JP2002325286A - Mobile device and remote operation processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a portable device which not only remotely controls the operation of a main body of an information display device such as a television, but also takes in information displayed on the main body of the device and uses it effectively. A mobile device has a menu screen ("Web").
When "Screen favorite" is specified, the PC2 that is wirelessly connected
0, and when the icon of the desired site is specified in the “Web screen favorite” menu data Ma, the address information of the specified site is transmitted to the PC 20, and the PC 20 accesses the specified site to access the Web display screen GW. Is displayed. And mobile device 1
When the pointer Pb is moved on the pointer control PDA 31 of 0, the pointer Pa on the Web display screen GW of the PC 20 is moved, and an arbitrary data range L is designated and the "copy" button 33a is operated. , Range L
Is read and transmitted to the mobile device 10 and stored as a new Web favorite site.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a portable device for remotely operating an information display device such as a television, and a remote operation processing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information display devices such as televisions have a remote controller (remote control terminal).
Recently, a remote controller has been provided even in an information display device such as a desktop personal computer.

[0003] Such a remote controller for an information display device, if it is a remote controller for a television, performs on / off of a power source, selection of a display channel, adjustment of volume, sound quality, image quality, and the like. A remote control for a desktop personal computer selects and executes various mounted functions by remotely operating a pointer on a display screen, similarly to an operation using a direct input device such as a keyboard or a mouse.

[0004]

As described above, a conventional remote controller for remotely operating an information display device such as a television or a personal computer exclusively controls the operation on the device main body side. It is not possible to perform operations such as effective use of information displayed on the device body side in cooperation with other information devices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and can not only remotely control the operation of the main body of an information display device but also take in and effectively use information displayed on the main body of the information display device. And a remote operation program.

[0006]

That is, a portable device according to the present invention is a portable device for remotely operating an information display device, and a desired position of the display information on a display screen of the information display device. A position designation unit for designating the information, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information on the position designated by the position designation unit from the information display device, an acquisition information storage unit for storing information acquired by the information acquisition unit, It is characterized by having.

In such a portable device for remotely operating the information display device according to the present invention, a desired position in the Web display information is designated on a Web display screen of an information display device such as a Web-PC. And the Web information of the designated position is acquired from the information display device,
Since the acquired information is stored and stored as Web favorite data, the display screen information of the information display device can be designated and acquired on the display screen by operating the portable device, and can be used.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of (PDA: personal digital assistants) 10.

The portable device (PDA) 10 is constituted by a computer and has a control unit (CPU) 11.

The control unit (CPU) 11 includes a system program stored in advance in a memory 12 using a flash memory (EEPROM) or a recording medium reading unit such as a card reader from an external recording medium 13 such as a ROM card. The portable device control program written in the memory 12 via the memory 14 or an external electronic device 20 (in this case, a program server) via the wireless communication unit 15 using short-range wireless technology such as Bluetooth. The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled in accordance with the mobile device control program stored in the memory 12.

A system program of the portable device 10 and a portable device control program fetched from the outside are provided by an input signal from the key input unit 16 or an LCD (L1).
(iquidcrystal display) An input signal from a touch panel 17 provided with a touch input unit 17b such as a transparent tablet overlaid on a display screen of a display unit 17a, or an external electronic device 20 (in this case, received via a wireless communication unit 15) Is activated in response to a signal from a personal computer (PC) having a Web access function.

In the present embodiment, a personal computer (PC), which is one of the external electronic devices 20 and 20 ', is a PC in every scene, such as a home PC 20, a company PC 20', or a PC while away from home.

The memory 12 stores the portable device (PD)
A) In addition to an OS (operation system) program that controls the basic operation of 10 being stored in advance, each computer terminal (P) having an external electronic device 20 having a Web access function
A remote control program 12a for remotely controlling C) via the wireless communication unit 15 and various application programs 12b such as a word processing program, a mail processing program, and a table processing program are stored.

