JP2007048033A - Web browsing device and web information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a web browsing device and method capable of displaying a user-friendly effective screen even on a small display screen without interfering with display information. <P>SOLUTION: This web browsing device 1 is provided with a screen for displaying divided frames respectively indicating the information of independent regions with display information in those frames, and displaying information in those different frames for the number of the plurality of frames. This web browsing device 1 is provided with an information display part 4 for, when the display information whose data quantity is larger that of the selected region in the displayed screen is stored in a memory, controlling the display of a scroll bar showing that overflowing information is not displayed. The information display part discriminately displays an active frame as the frame showing the selected region, and controls the display of the scroll bar in a non-selected region outside the active frame. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a web browsing device in a terminal that acquires a plurality of screen information held by a visitor in a mobile phone, a mobile information terminal, etc., displays the information on a small built-in screen, and selects and performs Web browsing. Is.

  Devices that acquire information from the Internet and perform Web browsing are widespread. These are often used in an environment equipped with a display device large enough to display a large number of characters and image information, such as on a personal computer or a television. In addition, in these Web pages, pages having a display format in which one screen called a frame is divided by a plurality of information pages are used, and the screen has a sufficiently large screen to display such information. is required.

  FIG. 23 shows a description example of general frame information and a display example thereof. The frame information in the description example is described in a Web page description language such as HTML, and indicates information for separating and laying out pages and what information is associated with the separator. Information associated with the break is referred to as “in-frame page information”. When the screen size is large and the amount of information that can be displayed is large, it is not a problem to display the intra-frame page information as it is in the frame.

An information display device disclosed in Patent Literature 1 is a device that has been conceived for easily displaying a screen divided by a plurality of frames. Frame information is simply displayed on one screen to indicate which part is displayed. When another necessary part is selected, another frame screen is displayed correspondingly.
In addition, there are many other conventional technologies that display multiple frames on a large screen and display which frame is selected in an easy-to-understand manner, but in the following, the necessary parts of a small screen are effectively displayed. Consider a web browsing device.
JP-A-11-102273

In a small information device such as a cellular phone, a portable information terminal, or a car navigation system, when trying to display content for a display device having a large display area such as a PC or TV and a high resolution, particularly content divided into pages by frames. There is a problem that it is difficult for users to grasp the contents.
In addition, when a page including a frame is displayed on a device with a small screen, the information in each frame cannot be displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. The amount of information that can be displayed on the screen is further reduced by the display area of the bar itself, making it more difficult to capture the contents.
Further, according to the configuration shown in Patent Document 1, overlapping the rough layout on the screen hides the display area, and also reduces the screen display and provides effective information display. There is a problem that it cannot be done.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a web browsing apparatus and method that can display a user-friendly and effective screen even on a small display screen without disturbing display information. For the purpose.

The web browsing apparatus according to the present invention displays a frame that indicates that each is an independent area information, together with display information in the frame, and has a screen having a screen for displaying information in different frames for a plurality of frames. In the browsing device,
When the amount of display information that protrudes from the frame of the selected area in the screen to be displayed is stored in the memory, an information display unit that controls display of a scroll bar that indicates that there is the undisplayed information that protrudes is provided. And
The information display unit identifies and displays an active frame as a frame representing the selected area, and controls display of the scroll bar in an unselected area outside the active frame.

