JP4464722B2 - Terminal device and display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device and a display method for displaying accumulated information.

  Conventionally, a system that displays specific information at a specific time has been proposed.

  For example, a device that displays a message message at a specified time on a display installed in a street or a station is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1). In the WWW (World Wide Web) generally used on the Internet, the information providing system can determine the information display method.

On the other hand, when displaying a plurality of accumulated information in a terminal device such as a PC or a mobile phone, a method of displaying it as an icon as an information index or displaying it as an easy-to-understand character string is used.
JP 2002-268882 A

  As described above, in Patent Document 1 and WWW, the information providing system manages the information display mode by controlling the information display.

  However, in the display method in the conventional terminal device, the icon or character string to be displayed is fixed, and the display mode is not changed. For example, in order to erase the display, the user needs to perform an erasing operation. For this reason, the old index that is unnecessary for the user continues to be displayed on the terminal device, or the same index is displayed for information that is both high and low for the user, and the importance of the information cannot be distinguished. A malfunction occurs.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device and a display method for performing display that improves the convenience of the user when the stored information is displayed as an index.

  In order to achieve the above object, the first feature of the present invention is that (a) display management data holding for holding a plurality of accumulated information and a display time for displaying an index corresponding to each of the plurality of information in association with each other And (b) an output unit that displays a plurality of indexes, and (c) a display control unit that terminates display of the index in the output unit based on the display time held in the display management data holding unit. It is a summary.

  Here, “index” refers to a heading indicating the content of information used when selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information. For example, an icon displayed on a PC or mobile phone corresponds to the index. The index includes an index (icon) indicating functions such as activation of word processing software or spreadsheet software in addition to an index indicating information such as character information, image information, and music information. “Display time” refers to the time from the start of display until the set display time elapses when the display time for index display is preset, and the absolute start time and end time of index display. Is set, it means the time from the start time to the end time.

  According to the terminal device according to the first feature, by terminating the index display based on the set display time, it is possible to perform a display that improves the convenience of the user when the stored information is displayed as an index.

  Further, the display control means in the terminal device according to the first feature may change the index display mode in the output means when the time for ending the index display is approaching. According to this terminal device, when the user visually recognizes the index display, it can be easily recognized that the display period of the information indicated by the index ends.

  In addition, the display management data holding unit in the terminal device according to the first feature holds information and information importance indicating the importance of the information in association with each other, and the display control means corresponds to the information according to the information importance. You may change the display mode of the index to perform. According to this terminal device, the higher the information importance, the more effectively the index display is displayed, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

  Further, the display control means weights the values set for each of the plurality of feature parameters representing the features of the information, sums up the weighted values, and the display management data holding unit displays the summed values as information important. You may hold it as a degree. According to this terminal device, the convenience of the user can be further improved by displaying the index according to the degree desired by the user.

  Further, the display control means may determine whether or not a predefined keyword is included in the information, and set a value for each of a plurality of feature parameters based on the determination result. According to this terminal device, since the information importance can be set without adding the value of each feature parameter from the information providing system side, the information processing amount on the information providing system side and the data amount to transmit the feature parameter can be set. Mitigation can be achieved.

  The second feature of the present invention is that (a) a step of associating and holding a plurality of accumulated information and a display time for displaying an index corresponding to each of the plurality of information, and (b) displaying a plurality of indexes. And (c) a display method including a step of ending display of the index in the output means based on the display time.

  According to the terminal device according to the second feature, by terminating the index display based on the set display time, it is possible to perform a display that improves the convenience of the user when the accumulated information is displayed as an index.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a terminal device and a display method for performing display for improving user convenience when displaying the stored information in an index.

  Next, first to third embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic.

<First Embodiment>
The terminal device and the display method according to the first embodiment manage the elapsed time after starting index display of a plurality of information, and when the elapsed time reaches a preset display time, End the display. Also, the display mode of the index is changed according to the importance of the information.

