JP2008217647A - Electronic information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a convenient electronic information display device, in which a plurality of pieces of information can be successively displayed for comparison by a simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: Display screen thumbnails 30 in displaying each piece of information stored in a memory card 100 are displayed on a first screen 11 provided with a touch panel 12, a thumbnail 30 is selected by tapping, a screen for displaying the information is selected by tapping an icon 32a or 32b, and a display order number displayed on an order display frame 33a is selected by tapping an up icon 33b or a down icon 33c. The information corresponding to the selected thumbnail 30 is displayed on the selected first screen 11 or second screen 13 in the selected order. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic information display device, and more particularly to an electronic information display device that includes a first display device and a second display device, and includes at least a touch panel on the first display device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, an electronic information display device having a first display device and a second display device, and a touch panel provided on the first display device and the second display device is invented. Has been. As in Patent Document 1, in a conventional electronic information display device, when a book, magazine, newspaper, or the like is selected as content, a table of contents is displayed on the first display device or the second display device, and the options listed in the table of contents are displayed as a stylus. When tapping with (stylus) or the like, a page corresponding to the tapped option is displayed on the first display device or the second display device.
JP 2000-501214 A

  Especially when the content is a dictionary or a dictionary, there are cases where it is desired to compare and display a plurality of related pages sequentially. However, in the conventional electronic information display device, when there are a plurality of pages to be displayed, a table of contents is displayed each time, and an operation for selecting an option listed in the table of contents must be performed to display the target page. In addition, there is a problem that the operation is troublesome and the usability is poor when displaying a plurality of pages for comparison.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide an easy-to-use electronic information display device that allows a plurality of pages to be sequentially displayed and compared by a simple operation.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic information display device according to claim 1 is an electronic information display device that includes a first display device and a second display device, and at least the first display device includes a touch panel. And display means for displaying identification information of information stored in the first storage device, display device selection information, and display order selection information on the first display device, and the first display device in the first display device Selection of information stored in the first storage device based on touch input to the sensitive location of the touch panel corresponding to the display location of the identification information, the display device selection information, and the display order selection information Selection accepting means for accepting selection of whether to display the selected information on the first display device or the second display device, and selection of the display order; Storage means for storing the received contents in the second storage device, and the display means stores information stored in the first storage device based on the received contents stored in the second storage device. Is displayed on the first display device and the second display device.

  According to this configuration, the electronic information display device includes the first display device and the second display device, and at least the first display device is provided with a touch panel, and is stored in the first storage device by the display unit. Identification information, display device selection information, and display order selection information are displayed on the first display device, and the selection receiving means receives identification information on the first display device, display device selection information, and The selection of the information stored in the first storage device based on the touch input to the sensitive location on the touch panel corresponding to the display location of the display order selection information, and the selected information on the first display device and the second display Selection on which of the devices to display and selection of the display order are accepted. Then, the received contents received by the selection receiving means are stored in the second storage means by the storage means, and are stored in the first storage device by the display means based on the received contents stored in the second storage device. Information is displayed on the first display device and the second display device.

  As described above, the information stored in the first storage device can be displayed on the display device selected from the first display device and the second display device by specifying the display order. Information of a plurality of items and pages included in contents such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, and instruction manual stored in the first storage device is displayed on a desired display device in a desired order for comparison. It can be used very easily.

  An electronic information display device according to claim 2 is the electronic information display device according to claim 1, wherein a forward feed instruction receiving means for receiving an input of a forward feed instruction and a reverse feed for receiving an input of a reverse feed instruction An instruction receiving means, and the display means displays the information displayed on the first display device or the second display device when the order is received by the sequential instruction receiving means. When the information in the later order is displayed and the reverse instruction receiving means accepts the input, the order in which the information is displayed is the order before the information displayed on the first display device or the second display device. It is characterized by displaying certain information.