  As described above, according to the web browsing apparatus of the present invention, since the scroll bar for the frame is displayed outside the frame, the information in the frame can be stored without interfering with the display area of the frame selected by the user. There is an effect that browsing is possible.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Consider a case where an electronic device having a small display screen such as a mobile phone displays information in a plurality of frames on the small display screen.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a Web (web) browsing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, the portable information terminal 1 as a web browsing device refers to a small computer, a mobile phone equipped with a function for performing web browsing by connecting to the Internet. The portable information terminal 1 has an information receiving unit 2 that acquires content on the Internet. The content includes various data such as a text file described in HTML format and an image file. The information analysis unit 3 that analyzes the data of the received content and the information display unit 4 that displays the information content of the information analysis result in various forms are also provided. Furthermore, it has an information operation unit 5 and a memory 11 for receiving input of position selection, determination key and the like of cursor keys (designating up, down, left and right directions) from the user.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation flow including screen display performed by the portable information terminal 1, in particular, display control of a scroll bar. The operation will be described below with reference to FIG.
The portable information terminal 1 acquires Web content from the Internet by the information receiving unit 2. Here, a case where the frame information shown in FIG. 23 is received as the frame information will be described. The content acquired by the information receiving unit 2 is analyzed by the information analyzing unit 3. That is, in step S11 of FIG. 2 (hereinafter, description of steps is omitted), the information analysis unit 3 first analyzes the presence / absence and configuration of frame information. If a plurality of frames are included in the page in S12, the information receiving unit 2 is requested to receive the intra-frame page information in S13, and the intra-frame page information is acquired. In S14, the information analysis unit 3 analyzes the intra-frame page information. In S15, the information analysis unit 3 analyzes how much area is required to display the intra-frame page information and generates display information.

If the screen is small and the page displayed on one screen is divided into multiple frames and displayed, the area given to each frame is often too small to display the information in the frame. A scroll bar is displayed to indicate that there is an undisplayed portion other than the information surrounded and surrounded by the frame. When the page is displayed first, the top frame is selected, but when the user selects it, it is determined that the selected frame area is active. That is, in FIG. 2, the loop between S10a and S10b is repeatedly acquired as many times as the number of frames, and the necessary frame portion is selected in S15. In this case, an area is selected by a normal cursor operation.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example, in which display information in a frame divided into upper, lower left, and lower right is displayed at the same time, and the upper frame is indicated by a thick line frame in the selected area. Indicates that it is an active frame.
The information display unit 4 displays a scroll bar outside the frame when the display content of the selected frame does not completely display the display information stored in the memory 11. That is, in S17 of FIG. 2, the information display unit 4 performs display control so that the scroll bar is displayed in an unselected area outside the active frame so as not to disturb the display area of the active frame. In S18, the information display unit 4 controls screen display of information in each frame to be displayed.

  In FIG. 3, the information operation unit 5 indicates that the top frame is selected and active, and is selected with a bold frame. The information in this frame is not displayed in both the vertical and horizontal directions in this small frame. Each scroll bar is displayed outside the right and lower frames. By doing this, it is possible to alleviate the problem that at least the display information in the active frame is not visible on the scroll bar display.

  In the display control of the scroll bar in S17 in FIG. 2, instead of displaying the scroll bar just outside the active frame as shown in FIG. 3, the rightmost (or leftmost) and bottommost (or lowermost) (or You may control to display a scroll bar on the upper side. An example of the display surface in such a case is shown in FIG. In the figure, the scroll bar is far from the active frame, but this is only for display control. When the scroll bar is moved with the cursor, the displayed scroll bar is for the active frame indicated by the selected thick line frame. It is the same as in the case of FIG. 3 that the information in the active frame is moved and displayed. That is, since the scroll bar for the frame is displayed outside the frame, the display information in the frame can be browsed without interfering with the display area of the frame selected by the information operation unit 5 by the user's input. There is an effect.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
As explained above, it is important to display as much information as possible in the active frame. Here, a description will be given of a device that appropriately selects the control of the display area of the scroll bar that is necessary accompanying the display of the entire page.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of the web browsing apparatus in the present embodiment. The apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a display area determination unit 6 for determining the scroll bar display position after the analysis processing by the information analysis unit 3 in addition to the configuration of FIG. In the previous embodiment, only the outside of the active frame has been described. Here, the display area determination unit 6 determines and selects whether the display position of the scroll bar is vertical or horizontal.