(Terminal device)
As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, a stored information holding unit 13, a display control unit 14, a display management data holding unit 15, Time recognition means 16, display time setting means 17, input means 18, and output means 19 are provided. The terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment is, for example, a PHS, a PDA, an electronic notebook, a notebook computer, etc. in addition to a mobile phone or a personal computer (PC).

  The communication unit 11 receives information from the information providing system via a communication network (such as the Internet). The communication unit 11 may receive information by operating the input unit 18. In addition, as an information provision system, the homepage which displays the news on the internet, the provider who distributes news, etc. are assumed.

  The storage unit 12 stores the received information in the storage information holding unit 13. Alternatively, the storage unit 12 stores the information generated and collected by the terminal device 1 in the stored information holding unit 13.

  The display management data holding unit 15 holds a plurality of accumulated information and a display time for displaying an index corresponding to each of the plurality of information in association with each other. The display management data holding unit 15 holds a display management table as shown in FIG. 3, for example. Here, the “display number” that uniquely identifies the information to be displayed, the “display content” that indicates the content displayed by the index, the “set display time” that is the time for displaying the index, and the “display” that displays the index The “position”, the “elapsed time” from when the index is displayed to the present, and the “information importance” indicating the importance of the information are associated with each other. The “display number” and the “display position” are determined by the display control unit 14, and the “display content” is obtained from the stored information holding unit 13 via the storage unit 12. The “set display time” is set by the display time setting unit 17, and the “elapsed time” is calculated by the time recognition unit 16 and the display control unit 14. The “information importance” will be described in detail below.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the display management data holding unit 15 holds, for each piece of information, a plurality of feature parameters that represent information features and an information importance level that indicates the importance level of the information in association with each other. The characteristic parameter is an element for classifying information, and includes, for example, the field of information (politics, economy, society, industry, sports, performing arts, region, home, etc.).

  The information importance is determined by the feature parameter and the feature parameter importance shown in FIG. For example, when information importance is obtained for display number 1 in FIG. 4, each feature parameter is calculated as follows, assuming the current time as 17:20.

Characteristic parameter (economy) 0.5 x economic characteristic parameter importance 3.0 = 1.5
Feature parameter (industry) 0.3 x feature parameter importance of industry 2.3 = 0.7
Feature parameter (society) 0.1 × Social feature parameter importance 1.0 = 0.1
When the above feature parameters are summed, 1.5 + 0.7 + 0.1 = 2.3 is obtained, and this value becomes the information importance shown in FIG. The information importance may be calculated for each time zone such as weekday / weekend or morning / daytime / night.

  Here, in order to obtain the feature parameter importance shown in FIG. 5, three methods will be exemplified below.

  (1) Set in the terminal device 1 in advance. At this time, the user may arbitrarily set by the input means 18, or information added with the feature parameter importance may be received from the information providing system, and the added feature parameter importance may be set.

  (2) Calculation is performed by totaling information selection operations. For example, it calculates based on the operation frequency shown in FIG. The operation frequency is obtained by summing up the characteristic parameters of each index display in FIG. 4 for each time zone for each index display selection of the user. More specifically, among the characteristic parameters of the information of the display number 1, “Economy” is 0.5, “Industry” is 0.3, and “Society” is 0.1. If this information is selected once, the feature parameter importance of “economy” is increased by 0.5, the feature parameter importance of “industry” is increased by 0.3, and the feature parameter importance of “society” is increased by 0.1. And the thing which normalized this becomes characteristic parameter importance. In FIG. 5, the feature parameter importance is normalized so that the total for each time zone becomes 10. Moreover, the frequency of aggregation may be performed by collectively performing information selection operations for a period such as one day or one week. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the characteristic parameters may be divided and aggregated according to the time zone, weekdays, and weekends.

  (3) Calculation is performed based on the word input when the document is created in the terminal device. The feature parameter importance is determined by comparing the input word with a preset feature parameter dictionary.

  The display control unit 14 writes the display management data for the information stored in the stored information holding unit 13 in the display management table. Further, the display control means 14 performs index display on the output means 19 with reference to the data written in the display management table, as shown in FIG. Further, the display of the index in the output means 19 is terminated based on the display time held in the display management data holding unit 15. Specifically, the index display is terminated when the elapsed time reaches a preset display time. The display control means 14 may update only the time when the power is on as the elapsed time by acquiring the power on / off time of the terminal device.

