JP4782080B2 - Information presenting apparatus, information presenting method, information presenting program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information presentation apparatus, an information presentation method, an information presentation program, and a recording medium that present electronic information to a user. More specifically, the present invention relates to an information presentation apparatus that displays electronic information including time information together with schedule information.

  Recently, electronic information distribution services such as electronic newspapers and electronic magazines are increasing. A PC, a mobile phone, or the like is used as a terminal for browsing the electronic information, and the distributed electronic information can be stored in the terminal for a long period of time.

  In many cases, schedule management software can be used in such terminals. Some of the schedule management software includes a groupware function that allows a plurality of people to use the same schedule in addition to the function of managing the schedule date and time.

  In Patent Document 1, it is easy to search for documents related to schedule information, etc., and a desired document can be easily output, and a related document registered prior to a scheduled event can also be searched. An apparatus is disclosed.

The document search apparatus includes a schedule information capturing unit that captures a plurality of schedule information managed separately from the search target document, and a keyword extracting unit that extracts a character string to be a keyword from the selected schedule information. The system control unit displays a plurality of schedule information captured by the schedule information capturing unit on the display unit, causes the input unit to select one schedule information from the displayed plurality of schedule information, and the keyword extraction unit performs the schedule A character string to be used as a keyword is extracted from the information, and the system control unit searches the document using the character string as a keyword.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-231568 (released on August 22, 2000)

  However, in the above conventional configuration, the operation of browsing the schedule table and the operation of browsing the electronic information content report are low in correlation, and the operation of browsing the schedule table and the operation of browsing the content of the electronic information are complicated. This causes a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize an information presentation apparatus capable of easily viewing electronic information from a schedule table.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the information presenting device of the present invention is an information presenting device that presents electronic information including at least one content information among characters, images, and sounds, and is set in the electronic information A storage unit for storing electronic information further including set time information indicating a time, a label display area for displaying label information that is information for identifying a time divided in predetermined units, and schedule information set at the time Keyword acquisition for extracting a predetermined keyword from schedule table display means for displaying a schedule table associated with a schedule display area to be displayed as a schedule display screen, and schedule information associated with the time identified by the label information And a keyword extracted by the keyword acquisition unit from the storage unit Electronic information acquisition means for acquiring child information and extracting set time information set in the electronic information, and the schedule table display means using at least part of the electronic information acquired by the electronic information acquisition means as title information Title information presenting means for displaying in a selectable state superimposed on the schedule table displayed by the title, title selecting means for accepting selection of title information by the user, and electronic information including title information specified by the title selecting means It is characterized by comprising information output means for outputting content information of information.

  An information presentation method according to the present invention is an information presentation method in an information presentation device that presents electronic information including at least one content information among characters, images, and sounds in order to solve the above-described problem. The information presentation apparatus includes a storage unit that stores electronic information further including set time information indicating a time set in the electronic information, and displays label information that is information for identifying the time divided in predetermined units. A schedule table display step for displaying as a schedule display screen a schedule table in which a label display area and a schedule display area for displaying the schedule information set at the time are displayed, and the time identified by the label information. A keyword acquisition step of extracting a predetermined keyword from the schedule information, and from the storage unit The electronic information including the keyword extracted in the keyword acquisition step is acquired, the electronic information acquisition step for extracting the set time information set in the electronic information, and at least the electronic information acquired in the electronic information acquisition step A title information presentation step for displaying a selectable state by superimposing a part of the title information on the schedule table displayed in the schedule table display step, a title selection step for accepting selection of title information by the user, and the title And an information output step of outputting content information of electronic information including title information specified in the selection step.

  According to said structure, a keyword acquisition means extracts a predetermined keyword from schedule information, an electronic information acquisition means acquires electronic information using the extracted keyword, At least one part is acquired among the contents of the acquired electronic information. As the title information, the title information presenting means is displayed in a selectable manner superimposed on the schedule information display area associated with the time identified by the label information of the schedule table, so that the user is interested in an easy operation. There is an effect that the contents of the electronic information including the title can be browsed.

  In addition, said keyword may be memorize | stored in the memory | storage part beforehand and may be arbitrarily settable by the user. Moreover, you may use what was downloaded from the external apparatus via the network or the interface as said keyword.

