JP2022171886A - computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a user (reader) have such an experience as to enable fast reading easily.

SOLUTION: A computer program causes a terminal device 1 to: acquire text data including a plurality of morphemes; divide the text data into character sections including one or more morphemes on the basis of the function of the morpheme; and generate display data to replace and display the text data corresponding to the divided each character section on a screen area fixed on a display screen.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a computer program for causing a computer to execute processing related to displaying text data.

Conventionally, speed reading has been recommended in order to obtain information efficiently and improve academic ability. Speed reading is reading faster.

For example, when reading a book, the movement of the eyes up, down, left, and right is larger than expected. Such eye movements are called saccade movements of the eyeball. For example, people who read slowly tend to move their eyes more.

In order to reduce eye movement by focusing on eye movements as described above, many speed reading techniques include various aspects of viewpoint and field of view, such as training for the reader to be able to move the viewpoint regularly. Training is suggested.

Further, for example, in Patent Document 1, in order to enable more reliable speed reading, keywords extracted from document information are colored to distinguish them from others and make them easier to see, and a line of sight is detected to read the keywords. A fast-reading assist device is described that detects whether or not the text has been skipped.

JP-A-11-24549

The technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 and the like described above can support training regarding viewpoints and fields of view, such as skipping detection. However, even if the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used, training itself regarding viewpoints and visual fields is necessary in order to acquire speed reading as described above.

For this reason, it is desirable to provide users (readers) with an experience that enables them to read quickly without relying on the training described above.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer program capable of providing a user (reader) with an experience that facilitates fast reading.

A computer program according to the present invention obtains text data containing a plurality of morphemes, and converts the text data into characters containing one or more morphemes based on functions of the plurality of morphemes contained in the text data. dividing into sections; and generating the display data, which is display data for a screen area fixed on the display screen, for replacing and displaying the text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections. and a computer program for causing a computer to execute.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user (reader) with an experience of easy fast reading. It should be noted that other effects may be achieved by the present invention instead of or in addition to the above effects.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of a plurality of morphemes included in text data. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of character segment division processing based on the function of morphemes. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a specific example of the flow of dividing processing relating to specific character segments by the character segment segmentation unit 130 . FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example displayed on the display unit 16 of the terminal device 1 according to the display data. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a display example in which three character sections (three lines) of text (image data) are displayed in a screen area 610 fixed on the display screen. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal device 1 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of operation image data (operation buttons). FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining Modification 1 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining Modification 2 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining Modification 3 according to the second embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in the present specification and drawings, elements that can be described in the same manner can be omitted from redundant description by assigning the same reference numerals.

The description is given in the following order.
1. Overview of Embodiments of the Invention 2 . First Embodiment 2.1. Configuration of terminal device 2.2. Technical features 3. Second Embodiment 3.1. Configuration of terminal device 3.2. Technical features 4. other forms

<<1. Overview of Embodiments of the Present Invention>>
First, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

(1) Technical Problem Conventionally, speed reading has been recommended in order to obtain information efficiently and improve academic ability. Speed reading is reading faster.

For example, when reading a book, the movement of the eyes up, down, left, and right is larger than expected. Such eye movements are called saccade movements of the eyeball. For example, people who read slowly tend to move their eyes more.

Many speed-reading methods focus on the above tendencies and reduce eye movements. For example, training to enable readers to move their viewpoints regularly involves various trainings related to viewpoints and visual fields. Proposed.

In addition, in order to enable more reliable speed reading, in reference 1 below, keywords extracted from document information are colored to distinguish them from other keywords and make them easier to see, and the line of sight is detected to read the keywords. A fast-reading assist device is described that detects whether or not the text has been skipped.
Reference 1: JP-A-11-24549

(2) Technical Features In an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a computer program obtains text data containing a plurality of morphemes, and divides the text data into one or more morphemes based on the functions of the morphemes. and generating display data for replacing and displaying the text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections in a fixed screen area on the display screen. Let

As a result, for example, it is possible to provide the user (reader) with an experience that facilitates fast reading. The technical features described above are specific examples of the embodiments of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the technical features described above.

