JP2022188288A - Program for terminal device, display control device, and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program for a terminal device and the like that can display more detailed information in a simple and intuitive manner.

SOLUTION: When a program for a terminal device receives an instruction to increase the scale of a map displayed on a display 2, the program causes a CPU 3 to function to enlarge the map for display. When receiving an instruction to increase the scale of the map to be larger than a predetermined scale, the program displays an image inside a facility on the map on the display 2 together with the map. In this case, the image inside the facility includes a rest facility image, and the program displays the rest facility image at a position where a rest facility is present in the image inside the facility.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present application belongs to the technical field of a terminal device program, a display control device, and a display control method. More specifically, the present invention belongs to the technical field of terminal device programs, display control devices, and display control methods for displaying various information.

In recent years, in portable terminal devices such as so-called smartphones, it is widely used to operate the terminal device using a touch panel installed on the surface of the display unit such as a liquid crystal panel due to its convenience. It is As an example of such a conventional technology, there is a technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 below, for example.

In the technique described in Patent Document 1, when a map displayed on the display is to be enlarged or reduced, when it is detected that a human hand is approaching the display displaying the map data, , map data with a scale different from the displayed map data is acquired, and when it is detected that a hand touches the touch panel arranged on the surface of the display unit, a map corresponding to the map data with the acquired scale is displayed. is supposed to be displayed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-118007

However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the original map is replaced with the map corresponding to the map data of the acquired reduced scale, and as a result, the map after being enlarged or reduced is changed from the previous reduced scale. The user cannot easily recognize whether the image is enlarged or reduced from the state after enlargement or reduction. Therefore, in this case, there is a problem that the user may have to repeat the operation of enlarging→reducing→enlarging a plurality of times until the map of the desired scale is displayed, which is inconvenient. .

Further, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, only a map corresponding to the map data of the changed scale is displayed, and display of more detailed information and the like is not taken into consideration.

Therefore, the present application has been made in view of the above problems. It is to provide a control method.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 functions as display control means for causing a computer to enlarge and display the map based on an instruction to increase the scale of the map displayed on the display unit. and the display control means causes the display unit to display a map of a scale larger than a predetermined scale and an image of the inside of the facility on the map, wherein the image of the inside of the facility indicates a rest facility in the facility. A facility image is included, and the display control means is configured to display the rest facility image at a position where the rest facility exists in the in-facility image.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 5 is a display control device for displaying a map on a display unit, the display displaying an enlarged map when an instruction to enlarge the map is received. a controller, wherein when the map displayed on the display unit has a predetermined scale, the display control unit causes the display unit to display an in-facility image of the facility on the map together with the map; The in-facility image includes a rest facility image showing a rest facility in the facility, and the display control means is configured to display the rest facility image at a position where the rest facility exists in the in-facility image. .

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 6 is a display control method executed in a display control device having display control means for displaying a map on a display unit, wherein the display control means a display control step of displaying an enlarged map when an instruction to enlarge the map is received; and in the display control step, when the map displayed on the display unit has a predetermined scale, displaying an in-facility image of a facility together with the map on the display unit, the in-facility image including a resting facility image indicating a resting facility located in the facility, and the display control step comprising displaying the in-facility image. The rest facility image is displayed at a position where the rest facility exists.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image display device according to an embodiment; FIG. 1 is a block diagram or the like showing a schematic configuration of an image display system including a smartphone according to an embodiment, (a) is the block diagram, and (b) shows the contents of map data stored in the smartphone according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example; 6 is a flowchart showing image display processing according to the embodiment; It is a figure (1) which shows the example of an image display based on an Example, (a) is a figure which shows a 1st example, (b) is a figure which shows a 2nd example. It is a figure (2) which shows the example of an image display based on an Example, (a) is a figure which shows a 3rd example, (b) is a figure which shows a 4th example. It is a figure (3) which shows the example of an image display based on an Example, (a) is a figure which shows a 5th example, (b) is a figure which shows a 6th example. It is a figure (4) which shows the example of an image display based on an Example, (a) is a figure which shows a 7th example, (b) is a figure which shows an 8th example.

Next, the form for implementing this application is demonstrated using FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image display device S according to the embodiment is an image display device S that displays an image, and includes operation means 1, display means 2, judgment means 3, and display control means 4. configured with. At this time, the operation means 1 is composed of, for example, a touch panel or predetermined operation buttons. The display means 2 is composed of, for example, a display.

