JP2010165120A - Device and method for displaying electronic information - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] When displaying electronic information such as newspapers and magazines, the importance and topicality of articles can be grasped at a glance, and the contents of the articles can be easily grasped, and only articles that are desired to be read in detail can be selected and selected easily. The purpose is to display the full text of the published article.
Image information of a paper having a region divided into a plurality of articles, and the area and arrangement of each region of an article is determined according to the importance of the article. A full-page information screen 60 on which a part of the article text is displayed in a readable manner is displayed on the display unit 2, and an area 600 divided for each article on the full-screen information screen 60 via the operation unit 6 of the operator. The electronic information display device displays on the display unit 2 the full text information screen 70 for each article that displays the full text for each article, which is associated with each article on the full-screen information screen 60 in accordance with the designation.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic information display device and an electronic information display method for displaying electronic information such as newspapers and magazines.

  Newspapers and magazines on which various information is posted have been mainly configured using paper media, but with the spread and development of communication networks and information processing devices, electronic information such as newspapers and magazines, The information is read into an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a portable information processing apparatus such as a mobile phone, and article information is displayed on a display.

  For example, in a newspaper site or the like, text-style headlines are listed and displayed, and the article text of the headlines linked to the selected headlines is displayed.

  On the other hand, in paper-based newspapers and magazines, depending on the importance of the article and the current topicality, important articles and topical articles can be used to write longer articles or to make headlines larger. In other words, the layout is made so that an important article and a topical article can be grasped at a glance, and the paper layout has an important meaning.

  Therefore, the conventional technology such as the newspaper site has a problem that the importance of articles is not known at all. Further, there is a problem that the content of the article cannot be sufficiently grasped only by the headline, and an extra article body may be displayed.

  On the other hand, if the paper of a newspaper or magazine is digitized and displayed on a display with the layout unchanged, it will be displayed on a screen smaller than the actual paper, making the characters small and unreadable.

  Therefore, while displaying the actual layout of the page as it is, displaying the article mark corresponding to each article, and selecting the desired article mark from the displayed article marks, the article with that article mark displayed There has been proposed a technique for displaying an image of article content information associated with (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a technique has been proposed in which an image of a newspaper image on a real page is displayed on a display screen, and a part of the image of the newspaper image is partially enlarged or reduced and displayed on the display screen (for example, Patent Documents). 2).

  Further, only the headline information readable from the newspaper is displayed as electronic data while being arranged on the newspaper, and when the readable headline information is selectively designated by the user, the article information associated with the headline information is displayed. A technique for displaying on a display device as readable display data has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2004-139399 A JP 2007-323369 A JP 2002-236701 A

  However, in the prior art described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the actual layout of the paper is displayed as it is on the small display unit, the characters are small, and it is difficult to read even a large headline character. It was impossible to read at all, and it was difficult to select articles.

  Further, in the conventional technique described in Patent Document 2, there are cases where a plurality of articles are included in the part to be enlarged, and only some of those articles are included, or only a desired article is enlarged. There was a problem that it was difficult to read and extremely difficult to read.

  In the prior art described in Patent Document 3, only the headline is displayed. However, the content of the article cannot be sufficiently grasped only by the headline, and it is not easy to select an article. There was a problem that it might be displayed.

  In addition, some of the electronic information in which article information such as newspapers and magazines of the above-mentioned prior art is published has pre-phonetics in the kanji in the article, or some are not pre-tensioned. Depending on the type of phonetics, it is better to have phonetics.If there are no phonetics, there are people who cannot read them. There was a problem that there was.

  Therefore, when displaying electronic information such as newspapers and magazines, the present invention can grasp a list of articles for each page, grasp the importance and topicality of articles at a glance, and easily grasp the contents of articles. The purpose is to easily select only the articles that you want to read in detail, and to display the selected articles in full text. It is also intended to make it easy to read articles displayed in full text and to make the articles easy to read for any reader.