  The information presentation apparatus of the present invention further includes time selection means for accepting selection of a time identified by the label information, and the electronic information acquisition means sets the time selected by the time selection means as set time information. Preferably, the title information presenting means displays the title information superimposed on a schedule display area associated with the time selected by the time selecting means.

  By providing the time selection means, an arbitrary time can be designated, and a keyword can be searched from schedule information displayed in the schedule information display area associated with the label information display area identified by the time. There is an additional effect of being able to

  The certain time described above may be designated by the user, or current time information may be acquired and used.

  In the information presentation device of the present invention, it is preferable that the electronic information acquisition unit acquires electronic information in which a time within a predetermined period is set as set time information from the time selected by the time selection unit.

  According to said structure, the time of the period which is not displayed on the schedule table currently output within the predetermined period from the selected time, for example, the period of one month before and after a certain time, etc. is set. Even electronic information can be referred to.

  As a result, by setting the above-mentioned period, it is possible to prevent the user from being confused by preventing the display of electronic information that is too out of date, making it difficult to see the schedule display screen by displaying too much electronic information. There is a further effect of avoiding this.

  The electronic information acquisition means preferably sets the predetermined period based on the number of title information that can be displayed on one display screen by the title information presentation means.

  According to said structure, there exists an additional effect that an information acquisition period can be defined automatically so that all the title information can be displayed on a screen, and a user-friendly schedule table can be displayed.

  In the information presenting device of the present invention, the title information presenting means is designated in a direction indicating a past time on the schedule table by superimposing it on a schedule display area corresponding to a label display area identified by the designated time. Title information corresponding to the electronic information in which the past time is set as the set time information is displayed, and the future time is set as the set time information in the direction indicating the future information on the schedule table. It is preferable to display title information corresponding to the electronic information.

  The direction in which the title information presenting means indicates the past time from the specified time. For example, in the case of a general calendar in which dates are arranged in ascending order from left to right, The title of the electronic information with the set time is displayed. Furthermore, since the title information of the electronic information in which the future time from the specified time is displayed on the right side in the direction indicating the future time from the specified time, in the case of the above-described general calendar example, the user can see at a glance. There is a further effect that the relationship between the selected designated time and the set time of the stored electronic information can be grasped.

  In the information presentation device of the present invention, it is preferable that the schedule table display means outputs content information of electronic information including at least one of the title information displayed by the title information presentation means together with the title information. .

  By displaying the contents of the electronic information together with the title information, the user can confirm the title information and the contents information at the same time.

  The information presentation device of the present invention is information indicating that the electronic information is present in a schedule display area corresponding to the label information identified by the set time information set in the electronic information acquired by the electronic information acquisition means. It is preferable to further include icon display means for displaying an icon.

  Since the information icon is displayed in the schedule display area, when the user looks at the schedule table, the set time set in the electronic information including the keyword extracted by the keyword acquiring unit can be grasped at a glance. Therefore, there is an additional effect that the user can easily select the electronic information based on the time.

  In the information presentation apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the schedule table display means highlights the icon or a schedule display area in which the icon is displayed when the information icon is displayed.

  By highlighting the information icon or schedule display area, the presence of the information icon can be emphasized and presented.

  In addition, the said information presentation apparatus can be performed on a computer by control of a computer. Furthermore, the information presentation program can be executed on any computer by storing the information presentation program in a computer-readable recording medium.

  As described above, the information presentation apparatus of the present invention extracts a predetermined keyword from schedule information, acquires electronic information using the extracted keyword, and uses at least a part of the acquired electronic information as title information. Since it is displayed in a selectable manner by superimposing it on the schedule information display area associated with the time identified by the label information of the schedule table, the content of the electronic information including the title of interest can be easily operated by the user There is an effect that can be browsed.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a main configuration of the information presentation apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. The information presentation apparatus 10 includes a control unit 20, a communication I / F 32, an operation unit (time selection unit) 34, a display unit 36, and a storage unit 40. The control unit 20 includes a recording control unit 21, a communication control unit 22, an information acquisition unit (keyword acquisition unit, title information acquisition unit, electronic information acquisition unit) 23, an operation control unit 24, and a schedule display unit (schedule table display unit) 25. A title display section (title information output means) 26, an icon display section (icon display means) 27, and an electronic information display section 28 (information output means). The storage unit 40 includes a schedule information storage unit 42, an electronic information storage unit 44, and a keyword storage unit 46. Hereinafter, the function of each unit will be described in detail.