<<2. First Embodiment>>
Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. FIG.

<2.1. Configuration of terminal device>
First, FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment. An example of the hardware configuration of the terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 is implemented by a portable wireless communication terminal having a hardware configuration of a general-purpose computer. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 includes a communication interface section 11 that communicates with an application program providing server or the like via a communication network such as the Internet, and an operation input section such as a touch panel that receives an operation input from a user. 12 and. The terminal device 1 also includes an arithmetic processing unit 13 such as a CPU that performs various kinds of arithmetic processing, a main memory 14 such as SRAM or DRAM that temporarily stores arithmetic processing data, and a flash memory that stores application programs and various data. A storage device 15 such as a memory and a display unit 16 integrated with, for example, a touch panel are provided. Specifically, smartphones, tablets, notebook personal computers, desktop personal computers, smart glasses (wearable devices that are worn on the head with an external configuration similar to glasses), smart watches (external configuration similar to wristwatches). a wearable device that is worn on the wrist for use), HMD (Head Mounted Display), and the like.

The terminal device 1 having such a hardware configuration is installed with a text display application program that executes processing related to the display of text data. Here, the text display application program can be obtained by downloading from an application providing server via the Internet or by reading data from a non-temporary recording medium.

By installing the above-described text display application program, the terminal device 1 having the hardware configuration described above implements functional blocks as shown in FIG. That is, the text data acquisition unit 110 , the morphological analysis unit 120 , the character segment division unit 130 , and the display data generation unit 140 are realized in the arithmetic processing unit 13 .

<2.2. Technical features>
Next, technical features of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. FIG.

The terminal device 1 (text data acquisition unit 110) acquires text data containing a plurality of morphemes. Then, the terminal device 1 (character section dividing unit 130) divides the text data into character sections containing one or more morphemes based on the functions of the plurality of morphemes included in the text data. Then, the terminal device 1 (display data generation unit 140) replaces and displays the text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections, which is the display data for the screen area fixed on the display screen. Generate the display data.

(1) Text Data—Acquisition The text data acquisition unit 110 acquires text data included in a web page accessed by the communication interface unit 11, for example. Note that the text data acquisition unit 110 may acquire the text data by reading the text data stored in the storage device 15, for example.

-Morpheme Text data is data containing a plurality of morphemes described in, for example, a natural language. A morpheme is the smallest unit of an expression element described in a natural language, such as an independent word and an adjunct word.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of a plurality of morphemes included in text data. As shown in FIG. 2(A), the text data "This sentence is the first sample for verification." It can be divided into a total of 15 morphemes, "desu" and ".".

Furthermore, the text data is classified into a plurality of morphemes by the morphological analysis unit 120, for example. In other words, the morphological analysis unit 120 divides the text data acquired by the text data acquisition unit 110 into morphemes based on information such as grammar, parts of speech, and suffixes.

-Morpheme function The morpheme function is a function that can classify morphemes based on, for example, types of parts of speech, suffixes, special characters, and the like. For example, as shown in FIG. 2C, the function of the morpheme "kono" is adnominal (part of speech), and the function of the morpheme "bun" is noun (part of speech). The functions of these morphemes are classified based on morphological analysis by the morphological analysis unit 120, for example. In other words, the morphological analysis unit 120 classifies each of the plurality of morphemes included in the text data into functions based on the morphological analysis.

(2) Character section A character section including one or more morphemes is, for example, a word unit that allows a user (reader) to recognize more information with a fixed viewpoint.

-Segmentation of Character Segments The character segment segmentation unit 130 mainly performs the following processing in order to segment the text data into character segments to the extent that, for example, more information can be recognized with a fixed viewpoint. conduct.

(first example)
For example, special terminating characters such as "," (comma) or "." Therefore, when the function of the first morpheme is a special ending character, the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the first morpheme and the second morpheme following the first morpheme into different character segments. To divide.

(Second example)
When the function of the second morpheme following the first morpheme is a predetermined function, the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the first morpheme and the second morpheme into different character segments.