  The present invention as a means for solving the above problems is image information of a page having a region divided for each of a plurality of articles, and the area and arrangement of each article whose area and arrangement are determined according to the importance of the article. Area information, full-page information data including information on the headline of the article and a part of the article text displayed in the area, and the article associated with each article of the full-page information data on the page An input / output unit for inputting / outputting article electronic data including full-text information data for each article including full-text information, and paper image information having an area partitioned for a plurality of articles, and the area for each article is: The area and arrangement of the article are determined according to the importance of the article, and in the corresponding area, the headline of the article and a part of the article body are displayed in a readable manner, and the full information screen on the paper and the article on the full information screen respectively. Associated A display unit for displaying a full-text information screen for each article in which a full-text is displayed for each article, a recording unit for recording article electronic data including the full-page information data on the paper and the full-text information data for each article, and a display unit An operation unit for inputting an operation for instructing display of the image, and display processing means for causing the display unit to display the full-page information screen on the page or the full-text information screen for each article according to an instruction from the operation unit. An electronic information display device characterized by the above.

  In information such as newspapers and magazines, there are cases where the content of the article cannot usually be grasped sufficiently only by the headline, and it is possible to grasp the rough content by reading the text of the article about tens or hundreds of characters. There are many cases where it can be done. Conversely, if you can read the text of an article about several tens or hundreds of characters to get a rough picture, you may not need to read the details. According to the present invention, since the area and arrangement of the area for each article is determined by the importance of the article on the full-page information screen on the paper, the importance and topicality of the article can be grasped at a glance. Because the article headline and a part of the article body are displayed in a readable manner in each article area, it is possible to grasp the rough contents of the article, and it is easy to judge whether to read in more detail or not to read. This makes it possible to easily select only articles that you want to read in detail. In particular, on the full page information screen, which is image information of the page, information for one page or two pages of the page displayed on the paper medium is displayed and displayed in a configuration that can be called a reduced version of the page. Since the list of articles can be grasped and the pages are configured for each genre of articles, the importance and topicality of the articles can be grasped at a glance.

  In the electronic information display device, the display processing means causes the display unit to display the full text information screen of the article in the area in accordance with the designation of the area divided for each article on the full-page information screen on the paper. This is an electronic information display device.

  In the electronic information display device, an index display screen that prompts an operator to specify a page is displayed on the entire information screen of the paper in the display unit, and according to the page specified on the index display screen, In the electronic information display device, the display processing unit displays a full-screen information screen of the corresponding page on the display unit.

  In the electronic information display device, the electronic information display device further comprises means for receiving the article electronic data transmitted via a communication network.

  The electronic information display device may further include means for acquiring the article electronic data recorded on the electronic information recording medium.

  Further, in the electronic information display device, the article electronic data includes word explanation data of predetermined words included in the full-page information data on the paper surface and / or the full-text information data for each article, and is stored in the recording unit. Is an electronic information display device in which the phrase explanation data is recorded, and the display section displays a phrase explanation screen in accordance with an instruction from the display processing means.

  Further, in the electronic information display device, the article electronic data includes predetermined kanji phonetic data included in the entire page information data and / or the full-text information data for each article, and the recording unit includes The electronic information display device is characterized in that the phonetic data is recorded and the display unit displays the phonetics of the kanji displayed on the full-screen information screen and / or the full-text information screen in accordance with an instruction of the display processing means. It is.

  Furthermore, it is image information on a paper having a section divided into a plurality of articles, and the area and arrangement of each article area is determined according to the importance of the article. A step of displaying a full-page information screen of a paper on which a part of the text is displayed in a readable manner on a display unit; a step of receiving designation of a region divided for each article on the full-size information screen of the paper; and the designation of the region And displaying a full text information screen for each article associated with the article in the specified area and displaying the full text for each article on a display unit.

  In the electronic information display method, the step of displaying an index display screen for prompting the operator to specify a page on the full page information screen of the paper, the step of receiving the page specification, and the full page information of the corresponding page according to the page specification And a step of displaying a screen. An electronic information display method comprising:

  In the electronic information display method, the electronic information display method further comprises a step of displaying a word explanation screen in response to an operator's word designation.

