JP5606893B2 - Electronic device, display control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device, a display control method, and a program. The present invention particularly relates to an electronic device capable of three-dimensional display, a display control method for the electronic device, and a program for controlling the electronic device.

Conventionally, a device capable of displaying a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image is known.
Patent Document 1 discloses a stereoscopic video display communication device as the above device. The stereoscopic video display communication device transmits a code to a stereoscopic compatible device and a stereoscopic non-compatible device. In the three-dimensional compatible device and the three-dimensional non-compatible device, dot data of “Guu” and dot data of “Choki” in janken are held in association with the code “0000”. The file called with the code “0000” in the stereoscopic compatible device is further added with the stereoscopic degree as the additional information for stereoscopic viewing. When the stereoscopic video display communication device transmits the code “0000” to the non-stereoscopic device, the nonstereoscopic device executes an animation plane view display in which the image changes from “Gu” to “Chikki”. Similarly, if the stereoscopic image display communication device transmits the code “0000” to the stereoscopic compatible device, the stereoscopic compatible device will appear “Chokki” that appears to pop out from the “Gu” stereoscopically viewed on the back side of the screen. Executes animated stereoscopic display that changes.

  Patent Document 2 also discloses a three-dimensional display device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional display device includes two small displays and a position detector in a display device body mounted on a human head. The two displays are installed in front of each person's left and right eyes. The three-dimensional display device shifts the images displayed on the respective displays to generate a stereoscopic view, and changes the images based on position information from the position detector. The three-dimensional display device displays new information three-dimensionally on the near side with respect to the current display screen.

JP-A-2005-159977 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-16889

  However, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, a plurality of locations in a sentence cannot be three-dimensionally displayed at different depths.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic device, a display control method, and a program capable of three-dimensionally displaying a plurality of locations in a sentence at different depths. It is in.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, the electronic device is an electronic device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image. The electronic device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a display for displaying a three-dimensional image. The memory represents character string data constituting the sentence, image data for three-dimensionally displaying the sentence, a first depth that is a depth of the three-dimensional display, and a second depth different from the first depth. Depth data and condition data representing a specified condition are stored. The condition data includes at least first data representing the first condition and second data representing a second condition different from the first condition. The processor uses the first data to extract a first location that matches the first condition from the character string data. The processor uses the second data to extract a second location that matches the second condition from the character string data. When displaying the text on the display, the processor uses the image data to display the first location on the display in a three-dimensional manner at the first depth and to display the second location on the display in a three-dimensional manner at the second depth. .

  Preferably, the processor causes the display to two-dimensionally display a portion of the character string data that does not match the condition represented by the condition data.

  Preferably, each of the first condition and the second condition includes information related to a field included in the header information of the email. The text is an e-mail received from an external device. The processor uses the information related to the field to extract the first location and the second location from the received email.

  Preferably, the received electronic mail includes a plurality of citation portions including different header information. At least one of the first location and the second location is at least one or more cited parts.

  Preferably, the header information includes at least a field storing a sender address, a field storing a recipient address, a field storing a carbon copy recipient address, and a field storing a transmission time. Including. Information related to the field includes at least one of information for designating a sender, information for designating a recipient, information for designating a recipient of a carbon copy, and information for designating a transmission time. One.

  Preferably, the text is created by software that implements the function of a word processor. The software has a function of leaving a change history when a sentence is changed. The designated condition includes information related to the change history. The processor extracts the first location and the second location using information related to the change history.

  Preferably, the information related to the change history is at least one of information for designating a time when the text is changed and information for designating a person who changes the text.

  Preferably, the processor updates the depth data stored in the memory based on a command for changing the first depth and the second depth.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the display control method is a display control method in an electronic device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image. The electronic device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a display for displaying a three-dimensional image. The memory represents character string data constituting the sentence, image data for three-dimensionally displaying the sentence, a first depth that is a depth of the three-dimensional display, and a second depth different from the first depth. Depth data and condition data representing a specified condition are stored. The condition data includes at least first data representing the first condition and second data representing a second condition different from the first condition. The display control method uses the first data to extract a first portion that matches the first condition from the character string data, and uses the second data to extract the character string data from the character string data. The step of extracting the second location that matches the second condition, and when displaying the text on the display, using the image data, the first location is displayed three-dimensionally on the display at the first depth, and the second And displaying the part in a three-dimensional manner at a second depth on the display.