  The control unit 20 controls each part of the information presentation device 10 and exchanges data between the parts. The recording control unit 21 performs various reading and writing processes on the storage unit 40. The communication control unit 22 performs communication processing via an external device or network via the communication I / F. The information acquisition unit 23 searches and acquires various data stored in the storage unit 40. The operation control unit 24 transmits a control signal for controlling each unit of the information presentation apparatus 10 to each unit based on an input operation from the operation unit 34.

  The schedule display unit 25 causes the display unit 36 to display a schedule table including label information indicating the date or time and schedule information. The title display unit 26 displays a title or the like indicating a part of the content of the electronic article in the schedule information display area of the schedule table. The icon display unit 27 displays various information icons for notifying the user of the existence of a schedule and electronic information in each area of the schedule table. The electronic information display unit 28 displays the contents of various electronic information stored in the electronic information storage unit 44 to the user.

  The communication I / F 32 is an interface unit for connecting to an external device, a network, or the like. Specifically, USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394, Ethernet (registered trademark), etc. And a modem for connecting to a telephone line, a mobile communication line, an optical communication line, and the like.

  The operation unit 34 is an input interface that accepts an input operation from a user, and includes a button, a switch, a dial, a keyboard, and other input devices. The display unit 36 is an output interface for allowing a user to view a schedule table and electronic information, and includes a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL display (OEL), and the like. The operation unit 34 and the display unit 36 may be configured by a device that performs input and output such as a touch panel.

  The storage unit 40 stores electronic information and a schedule in which time is set, a database in which information icons and the like are registered, various setting information used in the information presentation apparatus, and the like. The schedule information storage unit 42 stores schedule information indicating when and what schedule is available. The electronic information storage unit 44 stores electronic information such as an electronic newspaper and an electronic magazine together with time information such as an issue date and a reception date. The electronic information includes at least content information indicating the content and time information indicating the issue date of the content information. The keyword storage unit 46 stores keywords for searching for electronic information. The keywords stored in the keyword storage unit 46 are used for searching by the information acquisition unit 23, and the search target keywords are registered in the database in advance.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the schedule screen in the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a flow of processing for displaying a schedule screen and a title in the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment.

  When a date, for example, “May 9”, is selected from the schedule table by the operation unit 34, the keyword acquisition unit 37 of the information acquisition unit 23 stores the storage unit 40 based on the date “May 9”. The schedule information storage unit 42 is referred to, the schedule information “visit company A in the afternoon” on “May 9” is acquired, and the keyword “company A” is extracted. In addition, the electronic information acquisition unit 38 of the information acquisition unit 23 receives electronic information from the electronic information storage unit 44 of the storage unit 40 for a predetermined period centered on “May 9”, for example, one month before and after. Search with the keyword "company".

  As a result of the search by the electronic information acquisition unit 38, the title display unit 26 further extracts some information, for example, headline text information, as title information from the acquired electronic information including the keyword “Company A”. The title information is displayed on the schedule display screen.

  The user can refer to content information indicating the content of the electronic information, for example, characters, images, sounds, and the like, by selecting the title information using the operation unit 34.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the schedule screen in the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a schedule table displayed on the display unit 36 of the information presentation apparatus 10.

  The schedule screen (schedule table) 60 includes a year / month display area 61, a day of the week display area 62, a date display area (label display area) 63, a schedule display area (schedule display area) 64, and a title display area 78. ing. In FIG. 3, the monthly schedule display screen will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be a weekly schedule or a daily (hourly) schedule. Any combination or configuration may be used as long as the schedule table can list schedules corresponding to specific dates and times.

  In FIG. 3, the year / month display area 61 includes “May 2007”, and the day display area 62 includes “Monday”, “Tuesday”, “Wednesday”, “Thursday”, “Friday”, “Saturday”, and “Sunday”. The day of the week is displayed in the date display area 63 as “April 30”, “May 1”, “2”, “3”,.