  According to the present invention as described above, when reading electronic information such as newspapers and magazines, it is possible to grasp a list of articles for each page, grasp the importance and topicality of articles at a glance, and grasp the contents of articles. This makes it easy to select only the articles that you want to read in detail, and to display the selected articles in full text. Also, it is possible to make it easier to read articles displayed in full text.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the electronic information display device 1. The electronic information display device 1 includes a display unit 2 that displays a screen such as a full page information screen 60, a full text information screen 70, a phrase explanation screen, and the like. This is executed by the input / output unit 3 for inputting / outputting the full-page information data and the full-text information data for each article directly or via communication means, the processing unit 4 for performing various processes formed on the program, and the control unit 10. A recording unit 5 that records article electronic data including various programs, full-page information data on a page, and full-text information data for each article, an operation unit 6 that inputs operation information of an operator, and a page formed on the recording unit 5 And the full text information data file 52 for each article, and a control unit 10 for controlling data processing. The control unit 10 controls each unit by executing a program recorded in the recording unit 5. The term “paper” refers to a paper such as a newspaper or magazine having a plurality of articles.

  The processing unit 4 generates and displays a screen to be output on the display unit 2. More specifically, the processing unit 4 displays the full-page information screen 60 on the page or the full-text information screen 70 for each article according to an instruction from the operation unit 6. Display processing means 41 to be displayed on the unit 2, and recording execution means 42 for recording data input from the input / output unit 3 in the data recording unit 5. Under the control of the control unit 10, the processing unit 4 processes information related to articles in accordance with an instruction from the operator via the operation unit 6.

  Also, electronic article data is transmitted / received to / from a host server 72 such as a newspaper company or a magazine company, or an electronic information display device 1 such as another computer via a network 71 such as an interface cable, a LAN, an intranet, or the Internet. An external interface unit 7 is provided.

  The article electronic data is image information of at least one page of paper or two pages spread with an area divided into a plurality of articles, and the area and arrangement of each article area depends on the importance of the article. Area information for each determined article, full page information data including at least part of the information of the article headline and the article text displayed in the area for each article, and each article of the full information data Includes full-text information data for each article including the full-text information of the article text associated with each. Further, the article electronic data includes a full text search table in which the coordinate information for each article and the file name of the full text information are associated with each article on the entire surface.

  The full-page information data on the page includes data for multiple pages. For example, each page contains “top”, “politics”, “economy”, “society”, “international”, “sports”, “culture” It is composed of articles of various genres such as “Entertainment”, “Science”, “Environment”, “Life”, “Region”, “Event”, “Recommendation”.

  The full page information data file 51 recorded in the recording unit 5 stores full page information data. The full text information data file 52 for each article stores the full information recorded in the full page information data file 51. Full text information data is recorded in association with each article of data. Note that the full text of the article is not limited to all text information of the article text, but also includes photographic information related to the article. The information of at least a part of the article body may be composed of a predetermined number of characters from the first character of all the character information of the article body, or may be a summary sentence of all the character information of the article body. Furthermore, at least part of the information of the article text includes not only text information but also photographic information related to the article.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the recording unit 5 has a full-text search in which the coordinate information of the area for each article on the full-page information screen on the paper and the file name of the full-text information data in which the full text of the article is recorded are associated. A table file 53 is recorded, and full-text information data for each article in the full-page information data file 51 on the paper is associated with each. Such a table configuration may be stored in the full text information data file 52.

  These full-face information data and full-text information data are image file data, and can be realized by, for example, flash image data processed by Adobe Systems Flash. Note that these data may be a combination of code information or image data obtained by encoding a character string. In this case, the full-page information data for each page and the full-text information data for each article are displayed on the screen, respectively. And each data is related and converted into data. The image data may be still image data or moving image data, or may be stored in the entire information data file 51 or the full text information data file 52. However, the image data is stored in another file and associated with other data. It may be stored in the unit 5.

  Further, the data recording unit 5 associates word explanation data for explaining words and phrases such as keywords in the predetermined article displayed on the entire information screen 60 and / or the full-text information screen 70 with each word. May be recorded.

  As described above, the article electronic data includes full page information data, full-text information data for each article, a full-text search table, and may include phrase explanation data.

