JP3037309U - Electronic message board - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an electronic message board that has a function of supporting creation of message contents and can easily and accurately create message messages of various contents. SOLUTION: The electronic message board has the following requirements. Display device 21: Displays message content. Message input unit 19: The message input unit 19 is arranged so as to be superimposed on the screen of the display device 21 and is configured to be able to see through the display contents of the screen, and to display the movement locus of an input indicator such as a finger or an input pen on its own surface. Based on the input, image data such as characters or figures is input by handwriting. Display control means 20: A message image based on the image data (handwritten image data) input by handwriting is displayed on the screen of the display device 21 at a position corresponding to the movement locus of the input indicator. Then, the image based on the handwritten image data is combined with a predetermined image (standard image) that constitutes part or all of the message, and is displayed on the screen of the display device 21.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to an electronic message board.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For example, message boards are often installed in places such as station concourses where it is convenient to meet people. Recently, as such a message board, introduction of an electronic message board is being considered in place of a general one using a blackboard or a white board. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 59-81692 and 63-255762 have been proposed. There are those disclosed in Kaihei 6-175774 and the like.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the electronic message board described above, a handwriting input section is used as the message input section in order to make the operation intuitive and easy to understand.However, the message content is written and considered by the user. As a result, there was a problem in devising a message. Furthermore, it is possible that the written message content is unclear or misleading, and in such a case the message content may not be accurately transmitted to the other party. It is possible.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic message board having a function for supporting the devising of message contents and capable of easily and accurately creating message sentences of various contents.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems and Functions / Effects]

 The first configuration of the electronic message board of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems is a display device for displaying a message content, and the display content of the screen is superimposed on the screen of the display device. A message input unit configured to be transparent, for inputting image data such as characters or figures by handwriting based on the movement trajectory of the input indicator such as a finger or an input pen on the surface of the input indicator, and the input indicator. And a display control means for displaying a message image based on the image data input by handwriting (handwritten image data) on the screen of the display device at a position corresponding to the movement trajectory of the message. A predetermined image (standard image) that should form part or all of the above is combined with an image based on handwritten image data, and this is displayed as a message image on the screen of the display device. .

According to this configuration, a message image can be created by combining a standard image prepared in advance with an image input by handwriting, and it is possible to save the trouble of message creation. These standard images can be images of characters such as characters and symbols as well as images of illustrations and photographs. When a character image is used as a standard image, selection may be made in units of one character, but it is also possible to make a character group composed of a plurality of characters and representing a predetermined message content. The details will be described later.

[0007] It is possible that the message may be written incorrectly or the message content may be changed during handwriting input. In this case, it is convenient to provide message erasing means for erasing at least a part of the message content displayed on the display device in order to correct the message content. Specifically, it is possible to provide a write / erase switching means for switching the input mode in the message input section between the write mode and the erase mode. In this case, in the erase mode, the message contents displayed on the screen can be configured to be erased all at once, but if it is possible to partially erase the message contents, it will be more convenient to correct the message. Good. And the following can be illustrated as the concrete method. That is, the display control means displays a message image corresponding to the movement locus of the input indicator on the screen of the display device in the writing mode, and changes the movement locus along with the movement of the input indicator in the deletion mode. If a part or the whole of the message image overlaps a region of a predetermined width along the line, the image shall be deleted at the overlap part. According to this configuration, it is possible to easily erase the portion of the message image to be corrected by rubbing the portion to be corrected with the input indicator (for example, fingertip), and then switching to the writing mode. You can correct the message by writing a new image.

Specifically, the above-described first configuration includes a standard image data storage unit that stores data of a plurality of standard images, and a standard image selection unit that selects a desired one of the plurality of standard images. The display control means may be configured to read the data of the selected standard image from the standard image data storage means and display the standard image. By doing so, it is only necessary to select a desired one from the prepared standard images, which makes it easier to create a message.

On the other hand, a creation time counting means for timing the creation time of the message image, and a fixed image data generation for generating image data (time image data) of a character group representing the counted creation time as data of a fixed image. It is also possible to provide a means for displaying an image of a character group based on the time image data as a standard image (standard character group). This makes it easy to include the message creation time in the message content.

The handwritten image data can be bitmap data described by a combination of ON / OFF states of each pixel forming the screen of the display device, and the standard image data is the same as the handwritten image data. Bitmap data that has an overwrite relationship between the two can be used. In this case, a handwritten image may be formed on the screen of the display device and then a fixed image may be overlaid and pasted on it, or a fixed image may be displayed and then the handwritten image may be overwritten and added.

