JP2011113312A - Content display device and content display method - Google Patents

Abstract

A desired item existing in content can be selected without assigning a button to an item to which an anchor tag is attached.
An anchor information acquisition unit 33 for extracting an item to which an anchor tag is added included in content data, a list display area W2 in which items are displayed in a list, and a content display area in which content is displayed. A drawing management unit 35 that is divided into W1 and moves the focus position of the content so that when the item in the list display area W2 is selected by the operating device 4, the item is displayed in the content display area W1. With.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a content display device that improves operability such as selection of an item to which an anchor tag or the like is attached on a Web site, for example, in a display device that does not have a pointing device.

  When browsing a content such as a website by connecting a PC (personal computer) to the Internet, there is no restriction on the display area in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and the entire content is displayed in the display area of the PC. There is a problem that only a part of the content can be displayed at a time. At this time, an interface such as a pointing device represented by a keyboard or a mouse is provided in the PC, and the display position of the content can be freely changed in the display area.

  The same problem as described above also occurs when the content is displayed on a display device that does not have a keyboard or pointing device such as a network-connected TV. Regarding TV, since operations with a remote control are common, if you want to move content vertically (up / down scrolling), press the up / down movement buttons (up button and down button) provided on the remote control, It is necessary to move the display position of the content in the display area.

  Here, as shown in Patent Document 1, a button (tenkey) of a remote controller is assigned to an anchor item (an item to which an anchor tag is attached) in content displayed on a TV, and the button is pressed, thereby pressing the button. It is considered that the focus is moved to the anchor item assigned to. Also, in this Patent Document 1, when the number of anchor items existing in the content is equal to or greater than the number of numeric keys, the correspondence between the numeric keypad and the anchor is updated by pressing the direction key.

  However, there is a problem that the user needs to operate while confirming the correspondence between the button and the anchor item one by one until the desired anchor item is reached. In addition, the entire content is not always displayed on the TV display screen. If you want to select an anchor item that exists in content outside the screen, you only need to scroll through the content on the screen and search for the item. However, it is necessary to confirm which button is assigned to the item, and the user's operation may be complicated.

JP 2009-169883 A

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems all at once, and its main purpose is to make it possible to select a desired item existing in the content without assigning a button to the item to which the anchor tag is attached. It is intended.

  That is, a content display device according to the present invention includes a display having a screen, a browser unit that analyzes content data written in a markup language and renders the content indicated by the content data on the screen, and the display In the content display device including the operation device for operating the screen, an anchor information acquisition unit that extracts an item with an anchor tag included in the content data, and the screen displays the screen as a list. The list display area is divided into the content display area where the content is displayed. When an item in the list display area is selected by the operating device, the item is displayed in the content display area. And a drawing management unit for moving the focus position of the content.

  If this is the case, the screen is divided into a list display area and a content display area, and an item with an anchor tag is displayed in the list display area, and the user can select a desired item from the list display. By simply selecting, the focus position is moved to the item in the content display area, so that not only the user can easily grasp the content but also the operability of the user can be improved.

  In order to make it easy to determine the category of an item in the list display and to easily select a desired item, the screen drawing unit classifies the item according to the category and displays it hierarchically. It is desirable.

  Further, in the list display, in order to make it easier for the user to select an item in the item group classified according to a desired category, the item is classified according to the category on a predetermined button of the operating device. When a group is assigned and the button is operated, it is desirable that the drawing management unit displays a list of items corresponding to the category corresponding to the button in the list display area.

