JP2007334115A - Projector-cooperated conference support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a projector-cooperated conference support system which enables projectors to project a same image plane when a conference is held in two or more conference rooms. <P>SOLUTION: The projector-cooperated conference support system includes: a schedule information storage part; a conference room information storage part; an access management part which specifies a user who logs in; a schedule information processing part which retrieves the schedule information storage part based on the information of the specified user and thereby specifies information of the conference in which the user participates; a conference room information processing part which retrieves the conference room information storage part based on the conference information in the specified conference information and thereby specifies projectors used in the conference; and a projector processing part which passes image plane information received from a user terminal onto the specified projectors and thereby makes the projectors installed in the specified conference rooms project the picture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a projector-linked conference support system that projects the same screen with a projector installed in each conference room when a conference is held in a plurality of conference rooms.

  In a company or the like, there are cases where a conference is held by connecting a plurality of bases in remote locations via a network and simultaneously projecting a screen displayed on a computer terminal with a projector or the like. In this case, generally, the screen is projected onto a large screen by a projector provided in each conference room.

  When performing such a conference, it is necessary to simultaneously project the same screen in each conference room with a projector, and projector control systems that realize this are disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below.

JP 2004-239968 A JP 2006-3903 A

  By using the projector control system disclosed in these inventions, a plurality of projectors can be controlled simultaneously. In the invention of Patent Document 1, when a client selects a meeting from meeting information, an image obtained by capturing a meeting pattern from a server is transferred to each projector and can be projected by each projector. Further, in the invention of Patent Document 2, a necessary projector can be selected from a plurality of projectors, and a screen can be projected simultaneously by the selected projectors.

  However, even if the inventions of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are used, they are simply projected by each projector, and are automatically projected by a projector designated in advance based on the schedule of the meeting. is not. In particular, in the invention of Patent Document 1, a video obtained by capturing a conference pattern is merely projected by each projector, and a computer screen at a certain base is not projected by a projector at a plurality of bases simultaneously.

  In view of the above problems, the present inventor automatically selects conference rooms and projectors to be used at various locations based on information on schedules of conferences held simultaneously at a plurality of remote locations. Invented a projector-linked conference support system capable of projecting a computer screen at a certain site from the projectors of the conference room in the conference room of the other site where the conference is held.

  The invention of claim 1 is a projector-linked conference support system that projects the same screen by a plurality of projectors, and the projector-linked conference support system includes at least information on conference rooms in which conferences are held and information on participants in the conferences. Authentication information from a user terminal used by a user, a schedule information storage unit that stores information on the schedule of the conference, a conference room information storage unit that stores at least information specifying the conference room and the projector installed therein, and And the login request, the access management unit that identifies the user who logs in based on the authentication information, and the information on the identified user when the login is permitted. By searching the schedule information storage unit, information on the conference in which the user participates is obtained. A schedule information processing unit for identifying the projector, and a conference room information processing unit for identifying the projector used in the conference by searching the conference room information storage unit based on the conference room information in the identified conference information And a projector processing unit for projecting the screen by the projector installed in the identified conference room by passing the screen information received from the user terminal to the identified projector. This is a projector-linked conference support system.

  With the configuration according to the present invention, the user can project the screen of the user terminal with the projector in the conference room where the conference is automatically performed only by logging in.

  The schedule information storage unit further stores at least a scheduled start time of the conference as the conference schedule information, and the schedule information processing unit stores the specified user information. And a projector-linked conference support system that specifies information on a conference in which the user participates by searching the schedule information storage unit based on information on the time when the user logged in.

  A meeting can be specified only by information such as the user's name, but there may be a plurality of meetings scheduled for the user. Therefore, as in the present invention, the conference can be specified more accurately by further collating the login time with the scheduled conference start time.

  In the invention of claim 3, the schedule information processing unit includes the user as a participant among conference schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit when identifying the conference information. And the projector cooperation meeting support system which specifies the meeting in which the scheduled start time of the meeting exists within a predetermined time from the login time as information of the meeting in which the user participates.

  In the above-described invention, in order to perform more accurate processing, the present invention may be configured.

  5. The projector linked meeting support system according to claim 4, wherein the projector processing unit simultaneously projects the screen onto the projector in the identified conference room.

