JPH05342265A - Controller and presenting method for multi-media - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a multi-media controller and a method for presenting the media capable of quickly presenting the media relating to the media under presentation. CONSTITUTION:A controller 24 provided with a candidate media deciding means 32, a link information control means 31 and a media control means 33, a media storage device 21, a media specifying device 22 and a media presenting device 23 are provided. When one of keys attached to the media presented by the media presenting device 23 is specified by the media specifying device 22, the media which is a pair with the key is specified and presented at the media presenting device 23, the candidate media which may be selected next is estimated by referring to link information to be transferred to a presentation preparing state when it is in a stored state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to multimedia management for accumulating and presenting at least one kind or two or more kinds of media among various media including drawings, photographs, computer graphics, video images, texts, voices, and the like. The present invention relates to a device and a media presentation method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional multimedia management apparatus disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-222990. In the figure, 1 is a document information storage device for storing document information as a medium, 2 is a multimedia information control device for controlling input / output of information from various information media, and 3 is a request signal from a user. A keyboard 4 as an input device for inputting is also a mouse. Reference numeral 5 is a processing device (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that inputs and outputs an output signal of the multimedia information control device 2 based on a request signal from a user, and 6 is this CPU.
5 is a display device that presents the search contents output by the reference numeral 5.

Reference numeral 7 denotes these document information storage device 1, multimedia information control device 2, keyboard 3, mouse 4 and CP.
It is a hypertext system including U5 and a display device 6. By the function of the hypertext system 7, the documents stored in the document information storage device 1 are referred to simply as having the context of the document, having a hierarchical relationship in content, or directly referencing other in the document. They are connected by a non-linear search bus according to their respective correlations.

Reference numeral 8 is connected to the multimedia information control device 2 in the hypertext system 7 and stores the imaged and voiced information for each document stored in the document information storage device 1. A video / audio information storage device 9 is an output device such as a printer to which output information from the multimedia information control device 2 is output. Reference numeral 10 denotes an external information provider or an external information source (hereinafter simply referred to as an external information source) that provides information from the outside,
Reference numeral 11 is an access bus such as a telephone line or an optical fiber connecting the external information source 10 to the multimedia information control device 2.

Next, the operation will be described. In the multimedia management device configured as described above, the search user inputs a request signal from the keyboard 3 or the mouse 4 which is an input device, so that the retrieval document is associated with the electronic document stored in the hypertext system 7. Video
It becomes possible to directly access the voice information and, if necessary, the external provider or the external information source 10 through the access bus 11, and thereby the document information storage device 1
Also, information not stored in the video / audio information storage device 8 can be called and presented on the display device 6. Further, the content searched by the user is printed or output by voice by the output device 9 in response to a request.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a data display screen on the display device 6. In the figure, 12 is a document display area in which an actual sentence is displayed, and 13 and 14 are buttons set on the keywords in the document a or document b which are directly quoted in this sentence. .. Reference numeral 15 is a related document call button collected on the display screen of the display device 6,
6 is a voice button, 17 is a print button, 18
Is an image information display button, and 19 is an external information access button.

Now, for the document a or the document b which is directly quoted in the text displayed in the document display area 12 of the display screen of the display device 6, the button 13 or 14 set to the document a or the document b is input to the mouse 4 which is the input device. You can call it by clicking. Further, the document or reference source corresponding to the previous and next pages or the upper and lower layers of the displayed sentence can be called by clicking the related document call button 15 with the mouse 4. Further, the content shown in the document display area 12 can be uttered by voice by clicking the voice button 16, or can be output from the output device 9 to a printer by clicking the print button 17 as necessary. Then, by clicking the video information display button 18, the video related to the document can be displayed. When it is necessary to access the external information source 10 during the document search, the external information access button 19 is clicked. You can also access it.

As described above, in this multimedia management apparatus, by accumulating data in the form of electronic documents, it becomes possible to store enormous data such as plant management operation documents in a small space. It is possible to manage and store it by hand, and at the time of searching, simply click the buttons 13 to 19 shown by the microcomputer on the display screen of the display device 6 with the mouse 4 as shown in FIG. Since various types of information can be called up quickly and reliably, it becomes possible to search and operate stored documents more freely and easily, and it is possible to support prompt and effective response to the requirements of plant management operations. ..