  Various schedule information is displayed in the schedule display area 64. For example, an article icon 72a and a schedule icon 72b are displayed in the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the date of “May 1”. The article icon 72a displayed in the schedule display area 64 of “May 1” indicates that electronic information including the keyword “Company A” issued on May 1 exists. Similarly, the schedule icon 72b displayed in the schedule display area 64 of “May 1” indicates that a schedule “Amusement park” exists on May 1.

  In the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the dates “May 3” and “May 7”, an article icon 72a is displayed. “Company A” issued on May 3 and May 7 This means that there is electronic information including the keyword.

  In the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the date “May 9”, a schedule content 76 a and an electronic information title display area 78 are displayed. The schedule content 76a displayed in the schedule display area 64 of “May 9” indicates that schedule information “visit company A in the afternoon” exists on May 9th.

  Here, in the title display area 78, three titles of title information 82a, 82b, and 82c are displayed. The title information 82a is “5/1 Company A 2nd half year strong performance”, the title information 82b is “5/3 Company A new product announcement” and the title information 82c is “5/7. "Is displayed. These titles are displayed in the title display area 78 by the title display unit 26 after the information acquisition unit 23 searches the electronic information stored in the storage unit 40 using the keyword “Company A”.

  The title display area 78 may be displayed when the user clicks the date display area 63 or the schedule display area 64 of “May 9”, or automatically in the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the current date and time. May be displayed.

  The schedule content 76b is displayed in the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the date of “May 20”. The schedule content 76b indicates that a schedule “Amusement park” exists on May 20.

  Next, specific examples of various information icons and highlighting displayed in the schedule display area 64 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of information icons displayed in the schedule screen 60.

  FIG. 4A shows that an information icon indicating that electronic information corresponding to the keyword “Company A” exists in the “3 days” schedule display area 64 is blinking. In FIG. 4B, the electronic information corresponding to the keyword “Company A” exists, and the information icon and the background color of the schedule display area 64 are changed so that the user can easily understand the information.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5, a data structure of a database necessary for managing and retrieving electronic information will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure stored in the information presentation apparatus 10.

  FIG. 5A is an example of data corresponding to the schedule “May 9” in FIG. In this example, only one keyword “Company A” is shown, but a plurality of keywords may be extracted. FIG. 5B is an example of data corresponding to the schedule “May 3” in FIG. In FIG. 5A, “schedule number” “creation date” “schedule content” “keyword” “related article information A” “related article information B” “related article information C” “related article link destination A” in order from the top. The items “related article link destination B” and “related article link destination C” and data corresponding to the items are shown. In FIG. 5B, “icon number” “related icon pasting date” “date immediately before related icon” “date immediately after related icon” “related schedule” “before related schedule” “after related schedule” “related article link” The “destination” item and the data corresponding to the item are shown.

  Next, processing performed in the information presentation apparatus 10 until the title display area 78 and the title information 82 are actually displayed on the schedule screen 60 will be described in order.

  First, when processing is started, a schedule screen 60 is displayed on the display unit 36 of the information presentation device 10. Here, when the user selects any date display area 63 or schedule display area 64 using the operation unit 34, time information corresponding to the time identified by the label information is input. When the schedule display area 64 of “July 9” is selected from the schedule table of FIG. 3, the information acquisition unit 23 searches the electronic information storage unit 44 of the storage unit 40 for electronic information.

  The information acquisition unit 23 first extracts a keyword from the character string “visiting company A in the afternoon” set as schedule information for “July 9”. The keyword is extracted by comparing with a predetermined keyword stored in advance in the keyword storage unit 46. Here, the description will be made assuming that the company names of business partners such as “Company A” and “Company B” are set as keywords.

  Next, the information acquisition unit 23 is based on the acquired keyword “Company A” and the time information “July 9” determined by the user selecting the schedule display area 64. Search for electronic information. The information acquisition unit 23 acquires electronic information having time information within a predetermined period from the input time information of “July 9”. It should be noted that here, an electronic device in which a time in a period not displayed in the output schedule table, such as a period of one month before and after a certain time, is set within a predetermined period from a selected time. Information will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  As a result of the search, the information acquisition unit 23 acquires electronic information in which time information of “5/1”, “5/3”, and “5/7” is set. The acquired electronic information is displayed in the title display area 78 by the title display unit 26 as a part of the electronic information. Here, the date and part of the heading characters of the electronic information extracted from the time information are displayed as the title.