  When the further another situation of this invention is followed, a program is a program for controlling the electronic device which can display a three-dimensional image. The electronic device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a display for displaying a three-dimensional image. The memory represents character string data constituting the sentence, image data for three-dimensionally displaying the sentence, a first depth that is a depth of the three-dimensional display, and a second depth different from the first depth. Depth data and condition data representing a specified condition are stored. The condition data includes at least first data representing the first condition and second data representing a second condition different from the first condition. The program uses the first data to extract a first portion that matches the first condition from the character string data, and uses the second data to select a second part from the character string data. Extracting a second location that matches the above condition and displaying the text on the display using the image data, the first location is displayed three-dimensionally at the first depth on the display, and the second location Causing the processor to execute the step of displaying the three-dimensionally on the display at the second depth.

  According to said invention, there exists an effect that it becomes possible to carry out the three-dimensional display of the several location in a text in a different depth.

It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the electronic device. It is the figure which showed the hardware constitutions of the electronic device. It is the figure which showed the example of a display at the time of displaying the electronic mail received from the external apparatus on a display. It is the figure which showed the database produced based on the electronic mail of FIG. It is the figure which showed the user interface for setting several conditions. It is the figure which showed the 1st example of a setting. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which an e-mail having the same content as the e-mail shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display based on the condition setting shown in FIG. 6. It is the figure which showed the 2nd example of a setting. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which an e-mail having the same content as the e-mail shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display based on the condition setting shown in FIG. 8. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the process in an electronic device. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the detail of step S10 of FIG. It is the figure which showed the other user interface for setting several conditions. 11 is another flowchart for explaining details of step S10 in FIG. 10.

  Hereinafter, electronic devices according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

<Appearance>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the electronic device 10. Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic device 10 is, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The electronic device 10 includes an operation key 105 and a display 108.

  The electronic device 10 is configured to be capable of two-dimensional display and three-dimensional display. The electronic device 10 is configured to be able to switch the display mode between a display mode for only two-dimensional display and a display mode for performing three-dimensional display. For example, the electronic device 10 switches the display mode in response to a user.

  The electronic device 10 uses a parallax barrier method as a three-dimensional display method. The electronic device 10 displays the right-eye image and the left-eye image alternately on the display 108 in the x direction. Note that the three-dimensional display method is not limited to the parallax barrier method, and various methods such as a lenticular method, a polarizing plate method, and a liquid crystal active shutter glasses method can also be used.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the electronic device 10. Referring to FIG. 2, electronic device 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that executes a program, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner, and a RAM (a RAM that stores data in a volatile manner). Random Access Memory) 103, NAND flash memory 104, operation key 105 for receiving an instruction input by the user of electronic device 10, communication IF (Interface) 106, IC (Integrated Circuit) card reader / writer 107, A display 108 and a power supply unit 109 are provided.

  The flash memory 104 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The flash memory 104 volatilely stores data generated by the electronic device 10, data acquired from an external device of the electronic device 10, and various types of program data.

  Communication IF 106 performs signal processing for electronic device 10 to perform wireless communication with an external communication device. The power supply unit 109 supplies power to the CPU 101, the communication IF 106, the IC card reader / writer 107, the display 108, and the like via the data bus.

  The components 101 to 109 are connected to each other by a data bus. A memory card 1071 is attached to the IC card reader / writer 107.

  Processing in the electronic device 10 is realized by each hardware and software executed by the CPU 101. Such software may be stored in the flash memory 104 in advance. The software may be stored in a memory card 1071 or other storage medium and distributed as a program product. Alternatively, the software may be provided as a program product that can be downloaded by an information provider connected to the so-called Internet. Such software is read from the storage medium by the IC card reader / writer 107 or other reading device, or downloaded via the communication IF and then temporarily stored in the flash memory 104. The software is read from the flash memory 104 by the CPU 101 and further stored in the flash memory 104 in the form of an executable program. The CPU 101 executes the program.

