JPH09330206A - Media selecting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of media images to be displayed on a display part, and to select any desired media through simple operation. SOLUTION: Holder images HD1 -HD3 more than one are displayed together with a lot of media images IM1 -IM5 on a main screen MIG and is operated for displaying the media image IM1 , for example, on a holder screen corresponding to the 1st holder image HD1 . With this operating, the media image IM1 is erased from the main screen MIG, and the media ID of the media image is stored corresponding to the 1st holder. Thereafter, the other media images are made correspondent to the 1st-3rd holders as needed and erased from the main screen. When the desired media image is not displayed on the main screen MIG, the holder screen HIG is displayed by touching the holder images HD1 -HD3 and the desired media is selected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a media selection method, and more particularly to a media in a system for displaying a media image on a display screen and designating a predetermined media image to output the media according to the media image. Regarding the selection method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a system that displays a large number of media images on a display screen, selects a desired media image, and outputs media according to the selected media image. For example, a media, a CD player with a changer, a TV tuner, a radio tuner, etc., which is a selection target for listening or watching, such as a CD, TV broadcast, or radio broadcast, which converts the above media into a visual / audio signal An audio device whose input device is
In a visual system, a plurality of media images are displayed on a display screen, a desired media image is selected, and the media is converted into a visual / audio signal and output. In such a system, a media image is moved from an initial display position to an arbitrary position by an operator operation, and the media image is grouped according to the type,
In addition, the media images can be freely overlaid and displayed depending on the frequency of use.

FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view of the moving and superposing display method. In the figure, 51a to 53a are media images, 5
1b to 53b are layers (layers 1 to 3), and 54 is a display screen. The media images 51a to 53a displayed in an overlapping manner on the display screen 54 are managed as existing on independent layers, that is, layers 1 to 3, respectively. Each layer has a layer number, and the images on the display screen 54 are displayed on the front side of the display screen with priority given to those existing in the upper layer. In FIG. 7, the media image 53a of Layer 3, which is the highest layer, is displayed on the front side of the display screen, and then the media image 52a and the media image 51a are displayed in order of priority. Therefore, in the overlapping portion on the display screen, the one having the highest priority (in the highest layer) is preferentially displayed. That is, for each picture element that constitutes each media image, it is checked whether or not it overlaps with the media image of the upper layer. If it does not overlap, it is “displayed”.
By doing so, the display area data is created.

The movement of each media image moves on the layer to which the image belongs. For example, the media image 52a moves on the layer 2 and is displayed on the display screen according to the above rule. If the moving media image and the overlapping media image on the display screen are completely different before and after the movement,
The existing layer of the moving media image changes to the uppermost layer, and the existing media image of the uppermost layer changes the existing layer to a layer one layer below, and thereafter, one layer higher than the layer where the moving media image existed. Similarly, the existing layer is changed for all the media images up to the media image existing in the layer. This allows the moving media image to be displayed in front of the display screen. Therefore, the media image can be moved from the initial display position to any position by operator operation,
Media images can be grouped according to the type, and can be freely overlapped and displayed depending on the frequency of use of the media images.

A media table is provided for each media image, and a media ID unique to the media image,
Layer number of the layer to which the media image belongs,
Media image data, display position data, display area data (data indicating a visible area and an invisible area), etc. are stored. Therefore, referring to the layer numbers stored in the media table, the layers are displayed in order of priority, and the layer to which the user belongs when moving is changed.

Each media image is input to the system control unit from an input device, displayed at an initial position on the display screen, and then moved and displayed at a predetermined position by a user operation. That is, when a new outputable medium is generated, the input device notifies the system control unit of that fact and sends a media image. The system control unit creates a media table (corresponding table of media ID, media image, display position, display area, etc.),
The media image is displayed on the foreground of the initial position of the display screen which is predetermined corresponding to the input device. Thereafter, the user moves and displays the media image at a predetermined position by operating the touch panel, the mouse or the like.

