JP2021114308A - Display control device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a display control device capable of improving user convenience regarding a content when displaying the content.SOLUTION: A display control device includes: an interface 1 for acquiring user-related information related to a user; and a display changing part 2 which, when displaying a content to be brought to user's attention on a display D, changes and displays a display mode of display areas in a display screen in accordance with the acquired user-related information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present application belongs to the technical field of the display control device, and more specifically, the technical field of the display control device that displays the content to be visually recognized by the user.

In recent years, devices that are portable and capable of displaying various contents and information, such as so-called smartphones and tablet-type terminal devices, have become widespread. In addition, techniques for changing the display mode of the content or information in various ways by the operation of the user have also been widely generalized. Examples of the prior art document exemplifying such a conventional technique include the following Patent Document 1.

In the technique described in Patent Document 1 below, when it is detected that the menu key is pressed by the user, the display size of each item display constituting the menu screen is set, and the display of frequently used items is large. It is configured to be displayed with.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-242583

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, since the display of frequently used items is uniformly displayed in a large size, the frequency of use even for items in the menu screen corresponding to the content not intended to be executed by the user. If is high, it will be displayed in a large size. As a result, this leads to a problem that the item cannot be displayed according to the user's preference or the user's preference.

Therefore, the present application has been made in view of the above problems, and one example of the problem is to provide a display control device capable of improving the convenience of the user regarding the content when displaying the content. There is.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is an acquisition means for acquiring user-related information related to a user, and a display when displaying information on the content to be noticed by the user on the display means. It is provided with a change display means for displaying the screen component on the display means by changing the display mode of the screen component constituting the screen on the display means in accordance with the acquired user-related information.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 10 comprises an acquisition step of acquiring user-related information related to a user in a display control method executed in a display control device connected to a display means. The display mode of the screen component constituting the display screen when displaying the information about the content to be noticed by the user on the display means is changed in correspondence with the acquired user-related information. A change display step of displaying the screen configuration on the display means is included.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 11 uses the display control according to any one of claims 1 to 9 to control the computer included in the display control device connected to the display means. Make it function as a device.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline structure of the display control device which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the outline structure of the navigation device which concerns on Example. It is a figure which illustrates the content of the control table which concerns on Example. It is a flowchart which shows the display control which concerns on Example. It is a figure which shows the display example in the display control which concerns on embodiment, (a) is the figure which shows the display example before the display control is executed, (b) is the table after the display control is executed. It is a figure which shows an example.

Next, a mode for carrying out the present application will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline configuration of the display control device according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display control device S according to the embodiment includes an acquisition means 1 and a change display means 2 connected to the output means D.

In this configuration, the acquisition means 1 acquires user-related information related to the user.

Then, the change display means 2 acquires the display mode on the display means D of the screen components constituting the display screen when displaying the information about the content to be noticed by the user on the display means D by the acquisition means 1. The image configuration is displayed on the display means D by changing it according to the user-related information.

As described above, according to the display control operation device S according to the embodiment, the display mode of the screen configuration constituting the display screen when displaying the information about the content to be noticed by the user is related to the user. The screen configuration is displayed by changing it according to the user-related information. Therefore, information about the content can be displayed on the display screen including the screen configuration of the display mode corresponding to the user, and the convenience of the user regarding the content can be improved.

Here, the "information about the content" may be information that displays the characteristics of the content such as the name of the music or the video, in addition to the content itself such as the music or the video.

Next, specific examples corresponding to the above-described embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. The embodiment described below is an example in which the embodiment is applied to the control of the information display using the display of the navigation device that executes the guidance process for the movement of the vehicle.

Further, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline configuration of the navigation device according to the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the contents of the control table according to the embodiment, and FIG. 4 shows display control according to the embodiment. It is a flowchart, and FIG. 5 is a figure which shows the display example in the display control which concerns on embodiment. At this time, in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5, each of the constituent members of the embodiment corresponding to each constituent member in the display control device S according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is referred to as each constituent member in the display control device S. The same member number is used.