  The content display method according to the present invention includes a display device having a screen, a browser unit that analyzes content data described in a markup language and renders the content indicated by the content data on the screen, and the display device. In a content display method in a content display device comprising an operation device for operating the screen, an anchor information acquisition step for extracting an item with an anchor tag included in the content data, and the screen, A partition step that divides a list display area in which items are displayed and a content display area in which the content is displayed, and when the items in the list display area are selected by the operation device, the items are displayed in content. Move the focus position of the content so that it is displayed in the area. Characterized in that it comprises a scrap movement step.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to select a desired item existing in the content without assigning a button to the item to which the anchor tag is attached.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a content display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the content layout of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the anchor list of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the content layout and content display area of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the content display area and list display area of the embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the display procedure of a drawing management part. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the anchor list at the time of the page movement which concerns on deformation | transformation embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a content display apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The content display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment receives content data such as Web content obtained from the Internet, displays the content indicated by the content data on a screen, and is a keyboard or pointing device such as a network-connected TV. It is used by being incorporated in a display device having no display.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, this is a display unit 2 having a screen, and a browser unit 3 that analyzes content data described in a markup language and draws the content indicated by the content data on the screen. And an operating device 4 having at least direction keys (up key, down key, right key and left key) and an enter key for operating the screen of the display 2.

  Accordingly, in the content display device 100 according to the present embodiment, the browser unit 3 analyzes the content data and the user input receiving unit 31 that receives the user input obtained by operating the operation device 4 as illustrated in FIG. From the analysis unit 32 and the analysis result, an item (hereinafter referred to as “anchor item”) to which an anchor tag (a tag constituted by <a> </a>) is attached is extracted and its display position, etc. An anchor information acquisition unit 33 that acquires anchor information, a list creation unit 34 that creates a list of anchor items (hereinafter referred to as “anchor list”) based on the anchor information, and content data obtained as a result of the analysis A drawing management unit 35 that draws content on a screen and displays an anchor list is provided.

  Note that the browser unit 3 is a dedicated or general-purpose computer having a CPU, a memory, an input / output interface, and the like, and the CPU and other peripheral devices cooperate with each other by a program stored in the memory. Demonstrate the function.

  Hereinafter, the functions of the units 31 to 35 will be described together with the operation of the content display device 100.

  The user input receiving unit 31 receives an operation signal generated when the user operates the operation device 4 and detects the type of a button (a direction key or a determination key) pressed from the received operation signal. And the user input reception part 31 outputs the request | requirement corresponding to these buttons to each part.

  The analysis unit 32 receives content data such as Web content obtained from the Internet, and analyzes the content data. Then, the analysis result is output to the anchor information acquisition unit 33, the drawing management unit 35, and the like. FIG. 2 is an example of a content layout in the present embodiment.

  The anchor information acquisition unit 33 acquires the analysis result of the analysis unit 32, extracts the anchor item, and acquires the position information of the anchor item. This position information includes the anchor item character, the absolute coordinate value from the reference position (for example, the upper left of the content layout) in the content layout result, and the relative coordinate value from the reference position (for example, the upper left of the content display area) in the content display area. It is a waste. The relative coordinate value is updated as needed based on the scroll amount when the content is scrolled by the drawing management unit 35. That is, the relative coordinate value is updated as needed depending on the page position.

  Based on the anchor information obtained by the anchor information acquisition unit 33, the list creation unit 34 creates an anchor list that is a list of anchor items as shown in FIG. Then, the list creation unit 34 outputs list data indicating the anchor list to the drawing management unit 35.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the drawing management unit 35 divides the screen of the display device 2 into a content display area W1 where content is displayed and a list display area W2 where anchor items are displayed as a list. The content is rendered on the content display area W1 based on the analysis result obtained by the analysis unit 32, and the anchor list is displayed on the list display area W2 based on the anchor list data. FIG. 4 shows a mode in which the list display area W2 is not displayed.

  Further, the drawing management unit 35 displays the anchor item group displayed in the content display area W1 so as to be recognizable in the list display displayed in the list display area W2. Specifically, the display of the anchor item displayed in the content and the anchor item not displayed may be displayed in different shades, or the anchor displayed in the content as indicated by a dotted line in FIG. Items may be displayed surrounded by a frame.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the drawing management unit 35 displays a list display area W2 on the left side of the screen and a content display area W1 on the right side. The drawing management unit 35 moves the content displayed in the content display area W1 in conjunction with the anchor selection in the list display area W2, and moves the focus to the selected anchor item. FIG. 5 shows a display mode when the focus is moved from “tag 1” to “advertisement 5” in the list display area.

