JP4552005B2 - Electronic newspaper display device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic newspaper display device, and more particularly to an electronic newspaper display device for displaying a newspaper image data of the real page space image received via the communication line at the display screen.

  With the widespread use of communication networks, network users are likely reading some newspaper articles from the Internet. It also affects newspapers delivered daily, and the demand for electronic newspaper subscriptions is increasing due to changes in the living environment. For example, in high-rise condominiums that are increasing in the city center, the delivery system is changing with the advancement of security systems such as electronic locks, so newspaper deliverers do not deliver directly to the upper floors, and residents live up to the first floor mailboxes every day. They have to get down and receive newspapers, and it is hard labor to collect all the newspapers that have been read and drop them to the first floor as newspaper trash.

  Supported by the demand as in the above example, an electronic delivery service for newspapers, which accesses newspaper articles information from user terminals through newspapers through the Internet and is browsing, is expanding. When browsing newspaper article information, the article information is converted into text code, and the image information is converted into image compression information such as GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) or JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), and both are converted into HTML (Hyper Text). It is generally displayed by a Web browser program installed in a user terminal in a Web document format by Markup Language).

As an example of such a system, for example, an “electronic newspaper distribution system” disclosed in Patent Document 1 can be cited.
JP 2003-108872 A

  However, in a conventional electronic delivery system for newspapers via the Internet, newspaper articles are processed by text data, photos and images are processed and stored by image data such as GIF, JPEG, PDF (Portable Document Format), etc. There is a problem that the processing is duplicated and the editing process is complicated.

Therefore, the present invention displays on a display screen image data of a newspaper image that is actually delivered, enables various user operations on the displayed newspaper image, and forms an image of the newspaper. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic newspaper display device that can avoid complicated processing by processing the data structure of text by XML (extensible Mark-up Language).

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic newspaper display device according to the present invention includes a storage means for storing a program and various data for executing an application, execution of a program stored in the storage means, data processing, and input. Control means for controlling the output device, communication connection means for receiving the image data of the newspaper image on the actual paper surface including coordinate data for paper space allocation and attribute data associated with the paper surface via the communication network, and key or pointing an input unit for accepting various operations by the devices, and display means for displaying character information on a display screen associated with the image and the sheet of newspaper images in accordance with the operation accepted by the input unit, it is displayed on the display screen Screen display size that assumes the next display according to the enlargement, reduction, or movement of the newspaper image The image data of the newspaper image with the corresponding resolution and the accompanying data are received via the communication connection means by pre-reading for each predetermined area, and the display data is displayed on the display screen based on the coordinate data according to the operation of the input means. An image processing means for displaying the image via a display means, a keyword registration screen for article selection is displayed on the display screen via the display means, and a keyword input by the input means is displayed in the storage means. When registering and receiving image data of a newspaper image via the communication connection means, the attribute data based on the keyword is requested to the distribution source server and received, and the received article information is displayed on the display screen. Article information processing means for displaying via the display means ,
The display means includes a preview mode for displaying an article heading list corresponding to the keyword and a newspaper image on the same screen, a paper display mode for displaying the newspaper image and its attribute data in various forms, and A thumbnail display mode in which images of each page of the newspaper image are reduced and displayed in a grid pattern, and the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means is moved and determined in the paper image division area of the newspaper image in the preview mode; The display screen displayed in the thumbnail display mode is shifted to the page display mode for displaying the page including the article, and the cursor displayed according to the input means on the image of the desired page page of the newspaper image. Move the heading list display section where the heading list is displayed over the image of the page. Vinegar Rukoto and features.
In addition , the display screen displayed by the display means includes a date display unit that indicates the issue date of the electronic newspaper, and a display image size of the newspaper image that can be arbitrarily moved within the display screen. And at least a page operation display unit for various operations including page turning.
Further , the display screen displayed by the display means further includes a menu display unit for selecting a newspaper image from different display modes.