  Each component which comprises the electronic device 10 shown by the figure is a general thing. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is software stored in the flash memory 104, the memory card 1071, and other storage media, or software that can be downloaded via a network. Since the operation of each hardware of electronic device 10 is well known, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The recording medium is not limited to a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) -ROM, a CD (Compact Disc) -ROM, an FD (Flexible Disk), and a hard disk, but is also a magnetic tape, a cassette tape, an optical disk (MO (Magnetic Optical Disc) / Medium (MD (Mini Disc)), optical card, mask ROM, EPROM (Electronically Programmable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), a medium carrying a fixed program such as a semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM But you can. The recording medium is a non-temporary medium that can be read by the computer.

  The program here includes not only a program directly executable by the CPU but also a program in a source program format, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.

<Overview>
An outline of the operation of the electronic device 10 will be described. The electronic device 10 can store n pieces of condition data in the flash memory 104. Note that n is a natural number, for example, “5”. Condition data is data representing a specified condition. The designation is performed by user input. Alternatively, the designation is a default setting and is performed by the manufacturer of the electronic device 10. The “designated condition” is a condition set for an extraction process to be described later by the user of the electronic device 10 or the manufacturer of the electronic device 10. Each condition data indicates different conditions. However, at least two or more condition data may be the same condition.

  In the following description, it is assumed that each condition data indicates different conditions. In addition, arbitrary condition data among the condition data is referred to as “condition data Di” using a natural number i (1 ≦ i ≦ n). The condition data Di represents the i-th condition.

  The electronic device 10 performs processing using the condition data Di for the target sentence. The target sentence can be appropriately selected by the user. Examples of the sentence include e-mail and those created by software realizing the function of a word processor. In the following, “sentence” refers to the information itself displayed on the screen, and the “sentence” and the character string data constituting the sentence stored in the flash memory 104 will be described separately. .

  The CPU 101 uses the condition data D1 to extract a first location that matches the first condition from the character string data constituting the sentence. Further, the CPU 101 uses the condition data D2 to extract a second location that matches the second condition from the character string data constituting the sentence. Thereafter, similar processing is repeated, and finally, the CPU 101 uses the condition data Dn to extract the n-th location that matches the n-th condition from the character string data constituting the sentence. If there is no portion that matches the condition data Di in the character string data, the above extraction is not performed.

  When the extraction is completed, the CPU 101 causes the display 108 to three-dimensionally display each extracted portion at a preset depth when displaying text on the display 108. The setting is made based on user input, for example. More specifically, the depth is associated with each of the condition data Di, and the CPU 101 sets the depth corresponding to the condition data Di to the i-th location extracted based on the condition data Di. (Hereinafter, also referred to as “i-th depth”) is displayed on the display 108 three-dimensionally.

  For example, the CPU 101 causes the display 108 to display three-dimensionally at the first depth on the display 108. The CPU 101 three-dimensionally displays the second location on the display 108 at the second depth. The CPU 101 displays the nth location on the display 108 in a three-dimensional manner at the nth depth. Note that the 3rd to n-1th locations are also displayed three-dimensionally at a depth determined for each.

  Further, the CPU 101 causes the display 108 to display two-dimensionally the portion that does not match the condition data Di in the character data without causing the display 108 to perform three-dimensional display.

  Hereinafter, an example will be described in which the CPU 101 displays an image such as the sentence on the display 108 in a three-dimensional manner so that the image is displayed in a manner of projecting from the display 108.

<First application example>
The processing of the electronic device 10 when the above sentence is an e-mail will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example when an e-mail received from an external device (not shown) is displayed on the display 108. Referring to FIG. 3, the e-mail includes the most recently described portion 350 and a plurality of citation portions 310, 320, 330, and 340. The larger the number of quotation marks “>”, the older the description. That is, the oldest descriptions are in the order of the quoted portion 340, the quoted portion 330, the quoted portion 320, and the quoted portion 310.

  Hereinafter, the most recently described portion 350 is referred to as a “non-cited portion 350”. In addition, since each of the quote part 310, the quote part 320, the quote part 330, the quote part 340, and the non-quote part 350 is one unit constituting an e-mail (sentence) for convenience of explanation, “unit sentence” Also called.

  The non-cited part 350 includes an image 351 representing a part of the header information and an image 352 representing the body part. Data for representing the non-quoted portion 350 stored in the flash memory 104 (part of character string data constituting the e-mail) includes header information and a body portion.