  Further, the display control means 14 changes the index display mode in the output means 19 when the time for ending the index display is approaching. Although details will be described later, for example, the index display approaching the end of the display is displayed at the bottom of the screen, is displayed smaller, the display density is lightened, or the movement speed is decreased.

  The display control unit 14 sets a display time and a non-display time for each information and displays information only during the display time in order to effectively display a plurality of indexes when performing index display. The ratio of display time and non-display time is managed for each information. Two methods will be exemplified below as the method of setting the ratio.

  (1) When the information to be displayed increases, the non-display time is lengthened for each information.

  (2) The index corresponding to the information is displayed or hidden according to the information importance degree described above. That is, information with high information importance lengthens display time, and information with low information importance weight shortens display time. The information importance may be received from the information providing system or may be calculated in the terminal device 1 by the above-described method. As index display according to information importance, not only the ratio of display time and non-display time, but also the information with higher information importance is "extend display time", "display larger", "display at the top of the screen The display mode of the index may be changed such as “display brightly”.

  Further, the display control means 14 weights the values set for each of the plurality of parameters representing the characteristics of the information by the above-described method, sums up the weighted values, and uses the summed value as the information importance level. The data is stored in the display management data holding unit 15.

  The display control unit 14 determines whether the information includes a predefined keyword, and sets a value for each of a plurality of feature parameters based on the determination result. Further, the display control unit 14 automatically generates a feature parameter based on the character string existing in the information. For example, from the first 100 characters of the selected information, a word is extracted by an existing character string analysis engine, and a feature parameter is calculated from the extracted word.

  The time recognition unit 16 acquires the current time.

  The display time setting means 17 sets the time for displaying each index. The specific display time setting method is as follows.

  (1) When the display time information is received together with the information to be displayed from the information providing system, the display time setting unit 17 sets the received display time as the set display time.

  (2) When the display time is input by the input unit 18 according to the user's preference, the display time setting unit 17 sets the input display time as the set display time.

  (3) When the set display time is determined based on the information importance, the display time setting unit 17 sets the result calculated from the information importance as the set display time. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the information importance of display number 1 is “2”, the information importance of display number 2 is “6”, and the information importance of display number 3 is “18”. For example, when 4 hours is set as the set display time per unit of information importance, the set display times of the display numbers 1 to 3 are “8 hours”, “1 day”, and “3 days”.

  (4) When there is no specific instruction, the display time setting unit 17 uniformly sets a specific time, for example, “2 hours” as the set display time for all indexes.

  The time set by the display time setting means 17 is held in the display management table shown in FIG. 3 as the set display time. The display control means 14 compares the time obtained from the time recognition means 16 with the time set by the display time setting means 17, thereby calculating the elapsed time shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. Write.

  The input means 18 refers to devices such as a keyboard and a mouse. When an input operation is performed from the input unit 18, input information such as corresponding key information and coordinate information is transmitted to the communication unit 11, the display control unit 14, and the display time setting unit 17.

  The output means 19 displays a plurality of indexes. The output means 19 refers to a screen such as a monitor, and a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) panel, an electroluminescence (EL) panel, or the like can be used. For example, in the first embodiment, a 6-inch flat display is used as the output means 19.

  Further, the terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment has a processing control device (CPU), and the storage unit 12, the display control unit 14, the time recognition unit 16, the display time setting unit 17 and the like are incorporated in the CPU as modules. It can be set as the structure to do. These modules can be realized by executing a dedicated program for using a predetermined program language in a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer.

  The accumulated information holding unit 13 and the display management data holding unit 15 are recording media for storing the information and data described above. Examples of the recording medium include RAM, ROM, hard disk, flexible disk, compact disk, IC chip, and cassette tape. According to such a recording medium, storage, transportation, sales, etc. of the display management table can be easily performed.

