JPS6264185A - Captain terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve a picture information slowly and to attract intensively user's attention by storing the index number and the reproduction-display interval of plural picture information to be retrieved in a nonvolatile memory beforehand and displaying repeatedly. CONSTITUTION:In the nonvolatile memory 20 of the titled equipment 1, the index number and the reproduction-display interval of the plural picture information to be retrieved and the period of connection with a communication circuit are stored beforehand. Consequently, when obtaining a desired picture information by operating a key pad 3, the picture information is automatically read out from a CAPTAIN information center 6 based on the index number stored in the memory 20 and stored n a picture memory 21. The equipment 1 is disconnected from a video tex circuit network 5 and connected to a telephone set 4. And the equipment 1 reads the information stored in the memory 20 based on the reporduction-display interval, and display it in a display part 2 repeatedly. As a result, the retrieval of the picture information can be executed slowly, and the user's attention is attracted intensively for the display by consecutively displaying different pictures.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention provides a captain terminal that receives, processes, and displays various types of information stored in files in an information center and selectively transmitted in accordance with requests from the terminal. Regarding equipment.

An information retrieval system has been proposed that selects and transmits various food information stored in files at a conventional technical information center in accordance with a request from a terminal, processes the information at the terminal, and displays the information on a display unit. As shown in FIG. 6, this involves sending a request from the keypad 3 of the terminal 1 to the captain information center 6 through the interface 16. Modem 122 line connection part 1
1. The information center 6 searches the image information file 7 for image information according to the request and sends it to the terminal 1. On terminal 1.

The image information is demodulated and received by the modem 12, and sent to the microcomputer (CPU) via the interface 16.
19 and a display control section 16, the signal is loaded into a video RAM 17 for processing, and further converted into an analog signal through a D/MU converter 18 and displayed on a display section 2 comprising a cathode ray tube or the like. Here 4 is the phone and 13 is O
A RAM is used as a work area necessary for the control of the PU 19, and 14 is a ROM for programs.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional search method described above, the keypad 3 is operated to obtain the desired image information each time there is image information to be searched. When searching for information slowly, the communication channel is monopolized, making it impossible to use the telephone.

In addition, if a terminal is installed on the street and a fee is collected to provide services to a large number of people, the display will display a still image when the user is not using it. However, there was a problem in that the appeal to users was weak.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a videotex terminal device that does not monopolize a communication channel for a long period of time for searching, and can strongly appeal the display to users. be.

Means for Solving the Problems The captain terminal device of the present invention has index numbers 2 of a plurality of image information to be searched in advance; 9 reproduction display intervals of image information;
A non-volatile memory that stores a connection cycle with a communication line and an image memory that stores searched image information, and after storing image information from an information center connected according to the connection cycle in the image memory. The communication line is disconnected, the image information to be searched is read from the image memory, and is repeatedly displayed on the display section based on the reproduction display interval stored in the nonvolatile memory.

According to the captain terminal device of the present invention, the index number of image information to be searched is stored in advance in a non-volatile memory.
Image information is automatically retrieved from the center based on this index number, the image information is stored in the image memory, and then the communication line is cut off to prevent congestion on one communication line. Image information can be retrieved slowly by repeatedly displaying it on the display section at the playback display interval written in the readout non-volatile memory. This is something that can be strongly promoted.

EXAMPLE Below, one example will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 6. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows an example of display of image information, and FIGS. 3 to 6 show display states when inputting various data. In Figure 1, 20
21 is a non-volatile memory that stores the index number of a plurality of image information to be searched in advance; 2 the reproduction display interval of the image information; 2 the connection cycle with the communication circuit; and 21 stores the image information from the information center 6 according to the index number. It is an image memory.

The other configurations are the same as in FIG. 6.

This terminal device 1 can basically perform the same operation as the one shown in FIG. In accordance with this request, the information center 6 searches for image information from the image information file 7 and transmits it to the terminal device 1.

