JP2009163671A - Content display, contents display method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily display a desired portion of a content. <P>SOLUTION: This content display for displaying content information on an information display part includes an operation area part 109 having a plurality of operation parts for detecting contacts or pressurizations identified respectively, a divided information allocation processing part 1043 for allocating the respective pieces of divided information to make arrangement of the respective pieces of divided information with one content information divided into the plurality correspond to arrangement of the operation parts, an identification control processing part for carrying out an identification expression for discriminating the operation parts allocated with the divided information by the divided information allocating part, from the operation parts not allocated with the divided information, and a divided information display processing part 1042 for displaying the divided information allocated to the operation parts on the information display part, when the operation parts detect the contacts or the pressurizations. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a content display device, a content display method, and a program, and more particularly to a content display device, a content display method, and a program for displaying an image of content having a larger number of pixels than an image display unit.

Conventional portable terminal devices have keys such as a numeric keypad and cursor keys, each of which is assigned a scroll direction. When the page to be displayed is larger than the display screen, the display content can be assigned to the pressed key. By scrolling in the selected direction, the user in the page can display a desired portion on the display screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Also, not only the scroll direction but also the scroll length is assigned to the key. For example, in the case of the cursor key, the display content is scrolled by one character, and in the case of the numeric keypad, the display content is scrolled by one screen. Some are.
JP 2006-318210 A

  However, in the conventional portable terminal device, if the difference between the size of the page to be displayed and the display screen is large, the user may have to press the key many times before displaying the desired portion. There is a problem that it may be complicated for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a content display device, a content display method, and a program that can easily display a desired portion of content.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and the content display device of the present invention is a plurality of content detection devices that display content information on an information display unit and detect contact or pressurization that can be individually identified. The division information that assigns each piece of the division information to the operation unit so that the operation area unit having the operation unit, the arrangement of each piece of division information obtained by dividing one piece of content information, and the arrangement of the operation unit correspond to each other. An identification processing unit that performs identification expression for identifying the allocation processing unit, the operation unit to which the division information is allocated by the division information allocation processing unit, and the operation unit to which the division information is not allocated, A division information display processing unit for displaying the division information assigned to the operation unit on the information display unit when the operation unit detects contact or pressurization; Characterized in that it Bei.

  Also, the content display device of the present invention is the above-described content display device, wherein the identification control processing unit forms an identification expression of the operation unit to which the division information is assigned according to a content type of the content information. It is characterized by.

  The content display device of the present invention is the above-described content display device, wherein the identification control processing unit divides the identification expression of each of the operation units to which the division information is assigned into the division assigned to the operation unit. It is characterized by having a format corresponding to the content type included in the information.

  Also, the content display device of the present invention is any one of the above-described content display devices, wherein the identification control processing unit is assigned to the division information displayed on the information display unit among the operation units. An identification expression for distinguishing the operation unit from other operation units is performed.

  The content display device according to the present invention is any one of the content display devices described above, wherein the division information is an image obtained by dividing the content information equally, and the number of divisions in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the division. Is characterized in that the number of the operation units arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction is set to a maximum value.

  The content display device of the present invention is any one of the above-described content display devices, wherein the number of pixels of the division information is the number of pixels of an image displayed on the information display unit, and the identification control processing unit When the number of divisions in the vertical direction of the division information exceeds the number of arrangements in the vertical direction of the operation unit, or the number of divisions in the horizontal direction of the division information exceeds the number of arrangements in the horizontal direction of the operation unit The operation part at the end of the operation area part in the exceeding direction is discriminated from the other operation to perform identification expression so that the exceeding direction can be identified.

  The content display device of the present invention is the above-described content display device, and the division information display processing unit exceeds the division number in any direction when the division number exceeds the arrangement number. When the contact or pressure of the operation unit at the end of the operation region in the direction is detected, and the division information being displayed on the information display unit is division information assigned to the operation unit, the information display unit The division information adjacent to the division information currently being displayed is displayed on the information display section.

  The content display device according to the present invention is the content display device described above, wherein the division information allocation processing unit exceeds the division number in any direction when the division number exceeds the arrangement number. When the contact or pressure of the operation unit at the end of the operation area in the direction is detected, and the division information being displayed on the information display unit is division information assigned to the operation unit, the division information is included in the division information. Dividing information corresponding to the number of arrangements including division information adjacent in a direction in which the number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements is allocated to each of the operation units.

  Further, the content display device of the present invention is any one of the above-described content display devices, wherein the division information allocation processing unit is based on an operation unit set with a predetermined allocation among the operation region units. Another operation unit is assigned to each of the division information.

  The content display device according to the present invention is any one of the content display devices described above, wherein the division information display processing unit determines the division information initially displayed on the information display unit according to the content type of the content information. The division information of the position determined by the division or the division information of a preset position is characterized.

  The content display device according to the present invention is any one of the content display devices described above, wherein the division information allocation processing unit is configured to output the operation unit for each piece of division information divided with the screen configuration of the content information as a boundary. It is characterized by assigning.

  The content display device of the present invention is any one of the above-described content display devices, which is at least a part of the operation region unit, and detects contact or pressurization, each in four directions. A corresponding cursor key operation unit, and when one of the cursor key operation units detects contact or pressurization, the division information display processing unit in a direction corresponding to the detected cursor key operation unit, The display content of the information display unit is scrolled.

  The content display device according to the present invention is any one of the content display devices described above, wherein the division information allocation processing unit includes the number of display pixels of the region displaying the division information of the information display unit and the division information. The content information is divided so as to correspond to the number of pixels, and the division information is displayed on the image information display unit. When the number of display pixels is changed, the number of pixels of the division information is the number of display pixels. The content information is divided again so as to correspond to the above.

