JPH05300509A - Conference situation display processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To show the conference situation to a user in an easy-understand way by attaining the graphic display of the conference situation on the basis of the conference component elements or the relations among these elements. CONSTITUTION:A conference situation data collecting part 41 is provided together with a conference data storing part 42, a graphic rule storing part 43, a plotting part 44, and a display part 45. The part 41 collects the conference situation data on the conference attendants, the equipments, the materials, etc., and the part 42 stores these collected data. The part 44 turns a part or the whole of the conference situation data stored in the part 42 into the graphics based on the graphic rule stored in the part 43 and produces a conference situation display chart. The part 45 displays the conference situation display chart. In such a constitution, the conference situation can be shown in the graphics on the basis of the conference component elements and the relations among these elements. Therefore the conference situation can be shown in a single chart.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a meeting situation display processing method for displaying a meeting situation grasp / meeting support function operation, etc. for supporting a meeting and providing a good human interface which is easy to understand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A device that has many elements such as people, devices, and materials, and is involved in a complicated relationship between them is indispensable to display means for presenting those elements and relationships in a user-friendly manner. is there. As such means, there is a method of Reference Document 1 in the related art.

A conventional conference status display processing method will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Reference 1: M.Co
hen and N. Koizumi, Audio Windows for Binaural Tele
communication, Communication Technique Vol.91 No.241 HC91-23 / SP91-
51 / CS91-79) FIG. 6 is a screen display diagram of a conventional method of displaying and displaying a meeting situation graphically. Reference numeral 11 in the figure is a display screen, 1
2 is a virtual conference hall, 121 is a main conference room of the virtual conference hall, 12
2 is a sub-meeting room of the virtual conference hall, A to E on the virtual conference hall 12.
Indicates a conference participant.

The display of FIG. 6 represents the following situations. A for the meeting
・ Five of B, C, D, and E participated, and A of them
・ Two of B are holding a sub-meeting in the sub-meeting room. In this situation, the transfer of information between the main meeting and the sub-meeting can be freely regulated. As described above, in the conventional method for processing the graphical representation of the conference situation, the metaphor of the conference room is brought into the screen display to realize a screen display that is easy to understand at a glance.

[0005]

However, in this conventional method, the metaphor of the conference room is centered, that is, a virtual conference room is first assumed and the conference participants are assigned to it. Therefore, the following inconvenience occurs.

In the situation of FIG. 6, when two persons A and B who are holding a sub-conference try to add a third party who is not a conference participant to the conversation, the screen display becomes as shown in FIG. .. In FIG. 7, 21 is a display screen, 22 is a virtual conference hall 1, 221 is a main conference room of the virtual conference hall 1, 222 is a sub-meeting room of the virtual conference hall 1, 23 is a virtual conference hall 2, and the virtual conference hall 22. , 23, A to F indicate participants of each conference.

Since F, who does not participate in the conference held in the virtual conference hall 1, is not allowed to receive information such as C's remark, which is used only in the virtual conference hall 1, the virtual conference hall 2
Has to be introduced into the screen display, and as a result, the two persons A and B are double displayed on the screen. For this reason, the display does not match the natural feeling of humans and is difficult to understand.

Further, in the situation of FIG. 6, if B having a sub-conference with A has a sub-conference with C at the same time, the screen display will be as shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, 31 is a display screen, 32 is a virtual conference hall, 321 is a main conference room of the virtual conference hall, 322 is a sub conference room 1 of the virtual conference hall, 323 is a sub conference room 2 of the virtual conference hall, a virtual conference hall. 32
AE above shows conference participants. Since the conference participant B is displayed twice on the screen, the display is difficult to understand.

Further, the conventional meeting status display processing method is limited to the technology of showing the participation status of the meeting participants by using the meeting room metaphor, and the sharing status of materials and devices by each participant can be used by the user. There was no way to illustrate it in a clear way.

As described above, the conventional display method using the conference room metaphor has been insufficient as a method for displaying a highly intricate conference situation such as a communication conference. An object of the present invention is to provide a good human interface that is easy for a user to understand by displaying a conference situation including a large number of elements such as persons, devices, and materials and their complicated relationships.

[0011]

According to the present invention, it is possible to display a graphic representation of a conference situation centered on the conference components and their relations, which are not supported by the conventional conference situation display processing method. Characterize.

[0012]

As a result, when the statuses of a plurality of conferences are shown, the elements that had to be displayed in duplicate in the prior art, that is, the elements that are simultaneously included in a plurality of conferences, are displayed without duplication. It is possible to display the conference status in one figure.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 41 is a conference status data collection unit, 42 is a conference status data storage unit, 43 is a graphics rule storage unit, 44 is a drawing unit, and 4 is a drawing unit.
Reference numeral 5 is a display unit.

To operate this, the conference status data collection unit 41 collects the conference status data of the conference participants, devices, materials, etc., and stores the data in the conference status data storage unit 42. The drawing unit 44 makes a part or all of the meeting situation data accumulated in the meeting situation data accumulating unit 42 into a figure according to the drawing rule accumulated in the drawing rule accumulating unit 43 and draws it on the meeting situation display diagram. The display unit 45 displays the conference status display chart created by the conference status data storage unit 42.

