JP2007140826A - Information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display device which improves operability and adequately displays information. <P>SOLUTION: The information display device 100 is provided with a first information display part 110, a second information display part 120, and an input-operation part 130. A wide-area map is displayed on the first information display part 110, and a detailed map, which is obtained by zoom-displaying, a part of the wide-area map displayed on the first information displaying part 110, is displayed on the second information display part 120. Operation keys for moving the display areas of the first information display part 110 and second information display part 120 are separately allocated. Accordingly, the information displayed on the first information display part 110 and on the second information display part 120, for example, the displaying areas, can be moved independently. By this, operability (convenience) to users is improved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display device that displays and outputs specific information.

Information display that makes it possible for a user to view various information (for example, character data and map data) using a network such as the Internet and display the information on a display such as a mobile phone or a mobile terminal device. The device has been put into practical use.
By the way, in the cellular phone, the portable terminal device, and the like, the main body device itself is configured to be small in consideration of the convenience when the user carries it. For this reason, the display screen size of the display as an output device is limited.
Conventionally, various techniques for improving display processing when displaying information through such a small-sized display have been proposed, including the following patent documents.

JP 7-270172 A JP 2003-196209 A JP 2002-23911 A

Patent Document 1 displays a main window of the display screen and a reduced map of the surrounding area including the map displayed in the main window so that the map stored in the map memory is displayed alone or together with the current position of the vehicle. A technique for simultaneously displaying a sub-window of a display screen to be displayed has been proposed.
Patent Document 2 proposes a technique for displaying a simplified message when a message exceeding a certain number of characters is displayed on a display unit of a mobile communication terminal. Note that the simplified message is constituted by, for example, a message having a certain number of characters at the beginning or a message summary.
Further, in Patent Document 3, a mesh with an auxiliary number is put on a screen displayed on a display device, and the screen is enlarged or reduced around the mesh by inputting the mesh number by voice input or a keyboard. Techniques for redisplay have been proposed.

However, in the technique proposed in Patent Document 1, since the main window and the sub window are interlocked, the main window and the sub window cannot be operated separately.
In addition, in the technique proposed in Patent Document 2, since a message is replaced with a simplified message in order to see the message original, the simplified message and the message original are mixed on the display screen, so that the visibility may deteriorate. there were.
Furthermore, with the technique proposed in Patent Document 3, the screen can be enlarged to the screen size, but it has not been guaranteed that the contents can be reliably understood.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information display device that can improve operability and display information appropriately.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first information display unit that displays the first information, the second information display unit that displays the second information related to the first information, and the first information display unit By providing a first operating means for operating the information display section and a second operating means for operating the second information display section provided separately from the first operating means. Achieve.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to the first aspect, the first operation unit moves a display area displayed on the first information display unit, and the second operation unit includes: The display area displayed on the second information display unit is moved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to the first or second aspect, the first operation means and the second operation means are selected from operation keys to which a specific operation function can be arbitrarily assigned. It is configured.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to the first, second, or third aspect, the operation key assigned to the first operation means and the second operation means are assigned. And a switching means for switching between the operation keys.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the first information display unit and the second information display unit are arranged on the same screen. It is characterized by displaying.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the first operating means and the second operating means are enabled / disabled. Can be arbitrarily set.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the first information is a list showing a plurality of items, and the second information Is the detailed information of each item of the list.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to the seventh aspect, when the first information and the second information are document information, the first information includes items of summaries of a plurality of documents. It is the list shown as.
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the information display device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the first information is image information, and the second information is the It is an enlarged image or a reduced image of a specific area of image information.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first information display unit and the second information display unit are provided by providing the second operation unit for operating the second information display unit separately from the first operation unit. Individual operations on each piece of information displayed on the screen can be performed.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first information display unit and the second information display are performed by moving the display areas of the first and second information display units by the first and second operation means. Individual display areas can be moved for each piece of information displayed on the screen.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the operation keys can be set in consideration of operability by configuring the first and second operation means with operation keys to which specific operation functions can be arbitrarily assigned.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by providing the switching means for switching between the operation key assigned to the first operation means and the operation key assigned to the second operation means, the operation keys can be easily provided. Can be switched.
According to the invention described in claim 5, the operator can appropriately browse the information by displaying the first information display unit and the second information display unit on the same screen.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to further improve the convenience for the operator by enabling the setting of validation / invalidation of the first and second operation means arbitrarily.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, by displaying a list showing a plurality of items and detailed information of each item of the list, it is possible to display information in an easy-to-read display method.
According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, when the information is document information, the operator appropriately recognizes desired information by displaying, as the first information, a list showing summaries of a plurality of documents as items. can do.
According to the ninth aspect of the invention, the operator can efficiently grasp the information by displaying the enlarged image or the reduced image of the specific area of the image information on the second information display unit.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information display device 100 according to the present embodiment.
The information display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is a computer having a function of displaying information, and is configured by, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA (personal digital assistant).
The information display device 100 includes an input device, an output device, a calculation device, a control device, and a storage device.
As shown in the figure, the information display device 100 includes a first information display unit 110, a second information display unit 120, and an input operation unit 130.