  As a result of the above search, if it is acquired that electronic information related to “Company A” exists in “5/1”, “5/3”, and “5/7”, “May 1” “May 3” The article icon 72a is displayed in the schedule display area 64 of “Sun” and “May 7”. As a result, it is possible to present to the user in an easy-to-understand manner which date article exists.

  In the schedule display area 64 where the article icon 72 exists, the information icon may be blinked as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, or the background color of the schedule display area 64 may be changed. When the user selects the article icon 72, the information presentation apparatus 10 may display the content of the electronic information on the display unit 36 or display a menu for displaying the content. Examples of menus for displaying the contents are “1. Open an electronic newspaper”, “2. Jump to an earlier schedule”, “3. Jump to an earlier schedule”, “4. Jump to an earlier related article” “5. Jump to related articles after this” may be included.

  The title information 82a, 82b, and 82c displayed in the title display area 78 are linked to electronic information of “May 1”, “May 3”, and “May 7”, respectively. When the user selects any of the above titles, the contents of the associated electronic information are displayed. In addition, the content display of the electronic information may be directly linked from the above article title, or the article icon may be called from the above title and the link destination may be called from the article icon (FIG. 5B). )reference).

  As described above, the information presentation apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is an information presentation apparatus 10 that presents electronic information including at least one article information among characters, images, and sounds, and is created by the creator of the electronic information. A storage unit 40 that stores electronic information that further includes set time information indicating the set time, a date display area 63 that displays label information that is information for identifying the time divided in predetermined units, and the time set From the schedule display unit 25 that displays a schedule table that associates the schedule display area 64 that displays the schedule information displayed as the schedule display screen 60, and the schedule information associated with the time identified by the label information Extracted by the information acquisition unit 23 from the information acquisition unit 23 and the storage unit 40 An information acquisition unit 23 that acquires electronic information including a word and set time information set in the electronic information, and at least a part of the electronic information acquired by the information acquisition unit 23 is displayed as title information by the schedule display unit 25 The title display unit 26 that is output in a selectable state superimposed on the schedule table that has been selected, the operation unit 34 that accepts selection of title information by the user, and the content of electronic information that includes title information specified by the operation unit 34 And an electronic information display unit 28 for displaying information.

  According to the above configuration, the information acquisition unit 23 extracts a predetermined keyword from the schedule information, acquires electronic information using the extracted keyword, and at least a part of the content of the acquired electronic information is used as the title information 82. Since the title display unit 26 is superimposed on the schedule screen 60, the user can easily select electronic information including the title information 82 of interest from the schedule screen 60.

  In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which keywords are stored in advance in the keyword storage unit 46 of the storage unit 40, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be arbitrarily settable by the user. In addition, keywords downloaded from an external device via a network or communication interface may be used.

  Moreover, although this embodiment demonstrated the case where the schedule screen 60 was displaying the monthly schedule, it is not restricted to this. There may be an annual schedule, a weekly schedule, and an hourly schedule. If time information is set in the electronic information and the schedule table has a reasonable interval compared to the frequency of issuing the electronic information and the life cycle, substantially the same effect as the present embodiment can be obtained.

  However, when the monthly schedule table is used as in this embodiment, it is particularly effective because it is easy to select and view electronic information issued at a predetermined interval such as an electronic newspaper or an electronic weekly magazine. .

  In addition, the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment further includes an operation unit 34 that accepts selection of the time identified by the label information, and the information acquisition unit 23 is set time information of the time selected by the operation unit 34. The set electronic information is acquired, and the title display unit 26 displays the title information superimposed on the schedule display area 64 associated with the label display area 63 identified by the designated time.

  By providing the operation unit 34, the user can specify an arbitrary time, so that keywords can be extracted from the schedule information set at a specific time, and electronic information can be searched.

  Further, in the information presentation device 10 of the present embodiment, the electronic information is present in the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the label information identified by the set time information set in the electronic information acquired by the information acquisition unit 23. It further includes an icon display unit 27 for displaying an article icon 72 indicating this.

  Since the article icon 72 is displayed in the schedule display area 64, when the user looks at the schedule screen 60, the time when the electronic information exists can be grasped at a glance, so the user selects the electronic information. It becomes easy.