  According to this configuration, the forward instruction accepting unit accepts an input of the forward feeding instruction, and the backward feeding instruction accepting unit accepts the input of the backward feeding instruction. Then, when the forward instruction accepting means accepts the input, the display means displays information whose display order is the order after the information displayed on the first display device or the second display device. When the sending instruction accepting unit accepts an input, information whose display order is the order before the information displayed on the first display device or the second display device is displayed.

  As described above, the information stored in the first storage device can be displayed in the display order or in the reverse order of the display order in accordance with the user's input operation. It is easy to compare and easy to use.

  The electronic information display device according to claim 3 is the electronic information display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first storage device is portable and detachable from the electronic information display device. It is a feature.

  According to this configuration, the first storage device that stores information displayed on the first display device or the second display device is portable and detachable from the electronic information display device. Therefore, by changing the first storage device attached to the electronic information display device, information of various contents can be displayed on the first display device and the second display device.

  An electronic information display device according to claim 4 is the electronic information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a hinge mechanism is provided between the first display device and the second display device. And the display screen of the first display device and the display screen of the second display device can be folded to face each other by the action of the hinge mechanism.

  According to this configuration, the display screen of the first display device and the display screen of the second display device are folded to face each other by the action of the hinge mechanism provided between the first display device and the second display device. Is possible. Therefore, when the electronic information display device is not used, the electronic information display device can be folded compactly so that it does not take up space and can be easily stored, and the display screens of the first display device and the second display device can be prevented from being damaged.

  The electronic information display device according to claim 5 is the electronic information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first display device and the second display device are electronic paper. It is characterized by.

  According to this configuration, since the first display device and the second display device are electronic paper that does not require power for maintaining the display state of information, the power source of the electronic information display device is a dry battery or a secondary battery. In addition, an electronic information display device can be used for a long time using a dry battery or a secondary battery.

  Hereinafter, an electronic information display apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a block configuration of an electronic information display device 1 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic information device 1 includes an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 10, a first electronic paper 11, a touch panel 12, a second electronic paper 13, an input button 14, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 15, a RAM ( Random Access Memory) 16 and a memory slot 17 are provided, and the components 10 to 17 are electrically connected by a bus 18.

  The MPU 10 is an arithmetic processing device that controls the operation of each component 11 to 17 of the electronic information display device 1. The first electronic paper 11 and the second electronic paper 13 are display devices for displaying predetermined information. The touch panel 12 detects a position on the panel (screen) touched with a finger or a stylus, and gives an instruction to the MPU 10 by designating the position on the panel. The touch panel 12 is disposed on the first electronic paper 11. Accordingly, the MPU 10 determines the operation content of the user based on the position on the panel in the touch panel 12 detected by the touch panel 12 and the display content displayed on the first electronic paper 11 corresponding to the position, and the operation content Process according to the.

  The input button 14 is a group of buttons for instructing the MPU 10 to perform a predetermined operation. The input button 14 is a menu button 14 a for calling a menu, and a forward button 14 b for sequentially moving the display on the first electronic paper 11 and the second electronic paper 13. , 14d, and reverse feed buttons 14c, 14d for reverse display.

  The ROM 15 is a read-only storage device, and stores a program executed by the MPU 10. The RAM 16 is a storage device that can be written to and read from. The RAM 16 is mainly used for temporary storage of information and is used as a work place when the MPU 10 executes a program.

  The memory slot 17 is detachably connected to a memory card 100 in which content to be displayed on the electronic information display device 1 is stored, and information on the content stored in the memory card 100 can be read out.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of the electronic information display device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the external appearance of the electronic information display device 1 includes a left housing part 20, a right housing part 21, and a hinge mechanism 22. The left housing portion 20 and the right housing portion 21 have a rectangular plate shape with a predetermined thickness. The first electronic paper 11 is provided on the upper surface of the left housing portion 20, and the touch panel 12 is further provided on the upper portion of the first electronic paper 11. A second electronic paper 12 is provided on the upper surface of the right housing portion 21. The electronic information display device 1 can be folded by the function of the hinge mechanism 22 so that the first electronic paper 11 (touch panel 12) and the second electronic paper 13 face each other.