Further, in the memory 12, address data and Web page data of a desired Web site accessed by remotely controlling the external electronic device 20 by the remote control program 12a are stored, and a Web favorite data memory 12c, P-mode], a desired P-
P-mode favorite data memory 12 for storing address data and page data of a mode site
d, text data and mail data which are processing data according to the various application programs 12b,
Various application data memories 12e for storing table data and the like, a copy buffer 12f as a temporary storage memory for copying and pasting desired information, and control according to various operations of the portable device (PDA) 10. A work area is provided for temporarily storing various data input / output to / from the unit (CPU) 11 as necessary.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a specific example of remote control of the external electronic device 20 by the portable device 10. As shown in FIG.

In this case, the external electronic devices 20 and 20 'are a personal computer (PC) having a Web access function, that is, a PC having a function such as a home PC or a home Web-TV on which a WWW browser program is installed. 20), company PC or PC where you go
(20 ') and the like, and the portable device (PDA) 10 is Bl.
Connected by short-range wireless communication such as uetooth.

An external PC (20) is remotely controlled by an operation on the portable device (PDA) 10 to remotely control the external PC.
When a desired Web access display is performed on the display screen of (20), the cursor key 16b (see FIGS. 8 and 9) of the key input unit 16 of the mobile device 10 is used as a pointing device, or the touch panel 17 is used. Is used as a pointing pad to perform position designation control and click (selection) control using a pointer on the display screen of the external PC (20), thereby achieving a desired Web.
You can access the site and manipulate its data.

FIG. 3 shows a portable device 1 having no wireless communication function.
It is an external view which shows the specific example of remote control of the external electronic device 20 by 0 '.

In this case, the external electronic device 20, ie, We
b Personal computer with access function (P
C) and a portable device (PDA) 10 ′ are connected via a communication interface cable 18.

Then, by operating the portable device (PDA) 10 ', a home PC (20), a company PC, or a PC out of the office.
(20 ') or the like, when the desired Web access display is performed on the display screen of the home PC (20) or the company PC (20') by the same manner as described above.
Cursor keys 16b in the key input section 16 of FIG.
9) is used as a pointing device, and the touch panel 17 is used as a pointing pad. In addition, a mouse ball or an optical sensor is provided on the back side of the device case of the portable device 10 ', and is indicated by arrows a to d. As described above, by detecting the movement of the device body in each direction, the position designation control and the click (selection) control by the pointer on the display screen of the external PC (20, 20 ') are performed, and the desired Web is performed. You can access the site and manipulate its data.

The mode setting when the external PC (20, 20 ') is remotely controlled by the portable device 10 (10') is performed in accordance with the connection to the cradle when a cradle is provided. In the case of the portable device 10 'not having the wireless communication function, the communication is performed in accordance with the connection of the communication interface cable 18, and the portable device 10'
In the menu screen M of (10 '), the external PC (20,
20 ') is performed in response to a designation operation of a specific icon (in this case, "Web screen favorite" in FIG. 8) for remote control.

Next, the portable device (PDA) 10 having the above configuration
A remote control (remote control) function of the external electronic device 20 will be described.

FIG. 4 shows a remote control control process (part 1) of the portable device (PDA) 10 and an external PC corresponding thereto.
It is a flowchart which shows the remote control control process (1) of (20, 20 ') in parallel.

FIG. 5 shows a remote control control process (part 2) of the portable device (PDA) 10 and an external PC corresponding thereto.
It is a flowchart which shows the remote control process (2) of (20, 20 ') in parallel.