  Further, in the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, when the schedule display unit 25 displays the article icon 72, the article icon 72 or the schedule display area 64 in which the article icon 72 is displayed is highlighted. .

  By highlighting the article icon 72 or the schedule display area 64, when the user looks at the schedule screen 60, the time when the electronic information exists can be grasped further, so that the user can select the electronic information. It becomes easy to do.

  In this embodiment, the case where the article icon 72 is displayed blinking and the case where the background color of the schedule display area 64 is changed are described as examples. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Any expression may be used as long as the information icon is animated, the background blinks, or other highlighting actions that draw the eyes of other users.

[Embodiment 2]
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the contents displayed on the schedule screen (schedule table) 60 are different from those of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, and the other configurations are the same. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure which has the function similar to the structure demonstrated in the said Embodiment 1, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the above configuration, the display method of the schedule screen 60 and the title display area 78 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the schedule screen 60 displayed on the display unit 36 of the information presentation apparatus 10. On the schedule screen 60, an article icon 72a, a schedule icon 72b, a title display area 78a, a title display area 78b, and the like are displayed.

  The schedule screen 60 in FIG. 6 shows a state in which the user selects the “May 16” schedule display area 64 by the operation unit 34 (date and time designation means). Now, when the schedule display area 64 of “May 16” is selected, the information acquisition unit 23 performs the keyword “B company” from the character string indicating the schedule information “B company negotiation”. Further, the information acquisition unit 23 searches for the corresponding electronic information from the electronic information storage unit 44 of the storage unit 40 based on the keyword “Company B”.

  As a result of the above search, if the electronic information of “5/2”, “5/11”, “5/14”, “5/22”, “5/25”, and “5/29” is hit, the information acquisition unit 23 Title information 83 is created from a character string such as a heading included in the contents of each electronic information. Specifically, the information acquisition unit 23 determines from the stored electronic information that “5/2 Company B's financial results are strong”, “5/11 Company B is operating in the US”, “5/14 Company B's financial results are strong”, “5/22. Company B engineer training program "5/25 B company exhibition held in Shanghai" 5/29 Company B personnel change "title information 83 is created.

  Thereafter, the title display unit 26 displays the title information 83 created by the information acquisition unit 23 in the title display area 78. Here, the title display unit 26 displays the date (designated time) selected by the user, “May 16”, and the time information (issue date and save date) included in the article information corresponding to the title information 83. And the title information associated with the time information before the designated time in the left title display area 78a, and the title information associated with the time information after the designated time in the right title display area 78b. Is displayed.

  Here, in the title display area 78a, the title information 83a "5/2 B company financial results good", the title information 83b "5/11 B company US base operation", and the "5/14 B company financial results good" title information. 83c is displayed, title information 84a in the title display area 78b, title information 84b, "5/25 B company exhibition held in Shanghai", "5/29 B company B" Title information 84c “personnel change” is displayed.

  In the above example, the past title information is superimposed on the left side and the future title information is superimposed on the right side from the “May 16” schedule display area. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, as long as the user knows whether the time is in the past or the future from the reference, the displayed service may be up or down, or may be displayed in an oblique direction. Moreover, you may change suitably according to the format and display order of a schedule table. Any display method may be used as long as the relative time elapsed from the specified time can be grasped.

  As described above, in the information presentation device 10 according to the present embodiment, the title display unit 26 is superimposed on the schedule display area 64 corresponding to the specified time, in the left direction indicating the past time on the schedule screen 60. Title information 83 corresponding to the electronic information for which the past time is set from the specified time is displayed, and the electronic information in which the future time is set from the specified time is displayed on the schedule screen 60 in the right direction indicating the future information. Corresponding title information 84 is displayed.

  According to said structure, the title display part 26 is displaying the title information 83 of the electronic information by which the past time was set from the designated time in the left direction which shows the past time from the said designated time. Further, since the title information 84 of the electronic information in which the future time is set from the specified time is displayed in the right direction indicating the future time from the specified time, the selected time selected by the user at a glance and the stored electronic information are displayed. It is possible to grasp the relationship with the set time of information.

[Embodiment 3]
Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the information presentation apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the contents displayed on the schedule screen 60 are different from those of the first and second embodiments, and the other configurations are the same. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure which has the function similar to the structure demonstrated in the said Embodiment 1, 2, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the above configuration, the display method of the schedule screen 60 and the title display area 78 will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the schedule screen 60 displayed on the display unit 36 of the information presentation apparatus 10. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of article display on the schedule screen 60 displayed on the display unit 36 of the information presentation apparatus 10.

