JP2982697B2 - Telop display - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telop display device for displaying help information in the form of a telop for a computer operation, and more particularly to appropriately changing a telop display method including a display speed by a user setting. The present invention relates to a telop display device that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When an application is operated on a computer, a method of displaying help information for a specific operation by using a telop display method is generally used. In such a conventional telop display, help information composed of a character string and information composed of an image for supplementing an explanation are often displayed, and the information content has a general level. I have.

The telop display can be considered in two stages: a telop synthesis method and a telop display method. Regarding the synthesis of the first telop,
Various synthesis methods have been proposed. Examples of this type of synthesizing method include, for example, JP-A-2-22972 (image rearranging apparatus), JP-A-60-151883 (display method of lyrics in video karaoke), and JP-A-57-38078 (Urgent News communication system).

[0004] Regarding the second telop display method, by using a hardware device other than a personal computer capable of using a multitask OS, the user is required to transmit the synthesized telop data, which is the main information to be transmitted most.
Since the display format is adopted, the display speed of the telop itself is unilaterally determined by the hardware,
It is impossible for the user to adjust the display speed of the telop.

Also, at present, voice or image information (still image or moving image) is generated in accordance with the telop display, and voice information and image information can be easily added to telop data. Anything that can be operated on the user side has not been proposed.

[0006]

In the conventional telop display, the help information on the application operation on the display screen is displayed as a simple telop, but the contents displayed in the telop are at the level of a general user. It is impossible to display telop information having appropriate contents according to the level of the user, and it is impossible to adjust the display speed according to the user's preference.

For example, for a novice user,
There are situations in which the content displayed in the telop is too difficult to refer to, and for a skilled user, the content displayed in the telop is too simple to refer to. That is, if the help information by the telop does not match the user's level, the telop display becomes meaningless.

[0008] Further, a voice can be emitted or an image (still image or moving image) can be easily added by the user to supplement the telop information to the telop data. There has not been proposed any apparatus capable of adjusting the reproduction speed of additional information such as the user side.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, to enable a user to easily create a telop as help information having appropriate contents according to the level of the user, and to allow the user to control the display speed of the telop by himself / herself. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telop display device capable of eliminating unnecessary display of telops unnecessary for a user on a display by making it possible to adjust the telops in accordance with the user's preference and an easy-to-understand speed.

Another object of the present invention is to easily add audio information and image information that supplement the contents to a telop display and output the additional information in synchronization with the telop display. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a telop display device that realizes an excellent man-machine interface that displays a telop that is more user friendly and easy to understand.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a telop display device of the present invention comprises: a telop candidate data storage unit for storing a plurality of telop candidate data as help information for a target operation; Candidate data display means for displaying a plurality of candidate data retrieved from the telop candidate data storage means, and parameters indicating at least a display direction and a display speed when combining the selected candidate data with selecting candidate data from the candidate data a synthesis instruction means for specifying to perform synthesis instructing to quantify
According to the level of the user who performs the composite display of the displayed telop
The candidate data displayed by the candidate data display means.
Data type and number, candidate data to be selected by the synthesis instruction means.
Data type and number, its display position and display range can be selected.
Fixed value, display interval of data character string displayed on telop and
And the set value of the time interval to be displayed are stored as parameters.
Parameter storage means, and
Based on the parameters received, the level of the user
Automatic selection of candidate data and synthesis instruction according to
Supplementary data automatic setting means, the combining instruction means or the indication
A telop candidate data synthesizing unit that generates telop data in which a display direction and a display speed information are set by performing a synthesizing process of the candidate data selected based on the synthesizing instruction from the auxiliary data automatic setting unit; comprising a telop synthesis result displaying means for displaying in accordance with the display direction that has been set telop data combined display speed by the data combining means, the telop candidate data synthesis
The means is a basic candidate data of the selected candidate data.
Basic data acquisition means for acquiring data, and the basic candidate data.
Data acquisition to acquire synthesis candidate data to be combined with data
Obtaining means, and synthesizing the basic candidate data and the synthesis candidate data
Processing means for performing processing, and terrorism generated by the synthesis processing.
Display direction determiner that determines the display direction for backup data
Dan and telop data generated by the synthesis process
Display speed determination means for determining a display speed,
The display direction determining means determines the display direction of the basic candidate data and the forward direction.
Calculate the difference in the display direction of the synthesis candidate data, and
The display direction of the data is aligned with the display direction of the basic candidate data.
The display direction is determined so that
Difference between character string intervals of basic candidate data and composite candidate data
The display speed of the previous Symbol ticker data from the interval between the display time
This is the configuration to be determined .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telop display device comprising:
The text generated by the telop candidate data synthesis means
Audio and image information to be added to the
Additional information storage means for storing the additional information,
The additional information selected from the means is added to the telop data.
Information adding means for adding, and a display speed of the telop data
And the playback speed of the additional information are synchronized.
Synchronization setting means for adjusting the speed of the telop data
And display control means for simultaneously displaying and reproducing the additional information.
It is configured to be provided.