The operation centering on the web browsing apparatus, particularly the display area determination unit 6, will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For steps not specified, the operation of FIG. 2 is performed.
In S20 of FIG. 6, the display area determination unit 6 determines a currently selected frame. In S21, the display area determination unit 6 determines whether or not the frame displays all the display objects. If all the display information stored in the memory 11 cannot be displayed, the display area determination unit 6 performs S21 to S26. A position determination process for displaying the scroll bar is performed. The scroll bar is not displayed when the entire screen is displayed. If it cannot be displayed vertically, it is necessary to display a vertical scroll bar, and therefore, in S23, it is determined whether there are empty areas on the left and right sides of the frame.

Judgment of free space depends on the configuration of the display screen, but if an entire page consisting of multiple frames is displayed on the screen and there is an unselected frame, that space is designated as free space. To do. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example, in which the lower left frame and the upper frame are not active with respect to the lower right active frame. In this example, in the active frame, information is displayed in the horizontal direction in accordance with the display width of the screen, and a display format in which the continuation is displayed in the lower row is adopted. That is, there is no information hidden in the left-right direction in the active frame.
Therefore, in this state, in S23, the display area determination unit 6 detects that there is an inactive frame on the lower left in the left-right direction, and requests display of a scroll bar on the left side that is vacant in S24. Based on this request, display control of the scroll bar shown in FIG. 7 is performed in later S18. In the example, the lower right part surrounded by the thick line frame is the active frame selected, and the case where it cannot be displayed in the vertical direction is shown. Since the left side of the selected frame is an unselected frame, a scroll bar is displayed on the left side.
If there are no free areas on the left and right, they are displayed on the right side of the frame. Note that the scroll bar position when there is no free space may change depending on system settings such as a window system.
The same processing is performed in the vertical direction, but if the display information in the active frame is also in an area that is longer in the horizontal direction than the screen display, a scroll bar is required. In this case, a scroll bar that scrolls in the horizontal direction is displayed on the upper frame side when a display request is issued. In other words, since the scroll bar for the frame is displayed outside the frame and on the unselected frame, the information in the frame can be browsed without disturbing the display area of the frame selected by the user. There is.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Other ideas for displaying as much information as possible in the active frame as large as possible will be described. That is, an apparatus for minimizing the scroll bar display will be described.
The apparatus configuration in the present embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment and FIG. However, the shape of the scroll bar controlled by the information display unit 4 is assumed to be a combination of a triangle and a rectangle at both ends as shown in FIG.
Since the scroll bar is displayed only at both ends, even if the display of the scroll bar is in the active frame, the center portion does not hide the information in the active frame, and the information can be effectively displayed on the screen. That is, the scroll bar display control in the first and second embodiments is effective when a plurality of frames are simultaneously displayed, whereas the scroll bar display control in the present embodiment is also effective when only one frame is displayed on the screen. is there.
In this way, the operator can intuitively determine the scroll direction, and can scroll by moving the arrow in the direction (the direction of the triangle) with the cursor.
In order for the information display unit 4 to indicate that the scrolling is impossible, that is, the end of the frame has been reached, as shown in FIG. 8B, the triangle shape is changed to a rectangle or a triangle in the opposite direction. Control is sufficient. Alternatively, the color of the scroll bar may be changed or may be blinked.

Another device for reducing the display of the scroll bar will be described.
The structure and operation are the same as above and the same as the corresponding ones in FIGS. 1 and 2, but the scroll bar is displayed in a triangle with both ends triangled as shown in FIG. Form.
Even in this way, the display of the scroll bar is narrow at the center, so even if the display of the scroll bar is in the active frame, the ratio of the center part to hide the information in the active frame is small, and the information screen The display can be effectively performed.
To indicate the state where the end of the frame has been reached and scrolling is no longer possible, reverse the arrow shape, change to a rectangle, change the color of the scroll bar, or blink, as shown in FIG. And so on.

Another device for psychologically reducing the scroll bar display will be described.
The configuration and operation are the same as those described above, and are the same as the corresponding ones in FIGS. 1 and 2, but the display of the scroll bar is translucent as indicated by A in FIG.
Even if it does in this way, although it is inferior a little, the ratio which hides information is small like the above, and there exists an effect which can perform the screen display of information effectively.

