WO2013137025A1

WO2013137025A1 - Electronic picture-story show device

Info

Publication number: WO2013137025A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/055679
Authority: WO
Inventors: ローランサミエ
Original assignee: SAMIER Laurent
Priority date: 2012-03-15
Filing date: 2013-03-01
Publication date: 2013-09-19
Also published as: JP3175900U

Abstract

Provided is an electronic picture-story show device that enables a storyteller carrying out a play-like performance to read content scenarios to an audience of children etc. while showing digitized content images to the audience. The electronic picture-story show device is provided with: a front display (11) positioned on a first surface (1a) of a case (10); a rear display (12) positioned on a second surface (1b) facing the first surface (1a) in the case (10); push buttons (13a, 13b) for selecting picture information to be displayed on the front display (11) from content information having a plurality of picture information items related to text information in accordance with operational inputs; and a display control unit (19) for displaying text information related to picture information on the rear display (12) at the same time that the image information selected by means of the push buttons (13a, 13b) is displayed on the front display (11).

Description

Electronic picture-story show equipment

The present invention relates to an electronic picture-story show apparatus that allows a user to read a content scenario while a content image is displayed to a viewer such as a child.

The so-called “picture-story show”, which is a play performance that the performer speaks while showing a picture, is widely used as a teaching material for kindergartens and preschools.

For example, in Patent Document 1, there is no need to arrange the order of the boards (pages) in advance, and it is not necessary to change the pages when progressing, and a picture-story show that can be easily handled by kindergarteners and elementary school children. An apparatus is described. Further, Patent Document 2 describes an electric picture-story show apparatus that has a display in which a picture and a character are drawn together and listens to the reading of the character.

JP 2006-296834 A JP 2007-209375 A

The above-mentioned early childhood educational institutions have traditionally stored a “cardboard play” “cardboard bundle” necessary for performing a picture-story show for each title. For example, a picture-story show of one title is usually composed of 10 to 25 A3 size cardboard sheets.

Therefore, in the past, in order to store “bundles of cardboard paper” corresponding to the titles of picture-story shows as teaching materials, early childhood educational institutions had to secure a relatively large storage space. In other words, the number of titles of picture-story shows that can be stored has been limited in early childhood educational institutions because it is difficult to secure a storage space for storing “stacks of cardboard paper”. In early childhood education institutions, for example, from the catalog provided with over 1000 titles for sale, select several new titles that you would like to use every quarter and order a paper-story show for each title. I had to.

In order to reduce such storage space and to make it easier to use new titles of picture-story shows, it is desirable to digitize content images such as picture-story shows and provide performances such as picture-story shows. ing.

Also, this kind of computerization can use newly announced picture-story show contents with less initial investment, and as a result, the choice of picture-story show contents will be expanded, thereby promoting the demonstration of picture-story shows.

Furthermore, such digitization eliminates the need to reprint all images corresponding to each language, unlike paper media, so that content can be exported more economically and practically to each country. There is expected.

The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and a narrator who performs a play performance while displaying a digitized content image to a viewer such as an infant shows a content scenario. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic picture-story show device that can be read by a viewer.

An electronic picture-story show device according to the present invention includes a first display unit disposed on a first surface of a housing, and a second display unit disposed on a second surface facing the first surface of the housing. And an operation input unit for selecting image information to be displayed on the first display unit from content information having a plurality of image information related to text information in accordance with the operation input, and image information selected by the operation input unit. And a display control unit that displays text information related to image information on the second display unit simultaneously with the display on the first display unit.

The present invention displays the image information of the page selected according to the operation input on the first display unit, and simultaneously displays the text information related to the image information on the second surface facing the first surface of the housing. Is displayed on the second display unit arranged in the.

In this way, according to the present invention, the narrator displays the text information displayed on the second display unit to the viewer while the electronic content image is displayed to the viewer on the first display unit. By reading the story, you can perform a theatrical performance such as a picture-story show. Therefore, from the viewpoint of reducing the storage space, the present invention can provide a performance such as a picture-story show by digitizing a content image such as a picture-story show.

Furthermore, the present invention makes it possible to use newly released picture-story show contents with less initial investment by digitizing content images such as picture-story shows. As a result, the options for picture-story show contents are expanded, Demonstration can be promoted.
Further, according to the present invention, since it is not necessary to reprint all images corresponding to each language as in the case of a paper medium, contents can be exported to various countries more economically and practically.