The first information display unit 110 is an output unit for displaying main information (first information), and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display.
The second information display unit 120 is an output unit for displaying sub information (second information), that is, detailed information.
In the present embodiment, the second information display unit 120 is configured to display information by overlaying the first information display unit 110, but the second information display unit 120 displays the information. The method is not limited to this. For example, the second information display unit 120 may be displayed side by side on the left and right (up and down) of the first information display unit 110.

As shown in FIG. 1, the input operation unit 130 is provided with direction keys 131 and numeric keys 132.
The direction key 131 is a cross-shaped input key and functions, for example, as an input device when changing the position of the displayed cursor or the position of the displayed information.
The numeric keys 132 (ten keys) are composed of numeric keys of “0-9” and symbols such as “*” and “#”. The numeric key 132 is equipped with a function that enables the same operation as the direction key 131 by assigning a specific direction to each numeral in advance.
The constituent elements of the input operation unit 130 are not limited to the direction key 131 and the numeric key 132, and may include a cancel key, a function key, and the like, for example.

Next, an information image display mode and a display screen operation method in the information display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display example of information on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 of the information display device 100.
In the display example shown in FIG. 2, two types of scale maps are simultaneously displayed on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 in the same screen (display).
Specifically, a wide area map is displayed on the first information display unit 110, and a detailed map in which a part of the wide area map (displayed on the first information display unit 110) is enlarged is displayed on the second information display unit 120. It is configured.

In information display device 100 according to the present embodiment, a key for operating first information display unit 110 and a key for operating second information display unit 120 are set separately.
Specifically, a numeric key 132 is assigned as a key (operation unit) for operating the first information display unit 110, and a direction key 131 is assigned as a key (operation unit) for operating the second information display unit 120.
That is, in the information display device 100 according to the present embodiment, the input units for operating the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 are provided in an independent state.
In the present embodiment, “up”, “left”, “right”, and “down” indicating directions are assigned to “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8” in the numeric keys 132, respectively. By pressing a numeric key 132, the screen can be operated in a predetermined direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information display device 100 according to the present embodiment is configured to display an enlarged map of the middle frame of the first information display unit 110 on the second information display unit 120.
2, the map image (enlarged map image) displayed on the second information display unit 120 operates the direction keys 131 (left key, right key, up key, down key). The display screen can be changed. Further, the display of the inner frame of the first information display unit 110 is also moved with the movement (change) of the map image displayed on the second information display unit 120.

  As shown in state 1 in FIG. 2, the map image of the first information display unit 110 is a number key 132, specifically, numbers assigned with “up”, “left”, “right”, and “down” indicating directions. The key 132 can be moved by operating “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8”, that is, the display screen can be changed. Further, as the map image displayed on the first information display unit 110 is moved (changed), the middle frame indicating the area displayed on the second information display unit 120 is also moved. However, in this case, the map image displayed on the second information display unit 120 does not change.

As described above, in the information display device 100 according to the present embodiment, the operation key that enables the screen operation in the first information display unit 110 and the operation key that enables the screen operation in the second information display unit 120 are provided. It consists of separate operation keys.
Accordingly, individual operations on the information displayed on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120, for example, the display area can be moved individually.

Further, in the information display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, by operating (pressing) an arbitrarily designated key (switching key), an operation key assigned for operation of the first information display unit 110, and a first 2 An operation key assigned to the operation of the information display unit 120 can be switched (switching from state 1 to state 2 in FIG. 2).
By enabling such switching of the operation keys, it is possible to arbitrarily switch the assignment of operation keys with good operability for the user (operator). This can improve user convenience.

(Modification)
Next, a modified example of the usage method of the information display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described.
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the map image is displayed on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 has been described.
In the modification shown below, the information display device 100 displays document summary information and detailed information. Specifically, the first information display unit 110 lists each summary information of a plurality of documents vertically. The detailed information of the document is displayed on the second information display unit 120.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of information on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 of the information display device 100 (modified example).
In the display example shown in FIG. 3, the list of the first information display unit 110 is selected with the up and down keys of the direction key 131 (“4” is selected as shown in the state 1-1 in FIG. 3). When the key is pressed, detailed information corresponding to the key is displayed on the second information display unit 120.
These operation keys can be arbitrarily set by the user, and the subsequent operation keys can also be arbitrarily set in the same manner.

Further, in the second information display unit 120, when the detailed information of the selected and specified document does not fit on the screen (when it cannot be displayed), as shown in the state 2-1 and the state 2-2 in FIG. In addition, the second information display unit 120 is displayed over a plurality of pages, and the left and right keys of the direction key 131 can be used to turn the page.
Note that the information display device 100 shown in the modified example is configured such that the list can be directly selected by the up and down keys of the direction key 131 even during page turning in the second information display unit 120.
For example, even from the state shown in the state 2-1 and the state 2-2 in FIG. 3, by operating the up and down keys of the direction key 131, as shown in the state 1-2 and the state 1-3 in FIG. It is possible to switch to the display of the one information display unit 110.

