JP2598012B2 - Time management device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a time management device that assists a presenter in managing an explanation time in a presentation, for example.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in various presentations represented by presentations of papers and various lectures at academic societies, points of explanation, figures, graphs, and the like are presented, and the presenter gives instructions while giving instructions to explain the visual sense of the listener.・ Appealing to the auditory senses and making effective presentations. Conventionally, slide projectors, OHPs, etc. have been used as devices to support such presentations, but these are cumbersome and costly when making films, and they are inconvenient in frame advancement and instruction at the time of presentation. Therefore, it was a great burden for the presenter.

Therefore, recently, instead of these devices, an attempt has been made to give a presentation by projecting an electronic screen created using a computer on a screen under the control of the computer.

In this method, a screen is created using a screen editor of a computer, and an instruction at the time of presentation is performed by moving a cursor on the screen with a pointing device such as a mouse, a digitizer, and a joystick.

By the way, in such a presentation, a presentation time is assigned to a presenter in advance, and it is necessary to end the presentation within this presentation time.

Therefore, it is desirable to create a scenario in which the display time of each screen is allocated within the given total time as a preparation before the presentation, but in the above support device, each screen information is stored in a file. Since it is not possible to determine the display order and display time while referring to the screen like an OHP sheet, the work of creating the scenario by determining the display time of each screen so as not to exceed the total announcement time is It was a very patient and complicated task.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) As described above, in a conventional so-called time management device, for example, when used as a presentation progress support,
Scenario creation work and modification work for ending the presentation at the given presentation time cannot be easily performed, which causes a problem that the burden on the presenter increases.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a time management device that can reduce the burden of scenario creation / editing work and contribute to, for example, presentation preparation support. .

[Configuration of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a screen information storage unit that stores screen information of a plurality of screens, and a display that stores a display start time, a display end time, and a display order of each screen. An attribute information storage unit, a display control unit that performs display control to sequentially display the screen information according to a display start time, a display end time, and a display order of each screen, and a time axis and a display order axis orthogonal to each other are displayed. In addition, a time chart display unit that displays a time chart composed of a line segment connecting the display start time to the display end time of each screen in a plane formed by these axes, and a time chart display unit that displays the time chart. A point moving means for designating and moving a specific part on the time chart; and a specific point on the time chart designated by the point moving means. Cement, with changing the time chart based on a moving direction and a moving distance,
An attribute information management unit for changing a display start time, a display end time, and a display order of each screen stored in the attribute information storage unit in response to the change of the time chart is provided.

(Operation) According to the present invention, by changing an arbitrary part on the time chart displayed on the time chart display unit by the point moving means, the time schedule can be easily changed without changing the total announcement time. Can be. Moreover, in the present invention, the time chart is drawn on a plane represented by a time axis and a display order axis which are orthogonal to each other, so that by looking at the time chart, the order of the display screen and its display time can be seen at a glance. I understand. Therefore, even when the display time for a certain screen is determined, the balance with the display time of another screen can be easily considered, and the optimum time can be set.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention is described based on a drawing.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a time management device of a presentation system according to one embodiment.

The screen information storage unit 1 stores screen information of a plurality of screens necessary for explanation.

The display attribute information storage unit 2 stores display attributes such as a display start time, a display end time, and a display order of each screen stored in the screen information storage unit 1.

The screen confirmation information storage unit 3 stores screen confirmation information such as a file name and an index for confirming the screen information stored in the screen information storage unit 1.

The attribute information management unit 4 generates a time chart image in which the display schedule of each display screen is graphed based on the display attribute information and the screen confirmation information, and outputs the time chart image to the display control unit 5. 6 to change the display attributes and the screen confirmation information.

At the time of presentation, the display control unit 5
The display control of the screen information stored in the screen information storage unit 1 is performed based on the display attribute information and the screen confirmation information given from the attribute information management unit 4. The display control of the time chart image given from is performed.

The display device 7 displays screen information supplied under the control of the display control unit 5, and includes, for example, a projector and a display.

The point moving device 6 includes a pointing device including, for example, a mouse and a digitizer, and indicates a position on the screen of the display device 7.

FIG. 2 shows a display screen of the display device 7 when a time chart is displayed by the device configured as described above. This screen includes a time chart 11, a time axis 12, a display order axis 13,
A mark 14 having a function of scrolling a time chart that cannot be shown on the same screen, a screen file name 15 in the screen confirmation information, a screen display mark 16, a pause mark 17, and a total announcement time 18 are shown.

