JP5222264B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system that perform conversion processing of displayed character string information.

  Conventionally, when character string information externally displayed on a display or the like is embedded in a binary program source, in order to change the character string information in the program source, This is realized by a method of changing the character string information on the program source or a method of updating the database by changing the character string information to a structure managed by a database or the like separately from the program. As a related technique, Patent Document 1 describes a technique related to conversion of character string information in a procedure including a set of job control statements.

JP-A 63-198128

  However, in the conventional method described above, it is necessary to rebuild the program source in order to change the character string information in the program source, or to design the character string information to be managed separately from the program source from the program development stage. There was a need to do. Therefore, in order to change character string information for a program that has already been developed that has not been created with the change of character string information embedded in the program source in mind, it is necessary to make significant corrections throughout the program. . In particular, for a large-sized program incorporated in a portable terminal or the like, it is actually very difficult to significantly modify the program after development is completed.

  Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to change externally displayed character string information without significantly modifying an existing program in an information processing apparatus in which modification is not easily made to an embedded program. With the goal.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus including a display unit, and includes an application operating unit in which an application program created from a program source in which displayed character string information is embedded, and an application program When the character string information is to be displayed during operation, the character string output from the application program to the display unit is intercepted, and the character string information is determined according to the current status information in the information processing apparatus. A character string conversion unit that converts the character string information, replaces the converted character string information with the character string information before conversion, and causes the display unit to display the character string information.

  In the information processing apparatus, an application program created from a program source in which character string information to be displayed is embedded is operating in the application operating unit, and the character string information should be displayed during the operation. The character string conversion unit converts the character string information according to the current status information in the information processing apparatus for the character string information, replaces the character string information after conversion with the character string information before conversion, The replaced character string information after replacement is displayed on the display unit. Thereby, the character string information displayed on the display unit can be changed without significantly modifying an application program that has already been created and incorporated in the information processing apparatus. In addition, since significant modifications to existing application programs can be avoided, a mechanism for converting character string information can be easily constructed, and the expandability and flexibility of the mechanism can be improved.

  It is desirable that the current status information in the information processing apparatus can be set by the user. The current status information in the information processing apparatus may be, for example, identification information of a mascot character displayed on the display unit or position information of the information processing apparatus.

  The invention related to the information processing apparatus described above can be understood as an invention related to an information processing method and an invention related to an information processing system. The invention related to the information processing method and the invention related to the information processing system can be described as follows, and have the same operations and effects as the invention related to the information processing apparatus.

An information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method in which an application program created from a program source in which character string information to be displayed is embedded is executed while the information processing apparatus includes a display unit. When the character string information is to be displayed, the character string output from the application program to the display unit is intercepted, and the character string information is determined according to the current status information in the information processing device. Converting the character string information; replacing the converted character string information with the character string information before conversion; and displaying the replaced character string information after conversion on the display unit. And

  An information processing system according to the present invention is an information processing system including a server and an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the server, wherein the information processing apparatus displays a character string to be displayed. An application operating unit that operates an application program created from a program source in which information is embedded, and when the character string information is to be displayed during the operation of the application program, the character string information is sent to the server. A communication unit that transmits and receives the converted character string information from the server; and a display unit that displays the received character string information after conversion. The character string information is converted according to current status information in the information processing apparatus, and the converted character string information is replaced with the character string information before conversion. For example, characterized in that it comprises a string conversion unit, to return a character string converted information to the information processing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, the character string information displayed on the display unit can be changed without significantly modifying an application program that has already been created and incorporated in the information processing apparatus. In addition, since significant modifications to existing application programs can be avoided, a mechanism for converting character string information can be easily constructed, and the expandability and flexibility of the mechanism can be improved.

It is a functional block block diagram of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of invention. It is a hardware block diagram of information processing apparatus. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process performed in information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on a display part. It is a functional block block diagram of the information processing system as a deformation | transformation aspect.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a functional block configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a control unit 11, an application operation unit 12, a character string conversion unit 13, a display unit 14, and a character string database 15.

