JP4688088B1 - Information display device and information display program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to display information that is convenient for a user.
A content display unit 151 sequentially switches a plurality of contents such as transportation information and advertisements to be displayed on a display device 200. The interrupt information display unit 153 causes the display device 200 to display acquisition schedule timings such as news bulletins and sports bulletins when there are plans to acquire news bulletins and sports bulletins. When the content display unit 151 acquires a news bulletin, a sports bulletin, or the like, the content display unit 151 interrupts the display of the contents to be switched in order and displays the news bulletin, the sports bulletin, or the like.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information display technology for sequentially switching and displaying a plurality of contents such as transportation schedules, guidance, and advertisements.

A display device (so-called digital signage) such as LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that sequentially switches and displays contents such as trains, transportation schedules, sightseeing information, maps, advertisements, etc. is set up.
The content displayed on the digital signage is displayed by switching the content determined on the providing side in the order determined on the providing side.

JP 2008-252530 A

Digital signage is capable of displaying a large number of information and a large number of media on one screen. For example, it can be installed in many places such as shopping malls, stations, airports, etc., and various information can be provided for each place and every hour. However, in digital signage, the time schedule like the TV program guide is not provided to the user (the person who watches the digital signage), but only the information is provided, so what is currently displayed when viewed from the user side, There is no way to know what will be displayed and when the information you want will be displayed. For this reason, the user often passes by without being interested except for the content that is interested in the display device viewed through and the content that attracts attention.
For example, the user is particularly interested in breaking news about sports, breaking news about troubles in the case of troubles in transportation. However, since the user does not know when these bulletins are displayed, if the bulletins are not displayed when viewing the display device, the user stops viewing.
An object of the present invention is to display information that is convenient for the user.

An information display device according to the present invention is
A content display unit that sequentially switches each content of a plurality of contents to be displayed on the display device;
An interrupt information display unit that displays on the display device the scheduled acquisition timing of the interrupt content to be interrupted and displayed during switching of the display of each content displayed by the content display unit,
When the interrupt content is acquired, the content display unit interrupts the display of each content to be displayed in order and displays the interrupt content.

The information display device further includes:
When the content display unit displays content, the content display unit includes a schedule display unit configured to display on the display device a mark representing each content scheduled to be displayed by the content display unit in display order.
The interrupt information display unit displays a mark representing the content to be displayed by the content display unit at the interrupt content acquisition scheduled timing among the marks arranged in the display order displayed by the schedule display unit, and then displays the mark. The mark representing the interrupt content is inserted and displayed between the mark representing the content.

The display device includes a content display area and a schedule display area provided side by side,
The content display unit displays each content in the content display area,
The schedule display unit displays information indicating each content scheduled to be displayed by the content display unit such that the shorter the waiting time until the content display unit displays, the closer to the content display region the position is displayed. It is characterized by being displayed side by side in an area.

The schedule display unit is configured to gradually move a position where information representing each content is displayed closer to the content display area according to a standby time until the content display unit displays the content.

The display device is characterized in that the scheduled display area has lower backlight luminance than the content display area.

The display device is configured by a display device in which the content display area and the schedule display area are different, and the display device constituting the schedule display area has a lower resolution than the display apparatus constituting the content display area. It is characterized by that.

The display device includes a display device in which the content display area and the schedule display area are different from each other, and the display device configuring the schedule display area is smaller in size than the display apparatus configuring the content display area. It is characterized by that.

The display device includes a display device in which the content display area and the schedule display area are different from each other, and the display device that configures the content display area is a display device that performs color display, and the display device that configures the schedule display area Is a display device for monochrome display.

The display device further includes a history display area on the opposite side of the schedule display area with respect to the content display area,
The information display device further includes:
After the content display unit displays the display history of the content displayed by the content display unit so that the elapsed time from the display of the content display unit is shorter, the closer to the content display region And a history display unit for displaying information representing each content side by side in the schedule display area.

The information display device further includes:
A content selection unit that allows a user to select a mark representing content in an arbitrary order from the display order of the content displayed by the schedule display unit;
The content display unit interrupts each content to be sequentially displayed and displays the content represented by the mark selected by the content selection unit.

An information display program according to the present invention includes:
Content display processing for switching each content of a plurality of contents in order and displaying them on a display device;
An interrupt information display process for causing the display device to display a scheduled acquisition timing of the interrupt content to be interrupted and displayed during switching of the display of each content displayed in the content display process,
In the content display process, when the interrupt content is acquired, the interrupt content is displayed by interrupting the display of each content to be switched and displayed in order.

