JP5094932B2 - Information display apparatus, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display device with excellent usability that receives and totals evaluation of users to an electronic book content in a frame unit as well as in arbitrary target range, and reflects the evaluation on a display screen. <P>SOLUTION: A client device such as an information display device receives the designation of an arbitrary area for inputting evaluation to electronic book content that is divided into frames, while a server totals evaluation even in the frame unit corresponding to each area in addition to the overlap etc. of a designated area, and highlights the high-popular frames and areas with prescribed colors or display patterns on an electronic book content display screen of the client device based on the total result. Therefore, the information display device with excellent usability can receive and total the evaluation of users to the electronic book content in the frame unit as well as in arbitrary target range, and can reflect the evaluation on the display screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to display of electronic book content.

  In recent years, electronic book viewers that display electronic book contents such as comics and magazines provided as data on a mobile electronic terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet PC have become widespread. The electronic book viewer includes an apparatus realized as dedicated hardware in addition to an example realized as an application program such as a smartphone.

  With the spread of such electronic book content, the user's evaluation of the content becomes an important factor that becomes a purchase index of the user. In this regard, even in the field of electronic commerce such as DVD content mail order, evaluation can be shared among many users by accumulating evaluation comments of purchasers registered for the content. Then, real-time evaluations such as user's feelings at the time of browsing the content are difficult to be reflected.

  On the other hand, an electronic book viewer that has been widely used in recent years can be said to be a medium that is suitable for a user to input an evaluation of electronic book content while browsing the electronic book content. It is considered that the evaluation at the time of browsing the content can be shared among users.

  Regarding content evaluation, there is a proposal that accepts an input of a comment by specifying a time from a viewer of a video program, and displays an image to that effect in a part where the value of the emotion expression in the comment exceeds a predetermined value (for example, , See Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-135925 A

  By the way, Patent Document 1 designates content time, and when applied to electronic book content, it is conceivable to designate a page and receive an evaluation. However, the range of targets that readers want to evaluate after receiving impressions varies from speech to content, images, entire frames, etc. It is desirable to be able to specify freely.

  On the other hand, in e-book contents divided into frames such as comic frames, the basic unit is still a frame, and evaluation of each frame can also be an important purchase index. Since the unit evaluation is different, it is difficult to achieve both, and there is a problem that the user interface is complicated and inconvenient to use when switching between the two.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to accept user evaluations for electronic book content in an arbitrary target range together with frame units, with excellent usability, and to collect and reflect them on a display screen.

  The present invention based on the above object includes each aspect described in the first group among the following aspects. In addition, each aspect of the second group and the third group is an additional configuration suitable for combination with any aspect of the present invention described in the first group, and the electronic book content is based on a synergistic effect based on such combination. The usability can be further improved.

[Group 1]
One aspect (1) of the present invention is an information processing system in which an information display device and a server device each having content storage means for storing electronic book content divided into frames in a page are connected via a communication network. The information display device further includes content display means for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen, and designation of an arbitrary area among the displayed pages of the electronic book content for the area. An evaluation area receiving means for receiving as an evaluation input; and an evaluation area transmitting means for transmitting data representing the designated page and area to the server apparatus via a communication network, the information display apparatus or the server apparatus At least one of the pages and regions specified in the information display device. And a frame specifying means for specifying a frame corresponding to the input of the evaluation by comparing the coordinates of the page and the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content, and the server device includes: Furthermore, an evaluation area receiving means for receiving data representing a page and area designated in the information display device of the electronic book content from the information display device via a communication network, and specified by the information display device or the server device Frame evaluation totaling means for totaling the evaluation related to the frame, area totaling means for totalizing the designated area for each page of the electronic book content, the totalization result of the evaluation related to the frame, and the designated A totaling result storing means for storing the totaling result of the area; and the flag stored in the totaling result storing means. Data transmission means for transmitting to the information display device display data for displaying at least one of a totaling result of evaluation relating to a screen and a totaling result of the designated area on the corresponding page, and the information The display device further includes highlighting means for highlighting at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to the display data received from the server device among the pages of the electronic book content.

  According to another aspect (7) of the present invention, the above aspect is captured by a method category, and an information display device and a server device each having content storage means for storing electronic book content divided into frames in a page, Is an information processing method for processing information by connecting to a network via a communication network, and in the information display device, content display processing for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen is displayed. An evaluation area reception process for receiving designation of an arbitrary area of the pages of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area, and transmitting data representing the designated page and area to the server device via a communication network Evaluation area transmission processing to be performed, and the information display device or the server device On the other hand, the frame specifying process for specifying the frame corresponding to the evaluation by comparing the coordinates of the page and area specified in the information display device with the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content In the server device, an evaluation region receiving process for receiving data representing a page and a region designated in the information display device in the electronic book content from the information display device via a communication network, and the information A frame evaluation aggregation process for aggregating evaluations related to the frame specified by the display device or the server device; an area aggregation process for aggregating the designated area for each page of the electronic book content; and an evaluation for the frame. The total result and the total result of the specified area are stored in a predetermined total result storage means. And the display data for displaying at least one of the summation result of the evaluation related to the frame and the summation result of the designated area stored in the summation result storage means on the corresponding page. Data transmission processing to be transmitted to the information display device, and the information display device highlights at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to the display data received from the server device among the pages of the electronic book content A process is executed.

  Another aspect (2) of the present invention relates to the information display device portion of the above aspect, and is an information display device that displays electronic book content, and stores the electronic book content divided into frames within the page. Content storage means, content display means for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen, and designation of an arbitrary area among the displayed pages of the electronic book content. Of the page of the electronic book content, an area evaluation accepting unit that accepts as an evaluation input, an evaluation region transmitting unit that transmits evaluation data representing the specified page and region to a predetermined server device via a communication network, The predetermined data received from the server device based on the aggregation result based on the evaluation data And having a highlighted display means for highlighting at least one of the frame and the regions, the.