  By projecting the screen in synchronization with each projector, the conference can proceed smoothly.

  6. The projector according to claim 5, wherein the projector processing unit further checks whether the projector of the specified conference room is turned on, and turns on the power if it is turned off. By performing the control to turn on the power of the projector that is turned off by passing the instruction, and then passing the screen information received from the user terminal to the projector of the identified conference room, In the identified conference room, the projector-linked conference support system projects the screen by the projector installed in the conference room.

  Projectors are often installed in conference rooms at each site. In that case, the user cannot check whether the power of each projector is on, that is, whether it is in a usable state. Therefore, it is preferable to perform a process of confirming whether or not the power is turned on in advance and to perform a process of projecting the screen after the power is turned on.

  In the invention of claim 6, the projector processing unit further performs control to turn on the power of the projector that is turned off by passing an instruction to turn on the power of the projector in the specified conference room. Then, by passing the screen information received from the user terminal to the projector of the specified conference room, the projector installed in the specified conference room causes the screen to be projected by the projector. This is a collaborative conference support system.

  Projectors are often installed in conference rooms at each site. In that case, the user cannot check whether the power of each projector is on, that is, whether it is in a usable state. Therefore, a process of giving an instruction to turn on the power to the specified projector is performed. By providing such processing, the power is controlled to be turned on in a projector that is turned off, and no particular control is performed in a projector that is already turned on. In other words, as in the above-described invention, the process of confirming whether the power is on is not performed, and an instruction to automatically turn on the power is passed to the specified projector. You may comprise so that all the power supplies may be turned ON. After performing such a process and turning on the power, a process of projecting the screen may be performed.

  According to the present invention, on the basis of information on a schedule of a conference that is simultaneously performed at a plurality of remote sites, a conference room in each place and a projector to be used are automatically selected, and among the sites where the conference is held, It is possible to provide a projector-linked conference support system in which a computer screen at a certain site can be projected from a projector in the conference room even in a conference room at another site where the conference is held.

This eliminates the need for the user to select a conference room or a projector as in the prior art. In particular, when a large-scale meeting is held with a plurality of bases, the settings of the bases and projectors tend to be forgotten. However, such a situation can be prevented.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall conceptual diagram of the projector-linked conference support system 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of the system configuration. The projector cooperation meeting support system 1 of the present invention includes a projector management server 2, a projector 4, and a user terminal 3.

  The projector 4 is at least one or more projectors 4 installed at each site, and can transmit / receive information to / from the projector management server 2 via a network. Further, remote control is possible from the projector management server 2, and the screen information received from the projector management server 2 is projected. In addition, the projector such as the power supply is controlled by receiving an instruction related to the control of turning on / off the power.

  The user terminal 3 passes information on a screen projected by the projector 4 to the projector management server 2 at the base of each conference room. The screen information passed here is projected in each conference room by the projector management server 2 passing it to each projector 4. The user terminal 3 is preferably installed at a base where the conference is held, but this need not be the case.

  The projector management server 2 includes an access management unit 5, a schedule information processing unit 6, a schedule information storage unit 7, a conference room information processing unit 8, a conference room information storage unit 9, and a projector processing unit 10.

  FIG. 3 schematically shows a conceptual diagram of the hardware configuration of the projector management server 2 in the projector cooperation conference support system 1 of the present invention. This server has at least an arithmetic device 20 such as a CPU for executing arithmetic processing of a program, and a storage device 21 such as a RAM and a hard disk for storing information. Each function (each unit) realized on the computer is executed when a unit (program, module, etc.) for executing the process is read into the arithmetic unit 20. When using the information stored in the storage device 21 in the processing, each function reads the corresponding information from the storage device 21 and uses the read information for processing in the arithmetic device 20 as appropriate. The computer includes a communication device 24 that transmits and receives processing results of the arithmetic device 20 and information stored in the storage device 21 via a network such as the Internet or a LAN, an input device 23 such as a keyboard, mouse, or numeric keypad, and a display such as a display. The device 22 may be included.

  Each means in the present invention is only logically distinguished in function, and may be physically or practically the same area. In addition to the database, an arbitrary format such as a data file can be used as a means for storing information.

