WO2010087396A1 - 電子機器、サーバ、通信システム、表示制御方法、データ通信方法、電子機器の制御方法、およびプログラム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an electronic device including a touch panel, a server communicating with the electronic device, a communication system including the electronic device and the server, a display control method in the electronic device, a data communication method in the server, and a program for controlling the electronic device. And a program for controlling the server.
- the present invention also relates to an electronic device having a plurality of display screens, a control method thereof, and a program for displaying information.
- a communication system including an electronic device that displays an advertisement received via a network and a server that transmits the advertisement to the electronic device via the network is known.
- advertising methods such as affiliates are known. “Affiliate” means that if a website visitor purchases a product on another website displayed via a link on the website, the website owner of the linked website will be rewarded. Is an advertising method that pays.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2003-87420 A discloses an advertisement display system that transmits and receives advertisements as described above.
- the advertisement display system includes a mobile communication terminal and an advertisement display server.
- the mobile communication terminal includes a main display unit and a sub display unit arranged on the back surface of the main display unit.
- the mobile communication terminal displays the advertisement received from the advertisement display server on the sub display unit.
- the mobile communication terminal enables an advertisement to a third party other than the user of the mobile communication terminal by displaying the advertisement.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a content display device that displays a first advertisement image and a second advertisement image as a device for displaying the advertisement.
- the content display device selects an advertisement image corresponding to the attribute of the content display device, and displays the selected advertisement image.
- Patent Document 3 As a system for displaying the advertisement, when a recorded television broadcast (video content) is being played back, a commercial recorded together with the video content is specified. A display system for displaying at a position specified by timing is disclosed. Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for displaying information about a user who has been pre-listened to a receiving terminal in advance and displaying advertisement information that targets the user who has input the information.
- Patent Document 4 discloses a banner distribution system that inserts banner data indicating the advertisement or the like into content data distributed over the Internet.
- the banner distribution system measures the attention frequency of banner data and performs a billing process according to the attention frequency.
- Patent Document 4 discloses a system for charging based on the occurrence of an event such as a mouse over in an information terminal on which a banner advertisement is displayed.
- Patent Document 5 discloses a reward granting system for extracting a payee (reward grantee) fairly.
- Patent Document 6 discloses an affiliate server that identifies through which store an access has been made and calculates a successful fee-type advertisement fee for each store.
- Patent Document 7 discloses an advertising proxy server that limits the area where an advertisement can be placed based on the location of the advertising media owner.
- the advertisement display system disclosed in Patent Document 1 corresponds to the status of the mobile communication terminal (for example, position, time zone, whether it is folded, whether it is being charged) in the sub display unit of the mobile communication terminal.
- An advertisement can be displayed.
- the advertisement display system since the advertisement is displayed even when the third party is not looking at the mobile communication terminal, the effect of the advertisement using the sub display unit cannot be expected.
- the advertisement which the user of a mobile communication terminal desires cannot be displayed on a sub display part. Since each device (apparatus and system) of Patent Documents 2 to 7 does not include a sub display unit, an advertisement cannot be displayed on the sub display unit in the first place.
- advertisement information is displayed on the same screen as the screen for displaying content, which may cause inconvenience for users who originally want to listen to the content. .
- a person who sees the advertisement information displayed on the display device on the back side is different from a user who listens to the content displayed on the main screen. Therefore, with such an advertising method, it is not possible to identify the person who sees the advertisement, and it is not possible to distribute targeted advertising information.
- the user of the mobile phone uses the mobile phone of his / her mobile phone for the advertiser, and makes an advertisement to a third party. Therefore, the user of the mobile phone may stop displaying the advertising information that is less necessary for the user, such as stopping the display on the display device on the back side, and reliably display the advertising information. It can also be assumed that the situation will not be performed.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to provide an electronic device capable of displaying an advertisement at a suitable timing on a second display panel different from the first display panel, and to provide the electronic device with an advertisement Providing a server, a communication system including the server, a display control method in the electronic device, a data communication method in the server device, a program executable on the electronic device, and a program executable on the server It is in.
- Another object is to provide an electronic device that can display an advertisement related to information displayed on the first display panel on the second display panel at the appropriate timing, a server that provides the electronic device with the advertisement, the electronic device, and A communication system including a server, a display control method in the electronic device, a data communication method in the server device, a program executable on the electronic device, and a program executable on the server.
- Still another object is to provide an electronic device capable of displaying an advertisement at a suitable timing on a second display panel different from the first display panel, a server that provides an advertisement to the electronic device, a communication system including the electronic device and the server. Another object is to provide a display control method in the electronic device, a data communication method in the server, a program executable in the electronic device, and a program executable in the server.
- Still another object is an electronic device capable of displaying an advertisement desired by a user on a second display panel different from the first display panel, a server for providing an advertisement to the electronic device, the electronic device, and a communication system including the server. Another object is to provide a display control method in the electronic device, a data communication method in the server device, a program executable on the electronic device, and a program executable on the server.
- Still another object is to enable an electronic device to reliably display advertisement information included in content to be displayed on the electronic device.
- an electronic device is an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and is associated with application software executable on the electronic device and the application software
- a storage device storing the first information for specifying the server, display control means for displaying an operation screen of the application software on the first display panel based on activation of the application software, and operation of the application software
- the first detection means for detecting that the electronic device has received the first input relating to the first input
- the generation means for generating a signal to which the server specified by the first information is the transmission destination based on the detection
- the server Transmitting means for transmitting the received signal and the first image data indicating the advertisement based on the transmission.
- receiving means for receiving from the server the display control unit displays the image based on the first image data to the second display panel.
- the storage device further stores second information for identifying the second display panel.
- the generation unit generates a signal including the second information as the signal.
- the transmission means transmits a signal including the second information to the server.
- the receiving means receives image data generated in the server based on the second information as the first image data from the server.
- the first detection means further detects that a second input for selecting an image based on the first image data is received.
- the transmission means transmits information indicating the selection and the second information to the server based on the detection of the second input.
- the second display panel is a touch panel.
- the second input is an input to the touch panel.
- the storage device further stores second image data indicating the fingerprint of the user of the electronic device and attribute information indicating the attribute of the user in association with each user.
- the touch panel includes a plurality of optical sensors built in along the screen of the touch panel.
- the electronic device further includes determination means for determining whether or not the storage device stores second image data that matches the image data sensed by the optical sensor. When it is determined that the storage device stores the matching second image data, the transmission unit further transmits attribute information associated with the second image data determined to match to the server.
- the electronic device further includes second detection means for detecting that an input for operating the electronic device is not accepted for a predetermined time.
- the display control unit causes the second display panel to display an image based on the first image data when detection by the second detection unit is performed.
- the display control means turns on the display of the second display panel when receiving the first command, and turns off the display of the second display panel when receiving the second command.
- the receiving means receives the first image data in a state in which the display on the second display panel is turned off by receiving the second command
- the receiving means sends the first command to the display control means.
- the display control means displays an image based on the first image data on the second display panel based on the first command.
- the generation unit generates a signal including information indicating application software as the signal.
- the transmission means transmits a signal including information indicating application software to the server.
- the receiving means receives, as the first image data, image data indicating an advertisement related to the activated application software from the server.
- the first input is an input for starting the application software or an input for transmitting an error generated when executing the application software to the server.
- the server is a server that communicates with an electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, the storage device storing the first image data indicating the advertisement, the electronic First receiving means for receiving a signal including first information for identifying the first display panel and second information for identifying the second display panel from the device, and the second information to another server
- a generation unit that generates the second image data and a second transmission unit that transmits the generated second image data to the electronic device are provided.
- the communication system is a communication system including an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and a first server.
- the electronic device stores application software executable on the electronic device, first information associated with the application software, for identifying the first server, and second information for identifying the second display panel.
- the first server includes a second storage device storing the first image data indicating the advertisement, a first receiving means for receiving a signal including the second information from the electronic device, and the second information to the second server.
- Second transmission means for transmitting, second reception means for receiving device information of the second display panel specified by the second server based on the second information based on the transmission from the second server, and the received device Based on the information, it includes second generation means for generating second image data from the first image data, and third transmission means for transmitting the generated second image data to the electronic device.
- the electronic device further includes third receiving means for receiving the second image data from the first server.
- the display control means displays an image based on the second image data on the second display panel.
- the communication system further includes a second server.
- the second server includes fourth receiving means for receiving the second information from the first server, and fourth transmitting means for transmitting the device information of the second display panel specified based on the second information to the first server. .
- a display control method is a display control method in an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and the application is based on activation of application software in the electronic device.
- a step of displaying a software operation screen on the first display panel a step of detecting that the electronic device has received a first input relating to the operation of the application software, and the identification based on the detection and information associated with the application software Generating a signal destined for the server to be transmitted, transmitting the signal generated to the server, receiving image data indicating an advertisement from the server based on the transmission, and an image based on the image data Displaying on the second display panel .
- a signal including second information for identifying the second display panel is generated.
- a signal including the second information is transmitted to the server.
- image data generated in the server based on the second information is received from the server.
- the display control method includes a step of detecting that a second input for selecting an image based on the image data is received, information indicating that the second input is selected based on detection of the second input, and second information.
- a signal including information indicating application software is generated.
- the signal including information indicating application software is transmitted to the server.
- image data indicating an advertisement related to the activated application software is received from the server as the image data.
- the first input is an input for starting the application software or an input for transmitting an error generated when executing the application software to the server.
- a data communication method is a data communication method in a server that communicates with an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and the first display panel is connected to the electronic device from the electronic device.
- the program is a program for controlling an electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, and the program of the application software is based on the activation of the application software in the electronic device.
- the program is a program for controlling a server that communicates with an electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, and identifies the first display panel from the electronic device.
- the server causes the server to execute the step of generating and the step of transmitting the generated second image data to the electronic device.
- the electronic device stores the first display panel, the second display panel, software executable on the electronic device, and identification information for identifying the server.
- the display control means for displaying the operation screen of the software on the first display panel based on the activation of the software, and the identification information based on the occurrence of an error when executing the software
- a generation unit that generates a signal including error information indicating an error, the transmission destination being a server, a transmission unit that transmits the generated signal to the server, and a first image data that indicates an advertisement based on the transmission Receiving means.
- the storage device further stores second image data indicating a message related to the error, and the display control means displays the image based on the first image data and the image based on the second image data on the second display panel. To display.
- the receiving means receives image data indicating a message related to an error from the server, and stores the received image data as second image data in the storage device.
- the storage device further stores identification information for identifying the second display panel.
- the generation means generates a signal further including identification information as the signal.
- the transmission means transmits the signal including the identification information to the server.
- the receiving means receives, as the first image data and the second image data, image data generated by the server based on the identification information from the server.
- the electronic device further includes detection means for detecting that an input for selecting an image based on the first image data has been received.
- the transmission means transmits information indicating the selection and identification information to the server based on detection of the input.
- the second display panel is a touch panel
- the input is an input to the touch panel
- the storage device further stores third image data indicating the fingerprint of the user of the electronic device and attribute information indicating the attribute of the user in association with the user.
- the touch panel includes a plurality of optical sensors built in along the screen of the touch panel.
- the electronic device further includes determination means for determining whether or not the storage device stores third image data that matches the image data obtained by sensing by the optical sensor.
- the transmission unit further transmits attribute information associated with the third image data determined to be matched to the server.
- the display control means turns on the display of the second display panel when receiving the first command, and turns off the display of the second display panel when receiving the second command.
- the receiving means receives the first image data in a state in which the display on the second display panel is turned off by receiving the second command
- the receiving means sends the first command to the display control means.
- the display control means displays an image based on the first image data and an image based on the second image data on the second display panel based on the first command.
- the server is a server that communicates with the electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, and the first communication device, and device information of the second display panel;
- a storage device storing first image data indicating an advertisement;
- a first receiving means for receiving from the electronic device a signal including error information indicating an error that occurred when executing software in the electronic device;
- a first transmission unit that transmits error information to one communication device;
- a second reception unit that receives second image data indicating a message related to the error from the first communication device based on the transmission of the error information;
- Generating means for generating third image data from the first image data and generating fourth image data from the second image data based on the device information; the second image data; and the fourth image data;
- And a second transmission means for transmitting the data to the electronic device.
- the server further includes third receiving means for receiving image data indicating an advertisement from the second communication device and storing the received image data as first image data in the storage device.
- the storage device stores identification information for identifying the second display panel in association with the device information.
- the first receiving means receives a signal further including identification information as a signal.
- the generation unit generates the third image data and the fourth image data based on the device information associated with the received identification information.
- a communication system is a communication system including an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and a first communication device, and the electronic device is an electronic device.
- the first storage device storing identification information for identifying the second display panel, identification information for identifying the first communication device, Display control means for displaying the operation screen on the first display panel, and an error indicating that the first communication device specified by the specific information is the transmission destination based on the occurrence of an error when executing the software
- a generating unit configured to generate a signal including error information and identification information; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated signal to the first communication device.
- the first communication device stores the device information and the identification information of the second display panel in association with each other, stores the first image data indicating the advertisement, and a signal including error information and the identification information
- the first receiving means for receiving the error information from the electronic device, the second transmitting means for transmitting error information to the second communication device, and the second communication device based on the transmission of the error information indicate a message related to the error.
- the third image data is generated from the first image data
- the fourth image data is generated from the second image data.
- a second generation unit configured to generate image data; and a third transmission unit configured to transmit the second image data and the fourth image data to the electronic device.
- the electronic device further includes third receiving means for receiving the second image data and the fourth image data from the first communication device, and the display control means includes an image based on the second image data, an image based on the fourth image data, Is displayed on the second display panel.
- the communication system further includes a second communication device.
- the second communication device includes fourth receiving means for receiving error information from the first communication device, and fourth transmission means for transmitting second image data to the first communication device.
- a display control method is a display control method in an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and the software is based on activation of software in the electronic device.
- An error message is displayed on the first display panel, and the server specified by the information stored in the electronic device is the transmission destination based on the fact that an error has occurred while executing the software.
- Generating a signal including error information indicating transmitting the generated signal to the server, receiving first image data indicating an advertisement from the server based on the transmission, and first image data An image based on the second image data indicating an error-related message stored in the storage device of the electronic device, and a second display panel And a step of displaying.
- the display control method further includes a step of receiving image data indicating a message related to an error from the server, and a step of storing the received image data as second image data in a storage device.
- the signal including error information further includes identification information for identifying the second display panel.
- the first image data and the second image data are image data generated in the server based on the identification information.
- the display control method detects that an input for selecting an image based on the first image data has been received, and transmits information indicating the selection and identification information to the server based on the input detection. Further comprising the step of:
- a data communication method is a data communication method in an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and a server that communicates with the first communication device. Based on the steps of receiving a signal including error information indicating an error that occurred during execution of the software from the electronic device, transmitting the error information to the first communication device, and transmitting the error information, Receiving a first image data indicating a message related to an error from one communication device; generating second image data from the first image data based on device information of the second display panel; and Generating fourth image data from the third image data indicating the advertisement stored in the storage device, the second image data and the fourth image data The and transmitting to the electronic device.
- the data communication method further includes a step of receiving image data indicating an advertisement from the second communication device, and a step of storing the received image data as third image data in the storage device.
- the signal including error information further includes identification information for identifying the second display panel.
- the second image data and the fourth image data are generated based on device information associated with the received identification information.
- the program is a program for controlling an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and the operation of the software is performed based on activation of the software in the electronic device.
- An error indicating an error in which the server specified by the information stored in the electronic device is the transmission destination based on the step of displaying the screen on the first display panel and the occurrence of an error while executing the software.
- a program is a program for controlling an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and a second communication device that communicates with the first communication device. Based on the steps of receiving a signal including error information indicating an error that occurred during execution of the software from the electronic device, transmitting the error information to the first communication device, and transmitting the error information, Receiving a first image data indicating a message related to an error from one communication device; generating second image data from the first image data based on device information of the second display panel; Generating the fourth image data from the third image data indicating the advertisement stored in the storage device of the communication device; the second image data and the fourth image data; The and transmitting to the electronic apparatus, to be executed by the second communication device.
- an electronic device is an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and is a first device for displaying a web page including a first advertisement.
- a transmission means for transmitting a first signal requesting transmission of one information to the first server; and a second server associated with the first information and the first advertisement based on the transmission of the first signal.
- Receiving means for receiving second information for specifying from the first server, display control means for displaying a web page on the first display panel based on the first information, and the displayed web First detection means for detecting that the electronic device has received the first input for selecting the first advertisement on the page, and based on the detection, generates a second signal whose destination is the server specified by the second information Generating means.
- the transmission unit When the detection is made, the transmission unit further transmits the generated second signal to the second server, and the reception unit further selects the first signal selected from the second server based on the transmission of the second signal.
- the first image data including information more detailed than the information indicated by the advertisement is received, and the display control means causes the second display based on the first image data to be displayed on the second display panel.
- the receiving unit receives the first image data via the first server.
- the electronic device further includes a storage device for storing third information for identifying the second display panel.
- the generation unit generates a signal including the third information as the second signal.
- the transmission means transmits a signal including the third information to the second server.
- the receiving means receives, as first image data, image data generated in the second server based on the third information from the second server.
- the electronic device further includes second detection means for detecting that the electronic device has received a second input for selecting the second advertisement displayed on the second display panel.
- the generation unit generates a third signal including information indicating the selection and third information based on detection of the second input.
- the transmission means transmits the third signal to the second server.
- the second display panel is a touch panel.
- the second input is an input to the touch panel.
- the storage device further stores second image data indicating a fingerprint of the user of the electronic device and attribute information indicating the attribute of the user in association with each user.
- the touch panel includes a plurality of optical sensors built in along the screen of the touch panel.
- the electronic device further includes determination means for determining whether or not the storage device stores second image data that matches the image data sensed by the optical sensor.
- the transmission unit further transmits attribute information associated with the second image data determined to be matched to the second server. .
- the electronic device further includes third detection means for detecting that an input for operating the electronic device is not accepted for a predetermined time.
- the display control means displays the second advertisement on the second display panel when detection by the third detection means is made.
- the display control means turns on the display of the second display panel when receiving the first command, and turns off the display of the second display panel when receiving the second command.
- the receiving means receives the first image data in a state in which the display on the second display panel is turned off by receiving the second command
- the receiving means sends the first command to the display control means.
- the display control means displays the second advertisement on the second display panel based on the first command.
- the electronic device is an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and includes first information for displaying a web page including a first advertisement.
- Transmitting means for transmitting a first signal for requesting transmission to the first server, and for identifying the second server associated with the first information and the first advertisement based on the transmission of the first signal
- Receiving means for receiving second information from the first server; display control means for displaying a web page on the first display panel based on the first information; and a first advertisement in the displayed web page
- a first detection means for detecting that the electronic device has received a first input for selecting.
- the receiving means is configured to display a second advertisement including more detailed information than the information indicated by the first advertisement from the second server specified based on the second information based on the transmission of the first signal.
- One image data is received.
- the display control means displays the second advertisement based on the first image data on the second display panel.
- the server is a server that communicates with an electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, and is a first for displaying a web page including the first advertisement.
- a storage device for storing information and second information for identifying another server associated with the first advertisement, and a signal requesting transmission of the first information to the electronic device.
- the first information and the second information are transmitted to the electronic device based on the information received from the electronic device, the third information for identifying the first display panel from the electronic device based on the transmission, and the second information.
- Receiving means for receiving a signal including fourth information for identifying the two display panels. Based on the reception, the transmission means transmits the third information and the fourth information to another server.
- the receiving means Based on the transmission of the third information and the fourth information, the receiving means generates image data including information more detailed than the information indicated by the first advertisement, generated by another server based on the fourth information. And received from the other server.
- the transmission means further transmits the received image data to the electronic device.
- the server is a server that communicates with an electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, the first image data indicating the first advertisement, A storage device for storing second image data associated with the one image data and including information more detailed than the information indicated by the first advertisement and device information of the second display panel; and another server In order to identify the information indicating that the first advertisement displayed on the electronic device has been selected from the electronic device, the first information for identifying the first display panel, and the second display panel Receiving means for receiving the second information, and generating means for generating third image data from the second image data based on device information about the second display panel specified by the second information, , The third image data And transmitting means for transmitting to the electronic device.
- the transmission means transmits the third image data to the electronic device via another server.
- a communication system is a communication system including a first server and an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, wherein the first server is a first advertisement.
- a storage device for storing first information for displaying a web page including the second information for identifying the second server associated with the first advertisement, and the first information in the electronic device
- first transmission means for transmitting the first information and the second information to the electronic device based on the reception of the first signal requesting transmission from the electronic device.
- the electronic device has a second transmission means for transmitting the first signal to the first server, and a first reception for receiving the first information and the second information from the first server based on the transmission of the first signal.
- the electronic device accepts the means, the display control means for displaying the web page on the first display panel based on the received first information, and the first input for selecting the first advertisement on the displayed web page. And detecting means for detecting the event.
- the second transmitting means further transmits the second signal to the second server specified based on the second information, and the first receiving means is further based on the transmission of the second signal.
- the display control means displays the second advertisement based on the first image data as the second display panel. To display.
- the communication system further includes a second server.
- the second server includes second image data indicating the first advertisement, third image data associated with the second image data and including more detailed information than the information indicated by the first advertisement, and a second display A storage device for storing panel device information; information indicating that the first advertisement displayed on the electronic device is selected from the electronic device via the first server; and a first display Device information about the second display panel specified by the fourth information, second receiving means for receiving third information for identifying the panel and fourth information for identifying the second display panel And generating means for generating the first image data from the third image data, and third transmitting means for transmitting the first image data to the electronic device.
- a display control method is a display control method in an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and displays a web page including a first advertisement.
- a first signal requesting transmission of the first information is transmitted to the first server, and a second server associated with the first information and the first advertisement is identified based on the transmission of the first signal.
- Receiving the second information from the first server displaying the web page on the first display panel based on the first information, and input for selecting the first advertisement on the displayed web page Detecting that the electronic device has been received, generating a second signal whose destination is the server specified by the second information based on the detection, and transmitting the generated second signal based on the detection
- a display control method is a display control method in an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and displays a web page including a first advertisement. Transmitting a first signal requesting transmission of the first information to the first server, and identifying the second server associated with the first information and the first advertisement based on the transmission of the first signal Second information for receiving from the first server, and from the second server specified based on the second information based on the transmission of the first signal, more detailed information than the information indicated by the first advertisement is obtained.
- the electronic A step of detecting that the vessel has accepted, when the detection is made, and a step of displaying the second advertisement based on the image data to the second display panel.
- a data communication method is a data communication method in a server that communicates with an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and displays a web page including an advertisement.
- the first information and the second information for identifying another server associated with the advertisement are transmitted to the electronic device based on the reception of the signal requesting the transmission of the first information for the electronic device.
- a data communication method is a data communication method in a server that communicates with an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and the electronic communication is performed via another server.
- Information indicating that an advertisement displayed on the electronic device is selected from the device; first information for identifying the first display panel; and second information for identifying the second display panel;
- the device information on the second display panel specified by the second information includes more detailed information than the information indicated by the advertisement associated with the first image data indicating the advertisement.
- the method includes a step of generating third image data from the second image data, and a step of transmitting the third image data to an electronic device.
- the program is a program for controlling an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and a program for displaying a web page including a first advertisement.
- a step of transmitting a first signal requesting transmission of one information to the first server, and a second server associated with the first information and the first advertisement based on the transmission of the first signal Receiving the second information from the first server, displaying the web page on the first display panel based on the first information, and selecting an input for selecting the first advertisement on the displayed web page as electronic
- the program is a program for controlling an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and a program for displaying a web page including a first advertisement. Transmitting a first signal requesting transmission of one information to the first server, and identifying the second server associated with the first information and the first advertisement based on the transmission of the first signal; The second information is received from the first server, and based on the transmission of the first signal, the second server specified based on the second information includes more detailed information than the information indicated by the first advertisement.
- Receiving the image data for displaying the second advertisement, displaying the web page on the first display panel based on the first information, and electronically selecting an input for selecting the first advertisement on the displayed web page Machine A step of detecting it is accepted, when the detection is made, and a step of displaying the second advertisement based on the image data on the second display panel, to be executed by the electronic device.
- a program is a program for controlling a server that communicates with an electronic device including a first display panel and a second display panel, and for displaying a web page including an advertisement. Based on the reception of a signal requesting transmission of the first information from the electronic device, the first information and the second information for identifying another server associated with the advertisement are transmitted to the electronic device. And a step of receiving a signal including third information for identifying the first display panel and fourth information for identifying the second display panel from the electronic device based on the transmission, and based on the reception And causing the server to execute a step of transmitting the third information and the fourth information to another server.
- the program is a program for controlling a server that communicates with an electronic device including the first display panel and the second display panel, and is transmitted from the electronic device via the other server.
- the server causes the server to execute a step of generating the third image data from the image data and a step of transmitting the third image data to the electronic device.
- the electronic device displays a first display unit that displays an image, a second display unit that displays an image, and content data to be displayed on the first display unit.
- the extraction means for extracting the image data to which the specific attribute is added from the stored content data, the data of the image to which the specific attribute is extracted extracted by the extraction means, Generation means for generating data for displaying an image on the second display means; and control means for displaying an image with a specific attribute added to the second display means based on the data generated by the generation means.
- the electronic device further includes a determination unit that determines whether an image to which the specific attribute is added is displayed on the first display unit.
- the extraction means extracts data of the image with the specific attribute added on condition that the determination means determines that the image with the specific attribute added is not displayed on the first display means.
- the storage means stores a program of a plurality of applications including a first application for displaying content data on the first display means.
- the electronic device further includes application execution means for executing the application program stored in the storage means.
- the first application and another application different from the first application are activated, and the display screen of the other application is added with a specific attribute in the display screen of the first application in the first display means.
- the determination means determines that the image to which the specific attribute is added is not displayed on the first display means when the image is displayed superimposed on the display position.
- the extraction means extracts a plurality of image data to which specific attributes are added from the content data.
- the generation unit generates data for displaying the image on the second display unit for each of the data of the plurality of images extracted by the extraction unit.
- the control means alternates the plurality of images added with specific attributes to the second display means based on the data generated by the generation means for displaying the plurality of images on the second display means. Display.
- the specific attribute includes link information.
- the second display means incorporates a touch sensor.
- the electronic apparatus further includes an access unit that accesses the link information on condition that a touch operation is performed on the second display unit when the second display unit displays an image having a specific attribute. Prepare.
- the touch sensor is constituted by an optical sensor.
- the generation unit generates data so that an image to which a specific attribute is added is displayed in a size corresponding to the second display unit.
- a method for controlling an electronic device is a method for controlling an electronic device including a first display unit and a second display unit for displaying an image, the first display unit including: Based on the step of storing the content data to be displayed, the step of extracting the data of the image to which the specific attribute is added from the stored content data, the data of the image to which the specific attribute is extracted, The method includes the steps of generating data for displaying an image on the second display means, and displaying an image with a specific attribute added to the second display means based on the generated data.
- the information display program is a computer-readable information display program executed in an electronic device including a first display unit and a second display unit for displaying an image.
- an advertisement can be displayed at an appropriate timing on a second display panel different from the first display panel.
- the advertisement relevant to the information displayed on the 1st display panel can be displayed on the 2nd display panel at the said appropriate timing.
- an advertisement desired by the user of the electronic device can be displayed on the second display panel different from the first display panel.
- image data to which a specific attribute is added is extracted from content data to be displayed on the first display means, and the extracted image data is included in the extracted image data.
- an image to which a specific attribute is added in the content data is displayed on the second display means.
- FIG. 1 It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the electronic device contained in the communication system which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the hardware constitutions of an electronic device. It is the figure which showed the structure of the liquid crystal panel of an electronic device, and the peripheral circuit of the said liquid crystal panel. It is sectional drawing of a liquid crystal panel and a backlight. It is the figure which showed the timing chart at the time of operating an optical sensor circuit. It is sectional drawing of a liquid crystal panel and a backlight, Comprising: It is the figure which showed the structure which a photodiode receives the light from a backlight in the case of a scan. It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the command. It is a figure for demonstrating the command of classification "000". FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “001”. It is a figure for demonstrating the command of classification "010".
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “011”. It is a figure for demonstrating the command of classification "100”.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “101”. It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the response data. It is the figure which showed the image obtained by scanning a finger
- FIG. 1 It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the communication system. It is a block diagram showing the hardware constitutions of the computer system which functions as an advertisement server. It is the figure which showed the functional block of an electronic device. It is the figure which showed the functional block of the advertisement server. It is the figure which showed the functional block of the ASP server. It is the figure which showed hardware environment information typically. It is the figure which showed the device information of the liquid crystal panel typically. It is the figure which showed typically the server specific information stored in the memory
- FIG. 65 is a diagram showing an example of HTM data downloaded in the electronic device of FIG. 64.
