

The S-RAM 17 stores contents 34 such as images, sounds, documents, application programs, and a contents table 35. The entity 34 of these contents and the content table 35 may be stored in the storage medium 8 which is removable from the terminal device 1. .

This terminal device 1 has a scroll display function. This scroll display function is realized by hardware, software, or both. The scroll display function of the terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

Here, AB is the whole background image, and this whole background image AB is, for example, a plurality of (four in this example) partial image areas A1 and A that divide the whole background image horizontally and vertically.
2, B1 and B2. The number of areas of the partial image is variable.

An area C surrounded by a dotted line in the figure is a background image A.
It is the range displayed on the actual display screen in B. That is, the background image AB is an image having a larger size than the actual display screen, and a part of the entire background image AB is always displayed on the display screen. When the terminal device 1 is moved rightward, the movement is detected by the position detection sensor 27, the background image AB is scrolled rightward with respect to the area C of the display screen, and conversely the terminal device 1 is moved leftward. When moved, the position detection sensor 27 detects the movement, and the background image AB is scrolled to the left with respect to the area C of the display screen. Similarly, when the terminal device 1 is moved in the up (down) direction, the movement is detected by the position detection sensor 27, and the background image AB is moved up (down) with respect to the area C of the display screen.
Scrolls in the direction.

In this way, the user can refer to the entire background image AB by moving the terminal device 1 vertically and horizontally. Then, the area of the partial image desired by the user in the entire background image AB is displayed in the area C of the display screen by the scroll operation, and the area of the partial image can be selected by pressing the OK button 10. it can.

Areas A1, A2, B of the background image AB
1 and B2 are associated with the content available from the web by the terminal device 1 on the content table 35, and when a certain area is selected, the content table 35 is displayed.
Content associated with that area above can be retrieved from the web. That is, the content table 3 is set in each of the areas A1, A2, B1, and B2 of the background image AB.
The individual functions are set by 5.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the content table 35. As shown in the figure, in the content table 35, areas A1 and A of the partial images indicated by the item 37 are displayed.
For each of B2, B1, and B2, at least a content ID 38, a content name 39, a content attribute 40, a content price 41, a content acquisition location 42, and the like are registered as content information associated therewith.

The content ID 38 is identification information uniquely assigned to each content so that the system can identify the content. What is content name 39?
For the sake of convenience, it is a name given to each content so that the user can identify the content.

The content attribute 40 is attribute information such as date and time of acquisition of content, date and time of creation, and version number. The content price 41 is a fee charged for the acquisition of the content, a fee charged for the use of the content, or the like. Where to get content 42
Is information indicating the location of the content on the Web, such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

The terminal device 1 obtains such a content table from outside together with the information of the background image, and executes SR
It is stored in the AM 17 or the removable storage medium 8.

As a method of obtaining the background image and the content table, for example, a site that provides a service for providing the background image and the content table is provided on the web, and the desired background image is accessed by accessing this site from the terminal device 1. And a content table corresponding thereto, a stick-shaped storage medium 8 in which the background image and the content table are stored is purchased and attached to the terminal device 1, and the desired background image and the corresponding background image are associated therewith. There is a method to read the content table and so on.

In the former case, the site providing the service of providing the background image and the content table may be one site or a plurality of sites.

In the latter case, the background image and the content table name indicating the acquisition location of the content table are stored in the storage medium 8, and the source of the content table is distributed by the terminal device 1 from the website on the web. You may receive it.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the background image table 44 that associates the background image with the content table. This example is an example in the case where the location where the background image and the content table are provided is different. As shown in the figure, information such as an image name 45, an image ID 46, an image price 47, and a content table name 48 is registered in the background image table 44 in association with each other.

The image name 45 is a name for the user to identify each background image, and the image ID 46 is information for the system to identify each background image.

The image price 47 is a fee charged for obtaining the background image and the content table. The content table name 48 is information for identifying the content table associated with the background image. For example UR
It may be information indicating the location of the content table on the web, such as L (Uniform Resource Locator).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a system configuration for providing the background image, the content table, and the content to the terminal device 1. As shown in the figure, the web (Internet)
On the 50, a content providing site 51 for providing content, a content table providing site 52 for providing a content table, and a background image providing site 53 for providing a background image are provided.

The content providing site 51 is the terminal device 1
As a response RS1 to the content providing request RQ1 from the terminal device 1, the corresponding content 54 is provided to the terminal device 1. Contents table providing site 52
Is a content table distribution request RQ from the terminal device 1.
As a response RS2 to 2, the corresponding content table 35 is delivered to the terminal device 1.

