JP2012048646A - Electronic book apparatus, and electronic book program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide convenience of an electronic book apparatus.SOLUTION: An electronic book apparatus (e.g., a navigation apparatus 100 including functions as an electronic book apparatus) which displays contents of an electronic book that is a digitized book on a display screen of a display device includes: an electronic book information storage section 21 for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying pages constituting the electronic book; and a seal information storage section 24 for storing seal information about a seal that can be disposed at any arbitrary position of the displayed electronic book in accordance with the electronic book information. On the basis of the electronic book information, the pages are displayed on the display screen of the display device and in accordance with an instruction from a user, seals are arranged on the displayed pages. The positions at which the seals are arranged are specified, a seal list is created on which arrangement position information indicating the specified arrangement positions is made corresponding to seal information indicating the arranged seals and by referring to the created seal list, a corresponding seal is superimposed and displayed at a corresponding position on the displayed page.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic book device that provides book data in which a travel guidebook or the like is digitized, and an electronic book program for causing the electronic book device to control operations.

  In recent years, electronic books that have been published and converted into electronic forms that can be viewed on a display screen of an electronic device have been distributed. Therefore, electronic devices having various functions have been proposed as electronic devices having a function for browsing electronic books (hereinafter referred to as “electronic book devices”).

  Many of such electronic book devices try to improve convenience for the user, and try to bring the feeling of operation closer to the feeling of actually reading a book. For example, in Patent Document 1, a part of a page desired by a reader (user) in an electronic book can be managed as bookmark information, and thumbnails in which the character size of the desired page is expanded from the bookmark page information can be displayed as a list. What has been proposed is proposed.

JP 2006-338142 A

  However, in such an electronic book apparatus, since a bookmark is given to a page, there is a problem that marking is not specified up to an item when there are a plurality of items in the page.

  That is, when a user searches for a page using a bookmark at a later date after giving a bookmark, it is necessary to search the page depending on what he / she is paying attention to. In particular, in the case of a book such as a guide book whose order of viewing is not determined, there is a problem that bookmarks have poor search efficiency. Furthermore, there is a problem in that part of the content of the page may be hidden depending on the bookmark display location.

  An object of the present invention is to improve the convenience of an electronic book device in order to solve the above-described problems.

  An electronic book device of the present invention is an electronic book device that displays the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on a display screen of a display device, and is page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book. Electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including: seal information storage means for storing seal information indicating information relating to a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information; Page display means for displaying each page on the display screen of the display device based on electronic book information; seal placement means for placing the seal on the page displayed by the page display means in response to a user instruction; The arrangement position specifying means for specifying the position where the seal is arranged by the seal arrangement means, and the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying means are shown. A seal list creation means for creating a seal list in which placement position information and seal information indicating a placed seal are associated with each other, and the page display means with reference to the seal list created by the seal list creation means And a sticker display means for displaying a sticker corresponding to the corresponding position of the page in a superimposed manner.

  With the above configuration, the convenience of the electronic book apparatus can be improved.

  Further, the electronic book device of the present invention includes a posting information storage means for storing posting information indicating at least a part of contents and a posting position of an article posted on each page constituting the electronic book, and the arrangement position specifying Placement information specifying means for specifying posted information according to the placement position specified by the means, wherein the sticker list creating means includes the placement position information indicating the placement position with the placement information specified by the posted information specifying means. A list information adding means for adding to the sticker list in association with the sticker list, a sticker list display means for displaying the sticker list on the display screen of the display device, and a sticker list displayed by the sticker list display means A seal selection receiving means for receiving a selection of a seal included in the label, and a label corresponding to the seal received by the seal selection receiving means. Information may also be configured to include a posted information output means for outputting.

  The posted information may be configured to include identification information that can identify a tourist object such as a famous building or a historic site corresponding to an article, and tourist object-related information that includes a location of the tourist object.

  Further, the electronic book device of the present invention includes current position specifying means for specifying the current position of the user, and posted information associated with the seal information by the seal list creating means from the current position specified by the current position specifying means. A distance calculating unit that calculates a distance to the location of the corresponding sightseeing target, and the seal list creating unit determines an arrangement of the seal information to be listed according to the distance calculated by the distance calculating unit; May be.

  Further, the electronic book device of the present invention, a route search means for searching for a recommended travel route from an arbitrary departure position by setting a tourist object corresponding to the seal received selection by the seal selection receiving means as a destination, Route guidance means that performs route guidance using the recommended travel route searched by the route search means may be included.

  The seal information storage means may be configured to store seal information indicating a plurality of types of seals.

  The electronic book program of the present invention is an electronic book program for causing an electronic book device to control the operation so as to display the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on the display screen of the display device. On the display screen of the display device based on electronic book information stored in electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book on the book device. Information on a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information on the page displayed by the page display process according to the user's instruction and the page display process according to the user's instruction. Seal placement processing for placing the seal indicated by the seal information stored in the seal information storage means for storing the seal information to be shown, and the seal placement processing A seal list that associates the placement position specifying process for specifying the position where the seal is placed, the placement position information indicating the placement position specified in the placement position specifying process, and the seal information indicating the placed seal. The seal list creation process to be created, and the seal display for displaying the seal corresponding to the corresponding position of the page displayed in the page display process with reference to the seal list created in the seal list creation process An electronic book program for executing processing.

