JP2005135094A - Information display and control program of information display - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display and its control program capable of efficiently rewriting a language in use. <P>SOLUTION: The information display (10) is equipped with a monitor screen (13) displaying character information, a rewritable storage part (12) stored with character font data of a specified language, and a control part (11) which displays the character information on the monitor screen in the specified language according to the character font data, and the control part downloads one of respective kinds of character font data of a plurality of languages held on an external recording medium (20) or in a computer as character font data of the specified language to the storage part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display device capable of displaying characters, such as a camera with a liquid crystal monitor or a PDA, and a control program for the information display device.

Many models of electronic cameras (compatible with information display devices) are provided with a liquid crystal monitor on which images and characters are displayed.
Character font data (character code-character image correspondence table) in the language used by the electronic camera is stored in advance in the ROM of the electronic camera, as with a program for operating the electronic camera.

Here, for electronic cameras exported to various countries, there are several types of character font data, such as Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, etc., in order for the user to freely change the language used by the electronic camera. It is prepared for each language (for example, Patent Document 1).
If the user selects his or her language from among these several languages when purchasing an electronic camera or the like, the user can display characters in his or her language.
JP-A-9-251463

By the way, with the widespread use of electronic cameras, the countries in which electronic cameras are exported, that is, the languages used by users, tend to diversify.
However, if the number of character font data is increased correspondingly, it is expected that the capacity of the ROM will be insufficient. Further, if a large-capacity ROM capable of storing a large number of character font data is used, the cost of the electronic camera is increased, which is inefficient.

Also, the operation of the user selecting his / her language from a large number of languages tends to become more complicated as the number of types increases.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an information display device capable of efficiently rewriting the language used, and a control program for such an information display device.

  The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the character is displayed in the specific language in accordance with the monitor capable of displaying the character, the rewritable storage unit storing the character font data of the specific language, and the character font data. And a control unit that displays on the monitor, wherein the control unit uses any one of the character font data of a plurality of languages stored in advance in an external recording medium as the character font data of the specific language. It downloads to a memory | storage part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to the first aspect, the control unit causes the user to specify the language type of the character font data to be downloaded.
The information display device according to claim 3 is the information display device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit automatically starts the operation for designating when the information display device is turned on. To do.

The information display device according to claim 4 is a monitor capable of displaying characters, a capturing unit that voluntarily captures information for specifying a user's language from the outside, and the capturing unit via the capturing unit. And a controller that recognizes the language used by the user and displays the characters on the monitor in the language used.
The information display device according to claim 5 is the information display device according to claim 4, wherein the capturing unit includes a receiver that receives an area identification signal transmitted from a time station set in advance in each area. The control unit recognizes a language used by the user based on the region identification signal.

The information display device according to claim 6 is the information display device according to claim 4, wherein the capturing unit includes a receiver that receives a GPS signal transmitted by a GPS satellite disposed in the sky, and the control unit Recognizes the language used by the user based on the GPS signal.
The information display device according to claim 7 is the information display device according to claim 4, wherein the capturing unit includes a communication device that communicates with a communication device in an external computer, and the control unit includes the communication device. The language used by the computer is checked via the computer, and the language used is regarded as the language used by the user.

The information display device according to claim 8, wherein a language capable of displaying an image and characters and a language selection in which images visually indicating a plurality of languages are arranged in order to prompt the user to specify a language type. And a control unit for displaying a monitor screen on the monitor.
The information display device according to claim 9 is the information display device according to claim 8, wherein the image is made up of marks representing each region in which each of the plurality of languages is a use language. .

An information display device according to a tenth aspect is the information display device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the image is an image of a world map including each use region of the plurality of languages.
The control program for an information display device according to claim 11 is a control program for an information display device comprising a monitor capable of displaying characters and a rewritable storage unit for storing character font data of a specific language. The method includes downloading one of character font data of a plurality of languages stored in advance in an external recording medium to the storage unit as character font data of the specific language.

The control program for the information display device according to claim 12 includes the procedure for causing the user to specify the language type of the character font data to be downloaded in the control program for the information display device according to claim 11. And
The control program for an information display device according to claim 13 is the control program for an information display device according to claim 12, wherein the procedure is automatically started when the information display device is turned on. To do.

