JP3345262B2 - Window control device, window control method, and television system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a window control device and control method used for electric or electronic equipment having a display such as a television or a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, displaying several small windows on a display screen of a computer or a television has been actively used. As a first conventional technique for controlling this window, there is a method for controlling a multi-function two screen of a wide clear vision television (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)
Instruction manual P22 manufactured by "TH-32WS40".

[0003] This window control method uses a tiled window in which a television screen is divided into two right and left windows so that the windows do not overlap, and different television broadcasts can be watched in the left and right windows. . For this reason, to change the TV screen from one screen to two screens, an attached remote controller (hereinafter referred to as “remote control”)
It is necessary to press the setting button of "two screens".

[0004] As a second conventional technique, an X-Window is used.
System (a trademark of Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
In this system, windows displayed on the display screen may overlap. However, in order to create and delete a window, the user must perform operations for creating and deleting a window. As a third conventional technique, there is a "multi-window display device" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-80966. This technology can display a plurality of moving images or still images in a multi-window.

A fourth conventional technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
No. 3864, “Multi-window moving image display method and device” is available. According to this technology, only a sound for a specified moving image can be output from a plurality of moving image display windows to selectively listen to required sound.

[0006]

However, the conventional first type
According to the technology, when different television broadcasts displayed in two windows on the left and right become the same television broadcast by channel operation, the same program is broadcast on two small windows. In order to avoid this, the viewer has trouble instructing to switch to the single screen display by operating the remote controller.

In the second conventional technique, a large number of windows can be opened on a display screen by a generation command, so that it is easy to use. On the other hand, once an opened window is closed by a deletion command, many windows are opened. The unnecessary windows exist, and it takes time to search for the necessary windows, resulting in a decrease in work efficiency.

In the third conventional technique, a specified moving image or still image can be displayed in a window on a display screen, but windows cannot be integrated depending on the content of the displayed moving image. In addition, the conventional fourth
According to the technique, a window can be selected and the corresponding sound can be output and reproduced. However, when a window is newly generated or deleted, the corresponding sound is output unless the window is selected again. Can not do.

Further, in the second to fourth conventional techniques, the size of the window can be freely set, but cannot be changed to the form of the window according to the display contents of the window. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, it is a first object of the present invention to provide a window control device that can switch to a screen that is easy to view without complicated operations when the contents displayed in windows become the same. And

A second object of the present invention is to provide a window control device that changes the form of a window in accordance with the content displayed in the window and allows the user to understand the content of the window at a glance. A third object of the present invention is to provide a window control device which makes it easy for a plurality of persons to use a window displayed on a display screen even when there are a plurality of persons giving window generation instructions. is there.

[0011] A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a window control device capable of easily changing the output of audio when a window displayed on a display screen is generated or deleted.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To solve this problem, the present invention relates to a window control apparatus for a television system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen. Window information storage means for storing window information in which information and the type of information displayed in the window are associated with each other; and information displayed in a window included in the window information.
Window shape according to the type of information to be stored
And the window shape memory means, and the window information rewriting means for rewriting undergoing change instruction window information stored in the window information storage unit, stored in the window shape memory means in accordance with the window information U
Display control means for displaying the video information which is guiding information of a television broadcast received in the first window shape, to obtain the video video information of the television broadcast displayed on the first window storing Moving image storage means, playback display control means for fast-forwarding and displaying the moving image information stored in the moving image storage means in a second window, and displaying the moving image displayed in the first window and the moving image displayed in the second window. Window closing means for closing the second window when the moving image matches.

Thus, the display contents of the window displaying the moving image normally can be seen at a glance from the shape of the window.
In addition, when there is a window displaying the moving image in the fast forward reproduction, when the display of the fast forward reproduction catches up with the display of the normal moving image, wasteful display of the same moving image in two windows is prevented.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows Embodiment 1 of a window control device according to the present invention used in a television system.
FIG.

This window control device includes a first broadcast receiving section 101, a second broadcast receiving section 102, a remote control signal receiving section 103, a signal analysis processing section 104, a window management section 105, a window control section 106, , A display control unit 107, a display unit 108, and a remote control 110. First broadcast receiving section 101 and second broadcast receiving section 102
Receives the corresponding television broadcast according to the channel instruction from the window control unit 106, and notifies the display control unit 107 of the received content.

The remote control 110 transmits a television control signal including a channel number and a display channel change instruction command to the remote control signal receiving unit 103 by a user's button operation. In addition, the remote control 110 has a power “ON”,
The remote control signal receiving unit 10 transmits a television control signal such as "OFF".
3, but the description is omitted because it is not the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows the remote control 110. Although the remote control 110 has a display screen such as "two screens", a display screen 201 such as "determine" is set in FIG. For example, when the “3” button is operated by the viewer, a channel number “3” and a display channel change instruction command are transmitted to the remote control signal receiving unit 103. Remote control signal receiving section 103 receives the television control signal from remote control 110 and notifies signal analysis processing section 104 of the signal.

Upon receiving the notification of the television control signal from remote control signal receiving section 103, signal analysis processing section 104 acquires the notified channel number as the first channel number,
The window controller 106 is notified of the first channel number. The first channel number refers to a channel number of a display channel of a window for which event reception is set to “ON” in window information stored in a window management unit 105 described later.

The window management unit 105 stores an information table 301 as shown in FIG. The information table 301 includes a window identifier 30 for identifying a window for each window displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108.
2, the display channel 303 of the television broadcast displayed in the window, and the display state 3 showing the arrangement of the window
04, a window shape 305 set according to the information content displayed in the window, and an event reception 306 in which whether or not to accept a channel change from the remote controller 110 is provided.

The display state 304 has three types of attribute values: "left", "right", and "entire". Where "left" and "right"
Indicates a window arranged on the left side and a window arranged on the right side of a tile-type window in which the display screen of the display unit 108 is divided into two right and left parts. “Overall” indicates one window arranged on the entire display screen. The window shape 305 indicates the shape of the window and has, for example, “for sports” and “for quiz programs” as attribute values, and is set according to the genre of television broadcast displayed in the window. The attribute value is determined by the window control unit 106, which receives the notification of the genre information attached to the electronic program guide (EPG) received from the broadcasting station by the first broadcast receiving unit 101 or the second broadcast receiving unit 102,
It is set corresponding to the display channel 303.