  Another aspect (8) of the present invention is an information display method in which the information display apparatus using a computer displays electronic book content, in which the above aspect is captured in the category of the method. A process for storing electronic book content divided into frames in a predetermined content storage unit, a content display process for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage unit on a screen, and a computer are displayed. An area evaluation acceptance process for accepting designation of an arbitrary area of the pages of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area, and a computer sends evaluation data representing the designated page and area via a communication network An evaluation area transmission process for transmitting to a predetermined server device, and a computer Highlighting processing for highlighting at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to predetermined data received from the server device based on a result of counting based on the evaluation data among pages of the electronic book content. Features.

  Another aspect (10) of the present invention is an information display program for displaying the electronic book content on an information display device using a computer, in which the above aspect is captured in the category of a computer program. The electronic book content divided into frames is stored in predetermined content storage means, the electronic book content stored in the content storage means is displayed on the screen, and the electronic book displayed on the computer is displayed. Specification of an arbitrary area of the book content page is accepted as an input of evaluation for the area, and the computer transmits evaluation data representing the specified page and area to a predetermined server device via a communication network, The electronic book content page on the computer Of, characterized in that said to highlight at least one of the frame and the region corresponding to the predetermined data received from the server device based on the counting result based on the evaluation data.

  According to another aspect (11) of the present invention, the above aspect is grasped in the category of a server device that distributes a computer program, and an information display program that displays electronic book content on an information display device that uses a computer is distributed. The information display program causes the computer to store the electronic book content divided into frames in the page in a predetermined content storage unit, and the computer stores the electronic book content in the content storage unit The electronic book content is displayed on the screen, and the computer is allowed to accept designation of an arbitrary area among the displayed pages of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area. Evaluation data representing And highlighting at least one of the frame and the region corresponding to the predetermined data received from the server device based on the aggregation result based on the evaluation data, among the pages of the electronic book content. It is characterized by making it.

  A server device according to another aspect (5) of the present invention is an electronic book content to be provided to an electronic book viewer, a content storage means for storing the electronic book content divided into frames, and a client device An evaluation area receiving means for receiving evaluation data representing a page and area specified in the client device of the electronic book content via the communication network, and coordinates of the specified page and area in the received evaluation data The frame specifying means for specifying the frame corresponding to the evaluation by comparing the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content, and the frame evaluation counting for counting the evaluation related to the specified frame And a page of the electronic book content as the designated area Region totaling means for summing up, summation result storage means for storing the summation result of the evaluation related to the frame and the summation result of the designated region, and evaluation of the frame stored in the summation result storage means And a data transmission means for transmitting data for displaying at least one of the total result and the total result of the designated area on a corresponding page to the client device via the communication network.

  Another aspect (9) of the present invention captures the above aspect in the category of the method, and is an electronic book content for providing to an electronic book viewer, and stores the electronic book content divided into frames. In the information processing method in the server device having the content storage means and the computer, the computer uses the communication data from the client device to obtain evaluation data representing the page and area specified in the client device in the electronic book content. By receiving the evaluation area receiving process and the computer comparing the coordinates of the specified page and area in the received evaluation data with the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content, Frame identification process to identify the frame corresponding to the evaluation A frame evaluation totaling process in which the computer totals evaluations related to the specified frame; a region totaling process in which the computer totals the designated area for each page of the electronic book content; A process for storing the totalization result of evaluation and the totalization result of the designated area in a predetermined totalization result storage unit; and a computer, the totalization result of evaluation related to the frame stored in the totalization result storage unit; And data transmission processing for transmitting data for displaying at least one of the totaled results of the designated area on a corresponding page to a client device via a communication network.

  An information processing system according to another aspect (6) of the present invention includes the information display device according to any one of the above aspects and the server device according to any one of the above aspects.

  As described above, for an electronic book content divided into frames, a client device such as an information display device accepts designation of an arbitrary region as an evaluation input, and the server side, such as overlapping of the designated region In addition to aggregation, the evaluation is aggregated in units of frames corresponding to each area, and frames and areas with high popularity are highlighted in a predetermined color or display pattern on the electronic book content display screen of the client device based on the aggregation results. To do. Thereby, the user's evaluation of the electronic book content can be received in an arbitrary target range together with the frame unit with excellent usability, and can be aggregated and reflected on the display screen.

  According to another aspect (3) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the highlighting unit displays at least one of a frame and a region related to a result of aggregation greater than or equal to a predetermined shape, pattern, color, visual motion, or It is characterized by highlighting by these combinations.

  As described above, a large number of users can display a frame or region having a high degree of popularity on the screen of the corresponding page on the client device by highlighting the frame or region with a predetermined color or pattern as in a so-called heat map. By attracting the reader's attention to the part evaluated by and promoting the sharing of excitement among users, it becomes easy to enhance the reader's satisfaction and the sales promotion effect of the electronic book content.

  According to another aspect (4) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the highlighting means performs the highlighting with gradations of colors according to a predetermined rank in the total result.

  In this way, by performing highlighting with gradations of colors such as shades and colors according to a predetermined rank in the tabulation result, such as graded popularity, the user can see the content at a glance and determine the popularity for each part. The user interface can be intuitively grasped, and the usability of the user interface for sharing the evaluation at the time of browsing between users can be improved.

[Second group]
One aspect (1) of the second group is an information display device that displays electronic book content, a content storage unit that stores data of the electronic book content divided into frames within a page, and the electronic book content Comment storage means for storing a comment associated with the frame, content display means for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen, and for the frame of the displayed electronic book content Comment display means for displaying the comment associated with the frame on the back side of the frame that has been turned or the ground surface on which the frame has been turned, in addition to displaying the frame when a predetermined operation is given; It is characterized by having.