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[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telop display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the present telop display device comprises a candidate data storage means 101 and a candidate data display means 102
, Combination instructing means 103 and candidate data automatic setting means 1
04, a candidate data synthesizing unit 105, a synthesizing result display unit 106, a setting parameter storage unit 107, and a display device 108.

The candidate data storage means 101 stores in advance telop candidate data to be displayed on a telop, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, and a CD-RO.
M and the like are used. The candidate data storage unit 101 stores help information provided to the user for each operation in the application as telop candidate data. As for the telop candidate data for each operation, a plurality of telop candidate data having different contents are prepared so that they can be selected according to the skill level (level) of the user. The plurality of telop candidate data stored in the candidate data storage unit 101 is composed of data in a text format or the like that can be combined with each other.

In each telop candidate data, direction information indicating a display direction of a character when displayed as a telop is registered in advance.

The candidate data display means 102 reads out and expands the telop candidate data corresponding to the operation of displaying the telop from the candidate data storage means 101, and displays the read candidate data on the display device 108. Here, a plurality of telop candidate data prepared corresponding to the target operation are displayed so as to be selectable.

The combining instructing means 103 instructs combining of telop candidate data by selecting desired telop candidate data suitable for the user's operation from the displayed telop candidate data.

In the instruction for synthesizing the telop candidate data, the display position and display range (area) of the telop, the display interval of the data character string, and the time interval for display (time interval for display movement or switching) are specified. As for the display position, display range, display interval, and display time interval, an initial setting value may be determined in advance, and the user may arbitrarily change the display position and the display range.

The automatic candidate data setting means 104 automatically selects telop data and issues a compositing instruction based on parameters registered in advance. In the synthesizing instruction by the candidate data automatic setting means 104, the display position and display range (region) of the telop, the display interval, and the display time interval are automatically specified based on the initial setting value.

By this synthesizing process, a telop displayed as help for a specific operation such as an application is generated. The details of this synthesis processing will be described later.

The candidate data synthesizing means 105 synthesizes the telop data based on the synthesizing instruction from the synthesizing instructing means 103 and the automatic candidate data setting means 104 to convert the telop data associated with the target operation. Generate. By this synthesizing process, a telop displayed as help for a specific operation such as an application is generated. The details of this synthesis processing will be described later.

Here, synthesizing telop data means performing data embedding processing between telops and performing processing such as adding one telop data to the other telop data by converting it to ruby.

The synthesis result display means 106 displays the telop data synthesized by the candidate data synthesis means 105 on the display device 108 when a target operation is selected or the like.

The setting parameter storage means 107 stores the candidate data displayed by the candidate data display means 102 for the target operation in accordance with the skill (level) of the user who performs the combined display of the quantified telop. Types and numbers, selectable set values of display positions and display ranges, display intervals of data character strings displayed on the telop, and set values of display time intervals (display movement or switching time intervals) are stored as parameters. Have been.

The telop display editing processing by the telop display device can be roughly divided into a first processing step of synthesizing (editing) telop information and information (help information) propagated using the synthesized telop. Is displayed in a more easily understandable manner.