  In addition, the content display method of the present invention includes an operation area unit having a plurality of operation units for detecting contact or pressurization, each of which can be identified, and content display in a content display device that displays content information on the information display unit In the method, the division information is allocated to the operation unit so that the arrangement of each piece of division information obtained by dividing one piece of the content information corresponds to the arrangement of the operation unit assigned to each of the division information. A first step, a second step of performing an identification expression for identifying the operation unit to which the division information is assigned by the first step and the operation unit to which the division information is not assigned, A third process of displaying the division information assigned to the operation unit on the information display unit when the operation unit detects contact or pressurization. And wherein the door.

  In addition, the program of the present invention includes an operation area unit having a plurality of operation units for detecting contact or pressurization, each of which can be identified, and a computer of a content display device that displays content information on an information display unit. Division information allocation processing for assigning each piece of the division information to the operation unit so that the arrangement of each piece of division information obtained by dividing the content information into a plurality of pieces matches the arrangement of the operation unit assigned to each piece of the division information An identification control processing unit that performs identification expression for identifying the operation unit to which the division information is assigned by the division information assignment processing unit and the operation unit to which the division information is not assigned, and the operation unit is in contact Alternatively, when pressurization is detected, it functions as a division information display processing unit that displays the division information assigned to the operation unit on the information display unit To.

  According to the present invention, for the operation unit to which the division information is assigned by the division information assignment processing unit, the identification control processing unit performs the identification expression for identifying the other operation unit. By touching or pressing, it is possible to grasp which part of the content information can be displayed and to easily display the desired part simply by operating the operation part corresponding to the part. it can.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, when a content image is large (the number of pixels is large) and cannot be displayed, a divided image obtained by dividing the content image is assigned to each numeric keypad, and if any of the numeric keys is pressed, the assignment is performed. The divided image is displayed. At this time, the correspondence between each key and the divided image is assigned to the numeric keypad so that the arrangement on the numeric keypad is the same as the arrangement on the content image, and the key to which the divided image is assigned and the divided image being displayed are assigned. As for the key, a mobile phone 100 that is a content display device in which LEDs having different colors from other keys are turned on to indicate that divided images are assigned will be described. After describing the external appearance of the mobile phone 100 with reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the mobile phone 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the function of the content display device according to the present invention is mounted on a clamshell type (folding structure) mobile phone 100. FIG. 1 shows a side on which a key for input operation is provided with the cellular phone 100 opened.
The upper speaker 117 and the lower microphone 116 in FIG. 1 are used for a call.
The operation area portion 109 includes a cursor key 1091, an enter key 1092, a numeric keypad, *, # key 1093, and these keys (operation portions) are buttons that are individually projected or a flat panel as a whole. It is possible to identify that each key has been operated by providing a switch for detecting that the finger has been pressed and pressed, or a touch pad for detecting that a finger or the like has touched. Each key is provided with an LED (light emitting diode) on the back side thereof, and transmits the light emitted by each LED so that the user can recognize the light. Note that each key does not transmit these lights, but the peripheral part of each key may transmit these lights. This LED is provided with three colors of green, orange, and red for each key, and emits light according to an instruction from the main control unit 104. These keys are used for input of a telephone number of a call destination, character input of e-mail, menu selection, function selection, and the like. The numeric keypad, *, # key 1093 includes a total of 12 keys arranged in 4 rows, 3 in each row (horizontal direction). Among these 12 keys, the top row is the keys “1”, “2”, “3” in order from the left, and the second row from the top is “4”, “5” in order from the left. ”,“ 6 ”, the third line from the top in order from the left,“ 7 ”,“ 8 ”,“ 9 ”keys, and the fourth line from the top in order from the left“ * ” , “0”, “#” keys.
The image display unit (information display unit) 111 is a display device that displays images, characters, and the like. In addition, the image display unit 111 displays an e-mail, an image, a menu screen, a function setting screen, and the like according to an operation by the operation unit 109.

Next, the configuration of the mobile phone 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 100 according to the first embodiment.
Radio section 102 converts the received signal received by antenna 101 into a baseband received signal and outputs the received signal to communication control section 103. The radio unit 102 modulates a transmission signal input from the communication control unit 103 into a signal having a transmission frequency, and outputs the signal to the antenna 101 for transmission.
The communication control unit 103 performs demodulation processing on the reception signal input from the wireless unit 102 and modulation processing on the transmission signal input from the main control unit 104.
The antenna 101, the wireless unit 102, and the communication control unit 103 are communication means for performing communication via a mobile communication network, a W-LAN (wireless LAN, wireless local area network), or the like.
The main control unit 104 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls each unit by executing a program stored in the program memory 105 that is a nonvolatile memory.

The memory 106 is a non-volatile memory that stores other management information such as information set by the user in addition to data used when making a call, e-mail, or the like.
The display image memory 107 is a volatile memory for storing content images, and details thereof will be described later.
The large-capacity memory 108 is a non-volatile memory that stores content data such as map information.
The operation area unit 109 is as described with reference to FIG. 1, and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation to the main control unit 104.
A main camera 110, an optical element, an imaging unit, and a video signal processing unit are provided, and an image of a subject is converted into a digital signal and output to the main control unit 104.
The image display unit 111 is as described with reference to FIG. 1 and is a liquid crystal display that displays an image, characters, and the like based on a display signal input from the main control unit 104. It may be other image display means such as a sense) display.
The vibration unit 113 generates vibration by a motor to such an extent that the user can recognize it.
A GPS (Global Positioning System) function 114 receives a radio wave signal from a GPS satellite via an antenna and obtains the position of the mobile phone 100 on the ground.

The audio processing unit 115 converts the audio signal input from the microphone 116 into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the main control unit 104. Also, the audio processing unit 115 inputs the digital audio signal from the main control unit 104 and converts it into an analog audio signal. Then, the sound is output to the speaker 117 and sounded.
An RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) reader 118 reads ID information of an IC chip embedded in an external tag by short-range wireless communication via an antenna.
The Ir transmitting unit 119 and the Ir receiving unit 120 perform data communication with an external device using infrared rays.