  The information display device according to the present invention displays a content display schedule together with the content. Further, when there is a plan to acquire a bulletin or the like, the timing at which the bulletin or the like can be displayed is displayed. For this reason, even if the content of interest is not displayed when the user looks at the display device, the user can see the content of interest or interesting content on the display terminal by looking at the display schedule. It is possible to know whether or not to wait until the content is displayed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of information displayed on the display device 200 by the information display device 100 according to the first embodiment. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information display device 100 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the information which the interruption information storage part 110 memorize | stores. The figure which shows an example of the information which the content information storage part 120 memorize | stores. The figure which shows an example of the information which the display order memory | storage part 130 memorize | stores. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the display unit 150. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an information display device 100 according to a second embodiment. FIG. 6 shows a display device 200 according to Embodiment 3. The figure for demonstrating the change of the information displayed on the display apparatus. FIG. 10 shows another example of the display device 200 according to Embodiment 3. The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information display apparatus.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, the processing device is a CPU 911 or the like which will be described later. The storage device is a storage device such as a ROM 913, a RAM 914, or a magnetic disk 920, which will be described later. The display device 200 is an LCD 901 described later. The input device 400 is a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and the like which will be described later. That is, the processing device, the storage device, the display device 200, and the input device 400 are hardware.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of information displayed on the display device 200 by the information display device 100 according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 200 has four display areas: a content display area 10, a schedule display area 20, a history display area 30, and a related information display area 40.
In the content display area 10, contents such as tourism information, quarantine notices, hotel information, traffic information such as trains and buses, aircraft information such as aircraft arrival and departure schedules are sequentially switched and displayed. Further, the content display area 10 includes information such as sports bulletins such as the Olympics, news bulletins such as the occurrence of disasters, and information (interrupt contents) such as information regarding new departure times when there is a delay in the aircraft. The contents are displayed by interrupting and switching the contents.
In the schedule display area 20, the display order of contents to be displayed in the content display area 10 is displayed. Here, marks such as diagrams showing the contents are displayed in the order in which the schedule display area 20 is displayed from the lower right to the upper left. A mark indicating the content of the content currently displayed in the content display area 10 is displayed at the lower right of the schedule display area 20. In the schedule display area 20, when there is a plan to acquire interrupt content, a mark indicating the content of the interrupt content is displayed at a position indicating the timing of acquisition. Here, the Olympic news is scheduled to be acquired, and the timing of the Olympic news acquisition is around after displaying the “Quarantine Notification”, so the “Quarantine Notification” mark and “Hotel Information” A mark indicating “Olympic News” is displayed between the mark indicating “”. The bottom line, “Can Japan make money?” Is an appealing point.
In the history display area 30, display history information of already displayed content is displayed. Here, a mark indicating the content of the content displayed immediately before the content currently displayed in the content display area 10 is displayed. In FIG. 1, only the previous content is displayed, but it is possible to display a plurality of content marks displayed in the past. By displaying a plurality of contents, it can be used as a history.
In the related information display area 40, information related to the content currently displayed in the content display area 10 is displayed. Here, keywords related to the content currently displayed in the content display area 10 are displayed.
The time displayed under the mark (for example, tourism information is 1.0 minute) indicates the playback time of the content, but it may be displayed in this way, or an arrow may be displayed. You may comprise so that it may understand intuitively with the length and thickness. Further, the reproduction time may be expressed by the size of the mark.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the information display apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.
The information display device 100 includes an interrupt information storage unit 110, a content information storage unit 120, a display order storage unit 130, an information acquisition unit 140, and a display unit 150.

The interrupt information storage unit 110 is a storage device that stores information related to interrupt content.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the interrupt information storage unit 110. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the interrupt information storage unit 110 stores a content type, a mark, a scheduled time, a content, and an appeal point for each interrupt ID.
In the interrupt ID, identification information allocated for each content is stored. The content type stores a content type such as a still image or a moving image. A mark (icon, symbol), character, symbol, or the like that simply represents the contents is stored in the mark. The scheduled time stores the scheduled time at which the content is acquired (can be displayed). The content includes content composed of still images, moving images, and the like. In the appeal point, the outline of the corresponding content is stored in a few characters about the catch phrase. An appeal point may or may not be distributed from the distribution server 300.
Here, a mark such as Olympic news, a scheduled time of 18:00, and a content such as a still image or a moving image indicating a result of a predetermined Olympic game, etc. are stored together with an interrupt ID assigned to the content. .