Further, the display screen of the preview mode to be displayed by the display means, the keyword hit status for displaying a headline list display unit for displaying a headline list of articles corresponding to the keyword, the headlines corresponding to the keyword and the keyword And a display unit.
In addition , when the display unit moves the cursor displayed according to the input unit to the heading position of the article displayed in the heading list display unit or the keyword hit status display unit, the image of the newspaper image on the display screen The paper split area of the article is surrounded by a line, and the color or brightness of the paper split area is displayed differently from the surrounding articles.
Further, the present invention displays a page including the article when the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means is moved to the heading position of the article displayed in the heading list display unit or the keyword hit status display unit and confirmed. The paper display mode is entered and the article is displayed in a display size corresponding to the display screen size, and the paper area of the article on the newspaper image is surrounded by a line, and the color or brightness of the paper area is It is displayed differently from the surrounding articles.
Further, the present invention shifts to a paper display mode for displaying a page including the article when the cursor displayed according to the input means is moved to the heading position of the article displayed on the heading list display unit and determined. The article is displayed in a display size corresponding to the display screen size, and the paper area of the article on the newspaper image is surrounded by a line, and the color or brightness of the paper area is different from the surrounding articles. It is displayed.
Further, according to the present invention, the information for classifying the registration field of the keyword and the display level corresponding to the display size of the paper division area of the article corresponding to the keyword are registered together with the keyword via the input unit. It is characterized by.
Further , the display means in the page display mode is characterized in that when the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means is moved to a desired article heading position, the heading portion of the article is enlarged and displayed.
Further , the display means in the page display mode moves the cursor displayed according to the input means to the desired article heading position, and displays the article in a display size corresponding to the display screen size, The area of the article on the newspaper image is surrounded by a line, and the color or brightness of the area of the article is displayed differently from the surrounding articles.
Further , when the display means in the page display mode moves and confirms the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means to the desired article heading position, the related information of the article is superimposed on the newspaper image on the display screen. A submenu for processing is displayed.
Further , the display means in the page display mode moves the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means to a desired article heading position, and confirms on the display screen in the case of an article corresponding to the registered keyword. A sub-menu for displaying related articles corresponding to the keywords of the article and searching for related information is superimposed on the newspaper image.

According to the electronic newspaper display device of the present invention, an image of an actual paper image is selected and received by the Web browser of the user terminal by selecting image data having an appropriate resolution according to the display screen size, and the image of the newspaper image on the actual paper is received. Is displayed on the display screen as it is, and its image size and display position are automatically selected according to the user's operation. ) There is an effect that a desired article can be easily searched and selected from keyword information linked with information.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail.
The electronic newspaper display device of the present embodiment is configured by a computer system such as a commercially available PC (personal computer) or workstation, and displays and outputs rich media content that integrally handles text, images, music, and audio data. For example, a plug-in such as “Flash” of Adobe Systems Inc. can be incorporated into a Web browser, and each means functioning in this embodiment is software processing using the hardware of a computer system such as a PC. It is realized by.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the electronic newspaper display device 10 of the present embodiment uses an input means (operation unit) 13 for performing various operations, an LCD (liquid crystal display) or the like on a display screen according to the operation, and a newspaper image. The image data of the newspaper image to be displayed is received from a communication network such as the Internet via the communication connection unit 15 and is stored in a RAM (Random Access Memory) of the storage unit 12. The data is taken into the HDD (hard disk device), and the processing is transferred to the control means (CPU: central processing unit) 11 via the input means (operation unit) 13 according to the user operation, and according to the command of the control means 11 The image processing means 16 displays the newspaper image via the display means 14.