  Such an electronic information display apparatus 1 can be realized by a program (software) using an information processing apparatus such as a computer as shown in FIG. This computer functions as a hardware resource of the control unit 10, a CPU 11 for controlling the computer, a memory 12 including ROM and RAM, a display 13 as the display unit 2, and an operation for instructing display on the display unit 2. A touch panel 14 as an operation unit 6 to be input, a mouse 15 or a keyboard 16, an application program recorded in a data recording unit 5 that functions as each unit of the processing unit 4 in cooperation with a computer, and a hard disk 17 as a data recording unit 5 A medium read / write device 18 for reading / writing various information recording media such as a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a memory card, and a USB memory, a communication interface 19 serving as an external interface unit 7, and the like. Connected through 110 There. In addition, the computer includes an operating system (OS) and a browser (not shown), and may further include a plug-in such as a flash, e-mail software, and the like.

  Various programs such as application programs and device drivers for causing such a computer to function as the constituent means of the electronic information display device 1, full-page information data on paper, article information data such as full-text information data for each article, etc. It is taken in by the input / output unit 3 through the medium read / write device 18 serving as means for acquiring the article electronic data recorded on the recording medium or the communication interface 19 serving as means for receiving the article electronic data, and is stored and formed in the hard disk 17. Various programs are loaded from the hard disk 17 to the memory 12 as necessary and executed by the CPU 11. Then, the hardware resources are operated according to such a program so that the functions of the respective units and various means are exhibited.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a portable display device 20 showing an embodiment of the electronic information display device 1. In the portable display device 20, thin plate-like housings 21 and 22 incorporating a CPU 11 and other hardware resources are pivotally supported by a shaft 23 so as to be freely opened and closed like paper-based newspapers and magazines. It is configured. The casings 21 and 22 are configured with displays 210 and 220 as the display unit 2 made of liquid crystal or the like. By displaying the full-page information screen 60 of the paper corresponding to two pages of spreads such as newspapers and magazines on the displays 210 and 220, it is possible to display them in the same manner as when the newspapers and magazines of paper media are opened and viewed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the entire surface information screen 60 is image information of a page having a region 600 divided into a plurality of articles, and the region 600 for each article has its area depending on the importance and topicality of the article. The area 600 for each article is a screen on which an article headline 601 and at least a part 602 of the article text are readable. Of course, the image 605 can also be displayed. When the full-screen information screen 60 is displayed on a paper medium, the information displayed on one page or two pages of paper is partially omitted or summarized for each article, ie, a reduced version of the paper. It is displayed in a structure that can be said, and a list of articles can be grasped for each page, and pages are structured for each genre of articles, so that the importance and topicality of articles can be grasped at a glance. Further, since the entire surface information screen 60 is displayed in a configuration that can be said to be a reduced version of the paper surface, it is possible to adopt a layout similar to that of the paper surface on a paper medium. Although data at the time of creating a page of the medium is partially changed in area and arrangement for each article, many parts including the layout can be used, and the creation of the entire information data file 51 is extremely easy.

  At least part 602 of the article body is an important article that is at least tens to hundreds of characters in the body of the article, depending on the content of the article to such an extent that the rough contents of the article can be grasped. For example, hundreds to hundreds of characters are displayed. It should be noted that at least a part 602 of the article text may display a part from the beginning part to the middle of the full-text article displayed on the full-text information screen 70. The summary of the full-text article displayed on the full-text information screen 70 May be displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the full text information screen 70 is a screen in which the full text is displayed for each article, which is associated with each article on the full information screen 60, and the article displayed on the full information screen 60. Among these, the headline 701 of the article selected by the user and the full text 702 of the article are displayed in a readable manner. Of course, the image 705 can also be displayed. The image 705 in the article may be the same size as the image 605 in the article on the entire screen 60 or may be enlarged. Further, on the full text information screen 70, an image that was not displayed on the full information screen 60 may be displayed. The full-text information screen 70 displays only one piece of article information, and does not display information of other articles at all. Unlike the layout of the article on the full-page information screen 60, the columns and columns are arranged and are easy to read. ing. The full text information screen 70 is displayed on both surfaces of the displays 210 and 220, but may be displayed on only one surface.

  Touch panels 211 and 221 are stacked on the displays 210 and 220. As will be described later, the user touches the touch panel 211 or 221 with a touch pen or a finger on an area 600 of an article that he / she wants to read the full text of a plurality of articles on the full-page information screen 60 on the page, thereby The full text information screen 70 is displayed and the full text of the article can be read.

