JP2824010B2 - Information transfer display system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transfer display system, and more particularly to an information transfer display system for transmitting information from a financial information center control device to a large number of receiving terminals and displaying the contents at the receiving terminals. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a financial institution, for example, a bank, financial information (exchange rate, interest rate of various deposits) is displayed in stores.

[0003] The simplest example of a display device for performing the above-mentioned store display is a manual type configuration in which a numeral is written on a strip-shaped magnet display plate and is attracted to a predetermined item position. However, in this method, erroneous writing is liable to occur, and when the contents are changed, the changed contents cannot be displayed simultaneously at many stores in real time.

Therefore, a display device is used which receives information from a center by communication and displays the information on a display panel of a terminal device. Here, as shown in FIG. 8, the display panel to be used is a large number of character display means 1 comprising a photoelectric tube panel or a liquid crystal panel on the front side of the main body 100.
01 are arranged, and the large number of character display means 101 correspond to each display item.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional display device has a character display means 10 corresponding to a plurality of display items.
Since only the numerical value of 1 is fixedly displayed, only a predetermined number of items can be displayed, and there is a drawback that a layout corresponding to the increase or decrease of items cannot be performed. Furthermore,
There are many items to be displayed, such as interest rates corresponding to each deposit period and rates corresponding to various currencies, and the number tends to increase with the liberalization of finance. Thus, as the number of display items increases, the number of character display means 101 also needs to increase. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the price of the display device becomes more expensive.

In addition, as described above, in addition to simply changing the number of items, for example, when the user wants to change the color or design of the background, that is, the layout of the display, the above-described conventional panel configuration cannot do so.

[0007] It is also possible to receive display data from the center device by a personal computer and display the data received by the personal computer on a commercially available display such as a CRT. In this case, since the display can display a plurality of pages over time, it is possible to cope with an increase in the number of display items by increasing the number of display pages, and the display structure can be freely adjusted. The disadvantages of the display are eliminated. However, ordinary PCs require special operations to display newly received data instead of the currently displayed data,
It cannot be directly applied to data display of financial institutions and the like.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and is inexpensive, can be freely arranged in the number of display items or the background and layout of display items, and can be operated with a simple operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information transfer system that can perform the information transfer.

[0009]

The present invention employs the following means to achieve the above object. That is, FIG.
As shown in (1), after temporarily storing the data transmitted from the center control device 1 in the reception storage means 20 of the reception terminal 2,
In the information transfer display system in which the contents are transferred to the display storage means 30 and the contents stored in the display storage means 30 are displayed on the display 3 by the display control means 40, based on the reception completion flag set in the reception storage means 20 The obtained reception completion signal Sa and the all page display completion signal S obtained by the display control means 40 when the display of all pages is completed.
b, a display pre-processing means 50 for transferring the contents of the reception storage means 20 to the display storage means 30.

The display control means 40 includes a timer means 42 for setting a time from completion of display of one page to transition to display of the next page, and stops and stops the operation of the timer means 42. Then, a pause means 45 for pausing or releasing the image on the display 3 is provided.

Further, the timer means 42 is reset to skip the current display screen, and the timer means 42 is reset and the display step is returned to the beginning of the current display screen. 46.

[0012]

When the receiving terminal 2 performs the display operation, the center control device 1
When there is a transmission instruction to the receiving terminal 2, the receiving terminal 2
The reception control means 10 receives new data from the center control device 1 and stores it in the reception storage means 20.

On the other hand, the display storage means 30 of the receiving terminal 2 stores the data to be displayed received by the previous reception, and this data is displayed on the display by the display control means 40. The display processing at the receiving terminal 2 continues even during the reception, but the all page display completion signal Sb indicating that the display has been completed for all the pages is displayed by the display control unit 4.
0, and when it is confirmed by the reception completion signal Sa based on the reception completion flag set in the reception storage means 20 that the reception by the reception control means 10 has been completed, the display preprocessing means 50 operates. , The reception storage means 20
Are transferred to the display storage means 30, whereby the contents of the display storage means 30 are updated. Therefore, in the next display cycle, the display with the updated contents is performed.

