JP2005078410A - Information transmission and reception system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information transmission and reception system for promoting viewing and listening by actively notifying reception of critical information. <P>SOLUTION: When the information transmission and reception system receives information, notification from a notification processing part 13 to a user is performed by notification means 17-19 based on the importance decided by an importance decision part 12. Here, a viewing and listening action sensing part 15 senses an information viewing and listening state of the user by notification processing. However, if the user has not viewed and listened to the information after a fixed time, the notification processing from the notification processing part 13 to the user is performed again. Hereby, upon receiving the critical information, the user's attention can be drawn regardless of whether the user is using the system, thereby providing the information transmission and reception system for actively promoting the viewing and listening of the critical information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information transmission / reception system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an information transmission / reception system, for example, according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228620, an email can be preferentially viewed by providing importance in information in the email system and displaying the importance at the time of reception. A reception method has been proposed.
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  However, there is a problem that displaying the importance level in the receiving system at the time of receiving the e-mail is passive and insufficient when urgent or certainty is required.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information transmission / reception system for encouraging viewing of important information.

  In order to solve the conventional problem, the information transmission / reception system of the present invention actively performs repetitive notification by a method according to the importance of received information.

  This can attract the user's attention when receiving important information, whether or not the system is in use.

  The information transmission / reception system of the present invention actively and repeatedly notifies important information to attract the user's attention regardless of whether the system is in use.

  In the first invention, importance is given to information to be transmitted and received, and reception of information is actively and repeatedly notified by a method corresponding to the importance, thereby attracting the user's attention and prompting viewing of important information. be able to.

  In the second invention, importance is given to information to be transmitted and received, and the reception of information is actively and repeatedly notified by a method that appeals visually according to the importance. You can encourage viewing.

  In the third invention, importance is given to information to be transmitted / received, and reception of information is actively and repeatedly notified by a method that appeals to the auditory sense according to the importance, thereby attracting the user's attention and You can encourage viewing.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, importance is given to information to be transmitted / received, and the reception of information is actively and repeatedly notified by a method that appeals to the tactile sense according to the importance. You can encourage viewing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information transmission / reception system according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

  The information transmission / reception system according to the present invention includes an information reception detection unit 11 that detects reception of information, an importance determination unit 12 that determines importance from importance information included in a header of received information, and the like. Depending on the degree, when the user views the information, the notification processing unit 13 notifies the user of the reception of information by using a single notification means α17, notification means β18, notification means ζ19, etc. individually or in combination. A viewing confirmation interface 16 that operates, a viewing operation detection unit 15 that detects the operation of the viewing confirmation interface 16, and an information viewing determination unit 14 that determines whether the user has viewed information. Note that when the notification means α17 is, for example, a sound generator, stepwise notification according to the importance level is possible by changing the volume, the type of sound, the rhythm, etc., and the other notification means 18, 19 The same applies to. The viewing confirmation interface 16 does not need to be a dedicated interface, and may be an operation of a normally used interface that is prompted by the information transmission / reception system as viewing confirmation when the user views information.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the information transmission / reception system according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

  When the information transmission / reception system according to the present invention receives information, the information reception detection unit 11 detects reception of the information, and passes importance information included in a header of the information to the importance determination unit 12. The importance level determination unit 12 determines the importance level of the information in step S01, and proceeds to step S11, step S21, and step S31 according to the determined importance level.

  For example, when the importance level determination unit 12 determines that the importance level is a, the notification processing unit 13 notifies the user with the notification unit A in step S11, and the process proceeds to step S12. Here, the notification means A is a notification means that uses a single notification means α17 or notification means β18 individually or in combination. In step S <b> 12, the viewing operation detection unit 15 detects the operation of the viewing confirmation interface 16 such as pressing of a confirmation button when viewing information, and passes the information viewing status of the user to the information viewing determination unit 14. If the user has not viewed the information after a certain time has elapsed, the process returns to step S11, and notification processing from the notification processing unit 13 to the user is performed. The same applies to the case of determining the importance b.

  For example, when the importance level determination unit 12 determines the importance level to be z, the notification processing unit 13 notifies the user once with the notification unit Z. As described above, there is a case where periodic notification is not performed depending on the importance.

  FIG. 3 is an external view of the information terminal of the information transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  3, the information terminal 31 has an information display device 32 such as a liquid crystal display and a light emitting device 34 such as an LED, and the display contents 33 of the information display device 32 as a single notification means such as the notification means α in FIG. The light emission of the light emitting device 34 can be used.

  In the present embodiment, according to the importance of the information received by the information terminal 31, the picture of the display content 33 displayed on the information display device 32, the size of the characters, the color, the content of the wording, etc. are changed and notified. To do. Further, notification is made by changing the emission color, blinking, blinking interval, and the like of the light emitting device 34. Furthermore, more effective notification can be performed by combining the display content 33 displayed on the information display device 32 and the light emission of the light emitting device 34.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 4 is an external view of an information terminal of the information transmission / reception system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  4, the information terminal 31 has a sound generator 41 such as a speaker, and the output sound of the sound generator 41 can be used as a single notification means such as the notification means α in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, according to the importance of the information received by the information terminal 31, the volume, type, rhythm, etc. of the sound output from the sound generator 41 are changed and notified.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 5 is an external view of an information terminal in the information transmission / reception system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 5, the information terminal 31 has a vibration generating device 51 such as a motor, and the vibration of the vibration generating device 51 can be used as a single notification means such as the notification means α in FIG. Here, it is desirable that the vibration generating device 51 has a high degree of freedom in the notification possible range by performing wirelessly. Moreover, although the vibration generator 51 is expressed in the form of a wristband, it is for the reason that the certainty of notification is higher when the user is usually attached to the body. Another form in which the device 51 is incorporated may be used.

  In the present embodiment, notification is made by changing the magnitude, rhythm, etc. of the vibration generated by the vibration generator 51 according to the importance of the information received by the information terminal 31.

  In addition, from the first to third embodiments of the present invention, by combining the display content 33 of the information display device 32, the light emission of the light emitting device 34, the output sound of the sound generating device 41, and the vibration of the vibration generating device 51, More effective notification can be performed (see FIG. 6).

  As described above, the information transmission / reception system according to the present invention is capable of active repeated notification to the user depending on the importance of the received information. It can also be applied to uses such as alarm notifications for people and notification notification means such as evacuation advisories.

The block block diagram of the information transmission / reception system in Embodiment 1-3 of this invention The flowchart of the information transmission / reception system in Embodiment 1-3 of this invention 1 is an external view of an information transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. External view of the information transmission / reception system in Embodiment 2 of this invention External view of information transmission / reception system in Embodiment 3 of the present invention External view of information transmission / reception system according to another embodiment of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Information reception detection part 12 Importance determination part 13 Notification processing part 14 Information viewing determination part 15 Viewing operation detection part 16 Viewing confirmation interface 17, 18, 19 Notification means 31 Information terminal 32 Information display apparatus 33 Display content 34 Light emitting apparatus 41 Sound Generator 51 Vibration generator

Claims (4)

An information transmission / reception system comprising a notification means for providing importance to information to be transmitted / received, and actively and periodically notifying reception of the information by a method according to the importance. The information transmission / reception system according to claim 1, further comprising a display device, wherein display on the display device is used as notification means for notifying reception of information. The information transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the information transmission / reception system includes a sound generation device and uses sound from the sound generation device as notification means for notifying reception of information. The information transmission / reception system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information transmission / reception system includes a vibration generation device and uses vibration from the vibration generation device as notification means for notifying reception of information.

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