The event reception 306 indicates whether or not the window identified by the window identifier 302 can change the display channel 303 in response to the transmission of the television control signal from the remote controller 110. Event reception 306 indicates "O
For the window with the window identifier “1” set to “N”, the display channel 303 can be changed and “OF”
In the window with the window identifier “2” set to “F”, the display channel 303 cannot be changed.

When the window control unit 106 is notified of the first channel number from the signal analysis processing unit 104, the event reception 306 stored in the window management unit 105 is performed.
Is "OFF", that is, the attribute value of the display channel 303 is acquired. It is determined whether the first channel number and the second channel number match.
When it is determined that they match, the window information whose event reception 306 is “ON” is deleted, and the attribute value of the display state 304 where the second channel number is the attribute value of the display channel 303 is set to “all”. Event reception 30
6 is rewritten to “ON”, and the display control unit 107 is notified that the window information of the window information management unit 105 has been changed. When it is determined that they do not match, the event reception 30
The attribute value of the display channel 303 whose “6” is “ON” is set to the first
First broadcast receiving unit 1
01 is notified of the first channel number. At the same time, the attribute value of the window shape 305 is rewritten based on the genre information notified from the first broadcast receiving unit 101, and the display control unit 1
07 is notified that the window information of the window information management unit 105 has been changed.

The display control unit 107 includes the window control unit 1
When the notification indicating that the window information has been changed is received from 06, the window information stored in the window management unit 105 is read, and the window identified by the window identifier is displayed on the display screen of the display unit. The attribute values of the window shape 305 of this window, such as “for sports” and “for quiz programs”, have bitmap data of these shapes in a built-in storage unit.
Display the window in the shape corresponding to the attribute value. Also, the attribute values of the display state 304, which are the arrangement positions on the display screen, such as “left”, “right”, and “entire”, have corresponding position data on the display screen. Is placed. Further, regarding the attribute values “ON” and “OFF” of the event reception 306, “OF”
For "F", use the normal frame. For "ON",
Display the window using bold shading.

FIG. 4 shows that the display control unit 107 reads out the window information 307 and 308 shown in FIG.
8 shows a state displayed on the display screen 8 (a state excluding display of information). The window 307 identified by the window identifier “1” (the same number is assigned to indicate the window corresponding to the window information 307. The same applies to the following windows 308 and the like) on the display screen. It is arranged on the “left” side, has a “sports” window shape 401, and has a thick frame 402 indicating that a display channel can be changed by receiving a remote control signal. The window 308 identified by the window identifier “2” is arranged on the “right” side of the display screen, has a “quiz program” window shape 403, and is a normal frame. The numbers displayed at the upper left corners of the windows 307 and 308 indicate display channels.

After the window is opened on the display unit 108, the display control unit 107 sets the attribute value of the event reception 306 to "O" in a size corresponding to the display state 304 of the window.
N ”, the television broadcast received by the first broadcast receiving unit 101 is displayed in the window identified by the window identifier 302, and the attribute value of the event reception 306 is“ OF ”.
The television broadcast received by the second broadcast receiving unit 102 is displayed in the window identified by the window identifier 302 of “F”.

FIG. 5 shows a state where the television broadcast received on the display screen of the display unit 108 is displayed in the windows 307 and 308 based on the window information shown in FIG. The display unit 108 includes a CRT, a liquid crystal display, and the like, and displays a television broadcast under the display control of the display control unit 107. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the display screen.

When windows 307 and 308 as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108 and the viewer presses the channel number "5" button on the remote control 110, window control is performed. The first channel number “5” and the second channel number “5” by the unit 105
(The display channel of the right window 308). The window control unit 105 stores the information table 301 stored in the window management unit 105.
Is changed to one window information 601 as shown in FIG. Window 3 on the entire display screen of the display unit 108
A television broadcast of a display channel “5” of 08 is displayed. As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the display contents of the left and right windows 307 and 308 match,
The display content of one window 307 is deleted, and the display content of the other window 308 is displayed on the entire display screen, eliminating the inconvenience of the viewer instructing to change to one screen.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 in the case where window information is changed by operating the remote controller 110 in a situation where two television broadcasts are displayed in two windows. . First, a television control signal having a channel number and a display channel change instruction command is transmitted from the remote controller 110 by the viewer's operation of the remote controller 110.
(S702). Remote control signal receiving unit 103
Receives the television control signal transmitted from the remote control 110 (S704). The signal analysis processing unit 104 receives the signal received by the remote control signal receiving unit 103, and extracts a channel number (referred to as a first channel number) from the received signal (S706). The signal analysis processing unit 104 notifies the window control unit 106 of the first channel number (S
708). The window control unit 106 determines the second from the window information stored in the window management unit 105.
Channel number (attribute value “OF of attribute“ event reception ”)
F ”(attribute value of the display channel of“ F ”) (S71).
0). The window control unit 106 determines whether the first channel number and the second channel number match (S7).
12). If they match, the process proceeds to S714, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to S718.

In step S714, the window control unit 10
6 deletes the window information of the window with the attribute value “ON” by rewriting the window information of the window with the attribute value “OFF” of the attribute “event reception” stored in the window management unit 105, and makes the display control unit 107 The fact that the window information has been changed is notified (S714). The display control unit 107 returns the television broadcast displayed in the window into two windows on the display screen of the display unit 108 based on one window information stored in the window management unit 105, The television broadcast identified by the second channel number is continuously displayed (S716). Without such complicated operations,
It is avoided that the same broadcast is displayed in two windows.

In step S718, the window control unit 10
Reference numeral 6 rewrites the attribute value (channel number) of the attribute "display channel" of the window information of the window having the attribute value "ON" of the attribute "event reception" stored in the window management unit 105 to the first channel number. The window control unit 106 instructs the first broadcast receiving unit 101 to receive the television broadcast identified by the first channel number (S720). The display control unit 107 includes a display unit 108
In the window of event reception "ON" on the display screen of
The television broadcast identified by the channel number is displayed (S722).

In this embodiment, when the channel number of the left window 307 matches the channel number of the right window 308, the window control unit 106
Indicates that the window information of the left window 307 for receiving the remote control signal has been deleted from the window management unit 105, but the right window 30 for which the remote control signal has not been received.
8 may be deleted, and the window information of the left window 307 for receiving the remote control signal may be changed. As a result, only the window identifier of the window after the display change is different.

In the present embodiment, when the left window 307 of the two windows 307 and 308 is deleted, the remaining right window 308 is enlarged to the size of two windows and displayed. May be displayed as it is without changing. In this case, the remaining half area on the display screen of the display unit 108 is not displayed, for example.