Instead of making the scroll bar display translucent, the display of the scroll bar and the state in which the scroll bar is not displayed may be alternately repeated. That is, display control may be performed so that the scroll bar blinks.
Even if it does in this way, since the screen information on the lower surface of a scroll bar can be read when it does not display, there exists an effect similar to a translucent display.
As described above, any scroll bar display control in this embodiment is effective when applied to a case where only one frame is displayed on the full screen.
In other words, even if there is a scroll bar display, there is an effect that the percentage of the user's display area being disturbed by the scroll bar display is small, and the page information can be effectively browsed.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Other ideas for displaying as much information as possible on the active page as much as possible will be described. That is, an apparatus that performs scroll bar display only when necessary will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the web browsing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, as a new element in addition to the configuration of the second embodiment and FIG. 5, a scroll for determining whether or not to perform a scroll process on the active frame from the operation information obtained from the information operation unit 5 and the display state. A state determination unit 7 is provided.

In the operation of the present apparatus, when the information display unit 4 controls the display of the scroll bar in S17 of FIG. 2, the scroll state determination unit 7 further instructs whether or not the display is possible. That is, the scroll state determination unit 7 determines whether or not the selected active frame is in a state in which scrolling is started by a user operation when display of a scroll bar is necessary. For example, when the user detects that a request for scrolling has been issued by an operation signal via the information operation unit 5 by performing an input operation using the up / down / left / right keys or the like, the information display unit 4 is permitted to display a scroll bar. give. The information display unit 4 knows that it is in the scroll state based on an instruction from the scroll state determination unit 7, and displays the scroll bar only in that case. On the other hand, when the user is not operating anything for scrolling, the scroll bar is not displayed.
According to this operation, for example, when the screen is not scrolled in the screen of FIG. 7 or the like, the scroll bar is not displayed in the lower left frame, and the entire screen can be used for displaying necessary information. And when scrolling, the user is prepared to move the screen, so that even if the effective screen is reduced a little, it can endure psychologically. When scrolling stops and the screen stops, the scroll bar disappears from the screen and the screen can be used again. This is also effective when the display control of the third embodiment is applied to the case where the screen displays a single frame.

Another apparatus will be described which displays as much information as possible in the active page as large as possible, i.e., only when scroll bar display is required.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of another web browsing apparatus in the present embodiment. In the figure, in addition to the configurations of the second embodiment and FIG. 5, the portable information terminal 1 has a scroll bar at a position indicated by the pointer (cursor) from the operation information obtained from the information operation unit 5 and the display state as a new element. A pointer position determination unit 8 for determining whether to output is provided.

As for the operation of this apparatus, the scroll bar is not normally displayed in S17 of FIG.
However, a pointer (cursor) is displayed on the screen by a user operation, and when the user moves the pointer (cursor) on the screen, this movement operation signal is sent to the pointer position determination unit 8 by the information operation unit 5. The pointer position determination unit 8 determines whether or not the pointer position is close to the outer frame of the frame, and notifies the information display unit 4 of scroll bar display permission when the pointer position is within a certain distance.
FIG. 13 shows a screen display example by this operation. This figure shows that the scroll bar appears only when the pointer is close to the frame, and the scroll operation using the scroll bar becomes possible. Conversely, when the pointer is not brought close to the thick frame, the pointer position determination unit 8 does not give the information display unit 4 permission to display the scroll bar, so the scroll bar is not displayed. In other words, except when scrolling, the scroll bar does not interfere with the display area viewed by the user, and effective browsing is possible. This control is also applicable when the screen displays a single frame.

Embodiment 5. FIG.
Other ideas for displaying as much information as possible in the active frame as large as possible will be described. That is, a web browsing apparatus that does not always display a scroll bar and can substantially scroll will be described.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the configuration of the web browsing apparatus in the present embodiment, which is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and only the function of the information display unit 4b is different. Details of this function will be described below.
FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the principle of expressing that there is room for scrolling in the active frame with a display color.