- FIG. 67 is a diagram for describing an example of a configuration of an advertisement display source description generation command generated in the sub-screen advertisement display process of FIG. 64.
- FIG. 70 is a diagram illustrating an example of an advertisement display source technology generated in the advertisement display process of FIG. 69.
- FIG. 70 is a diagram for describing an example of a display command on the main screen generated in the advertisement display process of FIG. 69. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st modification of the advertisement display function in the electronic device of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd modification of the advertisement display function in the electronic device of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd modification of the advertisement display function in the electronic device of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 3rd modification of the advertisement display function in the electronic device of FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of electronic device 100 according to the present embodiment.
- electronic device 100 includes a first housing 100A and a second housing 100B.
- the first casing 100A and the second casing 100B are foldably connected by a hinge 100C.
- the first housing 100A includes a liquid crystal panel 140 with a built-in optical sensor.
- the second housing 100B includes an optical sensor built-in liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 100 includes two optical sensor built-in liquid crystal panels.
- the electronic device 100 is configured as a portable device having a display function such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a notebook personal computer, a portable telephone, and an electronic dictionary.
- a display function such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a notebook personal computer, a portable telephone, and an electronic dictionary.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of electronic device 100.
- the electronic device 100 includes a first unit 1001 and a second unit 1002.
- the second unit 1002 is detachably connected to the first unit 1001 from the electronic device 100.
- the first unit 1001 includes a main body device 101 and a display device 102.
- the second unit 1002 includes a display device 103 and a main device 104.
- the first housing 100A includes a display device 102.
- Second housing 100B includes main device 101.
- the second housing 100B includes a second unit 1002.
- the main unit 101 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 110, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 171, a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 172, a memory card reader / writer 173, an external communication unit 174, a microphone 175, A speaker 176, an operation key 177, a power switch 191, a power circuit 192, a power detection unit 193, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector 194, an antenna 195, and a LAN (Local Area Network) connector 196 are included. .
- Each component (110, 171 to 177, 193) is connected to each other by a data bus DB1.
- a memory card 1731 is attached to the memory card reader / writer 173.
- the CPU 110 executes the program.
- the operation key 177 receives an instruction input from the user of the electronic device 100.
- the RAM 171 stores data generated by the execution of the program by the CPU 110 or data input via the operation keys 177 in a volatile manner.
- the ROM 172 stores data in a nonvolatile manner.
- the ROM 172 is a ROM capable of writing and erasing data such as an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) and a flash memory.
- External communication unit 174 communicates with other electronic devices. Specifically, the external communication unit 174 communicates with, for example, the second unit 1002 via the USB connector 194. The external communication unit 174 performs wireless communication with the second unit 1002 via the antenna 195, for example. Further, the external communication unit 174 performs wired communication with other electronic devices via the LAN connector 196.
- the main device 101 may communicate with other electronic devices by wireless communication other than Bluetooth (registered trademark).
- the external communication unit 174 may perform wireless communication with other electronic devices connected to the LAN via a wireless LAN antenna (not shown).
- wireless communication may be performed with another electronic device via an infrared port (not shown).
- the power switch 191 is a switch for starting up the electronic device 100.
- the power supply circuit 192 supplies power to each component connected to the data bus DB1 and the display device 102 via the power detection unit 193.
- the power circuit 192 supplies power to the external communication unit 174 without going through the power detection unit 193.
- the power supply detection unit 193 detects the output from the power supply circuit 192. In addition, the power supply detection unit 193 sends information (for example, a voltage value and a current value) regarding the detected output to the CPU 110.
- information for example, a voltage value and a current value
- the USB connector 194 is used to connect the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002.
- the main device 101 may include other USB connectors in addition to the USB connector 194.
- the first unit 1001 transmits data to the second unit 1002 via the USB connector 194.
- the first unit 1001 receives data from the second unit 1002 via the USB connector 194. Further, the first unit 1001 supplies power to the second unit 1002 via the USB connector 194.
- the antenna 195 is used for communication in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard between the first unit 1001 and another communication device (for example, the second unit 1002).
- the LAN connector 196 is used to connect the electronic device 100 to the LAN.
- the display device 102 includes a driver 130, an optical sensor built-in liquid crystal panel 140 (hereinafter referred to as a liquid crystal panel 140), an internal IF 178, a backlight 179, and an image processing engine 180.
- the driver 130 is a drive circuit for driving the liquid crystal panel 140 and the backlight 179. Various drive circuits included in the driver 130 will be described later.
- the liquid crystal panel 140 is a device having a liquid crystal display function and an optical sensor function. That is, the liquid crystal panel 140 can perform image display using liquid crystal and sensing using an optical sensor. Details of the liquid crystal panel 140 will be described later.
- the internal IF (Interface) 178 mediates exchange of data between the main device 101 and the display device 102.
- the backlight 179 is a light source disposed on the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the backlight 179 irradiates the back surface with uniform light.
- the image processing engine 180 controls the operation of the liquid crystal panel 140 via the driver 130. Here, the control is performed based on various data sent from the main apparatus 101 via the internal IF 178. Note that the various data includes commands to be described later. Further, the image processing engine 180 processes data output from the liquid crystal panel 140 and sends the processed data to the main apparatus 101 via the internal IF 178. Further, the image processing engine 180 includes a driver control unit 181, a timer 182, and a signal processing unit 183.
- the driver control unit 181 controls the operation of the driver 130 by sending a control signal to the driver 130.
- the driver control unit 181 analyzes a command transmitted from the main device 101. Then, the driver control unit 181 sends a control signal based on the analysis result to the driver 130. Details of the operation of the driver 130 will be described later.
- the timer 182 generates time information and sends the time information to the signal processing unit 183.
- the signal processing unit 183 receives data output from the optical sensor.
- the signal processing unit 183 first converts the analog data into digital data.
- the signal processing unit 183 performs data processing on the digital data according to the content of the command sent from the main device 101.
- the signal processing unit 183 sends data (hereinafter referred to as response data) including data after the above data processing and time information acquired from the timer 182 to the main unit 101.
- the signal processing unit 183 includes a RAM (not shown) that can store a plurality of scan data, which will be described later, continuously.
- the command includes a sensing command for instructing sensing by the optical sensor. Details of the sensing command and the response data will be described later (FIGS. 7, 8, and 14).
- the timer 182 is not necessarily provided in the image processing engine 180.
- the timer 182 may be provided outside the image processing engine 180 in the display device 102.
- the timer 182 may be provided in the main body device 101.
- the microphone 175 and the speaker 176 are not always provided in the electronic device 100, and may be configured so as not to include either or both of the microphone 175 and the speaker 176 depending on the embodiment of the electronic device 100.
- the display device 102 includes a system liquid crystal.
- the system liquid crystal is a device obtained by integrally forming peripheral devices of the liquid crystal panel 140 on the glass substrate of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the driver 130 (excluding the circuit that drives the backlight 179), the internal IF 178, and the image processing engine 180 are integrally formed on the glass substrate of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the display device 102 is not necessarily configured using the system liquid crystal, and the driver 130 (excluding a circuit that drives the backlight 179), the internal IF 178, and the image processing engine 180 are included in the glass substrate. Other substrates may be configured.
- the second unit 1002 receives power supply from the first unit 1001. Specifically, the second unit 1002 is supplied with power from the power supply circuit 192 of the first unit 1001 by connecting a USB connector 294 described later and the USB connector 194 of the first unit 1001.
- the main body device 104 includes a CPU 210, a RAM 271, a ROM 272, an external communication unit 274, a power supply detection unit 293, a USB connector 294, an antenna 295, and a signal strength detection unit 297.
- Each component 210, 271, 272, 274, 293) is connected to each other by a data bus DB2.
- the CPU 210 executes a program.
- the RAM 271 stores data generated by the execution of the program by the CPU 210 in a volatile manner.
- the ROM 272 stores data in a nonvolatile manner.
- the ROM 272 is a ROM capable of writing and erasing data such as an EPROM and a flash memory.
- the external communication unit 274 communicates with other electronic devices. Specifically, the external communication unit 274 communicates with, for example, the first unit 1001 via the USB connector 294. The external communication unit 274 communicates with the first unit 1001 through the antenna 295, for example.
- the main device 104 may communicate with another electronic device (for example, the first unit 1001) by wireless communication other than Bluetooth (registered trademark).
- the external communication unit 274 may perform wireless communication with other electronic devices via an infrared port (not shown).
- the signal strength detection unit 297 detects the strength of the signal received via the antenna 295. Then, the signal strength detection unit 297 sends the detected strength to the external communication unit 274.
- the USB connector 294 is used to connect the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the second unit 1002 transmits data to the first unit 1001 via the USB connector 294.
- the second unit 1002 receives data from the first unit 1001 via the USB connector 294.
- the second unit 1002 receives power supply from the first unit 1001 via the USB connector 294 as described above.
- the second unit 1002 stores the electric power supplied from the first unit 1001 in a battery (not shown).
- the antenna 295 is used for communication according to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard between the second unit 1002 and the first unit 1001, for example.
- the power detection unit 293 detects the power supplied via the USB connector 294. In addition, the power supply detection unit 293 sends information about the detected power to the CPU 210.
- the main device 104 may have a function of performing infrared communication.
- the display device 103 includes a driver 230, an optical sensor built-in liquid crystal panel 240 (hereinafter referred to as “liquid crystal panel 240”), an internal IF 278, a backlight 279, and an image processing engine 280.
- the image processing engine 280 includes a driver control unit 281, a timer 282, and a signal processing unit 283.
- the display device 103 has the same configuration as the display device 102. That is, the driver 230, the liquid crystal panel 240, the internal IF 278, the backlight 279, and the image processing engine 280 have the same configuration as the driver 130, the liquid crystal panel 140, the internal IF 178, the backlight 179, and the image processing engine 180 in the display device 102. Have each.
- the driver control unit 281, the timer 282, and the signal processing unit 283 have the same configurations as the driver control unit 181, the timer 182, and the signal processing unit 183 in the display device 102, respectively. Therefore, description of each functional block included in display device 103 will not be repeated.
- the processing in the electronic device 100 is realized by software executed by each hardware and the CPU 110.
- Such software may be stored in the ROM 172 in advance.
- the software may be stored in a memory card 1731 or other storage medium and distributed as a program product.
- the software may be provided as a program product that can be downloaded by an information provider connected to the so-called Internet.
- Such software is read from the storage medium by the memory card reader / writer 173 or other reading device, or downloaded via the external communication unit 174 or communication IF (not shown), and then temporarily stored in the ROM 172. Is done.
- the software is read from the ROM 172 by the CPU 110 and stored in the RAM 171 in the form of an executable program.
- CPU 110 executes the program.
- Each component constituting the main device 101 of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 2 is a general one. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is the software stored in the RAM 171, the ROM 172, the memory card 1731 and other storage media, or the software downloadable via the network. Since the hardware operation of main device 101 of electronic device 100 is well known, detailed description will not be repeated.
- the storage medium is not limited to a memory card, but is a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), FD (Flexible Disk), hard disk, magnetic tape, cassette tape, optical disk (MO (Magnetic Optical Disc) / MD ( Semiconductor memory such as Mini Disc) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)), IC (Integrated Circuit) card (excluding memory card), optical card, mask ROM, EPROM, EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash ROM, etc.
- a medium for storing the program in a fixed manner may be used.
- the program here includes not only a program directly executable by the CPU but also a program in a source program format, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the liquid crystal panel 140 and peripheral circuits of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the liquid crystal panel 140 includes a pixel circuit 141, an optical sensor circuit 144, a scanning signal line Gi, a data signal line SRj, a data signal line SGj, a data signal line SBj, and a sensor signal line.
- SSj, sensor signal line SDj, read signal line RWi, and reset signal line RSi are included.
- i is a natural number satisfying 1 ⁇ i ⁇ m
- j is a natural number satisfying 1 ⁇ j ⁇ n.
- a scanning signal line driving circuit 131 includes a scanning signal line driving circuit 131, a data signal line driving circuit 132, an optical sensor driving circuit 133, a switch 134, as peripheral circuits of the liquid crystal panel 140. And an amplifier 135.
- the scanning signal line drive circuit 131 receives the control signal TC1 from the driver control unit 181 shown in FIG.
- the scanning signal line drive circuit 131 applies a predetermined voltage in order from the scanning signal line G1 to each scanning signal line (G1 to Gm) based on the control signal TC1. More specifically, the scanning signal line driving circuit 131 sequentially selects one scanning signal line from the scanning signal lines (G1 to Gm) per unit time, and a TFT (to be described later) with respect to the selected scanning signal line.
- a voltage that can turn on the gate of the thin film transistor 142 (hereinafter referred to as a high level voltage) is applied. Note that a low level voltage is applied to a scanning signal line that is not selected without applying a high level voltage.
- the data signal line drive circuit 132 receives image data (DR, DG, DB) from the driver control unit 181 shown in FIG.
- the data signal line driving circuit 132 applies a voltage corresponding to one row of image data to the 3n data signal lines (SR1 to SRn, SG1 to SGn, SB1 to SBn) for each unit time. Apply sequentially.
- a drive system is not limited to this.
- the pixel circuit 141 is a circuit for setting the luminance (transmittance) of one pixel. Further, m ⁇ n pixel circuits 141 are arranged in a matrix. More specifically, m pixel circuits 141 are arranged in the vertical direction in FIG. 3 and n pixel circuits in the horizontal direction.
- the pixel circuit 141 includes an R subpixel circuit 141r, a G subpixel circuit 141g, and a B subpixel circuit 141b. Each of these three circuits (141r, 141g, 141b) includes a TFT 142, a pair of electrode pairs 143 including a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, and a capacitor (not shown).
- CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- a-Si TFT amorphous silicon thin film transistor
- p-Si TFT polycrystalline silicon thin film transistor
- the TFT 142 will be described as an n-channel field effect transistor.
- the TFT 142 may be a p-type channel field effect transistor.
- the source of the TFT 142 in the R subpixel circuit 141r is connected to the data signal line SRj.
- the gate of the TFT 142 is connected to the scanning signal line Gi.
- the drain of the TFT 142 is connected to the pixel electrode of the electrode pair 143.
- a liquid crystal is disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode.
- the G sub-pixel circuit 141g and the B sub-pixel circuit 141b have the same configuration as the R sub-pixel circuit 141r except that the data signal line to which the source of each TFT 142 is connected is different. Therefore, description of these two circuits (141g, 141b) will not be repeated.
- the high level voltage is applied to the scanning signal line Gi.
- the gate of the TFT 142 is turned on.
- a specified voltage (voltage corresponding to image data for one pixel) is applied to each data signal line (SRj, SGj, SBj).
- a voltage based on the designated voltage is applied to the pixel electrode.
- a potential difference is generated between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode.
- the liquid crystal responds and the luminance of the pixel is set to a predetermined luminance. Note that the potential difference is held by the capacitor (auxiliary capacitor) (not shown) until the scanning signal line Gi is selected in the next frame period.
- the optical sensor driving circuit 133 receives the control signal TC2 from the driver control unit 181 shown in FIG.
- the optical sensor drive circuit 133 sequentially selects one signal line from the reset signal lines (RS1 to RSm) for each unit time based on the control signal TC2, and determines in advance for the selected signal line.
- the voltage VDDR that is higher than usual is applied.
- a voltage VSSR lower than the voltage applied to the selected reset signal line is kept applied to the unselected reset signal line.
- the voltage VDDR may be set to 0V and the voltage VSSR may be set to ⁇ 5V.
- the photosensor driving circuit 133 sequentially selects one signal line from the readout signal lines (RW1 to RWm) per unit time based on the control signal TC2, and determines in advance for the selected signal line.
- a voltage VDD higher than usual is applied.
- the voltage VSSR is applied to the read signal line that is not selected.
- the value of VDD may be set to 8V.
- the timing for applying the voltage VDDR and the timing for applying the voltage VDD will be described later.
- the optical sensor circuit 144 includes a photodiode 145, a capacitor 146, and a TFT 147.
- the TFT 147 is an n-type channel field effect transistor.
- the TFT 147 may be a p-type channel field effect transistor.
- the anode of the photodiode 145 is connected to the reset signal line RSi.
- the cathode of the photodiode 145 is connected to one electrode of the capacitor 146.
- the other electrode of the capacitor 146 is connected to the read signal line RWi.
- a connection point between the photodiode 145 and the capacitor 146 is referred to as a node N.
- the gate of the TFT 147 is connected to the node N.
- the drain of the TFT 147 is connected to the sensor signal line SDj. Further, the source of the TFT 147 is connected to the sensor signal line SSj. Details of sensing using the optical sensor circuit 144 will be described later.
- the switch 134 is a switch provided for switching whether or not to apply a predetermined voltage to the sensor signal lines (SD1 to SDn).
- the switching operation of the switch 134 is performed by the optical sensor driving circuit 133.
- the voltage applied to the sensor signal lines (SD1 to SDn) when the switch 134 is turned on will be described later.
- the amplifier 135 amplifies the voltage output from each sensor signal line (SS1 to SSn).
- the amplified voltage is sent to the signal processing unit 183 shown in FIG.
- the image processing engine 180 controls the timing at which an image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140 using the pixel circuit 141 and the timing at which sensing is performed using the optical sensor circuit 144.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal panel 140 and the backlight 179.
- liquid crystal panel 140 includes an active matrix substrate 151A, a counter substrate 151B, and a liquid crystal layer 152.
- the counter substrate 151B is disposed to face the active matrix substrate 151A.
- the liquid crystal layer 152 is sandwiched between the active matrix substrate 151A and the counter substrate 151B.
- the backlight 179 is disposed on the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer 152 with respect to the active matrix substrate 151A.
- the active matrix substrate 151A includes a polarizing filter 161, a glass substrate 162, a pixel electrode 143a constituting an electrode pair 143, a photodiode 145, a data signal line 157, and an alignment film 164. Further, although not shown in FIG. 4, the active matrix substrate 151A includes the capacitor 146, the TFT 147, the TFT 142, and the scanning signal line Gi shown in FIG.
- the polarizing filter 161, the glass substrate 162, the pixel electrode 143a, and the alignment film 164 are arranged in this order from the backlight 179 side.
- the photodiode 145 and the data signal line 157 are formed on the liquid crystal layer 152 side of the glass substrate 162.
- the counter substrate 151B includes a polarizing filter 161, a glass substrate 162, a light shielding film 163, color filters (153r, 153g, 153b), a counter electrode 143b constituting an electrode pair 143, and an alignment film 164.
- the alignment film 164, the counter electrode 143b, the color filters (153r, 153g, 153b), the glass substrate 162, and the polarizing filter 161 are arranged in this order from the liquid crystal layer 152 side.
- the light shielding film 163 is formed in the same layer as the color filters (153r, 153g, 153b).
- the color filter 153r is a filter that transmits light having a red wavelength.
- the color filter 153g is a filter that transmits light having a green wavelength.
- the color filter 153b is a filter that transmits light having a blue wavelength.
- the photodiode 145 is arranged at a position facing the color filter 153b.
- the liquid crystal panel 140 displays an image by blocking or transmitting light emitted by a light source such as external light or a backlight 179. Specifically, the liquid crystal panel 140 changes the direction of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer 152 by applying a voltage between the pixel electrode 143a and the counter electrode 143b, thereby blocking or transmitting the light. However, since the light cannot be completely blocked by the liquid crystal alone, a polarizing filter 161 that transmits only light having a specific polarization direction is provided.
- the position of the photodiode 145 is not limited to the above position, and may be provided at a position facing the color filter 153r or a position facing the color filter 153g.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a timing chart when the optical sensor circuit 144 is operated.
- a voltage VINT indicates a potential at the node N in the photosensor circuit 144.
- a voltage VPIX is an output voltage from the sensor signal line SSj shown in FIG. 3 and is a voltage before being amplified by the amplifier 135.
- the description will be divided into a reset period for resetting the optical sensor circuit 144, a sensing period for sensing light using the optical sensor circuit 144, and a readout period for reading the sensing result.
- the reset period will be described.
- the voltage applied to the reset signal line RSi is instantaneously switched from the low level (voltage VSSR) to the high level (voltage VDDR).
- the voltage applied to the read signal line RWi is kept at the low level (voltage VSSR).
- the high-level voltage to the reset signal line RSi a current starts to flow in the forward direction (from the anode side to the cathode side) of the photodiode 145.
- the voltage VINT which is the potential of the node N has a value represented by the following expression (1).
- Equation (1) the forward voltage drop amount in the photodiode 145 is Vf.
- VINT VSSR +
- the voltage VINT is not more than the threshold value for turning on the gate of the TFT 147, there is no output from the sensor signal line SSj. For this reason, the voltage VPIX does not change. Further, a difference corresponding to the voltage VINT occurs between the electrodes of the capacitor 146. For this reason, the capacitor 146 accumulates charges corresponding to the difference.
- the sensing period will be described.
- the voltage applied to the reset signal line RSi instantaneously switches from the high level (voltage VDDR) to the low level (voltage VSSR).
- the voltage applied to the read signal line RWi is kept at the low level (voltage VSSR).
- the potential of the node N becomes higher than the voltage of the reset signal line RSi and the voltage of the read signal line RWi.
- the photodiode 145 the voltage on the cathode side becomes higher than the voltage on the anode side. That is, the photodiode 145 is in a reverse bias state.
- the photodiode 145 receives light from the light source, current starts to flow from the cathode side to the anode side of the photodiode 145.
- the potential of the node N that is, the voltage VINT
- the reading period will be described.
- the voltage applied to the reset signal line RSi is kept at the low level (voltage VSSR).
- the voltage applied to the read signal line RWi is instantaneously switched from the low level (voltage VSSR) to the high level (voltage VDD).
- the voltage VDD is higher than the voltage VDDR.
- the potential of the node N is raised through the capacitor 146 as shown in FIG. Note that the increase width of the potential of the node N is a value corresponding to the voltage applied to the read signal line RWi.
- the potential of the node N that is, the voltage VINT
- the gate of the TFT 147 is turned on.
- the optical sensor circuit 144 changes the value of the voltage output to the sensor signal line SSj in accordance with the amount of light received by the photodiode 145.
- the optical sensor driving circuit 133 applies a predetermined voltage to all n sensor signal lines (SD1 to SDn).
- the photosensor drive circuit 133 applies a voltage VDDR that is higher than normal to the reset signal line RS1.
- the other reset signal lines (RS2 to RSm) and read signal lines (RW1 to RWm) are kept in a state where a low level voltage is applied.
- the n photosensor circuits in the first row in FIG. 3 enter the reset period described above. Thereafter, the n photosensor circuits in the first row enter a sensing period. Further, thereafter, the n photosensor circuits in the first row enter a reading period.
- timing for applying a predetermined voltage to all n sensor signal lines is not limited to the above timing, and may be any timing that is applied at least before the readout period. .
- the photosensor drive circuit 133 applies a voltage VDDR that is higher than usual to the reset signal line RS2. That is, the reset period of the n photosensor circuits in the second row starts. When the reset period ends, the n photosensor circuits in the second row enter a sensing period, and thereafter enter a reading period.
- the above-described processing is sequentially performed on the n photosensor circuits in the third row, the n photosensor circuits in the fourth row,..., The n photosensor circuits in the m row.
- the sensor signal lines (SS1 to SSn) output the first row sensing result, the second row sensing result,..., The mth row sensing result in this order.
- scan data refers to image data obtained by scanning a scan target (for example, a user's finger). An image displayed based on the scan data is referred to as a “scanned image”. Further, in the following, sensing is referred to as “scan”.
- the scan is performed using all m ⁇ n photosensor circuits as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. Scanning may be performed on a partial area of the surface of the liquid crystal panel 140 using a photosensor circuit selected in advance.
- the electronic device 100 can take either configuration. Further, switching between the components is assumed to be performed by a command sent from the main device 101 based on an input via the operation key 177 or the like. Note that when scanning is performed on a partial area on the surface of the liquid crystal panel 140, the image processing engine 180 sets a scan target area. The setting of the area may be configured to be specified by the user via the operation key 177.
- the first is a mode in which an image is displayed in a surface area other than the partial area (hereinafter referred to as a scan area).
- the second is a mode in which no image is displayed in the surface area other than the scan area. Which mode is used is based on a command sent from the main apparatus 101 to the image processing engine 180.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal panel 140 and the backlight 179, and shows a configuration in which the photodiode 145 receives light from the backlight 179 during scanning.
- the photodiode 145 receives the reflected light.
- the amount of light received by the photodiode 145 is smaller than the region in which the finger 900 is in contact. Note that the photodiode 145 cannot receive most of the light emitted from the backlight 179 that does not reach the user's finger 900.
- the optical sensor circuit 144 can output a voltage corresponding to the amount of light reflected by the user's finger 900 from the sensor signal line SSj. it can.
- the liquid crystal panel 140 has a contact position of the finger 900, a range in which the finger 900 is in contact (determined by the pressing force of the finger 900), and the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the voltage output from the sensor signal lines (SS1 to SSn) varies depending on the direction of the finger 900 with respect to the surface of the sensor.
- the display device 102 can scan an image (hereinafter also referred to as a reflected image) obtained by reflecting light with the finger 900.
- examples of the scan object other than the finger 900 include a stylus.
- a liquid crystal panel is described as an example of the display device of electronic device 100, but another panel such as an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) panel is used instead of the liquid crystal panel. Also good.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a command.
- the command includes header DA01, first field DA02, second field DA03, third field DA04, fourth field DA05, fifth field DA06, and spare data area DA07. including.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “000” (that is, a sensing command).
- the CPU 110 sends a command of type “000” (hereinafter referred to as “first command”) from the main unit 101 of the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002.
- first command a command of type “000”
- the CPU 110 sends the first command from the main body device 101 to the display device 102.
- the case where the CPU 110 sends the first command from the main unit 101 of the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002 will be described as an example.
- the CPU 110 writes the command type (“000”), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the timing whose number is “1” in the first field DA02.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the data type with the number “2” in the second field DA03.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the reading method whose number is “3” in the third field DA04.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the image gradation number “4” in the fourth field DA05.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the resolution with the number “5” in the fifth field DA06.
- the first command in which “00” is set in the first field DA02 requests the image processing engine 280 to transmit scan data at that time. That is, the sensing first command requests transmission of scan data obtained by scanning using the optical sensor circuit of the liquid crystal panel 240 after the image processing engine 280 receives the first command. Further, the first command in which “01” is set in the first field DA02 requests transmission of scan data when the scan result is changed. Further, the first command in which “10” is set in the first field DA02 requests transmission of scan data at regular intervals.
- the first command in which “001” is set in the second field DA03 requests transmission of the coordinate value of the center coordinate in the partial image.
- the first command in which “010” is set in the second field DA03 requests transmission of only the partial image whose scan result has changed. Note that the change in the scan result indicates that the previous scan result is different from the current scan result.
- the first command in which “100” is set in the second field DA03 requests transmission of the entire image.
- the “whole image” is an image generated by the image processing engine 280 based on the voltage output from each optical sensor circuit when scanning using m ⁇ n optical sensor circuits.
- the “partial image” is a part of the entire image. The reason why the partial image is requested to transmit only the partial image whose scan result has changed will be described later.
- the coordinate value and the partial image or the entire image may be requested at the same time. Further, in the case of a configuration in which a partial area on the surface of the liquid crystal panel 240 is scanned, the entire image is an image corresponding to the area to be scanned.
- the first sensing command in which “00” is set in the third field DA04 requests that the backlight 279 be turned on to scan.
- the first command in which “01” is set in the third field DA04 requests that the backlight 279 be turned off to perform scanning. Note that the configuration for scanning with the backlight 279 off is described later (FIG. 17).
- the first command in which “10” is set in the third field DA04 requests scanning using both reflection and transmission. Note that using both reflection and transmission refers to scanning a scanning object by switching between a method of turning on and scanning the backlight 279 and a method of turning off the backlight and scanning.
- the first command in which “00” is set in the fourth field DA05 requests black and white binary image data. Further, the first command in which “01” is set in the fourth field DA05 requests multi-gradation image data. Further, the first command in which “10” is set in the fourth field DA05 requests RGB color image data.
- the first command in which “0” is set in the fifth field DA06 requests image data with high resolution.
- the first command in which “1” is set in the fifth field DA06 requests image data with a low resolution.
- the first command includes designation of a region to be scanned (region of pixels driving the optical sensor circuit 144), timing for scanning, timing for lighting the backlight 179, and the like. Is described.
- the image processing engine 280 analyzes the content of the first command, and sends back data (that is, response data) according to the result of the analysis to the main unit 101.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “001” (hereinafter referred to as “second command”).
- the CPU 110 sends a second command from the main unit 101 of the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002.
- the CPU 110 writes the command type (“001”), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the display request with the number “1” in the first field DA02.
- CPU 110 writes information on the number / type of number “2” in second field DA03.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of the display range whose number is “3” in the third field DA04.