  Although not shown, the terminal device 1 may include a program holding unit that stores a display program for causing a processing control device (CPU) to execute display control processing, display time setting processing, and the like. The program holding unit is a recording medium such as a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, a flexible disk, a compact disk, an IC chip, and a cassette tape. According to such a recording medium, it is possible to easily store, transport, and sell the display program.

(Display method)
Next, a display method using the terminal device according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6 to 10.

  (A) First, in step S101 of FIG. 6, the communication means 11 of the terminal device 1 receives information via the Internet or the like.

  (B) Next, in step S102, the storage unit 12 stores the received information in the stored information holding unit 13.

  (C) Next, in step S <b> 103, the display control unit 14 stores display management data corresponding to the accumulated information in the display management data holding unit 15. Note that the “elapsed time” shown in FIG. 3 is regularly updated by the display control means 14.

  (D) Next, in step S104, the display control means 14 displays an index of a plurality of information on the output means 19. At this time, the display control unit 14 sets a display time and a non-display time for each information according to the information importance, and displays information only during the display time. In addition, the display control means 14 changes the index display mode such as “extend the display time”, “display larger”, “display at the top of the screen”, “display brighter”, etc. as the information importance is higher. To do.

  (E) Next, in step S105, the display control means 14 determines whether or not a fixed time has passed, for example, whether or not the set display time has passed, based on the ratio of the elapsed time to the set display time. . If the fixed time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S106. If the fixed time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S104 and the index display is continued.

(F) Next, in step S106, the display control means 14 changes the display mode of the index. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, how close to the end of the set display time may be represented by a display position. When the index display starts, it is displayed on the uppermost part on the Y-axis, and the display position is gradually lowered with the passage of time, and is displayed at the lowermost part when the set display time has elapsed. In FIG. 7, “Tokyo Stock Price High” is at the top and “Develop New Display Device” is at the bottom. As an example of the calculation method of the display position, if the displayable range is x-axis direction: 0-639 and y-axis direction: 0-479, in the case of display number 1 in FIG. Since the elapsed time is “2 hours 12 minutes (2.2 hours)”, the position in the y-axis direction is
y = 479 × 2.2 / 8 = 132
It becomes.

  In FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the “display position” is managed, and this assumes the display mode shown in FIG. However, since the display mode of FIG. 7 is obtained by calculation from the display time, the “display position” does not necessarily have to be managed in the display management table.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, how close to the end of the set display time may be represented by display density. In FIG. 8, for the sake of convenience, color shading is expressed by the thickness of the frame. It is dark at the start of index display, gradually diminishes over time, and lightest when the set display time elapses. In FIG. 8, “Tokyo Stock Price High” is the darkest, and “Develop New Display Device” is the thinnest.

Also, as shown in FIG. 9, how close the set display time is approaching may be represented by the display size. It is large at the start of index display, gradually decreases as time elapses, and becomes smallest when the set display time elapses. In FIG. 9, “Tokyo Stock Price High” is the largest, and “Develop New Display Device” is the smallest. As an example of a method for calculating the display size, if the initial display size is horizontal (x-axis direction) 200 × vertical (y-axis direction) 100, the setting display time is set for display number 1 in FIG. “8 hours”, elapsed time is “2 hours 12 minutes (2.2 hours)”
Horizontal (x-axis direction): 200 × 2.2 / 8 = 55
Vertical (y-axis direction): 100 × 2.2 / 8− = 28
It becomes.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, how close the set display time is approaching may be represented by the moving speed of the index display. Expressions for moving the index display on the screen include moving it left and right, moving it up and down, moving it from the back of the screen while enlarging according to perspective, and moving it while reducing it from the front of the screen to the back. . FIG. 10 shows a method of moving toward the left of the screen. For convenience, the length of the dotted arrow indicates the speed of the moving speed. At the start of index display, the moving speed is fast, and gradually decreases with the passage of time, and becomes the slowest when the set display time has elapsed. In FIG. 10, “Tokyo Stock Price High” is the fastest, and “Develop New Display Device” is the slowest.