Here, the predetermined function is, for example, a function that can be easily recognized when it appears at the beginning of a character section. More specifically, the above-mentioned predetermined functions include, for example, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, adnominals, adverbs, conjunctions, or interjections. language.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of character segment division processing based on the function of morphemes. For example, in the text data shown in FIG. 3A, focusing on the part "This is the first sample.", the function of the second morpheme "sample" following the first morpheme "no" is It is a noun, that is, an independent word. Therefore, the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the first morpheme "no" and the second morpheme "sample" into different character segments. As a result, the text data can be divided into a character section "first" containing the first morpheme "no" and a character section "sample desu." containing the second morpheme "sample".

Note that the predetermined function is not limited to including all parts of speech belonging to independent words, and may be limited to specific parts of speech such as only nouns and verbs.

(Third example)
For example, adjunct words with more than a predetermined number of characters (for example, 3 characters), such as "but", "but", or "to be", tend to be easily recognized by the user (reader) even if they appear at the beginning of the character section. be. Therefore, when the second morpheme following the first morpheme is, for example, a particle or an auxiliary verb of three characters or more, the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the first morpheme and the second morpheme into different characters. It can be divided into intervals.

(Fourth example)
Only when the number of characters in the character segment including the first morpheme is equal to or greater than a predetermined lower limit (for example, 3 characters), the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the first morpheme and the character segment following the first morpheme. You may make it divide|segment the 2nd morpheme.

In other words, the character segment dividing unit 130 determines that the function of the second morpheme following the first morpheme is a predetermined function such as an independent word (or an adjunct word having a predetermined number of characters or more). and the number of characters in the first character section including the first morpheme is less than the predetermined lower limit (for example, 3 characters), the second morpheme is added to the first character section. You may do so.

For example, focusing on the part of the text data shown in FIG. It is an independent language. Therefore, according to the second example, the first character segment "kono" including the first morpheme and the second morpheme "sentence" are divided.

Here, since the number of characters in the first character section "kono" is relatively short, by combining it with the following second morpheme "sentence", it becomes possible to recognize more information with a fixed viewpoint. .

Therefore, the character segment dividing unit 130 adds the second morpheme "sentence" to the first character segment "kono" that includes the first morpheme "kono". As a result, it is possible to realize a character section "this sentence wa wa" that allows more information to be recognized with a fixed viewpoint.

(Fifth example)
When the number of characters in a character section exceeds a predetermined upper limit (8 characters), the character section dividing unit 130 may re-divide the character section into two or more character sections. For example, when applied to the text data "The prime minister postpones the tax increase if the Lehman shock class...", the character interval "If the Lehman shock class" is very long beyond the upper limit, so the user (reader) fixed the viewpoint. state can be difficult to recognize.

Therefore, the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the character segment "Riemann shock class nara" into two near the center, that is, re-divides into the character segment "Riemanshi" and the character segment "Shock class nara". By re-segmenting a character segment whose delimiter is too long in this way, it is possible to avoid a situation in which it is difficult to recognize a segment from a fixed viewpoint.

Although it is easy to fix the point of view by re-division as described above, the difficulty of recognizing the meaning of each character section (one line) may increase. Therefore, as in a display example shown in FIG. 6, which will be described later, a plurality of character sections (multiple lines) may always be displayed in a fixed screen area on the display screen. Due to such multi-line display, even if an inappropriate character section that makes it difficult to recognize the meaning due to the re-division occurs, the meaning can be recognized for each character section (one line). avoid situations that can make it difficult to Smart glasses and HMDs are devices suitable for multi-line display because they have a larger display area visible to the viewer than other devices. On the other hand, in the case of a smartwatch, the display area is relatively small compared to other devices, and thus a one-line display is suitable for the device. In addition, smart glasses and HMDs can receive movement displacement of the head, accept the movement displacement as an operation instruction of the operator, and change the display form. Text is displayed from a character section that is a predetermined number of characters back from the currently displayed character section, or text is displayed from a character section that is a predetermined number of characters ahead of the currently displayed character section by turning the head to the right. be able to. Similarly, turning the head upward adjusts the replacement time "faster" and turning it downward adjusts the replacement time "slower". can do. In smart glasses and HMDs, some models have a function to detect whether or not the user's eyes are closed. . In a smart watch as well, moving the arm in the back direction, the front direction, the left direction, and the right direction can be applied to switching display control as a user's operation instruction.