Further, in the present embodiment, the window is displayed in an evenly divided tile format, but may be divided into three or more, non-divided evenly, or overlapped. Good. For example, window information 801, 802, 803 as shown in FIG.
Is stored in the window management unit 105, a television broadcast as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108. At this time, when a television control signal including a first channel number “7” and a display channel change instruction command is transmitted from remote control 110 to remote control signal receiving section 103, window information 803 of window 901 of display channel “7” is displayed. The information is deleted from the information table 804, the window 901 on the display screen is closed, and a display as shown in FIG. 10 is obtained.

The window information 80 shown in FIG.
The attribute “position” 805 in 1, 802, 803 indicates the position of the upper left point of the window on the display screen, and “size”
Reference numeral 806 indicates the size of the window. In the first embodiment, the first and second broadcast receiving units 101,
Although 102 was provided, in the present embodiment,
Further, a third broadcast receiving unit is provided, and a third window 90 is provided.
Corresponds to 1. Further, unlike the first embodiment, the window information of the event reception “OFF” is deleted.

In the present embodiment, the video displayed in the window is a television broadcast.
The video may be a video stored in a storage medium such as a VD or a video tape, or a video transmitted by communication such as ISDN. In this embodiment, the broadcast receivers are provided in the number of windows to enable simultaneous reception of television broadcasts. However, one broadcast receiver switches over time-division television broadcasts of different channels. May be received so that a plurality of broadcast receiving units exist in a pseudo manner. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of Embodiment 2 of a window control device according to the present invention used in a television system.

The window control device includes a first broadcast receiving unit 101, a second broadcast receiving unit 102, a remote control signal receiving unit 103, a signal analysis processing unit 104, a window management unit 105, a window control unit 106 , Display control unit 107, display unit 108, video storage control unit 1101
A fast-forward playback unit 1102, an information storage unit 1103,
And a remote controller 1104.

This window control device is obtained by adding a video storage function to the window control device of the first embodiment. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. Only the configuration-specific components will be described. The remote controller 1004 has a video storage instruction button 11
05 and a fast forward playback button 1106.

Upon receiving the viewer's pressing of the video accumulation instruction button 1105, the remote controller 1004 transmits an image accumulation instruction signal to the remote control signal receiving unit 103. This operation is unnecessary, and when the power of the remote controller 1004 is turned “ON”, the video accumulation instruction signal is sent to the remote control signal receiving unit 1.
03 may be transmitted. Fast forward play button 1
Upon receiving the press of 106, a fast-forward reproduction signal is transmitted to the remote control signal receiving unit 103.

When receiving the video accumulation instruction signal or the fast forward reproduction signal, the remote control signal receiving section 103 notifies the signal analysis processing section 104 of the signal. When the notified signal is the video accumulation instruction signal, the signal analysis processing unit 104 instructs the window control unit 106 to display the number of the display channel currently displayed in the window of the display screen of the display unit 108 (the first broadcast reception unit 101 Or which of the second broadcast receiving units 102 is receiving a television broadcast), and notifies the video accumulation control unit 1101 of an instruction to store video information and any of the first or second broadcast receiving units 101 and 102. I do. If the notified signal is a fast-forward playback signal, it instructs fast-forward playback of video information stored in the information storage unit 1103 and instructs the window control unit 106 to generate a new window.

Upon receiving the inquiry about the display channel number from the signal analysis processing unit 104, the window control unit 106 refers to the information table stored in the window management unit 105 and receives the display channel number.
Either the broadcast receiving unit 101 or the second broadcast receiving unit 102 is notified to the signal analysis processing unit 104. When receiving an instruction to generate a new window from the signal analysis processing unit 104, the window management unit 105 assigns a window identifier to the information table of the window management unit 105 and writes new window information. In this new window information, “0” indicating the information storage unit 1103 is recorded in “display channel”, and the “display state” is when the previously stored window information is “all” or “left”. For example, "right" is recorded, "OFF" is recorded in "event reception", and the same attribute value as the previously stored window information is recorded in "window shape". At this time, the display state of the previously stored window information is changed to, for example, “entire”.
From "left" to "left". Thereafter, the display control unit 107 is notified that the window information has been changed, and is notified of a window display instruction.

When the window control unit 106 receives an instruction to delete the window information from the fast-forward playback unit 1102, “0” is recorded in the “display channel” in the window information from the information table of the window management unit 105. The window information is deleted, the “display state” of the remaining window information is rewritten to “all”, and the display control unit 107 is notified that the window information has been changed.

Upon receiving an instruction to store video information from the signal analysis processing unit 104 and a notification from, for example, the first broadcast receiving unit 101, the video storage control unit 1101
Acquires the video information of the television broadcast that is being received,
The information is recorded in the information storage unit 1103. Information storage unit 1103
Is composed of a hard disk, a RAM, and the like.
The video information of the television broadcast displayed on the display screen is stored.

Upon receiving the fast-forward playback instruction from the signal analysis processing unit 104, the fast-forward playback unit 1102
When video information is stored in 103, the stored video information is read out, fast-forwarded and reproduced to notify the display control unit 107 of the video information, and to instruct display. Here, the fast-forward playback means that the received video information of the television broadcast is stored in the information storage unit 1103 continuously from when the storage instruction is issued, and is reproduced at the double speed or triple speed according to the fast-forward playback instruction. Playback that follows the video.

When all of the video information stored in the information storage unit 1103 is read out, the fast-forward playback unit 1102 instructs the window control unit 106 to delete the window information of the newly generated window. That is, at this time, the display contents of the two windows displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108 match. The display control unit 107 displays the television broadcast on the display screen of the display unit 108 according to the window information of the information table stored in the window management unit 105.

For example, FIG.
When the information table 1201 as shown in FIG. 13 is stored, a window 1202 based on the window information 1202 as shown in FIG. Further, when receiving a notification that the window information has been changed from the window control unit 106, the display control unit 107 reads the information table stored in the window management unit 105 and displays the information table on the display screen of the display unit 108 according to the window information. Display John Broadcast. At this time, when the video information is notified from the fast-forward playback unit 1102, a window 1401 of the attribute value “0” of the “display channel” of the window information is displayed as shown in FIG.
Display the video for fast forward playback.

When the fast-forward playback unit 102 issues a new window deletion command to the window control unit 106, a new window 1401 is displayed from the display screen.
Is closed, and a normal television broadcast is displayed in the window 1202 as shown in FIG. As described above, when the display contents of the window 1202 and the window 1401 shown in FIG. 14 match, the window 1401 displaying the fast-forward playback (“during chase function operation” in the figure) is closed, and the same video is displayed in a different window. Easier to see in one window.