In this configuration, the display means 2 superimposes the object on the image and displays it.

On the other hand, the operating means 1 causes the displayed object to move while being superimposed on the image by the user's operation.

Then, the determination means 3 determines whether or not the object moved by the operation is at a preset position on the displayed image.

As a result, the display control means 4 enlarges and displays the object determined to be at the predetermined position, and displays detailed information that is more detailed than the image at the predetermined position using the enlarged and displayed object.

As described above, according to the operation of the image display device S according to the embodiment, an object determined to have been moved to a predetermined position on the image by the user's operation is enlarged and displayed, and the image at the predetermined position is enlarged. Since detailed information is displayed using an enlarged object, it is possible to display more detailed information simply and intuitively.

Next, specific examples corresponding to the above-described embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7. FIG. The example described below is an example in which the embodiment is applied to screen display control in a smartphone included in an image display system including a so-called smartphone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram and the like showing a schematic configuration of the image display system according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing image display processing according to the embodiment. 4 to 7 are diagrams respectively showing image display examples according to the embodiment. At this time, in FIG. 2, the same member numbers as the respective constituent members in the image display device S are used for each constituent member in the example corresponding to each constituent member in the image display device S according to the embodiment shown in FIG. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the image display system GS according to the embodiment connects a server SV, a plurality of smartphones T1, T2, . and a communication line NW for exchanging information. In the following description, smartphones T1, T2, .

At this time, the server SV includes an interface 10, a processing unit 11 including a CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), etc., and a storage unit 12 including a HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or non-volatile memory. and At this time, the storage unit 12 nonvolatilely stores the facility data D distributed to each smartphone T according to the embodiment via the communication line NW. As the facility data D, as illustrated in FIG. 2A, facility floors are associated with the facility name and consist of floor image data that are simplified plan views of each floor of the facility having the facility name. data, facility location data indicating the location of the facility on a map, for example, by latitude/longitude or coordinates on a predetermined coordinate axis, and location of rest facilities installed on each floor of the facility on a predetermined coordinate axis, for example. Rest facility location data indicated by coordinates are accumulated. The rest facility in this case corresponds to, for example, a chair for rest or a rest room other than a restroom. These facility data D are distributed to each smartphone T in accordance with the request information from each smartphone T. FIG.

On the other hand, each smartphone T has an interface 6, an operation unit 1 including a touch panel and operation buttons as an example of the operation means 1 according to the embodiment, and a display as an example of the display means 2 according to the embodiment. 2, a CPU 3 as an example of a determination means 3 and an example of a display control means 4 according to the embodiment, and a map storage unit 5. FIG. At this time, the touch panel forming the operation unit 1 is arranged on the surface of the display 2 . Further, as indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 2(a), an example corresponding to the image display device S according to the embodiment is constituted by the operation unit 1, the display 2 and the CPU 3. As shown in FIG.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 2A, the interface 10 of the server SV executes, under the control of the processing unit 11, information input/output control processing and the like with each smartphone T via the communication line NW.

Next, the processing unit 11 extracts, from the facility data D in the storage unit 12, floor image data, rest facility position data, and the like corresponding to the facility requested by the request information from each smartphone T. FIG. After that, the processing unit 11 transmits the extracted data to the smartphone T that transmitted the request information via the interface 10 and the communication line NW.

On the other hand, the interface 6 of each smartphone T, under the control of the CPU 3, executes information input/output control processing and the like with the server SV via the communication line NW. Further, when the user of the smart phone T touches the touch panel that constitutes the operation unit 1 with a finger or the like, position information or the like indicating the touched position is output to the CPU 3 . As a result, the CPU 3 uses map data, which will be described later, in the map storage unit 5 as image display processing according to the embodiment, and displays maps and facilities corresponding to operations (including drag operations using the touch panel, etc.) on the operation unit 1 . A diagram or the like is displayed on the display 2 . The image display processing according to this embodiment will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 and the like.

Here, the data structure and the like of the map data stored in the map storage unit 5 will be described with reference to FIG. 2(b).