—Specific Flow of Processing Next, a specific example of the flow of dividing processing relating to specific character segments by the character segment segmentation unit 130 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a specific example of the flow of dividing processing relating to specific character segments by the character segment segmentation unit 130 . In the processing shown in FIG. 4, a morpheme to be processed is called a morpheme of interest. Also, in the processing shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that at least one morpheme is included in an arbitrary character section before the morpheme of interest. That is, it is assumed that the processing shown in FIG. 4 is applied to morphemes that are not the beginning of text data.

First, in step S401, the character segment dividing unit 130 determines whether the morpheme of interest is an independent word or a specific attached word (for example, an attached word with three or more characters). If the judgment condition is satisfied (S401: Yes), the process proceeds to step S403, and if the judgment condition is not satisfied (S401: No), the process proceeds to step S409.

In step S403, the character segment dividing unit 130 determines whether or not the morpheme (first morpheme) immediately preceding the morpheme of interest (second morpheme) is a special end character. If the condition is satisfied (S403: Yes), the process proceeds to step S407 without proceeding to step S405, and if the condition is not satisfied (S403: Yes), the process proceeds to step S405.

In step S405, the character segment dividing unit 130 determines whether the number of characters in the character segment (first character segment) up to the immediately preceding morpheme (first morpheme) is equal to or greater than the lower limit (three characters). If the number of characters in the character section is equal to or greater than the lower limit (S405: Yes), the process proceeds to step S407. On the other hand, if the number of characters in the character section is less than the lower limit (S405: No), the process proceeds to step S409.

In step S407, the character segment dividing unit 130 adds the morpheme of interest (second morpheme) to a character segment different from the immediately preceding morpheme of interest (first morpheme). In other words, the morpheme of interest (second morpheme) is a new character section (second character section ). After that, the process proceeds to step S411.

In step S409, the character segment dividing unit 130 adds the morpheme of interest (second morpheme) to the character segment (first character segment) including the preceding morpheme of interest. After that, the process proceeds to step S411.

In step S411, the character section dividing unit 130 determines whether or not the number of characters in the character section including the pixel of interest (second morpheme) exceeds the upper limit (for example, 8 characters). If the judgment condition is satisfied (S411: Yes), the process proceeds to step S413, and if the judgment condition is not satisfied (S411: No), the process shown in FIG. 4 is terminated without proceeding to step S413.

In step S413, the character segment dividing unit 130 divides the character segment containing the morpheme of interest into, for example, two character segments having the same number of characters, and ends the processing shown in FIG.

According to the processing shown in FIG. 4, the text data can be divided into character sections to the extent that more information can be recognized with a fixed viewpoint.

(3) Display data As described above, the display data is displayed in a fixed screen area on the display screen by replacing text data corresponding to each character segment divided according to the process shown in FIG. 4, for example. This data is for

Specifically, the display data includes text data in which character sections are identifiable by line breaks, spaces (blanks), and the like. In other words, the display data generation unit 140 generates text data to which a line feed code (control character representing a line feed) is added so as to correspond to the character section divided by the character section division unit 130 . By sequentially outputting this display data to the display unit 16 in line units, the text data corresponding to each character section are alternately displayed in a fixed screen area on the display screen.

Further, the display data may further include control data for identifying control characters such as the above-described line feed code and controlling replacement display of text data corresponding to each character section. In other words, the display data generation unit 140 may generate display data including image data corresponding to the character section and control data for controlling the replacement display of the text data corresponding to the character section.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example displayed on the display unit 16 of the terminal device 1 according to the display data. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 16 displays a text (image data ), the text (image data) corresponding to the character section "verification", the text (image data) corresponding to the character section "for", and so on. do. For example, the replacement time interval may be any time such as 200 ms.

By displaying the text data corresponding to each character section on the display unit 16 in this manner, the user (reader) can read the text data while fixing the viewpoint to the screen area 510 in FIG. can. In other words, the user (reader) does not need to move the point of view when reading the characters displayed on the screen, and can easily perform fast reading.