- the CPU 110 writes information related to the image data with the number “4” in the fourth field DA05.
- the second command in which “001” is set in the first field DA02 requests the image processing engine 280 to display an image on the liquid crystal panel 240 (sub-screen).
- the second command in which “010” is set in the first field DA02 requests the image processing engine 280 to display an icon on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the second command in which “011” is set in the first field DA02 requests the image processing engine 280 to display the handwriting area on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the second field DA03 stores the number of images to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 and a number for designating the type of handwriting language.
- the image processing engine 280 performs processing according to the number of images or the type of language.
- the second command in which “01” is set in the third field DA04 requests the image processing engine 280 to designate the display range on the liquid crystal panel 240 by coordinates. Further, the second command in which “10” is set in the third field DA04 requests the image processing engine 280 to set the display range on the liquid crystal panel 240 to the entire display area.
- the fourth field DA05 stores image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 and position information for displaying the image data.
- the image processing engine 280 performs processing for displaying the image data at a position specified by the position information.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “010” (hereinafter referred to as “third command”).
- the CPU 110 sends the third command from the main unit 101 of the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002.
- the CPU 210 sends a third command from the main body device 104 of the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the command type (“001”), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the value of the OS (Operating System) processing request with the number “1” in the first field DA02.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the value of the OS information with the number “2” in the second field DA03.
- the third command in which “01” or “10” is set in the first field DA02 is transmitted from the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the third command in which “01” is set in the first field DA02 requests the first unit 1001 to transmit information indicating the type of OS of the first unit 1001 (main device).
- the third command in which “10” is set in the first field DA02 requests the first unit 1001 to start the OS specified by the OS information.
- the third command in which “000”, “001”, or “010” is set in the second field DA03 is transmitted from the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the third command in which “000” is set in the second field DA03 does not request the activation of the OS in the first unit 1001.
- the third command in which “001” is set in the second field DA03 indicates that the second unit 1002 has selected to start the first OS.
- the third command in which “010” is set in the second field DA03 indicates that the second unit 1002 has selected to start the second OS.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “011” (hereinafter referred to as “fourth command”).
- the CPU 210 sends a fourth command from the main body device 104 of the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the CPU 210 writes the command type (“011”), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01.
- the CPU 210 writes information related to the activated application with the number “1” in the first field DA02.
- the CPU 210 writes the startup information with the number “2” in the second field DA03.
- the first field DA02 information specifying an application to be activated in the first unit 1001 is stored.
- the second field DA03 stores information used at the time of activation setting and information used after activation.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “100” (hereinafter referred to as “fifth command”).
- the CPU 210 sends the fifth command from the main body device 104 of the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the CPU 210 writes the command type (“100”), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01.
- the CPU 210 writes information related to the reception request with the number “1” in the first field DA02.
- the CPU 210 writes information relating to the number “2” in the second field DA03.
- the CPU 210 writes information related to the file with the number “3” in the third field DA04.
- the fifth command in which “01” is set in the first field DA02 requests the first unit 1001 to receive a file.
- the number of files transmitted from the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001 is stored. Further, a file transmitted from the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001 is stored in the third field DA04.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a command of type “101” (hereinafter referred to as “sixth command”).
- the CPU 110 sends the sixth command from the main unit 101 of the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002.
- the CPU 210 sends the sixth command from the main body device 104 of the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the command type (“101”), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the value of the communication type with the number “1” in the first field DA02.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the value of the connection destination with the number “2” in the second field DA03.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the value of the transfer destination with the number “3” in the third field DA04.
- the CPUs 110 and 210 write the value of the signal strength acquisition timing number “4” in the fourth field DA05.
- the sixth command in which “001” is set in the first field DA02 requests the counterpart device to perform infrared communication.
- the sixth command in which “010” is set in the first field DA02 requests the counterpart device to perform wireless communication by Bluetooth (registered trademark).
- the sixth command in which “011” is set in the first field DA02 requests the counterpart device to perform LAN communication.
- the sixth command in which “000” is set in the second field DA03 indicates that it does not have information specifying the communication connection destination.
- the sixth command in which “001” is set in the second field DA03 is transmitted by the first unit 1001 to the device to which the first unit 1001 is connected.
- Such a sixth command requests transmission of information related to a device to which the first unit 1001 is connected.
- the sixth command in which “010” is set in the second field DA03 is transmitted by the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001 to which the second unit 1002 is connected.
- Such a sixth command requests transmission of information regarding the first unit 1001 to which the second unit 1002 is connected.
- the sixth command in which “011” is set in the second field DA03 is transmitted by the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001 to which the second unit 1002 is connected.
- Such a sixth command requests that information regarding the second unit 1002 be set as connection destination device information.
- the sixth command in which “100” is set in the second field DA03 is transmitted by the first unit 1001 to the device to which the first unit 1001 is connected (for example, the second unit 1002).
- Such a sixth command requests that information regarding the first unit 1001 be set as connection destination device information.
- the sixth command in which “000” is set in the third field DA04 indicates that it does not have information specifying the transfer destination of data (for example, a file).
- the sixth command in which “001” is set in the third field DA04 is transmitted by the first unit 1001 to the data transfer destination device.
- Such a sixth command requests transmission of information relating to the data transfer destination device.
- the sixth command in which “010” is set in the third field DA04 is transmitted by the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001 that is the data transfer destination.
- Such a sixth command requests transmission of information related to the first unit 1001 of the data transfer destination.
- the sixth command in which “011” is set in the third field DA04 is transmitted by the second unit 1002 to the first unit 1001 that is the data transfer destination.
- Such a sixth command requests that information regarding the second unit 1002 be set as device information of the data transfer source.
- the sixth command in which “100” is set in the third field DA04 is transmitted by the first unit 1001 to the data transfer destination device (for example, the second unit 1002).
- the data transfer destination device for example, the second unit 1002.
- Such a sixth command requests that information regarding the first unit 1001 be set as device information of the data transfer source.
- the sixth command in which “00”, “01”, “10”, or “11” is set in the fourth field DA05 is transmitted by the first unit 1001 to the second unit 1002.
- the sixth command in which “00” is set in the fourth field DA05 does not request the second unit 1002 to transmit data indicating the signal strength. Also, the sixth command in which “01” is set in the fourth field DA05 requests the signal strength detection unit 297 to transmit data indicating the signal strength at that time. Furthermore, the sixth command in which “10” is set in the fourth field DA05 requests transmission of data indicating the signal strength when the signal strength is changed. Further, the sixth command in which “11” is set in the fourth field DA05 requests the transmission of data indicating the signal strength at regular intervals.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of response data.
- the response data is data corresponding to the content of the first command (sensing command).
- the CPU 210 transmits response data from the display device 103 to the first unit 1001.
- the image processing engine 180 transmits response data from the image processing engine 180 to the main device 101.
- a case where the first command is transmitted from the main device 101 to the second unit 1002 will be described as an example.
- the response data includes a header data area DA11, a coordinate data area DA12, a time data area DA13, and an image data area DA14.
- the value of the center coordinates of the partial image is written in the data area DA12 indicating the coordinates.
- the time information acquired from the timer 282 of the image processing engine 280 is written in the data area indicating the time.
- image data that is, scan data
- the image processing engine 280 is written in the data area indicating the image.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an image obtained by scanning the finger 900 (that is, a scanned image).
- an image of a region W1 surrounded by a thick solid line is an entire image
- an image of a region P1 surrounded by a broken line is a partial image.
- the center point C1 of the cross indicated by a thick line is the center coordinate.
- a pixel that is, a predetermined gradation or a pixel having a photosensor circuit which is a rectangular region and whose output voltage from the sensor signal line SSj is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
- An area including all of the pixels having a luminance equal to or higher than a predetermined luminance is set as a partial image area.
- the center coordinates are coordinates determined in consideration of the gradation of each pixel in the partial image area. Specifically, for each pixel in the partial image, the center coordinates are determined by performing weighting processing based on the gradation of the pixel and the distance between the pixel and the rectangular center point (that is, the centroid). Is done. That is, the center coordinates do not necessarily match the centroid of the partial image.
- the position of the center coordinates is not necessarily limited to the above, and the center coordinates may be the coordinates of the centroid or the coordinates near the centroid.
- the image processing engine 280 When “001” is set in the data area indicating the data type of the first command, the image processing engine 280 writes the value of the central coordinate in the data area DA12 indicating the coordinate. In this case, the image processing engine 280 does not write image data in the data area DA14 indicating an image. After writing the value of the center coordinate, the image processing engine 280 sends response data including the value of the center coordinate to the main body device 104. The main device 104 sends response data including the value of the center coordinate to the main device 101 of the first unit 1001. As described above, when “001” is set in the data area indicating the data type, the first command does not request output of the image data but requests output of the value of the center coordinate.
- the image processing engine 280 stores the image data of the partial image whose scan result has changed in the data area DA14 indicating the image. Write. In this case, the image processing engine 280 does not write the value of the center coordinate in the data area DA12 indicating the coordinate.
- the image processing engine 280 writes the image data of the partial image whose scan result has changed, and then sends response data including the image data of the partial image to the main body device 104.
- the main device 104 sends response data including image data of the partial image to the main device 101 of the first unit 1001.
- the first command does not request the output of the value of the center coordinate, and the image data of the partial image whose scan result has changed. Request output.
- the reason for requesting transmission of only the partial image whose scan result has changed is that the scan data of the partial image area of the scan data is more important than the scan data of the other area. This is because the data is high, and the scan data in the region corresponding to the region of the partial image in the scan data is likely to change due to the contact state with the scan object such as the finger 900.
- the image processing engine 280 When “011” is set in the data area indicating the data type of the first command, the image processing engine 280 writes the value of the center coordinate in the data area DA12 indicating the coordinate and also indicates the data indicating the image. The image data of the partial image whose scan result has changed is written in the area DA14. Thereafter, the image processing engine 280 sends response data including the value of the center coordinate and the image data of the partial image to the main body device 104. The main device 104 sends response data including the value of the center coordinate and the image data of the partial image to the main device 101 of the first unit 1001.
- the first command outputs the value of the center coordinate and the output of the image data of the partial image whose scan result has changed. Request.
- the image processing engine 280 displays the entire image in the data area DA14 indicating the image of the response data shown in FIG. Write image data. In this case, the image processing engine 280 does not write the value of the center coordinate in the data area DA12 indicating the coordinate.
- the image processing engine 280 writes the image data of the entire image, and then sends response data including the image data of the entire image to the main body device 104.
- the main device 104 sends response data including image data of the entire image to the main device 101 of the first unit 1001.
- the first command requests the output of the image data of the entire image without requesting the output of the center coordinate value. .
- the image processing engine 280 When “101” is set in the data area indicating the data type of the first command, the image processing engine 280 writes the value of the central coordinate in the data area DA12 indicating the coordinate and the data indicating the image. The image data of the entire image is written in the area DA14. Thereafter, the image processing engine 280 sends response data including the value of the center coordinate and the image data of the entire image to the main body device 104. The main device 104 sends response data including the value of the center coordinate and the image data of the entire image to the main device 101 of the first unit 1001.
- the first command requests the output of the value of the center coordinate and the output of the image data of the entire image.
- the structure of the liquid crystal panel 140 is not limited to the structure shown in FIG.
- a liquid crystal panel having a mode different from that in FIG. 3 will be described.
- FIG. 16 is a circuit diagram of the photosensor built-in liquid crystal panel 140A according to the different embodiment.
- photosensor built-in liquid crystal panel 140A (hereinafter referred to as liquid crystal panel 140A) includes three photosensor circuits (144r, 144g, 144b) in one pixel.
- the liquid crystal panel 140A is different from the liquid crystal panel 140 including one photosensor circuit in one pixel in that the liquid crystal panel 140A includes three photosensor circuits (144r, 144g, and 144b) in one pixel.
- the configuration of the optical sensor circuit 144 is the same as that of each of the three optical sensor circuits (144r, 144g, 144b).
- the three photodiodes (145r, 145g, 145b) in one pixel are arranged at positions facing the color filter 153r, the color filter 153g, and the color filter 153b, respectively. Therefore, the photodiode 145r receives red light, the photodiode 145g receives green light, and the photodiode 145b receives blue light.
- liquid crystal panel 140 since the liquid crystal panel 140 includes only one photosensor circuit 144 in one pixel, two data signal lines for the TFT 147 disposed in one pixel are a sensor signal line SSj and a sensor signal line SDj. Met. However, since the liquid crystal panel 140A includes three photosensor circuits (144r, 144g, 144b) in one pixel, there are six data signal lines for TFTs (147r, 147g, 147b) arranged in one pixel. It becomes.
- the sensor signal line SSRj and the sensor signal line SDRj are arranged corresponding to the TFT 147r connected to the cathode of the photodiode 145r arranged at a position facing the color filter 153r.
- a sensor signal line SSGj and a sensor signal line SDGj are arranged corresponding to the TFT 147g connected to the cathode of the photodiode 145g arranged at a position facing the color filter 153g.
- a sensor signal line SSBj and a sensor signal line SDBj are disposed corresponding to the TFT 147b connected to the cathode of the photodiode 145b disposed at a position facing the color filter 153b.
- the white light emitted from the backlight 179 passes through the three color filters (153r, 153g, 153b), and red, green, and blue are displayed on the surface of the liquid crystal panel 140A. It mixes and becomes white light.
- white light is reflected by the scan object, a part of the white light is absorbed by the pigment on the surface of the scan object, and a part is reflected. And the reflected light permeate
- the color filter 153r transmits light having a red wavelength
- the photodiode 145r receives light having the red wavelength
- the color filter 153g transmits light having a green wavelength
- the photodiode 145g receives light having the green wavelength
- the color filter 153b transmits light having a blue wavelength
- the photodiode 145b receives light having the blue wavelength. That is, the light reflected by the scan object is separated into three primary colors (R, G, B) by the three color filters (153r, 153g, 153b), and each photodiode (145r, 145g, 145b) The light of the color corresponding to is received.
- each photodiode (145r, 145g, 145b) When a part of white light is absorbed by the pigment on the surface of the scan target, the amount of light received by each photodiode (145r, 145g, 145b) is different for each photodiode (145r, 145g, 145b). For this reason, the output voltages of the sensor signal line SSRj, the sensor signal line SSGj, and the sensor signal line SSBj are different from each other.
- the image processing engine 180 determines the R gradation, the G gradation, and the B gradation according to each output voltage, so that the image processing engine 180 sends the RGB color image to the main body device 101. Can send.
- the scan object can be scanned in color.
- FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration in which a photodiode receives external light during scanning. As shown in the figure, part of the external light is blocked by the finger 900. Therefore, the photodiode disposed under the surface region of the liquid crystal panel 140 that is in contact with the finger 900 can hardly receive external light. In addition, although the photodiodes disposed under the surface area where the shadow of the finger 900 is formed can receive a certain amount of external light, the amount of external light received is small compared to the surface area where no shadow is formed.
- the optical sensor circuit 144 can output a voltage corresponding to the position of the finger 900 with respect to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 140 from the sensor signal line SSj. it can.
- the liquid crystal panel 140 has a contact position of the finger 900, a range in which the finger 900 is in contact (determined by the pressing force of the finger 900), and the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the voltage output from the sensor signal lines (SS1 to SSn) varies depending on the direction of the finger 900 with respect to the surface of the sensor.
- the display device 102 can scan an image (hereinafter also referred to as a shadow image) obtained by blocking external light by the finger 900.
- the display device 102 may be configured to perform scanning by turning on the backlight 179 and then performing scanning again by turning off the backlight 179.
- the display device 102 may be configured to perform scanning by turning off the backlight 179 and then performing scanning again by turning on the backlight 179.
- the operation of the display device 103 is controlled in accordance with a command (for example, a first command) from the main body device 101 as in the operation of the display device 102.
- the display device 103 has the same configuration as the display device 102. Therefore, when the display device 103 receives the same command from the main body device 101 as the display device 102, the display device 103 performs the same operation as the display device 102. For this reason, description of the configuration and operation of the display device 103 will not be repeated.
- the main device 101 can send commands having different commands to the display device 102 and the display device 103.
- the display device 102 and the display device 103 perform different operations.
- the main device 101 may send a command to either the display device 102 or the display device 103. In this case, only one display device performs an operation according to the command.
- the main device 101 may send a command having the same command to the display device 102 and the display device 103. In this case, the display device 102 and the display device 103 perform the same operation.
- the size of the liquid crystal panel 140 of the display device 102 and the size of the liquid crystal panel 240 of the display device 103 may be the same or different. Further, the resolution of the liquid crystal panel 140 and the resolution of the liquid crystal panel 240 may be the same or different.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the electronic device 1300. Similar to the electronic device 100, the electronic device 1300 includes a first housing 100A and a second housing 100B. Referring to FIG. 18, electronic device 1300 includes a first unit 1001A and a second unit 1002. The first unit 1001A includes a main body device 101 and a display device 102A. The second unit 1002 includes a main device 104 and a display device 103.
- the display device 102A includes a liquid crystal panel that does not incorporate a photosensor (that is, a liquid crystal panel having only a display function).
- the electronic device 1300 is different from the electronic device 100 in which the first unit 1001A includes a liquid crystal panel that does not include a photosensor, and the first unit 1001 includes a liquid crystal panel 240 that includes a photosensor.
- Such an electronic device 1300 performs the above-described sensing using the display device 103 of the second unit 1002.
- the first unit 1001 may be provided with, for example, a resistive film type or capacitive type touch panel instead of the liquid crystal panel 140 incorporating the optical sensor.
- the display device 102 includes the timer 182 and the display device 103 includes the timer 282.
- the display device 102 and the display device 103 may share one timer. .
- the electronic device 100 is described as a foldable device, but the electronic device 100 is not necessarily limited to the foldable device.
- the electronic device 100 may be a sliding device configured such that the first housing 100A slides with respect to the second housing 100B.
- the second unit 1002 is detachable from the first unit 1001 via the USB connectors 194 and 294.
- the electronic device 100 which concerns on this Embodiment can exhibit the following functions, for example at the time of power activation.
- the first unit 1001 activates a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) by using power from the power supply circuit 192.
- BIOS Basic Input / Output System
- the second unit 1002 acquires power from the first unit 1001 via the USB connectors 194 and 294.
- the second unit 1002 can transmit and receive data to and from the first unit 1001 by using the power.
- the CPU 210 of the second unit 1002 can display the OS type in a selectable manner on the liquid crystal panel 240 by using the power from the USB connectors 194 and 294.
- the user selects an OS to be started up via the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the CPU 210 transmits a command (for example, a “first OS” command shown in FIG. 10) specifying the OS to be activated to the first unit 1001 via the USB connectors 194 and 294 according to the user's selection. .
- the first unit 1001 starts the OS in response to the command.
- the second unit 1002 transmits and receives data to and from an external mobile phone or the like via the antenna 295.
- the CPU 210 of the second unit 1002 acquires photographic image data and corresponding thumbnail data from an external mobile phone via the antenna 295, and stores the photographic image data and corresponding thumbnail data in the RAM 271 or the like.
- the CPU 210 reads the thumbnail data from the RAM 271 and causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display a thumbnail image of the photo in a selectable manner.
- the CPU 210 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display a photographic image in response to an external selection command.
- the CPU 210 displays a photographic image on the liquid crystal panel 140 or the display device 102A via the USB connector 294.
- the second liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic device 100 may be a normal touch panel having a tablet function and a display function.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the communication system 1.
- communication system 1 includes an electronic device 100, a server 8000, and a server 9000.
- the electronic device 100 is a notebook personal computer will be described as an example.
- the server 8000 communicates with the electronic device 100 and the server 9000.
- Server 8000 belongs to, for example, a provider that provides software.
- the server 8000 belongs to, for example, a provider that provides a search engine.
- the server 8000 transmits image data indicating an advertisement to the electronic device 100.
- the server 8000 is referred to as an “advertisement server 8000”.
- the server 9000 communicates with the server 8000.
- the server 9000 is a server owned by an application service provider (hereinafter referred to as “ASP”), and is used to provide an application service.
- ASP application service provider
- SSP storage service provider
- a case where the server 9000 is a server used for providing an application service will be described as an example.
- the server 9000 is referred to as an “ASP server 9000”.
- the ASP is, for example, an operator that supplies electronic device parts to a set manufacturer.
- the ASP is an operator that supplies the liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic device 100 to a set manufacturer.
- the ASP may be a company that produces electronic device parts in-house and manufactures electronic devices using the parts.
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer system 8100 that functions as the advertisement server 8000.
- the computer system 8100 includes, as main components, a CPU 8110 that executes a program, a mouse 8120 and a keyboard 8130 that receive an instruction input by a user of the computer system 8100, data generated by execution of the program by the CPU 8110, or a mouse 8120.
- a RAM 8140 that stores data input via the keyboard 8130 in a volatile manner
- a hard disk 8150 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner
- a DVD-ROM drive device 8160, a monitor 8170, and a communication IF 8180 are included.
- Each component is connected to each other by a data bus.
- a DVD-ROM 8161 is attached to the DVD-ROM drive 8160.
- the processing in the computer system 8100 is realized by each hardware and software executed by the CPU 8110.
- Such software may be stored in the hard disk 8150 in advance.
- the software may be stored in a DVD-ROM 8161 or other storage medium and distributed as a program product.
- the software may be provided as a program product that can be downloaded by an information provider connected to the so-called Internet.
- Such software is read from the storage medium by the DVD-ROM drive 8160 or other reading device, or downloaded via the communication IF 8180 and then temporarily stored in the hard disk 8150.
- the software is read from the hard disk 8150 by the CPU 8110 and stored in the RAM 8140 in the form of an executable program.
- CPU 8110 executes the program.
- Each component constituting the computer system 8100 shown in the figure is general. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is software stored in the RAM 8140, the hard disk 8150, the DVD-ROM 8161 or other storage medium, or software downloadable via a network. Since the operation of each hardware of computer system 8100 is well known, detailed description will not be repeated.
- Recording media are not limited to DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, FD, and hard disk, but are magnetic tape, cassette tape, optical disk (MO / MD / DVD), IC card (including memory card), optical card, mask It may be a medium carrying a fixed program such as a semiconductor memory such as ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash ROM or the like.
- the program here includes not only a program directly executable by the CPU but also a program in a source program format, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.
- the ASP server 9000 also has a hardware configuration similar to that of the advertisement server 8000, the description of the hardware configuration of the ASP server 9000 will not be repeated.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of the electronic device 100.
- electronic device 100 includes control unit 10, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and storage device 90.
- the control unit 10 includes a display control unit 11, a scan unit 12, a detection unit 13, a generation unit 14, a transmission unit 15, and a reception unit 16.
- the storage device 90 includes a RAM 171 and a hard disk (not shown).
- the storage device 90 includes application software that can be executed by the electronic device 100, information associated with the application software, and information for specifying the advertisement server 8000 (hereinafter referred to as “server specifying information”). Is stored.
- the storage device 90 stores information indicating the hardware environment of the electronic device 100 (hereinafter, “hardware environment information”). As will be described in detail later, the hardware environment information includes information for identifying the liquid crystal panel 140 and information for identifying the liquid crystal panel 240 (hereinafter referred to as “identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240”).
- the display control unit 11 displays images on the display surfaces of the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 based on image data stored in a VRAM (not shown) in the storage device 90.
- the display control unit 11 displays an operation screen of the application software on the liquid crystal panel 140 based on the activation of the application software.
- the display control unit 11 also includes position information indicating the position of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel 140 on the display surface, and the display surface of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the position information indicating the position at is sent to the detection unit 13.
- the scanning unit 12 causes the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 to perform scanning.
- the scan unit 12 sends scan data to the detection unit 13.
- the detection unit 13 detects that the electronic device 100 has received an input related to the operation of the application software based on the scan data. Alternatively, the detection unit 13 detects that the electronic device 100 has received an input related to the operation via the operation key 177. Preferably, the detection unit 13 detects that the electronic device 100 has received a predetermined input among the inputs related to the operation of the application software. The detection unit 13 sends the detection result to the generation unit 14.
- the “predetermined input” is, for example, an input for starting application software.
- the “predetermined input” is an input for transmitting an error generated when executing the application software to the advertisement server 8000.
- “predetermined input” is an input for saving a file created using application software.
- the generation unit 14 generates a signal having the server specified by the server specifying information as a transmission destination based on the detection of the detection unit 13. Specifically, the generation unit 14 reads out hardware environment information and information indicating the application being executed from the storage device 90. Thereafter, the generation unit 14 generates a signal including information indicating the read application and hardware environment information. The generation unit 14 sends the generated signal to the transmission unit 15.
- the “information indicating an application” is information for identifying which application is being executed.
- the information indicating the application software is referred to as “application software information”.
- the transmission unit 15 transmits the signal generated by the generation unit 14 to the advertisement server 8000.
- the receiving unit 16 receives, from the advertisement server 8000, first image data indicating an advertisement (hereinafter referred to as “advertisement image data”) based on the transmission of the signal. More specifically, the receiving unit 16 receives advertisement image data related to the activated application software (see FIG. 27) from the advertisement server 8000. The receiving unit 16 sends the advertisement image data to the display control unit 11.
- the display control unit 11 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an image (that is, an advertisement) based on the advertisement image data.
- an image based on the advertisement image data is referred to as an “advertisement based on the advertisement image data”.
- the detection unit 13 further detects that an input for selecting an advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 has been received.
- the input for selecting the advertisement is, for example, an input based on a user operation input on the screen of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the transmission unit 15 transmits information indicating that the advertisement is selected and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the advertisement server 8000 based on the detection.
- “Advertisement selection” is, for example, a process in which the user selects an arbitrary position or a predetermined position of the display area of the liquid crystal panel 240 on which the advertisement is displayed using a pointing device such as the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the “predetermined position” is, for example, the position of an image displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 in order to receive an instruction from a user to acquire (for example, purchase) a product displayed as an advertisement.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the advertisement server 8000.
- advertisement server 8000 includes a control unit 8010 and a storage device 8090.
- the control unit 8010 includes a first reception unit 8011, a determination unit 8012, a first transmission unit 8013, a second reception unit 8014, a generation unit 8015, and a second transmission unit 8016.
- the storage device 8090 includes a RAM 8140, a hard disk 8150, and the like (see FIG. 20).
- the storage device 8090 stores second image data indicating the advertisement.
- the first reception unit 8011 receives a signal including the hardware environment information and the application software information from the electronic device 100.
- the first reception unit 8011 sends the hardware environment information to the determination unit 17.
- the determination unit 17 determines whether the electronic device 100 includes a sub liquid crystal panel based on the hardware environment information. When the determination unit 17 determines that the electronic device 100 includes the sub liquid crystal panel, the determination unit 17 sends the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the first transmission unit 8013.
- the first transmission unit 8013 transmits the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 9000.
- the second reception unit 8014 receives the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 specified by the ASP server 9000 based on the identification information from the ASP server 9000.
- the second reception unit 8014 sends the received device information to the generation unit 8015. Details of the device information will be described later.
- the generation unit 8015 reads out, from the storage device 8090, image data related to the application software information among the second image data stored in the storage device 8090.
- the generation unit 8015 further generates the advertisement image data described above from the read second image data based on the device information. That is, advertisement image data related to the application software running on the electronic device 100 is generated. More specifically, the generation unit 8015 generates the advertisement image data from the second image data based on information indicating the screen size included in the device information and information indicating the resolution.
- the generation unit 8015 sends the generated advertisement image data to the second transmission unit 8016.
- the second transmission unit 8016 transmits the generated advertisement image data to the electronic device 100.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the ASP server 9000.
- ASP server 9000 includes a control unit 9010 and a storage device 9090.
- the control unit 9010 includes a reception unit 9011, a generation unit 9012, and a transmission unit 9013.
- the storage device 9090 includes a RAM (not shown), a hard disk (not shown), and the like.
- the storage device 9090 stores each piece of device information related to each liquid crystal panel supplied by the operator in association with identification information of each liquid crystal panel.
- the storage device 9090 stores the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240, which is one of the plurality of device information, in association with the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the receiving unit 9011 receives the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the advertisement server 8000.
- the reception unit 9011 sends the received identification information to the generation unit 9012.
- the generation unit 9012 reads the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 specified based on the identification information from the storage device 9090.
- the generation unit 9012 generates a signal including the read device information.
- the generation unit 9012 sends the generated signal to the transmission unit 9013.
- the transmission unit 9013 transmits the signal generated by the generation unit 9012 to the advertisement server 8000.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram schematically showing hardware environment information.
- the hardware environment information includes detailed information on components included in electronic device 100.
- the hardware environment information indicates that the electronic device 100 includes a main liquid crystal panel and a sub liquid crystal panel as liquid crystal panels.
- the identification information of the main liquid crystal panel is the component information ID11.
- the identification information of the sub liquid crystal panel 240 is the component information ID12.