As exemplified in FIG. 2B, the map data according to the embodiment includes road data, background data, name data such as place names, etc. for each predetermined scale and for each regional or regional predetermined division (so-called mesh). consists of Further, the floor image data and the like of the facility according to the embodiment stored in the map storage unit 5 are linked (linked) to the facility name data indicating the facility or the facility location data indicating the location of the facility, for example, the server SV. This data is extracted and acquired from the map data D of . At this time, when a plurality of floors (floors) exist in one facility, floor image data as a plurality of facility floor data for each floor are stored in the map storage unit 5 as so-called records. . The facility floor data includes rest facility position data indicating the rest facility and image data indicating the rest facility.

Next, image display processing according to an embodiment executed in each smartphone T mainly by the CPU 3 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7. FIG.

As shown in the corresponding flowchart in FIG. It monitors whether or not it is done by the user (step S1). Here, the "loupe mode" according to the embodiment is a mode in which the detailed information of the facility on the map displayed on the display 2 at that time is displayed superimposed on the map. Further, the "operation indicating the magnifying glass mode" in the monitoring of step S1 is, as illustrated in FIG. is displayed, when a map MP with a preset scale is displayed using the enlargement/reduction key MG, the magnifier mode is entered upon designation of that scale. It is preferable to recognize that a power operation has been performed. When the operation indicating the magnifying glass mode is not performed in the monitoring of step S1 (step S1; NO), the CPU 3 executes a predetermined process corresponding to the operation being performed at that time (step S15), and End the image display process.

On the other hand, in the monitoring of step S1, if an operation indicating the loupe mode is performed (step S1; YES), the CPU 3 next switches the display on the display 2 to the loupe mode display (step S2). Specifically, as the processing of this step S2, when the map MP is displayed on the display 2 as illustrated in FIG. 2, and a position mark M indicating a facility having detailed information (for example, the facility floor data, etc.) among the facilities displayed in the map MP. 4 to 7, the position mark M is exemplified by "*". If the facility floor data and the like are already stored in the map storage unit 5, the floor map and the like, which will be described later, are displayed using the facility floor data and the like for the facility where the position mark M is displayed. On the other hand, when the facility floor data and the like are not stored in the map storage unit 5, the CPU 3 transmits the request information requesting the facility floor data and the like to the server SV at a predetermined timing. As a result, when facility floor data and the like are transmitted from the server SV in response to the request information, the CPU 3 receives them via the interface 6 and stores them in the map storage unit 5, and then stores the floor map and the like. Used to display

When the display is switched to the magnifying glass mode by the process of step S2 (see FIG. 4A), the CPU 3 next instructs the displayed loupe mark LM as shown in FIG. 4B. It is monitored whether or not a tap operation (that is, an operation to select the loupe mark LM) has been performed by F (step S3). When the tap operation is not performed on the loupe mark LM in the monitoring of step S3 (step S3; NO), the CPU 3 confirms with the user whether or not to continue the loupe mode through a predetermined display or the like (step S4). In the confirmation of step S4, if the user operates the operation unit 1 to continue the loupe mode (step S4; YES), the CPU 3 returns to step S2 to continue the display of the loupe mode. On the other hand, in the monitoring of step S4, if an operation is performed to indicate that the magnifying glass mode should not be continued (step S4; NO), the CPU 3 proceeds to the processing of step S15.

On the other hand, if a tap operation is performed on the loupe mark LM in the monitoring of step S3 (step S3; YES), the CPU 3 next displays a loupe symbol LS in the center of the map MP as illustrated in FIG. 4(b). (Step S5). This magnifying glass symbol LS is displayed when a facility whose detailed information is to be displayed is selected on the touch panel by performing a drag operation (that is, an operation to move the magnifying glass symbol LS) with, for example, a user's finger F. is a symbol (object) used for This loupe symbol LS corresponds to an example of the "object" according to the present application. Also, at this time, the CPU 3 displays a trash can symbol DB as shown in FIG. This trash box symbol DB is used by the user to specify that the loupe mode should be terminated by moving the loupe symbol LS to the position of the trash box symbol DB by, for example, a drag operation when terminating the loupe mode according to the embodiment. is a symbol of

After the loupe symbol LS and the trash can symbol DB are displayed, the CPU 3 next drags the loupe symbol LS with the user's finger F so that the loupe symbol LS is positioned on the position mark M as shown in FIG. It is monitored whether or not one of them has been moved to the displayed position (step S6). When the drag operation is not performed on the loupe symbol LS in the monitoring of step S6 (step S6; NO), the CPU 3 continues to display the loupe symbol LS.