  When displaying a newspaper image, digital image data received after being compressed (encoded) by JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or the like is decoded by the image processing means 16 and displayed on the LCD screen or the like of the display means 14 The image data is converted into image data corresponding to each pixel as possible. The image processing means 16 has a decoder (decompression processing of compressed data) configured by a hardware or software engine, and decodes (decodes) when the compressed digital image data is displayed on the LCD display unit 46. ) Is responsible for processing. The control means 11 that controls the above processing causes the above means to function by executing a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) of the storage means 12 or a flash memory.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a display screen of an electronic newspaper display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a display portion of the operation of the electronic newspaper and related information displayed on the display screen. , (A) is a page operation section for newspaper image images, and (b), (c) are date display sections for selecting the page of the date.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an image 2 of a newspaper image similar to the paper that is actually delivered is displayed on the display screen 1 of the electronic newspaper display device 10 according to the first embodiment. The page operation display unit 3 is provided. As shown in FIG. 2A, the page operation display unit includes an image enlargement (3a), reduction (3c), and page movement (page turning: page turning). ) (3d, 3f), movement by issue date (3g, 3h), switching between single-sided display or double-sided display (3b), and icon display for displaying usage (3e) The lower part of each button is provided with display frames (3i, 3j) that briefly explain the function of each button. The page operation display unit 3 can be moved by operating a mouse or the like so that the page operation display unit 3 can be displayed at an arbitrary location in the display screen 1.

  Further, a date display section is provided on the upper left side of the display screen 1, and as shown in FIG. 2B, the date display section has a triangular icon pointing to the right and the newspaper displayed on the display screen 1. The issue date of image 2 of the image is shown. When the cursor is moved by an input means such as a mouse on the triangle icon pointing to the right, the triangle icon pointing right changes to an icon display pointing downward as shown in FIG. (It may be the previous date) is displayed in reverse video, and when the confirmation operation is performed by clicking the mouse or the like on the displayed issue date, the newspaper on that date can be displayed.

  3 and 4 show screen display examples actually displayed on the display screen 1 of the electronic newspaper display device 10 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a display example of only one side, and FIG. It is an example displayed in a spread state. In the case of the spread state shown in FIG. 4 or when the page operation display unit 3 is moved so that the page operation display unit 3 or the date display unit 4 overlaps the image 2 of the newspaper image, it is made a semi-transparent state and This prevents the image from being completely hidden and invisible. In addition, the buttons of the icon display shown in FIG. 2A can be understood at a glance that the function is invalid by lowering the contrast except when the function is in an active state.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example of a help screen displayed when the button “?” (3e) for displaying the usage method shown in FIG. In the “Viewing screen” (display screen 1) column, “You can move the page by dragging the mouse with the mouse”, in the “Date list” (date display part 4) column, click “Date display part” Then, a list of up to 7 days of paper space will appear "in the" Toolbox "(page operation display section 3) field," Drag the box frame with the mouse to move it freely within the browsing screen " Each is described.

  In addition, the explanation of the button by each icon display of the tool box is written, and “Enlarge tool” is “Enlarge the paper size (up to 400% at maximum. "In the reduction tool", "Reducing the paper size (to a minimum of 25%). Can display a wide range." "Switch between display and double-sided display", but "Page move" has ">> to move to the next page on the same day, << to move to the previous page." “Use> to move to the page of the previous date, and <to move to the page of the previous date.” “Display window” displays “Current magnification ratio and the name of the selected tool” Each is marked.

  The newspaper image according to the present embodiment is composed of a set of images divided into a plurality of paper division areas, and the image data of each paper division area is received when image data is received in each paper division area. Relative coordinate value data with respect to the entire paper surface associated with the image data is described in XML together with the image data of the paper space area and received. The electronic newspaper display device 10 configures an image of the entire newspaper image on the display screen 1 based on the coordinate data of the paper page split area.

  When the newspaper image is enlarged or reduced, the image data of the paper page division area displayed on the display screen 1 is replaced with the image data of the paper page division area having a resolution corresponding to the display image size. When displaying an image of a paper split area with a resolution corresponding to the enlargement or reduction operation, instead of receiving image data of the corresponding paper split area each time, the display area, the display size, and how many pages (how many pages) ), The response associated with the user operation is improved by pre-reading and receiving the paper-split image data to be displayed next.