Another aspect (6) of the second group is the information display method in which the information display device using a computer displays the electronic book content on the screen, in which the above aspect is captured in the category of the method. Processing for storing data of electronic book content divided into frames in predetermined content storage means, and processing for causing a computer to store comments associated with the frames of the electronic book content in predetermined comment storage means A content display process in which the computer displays the electronic book content stored in the content storage unit on a screen, and a case where the computer is given a predetermined operation on the frame of the displayed electronic book content In addition to displaying the frame, the back side of the frame And in a underlayer surface of the frame, characterized in that it contains a comment display processing for displaying the comments associated with that frame.

  Another aspect (7) of the second group is an information display program that displays the above aspect in the category of a computer program and causes a computer to display an electronic book content on the screen. The data of the electronic book content divided into two is stored in a predetermined content storage unit, a comment associated with the frame of the electronic book content is stored in a predetermined comment storage unit, and the content is stored in the computer. The electronic book content stored in the storage means is displayed on the screen, and when a predetermined operation is given to the frame of the displayed electronic book content on the computer, the frame is displayed along with the display of the frame. The back side of the frame or the ground side with the scooped frame , Characterized in that for displaying the comments associated with that frame.

  Another aspect (4) of the second group is the above-described aspect captured in the category of a distribution server that distributes a computer program. An information display program for displaying electronic book content on a screen is displayed on an information display apparatus using a computer. A distribution server device that distributes data of electronic book content divided into frames in a page to an information display device, and a comment associated with the frame of the electronic book content. When the electronic book content is displayed on the screen by distributing the information display program to the information display device, a predetermined operation is given to the frame of the displayed electronic book content. If it is, the back of the frame or the frame In a underlayer surface of, and wherein the displaying the comments associated with that frame.

  An information processing system according to another aspect (5) of the second group is one in which the above aspect is regarded as a client-server system. The information display device according to any one of the above aspects and the distribution server according to any one of the above aspects And a device.

  As described above, the comment corresponding to the frame in which the e-book content is divided in units of comic frames or balloons is displayed on the back side or the underside of the frame that is displayed along with the display of the frame. Do not overlap or obscure the contents of each frame. For this reason, in the display of electronic book content, even when the number of comments increases, it is possible to maintain excellent visibility including grasping the amount of comments.

  According to another aspect (2) of the second group, in any one of the above aspects, the content display means displays each frame three-dimensionally with a thickness corresponding to the amount of comments corresponding to the frame. And

  In this way, by displaying each frame with a thickness corresponding to the amount of the corresponding comment, the amount of the comment for each frame can be easily grasped visually and the comment browsing usability can be improved.

  In another mode (3) of the second group, in any one of the above modes, a billing display means for displaying that a predetermined billing is a condition for all or a part of the comment, and an agreement for the billing It is characterized by having an agreement acceptance means for accepting an operation, and an accounting processing means for displaying the comment on the comment display means and performing a predetermined accounting process when the consent operation is accepted.

  In this way, the use of comment viewing as a billing system has the effect of reliably associating the demand for browsing content with cost recovery, like a magazine bag, and promotes the distribution of information on truly valuable comments. it can.

[Group 3]
One aspect (1) of the third group is an information display device that displays electronic book content using an image including a character image, and is stored in the content storage unit that stores the electronic book content and the content storage unit. Content display means for displaying the electronic book content on the screen, designation receiving means for accepting designation of an arbitrary area of the electronic book content displayed on the screen, and character recognition for the designated area And a comment insertion means for acquiring the character string and inserting the acquired character string into a comment input field for the electronic book content.

  Another mode (5) of the second group is a method in which the above mode is captured by a method category, and an information display method in which an information display device using a computer displays electronic book content using an image including a character image on the screen. A process in which the computer stores the electronic book content in a predetermined content storage unit; a content display process in which the computer displays the electronic book content stored in the content storage unit; In the electronic book content displayed on the screen, a designation receiving process for accepting designation of an arbitrary area, and a computer obtains a character string by performing character recognition for the designated area, and the obtained character string Inserting a comment into the comment input field for the electronic book content. And butterflies.

  Another aspect (6) of the third group is the above-described aspect captured in the category of a computer program, and information that causes an information display device using a computer to display electronic book content using an image including a character image on a screen. A display program for causing a computer to store the electronic book content in a predetermined content storage unit, causing the computer to display the electronic book content stored in the content storage unit on a screen, and displaying the screen on the computer. In the electronic book content, an arbitrary area is designated, and a computer is caused to acquire a character string by performing character recognition on the designated area, and the obtained character string is commented on the electronic book content. It is characterized by being inserted into the input field.

  In this way, for electronic book contents including character images obtained by scanning a book, etc., designation of a region is received for a portion of the user's interest such as a comic dialogue portion, and a character string recognized for the region is inserted into the comment input field. Thus, the user can easily input a comment quoting a character string included in the electronic book content simply by specifying a character on the screen without surrounding characters and surrounding the portion.

  In another aspect (2) of the third group, in any one of the above aspects, the comment insertion unit transmits the area data representing the designated area to a predetermined server, and then performs character recognition based on the area data. Is received from the server, and the received character string is inserted into a comment input field for the electronic book content.

  In this way, by transmitting area data such as a partial image representing the specified area and coordinate values to the server, and receiving and using a character string based on character recognition based thereon, the processing load on the information display device can be reduced, It becomes possible to improve the recognition accuracy using the ability and algorithm of the dedicated server.

  In another mode (3) of the third group, in any one of the above modes, the comment input in the comment input field and the electronic book content displayed on the screen are associated with each other and transmitted to a predetermined server. And a comment transmission means.