For example, in an in-vehicle audio-visual system, if the reception electric field strength of a TV broadcast channel becomes equal to or higher than a set value and the TV channel broadcast (media) can be received, the TV tuner is controlled by the system control unit. Send a media image while notifying to that effect. The system control unit creates a media table and displays the media image on the foreground of the initial position of the display screen that is predetermined corresponding to the TV tuner, and thereafter, the media is displayed for easy operation by the user. The image is moved to a position where a media image of the same type is displayed and grouped, and the image is superimposed and displayed at the position on another media image of the same group. The same type is, for example, a classical music group, a pop music group, a news program group, a sports program group, a traffic information group, and so on.

[0008]

By the way, on the display screen, media images corresponding to all media that can be output from each input device are displayed, and further, they are grouped and displayed according to the contents of the media. For this reason, when the display unit cannot have a sufficiently large area, such as when the system is mounted on a vehicle, a plurality of media images are displayed in an overlapping manner in the plane direction or the vertical direction. Only the media image displayed on the foreground can be recognized by the user on the display unit at one time, and the media located below the displayed media image cannot be recognized by the user. Therefore, in order for the user to see the media that cannot be seen in an overlapping manner, it is necessary to move the media that are sequentially displayed and display the media in the lower layer. Such an operation is complicated, and in the case of an in-vehicle system, there are serious problems in safe driving.

Further, in the above operation method, when media are classified by using the display order (layer) of the media, the classification is broken, and the user has to perform the classification again. From the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a media selection method that can reduce the number of media images displayed on the display unit and can select a desired media by a simple operation. Another object of the present invention is to provide a media selection method in which the user does not need to perform classification again when media is classified using the display order (layer) of the media.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a main screen and a holder screen as media selection screens, a means for displaying a holder image together with a media image on the main screen, a predetermined media image and a holder image. Means for performing an operation for displaying the media image on the holder screen corresponding to the holder image, when the operation is performed, the media image is deleted from the main screen, and the media ID corresponding to the media image is displayed. Storing means corresponding to a holder ID corresponding to a holder image, a means for displaying a holder screen having a media image corresponding to the stored media ID according to a holder screen display request of a predetermined holder, and a holder screen, Achieved by means of selecting media by pointing to a given media image .

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(A) Outline of the present invention Fig. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the present invention, in which MIG is a main screen and HIG is a holder screen of a first holder. In the main screen MIG, IM ₁ to IM ₅ are media images corresponding to the media, and HD _{1 to} HD ₃ are first to third holder images. In the first holder screen HIG, I
M ₁ and IM ₂ are media images, and MN is a main image.
Although not shown on the screen, a transparent touch panel is provided.

The main screen MI is used as a media selection screen.
G and a holder screen (first to third holder screens) HIG are prepared. The system displays a plurality of holder images HD _{1 to} HD ₃ together with a large number of media images IM _{1 to} IM _{5 on} the main screen MIG (FIG. 1A). On the main screen MIG, touch the media image IM ₁ twice,
Then, the first holder image HD ₁ is touched twice. By this operation, the system erases the media image IM ₁ from the main screen MIG and stores the media ID of the media image in the memory corresponding to the first holder.
Similarly, the media image IM ₂ is erased from the main screen MIG, and the media ID of the media image is stored corresponding to the first holder (FIG. 1 (b)). After that, other media images are made to correspond to the first to third holders and deleted from the main screen if necessary. In this case, classical music groups, pop music groups, news program groups,
When the media of the same group, such as a sports program group, are associated with the same holder, the operation performance of media selection is improved. In the state in which the operation of associating and erasing the medium and the holder as described above is completed, the main screen M
The number of media images displayed on the IG (FIG. 1 (b)) is reduced, and the desired media image can be easily touched to output the media.