  According to the present invention, the convenience of the electronic book device can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of a structure of the navigation apparatus provided with the function as an electronic book apparatus. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the structure of a control part and a memory | storage part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the storage state of publication information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the storage state of sticker information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the storage state of seal list information. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a seal | sticker arrangement | positioning process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the state which the navigation apparatus is displaying the sticker operation screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the display state of the display screen of a navigation apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the example of an electronic book display process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the state which the navigation apparatus is displaying the seal | sticker list display screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the state which the navigation apparatus is displaying the seal | sticker list display screen.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a navigation device 100 having a function as an electronic book device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 100 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, a memory 30, a display unit 40, a sensor unit 50, a communication unit 60, and an input unit 70.

  The control unit 10 is configured by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls each element constituting the navigation device 100 according to a computer program (a computer program for causing the navigation device 100 to control operations) stored in the storage unit 20. Control and search route search function, route guidance function, service information (store information such as gas stations, convenience stores, ramen stores, hotels and inns, POI (Point Of Interest) information such as famous facility information, resort information) And various functions for executing various processes including an information search function. Note that these various functions are realized by known techniques included in general navigation devices.

  In addition, the control unit 10 in this example has a function for exhibiting a function as a general electronic book device (for example, a function for displaying an electronic book on a display screen, a page turning function, etc.), and a navigation device. More effective navigation can be performed by interlocking with the function as.

  Moreover, the control part 10 in this example has a function for arrange | positioning a predetermined image in the arbitrary positions of each page which comprises an electronic book, for example according to a user's operation. Note that the function as an electronic book device in this example is to allow a user to place an image on a page of an electronic book by an operation similar to an operation of attaching or removing a sticker to a paper book. Is one purpose. Therefore, it is preferable that a predetermined image is handled in the same manner as a real sticker on the display screen. Therefore, hereinafter, a predetermined image that can be arranged on a page is referred to as a “seal”. The configurations of the control unit 10 and the storage unit 20 will be described in detail later.

  The memory 30 is a storage medium that temporarily holds various types of information processed by the control unit 10 and is configured by a semiconductor storage device such as a RAM.

  The display unit 40 has a function of outputting various types of information in a form that can be recognized by the user, and includes, for example, a display device (display device, monitor) that displays image information. The display unit 40 displays the map information and the current position information of the user on the display screen of the display device, and also displays a guidance route to the destination on the display screen, thereby giving directions to the user. Inform.

  The sensor unit 50 has a function of measuring the current position of the navigation device 100 (that is, the current position of the user). For example, the sensor unit 50 receives a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite, and positions based on the GPS signal. A GPS sensor that measures the amount of movement, a speed sensor that measures the amount of movement (distance) from the initial position, a gyro sensor that measures the traveling (movement) direction, and the like.

  A GPS sensor is a so-called GPS receiver, receives a GPS signal radiated from a GPS satellite, measures a distance (pseudo distance) between the GPS satellite and the GPS receiver itself, and receives a plurality of satellites. Are simultaneously received to calculate the current position (GPS positioning solution) of the GPS receiver itself.

  In addition to the GPS receiver (antenna) that receives the GPS signal, the sensor unit 50 has a function of performing processing such as decoding of the received GPS signal and notifying the control unit 10.

  The communication unit 60 is connected to a communication network such as the Internet wirelessly or by wire, and has a function for transmitting / receiving information to / from an external device such as a management server connected to the communication network.

  The input unit 70 has a function of accepting various instructions to the control unit 10 from the user. In this example, the input unit 70 includes, for example, operation buttons displayed on the display screen of the display unit 40.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the configuration of the control unit 10 and the storage unit 20 of this example. As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 10 includes a sensor information processing unit 11, a communication processing unit 12, a seal processing unit 13, a posted information specifying unit 14, a seal list creation unit 15, and a distance calculation unit 16. A route search unit 17, a route guidance unit 18, and a page display unit 19.

  The sensor information processing unit 11 has a function of executing processing for acquiring or storing sensor information such as position information and speed information by the sensor unit 50.

  The communication processing unit 12 has a function of executing processing for transmitting and receiving various types of information by the communication unit 60.

  The seal processing unit 13 includes a seal arrangement unit 13A and an arrangement position specifying unit 13B, and executes a process for arranging a seal at an arbitrary position of the electronic book in a seal arrangement process described later (see FIG. 6).

  The seal placement unit 13A places a seal on the electronic book displayed on the display screen of the display unit 40 in accordance with a user instruction (that is, according to an operation received from the user through the input unit 70). Perform the process. In this example, the seal placement unit 13A performs a process of placing the seal selected by the user at a position designated by the user. Note that the position where the sticker can be arranged is not limited to a page constituting the electronic book, and may be a cover of the electronic book, for example. In the following, description will be made by taking as an example a case where the place where the seal can be arranged is limited on the page.

  The arrangement position specifying unit 13B performs a process of specifying the position where the seal is arranged by the seal arrangement unit 13A. In this example, the arrangement position specifying unit 13B specifies the book ID, the number of pages, and the arrangement coordinates as arrangement position information indicating the arrangement position. In this example, the position where the sticker is arranged and the display angle of the sticker image are specified by specifying the coordinates in the page where two predetermined points are located for each type of sticker. The same applies to the posting position of an article in a page to be described later.

