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• This disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, a program, and a content display method.
• Patent Document 1 describes a broadcasting system that includes a device that generates text data in multiple languages indicating the content of the train's broadcasts, an on-board server that is installed on the train and wirelessly transmits the text data in multiple languages, and a wireless terminal that receives the text data in multiple languages from the on-board server and uses the text data in a language selected from the multiple languages to perform at least one of audio output and text display of the broadcast content.
• the conventional technology is based on the premise that the data is text data, and cannot be applied when the information provided to passengers is in the form of images. Therefore, when the information provided to passengers is in the form of images, it is necessary to switch between images in multiple languages depending on the time. In such cases, passengers may feel annoyed because they have to view images in languages they do not understand.
• one or more aspects of the present disclosure aim to enable users to view content without having to worry about switching display languages.
• a mobile terminal is characterized by comprising: a display content editing unit that generates display content data by editing target content data that switches between multiple images displayed in multiple languages one by one to convey the same content in each of the multiple languages, so as to display one image selected from the multiple images throughout the entire period for displaying the multiple images; and a display unit that displays content that includes at least the one image in accordance with the display content data.
• a program causes a computer to function as a display content editing unit that generates display content data by editing target content data, which displays multiple images in multiple languages one by one in order to convey the same content in each of the multiple languages, so that one image selected from the multiple images is displayed for the entire period during which the multiple images are displayed, and a display unit that displays content including at least the one image in accordance with the display content data.
• a content display method is characterized in that, in order to convey the same content in each of a plurality of languages, target content data is edited to display one image selected from the plurality of images for the entire period during which the plurality of images are displayed, thereby generating display content data, and content including at least the one image is displayed in accordance with the display content data.
• content can be viewed without having to switch display languages.
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a train communication system according to an embodiment.
• FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a train communication device.
• 10A and 10B are schematic diagrams illustrating a first example of an editing process performed by a display content editing unit.
• 10A and 10B are schematic diagrams illustrating a second example of an editing process performed by the display content editing unit.
• FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a mobile terminal.
• 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal.
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a train communication system 100 according to an embodiment.
• the train communication system 100 includes a train communication device 110 and a mobile terminal 130 .
• the train communication device 110 is a communication device mounted on a train.
• the train communication device 110 is mounted in each vehicle.
• the train communication device 110 includes a first communication unit 111, a second communication unit 112, a memory unit 113, and a control unit 114.
• the first communication unit 111 is a device-side wireless communication unit that transmits and receives data wirelessly. For example, the first communication unit 111 transmits distribution data to the mobile terminal 130. Specifically, the first communication unit 111 broadcasts using a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) advertisement, and transmits the distribution data to the mobile terminal 130 that has connected.
• BLE Bluetooth Low Energy
• the second communication unit 112 is an in-train communication unit that connects to an in-train network (not shown) and communicates with other devices (not shown) on the in-train network.
• the second communication unit 112 receives source data from other devices in the train network, which includes train-specific information such as the train formation number and car number, as well as information on the train's status, such as the train's running position, the train's running or stopped status, and the opening and closing of the train doors, for each car.
• the storage unit 113 stores data and programs required for processing by the train communication device 110 .
• the memory unit 113 stores train-specific information such as the train formation number of the train in which the train communication device 110 is installed and the car number of the car in which the train communication device 110 is installed.
• the control unit 114 controls the processing in the train communication device 110 .
• the control unit 114 extracts only the information related to the car in which the train communication device 110 is installed from the source data received by the second communication unit 112, and stores the extracted information in the memory unit 113. Then, the control unit 114 references the information stored in the storage unit 113 and generates distribution data.
• the distribution data includes train-specific information such as the train formation number of the train in which the train communication device 110 is installed and the car number of the car in which the train communication device 110 is installed, as well as information about the train's status, such as the train's running position, whether the train is running or stopped, and whether the train doors are open or closed.
• control unit 114 transmits the generated distribution data to the mobile terminal 130 via the first communication unit 111.
• the train communication device 110 described above can be realized by, for example, a computer 10 as shown in FIG.
• the computer 10 includes a storage 11 such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and an SSD (Solid State Drive), a memory 12, a processor 13 such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a first communication I/F 14 which is a wireless communication I/F (Interface) using radio waves, and a second communication I/F 15 which is a communication I/F such as a NIC (Network Interface Card).
• a storage 11 such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and an SSD (Solid State Drive)
• a memory 12 such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit)
• a first communication I/F 14 which is a wireless communication I/F (Interface) using radio waves
• a second communication I/F 15 which is a communication I/F such as a NIC (Network Interface Card).