  Furthermore, a menu button 14a, a forward button 14b, and a reverse button 14c are disposed below the first electronic paper 11 on the upper surface of the left housing portion 20. Similarly, a forward button 14d and a reverse button 14e are disposed below the second electronic paper 13 on the upper surface of the right housing portion 21. Further, a memory slot 17 for inserting a memory card 100 storing content is provided on the right side surface of the right casing portion 21.

  In such an electronic information display device 1, it is selected which of the first electronic paper 11 and the second electronic paper 13 displays a plurality of pieces of information selected from each information stored as content in the memory card 100. In addition, the order can be specified and displayed. Hereinafter, the first electronic paper 11 is referred to as a first screen 11, and the second electronic paper 13 is referred to as a second screen 13.

  Next, the contents of processing executed by the MPU 10 when information stored as content in the memory card 100 is displayed on the first screen 11 and the second screen 13 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The MPU 10 executes each process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 based on the program stored in the ROM 15.

  For example, when the encyclopedia as content is used in the electronic information display device 1, the user inserts the memory card 100 in which the encyclopedia content is stored into the memory slot 17. When the user presses the menu button 14 a after turning on the power, the menu screen is displayed on the first screen 11. Further, the user selects a display screen (first screen 11 or second screen 12) and display order of information of items recorded in the encyclopedia by tapping a predetermined portion of the touch panel 12 with a stylus or the like. When the menu item to be displayed is selected, the MPU 10 displays a thumbnail 30 as identification information of the item information recorded in the encyclopedia on the first screen 11 as shown in FIG. 4 (S1). .

  The thumbnail 30 reduces the image and text displayed as the first page of the information of the corresponding item when the information of each item recorded in the encyclopedia is displayed on the first screen 11 or the second screen 13. Is displayed.

  When the thumbnail 30 is displayed on the first screen 11, the MPU 10 displays “Select an item by thumbnail and select a display screen and display order” on the second screen 13 as shown in FIG. 4. To prompt the user to select an item, display screen, and display order. In addition, the thumbnail 30 that cannot be displayed on the first screen 11 can be scroll-displayed by tapping and dragging the scroll bar 31a or tapping the scroll buttons 31b and 31c.

  When the thumbnail 30 is displayed, the MUP 10 determines whether the selection of the item, the display screen, and the display order is completed (S2). When the completion icon 35 is tapped, the MPU 10 determines that the selection of the item, the display screen, and the display order has been completed. Further, when the menu button 14a is operated, the selection process of items, display screens, and display order is stopped.

  If it is determined that selection of items, display screens, and display order has not been completed (S2: NO), the MPU 10 accepts selection of display items by the user (S3). That is, when the user taps the thumbnail 30 displayed on the first screen 11 from above the touch panel 12, the MPU 10 accepts the selection of the thumbnail 30 corresponding to the tap position on the touch panel 12 and corresponds to the selected thumbnail 30. An address (hereinafter referred to as “item information address”) on the memory card 100 in which information on the item to be stored is stored in the RAM 16. When the MPU 10 accepts the selection of the thumbnail 30, as shown in FIG. 5, the selected thumbnail 30 is displayed in a shaded or inverted manner. Further, the MPU 10 displays display device selection information 32 for selecting a screen (the first screen 11 or the second screen 13) for displaying the selected item in the lower left portion of the first screen 11. The display device selection information 32 includes an icon 32 a indicating the first screen 11 and an icon 32 b indicating the second screen 13. Furthermore, the MPU 10 displays information (contents) of items corresponding to the selected thumbnail 30 on the second screen 13. The user can determine from the contents displayed on the second screen 13 whether the selected item is correct.

  When the user wants to display the information of the item selected by the thumbnail 30 on the first screen 11, the user taps the icon 32 a to select the first screen 11, and to display the information on the second screen 13, the icon 32 b is displayed. To select the second screen 13. Then, the MPU 10 accepts selection of the screen corresponding to the tapped icon (S4), and associates the screen identification information indicating the selected first screen 11 or second screen 13 with the previously stored item information address. And stored in the RAM 16. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the MPU 10 indicates the icon 32 a or the icon 32 b selected by tapping by performing a shaded display or a reverse display. Further, when receiving the selection of the screen, the MPU 10 displays the display order selection information 33 and the determination icon 34 in the lower right part of the first screen 11.