The telop display device that executes the first processing step and the second processing step is realized in a personal computer or the like on which a multitask OS or a pseudo multitask OS operates.

When the user combines the telop data on the display screen of the display device 108, the combining instruction means 101
Thus, it is possible to instruct how to handle the character data of the component for the telop.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the candidate data synthesizing means 105 for synthesizing telop candidate data. In FIG. 2, candidate data combining means 105 includes initial character data acquiring means 201, combined character data acquiring means 202, character configuration direction determining means 203, combining processing means 204, display speed determining means 205, and display direction. And determination means 206.

The basic character data obtaining means 201 obtains the basic telop candidate data (synthesized candidate data) selected and instructed by the synthesis instructing means 203 or the automatic candidate data setting means 105 as basic candidate data.

The combining character data acquiring means 202 combines the basic candidate data with the combining instruction means 2.
03 or the telop candidate data (synthesis candidate data) selected and instructed by the candidate data automatic setting means 105 is acquired and imported.

The character configuration direction determining means 203 determines the direction of the data to be displayed as a telop from the direction information indicating the display direction of the characters included in the basic candidate data.

The combining processing means 204 displays a telop by performing a combining process such as embedding the combined candidate data in the fetched basic candidate data or adding the combined candidate data to the basic candidate data by ruby addition. Generate synthetic data.

The display speed determining means 205 determines the difference between the specified display interval distance (so-called character interval) and the specified display time interval (display movement or switching time interval) for the data character string to be displayed in the telop. Then, the display speed of the telop is determined. That is, if it is desired to display data so that the telop flows slowly (moves), the character interval and the display time interval are set large. If it is desired to display the data so that the telop moves quickly, the character interval and the display time interval are set small. By arbitrarily setting and instructing the character interval and the display time interval, the character display speed of the telop (the speed of moving on the telop or the speed of switching on the telop)
Can be adjusted appropriately.

The display direction determining means 206 aligns the display direction of the combined data obtained by combining the combined candidate data with the basic candidate data with the display direction of the basic candidate data determined by the character composition direction determining means 203. Is used to determine the display direction of the composite data.

Here, the contents of the telop synthesis (editing) and the display processing will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. FIG.

When displaying help information for a specific operation of an application as a telop, telop candidate data for the operation is read from the candidate data storage means 101 according to the user's skill level, and is displayed on the display device 1.
08 (step 301).

Therefore, the user selects the basic data of the telop information as basic candidate data and the data to be synthesized therewith as the synthesis candidate data by the synthesis instructing means 103 (step 302). If the user selects to automatically execute the combining instruction, the basic candidate data and the combining candidate data are selected by the candidate data automatic setting unit 104 based on the setting parameters.

Next, a synthesis instruction is given by the synthesis instruction means 103 by designating the method of synthesizing the candidate data, the display position and display range of the telop, and the display interval and time interval of the character string displayed on the telop (step 303). .
These designations may be performed by the user selecting from a plurality of parameters registered in advance.

In the automatic setting by the candidate data automatic setting means 104, the method of synthesizing the candidate data, the display position and display range of the telop, and the display interval and time interval of the character string displayed on the telop are automatically set based on the setting parameters. Is specified.

Upon receiving the combining instruction, the candidate data combining unit 105 executes a telop data combining process (editing process) (step 304). In the synthesizing process, first, the basic candidate data and the synthetic candidate data are respectively acquired, and the display direction information registered in the basic candidate data is read by the character configuration direction determining means 203 to determine the display direction of the telop. .

Next, the combining candidate data is combined with the basic candidate data by the combining processing means 204 based on the designated combining method, and a data character string displayed as a telop is generated.

The generated data character string is displayed on the display speed determining means 20 based on the specified display interval and display time interval.
5, the display speed is determined, and the display direction of the combination candidate data is aligned with the determined display direction.

Then, the synthesized telop data generated according to the determined display speed and display direction is displayed at the display speed determined along the determined display direction (step 305). For the display of the telop,
For example, it can be realized by forming a transparent window on the screen based on the display position and range of the user. Furthermore, the telop display window can be set as an initial setting so that the telop is displayed so that the telop is surrounded by the window in outline display, or the telop window can be displayed without the frame of the telop window by inline display. it can.