Next, the electronic newspaper display system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in the schematic configuration diagram according to one embodiment of FIG. 7, the electronic newspaper display system has a head office and a branch office connected to a communication line that is converted into a dedicated line by applying VPN (Virtual Private Network) or the like to the communication network. The system center 21 receives the image image of each newspaper page 32 that is the original data of the newspaper that is actually printed and delivered from the terminal 31 of each newspaper company, etc. via the FTP server 24 ( Received data receiving means), and an operator assigns work using computers (PCs) 25a to 25 incorporating an EPPA (electronic newspaper publishing application). Image data along the line is extracted.

  The EPPA captures the received image of each newspaper page 32, the image data captured by the operator along the page space area for each article, the keywords given to the article headlines and articles, etc. Is an editing application (authoring tool) that inputs and stores image data, which generates image data compressed into a plurality of different resolutions of JPEG, etc., for each page division area, and obtains the display position and display range from the entire page Relative coordinate data is generated and stored in the image data storage area 26 of the database or the external storage device together with various attribute information such as an issue date and page information. Further, in order to operate the newspaper image on the Web browser, for example, Flash image data processed by “Flash” of Adobe Systems Incorporated is generated and stored in the image data storage area 26. (Page data editing means).

  The EPPA further refers to the image of the newspaper image on the web browser and its attribute data by referring to the image data of a plurality of resolutions and the attribute data divided for each of the paper page division areas generated by the paper data editing means and stored in the database. XML data for displaying accompanying information and corresponding to each operation and a Web page in which this XML is described are automatically generated, and stored as a master XML in the master XML storage area 27 of the database or external storage device together with the Web page. (Web page generation means). A description of specific EPPA editing operations and individual functions will be omitted.

  28 is a Web server that responds to a signal requested from a user terminal (electronic newspaper display device) 10 equipped with a Web browser for realizing the function of the electronic newspaper display device via a communication network such as the Internet 30 and displays an electronic newspaper. To deliver. At this time, the keyword registered in the user terminal 10 is automatically transmitted to the Web server 28, and the Web server 28 has attributes corresponding to the keyword together with the image of the newspaper image based on the keyword transmitted from the user terminal 10. The master XML including information is read from the master XML storage area 27, XML data for processing attribute information corresponding to the keyword and Web page are automatically generated and transmitted to the user terminal.

  In addition to this, the system center 21 includes an application server 23 for processing cooperation of each application and an accompanying support function other than the functions described above, and a management server 22 for monitoring, protecting, and maintaining data and communication functions. Yes.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the display screen of the electronic newspaper display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an example of an actual display screen in the “preview mode”.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, an image 2 of a newspaper image similar to the paper that is actually delivered is displayed on the display screen 1 in the “preview mode” of the electronic newspaper display device 10 according to the second embodiment. The display of “1 evening edition” immediately above the image 2 of the image indicates that the page of the page is one page and the display of the name of each page and the distinction between the morning edition and the evening edition. A page operation display unit 3 is provided on the upper part of the image 2 of the newspaper image, and is based on an icon display for moving the page forward and backward (page turning) for each page and moving to the first and last pages. A button is provided.

  On the left side of the image 2 of the newspaper image, a heading list display unit 6 and a keyword hit status display unit 7 are provided. By clicking the “setting option” icon displayed in the right corner of the heading list display section 6, a keyword registration screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. Enter the genre and headline display level. The input registration information is stored in the user terminal 10. The “registered keyword” field can be freely set by the user. The “Registration Genre” field indicates the registration field of the keyword. For example, “average stock price”, “stock market”, “stock price”, “economic outlook”, “corporate enterprise”, “cabinet”, “large enterprise”, Items prepared by the system such as “Economic Outlook”, “Ministry of Finance”, “Government”, “Parliament”, “Pension”,... Are loaded via the Web server 28 in the system center 21 and displayed in the pull-down menu. You can select and register multiple items. In the item of registered genre, fields with a high hit rate are periodically updated based on keywords and the like transmitted from each user terminal and become selection candidates. In the “Heading Display Level” field, a heading article that can be set from “Large Heading”, “Medium Heading”, and “Small Heading”, and which has an image size of the page layout area determined on the system side is selected.