On the other hand, the desired media image is displayed on the main screen M.
When it is not displayed on the IG, a predetermined holder image is touched. For example, when the first holder image HD ₁ is touched to request the display of the first holder screen HIG,
The system displays a holder screen HIG having media images IM ₁ , IM _2, ... According to the stored media ID. At this time, the main image MN is also displayed in place.
On the first holder screen HIG, the media images IM ₁ , I
Since M ₂ ... Are displayed so as not to overlap, it is possible to easily designate a desired media image and select the media. For example, if you touch the media image IM ₁ ,
The media corresponding to the media image is selected, and the system controls to output the media.

Hold the media image IM ₁ on the holder screen HIG
To return to the display on the main screen MIG from the display on the media image IM on the holder screen HIG.
Touch ₁ twice, then touch the main image MN twice. By such an operation, the system causes the media image I
M ₁ is deleted from the holder screen HIG, and the memory of the correspondence between the media ID and the first holder is deleted.
In addition, in order to return from the holder screen HIG to the main screen MIG, the media images IM ₁ , IM ₂ ,
It is sufficient to touch the area where the main image MN is not displayed. As described above, by providing one or more holder screens, the media image can be displayed on each screen (main screen, first screen).
~ 3rd holder screen) can be distributed and displayed, so media images can be displayed without overlapping on each screen,
It is possible to easily specify a desired media image and select an output medium.

(B) Overall Configuration FIG. 2 is an overall system configuration diagram of the present invention. 11 ₁ ~
11 ₃ TV tuner, a radio tuner, an input device such as a changer with CD player, the device main body ₁₁ 11-11 ₃₁ respectively and media correspondence table 11
_{12 to} 11 ₃₂ are provided. Media correspondence table 11 ₁₂
The correspondence between each outputable TV broadcast channel (media) and the media ID is stored in the media correspondence table 1
The 1 ₂₂ is stored corresponding with the media ID each available output radio broadcast channel (media), the media corresponding table 11 ₃₂ corresponding media ID and printable CD (media) is stored.

Reference numeral 12 is a system control unit incorporating an image processor, 13 is a media table, 14 is an input device table, 15 is a holder table, 16 is a display unit, 17 is a touch panel, an input unit such as a mouse, and 18 is an input / output unit. It is a switching unit. The main screen MIG and the holder screen HIG shown in FIG. 1 are appropriately displayed on the display unit 16. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the main screen MIG is displayed. In this main screen, IM _{1 to} IM
₁₀ is a media image, DV _{1 to} DV ₃ are input device images,
HD _{1 to} HD ₃ are first to third holder images. IM ₁
Among the ~IM _{1 0,} for example, IM ₁ ~IM ₃ the media is classical music media image, IM ₄ ~IM ₅ is the media is pop music media image of (CD, radio broadcasting, including TV broadcasting), IM ₆ ˜IM ₇ are media images of news programs, IM ₈ ˜IM ₉ are media images of sports programs, IM ₁₀ are media images of traffic information ...

DV ₁ is a device image using a CD player with changer as an input device, and is "CD" in the figure.
Although it is indicated by the character, the image corresponding to the CD player is actually displayed. DV ₂ is a device image using the TV tuner as an input device, and is shown by the character “TV” in the figure, but an image corresponding to the TV tuner is actually displayed. DV ₃ is a device image with a radio tuner as an input device. In the figure, "RADIO"
Although it is indicated by the letters, an image corresponding to the TV tuner is actually displayed.

In the media table 13, as shown in FIG. 3, layer information, media image data, display position data on the main screen MIG, display area data on the main screen MIG, input device are associated with the media ID for each media. ID information is registered.
When an operation for displaying the media image on the holder screen HIG is performed, in addition to the above data, the holder ID, the display position data on the holder screen HIG,
The display area data on the holder screen HIG is registered. The layer information is the number of the layer to which the media image belongs, the display position data is the data indicating the display position on the display screen, and the display region data is a "visible region" and a "invisible region" of the media image due to superposition.
And the input device ID for identifying the input device for converting the media into an audio signal or a visual signal.