FIG. 6 shows a copy execution instruction process accompanying the remote control control process (part 2) of the portable device (PDA) 10 and a remote control control process (part 2) of the corresponding external PC (20, 20 '). It is a flowchart which shows a copy execution process in parallel.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a paste instruction process and a paste execution process corresponding to the remote control control process (part 2) of the portable device (PDA) 10 in parallel.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a specific example (part 1) of an operation associated with the remote control control process of the portable device (PDA) 10 and the remote control control process of the home PC (20) such as the home living PC corresponding thereto. FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7D show operating states of the portable device (PDA) 10, and FIGS. 7C and 7E show remote control states on the display screen of the external PC (20). FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a specific example (part 2) of the remote control control process of the portable device (PDA) 10 and the remote control control process of the company PC (20 ') corresponding to the remote controller control. FIG.
(C), (E), and (F) are diagrams showing an operation state of the portable device (PDA) 10, and (B) and (D) are diagrams showing a remote control state on a display screen of the external PC (20). is there.

As shown in FIG. 8A, a portable device (PD)
A) Menu key 16a in the key input unit 16 of 10
Is operated to display the menu screen M on the touch panel 17, and the icons “Web screen favorite”, “Word processor”, and “Mail” displayed on the menu screen M are displayed.
External PC (2
0, 20 '), an icon requiring remote control, in this case, "Web screen favorite" is indicated by the cursor key 16b.
If it is determined that the designation has been made in accordance with the operation of (1) or the tap operation with the pen 19 (step A1), it is determined whether there is a Web site menu stored in the Web favorite data memory 12c in the memory 12 (step A2). .

If it is determined that no Web site menu is stored (registered) in the Web favorite data memory 12c, address information of the Web site set in advance by default is designated. Then, an instruction for accessing the default designated site and displaying information is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 15 to the home PC (20) (step A9).

Then, in the home PC (20), according to the access to the default designated site and the information display instruction received from the portable device (PDA) 10, the access process to the designated Web site is executed. The site information is displayed on the display screen of the home PC (20) (step B1 → B2).

On the other hand, if it is determined that any Web site menu is stored (registered) in the Web favorite data memory 12c, the menu data is read out, for example, as shown in FIG. , Web screen favorite icon menu Ma
(“Sports News” and “Mobile News”) are displayed on the touch panel 17 (step A2 → A).
4).

When a desired icon is designated in the Web screen favorite icon menu Ma and there is information that cannot be displayed in the designated icon area, the designated icon area is enlarged. [See FIG. 9 (A) → (A1)] and the entire information is displayed (steps A5 → A6).

In this way, in the icon menu Ma of the Web screen favorite, as shown in FIG. 8B, for example, as shown in FIG. The address information of the Web site “Mobile News” is specified (step A7 → A8), and an instruction to access the specified site “Mobile News” and display information is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 15 to the external PC (20) ( Step A9).

In the home PC (20), the portable device (P
DA) In accordance with the instruction to access the designated Web site “Keitai News” and the information display received from 10), access processing to “Keitai News” is executed as shown in FIG. The home PC
It is displayed as the Web display screen GW of (20) (step B1 → B2).

Then, in the portable device (PDA) 10, as shown in FIG. 8D, a remote control in which a pointer control PAD 31, a handwritten character area 32, and a copy and paste designation button 33 are arranged on the touch panel 17. The control screen G is switched and displayed (step A10).

The copy and paste designation button 3
3, a "copy" button 33a for designating a copy function, a "start" button 33b for designating a start position of a copy range, an "end" button 33c for designating an end position of a copy range, A "paste" button 33d for designating paste of copy data from the position indicated by the cursor K is provided.

Here, the pointer control PAD3 on the remote control screen G displayed on the portable device (PDA) 10
In 1, when the position of the pointer Pb is designated by the pen 19 and moved to input a change, a pointer position change instruction corresponding to the moving direction of the position of the pointer Pb is issued to the home P.
Transmitted to C20 (step A11 → A1)
2).

Then, as shown in FIG. 8 (E), the home PC (2) displaying the site information of the Web site “Mobile News” designated by the portable device (PDA) 10 is displayed.
On the web display screen GW of (0), the position of the pointer Pa is moved in a direction corresponding to the pointer position change instruction received from the portable device (PDA) 10 and is changed and displayed (step B3 → B4). → B5) Here, if the pointer Pa moved and displayed on the Web display screen GW deviates from the screen area, the currently displayed Web is displayed.
The screen information itself of the display screen GW is scrolled and displayed in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the pointer Pa (step B6 → B7).

