JP2007200094A - Electronic manual display device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce loads on a user until she/he finds a page when looking up how to deal with electronic equipment in an electronic manual. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic manual display device comprises: a user operation input means for inputting user operation; a user operation decision means for deciding an input from the user operation input means; a scene analysis means for automatically analyzing a scene which the user is operating; an electronic manual data notification means for notifying the electronic manual data corresponding to a scene analyzed by the scene analysis means; an electronic manual data storage device for storing an electronic manual data content; an electronic manual data read means for reading the electronic manual data from the electronic manual data storage device; an electronic manual display means for displaying the electronic manual data content read by the electronic manual data read means; and a picture display means for outputting data displayed by the electronic manual data to a screen. Thus, the page of the electronic manual is displayed onto the screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for displaying an electronic manual describing how to handle an electronic device on a screen of the electronic device.

  In recent years, the number of functions has greatly increased with the increase in functionality of electronic devices, and the number of pages of instruction manuals, which are guides for the operation methods, is also increasing. And in order to know the handling method of an electronic device, the user had to check the handling manual of thick paper. Conventionally, there is an electronic manual technology that digitizes the paper instruction manual. However, in order to display the relevant page regarding the operation method that the user wants to know, the user needs to search by a search operation or a link button. It was complicated for the user. As a technique for reducing such a user burden, for example, there is a technique called an electronic manual search system in order to reduce a search operation by a user (see Patent Document 1).

This technology provides an electronic manual search system that preferentially searches and displays topics with a high number of past references in the electronic manual.
JP 2001-216316 A

  However, in the example of Patent Document 1, since the user has to execute a search operation for finding the corresponding page, there is a problem that it takes time to reach the corresponding page.

  In the present invention, by providing a scene analysis unit that automatically analyzes a scene operated by the user, in a scene where the operation method is not known, the user simply operates the remote control button to analyze the scene at that time, The purpose is to reduce the burden on the user by automatically displaying the corresponding page of the electronic manual on the screen.

  An electronic manual display device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a user operation input means for inputting a user operation, a user operation determination means for determining an input from the user operation input means, and a scene operated by the user Analyzing means for automatically analyzing the electronic instruction data notifying means for notifying electronic instruction data corresponding to the scene analyzed by the scene analyzing means, and electronic instruction data storage for storing electronic instruction data contents Apparatus, electronic manual data reading means for reading electronic manual data from the electronic manual data storage device, and electronic manual display means for displaying electronic manual data content read by the electronic manual data reading means And screen display means for outputting the data displayed by the electronic manual display means to the screen.

  According to the present invention, in a scene where the operation method is not known, the user can automatically display the corresponding page of the electronic manual with one remote control button operation, so that it is not necessary to search for the corresponding topic from the electronic manual. The burden on the user can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to omit the paper instruction manual bundled with the device, and to reduce the cost.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic manual display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is a user operation input unit, 102 is a user operation determination unit, 103 is a scene analysis unit, 104 is an electronic manual data notification unit, 105 is an electronic manual data reading unit, 106 is an electronic manual display unit, Reference numeral 107 is an electronic manual data storage device, and 108 is a screen display device.

  Next, electronic instruction display processing in the electronic instruction display device of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step S201, the contents of the user operation are input, and the process proceeds to step S202. In step S202, it is determined whether the input user operation content is an electronic instruction activation request. If the electronic instruction activation request is issued, the process proceeds to step S203. Exit without doing anything. In step S203, a scene analysis process for automatically analyzing a scene operated by the user is performed, and the process proceeds to step S204. In step S204, the electronic manual data determined in step S203 is notified, and the process proceeds to step S205. In step S205, the notified electronic manual data is read from the electronic manual data storage device, and the process proceeds to step S206. In step S206, the read electronic instruction data is displayed, thereby completing a series of electronic instruction display processing.