The background image providing site 53 delivers the corresponding background image 59 to the terminal device 1 as a response RS3 to the background image delivery request RQ3 from the terminal device 1 and refers to the background image table 44 to deliver the above-mentioned delivery. The terminal device 1 is notified of the content table name 48 corresponding to the background image 59. The terminal device 1 uses the content table name 48 to request the content table distribution RQ to the content table providing site 52.
Give out 2.

Further, the storage medium 8 stores a plurality of background image sources 59a and a background image table 44a, and the terminal device 1 reads a desired background image from the background image table 44a to provide a background image. Can be received. Further, the terminal device 1 can directly refer to the background image table 44a to extract the content table name 48 corresponding to an arbitrary background image.

That is, the terminal device 1 can receive the background image and the content table name from either the background image providing site 53 on the web 50 or the storage medium 8.

Next, the operation of the terminal device 1 of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 8, the terminal device 1 displays a background image from the web,
The flow of operation when acquiring content table and content is shown.

First, the terminal device 1 accesses the background image providing site 53 on the web 50 (step 801).
The background image providing site 53 provides the terminal device 1 with a background image introduction screen. As a result, the introduction screen of the background image is displayed on the terminal device 1 (step 802).

FIG. 9 shows an example of a background image introduction screen.
This introduction screen 55 includes a plurality of background image items 56, 5
7, 58, 59 are displayed. Although not displayed on this introduction screen 55, other background image items are further present below this, and by moving the terminal device 1 downward and scrolling the screen display downward, the background below is displayed. You can also see the items in the image.

The item of the background image that can be currently selected on the introduction screen 55 can be identified by the highlight display 60. When the OK button 10 is pressed, the item of the background image highlighted is selected. The position of the highlight display area 60 on the introduction screen 55 is fixed, and by moving the entire image with respect to the highlight display area 60 by the scroll operation described above, the item of the background image to be highlighted is displayed. Can be switched.

The individual background image items 56, 57, 58,
An image 61, which is a sample background image, and an image name (title), associated content name (contents), price (price), and the like are displayed as information about the background image.

For example, in the background image of item 56, the entire image is composed of four partial images of different cities, and the image name is "panoramic view of the city". The content name (contents) indicates the content of the function set for each of the above four different partial images of the city,
In this example, "Calendar""Mapsearch""Roadsearch"
It indicates that a practical function such as “calculator” is set for each urban partial image. These practical functions are
For example, it may be a service provided at a specific site on the web, or may be an application program in a format executed on the terminal device 1.
In the former case, the acquisition location of the content shown in the content table is a page of a website that provides a service, and in the latter case, it is a page for downloading an application program.

Further, the background image of the item 57 is formed by four partial images of different vehicles, and the image name is "vehicle". "Game 1", "Game 3", and "Music 1" are included in the above four different partial images.
This indicates that the function of "Illustration 1" is set. For example, a content name such as “music 1” or “illustration 1” means that this is the content to be downloaded and that it is music or an image that can be listened to on the terminal device 1.

It is assumed that the user selects, for example, the background image item of reference numeral 57 (image name: vehicle) on the introduction screen 55 (step 803). Then, the distribution request RQ3 of the selected background image is sent from the terminal device 1 to the background image providing site 53 with the charging process in between (steps 804 and 805) (step 806). The background image providing site 53 requests the request R from the terminal device 1.
As a response RS3 to Q3, the corresponding background image is distributed to the terminal device 1, and the background image table 44 is referenced to notify the terminal device 1 of the content table name corresponding to this background image. The terminal device 1 receives the background image and the content table name and stores them in the S-RAM 17
(Step 807).

Subsequently, the terminal device 1 accesses the content table providing site 52 based on the content table name received from the background image providing site 53, and issues a content table distribution request RQ2 to this content table providing site 52 ( Step 808).

The content table providing site delivers the corresponding content table to the terminal device 1 as a response RS2 to the delivery request RQ2. Terminal device 1
Receives the content table and stores it in the S-RAM 17 (step 809).

Thereafter, the terminal device 1 can display the obtained background image on the display screen (step 81).
0). Then, by the scroll operation described above, an area of an arbitrary partial image in the background image is displayed on the display screen, and O
By pressing the K button 10, the function set in the area of the displayed partial image is selected (step 811).

Here, it is assumed that the area B2 is selected as shown in FIG. 4, for example. Then, the information associated with the selected area B2 is read from the content table 35 shown in FIG. 5, and the following processing is performed, for example.