At this time, if there is a reason that continuing the display of the magnifying glass symbol LS interferes with other operations, for example, the CPU 3 continues displaying the magnifying glass symbol LS for a preset predetermined time, The magnifier mode according to the embodiment may be terminated when the drag operation is not performed on the magnifier symbol LS even after the predetermined time has elapsed.

On the other hand, if a drag operation has been performed on the loupe symbol LS in the monitoring of step S6 (step S6; YES), the CPU 3 next checks the position of the loupe symbol LS when the drag operation ends (step S7). . Then, the CPU 3 determines whether or not the confirmed position is the position where any position mark M is displayed (step S8). If the loupe symbol LS has been dragged to the position of any of the position marks M in the determination of step S8 (step S8; YES), the CPU 3 next moves the loupe symbol LS as shown in FIG. It is monitored whether or not a tap operation has been performed with, for example, the user's finger F at that position (step S9). When the tap operation is not performed in the determination of step S9 (step S9; NO), the CPU 3 returns to the determination of step S8. On the other hand, if the tap operation has been performed in the determination of step S9 (step S9; YES), the CPU 3 displays the detailed information of the facility indicated by the position mark M corresponding to the position of the loupe symbol LS at that time, as shown in FIG. is superimposed on the map MP and displayed (step S10). In the case shown in FIG. 5(b), the facility indicated by the position mark M corresponding to the position of the magnifying glass symbol LS is "○○ Building", and the floor map FM of the floor on which the facility is located contains the above facility floor data. It is read out from the map storage unit 5 and displayed. As illustrated in FIG. 5(b), the arrow symbol A1 and the arrow symbol A2 that are tap-operated when displaying the floor map FM of another floor are displayed adjacent to the floor map FM. It is preferable that the display is switched to the floor map FM of another floor corresponding to the tap operation when the user performs a tap operation on the floor map FM. In the floor map FM illustrated in FIG. 5(b), rest facilities such as chairs are displayed by black rectangles at the positions of, for example, rest chairs indicated by the rest facility position data. In this case, it is preferable to display a loupe-like frame W as shown in FIG. 5(b) at the boundary between the floor map FM and the map MP.

While the detailed information is being displayed using the floor map FM, the CPU 3, for example, moves the user's finger F to any position within the enlarged display related to the floor map FM, as illustrated in FIG. is monitored to see if a tap operation has been performed (step S11). When the tap operation is not performed in the determination of step S11 (step S11; NO), the CPU 3 returns to the determination of step S10. On the other hand, if the tap operation has been performed in the judgment of step S11 (step S11; YES), the CPU 3 terminates the display of the detailed information by erasing the floor map FM displayed at that time (step S12). After that, the CPU 3 shifts to the monitoring of step S6.

On the other hand, if the position where the drag operation on the magnifying glass symbol LS is completed is not the position of any position mark M (step S8; NO), then the CPU 3 moves the magnifying glass symbol LS to the trash can, as illustrated in FIG. 6(b). It is determined whether or not the drag operation has been performed to the position of the symbol DB (step S13). If it is determined in step S13 that the drag operation has not been performed to the position of the trash box symbol DB (step S13; NO), the CPU 3 shifts to the monitoring of step S6. On the other hand, in the determination of step S13, if the magnifying glass symbol LS has been dragged to the position of the trash can symbol DB as shown in FIG. The loupe symbol LS and the loupe mark LM are erased from the display 2 (step S14), and then the image display processing according to the embodiment ends.

As described above, according to the image display processing according to the embodiment, the loupe symbol LS determined to have been moved to the position of the position mark M on the map MP by the user's operation is enlarged and displayed, and the position mark M Since more detailed information than the image at the position of is displayed using the magnifying glass symbol LS (that is, together with the magnified magnifying glass-like frame W), it is possible to display more detailed information simply and intuitively. can.

Further, since the magnifying glass symbol LS has a magnifying glass-like shape (see FIGS. 4B and 5A), detailed information such as the floor map FM is displayed together with the frame W corresponding to the magnifying glass symbol LS. It is possible to present the information being displayed in an interesting and effective manner. In addition to the loupe symbol LS, the symbol in this case may be, for example, a symbol imitating binoculars as long as it imitates a tool used to magnify an object.