  (G) Next, in step S107, the display control means 14 determines whether or not the set display time has elapsed. If the setting display time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S108. If the setting display time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S104, and the index display is continued.

  (H) In step S108, the display control means 14 ends the index display.

(Function and effect)
The terminal device and the display method according to the first embodiment perform display that improves the convenience of the user when displaying the stored information in an index by terminating the index display based on the set display time. Can do. In addition, by setting the display time, an old index is not displayed indefinitely, and only a new index is displayed on the screen.

  Further, if the power-off period of the terminal device 1 is excluded from the set display time, only the time when the user can access the information can be managed as the set display time.

  Furthermore, since the set display time can be set in the terminal device 1, the display information can be appropriately set according to the number of information to be displayed and the user's preference for the display style, and the usability for the user can be improved.

  In the first embodiment, the display control unit 14 changes the index display mode in the output unit 19 when the time for ending the display of the index is approaching. For this reason, when the user visually recognizes the index display, it can be easily recognized that the display period of the information indicated by the index ends.

  In an existing method, an information providing system (such as a provider) sets a set display time, but by setting in the terminal device 1, information received from a plurality of information providing systems, or generated in the terminal device 1, Collected information can be managed with common display management data. For this reason, it is possible to perform display that matches the user's preference regardless of the origin of the information regarding the change in the display mode.

  In the first embodiment, the display management data holding unit 15 holds information and information importance indicating the importance of the information in association with each other, and the display control unit 14 handles information according to the information importance. The display mode of the index to be changed is changed. For this reason, the higher the information importance, the more effectively the index display is displayed, and the convenience for the user can be enhanced.

  The display control means 14 weights the values set for each of the plurality of feature parameters representing the features of the information, sums the weighted values, and the display management data holding unit 15 calculates the summed values. Stored as information importance. For this reason, it is possible to further improve the convenience of the user by performing the index display according to the degree desired by the user. For example, a user who wants a lot of information related to the economy sets (1) the user himself / herself with a higher information importance, and (2) the terminal device 1 sets the information importance by the information selection operation. (3) By setting the information importance level to be higher by the word of the created document, the terminal device 1 can effectively display information on the economy. Further, by managing the characteristic parameter importance for each time zone and day of the week, it is possible to perform fine control such as economic information in the morning and entertainment information at night.

  In the conventional method, an information providing system (such as a provider) manages user preferences and distributes information according to the preferences. However, in the conventional method, the user's preference is transmitted to the provider side, which causes a privacy problem. According to the terminal device 1 and the display method according to the first embodiment, the user's preference is managed in the terminal device 1, so there is no problem that the preference is transmitted to the provider side.

  Further, the display control unit 14 may determine whether or not a predefined keyword is included in the information, and may set a value for each of a plurality of feature parameters based on the determination result. For this reason, since the information importance can be set without adding the value of each feature parameter from the information providing system side, the information processing amount on the information providing system side and the data amount for transmitting the feature parameter are reduced. be able to.

<Second Embodiment>
In the terminal device and the display method according to the second embodiment, the start time and the end time of index display of a plurality of pieces of information are managed based on absolute times, and the display of information is ended when the valid period has passed. Also, the display mode of the index is changed according to the importance of the information.

(Terminal device)
As with the terminal device according to the first embodiment, the terminal device according to the second embodiment has a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, a stored information holding unit 13, and display control, as shown in FIG. Means 14, display management data holding unit 15, time recognition means 16, display time setting means 17, input means 18, and output means 19 are provided.

  The display management data holding unit 15 holds a plurality of accumulated information and a display time for displaying an index corresponding to each of the plurality of information in association with each other. The display management data holding unit 15 holds a display management table as shown in FIG. 11, for example. Here, the “display number” that uniquely identifies the information to be displayed, the “display content” indicating the content displayed by the index, the “start time” that is the time for starting index display, and the time for ending the index display The “end time” is associated with the “display position” for displaying the index. The “display number” is determined by the display control unit 14, and the “display content” is obtained from the stored information holding unit 13 via the storage unit 12. The “start time” and “end time” are set by the display time setting means 17.