Next, a specific display procedure of the drawing management unit 35 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In a normal time, the drawing management unit 35 draws the content indicated by the content data obtained by the analysis unit 32 in the content display area W1 (step S1). At this time, the content display area W1 is set to the entire screen (see FIG. 4).

  When the user presses the button assigned to the anchor item list display, the user input reception unit 31 receives the operation signal and outputs a list display request to the drawing management unit 35 (step S2). The drawing management unit 35 that has received this list display request partitions the screen of the display device 2 into a content display area W1 and a list display area W2. Then, the drawing management unit 35 displays the content in the content display region W1, and based on the list data obtained by the list creation unit 34, the anchor item group corresponding to the content displayed in the content display region W1 is displayed. It displays so that it may be located in list display area W2. In the present embodiment, the anchor list is displayed in parallel in the vertical direction. When the button assigned to the anchor selection movement is pressed, the anchor item displayed in the anchor list can be selected.

  Thereafter, when the user presses the up / down movement button assigned to select the anchor list displayed in the list display area, the user input reception unit 31 receives the operation signal and moves the anchor item to the drawing management unit 35. A request is output (step S4). Receiving this request, the drawing management unit 35 moves the focus to the selected anchor item in the list display area W2 (see step S5, FIG. 5). At this time, the focus may be moved up and down in the list display area W2, or the anchor item (anchor list) may be moved up and down so that the focus is displayed at a fixed position.

  At this time, the drawing management unit 35 moves the content in the content display area W1 in conjunction with the selection of the anchor item in the list display area W2. That is, the drawing management unit 35 moves the content so that the anchor item selected in the list display area W2 is displayed in the content display area W1, and moves the focus to the anchor item in the content ( (See FIG. 5).

  More specifically, the drawing management unit 35 acquires the position information (absolute coordinate value) of the anchor item selected from the anchor list, and based on the layout information of the content and the position information of the currently displayed content, The vertical scroll amount and / or horizontal scroll amount of the content is calculated. Then, based on the calculation result, when the selected anchor item is displayed in the content display area (step S6), the drawing management unit 35 moves the focus to the anchor item (step S7). . On the other hand, when the selected anchor item is not displayed in the content display area, the drawing management unit 35 moves the content displayed in the content display area W1 based on the movement amount (step S8).

  In the present embodiment, when an anchor item selected in the list display area W2 is not displayed in the content display area W1, the content is moved so that the anchor item is displayed. Even when displayed in the content display area W1, the anchor item selected in the list display area W2 is moved to a predetermined position in the content display area W1 (for example, the center of the content display area W1). Anyway.

  Next, when the user input reception unit 31 detects pressing of the determination key (step S9), the drawing management unit 35 draws the Web content of the URL linked to the anchor item in the content display area W1 ( Step S10).

  On the other hand, when a button assigned to scrolling content in the content display area W1 is pressed, the user input reception unit 31 outputs a scroll request to the drawing management unit 35. Upon receiving this scroll request, the drawing management unit 35 scrolls the content in the content display area W1 and displays an anchor list corresponding to the content displayed after scrolling in the list display area W2. At this time, the anchor list may be displayed at the center of the list display area W2, or may be displayed at the top.

<Effect of this embodiment>
According to the content display device 100 according to the present embodiment configured as described above, the screen is divided into the list display area W2 and the content display area W1, and the items to which the anchor tag is assigned are displayed in the list display area W2. The user can move the focus to the item in the content display area W1 simply by selecting a desired item from the list display. Therefore, even when the entire content is not displayed in the content display area, it is possible not only to make it easier for the user to grasp the content, but also to improve the user operability.

<Other modified embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  Next, a modification of the linked display of the list display area and the content display area in the drawing management unit will be described.

  When the user input receiving unit detects that the button assigned to the list display area / content display area link permission is operated, it outputs a link permission request to the drawing management unit. Then, when the content display area movement button is pressed in a state where focus is on a predetermined anchor item (for example, “tag 4” in FIG. 5) in the list display area, “tag 4” in the content display area is displayed in the content display area. And the focus position is moved to “Tag 4”. At this time, for example, the focus of the tag 4 in the list display area is switched to a light color.