- advertisement server 8000 transmits component information ID 12 as identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 to ASP server 9000.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram schematically showing device information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the device information of liquid crystal panel 240 includes resolution information of liquid crystal panel 240, color information that can be displayed on liquid crystal panel 240, and information indicating the panel size of liquid crystal panel 240. Yes.
- the advertisement server 8000 generates the advertisement image data based on each piece of information included in the device information.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram schematically showing the server specifying information stored in the storage device 90 of the electronic device 100.
- one piece of server specifying information ID21 to ID24 is associated with each application software. For example, when the electronic device 100 accepts an input regarding the operation of the spreadsheet S, the electronic device 100 sends a signal including hardware environment information to the server specified by the server specifying information ID22.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating the electronic device 100 in a state where spreadsheet application software is being executed. More specifically, FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a state in which an operation screen 1401 of spreadsheet application software on the liquid crystal panel 140 is displayed.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the electronic device 100 displays an advertisement based on the advertisement image data on the liquid crystal panel 240. Referring to FIG. 28, for example, when the user performs an operation of selecting region 2401, electronic device 100 transmits information indicating that the advertisement is selected, identification information on liquid crystal panel 240, and advertisement server 8000. .
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a sequence in the communication system 1.
- electronic device 100 transmits a signal including hardware environment information and application software information to advertisement server 8000.
- the advertisement server 8000 sends the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 9000.
- the ASP server 9000 transmits a signal including device information to the advertisement server 8000.
- step S8 the advertisement server 8000 sends the advertisement image data to the electronic device 100.
- electronic device 100 transmits information indicating that the advertisement displayed on liquid crystal panel 240 has been selected and identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 to advertisement server 8000.
- the advertisement server 8000 transmits performance data indicating the selection performance to the ASP server 9000 based on information indicating that the advertisement has been selected.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a control structure in electronic device 100.
- electronic device 100 determines whether or not an input related to operation of application software has been received.
- electronic device 100 generates a signal including hardware environment information and application software information.
- step S36 the electronic device 100 determines whether an instruction for terminating the application software has been received. When it is determined that electronic device 100 has received an instruction to end the application software (YES in step S36), electronic device 100 ends the series of processes. On the other hand, when electronic device 100 determines that it has not received an instruction to terminate the application software (NO in step S36), the process returns to step S22.
- step S26 the electronic device 100 transmits the generated signal to the advertisement server 8000.
- step S ⁇ b> 28 electronic device 100 receives advertisement image data from advertisement server 8000.
- step S ⁇ b> 30, electronic device 100 displays an advertisement based on the received advertisement image data on liquid crystal panel 240.
- step S32 electronic device 100 determines whether or not an input for selecting an advertisement displayed on liquid crystal panel 240 has been received. If it is determined that electronic device 100 has accepted the input (YES in step S32), in step S34, electronic device 100 receives information indicating that an advertisement has been selected and identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 from the advertisement server. To 8000.
- step S38 the electronic device 100 determines whether an instruction for terminating the application software has been received. When it is determined that electronic device 100 has received an instruction to end application software (YES in step S38), electronic device 100 ends a series of processes. On the other hand, when electronic device 100 determines that it has not received an instruction to end the application software (NO in step S38), the process returns to step S32.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a control structure in the advertisement server 8000.
- advertisement server 8000 receives a signal including hardware environment information and application software information from electronic device 100.
- the advertisement server 8000 transmits the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 included in the hardware environment information to the ASP server 9000.
- step S56 the advertisement server 8000 receives the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the ASP server 9000.
- the advertisement server 8000 generates the advertisement image data from the second image data based on the received device information.
- step S60 the advertisement server 8000 transmits the advertisement image data to the electronic device 100.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a control structure in the ASP server 9000.
- ASP server 9000 receives the identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 from advertisement server 8000.
- the ASP server 9000 transmits the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the advertisement server 8000.
- the electronic device 100 includes at least the display control unit 11, the detection unit 13, the generation unit 14, the transmission unit 15, and the reception unit 16.
- the display control unit 11 displays an operation screen of the application software on the liquid crystal panel 140 based on the activation of the application software.
- the detection unit 13 detects that the electronic device 100 has received an input regarding the operation of the application software.
- the generation unit 14 Based on the detection, the generation unit 14 generates a signal (hereinafter referred to as “signal Q”) having the advertisement server 8000 specified by the server specifying information as a transmission destination.
- the transmission unit 15 transmits the signal generated by the generation unit 14 to the advertisement server 8000.
- the receiving unit 16 receives advertisement image data from the advertisement server 8000 based on the transmission.
- the display control unit 11 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an advertisement based on the advertisement image data.
- the electronic device 100 displays the operation screen of the application software on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- electronic device 100 displays an advertisement based on the advertisement image data on liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 100 displays the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 different from the liquid crystal panel 140 on which the operation screen of the application software is displayed. Therefore, the electronic device 100 can display an advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 while the user is using the electronic device 100. As a result, the electronic device 100 can display the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 at a timing when the advertisement effect can be expected.
- the generation unit 14 generates a signal including at least identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 as the signal Q.
- the transmission unit 15 transmits the signal including the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the advertisement server 8000.
- the receiving unit 16 receives advertisement image data generated in the advertisement server 8000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 as advertisement image data from the advertisement server 8000.
- the electronic device 100 can display the advertisement image data generated in the advertisement server 8000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the advertisement image data is generated using the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240
- the electronic device 100 receives the advertisement image data having a size suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240. Can do.
- the detection unit 13 detects that an input for selecting an advertisement based on the advertisement image data has been received. Based on the detection of the input, the transmission unit 15 transmits information indicating selection and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the advertisement server 8000.
- the input is an input to the panel surface (touch panel surface) of the liquid crystal panel 240, for example.
- the electronic device 100 can transmit the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the advertisement server 8000 in addition to the information indicating that the advertisement is selected. Therefore, the owner of the advertisement server 8000 can determine the advertisement effect based on whether or not the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 is received. In addition, since the owner of the advertisement server 8000 can determine the advertising effect, the owner can pay the reward corresponding to the advertising effect to the owner of the ASP server 9000.
- the generation unit 14 generates a signal including information indicating application software as the signal Q.
- the transmission unit 15 transmits a signal including information indicating the application software to the advertisement server 8000.
- the receiving unit 16 receives, as advertisement image data, image data indicating an advertisement related to the activated application software from the advertisement server 8000.
- the electronic device 100 can display an advertisement related to the application displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140 on the liquid crystal panel 240 at a timing at which an advertisement effect can be expected.
- the advertisement server 8000 includes at least the first receiver 8011, the first transmitter 8013, the second receiver 8014, and the second transmitter 8016.
- the first receiving unit 8011 receives a signal including at least information for identifying the liquid crystal panel 140 and identification information for the liquid crystal panel 240 from the electronic device 100.
- the first transmission unit 8013 transmits the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 9000.
- the second reception unit 8014 receives the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 specified by the ASP server 9000 based on the identification information from the ASP server 9000.
- the generation unit 8015 generates advertisement image data based on the received device information.
- the second transmission unit 8016 transmits the generated advertisement image data to the electronic device 100.
- the advertisement server 8000 generates advertisement image data based on the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240. Therefore, the advertisement server 8000 can generate advertisement image data suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240. Therefore, the electronic device 100 can receive advertisement image data suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the ASP server 9000 includes at least a receiving unit 9011 and a transmitting unit 9013.
- the receiving unit 9011 receives the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the advertisement server 8000.
- the transmission unit 9013 transmits the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 specified based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the advertisement server 8000.
- the ASP server 9000 can transmit the device information of the liquid crystal panel of the electronic device 100 to the advertisement server 8000. Therefore, the advertisement server 8000 can generate advertisement image data based on the device information.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of an electronic device 3300 that is a modified example of the electronic device 100.
- electronic device 3300 includes a control unit 3310, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and a storage device 90A.
- the storage device 90A includes a RAM 171 and a hard disk (not shown).
- the storage device 90A includes image data indicating the user's fingerprint of the electronic device 3300 (hereinafter referred to as “fingerprint image data”) and attribute information indicating the attribute of the user. It is further stored in association with each user.
- “Attribute information” is information indicating a user's age, sex, address, occupation, and the like. The attribute information is stored in the storage device 90A, for example, by user input to the electronic device 3300.
- the control unit 3310 includes a display control unit 11, a scan unit 12, a detection unit 13, a generation unit 14, a transmission unit 15, a reception unit 16, and a determination unit 17.
- the control unit 3310 is different from the control unit 10 of the electronic device 100 in that the determination unit 17 is provided.
- the determination unit 17 receives the scan data sent from the scan unit 12. The determination unit 17 determines whether fingerprint image data that matches the scan data is stored in the storage device 90A. When the determination unit 17 determines that fingerprint data that matches the scan data is stored, the determination unit 17 reads the attribute information stored in association with the fingerprint image data determined to match from the storage device 90A. The determination unit 17 sends the read attribute information to the generation unit 14.
- the generation unit 14 includes the attribute information in the signal described above for transmission to the advertisement server 8000.
- the transmission unit 15 transmits a signal including the attribute information to the advertisement server 8000.
- the transmission unit 15 advertises attribute information associated with the fingerprint data that is determined to match the scan data. Send to server 8000.
- the electronic device 3300 transmits information indicating that the advertisement has been selected, identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240, and attribute information of the user who has selected the advertisement to the advertisement server 8000. Therefore, the advertisement server 8000 can also acquire the attribute information of the user who selected the advertisement. The owner of the advertisement server 8000 can use the acquired attribute information as marketing materials, for example.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of an electronic device 3400 that is another modification of the electronic device 100.
- electronic device 3400 includes control unit 3410, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and storage device 90.
- the control unit 3410 includes a display control unit 11, a scan unit 12, a detection unit 13, a generation unit 14, a transmission unit 15, a reception unit 16, and a detection unit 18.
- the control unit 3410 is different from the control unit 10 of the electronic device 100 in that the detection unit 18 is provided.
- the detection unit 18 detects that an input for operating the electronic device 3400 has not been received for a predetermined time.
- the detection unit 18 detects that no key operation input and no operation input on the touch panel are received, for example, for one minute.
- the display control unit 11 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an advertisement based on the advertisement image data.
- the electronic operation is not performed on the condition that no key operation from the user or input via the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 is accepted for a predetermined time.
- the device 3400 displays the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 3400 can display the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 in a state where it is assumed that the user is not operating the electronic device 3400. As a result, the electronic device 3400 can display an advertisement at a timing at which an advertisement effect is easily obtained.
- the display control unit 11 and the reception unit 16 of the electronic device 100 may be configured as described below.
- the display control unit 11 has a function of turning on the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the first command and turning off the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the second command.
- the receiving unit 16 When the receiving unit 16 receives the advertisement image data in a state where the display control unit 11 receives the second command and the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 is turned off, the receiving unit 16 receives the first command. It transmits to the display control part 11. The display control unit 11 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an advertisement based on the advertisement image data based on the first command.
- the electronic device 100 turns on the display function when receiving the advertisement image data from the advertisement server 8000. Therefore, even when the user sets the display function of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the off state, the electronic device 100 can display an advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the advertisement image data. As a result, even when the display function of the liquid crystal panel 240 is set to the off state, the user can visually recognize the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the manufacturer of the liquid crystal panel 240 supplies various types of liquid crystal panels 240 having different specifications (screen size, resolution, display color, etc.) to a set manufacturer that assembles the electronic device 100.
- the advertisement providing method described in this embodiment can be said to be a method for obtaining a high advertising effect.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the communication system 1A.
- communication system 1A includes an electronic device 3600, a terminal device 17000, a server 18000, and a server 19000.
- electronic device 3600 is a notebook personal computer will be described as an example.
- the electronic device 3600 has the configuration and functions shown in FIGS. Therefore, the contents described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 are not repeated here.
- the electronic device 3600 communicates with the server 18000.
- the terminal device 17000 communicates with the server 18000.
- the terminal device 17000 belongs to, for example, a client who requests the owner of the server 18000 to place an advertisement via the network.
- the server 18000 communicates with the electronic device 3600, the terminal device 17000, and the server 19000.
- the server 18000 is a computer owned by an application service provider (hereinafter referred to as “ASP”), and is used to provide an application service.
- ASP application service provider
- SSP storage service provider
- the provision of the application service and the storage service are performed by, for example, an operator supplying electronic device parts to a set maker.
- the application service and the storage service are provided by a company that supplies the liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic device 3600 to a set manufacturer.
- the provision of the application service and the storage service may be performed by a company that manufactures electronic device parts in-house and manufactures the electronic device using the parts.
- the server 18000 is a server used for providing an application service.
- the server 18000 is referred to as an “ASP server 18000”.
- the server 19000 communicates with the ASP server 18000.
- the server 19000 belongs to, for example, a business operator that develops and sells software.
- image refers to information output (that is, displayed) on the display surfaces of the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240. That is, the “image” is a concept including a picture, a photograph, a character string, and the like. The image is displayed on the screen based on the image data.
- server 19000 also has the same hardware configuration as the ASP server 18000, the description of the hardware configuration of the server 19000 will not be repeated. Since terminal device 17000 also has the same hardware configuration as ASP server 18000, description of the hardware configuration of terminal device 17000 will not be repeated.
- FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating a block of the electronic device 3600.
- electronic device 3600 includes control unit 3610, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and storage device 90.
- the control unit 3610 includes a display control unit 3611, a scanning unit 3612, a detection unit 3613, a generation unit 3614, a transmission unit 3615, and a reception unit 3616.
- the storage device 90 includes a RAM 171 and a hard disk (not shown).
- the storage device 90 stores application software executable by the electronic device 3600 and information for specifying the ASP server 18000 (hereinafter referred to as “server specifying information”).
- the server specifying information is information indicating the address of the ASP server 18000 on the network, for example.
- the storage device 90 stores information (hardware environment information) indicating the hardware environment of the electronic device 3600.
- the display control unit 3611 displays images on the display surfaces of the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 based on image data stored in a VRAM (not shown) in the storage device 90.
- the display control unit 3611 displays an operation screen of the application software on the liquid crystal panel 140 based on the activation of the application software.
- the display control unit 3611 also displays position information indicating the position of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel 140 on the display surface and the display surface of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the position information indicating the position at is sent to the detection unit 3613.
- the scanning unit 3612 causes the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 to perform scanning.
- the scan unit 3612 sends scan data to the detection unit 3613.
- the detection unit 3613 detects that the electronic device 3600 has received an input related to the operation of the application software based on the scan data. Alternatively, the detection unit 3613 detects that the electronic device 3600 has received an input related to the operation via the operation key 177. When the detection unit 3613 detects the input, the electronic device 3600 performs an operation according to the input.
- the generation unit 3614 generates a signal including error information indicating the error, with the server specified by the specific information as a transmission destination based on the occurrence of an error when executing the application software. . Specifically, the generation unit 3614 reads hardware environment information from the storage device 90. Thereafter, the generation unit 3614 generates a signal including the error information and the read hardware environment information. The generation unit 3614 sends the generated signal to the transmission unit 3615.
- the “error” includes an application error that is a fatal error that occurs during the execution of the application software, and a non-fatal error.
- the “fatal error” is, for example, an error in which processing by the application software cannot be executed unless the application software is terminated and then the application software is restarted.
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits the signal generated by the generation unit 3614 to the ASP server 18000.
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits the signal to the ASP server 18000 via, for example, the Internet network.
- the receiving unit 3616 receives image data including advertisement image data and help message image data (hereinafter referred to as “display image data”) from the ASP server 18000 based on the transmission of the signal.
- the receiving unit 3616 sends the display image data to the display control unit 3611.
- the “help message image data” is image data indicating a message related to the error.
- the “message related to error” is, for example, a message indicating a countermeasure for the error.
- the advertisement image data is referred to as “display advertisement data”
- the help message image data is referred to as “display message data”.
- the display control unit 3611 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an image (that is, a help message and an advertisement) based on the display image data.
- an image based on display advertisement data is also referred to as an “advertisement based on display advertisement data”.
- An image based on display message data is also referred to as a “message based on display message data”.
- the detection unit 3613 further detects that an input for selecting an advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 has been received.
- the input for selecting the advertisement is, for example, an input based on a user operation input on the screen of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits information indicating that the advertisement has been selected and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 18000 based on the detection.
- “Advertisement selection” is, for example, a process in which the user selects an arbitrary position or a predetermined position of the display area of the liquid crystal panel 240 on which the advertisement is displayed using a pointing device such as the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the “predetermined position” is, for example, the position of an image displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 in order to receive an instruction from a user to acquire (for example, purchase) a product displayed as an advertisement.
- FIG. 37 is a diagram showing a block of the ASP server 18000.
- ASP server 18000 includes control unit 18010 and storage device 18090.
- the control unit 18010 includes a first reception unit 18011, a determination unit 18012, a first transmission unit 18013, a second reception unit 18014, a generation unit 18015, a second transmission unit 18016, and a third reception unit 18017.
- the storage device 18090 includes a RAM 8140, a hard disk 8150, and the like (see FIG. 20).
- the storage device 18090 stores device information to be described later (FIG. 26).
- the storage device 18090 stores, for example, device information of the liquid crystal panel 240, which is one of the plurality of device information, in association with identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the third receiving unit 18017 receives advertisement image data (hereinafter referred to as “original advertisement data”) different from the display advertisement data from the terminal device 17000.
- Original advertisement data advertisement image data
- the third receiving unit 18017 stores the original advertisement data in the storage device 18090. The relationship between the original advertisement data and the above-described display advertisement data will be described later.
- the first receiving unit 18011 receives a signal including the hardware environment information and the error information from the electronic device 3600.
- the first reception unit 18011 sends hardware environment information to the determination unit 18012.
- the first reception unit 18011 sends error information to the first transmission unit 18013.
- Determination unit 18012 determines whether or not electronic device 3600 includes a sub liquid crystal panel based on the hardware environment information. When determining that the electronic device 3600 includes the sub liquid crystal panel, the determining unit 18012 sends the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the generating unit 18015. The first transmission unit 18013 transmits the error information to the server 19000.
- the second receiving unit 18014 Based on the transmission of the error information, the second receiving unit 18014 receives from the server 19000 image data (hereinafter referred to as “original message data”) indicating a message related to an error, which is different from the display message data. Receive. The second reception unit 18014 sends the received original message data to the generation unit 18015. The relationship between the original message data and the display message data described above will be described later.
- the generation unit 18015 reads the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the device information stored in the storage device 18090 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the generation unit 18015 generates the display image data from the original message data and the original advertisement data based on the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240. Details of generation of the display image data will be described below. In the following description, it is assumed that the resolution information included in the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 indicates, for example, vertical 480 dots and horizontal 1024 dots.
- the generation unit 18015 generates the display message data from the original message data so that the size of the display message data is within the first size (for example, vertical 480 dots ⁇ horizontal 640 dots). In addition, the generation unit 18015 converts the display advertisement data from the original advertisement data so that the size of the display advertisement data falls within the second size (for example, vertical 480 dots ⁇ horizontal 384 (1024-640) dots). Generate. Further, the generation unit 18015 generates image data including display message data and display advertisement data. Thereby, the ASP server 18000 obtains the display image data. Specifically, the ASP server 18000 obtains the display image data of 480 dots vertically ⁇ 1024 (640 + 384) dots horizontally.
- the first size and the second size are stored in advance in the storage device 18090, for example.
- the first size and the second size are calculated by the ASP server 18000 based on the resolution of the liquid crystal panel 240 and a predetermined ratio (for example, vertical 1 to 1 and horizontal 10 to 6). May be.
- the ratio is stored in the storage device 18090 in advance.
- the ASP server 18000 is obtained by dividing one display advertisement data by, for example, the vertical size (480 dots) of the second size by n.
- the size may be a vertical size and 384 dots may be a horizontal size.
- the size of each display advertisement data is 160 dots long ⁇ 384 dots wide.
- the generation unit 18015 sends the generated display image data to the second transmission unit 18016.
- the second transmission unit 18016 transmits the generated display image data to the electronic device 3600.
- FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a block of the server 19000.
- server 19000 includes a control unit 19010 and a storage device 19090.
- the control unit 19010 includes a reception unit 19011, a search unit 19012, and a transmission unit 19013.
- the storage device 19090 includes a RAM (not shown), a hard disk (not shown), and the like.
- the storage device 19090 stores the original message data in association with the error information.
- the receiving unit 19011 receives the error information from the ASP server 18000.
- the reception unit 19011 sends the received error information to the search unit 19012.
- the search unit 19012 reads from the storage device 19090 original message data stored in association with the error information.
- the search unit 19012 sends the read original message data to the transmission unit 19013.
- the transmission unit 19013 transmits the original message data to the ASP server 18000.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating a block of the terminal device 17000.
- terminal device 17000 includes control unit 17010, input device 17070, display device 17080, and storage device 17090.
- the control unit 17010 includes a reception unit 17011 and a transmission unit 17012.
- the input device 17070 is a mouse and a keyboard (see FIG. 20).
- the display device 17080 is a monitor (see FIG. 20).
- the storage device 17090 includes a RAM (not shown), a hard disk (not shown), and the like. The storage device 17090 stores the original advertisement data.
- the transmission unit 17012 transmits the original advertisement data to the ASP server 18000.
- the receiving unit 17011 receives performance data from the ASP server 18000.
- the “result data” is data indicating a result of the user selecting an advertisement displayed on the electronic device 3600.
- the hardware environment information is as shown in FIG. For this reason, description about hardware environment information is not repeated.
- the ASP server 18000 reads device information associated with the component information ID12 as identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the storage device 18090.
- the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 is as shown in FIG. For this reason, description about liquid crystal panel 240 is not repeated.
- the ASP server 18000 generates the display advertisement data from the original advertisement data based on each piece of information included in the device information.
- FIG. 40 shows electronic device 3600 in a state where spreadsheet application software is being executed.
- electronic device 3600 displays a spreadsheet application software operation screen 1401 on liquid crystal panel 140.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a state in which the electronic device 3600 displays an image based on the display image data on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- electronic device 3600 displays a message based on display message data included in display image data in display area 2402 of liquid crystal panel 240.
- electronic device 3600 displays an advertisement based on the display advertisement data included in the display image data in display areas 2410, 2420, and 2430 of liquid crystal panel 240.
- FIG. 41 shows a state in which three advertisements based on the three display advertisement data are displayed.
- the electronic device 3600 displays information indicating that the advertisement displayed in the display area 2410 is selected, identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240, and ASP. Send to server 18000.
- the electronic device 3600 displays information indicating that the advertisement displayed in display area 2420 has been selected, identification information on liquid crystal panel 240, and ASP. Send to server 18000.
- the user performs an operation of selecting an area 2431 in display area 2430 electronic device 3600 displays information indicating that the advertisement displayed in display area 2430 is selected, identification information on liquid crystal panel 240, and an ASP server. Send to 18000.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a sequence in the communication system 1A.
- terminal apparatus 17000 transmits original advertisement data to ASP server 18000.
- the electronic device 3600 transmits a signal including hardware environment information and error information to the ASP server 18000 based on the occurrence of an error when executing the application software.
- step S106 the ASP server 18000 transmits the received error information to the server 19000.
- step S108 the server 19000 transmits the original message data to the ASP server 18000 based on the reception of the error information.
- step S110 the ASP server 18000 transmits the display image data to the electronic device 3600 based on the reception of the original message data.
- step S112 based on the selection of the advertisement displayed on liquid crystal panel 240, electronic device 3600 transmits information indicating that the advertisement has been selected and identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 to ASP server 18000.
- step S114 the ASP server 18000 transmits performance data to the terminal device 17000 based on the reception of information indicating that the advertisement has been selected.
- FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing a control structure in electronic device 3600.
- electronic device 3600 activates application software.
- electronic device 3600 determines whether an error has occurred during execution of the application software.
- step S124 If electronic device 3600 determines that an error has occurred (YES in step S124), it displays an error on liquid crystal panel 140 in step S126. If electronic device 3600 determines that an error has not occurred (NO in step S124), it determines in step S140 whether or not an instruction to end application software has been received. When electronic device 3600 determines that an instruction to end the application software has been received (YES in step S140), the series of processing ends. On the other hand, when electronic device 3600 determines that it has not received an instruction to terminate the application software (NO in step S140), the process returns to step S124.
- step S1208 electronic device 3600 generates a signal including hardware environment information and error information.
- step S130 the electronic device 3600 transmits the generated signal to the ASP server 18000.
- step S132 the electronic device 3600 receives display image data from the ASP server 18000 based on the transmission of the signal.
- step S134 electronic device 3600 displays an image based on the received display image data on liquid crystal panel 240.
- step S136 electronic device 3600 determines whether or not an input for selecting an advertisement displayed on liquid crystal panel 240 has been received.
- electronic device 3600 determines that the input has been accepted (YES in step S136)
- step S138 information indicating that the advertisement has been selected and identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 are transmitted to ASP server 18000.
- electronic device 3600 determines that it has not received the input (NO in step S136)
- it determines in step S142 whether or not an instruction to end the application software has been received.
- step S142 If electronic device 3600 determines that an instruction to end the application software has been received (YES in step S142), the series of processing ends. On the other hand, when electronic device 3600 determines that it has not received an instruction to terminate the application software (NO in step S142), it determines in step S144 whether a new error has occurred.
- step S144 If electronic device 3600 determines that a new error has occurred (YES in step S144), it advances the process to step S126. On the other hand, when electronic device 3600 determines that a new error has not occurred (NO in step S144), the process proceeds to step S136.
- FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing a control structure in the ASP server 18000.
- ASP server 18000 receives original advertisement data from terminal device 17000.
- the ASP server 18000 receives a signal including hardware environment information and error information from the electronic device 3600.
- the ASP server 18000 transmits the error information to the server 19000.
- the ASP server 18000 receives the original message data from the server 19000 based on the transmission of the error information.
- step S160 the ASP server 18000 reads device information associated with the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 included in the hardware environment information from the storage device 18090.
- step S162 the ASP server 18000 generates display image data from the original advertisement data and the original message data based on the read device information.
- step S164 the ASP server 18000 transmits the generated display image data to the electronic device 3600.
- FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a control structure in the server 19000.
- server 19000 receives error information from ASP server 18000.
- the server 19000 reads the original message data corresponding to the received error information from the storage device 19090.
- the server 19000 transmits the read original message data to the ASP server 18000.
- FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing a control structure in terminal apparatus 17000. Referring to FIG. 46, in step S182, terminal device 17000 transmits original advertisement data to ASP server 18000. In step S184, the terminal device 17000 receives the performance data from the ASP server 18000.
- the electronic device 3600 includes at least a storage device 90, a display control unit 3611, a generation unit 3614, a transmission unit 3615, and a reception unit 3616.
- the storage device 90 stores application software executable by the electronic device 3600, identification information for identifying the ASP server 18000, and display message data indicating a message related to an error.
- the display control unit 3611 displays the operation screen of the application software on the liquid crystal panel 140 based on the activation of the application software.
- the generation unit 3614 uses the ASP server 18000 identified by the server identification information as a transmission destination and a signal including error information indicating the error ( Hereinafter, this is referred to as “signal Q”).
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits the signal Q generated by the generation unit 3614 to the ASP server 18000.
- the reception unit 3616 receives display advertisement data indicating an advertisement from the ASP server 18000.
- the display control unit 3611 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an image based on the display advertisement data and an image based on the display message data.
- the electronic device 3600 displays an operation screen of application software on the liquid crystal panel 140. If an error occurs during execution of the application software, the display control unit 3611 displays an image based on the display message data indicating a message related to the error and an image based on the display advertisement data. It is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 3600 displays an image (help message) based on the display message data and an image (advertisement) based on the display advertisement data.
- the operation screen of the application software can be displayed on a liquid crystal panel 240 different from the liquid crystal panel 140 displaying the operation screen.
- the electronic device 3600 can display the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 at a timing when the advertisement effect can be expected.
- the receiving unit 3616 receives image data indicating a message related to the error from the ASP server 18000, and stores the received image data as the display message data in the storage device 90.
- the electronic device 3600 can acquire the message data for display from the ASP server 18000 which is an external device. Therefore, the electronic device 3600 does not have to store the display message data in the storage device 90 before an error occurs.
- the generation unit 3614 generates a signal including at least identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 as the signal Q.
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits the signal Q including the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 18000.
- the receiving unit 3616 receives display image data generated by the ASP server 18000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the ASP server 18000 as display message data and display advertisement data.
- the electronic device 3600 can display an image based on the display image data generated in the ASP server 18000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 3600 displays the display image data having a size suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240. Can be received.
- the detection unit 3613 detects that an input for selecting an advertisement based on the display advertisement data is received.
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits information indicating the selection and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 18000 based on the detection of the input.