Next, an electronic message board for solving the second problem of the present invention is characterized by including the following requirements. Display device: Displays message contents. Standard image data storage means: Stores image data of a plurality of predetermined character groups (standard character groups) such as words, phrases, sentences, etc., which should form part or all of message contents, as standard image data. Standard image selection means: Selects one or a plurality of character groups. Display control means: The image data of the selected standard character group is read out from the standard image data storage means, and the image of the standard character group is displayed on the screen of the display device. The message content is displayed by an image of one fixed character group or a combination of images of a plurality of fixed character groups on the screen (the above configuration is hereinafter referred to as a second configuration). By doing this, it is possible to easily create a message with a predetermined content by selecting a fixed character group.

Further, it is possible to provide additional image data input means for inputting image data to be added to the image of the selected standard character group. In this case, the image based on the input additional image data and the image of the standard character group are combined and displayed on the screen of the display device. In other words, in addition to the standard character group, you can enter your name and initials, or you can add a message that is not prepared as a standard character group, and thus you can create a variety of messages.

The requirement of the second configuration can be added to the first configuration described above. That is, handwritten image data as additional image data is input from the message input unit that is placed on the screen of the display device, and the handwritten image is composed with the image of the standard character group to form the message content. Can be This makes it extremely easy to create an additional image.

In this case, a message display area for displaying a message image and a fixed character group list display area for displaying a list of fixed character groups can be formed on the screen of the display device. By referring to the list, it is possible to support selection of a fixed character group. Further, as a more specific mode, the area corresponding to the message display area of the message input section is used as the handwriting input section of the message image, while the area corresponding to the fixed character group list display area is selected as the fixed character group. As the input part, by touching the input support to the selection input part at the position corresponding to the desired fixed character group in the fixed character group list, the fixed character group is selected and the predetermined position of the message display area is selected. The method displayed in can be illustrated. By doing so, it is possible to make a selection more easily by directly touching a desired one of the standard character groups displayed in the list.

Further, the image of each character included in the fixed character group can be a handwritten character typeface or a typeface imitating it. In this way, the handwritten input message is combined with the fixed character group in the handwritten typeface (or a typeface imitating it), creating the feeling that the entire message is handwritten. You can

Next, the standard character group can be classified into a plurality of groups, and the image data of each standard character group can be stored in the standard image data storage means in a form associated with the groups. . If the standard image selection means is configured so that character groups can be selected for each of the groups, the standard character groups can be selected according to classification, so that a standard character group suitable for the message content can be easily found. You can

In this case, the message contents can be displayed on the screen by combining the fixed character groups respectively selected from two or more of the respective groups with each other. Specifically, these multiple groups are related to a group of fixed character groups (word groups related to motion) including words related to motion, and a place such as a place name, a facility name, a store name and a company / company / corporate name. A group of fixed character groups (location-related character groups) including words can be included, and the message content is displayed on the screen by the combination of the action-related character group and the location-related character group selected from those groups. Is displayed .

The effects of the above configuration will be specifically described below. The message board, for example, when a person (hereinafter referred to as “step A”) and a person (hereinafter referred to as “second party”) are scheduled to meet near the location where the second party did not come to the appointment waiting time. It is often used when A wants to convey something to B. Assuming that the purpose of the meeting is to go to a specific place (for example, a movie theater, an amusement park, a restaurant, etc.) with both of them, Kou "goes to that place first". To convey a message, the message content includes two elements, that is, place and action (that is, "go ahead"). This is just an example, but the message content written on the message board is very often formed by combining the elements of “place” and “motion” in this way.

Therefore, a group of place-related character groups and a group of action-related character groups as described above are prepared as a group of fixed character groups, and a place-related character group and action-related character group suitable for the situation are prepared. By selecting and combining each, you can create a message very easily. In addition, as the place-related character group, for example, a store name or a company name, which is a sponsor for installing a message board, can be adopted, and side effects such as promotion of the store or company and invitation of customers can be expected.

Regarding the first and second configurations of the electronic message board described above, a message image data storage means for storing the message image data created on the screen of the display device on a screen-by-screen basis, and the message. Display control means for reading the message image data from the image data storage means and displaying the message image based on the message image data on the screen can be provided. In this way, the written message content is stored, and the message can be displayed at any time based on the stored content. In this case, the message image data can be stored in a form associated with the time and / or date when the message image was created.

The display mode of the message image includes a standard display mode in which only one display area of the message image is set and only one screen of the message image is displayed in the display area, and a plurality of small display areas are set in the display area. It is possible to switch between a reduced display mode in which a plurality of message contents different from each other are simultaneously displayed by dividing the message image into a plurality of regions and reducing the message image in each of the small regions. By displaying a large number of message images on one screen, the viewer of the message can efficiently search for the desired message. If you want to see the specific message content in detail, select the desired message image from the multiple message images displayed on the split screen, and restore the selected message image to its original size in the standard display mode for display. Good. In the first configuration, in the reduced display mode display state, the small area is selected by bringing the input indicator into contact with the message input unit at a position corresponding to the small area of the desired message image. The message image displayed in can be configured to be switched to the standard display mode for display. Also, message input and correction can be configured to be performed in this standard display mode.