Next, an operation specific to the second embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. The remote control signal receiving unit 103 waits for a signal to be transmitted from the remote control 1004 (S1602). Signal analysis processing unit 1
04 receives the notification of the signal received by the remote control signal receiving unit 103 (S1604), and determines whether the signal is a video accumulation instruction signal (S1606). Signal analysis processing unit 104
Sends the signal to the video accumulation control unit 1001 when the signal is determined to be the video accumulation instruction signal (S1608). Upon receiving the signal, the video accumulation control unit 1001 starts accumulating the television broadcast video information displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108 in the information storage unit 1003 (S1610), and S16.
Return to 02.

If it is determined in S1606 that the signal is not a video accumulation instruction signal, it is determined whether or not the signal is a fast-forward reproduction signal (S1612). If affirmative, the process proceeds to S1614, and if negative, the process returns to S1602. In step S1614, the signal analysis processing unit 104 instructs the window control unit 106 to generate one new window. The window control unit 106 determines a new window identifier,
The window information is written into the information table 1201 of the window management unit 105 (S1616). The window control unit 106 instructs the display control unit 107 to display a new window identified by the window identifier (S16
18). The signal analysis processing unit 104 sends the fast-forward playback signal to the fast-forward playback unit 1002 and instructs fast-forward playback (S
1620). The fast-forward playback unit 1002 includes the information storage unit 10
It is determined whether or not video information is stored in S03 (S16).
22) If it is not stored, the process returns to S1602. If video information is stored, the fast-forward playback unit 1002 performs fast-forward playback of the video information stored in the information storage unit 1003 (S1624), and the display control unit 107. Is instructed to perform fast-forward playback in a new window (S1626).

It should be noted that even during fast-forward playback, the video accumulation control unit 1
Reference numeral 001 stores the video information of the television broadcast displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108 in the information storage unit 1003. The display control unit 107 causes the fast-forward playback unit 1002 to display the fast-forwarded video in the newly opened window (S1628). The fast-forward playback unit 1002 determines whether or not the video fast-forward played in the window has caught up with the normal television broadcast displayed in another window.
That is, it is determined whether or not all the videos stored in the information storage unit 1003 have been reproduced and displayed (S1630). If affirmative, the process proceeds to S1632, and if negative, S1624
Return to

In S1632, the fast-forward playback unit 100
No. 2 issues a command to the window control unit 106 to delete the fast-forwarding window. Window control unit 10
No. 6 deletes the fast-forwarding window information from the information table 1201 of the window management unit 105 (S
1634). The display control unit 107 includes the window control unit 1
Only the window related to the window information stored in 06 is enlarged and displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108 (S1636).

As described above, when the fast-forward playback window catches up with the window displaying the normal television broadcast, the fast-forward playback window is deleted. In the present embodiment, when a video of one television broadcast is displayed on the display screen of display unit 108, an instruction to store the video information is issued, but two or more windows are displayed on the display screen. May be instructed to store the video information of one of the television broadcasts when the is opened. (Embodiment 3) FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram of Embodiment 3 of a window control device according to the present invention used in a document display device incorporating a multi-window system.

This window control device includes a command input unit 1
701, a command receiving unit 1702, and a display control unit 1703
, A window management unit 1704, and a document storage unit 1705
, A control unit 1706, and a display unit 108. The command input unit 1701 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and receives a user's command to generate and display a new window or a command to display a document. The received command is transmitted to the control unit 17 via the command receiving unit 1702.
06 is notified. The display command for displaying a document includes a display command, a document identifier for specifying a document to be displayed, and a window identifier for identifying a window for displaying the document.

The command receiving section 1702 is provided with a command input section 170
1 is notified to the control unit 1706. The window management unit 1704 stores an information table 1801 as shown in FIG. This information table 180
1 includes window information 1807, 1808, 1809
Window identifier 180 for identifying the window
2, a display document identifier 1803 for identifying a document to be displayed in the window, a window size 1804 indicating the size of the window, a window position 1805 indicating the display position of the window, and a record order 1806 indicating the order in which the window information was recorded. Attribute values of each attribute are recorded.

Note that the attribute value of the display document identifier 1803 of the window information 1807 of the window information 1807 which has been opened on the display screen of the display unit 108 but has not yet been notified of the document display instruction by the window generation and display instruction is empty. Remains. Further, the attribute value “1” in the record order 1806 means that it is displayed on the foreground of the display screen of the display unit 108. Therefore, when the windows are displayed in the overlap format, the windows may overlap depending on the window size 1801 and the window position 1805, but the record order 1
The smaller the attribute value of 806 is, the less it is hidden by other windows.

The display control unit 1703 opens or closes a window according to an instruction from the control unit 1706, and displays a document in the opened window. Upon receiving a notification that the window information has been updated and a display instruction from the control unit 1706, the window information is read from the window management unit 1704, and the window identified by the window identifier 1802 is placed at the end of the record order 1806 (value having a small attribute value). )
Are arranged so as to be displayed on the front of the display screen of the display unit 108, the entity of the document identified by the display document identifier is read, and displayed in the window.

The display unit 108 displays a window on the display screen under the control of the display control unit 1703, as in the above embodiment. The document storage unit 1705 stores a document identifier for identifying a document and a document entity as a set.
When the command notified from the command receiving unit 1702 is a command for generating and displaying a new window, the control unit 1707 writes the new window information to the information table stored in the window management unit 1704. On this occasion,
A window identifier is given as window information, and attribute values of a window size, a window position, and a record order included in the instruction are written. When the window information is updated, the display control unit 1703 is notified together with the display instruction that the window information is updated.

When the command notified from the command receiving unit 1702 is a display command for displaying a document, the window information of the window different from the window identifier included in the display command in the window information stored in the window management unit 1704 Is searched for an attribute value in which the attribute value of the display document identifier 1803 matches the document identifier included in the display instruction. When it finds a matching attribute value,
The attribute value of the record order 1806 of the window information having the document identifier as the attribute value is rewritten to “1”, and the attribute values of the record order of the other window information that are smaller than the attribute value before rewriting are changed by “1”. Bring it down. At the same time, the window information of the window identified by the window identifier included in the display instruction is deleted.