After the processing for billing described later is performed (steps 812 and 813), the terminal device 1 reads the content acquisition place 42 associated with the area B2 from the content table 35. Then, the content providing site 51 indicated by the content acquisition place 42 is accessed, and the content providing site 51 is requested to provide the content (step 814).

The content providing site 51 sends this request R
The content is provided to the terminal device 1 according to Q1 (step 815).

Next, the charging process will be described. In the content table 35, a content price 41 for each content is set. The content price 41 is a fee charged for obtaining and using the content.
Based on the content price 41, it becomes possible to perform a billing process for providing the content to the terminal device 1.

For example, in FIG. 8, after the area of the partial image in the background image is selected (step 811), the content price 41 of the content associated with the selected area is read from the content table 35. The content is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 1 and the user's consent for the charging is requested (step 812). If the user consents to the charging (YES in step 812), the terminal device 1 transmits the content from the content providing site 51. Is allowed to be delivered.

At this time, the terminal device 1 is accessed through the web 50.
By sending the user ID, the content ID, the content price, and the like from the content provider site 51 to the content provider site 51, the content provider side can perform the charging process based on these pieces of information. In addition, the terminal device 1 calculates the charge amount for the acquisition and use of the content for a certain period,
The billing amount and the user ID may be sent to the content provider.

An image price 47 for each background image is set in the background image table 44, and based on this image price 47, charging processing can be performed for providing the background image to the terminal device 1. Is.

For example, in FIG. 8, the introduction screen 55
Then, after the user selects an item of an arbitrary background image (step 803), the background image providing site 53 reads out the image price 47 of the selected background image from the background image table 44 and reads the image price 47 of the terminal device 1. Display on the display screen,
Seek user consent for billing (step 80)
4). If the user accepts the billing (step 805)
YES), permitting the terminal device 1 to receive the distribution of the background image from the background image providing site 53.

At this time, the background image providing site 53 performs the charging process based on the image ID of the background image distributed, the image price, the user ID, and the like.

Even when the background image is obtained from the storage medium 8, after the storage medium 8 is mounted on the terminal device 1, the background image introduction screen 55 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 1. Then, the background image can be selected. The subsequent operation is the same as that of FIG. 8, but in this case, the charging method of the background image needs to be slightly changed.

For example, the storage medium 8 stores a program for performing online charging processing based on the background image table 44 for reading individual background images.
When the user selects an item of an arbitrary background image on the introduction screen 55 shown in FIG. 9, the above program sets the image price 47 of the selected background image to the background image table 4.
It is read out from No. 4 and displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 1, and the user's consent for charging is requested. If the user accepts the charge, the program is stored in the storage medium 8 in the terminal device 1.
Allow reading of the desired background image from. At this time, the program connects the terminal device 1 online to a billing server on the web, and the image ID of the read background image,
Image price, user ID, etc. are sent to the server. As a result, the server performs the billing process.

Needless to say, if the background image right is purchased at the same time as the storage medium 8 is purchased, the above charging function is not required.

As described above, this terminal device 1
An image in which various functions are set for each area can be set as a background image of the display screen, and an area can be selected by scrolling the screen to execute the function set in the area. Therefore, even if the size of the display screen is small, various functions can be used by exchanging the background image with a simple operation.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The number of partial images that divide the background image is not limited to four. It may be less than 4, or 5 or more.

Screen scrolling may be performed in units of areas. The resolution of scrolling may be variable depending on the setting. Both the background image and the content table may be stored in the storage medium. Further, the storage medium may store a content table and / or content instead of the background image.

A table to be acquired may be selected from a plurality of content tables for one background image. That is, the function assigned to the area of the background image may be selectable. The storage medium may be a memory device with copy guard or the like using an illegal copy prevention technique.

[0077]

As described above, according to the present invention,
An image in which various functions are set for each area can be set as a background image of the display screen, and an area can be selected by scrolling the screen to execute the function set in the area. Therefore, even if the size of the display screen is small, various contents can be provided by exchanging the background images with a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an appearance of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of this terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a part of a program and data configuration of the terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a scroll display function of this terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a content table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a background image table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a network system that provides a background image, a content table, and content to a terminal device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of this terminal device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a background image introduction screen displayed on this terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Terminal device 2 ... 6 ... Display section 8 ... Storage medium 9 ... Mounting part 15 ... CPU 27 ... Position detection sensor 35 ... Content table 44 ... Background image table 50 ... Web 51 ・ ・ ・ ・ Content provision site 52 ... Content table providing site 53 ... Background image providing site 54 ・ ・ ・ ・ Contents 59, AB ... Background image A1, A2, B1, B2 ... Area of partial image