The content information storage unit 120 is a storage device that stores content that is sequentially switched and displayed.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the content information storage unit 120. As shown in FIG. 4, the content information storage unit 120 stores a content type, a mark, a content, related information, a display time, and an appeal point for each content ID. Depending on the content, appeal points may not be stored.
In the content ID, identification information assigned to each content is stored. The content type stores a content type such as a still image or a moving image. A mark, a figure, a character, a symbol, or the like that simply represents the content is stored in the mark. The content includes content composed of still images, moving images, and the like. In the related information, keywords related to the content are stored. The display time stores the time for displaying the content.
Here, for tourism information, quarantine notices, hotel information, traffic information such as trains and buses, and aircraft information such as aircraft departure and arrival schedules, the mark, content, related information, display time, and content ID assigned to that content It is remembered with.

The display order storage unit 130 is a storage device that stores the order in which the contents stored in the content information storage unit 120 are displayed.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the display order storage unit 130. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, a list in which content IDs of the contents stored in the content information storage unit 120 are arranged in the display order is stored.
Here, a list in which the IDs in FIG. 4 are arranged in a circle in the order of C001, C002, C003, C004, and C005 is stored. That is, the order of tourist information, quarantine notice, hotel information, traffic information such as trains and buses, and aircraft information such as aircraft arrival and departure schedules is stored.

The information acquisition unit 140 acquires interrupt schedule information and interrupt content distributed from the distribution server 300.
The interrupt schedule information is information indicating a schedule timing when interrupt content such as a bulletin is distributed, and includes a mark indicating the interrupt content and a scheduled time when the interrupt content is distributed. When acquiring the interrupt schedule information, the information acquisition unit 140 allocates an interrupt ID to the acquired interrupt schedule information, stores the interrupt ID in the interrupt information storage unit 110, and notifies the distribution server 300 of the allocated interrupt ID. .
The interrupt content is content such as breaking news, and includes the interrupt ID notified when the interrupt schedule information is acquired, the content type, the content, and the appeal point (the appeal point may not be acquired). When acquiring the interrupt content, the information acquisition unit 140 stores the content in the interrupt ID record included in the interrupt content in the interrupt information storage unit 110.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, for example, interrupt schedule information indicating the time at which a predetermined Olympic game ends (or the time at which it is predicted to end) is distributed from the distribution server 300. When acquiring the interrupt schedule information, the information acquisition unit 140 creates a record by assigning an interrupt ID, and stores the mark and the scheduled time included in the interrupt schedule information in the items of the mark and the scheduled time. The information acquisition unit 140 notifies the distribution server 300 of the assigned interrupt ID. When the competition is actually finished, content indicating the result of the competition is distributed from the distribution server 300 as interrupt content. When acquiring the interrupt content, the information acquisition unit 140 stores the content included in the interrupt content in the content item of the interrupt ID record included in the interrupt content.
In addition, when acquiring the interrupt schedule information, the information acquisition unit 140 notifies the display unit 150 together with the interrupt ID to which the interrupt schedule information has been acquired. Similarly, when acquiring the interrupt content, the information acquisition unit 140 notifies the display unit 150 that the interrupt content has been acquired, together with the interrupt ID included in the interrupt content.

The display unit 150 displays information on the display device 200 based on the information stored in the interrupt information storage unit 110, the content information storage unit 120, and the display order storage unit 130.
The display unit 150 includes a content display unit 151, a schedule display unit 152, an interrupt information display unit 153, a history display unit 154, and a related information display unit 155.

The content display unit 151 sequentially acquires content from the content information storage unit 120 according to the playback order stored in the display order storage unit 130 and displays the content in the content display area 10 of the display device 200.
Further, when notified that the interrupt content has been acquired from the information acquisition unit 140, the content display unit 151 acquires the interrupt content from the interrupt information storage unit 110 based on the notified ID, and displays the content display area. 10 is displayed. The content display unit 151 stores the ID (content ID) of the content displayed in the content display area 10.

  The schedule display unit 152 acquires the mark and the display time stored in the content information storage unit 120 as schedule information in accordance with the display order stored in the display order storage unit 130 and displays it in the schedule display area 20 of the display device 200. At this time, the mark and the display time for the content displayed by the content display unit 151 are displayed in the current field at the lower right of the scheduled display area 20 in FIG. 1, and the mark for the content to be displayed after the content is displayed. And the display time are arranged and displayed in the order in which the content display unit 151 displays the content in the content display area 10.

When notified that the interrupt information has been acquired from the information acquisition unit 140, the interrupt information display unit 153 acquires the mark and the scheduled time from the interrupt information storage unit 110 based on the notified ID.
The interrupt information display unit 153 calculates how many seconds later the interrupt content is distributed from the current time and the acquired scheduled time. The interrupt information display unit 153 calculates which content the interrupt content can be displayed after, based on the calculated result and the display time of the content that is sequentially switched and displayed.
Then, the interrupt information display unit 153 is acquired from the interrupt information storage unit 110 by interrupting the calculated content among the marks displayed on the schedule display area 20 by the schedule display unit 152 after the calculated content mark. The mark and the scheduled time (interrupt content acquisition scheduled timing) are displayed.
At this time, the mark and the scheduled time are highlighted and displayed by decorating the mark and the scheduled time or blinking the mark and the scheduled time.