As a result, it is possible to display a window at an easy-to-view position without displaying an unnecessary window for displaying the same document, and it is possible to effectively use a limited display screen space. . For example, when the information table 1801 shown in FIG. 18 is stored in the window management unit 1704, information as shown in FIG.
807, 1808, and 1809.

Here, when the control unit 1706 is notified of the window identifier “3” and the command of “show document2”, the control unit 1706 transmits the document identifier “doc”.
document2 is the display document identifier 1 of the window information 1808 in which “uent2” is identified by “2” of the window identifier 1802.
803 is found to be the same as “document 2”. The record order of the window information 1808 is rewritten to “1”, and the record order of the window information 1809 is rewritten to “2”. Further, the window information 1807 identified by the window identifier “3” is deleted. As a result, the display screen of the display unit 108 is changed to the display of windows 1808 and 1809 as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation specific to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. It is assumed that some windows are already displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108. The command input unit 1701 receives an input of a document display command including a document identifier and a window identifier for displaying a document from a user (S21).
02). The command receiving unit 1702 is notified of the document display command from the command input unit 1701 (S2104). Control unit 1
Reference numeral 706 denotes a window other than the window identified by the window identifier included in the document display instruction notified by the instruction receiving unit 1702, and the document identified by the document identifier included in the document display instruction notified by the instruction receiving unit 1702. Is already displayed, that is, the window management unit 1
The command receiving unit 1702 determines whether or not the attribute value of the display document identifier of the window information of the information table stored in the information table 704 is the same as the notified document identifier (S2106).

When the control unit 1706 determines that the result is affirmative,
The window information including the window identifier included in the document display instruction is deleted from the information table of the window management unit 1704, and the display control unit 1703 closes the window on the display screen of the display unit 108 (S2108). Control unit 1
A window 706 displays the window identified by the window identifier included in the window information including the attribute value of the display document identifier notified to the command receiving unit 1702 among the window information stored in the window management unit 1704 on the top of the display screen. Change the record order attribute value to bring it to the front. The display control unit 1703 causes the window to be displayed on the foreground of the display screen of the display unit 108 (S2110).

If the control unit 1706 makes a negative determination in S2106, the display control unit 1703 retrieves the entity of the document identified by the document identifier from the document storage unit 1705, and the command receiving unit 1702 notifies the command receiving unit 1702 The document is displayed in the window identified by the window identifier included in the display command (S2112). According to the present embodiment, when the same document is already displayed,
Although the window (window 1807 shown in FIG. 19) for newly displaying the same document is deleted, the document is newly displayed in window 1807 and the other window (window 1808 shown in FIG. 19) is deleted. It may be. (Embodiment 4) FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of Embodiment 4 of a window control device according to the present invention used in a television system.

This window control device includes a first broadcast receiving unit 101, a second broadcast receiving unit 102, a remote control signal receiving unit 103, a signal analysis processing unit 104, a window management unit 2205, a window control unit 2206, , Display control unit 107, display unit 108, remote controllers 2210,
211,... Since this window control device is substantially the same as the window control device of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. Only the components unique to the present embodiment will be described. explain.

The remote controller 2210 has the same functions as the remote controller 110 of the first embodiment,
, And a remote control identifier for identifying itself. When transmitting the television control signal, the remote control identifier is added and transmitted. The remote controllers 2211 have the same configuration as the remote controller 2210. The signal analysis processing unit 104 includes the remote control signal receiving unit 1
The remote control identifier acquired by adding the remote control identifier to the television control signal received in step 03 is acquired and notified to the window control unit 2206.

The window management unit 2205 stores an information table 2301 as shown in FIG. In the information table 2301, window information 2302 relating to a window displayed on the display screen of the display unit 108 is recorded. The window information 2302 includes a window identifier 302, a display channel 303, and a display state 304.
And remote control identifier 2303. The remote control identifier 2303 is the window identifier 30
2 are remote controls 2210 and 221
Recorded in order to identify which of the remote controllers has been opened.

Window control section 2206 determines whether or not there is an attribute value of remote control identifier 2303 of the window information stored in window management section 2205 that matches the remote control identifier notified from signal analysis processing section 104. If the determination is affirmative, the attribute value of the display channel of the window information including the remote control identifier is rewritten to the channel number notified as the television control information. At the same time, it notifies the first broadcast receiving unit 101 or the second broadcast receiving unit 102 of the changed channel number, and notifies the display control unit 107 that the window information has been changed.

If the determination is negative, a window identifier is assigned to create a new window, and the window information is written to the information table. At this time, the channel number notified as the TV control information is displayed on the display channel 30.
3, and the notified remote controller identifier is set as the attribute value of the remote controller identifier 2303. At the same time, it notifies the first broadcast receiving unit 101 and the second broadcast receiving unit 102 of the changed channel number, and notifies the display control unit 107 that the window information has been changed.

Note that the display state 304 is written in accordance with the division order of the windows that the window control unit 2206 has in advance as a rule. That is, when the attribute value of the display state of the already stored window information is “all”, the attribute value of the display state of the window information is changed to “left”, and the display state of the newly generated window information is changed. Attribute value is “right”. Furthermore, the attribute value of the display state of the already stored window information is “left”,
When it has two values of “right”, the respective attribute values are changed to “upper left” and “upper right”, and that of the new window is set to “down”. Here, “upper left” means that a window is arranged in the upper left quarter of the display screen, and “upper right”
Means that the window is arranged in the upper right quarter of the display screen, and "below" means that the window is arranged in the lower half of the display screen. Similarly, when a notification of the TV control information to which the new remote control identifier is added is received, the window information is changed and generated so that the display screen is sequentially divided and the window is opened.

For example, the information table 230 shown in FIG.
1 is stored in the window management unit 105, the display control unit 1
07, the television broadcast of the channel number “3” shown in FIG. 24 is displayed in the window 2302 on the entire display screen of the display unit 108. At this time, the remote control 22
11 transmits a remote control identifier “3”, a command “change channel”, and a television control signal having an argument “1”, the information table 2 stored in the window management unit 105.
301 includes new window information 2 as shown in FIG.
501 is added. At this time, “2” is assigned to the new window as an attribute value of the window identifier 302. As a result, on the display screen of the display unit 107, as shown in FIG. 26, the television broadcast of the channel number “3” conventionally displayed in the left window 2502 and the new television broadcast in the right window 2501 are newly displayed. Television broadcasts of channel number "1" are displayed.