  Another aspect (4) of the third group is the server apparatus that captures the above aspect, and corresponds to a comment input in the information display device and an electronic book content related to the comment. It has a means for receiving the attached data from the information display device and storing it in a predetermined storage means.

  As described above, by transmitting the input comments to the server in association with the electronic book content, the comments can be collected by the server, added to the content, and distributed.

  It should be noted that the present invention also includes categories (methods for devices, programs for methods, etc.) different from the modes in the first to third groups, and more specific modes described below. For different categories, “means” shall be appropriately read as “process” or “step”. In addition, the execution order of the processes and steps is not limited to those described above, and can be changed as appropriate or can be processed collectively.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to receive the user's evaluation with respect to an electronic book content in arbitrary object ranges with an excellent usability together with a frame unit, and to collect and reflect it on a display screen.

The functional block diagram which shows the structure of embodiment of this invention. The figure which illustrates the information (data) used by embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence which displays a comment with a terminal in embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence which totals the area | region and flame | frame designated with the terminal in embodiment of this invention by a server, and displays on a terminal. The figure which shows the example of a screen in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen in embodiment of this invention.

  Next, modes for carrying out the present invention (referred to as “embodiments”) will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that assumptions common to those already described in the background art and problems are omitted as appropriate.

[1. Constitution〕
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, an information display device 1 (hereinafter also referred to as “terminal 1” or “terminal”) and a server device 2 (hereinafter also referred to as “server 2” or “server”) are provided. The present invention relates to an information processing system connected by a communication network N (Internet, mobile phone network, LAN, etc.). Among these, the terminal 1 has a function of an electronic book viewer that displays an electronic book content (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “content”) using an image including a character image, and a personal computer (PC) used by the user, a portable An information processing device such as an electronic information terminal device (smart phone, tablet PC, mobile phone terminal device) and the like are schematically illustrated in FIG.

  This terminal 1 is used to access the server 2 corresponding to a predetermined URL via the communication network N, and download and display the content. The server 2 is a device that distributes content and related data for a fee or free of charge in accordance with access contents from a large number of users.

  The above-described terminal 1 and server 2 have at least a calculation control unit 6 such as a CPU, a storage device 7 (main memory, flash memory, HDD, etc.), and communication means 8 for communication network N as a general computer configuration. (Such as a LAN adapter and a communication gateway device). In particular, the terminal 1 includes a display device D such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL (electroluminescence) display panel, and an input device M such as a touch panel function or a key switch.

  In the terminal 1 and the server 2, elements (10) such as each unit shown in FIG. 1 are respectively controlled by a predetermined computer program (not shown) stored (installed) in the storage device 7 in advance to control the arithmetic control unit 6. Etc.). Among these elements, each means 11, 12, 13, 14, etc. of the terminal 1 is a computer program that operates on the terminal 1 (an electronic book viewer program, etc., and is simply referred to as “viewer”). It is realized with.

  Such a viewer is distributed to the terminal 1 from the server 2 or the like, transmitted from the server 2 or the like as a script included in the data of the web page on a web browser of a personal computer, or a dedicated device. It may be pre-installed. However, since the web page data and software in the information device can be configured in various ways, the viewer may be any implementation form other than other types of execution modules such as applets, intermediate languages, and machine languages.

  Further, the information storage means can be realized in the storage device 7 in any format such as various databases (also referred to as “DB”), variables such as files and arrays, various stacks and registers, and system setting values. Among such storage means, the content storage means 21 of the server 2 and the content storage means 11 of the terminal 1 store the content divided into frames in the page as data (referred to as “content data”). The unit of the frame, which is a unit for dividing the page, can be freely determined such as a comic frame, a speech balloon, or a novel paragraph.

  FIG. 2 (1) is an example of content data. A page ID of a page included in the content is associated with a content ID for identifying the content, and the page ID includes a frame ID included in the page. A frame ID is associated, and for each frame ID, a coordinate value on the page of the frame, an image file forming the contents of the frame (the image file itself may be used, or a pointer such as a URL or directory path name for accessing the image file) Information may be associated).

  Among the content storage means 21 and 11 that store content in this way, the content storage means 21 of the server 2 stores many types of content for distribution to a large number of terminals 1. On the other hand, the content storage means 11 of the terminal 1 is a means for storing the above-mentioned content acquired by downloading from the server 2 or other data copying in the terminal 1.

  The comment storage unit 27 of the server 2 is a unit that stores a comment associated with the content frame, and the comment storage unit 12 of the terminal 1 is a unit that stores a comment received from the server 2. . Each means other than the storage means is a processing means for realizing and executing the following information processing functions and operations.

[2. (Comment display)
The flowchart of FIG. 3 shows an operation procedure for displaying content and comments for the terminal 1 configured as described above. That is, the content receiving means 10 of the terminal 1 downloads content data and related data from the data transmission means 41 of the server 2 via the communication network N (step S1). The content receiving means 10 stores the downloaded content in the content storage means 11, and also stores the comment corresponding to the content in the related data in the comment storage means 12 (for example, FIG. 2 (2)).

  Then, the content display means 13 displays the content stored in the content storage means 11 on the screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the display device D (step S2), and individual frames (cartoon frames, speech balloons, etc.) ), Depending on the content of the related data, a comment mark M1 indicating that the comment is a frame, and an emphasis color E (E1, E2, etc.) that is a graphic display indicating a popular part from the reader, Applicable items are displayed (step S3).

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5, if the content display unit 13 displays each frame (for example, the frame F1) in a three-dimensional manner with a thickness corresponding to the presence / absence of a comment corresponding to the frame and the amount of the comment. At first glance, the amount of comments for each frame can be easily grasped visually, and the ease of viewing comments can be improved.