In the input device table 14, as shown in FIG. 4, display position data, display area data, and display image data are registered in advance corresponding to each input device ID. The input device table 14 is displayed on the display unit 16.
Is for displaying the image of each input device.
Each item of the input device table 14 is set by the system control unit 12 when an input device is newly connected to the system.
Adds and fills in the device ID as the identifier of the input device, and thereafter adds the device ID to the transmission / reception information to communicate with the input device. The display position and the display area data may be determined by the system control unit 12 and registered in the table, or the input device may notify the system control unit 12 and register them. System control unit 12
Displays the image of each input device on the display unit 16 (the lower part of the screen in FIG. 2) with reference to the input device management table 14. Each holder image H on the holder table 15
Corresponding to D _{1 to} HD ₃ , according to the holder ID, the display position on the main screen, the display area on the main screen, the display image (holder image data), and the media image displayed on the holder screen, as shown in FIG. The media ID is registered.

(C) Overall Operation FIG. 6 is a processing flow of media selection control of the present invention.
The media selection control of the present invention will be described below according to this processing flow. The creation of the media table 13, the input device table 14, and the holder table 15 for each media, each input device, and holder has been completed, and the media correspondence tables 11 _{12 to} 11 _{32 of the} respective input devices 11 _{1 to} 11 ₃ have been completed. It is assumed that the creation of is completed.

In the state where the main screen MIG (see FIG. 1A) is displayed on the display unit 16 (step 10
1) It is checked whether a media image has been selected (step 102). When the media image is selected, the system control unit 12 refers to the media table 13 to obtain the media ID and the input device ID corresponding to the selected media image, and notifies the device having the input device ID of the media ID. . As a result, the input device is activated, and the media indicated by the media ID is converted into an audio / visual signal and output (step 103). On the other hand, if the medium is not selected in step 102, it is checked whether an operation for displaying the media image on the holder screen instead of the main screen (media / holder association operation) has been performed (step 10
4) If not, the process returns to step 101 to perform the subsequent processing. Incidentally, in the media / holder association operation, a predetermined media image (for example, media IM ₁ ) is touched twice on the main screen MIG, and then,
A predetermined holder image (for example, the first holder image HD
It is done by touching ₁ ) twice.

On the other hand, when a media / holder association operation (instructing the media image IM ₁ and holder image HD ₁ ) is performed, the system control unit 12 sets the media image (media image IM ₁ ) instructed by the association operation. Delete from the main screen MIG. Next, the system control unit 12
Registers the media ID of the media image IM _{1 in} the holder table 14 (see FIG. 5). That is, the media image IM _{1 is associated with} the holder ID of the first holder.
Register the media ID of. Also, the system control unit 12
Is the media table 13 of the media image IM ₁ (see FIG. 3), it registers the display position / display area of the media image IM ₁ in the holder ID and the holder screen of the first holder. The display position and the display area of the media image on the holder screen are fixedly set in advance in the system according to the order of association.・ ・ ・ Step 10 above
5

Thereafter, the system control unit 12 checks whether there is a display change request operation from the main screen to the holder screen (step 106), and if there is no display change request, repeats the processing from step 101 onward. However, when the display of a predetermined holder screen is requested, for example, when the first holder image HD ₁ is touched, the system control unit 12
Creates a holder screen HIG (see FIG. 1C) by referring to the holder table 15 and the media table 13 and displays it on the display unit 16 (step 107). That is,
The system control unit 12 reads the media ID stored in the holder table 15 of the first holder, searches the media table 13 for a media corresponding to the media ID, and displays the display position / display area and the display position / display area recorded in the media table. Holder screen HI using image data
G is created and displayed on the display unit 16. Holder screen HI
The media image displayed in G can be moved by an operation such as dragging. When such a moving operation is performed, the system control unit 12 displays the display position / display area data in the holder screen in the media table 13 of the media image. change.

With the holder screen HIG displayed on the display unit 16, it is checked whether a media image has been selected (step 108). When the media image is selected, the system control unit 12 refers to the media table 13 to obtain the media ID and the input device ID corresponding to the selected media image (media), and the media ID is assigned to the device having the input device ID. To notify.
The system control unit 12 also switches the display unit 16 and the input unit 17 to the input device. As a result, the input device is activated, and the media indicated by the media ID is converted into an audio / visual signal and output (step 10).
9).