- the input is an input to the panel surface (touch panel surface) of the liquid crystal panel 240, for example.
- the electronic device 3600 can transmit the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 18000 in addition to the information indicating that the advertisement has been selected. Therefore, the owner of the ASP server 18000 can determine the advertising effect based on whether or not the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 is received. Further, since the owner of the ASP server 18000 can determine the advertisement effect, it is possible to pay the owner corresponding to the advertisement effect to the owner of the server 19000.
- the ASP server 18000 includes at least a storage device 18090, a first receiver 18011, a first transmitter 18013, a second receiver 18014, a generator 18015, and a second transmitter 18016.
- the storage device 18090 stores device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 and original advertisement data indicating an advertisement.
- the first receiving unit 18011 receives from the electronic device 3600 a signal including error information indicating an error that has occurred when the application software is executed in the electronic device 3600 (that is, “signal Q”).
- the first transmission unit 18013 transmits error information to the server 19000.
- the second receiving unit 18014 receives original message data indicating a message related to the error from the server 19000 based on the transmission of the error information.
- the generation unit 18015 generates display message data from the original message data based on the device information. Further, the generation unit 18015 generates display advertisement data from the original advertisement data based on the device information. The second transmission unit 18016 transmits the display message data and display advertisement data to the electronic device 3600.
- the ASP server 18000 can generate display advertisement data from the original advertisement data stored in the storage device 18090 based on the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic apparatus 3600. Further, the ASP server 18000 can generate display message data from the original message data received from the server 19000 based on the device information. Further, the ASP server 18000 can transmit the generated display advertisement data and display message data to the electronic device 3600.
- the electronic device 3600 can display the display advertisement data and the display message data.
- the ASP server 18000 further includes a third receiving unit 18017 that receives image data indicating an advertisement from the terminal device 17000 and stores the received image data in the storage device 18090 as the original advertisement data. .
- the ASP server 18000 can use the image data received from the server 19000 as the original advertisement data.
- the first receiver 18011 receives a signal including at least identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 as the signal Q.
- the generation unit 18015 generates display message data from the original message data based on the device information associated with the received identification information.
- the generation unit 18015 generates display advertisement data from the original advertisement data based on the device information.
- the ASP server 18000 can generate display message data and display advertisement data having a size suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic device 3600.
- the server 19000 includes at least a reception unit 19011 and a transmission unit 19013.
- the receiving unit 19011 receives the error information from the ASP server 18000.
- the transmission unit 19013 transmits the original message data to the ASP server 18000.
- the ASP server 18000 can receive original message data based on the transmitted error information from the server 19000.
- the terminal device 17000 includes at least a receiving unit 17011 and a transmitting unit 17012.
- the transmission unit 17012 transmits the original advertisement data to the ASP server 18000.
- the receiving unit 17011 receives the record data from the ASP server 18000.
- the ASP server 18000 can receive the original advertisement data from the terminal device 17000.
- the terminal device 17000 can receive performance data from the ASP server 18000.
- FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of an electronic device 4700 that is a modified example of the electronic device 3600.
- the electronic device 4700 is different from the electronic device 3600 that does not transmit user attribute information to the ASP server 18000 in that the user attribute information is transmitted to the ASP server 18000 when an advertisement is selected.
- electronic device 4700 includes control unit 4710, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and storage device 90A.
- the storage device 90A includes a RAM 171 and a hard disk (not shown).
- the storage device 90A includes image data indicating the user's fingerprint of the electronic device 4700 (hereinafter referred to as “fingerprint image data”) and attribute information indicating the attribute of the user. It is further stored in association with each user.
- “Attribute information” is information indicating a user's age, sex, address, occupation, and the like.
- the attribute information is stored in the storage device 90 ⁇ / b> A by user input to the electronic device 4700, for example.
- the control unit 4710 includes a display control unit 3611, a scan unit 3612, a detection unit 3613, a generation unit 3614, a transmission unit 3615, a reception unit 3616, and a determination unit 3617.
- the control unit 4710 is different from the control unit 3610 of the electronic device 3600 in that the determination unit 3617 is provided.
- the determination unit 3617 receives the scan data sent from the scan unit 3612. The determination unit 3617 determines whether fingerprint image data that matches the scan data is stored in the storage device 90A. When the determination unit 3617 determines that fingerprint data that matches the scan data is stored, the determination unit 3617 reads the attribute information stored in association with the fingerprint image data determined to match from the storage device 90A. The determination unit 3617 sends the read attribute information to the generation unit 3614.
- the generation unit 3614 includes the attribute information in the signal described above for transmission to the ASP server 18000.
- the transmission unit 3615 transmits a signal including the attribute information to the ASP server 18000. As described above, when it is determined that the storage device 90A stores fingerprint data that matches the scan data, the transmission unit 3615 displays the attribute information associated with the fingerprint data that is determined to match the scan data as ASP. Send to server 18000.
- the electronic device 4700 transmits information indicating that the advertisement has been selected, identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240, and attribute information of the user who has selected the advertisement to the ASP server 18000. Therefore, the ASP server 18000 can acquire the attribute information of the user who selected the advertisement. The owner of the ASP server 18000 can utilize the acquired attribute information as, for example, marketing materials.
- the display control unit 3611 and the reception unit 3616 of the electronic device 3600 may be configured as described below.
- the display control unit 3611 has a function of turning on the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the first command and turning off the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the second command.
- the receiving unit 3616 When the receiving unit 3616 receives the display image data while the display control unit 3611 receives the second command and the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 is turned off, the receiving unit 3616 receives the second command. Is transmitted to the display control unit 3611.
- the display control unit 3611 causes the liquid crystal panel 240 to display an image based on the display image data based on the first command.
- the electronic device 3600 turns on the display function when receiving the display image data from the ASP server 18000. Therefore, even when the user sets the display function of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the off state, the electronic device 3600 displays a help message and an advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the display image data. Can be displayed. As a result, even when the display function of the liquid crystal panel 240 is set to the off state, the user can visually recognize the help message and the advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 3600 has received display message data from the ASP server 18000.
- electronic device 3600 may be configured to store display message data in storage device 90 in advance instead of receiving display message data from ASP server 18000.
- the ASP server 18000 transmits display image data including display advertisement data and display message data to the electronic device 3600.
- the ASP server 18000 may transmit the display advertisement data and the display message data to the electronic device 3600 separately.
- information relating the two files may be described in one of the files or in another file.
- the manufacturer of the liquid crystal panel 240 supplies various types of liquid crystal panels 240 having different specifications (screen size, resolution, display color, etc.) to a set maker that assembles the electronic device 3600.
- the advertisement providing method described in this embodiment can be said to be a method for obtaining a high advertising effect.
- the ASP server 18000 transmits the above-described performance data to the terminal device 17000.
- the terminal device 17000 may transmit the reward data indicating the reward amount according to the result data to the ASP 18000 based on the reception of the result data.
- the ASP server 18000 and the terminal device 17000 may be physically mounted on one device.
- the company that sells the liquid crystal panel 240 operates the ASP server 18000 and the terminal device 17000 in an integrated manner, and the advertisement client brings an advertisement to the company, the company makes a profit from the advertisement client. Obtainable.
- the occurrence of the above problem can be prevented by further providing the communication system 1A with a device that allows the advertiser to monitor the validity of the performance data.
- FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the communication system 1B.
- communication system 1B includes an electronic device 4900, a terminal device 27000, a server 28000, and a server 29000.
- the electronic device 4900 is a notebook personal computer will be described as an example.
- the electronic device 4900 has the configuration and functions shown in FIGS. Therefore, the contents described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 are not repeated here.
- the server 28000 communicates with the electronic device 4900, the terminal device 27000, and the server 29000.
- the server 28000 belongs to, for example, a business operator that operates a search engine used on the Internet.
- the server 28000 stores a search engine.
- a “search engine” is a system that searches for information on the web.
- the search engine has information used for the search (information published on the WWW (World Wide Web)).
- the server 28000 is referred to as a “search server 28000”.
- the server 29000 communicates with the electronic device 4900, the terminal device 27000, and the search server 28000.
- the server 29000 is a computer owned by an application service provider (hereinafter referred to as “ASP”), and is used to provide an application service.
- ASP application service provider
- SSP storage service provider
- the provision of the application service and the storage service are performed by, for example, a provider supplying electronic device parts to a set maker.
- the application service and the storage service are provided by a company that supplies the liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic device 4900 to a set manufacturer.
- the provision of the application service and the storage service may be performed by a company that produces electronic device parts in-house and manufactures the electronic device using the parts.
- the server 29000 is a server used for providing an application service.
- the server 29000 is referred to as an “ASP server 29000”.
- the ASP server 29000 also has the same hardware configuration as the search server 28000, the description of the hardware configuration of the ASP server 29000 will not be repeated. Since terminal device 27000 also has the same hardware configuration as search server 28000, description of the hardware configuration of terminal device 27000 will not be repeated.
- FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of the electronic device 4900.
- electronic device 4900 includes control unit 4910, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and storage device 90.
- the control unit 4910 includes a display control unit 4911, a scan unit 4912, a detection unit 4913, a generation unit 4914, a transmission unit 4915, a reception unit 4916, and a detection unit 4917.
- the storage device 90 includes a RAM 171 and a hard disk (not shown).
- the storage device 90 stores software such as a web browser for use in the WWW.
- the storage device 90 stores information (hardware environment information) indicating the hardware environment of the electronic device 4900.
- the hardware environment information includes information for identifying the liquid crystal panel 140 (hereinafter, “identification information of the liquid crystal panel 140”) and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the display control unit 4911 displays an image on the display surface of the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 based on image data stored in a VRAM (not shown) in the storage device 90.
- the display control unit 4911 also displays position information indicating the position of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel 140 on the display surface and the display surface of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the position information indicating the position at is sent to the detection unit 4913.
- the scanning unit 4912 causes the liquid crystal panels 140 and 240 to perform scanning.
- the scan unit 4912 sends the scan data to the detection unit 4913.
- the transmission unit 4915 transmits to the search server 28000 a signal that requests the search server 28000 to transmit information for displaying the web page including the advertisement (hereinafter referred to as “request signal”).
- the advertisement is referred to as a “first advertisement”.
- Information for displaying the web page is referred to as “web page information”.
- the receiving unit 4916 is information associated with the web page information and the first advertisement and information for specifying the ASP server 29000 (hereinafter referred to as “server specifying information”). Is received from the search server 28000.
- the receiving unit 4916 sends the received web page information to the display control unit 4911.
- the display control unit 4911 displays the web page including the first advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 140 based on the web page information.
- the detection unit 4913 detects that the electronic device 4900 has received an input based on the scan data. Alternatively, the detection unit 4913 detects that the electronic device 4900 has received an input via the operation key 177. For example, the detection unit 4913 detects that the electronic device 4900 has received an input for selecting the first advertisement on the web page displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the input for selecting the first advertisement is, for example, an input based on a user operation input on the screen of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the detection unit 4913 sends a detection result to the generation unit 4914.
- the “selection of the first advertisement” is, for example, a process in which the user selects a display area of the first advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 140 on which the first advertisement is displayed using a pointing device.
- the configuration of the electronic device 4900 may be configured to receive an input for selecting the first advertisement on the condition that the point position of the pointing device is located on the first advertisement. That is, the configuration of the electronic device 4900 may be configured to accept an input for selecting the first advertisement without a click operation by the user.
- the generation unit 4914 generates a signal whose destination is a server specified by the server specifying information based on detection of an input for selecting the first advertisement. Specifically, the generation unit 4914 reads hardware environment information from the storage device 90. Thereafter, the generation unit 4914 generates a signal including the read hardware environment information. The generation unit 4914 sends the generated signal to the transmission unit 4915.
- the transmission unit 4915 further transmits the signal generated by the generation unit 4914 to the ASP server 29000 identified based on the server identification information.
- the transmission of the signal to the ASP server 29000 is performed via the search server 28000.
- the reception unit 4916 further receives image data (hereinafter, “detailed advertisement image data”) including more detailed information than the information indicated by the first advertisement from the ASP server 29000.
- the display control unit 4911 displays a second advertisement (hereinafter also referred to as “detailed advertisement”) based on the detailed advertisement image data on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the detecting unit 4917 detects that an input for selecting a detailed advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 has been received.
- the input for selecting the detailed advertisement is, for example, an input based on a user operation input on the screen of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the detection unit 4917 sends the detection result to the generation unit 4914.
- the generation unit 4914 generates a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement is selected and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 based on detection of an input for selecting the detailed advertisement. Based on the detection, the transmission unit 4915 transmits the generated signal to the search server 28000.
- selecting a detailed advertisement means, for example, that the user selects an arbitrary position or a predetermined position in the display area of the liquid crystal panel 240 on which the detailed advertisement is displayed using a pointing device such as the liquid crystal panel 240. It is processing to do.
- the “predetermined position” is, for example, the position of an image displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240 in order to receive an instruction from a user to acquire (for example, purchase) a product displayed as an advertisement.
- FIG. 50 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the search server 28000.
- search server 28000 includes a control unit 28010 and a storage device 28090.
- the control unit 28010 includes a reception unit 28011 and a transmission unit 28012.
- the storage device 28090 is composed of a RAM 8140, a hard disk 8150, etc. (see FIG. 20).
- the storage device 28090 stores the web page information and the server specifying information.
- the receiving unit 28011 receives the request signal from the electronic device 4900.
- the transmission unit 28812 transmits the web page information and the server specifying information to the electronic device 4900 based on the reception of the request signal from the electronic device 4900.
- the reception unit 28011 receives a signal including the hardware environment information from the electronic device 4900 based on the transmission.
- the transmission unit 28812 transmits a signal including the hardware environment information to the ASP server 29000. That is, the transmitting unit 28812 transmits the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 140 of the electronic device 4900 and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 29000.
- the reception unit 28011 receives data indicating the amount of reward (hereinafter referred to as “reward data”) from the terminal device 27000 based on the fact that the ASP server 29000 transmits performance data described later to the terminal device 27000.
- FIG. 51 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the ASP server 29000.
- ASP server 29000 includes a control unit 29010 and a storage device 29090.
- the control unit 29010 includes a transmission unit 29011, a reception unit 29012, and a generation unit 29013.
- the storage device 29090 is composed of a RAM (not shown), a hard disk (not shown), and the like.
- the storage device 29090 stores each device information related to each liquid crystal panel supplied by the business operator in association with identification information of each liquid crystal panel.
- the storage device 29090 stores the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240, which is one of the plurality of device information, in association with the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the storage device 29090 further includes image data indicating the first advertisement and image data associated with the image data and the original of the detailed advertisement image data (hereinafter referred to as “original detailed image”). Data ").
- the transmission unit 29011 transmits the image data indicating the first advertisement to the search server 28000.
- the search server 28000 configures the web page information using the image data.
- the reception unit 29010 receives a signal including hardware environment information from the search server 28000.
- the receiving unit 29012 determines whether or not the received hardware environment information includes the main liquid crystal panel identification information and the sub liquid crystal panel identification information. If the receiving unit 29010 determines that the main liquid crystal panel identification information and the sub liquid crystal panel identification information are included, the receiving unit 29010 generates at least the identification information of the sub liquid crystal panel (the liquid crystal panel 240 in this embodiment). Send to.
- the generation unit 29013 reads the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 specified based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the storage device 29090. Based on the read device information, the generation unit 29013 generates the detailed advertisement image data from the original detailed image data associated with the image data indicating the selected first advertisement. That is, the generation unit 29013 generates detailed advertisement image data that is image data based on the original detailed image data. The generation unit 29013 sends the detailed advertisement image data to the transmission unit 29011.
- the transmission unit 29011 transmits the detailed advertisement image data generated by the generation unit 29013 to the electronic device 4900.
- the receiving unit 29012 further receives a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement is selected and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the electronic device 4900.
- the transmission unit 29011 transmits performance data indicating the selection performance to the terminal device 27000 based on information indicating that the detailed advertisement has been selected.
- the ASP server 29000 may be configured to acquire the device information from another server (not shown).
- the application service is not provided by the company that supplies the liquid crystal panel 240 of the electronic device 4900 to the set maker, but may be provided, for example, by a contractor for an advertisement.
- a company that supplies the liquid crystal panel 240 to the set maker or a company related to the company may own the other server.
- FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of the terminal device 27000.
- terminal device 27000 includes control unit 27010, input device 27070, display device 27080, and storage device 27090.
- the control unit 27010 includes a reception unit 27011 and a transmission unit 27012.
- the input device 27070 is a mouse and a keyboard (see FIG. 20).
- the display device 27080 is a monitor (see FIG. 20).
- the storage device 27090 is configured by a RAM (not shown), a hard disk (not shown), and the like.
- the receiving unit 27011 receives the record data from the ASP server 29000.
- the transmission unit 27012 transmits the reward data based on the performance data to the search server 28000 and the ASP server 29000.
- ⁇ Data> The hardware environment information is as shown in FIG. For this reason, description about hardware environment information is not repeated.
- electronic device 4900 transmits component information ID12 as identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 to ASP server 29000.
- the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 is as shown in FIG. For this reason, description about liquid crystal panel 240 is not repeated.
- the ASP server 29000 generates the detailed advertisement image data from the original image data based on each piece of information included in the device information.
- FIG. 53 is a diagram showing the electronic device in a state where a web page is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- electronic device 4900 displays a web page 1402 including first advertisement 1411 on liquid crystal panel 140.
- FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a state after the electronic device 4900 has displayed the detailed advertisement based on the detailed advertisement image data on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- electronic device 4900 displays first advertisement 1411 on liquid crystal panel 140 and further displays detailed advertisement 2403 including more detailed information than the information indicated by the first advertisement on liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 4900 sends information indicating that the detailed advertisement is selected and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 29000.
- “information indicating that a detailed advertisement has been selected” is information indicating that the ASP server 29000 is requested to purchase a portable player.
- FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a sequence in the communication system 1B.
- electronic device 4900 transmits the request signal described above to search server 28000.
- the search server 28000 sends the web page information to the electronic device 4900.
- the electronic device 4900 transmits a signal including the hardware environment information to the search server 28000.
- the search server 28000 transfers a signal including the hardware environment information to the ASP server 29000.
- step S210 the ASP server 29000 transmits the detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900.
- step S212 the electronic device 4900 transmits to the ASP server 29000 a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement has been selected and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- step S214 the ASP server 29000 transmits the performance data to the terminal device 27000.
- step S216 the terminal device 27000 transmits the reward data to the ASP server 29000.
- FIG. 56 is a diagram showing a control structure in electronic device 4900.
- electronic device 4900 transmits a request signal to search server 28000.
- electronic device 4900 receives web page information from search server 28000.
- electronic device 4900 determines whether or not the first advertisement displayed on liquid crystal panel 140 has been selected.
- electronic device 4900 determines that the first advertisement has been selected (YES in step S236)
- electronic device 4900 transmits a signal including hardware environment information to search server 28000 in step S238.
- electronic device 4900 determines in step S246 whether an input for terminating the web browser has been received.
- the series of processing ends.
- electronic device 4900 determines that the input is not accepted (NO in step S246)
- the process returns to step S236.
- step S240 the electronic device 4900 receives the detailed advertisement image data from the ASP server 29000.
- step S242 electronic device 4900 determines whether or not the detailed advertisement has been selected.
- ASP server 29000 includes a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement has been selected and identification information of liquid crystal panel 240. Send to.
- electronic device 4900 ends the series of processes.
- FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a control structure in search server 28000.
- search server 28000 receives the request signal from electronic device 4900.
- the search server 28000 transmits web page information corresponding to the request signal to the electronic device 4900.
- step S256 the search server 28000 receives a signal including hardware environment information from the electronic device 4900.
- step S260 the search server 28000 receives the reward data from the terminal device 27000.
- FIG. 58 is a diagram showing a control structure in the ASP server 29000.
- ASP server 29000 receives a signal including hardware environment information from search server 28000.
- the ASP server 29000 determines whether the identification information of the sub liquid crystal panel (liquid crystal panel 240) is included in the hardware environment information. If ASP server 29000 determines that the identification information of liquid crystal panel 240 exists (YES in step S274), it generates the detailed advertisement image data from the original detailed image data based on the device information in step S276.
- the ASP server 29000 transmits the generated detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900.
- step S280 the ASP server 29000 receives from the electronic device 4900 a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement has been selected and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- step S282 the ASP server 29000 transmits the performance data to the terminal device 27000.
- FIG. 59 is a diagram illustrating a control structure in the terminal device 27000.
- terminal device 27000 receives the above-mentioned performance data from ASP server 29000.
- the terminal device 27000 transmits the reward data to the search server 28000 and the ASP server 29000.
- the electronic device 4900 includes at least the display control unit 4911, the detection unit 4913, the generation unit 4914, the transmission unit 4915, and the reception unit 4916.
- the transmission unit 4915 transmits a request signal requesting transmission of web page information (that is, information for displaying a web page including the first advertisement) to the search server 28000.
- the receiving unit 4916 receives the web page information and server specifying information associated with the first advertisement from the search server 28000.
- the display control unit 4911 displays a web page including the first advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 140 based on the web page information.
- the detection unit 4913 detects that the electronic device 4900 has received an input for selecting the first advertisement on the web page displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140. Based on the detection, the generation unit 4914 generates a signal (hereinafter referred to as “signal Q”) having the server specified by the server specifying information (that is, the ASP server 29000) as a transmission destination.
- the transmission unit 4915 further transmits the signal Q generated by the generation unit 4914 to the ASP server 29000 via the search server 28000.
- the receiving unit 4916 further receives detailed advertisement image data including more detailed information than the information indicated by the selected first advertisement from the ASP server 29000 based on the transmission of the signal Q. Receive.
- the display control unit 4911 displays a detailed advertisement based on the detailed advertisement image data on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 4900 displays the first advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 140. Further, based on the selection of the first advertisement, electronic device 4900 causes liquid crystal panel 240 to display a detailed advertisement related to the first advertisement. Therefore, the electronic device 4900 can display an advertisement desired by the user (that is, a detailed advertisement related to the first advertisement) on the liquid crystal panel 240 different from the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the generation unit 4914 generates a signal including at least the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 as the signal Q.
- the transmission unit 4915 transmits a signal including identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 29000 via the search server 28000.
- the receiving unit 4916 receives image data generated by the ASP server 29000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 as detailed advertisement image data from the ASP server 29000.
- the electronic device 4900 can display the detailed advertisement image data generated in the APS server 29000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 on the liquid crystal panel 240 as a detailed advertisement.
- the electronic device 4900 receives the detailed advertisement image data having a size suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240. can do.
- the electronic device 4900 further includes a detection unit 4917 that detects that the electronic device 4900 has received an input for selecting a detailed advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the generation unit 4914 generates a signal including information indicating the selection and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 based on the detection of the input.
- the transmission unit 4915 transmits the generated signal to the ASP server 29000.
- the input is an input to the panel surface (touch panel surface) of the liquid crystal panel 240, for example.
- the electronic device 4900 can transmit the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 29000 in addition to the information indicating that the detailed advertisement is selected. Therefore, the owner of the ASP server 29000 can determine the advertising effect based on whether or not the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 is received. Further, the ASP server 29000 transmits the above-mentioned performance data to the terminal device 27000, whereby the terminal device 27000 can transmit the reward data indicating the reward according to the performance to the search server 28000 and the ASP server 29000.
- the search server 28000 includes at least a reception unit 28011 and a transmission unit 28012.
- the transmission unit 28812 transmits the web page information and the server identification information to the electronic device 4900 based on the reception of the request signal for requesting the transmission of the web page information from the electronic device 4900.
- the receiving unit 28011 receives a signal including at least identification information of the liquid crystal panel 140 and identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 from the electronic device 4900.
- the transmission unit 28812 transmits the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 140 and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 29000.
- the electronic device 4900 can receive the web page information and the server specifying information from the search server 28000. Therefore, the electronic device 4900 can display a web page including the first advertisement.
- the ASP server 29000 can receive a signal including the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 140 and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240. Therefore, the ASP server 29000 can generate detailed advertisement image data suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240. Therefore, the electronic device 4900 can receive detailed advertisement image data suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the ASP server 29000 includes at least a transmission unit 29011, a reception unit 29012, and a generation unit 29013.
- the receiving unit 29012 receives information indicating that the first advertisement is selected in the electronic device 4900 from the electronic device 4900 via the search server 28000, identification information on the liquid crystal panel 140, and identification on the liquid crystal panel 240. Receive information and.
- the generation unit 29013 generates the detailed advertisement image data from the original image data based on the device information of the liquid crystal panel 240 specified by the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the transmission unit 29011 transmits the detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900.
- the ASP server 29000 can generate detailed advertisement image data suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240. Therefore, the electronic device 4900 can receive detailed advertisement image data suitable for the liquid crystal panel 240.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of an electronic device 6000 which is a modified example of the electronic device 4900.
- electronic device 6000 includes a control unit 6010, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and a storage device 90A.
- the storage device 90A includes a RAM 171 and a hard disk (not shown).
- the storage device 90A includes image data indicating the user's fingerprint of the electronic device 6000 (hereinafter referred to as “fingerprint image data”) and attribute information indicating the attribute of the user. It is further stored in association with each user.
- “Attribute information” is information indicating a user's age, sex, address, occupation, and the like. The attribute information is stored in the storage device 90A, for example, by user input to the electronic device 6000.
- the control unit 6010 includes a display control unit 4911, a scan unit 4912, a detection unit 4913, a generation unit 4914, a transmission unit 4915, a reception unit 4916, a detection unit 4917, and a determination unit 4918.
- the control unit 6010 is different from the control unit 4910 of the electronic device 4900 in that the determination unit 4918 is provided.
- the determination unit 4918 receives the scan data sent from the scan unit 4912. The determination unit 4918 determines whether fingerprint image data that matches the scan data is stored in the storage device 90A. If the determination unit 4918 determines that fingerprint data that matches the scan data is stored, the determination unit 4918 reads out the attribute information stored in association with the fingerprint image data determined to match from the storage device 90A. The determination unit 4918 sends the read attribute information to the generation unit 4914.
- the generation unit 4914 includes the attribute information in the above-described signal to be transmitted to the search server 28000.
- the transmission unit 4915 transmits a signal including the attribute information to the search server 28000. As described above, when it is determined that the storage device 90A stores fingerprint data that matches the scan data, the transmission unit 4915 displays the attribute information associated with the fingerprint data that is determined to match the scan data as ASP. Send to server 29000.
- the electronic device 6000 transmits information indicating that the detailed advertisement has been selected, identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240, and attribute information of the user who has selected the detailed advertisement to the ASP server 29000. Therefore, the ASP server 29000 can acquire the attribute information of the user who selected the detailed advertisement. The owner of the ASP server 29000 can utilize the acquired attribute information as, for example, marketing materials.
- FIG. 61 is a diagram showing functional blocks of an electronic device 6100 that is another modified example of the electronic device 4900.
- electronic device 6100 includes control unit 6110, liquid crystal panels 140 and 240, and storage device 90.
- the control unit 6110 includes a display control unit 4911, a scan unit 4912, a detection unit 4913, a generation unit 4914, a transmission unit 4915, a reception unit 4916, a detection unit 4917, and a detection unit 4919.
- Control unit 6110 is different from control unit 4910 of electronic device 4900 in that it includes detection unit 4919.
- the detection unit 4919 detects that an input for operating the electronic device 6100 has not been received for a predetermined time.
- the detection unit 4919 detects that no key operation input and no operation input to the touch panel are received, for example, for one minute.
- the display control unit 4911 displays the detailed advertisement based on the detailed advertisement image data. Is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 4900 displays a detailed advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the electronic device 6100 can display the detailed advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 in a state where it is assumed that the user is not operating the electronic device 6100. As a result, the electronic device 6100 can display an advertisement at a timing at which an advertisement effect is easily obtained.
- the display control unit 4911 and the reception unit 4916 of the electronic device 4900 may be configured as described below.
- the display control unit 4911 has a function of turning on the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the first command and turning off the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 when receiving the second command.
- the receiving unit 4916 When the receiving unit 4916 receives the advertisement image data while the display control unit 4911 receives the second command and the display of the liquid crystal panel 240 is turned off, the receiving unit 4916 receives the first command.
- the data is transmitted to the display control unit 4911.
- the display control unit 4911 displays an advertisement based on the detailed advertisement image data on the liquid crystal panel 240 based on the first command.
- the electronic device 4900 can display an advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240 when the detailed advertisement image data is received. As a result, even when the display function of the liquid crystal panel 240 is set to the off state, the user can view the detailed advertisement on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the ASP server 29000 transmits the detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900 without passing through the search server 28000 (see step S10 in FIG. 55). However, it is not limited to such a configuration.
- the ASP server 29000 may transmit detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900 via the search server 28000.