Indicator 121 is LED (light emitting diode) which emits light and makes a user recognize, for example. The indicator 121 is provided at a position where the user can see even when the cellular phone 100 is folded, and is used as a display device for notifying the user of information in the folded state. The indicator 121 may be used as a display device that uses a plurality of LEDs of different colors and notifies the user according to the processing state of the mobile phone 100.
In addition, instead of or in addition to the vibration unit 113 and the indicator 121 used to attract the user's attention, an odor generating unit that generates an odor may be provided. In order to generate an odor, various existing techniques such as holding a plurality of chemical substances in the mobile phone 100 and mixing them can be used.
The power control unit 123 receives power from the battery 124 and supplies power to each unit.
In addition, the mobile phone 100 may have a function of performing short-range communication between the mobile phone 100 and the recording device using a short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  In the embodiment described below, the antenna 101, the wireless unit 102, the main camera 110, the vibration unit 113, the GPS function 114, the sound processing unit 115, the microphone 116, the speaker 117, the RFID reader 118, the Ir transmission unit 119, Ir receiver 120, indicator 121, power supply controller 123, and battery 124 are not particularly used in the description of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of the main processing unit 1040 that functions when the main control unit 104 reads and executes a program stored in the program memory 105. The main processing unit 1040 includes a light emission control processing unit 1041, a divided image display processing unit 1042, a divided image assignment processing unit 1043, a display unit setting processing unit 1044, and a Web processing unit 1045.
The Web processing unit 1045 is a content image (content information) to be presented to the user using the image display unit 111 based on content data such as an HTML file or an image file acquired from an external server via a mobile phone network or the like. Is generated and stored in the display image memory 107.
The display unit setting processing unit 1044 receives the designation by the user, and sets the resolution of the image display unit 111 such as 100 dots horizontally and 200 dots vertically, for example.

  The divided image allocation processing unit (divided information allocation processing unit) 1043 divides the content image stored in the display image memory 107 into a plurality of divided images (divided information) in the content image, and each divided image. The numeric keypad is assigned to each of the divided images so that the arrangement of the numeric keypad assigned to the screen matches the arrangement on the surface of the mobile phone 100. Specifically, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 acquires the width and height (horizontal and vertical) number of pixels of the content image from the display image memory 107, and displays the acquired width and height image as an image display. When division is performed so that the number of pixels of the resolution (number of display pixels) set in the section 111 corresponds to the number of pixels of the divided image, the arrangement of the content of the divided image in the image, and the numeric keypad, *, # key A key having the same arrangement in 1093 is assigned to the divided image.

  That is, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 assigns “1”, “2”, and “3” keys in order from the left to the divided image in the top row in the content image, and the second row from the top. “4”, “5”, “6” keys are assigned to the divided images in order from the left, and “7”, “8”, “9” keys in order from the left are assigned to the divided images in the third row from the top. And “*”, “0”, and “#” keys are assigned in order from the left to the divided image in the fourth row from the top. Then, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 is information for identifying the coordinates in the image of the content at the upper left corner which is the reference point of each divided image, the number of vertical and horizontal pixels of the divided image, and the key assigned to the divided image. A divided image allocation table in which is associated with each other is generated.

  The light emission control processing unit (identification control processing unit) 1041 refers to the divided image assignment table generated by the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 and sets the key to which the divided image is assigned as the key to which no other divided image is assigned. An identification expression to be identified is performed, that is, the orange LED of the key is caused to emit light. When the divided image display processing unit 1042 displays the divided image on the image display unit 111 as described later, the light emission control processing unit 1041 identifies the key assigned to the displayed divided image from other keys. That is, the red LED of the key is caused to emit light.

The divided image display processing unit (divided information display processing unit) 1042 is a division assigned to the pressed key when the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093 detects contact or pressurization, that is, when pressed by the user. The coordinates in the image of the content at the upper left corner, which is the reference of the image, and the number of vertical and horizontal pixels of the divided image are acquired from the divided image allocation table, and among the content images stored in the display image memory 107, An image having the number of vertical and horizontal pixels is extracted as a divided image from the previously acquired coordinates, and the divided image is displayed on the image display unit 111.
When one of the cursor keys 1091 corresponding to the four directions is pressed, the divided image display processing unit 1042 divides the divided image that is adjacent to the direction of the pressed cursor key 1091 with respect to the displayed divided image. May be displayed on the image display unit 111, or an image scrolled in the direction of the pressed cursor key 1091 may be displayed on the image display unit 111.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a divided image allocation table when a content image is divided into 2 × 2 divided images. In this embodiment, the coordinates are on the horizontal axis with the upper left corner of the content image as the origin, the X axis on the right with the right direction as positive, and the Y axis with the vertical axis with the down direction on the positive. In the divided image assignment table, the X coordinate “0”, Y coordinate “0”, width “100”, height “200”, “2” of the reference point of the divided image assigned to the “1” key illustrated in FIG. X coordinate “100”, Y coordinate “0”, width “100”, height “200”, and reference point X of the divided image assigned to the “4” key. The coordinate “0”, the Y coordinate “200”, the width “100”, the height “200”, the X coordinate “100” of the reference point of the divided image assigned to the “5” key, the Y coordinate “200”, the width “ The coordinates, width, and height of the reference point of the divided image assigned to each key are stored in association with information for identifying the assigned key, such as “100” and height “200”.