The contents of the display screen are held for a predetermined time for each page. The holding time is set in the timer means 42, but can be manually managed by a plurality of key input means 90 provided in the receiving terminal 2. That is,
The pause key K ₁ among the plurality of key input means 90 O
N, the operation of the timer means 42 is stopped and the contents stored in the display storage means 30 are displayed on the display 3.
A so-called pause state, which is displayed statically (displayed without proceeding to the next page).
Furthermore, the pause state by turning ON the pause release key K ₂ from this state is canceled (pause means 4
5).

Furthermore, by turning ON the skip key K ₃ in the key input unit 90, the timer means 4
2 can be set to zero, and the currently displayed screen can be skipped. Furthermore, it is possible to display the page currently displayed by ON reverse skip key K ₄ from the beginning (skipping means 4
6).

[0016]

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a system to which the present invention is applied. The center control device 1, a large number of receiving terminals 2 connected to the center control device 1 by a telephone line, and a display 3 are shown. It consists of. In this configuration,
Data such as financial information is transmitted from the center control device 1 to the receiving terminal 2, and the receiving terminal 2 displays the data on the display 3.
Displays the content of the transmitted data.

FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the receiving terminal 2 of the present invention. The transfer data received from the center control device 1 by the modem 70 is transmitted to the reception buffer 60.
The data stored in the reception buffer 60 is sequentially transferred to the reception storage area 20 of the memory device by the reception control means 10, and further transferred to the display storage means 30 by the display preprocessing means 50. . Next, the contents of the data stored in the display storage means 30 are displayed on the display 3. A more detailed description will be given together with the following operation description.

The display 3 used in the above configuration is a display device that can be edited on a screen such as a CRT and can display a plurality of pages over time. The reception control means 10, the display preprocessing means 50 and the display control means 40 are constituted by a CPU and a program for operating the CPU. In addition, in this example, a reception storage area 20e as the reception storage means 20, a display editing area 21e described later, and a work area 22e use an area of one means of the memory device. Further, the display storage means 30 is constituted by a floppy disk or a magneto-optical disk.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the above-mentioned receiving terminal. The financial data has already been written in the display storage means 30 by the previous reception. When the power is turned on in this state, first, an initial setting (FIG. 3, step S10) is performed. That is, various items necessary for communication with the center control device 1 are set in the modem 70 by the reception control means 10, and the display control means 40 reads out data corresponding to the title from the display storage means 30 and displays it on the display 3. indicate.

Next, the display pre-processing means 50 which will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
For example, in the context of the present invention, when the reception data is in the reception storage area 20e of the memory, the operation of updating the contents of the display storage means 30 with the contents of the reception storage area 20e is performed (FIG. 3, step). S20).

Next, the display control means 40 edits and displays each page (step S4).
0). At the final stage of the display of this page, it is possible to respond to an operator's pause instruction and skip instruction as described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 (FIG. 3, step S50). As a result, when the display of all pages is completed (step S30 in FIG. 3), the number of pages, the number of steps, and the like are initialized, and an all-page display completion signal Sb indicating that the display of all pages has been completed is issued. The data is output to the display storage means 30 (FIG. 3, step S60), and returns to step S20 of the all-page display pre-processing again.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the display pre-processing means 50. First, it is confirmed whether or not data newly received by the reception control means 10 is stored in the reception storage area 20e according to a procedure shown in FIG. This determination is based on the reception completion signal S output based on the reception completion flag standing in the reception storage area 20e.
a. (See FIG. 4, step S41, FIG. 6, step S71 described later). As is clear from FIG. 3, the display pre-processing means 50 has received the full page display completion signal Sb output from the editing processing means 41 of the display means 40 described later before confirming the reception completion signal Sa. This causes the display storage means 30 to be in operation.