As described above, in response to the moving operation of the pointer Pb on the pointer control PAD 31 in the portable device (PDA) 10, the pointer Pa on the Web display screen GW displayed on the home PC (20) moves to an arbitrary position. For example, when the pointer Pa on the Web display screen GW is moved to the designated position of the next Web link in the state where the movement is displayed, the moving operation is performed on the pointer control PAD 31 of the portable device (PDA) 10. The pointer Pb that is
When the user performs a double-tap operation to select and input the number, the home PC (20) issues a selection instruction for the position of the pointer Pb.
(Step A13 → A14).

Then, in response to the pointer position selection instruction received from the portable device (PDA) 10, the home PC (20) displays the pointer P on the Web display screen GW.
An access process to the next Web link destination where a is located is executed, and the new Web information screen is switched and displayed (step B8 → B9).

On the other hand, in response to the moving operation of the pointer Pb on the pointer control PAD 31 in the portable device (PDA) 10, the pointer Pa on the Web display screen GW displayed on the home PC (20) moves to an arbitrary position. Movement change display state (step A11 → A12) (step B4
To B7), for example, as shown in FIG.
When it is desired to copy desired information on the Web display screen GW displayed in (20), the pointer Pa is positioned at the top of the copy range L, and the copy on the remote control screen G of the portable device (PDA) 10 is performed. & Paste specification button 3
3 "copy" button 33a and "start" button 3
When you tap 3b, an instruction to start copying appears on the external PC
It is transmitted to (20) (step A15 → A16).

Then, in the home PC (20), in response to the copy start instruction received from the portable device (PDA) 10, the start of the copy range L where the pointer Pa is currently located on the Web display screen GW. The position is highlighted and the start of copying is indicated (step B10 → B11).

Thereafter, the portable device (PDA) 1
Pointer Pb on pointer control PAD31 at 0
W displayed on the home PC (20) in response to the moving operation of
The pointer Pa on the web display screen GW is moved to an arbitrary position and changed and displayed. As shown in FIG.
The pointer Pa is positioned at the end of the desired copy range L on the Web display screen GW displayed on C (20), and the copy & copy on the remote control control screen G of the portable device (PDA) 10 is performed.
By tapping the “copy” button 33a and the “end” button 33c of the paste designation button 33, FIG.
The process proceeds to the copy execution instruction process in (A) (step A17 → AC).

In the copy execution instruction processing in the portable device (PDA) 10, first, an instruction to end the copy is issued to the home P.
It is transmitted to C (20) (step C1).

Then, in response to the copy termination instruction received from the portable device (PDA) 10, the home PC (20) shifts to the copy execution process in FIG. 6B (step BD). In step B11 at the start of the copy, the copy range L from the copy start position where the reverse display is started on the Web display screen GW to the copy end position where the pointer Pa is currently positioned is highlighted (step D1). Data corresponding to the copy range L (copy data "P-mode compatible ... news.12
4 ") is retrieved (step D2).

Then, the copy data “P-mo” extracted corresponding to the copy range of the desired Web site information is obtained.
de compatible ... news. 124 ”, the type, that is, in this case, Web data is recognized and transmitted to the portable device (PDA) 10 (step D3), and the reverse display corresponding to the copy range L is released to the normal display. It is returned (step D4).

Then, in the portable device (PDA) 10, the copy data “P-
mode compatible ... news. 124 "and its type" Web
Is received (step C2) and stored in the copy buffer 12f in the memory 12 (step C2).
3) It is determined whether or not the storage area for the information data corresponding to the type of the copy data “Web data” exists in the memory 12 (step C4).