  The display time setting means 17 sets the time for displaying each index. The specific display time setting method is as follows.

  (1) When “start time” and “end time” are received together with information to be displayed from the information providing system, the display time setting means 17 sets the received “start time” and “end time” as the valid period. To do. However, when an unnecessarily long valid period is set by the information providing system, the display time setting unit 17 may reset the time to an appropriate time.

  (2) When “start time” and “end time” are input by the input means 18 according to the user's preference, the display time setting means 17 sets the input “start time” and “end time”. Set as valid period.

  (3) When the “start time” is not set as in the information indicated by the hatched lines in FIG. 11, the display time setting means 17 sets the information reception time or the accumulated time as the “start time”. .

  (4) When the “end time” is not set as in the information indicated by hatching in FIG. 11, the display time setting means 17 determines the “end time” based on the information importance. For example, the information importance of display number 2 is “1.8”, and the information importance of display number 3 is “2.3”. For example, if the effective period is 4 hours per unit of information importance, the effective period of display number 2 is “7.2 hours”, and the effective period of display number 3 is “9.2 hours”.

  In FIG. 11, for example, it is assumed that the information of the display number 1 is displayed until the evening news time (here, end time 18:00) when the distribution source is a television company. Further, it is assumed that the information of the display number 2 is displayed until the night game start time (here, the end time 17:00). In addition, since FIG. 11 assumes 17:20 as the present time, the display of the information of the display number 2 is complete | finished.

  The display control unit 14 writes the display management data for the information stored in the stored information holding unit 13 in the display management table. Further, the display control means 14 performs index display on the output means 19 with reference to the data written in the display management table, as shown in FIG. Further, the display of the index in the output means 19 is terminated based on the display time held in the display management data holding unit 15. Specifically, the index display is terminated when the effective time set for the current time has passed.

  Further, the display control means 14 changes the index display mode in the output means 19 when the time for ending the index display is approaching. The details are the same as in the first embodiment. For example, the index display that is approaching the end of the display is displayed at the bottom of the screen, is displayed smaller, the display density is lightened, and the movement speed is decreased. Or

  The display control unit 14 sets a display time and a non-display time for each information and displays information only during the display time in order to effectively display a plurality of indexes when performing index display. The ratio of display time and non-display time is managed for each information. Since this ratio setting method is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here. In addition, as in the first embodiment, as the information importance is higher, index display such as “extend display time”, “display larger”, “display at the top of the screen”, “display brighter”, etc. The aspect may be changed.

  Further, the display control means 14 weights the values set for each of the plurality of parameters representing the characteristics of the information, sums up the weighted values, and uses the summed value as the information importance level. Save to 15.

  The display control unit 14 determines whether the information includes a predefined keyword, and sets a value for each of a plurality of feature parameters based on the determination result. Further, the display control unit 14 automatically generates a feature parameter based on the character string existing in the information. For example, from the first 100 characters of the selected information, a word is extracted by an existing character string analysis engine, and a feature parameter is calculated from the extracted word.

  The display time setting means 17 uses the input means 18 to set “start time” or “end time” for displaying each index. The set time is held in the display management table shown in FIG. 11 as an effective period.

  The communication unit 11, the storage unit 12, the stored information holding unit 13, the time recognition unit 16, the input unit 18, and the output unit 19 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore will be described here. Omitted.

  Further, the terminal device 1 according to the second embodiment includes a processing control device (CPU), and the storage unit 12, the display control unit 14, the time recognition unit 16, the display time setting unit 17, and the like are incorporated in the CPU as modules. It can be set as the structure to do. These modules can be realized by executing a dedicated program for using a predetermined program language in a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer.

  Although not shown, the terminal device 1 may include a program holding unit that stores a display program for causing a processing control device (CPU) to execute display control processing, display time setting processing, and the like. The program holding unit is a recording medium such as a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, a flexible disk, a compact disk, an IC chip, and a cassette tape. According to such a recording medium, it is possible to easily store, transport, and sell the display program.

(Display method)
Next, a display method using the terminal device according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (A) Steps S201 to S202 in FIG. 12 are the same as steps S101 to S102 in FIG.