When new reception data is stored in the reception storage area 20e, the display preprocessing means 50 determines whether the type of the reception data is to be replaced, that is, whether all pages are replaced or only item values are replaced. Is read from the header of the received data. Here, when replacing all pages, the contents of the reception storage area 20e are written in the display storage means 30, and then the contents of the display storage means 30 are written in the display editing area 21e of the memory device (FIG. 4, Steps S42 → S43 → S44).

If the header indicates that a numerical value of a specific item is to be changed, the display storage means corresponding to the item already stored in the reception storage area 20e is first stored in the work area 22e on the memory device. The item stored in 30 is read and updated to new data. Thereafter, the data in the work area 22e updated in this way is written to the display storage means 30 to update the data. Next, the data updated in this way is written in the display editing area 21e (FIG. 4, steps S42 → S45 → S46).

As described above, the display editing area 2 of the memory device
The data written in 1e is sequentially provided for display for each page based on the editing processing means 41 of the display control means 40 (see step S40 in FIG. 3). The operation of editing the position, size, or color of the character from the above data (that is, the detailed operation procedure in step S40 in FIG. 3) is very common, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 5, the page displayed as described above is continuously displayed (stopped) for a predetermined time, during which, for example, a text including a sales point or the like is displayed at the bottom of the screen on a flowing screen (for example, right side). The characters are displayed while moving from the left to the right. The display procedure of the flow screen is also very common, and the description is omitted.) (FIG. 5, steps S51 → S52). Each time one page is displayed on the timer means 42 to be described later, the editing processing means 4
This is a value set by 1 (refer to the set signal in FIG. 2), and automatically shifts to the next page after the set time elapses (refer to the time-over signal in FIG. 2).

Here, while the timer means 42 is counting the time, the pause key K ₁ of the external means keys is turned on.
Activated N Then pause means 45, the operation of the timer means 42 is to form a so-called pause mode continues to display the same screen is stopped (flow screen included), the state pause release key K ₂ It is released by being turned ON (see FIG. 5, steps S53 → S54, FIG. 2, pause signal, pause release signal).

Further, the display screen skipping operates the skip key K ₃ ON Then forward skip unit 46a is (Reset setting time of the timer means 42 by a reset signal shown in FIG. Therefore the time-over)
To the next screen (FIG. 5, step S55 → S5).
6). Therefore, it is possible to find a desired screen rapidly, hold the ON the skip key K _3. On the contrary, ON reverse skip key K ₄ Then reverse direction skip means 46b
Is operated, the display screen is skipped in the reverse direction (the display step is returned to the head of the currently displayed page and the set time of the timer means 42 is reset by the reverse instruction signal in FIG. 2), and the page is returned again. Is set and the display is started (FIG. 5, step S57 →
S58 → S59).

When there is a call from the center during such display processing, the receiving terminal 2 receives the call from the center and receives new data as shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the reception control means 10 of the present invention. First, the terminal of the present application is connected to the center control device 1 via the modem 70,
The modem 70 can respond to a call from the center control device 1 at any time. Thus, when a call is made from the center control device 1, the reception data is sequentially stored in the reception buffer 60.

The reception control means 10 of the reception terminal 2 always reads and monitors the reception buffer 60. When data exists in the reception buffer 60 as described above, first, the type of the data is determined. (FIG. 6, Step S6
1 → S62).

The data received from the reception buffer 60 as described above includes data at the time of line connection (control data for performing necessary processing at the time of line connection) and data to be originally transmitted. Here, when the data received from the reception buffer 60 is the data at the time of the line connection, the reception control means 10 sends the connection completion message to the center control device 1 and transmits the message between the reception terminal and the center control device. The connection completion is confirmed, and the reception completion flag set in the reception storage area 20e is reset (that is, the previously received data is invalidated) (FIG. 6, steps S73 → S74).

