JPH10288964A - Presentation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To write a character, a picture and the like not on the display surface of a display device but on the writing surface of an electronic blackboard in the case that supplementary explanations are desired to be given to content displayed on the display device at the time of presentation. SOLUTION: A presentation device is constituted by connecting the electronic blackboard 11 to a personal computer 13 to which the display device 10 is connected. Then, the computer 13 is connected to the personal computer of a different presentation device set at a distant place. In the case that the supplementary explanations are given to the content displayed on the display device 10 at the time of the presentation, the character or the picture is written on the writing surface 11a of the blackboard 11. Then, the written content is inputted to the computer 13 and displayed on the other display device set at the distant place by switching the screen of the display device by operating the computer 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plan meeting, a product description, a plan presentation, a research presentation, a conference presentation, etc. while viewing the same display in a conference room or the like at a remote place. The present invention relates to a presentation system used when giving a presentation, discussing, holding a study session, or giving a presentation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a presentation system of this kind, for example, as shown in FIG.
And a display device 2 are installed in a conference room or the like at a remote location, and the personal computers 1 are connected to each other via a public line. The display device 2 included in the presentation device includes a projector 3 and a display board 4 with a pressure-sensitive touch sensor. A pen tray 5 is provided along a lower edge of a display surface 4a of the display board 4.
A writing instrument 6 and a blackboard eraser 7 were provided on the pen tray 5.

When a presentation is made between remote rooms, for example, between conference rooms, one of the personal computers 1 is operated to transfer data stored in the personal computer 1 or external storage to the projector 3.
At the same time as the projection display on the display surface 4a, at the same time, it is also displayed on the display surface 4a of another display board 4 in a remote place via a public line,
While looking at the same projection contents, they explained the plan, explained the product, announced the plan, announced the research, held a meeting, discussed, and held a study session .

[0004] By the way, at the time of a presentation, when it is desired to supplement the explanation of the currently displayed projection content, characters or pictures are written on the display surface 4a with the writing implement 6, and the writing pressure is detected by the pressure-sensitive touch sensor. Then, the detected writing content is input to the personal computer 1. Then, the personal computer 1 is operated, and the written contents are projected together with the projected contents on the display surface 4a of the remote display board 4 via the public line.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional presentation system, characters and pictures are written on the display surface 4a on which the projection contents are displayed. When the written content is projected on another display surface 4a in a remote place, there is a problem that the projected content is obstructive and the screen is difficult to see.

Conventionally, the display surface 4a of the display board 4
Is formed on a relatively rough surface so that the light from the projector 3 is not reflected, so that when characters or pictures are written on such a display surface 4a, it is easy to cause unerased marks on the display surface 4a,
There is a problem that the display surface 4a is stained by the unerased portion and the display becomes difficult to see.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, for example, a plurality of personal computers 13 are connected to each other by a public line, and each of the personal computers 13 has a display device. 11 and the display device 1
In a presentation system in which a display is operated by operating the personal computer 13 at 0, the electronic blackboard 11 is connected to the personal computer 13.

When a presentation is made between remote locations, one of the personal computers 13 is operated to display data in the internal or external storage on the display device 10 and at the same time to another remote location via a public line. It is also displayed on the display device 10. At this time, for example, when the presenter wants to supplement the explanation about the display contents, the writing surface 11a of the electronic blackboard 11 is used.
Write letters, pictures, etc. Then, the written contents are read and put into the personal computer 13, and the personal computer 1 is read.
3 is operated to switch the screen of the display device 10, and the written contents are displayed on another display device 10 at a remote place via a public line.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, in the presentation system according to the first aspect, whether to perform recording based on the output of the personal computer 13 or the electronic blackboard 11 is determined. A switching means such as a changeover switch 20 for selecting the above, and a printer 16 for receiving and printing the output selected by the switching means.

Then, for example, during or after the presentation, the personal computer 13 or the electronic blackboard 11
When performing recording based on the output of, operating the switching means to select whether to perform recording based on which output,
The printer 16 receives the selected output and records.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, in the presentation system according to the first or second aspect, the display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 can be set so as to overlap each other. , Characterized in that.