  (B) Next, in step S203, the display control means 14 stores the display management data corresponding to the accumulated information in the display management data holding unit 15. In step S204, the display control unit 14 compares the current time obtained by the time recognizing unit 16 with the set effective period, and if the current time is within the effective period, a plurality of information is output to the output unit 19. Displays the index of. At this time, the display control unit 14 sets a display time and a non-display time for each information according to the information importance, and displays information only during the display time. In addition, the display control means 14 changes the index display mode such as “extend the display time”, “display larger”, “display at the top of the screen”, “display brighter”, etc. as the information importance is higher. To do.

  (C) Next, in step S205, the display control means 14 has passed a certain time depending on the ratio of the current time (elapsed time) in the effective period or the difference from the current time to the end time of the effective period. For example, it is determined whether or not the effective period is about to elapse. If the fixed time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S206. If the fixed time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S204 to continue displaying the index. Since the process of step S206 is the same as that of step S106 (FIGS. 7 to 10) in FIG. 1, the description thereof is omitted here.

  (D) Next, in step S207, the display control means 14 determines whether or not the valid period has elapsed. If the valid period has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S208. If the valid period has not elapsed, the process returns to step S204 to continue displaying the index.

  (E) In step S208, the display control means 14 ends the index display.

(Function and effect)
The terminal device and the display method according to the second embodiment perform display for improving the convenience of the user when displaying the stored information in an index by terminating the index display based on the set display time. Can do.

  In the second embodiment, by setting an effective period, information outside the effective period can be determined as an unnecessary index, and display can be terminated. If the end time is a defined validity period, the display of information that is already out of date can be terminated, and if the start time is a defined validity period, information that is not yet needed is not displayed. It can be displayed when necessary.

<Third Embodiment>
In the terminal device and the display method according to the third embodiment, when the information indicated by the index is stream information including speech, speech recognition is performed on the speech and the result is displayed as characters. The control of the display mode of the index displayed as characters is the same as in the first embodiment.

(Terminal device)
As shown in FIG. 13, the terminal device according to the third embodiment includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, a storage information holding unit 13, a display control unit 14, a display management data holding unit 15, and a time. Recognizing means 16, display time setting means 17, input means 18, output means 19, and speech recognition means 20 are provided.

  When the information is stream information including voice, the voice recognition unit 20 performs voice recognition on the voice information and converts the result into characters.

  The display control means 14 displays the character information converted by the speech recognition means 20 as an index, and controls the display mode of the index as described in the first and second embodiments.

  The communication means 11, the storage means 12, the storage information holding section 13, the display management data holding section 15, the time recognition means 16, the display time setting means 17, the input means 18, and the output means 19 Since it is the same as that of 1 embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The terminal device 1 according to the third embodiment includes a processing control device (CPU), and includes a storage unit 12, a display control unit 14, a time recognition unit 16, a display time setting unit 17, a voice recognition unit 29, and the like. The module can be built in the CPU. These modules can be realized by executing a dedicated program for using a predetermined program language in a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer.

  Although not shown, the terminal device 1 may include a program holding unit that stores a display program for causing the processing control device (CPU) to execute display control processing, display time setting processing, voice recognition processing, and the like. Good. The program holding unit is a recording medium such as a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, a flexible disk, a compact disk, an IC chip, and a cassette tape. According to such a recording medium, it is possible to easily store, transport, and sell the display program.

(Display method)
Next, a display method using the terminal device according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (A) First, in step S301 of FIG. 14, the communication means 11 of the terminal device 1 receives voice information via the Internet or the like.

  (B) Next, in step S <b> 302, the storage unit 12 stores the received audio information in the stored information holding unit 13.

  (C) Next, in step S303, the display control unit 14 stores the display management data corresponding to the accumulated audio information in the display management data holding unit 15.

  (D) Next, in step S304, when the information is stream information including voice, the voice recognition means 20 performs voice recognition on the voice information and converts the result into characters.

  (E) Next, in step S305, the display control means 14 displays the character information converted by the voice recognition means 20 in an index manner on the output means 19.