  The posting information specifying unit 14 executes processing for specifying the posting information (see FIG. 3) in which the posting coordinates are set in a range including the in-page coordinates (that is, the placement coordinates) indicated by the placement position information of the placed stickers. It has a function. In this example, the posting information specifying unit 14 specifies the posting information corresponding to the placed seal by comparing placement position information (see FIG. 5) described later and posting information (see FIG. 3). In addition, the identification method of the publication information corresponding to the arranged seal is not limited to this. For example, one or more publication information located within a predetermined distance from the arranged seal is used as the publication information corresponding to the seal. It is good also as composition to specify.

  The seal list creation unit 15 creates a list (seal list) indicating information about the arranged seals by storing the seal information indicating the arranged seals and the posting information specified by the posting information specifying unit 14 in a list. Process to create (or update). The seal list creation unit 15 in this example detects information (see FIG. 5) necessary for creating (updating) the seal list information from the storage unit 20 every time a seal is placed on the electronic book. The seal list is created by creating seal list information and storing it in the seal list information storage unit 25. An example of how to use the seal list created by the seal list creation unit 15 will be described in detail in the description of the electronic book display process described later (see FIG. 9).

  The distance calculation unit 16 has a function of calculating the distance between any two points on the map.

  The route search unit 17 performs route search processing for searching for a recommended movement route from the departure point (for example, the current position) through the waypoint to the destination. In the route search processing, for example, input of destination information and waypoint information from the user is received, and position information of the destination and waypoint is specified based on the received destination information and waypoint information. And a search route (recommended travel route) from the current position to the destination with reference to the map information based on the current position information measured by the sensor unit 50, and a travel route composed of a road map including the guide route Performs processing to generate a surrounding map. In addition, since a well-known technique is used about a route search process, detailed description here is abbreviate | omitted. In addition, information necessary for route search processing, for example, map information used for specifying the current position and generating a map around the moving route may be stored in the storage unit 20 in advance, or the communication unit 60 may be used. It is good also as a structure acquired from an external management server.

  The route guidance unit 18 performs general route guidance using the recommended travel route searched by the route search unit 17 (display of a map including a recommended travel route according to the current position of the user, voice guidance, etc.). Perform the process.

  The page display part 19 performs the process for displaying each page which comprises an electronic book on the display screen of the display part 40 based on the electronic book information mentioned later. Further, the page display unit 19 performs a process of superimposing and displaying a sticker on a page displayed on the display screen of the display unit 40 based on seal list information described later.

  The storage unit 20 is a storage medium that includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and stores various computer programs used by the navigation device 100. In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 20 includes an electronic book information storage unit 21, a map information storage unit 22, a publication information storage unit 23, a seal information storage unit 24, and a seal list information storage unit. 25.

  The electronic book information storage unit 21 is a storage medium that stores electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book. The electronic book information storage unit 21 in this example stores a plurality of pieces of electronic book information. Each electronic book information includes the page information, the date and time when each electronic book was stored, the publication date of the book, and the author. Various information about electronic books, such as publishers and publishers. Electronic books include electronic books of various genres such as general travel guidebooks that provide information on specific areas, operation manuals that explain how to operate machinery, etc. And

  The electronic book information is preferably information that can be read (displayed) by more types of electronic book devices. Therefore, in this example, the contents of the electronic book information cannot be corrected. Therefore, in the navigation device 100, by using a seal list described later, a seal corresponding to a user instruction is superimposed and displayed on each page constituting the electronic book without changing the content of the electronic book information. To be able to.

  The map information storage unit 22 is a storage medium that stores map information divided into a predetermined grid (in this example, a rectangular range divided by a constant latitude width and longitude width). In addition to being stored in the map information storage unit 22, the map information can be stored in an auxiliary storage device as a removable medium called an SD memory card, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or the like. Further, the map information may be downloaded via a communication network such as the Internet.

  The publishing information storage unit 23 is a storage medium that stores publishing information indicating at least a part of contents and a publishing position of an article published on each page constituting the electronic book.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a storage state of posted information in the posted information storage unit 23. As shown in FIG. 3, the posting information includes an article ID for uniquely identifying an article, a book ID for uniquely identifying an electronic book on which an article is posted, an article content, and an article in the electronic book. Includes the number of posted pages indicating the posted page, posted coordinates, genre ID for uniquely identifying the genre in which the article is classified, the tourist object corresponding to the content of the article, and the location of each tourist object .

  Here, “article content” indicates the content of at least a part of an article published in an electronic book. In this example, it is assumed that items such as the headline of an article are set in advance as the article content.

  Further, “published coordinates” is for indicating the posting position of the article on the page where the article is posted. In this example, it is assumed that the coordinates (A, B) of the upper left corner and the coordinates (C, D) of the lower right corner of the area where the article is posted are set. The article posting area may include a blank portion in addition to text and images. By adopting such a configuration, even if the seal is arranged in the blank portion, the posted information specifying unit 14 can specify the posted information corresponding to the seal.

  “Sightseeing object” is identification information for uniquely identifying a sightseeing object such as a famous building, a historic site, or a scenic spot. In this example, it is related to an article (for example, introduced in an article). The name of the sightseeing target is set (the name is included in the article). Further, the posted information in this example includes latitude and longitude indicating the location of the tourist object as information on the tourist object (tourist object related information). Note that “sightseeing object” means a sightseeing spot such as a building, a historical site, a scenic spot, a store, a facility, or a station that is generally recognized as an object of “tourism”.