[0009]

Since the conventional multimedia management apparatus is configured as described above, the media related to the media currently presented by the user can be selected by pressing the buttons 13, 14, 15, 16, When any one of 18 and 19 is to be presented by clicking with the mouse 4, the document information storage device 1 or the multimedia information control device 2 is first notified of which media to present by clicking with the mouse 4. Therefore, the document information storage device 1 or the multimedia information control device 2 cannot be prepared in advance so that the media to be presented next can be promptly presented, and the user pushes the button with the mouse 4. 1
There is a problem that it takes a lot of time until the media is presented after clicking any one of 3, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19, and the user is kept waiting during that time.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and provides a multimedia management apparatus and a method for presenting the media capable of promptly presenting the media related to the presented media. It is intended to be presented.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia management apparatus which stores a media storage apparatus for storing various media, a media designation apparatus for designating media to be presented, and a designated media. A media presenting device for presenting is provided, and when a new medium is presented, a candidate medium determining means for estimating a candidate medium that will be presented next by the user based on the link information, and managing the link information. The control device is provided with link information management means for performing the above, and media management means for causing the candidate media estimated by the candidate media determination means to transit to the presentation preparation state in advance.

In the media presenting method according to the present invention, a key is attached to each medium presented by the media presenting device, the media is presented together with the attached key to the media presenting device, and the key is presented. When one of the above is specified, the media paired with the key is specified and presented to the media presentation device, and the link information is referred to to estimate the candidate media that will be selected next. If the candidate medium is in the storage state, it transits to the presentation preparation state in advance.

In the media presenting method according to the third aspect of the present invention, the candidate media in the storage state are transited to the presenting preparation state in advance, and at that time, the medium with the designated key is left in the presenting state. To do.

Further, in the media presentation method according to the invention described in claim 4, the candidate media in the storage state is transited to the presentation preparation state in advance, and at that time, the media to which the designated key is attached is prepared from the presentation state. It is a transition to a state.

Further, in the media presenting method according to the present invention of claim 5, the candidate media in the storage state is transited to the presentation preparation state in advance, and at that time, the medium with the designated key is changed from the presentation state to the storage state. Is to be transitioned to.

[0016]

According to another aspect of the present invention, the control device controls the transition between the storage state, the presentation state and the presentation preparation state of the media, and when the new media is presented, the candidate media determination means is provided with: Estimate the candidate media that the user will present next by referring to the link information managed by the link information management means, and transition the estimated candidate media to the presentation preparation state in advance by the media management means. Thus, it is possible to realize a multimedia management apparatus capable of shortening the time that the user has to wait for the presentation of media by the time required to transition the storage medium to the presentation preparation state.

Further, in the media presenting method according to the second aspect of the present invention, when one of the keys attached to the medium in the presenting state is selected and designated, it is paired with the designated key. The media is specified and presented, and the link information is referenced to determine zero or more candidate media that will be selected next, and if the candidate media is in the storage state, transition to the presentation preparation state. By doing so, if the user specifies a new key to present the next media related to the newly presented media, the corresponding media is already in display ready state The media is presented only by transitioning to the state, and the user waits for the media to be presented for the time to transition from the storage state to the display preparation state. To realize the media presentation method can shorten the time that is.

Further, in the media presenting method according to the third aspect of the present invention, when presenting another medium related to the presenting media, the first presenting media is kept in the presenting state. This makes it possible to continuously present another medium related to the medium that was being presented first.

Further, in the media presenting method according to the invention of claim 4, when another media related to the presenting media is presented, the first presenting media is transited to the presentation preparation state. This speeds up the presentation when trying to present the medium that was being presented again.

Further, the media presenting method according to the invention of claim 5 is such that, when another media related to the presenting media is presented, the first presenting media is transited to the accumulation state. Even if a large number of media are processed, the number of media remaining in the display ready state can be small, so that the hardware resources can be effectively used and the resources are prevented from being exhausted.

[0021]

【Example】

Example 1. Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a media storage device such as a secondary storage device that stores at least one type of media including various media including drawings, photographs, computer graphics, video images, texts, voices, and the like. Reference numeral 22 is a media designating device for designating what is to be presented in the media, and 23 is a media presenting device such as a display device for presenting the media designated by the media designating device 22.

Reference numeral 24 is short in comparison with the state taken by the medium, that is, the storage state stored in the media storage device 21, the presentation state presented by the media presentation device 23, and the transition from the storage state to the presentation state. By controlling the transition between the presentation preparation states that can transit to the presentation state by time, when a new media is presented, the candidate media that the user will present next is estimated based on the link information of the media. , A control device that transitions the estimated candidate media to a presentation preparation state in advance. Reference numeral 25 is a storage device such as a main memory in which the medium that has transitioned to the presentation preparation state is stored.