  Of the plurality of articles on the full-page information screen 60 on the paper, as a method for specifying the article region 600 to read the full text, a cross key as the operation unit 6, a pointing device such as the mouse 15, and an operation key of the keyboard 16 Etc., which are operated to move the cursor, move the cursor to a place to be designated, and click a predetermined operation key.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a USB port 190 as a communication interface 19 is provided at an appropriate location of the housing 21, for example, the lower end, and is connected to a network 71 such as the Internet via a USB cable (not shown). Article electronic data can be sent and received.

  Although not shown, the casing 21 or the casing 22 has a CD drive or USB port as a medium read / write device 18 for reading / writing article electronic data from / to various electronic information recording media such as a CD and a USB memory. It is good also as providing. With such a configuration, article electronic data is recorded on various electronic information recording media without being connected to a network 71 such as the Internet, and article electronic data is recorded from various electronic information recording media on which article electronic data is recorded. Can be obtained.

  Furthermore, an infrared port 191 as a specific example of a wired wireless communication port as one of the external interface units 7 may be provided at an appropriate place of the housing 21, for example, the upper end portion. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to acquire article electronic data from the electronic information display device 1 such as another portable display device 20 having an infrared port without being connected to the network 71 such as the Internet, or the like. Article electronic data can be transmitted to the electronic information display device 1.

  Thus, since the electronic information display apparatus 1 collects article electronic data in a lump and records it in the recording unit 5, when displaying a screen different from the currently displayed screen, the electronic information display device 1 is connected to the network 71, Since it is not necessary to acquire data on another screen, the movement between screens is smooth, does not take time, there is no stress, and the article can be read. Further, since only the electronic article data acquired in a lump is recorded, the amount of information is limited and the article can be read carefully.

  Further, like the portable display device 20, the portable terminal specialized in the function of displaying the electronic information of articles is interrupted by telephone or e-mail while browsing news on the mobile phone. Individual functions in a terminal with multiple functions such as a large number of connections, a long connection time, and difficulty in reading. It is possible to avoid a decrease in sex.

  As the electronic information display device 1, a general-purpose personal computer, a portable information processing terminal such as a PDA or a mobile phone, or the like can be used. When such a device is used, the entire information screen 60 is not a screen that displays two pages of paper spread, but displays one page according to the form of the display unit 2 of the electronic information display device 1 as appropriate. It may be a screen.

  As an example of an article electronic data distribution system for distributing article electronic data, an article electronic data distribution system 100 as shown in FIG. 3 can be adopted. The article electronic data distribution system 100 includes a network 71 such as the Internet, a host server 72 such as a newspaper company or a magazine company connected to the network, and the electronic information display device 1, and article electronic data is received from the host server 72. The electronic information display device 1 is distributed.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a schematic flow of processing in the electronic information display device 1. The electronic information display device 1 requests the host server 72 to distribute the article electronic data (S101), acquires the article electronic data from the host server 72 (S102), records the article electronic data (S103), and displays the entire information screen. 60 is displayed (S104), and the full text information screen 70 is displayed (S105).

  The request and acquisition of article electronic data is performed by activating the communication application of the electronic information display device 1 under the control of the control unit 10 as shown in the diagram showing the processing flow in the electronic information display device 1 of FIG. The download button is touched on the initial screen (not shown) displayed on the electronic information display device 1 by starting the browser program, the URL of the host server 72 is specified, and the article electronic data is sent to the host server 72 via the communication interface 19. (S201). In addition, by turning on the electronic information display device 1 and starting it up, it is set in advance so as to request the host server 72 to distribute article electronic data even if there is no instruction input by a special operation of the operator. You can also. The host server 72 receives the distribution request from the electronic information display device 1 and distributes the article electronic data recorded in the recording unit of the host server 72 to the electronic information display device 1. The electronic information display device 1 receives the article electronic data via the external interface unit 7 (S202), is input by the input / output unit 3 under the control of the control unit 10, and is recorded by the recording unit 5 by the recording execution means 42. (S203).