In this case, the Web favorite data memory 12c in the memory 12 is determined as a storage area for information data corresponding to the type of the copy data "Web data". The Web copy data "P-m
mode support ... news. 124 "is stored (step C4 → C5).

In this way, “Mobile News” which is a Web favorite site accessed and displayed on the home PC (20) in response to an operation on the portable device (PDA) 10
Of the desired Web copy data “P-m
mode support ... news. 124 ”, and stored in the Web favorite data memory 12c as a new Web favorite site, for example, a portable device (PD).
A) 10 is moved from home to the company, and the company PC (2)
Before 0 ′), the menu key 16a of the key input unit 16 is operated to display the menu screen M on the touch panel 17, and when the “Web screen favorite” icon displayed on the menu screen M is designated. (Step A
1) The menu data stored in the Web favorite data memory 12c is read out, and as shown in FIG. 9A, the Web screen favorite icon menu Ma ("Sports News", "Mobile News", "P
−mode pair ”) is displayed on the touch panel 17 (step A2 → A4).

In the Web screen favorite icon menu Ma, the desired icon is “P-mod
When the “e pair” is designated and selected, the area of the designated icon is enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. 9A1, and the entire heading information “not displayed in the initial display area of the designated icon” is displayed. P-mode pair... "App PAC" is displayed (steps A5 to A6).

Then, "P-"
When it is determined that the “mode-pair”... “application PAC” is designated and selected, the address information of the designated Web site “P-mode pair...” is designated (step A7 → A).
8), an instruction to access the designated site “P-mode pair...” And to display information is transmitted to the external PC (20) (step A9).

In the company PC (20 '), the designated Web site "P-
According to the instruction to access to the "mode pair ..." and display the information, as shown in FIG. 9 (B), the access process to the "P-mode pair ..." is executed and the site information is stored in the company PC (20 '). Is displayed as the Web display screen GW (step B1 → B2).

Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 9C and 9D,
Pointer control PAD3 in portable device (PDA) 10
Movement of the pointer Pb on the pointer 1 (step A11 → A
According to 12), the We displayed on the company PC (20 ')
b. Move the pointer Pa on the display screen GW to an arbitrary position and change and display it (steps B3 to B7), and selectively operate the copy and paste designation button 33 on the portable device (PDA) 10 to display the Web display. A desired copy range L on the screen GW is designated and highlighted, and the Web copy data “No 201:... Will be sent” is copied and transferred, and the copy buffer 12 f and the Web favorite data memory 12 c in the portable device (PDA) 10 are copied. (A15-A17 → A
C) (Steps B10 to B12 → BD), the user further designates an arbitrary position on an arbitrary display screen of the company PC (20 ') with the pointer Pa, and operates the "paste" button 33d. The process shifts to the paste instruction process in A) (step A18 → AE), and first, it is determined whether or not there is stored data in the copy buffer 12f (step E1).

In this case, since it is determined that the Web copy data "No 201:... Will be sent" exists in the copy buffer 12f, the copy data is sent to the company PC (20 ') in which the paste position is designated. A paste instruction is transmitted (steps E1 → E2), and the Web copy data stored in the copy buffer 12f is also transmitted to the external PC.
It is transmitted to (20) (step E3).

Then, in accordance with the paste instruction received from the portable device (PDA) 10, the company PC (20 ') shifts to paste execution processing in FIG. 7B (step B133 → BF). Whether the display screen currently designated by the pointer Pa as the paste position is a display screen on which data can be corrected,
It is determined whether or not the display screen is a data editable display screen such as insertion / deletion (step F1).

If it is determined that the display screen designated as the paste target screen on the company PC (20 ') is not a display screen on which data can be corrected, an error message is displayed and the copy data paste processing is performed. Is prohibited (steps F1 → F2).

On the other hand, if it is determined in the company PC (20 ') that the display screen designated as the paste target screen is a display screen on which data can be corrected, the copy transmitted from the portable device (PDA) 10 is performed. The data is received (steps F1 → F3), and the type (data format) of the received data is determined (step F4).