  15. A control program for an information display apparatus according to claim 14, comprising: a monitor capable of displaying characters; and an information display unit including a capturing unit that spontaneously captures information for specifying a user's language from outside. A control program for the apparatus, comprising: a step of recognizing a language used by the user through the capturing unit and causing the monitor to display the characters in the language used.

The control program for the information display device according to claim 15 is the control program for the information display device according to claim 14, wherein the capturing means outputs an area identification signal transmitted by a time signal station set in advance in each area. It comprises a receiver for receiving, and includes a procedure for recognizing the language used by the user based on the region identification signal.
The control program for the information display device according to claim 16 is the control program for the information display device according to claim 14, wherein the capturing means receives a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite arranged in the sky. And comprising a step of recognizing the language used by the user based on the GPS signal.

The control program for the information display device according to claim 17 is the control program for the information display device according to claim 14, wherein the capturing unit includes a communicator that communicates with a communicator in an external computer. The method includes a step of examining a language used by the computer through a container and considering the language used as the language used by the user.
The control program for an information display device according to claim 18 is a control program for an information display device having a monitor capable of displaying images and characters, in order to prompt the user to specify the language type. And a procedure for displaying on the monitor a language selection screen in which images visually showing a plurality of languages are arranged.

The control program for an information display device according to claim 19 is the control program for an information display device according to claim 18, wherein the image is made up of each mark symbolizing each region that uses each of the plurality of languages as a use language. It is characterized by becoming.
The control program for an information display device according to claim 20 is the control program for an information display device according to claim 18, wherein the image is an image of a world map including each use region of the plurality of languages. Features.

  According to the present invention described above, an information display device capable of efficiently rewriting the language used and a control program for such an information display device are realized.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an electronic camera system including an electronic camera (corresponding to an information display device) 10 and an external memory (corresponding to an external recording medium) 20 such as a CF card is used. explain.

First, the electronic camera 10 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1A, an operation button 14, a liquid crystal monitor 13, and the like are provided on the back surface of the electronic camera 10.
As shown in FIG. 1B, the electronic camera 10 includes a CPU (corresponding to a control unit) 11, a ROM (corresponding to a storage unit) 12, and the like. The ROM 12 is a rewritable and nonvolatile memory such as an EEP-ROM.

As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the electronic camera 10 is provided with an insertion port for the external memory 20.
Next, the ROM 12 of the electronic camera 10 and the external memory 20 will be described in order.
The ROM 12 has a storage area E1 in which a program for operating the CPU 11 is stored, as shown in the upper left of FIG.

Each operation by the program is as follows, for example.
The CPU 11 drives an image sensor (not shown) in response to an operation of a release button (not shown) to take an image, performs various settings of the electronic camera 10 in response to an operation of the operation button 14, and a liquid crystal monitor. 13 displays images and characters (see lower left (a) and (b) in FIG. 2). The CPU 11 accesses the external memory 20 inserted into the insertion slot, reads information stored in advance in the external memory 20, and writes information acquired in the electronic camera 10 into the external memory 20.

Along with this program, the ROM 12 stores character font data in the language used by the electronic camera 10. A storage area in which the character font data is stored is indicated by a symbol “E11” in FIG.
Incidentally, the size of the storage area E <b> 11 may be any size that can store character font data of any one language among the various types of languages that can be used by the electronic camera 10.

However, since the information amount of the character font data varies depending on the type of language, the storage area E11 has a size that can store at least character font data of a language (for example, Chinese) having the maximum information amount. .
The character font data in the storage area E11 is appropriately referred to by the CPU 11 when characters are displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 13 as shown in the lower left (a) and (b) of FIG.

  When the character font data in the storage area E11 is Japanese character font data, the language used by the electronic camera 10 is Japanese (the characters are displayed in Japanese as shown in the lower left (a) of FIG. 2). When the character font data in the storage area E11 is English character font data, the language used by the electronic camera 10 is English (characters are displayed in English as shown in the lower left (b) of FIG. 2). Explanation of ROM 12.)

On the other hand, as shown in the lower right of FIG. 2, the external memory 20 stores a card firmware update file (hereinafter referred to as “CFU file”) 21 of the electronic camera 10.
The CFU file 21 stores an execution file 22 relating to main operations of language rewriting and character font data 23a, 23b, 23c,.
These character font data 23a, 23b, 23c,... Are composed of character fonts of languages used in all regions in which the electronic camera 10 can be used, for example, tens or hundreds of types of character font data.