  The display order selection information 33 includes an order display frame 33a, an up icon 33b, and a down icon 33c. In the order display frame 33a, a number having a number indicating the display order of the selected item on the selected screen is displayed. For example, when an item to be displayed on the first screen 11 or the second screen 13 is selected for the first time, the number “1” is displayed in the order display frame 33a. Further, when two items to be displayed on the first screen 11 have already been selected, the number “3” is displayed in the order display frame 33a. Further, for example, when the number “3” is displayed in the order display frame 33a and the up icon 33b is tapped once, the number displayed in the order display frame 33a is increased from “3” to “2”. Then, the display order of the selected item on the first screen 11 is moved up second. Thereby, the item that was scheduled to be displayed second on the first screen 11 is displayed third. Further, the display order can be lowered by tapping the down icon 33c. When the up icon 33b or the down icon 33c is tapped to select the display order and the determination icon 34 is tapped, the selection of the display order of the item on the screen is determined, and the MPU 10 accepts this (S5), Order information indicating the selected display order is stored in the RAM 16 in association with the item information address and the screen identification information stored in advance.

  When the determination icon 34 is tapped and the selection of the display order is accepted, the MPU 10 again displays the thumbnail 30 on the first screen 11 and displays a message to the user on the second screen 13 as shown in FIG. indicate. Then, the user again taps the thumbnail 30 to select an item to be displayed, and selects a display screen and a display order. In the state shown in FIG. 4, when the user taps the completion icon 35 displayed at the lower right of the first screen 11, the MUP 10 determines that the selection of the item to be displayed has been completed (S2: YES), Proceed to step S6.

  In step S6, the MPU 10 is selected to be displayed first on the first screen 11, as shown in FIG. 7, based on the item information address, screen identification information, and order information stored in the RAM 16. The information on the selected item is displayed on the first screen 11, and the information on the item selected to be displayed first on the second screen 13 is displayed on the second screen 13.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the user operates the menu button 14 a in a state where the item information is displayed on the first screen 11 and the second screen 13, the MPU 10 instructs the end of the item information display. (S7: YES), the item display process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the forward buttons 14b and 14d and the reverse buttons 14c and 14e are operated by the user, the MPU 10 determines that an operation to change the item to be displayed has been performed (S8: YES), and the display item is changed. The process is executed (S9). The display item changing process is executed based on the item information address, the screen identification information, and the order information stored in the RAM 16 in accordance with the operation of the forward buttons 14b and 14d and the reverse buttons 14c and 14e. Specifically, for example, when the forward button 14b is operated once, the display order (order information) on the first screen 11 is the order after the item currently displayed on the first screen 11. Information is displayed on the first screen 11. In addition, when the reverse button 14c is operated once, the information of the item whose display order (order information) on the first screen 11 is the order before the item currently displayed on the first screen 11 is the first. It is displayed on the screen 11. The display change on the second screen 13 when the forward button 14d and the reverse button 14e are operated is the same. If the information of the item displayed on the first screen 11 or the second screen 13 is not completely displayed on one screen of the first screen 11 or the second screen 13, the forward button 14b or 14d is long pressed. By doing so, undisplayed information can be scrolled and displayed in order. In addition, when the reverse feed button 14c or 14e is pressed for a long time, undisplayed information can be displayed by reverse scrolling.

  As described above, according to the electronic information display device 1 of the present invention, information on a plurality of items selected from items recorded in, for example, an encyclopedia content stored in the memory card 100, The first screen 11 or the second screen 13 can be designated, and the display order on the first screen 11 or the second screen 13 can be designated and displayed. Further, based on the selected display order, the item information can be displayed forward or backward and displayed accordingly. Therefore, the information of a plurality of items can be displayed and compared sequentially by a simple operation, which is very convenient.