  (F) Next, steps S306 to S309 are the same as steps S105 to S108 in FIG.

  In the above description, the display management data is saved (S303) and then the voice information is recognized (S304). However, after the voice information is recognized (S304), the display management data is saved (S304). S303).

(Function and effect)
The terminal device and the display method according to the third embodiment perform display for improving the convenience of the user when displaying the stored audio information as an index by terminating the index display based on the set display time. be able to.

  In the third embodiment, since voice information can be recognized, the voice information can be presented as image information. For this reason, voice information can be acquired even in a use environment where no sound can be produced, for example, in an office or train where there is another person. Also, a plurality of audio information can be presented simultaneously.

<Other embodiments>
Although the present invention has been described according to the above-described embodiments, it should not be understood that the descriptions and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  For example, in FIGS. 7 to 10, the example of changing the display mode of the index is shown, but these changes may be combined and displayed. For example, the display position of the index may be changed as shown in FIG. 7 according to the elapsed time, and the moving speed of the index may be changed as shown in FIG.

  1 and 13, it has been described that the storage information holding unit 13 and the display management data holding unit 15 are separately provided. However, these may be shared by one holding unit.

  As described above, the present invention naturally includes various embodiments not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the invention specifying matters according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

It is a block diagram of the configuration of the terminal device according to the first and second embodiments. It is an example of a display of the terminal device concerning a 1st embodiment. It is an example of the display management table which concerns on 1st Embodiment (the 1). It is an example of the display management table which concerns on 1st Embodiment (the 2). It is an example of the characteristic parameter management table which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the display method which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is an example of a change of the index display of the terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment (the 1). It is the example of a change of the index display of the terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment (the 2). It is the example of a change of the index display of the terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment (the 3). It is the example of a change of the index display of the terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment (the 4). It is an example of the display management table which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the display method which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the terminal device according to the third embodiment. It is a flowchart of the display method which concerns on 3rd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Terminal device 11 ... Communication means 12 ... Accumulation means 13 ... Accumulation information holding part 14 ... Display control means 15 ... Display management data holding part 16 ... Time recognition means 17 ... Display time setting means 18 ... Input means 19 ... Output means 20 ... Voice recognition means

Claims (6)

A display that holds a plurality of accumulated information , a set display time that indicates a time from the start to the end of display of an index corresponding to each of the information , and an information importance that indicates the importance of the information in association with each other A management data holding unit;
Output means for displaying a plurality of the indexes;
Display control means for setting the display time and non-display time of the index in the output means based on the information importance level held in the display management data holding unit,
The display time is within the set display time, represents the time the index is by Ri actually displayed on the output unit,
The non-display time, within the set display time, indicates the time when the index is not more displayed on the output unit,
The display time and the non-display time are repeated within the set display time,
The display control means includes
Terminal, wherein a value obtained by dividing between the non-display time within the display time the set display time within the set display time, and the display time, to increase with the increase of the information importance apparatus. When the information is stream information including voice, the voice information is further recognized, and voice recognition means for converting the result into characters is further provided.
2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the character information converted by the voice recognition unit as an index.   The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control means displays an index display approaching the end of display at the bottom of the screen.   The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays a small index display approaching the end of display.   The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit slows down the moving speed of the index display approaching the end of display. A step of holding a plurality of accumulated information , a set display time indicating a time from the start to the end of display of an index corresponding to each of the information , and an information importance indicating the importance of the information in association with each other When,
Setting a display time and a non-display time of the index based on the information importance held in the display management data holding unit ;
Displaying a plurality of the indexes based on the display time and the non-display time ,
In the setting step, a value obtained by dividing the display time within the set display time by the non-display time within the set display time, and the display time are increased according to an increase in the information importance ,
In the step of displaying, the display time and the non-display time is repeated in between during the setting display,
The display time is within the set display time, represents the time the index is by Ri actually displayed on the output unit,
The non-display time, within the set display time, a display method characterized by indicating the time the index is not more displayed on the output unit.

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