The external memory 20 storing such a CFU file 21 is prepared in advance as an “external memory for rewriting or initializing the language used”.
The external memory 20 is packed and shipped together with the electronic camera 10 when the electronic camera 10 is shipped, for example.
Next, the operation flow of the electronic camera 10 will be described.

Here, only the flow of “language rewriting operation” incorporated in the initial operation at power-on will be described, and the flow of other operations incorporated in the initial operation and normal operations (photographing, various settings, information display, etc.) are publicly known. Therefore, explanation is omitted.
The language rewriting operation program (see FIG. 3) is one of the programs stored in the ROM 12. A program (see FIG. 4) of the main part of the language rewriting operation (main operation of language rewriting) is one of the programs stored in the external memory 20 (the execution file 22 of the external memory 20).

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the power is turned on, the CPU 11 refers to the value of the reset flag prepared in advance (step S1 in FIG. 3). Here, the reset flag value “1” indicates that the language used has never been rewritten in the past (= the main operation of language rewriting has never been performed), and the reset flag value “0”. "" Indicates that the language used has already been rewritten (= the main operation of language rewriting has been performed).

If the value of the reset flag is “1” (step S2 YES in FIG. 3), it is considered that the language to be used needs to be rewritten, and the operation proceeds to that operation (step S3 and subsequent steps in FIG. 3). If the value of the reset flag is “0” (step S3 NO in FIG. 3), it is considered that the language to be used is not rewritten, and the normal operation is started.
In step S <b> 3, the CPU 11 searches for the CFU file 21 on the external memory 20.

  When the CFU file 21 is searched (step S4 in FIG. 3), it is confirmed whether or not the power supply voltage is normal (step S5 in FIG. 3) in order to proceed to the next process using the CFU file 21. When the CFU file 21 is not searched (step S4 NO in FIG. 3), the CPU 11 displays a message prompting the insertion of “an external memory for rewriting or initializing the language used” on the liquid crystal monitor 13 or a display unit (not shown). Display on the LCD panel and wait for the power to be turned on again.

  If it can be confirmed that the power supply voltage is normal (step S6 YES in FIG. 3), the CPU 11 performs the main operation of language rewriting by executing the CFU file 21 (step S7 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4). If it is not possible to confirm that the power supply voltage is normal (step S6 NO in FIG. 3), a power supply error message is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 13 or a display unit (not shown) (liquid crystal panel, etc.), and the power is turned on again. stand by.

The flow of main operations for language rewriting (step S7 in FIG. 3, FIG. 4) is as follows.
First, the CPU 11 displays a language selection screen on the liquid crystal monitor 13 (step S71 in FIG. 4).
The language selection screen prompts the user to select a desired language. This is illustrated in FIG.

The language selection screen includes flag images that symbolize a region (a country or a part of a country) arranged in a matrix. As many images as possible, for example, nine or more (16 in FIG. 5) flag images are arranged on the screen.
The user can operate the operation button 14 to display an image of another flag that is not displayed at that time.

One of these flag images is selected. The image to be selected (Hinomaru in FIG. 5) is displayed with a brightness different from that of other images, for example, so as to stand out.
The user can operate the operation button 14 to move the selection target in the right, left, up, and down directions.
The user can select a desired flag image and operate the operation button 14 to give a confirmation signal (instruction to start rewriting of the language used) to the CPU 11.

When the instruction is given (YES in step S72 in FIG. 4), the language used in the region symbolized by the flag image that was selected at that time (in the case of “Hinomaru”, “Japanese”, “star and stripe flag”). "Recognizes" English ").
The correspondence relationship between each region and the language used in that region is stored in advance in the external memory 20 together with the execution file 22 as a correspondence table 22a as shown in FIG. The CPU 11 can recognize the language used in the area by referring to the correspondence table 22a.

The CPU 11 selectively reads only the character font data of the recognized language from the character font data 23a, 23b, 23c,... On the external memory 20, and downloads it to the storage area E11 of the ROM 12 (FIG. 4 step S73) (the flow of the main operation of language rewriting).
When the download is completed, the CPU 11 changes the reset flag to “0” (step S8 in FIG. 3) and ends the language rewriting operation (the flow of the language rewriting operation).