The time chart 11 further includes, in a plane constituted by a time axis 12 and a display order axis 13 which are orthogonal to each other, a line connecting the display start time to the display end time of each screen in the time axis direction. It is a stepwise graph connected in the axial direction. Therefore, by looking at this time chart, the display order and display time of each screen can be grasped.

Now, the work of correcting the time chart is performed as follows.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), when the point moving device 6 grasps a line segment parallel to the time axis 12 of the time chart 11 and moves it in parallel as indicated by the arrow in the figure, the time chart 11 Is moved, and the screen displayed at the time corresponding to the line changes. That is, the display order is changed.

Also, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the point moving device 6 grasps a line segment parallel to the display order axis 13 of the time chart 11, and moves it in parallel as indicated by the arrow in the figure.
The grasped line segment of the time chart 11 moves, and the display end time and the display start time of the two screens bordering on the line segment are changed.

When the time chart is changed in this way,
The attribute information management unit 4 changes the display attribute information according to the corrected time chart.

When editing the scenario, you may want to check the contents of the file name 15.In this case, add the screen display mark 16 to the line corresponding to the file name you want to check in the time chart 11, By performing the specification, for example, screen information as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. In this example, the screen display mark 16 is easy to identify.
e mark.

Further, for example, there is a case where it is desired to temporarily stop moving to the next screen in the middle of the presentation. In this case, a pause mark 17 is added to a portion of the time chart to be stopped as shown in FIG. . As a result, when the image reaches the portion where the pause mark 17 is added, the screen change is stopped until the next instruction is input.

The total presentation time 18 can be changed by using the point moving device 6 or a keyboard (not shown). In this case, the presentation time of each screen changes according to the change of the total time according to the timetable of the time chart. I do.

Further, by performing color division for each of the 11 screens of the time chart, each screen area of the time chart can be clearly distinguished, or a special screen including, for example, a moving image can be clearly distinguished from other screens.

The display attribute information created by using the above-described characteristic configuration is stored as a scenario, and is referred to when executing a presentation.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, other information input means such as a keyboard may be used as the point moving means.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when the presenter is used for, for example, support for preparation of predentation, the presenter appropriately modifies the time chart displayed on the time chart display section by the point moving means. If necessary, it is possible to work out a concept and a scenario for performing an effective presentation and edit the scenario while appropriately referring to the screen information. As a result, a scenario for performing an effective presentation that can deepen the understanding of the listener can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 4 are diagrams for explaining a time management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a device configuration, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a time chart. , Third
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a manner of changing to a time chart, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen referred to when editing a scenario. 1. Screen information storage unit 2. Display attribute information storage unit 3,
... Screen confirmation information storage unit, 4... Attribute management unit, 5... Display control unit, 6... Point moving device, 7.

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tsukasa Matoba 1 Toshiba-cho, Komukai, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (56) References JP-A-52-11822 (JP, A) JP-A-63 -2094 (JP, A) JP-A-63-228185 (JP, A) JP-A-63-227259 (JP, A)

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. Screen information storage means for storing screen information of a plurality of screens, display attribute information storage means for storing a display start time, a display end time, and a display order of each screen; Display control means for performing display control so as to sequentially display the screen information according to a display end time and a display order, and a time axis and a display order axis which are orthogonal to each other are displayed, and the respective axes are arranged in a plane formed by these axes. Time chart display means for displaying a time chart consisting of a line segment connecting the display start time to the display end time of the screen, and point movement for pointing and moving a specific part on the time chart displayed on the time chart display means Means, a specific point on the time chart designated by the point moving means, a moving direction and a moving distance. An attribute information management unit that changes the time chart, and changes a display start time, a display end time, and a display order of each screen stored in the attribute information storage unit in response to the change of the time chart. A time management device, comprising: 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information management means displays a corresponding screen when the point moving means instructs the time axis switching point of the two screens in the time chart to move in the time axis direction. 2. The time management device according to claim 1, wherein the start time and the display end time are corrected. 3. The attribute information managing means, wherein the point moving means instructs a line segment connecting the display start time to the display end time of a specific screen in the time chart to move in a display order axis direction. 2. The time management device according to claim 1, wherein the display order of the corresponding screens is corrected. 4. The time chart display means displays a pause mark at a designated position on the displayed time chart, and the display control means displays a display time on a display screen at a location where the pause mark is added. 2. The time management device according to claim 1, wherein the progress of the display time is temporarily stopped when the time is approached. 5. The time chart display means displays a display mark at a designated position in the time chart, and the display control means specifies the position of the line to which the display mark is added on the display order axis. 2. The time management device according to claim 1, wherein display control is performed to display a displayed display screen. 6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein said time chart display means displays a line segment connecting the display start time to the display end time in different colors for each screen. 2. The time management device according to claim 1.