As shown in FIG. 2, the navigation device NV according to the embodiment has an interface 1 corresponding to an example of the acquisition means 1 according to the embodiment and an example of the “external information acquisition means” according to the present application, and a display according to the embodiment, respectively. A display D corresponding to an example of the means D and composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, a processing unit 10 composed of a CPU, RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory), and an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or SSD (Solid State). It is composed of a recording unit 15 including a Drive) and the like, an operation unit 16 including a touch panel, operation buttons, a remote control and the like provided on the surface of the display D, and a sensor unit 17 including various sensors for guidance processing. ing.

Further, the processing unit 10 is composed of an analysis unit 11, a determination unit 12 corresponding to an example of the "determining means" according to the present application, and a change display unit 2 corresponding to an example of the change display means 2 according to the embodiment. ing. At this time, the analysis unit 11, the determination unit 12, and the change display unit 2 may be realized by a hardware logic circuit such as a CPU constituting the processing unit 10, or display control according to an embodiment described later. It may be realized by software by reading and executing the program corresponding to the flowchart showing the above CPU.

On the other hand, the control table T according to the embodiment described later is non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15. In addition to this, the recording unit 15 non-volatilely records navigation data such as map data and voice data required for the guidance processing, display data for displaying the current time and the like on the display D, and the like. There is.

In the above configuration, the sensor unit 17 relates to an embodiment by using, for example, a method using a navigation radio wave received from a GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation satellite, or a self-sustaining method using an acceleration sensor, a distance sensor, or the like. Position data indicating the current position and the like of the vehicle on which the navigation device NV is mounted is generated and output to the processing unit 10.

On the other hand, the interface 1 controls the transfer of data to and from an external network such as the Internet under the control of the processing unit 10, and is connected to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector (not shown) provided in the navigation device NV, for example. Performs processing such as exchanging data with the USB memory or the like. Further, when an operation for operating the navigation device NV is performed in the operation unit 16, the operation unit 16 generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation and outputs the operation signal to the processing unit 10.

On the other hand, when the content data corresponding to the content to be displayed on the display D is acquired (received) via, for example, the interface 1, the analysis unit 11 in the processing unit 10 analyzes the content of the content and analyzes the analysis result. Output to the determination unit 12. At this time, the analysis unit 11 analyzes, for example, the attribute and author of the content, the last update time thereof, or whether or not the content is associated with any point as the content of the content. As these analysis methods themselves, the same analysis methods as before can be used.

Then, the determination unit 12 includes the content acquired via the interface 1 or the content recorded in the recording unit 15 based on the analysis result in the analysis unit 11, and the user using the navigation device NV. The presence or absence of the relevance between the above and the degree of relevance in the case of the relevance are determined with reference to the control table T recorded in the recording unit 15. At this time, the user includes not only a driver who drives a vehicle equipped with a navigation device NV but also a passenger thereof. After that, the determination unit 12 outputs the relevance data indicating the determined relevance to the change display unit 2. The value of the relevance data for the irrelevant content is set to zero.

As a result, the change display unit 2 determines the size of each display screen, such as an icon for displaying information about the content, a display window, etc., which should be displayed on the display D, based on the relevance data from the determination unit 12. It is changed, and an icon, a display window, or the like for displaying information about each content is displayed on the display D by using the changed size or the like. Hereinafter, the above icons, display windows, etc. are collectively referred to as "icons, etc."

In addition to the above, the processing unit 10 uses, for example, the content of the operation performed by the operation unit 16, the position data output from the sensor unit 17, the map data recorded in the recording unit 15, and the like. While displaying the necessary map or the like on the display D or the like, the guidance process according to the embodiment is executed.