- the transmission unit 28812 of the search server 28000 transmits a signal including the hardware environment information
- the reception unit 28011 of the search server 28000 is generated by the ASP server 29000 based on the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- Detailed advertisement image data is received from the ASP server 29000.
- the transmission unit 28812 transmits the detailed advertisement image data received by the reception unit 28011 to the electronic device 4900.
- the electronic device 4900 can display an advertisement desired by the user (that is, a detailed advertisement related to the first advertisement) on the liquid crystal panel 240 different from the liquid crystal panel 140.
- FIG. 62 is a diagram showing a sequence in another modification of the communication system 1B.
- electronic device 4900 transmits the request signal including the hardware environment information to search server 28000.
- the search server 28000 transmits the hardware environment information to the ASP server 29000.
- the search server 28000 transmits the web page information to the electronic device 4900.
- the ASP server 29000 sends detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900.
- step S310 the electronic device 4900 transmits a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement is selected and the identification information of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the ASP server 29000.
- step S312 the ASP server 29000 transmits the result data to the terminal device 27000.
- step S314 the terminal device 27000 transmits the reward data to the ASP server 29000.
- step S316 the terminal device 27000 transmits the reward data to the search server 28000.
- the ASP server 29000 transmits detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900 without using the search server 28000.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the ASP server 29000 may transmit the detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900 via the search server 28000.
- the search server 28000 may transmit the web page information and the detailed advertisement image data to the electronic device 4900 at the same timing.
- the receiving unit 4916 and the display control unit 4911 of the electronic device 4900 configuring such a communication system perform the following processing in addition to the above-described processing.
- the reception unit 4916 further receives the detailed advertisement image data from the ASP server 29000 identified based on the server identification information. To do.
- the detection unit 4913 detects that the electronic device 4900 has received an input for selecting the first advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140
- the display control unit 4911 displays a detailed advertisement based on the detailed advertisement image data on the liquid crystal panel 240. To display.
- FIG. 63 is a diagram showing a control structure in electronic device 4900 constituting the communication system.
- electronic device 4900 transmits a request signal including the hardware environment information to search server 28000.
- electronic device 4900 receives web page information from search server 28000.
- the electronic device 4900 receives the detailed advertisement image data from the ASP server 29000.
- electronic device 4900 determines whether or not the first advertisement displayed on liquid crystal panel 140 has been selected.
- step S330 electronic device 4900 determines whether or not the detailed advertisement has been selected. On the other hand, if electronic device 4900 does not determine that the first advertisement has been selected (NO in step S328), it determines in step S334 whether an input for terminating the web browser has been received. When electronic device 4900 determines that the input has been accepted (YES in step S334), the series of processing ends. On the other hand, when electronic device 4900 determines that the input is not accepted (NO in step S334), the process returns to step S328.
- step S332 If electronic device 4900 determines that the detailed advertisement has been selected (YES in step S330), in step S332, ASP server 29000 includes a signal including information indicating that the detailed advertisement has been selected and identification information of liquid crystal panel 240. Send to. On the other hand, when it is determined that the detailed advertisement has not been selected (NO in step S330), electronic device 4900 ends the series of processes.
- the electronic device 4900 can display an advertisement desired by the user on the liquid crystal panel 240 different from the liquid crystal panel 140 (that is, a detailed advertisement related to the first advertisement).
- the manufacturer of the liquid crystal panel 240 supplies various types of liquid crystal panels 240 having different specifications (screen size, resolution, display color, etc.) to a set manufacturer that assembles the electronic device 4900.
- the advertisement providing method described in the present embodiment is a method for obtaining a high advertising effect.
- the ASP server 29000 transmits the above-described performance data to the terminal device 27000. Then, the terminal device 27000 sends reward data corresponding to the result data to the ASP server 29000 and the search server 28000.
- the ASP server 29000 and the terminal device 27000 may be physically mounted on one device.
- the company that sells the liquid crystal panel 240 operates the ASP server 29000 and the terminal device 27000 in an integrated manner, and the advertiser brings an advertisement to the company, the company will benefit from the advertiser. Can do.
- the occurrence of the above problem can be prevented by further providing the communication system 1B with a device that allows the advertiser to monitor the validity of the performance data.
- the electronic device 6500 can download content such as a web page from a server connected through a network and reproduce the content such as browsing the web page. A system for reproducing content using the electronic device 6500 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the electronic device 6500 has the configuration and functions shown in FIGS. Therefore, the contents described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 are not repeated here.
- advertisement information is transmitted from advertiser 6402 to server 6401 on the network, and server 6401 synthesizes the advertisement information with content such as a banner. Then, the electronic device 6500 downloads the content combined with the advertisement information and reproduces the content on the electronic device 6500.
- a web page display screen 1410 that is a content playback screen is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the display screen 1410 includes a banner advertisement 1412 that is an example of advertisement information.
- the electronic device 6500 When the electronic device 6500 reproduces the content downloaded in the first unit 1001 and determines that the content contains advertisement information, the electronic device 6500 processes the content information.
- the electronic device 6500 extracts advertising information from the content by the processing and displays it on the liquid crystal panel 240. In FIG. 64, an image 2441 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1412 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- FIG. 65 is a diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of the electronic device 6500. With reference to FIG. 65, the functional configuration of the electronic device 6500 will be described.
- the electronic device 6500 includes the first unit 1001 and the second unit 1002.
- the first unit 1001 includes a plurality of applications (web browser 1014, applications 1015, 1016, etc.) in addition to the operation system 1011, the communication application 1012, and the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 as functions.
- the functions of each application and the like shown in FIG. 65 are realized by, for example, installing a program for each application in the main body device 101 and executing the programs by the CPU 110.
- the second unit 1002 includes a plurality of applications (web browser 1024, applications 1025, 1026, etc.) in addition to the operation system 1021, the communication application 1022, and the source description application 1023 as functions.
- the functions of each application and the like shown in FIG. 65 are realized by, for example, installing a program for each application in the main body device 104 and executing the program by the CPU 210.
- the main device 101 of the first unit 1001 and the main device 104 of the second unit 1002 communicate various data such as commands by the communication application 1012 and the communication application 1022.
- the main device 101 when the downloaded content includes advertisement information, the main device 101 performs processing (sub-subject) to display the advertisement information on the liquid crystal panel 240 of the second unit 1002. Screen advertisement display processing).
- the contents of the sub-screen advertisement display process will be described with reference to FIG. 66 which is a flowchart of the process.
- step SA10 CPU 110 determines whether or not advertisement information is included in the content data downloaded from server 6401 based on an operation on operation key 177 or the like. If it is determined that it is included, the process proceeds to step SA20.
- Examples of the content data include HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data.
- the content data is temporarily stored in the RAM 171.
- CPU 110 determines whether or not a tag representing the advertisement information is included in the downloaded HTML data, for example, if HTML data is downloaded as the content data, as the determination of the presence or absence of the advertisement information. .
- the CPU 110 includes a portion sandwiched between “ ⁇ !-Start ad #nnnn->” and “ ⁇ !-End ad #nnnn->” in the downloaded data. Determine whether or not. " ⁇ !-Start ad #nnnn --->" is an example of an ad tag start tag, and " ⁇ !-End ad #nnnn->” is an example of an ad tag end tag.
- the specific description of the advertisement tag is not limited to these, and may be common between the server 6401 and the electronic device 6500 shown in FIG.
- the advertisement information is included in the HTML data in such a manner that the advertisement information can be extracted, and it is not always necessary to be sandwiched and stored between the advertisement tags as described above.
- Other existing forms may be used as long as the advertisement information in the HTML data can be recognized, including, for example, a description for designating an image, a moving image, or the like as advertisement content in an existing (standard) image tag or applet tag.
- the file name or the like includes an aspect that includes a rule according to a predetermined rule so that it can be recognized as advertisement information.
- the CPU 110 analyzes the description of the HTML data to determine whether or not the file name specified by the image tag or the applet tag includes a description according to the above rule. Based on this determination, the CPU 110 can determine whether or not advertisement information is included in the HTML data.
- FIG. 67 shows an example of HTML data downloaded by the CPU 110.
- the HTML data shown in FIG. 67 includes an advertisement start tag and an end tag as shown as a description DE01, and includes a description sandwiched between them.
- the CPU 110 downloads HTML data as shown in FIG. 67, the CPU 110 determines that the downloaded data includes advertisement information, and proceeds to step SA20.
- step SA20 the CPU 110 transmits an advertisement display source description generation command to the second unit 1002, and ends the process.
- the advertisement display source description generation command is a command for causing the liquid crystal panel 240 to generate a description for displaying the advertisement information included in the downloaded HTML data.
- FIG. 68 schematically shows the configuration of the advertisement display source description generation command (type “110”).
- the advertisement display source description generation command has three fields of “window identification information”, “in-window identification information”, and “advertisement data”.
- Window identification information is information for identifying each application with respect to an application (one or a plurality) activated in the main unit 101.
- “In-window identification information” is information that identifies each advertisement for one or more advertisements to be displayed for each application.
- Advertising data is specific data for displaying each advertisement.
- the “advertisement data” is data sandwiched between the start tag and the end tag of the advertisement tag described above.
- the CPU 110 receives the HTML data shown in FIG. 67 from the server 6401, the following description is included in the advertisement display source description generation command as the advertisement data.
- the CPU 110 When transmitting the advertisement display source description generation command to the second unit 1002, the CPU 110 writes the command type ("110"), the command transmission destination, and the like in the header DA01 (see FIG. 7). The CPU 110 writes the value of “window identification information” in the first field DA02 as information for specifying the application to be processed.
- the CPU 110 writes the value of “in-window identification information” in the second field DA03 as information for identifying the banner advertisement that is the processing target in the display window of the application that is the processing target.
- CPU 110 writes data of “advertisement data” as data for displaying the banner advertisement to be processed in third field DA04.
- FIG. 69 is a flowchart of an advertisement display process that is a process on the second unit 1002 side that receives the above-described advertisement display source description generation command.
- CPU 210 first determines in step SB10 whether or not an advertisement display source description generation command has been received from first unit 1001, and determines that it has been received, step SB20. Proceed to the process.
- step SB20 CPU 210 uses the received advertisement display source description generation command to generate an advertisement display source description, and proceeds to step SB30.
- FIG. 70 shows an example of the advertisement display source description generated in step SB20.
- the part indicated by the description DE11 in the description shown in FIG. 70 is obtained by processing and receiving data received as “advertisement data” from the first unit 1001.
- step SB20 the CPU 210 changes (processes) the description about the display size of the banner advertisement as described above, thereby converting the banner advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140 into the display area of the liquid crystal panel 240. It will be changed to the size corresponding to the dimensions of.
- the CPU 210 may change the aspect ratio of the banner advertisement so that an image corresponding to the banner advertisement is displayed on the entire display area of the liquid crystal panel 240. Further, the CPU 210 may display the banner advertisement image in the display area of the liquid crystal panel 240 to the maximum while maintaining the aspect ratio.
- step SB20 when the display according to the advertisement display source description is made on the liquid crystal panel 240 (sub-screen), the liquid crystal panel 240 is touched. When an operation is performed, the liquid crystal panel 140 displays the linked page.
- step SB20 After generating the advertisement display source description in step SB20, the CPU 210 executes the advertisement display source description generated in the immediately preceding step SB20 in step SB30, and advances the process to step SB40.
- step SB30 the entire description shown in FIG. 70 is executed, whereby an image 2441 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- an image 2441 is an image obtained by enlarging the image of the banner advertisement 1412 of the liquid crystal panel 140 in accordance with the size of the display area of the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the banner advertisement 1412 and the image 2441 are different based on the fact that the data about the display size of the image is processed for the description DE01 in the description DE11 as described above. .
- step SB30 the CPU 210 determines whether or not a touch operation has been performed on the liquid crystal panel 240. If it is determined that the touch operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step SB50.
- step SB50 the CPU 210 generates a display command for the main screen, transmits it to the first unit 1001, and ends the process.
- the structure of the main screen display command is schematically shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 71, the display command on the main screen is a command of type “111”.
- the display command for the main screen is a link destination requesting display on the liquid crystal panel 140 of the first unit 1001 in the advertisement display source description (“http: //ad.address/” in the description DE11 of FIG. 70). This is a command for instructing the first unit 1001 to display the page of the link destination URL address on the liquid crystal panel 140, including the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address.
- the first unit 1001 When the first unit 1001 receives a display command for the main screen, the first unit 1001 accesses the URL address of the link destination in the command, and the page stored at the address is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the sub-screen advertisement display process described above mainly with reference to FIG. 66 is mainly realized by the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 of the first unit 1001.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 is activated when the web browser 1014 is activated, or is resident in the first unit 1001 similarly to the operation system 1011.
- the advertisement display processing described mainly with reference to FIG. 69 is realized mainly by the source description application 1023.
- the source description application 1023 may be resident in the second unit 1002, and is configured such that the operation system 1021 is activated based on the reception of the advertisement display source description generation command from the first unit. Also good.
- the banner included in the browsing screen of the web browser to be displayed on liquid crystal panel 140 during the period when the web browser is activated.
- the advertisement is also displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- an advertisement display source description is generated for each banner advertisement, and these descriptions are executed alternately at regular intervals.
- the displayed image includes an image 2441 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1412 and an image 2443 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1413 at regular intervals. It is changed and displayed.
- the second unit 1002 displays a command (main screen) for displaying the linked page of the banner advertisement 1412 corresponding to the image 2441. Display command) to the first unit 1001. Further, when a touch operation is performed on the liquid crystal panel 240 while the image 2443 is displayed, the second unit 1002 specifies that the banner advertisement 1413 corresponding to the image 2443 is accessed. A command (display command on the main screen) is transmitted to the first unit 1001.
- FIG. 73 shows a state in which the spreadsheet application is activated in the electronic device 6500 and the display screen 1420 of the spreadsheet application is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- a web browser is activated together with the spreadsheet application, but only the spreadsheet application is in an active state.
- the web browser display screen 1410 is hidden behind the display screen 1420 of the liquid crystal panel 140 as conceptually shown in FIG.
- the web browser is activated in this way, and the browsing screen of the web browser includes the banner advertisement 1412, but the screen of another application is displayed on the browsing screen. Therefore, even when the first unit 1001 detects that the page including the banner advertisement is not displayed, the first unit 1001 executes the advertisement display source description generation command described with reference to FIG. 2, the image 2441 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1412 can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 calls the API (Application Program Interface) of the operation system 1011 and acquires information on the window displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140, so that the above case occurs. Is detected. Specifically, in the information acquired from the API, the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 is i) the web browser 1014 is activated, ii) an application other than the web browser 1014 is activated and is in an active state, iii ) The above case occurs when all the conditions i) to iii) that the window (display screen) of the application (application other than the web browser 1014) is displayed on the entire screen of the liquid crystal panel 140 are satisfied. Is detected.
- the API Application Program Interface
- FIG. 75 shows an example of the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- FIG. 75 shows a state in which a spreadsheet application and a web browser are activated in the electronic device 6500 and a display screen 1420 of the spreadsheet application and a display screen 1410 of the web browser are displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the first unit 1001 only the spreadsheet application is in an active state.
- a spreadsheet application display screen 1420 is displayed on a web browser display screen 1410 so that a part thereof overlaps. Note that a portion of the display screen 1410 that is hidden by overlapping the display screen 1420 includes a banner advertisement 1412 as illustrated in FIG. 72A and the like.
- the web browser is activated in this way, and the browsing screen of the web browser includes the banner advertisement 1412.
- another application is located at the position where the banner advertisement 1412 is to be displayed on the browsing screen. Is displayed. Therefore, even when the first unit 1001 detects that the banner advertisement 1412 is not displayed so as to be visible to the user, the advertisement display source description generation described with reference to FIG. 66 is performed.
- the command is transmitted to the second unit 1002. Thereby, the image 2441 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1412 can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 calls the API of the operation system 1011 and acquires information on the window displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140, thereby detecting that the above-described case has occurred.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 detects the occurrence of the above case based on the information obtained from the API according to the procedure described in the following a) to f).
- the coordinate information of the banner advertisement 1412 in the display screen 1420 is acquired from the coordinates of the portion sandwiched between the advertisement tags acquired in b) and the relative position acquired in c).
- the coordinate information on the liquid crystal panel 140 where the advertisement information is to be displayed is acquired.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 determines whether the banner advertisement 1412 on the display screen 1410 of the web browser is hidden by the other display screen 1420.
- FIG. 76 shows an example of the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 140.
- FIG. 76 shows a state in which a spreadsheet application and a web browser are activated in the electronic device 6500, and a display screen 1410A of the web browser is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the display screen 1410A in FIG. 76 is a display screen for the same web page as the display screen 1410 shown in FIG. 72 (A) or the like, but the display target position in the entire web page is different. To do.
- the operation key 177 is operated to scroll the screen from the state in which the display screen 1410 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140 while the web browser 1014 is activated, the liquid crystal panel of the web browser 1014
- the browsing screen on 140 changes from display screen 1410 to display screen 1410A. Due to such a change in display content, the banner advertisement 1412 displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140 on the display screen 1410 is not displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140 on the display screen 1410A.
- FIG. 66 is displayed.
- the advertisement display source description generation command described with reference to is transmitted to the second unit 1002.
- the first unit 1001 can display the image 2441 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1412 on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 calls the API of the operation system 1011 and acquires information about the window displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140, thereby detecting that the above case has occurred.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 acquires the occurrence in the above case in steps a) and d) after executing the steps a) to d) based on the information acquired from the API. Based on the result, it is determined whether or not the above-described case has occurred by determining whether or not the image of the portion sandwiched between the advertisement tags is within the display screen 1410.
- ⁇ 5th modification about the function regarding an advertisement display> In electronic device 6500, when a pointing device such as a mouse is mounted as an input device in first unit 1001, the point position of the pointing device is generated on banner advertisement 1412 displayed on liquid crystal panel 140. As a condition, the advertisement display source description generation command described with reference to FIG. 66 is transmitted to the second unit 1002. Accordingly, the electronic device 6500 can display the image 2441 corresponding to the banner advertisement 1412 on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 calls the API of the operation system 1011 and acquires information about the window displayed on the liquid crystal panel 140, thereby detecting that the above case has occurred.
- the sub-screen cooperation application 1013 executes the above-described cases a) to e) based on the information acquired from the API, thereby performing the banner advertisement 1412 on the liquid crystal panel 140.
- the display position (coordinates) is obtained, and the point position of the pointing device is obtained from the API, and it is determined whether or not the point position matches the display position of the banner advertisement 1412. Detect that a case has occurred.
- the CPU 110 performs the description until the creation of the advertisement display source description (see FIG. 70). May be transmitted to the second unit 1002, and the second unit 1002 may be instructed to detect the occurrence of an event indicating that a touch operation has been performed on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- FIG. 77 is a flowchart of sub-screen advertisement display processing executed by the CPU 110 in such a modification.
- step SA10 CPU 110 determines whether or not advertisement information is included in the web page. If the advertisement information is included, the CPU 110 generates an advertisement display source description in step SA11 in the same manner as the CPU 210 in step SB20, and transmits the generated description to the second unit 1002 in step SA12. .
- step SA13 the CPU 110 transmits information instructing the second unit 1002 to detect the presence or absence of a touch operation on the liquid crystal panel 240.
- the second unit 1002 when a touch operation is performed on the liquid crystal panel 240 while the image 2441 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 240, an event occurrence to that effect is sent to the first unit 1001. Notice.
- step SA14 the CPU 110 waits for such notification, and when there is such notification, the CPU 110 advances the processing from step SA14 to step SA15.
- step SA15 the link destination described in the advertisement display source description is accessed.
- the display device 103 including the liquid crystal panel 240 may be mounted on the electronic device 6500 or may be configured to be detachable from the electronic device.
- the information processing terminal 78200 including at least the configuration of the second unit 1002 in the configuration of the electronic device 6500 illustrated in FIG. 2 and the information processing configured by the electronic device 78100 including the configuration of the display device 102.
- a system 78000 is shown.
- the information processing terminal 78200 is configured to be fitted into a recess 100D provided in the electronic device 78100, for example.
- the USB connector 194 is provided in the recess 100D, and the information processing terminal 78200 is configured to receive power from the electronic device 78100 by being connected to the USB connector 194 by being fitted in the recess 100D. May be.
- the information processing terminal 78200 may include a power source such as a storage battery for supplying electric power to each internal component.
- the information processing terminal 78200 can also have various functions such as a call function.
- the embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive.
- the scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.