It is a figure which shows the usage example of the electronic paper play apparatus to which this invention was applied. It is a figure which shows the 1st surface of the electronic paper play apparatus to which this invention was applied. It is a figure which shows the 2nd surface of the electronic paper play apparatus to which this invention was applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the signal processing system with which the electronic paper play apparatus to which this invention was applied is provided. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific example of the content data memorize | stored in the memory card inserted in the memory card slot. It is a figure which shows the flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement which a display control part performs.

The present invention relates to an electronic picture-story device that allows a user to read a content scenario while displaying a content image to the viewer.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the electronic picture-story show device 1 is held by the hands 2 a and 2 b of the user 2 and displayed on the first surface 1 a of the case 10 as will be described later. It is an apparatus that provides the user 2 with information that allows the viewer to read and listen while showing the picture to the viewer. The casing 10 is preferably one having a thickness of 1 cm or less, for example, so that the user 2 can easily hold it with both hands 2a and 2b and can be easily manufactured. Further, it is preferable to incorporate a printed board having a thickness of 5 mm or less in the first surface 1a of the housing 10 for image processing based on flexibility and durability.

On the first surface 1a of the casing 10 as described above, a surface display 11 is disposed in the center as shown in FIG. The surface display 11 displays an image corresponding to each scene of the play, as will be described later. In particular, the front surface display 11 is preferably a display capable of color display, for example, about 40 cm × 30 cm or an image size corresponding to A3 paper in order to enable a performance such as an existing picture-story show. By selecting such a size for the front display 11, more than 10 children can see a picture-story show from a place several meters away.

For example, an electronic paper display is preferably used for such a surface display 11. The electronic paper display is a large screen device that is very thin, light and easy to carry. In addition, the electronic paper display can be bent at a sharper angle than the liquid crystal display, and is strong against impact and waterproof. The electronic paper display has a wide viewing angle like conventional paper and high definition like printing. The electronic picture-story show apparatus 1 is particularly preferable in that an electronic paper device is used for the surface display 11 in that power saving can be achieved compared to a liquid crystal display and battery operation can be performed for a long time.

Further, on the frame 10a surrounding the front surface display 11 of the first surface 1a of the housing 10, push buttons 13a and 13b for operating selection of an image to be displayed on the front surface display 11, and power management and setting are operated. A pressing button 14 is provided.

The press buttons 13 a and 13 b are operation input units that receive a press operation from the user 2. The push buttons 13a and 13b function as an operation input unit that selects image information to be displayed on the front display 11 from content information including a plurality of image information related to text information described later. For example, the push buttons 13a and 13b receive an operation input for changing the image displayed on the front display 11 according to the page number p corresponding to the story of a picture-story show. The push buttons 13 a and 13 b receive an operation input for selecting a desired title from a list of titles of picture-story shows displayed on the front display 11. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the push buttons 13 a and 13 b are arranged on the left side surface portion 10 a 1 and the right side surface portion 10 a 2 of the frame 10 a with reference to the scanning direction of the display display 11. With such an arrangement, the push buttons 13a and 13b can be easily displayed on the surface display 11 by holding the left side surface portion 10a1 and the right side surface portion 10a2 of the frame 10a with the hands 2a and 2b of the user 2. Can be changed according to the page number p.

Further, the push button 14 is used as operation input means for operating power management, setting, and the like, and is disposed, for example, on the lower side surface portion 10a4 of the frame 10a. For example, the push button 14 is operated to turn on / off the power source by pressing the button 14 for a predetermined time or longer, that is, by pressing the button 14 for a long time. Further, the push button 14 receives an operation input such as setting and confirmation by a push operation other than the above-described long press.

The operation buttons 13a, 13b, and 14 are not limited to the above-described arrangement positions, and are provided on any of the left side surface portion 10a1, the right side surface portion 10a2, the upper side surface portion 10a3, and the lower side surface portion 10a4 of the frame 10a. Also good. In addition, the operation buttons 13a, 13b, and 14 are not limited to the first surface 10a, and may be provided at any location on the housing 10.

Also, the electronic picture-story show device 1 is provided with an external input terminal 15 on the side wall 10b of the housing 10. The external input terminal 15 is connected to a power cable that supplies charging power for the battery 18.

On the second surface 1b facing the first surface 1a, as shown in FIG. 3, a back display 12 is disposed in the center. The back display 12 displays text related to the image displayed on the front display 11 as will be described later. In other words, the back display 12 displays a scenario corresponding to the scene of the image displayed on the front display 11. When the manufacturing cost of the electronic picture-story show device 1 is limited, the rear display 12 uses a display having a smaller image size than the front display 11 described above. The back display 12 only needs to display text information that can be read by the user 2 to the viewer. From the viewpoint of power saving and space saving, the back display 12 can display images on the front display 11 described above. It is preferable to use a display having a small size.