Next, the control table T according to the embodiment recorded in the recording unit 15 will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, as the control table T according to the embodiment, for example, the hobby-related degree table T1, the destination-related degree table T2, and the destination-related degree table T3 are non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15. Has been done. At this time, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the hobby-related degree table T1 is displayed by the hobby or preference of the user of the navigation device NV according to the embodiment and the icon or the like that is predicted to be displayed on the display D. It is a control table that defines a preset degree of relevance between the contents of information about the content, and the size of an icon or the like corresponding to the relevance on the display screen of the display D. Here, the "size of the icon or the like" means a part of the information on the content on the display screen in addition to the size of the so-called icon used when displaying the information on the content on the display screen. Includes the size of the so-called display window when displaying in. On the other hand, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the destination relevance table T2 is displayed by the destination of the guidance process by the navigation device NV according to the embodiment and the above icon or the like which is predicted to be displayed on the display D. It is a control table that defines a preset degree of relevance between the contents of information about the content, and the size of an icon or the like corresponding to the relevance on the display screen of the display D. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the destination relevance table T3 is previously between the destination and the hometown of the author of the content displayed by the icon or the like that is predicted to be displayed on the display D. It is a control table that defines the set relevance degree and the size of the icon or the like corresponding to the relevance degree on the display screen of the display D. As the control table T, a control table T having predetermined contents may be recorded in the recording unit 15, or the user defines the control table T using, for example, the operation unit 16 each time, and newly defines the control table T. The attached one may be non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15 as the control table T.

Next, the display control according to the embodiment centered on the processing unit 10 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. The display control according to the embodiment is started, for example, by the instruction of the user using the operation unit 16, or at regular intervals as a so-called interrupt process.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the display control according to the embodiment is started, the processing unit 10 first acquires the user-related information related to the user, for example, via the interface 1 (step S1). ). The user-related information acquired in step S1 is shown in accordance with the control table T illustrated in FIG. 3, for example, information indicating the hobby or preference of the user who uses the navigation device NV, and the user is the navigation device. Examples thereof include position information indicating the destination to be reached under the guidance process by NV, position information indicating the current position as the guidance process, and the like.

Next, the analysis unit 11 of the processing unit 10 analyzes the content of the information related to the content displayed by one or a plurality of icons that can be displayed on the display D at that time in response to the user-related information acquired in step S1. (Step S2).

Here, according to step S1, for example, navigation content indicating the destination of the guidance process being executed in the navigation device NV, the merging position when there are passengers merging, and the like, and listening at that time are generally recommended. Recommended song content indicating the song being played (so-called "recommended song"), AV (Audio Visual) content indicating the song title of the song currently being played in the music playback section (not shown) of the navigation device NV, and the AV (Audio Visual) content at that time. It is assumed that the news content indicating the latest news and the date content indicating the date can be acquired via the interface 1, respectively. In this case, the analysis unit 11 displays the navigation content display area 21 for displaying the navigation content and the recommended content on the display screen displayed on the display D at that time, as illustrated in FIG. 5A. A recommended content display area 22 for displaying information about the above, an AV content display area 23 for displaying the information about the AV content, a news display area 24 for displaying the information about the news content, and the date content. It is analyzed that it is composed of a date content display area 25 for displaying information about the content.

Then, the determination unit 12 of the processing unit 10 refers to the control table T based on the analysis result of step S2, and displays the user-related information acquired in step S1 and the display DNO display screen at that time. The degree of relevance between the information about the content displayed by the possible icons and the like is determined (step S3). By referring to the control table T as step S3, for example, the content matching the user's hobbies or tastes is determined to have a higher degree of relevance (see FIG. 3 hobby relevance table T1), and the content is determined to have a higher degree of relevance. The relevance of the content corresponding to the destination to which the user moves is also determined to be high (see the destination relevance table T2 in FIG. 3), and the content created by the author corresponding to the destination to which the user moves is also determined. The degree of relevance is determined to be high (see the destination relevance table T3 in FIG. 3). On the other hand, for content that does not match the user's hobbies or tastes, the degree of relevance is determined to be lower, and it corresponds to events held at points unrelated to the destination to which the user moves. Content is determined to be less relevant.

