JPH11282444A - Picture display device and display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve the burden of an operator for the temporary-stop or re-start of display by providing a screen and a display control means for dynamically displaying display information such as characters and pictures from an external part on the screen and also temporarily stopping dynamic display based on control information from the external part. SOLUTION: A host computer 5 being an external device outputs control information such as a condition for temporarily stopping display, etc., to a picture display device 4 together with display information such as the characters and pictures, etc., to be displayed to a picture display device 4. The device 4 receives these kinds of information with a communication controller 6, stores display information in a display information memory 7 and stores control information in a control information memory 1. MPU 8 copies picture data to be displayed on the screen from a picture storing memory 10 to a screen picture memory 11 on demand. Then, the memory 11 is referred and a graphic controller 12 displays the picture on a display screen 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an image display device and a display method, and more particularly to an image display device and a display method for displaying characters and image information sent from a host computer or the like on a screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a conventional image display device. 8, 4 is an image display device,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a host computer for transmitting desired characters and image data to be displayed on the image display device 4, 6 a communication controller for controlling communication with the host computer 5, and 7 for storing characters and image data received from the host computer 5. A display information memory, 8 is an MPU (processing operation device) for performing various controls such as image generation, 9 is a system program ROM storing system programs and various data necessary for the operation of the MPU 8, 10 is a display information memory 7 for the MPU 8 An image storage memory for storing an image generated based on information in the system program ROM 9; a screen image memory 11 for extracting and storing a portion to be displayed on a display at that time from image data stored in the image storage memory 10; Is based on information and the like stored in the screen image memory 11. A graphic controller that controls the display screen 13 Te.

Next, the operation of the image display device shown in FIG. 8 will be described. In FIG. 8, first, the host computer 5 as an external device outputs display information such as characters and images to be displayed to the image display device 4. The image display device 4 stores the display information in the display information memory 7 via the communication controller 6. The MPU 8 stores the character and image information stored in the display information memory 7 and the system program ROM.
Image data to be displayed is generated based on the system information, font information (character shape information), and the like recorded in 9 and stored in the image storage memory 10. Further, the image data to be displayed on the screen is copied from the image storage memory 10 to the screen image memory 11 as needed (for example, FIG.
1). The graphic controller 12 displays an image on the screen 13 with reference to the screen image memory 11. The graphic controller 12 may perform a part of the operation of the MPU 8. When the user wants to temporarily stop the screen display, the operator operates the host computer at any time and sends an instruction signal to the image display device.

FIG. 9 is a view for explaining a screen display effect called a roll display. The roll display is a display effect of dynamically displaying characters and images, and moves and displays images from bottom to top or top to bottom as shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen display effect called telop display. The telop display is a display effect in which an image moves and is displayed from right to left or from left to right on the screen.

[0005]

In the above-described image display apparatus, in order to temporarily stop dynamic display of an image (for example, roll display, telop display, etc.), an external device such as a host computer temporarily stops the display. A control signal such as a signal had to be transmitted. Therefore, when performing a pause, the operator had to constantly monitor the screen and operate while monitoring the timing.
Also, after the pause, an operation of resuming the display was required. Furthermore, it is difficult to temporarily stop at a desired screen at a good timing, which imposes a heavy burden on the operator.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems in such a situation, and an image capable of reducing the burden on an operator for temporarily stopping or resuming display. A display device and a display method are obtained.

[0007]

An image display apparatus according to the present invention dynamically displays a screen and display information such as characters and images from outside on the screen, and displays the information on the basis of control information from outside. A display control means for temporarily stopping the dynamic display is provided.

Further, in the image display apparatus according to the present invention, the display control means may output a signal for instructing at least one of a pause, a restart, and an end of the dynamic display during the dynamic control of the display information. It can be received.

The display method of the image display apparatus according to the present invention dynamically displays display information such as characters and images from the outside on a screen, and displays the dynamic display based on control information from the outside. It is controlled so as to temporarily stop.