  The history display unit 154 acquires the mark and display time of the content displayed before the content currently displayed by the content display unit 151 from the content information storage unit 120 as history information, and the history display area of the display device 200 30.

  The related information display unit 155 acquires the related information of the content currently displayed by the content display unit 151 from the content information storage unit 120 and displays it in the related information display area 40 of the display device 200.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the display unit 150.
First, the content display unit 151 refers to the content information storage unit 120 and the display order storage unit 130, and acquires the content to be displayed first (S1). At this time, the content display unit 151 also acquires the content ID of the acquired content, and stores it in a storage device such as an internal memory as the display content ID. Next, the schedule display unit 152 acquires the mark and display time for the content acquired by the content display unit 151, and displays the content after the content acquired by the content display unit 151 according to the order stored in the display order storage unit 130. The content type, mark, and display time for a predetermined number of contents to be acquired are acquired (S2). Next, the history display unit 154 acquires a predetermined number of content marks displayed before the content acquired by the content display unit 151 according to the order stored in the display order storage unit 130 (S3). Next, the related information display unit 155 acquires related information about the content acquired by the content display unit 151 (S4). And the display part 150 displays the acquired content etc. on a corresponding display area (S5). In (S5), the display unit 150 displays a content type symbol corresponding to the content type. The content type symbol is, for example, a symbol for identifying a still image or a moving image at a glance, and may be configured as an arrow or a star having a different color or shape, or as a background of the mark.
For example, in (S1), the content display unit 151 acquires the content of the tourist information stored in the record C001 in FIG. In this case, in (S2), the schedule display unit 152 acquires the mark and display time stored in the record C001 in FIG. 4 and the mark and display time stored in the records C002, C003, and C004. Further, in (S3), the history display unit 154 acquires the mark stored in the record of C005 in FIG. In (S4), the related information display unit 155 acquires the related information of the record of C001 in FIG.
Then, in (S5), the content display unit 151 displays the acquired content of C001 in the content display area 10. Further, the schedule display unit 152 displays the mark and display time acquired from the records C002, C003, and C004 in order in the schedule display area 20 with the mark and display time acquired from the record C001 at the head. The history display unit 154 displays the mark and display time acquired from the record of C005 in the history display area 30. In addition, the related information display unit 155 displays the acquired related information of C001 in the related information display area 40.

The content display is finished in (S5), the interrupt acquisition information is not notified from the information acquisition unit 140 (NO in S6), and the interrupt acquisition is not notified from the information acquisition unit 140 as well. If so (NO in S7), the process returns to (S1) again.
Then, the display unit 150 acquires the content to be displayed next to the content indicated by the display content ID stored in the storage device such as the internal memory according to the reproduction order stored in the display order storage unit 130, and Schedule information, history information, and related information are acquired according to the acquired content (S1-4). At this time, the content ID of the acquired content is overwritten as the display content ID. Then, the acquired content or the like is displayed in the corresponding display area (S5).
For example, in the above example, in (S1), the content display unit 151 acquires the content of the quarantine notification stored in the record C002 in FIG. In (S2), the schedule display unit 152 acquires the mark and display time stored in the record C002 in FIG. 4 and the mark and display time stored in the records C003, C004, and C005. In (S3), the history display unit 154 acquires the mark stored in the record C001 in FIG. In (S4), the related information display unit 155 acquires the related information of the record of C002 in FIG. Then, the content acquired in (S5) is displayed in the corresponding display area.
That is, when the information acquisition unit 140 has not acquired the interrupt schedule information or interrupt content, the display unit 150 sequentially switches the content, and also switches the schedule information, history information, and related information in accordance with the content switching. Display in the area.

On the other hand, when the display of the content ends in (S5) and the information acquisition unit 140 is notified that the interrupt schedule information has been acquired (YES in S6), the interrupt information display unit 153 is notified from the information acquisition unit 140 The mark and the scheduled time are acquired from the interrupt information storage unit 110 based on the interrupt ID (S8), and the process returns to (S1).
Then, similarly to the above, the display unit 150 acquires the next content according to the playback order stored in the display order storage unit 130, overwrites the display content ID, and schedule information and history information according to the acquired content. The related information is acquired (S1-4). Then, the acquired content or the like is displayed in the corresponding display area (S5).
In this case, in (S5), the interrupt information display unit 153 interrupts the schedule information displayed by the schedule display unit 152, and displays the mark and the scheduled time at the position indicating the timing of the scheduled time in the schedule display area 20. Let