  FIG. 5 shows, in a black frame, the arrangement of the divided images D1 to D4 in the content image when the content image G1 is divided into 2-by-2 divided images as in the divided image allocation table illustrated in FIG. FIG. In FIG. 5, numbers “1”, “2”, “4”, and “5” attached to the center of the divided images D1 to D4 are numbers representing the numeric keys assigned to the divided images D1 to D4. The mobile phone 100 in FIG. 5 displays the upper left divided image D1 in the content image G1 on the image display unit 111, and the “1” key K1 to which the divided image D1 being displayed is assigned emits red light. The “2” key K2, the “4” key K4, and the “5” key K5, to which the divided images D2 to D4 are assigned, emit light in orange.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a divided image allocation table when a content image is divided into 2 × 4 divided images. The numeric keypad, *, and # key 1093 in this embodiment are keys arranged in 3 horizontal rows and 4 vertical rows. Therefore, when divided into 2 rows and 4 columns as in the example shown in FIG. The number of keys is exceeded and there are not enough keys. In such a case, the divided image allocation table is similar to the table illustrated in FIG. 5 in that the X coordinate “0” and the Y coordinate “0” of the reference point of the divided image allocated to the “1” key illustrated in FIG. The coordinates, width and height of the reference point of the divided image assigned to the key are stored in association with the information for identifying the assigned key, such as width “100” and height “200”. For a divided image that is not assigned to the key because it exceeds the number of keys arranged, and for the divided image right next to the divided image assigned to the “3” key, the divided image assigned to the “3” key When the “3” key is pressed while the image is displayed, information indicating the key to which “3 + 3” that represents a divided image to be displayed on the image display unit 111 by the divided image display processing unit 1042 is assigned is displayed. Store instead The "3 + 3" X-coordinate "300" of the reference point in association with, Y coordinate "0", and stores the width "80", height "200".

  Similarly, it is a divided image that has not been assigned to the key because the number of divisions exceeds the number of keys, and for the divided image to the right of the divided image assigned to the “6” key, the “6” key When the “6” key is pressed while the divided image assigned to is displayed, “6 + 6” representing the divided image to be displayed on the image display unit 111 by the divided image display processing unit 1042 is assigned. It stores instead of the information representing the key, and stores the X coordinate “300”, Y coordinate “200”, width “80”, and height “200” of the reference point in association with this “6 + 6”. Further, when there are divided images to the right of “3 + 3” and “6 + 6”, the “3” key is pressed when the divided image allocation table displays, for example, “3 + 3” divided images. Then, “3 + 3 + 3” representing the divided image to be displayed on the image display unit 111 by the divided image display processing unit 1042 is stored in place of the information representing the assigned key, and is associated with this “3 + 3 + 3”. Stores the X coordinate, Y coordinate, width, and height of the reference point of the divided image. The same process is repeated when more divided images are not assigned to keys because the number of arranged keys exceeds the number of keys. The same is repeated when the number of divided images exceeds the number of keys arranged in the vertical direction, not in the horizontal direction, and is not assigned to the key.

  FIG. 7 shows the arrangement of the divided images D5 to D12 in the content image when the content image G2 is divided into 2 × 4 divided images as shown in the divided image allocation table illustrated in FIG. FIG. In FIG. 7, the numbers “1”, “2”, “3”, “3 + 3”, “4”, “5”, “6”, “6 + 6” attached to the center of the divided images D5 to D12 This is information stored in the divided image assignment table as information representing the keys assigned to the image divided images D5 to D12. The mobile phone 100 in FIG. 7 displays the upper left divided image D5 in the content image G2 on the image display unit 111, and the light emission control processing unit 1041 displays “1” to which the divided image D5 being displayed is assigned. The key K5 emits red light, and the “2” key K5, “4” key K9, and “5” key K10, to which the divided images D6, D9, and D10 are assigned, emit light in orange, and the divided images D7, D11. Is displayed, and when the divided image assigned to the key is displayed, when the key is pressed, a “3” key K7 and a “6” key K11 are displayed to display the adjacent divided image. An identification expression that blinks in orange is performed, and the direction beyond it can be identified.

  Further, even when there is a divided image on the right side of the divided images D8 and D12, the light emission control processing unit 1041 causes the “3” key K7 and the “6” key K11 to blink orange. When the number of divided images in the vertical direction instead of the horizontal direction exceeds 4, which is the key arrangement number, the light emission control processing unit 1041 displays the “*” key, “0” key, and “#” key. Among them, the key to which the divided image is assigned is made to blink orange similarly.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining operations related to image display of content in the mobile phone 100. When the Web processing unit 1045 or the like generates a content image and stores it in the display image memory 107, the divided image allocation processing unit 1043 acquires the size (the number of vertical and horizontal pixels) of the content image from the display image memory 107. (S1). Next, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 acquires the number of pixels of the resolution set in the image display unit 111 (S2). The divided image allocation processing unit 1043 compares the number of pixels of the image display unit 111 acquired in step S2 with the number of pixels of the image of the content acquired in step S1, and the number of pixels of the image display unit 111 in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. It is determined whether or not there are many (S3).

  When it is determined that the number of pixels of the image display unit 111 is large in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, the main processing unit 1040 reads the content image from the display image memory 107 and displays it on the image display unit 111 (S11). Next, the main processing unit 1040 determines whether or not the resolution setting of the image display unit image display unit 111 has been changed via the display unit setting processing unit 1044 (S12). Then, the process proceeds to the above-described step S2, and the content image is divided again. If it is determined in step S12 that the content has not been changed, it is determined whether or not the content image stored in the display image memory 107 has been updated (S13). Transition to step S1. If it is determined in step S13 that the change has not been made, the process proceeds to step S12 described above and the process is repeated.

  On the other hand, in step S3, the image display unit 111 has fewer pixels than the content image in both the vertical and horizontal directions. That is, the content image is the image in at least one of the vertical and horizontal directions. When it is determined that the number of pixels is larger than that of the display unit 111, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 determines the key assignment to each divided image and generates a divided image assignment table as illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. To do. Next, the divided image display processing unit 1042 extracts a divided image from the content image stored in the display image memory 107 with reference to the divided image allocation table, and displays the extracted image on the image display unit 111.