As a result, the change display unit 2 of the processing unit 10 refers to the control table T based on the relevance degree determined in step S3, and displays D such as an icon for displaying information about the content having the determined relevance degree. The size of the display area on the display screen of is changed from the original size and displayed on the display D (step S4). At this time, in step S4, when the step S4 is executed while the map for the guidance processing is displayed, it is preferable to execute the step S4 with the map as the background (see FIG. 5). Specifically, as step S4, for example, when the display screen illustrated in FIG. 5A is displayed on the display D together with the clock display 20, the user is approaching the destination. In addition, when a concert (for example, "ASO ROCK" illustrated in FIG. 5) in which the recommended content displayed in the recommended content display area 22 is played is held at or near the destination, the change display unit 2 displays the change display unit 2. The area in each display screen of the navigation content display area 21 and the AV content display area 23 (in other words, the occupancy ratio of the display D to the entire display screen; the same applies hereinafter) is narrowly changed, and the above recommendation is made. The area of the content display area 22 in the display screen is enlarged and displayed on the display D together with the clock display 20 as a new display screen illustrated in FIG. 5 (b).

At this time, the change display unit 2 displays a display area for displaying icons and the like for displaying information related to the content, which need to be continuously displayed regardless of the user approaching the destination. The area on the screen remains unchanged and continues to be displayed. Here, in the above example, "an icon or the like that displays information about the content that needs to be continuously displayed regardless of approaching the destination" is the above news content in the case of being illustrated in FIG. 5 (a). A news display area 24 for displaying information about the above date content and a date content display area 25 for displaying information about the date content. Therefore, in step S4, the areas of the news content display area 24 and the date content display area 25 for displaying these are unchanged and are continuously displayed on the display D. In step S4, the change display unit 2 changes the position of each display area in the display screen according to the change in the area of each display area in the display screen, for example, by changing the position in the display screen in the same manner as in the conventional method. Make sure that there is no blank space on the display screen.

After that, the processing unit 10 determines whether or not to end the display control according to the embodiment because, for example, the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV has reached the destination (step S5). When the display control is terminated in the determination in step S5 (step S5; YES), the processing unit 10 terminates the display control as it is. On the other hand, when the display control is continued in the determination of step S5 (step S5; NO), the processing unit 10 returns to the step S1 and continues the series of display control described above.

As described above, according to the display control according to the embodiment, the size of the display area such as an icon when displaying the information related to the content to be noticed by the user of the navigation device NV is determined by the user related to the user. Since the information is changed and displayed according to the related information, the information about the content can be displayed in the display area of the size corresponding to the user's hobbies / preferences, etc., and the convenience of the user regarding the content can be improved. Can be done.

In addition, when the size of the display area is changed according to the information acquired from the external network, the information related to the content can be displayed in the information from the outside and the display area corresponding to the user. It is possible to further improve the convenience of the user regarding the content.

Furthermore, since the degree of relevance between the user-related information and the information related to the content is determined, the size of the display area is changed based on the determined relevance, and an icon or the like for displaying the information related to the content is displayed. , The content that should be noticed by the user can be objectively judged and effectively displayed.

Furthermore, the degree of relevance between the user-related information and the information from the external network and the information about the content is determined, and the area of the display area is changed based on the determined relevance to obtain the information about the content. When displaying the display icon or the like, it is possible to objectively judge and effectively display the information on the content that should be noticed by the user, taking into account the information from the outside.

In addition, the higher the determined relevance, the larger the size of the display area is changed to display the icon or the like that displays the information about the content. Therefore, the icon or the like that displays the information about the content with the higher relevance is the display area. It can be enlarged to display information about the content in a more readable state. On the other hand, when the size of the display area is changed to be smaller as the determined relevance is lower and an icon or the like for displaying information about the content is displayed, the icon or the like for displaying information about the content with less relevance is displayed. By reducing the display area, the information can be displayed in a state in which it is possible to prevent the information about the content from being watched.