  The display of the entire information screen 60 is based on the operation of the operation unit 6 by the operator or the electronic data is recorded in the recording unit 5 as shown in the flowchart of the processing in the electronic information display device 1 of FIG. Thereafter, under the control of the control unit 10, the display processing means 41 generates a full information screen 60 for displaying the entire surface of the newspaper shown in FIG. 5 from the full information data file 51 (S301). A display instruction is given, and the display unit 2 such as the display 13 displays the entire information screen 60, for example, the top surface of one side of the newspaper (S302). The full information screen 60 can be displayed for each genre of articles, for example.

  A close button (not shown) is displayed on the entire surface information screen 60, and the display processing means 41 requests to determine whether to maintain or close the display of the entire surface information screen 60, and the display processing means 41 indicates that the operator presses the close button via the operation unit 6. When the determination is made (S303) and the close button is pressed, the entire information screen 60 is closed according to the instruction (S304).

  Further, the entire information screen 60 is displayed as shown in the flowchart of the processing in the electronic information display device 1 of FIG. 12, and the operator displays the index display instruction button on the entire information screen 60 as shown in FIG. When the book mark 90 displayed at the upper left of the drawing is touched via the operation unit 6, the display processing unit 41 generates an index display screen 91 and displays it on the display unit 3 under the control of the control unit 10. And the display unit 3 displays the index display screen 91 (S401). The index display screen 91 includes “top”, “politics”, “economy”, “society”, “international”, “sports”, “culture”, “entertainment”, “science”, “environment”, “living”, A heading button 911 and a close button 912 in which articles of various genres such as “region”, “event”, “recommendation” are classified by genre are displayed, and an input for prompting page designation of a page configured for each genre is requested. (S402). The index display screen 91 is preferably displayed in a semi-transparent manner to prevent the back screen from being completely invisible.

  The operator touches the touch panel and depresses the headline button 911 of the genre that he wants to read, and performs an operation of selecting the entire information screen 60 of the desired genre page. The display processing means 41 determines the page designation operation (S403). If there is a page designation, it accepts the page designation, generates the entire information screen 60, instructs the display unit 3 to display, and displays the display unit 3 Displays the full information screen 60 of the page of the specified genre (S404). If there is no page (genre) designation, the index display screen 91 is continuously displayed to prompt the page designation (S402). When the close button 912 is pressed, the display processing means 41 determines the operation and turns off the index display screen 91.

  As shown in FIG. 13 showing the flow of processing in the electronic information display device 1, the display of the full text information screen 70 is shown in FIG. A full-screen information screen 60 for displaying full-page information of a newspaper is generated, a display instruction is given to the display unit 2, and the display unit 2 such as the display 13 displays the full-screen information screen 60 (S501). The full information screen 60 may be displayed on a display screen of pages of other genres such as economics in addition to the top surface. By displaying the full-screen information screen 60, the user is prompted to point to the article area on the full-screen information screen 60 and to specify the article to read the full text (S502).

  The operator specifies an article by touching the area of the article that he / she wants to read the full text. The display processing means 41 determines whether or not an article has been designated (S503). If there is a designation, it accepts the designation of the area 600 divided for each article on the entire information screen 60, and the designation is made according to the designation of the area. A full text information screen for each article that displays the full text for each article associated with the article in the designated area is displayed on the display unit. Specifically, the coordinate value of the specified article area is acquired (S504), the full text search table file 53 recorded in the recording unit 5 is referred to, and the acquired coordinate value and the coordinate value of the full text search table file 53 are obtained. In comparison, the file name of the full-text article corresponding to the acquired coordinate value is recognized, the full-text information data of the file name is searched from the full-text information data file 52, read (S505), and the full-text article of the file name is displayed. The full text information screen 70 to be generated is generated (S506), a display instruction is given to the display unit 2, and the display unit 2 such as the display 13 displays the full text information screen 70 (S507).

  As shown in FIG. 8, a close button 709 is displayed on the full-text information screen 70, and when the close button 709 is touched by the operator, the display processing means 41 determines the operation, and the full text is displayed from the display unit 2. The information screen 70 is turned off, and the entire information screen 60 on which the article of the full text information screen 70 is described, that is, the screen of the page designating the full text information screen 70 is displayed on the display unit 2. At this time, among the articles displayed on the entire information screen 60, the color of the area 600 of the article in which the entire text is read on the full text information screen 70 is changed or reversed so that it can be visually recognized. Is preferred. By doing in this way, it is not possible to read the articles redundantly, and it is possible to immediately grasp how much the articles can be read within the corresponding genre, that is, within the page.