  Among these, the display unit 14 is a part that displays various characters, images, and the like, and the application operating unit 12 is a part that operates various application programs (hereinafter, referred to as “applications”). In the application operating unit 12, for example, a mail application 12B and a browser application 12C are operated. Further, the information processing apparatus 10 has a function of causing the display unit 14 to display a mascot character set by the user, and a setting application 12A for managing user setting information related to the function is an application operating unit 12. And constantly monitoring the status of user settings. FIG. 4B shows an example of a screen on which the mascot character is displayed on the display unit 14, and the image indicated by the arrow A is an example of the mascot character. The control unit 11 is a part that manages and controls the operation and state of each part of the information processing apparatus 10 (part corresponding to the OS and middleware), and also exchanges information between a plurality of applications that are operating in the application operating unit 12. I am in charge.

  Incidentally, the applications running in the application running unit 12 include applications created from a program source in which displayed character string information is embedded, and the mail application 12B and the browser application 12C described above also fall under this category. When the character string information is to be displayed by a user operation during the operation of such an application, the character string conversion unit 13 displays the current status information in the information processing apparatus 10 (here, as an example, at this point in time). A function of converting character string information in accordance with set mascot character identification information), replacing the converted character string information with character string information before conversion, and causing the display unit 14 to display the converted character string information. It has. The character string database 15 is provided for each mascot character, and the character string conversion unit 13 selects the character string database 15 corresponding to the identification information of the currently set mascot character and selects the selected character string database 15. The character string information corresponding to the current mascot character is obtained by reading the character string information after conversion corresponding to the character string information before conversion from the character string information, and the obtained character string information (character string information after conversion) Is replaced with the character string information before conversion, and the character string information after conversion is displayed on the display unit 14.

  In FIG. 1, three character string databases 15A to 15C are shown as an example, but the number of character string databases is not limited to this. Each character string database 15 also stores image data of a corresponding mascot character, and the character string conversion unit 13 selects the character selected when a new (different from the previous) character string database 15 is selected. The image data of the new mascot character is read from the column database 15 and the image of the new mascot character is displayed on the display unit 14.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10. The information processing apparatus 10 includes, as a hardware configuration, a CPU 10A, a RAM 10B, a ROM 10C, an input device 10D such as a keyboard and a mouse that are input devices, a communication device 10E that communicates with an external device, and an auxiliary storage device 10F. And an output device 10G such as a display or a printer as an output device. The functions of the functional blocks of the information processing apparatus 10 described above are realized by executing the software read into the RAM 10B or the like under the control of the CPU 10A, which is hardware, and operating the hardware components shown in FIG. .

  Next, processing executed in the information processing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. When the conversion source application (the mail application 12B, the browser application 12C, etc.) is in operation and the character string information is to be displayed triggered by a user operation, the processing of FIG. 3 is started. Such a state corresponds to various states, and includes, for example, a case where the browser application 12C is activated by a user operation and confirms whether or not the user can connect to the Internet. A screen example in this case will be described later with reference to FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b).

  When the character string information is to be displayed, the conversion source application outputs the character string information to the display unit 14. At this time, the character string converter 13 intercepts character string information (character string information before conversion) output from the conversion source application (step S1).

  The character string conversion unit 13 converts the intercepted character string information (character string information before conversion) according to the mascot character set at the time as follows. For example, the character string conversion unit 13 selects the character string database 15 corresponding to the mascot character set at the time (step S2). At this time, the identification information of the mascot character set at that time may be sent in advance from the setting application 12A to the character string conversion unit 13, or the character string conversion unit 13 inquires the setting application 12A. You may make it acquire. And the character string conversion part 13 acquires the character string information according to the present mascot character by reading the character string information after conversion corresponding to the character string information before conversion from the selected character string database 15. (Step S3). Furthermore, the character string conversion unit 13 replaces the acquired character string information after conversion with character string information before conversion, and transfers the character string information after conversion (conversion result) to the display unit 14 (step S4). The display unit 14 receives and displays the character string information (character string information after conversion) transferred from the character string conversion unit 13 (step S5). FIG. 4A shows a display example of character string information before conversion, and FIG. 4B shows a display example of character string information after conversion. Originally, when the character string information shown in FIG. 4A is displayed, the character string information is converted according to the current mascot character shown by the arrow A by the processing of FIG. Information is displayed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the character string information displayed on the display unit 14 can be changed without significantly modifying an application that has already been created and incorporated in the information processing apparatus. In addition, since significant modifications to existing application programs can be avoided, a mechanism for converting character string information can be easily constructed, and the expandability and flexibility of the mechanism can be improved.