In addition, when there is no restriction | limiting in manufacturing cost, it is preferable to use the display of the image size similar to the surface display 11 mentioned above as the back surface display 12. FIG.

Further, the back display 12 may be a liquid crystal display device capable of color display or an electronic paper display of monochrome display. In particular, since the back display 12 only needs to display text information that can be read by the user 2 to the viewer, it is possible to save power by using a monochrome display compared to a liquid crystal display device capable of color display. From the viewpoint of cost.

The back display 12 may display thumbnail images of reduced images of image information displayed on the front display 11 together with text information. When such thumbnail display is performed, it is preferable to use a display capable of color display as the rear display 12 having the same image size as the front display 11.

The frame 10b surrounding the back display 12 on the second surface 1b is provided with a mounting cover 16 to which the button battery is detachably attached and a memory card slot 17 into which the memory card is detachably inserted. Yes.

Furthermore, the electronic picture-story show apparatus 1 includes a processing unit as shown in FIG. 4 in the housing 10 in order to display images on the front surface display 11 and the back surface display 12, respectively. That is, the electronic picture-story show apparatus 1 controls the display of the battery 18 that drives the electronic picture-story show apparatus 1, the data storage unit 19 in which data related to the picture show is stored for each title, and the front display 11 and the back display 12. The display control unit 20 is provided.

The battery 18 supplies power for driving the electronic picture-story show device 1 to each unit. The battery 18 may be a rechargeable secondary battery or a single-use primary battery. If rechargeable, the battery 18 is charged with power supplied from an external power source connected to the external input terminal 15. Further, as described above, a printed board having a thickness of 5 mm or less is incorporated in the first surface 1a of the casing 10 having a thickness of 1 cm or less. For this reason, as the battery 18, for example, it is particularly preferable to use a replaceable ultra-thin battery having a thickness of about 1 mm or less in a space that can be inserted between the front display 11 and the rear display 12 inside the housing 10. preferable. Moreover, it is possible to use a solar cell panel as the battery 18, and in this case, it is particularly preferable to incorporate it in the upper part of the surface display 11.

The data storage unit 19 stores image data such as setting screens to be displayed on the front display 11 and the back display 12. The data storage unit 19 may temporarily store image data read from the memory card inserted in the memory card slot 17. The data storage unit 19 may store content data for picture-story shows in advance.

The display control unit 20 is a standard microcontroller already marketed, such as an electronic reader tablet, or more preferably an ASIC. The display control unit 20 displays the image information selected by the push buttons 13a and 13b on the front display 11 and simultaneously displays text information related to the image information on the back display.

As a specific example, the memory card inserted in the memory card slot 17 stores content data 3 composed of an image information group 30 as shown in FIG. 5 and a text information group 40 related to the image information 30. It shall be. Here, the image information group 30 is composed of a plurality of image data corresponding to a picture-story show, and as shown in FIG. 5, n pieces (n is a natural number) of image data 31 arranged in order of page number p according to the story. , 32, 33,..., 3n. The text information group 40 includes a plurality of text data corresponding to a picture-story show scenario. As shown in FIG. 5, n pieces (n is a natural number) of text data 41 arranged in order of page numbers p in accordance with a story, 42, 43,..., 4n. A picture indicated by each image data 3n and a scenario indicated by text data 4n are associated with each other. The page number p is from 1 to n.

The display control unit 20 reads the content data 3 in which the picture and the scenario are associated with each other from the memory card inserted in the memory card slot 17 and responds to the operation input of the push buttons 13a and 13b in accordance with the operation input of the front display 11. And displayed on the rear display 12. That is, the display control unit 20 displays the image data 3n on the display 11 and simultaneously displays the text data 4n on the back display 12.

Specifically, the display control unit 20 controls the display display 11 and the back display 12 according to a flowchart as shown in FIG.

First, in the start state, it is assumed that the display control unit 20 selects one content data 3 from among the plurality of content data 3 by an operation input using the operation buttons 13a, 13b, and 14, for example.

In step ST1, the display control unit 20 sets the page number p of the selected content data 3 to 1.

In step ST2, the display control unit 20 determines whether or not the page number p is n + 1. That is, the display control unit 20 determines whether or not the page number p is a number next to n that is the last page number of the content data 3. When the page number p is n + 1, the process is terminated. When the page number p is not n + 1, the process proceeds to step ST3.