  The access management unit 5 receives a login request from the user terminal 3, determines whether or not to log in based on the authentication information, and identifies the logged-in user. When a user is specified, based on information in a storage unit (not shown) in which authentication information (ID or password) and information for specifying the user (identification information such as the user's name and employee number) are associated with each other. The user can be specified.

  The schedule information processing unit 6 specifies the conference in which the user participates from the information stored in the schedule information storage unit 7 based on the user information specified by the access management unit 5.

  The schedule information storage unit 7 stores information on the schedule of each user's meeting. As meeting schedule information, at least a meeting schedule time (start scheduled time and scheduled end time), a conference room to be used, and conference participants are stored. FIG. 5 schematically shows a conceptual diagram of the schedule information storage unit 7.

  The conference room information processing unit 8 specifies the projector 4 used in the conference room based on the information on the conference room to be used extracted from the schedule information storage unit 7 by the schedule information processing unit 6.

  The conference room information storage unit 9 stores at least information necessary for transmitting and receiving information such as the projector 4 installed in the conference room at each base and the IP address of the projector 4. FIG. 6 schematically shows a conceptual diagram of the conference room information storage unit 9.

  The projector processing unit 10 uses information (such as an IP address) that identifies the projector 4 for the projector 4 in the conference room to be used, extracted from the conference room information storage unit 9 by the conference room information processing unit 8. The projector 4 is controlled. Further, the projector management server 2 passes the screen information received from the user terminal 3 to the projector 4 so that the projector 4 in each conference room projects the information on the screen.

  Next, an example of the processing process of the projector cooperation meeting support system 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the conceptual diagrams of FIGS.

  First, a predetermined person in charge of the company inputs information related to the conference to the projector management server 2 and stores it in the schedule information storage unit 7. At this time, the conference date, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, conference room to be used, and participant information may be input.

  A user who participates in this conference accesses the projector management server 2 from the user terminal 3 and inputs authentication information such as an ID and a password. The access management unit 5 of the projector management server 2 that has received this authentication information from the user terminal 3 determines whether or not login is possible based on the authentication information (S100). If login is not permitted, an instruction to prohibit login is passed to the user terminal 3. When the login is permitted, a login permission instruction is passed to the user terminal 3, and the access management unit 5 identifies the logged-in user based on the authentication information.

  Then, based on the user information specified by the access management unit 5, the schedule processing unit specifies whether there is a conference in which the user participates based on information stored in the schedule information storage unit 7 (S110). For example, if the logged-in user is “Member 1”, a meeting schedule including “Member 1” as a participant is extracted, and the extracted meeting schedule is within a predetermined time (for example, before and after the login time). Narrow down to meetings that have a scheduled meeting start time in 10 minutes. By providing such processing, it is possible to automatically specify a conference in which the logged-in user participates.

  Next, the conference room information processing unit 8 of the projector management server 2 selects the projector 4 installed in the conference room used in the conference based on the conference information specified by the schedule information processing unit 6 as conference room information. It specifies based on the information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 9 (S120).

  At this time, for example, the information on the “conference room A at the base 1”, the “conference room B at the base 2”, and the “conference room C at the base 3” specified by the schedule information processing unit 6 is used. And the projector 4 corresponding to each conference room is specified. For example, in the case of FIG. 6, “projector 4A: 123.110.213.111”, “projector 4E: 123.110.213.115”, “projector 4J: 123.110.213.120” are specified, and these are specified. Is extracted from the conference room information storage unit 9 by the conference room information processing unit 8. As described above, the names of the projectors 4 and their IP addresses are extracted as information for identifying the projectors 4 and the connection is established, so that information can be transmitted and received between the projector management server 2 and each projector 4 via the network. It becomes possible.

  Then, the projector processing unit 10 checks whether the power of each projector 4 extracted by the conference room information processing unit 8 is turned on (S130), and turns on the power to the projector 4 that is turned off. By passing the instruction, the projector 4 is turned on (S140). Alternatively, control for turning on the power of the projector 4 may be performed by passing an instruction to turn on the power to each projector 4 extracted by the conference room information processing unit 8 without performing the confirmation processing in S130. As a result, the projector 4 in each conference room scheduled to be used in the conference can be operated. Here, “power” is off means that the main power is on, but not ready for use (eg, sleep state), and “power” becomes a sound. "Indicates that the main power supply is on and is ready for use." Accordingly, since the main power supply is on in any state, it is possible to receive an instruction from the projector management server 2 and perform control corresponding thereto.