• the first communication unit 111 can be realized by the first communication I/F 14 .
• the second communication unit 112 can be realized by the second communication I/F 15 .
• the memory unit 113 can be realized by the storage 11 or the memory 12 .
• the control unit 114 can be realized by the processor 13 loading a program stored in the storage 11 into the memory 12 and executing the program.
• the program may be downloaded to the storage 11 from a recording medium (not shown) via a reader/writer (not shown) or from a network via the second communication I/F 15, and then loaded onto the memory 12 and executed by the processor 13.
• the program may be directly loaded onto the memory 12 from a recording medium via a reader/writer or from a network via the second communication I/F 15, and executed by the processor 13.
• the program may be provided by a computer program product such as a recording medium.
• the mobile terminal 130 includes a communication unit 131, a display unit 132, a memory unit 133, and a control unit 136.
• the communication unit 131 is a terminal-side wireless communication unit that transmits and receives data wirelessly.
• the display unit 132 displays the content.
• the setting storage unit 134 stores setting information indicating the settings configured on the mobile terminal 130.
• the setting information indicates at least the language used by the user of the mobile terminal 130, and an alternative language that is used instead if the language used by the user is not used in the content data.
• the display content storage unit 135 stores a plurality of content data items to be displayed on the mobile terminal 130 . For example, one piece of content data is selected from a plurality of pieces of content data in accordance with the distribution data received by the communication unit 131 .
• the plurality of content data includes at least one content data having a plurality of images that are displayed one by one to convey the same content in each of a plurality of languages, and an animation definition for displaying the plurality of images by switching between them.
• Each of the plurality of images is associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of display languages.
• the plurality of images are displayed at a predetermined position with a predetermined size.
• the language used to convey the same content in multiple images is also called the display language.
• An animation definition is data that describes how an image's position, size, rotation angle, color, opacity, etc. will change over time. Using an animation definition, for example, it is possible to switch between displaying and hiding multiple images by changing the opacity of each image.
• the control unit 136 controls the processing in the mobile terminal 130 .
• the control unit 136 includes an information extraction unit 137 , a display content selection unit 138 , and a display content editing unit 139 .
• the information extraction unit 137 extracts train-specific information and information about the train's status from the distribution data.
• the extracted information is provided to the display content selection unit 138.
• the display content selection unit 138 references the information provided by the information extraction unit 137 and selects one piece of content data as target content data from the multiple pieces of content data stored in the display content storage unit 135, depending on the car number and train status in which the user using the mobile terminal 130 is riding.
• the target content data is provided to the display content editing unit 139.
• the display content editing unit 139 generates display content data by editing target content data that switches between a plurality of images displayed in each of a plurality of languages one by one to display one image selected from the plurality of images during the entire period for displaying the plurality of images.
• the plurality of images are displayed to convey the same content in each of a plurality of languages.
• the display content editing unit 139 selects an image in which a language that can be easily understood by the user of the mobile terminal 130 is used as the one image.
• the display content editing unit 139 selects one of the multiple images to be displayed in the language used.
• the display content editing unit 139 selects as one of the images an image to be displayed in a language that is set in advance as an alternative language in the mobile terminal 130 from the multiple languages.
• the display content editing unit 139 receives the target content data from the display content selection unit 138 and determines whether or not the target content data needs to be edited. For example, if the target content data includes a plurality of images displayed in a plurality of display languages, the display content editing unit 139 determines that the target content data needs to be edited.
• the display content editing unit 139 identifies the language to be used and the alternative language from the setting information stored in the setting storage unit 134 . Next, the display content editing unit 139 identifies one image corresponding to a display language that matches the language being used, or, if there is no display language that matches the language being used, one image corresponding to a display language that matches an alternative language, from among multiple images that are displayed by switching between them one by one to convey the same content in each of multiple languages contained in the target content data.
• the display content editing unit 139 edits the target content data so that the portion where multiple images are displayed by switching between them is displayed with a single specified image, thereby generating display content data.
• the display content editing unit 139 can generate display content data by rewriting the single specified image in the animation definition to a table throughout the period where multiple images are displayed by switching between them, and rewriting all images other than the single specified image to be hidden throughout the period.
• the display content editing unit 139 sets the selected content data as the display content data.
• the display content data as described above is provided to the display content selection unit 138 .
• the target content data includes image A, which has Japanese as the display language, image B, which has English as the display language, and image C, which has Chinese as the display language.
• the target content data is designed to alternate between displaying images A, B, and C in that order. Note that images A, B, and C are each displayed for only one second. This allows users who can understand Japanese, English, and Chinese to understand the content to be conveyed using only one of images A, B, and C.
