JPS63221783A - Videotex picture display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain flexible and effective picture display by retrieving and displaying picture information after designation time set optionally after the user inputs next pattern selection information. CONSTITUTION:When the user inputs the next pattern selection information from the input device 4 while display picture information of a pattern number is displayed on a display device 5, at first a choice check section 2a of the CPU 2 compares the inputted information with a choice stored in a storage device 1. In this case, when no proper choice exists, the display pattern information remains displayed, but when a proper choice exists, the CPU 2 checks whether or not a data representing the wait time in said choice column. Thus, when the wait time is designated, after the designation wait time elapses, said display pattern information is retrieved from the storage device 1 and displayed on the display device 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a videotex system that uses image information of an interactive telephone information system, and particularly to a videotex system that can display images flexibly and effectively. Related to image display systems.

[Prior Art] Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a general videotex system, in which (21) is a display device that displays image information, and (22) is a central processing unit that searches for image information. (hereinafter referred to as CPU'), (23) is a manual device for a user to request an image, and (24) is a storage device for storing image information. FIG. 5 shows an operation flowchart in the conventional Videotex image display system,
FIG. 6 shows a data configuration diagram of image information inside the storage device. In the same figure, (501) to (503)
is the screen number, (521) to (523) are the display screen information,
(511) to (512) are options, (513) to (51
4) is the screen number corresponding to each option (511) to (512). The above options, screen number (511)
- (514) constitute the next screen selection information (510).

Next, the operation of the conventional system will be explained based on the above configuration. Assume that display screen information (521) with screen number 12345878900 is currently being displayed.

Next, the user inputs information from the input device (23) (4
1). The CPU (22) selects the input information from the options (5).
11) to (512) one by one (42). If there is a matching option, the display screen information of the screen number corresponding to the option is immediately retrieved from the storage device (24) (43) and displayed on the display device (21) (44). If there is no matching option, the display screen information (521) remains displayed.

For example, if "1" is entered manually (511).

(513) screen number 12345878901
is selected and the display screen information (522) is searched and displayed.

Similarly, if "2" is entered, screen number 12345
678902 is selected.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional Videotex image display system is configured as described above, image information is searched and displayed immediately after the user inputs the information, and the user's There is a problem in that it is not possible to produce various image display effects in which the time from image selection to image information search and display can be arbitrarily specified.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and allows flexible and effective image display by searching and displaying image information after a specified time that is arbitrarily set after the user inputs information. The purpose of this invention is to obtain a videotex image display system that can perform the following functions.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The Videotex image display system according to the present invention stores next screen selection information having a plurality of image information and next screen display method contents in a storage means, and stores the next screen selection information in the storage means. The options of the selected next screen selection information are inspected by an option inspection means,
The display of the image information is controlled by the display control means based on the display method content of the inspection results of the option inspection means, and the image information is displayed on the display means based on the control of the display control means.

[Operation] The display control means according to the present invention can control the image information search and display based on the display method contents of the next screen selection information, and can produce various display effects of image display.

[Embodiment 1] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is an operational flowchart for searching and displaying image information in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of image information.

In each of the above figures, the Videotex image display system according to the present embodiment has a storage device (one
), an option checking unit (2a) that checks the options of the next screen selection information stored in the storage device (1) and forms the CPU (2), and a display of the inspection results of the option checking unit (2a). Controls the display of image information based on the time command contents,
a display control section (2b) forming Pt1 (2); a clock (3) for accumulating the display time of the display control section (2b);
An input device (4) for manually issuing a display command for a plurality of image information stored in the storage device (1), and a display control unit (2b) for controlling the image information commanded to be displayed by the input device (4). This configuration includes a display device (5) that displays information based on the following.

In FIG. 3 above, (301) to (303) are screen numbers, (321) to (323) are display screen information, and (311) are screen numbers.
) to (312) are the options, (313) to (314) are the screen numbers corresponding to the respective options (311) to (312), and (315) are the respective options (3111 to (3)
12) is the time from input until image information is searched and displayed. In other words, this time (315) is the period from when the option (311) is entered manually until the corresponding screen number (
Wait 5 seconds until the image information (313) is searched and displayed (
Wait).

Next, the operation of the system of this embodiment based on the above configuration will be explained. Assume that display screen information (321) with screen number 12345678900 is currently being displayed. Next, the user inputs information from the input device (4) (11).

The option checking unit (2a) of the CPU (2) compares the input information with each of the options (511) to (512) (12). If there is no matching option, the display screen information (321) remains displayed, but if there is a matching option, CP+1 (2) checks whether data indicating the waiting time is specified in the option tank. Do (13). If a waiting time is specified, wait for this specified time (14), after which the display screen information is retrieved from the storage device (1), and displayed on the display device (5).
) is displayed (16). If no waiting time is specified, the display screen information will be searched and displayed immediately.

For example, if "1" is manually generated, CPIJ (2) is
Data (3
15), screen number 1234 is displayed after 5 seconds.
5678901 (313) display screen information (322)
will be searched and displayed. If "2" is entered, there is no data indicating the waiting time in the corresponding option (312) field, so the screen number 12345678902 (314) is immediately displayed.
Display screen information (323) is searched and displayed.

The above-mentioned waiting time is specified when the image information is created using a videotex image creation device or the like.

In the above embodiment, the display on the display device (5) in the display control unit (2b) of (:PU (2)) was configured to be displayed on a single screen depending on the waiting time. Divide the screen into multiple areas, set the display method content of next screen selection information for each area, display each area based on this display method content, and combine each area to create a whole. It is also possible to configure one screen to be displayed as .

Further, in the above embodiment, the configuration of the Videotex system is shown in FIG. 1, but some of these may be separated or combined, or each may be connected by some communication means.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the time until the image information corresponding to the option is searched and displayed is specified, but the time until the display screen information (321) is searched and displayed in the next screen selection information (310) is specified. May be specified. Any designation may be used as long as it indicates a waiting time.

Furthermore, it may be specified that part of the display screen information is displayed after 5 seconds and the rest after 10 seconds.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to specify the time at which image information is searched and displayed in the next screen selection information, so it is possible to display images flexibly and effectively. This effect is achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart for searching and displaying image information in the embodiment of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram of the configuration of image information, and FIG. The figure is a block diagram of a general Videotex system, Figure 5 is an operation flowchart of the conventional system, and Figure 6 is a block diagram of a general Videotex system.
The figure shows a configuration diagram of image information in a conventional method. In the figure, (1) is a storage device, (2) is a CPU, (3) is a clock, (4) is an input device, (5) is a display device,
(2a) is an option inspection section, and (2b) is a display control section. In each figure, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts. Agent Masuo Oiwa Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An interactive telephone information system that calls the center's database that collects various information from each user through telephone lines, etc., and displays the desired information in an interactive manner on the display screen or processes the information communication. A storage means for storing next screen selection information having a plurality of image information and next screen display format contents, and an option test for checking the options of the next screen selection information stored in the storage means, in the videotex formed by a display control means for controlling the display of image information based on the display method content of the inspection results of the option inspection means; and a display means for displaying the image information based on the control of the display control means. The Videotex image display system is characterized by: (2) The videotex image display system according to claim 1, wherein the storage means is configured to store the display method contents of the next screen in which the display waiting time is set in the next screen selection information. . (3) The display control means is configured to sequentially display a plurality of areas on one screen for each area based on the display method content of the next screen selection information stored in the storage means. Videotex image display system according to scope 1 or 2.