  Moreover, it is good also as displaying the phrase explanation of predetermined phrases, such as the keyword in the said article described in the full surface information screen 60 or / and the full text information screen 70. FIG. In this case, the phrase explanation data is recorded in the recording unit 5 in association with the phrase that is the keyword. As shown in FIG. 15 which shows the flow of processing in the electronic information display device 1, the phrase explanation is displayed under the control of the control unit 10. The phrase having the phrase explanation data is displayed on the entire information screen 60 or / and the full text. Since the information screen is displayed so as to be recognizable by reverse display, color characters, etc., a request for display instruction of the phrase explanation is prompted (S601), and the display processing means 41 determines whether or not the phrase is specified (S602). . When there is a designation by the operator touching any word part, the display processing means 41 generates a word explanation screen (not shown) for explaining the designated word and displays it on the display unit 2. (S603). The phrase explanation screen has a close button. When the operator touches the close button, the phrase explanation screen is closed.

  As described above, since the phrase explanation data is recorded in the recording unit 5 in association with the phrase that is the keyword, there is no need to connect to the network 71 and surf the Internet to check the meaning of the phrase, and the article. Can concentrate on.

  Also, the electronic information display device 1 has a function of changing a character size, a function of using a phonetic, a function of writing a line in an article, a function of printing a full information screen 60 or / and a full text information screen 70, a full information screen 60 or / And enlargement of the photographic image displayed on the full-text information screen 70, a function of playing back a moving image, an article search function, a function of marking a favorite article, a function of stocking a favorite article, a browsing article Various known functions such as a history display function may be added.

  When using such various functions, as shown in FIG. 8, when the operator touches the tool button 80 displayed on the upper right side of the drawing in the display of the full information screen 60 / the full text information screen 70, the display process is performed. The means 41 displays a tool box screen 81. The tool box screen 81 displays a function designation button 810 and a close button 811 for designating various functions such as “character size”, “phonetic”, “printing”, “send to other devices”, and the function execution designation. Request input prompting. The toolbox screen 81 is preferably displayed in a semi-transparent manner to prevent the back screen from being completely invisible.

The operator touches the touch panel and presses the function designation button 810 of the function to be executed, and performs an operation of selecting the function. Under the control of the control unit 10, by using hardware resources such as a program (software) and a printer provided in the electronic information display device 1 according to each function,
The operator's operation is judged and each function is executed. If there is no function designation, the toolbox screen 81 is continuously displayed to prompt instructions for executing various functions. When the close button 811 is pressed and touched, the display processing means 41 determines the operation and erases the tool box screen 81.

  For example, it is good also as displaying the kanji of the predetermined kanji in the said article described in the whole surface information screen 60 or / and the full text information screen 70. FIG. In this case, the phonetic data is recorded in the recording unit 5 in association with the kanji. The phonetic display is under the control of the control unit 10 so that kanji having phonetic data is displayed on the full-screen information screen 60 and / or the full-text information screen 70 so as to be recognizable by reverse display or color characters. The display processing means 41 determines whether or not a Chinese character is designated. When there is a designation by the operator touching any Chinese character part, the display processing means 41 displays the phonetic name of the designated Chinese character on the display unit 2 next to the Chinese character. When the operator touches the “phonetic” function designation button 810 again, the display processing means 41 ends the phonetic display.

  In this way, the phonetic display may be performed for each kanji, but for all of the predetermined kanji characters displayed on the full-screen information screen 60 and / or the full-text information screen 70, for example, all the kanji characters other than the regular kanji characters, It is good also as displaying a furigana simultaneously. In this case, if there is a designation by the operator touching the “phonetic” function designation button 810, the display processing means 41 displays a predetermined kanji phonetic on the display unit 2 next to the kanji. Display. At this time, the display processing means 41 may generate another screen in which the kanji is phonetically displayed and display it on the display unit 2.

  Thus, since the phonetic data is recorded in the recording unit 5 in association with predetermined kanji characters, it is better to have phonetics. This makes it easy to read articles without distinction.