On the other hand, when the medium is not selected in step 108, it is checked whether or not an operation (display screen change operation) for returning a predetermined media image from the holder screen display to the main screen display is performed (step). 110). Such an operation is performed, for example, by touching the media image IM ₁ twice on the holder screen HIG and then touching the main image MN twice. When this display change operation is performed, the system control unit 12 deletes the media image instructed to change the display screen from the holder screen HIG and deletes the media ID of the media image from the holder table 15 of the first holder. Further, the holder ID and the display position / display area data on the holder screen are deleted from the media table 13 of the media image (step 111). Thereby, when the display is switched to the main screen, the media image is displayed at the initial position.

After that, or when the display screen changing operation is not performed in step 110, it is checked whether the display switching operation from the holder screen to the main screen is performed (step 112). Holder screen H
To switch the display screen from the IG to the main screen MIG, in the holder screen, the media images IM ₁ , IM ₂ ,
This is done by touching the area where the main image MN is not displayed. If the display screen switching operation has not been performed, the processing from step 107 onward is performed, and if the switching operation has been performed, the media table 13 is referred to and the media image and display of the media in which the holder ID is not written are displayed. A main screen MIG is created using the position / display area data and displayed on the display unit 12 (step 1
01), and the subsequent processing is performed. Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the present invention can be variously modified according to the gist of the present invention described in the claims, and the present invention does not exclude these.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, by preparing the main screen and the holder screen as the media selection screen, displaying the holder image together with the media image on the main screen, and instructing the predetermined media image and the holder image, When there is an operation for displaying the media image on the holder screen corresponding to the holder image, the media image is erased from the main screen, and the media ID corresponding to the media image is changed to the holder ID corresponding to the holder image. Correspondingly stored, a holder screen having a media image corresponding to the stored media ID is displayed in response to a holder screen display request of a predetermined holder, and a predetermined media image is designated on the holder screen for output. Since the media is configured to be selected, the media image displayed on the display It can be reduced, and moreover, it is possible to select a desired media by a simple operation.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of holder images are displayed on the main screen, media is associated with a predetermined holder on the main screen, and the holder screen of the predetermined holder is associated with the holder. Since the displayed media images are displayed, the media images can be distributed and displayed on each screen. Therefore, the media images can be displayed on each screen without overlapping, and the desired media image can be easily specified. The output medium can be selected. Furthermore,
According to the present invention, the media image can be displayed on the holder screen while holding the display position / display area data on the main screen. Therefore, even when the media image is returned to and displayed on the main screen, it is displayed at the same place as before. Even when the media can be displayed and the media are classified using the display order (layer) of the media, the user does not need to perform the classification again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a media table.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an input device table.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a holder table.

FIG. 6 is a processing flow of media selection control of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a moving and overlapping display method.

[Explanation of symbols]

MIG · · main screen HIG · · holder screen of the first holder IM ₁ to IM ₅ · · media image HD ₁ ~HD ₃ ·· first to third holder image MN · · main image

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When an object to be viewed or an object to be listened to is defined as a medium, an image corresponding to an outputable medium is displayed at a predetermined position on a display screen,
In the media selection method of the system that outputs a media corresponding to the media image by designating a predetermined media image, a main screen and a holder screen are prepared as media selection screens, and the holder image is displayed together with the media image on the main screen. When there is an operation for displaying, indicating a predetermined media image and a holder image, and displaying the media image on the holder screen corresponding to the holder image, the media image is deleted from the main screen and the media image is displayed. The media ID corresponding to the holder image is stored in correspondence with the holder ID corresponding to the holder image, and the holder screen having the media image corresponding to the stored media ID is displayed in response to the holder screen display request of the predetermined holder. By specifying a predetermined media image on the screen Media selection method characterized by selecting forces media.