  The registered keyword is transmitted to the Web server 28 together with other registration information when the user terminal 10 accesses the Web server 28 to receive the image data of the newspaper image. The processing of the transmitted keyword on the Web server 28 side is as described above, and a Web page including the corresponding XML data is transmitted, and the functions described below are realized (article information processing means).

  The headline list display unit 6 displays a list of article headlines that are searched and transmitted from the Web server 28 corresponding to the registered keywords and received by the user terminal 10. The headline of the article corresponding to the registered keyword is displayed in the headline list. For example, in Figure 9, “Decision to establish postal service”, “Mobile / fixed, unify number”, “Second consecutive improvement in economic feeling”, “Do you refuse to visit?”, “Topic for tomorrow”, “Postal bills” “Cabinet Decision” and “Temporary 13,300 yen” are displayed.

  Below the heading list display section 6, a keyword hit status display section is further provided. The registered keyword, the number of pages corresponding to the keyword, and the articles retrieved on the Web server 28 side corresponding to the keyword are displayed. The heading name is displayed.

The display screen 1 includes a menu display unit 5 in an upper area different from a display area for displaying a newspaper image, and displays the title name of the electronic newspaper and the image 2 of the newspaper image in different forms. Three modes, “Preview Mode”, “Thumbnail Mode”, and “Paper Mode”, are provided and can be selected by a user operation.
“Preview mode” is an initial screen when accessing the Web server 28. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the newspaper image 2 is displayed on the right side, and the heading list of articles corresponding to the keywords on the left side. Is displayed.

  In the “thumbnail mode”, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, each side (each page) of the newspaper image is reduced and arranged in a grid pattern (tile pattern). As shown in FIG. When the cursor is moved upward, the image size is increased and the same heading list as that displayed on the heading list display unit 6 is displayed so as to overlap the image. When the cursor is moved to a desired article heading in the heading list displayed in the “preview mode” and “thumbnail mode” and confirmed by a mouse click or the like, the “paper mode” is entered. In the “paper mode”, as described later, it can be displayed in various forms based on the attribute data.

  In the “preview mode”, when the cursor is moved to the heading part displayed in the heading list display part 6 or the keyword hit status display part 7, the paper space area of the article in the image 2 of the paper image displayed on the right side becomes a line. The background changes from white to yellow. At that time, the surrounding image and brightness may be changed. Further, when the cursor is moved to the heading portion displayed in the heading list display unit 6 or the keyword hit status display unit 7 and is confirmed by clicking with a mouse or the like, the “paper mode” is entered. The “paper mode” can also be shifted by clicking on a paper space area of a desired article in the image 2 of the paper image displayed on the right side.

  Move the cursor to the heading list of “Preview mode” and “Thumbnail mode” and confirm and move to “Paper mode”. The best state in which the image of the paper split area of the corresponding heading article can be displayed in the display screen 1 The display size is automatically selected and displayed. In this case, the best state may be considered to be the maximum image size that can generally display the entire sheet area within the display range of the display screen 1.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the “paper mode”, the page operation display unit 3 is provided in the menu display unit 5 provided at the upper part of the display screen 1 for displaying the image data 2 of the newspaper image, and each page is displayed. A button with icon display to move the page before and after (page turning), move to the first and last page, “1 evening edition” morning edition, evening edition distinction and “preview that the page of the page is one page” In addition to the function display icon similar to “Mode”, the icon to move to the previous mode, the display of the magnification of the image 100 of the newspaper image of “100%”, enlargement, reduction, single-sided-double-sided (1-sided-2sided) Are provided with an operation button for displaying each icon and a search field for text input.

When the cursor is moved to “1 Evening”, a pull-down menu appears, which can be moved directly to the page of each page and displayed. Similarly, when the cursor is moved to “100%”, the display magnification can be directly designated by the pull-down menu.
Also, in the search by text input, the system center 21 is inquired via the Web server 28 based on the keywords registered in the past, and the corresponding articles are listed by the application server 23 based on the keyword information accumulated in the database. The image data of the newspaper image and its attribute information are distributed.

