JPH0973483A - Presentation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an intention decision process smooth by automating the preparation of a print document of which determination items at presentation time are reflected. SOLUTION: The presentation device which effectively communicates a group of pieces of planned information by presenting a character text, an image, a sound, a moving picture, etc., in combination is provided with an information storage device 109 which is previously stored with all communication information that may be utilized for the presentation and also stored newly with determination information specified as a decision item at the time of the presentation, an information detection and control part 103 which totally controls information transmission between an input/output device group and the information storage part 109, and an output information processing part 108 which generates an output image based upon relative information and determination information in the information storage part 109 in response to an output indication from the information detection and control part 103 and outputs it to an output device in response to an output indication.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a presentation device, and more particularly to a presentation device for automatically creating a print document for confirmation in which decisions made at the time of presentation are reflected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, when a travel agency and a customer have a meeting about a specific travel itinerary, a printout for confirmation such as an estimate or a travel itinerary reflecting the decisions made at the meeting When issuing a manuscript, a travel agency generally created a new print manuscript corresponding to each customer and submitted it. As a specific means for creating a print manuscript at this time, for example, "Mac
The one described in "Intro to intosh Graphic Design" (p.99-p.114) is known.

[0003]

In the above prior art, when issuing a print document for confirmation, each customer must create a print document from the beginning, and it takes time to create a print document, which is inefficient. In addition, there is a problem in that the quality of the individual print documents created varies considerably.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by interlocking the presentation device used in the above-mentioned meeting with the creation of a print document for confirmation, the decision matters at the meeting are reflected. It is an object of the present invention to provide a presentation device capable of efficiently producing a printed printed document with a certain quality and facilitating a decision making process such as a meeting or a business negotiation as compared with the conventional case.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the presentation apparatus of the present invention provides a presentation in which character texts, images, voices, moving pictures, etc. are combined to present a group of information intended. In a presentation device that transmits information in advance, all related information that can be used for the presentation is stored in advance, and finalized information designated as a decision item at the time of the presentation is newly stored, and an input / output unit. An information detection / control unit for integrally controlling information transmission performed between a device group and the information storage unit;
An output information processing unit that creates an output image based on the related information and the confirmation information in the information storage unit according to an output instruction from the information detection / control unit, and outputs the output image to an output device designated by the output instruction. , Is provided.

[0006]

In the presentation device of the present invention,
With the above configuration, for example, when a travel company gives a presentation to a specific customer, if the confirmation information is designated and input corresponding to the decision item indicated by the customer, it is stored in the information storage unit in advance. Since it is possible to automatically create and print a quote, a travel itinerary, etc. that reflects the decisions specific to the customer, based on the related information that was previously stored and the newly stored confirmed information. It is possible to efficiently create a print manuscript reflecting a decision matter at the time of a meeting accompanied by a presentation with a constant quality, and make a decision making process such as a meeting or a business negotiation easier than ever before.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the presentation device of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the presentation apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is an input device, 102 is an input information control unit, 10
3 is an information detection / control unit, 104 is a display device, 105 is a display information control unit, 106 is a printer, 107 is an output device control unit, 108 is an output information processing unit, 109 is an information storage unit, and the information storage unit 109 Includes presentation data 109a including character text, images, audio, moving images, etc. presented at the time of presentation, and character text / images printed in a print manuscript for reporting and confirming the confirmed information after the presentation. The print data 109b included therein, the layout information 109c defining the arrangement coordinates on the print medium, and the confirmation information 109d designated as a decision item at the time of presentation are accumulated. Of these, the presentation data 109a, the printing data 109b, and the layout information 109c are stored in the information storage unit 109 before the presentation is started.

FIG. 2 shows the layout information 109c shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the confirmation information 109d in FIG. Next, FIG.
An outline of the presentation device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, the input device 101 is constituted by a pointing device such as a mouse or a touch panel, and issues a selection / determination instruction to the input information control unit 102 in accordance with a designation operation performed by a user. The information detection / control unit 103 follows the input instruction transmitted from the input information control unit 102 described above.
At the time of presentation, the presentation data 109a corresponding to the input instruction is taken out from the information storage unit 109 and passed to the display information control unit 105, or the confirmation information 109d corresponding to the input instruction is sent to the information storage unit 109.
To be stored in. After the presentation, the confirmation information 109d designated by the above input instruction
Also, the print data 109b is taken out from the information storage unit 109, and a print output instruction is given to the output information processing unit 108 so that the printer 106 prints an output image according to the layout information 109c. Here, in the layout information 109c, the arrangement coordinates of the individual character texts / images required for creating the print original are defined in advance before the presentation (FIG. 2). On the other hand, regarding the specific content of the confirmation information 109d, when a predetermined confirmation event corresponding to the decision making at the time of presentation occurs, the specific content is determined and stored in the information storage unit 109. (Fig. 3).