In addition, if you want to automatically call up multiple pieces of image information from the information center in succession, first use the keypad 3 to select the index number 2 of the image information, the reproduction display interval of the image information, and then the communication line (Videotex network 5). ) and write them into the nonvolatile memory 20. and R
By starting the program stored in the OM 14, image information is automatically read out from the captain information center 6 based on the index number written in the nonvolatile memo IJ 20, and sent to the terminal via the videotex circuit network 6. It is transmitted to device 1. This image information is sequentially written and stored in the image memory 21.

Thereafter, the terminal device 1 is disconnected from the Videotex circuit network 6 by the single-line connection section 11, and the terminal device 1 is connected to the telephone set 4. On the other hand, the C1PU 19 repeatedly reads out image information from the image memory 21 based on the playback display interval written in the nonvolatile memory 20 and sends it to the display control unit 16 and the video RA.
After processing with M17 and converting into an analog signal with D/MU converter 18.

The information is displayed on a display unit 2 composed of a cathode ray tube or the like.

FIG. 2 shows the display state of this image information. Information such as sports news, general news, economic news, and local news is repeatedly displayed one after another based on the initially set playback display interval. Still, terminal device 1
is connected to the information center 6 according to the line connection cycle.

According to this configuration, image information is automatically read from the information center 6 based on the index number stored in the non-volatile memo + 720 and stored in the image memory 21, and then the terminal device 1 is read out by the line connection unit 11. While being disconnected from the Videotex circuit network 5 and connected to the telephone 4, the image information stored in the image memory 20 is read out and displayed repeatedly on the readout display section 2 based on the playback display interval, thereby reducing the exclusive use time of the communication channel. You can search for image information slowly. Furthermore, by displaying different images one after another, it is possible to strongly emphasize its existence to users.

In this embodiment, a mode in which image information is written into the image memory 21, read out, and displayed repeatedly, and a mode in which the first recorded image information is requested one by one can be selected by key operation on the keypad 3. There is. Also,
In this example, since the image information (image information file 7) is updated in the information center 6, the information center 6
Set the connection period to 1 hour, for example, and
The image information (index number) registration mode is set to M and B so that different index numbers can be written.
For example, during the first hour, image information based on the index number of screen registration B is called up from the information center 6, and during the next hour, image information based on the index number of screen registration B is called up. The image is updated and written to and read from the image memory 20. Figure 2 M shows image information corresponding to the index number registered in screen registration mode, and Figure 2 B shows a state in which image information corresponding to the index number registered in screen registration mode is repeatedly displayed. show.

3 and 4 show display examples when writing index numbers into the non-volatile memory 20. For example, the key bat 3
The user can enter the index number "*123991" and write it into the nonvolatile memory 20. FIG. 5 is an example of a screen when setting the line connection cycle and playback display interval. The displayed image information is played back and displayed at 2 second intervals.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the reproduction display interval of index number 9 image information of a plurality of image information to be searched.

The connection cycle with the line is stored in non-volatile memory,
Image information from the center is automatically called up from the terminal, this image information is stored in the image memory, and the communication line is then disconnected, while the image information is read out and repeatedly displayed based on the playback display interval. This makes it possible to prevent communication line congestion and to search for image information more slowly. Furthermore, since the 5 images are constantly changing, users can
It also has the advantage of having a strong appeal to viewers.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a captain terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the display state of image information, and FIGS. number,
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional terminal device. 1...Terminal device, 2...Display section, 3.
...Key Bat, 6...Video Tex Circuit Network, 6...Captain Information Center, 20
...Nonvolatile memory, 21... Image memory. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person 2nd
Figure (A) CB Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure m5

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is equipped with a non-volatile memory that stores index numbers of a plurality of image information to be searched in advance, a playback/display interval of the image information, and a connection cycle with a communication line, and an image memory that stores the searched image information. After storing the image information from the information center connected in accordance with the image memory in the image memory, the communication line is disconnected, the image information to be searched is read out from the image memory, and the image information stored in the non-volatile memory is reproduced and displayed. A captain terminal device characterized in that a display is repeatedly displayed on a display unit based on an interval.