  Note that the divided image display processing unit 1042 acquires information about the divided image corresponding to the pressed key from the divided image allocation table and displays the divided image on the image display unit 111. Therefore, a divided image at a predetermined position in the content image is initially displayed on the image display unit 111. This position may be a preset position, for example, a divided image at the upper left corner. If the image is a content image based on text data, the upper left corner is used, and the content is based on image data such as a photograph. For example, the position may be determined by the content type of the content image, such as the center of the content image.

  Next, the light emission control processing unit 1041 causes the key to which the divided image displayed by the divided image display processing unit 1042 displayed on the image display unit 111 in step S5 among the numeric keys, *, and # keys 1093 to emit light in red. In addition to the keys emitted red, the keys assigned with the divided images in the divided image assignment table generated by the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 in step S4 emit light in orange (S6). Further, the light emission control processing unit 1041 displays keys adjacent to the divided image when the key is pressed while the divided image assigned to the key is displayed, such as keys K7 and K11 shown in FIG. For, make it blink orange.

  Next, the divided image display processing unit 1042 acquires the key input of the pressed key among the numeric keypad, *, and # key 1093 (S7). The divided image display processing unit 1042 determines whether there is a divided image assigned to the acquired key input key with reference to the divided image assignment table (S8). When it is determined that there is an assigned divided image, the process proceeds to step S5, where the divided image display processing unit 1042 displays the divided image in accordance with the acquired key input key. repeat.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8 that there is no assigned divided image, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 changes the size of the image display unit 111 via the display unit setting processing unit 1044, that is, the resolution is changed. It is determined whether there is a setting change (S9). When it is determined that there is a size change, the process returns to step S2 and the above-described processing is repeated. If it is determined in step S9 that there is no size change, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 determines whether the content image has been updated, that is, the Web processing unit 1045 or the like generates a new content image. Then, it is determined whether or not the display image memory 107 has been written (S10). When it is determined that the content image has been updated, the process proceeds to step S1 and the above-described processing is repeated. If it is determined in step S10 that there is no content update, the process proceeds to step S7 and the above-described processing is repeated.

  Note that in this embodiment, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 assigns the divided images with priority given to the “1” key at the upper left of the ten keys, *, and # keys 1093 as a reference, for example, 2 In the case of the divided image in the row 2 column, the divided image is assigned to the “1” key, “2” key, “4” key, and “5” key of the area A1 shown in FIG. ”Key prioritizing the reference and assigning it to the“ 2 ”key,“ 3 ”key,“ 5 ”key,“ 6 ”key in the area A2, or prioritizing the“ 5 ”key near the center. It may be assigned to the “4” key, “5” key, “7” key, and “8” key of the area A3. In addition, a user may be able to set a key to be assigned with priority over the reference.

As described above, for the keys to which the divided images are assigned by the divided image assignment processing unit 1043, the light emission control processing unit 1041 emits light in orange so that it can be distinguished from other keys. If an operation is performed, it is possible to grasp which part of the content image can be displayed, and to easily display a desired part simply by pressing a key corresponding to the part.
In addition, since the divided image display processing unit 1042 emits the key assigned to the divided image displayed on the image display unit 111 in red so that it can be distinguished from other keys, the user can recognize the divided image currently displayed. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp which part of the content image corresponds to.

In addition, the light emission control processing unit 1041 uses the content type (for example, text, photo, video, etc.) included in the divided image for the key to which the divided image is assigned or the key to which the divided image being displayed is assigned. It is possible to easily understand what information is stored in which part by making the light to emit light with a color and blinking interval according to the content type, that is, the identification expression in a format according to the content type. can do. Further, instead of the content type included in the divided image, it may be an identification expression in a format according to the content type of the entire content image (for example, the type of Web page, text, photo, etc.). The user can easily grasp.
Even if the number of divisions of content images into divided images exceeds the number of keys, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 generates a divided image assignment table as illustrated in FIG. For a certain number of divided images, the end key in the direction in which the number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements is pressed a plurality of times (“3” key and “6” key in the example of the divided image allocation table in FIG. 6). Therefore, the divided image can be displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the key at the end in the direction in which the number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements (“3” key and “6” key in the example of the divided image allocation table in FIG. 6) is pressed a plurality of times. In the above description, it is assumed that the divided images for which the number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements are displayed. However, the end image in the direction in which the number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements is displayed, and the divided image assigned to the key is displayed. When pressed, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 assigns divided images to the keys again, and among the divided images whose number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements, divided images for the number of arrangements are displayed. When the divided image assignment table is updated so as to be assigned to each key, and these keys are pressed, the divided image display processing unit 1042 causes the divided image newly assigned to the pressed key (the number of divisions exceeds the arrangement number). Split image) It may be so that.

  For example, when the third divided image from the left assigned to the “3” key is displayed, when the “3” key is pressed, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 displays the “1” key from the left. The fourth divided image is assigned, the fifth divided image from the left is assigned to the “2” key, the sixth divided image from the left is assigned to the “3” key, and the divided image display processing unit 1042 has the “1” key. The fourth divided image from the left assigned to is displayed. It should be noted that here, when the end key is pressed, the divided images corresponding to the number of arrangements are allocated to the divided image allocation table, that is, when the “3” key is pressed, the “1” key is the fourth from the left. It has been described that the fourth divided image is displayed by assigning the divided images. However, when the end key is pressed, the divided images assigned to the end key and the divided images exceeding the number of arrangements are assigned to the divided image assignment table, that is, when the “3” key is pressed, “ The third divided image may be assigned to the “1” key and the third divided image may be displayed as it is.