First, FIG. 15A shows the entire information area Y1 in the active frame, the information area Y3 that can be displayed on the real screen, and the information area YU in the upper part that cannot be displayed. Similarly, each relationship with the information area YD in the lower part that cannot be displayed is shown.
FIG. 15B shows an area currently displayed by operating a cursor, for example.
FIG. 15C shows an area to which a thinner translucent display color (background color) is added in the display range of FIG. That is, the information display unit 4b controls the range ye in which the background color is displayed so that ye = yt · Y3 / Y1 when the screen vertical length is yt. Further, the information display unit 4b controls so that ycu = yt · YU / Y1 as ycu which is the upper range of the screen where the background color is not displayed. That is, instead of displaying the scroll bar, the background color is displayed.

For example, the operation of the information display unit 4b when the user performs an operation of pushing down the lower side of the background color will be described.
When the above operation is performed, the information operation unit 5 detects the signal and transmits it to the information display unit 4b. Based on the signal, the information display unit 4b moves the background color of FIG. 15C downward, and displays YD information without the background color. Of course, the original display of ycu displayed on the screen disappears, and the background color of the uppermost row on the original ye screen is also erased. If the signal for depressing the lower side of the background color continues, the same display change is performed. When the background color display area changes due to scrolling, the upper no background color range ycu changes, so the portion of the frame where the background color is specified also changes. By controlling in this way, there is an effect that the user can infer from the display width without the background color how much room there is to scroll, and it is easy for the user to understand.

FIG. 15 shows a case where there is room for scrolling in the vertical direction. Even when there is room for scrolling in the horizontal direction, the background color control is similarly performed, as can be easily understood from the description of FIG.
Instead of the above control, when there is a scroll space, the information display unit 4b may display only one line of the portion with the space without a background color. An example of the display screen in this case is shown in FIG.
In the above description, the control method for adding the background color to the central part has been described. However, the background color may be applied only to the upper and lower parts and the background color may not be applied to the central part.
In any case, according to the present embodiment, there is an effect of widening the effective display screen by adding a corresponding background color without directly displaying the scroll bar.
Furthermore, the display characters may be made smaller in the information displayed in the upper and lower portions than the display information in the central portion. That is, according to the flow showing the operation performed by the information display unit 4b in FIG. 17, the character is kept large in the central portion ye in S51, and the display of the portion to which no background color is added is reduced in S52. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen based on such control.
In this way, there is an effect that the display area at the center can be made wider and the effective display screen can be made wider.
The information display control is also effective when applied to the case where only one frame is displayed on the screen. That is, since the relationship between the display area and the entire area is displayed as the background color in the frame, there is no need for a scroll bar, and there is an effect that the user can browse the page information without obstructing the display area.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
When a page is divided into a plurality of frames for display, control for enlarging an active frame and increasing the amount of display information in the active frame will be described.
The operation of the information display unit 4c in the present embodiment is shown in FIG. Other operations are the same as in FIG. That is, the main purpose of the control of the information display unit 4c in the present embodiment is to widen the active frame in the drag direction by pressing and dragging equivalent to a mouse.
The mouse equivalent means that the pointer is moved in a desired direction while pressing a specific function key.

In FIG. 19, the information display unit 4c receives a pointer movement direction signal detected by the information operation unit 5 in S61. At the same time, in S62, it is checked whether the information operation unit 5 has detected a specific function key pressing signal. If it is a simultaneous operation, in S63, the information display unit 4c controls the enlargement of the frame of the active frame in that direction. Thereafter, in S17, the information display unit 4c displays a scroll bar for the enlarged frame. As the scroll bar at that time, any of the scroll bars of the first to fifth embodiments can be used.
FIG. 20A shows a state before the frame frame is enlarged, and shows that the state shown in FIG. 20B is obtained as a result of pressing a key equivalent to a mouse while moving the pointer leftward.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 21, information in a frame other than the active frame may be schematically displayed. That is, display control is performed to such an extent that it can be seen that a plurality of frames are displayed.
Thus, according to the web browsing apparatus of the present embodiment, the display area of the selected frame can be easily widened, and there is an effect that it is easy to browse the information of the frame that the user wants to see. That is, there is an effect that the display area of the selected frame is widened so that the user can easily browse the information of the frame that the user wants to see.