Next, in addition to the display device, an auxiliary display device having a screen size larger than that of the display device may be provided, and the message image may be enlarged and displayed on the auxiliary display device. Thereby, the message content can be displayed more easily.

In addition, when the number of users of the message board is large, it is more preferable to use the following configuration. That is, a management unit and a plurality of message creation / display terminal units connected thereto are provided, and a message image is displayed on each message creation / display terminal unit based on the message image data created by the terminal unit. While the display device is provided, the management unit is provided with a message image data storage means for collectively storing and managing the message image data created by each terminal unit. Each terminal unit receives arbitrary message image data stored in the message image data storage unit from the management unit side, and displays the message image based on the data. By doing this, it is possible to create a message in each of the plurality of terminal units, and the content of the message created in each terminal device can be viewed from any of the terminal devices.

The program for implementing the processing in the electronic message board described above can be stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a ROM card. Then, the program stored in the storage medium is installed in a computer system including a computer body, a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display connected to the computer body, and an input unit such as a touch panel. The system can now be used as the electronic message board described above.

[0025]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to examples shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall appearance of an electronic message board 1 as one embodiment of the present invention. A plurality of terminal devices (message creation / display terminal unit) 3 mounted on the front side of a housing 2 and And a large monitor (for example, a large CRT or a projection type display device) 4 as an auxiliary display device arranged adjacent to. As shown in FIG. 2, each terminal device 3 is connected to a management computer 5 as a management unit via a communication line 6, and the management computer 5 is created by each terminal device 3. A message storage unit (message image data storage means) 38 for collectively storing data of message images is provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 3. The terminal device 3 includes an I / O port 11, which has a CPU 12, a ROM 13, a RAM 14, a printer 15, a calendar clock 16 (creation time counting means), a modem 17, a touch panel control unit 18, a monitor control unit 20, a hard disk. A storage device 22 such as a drive (HDD), a floppy disk drive (FDD) 25, etc. are connected. The terminal device 3 is connected to the aforementioned management computer 5 via a modem 17 and a communication line 6. A touch panel 19 as a message input section is connected to the touch panel control section 18. The monitor control unit 20 is a main part of display control means, and is connected to a monitor 21 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal monitor as a display device.

A program storage unit 23 is formed in the storage device 22, and an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS) 23 a of the terminal device 3 and a touch panel driver program 23 b which controls the basic operation of the touch panel 19 are formed therein. , And a message board application program 23c that operates on the OS 23a and realizes the various functions of the message board 1 described below are stored, and images of various standard phrases (standard character groups) used for message creation are created. For example, a fixed text data storage unit (fixed image data storage means) 23d storing fixed text data is provided. Further, the ROM 13 stores various basic programs for controlling the hardware of the terminal device 3. Further, the RAM 14 is provided with a work area 14a for each program stored in the storage device 22 and the ROM 13 and a message image display memory 14b for storing the image data for displaying the message image.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the touch panel 19 is arranged so as to be superimposed on the screen S of the monitor 21, and the display contents of the screen S can be seen through. Based on the movement trajectory of the finger F (or input pen) or the like on the surface of itself, it plays a role of handwriting input of image data such as characters or figures, and input of various modes based on the display content on the screen S. It also functions as a general-purpose input part for selecting and inputting standard characters as standard images. As shown in FIG. 1, the monitor 21 and the touch panel 19 are fixed to the housing 2 so that the height from the ground plane E to the lower edge of the monitor 21 is in the range of 110 to 150 cm. Is for the convenience of seeing a message displayed on the monitor 21 or writing a message.

Although the configuration of the touch panel 19 is well known, the outline thereof will be described. Along the plate surface direction of the transparent plate-like body 19a such as transparent plastic or glass, a large number of vertical and horizontal transparent linear electrodes are formed. Groups (or groups of ultrafine metal wire electrodes) X1, X2, ... and Y 1, Y2, ... are arranged in a grid pattern, and alternating current of a constant frequency is applied to each group by shifting for a predetermined time interval. Has been done. Then, the contact position of the finger F on the panel 19 is specified based on the disturbance information of the current or voltage of each electrode caused by the static electricity as the finger F comes into contact or approaches a certain distance or less. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4B, the finger F contacts the surface of the panel 19 with the contact area A, and the grid points of the electrodes X1, X2 ... And Y1, Y2. However, the coordinate position of the finger F on the panel 19 is calculated by, for example, calculating the barycentric coordinates of the contact area A from the respective coordinates of the lattice points belonging to the contact area A, It can be represented by the barycentric coordinate G 1.