  In addition, it is possible to make a chargeable billing system for browsing some or all comments. For example, if it is determined that there is a chargeable comment in the content by setting a chargeable flag in the comment data of the chargeable comment in the related data (FIG. 2 (2)), the charge display means 15 The fact that a predetermined charge is required for all or a part of the comment is displayed, for example, with a bag binding mark M2 (FIG. 5) indicating that the frame has a pay comment (step S3).

  Then, the comment display means 14 performs a predetermined operation on the frame of the displayed content, for example, an operation such as tapping the comment mark M1 with the finger A or clicking with the mouse as illustrated in FIG. (Referred to as “operation”) (step S4: “YES”), the simplest flow (steps S5 to S7 will be described later) is a display H3 (a part of the frame (for example, F3) H3 ( The entire frame may be displayed), and a comment (in the example of FIG. 6, “I like this scene! ... ”) Is displayed (step S8).

  The frame may be a speech balloon. In the example of FIG. 7, as a result of operating the comment mark M1 of the frame F4, which is a speech balloon, with the finger A, the display of the frame F4 is displayed along with the display H4 indicating the frame F4. A comment (“A word about this line ...” in the example of FIG. 7) associated with the frame is displayed on the base surface C4.

  As described above, the process of displaying the comment mark M1 on the screen (for example, FIG. 5) and displaying the comment according to the operation (for example, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7) is performed by the content ID and the frame ID (FIG. 6) associated with the comment. 2 (3)).

  For a paid comment (step S5: “YES”), when the consent accepting unit 16 accepts an agreement operation for billing (step S6: “YES”), the billing processing unit 17 transmits the billing information to the server 2. A predetermined charging process is performed (step S7), and a comment is displayed on the comment display means 14 (step S8). In the state of the screen before the comment mark M1, the bag binding mark M2, etc. are displayed and operated, the comments need not be completely hidden and not displayed. For example, some comments and comments Arbitrary display variations can be adopted such that a part of the image is visible.

  As described above, the comment corresponding to the frame in which the content is divided in units of comic frames or balloons is displayed on the back surface or the ground surface of the frame that has been displayed (for example, FIG. 6 and FIG. 6). 7) Comments do not overlap with each other or cover the contents of each frame. For this reason, in the display of content, even when the number of comments increases, it is possible to maintain excellent visibility including grasping the amount of comments.

  In addition, as described above, the comment viewing is charged (for example, steps S5 to S7 in FIG. 4), so that there is an effect of reliably associating the demand for browsing the content with the cost recovery, such as a magazine bag binding. It is possible to promote the information distribution of truly valuable comments.

[3. (Enter comments)
The comment displayed as described above may be attached to the content in advance, or may be input by the user with respect to the content displayed on the terminal 1, and the user may input the comment as follows. (Steps S9 to S12 in FIG. 3).

[3-1. (Specify the area to display the comment input field)
First, when the designation accepting means 23 accepts designation of an arbitrary area among the contents displayed on the screen by the content display means 13 from the input device M (step S9: “YES”), the comment inserting means 24 is designated. The character string is acquired by performing character recognition that is also used as the OCR technique (step S10), and the acquired character string is inserted into the comment input field for this content to accept the comment input (step S11). ).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, it is assumed that a region R1 indicated by a thick broken line is designated on the display screen. For example, such designation is performed by tracing the outline of the region R1 with a finger A so as to draw a circle or an ellipse, or by specifying diagonals such as the upper left corner and the lower right corner of the region R1. You may decide how you want to specify. In response to such a designation, in the state of the screen illustrated in FIG. 9, a comment input window W <b> 1 is displayed over the display screen, and the character string obtained by character recognition from the area designated in FIG. 8. “I fight!” Is already entered in the comment input field W2 with a quotation mark (“>>” in the example in the figure), and can be input as it is. Note that the character string acquired by character recognition may be any number of characters and includes one character.

  In this way, for content including a character image obtained by scanning a book or the like, designation of a region is accepted for a portion of interest of the user such as a comic dialogue (for example, FIG. 8), and a character string recognized for the region is commented in a comment input field. (For example, FIG. 9), the user can easily input a comment quoting a character string included in the content simply by specifying the characters on the screen without surrounding characters one by one. Can be done.

[3-2. Character recognition by server)
Moreover, you may perform a character recognition process not with a terminal but with a server. In this case, the comment insertion unit 24 of the terminal 1 transmits area data representing the designated area to a predetermined server (here, the server 2). In the server 2, the character recognition means 28 receives the area data and returns a character string based on character recognition based on the area data to the terminal 1. The comment insertion means 24 of the terminal 1 receives the character string by the character recognition sent back in this way from the server 2, and inserts the received character string into the comment input field W2 for the content (FIG. 9).

  As the area data transmitted from the terminal 1 to the server 2 and representing the designated area, a partial image representing the designated area, coordinate values, and the like can be considered. For example, the character recognition means 28 of the server 2 from such a partial image. Acquires a character string by character recognition, and returns the character string to the terminal 1.

  As described above, by transmitting area data such as a partial image representing the specified area and coordinate values to the server, and receiving and using a character string based on character recognition based thereon, the processing load on the information display device can be reduced. It becomes possible to improve the recognition accuracy by utilizing the ability and algorithm of the dedicated server.

[3-3. (Accumulation and distribution of comments)
Comments input by utilizing character recognition as described above can be transmitted to a server, stored, distributed to terminals, and shared among users. In this case, the comment transmission means 25 associates the comment input in the comment input field and the content displayed on the screen at that time with a predetermined server (here, the same server 2, but different servers may be used). (Good) (step S12). In this way, the comment received from the terminal 1 is received by the comment receiving unit 26 in the server 2 and stored in the comment storing unit 27 in association with the content.