As a result of this download, the language used by the electronic camera 10 becomes the language desired by the user.
As described above, the electronic camera 10 of the present embodiment uses the external memory 20 in which all of the various types of character font data are stored in advance when rewriting the language used. It can cope with diversification of users' languages.

Moreover, since the language rewriting operation is incorporated in the initial operation of the electronic camera 10, it is automatically started without any user operation.
Further, since the use language is rewritten only once by using the reset flag, the user operation (here, an operation for selecting a desired language) can be minimized.

Further, since the language selection screen (see FIG. 5) presents each language by an image instead of characters, it is possible to prompt the user who uses any language to select the language smoothly.
Moreover, since the language selection screen presents each language by an image instead of characters, there are many languages that can be displayed at one time.

Therefore, the language used is rewritten efficiently.
(Other)
In the electronic camera 10 of the present embodiment, the language rewriting operation is incorporated in the initial operation of the electronic camera 10, but the setting on the liquid crystal monitor 13 is set so that the language rewriting operation is started at a timing desired by the user. It is preferable to add an item “Rewrite Language” to the menu (see the lower left of FIG. 2, in which each item is displayed in a list so that the user can select an item to be set).

  That is, when the user operates the operation button 14 and selects the item “Rewrite used language” while the setting menu is displayed, the CPU 11 performs a language rewriting operation. The language rewriting operation at this time is performed by sequentially performing steps S3, S4, and S7 (FIG. 4) of the operation flowchart shown in FIG. 3 (however, the "external memory for rewriting or initializing the language used"). After the message prompting the insertion is displayed, the process returns to step S3 without waiting for the power to be turned on again.

Further, although the image of the flag of each region is arranged on the language selection screen of the present embodiment, an image of “national flag” of each country may be arranged. However, when a national flag of a country (Switzerland, Canada, etc.) composed of a plurality of regions with different languages is selected, the electronic camera is configured so that the user can further specify the region (Montreal, Zurich, etc.) in that country.
Further, the language selection screen in the electronic camera of the present embodiment is an image in which flag images of each region are arranged (see FIG. 5), but as shown in FIG. 6, an image of a world map including each region. It is good. On this world map, it is desirable that each region is color-coded or patterned.

Incidentally, when color-coded or pattern-divided, a plurality of regions having the same language used may be represented by the same color or the same pattern.
In the electronic camera system of the present embodiment, a program for main operations of language rewriting (see FIG. 4) is stored on the external memory 20 side (as an execution file 22), but part or all of the same program is stored. It may be stored on the side of the electronic camera 10 (in the ROM 12).

If at least the character font data 23a, 23b,... Are stored on the external memory 20 side, the above-mentioned effect “Diversification of languages used by users despite having no large-capacity ROM” Can respond to. "
Furthermore, part or all of the information stored in the external memory 20 may be stored in advance in a hard disk of a computer. This information is, for example, a downloaded CFU file 21 published on the Internet. If the electronic camera 10 is connected to this computer and necessary information is transferred from the hard disk of the computer to the electronic camera 10, the electronic camera 10 can be made to perform the same language rewriting operation as described above. it can.

[Second Embodiment]
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the present embodiment, an electronic camera system including an electronic camera 30 and an external memory 40 will be described as shown in FIG.
Hereinafter, only differences between the electronic camera 30 and the electronic camera 10 of the first embodiment, and differences between the external memory 40 and the external memory 20 of the first embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 7, a radio wave receiver 31 is mounted on the electronic camera 30.
The radio wave receiver 31 receives an area identification signal transmitted from a time signal station installed in advance in each area. The area identification signal is a signal indicating the area to which the time information station belongs.
Unlike the execution file 22 stored in advance in the external memory 20 of the first embodiment, the execution file 42 stored in advance in the external memory 40 causes the CPU 11 to perform the main operation of language rewriting as shown in FIG. Is.

The main operation flow (FIG. 8) for language rewriting will be described below.
First, the CPU 11 drives the radio wave receiver 31 to receive an area identification signal transmitted from the nearest time station (step S471 in FIG. 8).
The CPU 11 recognizes the language used in the area indicated by the area identification signal (step S472 in FIG. 8).