  The header information includes a plurality of fields. The header information includes, for example, a field (“From”) that stores the address of the sender, a field (“To”) that stores the address of the recipient, and a field (“Cc”) that stores the address of the recipient of the carbon copy. ”), A field (“ Bcc ”) that stores the address of the recipient of the blind carbon copy, a field that stores the transmission time (“ date ”), and a field that stores the subject (“ Subject ”). including.

  Since the quoted portions 310, 320, 330, and 340 are similar to the non-quoted portion 350, the description thereof will not be repeated here. The quoted portions 310, 320, 330, and 340 have different header information. The quoted portions 310, 320, 330, and 340 are different from each other in the value of the field “date” that stores the transmission time, for example.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a database 40 created based on the electronic mail shown in FIG. Specifically, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a database 40 created by the CPU 101 based on the header information of the electronic mail in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 4, sentence (1), sentence (2), sentence (3), sentence (4), and sentence (5) are quoted part 310, quoted part 320, quoted part 330, and quoted part 340, respectively. , Represents the non-quoted portion 350. From the character string data (specifically, a part of the character string data constituting the electronic mail) constituting each of the quote part 310, the quote part 320, the quote part 330, the quote part 340, and the non-quote part 350, the CPU 101 Information (field values) of “year”, “month”, “day”, “time”, “From”, “To”, “Cc”, and “subject” is extracted.

  The CPU 101 creates the database 40 by associating the extracted information with respect to each of the quote part 310, the quote part 320, the quote part 330, the quote part 340, and the non-citation part 350. The CPU 101 stores the created database 40 in the flash memory 104.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a user interface 50 for setting a plurality of conditions. Referring to FIG. 5, the user interface 50 is configured so that five conditions can be set. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which a tag 500 is selected from a plurality of tags 500, 520, 540, 560, and 580, and a setting screen for setting a condition related to condition (1) is displayed. is there. Hereinafter, the set condition is also referred to as “setting content”.

  The screen for setting the condition (1) includes a plurality of pull-down menus 501 to 509. The pull-down menu 501 is a menu used by the user to specify a person. The pull-down menu 502 is a menu used for the user to select one from “From”, “To”, and “Cc”.

  Pull-down menus 503 to 507 are menus for the user to specify “year”, “month”, “day”, “hour”, and “minute”, respectively. The pull-down menu 503 is configured so that “all periods” can be designated in addition to “year”. The pull-down menu 508 is a menu used for the user to select “after” or “before”.

  In this manner, the condition designation for the condition (1) can be performed by the pull-down menus 501 to 508. Information specified by the pull-down menus 501 to 508 is information related to the field.

  A pull-down menu 509 is a menu for designating the depth of three-dimensional display. The pull-down menu 509 is configured so that the depth level can be designated from among level 5, level 4, level 3, level 2, and level 1. Note that the depth becomes shallower (the pop-out amount becomes smaller) in the order of level 5, level 4, level 3, level 2, and level 1.

  The pull-down menu 509 is further configured to allow selection of “time series”. Processing when “time series” is selected will be described later.

  Each of the pull-down menus 501 to 509 further includes an item for instructing not to select from the above-described items. The item is described as, for example, “--selection--”. For example, in the pull-down menu 509, in addition to “level 5”, “level 4”, “level 3”, “level 2”, “level 1”, for example, “--select--” as a default. It is included.

  Since tags 520, 540, 560, and 580 are also provided with pull-down menus similar to those for tag 500, description of tags 520, 540, 560, and 580 will not be repeated here.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a first setting example. Referring to FIG. 6, in data table 60, condition (1) represents a case where level 5 is selected as the three-dimensional display level and the setting content is “To includes C”. 6 shows that “C” is selected in the pull-down menu 501, “Cc” is selected in the pull-down menu 502, and “--selection--” is selected in the pull-down menus 503 to 508 or “C” is selected in the pull-down menu 503. “All periods” is selected. The data table 60 is stored in the flash memory 104.

  Condition (2) represents the case where “level 3” is selected as the level of the three-dimensional display and the setting content is “C is included in“ Cc ”.” Condition (3) is the three-dimensional display. In this case, “level 1” is selected as the level of “1”, and the setting content is “D includes“ From ””.