Then, if necessary, the display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 are placed so as to overlap each other, and used or stored in the overlapped state.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one of a plurality of presentation devices provided in a presentation system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the presentation device.

This presentation device includes a display device 10 and an electronic blackboard 11 integrally connected beside the display device 10. The display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 are provided movably with a stand 12 with casters.
The stand 12 has legs a, b,
c, and a shelf d is provided between the legs b and c. Then, the presentation device has a personal computer 1 on a shelf d.
3 and a keyboard 16 and a printer 16 are placed side by side.

The display device 10 is a horizontally long rectangular plasma display having a thin box shape. A large number of minute plasma discharge tubes are vertically and horizontally arranged in a rectangular frame 18 to form a single panel. Is formed with a display surface 10a. Then, the display device 10 is connected to the personal computer main body 14, and the keyboard 15 is operated to project an image on the display surface 10a. Further, the personal computer 13 is connected to the printer 16 via a changeover switch 20 described later.

An elongated pen tray 21 is attached to the display device 10 on the front side along the lower edge of the rectangular frame 18. On the pen tray 21, a writing implement 22 and a blackboard eraser 23 are put and placed in a plurality of horizontally long recesses provided on the upper surface thereof.

On the other hand, the electronic blackboard 11 is formed in a horizontally elongated rectangular thin box shape having a large rectangular window 24 at the front thereof.
4 Along the lower edge, attach an elongated eraser receptacle 25,
On the right side of the eraser receptacle 25, there is provided an operation section 27 in which switches 26 are arranged on the left and right.

As schematically shown in FIG. 3, a driving roller 28 and a driven roller 29 are provided on the right and left sides of the electronic blackboard 11, and an endless writing sheet 31 is hung between the rollers 28 and 29. The sheet 31
Is backed by a back plate 36 to face the outside from the rectangular window 24, and the writing surface 11a is formed there. On the other hand, a reading device 30 is provided behind the writing sheet 31. The reading device 30 includes a vertically long fluorescent lamp 32 that irradiates the writing sheet 31 with light, a mirror 33 that reflects light reflected by the writing sheet 31, a lens 34 that collects the reflected light and forms an image, and controls the intensity of light. It is composed of a photoelectric conversion element 35 for converting into an electric signal.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the fluorescent board 32 of the reading device 30 is connected to a CPU 37 for controlling the entire driving of the electronic blackboard 11 via a driver 38, and the photoelectric conversion element 35 is connected to the CPU 37. It is connected to an image processing unit 39 that generates image data based on an electric signal. The image processing unit 39
It is connected to U37 and to a PC / printer interface 41 that outputs image data to the outside. Then, the interface 41 is connected to the personal computer 13, and the printer 1 is connected via the changeover switch 20.
Connect to 6. The changeover switch 20 is a changeover means for selecting whether to record the output of the personal computer 13 or the output of the electronic whiteboard 11, and is provided in, for example, an operation unit (not shown) of the display device 10.

Then, the presentation apparatus having the above-described configuration is installed in a remote location, for example, in a conference room.
The personal computers 13 are connected to each other via a public line to form a presentation system of the present invention.

Now, when giving a presentation between remote locations using this presentation system,
After turning on a power switch (not shown) of the display device 10, the personal computer 13 is operated, and the data in the internal device and the external memory are read.
The image is displayed on the display surface 10a by the display device 10. At the same time, the display surface 1 of another display device 10 at a remote place via a public line
Also appears on 0a.

By the way, at the time of this presentation, the electronic blackboard 11 is used to supplement the explanation of the display contents that are currently being displayed. At that time, the power of the electronic blackboard 11 is turned on by appropriately operating the switch 26 of the operation unit 27, and characters and pictures are written on the writing surface 11a using the writing implement 22. When a mistake is made in writing, the written contents are erased using the blackboard eraser 23.