Still further, in the display method of the image display device according to the present invention, a signal for instructing at least one of pause, restart, and end of the dynamic display during the dynamic control of the display information is received. It is something to do.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an image display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 8 denote the same or corresponding parts. 1 in FIG. 1 is an image display device,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a host computer for transmitting display data such as desired characters and image data to be displayed on the image display device 4 and control data for starting, suspending, resuming, and ending the display, and 7 receives from the host computer 5. A display information memory for storing characters and image data, 1 is a control information memory for storing control data such as start, pause, resume, and end of display received from the host computer 5, and 8 is an image generation and display control. MPU (Processing and Computing Device) for performing various controls such as a timer, a timer counter for performing time control in such various controls, and an I / O for connecting various operating devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a wireless remote controller. O controller. In addition,
This allows operation from a plurality of external devices.

Next, the operation of the image display device shown in FIG. 1 will be described. In FIG. 1, a host computer 5 serving as an external device includes display information such as characters and images to be displayed, conditions for temporarily stopping the display, and the like. Is output to the image display device 4. The image display device 4 receives the information via the communication controller 6, and stores the display information in the display information memory 7 and the control information in the control information memory 1. MPU8
Generates image data to be displayed based on the character and image information stored in the display information memory 7, the system information and font information (character shape information) stored in the system program ROM 9, and the like. 10 is stored. Further, based on the control information stored in the control information memory 1, the image data to be displayed on the screen is
Copying is performed from the image storage memory 10 to the screen image memory 11. And this screen image memory 11
, The graphic controller 12 displays an image on the display screen. The graphic controller 12 may perform a part of the operation of the MPU 8.

Taking roll display and telop display as an example,
This will be described in more detail. As described above, in FIG.
The MPU 8 generates all display information such as characters and images stored in the display information memory 7 into images in advance and stores them in the image storage memory 10. For example, when the display information sent from the host computer is a character code (for example, JIS code) or the like, an image is generated based on the font information (character shape information) stored in the system program ROM 9. fix. At the same time, information relating to the “position where display is to be paused” and the like stored in the control information memory 1 is also regenerated so as to correspond to the generated image (for example, FIG. 4).

Further description is given below with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a control procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention, taking a roll display and a telop display as examples. FIG.
In step ST1, roll / telop display is started based on the image data generated in the image storage memory 10 in FIG. In ST2, the current position of the roll display / telop display is compared with the “position where the display is to be paused” (for example, FIG. 5). If they do not match, the display position of the roll display / telop is shifted and displayed in ST3 (for example,
(FIG. 11). Then, in ST4, the current display position of the roll display / step display is compared with the end position of the display (for example, FIG. 6). If they match, roll display at ST5,
The telop display ends, and this process ends. If they do not match, the process returns to ST2. In ST2, roll display,
If the current display position of the telop display matches the pause position, the process proceeds to ST6, and a pause timer counter (hereinafter, referred to as a pause timer) is reset. In ST7, the value of the suspension timer is compared with the length of time to be suspended. If they match, the process moves to ST3, and the display is restarted. If they do not match, the pause timer is updated in ST8 (for example, the timer is counted up) and the process returns to ST7.

As described above, Embodiment 1 according to the present invention
In the image display device and the display method, the display information such as characters and images to be displayed, as well as conditions for temporarily stopping this display (what kind of screen display should be paused, how long should be stopped, etc.) The screen display is controlled by receiving the control information from the external device as well, so it is possible to automatically perform control such as pausing at the desired screen display and restarting the display after the elapse of the desired time, and the operator monitors the screen. Labor can be reduced. At the same time, the load on the host computer is reduced.