Next, when the data received from the reception buffer 60 is not a message at the time of line connection (step S62: N in FIG. 6), it is determined whether or not it is a header record (FIG. 6, step S63).

Here, when the data is not a header record, that is, when the data is ordinary data, the transfer data from the center control device 1 is sequentially stored in the reception storage area 20e from the reception buffer 60 until the end record comes (FIG. 6, Steps S63 → S64 → S65).

When the data stored in the reception buffer 60 is a header record, the type of the reception data is determined. That is, the header of the received data includes a flag for determining whether the data is update data of the entire screen or only the item values. If the data is full screen data, the reception storage area is sequentially stored until an end record comes. The transfer data is stored in 20e (FIG. 6, steps S63 → S66 → S64 → S65).

In the case where only the item value is transferred in the above, it is determined whether or not the date is correct (the date is set as an ID number), and the ID is the same as the data currently in the display storage means 30. Confirm whether or not. As a result, if the date is correct, the transfer data is stored in the reception storage area 20e until the end record comes, as described above. If the date is incorrect, an error message is sent, and a line disconnection instruction is issued to the modem 90 (step S67 →).
S68 → S72).

At the end of the transfer data, the above-mentioned end record is placed. When the above-mentioned end record is read, the reception control means 10 checks the data with a checksum (FIG. 6, step S69). As a result, when there is no error in the transfer data, a message to the effect that the reception has been completed is transmitted, the reception completion flag is set in the reception storage area 20e, and then the line disconnection is performed (FIG. 6, step S70a).
→ S71 → S72). If there is an error as a result of the data check, as in the case of step S68,
An error message is sent to disconnect the line (FIG. 7, step S70b → S72). As described above, the display preprocessing means 50 monitors the reception completion flag set in the reception storage area 20e, and performs the display preprocessing by confirming the reception completion signal Sa obtained by the reception completion flag. Become.

Although the system of the present invention is always capable of receiving data from the center control device 1 as described above, assuming that an error occurs during communication, as shown in step 60a of FIG. Then, necessary processing such as initialization of the modem 90 is performed. Furthermore, since the system of the present invention uses a compact disc to play background music, disc processing can be performed as shown in step 60b of FIG.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, financial information and the like can be displayed in a store using a display device which is generally available on the market, so that the entire system is inexpensive. Also,
Once installed, the daily operation of the receiving terminal is turned on / off.
The operation can be simplified simply by turning the switch off. Further, the display page can be stopped, skipped, and reversely skipped, so that a desired page can be freely displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart showing a procedure for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing page pre-processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing post-page display processing of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a receiving process of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 center control device 2 reception terminal 3 display 20 reception storage means 30 display storage means 40 display control means 42 timer means 45 pause means 46 skipping means 50 display preprocessing means Sa reception completion signal Sb all page display completion signal

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] The data transmitted from a center control device (1) is temporarily stored in a reception storage means (20) of a receiving terminal (2), and then transferred to a display storage means (30), where the data is transmitted to a display control means (40). ), The contents stored in the display storage means (30) are displayed on the display.
(3) In the information transfer display system, the reception completion signal (Sa) obtained based on the reception completion flag set in the reception storage means (20), and the display control means when the display of all pages is completed. (40) based on the all-page display completion signal (Sb) obtained from (40), a display pre-processing means (50) for transferring the contents of the reception storage means (20) to the display storage means (30). Information transfer display system. 2. The display control means (40) further comprises: timer means (42) for setting a time until display of a next page is completed after completion of display of one page, and the timer means (42). Stop and release the operation of 42) and display
(3) Pause means (4
The information transfer display system according to claim 1, further comprising: (5). 3. A method of resetting the timer means (42) to skip the current display screen, resetting the timer means (42), and skipping backward by returning the display step to the beginning of the current display screen. 3. The information transfer display system according to claim 2, further comprising a reverse skip means (46).