For example, the coordinates on the touch panel 19 are matched with the coordinates on the screen S of the monitor 21, and as shown in FIG. 4B, they correspond to a predetermined area (eg, button image) on the screen S. When the center of gravity G exists in the area B on the touch panel 19, it is determined that the area B has been selected (for example, the button has been pressed), and the result of the determination is used in the subsequent processing. be able to. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5A, if a circle C having a radius r1 centered on the center of gravity coordinate G is set and the finger F is moved to fill the area on the screen S swept by the circle C, The linear image L corresponding to the movement trajectory of the finger F is drawn on the screen S with a line width corresponding to the diameter of the circle C. That is, by moving the finger F on the touch panel 19 in various trajectories, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), a handwritten image I such as characters having a shape corresponding to the trajectory can be input and displayed. You can

Next, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management computer 5. The management computer 5 has an I / O port 31, to which a CPU 32, ROM 33, RAM 34, calendar clock 36, modem 37, monitor controller 40, storage device 42 such as a hard disk drive (HDD), etc. are connected. ing. The large monitor 4 described above is connected to the monitor control unit 40. The modem 37 is for connecting the computer 5 to each terminal 3. Further, the storage device 42 is provided with the aforementioned message storage unit 38. The programs that control the operation of the management computer 5 are stored in the ROM 33 and the program storage section 39 of the storage device 42, and the programs are executed using the RAM 34 as a work area.

The operation of the electronic message board 1 will be described below with reference to the flowchart and operation explanatory diagram. That is, when the OS 23a, the touch panel driver program 23b and the message board application program 23c (above, FIG. 3) are started up, the message mode initial screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the screen S of the monitor 21 in S1 of FIG. At the same time, the touch panel 19 is set to the operation accepting state according to its initial screen (the setting state of the touch panel 19 is changed each time the display content of the screen S is changed, In the following, description of the setting change on the touch panel 19 side may be omitted).

That is, on the initial screen, the menu selection bar 110, the input / display window 130, and the operation panel 120 are formed and displayed in the layout shown in the figure. The menu selection bar 110 is formed with various menu selection buttons such as a “message” button 51, a “view” button 52, and a “write” button 53. Further, on the operation panel 120, a line width adjustment button 55, an erase width adjustment button 56, a line width display window 57, a fixed phrase selection button 58, an image clear button 59, a color palette 60, a registration button 62, and a "return" button. 61 and the like are formed.

Then, in S2 to S3 of FIG. 7, a message search / display is performed by touching an area corresponding to the “view” button 52 on the touch panel 19 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “press the“ view ”button 52”, etc.). When the mode (Fig. 7: S3) is selected and the "write" button 53 is pressed, the message creation / registration mode (Fig. 7: S4) is selected, and the screens corresponding to each are switched. In this embodiment, the default setting is the message creation / registration mode, and the initial screen is directly the message creation / registration mode input / display screen. The details of the processing will be described below.

The flowchart of FIG. 8 shows the details of the processing in the message creation / registration mode. Message input by handwriting (hereinafter referred to as handwriting input) and message input by fixed phrase selection (hereinafter referred to as fixed phrase input). ) And both can be used. When the fixed phrase selection button 58 in FIG. 14 is pressed, the fixed phrase input mode is set. In this case, either handwriting input (S32 to S39) or standard text input (S40 to S43 → S39) may be performed first, and only one of them should be used to create a message. It is also possible (S35 → S39, S41 → S39). In either case, the registration process (S39) is performed after message input. The message creation / registration mode defaults to the handwriting input mode in this embodiment. In the following, in the present embodiment, a case will be described as an example in which fixed phrase input / display is performed first and then a handwritten image is added.

FIG. 9 shows details of the fixed phrase input processing. That is, when the fixed phrase selection button 58 in FIG. 14 is pressed (S51), the screen switches to the fixed phrase input screen shown in FIG. 15 (S52). On the screen, a classification selection button 70 for selecting a classification of a fixed phrase is formed in the operation panel 120. Then, the image data of these fixed texts is stored in the fixed text data storage unit 23d of FIG. 3 for each classification corresponding to these buttons 70 by bit map data. In the screen, the fixed texts displayed by buttons are all related to the operation, such as “wait”, “go”, “go by train”, and “contact”. FIG. 27 shows an example of such fixed phrase data, but fixed phrases stored in any of the classifications are configured to include words related to the operation of the classification.