Here, when the type of the received data is different from the type (data format) of the display data on the display screen which is the paste target screen, and it is determined that data conversion is necessary (step F5). ), The received copy data is converted into a data type on a display screen which is a paste target screen (step F6).

Then, starting from the paste designated position designated by the pointer Pa on the display screen, the copy data subjected to the reception conversion is written (step F7), and the display screen after the copy writing is updated. Is displayed again (step F8).

Thus, in response to an operation on the portable device (PDA) 10, the Web access function of the company PC (20 ') is remotely controlled, and the Web address of the company PC (20') is controlled.
b The user can specify desired range of Web data on the display screen GW and capture the Web copy data to the portable device 10, and store the captured Web copy data in the Web favorite data memory 12c, which is the same type of data memory area, as new Web data. Will be able to save as additional. In addition, at the same time, the copy data stored in the copy buffer 12f is further controlled by remotely controlling the company PC (20 ') to display another arbitrary display screen, and paste-designated to an arbitrary screen position to write the data. Will be available to you.

On the other hand, the Web copy data “N” taken into the portable device (PDA) 10 from the company PC (20 ′).
o201: I will send it. Is used for e-mail processing in the portable device (PDA) 10, for example, by operating the menu key 16a.
(See FIG. 8A.) When the "mail" icon on the top is designated, the mail processing application program 1
2b is started, and a mail processing screen Mb is displayed as shown in FIG.

Here, when there is stored data in the copy buffer 12f, if an application program 12b is started and a corresponding data processing screen (in this case, a mail processing screen Mb) is displayed, the screen is displayed on the screen. The copy and paste designation button 33 (33
a to 33d) are displayed together.

In the mail processing screen Mb displayed on the portable device (PDA) 10, the character input cursor K is positioned at a desired position in the mail creation area, and the copy and paste designation button 33 is displayed. When the "paste" button 33d is operated, the processing shifts to the paste instruction processing in FIG. 7A (step A18 → AE).
It is determined whether or not there is stored data in the copy buffer 12f (step E1).

In this case, since it is determined that the Web copy data “No 201:... Will be sent” is stored in the copy buffer 12 f, the mail processing application that has performed the paste specification operation is A paste instruction is notified (steps E1 to E2), and the Web copy data stored in the copy buffer 12f is also transmitted to the mail processing application (step E3).

Then, in the mail processing application which is the notification destination of the paste instruction, the application shown in FIG.
A copy data writing process similar to the paste execution process in (B) is executed (steps F1 to F8), and the mail processing screen Mb displayed on the portable device (PDA) 10 as shown in FIG. With the paste instruction position indicated by the cursor K at the top, the Web copy data “No 201:... Sent” received from the paste instruction processing is written and displayed again.

Therefore, the portable device (PD
A) According to the remote control (remote control) function of the external electronic devices 20 and 20 ′ by 10, when the “Web screen favorite” icon is specified on the menu screen M of the portable device (PDA) 10, a short-range wireless communication such as bluetooth is performed. When the remote PC control mode of the external PC (20, 20 ') connected by the system is set, and an icon of a desired Web site is designated in the menu data Ma of "Web screen favorite" read from the Web favorite data memory 12d, The address information of the designated site is an external PC
(20), the external PC (20, 20 ') accesses the designated site and displays the Web display screen GW. Then, in response to moving the pointer Pb on the pointer control PDA 31 of the portable device (PDA) 10, the Web display screen G of the external PC (20, 20 ') is displayed.
When the pointer Pa on W is moved, and an arbitrary display data range L is designated and the "copy" button 33a is operated, the site data in the designated range L is read and transmitted to the portable device (PDA) 10. Then, since it is stored as a new Web favorite site in the Web favorite data memory 12d, the user can freely operate the Web display screen of the external PC (20, 20 ') by an operation instruction from the portable device (PDA) 10 to obtain a desired Web site. The site data can be taken into the portable device 10.