  In the “paper mode”, when the cursor is moved to the heading position of the image in the paper division area, the heading is enlarged and displayed. When the heading article is confirmed by clicking the cursor or the like, as shown in FIG. The page space area of the article is highlighted by being surrounded by a line, and the contrast and brightness of the image data of the surrounding articles are lowered and displayed. The image data of the surrounding articles may be used together with a color change as in the “preview mode”. The same display as that shown in FIG. 14 is also obtained when the cursor is moved to the list of headings in “Preview mode” and “Thumbnail mode”, and the screen is shifted to “Paper mode”.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the cursor is moved to the heading list of “Preview mode” and “Thumbnail mode”, or the desired article is selected and confirmed in “Paper mode”, the display screen 1 is displayed. An article menu in which “image / video”, “printing”, “related article” and the like related to the article can be selected as a sub-menu. At the same time, a sub-menu of related keywords such as “Postal Mail” and “Reform” is also displayed. A list of registered keywords is displayed in the related keyword column.
FIG. 16 shows an image of a mobile phone displayed by selecting “image / video”.

  When a keyword displayed in the related keyword submenu in the display state shown in FIG. 14 is clicked, a related keyword re-search menu as shown in FIG. 15, a list of today's articles corresponding to the keyword, URL links, and past PDFs Detailed sub-menus related to search, such as the above articles, are raised from the bottom of the display screen 1 by animation and displayed superimposed on the image data of newspaper images. The detailed description of the function is omitted here.

Finally, the XML description of the Web page will be described.
First, for example, if the paper displayed on the display screen 1 is an overall page, the XML document is stored as XML data on a Web page. <Pages ID = “10034” PageNumber = “1” />
And page ID “1” of the overall surface.
Subsequently, the headings (Articles) include 7 headings in the overall aspect from "Decision to establish postal service" to "13,300 yen at a time"
<Articles>
<Article ID = “26713” Name = “1a” />
From
<Article ID = “26719” Name = “1 g” />
</ Articles>
Until then, the heading ID (26713-26719) and the heading number (1a-1g) are assigned.
In addition, in the space area (range, size: Regions) of each headline article,
<Regions>
<Region REGION ID = “27155” Article ID = “26714”
x = “coordinate value…”
y = “coordinate value…” />
From
<Region REGION ID = “27161”
x = "coordinate value"
y = "coordinate value"
</ Regions>
Until then, the size of each frame region of the linked heading ID is written.

Next, explaining rich media display by image processing using “Flash” of Adobe Systems, as an example, a display area such as a name space is specified in a specific area of a headline article, a photo in a space frame, It will display videos, 3D images, audio, etc., but rich media data
<RichMedia Region ID = "27161"
x = “coordinate value…”
y = “coordinate value…”
And the display frame ID and screen position. Next, in a nested structure,
<VideoClipList>
<VideoClip File URL = “video / keitai.flv” />
</ VideoClipList>
<3DList />
<PictureList>
<Picture Film URL = “Pictures / P1 koizumi.1.jpg” />
</ PictureList>
As described above, the video camera data to be displayed, the 3D image, and the URL of the photographic image (file name “P1 koizumi”, file type “jpg”, etc.) are entered. In this case, there is a case where there is no 3D image and audio data with only video data and picture data.

  When saving data, in the case of the XML method, the XML document can be stored and read as it is, and even in other formats such as image data and animation movie files, the file name, file type, and other URLs can be searched. It can be stored as possible, and as described above in the section on conversion to an XML document, it is indicated by <Article> ID and the headline article indicated by Number (1a to 1g) and <Region> ID. Since the page division area information can be stored together, the search can be easily performed by tracing each node of the hierarchical structure with a method such as XPath, and can be read as it is. By using an XML database, conversion processing etc. compared to the database structure by conventional RDBMS Simple and can be performed at a high speed.