As a comparison target for this embodiment, for example, when the entire text data is displayed on the display screen, the user (reader) may need to touch the screen to perform a scroll operation or the like in order to read through the text. In particular, such operations tend to be troublesome during meals, bathing, and the like.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the terminal device 1 alternately displays the text data corresponding to the character section, so that the user (reader) can read the text without touching the screen and performing a scrolling operation. environment can be provided.

Text (image data) of a plurality of character sections (multiple lines) may be displayed in a fixed screen area on the display screen. For example, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a display example in which three character sections (three lines) of text (image data) are displayed in a fixed screen area 610 on the display screen.

In the example shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 16 displays the text corresponding to the character section "Remansi" in the central portion 611 of the fixed screen area 610 on the display screen according to the line feed code included in the display data. At the same time, the texts corresponding to the preceding character section "Prime Minister," and the following character section "Shock-class nara" are also displayed. Then, after 200 ms (interchange time interval) has elapsed, the display unit 16 replaces and displays the text corresponding to the character section "Shock grade nara" in the central portion 611 of the fixed screen area 610 on the display screen. At the same time, the texts corresponding to the preceding character section "Remansi" and the following character section "Tax increase postponement" are also displayed.

By simultaneously displaying a plurality of character sections in the entire screen area 610 while interchanging the character sections in the central portion of the screen area 610 in this manner, it becomes difficult to recognize the meaning of a word from only one character section. It is possible to avoid the situation where it is difficult to recognize the meaning of words even when inappropriate character intervals occur.

In particular, in a language such as Japanese in which the length of words varies greatly, it may be difficult to recognize the meaning depending on the division of the character interval, so it is preferable to display multiple lines as described above.

<<3. Second Embodiment>>
Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 11. FIG.

<3.1. Configuration of terminal device>
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal device 1 according to the second embodiment.

The terminal device 1 according to the second embodiment has the same hardware configuration as that of the first embodiment described above, and by installing a text display application program, functional blocks such as those shown in FIG. It is implemented in the arithmetic processing unit 13 . That is, the text data acquisition unit 110 , the morphological analysis unit 120 , the character segment division unit 130 , the display data generation unit 140 , and the display control unit 150 are realized in the arithmetic processing unit 13 .

Here, since the text data acquisition unit 110, the morphological analysis unit 120, and the character segment division unit 130 are the same as those in the above-described first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

<3.2. Technical features>
As in the first embodiment, the display data generation unit 140 generates text data to which line feed codes (control characters representing line feeds) are added so as to correspond to the character sections divided by the character section division unit 130. Generate. Further, the display data generation unit 140 may generate control data for controlling replacement display of text data corresponding to each character section by identifying control characters.

Furthermore, in the second embodiment, the display data generation unit 140 may generate display data for operation image data relating to replacement display.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of operation image data (operation buttons).

For example, the display data generation unit 140 may be configured to request the start and stop of the replacement display of the text data displayed in the fixed screen area 510, like the "start/stop" button 520 shown in FIG. Generate display data for operation buttons.

In addition, the display data generation unit 140 generates display data for a display position control button for returning nine character sections and displaying them, such as the "return nine sections" button 520 shown in FIG. .

Furthermore, the display data generation unit 140 generates display data for the replacement time adjustment buttons such as the "early" button 541 and the "late" button 542 shown in FIG.

The display control unit 150 displays the display data generated by the display data generation unit 140 on the display unit 16 . In addition, the display control unit 150 performs display control related to replacement display according to operation data input by the operation input unit 12 .

For example, when the user (reader) touches the screen area corresponding to the "start/stop" button 520, the display control unit 150 starts or stops the replacement display of the text data displayed in the fixed screen area 510. I do.

Further, when the user (reader) touches the screen area corresponding to the "Return 9 Sections" button 520, the display control unit 150 displays the text data from the character section traced back nine characters from the currently displayed character section. I do. As a result, the user (reader) can easily return from the desired character section by touching the "return 9 sections" button 520 when, for example, he/she wants to skip or reread a specific character section. It can be performed.