Note that the correspondence between the region identification signal of each region and the language used in that region is stored in advance in the external memory 40 together with the execution file 42 as a correspondence table 42a as shown in FIG. The CPU 11 can recognize the language used in the area by referring to the correspondence table 42a.
The CPU 11 selectively reads out only the character font data of the same language as the recognized language from the character font data 23a, 23b, 23c,... On the external memory 40, and stores it in the storage area E11 on the ROM 12. Download (step S473 in FIG. 8) (the flow of the main operation of language rewriting).

In other words, in the electronic camera system of the present embodiment, the language used for the electronic camera 30 is automatically set to the same language as the language used in the region where the electronic camera 30 exists by using the area identification signal transmitted by the nearest time station. Rewrite.
Therefore, when the user uses the electronic camera 30 in the area where he / she lives, the language used by the electronic camera 30 is automatically rewritten to the language used by the user.

(Other)
Although the radio receiver 31 is mounted on the electronic camera 30 of the present embodiment, a GPS module 31 ′ may be mounted instead of the radio receiver 31 (GPS: Global Positioning System).
The GPS module 31 ′ receives a GPS signal transmitted by a GPS satellite disposed in the sky. The GPS signal is a signal indicating the latitude and longitude (position coordinates) of the current position of the GPS module 31.

At this time, the CPU 11 receives the GPS signal by driving the GPS module 31, and recognizes the position coordinates indicated by the GPS signal. The CPU 11 recognizes the language used in the area to which the position coordinates belong.
Note that the correspondence relationship between each position coordinate and the language used in the region to which the position coordinate belongs is stored in advance in the external memory 40 as a correspondence table 42a ′, as indicated by a dotted line in FIG. The CPU 11 can recognize the language used in the region by referring to the correspondence table 42a ′.

Therefore, even when GPS is used in this way, when the user uses the electronic camera 30 in the area where he / she lives, the language used by the electronic camera 30 is automatically rewritten to the user's language.
[Third Embodiment]
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the present embodiment, an electronic camera system including an electronic camera 50 and an external memory 60 will be described as shown in FIG.
Hereinafter, only differences between the electronic camera 50 and the electronic camera 10 of the first embodiment, and differences between the external memory 60 and the external memory 20 of the first embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 9, the electronic camera 50 is provided with an interface 51 such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus), and is connected to a computer 70 having the same type of interface via a cable (USB cable).

The computer 70 is a personal computer of the user of the electronic camera 50 or a computer that uses the same language as the user of the electronic camera 50.
The execution file 62 stored in advance in the external memory 60 is different from the execution file 22 stored in advance in the external memory 20 of the first embodiment, and performs the main operation of language rewriting as shown in FIG. It is something to make.

The main operation flow (FIG. 10) for language rewriting will be described below.
First, the CPU 11 searches for a predetermined storage area on the hard disk in the computer 70 via the interface 51, the cable, and the interface in the computer 70 (step S671 in FIG. 10).
This storage area is a storage area in which character font data of the language used by the computer 70 is stored, or a storage area in which information indicating the type of character font data is stored.

The CPU 11 recognizes the language of the character font data stored in the storage area, reads the character font data of the same language as the language from the external memory 60, and downloads it to the storage area E11 of the ROM 12 (step S673 in FIG. 10). (The above is the main flow of language rewriting.)
That is, in the electronic camera system of this embodiment, the language used by the electronic camera 50 is automatically rewritten to the same language as the language used by the computer 70.

Therefore, if the electronic camera 50 is connected to a computer having the same language as the user's language, the language used by the electronic camera 50 is automatically rewritten to the user's language.
(Other)
In the language rewriting operation (see FIG. 3) of the present embodiment, a procedure for displaying a message prompting connection when the electronic camera 50 is not connected to the computer 70 may be added.

[Others]
In addition, although each said embodiment applies this invention to the electronic camera provided with the liquid crystal monitor, this invention is applied similarly to the other information display apparatus which has the monitor which displays a character. Is possible.