If the information acquisition unit 140 is notified that the interrupt content has been acquired (YES in S7), the content display unit 151 acquires the content from the interrupt information storage unit 110 based on the interrupt ID notified from the information acquisition unit 140. Obtain (S9), and return the processing to (S5).
Then, the display unit 150 displays the content (interrupt content) acquired in (S9) in the content display area 10 and displays the already acquired schedule information and history information in the corresponding display area. (S5). In this case, the interrupt information display unit 153 stops displaying the mark and the scheduled time for the interrupt content displayed in the content display area 10.
When the interrupt content has been displayed in (S5), it is confirmed whether the interrupt schedule information and the interrupt content have been acquired in (S6) and (S7), and then the process returns to (S1) again. And the process similar to the above is performed.

  In (S2) and (S8), an appeal point may be further acquired. And when displaying a content etc. by (S5), an appeal point may be always displayed, and you may comprise so that it may display at fixed intervals (for example, it displays for 15 seconds for every minute). An effect of attracting users can be expected by switching the display at regular intervals.

As described above, the information display apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 displays a content display schedule together with content. Further, when there is a plan to acquire a bulletin or the like, the timing at which the bulletin or the like can be displayed is displayed.
Therefore, even if the content of interest is not displayed when the user looks at the display device 200, the user can know when the content of interest is displayed and until the content is displayed. You can decide whether to wait.
Further, the user sees another content while waiting for the corresponding content to be displayed. If the other content is content such as an advertisement, the number of viewers of the advertisement can be increased. Therefore, also on the advertisement provider side, the advertisement use value is increased by the information display method according to the first embodiment.
In addition, in the display example of the display device 200 described with reference to FIG. 1, not only Japanese display but also other language display can be used together. For example, the description of the content mark may display three notations of Japanese, English, and Korean. Depending on the content, only Japanese, English only, Korean, or Japanese and English may be displayed. You may switch the notation. This makes it possible to provide content to a larger number of users (users in various native languages).

In the description of FIG. 6, it is confirmed whether or not interrupt schedule information or interrupt content has been acquired only at the timing of content switching. For this reason, only when the content is switched, an interrupt schedule display is added to the schedule display area 20, and the content is switched to the interrupt content.
However, it is always monitored whether interrupt schedule information or interrupt content has been acquired, and adding an interrupt schedule display to the schedule display area 20 or switching content to the interrupt content is being displayed. It does not matter if it is done.
That is, when interrupt schedule information is acquired while displaying certain content in the content display area 10 and displaying schedule information in accordance with the content in the schedule display area 20, only display of the schedule display area 20 is performed. You may switch to the display with the schedule of interrupts added.
Further, when interrupt content is acquired while a content is being displayed in the content display area 10, the display of the content may be stopped halfway and the interrupt content may be displayed. For example, if the content displayed in the content display area 10 is a moving image, the reproduction of the moving image may be stopped and the interrupt content may be displayed. In this case, the content that has been stopped in the middle may be displayed again from the beginning after the display of the interrupt content, or may be displayed from the point where it was stopped.

In the above description, it is assumed that interrupt content is acquired at the timing of display in the schedule display area 20.
However, it is conceivable that the interrupt content is acquired before the timing displayed in the schedule display area 20. In this case, the interrupt content may be displayed at the acquired timing regardless of the timing displayed in the schedule display area 20, or until the timing displayed in the schedule display area 20 is displayed in the schedule display area 20. The interrupt content may be displayed at the same timing.
In addition, it is conceivable that the interrupt content cannot be acquired even at the timing when the schedule display area 20 is displayed. In this case, the mark representing the interrupt content may remain displayed in the schedule display area 20 until the interrupt content is acquired and displayed. For example, after the timing of display in the schedule display area 20, the interrupt content is displayed next to the mark indicating the currently displayed content (the position where the quarantine notification mark in FIG. 1 is displayed). The mark may remain displayed.
Alternatively, if the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is configured so as to always operate, after the answer of YES in branch (S6), new interrupt schedule information is acquired in the process of (S8), and the new interrupt schedule information is used. Display content information. Further, the display order may be reconfigured by adding the new scheduled interrupt time to the current scheduled interrupt time for a certain time (for example, 15 minutes).