Embodiment 7 FIG.
When a plurality of frames are simultaneously displayed on one page, there is a case where it is desired to switch and select an active frame for displaying main information. An apparatus and method for quickly and easily selecting such cases will be described.
In the present embodiment, for example, in an information terminal having a numeric keypad such as 1 to 9, #, *, such as a mobile phone, it is possible to easily select a frame. That is, when the frame constituting the page is determined by the information analysis unit 3, the information display unit 4d assigns a number to each frame according to the number, and superimposes the number when performing display. FIG. 22 shows an example of the display. Three frames are displayed on the screen, and numbers from ○ 1 to ○ 3 are also displayed.
The user selects a frame to be operated by inputting a numeric key on the information terminal. The scroll display after the frame is selected is the same as the scroll bar display device and method described in the above embodiments.
As described above, in the case of a portable terminal having an input means such as a numeric key, the frame to be selected is indicated by a symbol such as a numeral and can be selected by one-key operation, so that the frame can be easily selected. There is.

  In the above description, the case where the frame selection is selected with, for example, the numeric keys has been described. However, a plurality of cases (means) and methods are stored as scroll bar display control, and selecting them with the numeric keys can also be used for a wide effective screen. It is effective to do. That is, a case in which the scroll bar is not always displayed or a case in which only the small ends are displayed may be prepared and selected with the numeric keys.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the information receiving unit 2 and the like that are components of the portable information terminal 1 are described as hardware. In particular, the information display unit is loaded with firmware describing a software program in a specific area of the memory 11 of FIG. 1, and is read and executed by the common microprocessor 10 shown in FIG. A configuration with functions is common.
However, a general-purpose computer may be used to describe each component such as the information display unit shown in FIG. 1 with a program having the function shown in FIG. Each effect described can be obtained.

It is a figure which shows the basic composition of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation flow of the web browsing apparatus including display control of a scroll bar in the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the basic composition of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation flow centering on a display area determination unit in the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the basic composition of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the basic composition of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 4. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 4. FIG. It is a figure which shows the basic composition of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the principle which expresses that there is a scroll room in Embodiment 5 with a display color. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 5. FIG. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation flow of another information display unit in the fifth embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 5. FIG. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the information display part in Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 6. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the other web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 6. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the web browsing apparatus in Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a description of content with a frame, and a display example. It is a figure which shows the example of a frame display with the conventional web browser.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable information terminal, 2 Information receiving part, 3 Information analysis part, 4, 4b, 4c Information display part, 5 Information operation part, 6 Display area determination part, 7 Scroll state determination part, 8 Pointer position determination part, 10 Microprocessor , 11 memory, S17 scroll bar display control step outside active frame, S18 page information display control step including identification display of active frame, S23 left and right empty area determining step, S24 step of requesting scroll bar display to empty area side S26 Upper and lower empty area determination step, S26 Step of requesting scroll bar display on the empty area side.

Claims (13)