In the modification shown in FIG. 3, the summary information and detailed information of the document are displayed on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120, respectively. However, the information to be displayed on the first information display unit 110 is not limited to this. For example, instead of the list of summary information, a list of a part of the beginning (top) of the document is displayed and detailed information is displayed. Instead, the entire document (partial document) may be displayed.
When displaying information in this way, the document selected in the document list of the first information display unit 110 is sufficiently short with respect to the screen size, and all documents are displayed on the first information display unit 110, ie, the document list. If it can be displayed, the operation unit of the second information display unit 120 may be invalidated.
In addition, for example, instead of the list of summary information, an image may be displayed partially (or reduced), and the original image may be displayed instead of the detailed information.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the first information display unit 110 that displays the main information, the second information display unit 120 that displays the sub-information related to the main information, the first information display unit 110, and the first information display unit 110 By providing the input operation unit 130 having operation keys to which the operations of the two information display units 120 are independently assigned, for example, the display areas of the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 are moved. The information display device 100 can be configured to assign operation keys separately.
Thereby, it is possible to perform individual operations on the information displayed on the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120, for example, to move individual display areas.

The input operation unit 130 includes a plurality of keys (buttons) to which various functions are assigned, and the assignment of the function of the operation keys for operating the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 can be arbitrarily changed. Accordingly, the operation key assigned for the operation of the first information display unit 110 and the operation key assigned for the operation of the second information display unit 120 can be switched by the operation of the dedicated key (switching key). By making it possible, user operability (convenience) can be improved.
The dedicated key (switching key) can be set arbitrarily by the user.

By providing the first information display unit 110 and the second information display unit 120 in the same screen, for example, even in the information display device 100 in which only one display screen (display) is provided, the present embodiment The information display technique in the form can be applied.
Further, when the second information display unit 120 is not necessary, such as when the information can be sufficiently displayed only by the first information display unit 110, the operation key of the second information display unit 120 is set to be invalidated. Incorrect operation of the operation keys can be suppressed.

In the information display device 100 according to the present embodiment, even when information is displayed on the second information display unit 120, by enabling the operation of the first information display unit 110, that is, the first Even when the information display unit 110 is not displayed on the screen, the user is operating the second information display unit 120 by always enabling the operation of the first information display unit 110. However, it is possible to operate the first information display unit 110 without making a transition to the first information display unit 110.
The information display device 100 according to the present embodiment can set the operation keys of the second information display unit 120 to be valid only when information is displayed on the second information display unit 120. It is configured. Thereby, the erroneous operation of the operation key can be suppressed.

As shown in the above-described modification, the summary information of the document is displayed on the first information display unit 110 and the detailed information of the summary is displayed on the second information display unit 120, so that the entire document cannot be displayed in one screen. Even document information can be displayed appropriately.
Thereby, the operator can browse the document by an easy-to-see display method, and can grasp information efficiently.
As described above, the first information display unit 110 displays a plurality of pieces of information as a list, and displays detailed information on the selected list item on the second information display unit 120, so that the operator (user) can select the desired information. Information can be viewed appropriately.

As shown in the present embodiment described above, an image (specifically, a map image) is displayed on the first information display unit 110, and an enlarged image (or first information display unit) of the area selected on the second information display unit 120. By displaying the reduced image including the area displayed on 110, even an image that cannot be displayed in one screen can be displayed appropriately.
As a result, the operator can view the image with an easy-to-view display method (reduced image or enlarged image), and can efficiently grasp the information.

It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the information display apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the information in the 1st information display part and 2nd information display part of an information display apparatus. It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the information in the 1st information display part and 2nd information display part of an information display apparatus (modification).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Information display apparatus 110 1st information display part 120 2nd information display part 130 Input operation part 131 Direction key 132 Number key

Claims (9)

A first information display unit for displaying first information;
A second information display unit for displaying second information related to the first information;
First operating means for operating the first information display unit;
A second operation means for operating the second information display unit, provided separately from the first operation means;
An information display device comprising: The first operation means moves a display area displayed on the first information display unit,
The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second operation unit moves a display area displayed on the second information display unit.   3. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the first operation means and the second operation means are configured by operation keys to which a specific operation function can be arbitrarily assigned.   3. A switching means for switching between an operation key assigned to the first operation means and an operation key assigned to the second operation means. Item 4. The information display device according to Item 3.   The information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first information display unit and the second information display unit are displayed on the same screen.   The information according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first operation unit and the second operation unit can arbitrarily set enable / disable. Display device. The first information is a list showing a plurality of items,
The information display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second information is detailed information of each item of the list. When the first information and the second information are document information,
8. The information display device according to claim 7, wherein the first information is a list showing a summary of a plurality of documents as items. The first information is image information;
The information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second information is an enlarged image or a reduced image of a specific area of the image information.

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