The history display unit 154 also displays a mark representing the interrupt content in the history display area 30 after displaying the interrupt content.
In the first embodiment, the display device is described as being installed at a station or in a town. However, this information display method can be applied to a display method on television broadcasting or the Web. In the case of television broadcasting, there is a television program guide, but according to the information display method of the first embodiment, content information and appeal points can be displayed in units of seconds and minutes. For example, when the weather is bad, it is possible to notify the viewer of the television together with the flow of the program that interrupt information called news from the Japan Meteorological Agency will be entered after a few minutes (for example, after 5 minutes). When the program flow is changed due to the interrupt information, the viewer can be notified of the changed program information together.
Furthermore, not only the program content is changed, but also when the broadcast channel itself changes or the display mode of the device changes as follows, the same display can be performed.
For example, the displayed channel is switched to another channel after 10 minutes by the recording function of the television. In another example, when the content on the Internet is viewed on the PC, it can be applied when the PC changes to the standby mode after 10 seconds.
Even in the conventional information display device, such a display may be displayed, but it is displayed separately by another window or the like regardless of the contents of the program.
In the information display device of the first embodiment, prior notifications are not individually displayed for each notification, but information is also displayed regarding channel and display mode changes in the series of program information as well as interrupt information. Since it can be configured, it is easy to configure as a system and it is easy for the user to grasp the situation.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the second embodiment, a description will be given of an information display device 100 that can select a content to be displayed by a user and a display order of the content.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the information display apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment. Only the parts of the information display device 100 shown in FIG. 7 that are different from the information display device 100 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described.
The information display apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 7 includes a content selection unit 160 in addition to the functions of the information display apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

The content selection unit 160 causes the user to select a mark for content to be displayed in the content display area 10 from the marks displayed in the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30 via the input device 400. For example, the mark about the content to be displayed is selected by double-clicking.
Further, as an auxiliary function for determining whether or not the user selects display content, when the mark is clicked, an appeal point of the content may be displayed or guided by voice. Thereby, the user can confirm the outline of the content before selecting the content, and can assist the selection operation.
The content display unit 151 stops the display of the content displayed in the content display area 10 halfway, acquires the selected content from the content information storage unit 120, and displays the selected content in the content display area 10. Further, the schedule display unit 152, the history display unit 154, and the related information display unit 155 display schedule information, history information, and related information according to the selected content.

Further, the content selection unit 160 may change the display order of the contents by causing the user to change the order of the marks displayed in the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30 via the input device 400.
In this case, the changed order is stored in the display order storage unit 130. Thereafter, the display unit 150 operates according to the changed order.

  As described above, the information display apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 2 can change the content to be displayed to the user and the display order of the content. Therefore, even if the content of interest is not displayed when the display device 200 is viewed, it can be switched to the content of interest and displayed. In addition, when there are a plurality of contents of interest, the order of display can be changed so that the contents of interest are displayed continuously.

  Since the display order of interrupt contents cannot be changed, an error may be displayed when the mark for interrupt contents is operated.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In Embodiment 3, the form of the display device 200 will be described.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the display device 200 according to the third embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 8, the display device 200 according to the third embodiment includes a content display area 10, a schedule display area 20, and a history display area 30, and the schedule display area 20 is arranged on the left side of the content display area 10. In addition, a history display area 30 is arranged on the right side.
As in the first embodiment, the display information in the content display area 10 is controlled by the content display section 151, and the display of the schedule display area 20 is controlled by the schedule display section 152 and the interrupt information display. The history display unit 154 controls the display of the history display area 30.

In display device 200 according to the third embodiment, in schedule display area 20, marks arranged from the right are displayed in the order in which they are displayed, and the displayed marks gradually move to the right (arrow direction in FIG. 8). The content display area 10 is approached. In the history display area 30, a mark for the displayed content is displayed, and the displayed mark gradually moves rightward (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 8) and moves away from the content display area 10. Further, a new mark appears from the left end 20A of the schedule display area 20, and the mark disappears from the right end 30A of the history display area 30.
When a mark is reached from the schedule display area 20 to the content display area 10, the content for the mark is displayed. That is, if the content is a moving image, the moving image is displayed in the content display area 10. If the content is a still image, the still image is displayed in the content display area 10. When the display of the content is finished, a mark for the content is displayed in the history display area 30.
That is, the mark displayed in the schedule display area 20 is arranged closer to the content display area 10 as the standby time until it is displayed is shorter. Similarly, the mark displayed in the history display area 30 is arranged closer to the content display area 10 as the elapsed time from the display is shorter.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a change in information displayed on the display device 200. In FIG. 9, the information displayed in the order of (a) (b) (c) changes.
First, in the state of FIG. 9A, sightseeing information is displayed in the content display area 10. The schedule display area 20 displays a quarantine notice, Olympic news, and hotel information marks, and the history display area 30 displays aircraft information such as aircraft arrival and departure schedules.
When the display of the tourist information is finished, the state shown in FIG. 9B is obtained, and a quarantine notice is displayed in the content display area 10. In the schedule display area 20, marks about Olympic news, hotel information, traffic information such as trains and buses are displayed, and in the history display area 30, marks about sightseeing information are displayed.
When the display of the quarantine notification is completed, the state shown in FIG. 9C is displayed, and Olympic news is displayed in the content display area 10. The schedule display area 20 displays hotel information, traffic information such as trains and buses, and aircraft information such as aircraft arrival and departure schedules. The history display area 30 displays a mark about quarantine notifications. Is done.