Further, since the user-related information is at least one of information indicating a user's hobby or preference, information indicating the current position of the user, or information indicating the destination of the user's movement, the hobby or preference can be defined. By determining the degree of relevance to the information to be shown, it is possible to further improve the convenience of the user regarding the content.
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Next, a modified example according to the above-described embodiment will be described. The hardware configuration of the navigation device according to the modified example described below is basically the same as that of the navigation device NV according to the embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, the same component numbers as the navigation device NV according to the embodiment will be assigned the same member numbers, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
(1) First Modified Example First, as the first modified example, in the above-described embodiment, the size of the display area such as an icon corresponding to the information related to each content is changed and displayed on the display D. In addition to the above, the higher the determined relevance, the more the display of the icon, etc. that displays information about the content is changed and displayed, and the lower the relevance, the more the icon, etc. that displays the information about the content. It may be configured to be changed and displayed so as to lower the visibility.

Then, as the highlighting in this case, instead of increasing the size as in the display control according to the embodiment, for example, the icon for displaying the information about the content or the color usage of the information itself about the content is darkened and emphasized. It can be highlighted by changing the background or its background color relative to other display areas, or by changing the font used to make it thicker or move the text. On the contrary, as a display that reduces visibility, the color usage is lightened, the display of the icon that displays the information about the content or the information itself about the content is blurred, or the font used is thinned. It is possible to reduce the visibility.

According to the first modification as described above, when the icon or the like that displays the information about the content is emphasized and displayed as the determined degree of relevance is higher, the information about the content can be displayed in a more readable state. can. In addition, when the visibility of the icon or the like that displays information about the content is lowered as the determined degree of relevance is lower, the information should be displayed in a state in which it is possible to prevent the information about the content from being watched. Can be done.
(2) Second Modified Example Next, as a second modified example, the degree of relevance was determined based on the preset control table T in the above-described embodiment, but in addition to this, the degree of relevance is determined as a control table. Record only the relationship between the value and the size of the icon, etc., and set the value of the degree of relevance between the information about the content and the user-related information each time it is needed, for example, the degree of similarity between two or more pieces of information (data). Alternatively, it may be configured to calculate using a preset method as a method for calculating the proximity. In this case, the size of the icon or the like to be changed is determined each time by referring to the calculated relevance value and the control table. According to this second modification, the recording capacity required for the control table can be reduced, and the optimum degree of relevance can be calculated each time.
(3) Others Finally, as another, a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk or an HDD, or acquired via a network such as the Internet, and is used for general purposes. It is also possible to make the microcomputer or the like function as the processing unit 10 according to the embodiment by reading and executing the microcomputer or the like.

Further, the embodiment can be applied not only to the display D in the navigation device NV mounted on the vehicle but also to the case of performing guidance processing using, for example, a portable smartphone or a tablet-type terminal device. Further, the display control according to the embodiment or the modification does not necessarily have to be executed together with the guidance process. For example, the embodiment is for the display control of the content to be presented to the user based on the current position at that time. May be applied.

1 Acquisition means (interface)
2 Change display means (change display unit)
10 Processing unit 11 Analysis unit 12 Decision unit 15 Recording unit 21 Navigation content display area 22 Recommended content display area 23 AV content display area 24 News content display area D Display means (display)
NV navigation device T control table T1 hobby relevance table T2, T3 destination relevance table

Claims (1)

An acquisition method for acquiring user-related information related to a user,
A determination means for determining the degree of relevance between the information regarding the first content and the user-related information, and
The first image corresponding to the first content and the second image corresponding to the second content different from the first content are displayed on a part of the display surface of the display means, and at the same time.
A change display means for changing the area of the first image according to the degree of relevance and displaying it on the display surface while maintaining the area of the display area of the first image and the image group including the second image.
A display control device comprising.

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