Then, when any of the classification selection buttons 70 is pressed, a list of standard sentences of the classification of the pressed button is displayed in the list display window 71 formed in the operation panel 120, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16. Listed in. Note that FIG. 15 shows an example when the “wait” button of the category selection buttons 70 is pressed, and FIG. 16 shows an example when the “contact” button is pressed. For example, in FIG. 15, when selecting a fixed phrase such as “Wait for ...”, touch the position on the touch panel 19 corresponding to the display position of the fixed phrase with the finger F to open the fixed phrase. Is selected to read the image data (fixed phrase data) from the fixed phrase data storage unit 23d (FIG. 3), and the image 151 is displayed at a predetermined position in the input display window 130 as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the screen (FIG. 9, S53 to S55). Here, the fixed-form image 151 is displayed in a handwritten typeface.

Further, a new classification selection button 80 is displayed on the operation panel 120. All of the classifications of the fixed phrases corresponding to these buttons 80 are related to the place such as a facility name, a store name or a company name. FIG. 28 shows an example of the fixed phrase data, but fixed phrases stored in any of the classifications are configured to include words related to the place of the classification. Then, when any one of the buttons 80 is pressed, a list of standard sentences of the selected classification is displayed in a list in the list display window 71 as shown in FIG. 18, and the standard sentence is selected by the same method as described above. be able to. If there are a lot of fixed phrases and all of them cannot be displayed in the window 71, the scroll keys 72 and 73 can be pressed to scroll the list.

For example, in FIG. 18, when a fixed phrase “Hana Kotoba” is selected, the image 152 is displayed at a position where it is connected as a sentence to the previously input image 151 of the fixed phrase as shown in FIG. The message "I'm waiting for the flower language" is displayed as a whole (Fig. 9: S56 to S61). The image 152 is also displayed in a handwritten typeface. Further, if the user wants to correct the input fixed phrase, he or she can press the "erase" button 63 to delete all the input contents and input again. Also, by pressing the "Return" button 61, it is possible to return to the previous screen, and it is also possible to make corrections or add message contents on the returned screen.

Next, in the screen of FIG. 19, a date input window 71a is formed on the operation panel 120. When “month” and “day” are respectively selected, a date image 153a is displayed and the date image 153a of FIG. Switch to the screen. Then, when "hour" and "minute" are similarly input from the time input window 71b on this screen, an image 153b of the time is displayed on the input / display window 130. Here, in FIGS. 19 and 20, if the ellipsis button 64 is pressed, the input of the date or time is skipped and the display is not performed (above, FIG. 9: S62 to S63). It should be noted that these date and time images 153a and 153b are image-synthesized according to the date and time data measured by the calendar clock 16 in FIG. 3 and are displayed automatically or at any time by button operation. May be.

When the input of the date / time is completed, the screen is switched to the initial screen shown in FIG. When the message input is completed up to this point, the registration button 62 is pressed to move to the registration process (S39 in FIG. 8). However, if the handwriting input is continued, it is shown in FIG. It becomes a handwriting input process. First, the line width of a handwritten image is set. That is, when the "thin" button is pressed in the line width adjustment button 55, the line width of the linear image L in FIG. 5A becomes thin gradually or continuously, and when the "thick" button is pressed. The line width increases stepwise or continuously. At this time, as shown in FIG. 14B, the line width is displayed by the line width mark WM in the line width display window 57. As shown in FIG. 5A, the line width is defined by the radius r of the circle centered on the barycentric coordinate G of the contact area A of the finger, and the radius value is changed as shown in FIG. 5C. This changes the line width. Subsequently, the color of the line is selected by pressing the button of the desired color in the color palette 60 of FIG. In addition, as for the line width and the line color, the default width and color are automatically selected when no button operation is performed in particular (above, FIG. 10: S102, S103).

When the setting is completed, by moving the finger F on the touch panel 19 in the area corresponding to the input / display window 130, the handwritten images 155 and 156 are input / input as shown in FIGS. It is displayed (S104). The above-mentioned line width and line color can be changed at any time during handwriting input. For example, in FIGS. 21 and 22, the emphasis line 155 drawn below the standard image 154 (displayed in black, for example) is drawn in red, and the initial 156 is drawn in blue. In addition, if a part of the image is desired to be erased due to writing failure during input, the erase mode is entered by pressing the "erase" button of the erase width adjustment button 56. For example, when an image is described by a set of pixels in the ON state, if a part or the whole of the image overlaps a region of a predetermined width along the movement trajectory of the finger as the finger moves, the pixels in the overlapped part The image can be erased only by the part where the finger F has moved and swept by uniformly turning off the image. (This method of erasing the image L is described in, for example, FIG. 18 to FIG. It can also be used when erasing, in which case the erase mode can be selected by pressing the "erase" button 65). The erase width can be adjusted in the same manner as the line width by operating the “thin” button or the “thick” button of the erase width adjusting button 56. As shown in FIG. 14C, the line width display window 57 is displayed. Is displayed by the erase width mark EM. After that, by pressing the "write" button of the line width adjustment button 55, it is possible to return to the writing mode, and it is possible to continue handwriting input of the image (above, FIG. 10: S105, S109 to S111).