As described above, in the display device 200 according to the third embodiment, when the mark displayed in the schedule information gradually moves and reaches the content display area 10, the content regarding the mark is displayed. When the content has been displayed, a mark for the content is displayed in the history display area 30.
Therefore, the user may display a mark for the content to be displayed in the schedule display area 20 and a mark for the content that has already been displayed in the history display area 30. Can understand intuitively.

Note that the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30 have lower backlight brightness than the content display area 10 and information is displayed so as not to stand out.
Therefore, the user can easily focus on the content display area 10. Moreover, the power consumption of the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30 can be reduced.

The display device 200 is composed of a plurality of display devices. For example, each of the content display area 10, the schedule display area 20, and the history display area 30 is a different display device, and these three display devices are arranged side by side to constitute the display device 200. Of course, each of the content display area 10, the schedule display area 20, and the history display area 30 may be configured by a plurality of display devices.
Further, the arrangement direction is not limited to the horizontal arrangement with the content display area 10 as the center, and may be arranged vertically or diagonally with the content display area 10 as the center. Further, the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30 may be provided side by side on one side of the content display area 10. For example, the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30 may be provided side by side on the left side of the content display area 10.

Further, the content display area 10, the schedule display area 20, and the history display area 30 may be configured by different types of display devices.
For example, as compared with the display device that configures the content display region 10, the display device that configures the schedule display region 20 and the history display region 30 may be a display device having a low resolution.
Further, for example, the display device constituting the content display region 10 is a display device capable of color display, and the display devices constituting the schedule display region 20 and the history display region 30 are not capable of color display and are capable of only monochrome display. Also good.
By doing so, the display device 200 can be made inexpensive.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the display devices constituting the schedule display region 20 and the history display region 30 are smaller than the display devices constituting the content display region 10 as a display device having a small screen size (display region size). Also good.
By doing so, the display device 200 can be made inexpensive.
For example, a screen of a movie theater may be used as the content display area 10, and a display device smaller than the screen may be provided on both sides of the schedule display area 20 and the history display area 30.
Note that, according to the configuration of FIG. 10, video content such as a movie can be applied as the content. Since the content can be confirmed by the marks and appeal points in the schedule display area and history display area, for example, in the case of a theater for a small number of people, the content to be reproduced and the scene of the movie can be changed according to the user's preference. it can.

  Also in the third embodiment, Olympic news is interrupt content as in the first embodiment. As in the case of the first embodiment, the interrupt content may be made conspicuous by decoration or blinking.

Next, the hardware configuration of the information display apparatus 100 in the embodiment will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information display apparatus 100.
As shown in FIG. 11, the information display apparatus 100 includes a CPU 911 (also referred to as a central processing unit, a central processing unit, a processing unit, a processing unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, and a processor) that executes a program. The CPU 911 is connected to the ROM 913, the RAM 914, the LCD 901 (Liquid Crystal Display), the keyboard 902 (K / B), the communication board 915, and the magnetic disk device 920 via the bus 912, and controls these hardware devices. Instead of the magnetic disk device 920 (fixed disk device), a storage device such as an optical disk device or a memory card read / write device may be used. The magnetic disk device 920 is connected via a predetermined fixed disk interface.

  An operating system 921 (OS), a window system 922, a program group 923, and a file group 924 are stored in the magnetic disk device 920 or the ROM 913. The programs in the program group 923 are executed by the CPU 911, the operating system 921, and the window system 922.

The program group 923 stores software, programs, and other programs that execute the functions described as the “information acquisition unit 140”, “display unit 150”, “content selection unit 160”, and the like in the above description. The program is read and executed by the CPU 911.
The file group 924 includes information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters stored in the “interrupt information storage unit 110”, “content information storage unit 120”, and “display order storage unit 130” in the above description. It is stored as each item of “database”. The “database” is stored in a recording medium such as a disk or a memory. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters stored in a storage medium such as a disk or memory are read out to the main memory or cache memory by the CPU 911 via a read / write circuit, and extracted, searched, referenced, compared, and calculated. Used for the operation of the CPU 911 such as calculation / processing / output / printing / display. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters are temporarily stored in the main memory, cache memory, and buffer memory during the operation of the CPU 911 for extraction, search, reference, comparison, calculation, calculation, processing, output, printing, and display. Is remembered.