  Each element included in the posted information may be configured according to information held in the book when digitizing the book, or configured by the provider of the electronic book or the user of the navigation device 100. It is good.

  The sticker information storage unit 24 stores sticker information indicating various kinds of sticker information such as sticker images and characteristics (for example, whether or not comments can be added) that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book. It is.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a seal information storage state in the seal information storage unit 24. As shown in FIG. 4, the seal information includes a seal ID for uniquely specifying the seal, a seal name, and image information indicating a display mode of the seal. In addition, the seal type in this example includes a sticker indicating the purpose such as a lunch sticker or a dinner sticker, a simple cute sticker such as a clover sticker or a sticker sticker, or a comment with an optional comment (or can be given). Seals etc. shall be included.

  The seal list information storage unit 25 is a storage medium that stores seal list information indicating a seal list created by the seal list creation unit 15.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the storage state of the seal list information in the seal list information storage unit 25. As shown in FIG. 5, the sticker list information includes a sticker ID for uniquely identifying a sticker, placement position information, a name, a genre ID, a location (latitude and longitude), and a distance.

  Here, the posting information specifying unit 14 seals the name (item or title on the page. In this example, “article content” in the posting information corresponding to the arrangement position information is set), the genre ID, and the location. When the posting information corresponding to the arranged position is specified, the content corresponding to the posting information is registered by the seal list creation unit 15. In addition, when there is no publication information according to the arrangement position, for example, a title indicating a page on which a sticker is arranged is registered as a name.

  “Arrangement position information” is information indicating the arrangement position of the sticker in the electronic book. In this example, the book ID, the number of pages, and the arrangement coordinates are registered. Note that the seal list information may be created for each electronic book.

  The “distance” is a distance calculated by the distance calculation unit 16. In this example, the distance from the current position of the user of the navigation device 100 to each location is registered. The distance calculation condition is not limited to this, and the distance from each predetermined location registered in advance (for example, the location of the user's home) to each location may be calculated. Note that the distance calculation unit 16 starts processing to calculate a distance according to the calculation condition at a predetermined timing (for example, when a predetermined time has elapsed or when a sticker list is output).

  Next, the operation of the navigation device 100 of this example will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that detailed descriptions of processes not particularly related to the present invention may be omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the seal arrangement process executed by the navigation device 100. In the sticker placement process, a process for placing a sticker at an arbitrary position of the electronic book is performed in accordance with an instruction from the user A of the navigation device 100.

  In the seal arrangement process in this example, for example, when a screen showing an electronic book is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 40, the control unit 10 performs a seal operation screen by the user A via the input unit 70 (FIG. 7). This is started when a display request is received.

  In the seal arrangement process, first, the control unit 10 displays a seal operation screen on the display screen of the display unit 40 (step S101).

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the navigation device 100 displays a seal operation screen. As shown in FIG. 7, the display screen 101 displaying a part of the electronic book includes a dispositionable sticker display area 110 including a plurality of kinds of stickers 111 to 115. At this time, a part of the electronic book displayed on the display screen 101 is displayed based on the electronic book information and the seal list. That is, when the sticker is already arranged on the page, the sticker is displayed so as to be superimposed on the page. The display of the page will be described again in the description of the electronic book display process described later (see FIG. 9).

  When the seal operation screen is displayed, the control unit 10 accepts selection of a seal by the user A (step S102). Here, when the selection of the seal is not accepted (N in Step S102), the control unit 10 proceeds to the process of Step S108 described later.

  On the other hand, for example, when the user A receives a selection of a sticker by pressing the display screen 101 with the finger P (Y in step S102), the control unit 10 erases the dispositionable sticker display area 110 from the display screen 101, The image of the selected sticker is displayed at the pressed position (step S103).

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the display state of the display screen 101 of the navigation device 100 at this time. As shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 10 displays an image of the selected sticker 115 at a pressed position on the display screen 101 (that is, a position pressed down by the finger P).

  At this time, the control unit 10 displays an electronic book operation button display area 210 that accepts various operation requests for the electronic book. In the electronic book operation button display area 210, a page that accepts a display request for a sticker list indicating a list of already placed stickers in addition to buttons such as the page turning buttons 211 and 212, the display magnification change button 213, and the spread display button 214. A list display button 215 is included.

  When the image of the selected seal 115 is displayed, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the arrangement position of the seal 115 has been specified (step S104). In this example, when it is determined that the pressed position on the display screen 101 has not been changed for a predetermined time, the control unit 10 displays the determination confirmation image 201 at a position predetermined with respect to the pressed position. (See FIG. 8). Then, when the pressing state of the display screen 101 is finished with the determination confirmation image 201 being displayed, the control unit 10 causes the arrangement position specifying unit 13B to display the display position of the seal image 115 according to the last pressed position. Is specified as the placement position. Here, for example, when the pressed state of the display screen 101 is finished in a state where the confirmation image 201 is not displayed, the control unit 10 determines that the arrangement position cannot be specified (N in Step S104), and Step The process proceeds to S101. In this example, it is assumed that the display condition of the decision confirmation image 201 includes that the arrangement position information corresponding to the pressed position is created by the arrangement position specifying unit 13B.