It is a figure which shows the electronic camera system of 1st Embodiment. FIG. 1A is a diagram of the electronic camera 10 according to the first embodiment viewed from the back side, and FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the electronic camera 10. It is a figure explaining the electronic camera 10 of 1st Embodiment, and the external memory 20 of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a language rewriting operation | movement. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main operation | movement of the language rewriting of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen for language selection. It is a figure which shows another example of the screen for language selection. It is a figure explaining the electronic camera 30 of 2nd Embodiment, and the external memory 40 of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main operation | movement of the language rewriting of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the electronic camera 50 of 3rd Embodiment, and the external memory 60 of 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main operation | movement of the language rewriting of 3rd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10, 30, 50 Electronic camera 20, 40, 60 External memory 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 LCD monitor 14 Operation buttons E1, E11 Storage areas 21, 41, 61 CFU files 22, 42, 62 Execution files 22a, 42a, 42a 'Correspondence tables 23a, 23b, ... character font data 31 radio wave receiver 51 interface

Claims (20)

A monitor capable of displaying characters,
A rewritable storage unit that stores character font data in a specific language;
In accordance with the character font data, a control unit that displays the character on the monitor in the specific language,
The controller is
One of the character font data in a plurality of languages stored in advance in an external recording medium is downloaded to the storage unit as the character font data in the specific language. The information display device according to claim 1,
The controller is
An information display device that allows a user to specify a language type of the character font data to be downloaded. The information display device according to claim 2,
The controller is
The operation for causing the designation is automatically started when the information display device is turned on. A monitor capable of displaying characters,
A capturing means that voluntarily captures information for identifying the user's language from outside,
An information display device comprising: a control unit that recognizes the language used by the user via the capturing unit and displays the characters on the monitor in the language used. The information display device according to claim 4,
The capturing means includes
It consists of a receiver that receives an area identification signal sent by a time signal station installed in advance in each area.
The controller is
An information display device that recognizes a language used by the user based on the region identification signal. The information display device according to claim 4,
The capturing means includes
It consists of a receiver that receives GPS signals transmitted by GPS satellites placed in the sky,
The controller is
An information display device that recognizes a language used by the user based on the GPS signal. The information display device according to claim 4,
The capturing means includes
It consists of a communication device that communicates with a communication device in an external computer.
The controller is
An information display device characterized by investigating the language used by the computer via the communication device and regarding the language used as the language used by the user. A monitor capable of displaying images and characters;
An information display device comprising: a control unit that displays on the monitor a language selection screen on which images visually indicating a plurality of languages are arranged in order to prompt the user to specify a language type. . The information display device according to claim 8,
The image is
An information display device comprising each mark symbolizing each region in which each of the plurality of languages is a use language. The information display device according to claim 8,
The image is
An information display device, wherein the information display device is an image of a world map that includes the use areas of the plurality of languages. A monitor capable of displaying characters,
A control program for an information display device comprising a rewritable storage unit for storing character font data of a specific language,
Control of an information display device including a procedure for downloading any one of character font data of a plurality of languages stored in advance in an external recording medium to the storage unit as character font data of the specific language program. In the control program of the information display device according to claim 11,
A control program for an information display apparatus, comprising: a procedure for allowing a user to specify a language type of the character font data to be downloaded. In the control program of the information display device according to claim 12,
The information display device control program is characterized in that the procedure is automatically started when the information display device is powered on. A monitor capable of displaying characters,
A control program for an information display device comprising a capturing means for voluntarily capturing information for identifying a user's language from outside,
A control program for an information display device, comprising: a step of recognizing a language used by the user through the capturing unit and causing the monitor to display the characters in the language used. In the control program of the information display device according to claim 14,
The capturing means includes
It consists of a receiver that receives an area identification signal sent by a time signal station installed in advance in each area.
A control program for an information display device, comprising: a procedure for recognizing a language used by the user based on the area identification signal. In the control program of the information display device according to claim 14,
The capturing means includes
It consists of a receiver that receives GPS signals transmitted by GPS satellites placed in the sky,
A control program for an information display device, comprising: a procedure for recognizing a language used by the user based on the GPS signal. In the control program of the information display device according to claim 14,
The capturing means includes
It consists of a communication device that communicates with a communication device in an external computer.
A control program for an information display device, comprising: a procedure for examining a language used by the computer via the communication device and regarding the language used as the language used by the user. A control program for an information display device having a monitor capable of displaying images and characters,
A control program for an information display apparatus, comprising: a procedure for displaying on the monitor a language selection screen on which images visually indicating a plurality of languages are arranged in order to prompt the user to specify a language type. . The control program for an information display device according to claim 18,
The image is
A control program for an information display device, comprising each mark symbolizing each region using each of the plurality of languages as a use language. The control program for an information display device according to claim 18,
The image is
A control program for an information display device, characterized in that it is an image of a world map that includes the use areas of the plurality of languages.

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