  The conditions (4) and (5) indicate that no conditions are set. The case where the condition is not set is, for example, a case where the item “--selection--” is specified in the pull-down menu 509. Alternatively, when no condition is set, an item (for example, a check box) that receives an input indicating whether or not the condition is applied is provided in each of the conditions (1) to (5). Is selected.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which an e-mail having the same content as the e-mail shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display 108 based on the condition setting shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, CPU 101 sets the level of the pop-up amount to level 5 in the quoted portion 320, which is a portion including “C” in “To” among the non-quoted portion 350 and the quoted portions 310, 320, 330, and 340. As shown in FIG. The CPU 101 causes the display 108 to three-dimensionally display the quoted portions 330 and 340, which are portions in which “Cc” includes C, with the level of the pop-out amount being level 3. That is, the CPU 101 displays the quoted portions 320, 330, and 340 on the display 108 in a state where the pop-out amount of the quoted portions 330 and 340 is smaller than that of the quoted portion 320.

  On the other hand, the CPU 101 displays the quoted portions 310 and 350 two-dimensionally on the display 108. In the non-quoted portion 350 and the quoted portions 310, 320, 330, and 340, “From” does not include D, and therefore there is no unit sentence that the CPU 101 causes to display three-dimensionally at level 1.

  As described above, the electronic device 10 can three-dimensionally display a plurality of unit sentences in an electronic mail at different depths (jumping amounts). In the electronic device 10, the user can set the attribute of the unit sentence to be popped out, and can also set the amount of the unit sentence popping out with the attribute. Therefore, the electronic device 10 can display information desired by the user with a desired pop-out amount.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a second setting example. Referring to FIG. 8, in data table 60, condition (1) represents a case where “time series” is selected as the level of three-dimensional display. When the time series is selected, the CPU 101 determines the old and new order of each unit sentence based on the transmission time in the header information of each unit sentence (non-citation part 350, citation part 310, 320, 330, 340). . After the determination, the CPU 101 sets the latest unit sentence as level 5 and the oldest sentence as level 1, and controls the pop-up amount of the unit sentence step by step.

  In the case of FIG. 8, “C” is selected in the pull-down menu 501, and “To” is selected in the pull-down menu 502. Therefore, the CPU 101 determines the old and new order of unit sentences in which “To” includes A, and controls the pop-out amount of the unit sentences.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which an e-mail having the same content as the e-mail shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display 108 based on the condition setting shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, CPU 101 determines that non-quoted part 350 is the latest unit sentence among unit sentences in which A is included in “To”, and sets the non-quoted part 350 to the level 5 of the pop-up amount. Three-dimensional display is made on the display 108. Further, the CPU 101 determines that the quoted part 310 is the latest unit sentence among the unit sentences in which A is included in “To”, and displays the quoted part 310 on the display 108 in a three-dimensional manner with the level of the pop-up amount being level 1. .

  In addition to the non-quoted portion 350 and the quoted portion 310, the CPU 101 has only the quoted portion 330 as the unit sentence including A in “To”. The quoted portion 330 is displayed three-dimensionally on the display 108 with the pop-out amount.

  As described above, the electronic device 10 allows the user to set the attribute of the unit sentence to be popped out, and the unit sentence having the attribute can be set so that the pop-up amount of the latest unit sentence (non-quoted part) is maximized. The latest unit sentence is usually the part that the user wants to confirm most. Also, older unit sentences usually have lower priority for the user. For this reason, the electronic device 10 can display the unit sentences desired by the user in a conspicuous order in the order of high priority.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the electronic device 10. Referring to FIG. 10, in step S2, CPU 101 receives data (e-mail) from an external device. In step S4, the CPU 101 extracts a character string corresponding to a predetermined attribute from the received electronic mail, and creates the database 40 from the extracted character string. The predetermined attribute is a value of an item set by the user interface 50 shown in FIG. In other words, the predetermined attribute is information specified by the setting contents shown in FIGS.

  In step S <b> 6, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the display mode of the electronic device 10 is set to a mode for performing three-dimensional display instead of a mode for performing two-dimensional display, for example, in a flag stored in the flash memory 104. Judge based.