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A display unit having a display screen, scrolling means for moving the position of the image displayed on the display screen when displaying an image having a size larger than the display screen, and a plurality of the display units. An image acquisition unit that acquires a desired image from a location where the images are stored, and a location where a plurality of tables for setting individual functions in a plurality of areas that partition the image are stored, Table acquisition means for acquiring a table corresponding to the image acquired by the acquisition means, and a function set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen by moving the image acquired by the image acquisition means by the scrolling means. A terminal device comprising: a unit that executes the table based on the table acquired by the table acquiring unit. 2. In the table, as information for setting a function of each of a plurality of areas that divides the image, the acquisition location of the content on the web necessary for realizing the function is registered. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a terminal device. 3. A site on the web is a place where the plurality of images are stored and a place where the plurality of tables are stored, and the image acquisition unit connects to the site online to obtain a desired image. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a table corresponding to the image is acquired. 4. A storage medium in which the place where the plurality of images are stored and the place where the plurality of tables are stored are detachable, and the image acquisition means stores the desired image and the desired image from the storage medium. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a table corresponding to an image is read and acquired. 5. The scroll means has a detecting means for detecting the movement of the terminal device, and the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen is displayed according to the movement of the terminal device detected by the detecting means. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is moved. 6. A terminal comprising: a display unit having a display screen; and scroll means for moving the position of the image displayed on the display screen when displaying an image having a size larger than the display screen. A method of setting a function of an apparatus, comprising a step of acquiring a desired image from a place where a plurality of the images are accumulated, and a plurality of tables for setting individual functions in a plurality of areas dividing the image. A step of acquiring a table corresponding to the acquired image from a place where is stored, and a function set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen by moving the acquired image by the scrolling means. And a step of executing it based on the acquired table. 7. In the table, as information for setting the function of each of a plurality of areas that divide the image, the acquisition location of the content on the web required to realize the function is registered. The function setting method of the terminal device according to claim 6, wherein 8. The place where the plurality of images are stored and the place where the plurality of tables are stored are websites on the web, and the image acquisition means connects online to the website on the web. 7. The function setting method for a terminal device according to claim 6, wherein a desired image and a table corresponding to this image are acquired. 9. The storage medium in which the plurality of images are stored and the plurality of tables are stored is a removable storage medium, and the image acquisition unit stores a desired image and the desired image from the storage medium. 7. The function setting method for a terminal device according to claim 6, wherein a table corresponding to an image is read and acquired. 10. A terminal comprising a display unit having a display screen, and scroll means for moving the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen when the image having a size larger than the display screen is displayed on the display screen. A method of providing a function to a device, which is information for setting the individual functions in a plurality of the images and a plurality of areas that divide the image, on the web necessary for realizing the functions. An image / table providing site capable of providing a plurality of tables in which content acquisition locations are registered, and a content providing site capable of providing the content are provided on the web, and the image / table providing site is online. Cause the connected terminal device to select a desired image, provide the selected image to the terminal device, and display it on the display screen. Together, the step of providing a table corresponding to the selected image and the function set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen by moving the image by the scroll means in the terminal device are realized. Providing the content necessary for the terminal device from the content providing site to the terminal device. 11. The function providing method for a terminal device according to claim 10, wherein a fee is charged for providing the image to the terminal device. 12. The method of providing a function to a terminal device according to claim 10, wherein a fee is charged for providing the content to the terminal device. 13. A terminal comprising: a display unit having a display screen; and scroll means for moving the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen when displaying an image having a size larger than the display screen. A method of providing a function to a device, which is information for setting the individual functions in a plurality of the images and a plurality of areas that divide the image, on the web necessary for realizing the functions. A removable storage medium storing a plurality of tables in which the acquisition locations of the content are stored is distributed, and a content providing site capable of providing the content is provided on the web. Let the terminal device read the desired image and display it on the display screen, and also read the table corresponding to the selected image. From the content providing site, a step of storing, and a content necessary to realize a function set in an arbitrary area displayed on the display screen by moving the image by the scroll means in the terminal device. Providing the function to the terminal device. 14. A terminal comprising: a display unit having a display screen; and scroll means for moving the position of the image displayed on the display screen when displaying an image having a size larger than the display screen. A removable storage medium that can be read by a device, and is a web necessary for realizing the above-mentioned functions as information for setting a plurality of images and a function associated with each of a plurality of areas dividing the image. A storage medium characterized by accumulating a plurality of tables in which acquisition locations of the above contents are registered.