Further, when a remote control identifier “1”, a command “change channel”, and a television control signal of an argument “5” are transmitted from remote control 2210, window information 2502 stored in window management section 2205 indicates the display channel. The attribute value of 303 is rewritten to “5”, and the television broadcast in the left window 2502 shown in FIG. 26 is changed to the display of the channel number “5”.

Next, a specific operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Remote control 2
110 transmits the television control signal to which the remote control identifier has been added to the remote control signal receiving unit 103 (S2702).
Remote control signal receiving section 103 receives the television control signal transmitted from remote control 2110 (S2704). The signal analysis processing unit 104 receives the notification of the signal received by the remote control signal receiving unit 103, extracts the remote control identifier from the received signal, and notifies the window control unit 2206 (S2706). The window control unit 2206 determines whether the same remote control identifier as the notified remote control identifier exists as an attribute value of the remote control identifier in the window information stored in the window management unit 2205 (S2708).

If the determination is affirmative, the window control unit 2
205 rewrites the attribute value of the display channel 303 of the window information including the remote control identifier in the attribute value with the channel number notified as the television control signal (S271).
0). Display control unit 107 that window information has been changed
And instructs to change the display on the display unit 108 (S27).
12). The display control unit 107 includes a window management unit 220
5 is read, and the television broadcast of the channel number specified on the display screen of the display unit 108 is displayed in the window displayed by the instruction of the same remote controller 2210 or the like used (S2714).

If the determination is negative, the window control unit 2
206 newly assigns a window identifier 302,
Generate window information. At this time, the display channel 30
The attribute value of No. 3 is the notified channel number, display state 304
When the window information already stored is 1, the attribute value of the window information is changed from “entire” to “left”,
The newly generated window information is set to “right”, and the attribute value of the remote controller identifier 2302 is written with the notified remote controller identifier (S2716). Display control unit 107
Is notified that the window information has been changed, and a display change is instructed (S2718). The display control unit 107 reads the window information of the window management unit 2205, opens a new window on the display screen of the display unit 108, and displays, for example, the television broadcast of the channel number received by the second broadcast reception unit 102 (S2720). ).

As described above, a plurality of remote controllers 2210,
, 2211,..., The remote control 2210, 2211,.
Can be assigned, so that the viewer can surely watch the desired television broadcast on one display screen. In this embodiment, control of a window for displaying a video of a television broadcast has been described. However, an audio output unit 2801 and an audio output control unit 2802 are added to the window control device as shown in FIG. It may be configured. Thereby, the display control unit 1
07 can output from the audio output unit 2801 audio corresponding to the video displayed in the newly opened window. Therefore, when the display control unit 107 receives a notification from the window control unit 2206 that the window information has been changed, the audio output control unit 2802
The channel number corresponding to the window newly opened on the display unit 108 acquired from the window information of 105 or the attribute value of the display channel is changed is acquired again. The audio information is notified from the first broadcast receiving unit 101 or the second broadcast receiving unit 102 that is receiving the television broadcast corresponding to the channel number, and the audio is output from the audio output unit 2801.

In this manner, every time a television control signal is received from each of the remote controllers 2210, 2211,..., A television broadcast sound newly displayed in the window can be output. (Embodiment 5) FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram of Embodiment 5 of a window control device according to the present invention used in a television system.

This window control device includes a first broadcast receiving unit 101, a second broadcast receiving unit 102, a remote control signal receiving unit 103, a signal analysis processing unit 104, a window management unit 105, a window control unit 106 , A display control unit 107, a display unit 108, a remote controller 1104, a video accumulation control unit 2901, a fast-forward playback unit 2902, an information accumulation unit 2903, an audio output control unit 2904, and an audio output unit 2905.

This window control apparatus is obtained by adding a sound output control function to the window control apparatus of the second embodiment, and substantially the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. Only the components unique to the present embodiment will be described. The video accumulation control unit 2901 acquires the audio information of the television broadcast in addition to the function of the video accumulation control unit 1101 of the second embodiment, and
Record in 3.

The information storage unit 2903 also stores audio information in addition to video information, as described above. Fast forward playback unit 2
Upon receiving an instruction for fast-forward reproduction from the signal analysis processing unit 104 in the same manner as described above, when audio information is stored in the information storage unit 2903, the stored audio information is read out, and fast-forward reproduction is performed. The information is notified to the audio output control unit 2904 and output is instructed. When all the audio information stored in the information storage unit 2903 has been read, the fast-forward playback unit 2902 notifies the audio output control unit 2904 of an audio output switching instruction.

When the audio output control unit 2904 receives the notification of the fast-forward reproduced audio information together with the output instruction from the fast-forward reproduction unit 2902, the audio output unit 2905 outputs the fast-forward reproduced audio. Also, when notified of the audio output switching instruction from the fast-forward playback unit 2902, either the first broadcast receiving unit 101 or the second broadcast receiving unit 102 receives from the attribute value of the display channel stored in the window management unit 105. The first broadcast receiving unit 101 obtains the audio information of the television broadcast of the channel number received by the first broadcast receiving unit 101, and outputs the audio information to the audio output unit 290.
5 is output.

That is, a video image of fast-forward reproduction is displayed in the window 1402 of the display screen of the display unit 108, and the audio output unit 2
When the fast forward playback audio is output from the window 905, the fast forward playback video in the window 1402 is displayed in the window 14.
01, the window 1402 is closed, the window 1401 is enlarged to the entire display screen to display the normal television broadcast video, and the audio of the normal television broadcast is reproduced. Is output.

Next, only the operation unique to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 16 again. S162
8, the display control unit 107 causes the newly opened window to display the video reproduced by the fast-forward reproduction unit 2902, and at the same time, the audio output control unit 2904 controls the audio output unit 2
From 905, the audio reproduced by the fast forward reproduction unit 2902 is output.

In step S1636, the display control unit 107 causes a normal television broadcast image to be displayed on the entire display screen, and the audio output control unit 2904 causes the audio output unit 2905 to output the audio of the television broadcast. . As described above, when the displayed window is closed, the sound is also switched and output in accordance with the operation without a complicated remote control operation.

As described above , according to the above embodiment, there is provided a window control device for a system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen, wherein a window identifier for identifying each window and the window identifier of the window itself are provided. Window information storage means for storing window information in which information on arrangement and shape on the display screen and attribute values which are information displayed on the window are stored; and window information stored in the window information storage means. Change instruction accepting means for accepting an instruction to change the attribute value, determining means for determining whether or not the attribute value related to the change instruction matches the attribute value in the window information, and determining that the determining means matches And a display control unit for closing the window on the display screen, wherein the determination unit is included in the change instruction. Since closing the window by determining whether or not the attribute value in sex values and the window information match,
Without performing a complicated operation of directly closing the window, only one window having the same content on the display screen can be deleted and the operability is improved.