  For example, FIG. 2B is an example of comment data in which the content ID, the page ID, and the frame ID are associated with the recognized character string (recognized character string) and the entire input comment. The comment stored in this way is added to the content and transmitted when the data transmitting means 41 transmits the corresponding content to the terminal 1.

  In this way, by inputting the input comment in association with the electronic book content and transmitting it to the server (for example, step S12 in FIG. 3), the comment can be collected by the server, added to the content, and distributed.

[4. (Evaluation by area specification)
In the terminal 1, when the content display unit 13 displays the content stored in the content storage unit 11 on the screen, the user designates an arbitrary area by a predetermined operation, so that it is interesting and impressed. An evaluation can be entered. The processing procedure in this case is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

[4-1. (Specify area)
In this case, let us consider a state in which the downloaded content is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 on the terminal side (left side in FIG. 4) in the same process as in steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 3 (steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 4). Here, the emphasis color E (E1, E2) is a specific color or display pattern for emphasizing an area evaluated by a predetermined number of users or more as a so-called heat map in the net marketing field. For example, in FIG. 5 and subsequent figures, as a simple example, an emphasis color E1 and an emphasis color E2 indicating that the user has been designated by a larger number of users according to the degree such as the number of times designated by the user, etc. , Exists. In the screen example of FIG. 5, there is a region of the emphasis color E1 near the center of the frame F3, and a darker tone emphasis color E2 is displayed near the center.

  When the evaluation area receiving means 33 receives the designation of an arbitrary area of the displayed content page as an evaluation input for the area (step S14: “YES”), the simplest processing part For example, the evaluation area transmitting unit 35 transmits data (hereinafter referred to as “evaluation data”) representing a designated page and area (hereinafter also referred to as “designated area”) to the server 2 via the communication network. Send.

  Although the specific operation content for designating a favorite part or the like as an input of evaluation is free, the touch panel is operated with the finger A and the outline of the designated region R1 is surrounded as in the case illustrated in FIG. It is conceivable to designate the region R1 by drawing a circle or an ellipse or designating diagonals such as the upper left corner and the lower right corner of the designated region R1.

  Here, in the present embodiment, it is specified which frame in the page the specified area is included in. The means for performing this specific processing (referred to as “frame specifying means”) is on the terminal 1 side. Alternatively, it may be on the server 2 side. That is, at least one of the terminal 1 or the server 2 only needs to have a frame specifying means. However, in this embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 1 has the frame specifying means 34, and the server 2 has the frame specifying means 38. It shall be.

  Then, depending on the configuration of the terminal 1, the version of the viewer program, the function setting selected by the user, it is determined on which side the frame is specified. That is, when the terminal 1 side has the frame specifying unit 34 and specifies the frame (step S15: “YES”), the frame specifying unit 34 on the terminal 1 side specifies the coordinates of the designated page and area, The frame corresponding to the evaluation is specified by comparing the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding content (for example, the coordinate value of the frame shown in FIG. 2 (1)), and the identified frame is identified. Information (here, “frame ID”, but any format) is included in the evaluation data transmitted to the server 2 by the evaluation area transmitting means 35 (step S16). If the terminal 1 does not specify a frame (step S15: “NO”), the evaluation data represents a designated area, but does not include a frame ID.

  Then, the evaluation area transmitting means 35 of the terminal 1 transmits the evaluation data as described above to the server 2 via the communication network N (step S17). In the server 2, the evaluation area receiving means 36 receives the content of the content from the terminal 1. Evaluation data representing the designated page and area is received (step S22). If the frame ID is not included in the received evaluation data (step S23: “NO”), the frame specifying unit 38 corresponds to the designated page and area coordinates in the received evaluation data. By comparing the frame coordinates of the page included in the content, the frame corresponding to the evaluation is specified (step S24).

[4-2. (Evaluation summary and display)
Subsequently, in the server 2, the frame evaluation totaling means 39 totals the evaluation related to the frame specified by the terminal 1 or the server 2 by, for example, performing a predetermined addition to the score for each frame, and totaling the evaluation related to this frame The result is stored in the total result storage means 40 (step S25). Further, the area totalization unit 37 totals the designated area included in the evaluation data for each page of the content, and stores the totalization result of this designated area in the totalization result storage unit 40 (step S26).

  That is, the totaling result storage means 40 is a means for storing the totaling result of the evaluation related to the frame and the totaling result of the designated area, and data representing such a totaling result (referred to as “totaling result data”). ) Is shown in FIG. In this example, the frame score is associated with the region level for each designated region coordinate for each content ID, page ID, and determined frame ID.

  Among these, the frame score is the number of times that the specified area is identified as being included in the frame, and represents the popularity of the frame. The designated area coordinates indicate a coordinate range designated redundantly in the designated area. In addition, the region level is a region level 1 (for example, the level of the region corresponding to the emphasis color E1 (for example, FIG. 5)) indicating the number of times the coordinate range is designated (for example, 158, 368, etc.). It is a predetermined rank representing whether the range is a range of score 100 or higher, or a range of region level 2 (for example, score 300 or higher) corresponding to the emphasis color E2 (FIG. 5 or the like).

  As for frame-by-frame aggregation, the number of times that the specified area is specified to be included in the frame may be aggregated. As a coordinate range (specified area coordinates) where the specified area overlaps, for example, all pixels of each frame Each corresponding array variable is incremented according to the number of times the pixel is included in the designated area, and the array variable value reaches a predetermined number of times (for example, 100 or more, 300 or more, etc.). It is conceivable to give region levels 1 and 2 and display them in the emphasized colors E1 and E2.