  Note that whether or not to set a mascot character and which mascot character to set is arbitrary by the user, so there may be a situation in which no mascot character is set. In such a situation, the character string information is not converted, and the default character string information shown in FIG. As a specific process, for example, the character string conversion unit 13 determines that character string information conversion is unnecessary based on the current situation information (information that the mascot character is not set) in the information processing apparatus 10, and intercepted before conversion. The character string information (default character string information) may be transferred to the display unit 14 without being converted and displayed on the display unit 14.

  As mascot characters, various mascot characters can be set according to various attributes such as gender, age, birthplace, nationality, occupation, etc. For example, female mascot characters in the 20s are set. In the situation, the character string information can be converted into the word usage of women in the 20s, and in the situation where mascot characters are set for each birth place such as Tohoku, Kansai, and Kyushu, It is possible to convert character string information in the dialect style.

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which the character string information is converted according to the mascot character set at the time as the current situation information. However, the current situation information that is the basis of the character string information conversion is shown. Is not limited to the above. For example, the character string information is converted according to the current position information of the information processing apparatus 10 (for example, area information in the area or positioning information that can be acquired by the GPS positioning function). May be. In this case, when the user carrying the information processing apparatus 10 is on a business trip in the Kansai region, the character string information is converted into a local dialect (Kansai dialect), or the user comes to a business trip abroad. In such a case, it is possible to adopt a form in which the character string information is converted into the foreign official language.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which character string information is converted in the information processing apparatus 10 has been described. However, conversion of character string information may be performed by an external device (for example, a server). FIG. 5 shows a modification example in which the character string information is converted by the server 30. In the modification, the information processing apparatus 10 can communicate with the server 30 via the network 20, and the server 30 includes a character string conversion unit 31 and a character string database 32, and an application runs on the information processing apparatus 10. When the character string information is to be displayed, the character string information is transmitted from the communication unit 16 to the server 30, and the character string information is converted by the character string conversion unit 31 in the server 30. After the character string information is replaced with the character string information before conversion, the character string information after conversion is returned to the communication unit 16 and displayed on the display unit 14. Even with such a modification, the character string information displayed on the display unit 14 can be changed without significantly modifying an application that has already been created and incorporated in the information processing apparatus. In addition, since significant modifications to existing application programs can be avoided, a mechanism for converting character string information can be easily constructed, and the expandability and flexibility of the mechanism can be improved.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Information processing apparatus, 10A ... CPU, 10B ... RAM, 10C ... ROM, 10D ... Input device, 10E ... Communication device, 10F ... Auxiliary storage device, 10G ... Output device, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Application operation part, 12A ... Setting application, 12B ... Mail application, 12C ... Browser application, 13 ... Character string conversion unit, 14 ... Display unit, 15 ... Character string database, 16 ... Communication unit, 20 ... Network, 30 ... Server, 31 ... Character string Conversion unit, 32 ... character string database.

Claims (6)

An information processing apparatus including a display unit,
An application operating unit in which an application program created from a program source in which character string information to be displayed is embedded, and
When the character string information is to be displayed during operation of the application program, the character string output from the application program to the display unit is intercepted, and the information processing apparatus A character string conversion unit that converts the character string information according to the current status information, replaces the character string information after conversion with the character string information before conversion, and causes the display unit to display the character string information;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the current status information in the information processing apparatus is settable by a user.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the current status information in the information processing apparatus is identification information of a mascot character displayed on the display unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the current status information in the information processing apparatus is position information of the information processing apparatus. An information processing method executed during operation of an application program created from a program source in which character string information to be displayed is embedded in an information processing apparatus including a display unit,
When the character string information is to be displayed, the character string output from the application program to the display unit is intercepted, and the character string information is converted into current status information in the information processing apparatus. And converting the character string information accordingly,
Replacing the string information after conversion with the string information before conversion;
Displaying the replaced character string information after replacement on the display unit;
An information processing method comprising: An information processing system including a server and an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the server,
The information processing apparatus includes:
An application operating unit in which an application program created from a program source in which character string information to be displayed is embedded, and
When the character string information is to be displayed during operation of the application program, the communication unit transmits the character string information to the server and receives the converted character string information from the server;
A display unit for displaying received character string information after conversion;
With
The server
For the received character string information, the character string information is converted according to the current status information in the information processing device, the converted character string information is replaced with the character string information before conversion, and the character string information after conversion An information processing system comprising: a character string conversion unit that returns the information to the information processing apparatus.

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