When the message creation process ends, the message registration process starts. At this stage, the message image data composed of the image data of the standard sentence and the image data input by handwriting is stored in the message image display memory 14b of the RAM 14 (FIG. 3) as bitmap data overwritten and synthesized. Has been done. First, when the registration button 62 (FIG. 22) is pressed in S108 of FIG. 10, the process proceeds to S39 of FIG. 8 to start the registration process. FIG. 11 shows the details of the registration process. That is, the registration screen shown in FIG. 23 is switched to (S151), and the registration classification selection button 85 is displayed on the operation panel 120. In the present embodiment, the classification name is an operation name that is closely related to the content of the message, such as “wait”, “go”, “go by train”, “contact”, etc., like the classification of fixed phrases. For example, if the message is "I'm waiting in the flower language", the category "go" is selected, and if the message is "TEL please", the category "contact" is selected (S152).

When the selection of the classification is completed, the process proceeds to S153, and the registration confirmation button (“execute” button) 86 is pressed. As a result, the message image data is transferred to the management computer 5 together with the selected classification data and the message creation date or time data, and the message image data (message data) is transferred as shown in FIG. , Classification, date, and time are stored and registered in the message storage unit 38 in a form associated with each other (S154). The message data can be registered without any particular classification. In this case, the classification selection process can be omitted, and the registered classification selection button 85 can be omitted. Further, it is possible to configure such that the message data, which has been stored for a certain time or more after being created (or registered), is automatically deleted from the message storage unit 38 by the timekeeping by the calendar clock 36 (FIG. 6).

Next, a process of viewing the registered message will be described. In this case, pressing the "see" button 52 in FIG. 14 brings up the message search / display mode (S3) in FIG. 12 and 13 show details of the processing in the message search / display mode. First, the screen of the monitor 21 becomes the search screen of FIG. 24 (S201). Next, the classification of the message to be searched is selected by the classification selection button 90. As a result, only the stored message data belonging to the selected classification is searched in the message storage unit 38 (FIG. 6).

A date and time designation panel 91 is also formed on this screen. Specifically, when the touch panel 19 is touched at a position corresponding to the date setting bar 91b displayed on the panel 91 and the finger F is moved in a predetermined direction (left and right in this embodiment) in that state, the date setting is performed. The bar 91b also moves following it. A scale 91c is formed below the date setting bar 91b, the date is specified by the position of the date setting bar 91b with respect to the scale 91c, and this is displayed in the date display window 91a. Further, the time is also specified by the same method from the position of the time setting bar 91e with respect to the scale 91f, and is displayed in the time display window 91d. As a result, for example, message data after (or before) the specified date or time is retrieved / extracted in the message storage unit 38 (above, FIG. 12: S202 to S206). The message data within the period may be extracted by specifying the dates or times at both ends of the predetermined period. If the date and time are not specified, all message data up to the current time will be displayed.

When the search is completed, the screen is switched to the reduced display screen shown in FIG. On this screen, the input / display window 130 is divided into a plurality of (four in this embodiment) small areas 131, and message images 132 based on the extracted message data are reduced and displayed (reduced). Display mode). The message data for display is transferred from the management computer 5 to the terminal device 3 at any time for use in units of the number of divisions of the small area 131 (that is, one page of the input / display window). That is, by default, the latest message data of date or time is transferred and the message image 132 based on it is displayed. When the "previous page" key 122 in FIG. 25 is pressed, another page of data located immediately before it in time series is transferred, and the message image 132 is displayed accordingly. That is, every time the "previous page" key 122 is pressed, the message images 132 arranged in chronological order are displayed while switching to old ones one after another with the sensation of turning pages. On the other hand, when the "next page" key 121 is pressed, the message image 132 is similarly displayed while being sequentially switched to a new one (above, FIG. 13: S207 to S214).

When the desired message is found, the touch panel 19 is touched in the small area 131 in which the message image 132 is displayed to select it. Then, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 26, and the message image 132 of the selected small area 131 is displayed in the original size using the entire input / display window 130 (standard display mode). At this time, the message correction button 125, the message selection screen button 126, the print button 127, the enlarged display button 128, the end button 123, etc. are displayed on the operation panel 120.