  In the present embodiment, the light emission control processing unit 1041 causes the orange LED of the key to emit light so that a key to which a divided image is assigned can be distinguished from a key to which no other divided image is assigned. As described above, the key may be caused to emit light in a form such as a different color, blinking cycle, or luminance so as to be distinguishable from an unassigned key. In addition, the light emission control processing unit 1041 may cause the key to emit light in a format such as a color, a blinking cycle, or luminance according to the content type of the divided image assigned to the key.

In addition, when the divided image display processing unit 1042 displays the divided image on the image display unit 111, the light emission control processing unit 1041 displays the red color of the key so that the key assigned to the divided image can be distinguished from other keys. However, the key assigned to the divided image may be made to emit light in a format such as a different color, blinking cycle, or brightness so that it can be distinguished from the other keys.
Further, each key is provided with an LED, and the light emission control processing unit 1041 has been described as controlling the LED of each key. However, light emitting means such as an LED is provided in the vicinity (for example, around) of the key so as to control this. It may be.

[Second Embodiment]
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a main processing unit 1040a that functions when the main control unit 104 of the mobile phone 100a according to the present embodiment executes a program stored in the program memory 105. The operation area unit 109, the image display unit 111, the display image memory 107, and the communication control unit 103 related to the main processing unit 1040a are shown. In the figure, parts (103, 107, 109, 111, 1041, 1044, 1045) corresponding to the respective parts in FIG.

  The main processing unit 1040a in the present embodiment includes a light emission control processing unit 1041, a divided image display processing unit 1042a, a divided image allocation processing unit 1043a, a display unit setting processing unit 1044, and a Web processing unit 1045. The main processing unit 1040a differs from the main processing unit 1040 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 in a divided image display processing unit 1042a and a divided image allocation processing unit 1043a.

  The divided image allocation processing unit (divided information allocation processing unit) 1043a acquires the number of pixels of the width and height of the content image from the display image memory 107, and uses the ten key, *, # key for the acquired width and height image. An area equally divided by the number of arrangements of 1093 is set as a divided image (division information), and a key whose arrangement in the content image of these divisional images matches the arrangement in the numeric keypad, *, and # key 1093 is assigned to the divided image. . That is, the number of vertical and horizontal divisions in content image division is set to the maximum number of numeric keys, *, and # keys 1093 arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions. Then, the divided image assignment processing unit 1043a identifies the coordinates in the content image at the upper left corner, which is the reference point of each divided image, the number of vertical and horizontal pixels of the divided image, and the key assigned to the divided image. A divided image allocation table in which is associated with each other is generated.

  At this time, the divided image allocation processing unit 1043a equally divides the width or height of the content image by the number of arrangement of the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093, and the aspect ratio of the divided image is equal to the resolution of the image display unit 111. The width and height of the divided image may be determined so as to coincide with the aspect ratio, and the aspect ratio of the divided image does not necessarily coincide with the aspect ratio of the resolution of the image display unit 111, but the content image The width and height of the divided image are equally divided by the number of arrangement of the numeric keypad, *, and # key 1093 (in this embodiment, the width is “3” and the height is “4”). May be.

  The divided image display processing unit (divided information display processing unit) 1042a is a divided image corresponding to the pressed ten key, *, # key 1093, similarly to the divided image display processing unit 1042 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Is extracted from the content image in the display image memory 107 based on the divided image allocation table and displayed on the image display unit 111. When the image is displayed on the image display unit 111, the number of pixels of the divided image is the image display unit 111. The difference is that the divided image is enlarged or reduced so as to match the resolution.

  In this embodiment, the divided image display processing unit 1042a enlarges or reduces the divided image so that the number of pixels of the divided image matches the resolution of the image display unit 111 when displayed on the image display unit 111. However, when the divided image assignment processing unit 1043a generates the divided image assignment table, the divided image display processing unit 1042a is configured such that the number of pixels of the divided image does not become smaller than the resolution of the image display unit 111. However, only the reduction of the divided image is performed, and the enlargement may not be performed.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the content image G3 and the divided images D13 to D18 obtained by equally dividing and reducing the content image G3. In the example of FIG. 11, the width of the content image is equally divided by the number “3” of the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093, and the aspect ratio of the divided image matches the aspect ratio of the resolution of the image display unit 111. This is an example of division.

  In this way, by dividing the content image into the divided images by dividing the content image by the number of arrangement of the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093, all the divided images can be assigned to the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093. As in the first embodiment, it is not necessary to display the divided images whose number of divisions exceeds the number of arrangements by pressing the key a plurality of times.

It should be noted that the width or height of the content image is equally divided by the number of ten keys, *, and # keys 1093 arranged so that the aspect ratio of the divided image matches the aspect ratio of the resolution of the image display unit 111. When determining the width and height, it is preferable to determine the direction of dividing so that the number of divisions in the direction that has not been equally divided is not larger than the number of arrangement of the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093. Is preferably assigned to any one of the ten key, *, and # key 1093.
Further, when the number of divisions is the same as or less than the number of arranged keys of the numeric keypad, *, # key 1093, the same operation as in the first embodiment is performed, and when the number of divisions exceeds the number of arranged, this embodiment You may make it operate | move similarly.

[Third Embodiment]
The third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 is an external view of the mobile phone 100b in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the function of the content display device according to the present invention is implemented in a bar-type mobile phone 100b of a full-touch display. Here, the touch display has a content display unit and an operation region unit integrated. A display may be used, or a separate display may not be directly related to the present invention. Although the display is described here as a liquid crystal display type, other flat type such as organic EL may be used.
The mobile phone 100b has a liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad on one side. Here, as a touch pad of the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad, a resistive film type or a capacitive coupling type may be used, or a photo sensor built-in system in which a photo sensor is mounted on each pixel on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal may be used as the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad, and the touch to the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad and the contact position may be detected by detecting that the external light is blocked.