In the above description, the arrows in the flowchart mainly indicate input / output of data and signals, and the data and signal values are recorded in a memory of the RAM 914, other recording media such as an optical disk, and an IC chip. Data and signals are transmitted online by a bus 912, signal lines, cables, other transmission media, and radio waves.
In addition, what is described as “to part” in the above description may be “to circuit”, “to device”, “to device”, “to means”, and “to function”. It may be “step”, “˜procedure”, “˜processing”. In addition, what is described as “˜device” may be “˜circuit”, “˜device”, “˜means”, “˜function”, and “˜step”, “˜procedure”, “ ~ Process ". That is, what is described as “˜unit” may be realized by firmware stored in the ROM 913. Alternatively, only software, hardware such as elements, devices, substrates, and wirings, a combination of software and hardware, or a combination of firmware may be used. Firmware and software are stored in a recording medium such as ROM 913 as a program. The program is read by the CPU 911 and executed by the CPU 911. That is, the program causes a computer or the like to function as the “˜unit” described above. Alternatively, the computer or the like is caused to execute the procedures and methods of “to part” described above.

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Claims (12)

A content display unit that sequentially switches each content of a plurality of contents to be displayed on the display device;
An interrupt information display unit that interrupts and displays interrupt content during display switching of each content displayed by the content display unit, and causes the display device to display an acquisition schedule timing of interrupt content that can be acquired later And
The content display unit, in the case of acquiring the interrupt content earlier than the scheduled acquisition timing is, prior to the scheduled acquisition timing without having to wait until the scheduled acquisition timing, of each of the content to be displayed is switched in the order display of An information display device, wherein the interrupt content is displayed while being interrupted during switching. The information display device further includes:
When the content display unit displays content, the content display unit includes a schedule display unit configured to display on the display device a mark representing each content scheduled to be displayed by the content display unit in display order.
The interrupt information display unit displays a mark representing the content to be displayed by the content display unit at the interrupt content acquisition scheduled timing among the marks arranged in the display order displayed by the schedule display unit, and then displays the mark. 2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein a mark representing the interrupt content is displayed between a mark representing the content and interrupted. The interrupt information display unit continues to display a mark representing the interrupt content at a predetermined position when the interrupt content is not acquired even at the acquisition scheduled timing.
The information display device according to claim 2. The display device includes a content display area and a schedule display area provided side by side,
The content display unit displays each content in the content display area,
The schedule display unit displays information indicating each content scheduled to be displayed by the content display unit such that the shorter the waiting time until the content display unit displays, the closer to the content display region the position is displayed. The information display device according to claim 2 , wherein the information display device displays the images side by side in a region. The schedule display unit is configured to gradually move a position where information representing each content is displayed closer to the content display area according to a standby time until the content display unit displays the content. Item 5. The information display device according to Item 4 . The information display device according to claim 4 , wherein the display device has a backlight luminance lower in the scheduled display region than in the content display region. The display device is configured by a display device in which the content display area and the schedule display area are different, and the display device constituting the schedule display area has a lower resolution than the display apparatus constituting the content display area. The information display device according to claim 4 , wherein the information display device is an information display device. The display device includes a display device in which the content display area and the schedule display area are different from each other, and the display device configuring the schedule display area is smaller in size than the display apparatus configuring the content display area. The information display device according to claim 4 , wherein the information display device is an information display device. The display device includes a display device in which the content display area and the schedule display area are different from each other, and the display device that configures the content display area is a display device that performs color display, and the display device that configures the schedule display area The information display device according to claim 4 , wherein the information display device displays black and white. The display device further includes a history display area on the opposite side of the schedule display area with respect to the content display area,
The information display device further includes:
After the content display unit displays the display history of the content displayed by the content display unit so that the elapsed time from the display of the content display unit is shorter, the closer to the content display region The information display device according to claim 4 , further comprising: a history display unit that displays information representing each of the contents arranged in the schedule display area. The information display device further includes:
A content selection unit that allows a user to select a mark representing content in an arbitrary order from the display order of the content displayed by the schedule display unit;
11. The content display unit according to any one of claims 2 to 10 , wherein the content display unit displays the content represented by the mark selected by the content selection unit by interrupting each content to be sequentially switched and displayed. Information display device. Content display processing for switching each content of a plurality of contents in order and displaying them on a display device;
Interrupt information display processing for displaying interrupt timing to be acquired later, which is interrupt content that is interrupted and displayed during display switching of each content displayed in the content display processing, on the display device And
It said in the content display processing, when acquiring the interrupt content earlier than the scheduled acquisition timing is, prior to the scheduled acquisition timing without having to wait until the scheduled acquisition timing, of each of the content to be displayed is switched in the order display of An information display program for interrupting and displaying the interrupt content during switching.

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