  If CPU 101 determines that it is not a mode for performing three-dimensional display (NO in step S6), two-dimensional display of the entire data (entire e-mail) is performed in step S18. When CPU 101 determines that the mode is for performing three-dimensional display (YES in step S6), CPU 101 determines in step S8 whether there is a condition setting for three-dimensional display. Specifically, the CPU 101 determines based on the data table 60 (see FIGS. 6 and 8) whether or not a three-dimensional display setting using the user interface 50 has been made.

  When the CPU 101 determines that there is a setting for three-dimensional display (YES in step S8), in step S10, the created database 40 (see FIG. 4) and the set conditions (see FIGS. 6 and 8). Based on this, a part (unit sentence) to be displayed three-dimensionally is extracted and a level of three-dimensional display for the extracted part is determined. In step S <b> 12, the CPU 101 displays the extracted location on the display 108 at the determined level, and causes the display 108 to two-dimensionally display a location other than the extracted location.

  If CPU 101 determines that there is no setting for three-dimensional display (NO in step S8), CPU 101 causes display 108 to display user interface 50 for setting conditions for three-dimensional display. In step S <b> 16, the CPU 101 accepts setting of conditions using the user interface 50 and stores the accepted conditions in the flash memory 104. More specifically, the CPU 101 updates the data table 60 based on the accepted conditions.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining details of step S10 in FIG. Specifically, FIG. 11 is a flowchart when the data table 60 has the setting contents shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 11, in step S102, CPU 101 determines whether or not a unit sentence including C in “To” exists in the received e-mail. If the CPU 101 determines that it exists (YES in step S102), it refers to the data table 60 in step S104 and determines the level of the pop-up amount of the unit sentence including C in “To” as level 5.

  If CPU 101 determines that it does not exist (NO in step S102), it determines in step S106 whether a unit sentence including C in “Cc” exists in the received e-mail. If the CPU 101 determines that it exists (YES in step S106), the CPU 101 refers to the data table 60 in step S108 and determines the level of the pop-up amount of the unit sentence including C in “Cc” as level 3.

  If CPU 101 determines that it does not exist (NO in step S106), it determines in step S110 whether a unit sentence including D in “From” exists in the received e-mail. If the CPU 101 determines that it exists (YES in step S110), it refers to the data table 60 in step S112, and determines the level of the pop-up amount of the unit sentence including D in “From” to level 1.

  When CPU 101 determines that it does not exist (NO in step S110), it ends the process in step S10.

<Second application example>
The processing of the electronic device 10 when the above sentence is created by software that implements the function of a word processor will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the software has a function of leaving a change history when a sentence is changed. The electronic device 10 stores the software in the flash memory 104.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a user interface 90 for setting a plurality of conditions. Referring to FIG. 12, the user interface 90 is configured so that five conditions can be set. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which a tag 900 is selected from a plurality of tags 900, 920, 940, 960, and 980, and a setting screen for setting a condition related to condition (1) is displayed. is there.

  The screen for setting the condition (1) includes a plurality of pull-down menus 901 to 911. The pull-down menu 901 is a menu used by the user to specify a person. Pull-down menus 902 to 906 are menus for the user to specify “year”, “month”, “day”, “hour”, and “minute”, respectively. The pull-down menu 902 is configured such that “all periods” can be designated in addition to “year”. The pull-down menu 907 is a menu used for the user to select “after” or “before”.

  A pull-down menu 908 is a menu for the user to select a number for specifying the number of characters. The pull-down menu 909 is a menu used for the user to select “above” or “below”.

  The pull-down menu 910 is a menu used for the user to select one from “add”, “delete”, and “edit”. Note that “addition”, “deletion”, and “editing” are concepts included in “change”. “Addition” means that one sentence (one unit of expression representing one situation completed on the form) is newly added to the sentence. “Delete” means to remove one sentence. “Edit” means a change excluding “add” and “delete”.

  As described above, the condition designation for the condition (1) can be performed by the pull-down menus 901 to 910. Note that the information specified by the pull-down menus 901 to 910 is information related to the change history.

  The pull-down menu 911 is a menu for designating the depth of 3D display. Similar to the pull-down menu 509, the pull-down menu 911 is configured so that the depth level can be designated from among level 5, level 4, level 3, level 2, and level 1. The pull-down menu 509 is further configured to allow selection of “time series”.