Then, after writing, an appropriate switch 26 of the operation section 27 is operated to drive a drive motor (not shown), the drive roller 28 is rotated to feed the writing sheet 31, and the driven roller 29 is conveyed while being driven and rotated. I do. At the same time, the reading device 30 is operated, the fluorescent lamp 32 is turned on, the light is applied to the writing sheet 31, the light reflected by the writing sheet 31 is reflected by the mirror 33, and the reflected light is collected by the lens 34. Then, the contents are written into the photoelectric conversion element 35, the written contents are read, and the read contents are stored in the personal computer 13. Then, the user operates the personal computer 13 to switch the display screen of the display device 10, and writes the written contents on the display surface 1 of another remote display device 10 via the public line.
0a.

At the time of the presentation or after the end thereof, when recording the data stored inside or outside the personal computer 13 or the written content read by the electronic blackboard 11, the changeover switch 20 is operated to determine which one to record. Or choose. For example, when recording data of the personal computer 13, the personal computer 13 is further operated to
To print out the personal computer data on paper P.

On the other hand, when the user wants to record the written contents of the electronic blackboard 11, the user operates the changeover switch 20 and then
By appropriately operating the switch 26 of the operation unit 27, the writing content is conveyed as described above, and at the same time, the reading content is read by the reading device 30 and printed out on the paper P by the printer 16. In the present invention, when the electronic blackboard 11 is used alone, when recording the read handwritten contents, the troublesome operation of starting up the personal computer 13 is not required. As a result, even a person who is unfamiliar with the personal computer can use it. The written contents can be printed out with a simple operation.

The above-described presentation device can be configured so that the display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 can be placed on top of each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the electronic blackboard 11 is formed to be slightly longer than the display device 10, and the display device 10 and the blackboard device 11 are connected via the support shaft 40.
And concatenate. Then, for example, the display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 are made rotatable via a hinge mechanism not shown.

When the presentation device is stored in a relatively small conference room, for example,
The display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 are placed in an overlapping state. In the case where one of the display device 10 and the electronic blackboard 11 is used alone in such a small conference room or the like, the display device 10 or the electronic blackboard 11 may be installed in such a superimposed state.

In the above-described embodiment, the display device 10 is a plasma display. However, the display device 10 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display. Alternatively, the display device 10 may include a conventional projector 3 and a display board 4 as shown in FIG. It may be something.

In the above-described embodiment, the selector switch 20 is operated when selecting whether to perform recording based on the output of the personal computer 13 or the electronic blackboard 11. You can also make a selection.

[0030]

Therefore, according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, at the time of a presentation, for example, when it is desired to supplement the explanation of the content displayed on the display device, it is not necessary to use the display surface of the display device. Since characters, pictures, and the like are written on the writing surface of the electronic blackboard, it is possible to solve the problem that the display contents are obstructive and difficult to write as in the related art. Further, when the written content is displayed on another display board in a remote place, the problem that the displayed content is disturbed and the written content is difficult to see can be solved. Furthermore, since characters and pictures are written on the smooth writing surface of the electronic blackboard, the written contents can be easily and clearly erased without erasing the blackboard, and as a result, the display can be displayed by erasing as in the past. The problem that the display surface of the device becomes dirty and difficult to see can also be solved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
Since one printer can be shared by the personal computer and the electronic blackboard, the cost can be reduced by one printer.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
Since the display device and the electronic blackboard can be placed one on top of the other, it can be installed and used or stored even in a relatively small conference room.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one of presentation devices provided in a presentation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the presentation device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal mechanism of an electronic blackboard provided in the presentation device as viewed from above.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another example of the presentation device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating one of a plurality of presentation devices provided in a conventional presentation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 display device 11 electronic blackboard 13 personal computer 16 printer 20 changeover switch (switching means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] An electronic blackboard is connected to a personal computer in a presentation system in which a plurality of personal computers are connected to each other via a public line, a display device is connected to each personal computer, and the personal computer is operated by the display device to perform display. A presentation system. A switching unit for selecting whether to perform recording based on an output of the personal computer or the electronic blackboard; and a printer for performing recording by receiving the output selected by the switching unit. The presentation system according to claim 1. 3. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the display device and the electronic blackboard can be set so as to overlap each other.