Further, in the above embodiment, the attribute value according to the change instruction is an information identifier for identifying information displayed in a window, and the judging means includes a window information stored in the window information storing means. See
The information identifier of the information displayed in one window of the display screen matches the information identifier of the information to be displayed in another window, which is an attribute value included in the change instruction received by the change instruction receiving means. An information identifier determining unit that determines whether to perform the display control, and a deleting unit that deletes one or another of the window information when the information identifier determining unit determines that the display control is the same. The means has a window closing unit that closes the window based on the window information deleted by the deleting unit, and the information identifier determining unit determines that the information is identical when a display instruction of the same information as that of the window already displaying information is received. It is determined that there is a window to be deleted, and the deletion unit deletes the window information of the window already displaying information or the window to be displayed, Since closing the window guiding closure is subjected to this, a window displaying the same information can be prevented to open two, it is possible to effectively use the display screen.

In the above embodiment , the determining means may further include, when the deletion unit deletes the one window information, replaces the window information of the other window with a window identifier of the one window information. A first changing unit for changing the attribute value to the same attribute value as the other attribute values, wherein the display control means further displays first information for displaying information in a window according to the window information changed by the first changing unit. The first change unit changes the window information so that the information instructed to be changed is displayed, and the first information display unit replaces the window that has already displayed the same information with another window. The information instructed to be changed is displayed. As a result, the same information is not displayed in the two windows without giving a command to close the windows, so that the display screen is easy to see.

[0086] In the above embodiment , the judging means may further include, when the deletion unit deletes the another window information, an attribute value associated with the change instruction of the one window information. A second changing unit for changing the information, wherein the display control unit further displays the information in a window according to the window information changed by the second changing unit.
It has a configuration having an information display section. As a result, the window to be displayed is closed, and the window in which information is already displayed is displayed with its display shape changed. Therefore, the trouble of viewing unnecessary windows is eliminated.

Further, in the above embodiment , the window information stored in the window information storage means includes the attribute values of the arrangement position and size of the window on the display screen, and the window information is stored in the display screen in a tile format. When one window information is deleted by the deletion unit, when one of the windows is displayed, the determination unit displays the attribute value of the arrangement position and size of the other window as an attribute value representing the entire display screen. The first information display unit or the second information display unit displays a window on the entire display screen in accordance with the attribute value of the window information changed by the third change unit. I have. As a result, the windows for displaying the same information are grouped into one and a large screen is displayed, so that the windows can be easily viewed.

In the above embodiment, when information is displayed in a plurality of windows on the display screen in an overlapping manner, the attribute values of the windows stored in the window information storage means include An identifier for identifying information, wherein the determining means includes a change received by the change instruction receiving means for the information to be displayed in the window next to the identifier of the information included in the window information stored in the window information storing means. An information identifier determining unit that determines whether there is an identifier that is an attribute value included in the instruction; and if it is determined that the information identifier determining unit is present, the window information of the window to be displayed next is deleted. The display control means includes a window closing unit that closes the deleted window in the deleting unit. There. As a result, unnecessary windows are not displayed, so that the display screen is effectively used and information can be easily viewed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the attribute value of the window stored in the window information storage means includes the record order which is the order from the foreground of the display screen at the time of the overlap display. The determining means further comprises:
A record order in which the information identifier determination unit decrements the attribute value in the record order of the window information including the attribute value determined to be coincident by “1”, and changes the attribute value in the record order of the window information to “1”; The display control unit further includes a display change unit that displays a window in which the attribute value of the record order has been changed to “1” on the foreground of the display screen. Thus, the information instructed to display the window displayed in the overlap format is displayed on the front of the display screen, so that it is easy to see without being disturbed by the display of other windows.

The above embodiment is a window control apparatus for a window of a system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen, wherein a window identifier for identifying each window and information displayed in the window are provided. Window information storage means for storing window information in which information and the type of information are associated with each other; and window shape storage means for storing a window shape corresponding to the type of information displayed in a window included in the window information. A change instruction receiving means for receiving a change instruction of information displayed in a window stored in the window information storage means; a change means for changing window information according to the information related to the change instruction; Acquire the window shape of the shape storage means,
And a window shape display control means for displaying a window shape. Thus, the display contents of the displayed window can be understood at a glance from the shape of the window.

Further, the above embodiment is a window control apparatus of a system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen by a plurality of remote controllers transmitting a window generation change instruction and an identifier for identifying itself. A window identifier for identifying each window, an attribute value including an arrangement of the window itself on the display screen, shape information, information displayed in the window, an identifier of a remote controller which has given an instruction to change the generation of the window; Window information storage means for storing window information in which the window information is associated; change instruction reception means for receiving an instruction to change the attribute value of the window information stored in the window information storage means together with the identifier of the remote controller; If the identifier received by the change instruction receiving means is the A remote controller determining unit that determines whether there is any one that matches the attribute value in the window information stored in the window information storage unit; Rewriting means for rewriting the window information to the attribute value instructed to be changed, and display control means for opening the window in accordance with all the window information including the window information rewritten by the rewriting means and displaying the information are displayed. As a result, when an instruction to change the display information of a window is received from each remote controller, it is checked whether or not a window opened by the remote controller already exists, and if there is a window opened by the remote controller, the display content is changed. Therefore, windows can be displayed by the number of remote controllers using one display screen.

In the above embodiment, when it is determined that there is no remote controller determining means, window information generating means for generating window information including an attribute value instructed to be changed and newly adding a window identifier, Additional display control means for opening a window in accordance with the window information generated by the window information generation means and displaying the information is provided. As a result, a new window is always opened and information is displayed according to an instruction from the newly operated remote controller.

In the above embodiment, when there is audio information corresponding to the information displayed in the window of the display screen, the window information rewritten by the rewriting means or the window information generated by the window information generating means. An audio output control unit for outputting an audio corresponding to the window according to the information is provided. This makes it possible to output an appropriate sound according to the display state of the window.