The candidate data stored in the candidate data storage means 101 such as an HDD is expanded into a memory by the candidate data display means 102 and displayed on the display device 108. The user inputs the displayed candidate data to the combining instruction unit 103.
, And the user gives a combination instruction by designating settings relating to a desired display format (composition method of candidate data, display speed of composite data).

Also, the user does not give a combining instruction by the combining instruction means 103 and the candidate data automatic setting means 10
For example, based on the setting parameters stored in the setting parameter storage means 107, the setting of the display format can be automatically designated and the composition instruction can be issued.
That is, the setting of the synthesis instruction can be performed by each user individually, or can be automatically performed based on the setting parameters stored in advance.

In the telop synthesizing process in the candidate data synthesizing means 105, as described above, the synthetic candidate data obtained from the synthetic character data obtaining means 202 is synthesized with the basic candidate data obtained by the basic character data obtaining means 201. . At this time, the direction in which the telop is displayed as a synthesis result is determined by the character configuration direction determining means 203, and when the synthetic candidate data is synthesized and displayed on the basic candidate data, the display direction determining means 206 determines the direction of the basic candidate data. Since only the difference between the display direction and the display direction of the synthesis candidate data is calculated and aligned with the determined display direction, the processing required for redisplaying the telop is simplified, and as a result, the telop can be displayed at high speed. .

Conventionally, a display method for displaying a video image and its device by rewriting the entire screen has been mainly used.
The screen is assumed to be applied to a personal computer in which S moves, and screen rewriting is realized by calculating the difference when one direction is determined. Therefore, the load on the CPU required to execute the calculation in the display processing can be reduced. Naturally, due to the nature of the OS, dynamic data link (DD)
It is also possible to use E).

The telop data synthesized by the candidate data synthesizing means 105 based on such a synthesis instruction is displayed as a telop by the synthesis result display means 108, so that the user can see the synthesizing result contents of the telop data at a glance. It is possible to confirm.

The candidate data synthesizing means 105 is configured to display the result of synthesizing the telop on the clipboard by, for example, performing a process of changing the telop candidate data in the TEXT format to the data in the CLP format.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment,
By combining media information such as audio / sound data and images (moving images and still images) with telop character data,
The dialogue has realized a more natural interface.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the second embodiment, telop synthesized data composed of a character string obtained by the candidate data synthesizing means 105 is used, new help information is added to the data, and voice or image data is obtained. Is added and output.

The configuration is such that the telop synthesized data obtained by the candidate data synthesizing unit 105 is used, and an expression method instructing unit 401 and an additional information storing unit 402 for storing additional information including audio data and image data.
, Information adding means 403 and synchronous speed setting means 404
And synthesis result output means 405.

The expression method instructing means 401 includes additional information (speech (or sound) data and image data) to be added to the telop data generated by the candidate data synthesizing means 105.
Is extracted from the additional information storage means 402 and selected. The information adding unit 403 performs a process of adding the selected additional information to the telop data. The synchronization speed determining unit 404 adjusts the speed so that the display speed of the telop data is synchronized with the reproduction speed of the audio data and the image.
The synthesis result output means 405 displays the telop character data on the display device 108 based on the synchronization speed determined by the synchronization speed setting means 404, and synchronizes the display with the moving image as information to supplement the contents of the telop character data. And play still images. In addition, voice data and sound effects for reading the telop character data are reproduced and output from the speaker 406.

The user can easily set the subordinate or independent relationship with the telop for each medium of text, voice, and image.

By using the synchronization speed setting means 404, the user can synchronize the output speed of the telop and the additional information to the speed most suitable for the user. That is, it is possible to synthesize and add the audio data and the image data to the telop and to set them so that they are output in synchronization.

In addition to the synchronization speed setting means 404,
It is also possible to provide a function that can give a sound emphasis effect similar to a sound effect function.