FIG. 2 is an example of a screen display diagram of the present invention.
Reference numeral 51 in the drawing denotes a display screen, 52 denotes a conference 1, 53 denotes a conference 2, and A to F denote conference constituent elements such as conference participants.
In this example, the meeting situation is shown with a focus on the meeting constituents such as meeting participants. At that time, the two meetings are not represented by individual meeting room metaphors but include meeting participants. It is expressed as a meeting space. Then, by overlapping these spaces, it becomes possible to uniquely display the conference participants who are simultaneously participating in a plurality of conferences.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen display diagram of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 61 is a display screen, 62 and 63 are symbols respectively representing the conference 1 and the conference 2, A to F are conference constituent elements such as conference participants, and 621 to 625, 631 to 633 are each conference and participants. It is a line drawing showing the mutual relationship with the conference components such as spaces.

In this example, the individual conferences are not represented by a conference room metaphor but are represented by symbols on the screen. Then, by connecting those symbols and display elements such as conference participants with various line figures representing mutual relationships, conference participants who are simultaneously participating in multiple conferences are displayed uniquely, It is possible to display not only the participation relationship to the conference but also various information such as the holding of the chairman's authority to the conference and the presence / absence of the speaking right.

FIG. 4 is an example of a screen display diagram of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 71 is a display screen, 72 is conference 1, 73 is conference 2, 74 is a symbol representing a specific material, A to F are conference constituent elements such as conference participants, and 741 to 745 are material 7.
4 is a line figure showing the mutual relationship between the conference components such as 4 and participants.

In this example, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are combined to display a conference as a conference space including conference participants, and at the same time, a specific conference component such as a conference material and a conference participant are displayed. It is the example which illustrated mutual relation with other meeting components. In this example, five people A to E are in the conference 1,
A situation in which three people A, B, and F participate in the conference 2 and five people A, B, C, D, and F have access to the material 74 used in the two conferences. Shows.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the table used in the present invention and the processing mode. Reference numeral 1 in the drawing represents a conference constituent element table, 2 is a relation table, 3 is an inclusion relation determination mechanism, 4
Represents a conference component generation mechanism, and 5 represents a related symbol generation mechanism.

In the conference component table 1, there are, for example, C1 and C2 as information regarding "conference", there are, for example, P1 and P2 as information regarding "material", and so on. It is shown that M1 is present and A, B, C, D are present for "person".

At the present time, (i) the conference C1 is being held and the conference C2 is suspended, (ii) the material P1 is being edited (being created at the conference), and the material P2 is a reference at the conference. (Iii) the printer M1 can be used in a conference, and (iv) persons A, B,
D indicates that the person is participating in the conference and that person C has left.

In relation table 2, (a) Conference C
1 includes the conference C2 (the conference C2 is a small conference in the conference C1), the conference C1 includes the material P1 (the material P1 is used in the conference C1), and (b) the conference C
2 is a sub-meeting of the conference C1, and (c) the material P1 is the conference C
(D) Material P2 is used for Conference C2.
(E) Printer M1 is used for conference C
1 is used in the conference C1.
You can only listen (cannot speak) at Conference C
2, can read / write the material P1, (g) person B can speak in the meeting C1, does not participate in the meeting C2, can read the material P1, (h) ) Person C has left the conference C1 now, but can read and write the material P1, (i)
The person D can only listen to the conference C1 and the conference C2, and cannot read or write the material P1.

This means that In the present invention, the tables 1 and 2 as described above are prepared. Then, the inclusion relation determination mechanism 3 checks both tables to obtain the relation between the respective elements. That is, for example, the material P1, the printer M1,
It is determined that the person A, the person B, the person C (a display indicating that the person C is leaving) is included in the conference C1. The inclusion relation determination mechanism 3 displays the frame of the conference C1 so as to display those elements on the display.

The conference constituent element generating mechanism 4 generates, for example, a figure representing the material P1 or the person A, and causes the figure to be displayed at the "display position" on the display. The related symbol generation mechanism 5 generates a solid arrow or a dotted arrow as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and displays it on the display.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since it is possible to graphically display the meeting situation centering on the meeting components and their relationships, in a teleconference system that can execute multiple meetings at the same time, from the components such as people, devices, materials, etc. and their relationships, etc. There is an advantage that the complicated complicated conference situation can be presented to the user in an easy-to-understand manner without being limited to the conventional framework of the conference and its participants.

As an application of the present invention, a GUI (Graphical User) combined with a pointing device such as a mouse is used.
Interface), since the display elements that represent the constituent elements of the conference are uniquely determined, there is an advantage that the interpretation of the operation for the display elements on the screen can be uniquely determined. Further, the conference constituents such as the conference participants indicated by A, B, and C and the materials indicated by P1 are devised according to the function of the device such as the iconic person image and the GUI window such as the person image window. However, there is also an advantage that it is possible to easily realize a display that is easier for humans to understand.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen display diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen display diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen display diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration of a table used in the present invention and a processing mode.

FIG. 6 is a conventional screen display diagram.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a problem in the conventional case.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a problem in the conventional case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41 Meeting Status Data Collection Section 42 Meeting Status Data Storage Section 43 Graphic Rule Storage Section 44 Drawing Section 45 Display Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a conference system capable of executing a conference while transmitting / receiving video / audio / materials in real time by connecting multipoints, including conference participants, device types / meeting components of materials and their relations and states It has a function to collect the meeting status data periodically, a function to store the data, and a visualization rule that illustrates the meeting status based on the data, and the meeting can be displayed without overlapping display of participants. A meeting situation display processing method characterized by showing a situation.