  Of the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad, the upper half is used as the image display unit 111b and the lower half is used as the operation region unit 109b. The operation area unit 109b includes a cursor key 1091b, an enter key 1092b, a numeric keypad, a * key, and a # key 1093b as in the mobile phone 100 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. However, these keys (operation units) are not provided with physical key buttons, but are keys that can be recognized by the user based on an image displayed on the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad. When the touchpad of the attached liquid crystal display 130 detects contact in the area where the key image is displayed, it is considered that the key is pressed.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration of the main processing unit 1040b that functions when the main control unit 104 of the mobile phone 100b according to the present embodiment executes a program stored in the program memory 105. The operation area unit 109b, the image display unit 111, the display image memory 107, and the communication control unit 103 related to the main processing unit 1040b are shown. In the figure, portions (103, 107, 111, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045) corresponding to the respective portions in FIG.

  The main processing unit 1040b includes a light emission control processing unit 1041b, a touch key processing unit 1046b, a divided image display processing unit 1042, a divided image assignment processing unit 1043, a display unit setting processing unit 1044, and a Web processing unit 1045. The light emission control processing unit (identification control processing unit) 1041b includes an operation area on the touch key processing unit 1046b, whereas the light emission control processing unit 1041 in FIG. 3 controls the light emission of the ten key, *, and # key 1093 LEDs. Although the point which designates the color of the key displayed on the part 109b differs, the others are the same as the light emission control processing part 1041.

  The touch key processing unit 1046b displays an image of a key such as a numeric keypad, *, # key 1093b, and cursor key 1091b on the operation area unit 109b of the liquid crystal display with a touch pad 130, and the liquid crystal display with a touch pad from the operation area unit 109b. The position at which the contact is detected by 130 is acquired, and information indicating the pressing of the key corresponding to the position is output to the divided image display processing unit 1042 and the Web processing unit 1045. Further, the touch key processing unit 1046b changes the color of the key displayed on the operation area unit 109b based on an instruction from the light emission control processing unit 1041b.

The image display unit (information display unit) 111 b is an upper half area of the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad, and displays a divided image under the control of the divided image display processing unit 1042, similarly to the image display unit 111.
Thus, physical keys are not arranged as in the operation area unit 109 shown in the first and second embodiments, but are displayed on the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad as in the operation area unit 109b. The processed image may be regarded as a key.

  Further, instead of the divided image display processing unit 1042 and the divided image assignment processing unit 1043 in the present embodiment, the divided image display processing unit 1042a and the divided image assignment processing unit 1043a of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 10 are provided. It may be. As a result, as in the second embodiment, the liquid crystal display 130 with a touch pad can be used even when the content image is equally divided into the number of keys to be divided into divided images.

  Further, when the divided image allocation processing unit divides the content image, the divided image allocation processing unit may divide the content image so as to have the same resolution as that of the image display unit 111 as in the first embodiment, or in the second embodiment. Instead of equally dividing by the number of keys arranged, the image can be divided into divided images by dividing the screen structure of the content image as a boundary, such as a frame on a Web page, or an image divided by dividing the screen structure into a boundary May be further divided so as to be the same as the resolution of the image display unit 111 as in the first embodiment, or may be equally divided by the number of keys arranged as in the second embodiment. .

  As in this embodiment, as a means for detecting a key operation by the user, when the position of contact or pressure by the user such as a touch pad can be detected in units smaller than the key, this corresponds to the position. The portion to be extracted from the content image may be divided into divided images, and the divided images may be displayed. When the user performs a slide operation to move the position while touching or pressing with a finger, the divided image display processing unit 1042 may display the divided image adjacent to the direction of the slide operation of the displayed divided image on the image display unit 111b, or scroll the displayed divided image in the direction of the slide operation. It may be.

  The main processing unit 1040 in FIG. 3, the main processing unit 1040 a in FIG. 10, and the main processing unit 1040 b in FIG. 13 realize their functions when the main control unit 104 executes a program stored in the program memory 105. However, each of these units or a part thereof may be realized by dedicated hardware.

  Also, a program for realizing the main processing unit 1040 in FIG. 3, the main processing unit 1040a in FIG. 10, and the main processing unit 1040b in FIG. 13 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and recorded on this recording medium. Processing of each unit may be performed by causing a mobile phone 100, 100a, 100b including a computer to read and execute the program. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, a storage device such as a flash memory and a hard disk built in the computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design changes and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

  The present invention is suitable for use in a portable information processing apparatus that displays an image of content such as a cellular phone, but is not limited thereto.

1 is an external view of a mobile phone 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 100 in the same embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the main process part 1040 in the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the division | segmentation image allocation table in the case of dividing | segmenting the image of the content in the same embodiment into the division image of 2 rows 2 columns. It is the figure which represented the arrangement | positioning of the division images D1-D4 in the image of a content when the image G1 of the content in the embodiment is divided | segmented into the division image of 2 rows 2 columns by the black frame. It is a figure which shows the example of the division | segmentation image allocation table in the case of dividing | segmenting the image of the content in the same embodiment into the division image of 2 rows 4 columns. It is the figure which represented the arrangement | positioning of the division images D5-D12 in the image of a content when the image G2 of the content in the same embodiment is divided | segmented into the division image of 2 rows 4 columns by the black frame. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation related to image display of content in the mobile phone 100 according to the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the key which the divided image allocation process part 1043 in the embodiment allocates a divided image. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the main process part 1040a by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the relationship between these by exemplifying the content image G3 and divided images D13 to D18 obtained by equally dividing the content image G3 in the embodiment. It is an external view of the mobile telephone 100b by 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the main process part 1040b in the same embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100, 100a, 100b ... Mobile phone 101 ... Antenna 102 ... Radio | wireless part 103 ... Communication control part 104 ... Main control part 105 ... Program memory 106 ... Memory 107 ... Display image memory 108 ... Large capacity memory 109, 109b ... Operation area part 110 ... Main cameras 111, 111b ... Image display unit 113 ... Vibration unit 114 ... GPS function 115 ... Audio processing unit 116 ... Microphone 117 ... Speaker 118 ... RFID reader 119 ... Ir transmission unit 120 ... Ir reception unit 121 ... Indicator 123 ... Power supply control Unit 124 ... Battery 130 ... Liquid crystal display with touch pad 1040, 1040a, 1040b ... Main processing units 1041, 1041b ... Light emission control processing unit 1042, 1042a ... Divided image display processing unit 1043, 1043a ... Divided image allocation processing unit 1044 ... Display unit setting processing unit 1045... Web processing unit 1046 b... Touch key processing unit 1091, 1091 b... Cursor key 1092, 1092 b .. Enter key 1093, 1093 b.