Furthermore, when an operation is performed on the operation unit 1 to change the details of the floor map FM or the like in correspondence with the map MP (see FIGS. 5B and 6A), the corresponding operation is performed. Since the detailed information is changed and displayed by changing the content of the detailed information, the detailed information can be displayed more conveniently.

Furthermore, since the detailed floor map FM and the like of the facility existing in the area displayed as the map MP is displayed as an image of detailed information, the details of the facility interior can be displayed by a simple operation. At this time, by also displaying the positions of resting facilities such as chairs on the floor map FM (see FIG. 5(b) or FIG. 6(a)), it is possible to make the image display more friendly to the user. . In addition, at this time, by superimposing and displaying the positions of people possessing terminal devices capable of acquiring position information on the floor map FM based on the position information, the congestion situation of the floor or the floor can be obtained. , can also be configured to be recognizably displayed.

In the image display processing according to the above-described embodiment, the floor map FM inside the facility in the map MP is displayed in the loupe mode. It may be configured to display as a loupe mode.

That is, more specifically, the map MP is divided into four areas, for example, as exemplified by broken lines in FIG. 7(a), and a position mark M is displayed at the center of each of the four divided areas. Then, for example, by moving the loupe symbol LS to the position of the position mark M displayed in the center of the upper left area illustrated in FIG. As exemplified in FIG. 7(b), an enlarged map AM in which the vicinity of the center of the upper left area is enlarged may be displayed in the central portion of the map MP (see step S10 in FIG. 3). In this case as well, as shown in FIG. 7B, it is preferable to display a loupe-like frame W at the boundary between the enlarged map AM and the map MP. Further, in the case illustrated in FIG. 7, by detecting that the enlarged map AM is being displayed, for example, a drag operation for moving the range of the enlarged map AM or a tap operation on a direction key (not shown) has been performed, the enlarged map can be displayed. It is preferable to move the display range of the enlarged map AM to another area within the frame W while maintaining the reduced scale.

As described above, according to the display control of the enlarged map AM illustrated in FIG. 7, the enlarged map AM with an enlarged scale is displayed, so the map with an enlarged scale can be displayed with a simple operation. .

Further, when an operation for moving the area corresponding to the enlarged map AM to correspond to the map MP is performed on the operation unit 1, the area corresponding to the enlarged map AM is moved and displayed in correspondence with the operation. , the convenience of the enlarged map AM can be enhanced.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the detailed information about the originally displayed map MP or the enlarged map AM is displayed. It is also possible to apply the present application when switching the display to a map of a wider range. Even when the display is switched from the enlarged map AM to a map of a wider range in this way, images with different levels of detail are displayed as in the embodiment.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the detailed information about the originally displayed map MP or the enlarged map AM is displayed. It is also possible to apply the present application to the case of enlarged display.

Further, the detailed information according to the above-described embodiment may be configured to be superimposed on the map MP as, for example, text information instead of as an image and displayed so as to be identifiable with respect to the map MP.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case where the embodiments are applied to an image display system including a smart phone has been described. It is also possible to replace it with a portable terminal device that does not have the Specifically, the above-described embodiments can be applied to, for example, control of display on a display of a personal computer, control of display on a tablet terminal, and the like. Further, in this case, instead of the tap operation and drag operation on the touch panel, for example, the embodiment can be applied when using a mouse drag operation and click operation.

Furthermore, a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 is recorded on a recording medium such as a flexible disk or hard disk, or obtained via a network such as the Internet, and is read by a general-purpose microcomputer or the like. It is also possible to cause the microcomputer or the like to function as the CPU 3 according to the embodiment by executing it as follows.

1 Operation means (operation part)
2 display means (display)
3 Judgment means (CPU)
4 display control means 5 map storage unit 11 processing unit 12 storage unit S image display device T1, T2, Tn smartphone SV server GS image display system D facility data F finger LS loupe symbol LM loupe mark M position mark MP map MG enlargement/reduction Key AM Enlarged map DB Trash can symbol FM Floor map

Claims (1)

the computer,
functioning as display control means for enlarging and displaying the map based on an operation to increase the scale of the map displayed on the display unit;
A program according to claim 1, wherein said display control means causes said display unit to display an image of the inside of a facility on said map when said map having a scale larger than a predetermined scale is displayed.

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