Further, in the control device 24, 31 is a link information management means for managing the link information indicating the relationship between the media, and 32 is a new media presentation device 23.
It is a candidate medium determining unit that estimates a candidate medium to be designated next when the medium is presented on the basis of the link information managed by the link information managing unit 31. Reference numeral 33 manages the transition between the respective states of the media, and when the candidate media estimated by the candidate media determining means 32 is in the storage state, stores it in the storage device 25, and from the storage state to the presentation preparation state. It is a media management means that is transited to.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the reference relationship between the media defined by the link information managed by the link information management means 31. In the figure, 4
Reference numerals 1 to 47 are media such as various document information stored in the media storage device 21. 41a is media 4
It is a key attached to a word or the like in the sentence 1 and is paired with the media 42 related thereto. Reference numeral 41b is a key attached to the medium 41 and paired with the medium 43, and 41c is a key attached to the medium 41 and paired with the medium 44. 42a and 4
Reference numeral 2b is a key attached to the medium 42 and paired with the medium 45 or medium 46, and 44a is a key attached to the medium 44 and paired with the medium 47.

Further, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the transition of the states of the media managed by the media management means 33. In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a storage state in which media are stored in the media storage device 21, and it is possible to transit from a presentation state and a presentation preparation state described later. Reference numeral 52 denotes a presentation preparation state in which a medium is read from the media storage device 21 into the storage device 25 and is in a preparation stage for presentation, and transition can be made from the accumulation state 51 and a presentation state described later. Reference numeral 53 is a presentation state in which the media is presented to the media presentation device 23, and can transit only from the presentation preparation state 52.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of presentation to the media presentation device. In the figure, 23 is a media presenting device such as a display device, 22 is a mouse as an example of a media designating device, and 61 is a cursor indicating the coordinate position pointed by the mouse 22. Reference numeral 41 denotes the media presented on the media presentation device 23.
The keys a to 41c are the above-mentioned keys attached to the medium 41.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, the medium is normally accumulated in the medium accumulating device 21 and is in the accumulating state 51, but by reading this into the storage device 25 by the media managing means 33, the medium becomes the presentation preparation state 52. Further, by presenting the media on the storage device 25 by the media presentation device 23, the media becomes the presentation state 53. Also,
By releasing the memory area occupied by the medium in the storage device 25 and in the presentation preparation state 52, the medium becomes the storage state 51.

As shown in FIG. 4, the media presentation device 23
When the user clicks the key 41a of the medium 41 with the mouse 22 while the medium 41 is being presented by, the control device 24 is notified of the key 41a designated by clicking the mouse 22. The control device 24, based on the notified key 41a, the link information management means 31
Refer to the link information managed in
The media 42 paired with a is specified. The media management unit 33 checks the state of the specified medium 42, and if it is in the storage state 51 stored in the media storage device 21, reads the medium 42 into the storage device 25 and prepares for presentation 52. After that, the media presenting device 23 presents it to the user. on the other hand,
If the specified medium 42 is already in the storage device 25 and is in the presentation preparation state 52, the medium presenting device 23 presents the medium 42 immediately after transition to the presentation state.

At this time, the candidate media determination means 32 refers to the link information shown in FIG. 2 managed by the link information management means 31, and refers to the key 42 attached to the media 42.
The medium 45 paired with a and the medium 46 paired with the key 42b are determined as candidate media to be designated next. The media management unit 33 checks the states of the media 45 and 46 that have been determined as candidate media by the candidate media determination unit, and if there is a storage state 51, reads it from the media storage device 21 into the storage device 25. The storage state 51 is transited to the presentation preparation state 52.

Example 2. In the first embodiment, by clicking the key 41a attached to the medium 41 in the presentation state 53, the medium 42 paired with the key 41a is clicked.
Although the state transition of the medium 41 after the transition to the presentation state 53 is not specified, the medium management unit 33 may leave the medium 41 in the presentation state 53. By keeping the presentation state 53 in this way, the user can continue to present another medium 43 or a medium 44 related to the medium 41 that was being presented first.

Example 3. In the second embodiment, the case where the medium 41 that was initially presented is left in the presentation state 53 even after the medium 42 is transitioned to the presentation state 53 has been described. It is also possible to stop presenting 41 to the media presentation device 23 and transition from the presentation state 53 to the presentation preparation state 52. By doing so, the presentation can be performed at high speed when the user tries to present the medium 41 that was being presented again for the first time.