  Each of the pull-down menus 901 to 911 further includes an item for instructing not to select from the above-described items. The item is described as, for example, “--selection--”. For example, in the pull-down menu 911, in addition to “level 5”, “level 4”, “level 3”, “level 2”, “level 1”, for example, “--select--” as a default. It is included.

  Since tags 920, 940, 960, and 980 are also provided with pull-down menus similar to those for tag 900, description of tags 920, 940, 960, and 980 will not be repeated here.

  The electronic device 10 performs the process shown in FIG. 10 even when the sentence is created by software that implements the function of a word processor. In step S2 of FIG. 10, for example, a file including character string data representing the sentence is received as an attached file of an e-mail. The file is not limited to the one received from the external device, and may be obtained via a recording medium such as a memory card or may be obtained from a server. Hereinafter, details of step S10 in FIG. 10 in the case where the sentence is created by the software will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining details of step S10 in FIG. Specifically, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a processing flow when “A” is selected in the pull-down menu 901, “all periods” is selected in the pull-down menu 902, and “edit” is selected in the pull-down menu 910. It is. The pull-down menus 908 to 910 are in a state where “--selection--” is indicated. In addition, the description will be made assuming that the conditions regarding the conditions (2) to (5) are not set.

  Referring to FIG. 13, in step S202, CPU 101 extracts a portion edited by “A” from character string data representing a sentence. In step S <b> 204, the CPU 101 ranks the edited locations in order from the newest edit time based on the information indicating the change time of the change history for the extracted locations. In step S206, the CPU 101 sets the latest edited portion to level 5 and the oldest edited portion to level 1 for the extracted portion, and controls the pop-out amount of the edited portion in a stepwise manner as in FIG.

  When the pull-down menus 908 to 910 are set, the CPU 101 extracts, from the character string data, portions that match the conditions set in the pull-down menus 908 to 910 among the portions edited by “A”. To do. When “all time” is not set in the pull-down menu 902, the CPU 101 determines, from the character string data, a portion that matches the conditions set in the pull-down menus 902 to 907 among the portions edited by “A”. Extract.

  As described above, the electronic device 10 can three-dimensionally display a plurality of changed portions in the text created by the software at different depths (jumping amounts). Further, the electronic device 10 allows the user to set the attribute of the changed portion to be popped out, and can also set the amount of popping out of the changed portion of the attribute. Therefore, the electronic device 10 can display information desired by the user with a desired pop-out amount.

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(1) In the above description, the case where the depth level that can be set by the user is set to five has been described as an example, but the depth is not limited to five. In addition, it is preferable to configure the electronic device so that the user can set the depth at each level. In this case, it can be said that the CPU 101 updates the depth data stored in the flash memory 104 based on a command for changing the depth of each level.

  (2) In the above description, the configuration in which an image (unit sentence, changed part) is visually recognized as popping out from the display 108 is described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a three-dimensional display level setting may be provided so that an image is visually recognized as sinking into the display 108. For example, in addition to level 1, an item representing subsidence such as “level-1” may be provided in the pull-down menus 509 and 911. Alternatively, for example, “level 1” may be set as an item representing depression. For example, in the second application example, the user can make a setting to display the deleted portion in a manner that sinks into the display 108.

  (3) In the user interfaces 50 and 90, the three-dimensional display level is fixed in five stages. In this case, when “time series” is selected in the pull-down menus 503 and 902 and there are k places (unit sentences or changed places) for three-dimensional display (k ≧ 6), for example, the following processing is performed. Good. Note that j is an arbitrary natural number between 1 and k.

  A value obtained by dividing the difference between the pop-out amount at level 5 (hereinafter referred to as “L5”) and the pop-out amount at level 1 (hereinafter referred to as “L1”) by k−1 is defined as a unit amount. The CPU 101 may set the pop-out amount Lj of the j-th location from the location with the oldest time series among the extracted locations as Lj = L1 + (L5−L1) / (k−1). More specifically, the CPU 101 obtains the position arrangement of the left eye image and the right eye image so that the pop-out amount is closest to Lj, and displays the j-th location on the display in a three-dimensional manner based on the obtained positional relationship. Just do it.

