JPH1115817A - Information display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically display a character having an appropriate size according to an age and to allow a user to adjust an appropriate size minutely in accordance to an age by varying a font size of character information to be inputted based on a different age font table. SOLUTION: A character string processing means 1-4 calculates a coordinate and a font, etc., which are actually shown on a screen from information about a character string that are analyzed by a receiving data analyzing means 1-3. An image processing means 1-5 performs processing corresponding to each data format from information about an image that is analyzed by the means 1-3 and expands it into bit map data. An image plotting means 1-11 performs data transfer on a VRAM and shows the image on a display 1-12 based on a result that is processed by the means 1-4 and 1-5. A different age character string descending means 1-9 selects a size and a font which are suitable for an age at the time of plotting a character string.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention has a communication function,
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus including means for processing received information and outputting the processed information on a screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an information processing apparatus provided with a communication function, it is possible to process received information and draw it on a screen. However, in recent years, with the development of computer technology, characters can be drawn in various sizes and typefaces, and image data can be simultaneously drawn.

With software such as a WWW browser capable of receiving various data from the Internet, information obtained through a network is processed by utilizing resources of a system on which the software operates.

[0004] For example, if the size and type of character to be drawn are specified, a font of an appropriate size is selected from the resources of the system, and the character is drawn on the screen.

[0005] However, various problems still remain. For example, since the display is always constant irrespective of the age of the user, it is difficult for a user, such as an elderly person, who is considered to have poor eyesight to read fine characters. In addition, for a user who has a sufficient visual acuity, it is effective to obtain a large amount of information in a small display area, so that a large font and a wide character spacing are not always appropriate.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-19022 discloses a method of enlarging display characters in order to make a received message easier for a user to read. In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 14957 describes a method of recognizing a character portion from a read original and performing enlargement / reduction.

[0007]

However, when such software is commonly used by users of various ages, there may be a problem that characters are difficult to read or characters cannot be read.

[0008] In some cases, the problem can be solved by changing the setting for each user who uses the system. However, it may be difficult to perform appropriate setting, and the present invention solves such a problem.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information display apparatus for processing character information transmitted by communication, processing the character information on a receiving side, and outputting the processed character information.
An age-specific font table that stores the minimum font size of characters to be displayed according to the age of the user,
The above object is attained by providing an age-specific character string processing means for changing a font size of input character information based on the age-specific font table.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the information display device for processing the character information sent by communication and outputting the character information on the receiving side, the reading and the word The age-specific ruby assignment dictionary that stores the classification information and the age condition in association with each other and the input character information by the age-specific ruby assignment dictionary and assigns ruby only to words that match the age condition. The above problem is solved by providing an application unit.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the information display device for processing the character information transmitted by communication and processing the character information on the receiving side and outputting the processed information, the display is performed according to the age of the user. Character spacing table for storing the character spacing and line spacing of characters to be associated with each other, and character spacing adjusting means for adjusting the character spacing of input character information based on the age-based character spacing table. Solves the above problem.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information display device for processing character information transmitted by communication and outputting the character information on a receiving side, wherein the character information is selected by a receiver age. The above object is achieved by including age-specific information selection means that includes information and selects an output method of received data based on the receiver age selection information in accordance with the age of the user.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1-1 is a communication device that performs bidirectional data communication with a partner through a communication line. 1-2 interprets a protocol with the other party through the communication device 1-1 (transmitting and receiving data in accordance with a predetermined data division, decompression, compression, error correction, etc.), This is a reception processing unit that takes out received data and temporarily stores it in the RAM.

Reference numeral 1-3 denotes received data analysis means for extracting the received data stored in the RAM, analyzing the structure thereof, identifying character information and image information, and allocating a process for each data. This means corresponds to, for example, means for analyzing an HTML language in a WWW browser. H
In TML, tags (identifiers enclosed by “<” and “>”) are identified, and the drawing position, size, style, and the like of a character string and an image are determined.

As a result of analyzing the structure by the received data analyzing means 1-3, the character string information is processed by the character string processing means 1-4, and the image information is processed by the image processing means 1-5. Actually, there are means for processing audio data and moving image data other than these data, but they are omitted in the description of the present invention.

The character string processing means 1-4 uses the information (character content, size, position, etc.) relating to the character string analyzed by the received data analysis means 1-3 to actually display it on the screen. Coordinates and fonts are required. The image processing means 1-5 performs processing (decompression of compression, color correction, etc.) according to each data format from information (for example, JPEG or GIF data) relating to the image analyzed by the reception data analysis means 1-3. Then, it is developed into bitmap data (data having color information for each pixel).