Example 4. In the second and third embodiments, after the medium 42 is transitioned to the presentation state 53, the first presented media 41 remains in the presentation state 53,
Alternatively, the case of transitioning to the presentation preparation state 52 has been described, but the presentation of the initially presented media 41 to the media presentation device 23 is stopped, and the memory area of the storage device 25 occupied by the media 41 is released. Then, the presentation state 53 may be changed to the accumulation state 51. By doing so, even if a large number of media are processed, the number of media remaining in the presentation preparation state 52 is reduced, and the hardware resources can be effectively utilized.

[0033]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the link information management means for managing the link information indicating the relationship between media, when a new media is presented, the next presentation is designated. A candidate medium determining means for estimating a candidate medium that will be performed based on link information, and a transition between the states of the medium are managed, and when the candidate medium is in the accumulated state, preparation for presentation from the accumulated state is made in advance. Since the control device has the media management means for transitioning to the state, when the user next tries to present the medium, only the time required to transition the media in the accumulated state to the presentation preparation state, There is an effect that a multimedia management device capable of shortening the waiting time until the presentation of media is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the media is presented by the media presenting device, the candidate media that will be presented next is determined based on the link information and presented in advance. Since it is configured to transition to the ready state, the next time the user tries to present the medium, the media is presented for the time to transition from the storage state to the display ready state. There is an effect that a media presentation method that can reduce time is obtained.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the user presents another medium related to the medium being presented, the medium initially presented is kept in the presented state. With this configuration, it becomes possible for the user to continuously present another medium related to the medium that was being presented first.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, when the user presents another medium related to the medium being presented, the medium initially presented is transited to the presentation preparation state. With this configuration, when the user tries to present the medium that was being presented again, it can be presented at high speed.

According to the invention described in claim 5, when the user presents another medium related to the medium being presented, the medium initially presented is transitioned to the accumulation state. Since it is configured as described above, even if a large number of media are processed, the number of media remaining in the display preparation state can be small, so that the resources of the hardware can be effectively used and the resources are not exhausted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a reference relationship between media defined by link information in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing transitions of media states in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of presentation to a media presentation device in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional multimedia management device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the media display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 media storage device 22 media designation device 23 media presentation device 24 control device 25 storage device 31 link information management means 32 candidate media determination means 33 media management means 41-47 media 41a-41c, 42a, 42b, 44a key 51 storage state 52 Presentation preparation state 53 Presentation state

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A media storage device for storing at least one kind of media including various media including drawings, photographs, computer graphics, video images, text, and audio, and designation of what to present in the media. A media designation device for performing, a media presentation device for presenting the designated media, a storage state of the media stored in the media storage device, a presentation state presented to the media presentation device, and the storage state Link information management means for controlling the transition between the respective states of the presentation preparation state capable of transiting to the presentation state in a short time compared to the transition to the presentation state, and managing the link information indicating the relationship between the media, When a media is newly presented to the media presentation device, the candidate media that will be designated next to the media is presented to the list. Control having candidate media determining means for estimating based on link information, and media managing means for transitioning the candidate media estimated by the candidate media determining means from the accumulation state to the presentation preparation state when the candidate medium is in the accumulation state A multimedia management device comprising a device and a storage device in which the media in the presentation preparation state is stored. 2. A storage state in a state of being stored in a media storage device, a presentation state in a state of being presented to a media presentation device, and a presentation state in a shorter time than transition from the storage state to the presentation state. In a media presentation method of presenting to the media presentation device by transiting each of the states, the media having a presentation preparation state that can be transited to is attached a key to each of the media presented by the media presentation device, It is presented to the media presentation device with the key attached to it, and when one of the keys is specified, the identification of the media associated with the key associated with the key is identified. And present the media to the media presentation device, refer to the link information of the media, and identify the identified media. A media presentation method, which estimates a candidate media that will be selected next by using a clue, and transitions the candidate media to a presentation preparation state when the candidate media is in the storage state. 3. The transition to the presentation preparation state of the candidate media in the storage state and the media with the designated key are left in the presentation state. The media presentation method described in 2. 4. The transition to the presentation preparation state of the candidate media in the storage state and the transition of the media with the designated key from the presentation state to the presentation preparation state. The media presentation method according to claim 2. 5. The transition from the presentation state to the presentation preparation state of the candidate media in the storage state and the transition of the media with the designated key from the presentation state to the storage state. The media presentation method according to claim 2.