• FIG. 4A and 4B are schematic diagrams for explaining a second example of the editing process performed by the display content editing unit 139.
• the target content data includes image A, which has Japanese as the display language, image B, which has English as the display language, and image C, which has Chinese as the display language, similar to Figure 3 (A).
• the display content selection unit 138 receives display content data from the display content editing unit 139 , generates display content from the display content data, and causes the display unit 132 to display the display content. This allows the display unit 132 to display content including at least one image selected in the user's language or alternative language in accordance with the display content data.
• the mobile terminal 130 described above can be realized by, for example, a computer 20 as shown in FIG.
• the computer 20 includes a storage 21 such as an HDD or SSD, a memory 22, a processor 23 such as a CPU, a communication I/F 24, an input I/F 25, and a display 26.
• the communication unit 131 can be realized by the communication I/F 24 .
• the display unit 132 can be realized by the display 26 .
• the storage unit 133 can be realized by the storage 21 or the memory 22 .
• the control unit 136 can be realized by the processor 23 loading a program stored in the storage 21 into the memory 22 and executing the program.
• the program may be downloaded to the storage 21 from a recording medium (not shown) via a reader/writer (not shown) or from a network via the communication I/F 24, and then loaded onto the memory 22 and executed by the processor 23.
• the program may be directly loaded onto the memory 22 from a recording medium via the reader/writer or from a network via the communication I/F 24, and executed by the processor 23.
• the program may be provided by a computer program product such as a recording medium.
• FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal 130.
• the communication unit 131 receives distribution data from the train communication device 110 (S10).
• the received distribution data is provided to the information extraction unit 137.
• the information extraction unit 137 analyzes the distribution data provided by the communication unit 131 and extracts train-specific information and information related to the train's status from the distribution data (S11). The extracted information is provided to the display content selection unit 138.
• the display content selection unit 138 references the information provided by the information extraction unit 137 and selects, from the multiple content data stored in the display content storage unit 135, one piece of content data that corresponds to the car number and train status in which the user using the mobile terminal 130 is riding, as target content data (S12).
• the target content data is provided to the display content editing unit 139.
• the display content editing unit 139 determines whether the target content data includes multiple images that are switched between and displayed to convey the same content in multiple display languages (S13). For example, if the target content data is associated with multiple display languages and includes multiple images displayed in the same area, the display content editing unit 139 determines that the target content data includes multiple images. If the target content data includes multiple images (Yes in S13), processing proceeds to step S14; if the target content data does not include multiple images (No in S13), processing proceeds to step S16. Note that if the result in step S13 is No, the display content editing unit 139 does not edit the target content data, and provides the target content data to the display content selection unit 138 as display content data.
• step S14 the display content editing unit 139 identifies the language to be used and the alternative language from the setting information stored in the setting storage unit 134.
• the display content editing unit 139 edits the target content data by replacing images displayed in languages other than the used language and the representative language with images displayed in the used language or the representative language, thereby generating display content data (S15).
• the display content data is configured so that images displayed in the used language or the representative language are displayed even during periods when images displayed in languages other than the used language and the representative language were scheduled to be displayed.
• the generated display content data is provided to the display content selection unit 138, and processing proceeds to step S16.
• step S16 the display content selection unit 138 receives display content data from the display content editing unit 139, generates display content from the display content data, and displays the display content on the display unit 132.
• the user of the mobile terminal 130 can view images in a single display language that is easy for the user to understand for a sufficient period of time, without having to switch between multiple images corresponding to multiple display languages.
• a group of images is assumed to be a plurality of images that are displayed one by one in order to convey the same content in a plurality of languages.
• the content data includes one group, but the content data may include multiple groups.
• the display content editing unit 139 may recognize multiple images that are displayed at the same position and size as one group, or, if the content data includes identification information for identifying the group, may recognize the multiple images as one group using the identification information.
• the display content editing unit 139 may operate as follows. Note that, in this case, it is assumed that the plurality of images and the single image convey the same content. If the fixed display language is the language used, the display content editing unit 139 may edit the target content data so that only that one image is displayed, or may use the target content data as is without editing it. On the other hand, if the fixed display language is not the language of use, the image is prevented from being displayed, and the target content data is edited as described above.
• Train communication system 110 Train communication device, 111 First communication unit, 112 Second communication unit, 113 Memory unit, 114 Control unit, 130 Portable terminal, 131 Communication unit, 132 Display unit, 133 Memory unit, 134 Setting memory unit, 135 Display content memory unit, 136 Control unit, 137 Information extraction unit, 138 Display content selection unit, 139 Display content editing unit.

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