First, when the message correction button 125 is pressed, the screen is switched to the input / display screen (initial screen) 101 (where the selected message image is displayed) as shown in FIG. 14 and the message can be corrected. It becomes a state. After the correction, the corrected message is newly registered again by the same procedure as described above (above, S217, S220, S221). Moreover, when the message selection screen button 126 is pressed, the screen returns to the reduced display screen of FIG. 25 (S218, S219, S208). On the other hand, although not shown in the flowchart, when the print button 127 is pressed, the message is printed out from the printer 15 of FIG. Furthermore, when the enlargement display button 128 is pressed, the message content is displayed on the large monitor 4 in FIG. When the end button 123 is pressed, the screen is cleared and the process returns to S1 in FIG.

In the above processing, the message search function can be omitted. In this case, the search screen of FIG. 24 may not be displayed. It is also possible to omit the handwriting input function and limit it to the message creation function only by inputting fixed phrases. In this case, it is not necessary to use the touch panel 19 overlaid on the monitor 21 as the message input unit. For example, a keyboard or a mouse provided separately from the monitor 21 may be used. Further, the fixed image is not limited to the fixed sentence, and it may be a character such as a character or symbol that is individually input by a keyboard, or an image other than the character or symbol such as an image of an illustration or a photograph. is there.

Further, in the above configuration, the management computer 5 collectively manages the message image data from the terminal device 3, but the computer system alone having substantially the same hardware configuration as the terminal device 3 is used as a main unit. It is also possible to construct the electronic message board of the invention. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the message storage unit 24 may be provided in the storage device 22.

Each function of the electronic message board 1 described above is essentially realized by each program stored in the storage device 22. Therefore, if these programs are stored in a floppy disk, the above-mentioned programs are installed in the storage device 22 from the floppy disk drive 25 in a computer system having a hardware configuration similar to that shown in FIG. Thus, the function of the electronic message board 1 can be ported to the computer system.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an embodiment of an electronic message board of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the terminal device.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are a perspective view showing an arrangement mode of a touch panel and an explanatory view of an operation principle of the touch panel.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a method of handwriting input on a touch panel.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a management computer.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the entire flow of the operation of the electronic message board.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of an operation in a message creation / registration mode.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the fixed phrase input process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of a handwriting input process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing details of a registration process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of an operation in a message search display mode.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart following FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a process explanatory view showing the operation of the electronic message board together with its screen display state.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory view of the process following FIG.

FIG. 16 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 21;

23 is an explanatory view of the process following FIG. 22. FIG.

24 is an explanatory view of the process following FIG.

FIG. 25 is a process explanatory view following FIG. 24;

FIG. 26 is a process explanatory diagram following FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is an explanatory view showing an example of fixed-form sentence data relating to “operation”.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of “place” -related fixed phrase data.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of a message storage unit.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic message board 3 Terminal device (message input / display terminal unit) 5 Management computer (management unit) 12 CPU (display control means) 16 Calendar clock (creation time counting means) 19 Touch panel (message input unit) 20 Monitor control unit (Display control means) 22 Storage device 23c Message board application program 23d Fixed sentence data storage section (fixed image data storage means) 38 Message storage section (message image data storage means) 71 List display window (fixed character group list display area)