  On the other hand, if it determines with the arrangement position having been specified (Y of step S104), the control part 10 will specify the publication information according to the arrangement position by the publication information specification part 14 (step S105).

  When the posting information is specified, the control unit 10 causes the seal list creation unit 15 to associate the arrangement position information, the posting information, and the seal information indicating the selected seal with each other in the seal list information storage unit 25 as the seal list information. Save (step S106).

  When the seal list information is stored, the control unit 10 causes the page display unit 19 to display the seal corresponding to the page being displayed on the display screen 101 with reference to the seal list information (step S107).

  When the seal is displayed, the control unit 10 proceeds to the process of step S101.

  On the other hand, in the process of step S102, when it is determined that the selection of the seal is not accepted (N in step S102), the control unit 10 determines whether or not to end the seal placement operation (step S108). Here, when the predetermined operation is not accepted, the control unit 10 determines that the seal placement operation is not finished (N in Step S108), and proceeds to the process in Step S102.

  On the other hand, for example, when the pressing of a portion other than the seal display area 110 on the display screen 101 is accepted, the control unit 10 determines that the sticker placement operation is to be ended (Y in step S108), and ends the processing here. To do.

  Next, an electronic book display process executed by the navigation device 100 will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an electronic book display process executed by the navigation device 100. In the electronic book display process, a process for displaying an electronic book (a page constituting the electronic book) using a seal list is performed.

  In addition, the navigation apparatus 100 in this example uses a seal list mainly by two methods. That is, first, the navigation apparatus 100 uses the sticker list in order to display the sticker associated with the page being displayed on the display screen of the display unit 40 so as to overlap the page. Secondly, the navigation device 100 is used by a method of displaying the seal list itself so that the user can easily search for the desired posted information (article content or sightseeing target).

  The electronic book display process in this example is started when, for example, the navigation apparatus 100 enters a state in which a function as an electronic book apparatus is exhibited in response to an operation of the user A.

  In the electronic book display process, first, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a seal list display request has been received (step S201). If the display request for the seal list is not accepted, the control unit 10 proceeds to the process of step S210 described later.

  On the other hand, for example, when it is determined that the display request for the seal list has been received by receiving selection of the page list display button 215 (see FIG. 8) (Y in step S201), the control unit 10 displays the seal list on the display screen 101. Processing to display the display screen is performed (S202).

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the navigation device 100 displays a sticker list display screen. As shown in FIG. 10, the seal list display screen displayed on the display screen 101 includes a sticker image, a name stored in association with the sticker image as sticker list information, a genre name corresponding to the genre ID, and a distance. List and display.

  Further, the sticker list display screen is provided with a sort button display area 301 including sort buttons 302 to 304 for accepting an operation of rearranging each item of the sticker list.

  In this example, the sort button display area 301 includes a sort button 302 for sorting seals according to the type of seals, a sort button for each purpose 303 for sorting by purpose, and a distance order (for example, And a distance order sort button 304 for rearranging in the order of distance. It is assumed that the “purpose” here is set for each genre in the storage unit 20 in advance. Note that the “purpose” may be set by the user when placing the seal.

  For example, when the sort button 302 by seal type is pressed by the finger P of the user A, the control unit 10 displays the seal list side by side by seal type (see FIG. 10). When the selection of the distance order sort button 304 is received, the control unit 10 displays the seal list by rearranging the seal list in order of distance (see FIG. 11).

  When the seal list is displayed, the control unit 10 accepts selection of a seal by the user A (step S203). Here, when the selection of the seal is not accepted (N in Step S203), the control unit 10 proceeds to the process of Step S202. In the case where the selection of the seal is not accepted, the control unit 10 may be shifted to a process of displaying another screen (for example, a menu screen).

  On the other hand, for example, when it is determined that the seal image display position on the seal list has been pressed by the user A's finger P (Y in step S203), the control unit 10 selects the selected seal ( The page on which the sticker displayed at the pressed position is arranged is specified (step S204). Here, the control unit 10 refers to the sticker list information storage unit 25 and the posted information storage unit 23 to identify the page on which the sticker is arranged.

  When the page on which the sticker is arranged is specified, the control unit 10 ends the display of the sticker list (step S205). The seal list that has been displayed is preferably configured so that it can be displayed again in response to a user operation. Further, for example, the display of the seal list may be reduced without being displayed.

  When the display of the seal list is completed, the control unit 10 causes the page display unit 19 to display the page on the display screen 101 with reference to the electronic book information storage unit 21 (step S206). At this time, the control unit 10 refers to the sticker list information and, when arrangement position information indicating the page to be displayed is stored, displays the sticker indicated by the corresponding sticker information at the arrangement coordinates indicated by the arrangement position information. . In this example, the control unit 10 adjusts the page enlargement ratio so that the article corresponding to the sticker is displayed on the display screen 101 with a predetermined size, and also adjusts the display size of the sticker.

  When the page is displayed, the control unit 10 includes the location corresponding to the seal selected from the current location of the user A (see FIG. 5) or the location corresponding to the displayed page (that is, included in the posting information included in the displayed page). It is determined whether or not the recommended travel route to the location (see FIG. 3) is searched (step S207). Here, for example, if it is determined to search for a recommended travel route by accepting a predetermined operation (for example, pressing of the display position of an article or a sticker) by the user A (Y in step S207), the control unit 10 determines the route search. The unit 17 sets the location as the destination, and searches for a recommended travel route from the current position (or, for example, the departure point indicated by the position information received from the user A via the input unit 70) (step S208).