In the example of FIG. 8, the text data is displayed from the character section that is nine character sections backward from the currently displayed character section, but the number of character sections is not limited to this. That is, for example, when setting to go back two character sections, a "return two sections" button is displayed on the screen, and an operation corresponding to the button is accepted. You may do so.

Furthermore, the display control unit 150 adjusts the replacement time when the user (reader) touches the screen area corresponding to the "early" button 541 or the "late" button 542 . This allows the user (reader) to read at a speed that suits the user's taste.

- Modifications The screen displayed on the terminal device 1 can be modified by adding various functions.

(Modification 1)
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining Modification 1 according to the second embodiment.

For example, the display data generation unit 140 may generate display data for a description image of the position of the currently displayed character section, such as screen area 550 in FIG. By using such display data, the display control unit 150 can update the position information of the character section displayed in the screen area 550 in accordance with the progress of the replacement display. As a result, the user (reader) can grasp which position he or she is currently reading in the entire text data.

(Modification 2)
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining Modification 2 according to the second embodiment.

For example, the display control unit 150 may display advertisement information in a screen area 550 as shown in FIG. 10 .

In particular, the display control unit 150 does not display the screen area 550 during the replacement display of the character sections. Preferably, screen area 550 is displayed in a pop-up format or the like. As a result, the display control unit 150 can provide an environment in which the user (reader) can concentrate on reading while notifying the advertisement information at an appropriate timing such as when reading is interrupted.

Further, the display control unit 150 may display and output advertisement information related to the stopped character section. For example, if the text data corresponding to the character section displayed in the screen area 510 is "autumn is approaching", the advertisement information such as knitwear and bottoms suitable for autumn is acquired by accessing the Internet. may be displayed by This makes it possible to increase the click-through rate to advertisement information.

Note that the advertisement information is not limited to the advertisement information related to the word in the stopped character section as described above. Advertisement information based on user attributes may also be used.

As the advertisement distribution method here, commonly used advertisement distribution technology such as content-linked advertisement distribution technology may be used. In addition, by transmitting the user's identification information, the user attribute possessed by the advertisement providing device can be used), the corresponding advertisement can be received and displayed.

(Modification 3)
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining Modification 3 according to the second embodiment.
For example, the terminal device 1 acquires an electronic newspaper article 1010 as shown in FIG. You may

In this case, the display control unit 150 causes the screen area 1011 corresponding to the character section currently displayed in the screen area 1020 to display the entire article 1010 (acquired text data). An instruction area may be set to be distinguished from other screen areas, and display control such as highlighting of the instruction area may be performed.

<<4. Other forms>>
The invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, the order of processing the steps shown in FIG. 4 may be changed as appropriate.

Further, according to the present invention, all or part of the functions performed by the terminal device 1 described above may be performed by an application program providing server device capable of communicating with the terminal device 1 via the Internet. For example, the application program providing server device may acquire text data, divide character sections, generate display data, and transmit the display data to the terminal device 1 . On the other hand, the terminal device 1 may alternately display the text data corresponding to the character section in a fixed screen area on the display screen according to the display data.

Here, the configuration may be such that the application program providing server apparatus receives a request from the terminal apparatus 1 and acquires the text data, divides the character section, and generates display data at any time. In addition, the application program providing server device acquires text data, divides character intervals, and generates display data in advance, and holds the generated display data to display data held in response to a request from the terminal device 1. It may be configured to transmit the data for.

Also, the server holding the display data may be a device other than the application program providing server device. In the example of FIG. 11, when the terminal device 1 receives an instruction to display a specified article for fast reading in response to a user operation, the application program providing server device transmits display data corresponding to the specified instruction to the terminal device. 1, and the terminal device 1 displays the received display data for fast reading. In this way, in addition to the operation of transmitting the display data to the terminal device 1 as appropriate, the software for displaying the electronic newspaper receives the display data corresponding to each article together with the electronic newspaper data, and displays it according to the user's operation. It may also be an operation of displaying appropriate display data for fast reading.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, Japanese sentences are targeted for speed reading, but foreign languages may be used. words, etc.) can be processed in the same way as above. Here, even if it is a foreign language such as English that has word delimiters with spaces, the word delimiting processing is not necessary, and morphological processing such as part-of-speech discrimination is necessary, so the same processing is performed. It is possible.