  FIG. 7 shows a state in which the user operates the selection frame 85 by input from the operation unit (time selection means) 34 and selects the schedule display area 64 in which the date “May 10” is indicated. . By selecting the date “May 10”, the keyword “N company” is extracted by the information acquisition unit 23 from the schedule “N company visit” set on “May 10”. 23 acquires an electronic article corresponding to the keyword “N company” from the electronic information storage unit 44.

  Thereafter, title information is created from the contents of a plurality of pieces of electronic information corresponding to the keyword “N company” acquired by the information acquisition unit 23. Specifically, the title information 82a “4/3 N company will give a new product ...”, the title information 82b “4/5 N company will compete against S company ...”, “4/10 The title information 82c is created as "Company P is also ...".

  Here, by selecting the date information “May 10”, the schedule display area, or the title information 82 again, the contents of the title information and the electronic information are displayed as shown in FIG. The schedule screen 60 is reduced to the left and right so as not to overlap with the contents of the electronic information, and the contents display area of the electronic information is displayed in the central portion. In addition, date information (label information) is displayed in the content display area 79 so that it can be grasped from which schedule information the content information is displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 8, date information (label information), schedule information (schedule information) 76, title information 82a, 82b, and 82c, and content information are displayed in the content display area. Here, the content information corresponding to the top title information 82a is displayed. As the content information, by selecting the title information 82a, the title information 82b, or the title information 82c using the operation unit 34, the content displayed in the content display area 79 is switched to an electronic article including the title.

  As described above, in the information presentation apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the schedule display unit 25 uses the title information 82 as the content of the electronic information associated with at least one of the title information 82 displayed by the title display unit 26. It is displayed with.

  According to said structure, the content of electronic information is displayed with the title information 82, The user can confirm the title information 82 and its content information simultaneously.

  In addition, the information presentation apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment displays, on the display unit 36, the operation unit 34 that allows the user to specify arbitrary title information 82 and the electronic information content information corresponding to the title information 82 specified by the operation unit 34. An electronic information display unit 28 to be displayed is further provided.

  According to the above configuration, the content of the corresponding electronic information is displayed by designating the title information 82 using the operation unit 34, so that the user can select any one of the plurality of title information 82 to obtain the desired information. The contents of the electronic information can be easily browsed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Finally, each block of the information presentation device 10, particularly the information acquisition unit 23 and the title display unit 26 may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

  That is, the information presentation apparatus 10 includes a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM (random access memory) that expands the program. And a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. An object of the present invention is a recording medium in which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the information presentation apparatus 10 which is software for realizing the above-described functions is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the information to the information presentation apparatus 10 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Moreover, the information presentation apparatus 10 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  As described above, the information presenting apparatus of the present invention extracts a predetermined keyword from the schedule information at a specific time, and from the electronic information stored in the storage unit, the electronic information including the extracted keyword and the electronic information The time information set in the information is acquired, and at least a part of the acquired electronic information is displayed as title information superimposed on the schedule table, so that the user can easily grasp the contents of the schedule information and electronic information Therefore, it can be suitably used as a mobile phone, a mobile communication terminal, a game machine, an electronic dictionary, and other terminals.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention and is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of an information presentation device. It is the schematic which shows the procedure which displays a schedule screen and title information in the said information presentation apparatus. It is the schematic which shows an example of the schedule screen displayed on the display part of the said information presentation apparatus. (A) And (b) is the schematic which shows an example of the information icon displayed on the said schedule screen. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the data preserve | saved with the said information presentation apparatus. It is the schematic which shows another example of the schedule screen displayed on the display part of the said information presentation apparatus. It is the schematic which shows another example of the schedule screen displayed on the display part of the said information presentation apparatus. It is the schematic which shows an example of the article display in the schedule screen displayed on the display part of the said information presentation apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Information presentation apparatus 20 Control part 21 Recording control part (information output means)
22 communication control unit 23 information acquisition unit (keyword acquisition unit, title information acquisition unit, electronic information acquisition unit)
24 operation control unit 25 schedule display unit (schedule table display means)
26 Title display section (Title information presentation means)
27 Icon display section (icon display means)
28 Electronic information display (information output means)
32 Communication I / F
34 Operation unit (time selection means, title selection means)
36 Display unit 37 Keyword acquisition unit (keyword acquisition means)
38 Electronic information acquisition unit (electronic information acquisition means)
40 storage unit 42 schedule information storage unit 44 electronic information storage unit 46 keyword storage unit 60 schedule screen (schedule table)
61 Year / month display area 62 Day of the week display area 63 Date display area (label display area)
64 Schedule display area (schedule display area)
72a Article icon (information icon)
72b Schedule icon (information icon)
76 Schedule details (schedule information)
78 Title display area 82 Title information 84 Title information 85 Selection frame