  Retrieval of XML data can be realized by tracing nodes in a hierarchical structure with XPath. The procedure consists of an “axis” indicating whether the current node is to be traversed in the up / down / left / right direction, an “node test” indicating the type of node such as an element node, text node, attribute node, etc. When it is desired to further narrow down the results selected in “Test”, the search is performed by three functions of “function” that is narrowed down by a conditional expression such as AND, OR, etc., and a very simple and quick search is possible. As described above, the XML database search procedure is much less restricted than the conventional SQL database information search, and simple and speedy processing is possible.

In this way, the procedure for searching XML data is simplified. In this embodiment, the search procedure for the hierarchical structure of XML data is further simplified by using a “Flash movie” as a graphical interface, and the operation is further simplified. Improved sex.
For example, a hierarchically structured newspaper name is used as a root node, and a page element that is a child node is provided with a general surface, a political surface, an international surface, an economic surface, a securities surface, and a sports surface, and stored as a page node. Next, for each heading node that has a parent-child relationship with the page node, for example, if the current page is a comprehensive page, the heading <Articles> “decision to establish postal administration” = 1a, “unify mobile / fixed number” "= 1b to" Temporary 13,300 yen level "= 1g, etc., the image data of the heading article is assigned to each frame of a predetermined timeline to create a Flash movie format moving image. In this way, an animation animation of a political page to a sports page of another page is also created and saved as a “Flash movie” file with the file name and file type URL. As a result, the hierarchical structure from the root node to the page nodes such as the general plane to the sports plane of the child nodes and the headings 1a to 1g of the child nodes is visualized and visualized. As a result, the XML search method can be further replaced with a graphic interface search, which can greatly improve and speed up.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the display screen of the electronic newspaper display apparatus by Example 1 of this invention. 1 is a display section of electronic newspaper operation and related information displayed on the display screen shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a page operation section of an image of a newspaper image, (b), (c) is to select the page of the date It is a date display part that can. It is a figure which shows the actual screen display example 1 of the display screen shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the actual screen display example 2 of the display screen shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the help screen of the electronic newspaper display apparatus by Example 1. FIG. It is a schematic block diagram by one Example of the electronic newspaper display apparatus of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram by one Example of the electronic newspaper display system of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the display screen of the electronic newspaper display apparatus by Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an actual screen display in "preview mode" of the display screen shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the setting option shown in FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a display screen in a “paper mode” of an electronic newspaper display device according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example 1 of a screen display in "thumbnail mode" of the electronic newspaper display apparatus by Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example 2 of a screen display in "thumbnail mode" of the electronic newspaper display apparatus by Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example 1 of a screen display at the time of the article selection of the electronic newspaper display apparatus by Example 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example 1 of a screen display at the time of keyword selection on the display screen shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen display example 1 when “Image / Video” is selected in the article menu on the display screen shown in FIG. 14.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display screen 2 Newspaper image 3 Page operation display part 4 Date display part 5 Menu display part 6 Heading list display part 7 Keyword hit situation display part 10 Electronic newspaper display apparatus (user terminal)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control means 12 Storage means 13 Input means 14 Display means 15 Communication connection means 16 Image processing means 17 Printing means 18 External input / output means 21 System center 22 Management server 23 Application server 24 FTP server 25 Electronic newspaper publication application (EPPA)
26 Image data storage area 27 Master XML storage area 28 Web server 30 Internet

Claims (12)