Character string processing means 1-4 and image processing means 1
The data is transferred to the VRAM by the image drawing means 1-11 based on the result processed in
-12. The image drawing means 1-11 is composed of a character string drawing means and a graphic drawing means. The former draws a character string to be drawn (specific character code), coordinates, fonts and other information into a bit map,
The data is transferred to the VRAM from the bitmap data and the coordinate data.

One of the processes of the character processing means 1-4 is:
The age-dependent character string descending means 1-9 will be described. In this means, when drawing a character string, a process of selecting a size and a typeface suitable for the age is performed.

For example, it converts the character size information analyzed by the received data analyzing means 1-3 into a character size to be displayed specifically. In the HTML language, when specifying the character size, <Hn> headline character string </ Hn> (n = 1, 2,...)
7) <FONT SIZE = n> Character string of specified size </ F
Ont> (n = 1, 2,..., 7), the size of the character string to be displayed may be specified by a numerical value from 1 to 7. Draw after conversion.

Here, a table is provided for associating the designated size with the character size to be actually drawn, and the size of the character to be actually drawn is determined from this table.

FIG. 2 shows the table, and there are a plurality of tables (two in this case) for each age. 2-2 is generated based on the table of 2-1 according to the conditions set by the user.

This condition can specify the minimum character size of characters to be displayed as 10-2 as shown in FIG.
Whether to enlarge the character can be selected with 10-3. FIG.
Is the minimum character size is 16 dots.
Table is converted accordingly.

In this conversion, the display size corresponding to the designated size (1 to 7) is shifted down by one stage. That is, 2-8 moves to 2-9, 2-7 moves to 2-8, and so on.
In the place after 3 has moved, the next largest size is entered after 2-3. If any of the sizes is smaller than the minimum size specified in 10-2, it is replaced with the size input in 10-2, so that FontTable2 is replaced.
(2-2) is generated.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process for obtaining a character size corresponding to each age. First, the age of the user is obtained (step 3-1), and whether the age is greater than 60 years is compared (step 3-2), and if it is, FontTable1 (2-1) in FIG. If not, select FontTable2 (2-2) (step 3-3 and step 3-4).

The age of the user can be acquired by registering the name and the age in the device in advance and entering the name when using the device (for example, when logging in to the device).

The numerical values of the designated sizes (1 to 7) are collated from the table selected according to the age, and the associated character size is obtained from the table of FIG. 2 (step 3-5). The returned size is returned (step 3-6).

Then, by passing the character string and the size to the screen drawing processing means 1-11, the character string having the obtained size is displayed on the screen. Here, only the selection of the size has been described as an example, but it is also possible to use the typeface according to the age by creating the size table including the typeface table.

Next, the age-specific ruby providing means 1-10, which is one of the processes of the character string processing means 1-4, will be described. Here, a process of adding ruby according to age to each word in the character string is performed. FIG. 4 is a flowchart specifically showing a process of adding ruby to each word in a character string as needed. FIG. 5 shows the contents of a dictionary for searching for ruby, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a selection panel for setting conditions relating to ruby addition inputted by the user.

In the ruby dictionary of FIG. 5, there is a character (5-1) to be searched, and each character has an attribute (reading, classification, age condition). Yomi (5-2) is a character string to be given as ruby, and classification (5-3) means that the search characters are classified into four alphabets, common kanji, non-common kanji, and difficult-to-read kanji , To which it belongs.

The condition setting in FIG. 6 will be described. In this, the user selects a setting according to his / her preference by using an input device such as a key or a pen mouse. In this input panel, roughly three conditions can be selected. One is to set ruby by classification (6-1), the other is to set automatic ruby by age (6-2), and the other is not to add ruby (6-3). It is.

First, in 6-1, the ruby assignment button is ON (6-4), the age-specific automatic assignment setting is selected to be OFF, and the classification to which the search word belongs in the category-specific ruby assignment setting (described above). (Similar to 5-3) is selected for which character is included in the character.

In 6-2, the setting of ruby addition and automatic assignment by age are ON. In this case, since the ruby according to the age is automatically given, the selection item of the setting by classification is displayed in a shaded area, and the user is prohibited from selecting.

In 6-3, the ruby setting is OFF. In this case, there is no need to set ruby,
The age-specific automatic setting and the classification-specific ruby setting are displayed without shade.

Next, the flow of processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 4, a process of adding and displaying ruby to each word as necessary is performed. First, in the condition setting of FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not the ruby addition setting 6-4 is ON (step 4-1). If it is not ON, only the search word is displayed without performing the ruby addition (step 4). -1
1) End.