  Thereafter, using the “tag 4” in the content display area W1 as a base point, it is possible to freely move to the anchor item in the content with the direction key. At this time, in accordance with the anchor movement in the content display area W1, the focus of the anchor list in the list display area W2 also moves in a light color.

  When the left button is pressed when no further movement to the list display area W2 side is possible in the content display area W1, the focus position in the content display area W1 moves to the same anchor item in the list display area W2. . At this time, for example, the focused anchor item in the list display area W2 becomes darker, and the anchor item in the content display area W1 switches to a light color. For example, in FIG. 5, when the “Advertisement 2” of the content is in focus, when the left button is pressed, the focus moves to “Advertisement 2” in the list display area W2.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the list creation unit may classify the anchor items included in each page (area) displayed in the content display area. And when a page is moved, you may make it display the anchor item contained in the page after the said movement. FIG. 7 shows a display mode of the anchor list when the page is moved downward, and a portion indicated by a thick dotted line is an anchor item corresponding to the page displayed in the content display area.

  In the above embodiment, the content is also moved in the content display area in conjunction with the focus being moved to the anchor item in the list display area. The content in the content display area may be moved after the button is moved and a predetermined button such as the enter key is pressed.

  The list creation unit may create only an anchor item corresponding to one or more preset classification items (categories) as an anchor list, and uses a color, a picture, a symbol, or the like to indicate the classified items. It may be displayed so that it can be easily recognized visually. Furthermore, the list creation unit may create an anchor list by classifying anchor items hierarchically according to categories. At this time, the list creation unit may hierarchically display the anchor items classified as the classification heading display.

  The list creation unit may assign a button to each classified category, and the drawing management unit may move the focus for each classification when the button is pressed.

  In addition, the following processing may be performed for creating the anchor list. That is, a predetermined number of characters may be stored from the head of the heading information (anchor item characters) described together with the URL indicating the anchor item, and an anchor list may be created using the predetermined number of characters. Alternatively, only the heading information (anchor item characters) described together with the URL indicating the anchor item may be stored to create an anchor list with only the heading. In addition, the type of data may be stored from the address described in the URL indicated by the anchor item, and an anchor list with heading information and an anchor list of image data may be created. Alternatively, the URL indicated by the anchor item may be stored, and an anchor list classified for each connection destination may be created.

  In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Content display apparatus 2 ... Display W ... Screen 3 ... Browser part 33 ... Anchor information acquisition part 35 ... Drawing management part W1 ... Content display area W2 ... List display area 4 ... Operating equipment

Claims (4)

A display unit having a screen; a browser unit that analyzes content data written in a markup language and renders the content indicated by the content data on the screen; and an operating device for operating the screen of the display unit In a content display device comprising:
An anchor information acquisition unit for extracting an item with an anchor tag included in the content data;
The screen is divided into a list display area where the items are displayed in a list and a content display area where the contents are displayed. When an item in the list display area is selected by the operating device, the items are displayed. A content display device comprising: a drawing management unit that moves a focus position of the content so as to be displayed in the content display area.   The content display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen drawing unit classifies the items according to categories and displays them hierarchically.   An item group in which the item is classified according to a category is assigned to a predetermined button of the operation device, and when the button is operated, the drawing management unit corresponds to the category corresponding to the button. The content display apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the group is displayed in a list in a list display area. A display unit having a screen; a browser unit that analyzes content data written in a markup language and renders the content indicated by the content data on the screen; and an operating device for operating the screen of the display unit In a content display method in a content display device comprising:
An anchor information acquisition step for extracting an item with an anchor tag included in the content data;
A partitioning step for partitioning the screen into a list display area in which the items are displayed in a list and a content display area in which the content is displayed;
A content display method comprising: a focus moving step of moving a focus position of the content so that when the item in the list display region is selected by the operation device, the item is displayed in the content display region.