In a web browsing apparatus having a screen for displaying a frame indicating information on a selected area together with display information in the selected area,
When display information of an amount that protrudes from the frame in the screen to be displayed is stored in the memory, an information display unit that controls display of a scroll bar indicating that there is the undisplayed information that protrudes is provided.
The web browsing apparatus, wherein the information display unit performs display control so that the display information is displayed in the center of the scroll bar by erasing the center of the scroll bar.   The information display unit erases the center part of the scroll bar on the screen to be displayed and displays the display information at the center part of the scroll bar. Display of either blinking display control alternately with no display, display control of only both ends indicating the scroll direction, or narrow display control so that the display information can be identified at the center of the scroll bar 2. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed. In a web browsing device having a screen that displays information indicating independent areas separately displayed together with display information in the frame, and displays a plurality of frames of information in different frames.
An information display unit for controlling display of a scroll bar indicating that the undisplayed information is present when the display information is stored in the memory so as to protrude the frame of the selected area in the screen to be displayed; And
The information display unit identifies and displays an active frame as a frame representing the selected area, and controls the display of the scroll bar in an unselected area outside the active frame. . Provided with a display area determination unit that checks whether there is an unselected free area outside the active frame,
4. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information display unit controls the display of the scroll bar in an area determined by the display area determination unit as having an empty area. A scroll state determination unit that detects a scroll start state by detecting a cursor signal requesting scrolling in the selected area, and a pointer at a peripheral position of the selected area by detecting a cursor signal as a pointer With a pointer position determination unit for determining
The information display unit controls display of the scroll bar only when a cursor signal is detected in a peripheral part of an area selected by either the scroll state determination unit or the pointer position determination unit. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 1 or 3. An information operation unit for detecting a cursor position signal and a cursor movement signal from an input device operated by a user;
An information display unit, when the information operation unit detects the cursor position signal and the cursor movement signal at the periphery of the active frame at the same time, enlarges and controls the display area of the active frame in the direction of the cursor movement signal; and 4. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein display control of character symbols displayed in other areas is controlled to be smaller than display information of character symbols displayed in the active frame. An information operation unit for detecting an operation signal from an input device operated by a user;
The information display unit performs display control by attaching an identification symbol to the frame correspondence based on the operation signal detected by the information manipulation unit, and the information manipulation unit corresponds to an identification symbol different from the current active frame from the input device. 4. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when it is detected that a frame is designated as a selection area, display control of the designated area as an active frame is performed. In a web browsing apparatus having a screen for displaying a frame indicating information on a selected area together with display information in the selected area,
When display information of an amount that protrudes from the frame in the screen to be displayed is stored in the memory, an information display that controls display of display information using a translucent background color indicating that there is the undisplayed information that protrudes With a part
The information display unit performs display control by adding the translucent background color to the display information in the area in contact with the scrollable direction in order to express the scroll direction indicating the area where the protruding undisplayed information exists. A web browsing apparatus characterized by that.   9. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information display unit reverses the display control of the semi-transparent background color and adds the semi-transparent background color to the display information other than the area in contact with the scrollable direction.   9. The web browsing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information display unit performs display control so that the display information of the character symbol at the end where there is room for scrolling is smaller than the display information of the character symbol at the center. In a display method for displaying a frame indicating information on a selected area on a screen together with display information in the selected area,
When display information of an amount that protrudes from the frame in the screen is stored in a memory, a web information display method that controls display of a scroll bar indicating that there is undisplayed information that protrudes,
The web information display method is characterized in that display control is performed so that the display information is displayed in the center portion of the scroll bar by erasing the center portion of the scroll bar. In the display method of displaying each frame indicating that it is independent area information, together with display information in the frame, and displaying information in different frames for a plurality of frames in the screen,
When the display information of the amount which protrudes the frame of the selected area in the screen to be displayed is stored in the memory, the web information display method for controlling the display of the scroll bar indicating that the undisplayed information exists. There,
In the web information display method, an active frame is identified and displayed as a frame representing the selected area, and the scroll bar is displayed in an unselected area outside the active frame. Display method. In a display method for displaying a frame indicating information on a selected area on a screen together with display information in the selected area,
When display information of an amount that protrudes from the frame in the screen is stored in the memory, a web information display method for controlling display information using a semi-transparent background color indicating that there is undisplayed information that protrudes Because
In the web information display method, the display control is performed by adding the translucent background color to the display information in the area in contact with the scrollable direction in order to express the scroll direction indicating the area where the undisplayed information is present. A web information display method characterized by:

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