Schematic showing the configuration of an embodiment of the electronic information display device of the present invention The block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the computer for implement | achieving the electronic information display apparatus of this invention by software Configuration schematic diagram of an electronic information display system provided with the electronic information display device of the present invention The figure which shows the portable display apparatus which shows one Embodiment of the electronic information display apparatus of this invention The figure which shows one Example of a whole surface information screen The figure which shows one Example of a full text information screen The figure which shows one Example of the whole surface information screen which displayed the index display screen The figure which shows one Example of the full text information screen which displayed the toolbox screen The figure which shows the general | schematic flow of the process in this invention electronic information display apparatus. The figure which shows the general | schematic flow of the process in this invention electronic information display apparatus. The figure which shows the general | schematic flow of the process in this invention electronic information display apparatus. The figure which shows the general | schematic flow of the process in this invention electronic information display apparatus. The figure which shows the general | schematic flow of the process in this invention electronic information display apparatus. Data recorded in full-text search table The figure which shows the general | schematic flow of the process in this invention electronic information display apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic information display apparatus 10 Control part 2 Display part 3 Input / output part 4 Processing part 41 Display processing means 42 Recording execution means 5 Recording part 51 Whole surface information data file 52 Whole sentence information data file 6 Operation part 60 Whole part information screen 70 Whole sentence information screen 7 External interface section 71 Network 100 Article electronic data distribution system

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Image information of a paper having a region divided into a plurality of articles, the area information of each article whose area and arrangement are determined by the importance of the article, and the heading of the article displayed in the area Article including full-text information data for each article including the full-text information data of the page including the information of the information and part of the text of the article and the full-text information of the article associated with each article of the full-page information data of the paper An input / output unit for inputting and outputting electronic data;
It is image information on the paper having a region divided into a plurality of articles, and the area and arrangement of the region for each article is determined according to the importance of the article. A display unit for displaying a full text information screen for each article in which a full text is displayed for each article, a full text information screen for each article, which is associated with each of the articles on the full text information screen, partly displayed in a readable manner;
A recording unit for recording article electronic data including full-page information data on the paper and full-text information data for each article;
An operation unit for inputting an operation for instructing display of the display unit;
An electronic information display device comprising: a display processing unit that causes the display unit to display the full-page information screen on paper or the full-text information screen for each article in response to an instruction from the operation unit.   The display processing means causes the display unit to display a full-text information screen of articles in the area in accordance with designation of an area partitioned for each article on the full-page information screen on the paper. The electronic information display device described.   In the display unit, an index display screen that prompts an operator to specify a page is displayed on the entire information screen of the page, and the display processing unit is configured to display the display unit according to the page specified on the index display screen. The electronic information display device according to claim 1, wherein a full-screen information screen of the corresponding page is displayed on the screen.   4. The electronic information display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for receiving the article electronic data transmitted via a communication network.   5. The electronic information display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for acquiring the article electronic data recorded on the electronic information recording medium. 6.   The article electronic data includes word explanation data of predetermined words included in the full-page information data on the page or / and the full-text information data for each article, and the word explanation data is recorded in the recording unit. The electronic information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a word explanation screen in accordance with an instruction from the display processing unit.   The article electronic data includes full-length information data on the paper or / and predetermined kanji phonetic data included in the full-text information data for each article, and the recording unit stores the phonetic data. 7. The display unit according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a kanji phonetic displayed on the full information screen or / and the full text information screen in accordance with an instruction from the display processing unit. Electronic information display device. It is image information on the paper having a region divided into a plurality of articles, and the area and arrangement of the region for each article is determined according to the importance of the article. A step of displaying a full-page information screen of paper, a part of which is readable, on the display unit;
Receiving a designation of an area partitioned for each article on the full-page information screen of the paper;
An electronic information display method comprising: displaying a full-text information screen for each article displaying a full-text for each article associated with an article in the designated area according to the designation of the area on a display unit. . Displaying an index display screen for prompting the operator to specify a page on the full-page information screen of the page;
A step of accepting a page designation;
The electronic information display method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of displaying a full-screen information screen of the corresponding page according to page designation.   The electronic information display method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of displaying a phrase explanation screen according to the phrase designation of the operator.

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