Therefore, based on new favorite Web site data taken into the portable device (PDA) 10 by remotely operating the home external PC (20), the company PC (2)
0 ') and other out-of-home PCs (20') can also easily access the new favorite Web site by the same remote control.

The portable device (PDA) 10 having the above configuration
According to the remote control (remote control) function of the external electronic device (20, 20 '), the copy data fetched from the external PC (20) by the remote control from the portable device (PDA) 10 is also stored in the copy buffer 12f. In addition, an arbitrary cursor position on another application screen may be pasted at the beginning and written, or an external PC (20)
Can be remotely controlled and the pointer position on an arbitrary display screen can be pasted and written at the top, so that the display screen of the external PC (20) can be freely operated by the operation instruction from the portable device (PDA) 10 The copy data taken into the device 10 can be effectively used in various situations.

In the above embodiment, the home PC
In the example described above, the information is acquired in (20) and the information screen is displayed on the company PC (20 ').
The information may be acquired and displayed on the same external PC, for example, the information screen may be displayed on a home PC later.

In the above embodiment, the electronic devices 20 and 20 ′ to be remotely controlled by operating the portable device (PDA) 10 are personal computers (PCs) that can be accessed at home, at work, or on the go. )
However, Web-TV and BS / CS-
The information display device is not particularly limited to a personal computer (PC) as long as it is an information display device having a function of accessing various information such as a TV or a CATV and displaying the screen data. Further, the display screen data of the external electronic device 20 to be remotely controlled is not limited to the Web screen, the BS / CS screen, and the like, but can be various kinds of information display screens.

Further, the portable device (P
The DA) 10 has been described as a configuration in which the remote control control function of the present invention is added mainly to a PDA, but a remote control for various PCs and a remote control for various TVs, that is, a data remote equivalent to a PDA mainly using a remote control on the information display device side. The processing function and the remote control function of the present invention may be added.

The external electronic devices 20, 20 'in the portable terminal (PDA) 10 described in the above embodiment.
6, the remote control processing of the portable device (PDA) 10 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the remote control control process of the external PC (20, 20 ') corresponding thereto, and the portable device shown in FIG. PDA) Copy execution instruction processing accompanying remote control control processing of 10 and external PC corresponding thereto
(20, 20 '), a copy execution process associated with the remote control process, a paste instruction process associated with the remote control process of the portable device (PDA) 10 shown in FIG. 7, and a corresponding paste execution process. Also, as a program that can be executed by a computer, an external recording medium 13 such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), a semiconductor memory, etc. Can be stored and distributed. And
A portable device (PD) having a connection function with the external electronic device 20
A) The computer such as 10 is provided with the external recording medium 13.
Is read into the memory 12 by each recording medium reading unit 14 and the operation is controlled by the read program, whereby the remote operation of the external electronic device 20 in the portable terminal (PDA) 10 described in the above embodiment is performed. The control function can be realized and the same processing by the above-described method can be executed.

The program data for implementing each of the above methods can be transmitted as a program code on a communication network such as the Internet, and the program data is transmitted from a computer terminal connected to the network. The external electronic devices 20, 20 'in the portable terminal (PDA) 10 described above.
Remote control function can be realized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be variously modified in the implementation stage without departing from the scope of the invention. Furthermore, the embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some components are deleted from all the components shown in each embodiment or some components are combined, the problem described in the section of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved. In the case where the effects described in the section of the effects of the invention can be obtained, a configuration in which this component is deleted or combined can be extracted as the invention.

[0077]

As described above, according to the portable device for remotely controlling the information display device according to the present invention, for example, the Web-P
C on the Web display screen of the information display device such as C
b) When a desired position in the display information is designated, the Web information of the designated position is acquired from the information display device, and the acquired information is stored and stored as Web favorite data. The display screen information of the device can be designated and acquired on the display screen by the operation of the portable device and can be used.