  Then, the data transmission unit 41 displays display data for displaying on the corresponding page at least one of the aggregation result of the evaluation related to the frame stored in the aggregation result storage unit 40 and the aggregation result of the designated area. Is transmitted to the terminal 1 via the communication network N during content distribution or the like (step S21). In the terminal 1, the highlighting means 42 exemplifies at least one of the frame and the region corresponding to the display data as described above received from the server 2 based on the totaling result based on the evaluation data among the content pages, as illustrated in FIG. In such a manner, the highlight color E11 or E22 is highlighted (steps S1 to S3).

  In this way, for a content divided into frames, a client device such as an information display device accepts designation of an arbitrary region as an evaluation input (for example, FIG. 8), and the server side overlaps the designated region. In addition to tabulation, etc., the assessment is also tabulated in units of frames corresponding to each area, and frames and areas with high popularity are highlighted in a predetermined color or display pattern based on the tabulation results on the content display screen of the client device. (For example, FIG. 10). This makes it possible to accept user evaluations of the content in an arbitrary target range together with the frame unit, with excellent usability, and to collect and reflect them on the display screen.

[4-3. (Highlighting mode)
The mode of highlighting relating to the totaling result is arbitrary, but the highlighting means 42 selects at least one of the frame and the region related to the totaling result equal to or higher than a predetermined shape, pattern, color, visual motion, or a combination thereof. It is desirable to highlight. In particular, it is particularly desirable that the highlighting means 42 performs highlighting with gradations of colors according to a predetermined rank (for example, the region level in FIG. 2 (3)) in the total result.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 8, it is conceivable that a plurality of readers designate the vicinity of the speech in the balloon in the frame F1 as a designated area (R1 or the like), and the highlighted display based on the total result is as shown in FIG. In this example, there is an emphasis color E11 area in the vicinity of the balloon in the frame F1, and an emphasis color E22 with a darker gradation is displayed near the character at the center.

  As described above, frames and regions having high popularity based on the aggregated results are highlighted with a predetermined color or pattern in a so-called heat map on the screen display of the corresponding page in a client device such as an information display device. (For example, FIG. 10), it is easy to enhance readers 'satisfaction and content sales promotion effects by attracting readers' attention to portions evaluated by many users and promoting sharing of impressions among users. . It should be noted that an evaluation input may be accepted at the same time by specifying a region for inputting a comment (for example, FIG. 8).

  In addition, as described above, by highlighting with gradations of colors such as shades and colors according to a predetermined rank in the tabulated result such as the degree of popularity (for example, FIG. 10), the user can view the content at a glance. It is possible to intuitively grasp the popularity of each part to be seen, and the usability of the user interface for sharing the evaluation at the time of browsing between users can be improved.

[5. Other embodiments]
In addition, said each embodiment is only an illustration, and this invention includes what is illustrated below and other embodiment other than that. For example, the information device that the server 2 uses as a partner for content distribution and other information transmission / reception is not limited to the terminal 1 and may be any type of client device. The contents to which the present invention is applied are not limited to comics (manga), and can be arbitrarily selected from novels, picture books, textbooks, and various specialized documents in which paragraphs are divided or illustrations or diagrams are inserted. Note that the number of divisions in which the content is divided into frames in the page is not limited to a plurality, and may be one division (single frame).

  In addition, each element such as means relating to the present invention is not limited to an arithmetic control unit of a computer, but may be realized by other information processing mechanisms such as an electronic circuit based on wired logic or the like. Each configuration diagram, data diagram, flowchart diagram, and the like are merely examples, and the presence / absence of each element, the arrangement order thereof, the execution order of each process, specific contents, and the like can be appropriately changed. For example, the server device of the present invention may be realized by using a plurality of devices such as a server as a component, and a configuration in which each storage unit is realized by a separate and independent server device or system is also common. Depending on the function, the configuration can be flexibly changed, for example, by calling an external platform or the like with an API (application program interface) or network computing (so-called cloud or the like).

1 Information display device (terminal)
2 Server device (server)
6 Arithmetic Control Unit 7 Storage Device 8 Communication Unit 10 Content Receiving Unit 11, 21 Content Storage Unit 12 Comment Storage Unit 13 Content Display Unit 14 Comment Display Unit 15 Charging Display Unit 16 Consent Accepting Unit 17 Charging Processing Unit 23 Specification Accepting Unit 24 Comment insertion means 25 Comment transmission means 26 Comment reception means 27 Comment storage means 28 Character recognition means 33 Evaluation area reception means 34 Frame identification means 35 Evaluation area transmission means 36 Evaluation area reception means 37 Area aggregation means 38 Frame identification means 39 Frame evaluation aggregation Means 40 Total result storage means 41 Data transmission means 42 Highlight display means C3, C4 Lower ground D Display device E (E1, E2, E11, E12) Emphasis color F1-F4 Frame H3, H4 Display M Input device M1, M2 Comment mark N communication network Network R1 designated area W1 window W2 comment input field

Claims (11)