If it is ON, a word is searched from the ruby dictionary of FIG. 5 (step 4-2), and it is checked whether or not the search word exists (step 4-3). If there is no search word, the search exits without adding ruby, and only the search word is displayed (step 4).
-11). If there is a search word, it is determined in FIG. 6 whether the age-specific automatic assignment setting is ON (step 4-).
5) If it is ON, the process proceeds to step 4-6, and if it is OFF, the process proceeds to step 4-7.

In step 4-6, the age condition 5-4 of the character searched in step 4-2 is obtained. It is determined whether or not this age condition applies to the age of the user (step 4-8). If so, the reading of 5-2 is displayed as ruby (step 4-10).

In step 4-7, the character classification 5-3 searched in step 4-2 is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the character applies to the classification (the one which is ON) set by the user in 6-6. (Step 4-9). If so, the search character reading 5-2 is displayed as ruby (step 4-10). If the answer is no in step 4-8 and step 4-9, only the word is displayed (step 4).
-11).

After the image data is expanded by the image processing means 1-5, the image data is recognized as a character string by the character recognition means 1-8 for performing character recognition from the image data. In 1-10, it is also possible to add and display ruby as needed.

As for the character recognition means, an area which is recognized as a character string is obtained by utilizing a known technique, and the result of character recognition is passed to an age-specific ruby addition dictionary, and the area is recognized as ruby. Display above the character area.

The ruby drawing method is not directly related to the present invention, but will be briefly described with reference to FIG. Coordinates 11 serving as a reference of a character string to be added with ruby
Given -3 and the width (11-2) of the character string, the ruby character (11-4) is arranged above the character string so as not to overlap with the character to be ruby. At this time, if the width 11-5 of the ruby character string exceeds the width 11-2 of the ruby character string, the size of the ruby character 11-4 is reduced to adjust the ruby to fit.

Next, the character spacing adjusting means 1-7, which is one of the processes of the character string processing means 1-4, will be described. Here, when a character is drawn on the screen using the screen drawing means 1-11, the horizontal spacing between characters (character spacing) and
A process for adjusting the interval between lines (line interval) is performed.

Here, as shown in FIG.
A description will be given of an example of a process at the time of pouring during the idth. Such an example is used as a process for placing a character string in a predetermined frame in a WWW browser or the like.

In FIG. 7, the frame in which the character string is inserted is defined as shown at 7-1, and the character string shown at 7-2 is poured into the width Width so as not to protrude from the frame as shown at 7-3. This shows a state in which the next character string is wrapped and the next line is inserted. 7-4 is an enlarged view of a part of the result of the flow of the character string, and shows the character spacing and the line spacing.

Generally, a fixed value is used for the character interval and the line interval in advance. In this case, the character interval and the line interval are set in the above-described character size table (FIG. 2). Is replaced by a character spacing and line spacing table, and the character spacing and line spacing are changed according to the age by the same processing as in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the process. In this process, the reference coordinates (X, Y) [upper left of the character string] for drawing the character string, the width Width of the frame for storing the character string,
The string to be passed is passed.

First, the reference coordinates (X, Y) are set to (X ′,
Y ′) (step 8-1). One character is extracted from the next passed character string (Step 8-2: In this process, one character is extracted from the beginning of the first passed character string, and the next character is successively extracted each time the character string is called next. Go). It is checked whether or not characters have been extracted up to the end of the passed character string by using a special code indicating the end at the end of the character string (step 8-3), and if it is the end, the process ends (step 8-). 4). Otherwise, determine the character width to be drawn and use it as moji_
Substitute into width (step 8-5). The drawing character width is obtained from the character size obtained in the above-described processing and the character size determined when drawing in advance. In the case of the above-described dot-specified character size, this value is the same as the character size.

Next, the sum of X ′ (which initially contains the value of the reference coordinate X but is updated each time a character is drawn and indicates the reference of the next character to be drawn) and moji_width is: A comparison is made as to whether or not the width is smaller than the Width (step 8-6). If the width is smaller, that is, if one character does not protrude from the frame, one character is drawn from the coordinates (X ′, Y ′). The drawing of characters is performed by giving character string information such as characters and coordinates to the screen drawing means 1-11.

If it is determined in step 8-6 that the next character is drawn out of the frame when the next character is drawn, Y '
(The value of the Y coordinate as a reference for drawing one character) is updated, and the coordinates are moved to the next line (step 8-8). For Y ′, a value obtained by adding the drawing character height (determined by the character size) and the age-specific line interval to the previous value of Y ′ is substituted. here,
The age-specific line interval is obtained by preparing the same table as in FIG. 2 and performing the same processing as in FIG.