  When searching for the recommended travel route, the control unit 10 starts route guidance based on the recommended travel route by the route guide unit 18 (step S208), and ends the processing here.

  On the other hand, when the predetermined operation is not accepted (N in step S207), the control unit 10 proceeds to the process in step S201.

  Further, in the process of step S201, when the display request for the seal list is not received (N in step S201), the control unit 10 determines whether or not the specification of the page that the user A desires to display is received (step S210). ). Here, when the designation of the page to be displayed is not accepted (N in Step S210), the control unit 10 proceeds to the process in Step S207.

  On the other hand, for example, when receiving the input of the number of pages, the control unit 10 determines that the designation of the page to be displayed has been accepted (Y in step S210), and the page designated by referring to the electronic book information storage unit 21 is determined. It is determined whether there is added seal information (step S211). If it is determined that there is no added sticker information (and arrangement position information) (N in step S211), the control unit 10 displays a page that does not include a sticker image (step S212). Here, when a page that does not include a sticker image is displayed, the control unit 10 proceeds to the process of step S207.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there is added sticker information (and arrangement position information) (Y in step S211), the control unit 10 proceeds to the process in step S206.

  As described above, in the above-described embodiment, an electronic book device (for example, an electronic book) that displays the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on the display screen 101 of the display device (for example, the display unit 40). A navigation device 100) having a function as a device is displayed by an electronic book information storage unit 21 for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book, and the electronic book information. A seal information storage unit 24 that stores seal information indicating information about a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book, displays each page on the display screen of the display device based on the electronic book information, and provides instructions from the user The sticker is placed on the displayed page according to the location, the position where the sticker is placed is specified, the placement position information indicating the specified placement position, and the placed sticker are displayed. Create a seal list in association with the seal information (for example, create a seal list by saving the seal list information), and correspond to the corresponding position on the page displayed with reference to the created seal list Since the sticker is displayed in a superimposed manner (for example, the sticker indicated by the sticker information associated with the placement position information is displayed at the placement position indicated by the placement position in the sticker list information), the convenience of the electronic book apparatus is provided. Can be improved.

  That is, since a sticker as a mark can be arranged at an arbitrary position on each page, for example, even when there are a plurality of items in a page, the user can select which item when the sticker is arranged. You will be able to recognize exactly what you were paying attention to.

  In addition, for the user, an image serving as a mark can be arranged so that a sticker is actually attached to a page of an electronic book, so that stress during operation can be reduced. In other words, the operation result is visualized by a simple operation, and the progress of the work can be easily grasped, so that the work load can be reduced, and as a result, the stress during the operation can be reduced. become able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic book device (for example, the navigation device 100 having a function as an electronic book device) has at least a part of content (for example, an article posted on each page constituting the electronic book) (for example, , Article content) and a publication information storage unit 23 for storing publication information indicating the publication position (for example, book ID, number of publication pages, and publication coordinates), and identifies the publication information according to the specified arrangement position, The specified posted information is added to the seal list in association with the arrangement position information indicating the arrangement position (for example, the arrangement position information, the posting information, and the seal information are associated with each other and stored as the seal list information), and further, the display device (For example, display the seal list on the display screen of the display unit 40), accept selection of seals included in the displayed seal list, accept selection It outputs the listing corresponding to the seal (e.g., to display a page that published pages are arranged) since a configuration, it is possible to simplify the search listing to the user.

  In other words, the user can easily search for the target article.

  In addition, by adopting a configuration in which an article posted in the vicinity of the arranged sticker is associated with the sticker, a situation in which the article becomes difficult to read due to the arranged sticker can be avoided. In other words, since the seal and the article can be associated with each other without arranging the seal in an overlapping manner with the article, the function of the page is not impaired. Note that the user may be able to select which article is associated with the seal placed on the page.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic book device (for example, the navigation device 100 having a function as an electronic book device) is used as a tourist object such as a famous building corresponding to an article or an old place landmark as posted information. Since it is configured to include identification information (for example, the name of the tourist object) and tourist object related information including the location of the tourist object (latitude and longitude indicating the location of the tourist object), the tourist object corresponding to the article Information can be provided easily. In this case, the posted information to be output is not limited to the page corresponding to the posted information. That is, for example, when displaying a sticker list, a tourist object indicated by posted information associated with the sticker list may be displayed. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which displays the corresponding tourist object and the location of a tourist object, when selection of the seal | sticker displayed superimposed on the page is received.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic book device (for example, the navigation device 100 having a function as an electronic book device) specifies and specifies the current position of the user A (for example, the current position of the navigation device 100). A seal that calculates the distance from the current position to the location of the sightseeing target according to the posted information associated with the seal information (for example, the location in the posted information according to the placement position information), and lists according to the calculated distance Since the arrangement of the information is determined (that is, when the selection of the distance order sort button 304 is accepted, the arrangement of the seals in the seal list is rearranged in the distance order), it is possible to more easily search for articles according to the purpose. It becomes like this. That is, necessary information can be newly calculated and provided according to the user's situation.