Claims (15)

In a content display device that displays content information on an information display unit,
An operation region part having a plurality of operation parts for detecting contact or pressurization, each of which can be identified;
A division information allocation processing unit that assigns each of the pieces of division information to the operation unit such that the arrangement of each piece of division information obtained by dividing one piece of content information corresponds to the arrangement of the operation unit;
An identification control processing unit that performs identification expression for identifying the operation unit to which the division information is allocated by the division information allocation processing unit and the operation unit to which the division information is not allocated;
A content information display apparatus comprising: a division information display processing unit that displays the division information assigned to the operation unit on the information display unit when the operation unit detects contact or pressurization.   The content display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification control processing unit formats the identification expression of the operation unit to which the division information is assigned according to a content type of the content information.   2. The identification control processing unit according to claim 1, wherein the identification expression of each of the operation units to which the division information is assigned has a format corresponding to a content type included in the division information assigned to the operation unit. 2. The content display device according to 1.   The said identification control process part performs the identification expression which distinguishes the operation part allocated to the division | segmentation information currently displayed on the said information display part among the said operation parts from another operation part. The content display device according to claim 1 or 2.   The division information is an image obtained by equally dividing the content information, and the number of divisions in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the division has the maximum number of arrangements in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of the operation unit. The content display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The number of pixels of the division information is the number of pixels of an image displayed on the information display unit,
The identification control processing unit is configured such that when the number of divisions in the vertical direction of the division information exceeds the number of arrangements in the vertical direction of the operation unit, or the number of divisions in the horizontal direction of the division information is arranged in the horizontal direction of the operation unit. When the number is exceeded, the operation unit at the end of the operation region unit in the direction exceeding the number is distinguished from other operations, and the direction exceeding the number can be identified. Item 5. The content display device according to any one of Item 4.   When the number of divisions in any direction exceeds the number of arrangements, the division information display processing unit detects contact or pressurization of the operation unit at the end of the operation region in the excess direction. Further, when the division information being displayed on the information display unit is the division information assigned to the operation unit, the division information adjacent to the division information currently displayed on the information display unit is displayed on the information display unit. The content display device according to claim 6, wherein the content display device displays the content.   When the number of divisions in any direction exceeds the number of arrangements, the division information allocation processing unit detects contact or pressurization of the operation unit at the end of the operation region in the excess direction. In addition, when the division information being displayed in the information display unit is the division information assigned to the operation unit, the division information includes the division information adjacent in the direction in which the division number exceeds the arrangement number. The content display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein division information corresponding to the number of arrangements is assigned to each of the operation units.   The division information allocation processing unit allocates another operation unit to each of the division information with reference to an operation unit for which a predetermined allocation is set in the operation area unit. Item 9. The content display device according to any one of Item 8.   The division information display processing unit uses the division information initially displayed on the information display unit as division information at a position determined according to a content type of the content information or division information at a preset position. The content display device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   The said division | segmentation information allocation process part allocates the said operation part for every division | segmentation information divided | segmented on the boundary of the screen structure of the said content information, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Content display device. At least a part of the operation area unit, which detects contact or pressurization, each comprising a cursor key operation unit corresponding to four directions,
When one of the cursor key operation units detects contact or pressurization, the divided information display processing unit scrolls the display content of the information display unit in a direction corresponding to the detected cursor key operation unit. The content display device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein   The division information allocation processing unit divides the content information so that the number of display pixels of the region displaying the division information of the information display unit corresponds to the number of pixels of the division information, and The division information is displayed, and when the number of display pixels is changed, the content information is divided again so that the number of pixels of the division information corresponds to the number of display pixels. The content display device according to claim 12. In a content display method in a content display device that includes an operation area unit having a plurality of operation units for detecting contact or pressure, each of which can be identified, and displaying content information on an information display unit.
A first information that assigns each of the pieces of division information to the operation unit so that an arrangement of each piece of division information obtained by dividing one piece of the content information corresponds to an arrangement of the operation unit assigned to each piece of the division information. Process,
A second step of performing an identification expression for identifying the operation unit to which the division information is assigned in the first step and the operation unit to which the division information is not assigned;
A content display method comprising: a third step of displaying the division information assigned to the operation unit on the information display unit when the operation unit detects contact or pressurization. A computer of a content display device that includes an operation region unit having a plurality of operation units for detecting contact or pressure, each of which can be identified, and that displays content information on an information display unit,
Division information allocation for assigning each piece of division information to the operation unit so that the arrangement of each piece of division information obtained by dividing one piece of the content information matches the arrangement of the operation unit assigned to each piece of division information Processing section,
An identification control processing unit that performs identification expression for identifying the operation unit to which the division information is assigned by the division information assignment processing unit and the operation unit to which the division information is not assigned;
A program for causing a division information display processing unit to display the division information assigned to the operation unit on the information display unit when the operation unit detects contact or pressurization.

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