  When the projector 4 in the conference room scheduled to be used in the conference becomes controllable by the projector management server 2, the user terminal 3 used by the user passes screen information to the projector management server 2. Then, the projector management server 2 receives screen information to be projected by each projector 4 from the user terminal 3, and the projector processing unit 10 passes the screen information to each projector 4 (S150). A screen is projected by the projector 4 (S160).

In the case described above, the projector processing unit 10 of the projector management server 2 passes the screen information received from the user terminal 3 to the projector 4A, the projector 4E, and the projector 4J, so that each projector 4 projects the screen. Done.

  These inventions automatically select conference rooms and projectors to be used in various locations based on information on the schedule of conferences held simultaneously at a plurality of remote locations. Thus, the projector-linked conference support system 1 is possible in which the computer screen at a certain base can be projected from the projector in the conference room in the conference room at the other base where the conference is held.

This eliminates the need for the user to select a conference room or to select the projector 4 as in the prior art. In particular, when a large-scale meeting is held by connecting a plurality of bases, the settings of the bases and the projector 4 tend to be forgotten, but such a situation can be prevented.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the whole concept of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the concept of the system configuration | structure of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the projector management server of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing process of this invention. It is an example of the conceptual diagram of a schedule information storage part. It is an example of the conceptual diagram of a meeting room information storage part.

Explanation of symbols

1: Projector linked conference support system 2: Projector management server 3: User terminal 4: Projector 5: Access management unit 6: Schedule information processing unit 7: Schedule information storage unit 8: Conference room information processing unit 9: Conference room information storage unit 10: Projector processing unit 20: Computing device 21: Storage device 22: Display device 23: Input device 24: Communication device

Claims (6)

A projector-linked conference support system that projects the same screen with multiple projectors,
The projector-linked conference support system is
A conference room in which a conference is held, a schedule information storage unit that stores information on the schedule of the conference including at least information of participants in the conference;
A conference room information storage unit for storing at least information specifying the conference room and the projector installed therein;
By receiving authentication information and a login request from a user terminal used by a user, an access management unit that determines whether or not to log in and permits login based on the authentication information when the login is permitted, ,
A schedule information processing unit for identifying information of a conference in which the user participates by searching the schedule information storage unit based on the information of the specified user;
A conference room information processing unit that identifies a projector used in the conference by searching the conference room information storage unit based on the conference room information in the specified conference information;
In the identified conference room, by passing the screen information received from the user terminal to the identified projector, a projector processing unit that projects the screen by the projector installed therein,
A projector-linked conference support system. The schedule information storage unit further includes:
As the conference schedule information, at least the scheduled start time of the conference is stored,
The schedule information processing unit
The conference information in which the user participates is identified by searching the schedule information storage unit based on the information of the identified user and the information of the time when the user logged in.
The projector cooperation meeting support system according to claim 1 characterized by things. The schedule information processing unit
When the conference information is specified, among the conference schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit, the user is included as a participant, and the conference is performed within a predetermined time from the login time. Identifying a meeting with a scheduled start time as information of the meeting in which the user participates,
The projector cooperation meeting support system according to claim 2 characterized by things. The projector processing unit
Simultaneously projecting the screen to the identified conference room projector,
The projector cooperation meeting support system according to claim 1 characterized by things. The projector processing unit further includes:
Check whether the projector of the specified conference room is turned on, and if it is turned off, pass the instruction to turn on the power to pass the power of the projector turned off. And then passing the screen information received from the user terminal to the projector of the specified conference room, the projector installed in the specified conference room by passing the screen information received from the user terminal. Projecting the screen;
The projector cooperation meeting support system according to claim 1 or 4 characterized by things. The projector processing unit further includes:
Performing control to turn on the power of the projector that is turned off by passing an instruction to turn on the projector of the specified conference room, and then, for the projector of the identified conference room, By passing the screen information received from the user terminal, the screen is projected by the projector installed in the identified conference room,
The projector cooperation meeting support system according to claim 1 or 4 characterized by things.

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