  In the above-described embodiment, reference is made to sorting the seal list by seal type, purpose, and distance. However, the sorting method is not limited to this, and various sorts can be made so that a user can easily find a seal to search for. It is preferable that the seal list be sorted by the method.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic book device (for example, the navigation device 100 having a function as an electronic book device) sets the sightseeing target corresponding to the seal that has received the selection as the destination and makes an arbitrary departure. Since the recommended travel route from the position (for example, the current location of the user A) is searched and the route guidance using the searched recommended travel route is performed, the user who is interested in the tourist object from the contents of the electronic book When actually moving to a tourist object, a suitable route can be guided with a simple operation.

  In the embodiment described above, since the seal information storage unit 24 is configured to store seal information indicating a plurality of types of seals, the user can determine his / her attention to the article posted in the page, It becomes possible to express with variations. In other words, for example, the user can easily categorize the posted information.

  Further, by including a seal to which a comment can be added, the convenience can be further improved.

  Although not specifically mentioned in the above-described embodiment, the publication information and sticker information corresponding to the POI from the map information, that is, the number of electronic books on which articles relating to the POI are published, the number of pages, and the types of stickers arranged. It is good also as a structure which can be searched for. With such a configuration, variations can be provided depending on how to use the electronic book.

  Although not particularly mentioned in the above-described embodiment, the navigation device 100 as an electronic book device accesses a server provided with electronic book information through the communication unit 60 and downloads the electronic book information, thereby displaying the display device. Alternatively, the electronic book may be displayed on the display screen. In this case, it is good also as a structure which can display an electronic book in the state by which the seal | sticker is arrange | positioned by transmitting the information regarding the arrange | positioned sticker to a server with a user ID, when displaying the same electronic book later.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is industrially useful in an industry that handles devices that display electronic books, and is also useful in the electrical appliance market such as car navigation devices that can display electronic maps.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 11 Sensor information processing part 12 Communication processing part 13 Seal processing part 13A Seal arrangement | positioning part 13B Arrangement position specification part 14 Posting information specification part 15 Seal list creation part 16 Distance calculation part 17 Route search part 18 Route guidance part 19 Page display Unit 20 storage unit 21 electronic book information storage unit 22 map information storage unit 23 publication information storage unit 24 seal information storage unit 25 seal list information storage unit 30 memory 40 display unit 50 sensor unit 60 communication unit 70 input unit

An electronic book device of the present invention is an electronic book device that displays the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on a display screen of a display device, and is page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book. and sealing the information storage means for storing seal information indicating the electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information, information about positionable seal in any position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information including the Posting information storage means for storing posting information indicating at least part of the content and posting position of articles posted on each page constituting the electronic book, and the display screen of the display device based on the electronic book information Page display means for displaying each page, and seal placement means for placing the sticker on the page displayed by the page display means in accordance with a user instruction A position specifying means for specifying a position where the seal is located by the sealing arrangement means, and published information specifying means for specifying the listing corresponding to the specified position by the position specifying means, the position specifying means A seal list creating means for creating a seal list in which the placement position information indicating the placement position specified by, the seal information indicating the placed seal, and the posting information specified by the posting information specifying means are associated with each other; look including a seal display means for displaying by superimposing the seal corresponding to the corresponding position of the page displayed by referring to the page display means a seal list created by said sealing list means, further wherein the display The seal list display means for displaying the seal list on the display screen of the apparatus, and the seal list display means displayed by the seal list display means And sealing selection accepting means for accepting a selection of a seal included in Rurisuto, characterized in that it comprises a web information output means for outputting a listing corresponding to the seal selection of which is accepted by the sealing selection accepting means.

The electronic book program of the present invention is an electronic book program for causing an electronic book device to control the operation so as to display the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on the display screen of the display device. On the display screen of the display device based on electronic book information stored in electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book on the book device. Information on a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information on the page displayed by the page display process according to the user's instruction and the page display process according to the user's instruction. Seal placement processing for placing the seal indicated by the seal information stored in the seal information storage means for storing the seal information to be shown, and the seal placement processing A position specifying process seal to identify the disposed position Te, published information storage means for storing web information indicating the placement and at least a portion of the contents of articles published in the pages constituting the electronic book Referring to the publishing information specifying process for specifying the posting information according to the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying process, the arrangement position information indicating the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying process , and A seal list creating process for creating a seal list that associates the seal information indicating the seal and the publication information identified by the publication information identifying process, and the seal list created by the seal list creating process is referred to to execute a seal displaying process for displaying and superimposing the seal corresponding to the corresponding position of the page displayed in the page display processing Te, further, A seal list display process for displaying the seal list on the display screen of the display device, a seal selection reception process for receiving a selection of a seal included in the seal list displayed by the seal list display process, and a seal selection reception process. This is for executing the posting information output process for outputting the posting information corresponding to the seal that has received the selection .