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好ましくは、電子機器は、第2表示パネルを識別するための第3情報を格納するための記憶装置をさらに備える。生成手段は、第2信号として、第3情報を含む信号を生成する。送信手段は、第2サーバに、第3情報を含んだ信号を送信する。受信手段は、第1画像データとして、第3情報に基づき第2サーバおいて生成された画像データを、第2サーバから受信する。
好ましくは、生成手段は、特定の属性を付加された画像が、第2の表示手段に対応したサイズで表示されるようにデータを生成する。
図1は、本実施の形態に係る電子機器100の外観を示した図である。図1を参照して、電子機器100は、第1の筐体100Aと第2の筐体100Bとを含む。
次に、図2を参照して、電子機器100の具体的構成の一態様について説明する。図2は、電子機器100のハードウェア構成を表わすブロック図である。
本体装置101は、CPU(Central Processing Unit)110と、RAM(Random Access Memory)171と、ROM(Read-Only Memory)172と、メモリカードリーダライタ173と、外部通信部174と、マイク175と、スピーカ176と、操作キー177と、電源スイッチ191と、電源回路192と、電源検出部193と、USB(Universal Serial Bus)コネクタ194と、アンテナ195と、LAN(Local Area Network)コネクタ196とを含む。各構成要素(110,171~177,193)は、相互にデータバスDB1によって接続されている。メモリカードリーダライタ173には、メモリカード1731が装着される。
電源スイッチ191がオンすると、電源回路192は、電源検出部193を介して、データバスDB1に接続されている各構成要素と表示装置102とに電力を供給する。また、電源スイッチ191がオンすると、電源回路192は、電源検出部193を介することなく、外部通信部174に電力を供給する。
信号処理部183は、上記光センサから出力されるデータを受け取る。ここで、上記光センサから出力されるデータはアナログデータであるため、信号処理部183は、まず当該アナログデータをデジタルデータに変換する。さらに、信号処理部183は、当該デジタルデータに対して、本体装置101から送られてくるコマンドの内容に応じたデータ処理を行なう。そして、信号処理部183は、上記データ処理を行った後のデータと、タイマ182から取得した時刻情報とを含んだデータ(以下、応答データと称する)を本体装置101に送る。また、信号処理部183は、後述するスキャンデータを連続して複数格納できるRAM(図示せず)を備えている。
第2ユニット1002は、第1ユニット1001から電力の供給を受ける。具体的には、後述するUSBコネクタ294と第1ユニット1001のUSBコネクタ194とを接続することにより、第2ユニット1002は、第1ユニット1001の電源回路192から電力の供給を受ける。
表示装置103は、ドライバ230と、光センサ内蔵液晶パネル240(以下、「液晶パネル240」と称する)と、内部IF278と、バックライト279と、画像処理エンジン280とを含む。画像処理エンジン280は、ドライバ制御部281と、タイマ282と、信号処理部283とを含む。
次に、液晶パネル140の構成と、当該液晶パネル140の周辺回路の構成とについて説明する。図3は、液晶パネル140の構成と、当該液晶パネル140の周辺回路とを示した図である。
それゆえ、ノードNの電位は、図5に示すとおり、電圧VDDRよりもVfだけ小さな値となる。
ところで、本実施の形態においては、電子機器100の表示装置として液晶パネルを例に挙げて説明しているが、液晶パネルの代わりに有機EL(Electro-Luminescence)パネルなどの他のパネルを用いてもよい。
次に、第1ユニット1001と第2ユニット1002との間でやり取りされるコマンド、および第1ユニット1001内の本体装置101と表示装置102との間でやり取りされるコマンドについて説明する。
ところで、液晶パネル140の構成は、図3に示した構成に限定されるものではない。以下では、図3とは異なる態様の液晶パネルについて説明する。
表示装置103の動作は、表示装置102の動作と同様、本体装置101からのコマンド(たとえば、第1コマンド)に応じて制御される。表示装置103は表示装置102と同様な構成を有する。それゆえ、表示装置103が表示装置102と同じコマンドを本体装置101から受付けた場合、表示装置103は表示装置102と同様の動作を行なう。このため、表示装置103の構成や動作についての説明は繰り返さない。
本実施の形態では、電子機器100が、液晶パネル140と液晶パネル240といったそれぞれに光センサを内蔵した液晶パネルを備える構成について説明するが、一方の液晶パネルのみが光センサを内蔵している構成であってもよい。
<通信システム1の概略構成>
図19は、通信システム1の概略構成を示した図である。図19を参照して、通信システム1は、電子機器100と、サーバ8000と、サーバ9000とを含む。なお、以下では、電子機器100がノート型のパーソナルコンピュータである場合を例に挙げて説明する。
図20は、広告サーバ8000として機能するコンピュータシステム8100のハードウェア構成を表わすブロック図である。
図21は、電子機器100の機能ブロックを示した図である。図21を参照して、電子機器100は、制御部10と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90とを備える。制御部10は、表示制御部11と、スキャン部12と、検知部13と、生成部14と、送信部15と、受信部16とを備える。
図22は、広告サーバ8000の機能ブロックを示した図である。図22を参照して、広告サーバ8000は、制御部8010と、記憶装置8090とを備える。制御部8010は、第1受信部8011と、判断部8012と、第1送信部8013と、第2受信部8014と、生成部8015と、第2送信部8016とを備える。
図23は、ASPサーバ9000の機能ブロックを示した図である。図23を参照して、ASPサーバ9000は、制御部9010と、記憶装置9090とを備える。制御部9010は、受信部9011と、生成部9012と、送信部9013とを備える。
図24は、ハードウェア環境情報を模式的に示した図である。図24を参照して、ハードウェア環境情報は、電子機器100が備える部品の詳細情報を含む。図24に示したハードウェア環境情報の場合、当該ハードウェア環境情報は、電子機器100が液晶パネルとしてメイン液晶パネルとサブ液晶パネルとを備えていることを示す。ここで、メイン液晶パネルの識別情報は部品情報ID11である。また、サブ液晶パネル240の識別情報は、部品情報ID12である。なお、本実施の形態においては、広告サーバ8000は、液晶パネル240の識別情報として部品情報ID12をASPサーバ9000に送信する。
図27は、表計算のアプリケーションソフトを実行している状態の電子機器100を示した図である。より詳しくは、図27は、液晶パネル140における表計算のアプリケーションソフトの操作画面1401を表示している状態を示した図である。
図29は、通信システム1におけるシーケンスを示した図である。図29を参照して、ステップS2において、電子機器100は、ハードウェア環境情報およびアプリケーションソフトウェア情報を含んだ信号を広告サーバ8000に送る。ステップS4において、広告サーバ8000は、液晶パネル240の識別情報をASPサーバ9000に送る。ステップS6において、ASPサーバ9000は、デバイス情報を含んだ信号を広告サーバ8000に送信する。
図30は、電子機器100における制御構造を示した図である。図30を参照して、ステップS22において、電子機器100は、アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作に関する入力を受付けたか否かを判断する。電子機器100が当該入力を受付けたと判断した場合(ステップS22においてYES)、ステップS24において、電子機器100は、ハードウェア環境情報とアプリケーションソフトウェア情報とを含んだ信号を生成する。
図31は、広告サーバ8000における制御構造を示した図である。図31を参照して、ステップS52において、広告サーバ8000は、ハードウェア環境情報とアプリケーションソフトウェア情報とを含んだ信号を、電子機器100から受信する。ステップS54において、広告サーバ8000は、ハードウェア環境情報に含まれる液晶パネル240の識別情報を、ASPサーバ9000に送信する。
図32は、ASPサーバ9000における制御構造を示した図である。図32を参照して、ステップS72において、ASPサーバ9000は、液晶パネル240の識別情報を広告サーバ8000から受信する。ステップS74において、ASPサーバ9000は、液晶パネル240のデバイス情報を広告サーバ8000に送信する。
(電子機器100)
(1)以上のように、電子機器100は、少なくとも、表示制御部11と、検知部13と、生成部14と、送信部15と、受信部16とを備える。表示制御部11は、アプリケーションソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面を液晶パネル140に表示させる。検知部13は、アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作に関する入力を電子機器100が受付けたことを検知する。生成部14は、当該検知に基づき、上記サーバ特定情報により特定される広告サーバ8000を送信先とする信号(以下、「信号Q」と称する)を生成する。送信部15は、広告サーバ8000に、生成部14で生成された信号を送信する。受信部16は、当該送信に基づき、広告画像データを広告サーバ8000から受信する。表示制御部11は、広告画像データに基づく広告を液晶パネル240に表示させる。
以上のように、広告サーバ8000は、少なくとも、第1受信部8011と、第1送信部8013と、第2受信部8014と、第2送信部8016とを備える。第1受信部8011は、電子機器100から、少なくとも液晶パネル140を識別するための情報と液晶パネル240の識別情報とを含んだ信号を受信する。第1送信部8013は、液晶パネル240の識別情報をASPサーバ9000に送信する。当該識別情報の送信に基づき、第2受信部8014は、当該識別情報に基づきASPサーバ9000おいて特定された、液晶パネル240のデバイス情報を、ASPサーバ9000から受信する。生成部8015は、受信したデバイス情報に基づき、広告画像データを生成する。第2送信部8016は、生成された広告画像データを電子機器100に送信する。
ASPサーバ9000は、少なくとも、受信部9011と送信部9013とを備える。受信部9011は、液晶パネル240の識別情報を広告サーバ8000から受信する。送信部9013は、液晶パネル240の識別情報に基づき特定した、液晶パネル240のデバイス情報を、広告サーバ8000に送信する。
(第1の変形例)
図33は、電子機器100の変形例である電子機器3300の機能ブロックを示した図である。図33を参照して、電子機器3300は、制御部3310と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90Aとを備える。
図34は、電子機器100の他の変形例である電子機器3400の機能ブロックを示した図である。図34を参照して、電子機器3400は、制御部3410と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90とを備える。制御部3410は、表示制御部11と、スキャン部12と、検知部13と、生成部14と、送信部15と、受信部16と、検知部18とを備える。制御部3410は、検知部18を備える点において、電子機器100の制御部10と異なる。
電子機器100の表示制御部11と受信部16とを、それぞれ以下に述べる構成としてもよい。表示制御部11は、第1コマンドを受付けた場合に液晶パネル240の表示をオンとし、第2コマンドを受付けた場合に液晶パネル240の表示をオフとする機能を備える。
液晶パネル240の製造メーカは、仕様(画面サイズ、解像度、表示色など)が異なる様々なタイプの液晶パネル240を、電子機器100を組み立てるセットメーカに供給する。このように仕様の異なる様々な液晶パネル240が市場に流通するような状況下において、本実施の形態において説明した広告の提供手法は、高い広告効果を得るための手法であるといえる。
<通信システム1Aの概略構成>
図35は、通信システム1Aの概略構成を示した図である。図35を参照して、通信システム1Aは、電子機器3600と、端末装置17000と、サーバ18000と、サーバ19000とを含む。なお、以下では、電子機器3600がノート型のパーソナルコンピュータである場合を例に挙げて説明する。
ASPサーバ18000として機能するコンピュータシステムのハードウェア構成は、図20に示したコンピュータシステム8100のハードウェア構成と同じである。このため、ASPサーバ18000のハードウェア構成についての説明は繰り返さない。
図36は、電子機器3600のブロックを示した図である。図36を参照して、電子機器3600は、制御部3610と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90とを備える。制御部3610は、表示制御部3611と、スキャン部3612と、検知部3613と、生成部3614と、送信部3615と、受信部3616とを備える。
図37は、ASPサーバ18000のブロックを示した図である。図37を参照して、ASPサーバ18000は、制御部18010と、記憶装置18090とを備える。制御部18010は、第1受信部18011と、判断部18012と、第1送信部18013と、第2受信部18014と、生成部18015と、第2送信部18016と、第3受信部18017とを備える。
図38は、サーバ19000のブロックを示した図である。図38を参照して、サーバ19000は、制御部19010と、記憶装置19090とを備える。制御部19010は、受信部19011と、検索部19012と、送信部19013とを備える。
図39は、端末装置17000のブロックを示した図である。図39を参照して、端末装置17000は、制御部17010と、入力装置17070と、表示装置17080と、記憶装置17090とを備える。制御部17010は、受信部17011と、送信部17012とを備える。
ハードウェア環境情報は、図24に示したとおりである。このため、ハードウェア環境情報についての説明は繰り返さない。なお、本実施の形態においては、ASPサーバ18000は、液晶パネル240の識別情報として部品情報ID12に対応付けられたデバイス情報を記憶装置18090から読み出す。
図40は、表計算のアプリケーションソフトを実行している状態の電子機器3600を示した図である。図40を参照して、電子機器3600は、表計算のアプリケーションソフトの操作画面1401を液晶パネル140に表示している。
図42は、通信システム1Aにおけるシーケンスを示した図である。図42を参照して、ステップS102において、端末装置17000は、オリジナル広告データをASPサーバ18000に送信する。ステップS104において、電子機器3600は、アプリケーションソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたことに基づき、ハードウェア環境情報とエラー情報とを含んだ信号をASPサーバ18000に送信する。
図43は、電子機器3600における制御構造を示したフローチャートである。図43を参照して、ステップS122において、電子機器3600は、アプリケーションソフトウェアを起動する。ステップS124において、電子機器3600は、上記アプリケーションソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたか否かを判断する。
図44は、ASPサーバ18000における制御構造を示したフローチャートである。図44を参照して、ステップS152において、ASPサーバ18000は、端末装置17000からオリジナル広告データを受信する。ステップS154において、ASPサーバ18000は、ハードウェア環境情報とエラー情報とを含んだ信号を、電子機器3600から受信する。ステップS156においてASPサーバ18000は、上記エラー情報をサーバ19000に送信する。ステップS158において、ASPサーバ18000は、上記エラー情報の送信に基づき、サーバ19000からオリジナルメッセージデータを受信する。
図45は、サーバ19000における制御構造を示したフローチャートである。図45を参照して、ステップS172において、サーバ19000は、ASPサーバ18000からエラー情報を受信する。ステップS174において、サーバ19000は、当該受信したエラー情報に対応するオリジナルメッセージデータを記憶装置19090から読み出す。ステップS176において、サーバ19000は、当該読み出したオリジナルメッセージデータをASPサーバ18000に送信する。
図46は、端末装置17000における制御構造を示したフローチャートである。図46を参照して、ステップS182において、端末装置17000は、オリジナル広告データをASPサーバ18000に送信する。ステップS184において、端末装置17000は、ASPサーバ18000から実績データを受信する。
(電子機器3600)
(1)電子機器3600は、少なくとも、記憶装置90と、表示制御部3611と、生成部3614と、送信部3615と、受信部3616とを備える。記憶装置90は、電子機器3600で実行可能なアプリケーションソフトウェアと、ASPサーバ18000を特定するための特定情報と、エラーに関連するメッセージを示した表示用メッセージデータとを格納している。表示制御部3611は、アプリケーションソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面を液晶パネル140に表示させる。生成部3614は、アプリケーションソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたことに基づき、上記サーバ特定情報により特定されるASPサーバ18000を送信先とする、上記エラーを示すエラー情報を含んだ信号(以下、「信号Q」と称する)を生成する。送信部3615は、ASPサーバ18000に、生成部3614が生成した信号Qを送信する。受信部3616は、当該信号Qの送信に基づき、広告を示した表示用広告データをASPサーバ18000から受信する。表示制御部3611は、表示用広告データに基づく画像と表示用メッセージデータに基づく画像とを液晶パネル240に表示させる。
(1)ASPサーバ18000は、少なくとも、記憶装置18090と、第1受信部18011と、第1送信部18013と、第2受信部18014と、生成部18015と、第2送信部18016とを備える。記憶装置18090は、液晶パネル240のデバイス情報と、広告を示すオリジナル広告データとを格納している。第1受信部18011は、電子機器3600においてアプリケーションソフトウェアを実行している際に生じたエラーを示すエラー情報を含んだ信号(つまり、「信号Q」)を、電子機器3600から受信する。第1送信部18013は、サーバ19000に、エラー情報を送信する。第2受信部18014は、エラー情報の送信に基づき、サーバ19000から、当該エラーに関連するメッセージを示したオリジナルメッセージデータを受信する。生成部18015は、デバイス情報に基づいて、オリジナルメッセージデータから表示用メッセージデータを生成する。また、生成部18015は、デバイス情報に基づいて、オリジナル広告データから表示用広告データを生成する。第2送信部18016は、当該表示用メッセージデータおよび表示用広告データを電子機器3600に送信する。
サーバ19000は、少なくとも、受信部19011と送信部19013とを備える。受信部19011は、ASPサーバ18000から、上記エラー情報を受信する。送信部19013は、ASPサーバ18000に、上記オリジナルメッセージデータを送信する。
端末装置17000は、少なくとも、受信部17011と送信部17012とを備える。送信部17012は、ASPサーバ18000に、オリジナル広告データを送信する。受信部17011は、ASPサーバ18000から上記実績データを受信する。
(第1の変形例)
図47は、電子機器3600の変形例である電子機器4700の機能ブロックを示した図である。電子機器4700は、広告が選択された際に、ユーザの属性情報をASPサーバ18000に送信する点において、ユーザの属性情報をASPサーバ18000に送信しない電子機器3600と異なる。図47を参照して、電子機器4700は、制御部4710と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90Aとを備える。
電子機器3600の表示制御部3611と受信部3616とを、それぞれ以下に述べる構成としてもよい。表示制御部3611は、第1コマンドを受付けた場合に液晶パネル240の表示をオンとし、第2コマンドを受付けた場合に液晶パネル240の表示をオフとする機能を備える。
(1)上記においては、電子機器3600は、表示用メッセージデータをASPサーバ18000から受信した。たとえば、電子機器3600は、表示用メッセージデータをASPサーバ18000から受信するかわりに、予め表示用メッセージデータを記憶装置90に格納するように構成されてもよい。
<通信システム1の概略構成>
図48は、通信システム1Bの概略構成を示した図である。図48を参照して、通信システム1Bは、電子機器4900と、端末装置27000と、サーバ28000と、サーバ29000とを含む。なお、以下では、電子機器4900がノート型のパーソナルコンピュータである場合を例に挙げて説明する。
検索用サーバ28000として機能するコンピュータシステムのハードウェア構成は、図20に示したコンピュータシステム8100のハードウェア構成と同じである。検索用サーバ28000のハードウェア構成についての説明は繰り返さない。
図49は、電子機器4900の機能ブロックを示した図である。図49を参照して、電子機器4900は、制御部4910と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90とを備える。制御部4910は、表示制御部4911と、スキャン部4912と、検知部4913と、生成部4914と、送信部4915と、受信部4916と、検知部4917とを備える。
図50は、検索用サーバ28000の機能ブロックを示した図である。図50を参照して、検索用サーバ28000は、制御部28010と、記憶装置28090とを備える。制御部28010は、受信部28011と、送信部28012とを備える。
図51は、ASPサーバ29000の機能ブロックを示した図である。図51を参照して、ASPサーバ29000は、制御部29010と、記憶装置29090とを備える。制御部29010は、送信部29011と、受信部29012と、生成部29013とを備える。
図52は、端末装置27000の機能ブロックを示した図である。図52を参照して、端末装置27000は、制御部27010と、入力装置27070と、表示装置27080と、記憶装置27090とを備える。制御部27010は、受信部27011と、送信部27012とを備える。
ハードウェア環境情報は、図24に示したとおりである。このため、ハードウェア環境情報についての説明は繰り返さない。なお、本実施の形態においては、電子機器4900は、液晶パネル240の識別情報として部品情報ID12をASPサーバ29000に送信する。
図53は、液晶パネル140にウェブページを表示している状態の電子機器を示した図である。図53を参照して、電子機器4900は、液晶パネル140に、第1広告1411を含むウェブページ1402を表示している。
図55は、通信システム1Bにおけるシーケンスを示した図である。図55を参照して、ステップS202において、電子機器4900は、上述した要求信号を検索用サーバ28000に送信する。ステップS204において、検索用サーバ28000は、上記ウェブページ情報を電子機器4900に送る。ステップS206において、電子機器4900は、上記ハードウェア環境情報を含んだ信号を検索用サーバ28000に送信する。ステップS208において、検索用サーバ28000は、当該ハードウェア環境情報を含んだ信号をASPサーバ29000に転送する。
図56は、電子機器4900における制御構造を示した図である。図56を参照して、ステップS232において、電子機器4900は、要求信号を検索用サーバ28000に送信する。ステップS234において、電子機器4900は、ウェブページ情報を検索用サーバ28000から受信する。ステップS236において、電子機器4900は、液晶パネル140に表示した第1広告が選択されたか否かを判断する。
図57は、検索用サーバ28000における制御構造を示した図である。図57を参照して、ステップS252において、検索用サーバ28000は、上記要求信号を電子機器4900から受信する。ステップS254において、検索用サーバ28000は、上記要求信号に応じたウェブページ情報を電子機器4900に送信する。
図58は、ASPサーバ29000における制御構造を示した図である。図58を参照して、ステップS272において、ASPサーバ29000は、ハードウェア環境情報を含む信号を検索用サーバ28000から受信する。ステップS274において、ASPサーバ29000は、サブ液晶パネル(液晶パネル240)の識別情報がハードウェア環境情報に含まれているか否かを判断する。ASPサーバ29000は、液晶パネル240の識別情報が存在すると判断した場合(ステップS274においてYES)、ステップS276において、デバイス情報に基づき、上記オリジナル詳細画像データから上記詳細広告画像データを生成する。ステップS278において、ASPサーバ29000は、生成した詳細広告画像データを電子機器4900に送信する。ステップS280において、ASPサーバ29000は、上記詳細広告が選択されたことを示す情報と、液晶パネル240の識別情報と含む信号を、電子機器4900から受信する。ステップS282において、ASPサーバ29000は、上記実績データを端末装置27000に送信する。
図59は、端末装置27000における制御構造を示した図である。図59を参照して、ステップS292において、端末装置27000は、上記実績データをASPサーバ29000から受信する。ステップS294において、端末装置27000は、報酬データを、検索用サーバ28000およびASPサーバ29000に送信する。
(電子機器4900)
(1)以上のように、電子機器4900は、少なくとも、表示制御部4911と、検知部4913と、生成部4914と、送信部4915と、受信部4916とを備える。送信部4915は、ウェブページ情報(つまり、第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための情報)の送信を要求する要求信号を、検索用サーバ28000に送信する。受信部4916は、上記要求信号の送信に基づき、上記ウェブページ情報と、第1広告に対応付けられたサーバ特定情報とを、検索用サーバ28000から受信する。
検索用サーバ28000は、少なくとも、受信部28011と送信部28012とを備える。送信部28012は、ウェブページ情報を送信することを要求する要求信号を電子機器4900から受信したことに基づき、ウェブページ情報とサーバ特定情報とを、電子機器4900に送信する。受信部28011は、当該送信に基づき、電子機器4900から、少なくとも液晶パネル140の識別情報と液晶パネル240の識別情報とを含んだ信号を受信する。送信部28012は、当該受信に基づき、液晶パネル140の識別情報と液晶パネル240の識別情報をASPサーバ29000に送信する。
ASPサーバ29000は、少なくとも、送信部29011と、受信部29012と、生成部29013とを備える。受信部29012は、電子機器4900から、検索用サーバ28000を介して、電子機器4900において上記第1広告が選択されたことを示した情報と、液晶パネル140の識別情報と、液晶パネル240の識別情報とを受信する。生成部29013は、液晶パネル240の識別情報で特定される液晶パネル240のデバイス情報に基づいて、上記オリジナル画像データから上記詳細広告画像データを生成する。送信部29011は、当該詳細広告画像データを電子機器4900に送信する。
(第1の変形例)
図60は、電子機器4900の変形例である電子機器6000の機能ブロックを示した図である。図60を参照して、電子機器6000は、制御部6010と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90Aとを備える。
図61は、電子機器4900の他の変形例である電子機器6100の機能ブロックを示した図である。図61を参照して、電子機器6100は、制御部6110と、液晶パネル140,240と、記憶装置90とを備える。制御部6110は、表示制御部4911と、スキャン部4912と、検知部4913と、生成部4914と、送信部4915と、受信部4916と、検知部4917と、検知部4919とを備える。制御部6110は、検知部4919を備える点において、電子機器4900の制御部4910と異なる。
電子機器4900の表示制御部4911と受信部4916とを、それぞれ以下に述べる構成としてもよい。表示制御部4911は、第1コマンドを受付けた場合に液晶パネル240の表示をオンとし、第2コマンドを受付けた場合に液晶パネル240の表示をオフとする機能を備える。
(第1の変形例)
通信システム1Bにおいては、ASPサーバ29000は、検索用サーバ28000を介することなく電子機器4900に詳細広告画像データを送信した(図55のステップS10参照)。しかしながら、このような構成に限定されない。ASPサーバ29000は、検索用サーバ28000を介して電子機器4900に詳細広告画像データを送信してもよい。
図62は、通信システム1Bの他の変形例におけるシーケンスを示した図である。図62を参照して、ステップS302において、電子機器4900は、上記ハードウェア環境情報を含めた上記要求信号を、検索用サーバ28000に送信する。ステップS304において、検索用サーバ28000は、上記ハードウェア環境情報をASPサーバ29000に送信する。ステップS306において、検索用サーバ28000は、上記ウェブページ情報を電子機器4900に送信する。ステップS308において、ASPサーバ29000は、詳細広告画像データを電子機器4900に送る。
(1)液晶パネル240の製造メーカは、仕様(画面サイズ、解像度、表示色など)が異なる様々なタイプの液晶パネル240を、電子機器4900を組み立てるセットメーカに供給する。このようなに仕様の異なる様々な液晶パネル240が市場に流通するような状況下において、本実施の形態において説明した広告の提供手法は、高い広告効果を得るための手法であるといえる。
<広告表示に関する機能について>
電子機器6500は、ネットワークを通じて接続されるサーバからウェブページ等のコンテンツをダウンロードし、ウェブページの閲覧等のコンテンツの再生をすることができる。このように、電子機器6500を用いたコンテンツの再生を行なうためのシステムについて、図64を参照して説明する。
なお、「広告用データ」とは、上記した広告タグの開始タグと終了タグで挟まれたデータである。
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CPU110は、広告表示用ソース記述生成コマンドを第2ユニット1002に送信する場合、ヘッダDA01(図7参照)に、コマンドの種別(「110」)、コマンドの送信先等を書き込む。CPU110は、第1フィールドDA02に、処理対象となっているアプリケーションを特定する情報として「ウィンドウ識別情報」の値を書き込む。
図70に示された記述の中の記述DE11で示された部分は、第1ユニット1001から、「広告用データ」として受信したデータが加工されて含められたものである。
図71を参照して、メイン画面への表示コマンドは、種別「111」のコマンドである。メイン画面への表示コマンドは、広告表示用ソース記述において第1ユニット1001の液晶パネル140に表示させることを要求するリンク先(図70の記述DE11中の「http://ad.address/」)のURL(Uniform Resource Locator)アドレスを含み、第1ユニット1001に対して、当該リンク先のURLアドレスのページを液晶パネル140に表示させることを指示するコマンドである。
図64等を参照して説明した広告表示に関する機能では、液晶パネル140にウェブページにおいて1つのバナー広告1412が表示される例について説明したが、図72(A)に示されるように、液晶パネル140にバナー広告1412とバナー広告1413のように複数のバナー広告が含まれる場合には、第1ユニット1001では、各バナー広告について、広告表示用ソース記述生成コマンドが生成される。
図73では、電子機器6500において表計算アプリケーションが、起動され、液晶パネル140に、当該表計算アプリケーションの表示画面1420が表示されている状態が示されている。
図75は、液晶パネル140の表示画面の一例を示す。図75では、電子機器6500において表計算アプリケーションとウェブブラウザが起動され、液晶パネル140に、当該表計算アプリケーションの表示画面1420とウェブブラウザの表示画面1410が表示されている状態が示されている。ここで、第1ユニット1001では、表計算アプリケーションのみがアクティブな状態にあるものとする。
b)ウェブブラウザがページ取得アクションを起こすたびに流れてくるページ記述を取得すること等により、ウェブブラウザが表示させようとするウェブページのソース記述を取得し、そして、当該ウェブブラウザが利用しているレンダリングエンジンを呼び出して、当該ウェブページの画像生成動作を行ない、当該生成されたウェブページの画像の中の、上記した広告タグで挟まれた部分の座標を取得し、
c)APIから取得した情報から、ウェブページの全体(仮想ウェブページ)の中の、ウェブブラウザが表示画面1410に現在表示させている範囲の相対位置(たとえば四隅の座標)を取得し、
d)上記b)で取得した広告タグで挟まれた部分の座標と、上記c)で取得した相対位置とにより、表示画面1420内のバナー広告1412の座標情報を取得し、
e)上記a)およびd)で取得した結果に基づいて、液晶パネル140上の、広告情報の表示されるべき座標情報(図75の表示画面1410に表示画面1420が重ねられていなければバナー広告1412が表示されるべき位置の座標情報)を取得する。
g)上記e)およびf)の結果から、サブ画面連携用アプリケーション1013は、ウェブブラウザの表示画面1410上のバナー広告1412が、それ以外の表示画面1420によって隠されているか否かを判断する。
図76は、液晶パネル140の表示画面の一例を示す。図76では、電子機器6500において表計算アプリケーションとウェブブラウザが起動され、液晶パネル140に、ウェブブラウザの表示画面1410Aが表示されている状態が示されている。
電子機器6500では、第1ユニット1001に入力デバイスとしてマウス等のポインティングデバイスが搭載されているときに、当該ポインティングデバイスのポイント位置が液晶パネル140に表示されるバナー広告1412上に位置した場合の発生を条件として、図66を参照して説明した広告表示用ソース記述生成コマンドを第2ユニット1002に送信する。これにより、電子機器6500は、液晶パネル240に、当該バナー広告1412に対応する画像2441を表示することができる。
以上説明した本実施の形態では、電子機器6500において、第1ユニット1001においてウェブブラウザが起動されている場合に、当該ウェブブラウザの閲覧対象となっているウェブページに広告タグ(開始タグおよび終了タグ)が含まれる場合、当該広告タグによって表示されるべき画像(バナー広告1412)に対応する画像(画像2441)が液晶パネル240に表示される。
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以上説明した本実施の形態において、液晶パネル240を含む表示装置103は、電子機器6500に搭載されていても良いし、電子機器に対して着脱可能に構成されていても良い。
今回開示された実施の形態はすべての点で例示であって制限的なものではないと考えられるべきである。本発明の範囲は上記した説明ではなくて請求の範囲によって示され、請求の範囲と均等の意味および範囲内でのすべての変更が含まれることが意図される。
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- 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(100,3300,3400)であって、
前記電子機器で実行可能なアプリケーションソフトウェアと、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアに関連付けられた、サーバ(8000)を特定するための第1情報とを格納した記憶装置(90,90A)と、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させる表示制御部(11)と、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作に関する第1入力を前記電子機器が受付けたことを検知する第1検知部(13)と、
前記検知に基づき、前記第1情報により特定されるサーバを送信先とする信号を生成する生成部(14)と、
前記サーバに、前記生成された信号を送信する送信部(15)と、
前記送信に基づき、広告を示した第1画像データを前記サーバから受信する受信部(16)とを備え、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1画像データに基づく画像を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、電子機器。 - 前記記憶装置は、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報をさらに格納しており、
前記生成部は、前記信号として、前記第2情報を含む信号を生成し、
前記送信部は、前記サーバに、前記第2情報を含んだ前記信号を送信し、
前記受信部は、前記第1画像データとして、前記第2情報に基づき前記サーバおいて生成された画像データを、前記サーバから受信する、請求の範囲第1項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記第1検知部は、さらに、前記第1画像データに基づく画像を選択する第2入力を受付けたことを検知し、
前記送信部は、前記第2入力の検知に基づき、前記選択されたことを示す情報と前記第2情報とを前記サーバに送信する、請求の範囲第2項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記第2表示パネルは、タッチパネルであって、
前記第2入力は、前記タッチパネルに対する入力である、請求の範囲第3項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記記憶装置は、さらに、前記電子機器のユーザの指紋を示す第2画像データと、前記ユーザの属性を示す属性情報とを当該ユーザ毎に関連付けて格納し、
前記タッチパネルは、当該タッチパネルの画面に沿って内蔵された複数の光センサを含み、
前記電子機器は、
前記光センサによってセンシングされた画像データに一致する前記第2画像データを、前記記憶装置が格納しているか否かを判断する判断部(17)をさらに備え、
前記一致する第2画像データを前記記憶装置が格納していると判断された場合、前記送信部は、さらに、一致したと判断された第2画像データに関連付けされた前記属性情報を、前記サーバに送信する、請求の範囲第4項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記電子機器は、
予め定められた時間にわたり前記電子機器を操作するための入力を受付けていないことを検知する第2検知部(18)をさらに備え、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面が前記第1表示パネルに表示されている場合、前記第2検知部による検知がなされたとき、前記表示制御部は、前記第1画像データに基づく画像を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、請求の範囲第1項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記表示制御部は、第1コマンドを受付けた場合、前記第2表示パネルの表示をオンとし、第2コマンドを受付けた場合、前記第2表示パネルの表示をオフとし、
前記表示制御部が前記第2コマンドを受付けることによって前記第2表示パネルの表示がオフとなっている状態で、前記受信部が前記第1画像データを受信したとき、
前記受信部は、前記第1コマンドを前記表示制御部に送信し、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1コマンドに基づいて、前記第1画像データに基づく画像を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、請求の範囲第1項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記生成部は、前記信号として、前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを示す情報を含む信号を生成し、
前記送信部は、前記サーバに、前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを示す情報を含む前記信号を送信し、
前記受信部は、前記第1画像データとして、前記起動しているアプリケーションソフトウェアに関連する広告を示した画像データを、前記サーバから受信する、請求の範囲第1項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記第1入力は、前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを起動させるための入力、または前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを実行している際に生じたエラーを前記サーバに送信するための入力である、請求の範囲第1項に記載の電子機器。
- 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(100,3300,3400)と通信を行なうサーバ(8000)であって、
広告を示した第1画像データを格納した記憶装置(8090)と、
前記電子機器から、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第1情報と前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを含んだ信号を受信する第1受信部(8011)と、
前記第2情報を他のサーバ(9000)に送信する第1送信部(8013)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記第2情報に基づき前記他のサーバおいて特定された、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報を、前記他のサーバから受信する第2受信部(8014)と、
前記受信したデバイス情報に基づき、前記第1画像データから第2画像データを生成する生成部(8015)と、
前記生成された第2画像データを前記電子機器に送信する第2送信部(8016)とを備える、サーバ。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と第2表示パネル(240)とを含む電子機器(100,3300,3400)と、第1サーバ(8000)とを備えた通信システム(1)であって、
前記電子機器は、
前記電子機器で実行可能なアプリケーションソフトウェアと、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアに関連付けられた、第1サーバを特定するための第1情報と、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを格納した第1記憶装置(90,90A)と、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させる表示制御部(11)と、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作に関する入力を前記電子機器が受付けたことを検知する第1検知部(13)と、
前記検知に基づき、前記第1情報により特定される第1サーバを送信先とする、前記第2情報を含んだ信号を生成する第1生成部(14)と、
前記第1サーバに前記生成された信号を送信する第1送信部(15)とを含み、
前記第1サーバは、
広告を示した第1画像データを格納した第2記憶装置(8090)と、
前記電子機器から、前記第2情報を含んだ信号を受信する第1受信部(8011)と、
前記第2情報を第2サーバ(9000)に送信する第2送信部(8013)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記第2情報に基づき前記第2サーバおいて特定された、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報を、前記第2サーバから受信する第2受信部(8014)と、
前記受信したデバイス情報に基づき、前記第1画像データから第2画像データを生成する第2生成部(8015)と、
前記生成された第2画像データを前記電子機器に送信する第3送信部(8016)とを含み、
前記電子機器は、
前記第2画像データを前記第1サーバから受信する第3受信部(16)をさらに含み、
前記表示制御部は、前記第2画像データに基づく画像を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、通信システム。 - 前記通信システムは、前記第2サーバをさらに備え、
前記第2サーバは、
前記第2情報を前記第1サーバから受信する第4受信部(9011)と、
前記第2情報に基づき特定した、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報を、前記第1サーバに送信する第4送信部(9013)とを含む、請求の範囲第11項に記載の通信システム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と第2表示パネル(240)とを含む電子機器(100,3300,3400)における表示制御方法であって、
前記電子機器でのアプリケーションソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作に関する第1入力を前記電子機器が受付けたことを検知するステップ(S22)と、
前記検知に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアに関連付けられた情報により特定されるサーバ(8000)を送信先とする信号を生成するステップ(S24)と、
前記サーバに前記生成された信号を送信するステップ(S26)と、
前記送信に基づき、広告を示した画像データを前記サーバから受信するステップ(S28)と、
前記画像データに基づく画像を前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップ(S30)とを備える、表示制御方法。 - 前記信号を生成するステップでは、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報を含む信号を生成し、
前記信号を送信するステップでは、前記サーバに、前記第2情報を含んだ前記信号を送信し、
前記画像データを受信するステップでは、前記第2情報に基づき前記サーバおいて生成された画像データを、前記サーバから受信する、請求の範囲第13項に記載の表示制御方法。 - 前記表示制御方法は、
前記画像データに基づく画像を選択する第2入力を受付けたことを検知するステップと、