For X ', the value obtained by adding the moji_width obtained in step 8-5 to the previous value of X' and the character spacing by age (obtained in the same manner as the character spacing by age) is substituted. Then, by moving to the processing of acquiring one character again (step 8-2), the processing is continued until the character string ends.

Next, a case where the age-based information selecting means 1-6 is provided in the received data analyzing means 1-3 will be described. It is determined whether or not the received data includes age-specific selection information, and if so, the most appropriate information according to the age of the user is selected.

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of this process.
First, the data is taken out from the reception buffer stored by the reception processing means 1-2 (step 9-1), and it is determined whether the reception data is completed (step 9-).
2). In this case, the end of the received data means that all the information to be drawn on the screen has been received.

If the received data is completed, the process is terminated (step 9-3). If not, it is checked whether there is age-specific selection information (step 9-).
4). Age-specific selection information can be realized, for example, by adding a selection information tag to a tag in the HTML language. For example, a tag <AGESELECT> is added, and only the information whose age matches is selected by the receiving side.

For example, <AGESELECT> age <18: {(information for under 18 years old)} age ≧ 18: {(information for 18 years old or older)} </ AGESELECT> indicates that the age is less than 18 years old. If
The content described in (Information for under 18 years old) is selected, and when the age is 18 years or older, the content described in (Information for 18 years old or older) is selected.

In step 9-4, if there is no selection information (for example, if there is no selection information tag), the received data is analyzed (step 9-7). If you have the selection information,
It is checked whether there is a condition that matches the age of the user (step 9-5). If not, it skips the reading and receives the next data (step 9-1).

If there is a matching condition in step 9-5, the information is selected (step 9-6), and the information is analyzed (step 9-7). In step 9-7, the data is analyzed.
-4, and in the case of an image, the data is passed to the image processing means 1-5, and each processing is performed (step 9).
-8).

[0056]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a character having a size suitable for an age can be automatically displayed.
The user can limit the minimum size of characters,
Since the enlargement setting of the character can be performed, the optimal size according to the age can be finely adjusted by the user.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the user can set so as not to add ruby, and can add ruby as needed based on conditions for adding ruby (character classification conditions, etc.). Instead of giving a uniform ruby to users who meet the same age condition,
Finer settings suitable for the user can be made.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as in the first aspect, it is possible to perform an easy-to-view display according to the age, and particularly when the number of characters that can be displayed on the receiving side is limited, the characters can be effectively viewed. can do.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the selection information is received from the transmission partner, the processing load on the receiving side can be reduced, and the same receiving condition can be applied to different receiving apparatuses if the same age condition is used. Such display contents can be obtained. For example, when adding ruby, a process of searching for ruby reception on the receiving device side can be omitted, and it is possible to avoid that the added ruby is different for each receiving device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a character size table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for acquiring a character size from a character size table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of an age-specific ruby providing means.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an age-specific ruby addition dictionary.

FIG. 6 is a display example of a condition setting panel for adding ruby.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a character string is poured into a predetermined frame.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of pouring a character string into a predetermined frame.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing by an age-specific information selecting means.

FIG. 10 is a display example of a setting panel relating to character size restriction and character enlargement.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a specific example of ruby addition.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-1 Communication device 1-2 Reception processing means 1-3 Reception data analysis means 1-4 Character string processing means 1-5 Image processing means 1-6 Age-specific information selection means 1-7 Character spacing adjustment means 1-8 Characters Recognition means 1-9 Age-specific character string processing means 1-10 Age-specific ruby providing means 1-11 Screen drawing means 1-12 Display device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information display device for processing character information sent by communication on a receiving side and outputting the processed character information, the minimum font size of the character to be displayed according to the age of the user. An information display device comprising: an age-specific font table that stores the corresponding font information; and an age-specific character string processing unit that varies a font size of input character information based on the age-specific font table. . 2. An information display device for processing character information sent by communication on a receiving side and outputting the processed character information, wherein for words, their reading, word classification information, and age conditions And an age-specific ruby providing means for comparing input character information with the age-specific ruby provision dictionary and adding ruby only to words that meet the age condition. An information display device, characterized in that: 3. An information display device for processing character information sent by communication on a receiving side and outputting the processed character information. Information characterized by comprising: an age-based character spacing table that stores the line spacing in association with each other; and character spacing adjusting means that adjusts the character spacing of input character information based on the age-based character spacing table. Display device. 4. An information display device for processing character information transmitted on a communication side and outputting the character information on a receiving side, wherein the character information includes selection information of a recipient age. An information display device comprising an age-based information selecting means for selecting an output method of received data based on the receiver's age selection information according to the age of the receiver.