An electronic book device of the present invention is an electronic book device that displays the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on a display screen of a display device, and is page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book. Electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including: seal information storage means for storing seal information indicating information relating to a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information; Posting information storage means for storing posting information indicating at least part of the content and posting position of articles posted on each page constituting the electronic book, and the display screen of the display device based on the electronic book information Page display means for displaying each page, and seal placement means for placing the sticker on the page displayed by the page display means in accordance with a user instruction An arrangement position specifying means for specifying the position where the seal is arranged by the seal arrangement means, an insertion information specifying means for specifying the posting information corresponding to the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying means, and the arrangement position specifying means A seal list creating means for creating a seal list in which the placement position information indicating the placement position specified by, the seal information indicating the placed seal, and the posting information specified by the posting information specifying means are associated with each other; Seal display means for displaying the seal corresponding to the corresponding position of the page displayed by the page display means with reference to the seal list created by the seal list creation means, and further including the display device A seal list display means for displaying the sticker list on the display screen, and the sticker list display means And sealing selection accepting means for accepting a selection of a seal included in Rurisuto, seen including a published information output means for outputting a listing corresponding to the seal selection of which is accepted by the sealing selection receiving means, said sealing information storage means, Seal information indicating a plurality of types of seals is stored, and the seal list display means displays a seal list rearranged according to the type of the seal in accordance with a sort instruction by the seal type from the user .

The electronic book program of the present invention is an electronic book program for causing an electronic book device to control the operation so as to display the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on the display screen of the display device. On the display screen of the display device based on electronic book information stored in electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book on the book device. Information on a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information on the page displayed by the page display process according to the user's instruction and the page display process according to the user's instruction. Seal placement processing for placing the seal indicated by the seal information stored in the seal information storage means for storing the seal information to be shown, and the seal placement processing Placement information specifying means for specifying the position where the sticker is placed, and posted information storage means for storing posted information indicating the content and posted position of at least a part of an article posted on each page constituting the electronic book Referring to the publishing information specifying process for specifying the posting information according to the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying process, the arrangement position information indicating the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying process, and A seal list creating process for creating a seal list that associates the seal information indicating the seal and the publication information identified by the publication information identifying process, and the seal list created by the seal list creating process is referred to And a sticker display process for displaying a sticker corresponding to the corresponding position of the page displayed in the page display process, and further, A seal list display process for displaying the seal list on the display screen of the display device, a seal selection reception process for receiving a selection of a seal included in the seal list displayed by the seal list display process, and a seal selection reception process. A post information output process for outputting post information corresponding to the seal for which the selection has been received , the seal information storage means stores seal information indicating a plurality of types of seals, and in the seal list display process, This is for executing a process of displaying a seal list rearranged by the type of the seal in accordance with the sort instruction by the seal type .

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An electronic book device that displays the contents of an electronic book, which is an electronic book, on a display screen of the display device,
Electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book;
Seal information storage means for storing seal information indicating information related to a seal that can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information;
Page display means for displaying each page on a display screen of the display device based on the electronic book information;
Seal placement means for placing the seal on a page displayed by the page display means in response to a user instruction;
An arrangement position specifying means for specifying a position where the seal is arranged by the seal arrangement means;
A seal list creating means for creating a seal list in which the placement position information indicating the placement position specified by the placement position specifying means and the seal information indicating the placed seal are associated with each other;
And a seal display means for displaying a seal corresponding to the corresponding position of the page displayed by the page display means with reference to the seal list created by the seal list creation means. Book device. Posting information storage means for storing posting information indicating at least a part of contents and a posting position of an article posted on each page constituting the electronic book;
Including posting information specifying means for specifying posting information according to the arrangement position specified by the arrangement position specifying means,
The seal list creating means includes posting information adding means for adding the posting information specified by the posting information specifying means to the seal list in association with the arrangement position information indicating the arrangement position,
Furthermore, seal list display means for displaying the seal list on a display screen of the display device;
Seal selection receiving means for receiving selection of a seal included in the seal list displayed by the seal list display means;
The electronic book apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising posting information output means for outputting posting information corresponding to the seal whose selection is received by the seal selection receiving means. The said publication information contains the identification information which can identify tourist objects, such as a famous building corresponding to an article, and a former place trace, and the tourist object related information including the location of the tourist object. E-book device. Current position specifying means for specifying the current position of the user;
A distance calculating means for calculating a distance from the current position specified by the current position specifying means to the location of the tourist object according to the posted information associated with the sticker information by the sticker list creating means,
The electronic book apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the seal list creation unit determines an arrangement of seal information to be listed according to the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit. A route search means for searching for a recommended travel route from an arbitrary starting position by setting a sightseeing target corresponding to the seal received by the seal selection receiving means as a destination;
The electronic book apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising route guidance means for performing route guidance using the recommended travel route searched by the route search means. The electronic book apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the seal information storage unit stores seal information indicating a plurality of types of seals. An electronic book program for causing an electronic book device to perform operation control so as to display the contents of an electronic book that is an electronic book on a display screen of a display device,
In the electronic book device,
Displaying each page on the display screen of the display device based on electronic book information stored in electronic book information storage means for storing electronic book information including page information for displaying each page constituting the electronic book Page display processing to
Sticker information storage means for storing sticker information indicating information relating to a sticker that can be arranged at an arbitrary position of the electronic book displayed by the electronic book information on a page displayed by the page display process in accordance with a user instruction. Seal placement processing for placing the seal indicated by the seal information stored in
An arrangement position specifying process for specifying a position where the seal is arranged in the seal arrangement process;
A seal list creating process for creating a seal list in which arrangement position information indicating the arrangement position specified in the arrangement position specifying process is associated with seal information indicating the arranged seal;
An electronic device for executing a sticker display process for displaying a sticker corresponding to a corresponding position of a page displayed in the page display process with reference to the sticker list created in the sticker list creation process. Book program.

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