As a specific field of application of the present invention, a field in which the contents of the display screen are difficult to understand because it is difficult to understand, and a point in which the main points of the display contents to be conveyed are summarized by voice are more contents. There are fields that make it easier to understand (fields where the essence is more easily conveyed by speaking the essence). Furthermore, it is conceivable that the present invention is applied to an application provided in a field where personality is most required, which fills a difference in ability of people, and a field related to welfare / education. Further, the present invention can be applied to subtitles for entertainment such as English education and movies.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments.

[0064]

As described above, in the telop display device of the present invention, the user can easily synthesize and create a telop as help information having appropriate contents according to the level of the user, and the user can display the telop. Since the display speed can be adjusted in accordance with the user's preference and the speed at which it is easy to understand, the user can easily understand the telop display according to the level. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate waste of displaying a telop unnecessary for the user on the display.

Further, audio information and image information supplementing the contents can be easily added to the telop display, and the additional information can be output in synchronization with the telop display. An excellent man-machine interface that displays a simple and easy-to-understand telop is realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a telop display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a candidate data combining unit of the telop display device shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a telop synthesis and telop display operation of the telop display device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a telop display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Candidate data storage means 102 Candidate data display means 103 Combination instructing means 104 Candidate data automatic setting means 105 Candidate data synthesis means 106 Synthesis result display means 107 Setting parameter storage means 108 Display device 201 Initial character data acquisition means 202 Synthetic character data acquisition means 203 Character composition direction determining means 204 Synthesis processing means 205 Display speed determining means 206 Display direction determining means 401 Expression method instructing means 402 Additional information storage means 403 Information adding means 404 Synchronous speed setting means 405 Synthesis result output means 406 Speaker

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] (1) Help information for a target operation is provided.
Telop that stores candidate data for multiple telops
Supplemental data storage means, and a plurality of telop candidate data storage means
A candidate data display means for displaying the candidate data, and selecting the candidate data from the candidate data,
At least display direction and display when combining candidate data
Compositing that specifies a parameter indicating speed and issues a compositing instruction
Indicating means;The level of the user who performs the combined display of the quantified telop
Is displayed by the candidate data display means according to
The type and number of candidate data,
Selectable type and number of supplementary data, display position and display range
Display of set values and data character strings to be displayed on the telop
Set the interval and the displayed time interval as parameters
Parameter storage means for storing; Based on the parameters stored in the parameter storage means,
And selecting candidate data according to the level of the user.
Candidate data automatic setting means for automatically issuing a synthesis instruction; From the combining instruction means or the candidate data automatic setting means
of Synthesis of candidate data selected based on the synthesis instruction
By performing processing, the display direction and display speed information are set.
Telop candidate data to generate the specified telop data
A telop candidate data synthesizing unit.
Drop data according to the set display direction and display speed
A telop synthesis result display means for displaying;The telop candidate data synthesizing means selects the selected candidate data.
Basic data for obtaining basic candidate data from data
Acquisition means; and synthesis candidate data to be synthesized with the basic candidate data.
Means for acquiring data, and the basic candidate data.
Processing means for synthesizing data and synthesis candidate data;
How to display telop data generated by synthesis processing
Display direction determining means for determining the direction and generated by combining processing
Display speed that determines the display speed for the displayed telop data
Degree determining means, The display direction determining means includes a display method for displaying the basic candidate data.
Of the display direction of the combination candidate data and the
Rop data is displayed in the basic candidate data How to display
The display direction is determined so that The display speed determining means includes a basic candidate data and a composite candidate data.
From the difference between the character string intervals and the display time interval,
Determine the display speed of drop data Characterized by
Rop display. 2. A telop candidate data synthesizing means.
And image information to be added to the telop data generated by
Information storing means for storing information as additional information, and storing the additional information selected from the additional information storing means in the text.
Information adding means for adding to the telop data, a display speed of the telop data and a reproduction speed of the additional information
Synchronization setting to adjust the speed of each other so that
Means for simultaneously displaying and reproducing the telop data and the additional information.
2. A display control means comprising:
The telop display device described in the above.