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[Utility model registration claims] 1. A display device for displaying a message content, the display device being superimposed on a screen of the display device,
A message input unit configured to allow the display contents of the screen to be seen through, and for handwriting input of image data such as characters or figures based on the movement locus of an input indicator such as a finger or an input pen on its own surface. And display control means for displaying a message image based on the handwritten input image data (hereinafter referred to as handwritten image data) on the screen of the display device at a position corresponding to the movement locus of the input indicator. The display control means combines a predetermined image (hereinafter, referred to as a standard image) that forms part or all of the message with an image based on the handwritten image data, and uses the synthesized image as a message image of the display device. An electronic message board characterized by being displayed on a screen. 2. A fixed image data storage unit for storing data of a plurality of fixed images, and a fixed image selection unit for selecting a desired one of the fixed images, wherein the display control unit includes: 2. The electronic message board according to claim 1, wherein data of the selected fixed image is read out from the fixed image data storage means, and the fixed image is displayed. 3. The plurality of fixed images are images of a predetermined character group (hereinafter, referred to as a fixed character group) such as words, phrases, sentences, etc., which form part or all of the message content. The electronic message board according to claim 2. 4. A message display area for displaying the message image and a fixed character group list display area for displaying a list of fixed character groups are formed on a screen of the display device. An area corresponding to the message display area of the input unit,
The handwritten input section of the message image, and an area corresponding to the fixed character group list display area of the message input section is a selection input section for the fixed character group, and is displayed in the fixed character group list. By bringing the input indicator into contact with the selection input unit at a position corresponding to the fixed character group, the fixed character group is selected and displayed at a predetermined position in the message display area. The electronic message board according to claim 3. 5. A creation time counting means for counting the creation time of the message image, and generates image data of a character group representing the counted creation time (hereinafter referred to as time image data) as data of the fixed image. The electronic message board according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a fixed image data generating unit, wherein the display control unit displays an image of a character group based on the time image data as the fixed image. . 6. The image of a character included in the standard image,
The electronic message board according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the electronic message board is displayed in a handwritten character typeface or a typeface imitating the handwritten character typeface. 7. The handwritten image data is bitmap data described by a combination of an on / off state of each pixel constituting a screen of the display device, and the fixed image data includes The electronic message board according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the electronic message board is bitmap data that has an overwriting relationship between them. 8. A display device for displaying message contents, and a plurality of predetermined character groups (hereinafter, referred to as fixed-form character groups) such as words, phrases, and sentences that constitute a part or all of the message contents. ), Fixed image data storage means for storing the image data as fixed image data, fixed image selection means for selecting one or more of the plurality of character groups, and the selected fixed character group Display control means for reading out the image data of the fixed form image data storage means from the fixed form image data storage means and displaying an image of the fixed form character group on the screen of the display device, and an image of one fixed form character group on the screen, or An electronic message board for displaying message content by combining images of a plurality of fixed character groups. 9. An additional image data input means for inputting data of an image to be added to the image of the selected fixed character group, wherein the image based on the input additional image data and the fixed form The electronic message board according to claim 8, wherein the electronic message board is combined with an image of a character group and displayed on the screen. 10. The fixed-form character group is classified into a plurality of groups, and image data of each fixed-form character group is stored in the fixed-form image data storage means in a form associated with the groups. Is configured so that the character group can be selected for each of the groups. The message content is displayed on the screen by combining fixed character groups selected from two or more of the groups. The electronic message board according to any one of claims 3 to 9 for displaying. 11. A group of fixed characters including words related to an action (hereinafter referred to as an action-related character group).
And a group of fixed character groups (hereinafter referred to as place-related character groups) including words related to places such as place names, facility names, store names, and company names, and the operation-related groups selected from the groups. The electronic message board according to claim 10, wherein message contents are displayed on the screen by a combination of a character group and a place-related character group. 12. A message image data storage means for storing image data of a message created on a screen of the display device for each screen, and reading the message image data from the message image data storage means, The electronic message board according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising display control means for displaying a message image based on the message image on the screen. 13. The message image display mode includes a standard display mode in which only one message image display area is set, and the message image is displayed on the display area for only one screen, and a plurality of display areas. 13. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the message image is reduced and displayed in each of the small regions, and the message image is reduced and displayed in each of the small regions. Electronic message board. 14. The display device according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary display device having a screen size larger than that of the display device is provided separately from the display device, and the message image is enlarged and displayed on the auxiliary display device. Electronic message board according to any of the above. 15. The message erasing means for erasing at least a part of the displayed message content when the message content displayed on the display device needs to be corrected. Electronic message board according to any one of. 16. A management unit and a plurality of message creation / display terminal units connected to the management unit, wherein each of the message creation / display terminal units includes a message based on message image data created by the terminal unit. While the display device that displays an image is provided, the management unit is provided with the message image data storage unit that collectively stores and manages the message image data created by each terminal unit, and each terminal unit is 16. The electronic message board according to claim 12, wherein any message image data stored in the message image data storage means is received from the management unit side, and the message image is displayed based on the data. . 17. A screen of a display device for displaying a message content, wherein the display content can be seen through, and characters can be displayed on the surface of an input indicator such as a finger or an input pen on the surface of the character itself. Alternatively, in an electronic message board having a configuration in which a message input unit for handwriting input of image data such as a figure is arranged, a predetermined image (hereinafter referred to as a standard image) that should constitute a part or all of the message, Composite with an image based on the image data input by handwriting, and display this on the screen of the display device as a message image,
A storage medium storing a program for performing a process of deleting at least a part of the displayed message content when the message content displayed on the display device needs to be corrected. 18. An electronic message board having a display device for displaying a message content, wherein a plurality of predetermined character groups (hereinafter, referred to as a word group, a phrase, a sentence, etc., which should constitute a part or all of the message content (hereinafter , A fixed character group), image data of the selected fixed character group is read from the fixed image data storage means, and the image of the fixed character group is displayed on the screen of the display device. , The message content is displayed by an image of one fixed character group or a combination of images of a plurality of fixed character groups on the screen, and it is necessary to correct the message content displayed on the display device. In this case, the storage medium stores a program for performing a process of deleting at least a part of the displayed message content. 19. The electronic message board according to any one of claims 1 to 1.
A storage medium storing a program for realizing the process according to any one of 16.