[0016] Regarding the temporary stop, the image may be displayed still and stopped, or the image display may be temporarily stopped. In addition, the suspension may be performed once or plural times. Also, here, a description has been given of a roll display of a character and a telop display as an example of a dynamic screen display. It may be something that is displayed. Also, instead of the host computer 5 and the communication controller 6 in FIG.
Display information and control information may be obtained from a recording medium such as M. Furthermore, a plurality of image storage memories 10 and screen image memories 11 of FIG. 1 may be provided, and in this case, images can be superimposed and displayed as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIG. 3 shows a control procedure according to the second embodiment of the present invention, taking a roll display and a telop display as an example. 2 and 3, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts. In FIG. 3, steps ST9 to ST11 are newly added to the control procedure shown in FIG. In ST9, if a signal instructing resumption is received during the pause, S9
The process moves to T3 and the display is restarted. In ST10, if an instruction of "end appropriately" or "forced end" is received during the pause, the process moves to ST15 and ends the display. In ST11, when the "forced end" is received during the dynamic display, the process moves to ST15 and immediately ends the display. Here, the "forced termination" in FIG. 3 is to end the display immediately, and the "forced termination" in FIG.
The process is terminated after the display is temporarily stopped.
That is, when the operator wants to end on the next pause screen, if the operator instructs “end appropriately” in advance, the image display device ends after waiting for a scene to pause.

Here, the termination is referred to as "forced termination".
Although the term “appropriate termination” is used, it may be used for a temporary stop or the like. For example, even if you perform a pause operation etc. while rolling the screen display such as "Thank you for today" from the bottom to the top, it will be executed until those characters are displayed in the center, and then And so on. In addition to the temporary stop position, the temporary stop is not performed, but it is preferable to set in advance a position where each operation is to be performed when such an appropriate end or a temporary stop instruction is issued.

As described above, Embodiment 2 according to the present invention
According to the image display device and the display method of (1), even when an image is dynamically displayed, a pause, restart, or end instruction can be received from an external device, so that the operation can be provided with diversity.

[0020]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. In the image display device according to the present invention, a screen and display for dynamically displaying display information such as characters and images from the outside on the screen and temporarily stopping the dynamic display based on control information from the outside. Since the control means is provided, it is possible to automatically stop the display at a desired screen display and resume the display after a desired time has elapsed, and to obtain an image display device that reduces the labor required for the operator to monitor the screen. .

Further, in the image display device according to the present invention, the display control means may include a signal for instructing at least one of a pause, a restart, and an end of the dynamic display during the dynamic control of the display information. Can be received, the operator can temporarily stop, resume, or terminate even during automatic execution, and an image display device having a variety of operations can be obtained.

In the display method for an image display apparatus according to the present invention, display information such as external characters and images is dynamically displayed on a screen, and the dynamic display is performed based on external control information. Is controlled so as to temporarily stop the display at the desired screen display, and the display can be automatically resumed after a desired time has elapsed, thereby reducing the labor required for the operator to monitor the screen. You can get the way.

Still further, in the display method of the image display device according to the present invention, during the dynamic control of the display information, a signal for instructing at least one of the pause, restart, and end of the dynamic display is provided. Since reception is possible, the operator can pause, resume, or end even during automatic execution, and a display method of the image display device having various operations can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an image display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a control procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a position at which display is to be paused according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a current display position and a position where display is to be paused according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a current display position and a display end position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating superimposition of images according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional image display device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen display effect called a roll display.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen display effect called telop display.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between an image storage memory and a screen image memory.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control information memory, 2 timer counter, 3 I
/ O controller, 4 image display device, 5 host computer, 6 communication controller, 7 display information memory, 8 MPU, 9 system program RO
M, 10 image storage memory, 11 screen image memory, 12 graphic controller, 13 screens.

Claims (4)

[Claims] And a display control means for dynamically displaying display information such as characters and images from the outside on the screen and temporarily stopping the dynamic display based on control information from the outside. An image display device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is capable of receiving a signal for instructing at least one of a pause, a restart, and an end of the dynamic display during the dynamic control of the display information. The image display device according to claim 1. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein display information such as characters and images from the outside is dynamically displayed on the screen, and the dynamic display is controlled to be temporarily stopped based on control information from the outside. A display method of the image display device. 4. The image according to claim 3, wherein during dynamic control of the display information, a signal for instructing at least one of pause, restart, and termination of the dynamic display is received. Display method of the display device.