In an information processing system in which an information display device and a server device each having content storage means for storing electronic book content divided into frames in a page are connected via a communication network,
The information display device further includes:
Content display means for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen;
An evaluation area accepting unit that accepts designation of an arbitrary area of the displayed page of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area;
Evaluation region transmitting means for transmitting data representing the designated page and region to the server device via a communication network;
Have
The at least one of the information display device or the server device compares the coordinates of the page and area specified in the information display device with the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content, thereby evaluating the evaluation. Frame specifying means for specifying a frame corresponding to the input of
The server device further includes:
Evaluation area receiving means for receiving data representing pages and areas designated in the information display device among the electronic book contents from the information display device via a communication network;
Frame evaluation counting means for counting evaluations related to the frame specified by the information display device or the server device;
Area totaling means for totalizing the designated area for each page of the electronic book content;
A totaling result storing means for storing a totaling result of the evaluation related to the frame and a totaling result of the designated area;
Data for transmitting to the information display device display data for displaying on a corresponding page at least one of an evaluation total result of the frame stored in the total result storage means and a total result of the designated area A transmission means;
Have
The information display device further includes highlighting means for highlighting at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to display data received from the server device among pages of the electronic book content. system. An information display device for displaying electronic book content,
Content storage means for storing electronic book content divided into frames in a page;
Content display means for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen;
A region evaluation accepting unit that accepts designation of an arbitrary region of the displayed page of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the region;
Evaluation area transmitting means for transmitting evaluation data representing the specified page and area to a predetermined server device via a communication network;
Highlighting means for highlighting at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to predetermined data received from the server device based on a counting result based on the evaluation data among pages of the electronic book content;
An information display device comprising:   The said highlighting means highlights at least one of the frame and area | region which concerns on a count result more than predetermined by predetermined shape, a pattern, a color, visual movement, or these combination, The display of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information display device.   4. The information display device according to claim 3, wherein the highlighting means performs the highlighting with gradations of colors corresponding to a predetermined rank in the total result. Content storage means for storing electronic book content divided into frames, which is electronic book content to be provided to an electronic book viewer;
Evaluation region receiving means for receiving evaluation data representing a page and region designated in the client device of the electronic book content from the client device via a communication network;
Frame specifying means for specifying the frame corresponding to the evaluation by comparing the coordinates of the designated page and area in the received evaluation data with the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content When,
Frame evaluation counting means for counting evaluations related to the identified frame;
Area totaling means for totalizing the designated area for each page of the electronic book content;
A totaling result storing means for storing a totaling result of the evaluation related to the frame and a totaling result of the designated area;
Sends data for displaying at least one of the aggregated result of the evaluation related to the frame and the aggregated result of the designated area stored in the aggregated result storage unit to the client device via the communication network. Data transmission means;
The server apparatus characterized by having.   An information processing system comprising: the information display device according to any one of claims 2 to 4; and the server device according to claim 5. An information processing method for processing information by connecting an information display device and a server device each having content storage means for storing electronic book content divided into frames in a page through a communication network,
In the information display device,
Content display processing for displaying the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen;
An evaluation area receiving process for receiving designation of an arbitrary area of the displayed page of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area;
Evaluation region transmission processing for transmitting data representing the specified page and region to the server device via a communication network;
Run
At least one of the information display device or the server device is evaluated by comparing the coordinates of the page and area specified in the information display device with the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content. Execute the frame identification process to identify the corresponding frame,
In the server device,
An evaluation area receiving process for receiving data representing a page and area designated in the information display device among the electronic book content from the information display device via a communication network;
A frame evaluation aggregation process for aggregating evaluations related to the frame specified by the information display device or the server device;
An area totaling process for totalizing the designated area for each page of the electronic book content;
A process of storing a totaling result of evaluation relating to the frame and a totaling result of the designated area in a predetermined totaling result storage unit;
Data for transmitting to the information display device display data for displaying on a corresponding page at least one of an evaluation total result of the frame stored in the total result storage means and a total result of the designated area Send processing,
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The information display method executes an emphasis display process of emphasizing at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to display data received from the server device among pages of the electronic book content. . An information display device using a computer is an information display method for displaying electronic book content,
A process in which a computer stores electronic book content divided into frames in a page in a predetermined content storage means;
A content display process in which the computer displays the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen;
A region evaluation receiving process in which a computer receives designation of an arbitrary region of the displayed page of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the region;
An evaluation area transmission process in which the computer transmits evaluation data representing the designated page and area to a predetermined server device via a communication network;
A highlighting process in which a computer highlights at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to predetermined data received from the server device based on a counting result based on the evaluation data, among pages of the electronic book content;
An information display method comprising: In an information processing method in a server device, which is an electronic book content to be provided to an electronic book viewer, the content storage unit storing the electronic book content divided into frames, and a computer,
An evaluation area receiving process in which a computer receives evaluation data representing a page and an area specified in the client device among electronic book contents from a client device via a communication network;
The computer identifies the frame corresponding to the evaluation by comparing the coordinates of the designated page and area in the received evaluation data with the coordinates of the frame of the page included in the corresponding electronic book content. Frame identification processing,
A frame evaluation aggregation process in which the computer aggregates evaluations related to the identified frame;
An area totaling process in which the computer totals the designated area for each page of the electronic book content;
A process in which a computer stores a totalization result of evaluations related to the frame and a totalization result of the designated area in a predetermined totalization result storage unit;
The client device via a communication network displays data for causing the computer to display at least one of the aggregated result of the evaluation related to the frame stored in the aggregated result storage unit and the aggregated result of the designated area on the corresponding page. Data transmission processing to be transmitted to
An information processing method comprising: An information display program for displaying electronic book content on an information display device using a computer,
The computer stores the electronic book content divided into frames in the page in a predetermined content storage means,
Causing the computer to display the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen;
Let the computer accept the designation of an arbitrary area of the displayed page of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area,
Causing a computer to send evaluation data representing the specified page and area to a predetermined server device via a communication network;
Information that causes a computer to highlight at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to predetermined data received from the server device based on a counting result based on the evaluation data among pages of the electronic book content. Display program. A server device that distributes an information display program for displaying electronic book content on an information display device using a computer,
The information display program is
The computer stores the electronic book content divided into frames in the page in a predetermined content storage means,
Causing the computer to display the electronic book content stored in the content storage means on a screen;
Let the computer accept the designation of an arbitrary area of the displayed page of the electronic book content as an input of evaluation for the area,
Causing a computer to send evaluation data representing the specified page and area to a predetermined server device via a communication network;
A computer that causes a computer to highlight at least one of a frame and a region corresponding to predetermined data received from the server device based on a totaling result based on the evaluation data, among the pages of the electronic book content. apparatus.

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