  Next, scene analysis processing for automatically analyzing a scene operated by a user in the electronic manual display device of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step S301, it is determined whether there is an activated application in the scene operated by the user. If there is an activated application, the process proceeds to step S302, and there is no activated application. If not, the process proceeds to step S306. In step S302, it is determined whether there are a plurality of activated applications. If there are a plurality of applications, the process proceeds to step S303, and if there is only one, the process proceeds to step S304. In step S303, the most recently activated application is determined from the activation process list, and the process proceeds to step S304. In step S304, the currently activated application is determined and the process proceeds to step S305. In step S305, electronic manual data relating to the corresponding application is determined, and the scene analysis process is terminated. On the other hand, in step S306, since the corresponding application does not exist, default electronic manual data is determined and the scene analysis process is terminated.

  Next, the most recently activated app determination method from the activation process list in the electronic manual display device of the present invention will be described using the table shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, 401 indicates PID (process ID), 402 indicates TIME (process start time), and 403 indicates Process (process name). PID10 indicates a Shell application, PID20 indicates an EPG application, and PID30 indicates a Menu application. At this time, since the most recently activated application is the Menu application whose process is started at 10:00, it is determined that the scene operated by the user is the Menu operation. Therefore, in this case, the scene analysis unit 103 in FIG. 1 determines the electronic manual data related to the menu and notifies the reading of the electronic manual data related to the menu.

  Next, an example of a user operation scene in the electronic manual display device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 501 denotes a screen display device such as a television screen, 502 denotes an EPG application, and 503 denotes a Menu application. In the example of FIG. 5, the user first activates the EPG application and finally activates the Menu application. In such a scene, the application activation state inside an electronic device such as a television in which the electronic instruction display device is incorporated is in a state like the activation application list shown in FIG. Here, when the user performs an electronic instruction activation operation, electronic instruction data relating to the Menu application is displayed on the screen through the processing steps shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.

  The electronic manual display device of the present invention is applicable from an electronic manual because the user can automatically display the corresponding page of the electronic manual in a scene where the operation method is unknown, by one remote control button operation. There is no need to search for a topic, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Further, since a paper instruction manual bundled with the device can be omitted and the cost can be reduced, it is useful as an electronic instruction display device in an electronic device such as a television or a mobile phone.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic manual display apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which shows the electronic manual data display process in Embodiment 1 of this invention The flowchart which shows the scene analysis process in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows the example of the starting process list in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows the example of the scene which the user operates in Embodiment 1 of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 User operation input part 102 User operation determination part 103 Scene analysis part 104 Electronic manual data notification part 105 Electronic manual data reading part 106 Electronic manual display part 107 Electronic manual data storage apparatus 108 Screen display apparatus 401 PID (process ID)
402 TIME (process start time)
403 Process (process name)
501 Screen display device 502 EPG application 503 Menu application

Claims (3)

User operation input means for inputting a user operation, user operation determination means for determining an input from the user operation input means, scene analysis means for automatically analyzing a scene operated by the user, and analysis by the scene analysis means Electronic manual data notifying means for notifying electronic manual data corresponding to the scene, an electronic manual data storage device for storing electronic manual data content, and electronic manual data from the electronic manual data storage device Electronic instruction data reading means for reading, electronic instruction display means for displaying electronic instruction data content read by the electronic instruction data reading means, and data displayed by the electronic instruction display means on the screen An electronic manual display device comprising: a screen display means for outputting to the electronic display. A user operation input step for inputting a user operation, a user operation determination step for determining an input from the user operation input step, a scene analysis step for automatically analyzing a scene operated by the user, and an analysis in the scene analysis step An electronic manual data notifying step for notifying electronic manual data corresponding to the selected scene, an electronic manual data storage device for storing electronic manual data content, and electronic manual data from the electronic manual data storage device The electronic manual data reading step for reading the electronic manual, the electronic manual display step for displaying the electronic manual data content read in the electronic manual data reading step, and the data displayed in the electronic manual display step on the screen And a screen display step of outputting to the electronic instruction display method. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step of the electronic manual display method according to claim 2.

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