前記第2入力の検知に基づき、前記選択されたことを示す情報と前記第2情報とを前記サーバに送信する送信ステップとをさらに備える、請求の範囲第14項に記載の表示制御方法。 - 前記信号を生成するステップでは、前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを示す情報を含む信号を生成し、
前記信号を送信するステップでは、前記サーバに、前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを示す情報を含む前記信号を送信し、
前記画像データを受信するステップでは、前記起動しているアプリケーションソフトウェアに関連する広告を示した画像データを、前記サーバから受信する、請求の範囲第13項に記載の表示制御方法。 - 前記第1入力は、前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを起動させるための入力、または前記アプリケーションソフトウェアを実行している際に生じたエラーを前記サーバに送信するための入力である、請求の範囲第13項に記載の表示制御方法。
- 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(100,3300,3400)と通信を行なうサーバ(8000)におけるデータ通信方法であって、
前記電子機器から、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第1情報と前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを含んだ信号を受信するステップ(S52)と、
前記第2情報を他のサーバ(9000)に送信するステップ(S54)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記第2情報に基づき前記他のサーバおいて特定された、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報を、前記他のサーバから受信するステップ(S56)と、
前記受信したデバイス情報に基づき、広告を示した第1画像データから第2画像データを生成するステップ(S58)と、
前記生成された第2画像データを前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S60)とを備える、データ通信方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と第2表示パネル(240)とを含む電子機器(100,3300,3400)を制御するプログラムであって、
前記電子機器でのアプリケーションソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記アプリケーションソフトウェアの操作に関する入力を前記電子機器が受付けたことを検知するステップ(S22)と、
前記検知に基づき、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアに関連付けられた情報により特定されるサーバ(8000)を送信先とする信号を生成するステップ(S24)と、
前記サーバに前記生成された信号を送信するステップ(S26)と、
前記送信に基づき、広告を示した画像データを前記サーバから受信するステップ(S28)と、
前記画像データに基づく画像を前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップ(S30)とを、前記電子機器に実行させる、プログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(100,3300,3400)と通信を行なうサーバ(8000)を制御するプログラムであって、
前記電子機器から、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第1情報と前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを含んだ信号を受信するステップ(S52)と、
前記第2情報を他のサーバ(9000)に送信するステップ(S54)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記第2情報に基づき前記他のサーバ(9000)おいて特定された、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報を、前記他のサーバから受信するステップ(S56)と、
前記受信したデバイス情報に基づき、広告を示した第1画像データから第2画像データを生成するステップ(S58)と、
前記生成された第2画像データを前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S60)とを、前記サーバに実行させる、プログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と
第2表示パネル(240)と、
電子機器で実行可能なソフトウェアと、サーバ(18000)を特定するための特定情報とを格納した記憶装置(90,90A)と、
前記ソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該ソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させる表示制御部(3611)と、
前記ソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたことに基づき、前記特定情報により特定される前記サーバを送信先とする、前記エラーを示すエラー情報を含む信号を生成する生成部(3614)と、
前記サーバに、前記生成された信号を送信する送信部(3615)と、
前記送信に基づき、広告を示した第1画像データを前記サーバから受信する受信部(3616)とを備え、
前記記憶装置は、さらに、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第2画像データを格納しており、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1画像データに基づく画像と前記第2画像データに基づく画像とを前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、電子機器(3600,4700)。 - 前記受信部は、前記サーバから、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した画像データを受信し、当該受信した画像データを、前記記憶装置に前記第2画像データとして格納する、請求の範囲第21項に記載の電子機器。
- 前記記憶装置は、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための識別情報をさらに格納しており、
前記生成部は、前記信号として、前記識別情報をさらに含む信号を生成し、
前記送信部は、前記サーバに、前記識別情報を含む前記信号を送信し、
前記受信部は、前記第1画像データおよび前記第2画像データとして、前記識別情報に基づき前記サーバおいて生成された画像データを、前記サーバから受信する、請求の範囲第21項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記電子機器は、
前記第1画像データに基づく画像を選択する入力を受け付けたことを検知する検知部(3613)をさらに備え、
前記送信部は、前記入力の検知に基づき、前記選択されたことを示す情報と前記識別情報とを前記サーバに送信する、請求の範囲第23項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記第2表示パネルは、タッチパネルであって、
前記入力は、前記タッチパネルに対する入力である、請求の範囲第24項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記記憶装置は、さらに、前記電子機器のユーザの指紋を示す第3画像データと、前記ユーザの属性を示す属性情報とを当該ユーザに関連付けて格納し、
前記タッチパネルは、当該タッチパネルの画面に沿って内蔵された複数の光センサを含み、
前記電子機器は、
前記光センサによるセンシングによって得られた画像データに一致する前記第3画像データを、前記記憶装置が格納しているか否かを判断する判断部(3617)をさらに備え、
前記一致する第3画像データを前記記憶装置が格納していると判断された場合、前記送信部は、さらに、一致したと判断された第3画像データに関連付けされた前記属性情報を、前記サーバに送信する、請求の範囲第25項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記表示制御部は、第1コマンドを受付けた場合、前記第2表示パネルの表示をオンとし、第2コマンドを受付けた場合、前記第2表示パネルの表示をオフとし、
前記表示制御部が前記第2コマンドを受付けることによって前記第2表示パネルの表示がオフとなっている状態で、前記受信部が前記第1画像データを受信したとき、
前記受信部は、前記第1コマンドを前記表示制御部に送信し、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1コマンドに基づいて、前記第1画像データに基づく画像と前記第2画像データに基づく画像とを前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、請求の範囲第21項に記載の電子機器。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(3600,4700)、および第1通信装置(19000)と通信を行なうサーバ(18000)であって、
前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報と、広告を示す第1画像データとを格納した記憶装置(18090)と、
前記電子機器においてソフトウェアを実行している際に生じたエラーを示すエラー情報を含む信号を、前記電子機器から受信する第1受信部(18011)と、
前記第1通信装置に、前記エラー情報を送信する第1送信部(18013)と、
前記エラー情報の送信に基づき、前記第1通信装置から、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第2画像データを受信する第2受信部(18014)と、
前記デバイス情報に基づいて、前記第1画像データから第3画像データを生成し、かつ前記第2画像データから第4画像データを生成する生成部(18015)と、
前記第2画像データと前記第4画像データとを前記電子機器に送信する第2送信部(18016)とを備える、サーバ。 - 前記サーバは、
第2通信装置(17000)から、広告を示す画像データを受信し、当該受信した画像データを、前記記憶装置に前記第1画像データとして格納する第3受信部(18017)をさらに備える、請求の範囲第28項に記載のサーバ。 - 前記記憶装置は、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための識別情報を前記デバイス情報に対応付けて格納しており、
前記第1受信部は、前記信号として、前記識別情報をさらに含む信号を受信し、
前記生成部は、前記受信した識別情報に対応付けられた前記デバイス情報に基づいて、前記第3画像データと前記第4画像データとを生成する、請求の範囲第28項に記載のサーバ。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と第2表示パネル(240)とを含む電子機器(3600,4700)と、第1通信装置(18000)とを備えた通信システム(1A)であって、
前記電子機器は、
前記電子機器で実行可能なソフトウェアと、前記第1通信装置を特定するための特定情報と、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための識別情報とを格納した第1記憶装置(90,90A)と、
前記ソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該ソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させる表示制御部(3611)と、
前記ソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたことに基づき、前記特定情報により特定される前記第1通信装置を送信先とする、前記エラーを示すエラー情報と前記識別情報とを含む信号を生成する生成部(3614)と、
前記第1通信装置に、前記生成された信号を送信する第1送信部(3615)とを含み、
前記第1通信装置は、
前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報と前記識別情報とを対応付けて格納し、かつ広告を示す第1画像データを格納した第2記憶装置(18090)と、
前記エラー情報と前記識別情報とを含む信号を、前記電子機器から受信する第1受信部(18011)と、
第2通信装置(19000)に、前記エラー情報を送信する第2送信部(18083)と、
前記エラー情報の送信に基づき、前記第2通信装置から、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第2画像データを受信する第2受信部(18014)と、
前記受信した識別情報に対応付けられた前記デバイス情報に基づいて、前記第1画像データから第3画像データを生成し、かつ前記第2画像データから第4画像データを生成する第2生成部(18015)と、
前記第2画像データと前記第4画像データとを前記電子機器に送信する第3送信部(18016)とを含み、
前記電子機器は、
前記第2画像データおよび前記第4画像データを前記第1通信装置から受信する第3受信部(3616)をさらに含み、
前記表示制御部は、前記第2画像データに基づく画像と前記第4画像データに基づく画像とを前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、通信システム。 - 前記通信システムは、前記第2通信装置をさらに備え、
前記第2通信装置は、
前記第1通信装置から、前記エラー情報を受信する第4受信部(19011)と、
前記第1通信装置に、前記第2画像データを送信する第4送信部(19013)とを含む、請求の範囲第31項に記載の通信システム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(3600,4700)における表示制御方法であって、
前記電子機器でのソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該ソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記ソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたことに基づき、前記電子機器に格納された情報により特定されるサーバ(18000)を送信先とする、前記エラーを示すエラー情報を含む信号を生成するステップ(S128)と、
前記サーバに、前記生成された信号を送信するステップ(S130)と、
前記送信に基づき、広告を示した第1画像データを前記サーバから受信するステップ(S132)と、
前記第1画像データに基づく画像と、前記電子機器の記憶装置(90,90A)に格納された前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第2画像データに基づく画像とを、前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップ(S134)とを備える、表示制御方法。 - 前記表示制御方法は、
前記サーバから、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した画像データを受信するステップと、
前記受信した画像データを、前記記憶装置に前記第2画像データとして格納するステップとをさらに備える、請求の範囲第33項に記載の表示制御方法。 - 前記エラー情報を含む信号は、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための識別情報をさらに含み、
前記第1画像データおよび前記第2画像データは、前記識別情報に基づき前記サーバおいて生成された画像データである、請求の範囲第34項に記載の表示制御方法。 - 前記表示制御方法は、
前記第1画像データに基づく画像を選択する入力を受け付けたことを検知するステップ(S136)と、
前記入力の検知に基づき、前記選択されたことを示す情報と前記識別情報とを前記サーバに送信するステップ(S138)とをさらに備える、請求の範囲第35項に記載の表示制御方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(3600,4700)、および第1通信装置(19000)と通信を行なうサーバ(18000)におけるデータ通信方法であって、
前記電子機器においてソフトウェアを実行している際に生じたエラーを示すエラー情報を含む信号を、前記電子機器から受信するステップ(S154)と、
前記第1通信装置に、前記エラー情報を送信するステップ(S156)と、
前記エラー情報の送信に基づき、前記第1通信装置から、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第1画像データを受信するステップ(S158)と、
前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報に基づいて、前記第1画像データから第2画像データを生成し、かつ前記サーバの記憶装置(18090)に格納された広告を示す第3画像データから第4画像データを生成するステップ(S162)と、
前記第2画像データと前記第4画像データとを前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S164)とを備える、データ通信方法。 - 前記データ通信方法は、
第2通信装置(17000)から、広告を示す画像データを受信するステップ(S152)と、
当該受信した画像データを、前記記憶装置に前記第3画像データとして格納するステップとをさらに備える、請求の範囲第37項に記載のデータ通信方法。 - 前記エラー情報を含む信号は、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための識別情報をさらに含み、
前記第2画像データおよび前記第4画像データは、前記受信した識別情報に対応付けられた前記デバイス情報に基づいて生成される、請求の範囲第37項に記載のデータ通信方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(3600,4700)を制御するプログラムであって、
前記電子機器でのソフトウェアの起動に基づき、当該ソフトウェアの操作画面を前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記ソフトウェアを実行している際にエラーが生じたことに基づき、前記電子機器に格納された情報により特定されるサーバ(18000)を送信先とする、前記エラーを示すエラー情報を含む信号を生成するステップ(S128)と、
前記サーバに、前記生成された信号を送信するステップ(S130)と、
前記送信に基づき、広告を示した第1画像データを前記サーバから受信するステップ(S132)と、
前記第1画像データに基づく画像と、前記電子機器の記憶装置(90,90A)に格納された前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第2画像データに基づく画像とを、前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップ(S134)とを、前記電子機器に実行させる、プログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(3600,4700)および第1通信装置(19000)と通信を行なう第2通信装置(18000)を制御するプログラムであって、
前記電子機器においてソフトウェアを実行している際に生じたエラーを示すエラー情報を含む信号を、前記電子機器から受信するステップ(S154)と、
前記第1通信装置に、前記エラー情報を送信するステップ(S156)と、
前記エラー情報の送信に基づき、前記第1通信装置から、前記エラーに関連するメッセージを示した第1画像データを受信するステップ(S158)と、
前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報に基づいて、前記第1画像データから第2画像データを生成し、かつ前記第2通信装置の記憶装置(18090)に格納された広告を示す第3画像データから第4画像データを生成するステップ(S162)と、
前記第2画像データと前記第4画像データとを前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S164)とを、前記第2通信装置に実行させる、プログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)であって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する第1信号を、第1サーバ(28000)に送信するための送信部(4915)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するための受信部(4916)と、
前記第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるための表示制御部(4911)と、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する第1入力を前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するための第1検知部(4913)と、
前記検知に基づき、前記第2情報により特定される前記第2サーバを送信先とする第2信号を生成するための生成部(4914)とを備え、
前記検知がなされた場合、前記送信部は、さらに、前記生成された第2信号を前記第2サーバに送信し、
前記受信部は、前記第2信号の送信に基づき、さらに、前記第2サーバから、前記選択された第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第1画像データを受信し、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1画像データに基づく第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、電子機器。 - 前記受信部は、前記第1サーバを介して前記第1画像データを受信する、請求の範囲第42項に記載の電子機器。
- 前記電子機器は、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第3情報を格納するための記憶装置(90,90A)をさらに備え、
前記生成部は、前記第2信号として、前記第3情報を含む信号を生成し、
前記送信部は、前記第2サーバに、前記第3情報を含んだ信号を送信し、
前記受信部は、前記第1画像データとして、前記第3情報に基づき前記第2サーバおいて生成された画像データを、前記第2サーバから受信する、請求の範囲第42項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記電子機器は、前記第2表示パネルに表示された前記第2広告を選択する第2入力を、前記電子機器が受付けたことを検知するための第2検知部(4917)をさらに備え、
前記生成部は、前記第2入力の検知に基づき、当該選択されたことを示す情報と前記第3情報とを含んだ第3信号を生成し、
前記送信部は、前記第3信号を前記第2サーバに送信する、請求の範囲第44項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記第2表示パネルは、タッチパネルであって、
前記第2入力は、前記タッチパネルに対する入力である、請求の範囲第45項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記記憶装置は、前記電子機器の使用者の指紋を示す第2画像データと、前記使用者の属性を示す属性情報とを、当該使用者毎に関連付けてさらに格納し、
前記タッチパネルは、当該タッチパネルの画面に沿って内蔵された複数の光センサを含み、
前記電子機器は、
前記光センサによってセンシングされた画像データに一致する前記第2画像データを、前記記憶装置が格納しているか否かを判断するための判断部(4918)をさらに備え、
前記一致する第2画像データを前記記憶装置が格納していると判断された場合、前記送信部は、さらに、一致したと判断された前記第2画像データに関連付けされた前記属性情報を、前記第2サーバに送信する、請求の範囲第44項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記電子機器は、
予め定められた時間にわたり前記電子機器を操作するための入力を受付けていないことを検知するための第3検知部(4919)をさらに備え、
前記第1広告が前記第1表示パネルに表示されている場合、前記第3検知部による検知がなされたとき、前記表示制御部は、前記第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、請求の範囲第45項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記表示制御部は、第1コマンドを受付けた場合、前記第2表示パネルの表示をオンとし、第2コマンドを受付けた場合、前記第2表示パネルの表示をオフとし、
前記表示制御部が前記第2コマンドを受付けることによって前記第2表示パネルの表示がオフとなっている状態で、前記受信部が前記第1画像データを受信したとき、
前記受信部は、前記第1コマンドを前記表示制御部に送信し、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1コマンドに基づいて、前記第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、請求の範囲第44項に記載の電子機器。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)であって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する第1信号を第1サーバ(28000)に送信するための送信部(4915)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するための受信部(4916)と、
前記第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるための表示制御部(4911)と、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する第1入力を前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するための第1検知部(4913)とを備え、
前記受信部は、前記第1信号の送信に基づき、さらに、前記第2情報に基づき特定される前記第2サーバから、前記第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第2広告を表示するための第1画像データを受信し、
前記表示制御部は、前記検知がなされた場合、前記第1画像データに基づく第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、電子機器。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)と通信を行なうサーバ(28000)であって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、他のサーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを格納するための記憶装置(28090)と、
前記第1情報を前記電子機器に送信することを要求する信号を前記電子機器から受信したことに基づき、前記第1情報と前記第2情報とを、前記電子機器に送信するための送信部(28012)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記電子機器から、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第3情報と前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第4情報とを含んだ信号を受信するための受信部(28011)とを備え、
前記受信に基づき、前記送信部は、前記第3情報および前記第4情報を前記他のサーバに送信する、サーバ。 - 前記第3情報および第4情報の送信に基づき、前記受信部は、前記第4情報に基づき前記他のサーバで生成された、前記第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ画像データを、当該他のサーバから受信し、
前記送信部は、さらに、前記受信した画像データを前記電子機器に送信する、請求の範囲第51項に記載のサーバ。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)と通信を行なうサーバ(29000)であって、
第1広告を示した第1画像データと、当該第1画像データに関連付けされた、前記第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第2画像データと、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報とを格納するための記憶装置(29090)と、
他のサーバ(28000)を介して、前記電子機器から、当該電子機器にて表示された前記第1広告が選択されたことを示した情報と、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第1情報と、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを受信するための受信部(29012)と、
前記第2情報で特定される前記第2表示パネルについてのデバイス情報に基づいて、前記第2画像データから第3画像データを生成するための生成部(29013)と、
前記第3画像データを、前記電子機器に送信するための送信部(29011)とを備える、サーバ。 - 前記送信部は、前記他のサーバを介して、前記電子機器に前記第3画像データを送信する、請求の範囲第53項に記載のサーバ。
- 第1サーバ(28000)と、第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を含む電子機器(4900,6000,6100)とを備えた通信システム(1B)であって、
前記第1サーバは、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを格納するための記憶装置(28090)と、
前記第1情報を前記電子機器に送信することを要求する第1信号を前記電子機器から受信したことに基づき、前記第1情報と前記第2情報とを、前記電子機器に送信するための第1送信部(28012)とを含み、
前記電子機器は、
前記第1信号を、前記第1サーバに送信するための第2送信部(4915)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と前記第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するための第1受信部(4916)と、
前記受信された第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるための表示制御部(4911)と、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する第1入力を、前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するための検知部(4913)とを含み、
前記検知がなされた場合、
前記第2送信部は、さらに、前記第2情報に基づき特定される前記第2サーバに、第2信号を送信し、
前記第1受信部は、前記第2信号の送信に基づき、さらに、前記第2サーバから、前記選択された第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第1画像データを受信し、
前記表示制御部は、前記第1画像データに基づく第2広告を、前記第2表示パネルに表示させる、通信システム。 - 前記通信システムは、前記第2サーバをさらに備え、
前記第2サーバは、
前記第1広告を示した第2画像データと、当該第2画像データに関連付けされた、前記第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第3画像データと、前記第2表示パネルのデバイス情報とを格納するための記憶装置(29090)と、
前記第1サーバを介して、前記電子機器から、当該電子機器にて表示された前記第1広告が選択されたことを示した情報と、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第3情報と、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第4情報とを受信するための第2受信部(29012)と、
前記第4情報で特定される前記第2表示パネルについてのデバイス情報に基づいて、前記第3画像データから前記第1画像データを生成するための生成部(29013)と、
前記第1画像データを、前記電子機器に送信するための第3送信部(29011)とを備える、請求の範囲第55項に記載の通信システム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)における表示制御方法であって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する第1信号を、第1サーバ(28000)に送信するステップ(S232)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するステップ(S234)と、
前記第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する入力を前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するステップ(S236)と、
前記検知に基づき、前記第2情報により特定されるサーバを送信先とする第2信号を生成するステップと、
前記検知に基づき、前記生成された第2信号を送信するステップ(S238)と、
前記第2信号の送信に基づき、前記第2サーバから、前記選択された第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ画像データを受信するステップ(S240)と、
前記画像データに基づく第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップとを備える、表示制御方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)における表示制御方法であって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する第1信号を第1サーバ(28000)に送信するステップ(S232,S322)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するステップ(S234,S324)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第2情報に基づき特定される前記第2サーバから、前記第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第2広告を表示するための画像データを受信するステップ(S240,S326)と、
前記第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する入力を前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するステップ(S242,S328)と、
前記検知がなされた場合、前記画像データに基づく第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップとを備える、表示制御方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)と通信を行なうサーバ(28000)におけるデータ通信方法であって、
広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する信号を前記電子機器から受信したことに基づき、前記第1情報と、前記広告に対応付けられた、他のサーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S254)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記電子機器から、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第3情報と前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第4情報とを含んだ信号を受信するステップ(S256)と、
前記受信に基づき、前記第3情報および第4情報を前記他のサーバに送信するステップ(S258)とを備える、データ通信方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)と通信を行なうサーバ(29000)におけるデータ通信方法であって、
他のサーバ(28000)を介して、前記電子機器から、当該電子機器にて表示された広告が選択されたことを示した情報と、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第1情報と、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを受信するステップ(S272)と、
前記第2情報で特定される前記第2表示パネルについてのデバイス情報に基づいて、前記広告を示した第1画像データに関連付けられた前記広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第2画像データから、第3画像データを生成するステップ(S276)と、
前記第3画像データを、前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S278)とを備える、データ通信方法。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)を制御するプログラムであって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する第1信号を、第1サーバ(28000)に送信するステップ(S232)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するステップ(S234)と、
前記第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する入力を前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するステップ(S236)と、
前記検知に基づき、前記第2情報により特定されるサーバを送信先とする第2信号を生成するステップと、
前記検知に基づき、前記生成された第2信号を送信するステップ(S238)と、
前記第2信号の送信に基づき、前記第2サーバから、前記選択された第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ画像データを受信するステップ(S240)と、
前記画像データに基づく第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップとを、前記電子機器に実行させる、プログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)と、第2表示パネル(240)とを備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)を制御するプログラムであって、
第1広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する第1信号を第1サーバ(28000)に送信するステップ(S232,S322)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第1情報と、前記第1広告に対応付けられた、第2サーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記第1サーバから受信するステップ(S234,S324)と、
前記第1信号の送信に基づき、前記第2情報に基づき特定される前記第2サーバから、前記第1広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第2広告を表示するための画像データを受信するステップ(S240,S326)と、
前記第1情報に基づき、前記ウェブページを前記第1表示パネルに表示させるステップと、
前記表示されたウェブページにおける前記第1広告を選択する入力を前記電子機器が受付けたこと検知するステップ(S242,S328)と、
前記検知がなされた場合、前記画像データに基づく第2広告を前記第2表示パネルに表示させるステップとを、前記電子機器に実行させる、プログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)と通信を行なうサーバ(28000)を制御するプログラムであって、
広告を含むウェブページを表示するための第1情報の送信を要求する信号を前記電子機器から受信したことに基づき、前記第1情報と、前記広告に対応付けられた、他のサーバ(29000)を特定するための第2情報とを、前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S254)と、
前記送信に基づき、前記電子機器から、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第3情報と前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第4情報とを含んだ信号を受信するステップ(S256)と、
前記受信に基づき、前記第3情報および第4情報を前記他のサーバに送信するステップ(S258)とを、前記サーバに実行させるプログラム。 - 第1表示パネル(140,140A)および第2表示パネル(240)を備えた電子機器(4900,6000,6100)と通信を行なうサーバ(29000)を制御するプログラムであって、
他のサーバ(28000)を介して、前記電子機器から、当該電子機器にて表示された広告が選択されたことを示した情報と、前記第1表示パネルを識別するための第1情報と、前記第2表示パネルを識別するための第2情報とを受信するステップ(S272)と、
前記第2情報で特定される前記第2表示パネルについてのデバイス情報に基づいて、前記広告を示した第1画像データに関連付けられた前記広告が示す情報よりも詳細な情報を含んだ第2画像データから、第3画像データを生成するステップ(S276)と、
前記第3画像データを、前記電子機器に送信するステップ(S278)とを、前記サーバに実行させる、プログラム。 - 画像を表示する第1の表示部(140,140A)と、
画像を表示する第2の表示部(240)と、
前記第1の表示部に表示させるコンテンツデータを記憶する記憶部と、
前記記憶されたコンテンツデータから、特定の属性を付加された画像のデータを抽出する抽出部と、
前記抽出部が抽出した前記特定の属性を付加された画像のデータに基づいて、当該画像を前記第2の表示部に表示させるためのデータを生成する生成部と、
前記生成部の生成したデータに基づいて前記第2の表示部に前記特定の属性を付加された画像を表示させる制御部とを備える、電子機器(6500)。 - 前記特定の属性を付加された画像が前記第1の表示部に表示されているか否かを判断する判断部をさらに備え、
前記抽出部は、前記判断部が前記特定の属性を付加された画像が前記第1の表示部に表示されていないと判断したことを条件として、前記特定の属性を付加された画像のデータを抽出する、請求の範囲第65項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記記憶部は、前記コンテンツデータを前記第1の表示部に表示させる第1のアプリケーションを含む複数のアプリケーションのプログラムを記憶し、
前記記憶部に記憶されたアプリケーションのプログラムを実行するアプリケーション実行部をさらに備え、
前記判断部は、前記第1のアプリケーションおよび前記第1のアプリケーションとは異なる他のアプリケーションが起動され、前記第1の表示部において、当該他のアプリケーションの表示画面が、前記第1のアプリケーションの表示画面内の前記特定の属性を付加された画像の表示位置の上に重ねられて表示されているときに、前記特定の属性を付加された画像が前記第1の表示部に表示されていないと判断する、請求の範囲第66項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記抽出部は、前記コンテンツデータから、複数の、前記特定の属性を付加された画像のデータを抽出し、
前記生成部は、前記抽出部が抽出した複数の画像のデータのそれぞれについて、当該画像を前記第2の表示部に表示させるためのデータを生成し、
前記制御部は、前記生成部が生成した、複数の、前記画像を前記第2の表示部に表示させるためのデータに基づいて、複数の、前記特定の属性を付加された画像を交代で前記第2の表示部に表示させる、請求の範囲第65項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記特定の属性は、リンク情報を含み、
前記第2の表示部は、タッチセンサを内蔵し、
前記第2の表示部が前記特定の属性を有する画像を表示させているときに前記第2の表示部に対してタッチ操作がなされたことを条件として、前記リンク情報にアクセスするアクセス部をさらに備える、請求の範囲第65項に記載の電子機器。 - 前記タッチセンサは、光センサによって構成される、請求の範囲第69項に記載の電子機器。
- 前記生成部は、前記特定の属性を付加された画像が、前記第2の表示部に対応したサイズで表示されるようにデータを生成する、請求の範囲第65項に記載の電子機器。
- 画像を表示する第1の表示部(140,140A)および第2の表示部(240)を備えた電子機器(6500)の制御方法であって、
前記第1の表示部に表示させるコンテンツデータを記憶するステップと、
前記記憶されたコンテンツデータから、特定の属性を付加された画像のデータを抽出するステップと、
前記抽出した前記特定の属性を付加された画像のデータに基づいて、当該画像を前記第2の表示部に表示させるためのデータを生成するステップ(SB20)と、
前記生成したデータに基づいて前記第2の表示部に前記特定の属性を付加された画像を表示させるステップ(SB30)とを備える、電子機器の制御方法。 - 画像を表示する第1の表示部(140,140A)および第2の表示部(240)を備えた電子機器(6500)において実行されるコンピュータ読取可能な情報表示用のプログラムであって、
前記電子機器に、
前記第1の表示部に表示させるコンテンツデータを記憶するステップと、
前記記憶されたコンテンツデータから、特定の属性を付加された画像のデータを抽出するステップと、
前記抽出した前記特定の属性を付加された画像のデータに基づいて、当該画像を前記第2の表示部に表示させるためのデータを生成するステップ(SB20)と、
前記生成したデータに基づいて前記第2の表示部に前記特定の属性を付加された画像を表示させるステップ(SB30)とを実行させる、プログラム。
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