In addition, the present invention provides a system or device with a non-temporary recording medium in which a software program that implements the functions of the above embodiments is recorded, and the computer of the system or device, that is, the CPU or MPU, It may be realized by reading and executing a program recorded on a non-temporary recording medium.

In this case, the program read from the non-temporary recording medium implements the functions of the above embodiments. Therefore, the program and a non-temporary recording medium on which the program is recorded are also aspects of the present invention.

Non-temporary recording media that provide the program include, for example, flexible disks, hard disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVD-ROMs, DVD-RAMs, DVD-RWs, DVD+RWs, etc. Includes optical discs, magnetic tapes, non-volatile memory cards, and ROMs. Alternatively, the program may be downloadable via the Internet, which is a communication network.

Furthermore, the functions of the above-described embodiments are not limited to the computer reading out and executing the program, but the OS (operating system) or the like that runs on the computer executes part or all of the actual operation based on the instructions of the program. It may be realized by executing

Furthermore, the function of the above embodiment is to transfer a program read from a non-temporary recording medium to a memory provided in an expansion board inserted into a computer or a memory provided in an expansion device connected to the computer. , and causes a CPU or the like provided in the expansion board or expansion device to execute all or part of the actual processing based on the instruction of the program.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, the invention is of course not limited to the exemplary aspects disclosed herein. The claims may be interpreted most broadly to include all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions.

110 text data acquisition unit 120 morphological analysis unit 130 character segment division unit 140 display data generation unit 150 display control unit

Claims (13)

Acquiring text data containing a plurality of morphemes;
dividing the text data into character segments including one or more morphemes based on the functions of the plurality of morphemes included in the text data;
Display data for displaying multiple lines of text data corresponding to each of a plurality of character sections in a fixed screen area on the display screen, wherein the text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections are displayed in a permuted manner. generating the display data for
A computer program that causes a computer to execute The plurality of lines of text data includes text data of a target line corresponding to the character section to be divided, text data positioned one line before the target line, and text data positioned one line after the target line. 2. The computer program of claim 1, comprising text data. The dividing into character intervals divides the first morpheme and the second morpheme into different character intervals when the function of the second morpheme following the first morpheme is a predetermined function. 3. A computer program according to claim 1 or 2, comprising: The dividing into the character intervals is performed when the function of the second morpheme following the first morpheme is the predetermined function, and the first character interval including up to the first morpheme is divided into 4. The computer program of claim 3, comprising adding said second morpheme to said first character interval if the number of characters is less than a predetermined lower limit. 5. Any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the dividing into character intervals includes dividing the character interval into two or more character intervals when the number of characters in the character interval exceeds a predetermined upper limit. 2. Computer program according to item 1. 5. The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising classifying each of a plurality of morphemes contained in said text data into functions based on morphological analysis. 7. Among any of claims 1 to 6, further comprising generating display data for displaying an operation image for displaying text data corresponding to a character section preceding a currently displayed character section by a predetermined section. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 8. The method further comprising generating display data for displaying an operation image for speeding up replacement time of text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections. The computer program described. 9. The method further comprising generating display data for displaying an operation image for delaying replacement time of text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections. The computer program described. 10. A computer program as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising generating display data for displaying an explanatory image of the position of the currently displayed character interval. 11. A computer program as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising displaying advertising information associated with text data corresponding to the currently displayed character segment. 12. Any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising performing display control for designating a screen area corresponding to a currently displayed character section among screen areas for displaying the entire acquired text data. A computer program according to clause. an acquisition unit that acquires text data containing a plurality of morphemes;
a division unit that divides the text data into character segments containing one or more morphemes based on the functions of the plurality of morphemes contained in the text data;
Display data for displaying multiple lines of text data corresponding to each of a plurality of character sections in a fixed screen area on the display screen, wherein the text data corresponding to each of the divided character sections are displayed in a permuted manner. A text data display processing system, comprising: a generating unit that generates the display data for displaying.

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