Thus, it is possible to not only remotely control the operation of the main body of the information display device but also to take in the information displayed on the main body of the information display device and use it effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a portable device (PD) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of A: personal digital assistants) 10.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a specific example of remote control of an external electronic device 20 by the portable device 10.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a specific example of remote control of an external electronic device 20 by a portable device 10 ′ having no wireless communication function.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing in parallel a remote control control process (part 1) of the portable device (PDA) 10 and a remote control control process (part 1) of the external PC (20) corresponding thereto.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing, in parallel, a remote control control process (part 2) of the portable device (PDA) 10 and a remote control control process (part 2) of the external PC (20) corresponding thereto.

FIG. 6 shows a copy execution instruction process associated with the remote control control process (part 2) of the portable device (PDA) 10 and a copy execution associated with the remote control control process (part 2) of the external PC (20, 20 ′). 9 is a flowchart showing processing in parallel.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a paste instruction process and a paste execution process corresponding to the remote control control process (part 2) of the portable device (PDA) 10 in parallel.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a specific example (part 1) of an operation associated with a remote control process of the portable device (PDA) 10 and a remote control process of the external PC (20, 20 ') corresponding thereto. A) (B) (D) is a portable device (PDA) 10
FIGS. 4C and 4E show the operation state of the external PC (2).
The figure which shows the remote control state on the display screen of 0).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example (part 2) of an operation involved in remote control control processing of the portable device (PDA) 10 and corresponding remote control control processing of the external PC (20). (C), (E), and (F) show the operation state of the portable device (PDA) 10, and (B) and (D) show the external PC (2).
The figure which shows the remote control state on the display screen of (0, 20 ').

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10 ': Portable device (PDA) 11: Control unit (CPU) 12: Memory 12a: Remote control program 12b: Application program 12c: Web favorite data memory 12d: P-mode favorite data memory 12e: Application data memory 12f: Copy Buffer 13 External recording medium 14 Recording medium reading unit 15 Wireless communication unit 16 Key input unit 16a Menu key 16b Cursor key 17 Touch panel 17a LCD display unit 17b Touch input unit 18 Communication interface cable 19 Pen 20, 20 '... Electronic device 31 ... Pointer control PAD 32 ... Handwritten character area 33 ... Copy & paste designation button 33a ... "Copy" button 33b ... "Start" button 33c ... "End" Button 33d ... "paste" button M ... menu screen Ma ... Web screen favorite icon menu Mb ... mail processing screen G ... remote control control screen GW ... Web display screen Pa ... pointer K ... cursor of the pointer Pb ... PDA screen of the PC screen

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable device for remotely operating an information display device, comprising: a position designation means for designating a desired position in display information on a display screen of the information display device; A portable device comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information on a position designated by a position designation unit; and an acquisition information storage unit that stores information acquired by the information acquisition unit. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the position specification unit includes: a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch position on a touch panel provided in the mobile device; and a position detected by the touch detection unit.
Display control means for displaying a pointer on a display screen of the information display device, and a display position of the pointer on the display screen of the information display device by the display control means, among display information on the display screen, The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein a desired position is designated. 3. A list display means for displaying a list of information acquired by the information acquisition means, an information selection means for selecting information listed by the list display means, and information selected by the information selection means. 3. A display control means for displaying an information screen corresponding to the selected information on a display screen of the information display device or another information display device based on the information processing device. Mobile device as described. 4. The obtained information storage means includes: a determination means for determining a type of information obtained by the information obtaining means; and a storage area obtained in different storage areas according to the type of information determined by the determination means. The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage control unit that stores the information. 5. A remote operation processing program for remotely controlling an information display device by controlling a computer, comprising: a position designation for designating a desired position among display information on a display screen of the information display device. Means for acquiring information on a position designated by the position designation means from the information display device, and an acquired information storage means for storing information acquired by the information acquisition means; Possible remote control processing program.