Claims (11)

An information presentation device for presenting electronic information including at least one content information among characters, images, and sounds,
A storage unit for storing electronic information further including set time information indicating the time set in the electronic information;
A schedule table in which a label display area for displaying label information, which is information for identifying times divided by a predetermined unit, and a schedule display area for displaying schedule information set at the time is displayed as a schedule display screen. A schedule table display means for
Keyword acquisition means for extracting a predetermined keyword from schedule information associated with the time identified by the label information;
Electronic information acquisition means for acquiring electronic information including the keyword extracted by the keyword acquisition means from the storage unit, and extracting set time information set in the electronic information;
Title information presenting means for superimposing at least part of the electronic information acquired by the electronic information acquiring means as title information on the schedule table displayed by the schedule table displaying means, and displaying the title information in a selectable state;
Title selection means for receiving selection of title information by the user,
An information presentation device comprising: information output means for outputting content information of electronic information including title information designated by the title selection means. It further comprises time selection means for accepting selection of the time identified by the label information,
The electronic information acquisition means acquires electronic information in which the time selected by the time selection means is set as set time information,
2. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the title information presenting means displays the title information superimposed on a schedule display area associated with the time selected by the time selecting means.   3. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the electronic information acquisition unit acquires electronic information in which a time within a predetermined period is set as set time information from the time selected by the time selection unit. .   4. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the electronic information acquisition means sets the predetermined period based on the number of title information that can be displayed on one display screen by the title information presentation means. .   The title information presenting means superimposes on the schedule display area corresponding to the label display area identified by the designated time, and the time past the designated time is set in the direction indicating the past time on the schedule table. Display title information corresponding to the electronic information set in the information, and in the direction indicating the future information on the schedule table, the title information corresponding to the electronic information in which the future time is set as the set time information from the specified time The information presenting device according to claim 1, wherein the information presenting device is displayed.   The said schedule table display means outputs the content information of the electronic information containing at least 1 of the title information displayed by the said title information presentation means with the said title information. The information presentation device according to any one of the above.   Icon display means for displaying an information icon indicating that the electronic information exists in a schedule display area corresponding to the label information identified by the set time information set in the electronic information acquired by the electronic information acquisition means The information presentation device according to claim 1, further comprising:   8. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when displaying the information icon, the schedule table display means highlights the information icon or a schedule display area where the information icon is displayed. An information presentation method in an information presentation apparatus for presenting electronic information including at least one content information among characters, images, and sounds,
The information presentation apparatus includes a storage unit that stores electronic information further including set time information indicating a time set in the electronic information,
A schedule table in which a label display area for displaying label information, which is information for identifying times divided by a predetermined unit, and a schedule display area for displaying schedule information set at the time is displayed as a schedule display screen. A schedule table display step to be performed;
A keyword acquisition step of extracting a predetermined keyword from schedule information associated with the time identified by the label information;
An electronic information acquisition step for acquiring electronic information including the keyword extracted in the keyword acquisition step from the storage unit, and extracting set time information set in the electronic information;
Title information presentation step for displaying in a selectable state by superimposing at least a part of the electronic information acquired in the electronic information acquisition step on the schedule table displayed in the schedule table display step as title information;
A title selection step for accepting selection of title information by the user;
An information output method comprising: an information output step of outputting content information of electronic information including the title information designated in the title selection step.   The information presentation program for operating the information presentation apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 8, Comprising: The information presentation program for functioning a computer as said each means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the information presentation program according to claim 10 is recorded.

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