The output information processing unit 108 refers to the content of the information storage unit 109 after the presentation according to the output command from the information detection / control unit 103, and confirms the confirmation information 109.
An output image to be a print manuscript is created by arranging a character text / image based on the layout information 109c from a part of the print data 109b specified by d. When the output command is a display command, the output information is transmitted from the output information processing unit 108 to the display information control unit 105, and accordingly, the display information control unit 10 is responded.
Reference numeral 5 causes the display device 104 to display a print document. Also,
When the output command is a print command, the output information processing unit 108 transmits the output image to the output device control unit 107, and accordingly, the output device control unit 107.
Causes the printer 106 to print a print document.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the process in the presentation device of FIG. Further, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a presentation screen displayed by the presentation device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a print document printed by the presentation device of FIG. Next, FIG.
Various processing operations in the presentation apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, a box 301 indicates a selection target to be selected, an arrow 302 indicates a mouse cursor for designating one of the selection targets 301, and a symbol 303 indicates a mouse cursor 302. A confirmation button for confirming the selected selection target 301 as a processing operation target, a symbol 304 is a print button for designating a printing process, and symbols 401 and 402 in FIG. 6 are image data and image data, respectively. It is character text data.

In FIG. 4, when the process in the presentation device of FIG. 1 is started, a selection screen (FIG. 5) including some selection objects 301 is displayed on the display device 104 (step 201). Then, the user refers to this selection screen and designates one of the selection targets 301 with the mouse cursor 302, and then the confirm button 303.
(Step 202 = YES), the confirmation information as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the information storage unit 109 (step 203). When the print button 304 is instructed after accumulating the confirmation information described above (step 204 = YE)
In step S), the layout information 109c shown in FIG. 2 is read from the information storage unit 109 (step 205),
Further, the confirmation information 109d is read (step 206). After that, the corresponding data is read from the print data 109b in the information storage unit 109 based on the read content of the confirmation information 109d, and the print medium of each print data is printed according to the previously read layout information 109c. The arrangement coordinates on the upper side are set and a print document is created (step 207). For example, the symbol 401 in FIG. 6 is image data arranged based on the “image allocation coordinates” in the layout information 109c shown in FIG. 2, and the symbol 402 is arranged based on the “text allocation coordinates” in the layout information 109c. It is the character text data that has been created. The print original created as described above is printed out from the printer 106 (step 208).

According to the present embodiment as described above, for example,
When a travel company gives a presentation to a specific customer, if the confirmation information corresponding to the decision item indicated by the customer is designated and input, the layout information and the print data stored in the information storage unit in advance are stored. Based on the newly accumulated confirmation information, it is possible to automatically create and print an estimate sheet, travel itinerary, etc. that reflects the customer's peculiar decisions, so when making a meeting with a presentation It is possible to efficiently create a print manuscript in which the decision items are reflected with a certain quality and to make the decision making process such as a meeting or a business negotiation smoother than before.

The configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the specific presentation procedure and confirmation information can be changed as appropriate. Further, as specific contents of the layout information, information such as image enlargement / reduction ratio, character font, presence / absence of line feed processing, presence / absence of prohibition processing, and the like may be added.

[0016]

As described in detail above, according to the presentation apparatus of the present invention, a printed document reflecting the decision items at the time of a meeting involving a presentation is efficiently created with a constant quality, and a meeting, a business negotiation, etc. The effect that the decision making process of can be made smoother than before can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a presentation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the content of layout information in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the content of confirmation information in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining processing in the presentation device in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a presentation screen displayed by the presentation device of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a print document printed by the presentation device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Input Device 102 Input Information Control Unit 103 Information Detection / Control Unit 104 Display Device 105 Display Information Control Unit 106 Printer 107 Output Device Control Unit 108 Output Information Processing Unit 109 Information Storage Unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A presentation device for effectively presenting a group of information intended by performing a presentation that presents a combination of character text, images, audio, moving images, etc., in which any relevant information that can be used for the presentation is previously provided. The information storage unit, which stores the finalized information specified as a decision item at the time of the presentation, and the information transmission performed between the input / output device group and the information storage unit. An information detection / control unit and an output image based on the related information and the confirmation information in the information storage unit in response to an output instruction from the information detection / control unit, and output to an output device designated by the output instruction. A presentation characterized by comprising an output information processing unit for outputting. apparatus. 2. The contents of the related information stored in advance in the information storage unit include presentation data including character text, images, voices, and moving images presented at the time of presentation, a report of the confirmation information after the presentation, and Print data including character text and images printed in a print document for confirmation, and layout information that defines the final information and the arrangement coordinates of the print data on the print medium. The presentation device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation device is a display device. 3. The information detecting / controlling unit retrieves presentation data corresponding to the input instruction from the information accumulating unit and outputs it to a display device at the time of the presentation according to the input instruction from the input device. The confirmation information corresponding to the input instruction is stored in the information storage unit, and after the presentation, the confirmation information and the print data according to the input instruction are taken out from the information storage unit and printed by the printing device. The presentation device according to claim 2, wherein the presentation device is configured to integrally control information transmission.