Storage means for storing a program and various data for executing an application;
Control means for controlling execution of programs stored in the storage means, data processing, and input / output devices;
A communication connection means for receiving image data of a newspaper image on a real paper surface including coordinate data for paper space division and attribute data associated with the paper surface via a communication network;
Input means for accepting various operations using keys or pointing devices;
Display means for displaying on the display screen the image of the newspaper image corresponding to the operation received by the input means and the character information related to the page ;
The newspaper image image data having a resolution corresponding to the screen display size assumed to be the next display in accordance with the enlargement, reduction, or movement of the newspaper image displayed on the display screen and the accompanying data are stored in a predetermined area. Image processing means for receiving via the communication connection means by pre-reading every time, and displaying the image via the display means on the display screen based on the coordinate data according to the operation of the input means ;
A keyword registration screen for selecting an article is displayed on the display screen via the display means, and a keyword input by the input means is registered in the storage means, and a newspaper image is displayed via the communication connection means. An article information processing means for requesting and receiving the attribute data based on the keyword when receiving data from a distribution source server, and displaying the received article information on a display screen via the display means; Prepared ,
The display means includes a preview mode for displaying an article heading list corresponding to the keyword and a newspaper image on the same screen, a paper display mode for displaying the newspaper image and its attribute data in various forms, and It has a thumbnail display mode that reduces the image of each page of the newspaper image in a grid pattern,
In the preview mode, by moving and confirming the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means in the space area of the newspaper image, the screen shifts to a paper display mode for displaying a page including the article,
In the display screen displayed in the thumbnail display mode, when a cursor displayed in accordance with the input means is moved over an image of a desired paper page of a newspaper image, a heading list is displayed over the image of the paper page. electronic newspaper display device according to claim Rukoto to have a headline list display portion to be.   The display screen displayed by the display means includes a date display unit that indicates the date of issue of the electronic newspaper, and a display image size of the newspaper image that can be arbitrarily moved within the display screen. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 1, further comprising at least a page operation display unit for various operations including page turning.   2. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 1, wherein the display screen displayed by the display means further includes a menu display unit for selecting an image of a newspaper image from different display modes. The display screen in the preview mode displayed by the display means includes a heading list display unit that displays a heading list of articles corresponding to the keywords, and a keyword hit status display unit that displays keywords and headings of articles corresponding to the keywords The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 1 , further comprising: When the display means moves the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means to the heading position of the article displayed in the heading list display part or the keyword hit status display part, the image on the newspaper image on the display screen is displayed. 5. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 4 , wherein the paper split area of the article is surrounded by a line and the color or brightness of the paper split area is displayed differently from the surrounding articles. When the cursor displayed according to the input means is moved to the heading position of the article displayed in the heading list display part or the keyword hit status display part and confirmed, the screen shifts to a paper display mode for displaying a page including the article. The article is displayed in a display size corresponding to the display screen size, and the paper area of the article on the newspaper image is surrounded by a line, and the color or brightness of the paper area is different from the surrounding articles. 5. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic newspaper display device is displayed. When the cursor displayed according to the input means is moved and fixed at the heading position of the article displayed in the heading list display section, the page is shifted to the paper display mode for displaying the page including the article, and the article is displayed on the display screen. In addition to being displayed in a display size according to the size, the paper area of the article on the newspaper image is surrounded by a line, and the color or brightness of the paper area is displayed differently from the surrounding articles. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 4 . The information for classifying the registration field of the keyword and the display level corresponding to the display size of the space area of the article corresponding to the keyword are registered together with the keyword via the input means. electronic newspaper display device according to 1. Display means in said paper display mode, according to claim 1, characterized in that expanding and displaying move the cursor displayed in response to the input means to the heading position of the desired article, the header portion of the article The electronic newspaper display device described in 1. The display means in the page display mode moves the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means to a desired article heading position, and displays the article in a display size corresponding to the display screen size and a newspaper image. 2. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 1 , wherein the paper divided area of the article on the image is surrounded by a line and the color or brightness of the paper divided area is displayed differently from the surrounding articles. When the display means in the page display mode moves and confirms the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means to the desired article heading position, it processes the related information of the article superimposed on the newspaper image on the display screen. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 1 , wherein a submenu to be displayed is displayed. The display means in the page display mode moves the cursor displayed in accordance with the input means to a desired article heading position and determines the newspaper on the display screen in the case of an article corresponding to the registered keyword. 2. The electronic newspaper display device according to claim 1 , wherein a submenu for displaying related articles corresponding to a keyword of the article and searching for related information is superimposed on the image of the image.

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