[0094]

The present invention relates to a window control device of a television system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen, comprising: a window identifier for identifying a window; information displayed on the window ; seed
Window information storage means for storing window information in which types are associated with each other, and a window included in the window information.
Window shape according to the type of information displayed in the window
And the window shape memory means for storing, and the window information rewriting means for rewriting undergoing change instruction window information stored in the window information storage unit, the window shape memory means in accordance with the window information
Display control means for displaying moving image information, which is information of the received television broadcast, in the first window having the stored window shape, and acquiring moving image information of the moving image of the television broadcast displayed in the first window. and video storage means for storing Te, and reproduction display control means for the stored video information fast forward reproduced and displayed on the second window in the moving image storage means, moving the second window displayed on the first window And a window closing means for closing the second window when the moving image displayed in the window matches. As a result, the display content of the window that normally displays moving images is
When there is a window displaying the movie in fast forward playback at a glance from the state, when the fast forward playback display catches up with the normal movie display, the same movie is prevented from being displayed in two windows are doing.

Further, according to the present invention, the window closing means may display the moving picture displayed in the first window and the second window when all of the moving picture information stored in the moving picture storage means is reproduced. Is determined to match. This makes it easy to determine that the window displaying the fast-forward reproduced moving image and the window displaying the normal moving image have the same display.

Further, in the present invention, the moving picture storage means has a sound information storage section for storing sound information corresponding to the moving picture information, and the reproduction display control means has a sound information stored in the sound information storage section. A playback output control unit for fast-forward playback output of information; and audio output control means for outputting audio information corresponding to the moving image information in the first window when the second window is closed by the window closing means. It has a configuration. Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the troublesome operation of switching the sound of the moving image that has been fast-forward reproduced to the sound of the first window displaying a normal moving image in conjunction with closing the second window. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of a window control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a remote controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an example of window information of an information table stored in a window management unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a window shape according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a display example of a television broadcast according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an example of window information of an information table stored in a window management unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an example of window information stored in the window management unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an example of a display screen displayed on a display unit based on the window information shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the window control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an example of window information stored in the window management unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an example of a display screen displayed on a display unit based on the window information shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is an example of a display screen displaying a video image of fast-forward playback in the right window of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram of a window control device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an example of window information stored in the window management unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an example of a display screen displayed on a display unit based on the window information shown in FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of a window control device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an example of window information stored in the window management unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 24 is an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit based on the window information shown in FIG.

FIG. 25 is an example of window information stored in the window management unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 26 is an example of a display screen displayed on a display unit based on the window information shown in FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a configuration diagram in which an audio switching function is added to the window control device of the above embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram of a fifth embodiment of the window control device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: first broadcast receiving section 102: second broadcast receiving section, 103: remote control signal receiving section, 104: signal analysis processing section, 105, 2205: window management section, 106, 2206 ... Window control unit, 107 ... Display control unit, 108 ... Display unit, 109 ... Displays 109, 110, 1104, 2210, 2211 ... Remote control, 1101, 2901 ... Video storage control Unit, 1102, 2902 ... fast-forward playback unit, 1103, 2903 ... information storage unit, 1701 ... command input unit, 1702 ... command reception unit, 1703 ... display control unit, 1704 ... Window management unit, 1705: Document storage unit, 1706: Control unit, 2801, 2905: Audio output unit, 2802, 2904 ... The audio output control unit.

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A window control device of a television system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen, comprising: a window identifier for identifying a window;
Window information storage means for storing window information in which information displayed in a window and information types are associated with each other, and information displayed in a window included in the window information
Window that stores the window shape according to the type of
C shape memory means and the window information and the window information rewriting means for rewriting undergoing change instruction window information stored in the storage unit, the window shape memory means in accordance with the window information
Display control means for displaying moving image information, which is information of a television broadcast received in a first window having a window shape stored in the first window, and acquiring moving image information of a moving image of the television broadcast displayed in the first window and a video storage means for storing a reproduction display control means for the moving-image storage means fast-forwarding the stored video information in the second window reproduced on the display, moving a second being displayed on the first window A window control device, comprising: a window closing unit that closes the second window when a moving image displayed in the window matches. 2. The window closing unit, when all of the moving image information stored in the moving image storage unit has been reproduced, the moving image displayed in the first window matches the moving image displayed in the second window. The window control device according to claim 1, wherein the determination is made. 3. The moving image storage unit has an audio information storage unit that stores audio information corresponding to the moving image information, and the reproduction display control unit fast-forward reproduces the audio information stored in the audio information storage unit. A playback output control unit for outputting, when the second window is closed by the window closing unit, an audio output control unit for outputting audio information corresponding to the moving image information of the first window. 3. The window control device according to claim 1, wherein 4. A window control device of a television system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen, comprising: a window identifier for identifying a window;
Window information storage means for storing window information in which information displayed in a window and information types are associated with each other, and information displayed in a window included in the window information
Window that stores the window shape according to the type of
C shape memory means and the window information and the window information rewriting means for rewriting undergoing change instruction window information stored in the storage unit, the window shape memory means in accordance with the window information
Display control means for displaying moving image information, which is information of a television broadcast received in a first window having a window shape stored in the first window, and acquiring moving image information of a moving image of the television broadcast displayed in the first window and video storage means for and storing the reproduction display control means for fast-forward play display moving information stored in the video storage means is a chasing playback to a second window, moving image displayed on the first window And a window closing means for closing the second window of the chase playback when the moving image displayed in the second window matches the moving image displayed in the second window. 5. A window control method for a television system for displaying information by opening a plurality of windows on a display screen, comprising: a window identifier for identifying a window;
Stores window information that associates the type of information and the information that is displayed in the window information rewriting step of rewriting undergoing change instruction window information stored, previously stored in accordance with the window information Kind of information
A display control step of displaying moving image information, which is information of a received television broadcast, in a first window having a window shape corresponding to the type of the video, and acquiring moving image information of a moving image of the television broadcast displayed in the first window and a video storage step for storing a playback display control step of moving picture storage step fast forward video information stored in the second window playback display, moving a second being displayed on the first window Closing the second window when the moving image displayed in the window matches the moving image displayed in the window. 6. The window closing step determines that the moving image displayed in the first window and the moving image displayed in the second window match when all of the moving image information stored in the moving image storage step is reproduced. The window control method according to claim 5, wherein the determination is performed. 7. The moving image storing step includes a sound information storing sub-step for storing sound information corresponding to the moving image information, and the reproduction display control step includes a step of storing the sound information stored in the sound information storing sub-step. A playback output control sub-step for fast-forward playback output; and an audio output control step for outputting audio information corresponding to the moving image information of the first window when the second window is closed in the window closing step. 7. The window control method according to claim 5, wherein: 8. A television system comprising the window control device according to claim 1.