  In addition, embodiment of this invention is not restricted to the above-mentioned form, It can change variously within the range of the technical idea of this invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the thumbnail 30 is used as the identification information for identifying each information stored in the memory card 100. However, the identification information is not limited to the thumbnail 30, but information such as a table of contents or an index is used. It may be a headline by text or the like representing the contents of.

  In the above-described embodiment, electronic paper is adopted as the first display device and the second display device. However, the first display device and the second display device are not limited to electronic paper, and may be a liquid crystal display panel or the like. Good. However, in order to realize power saving, electronic paper is preferable to the liquid crystal display panel.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the touch panel 12 is provided only on the upper surface of the first electronic paper 11 is employed. However, the configuration in which the touch panel 12 is provided only on the upper surface of the second electronic paper 13 or the upper surface of the first electronic paper 11 The touch panel 12 may be provided on both the upper surface of the second electronic paper 13 and an input operation may be performed based on information displayed on the second electronic paper 13.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information displayed on the first electronic paper 11 and the second electronic paper 13 is information stored in the memory card 100 that is detachable from the electronic information display device 1. May be information stored in a storage device built in the electronic information display device 1 as well as information stored in a removable storage device such as the memory card 100.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the change of the item displayed on the 1st electronic paper 11 and the 2nd electronic paper 13 is the forward button 14b provided in the left housing | casing part 20, the reverse button 14c, It is decided to operate by operating the forward button 14d and the backward button 14e provided on the right housing part 21, but instead of this, the forward icon and the backward icon are displayed on the first electronic paper 11. May be displayed by tapping these icons.

  In the above-described embodiment, the thumbnails 30 of all items of information stored in the memory card 100 can be displayed on the first electronic paper 11 as a display target, but are stored in the memory card 100. It is also possible to search for an item by a keyword or the like, and display only the thumbnail 30 of the information of the item hit in the search on the first electronic paper 11.

  The present invention is applicable to an electronic information display device that includes a first display device and a second display device, and at least the first display device includes a touch panel.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the electronic information display apparatus 1 which concerns on this invention. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an appearance of an electronic information display device 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process which MPU10 of the electronic information display apparatus 1 performs. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of operation and display of the electronic information display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of operation and display of the electronic information display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of operation and display of the electronic information display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of operation and display of the electronic information display apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Electronic Information Display Device 10 MPU
11 First electronic paper (first screen)
12 Touch panel 13 Second electronic paper (second screen)
16 RAM
14 input button 14b forward button 14c reverse button 14d forward button 14e reverse button 100 memory card

Claims (5)

An electronic information display device comprising a first display device and a second display device, wherein at least the first display device includes a touch panel,
Display means for displaying identification information of information stored in the first storage device, display device selection information, and display order selection information on the first display device;
Based on the touch input to the sensitive location of the touch panel corresponding to the display location of the identification information, the display device selection information, and the display order selection information in the first display device, the first storage device A selection receiving means for receiving selection of stored information, selection of which of the first display device and the second display device displays the selected information, and selection of the display order;
Storage means for storing the received content received by the selection receiving means in a second storage device,
The display means displays the information stored in the first storage device on the first display device and the second display device based on the received content stored in the second storage device. An electronic information display device. A forward instruction receiving means for receiving an input of a forward instruction;
A reverse instruction receiving means for receiving an input of a reverse instruction,
The display means displays information in which the display order is the order after the information displayed on the first display device or the second display device when the forward instruction receiving means receives an input. When the reverse feed instruction accepting means accepts an input, the information is displayed in the order in which the information is displayed before the information displayed on the first display device or the second display device. The electronic information display device according to claim 1.   The electronic information display device according to claim 1, wherein the first storage device is portable and detachable from the electronic information display device.   A hinge mechanism is provided between the first display device and the second display device, and the display screen of the first display device and the display screen of the second display device face each other by the action of the hinge mechanism. The electronic information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic information display apparatus is foldable.   The electronic information display device according to claim 1, wherein the first display device and the second display device are electronic paper.

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