In step ST3, the display control unit 20 displays image data corresponding to the page number p from the content data 3 on the front display 11 and simultaneously displays text data corresponding to the page number p.

In step ST4, the display control unit 20 determines whether or not the user 2 has performed a pressing operation using the pressing button 13a or the pressing button 13b. Here, step ST4 is repeated for a predetermined time until a pressing operation is performed by the pressing button 13a or the pressing button 13b. If there is a pressing operation of the pressing button 13a, the process proceeds to step ST5, and if there is a pressing operation of the pressing button 13b, the process proceeds to step ST6.

In step ST5, the display control unit 20 updates the page number p to p = p + 1 and returns to step ST2. In this way, the push button 13a selects a page subsequent to the image information displayed on the front display 11 in accordance with the push operation.

In step ST6, the display control unit 20 updates the page number p to p = P-1, and returns to step ST2. In this way, the push button 13a selects the page immediately before the image displayed on the front display 11 in accordance with the push operation.

The display control unit 20 changes the images to be displayed on the front display 11 and the back display 12 according to the operation input from the user 2 in accordance with steps ST1 to ST6 as described above.

In addition, the display control unit 20 encrypts a log or record relating to the operation and stores it in the data storage unit 19 so that the content of a certain title is displayed and when it is displayed for copyright protection. , And can be managed as DRM information.

The display control unit 20 may simply switch the image data displayed on the front display 11 when the pressing operation is performed on the pressing buttons 13a and 13b. In order to produce an effect, the following display control may be performed.

For example, when switching the screen, the display control unit 20 switches the screen while sliding in the direction corresponding to the arrangement position of the operation buttons 13a and 13b only when the pressed state of the operation buttons 13a and 13b is held. It may be. Furthermore, the display control unit 20 may slide the screen in the corresponding direction only when the push buttons 13a and 13b are pressed, and return to the display before switching when the buttons are not pressed. In this way, the display control unit 20 uses the animation effect at the time of switching the screen according to the pressed state of the push buttons 13a and 13b, so that the performance unique to the picture-story show that is switched by sliding the conventional paper medium is changed to the user 2. Can be done.

Since the electronic picture-story show apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration does not use a large amount of paper medium as compared with the conventional picture-story show, it is environmentally friendly and cost-effective. That is, from the viewpoint of reducing the storage space, the electronic picture-story show device 1 can digitize content images such as picture-story shows and provide a play-like performance such as picture-story shows.

Also, by digitizing the picture-story show content used in the electronic picture-story show device 1, the creation of a new picture-story show content is promoted, and various educational elements constituting the picture-story show are promoted. Specifically, the electronic picture-story show apparatus 1 can use newly announced picture-story show contents with less initial investment, and as a result, the options for such contents can be expanded and the demonstration of the picture-story show can be promoted.

Furthermore, unlike the electronic picture-story show device 1 and paper media, it is not necessary to reprint all the images corresponding to each language. Therefore, it is more economical and practical to limit the content to each country. Can be exported.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic picture-story show 1a 1st surface 1b 2nd surface 11 Front surface display 12 Back surface display 13a, 13b, 14 Press button 19 Display control part

Claims

A first display unit disposed on a first surface of the housing;
A second display unit disposed on a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface;
An operation input unit for selecting image information to be displayed on the first display unit from content information having a plurality of image information related to text information in response to an operation input;
An electronic picture-story show comprising: a display control unit for displaying text information related to the image information on the second display unit simultaneously with displaying the image information selected by the operation input unit on the first display unit apparatus.
The content information has a plurality of pieces of image information arranged according to a predetermined page order,
2. The electronic picture-story show device according to claim 1, wherein the operation input unit selects a page following the page of image information displayed on the first display unit in accordance with the operation input.
3. The electronic picture-story show device according to claim 2, wherein the operation input unit is a press button arranged on the first surface.
The image information is information indicating an image corresponding to each scene of the play,
4. The electronic picture-story show apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the text information related to the image information is information indicating a scenario corresponding to a scene of the image information.
The display control unit displays a reduced image of image information to be displayed on the first display unit together with text information related to the image information on the second display unit. Electronic picture-story show equipment.
2. The electronic picture-story show apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit has a smaller image size than the first display unit.
A storage unit storing a plurality of the content information;
The operation input unit selects one content information from a plurality of content information stored in the storage unit in response to the operation input, and an image to be displayed on the first display unit from the selected content information 2. The electronic picture-story show apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a page corresponding to the information is selected.
2. The electronic picture-story show apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reading unit for reading the content information.
The electronic picture-story show apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a thin battery disposed between the first display unit and the second display unit.