  Alternatively, the CPU 101 may select the level of the pop-out amount at a location other than the latest location and the oldest location from level 2, level 3, and level 4. In this case, there are cases where three-dimensional display is performed at the same pop-out level even if the transmission time and the change time are different.

  (4) The electronic device 10 may be a desktop or laptop personal computer.

  The embodiment disclosed this time is an exemplification, and the present invention is not limited to the above contents. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  10 electronic devices, 40 databases, 50, 90 user interfaces, 60 data tables, 101 CPU, 104 flash memory, 105 operation keys, 107 card reader / writer, 108 display, 109 power supply unit.

Claims (11)

An electronic device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image,
A processor;
A memory connected to the processor;
A display for displaying the three-dimensional image,
The memory includes character string data composed of a plurality of characters , image data for three-dimensionally displaying the character string data , a first depth that is a depth of the three-dimensional display, and the first depth. Stores depth data representing different second depths and condition data representing conditions relating to the change of the character string data ,
The condition data includes at least first data representing a first condition and second data representing a second condition different from the first condition,
The processor is
Using the first data, extract a first location that matches the first condition from the character string data,
Using the second data, extract a second location that matches the second condition from the character string data,
When displaying the character string data on the display, using the image data, the first location is displayed three-dimensionally at the first depth on the display, and the second location is displayed on the display. Electronic equipment that can display 3D at a depth of 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the condition data represents a condition related to a change time of the character string data. Wherein the processor the locations that do not meet the condition represented by the condition data in the character string data, is displayed two-dimensionally on the display, the electronic device according to claim 1 or 2. Each of the first condition and the second condition includes information related to a field included in header information of an email,
The character string data is an email received from an external device,
The processor uses the information associated with the field to extract the said second portion and said first portion from said received electronic mail, electronic according to any one of claims 1 3 machine. The received e-mail includes a plurality of citation portions including different header information,
The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first location and the second location is at least one cited portion. The header information includes at least a field storing a sender address, a field storing a recipient address, a field storing a carbon copy recipient address, and a field storing a transmission time,
Information related to the field includes information for designating a sender, information for designating a recipient, information for designating a recipient of a carbon copy, and information for designating a transmission time. at least one electronic device according to claim 4 or 5. The character string data is created by software realizing the function of a word processor,
The software has a function of leaving a change history when the character string data is changed,
The condition includes information related to the change history,
4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processor extracts the first location and the second location using information related to the change history. 5. Information relating to the change history is at least one of information for designating the change of the information and the character string data for designating the time for changing the character string data, in claim 7 The electronic device described. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the change of the character string data is at least one of a character addition, a character deletion, and an edit excluding the addition and the deletion. A display control method in an electronic device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image,
The electronic device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a display for displaying the three-dimensional image.
The memory includes character string data composed of a plurality of characters , image data for three-dimensionally displaying the character string data , a first depth that is a depth of the three-dimensional display, and the first depth. Stores depth data representing different second depths and condition data representing conditions relating to the change of the character string data ,
The condition data includes at least first data representing a first condition and second data representing a second condition different from the first condition,
The display control method includes:
Extracting a first location that matches the first condition from the character string data using the first data;
Extracting a second location that matches the second condition from the character string data using the second data; and
When displaying the character string data on the display, using the image data, the first location is displayed three-dimensionally at the first depth on the display, and the second location is displayed on the display. A display control method comprising: three-dimensional display at a depth of 2. A program for controlling an electronic device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image,
The electronic device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a display for displaying the three-dimensional image.
The memory includes character string data composed of a plurality of characters , image data for three-dimensionally displaying the character string data , a first depth that is a depth of the three-dimensional display, and the first depth. Stores depth data representing different second depths and condition data representing conditions relating to the change of the character string data ,
The condition data includes at least first data representing a first condition and second data representing a second condition different from the first condition,
The program is
Extracting a first location that matches the first condition from the character string data using the first data;
Extracting a second location that matches the second condition from the character string data using the second data; and
When displaying the character string data on the display, using the image data, the first location is displayed three-dimensionally at the first depth on the display, and the second location is displayed on the display. A program for causing the processor to execute a three-dimensional display at a depth of 2.

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