WO2012164672A1 - Content display device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] If character symbols such as letters or numbers are added to text or image content, said character symbols may overlap the text, image, or other content, disrupting the layout of the content and making the content difficult to see. There has thus been a need for a content display device that can add character symbols at easy-to-see positions and a program to run on said content display device. [Solution] As a means for solving said problem, the applicant of the present application proposes a content display device that, on the basis of the layout of user-input display elements, displays a screen wherein character symbols corresponding to each user-input display element are added to a content screen at prescribed positions.

Description

Content display device and program

The present invention relates to a content display device and a program.

When browsing content using the Internet, web browsing software called a browser is used. Links to other content etc. are pasted on the content, and in order to access the link destination, the user clicks the part where the link on the browser is pasted with the mouse etc. It is possible to access content and the like.

In recent years, the integration of the Internet and TV has progressed, and it is conceivable to install a monitor such as a large TV in the living room and browse the Internet through the large monitor. In some cases, a program guide or the like is downloaded to a television and used. In this way, when browsing the Internet on a large screen, accessing the link destination using a mouse or the like approaches the monitor despite being in a form that allows viewing from a remote location because of the large screen. Inconvenience had to occur.

This can be displayed on a large monitor from a remote location by remotely operating a computer with a browser using a remote control with a mouse function or keyboard function or a mobile phone equipped with such a function. It will be possible to access the link destination of the content.

However, in remote operation, it may be difficult to accurately point to the part where the link on the browser is pasted using a pointing device. Therefore, in order to easily access the link destination without using a pointing device, the link destination portion of the content is displayed with a number from 0 to 9, and the numeric keypad corresponding to the number is pressed. In this case, an invention about a proxy server that can access the link destination is disclosed (Patent Document 1).

Thus, when an operation is performed by inputting a character symbol instead of a pointing device, convenience is improved by adding a character symbol such as a number or an alphabetic character to the display screen on the display screen. (Patent Document 2).

JP 2001-325178 A Table 2007-055002

However, since existing web contents are various, adding character symbols such as numbers and English letters may overlap with characters and images on the web contents or the layout of the web contents may be disrupted. May be difficult to see. Therefore, a content display device that can be added to a position where the character symbol is easy to see and a program for causing the content display device to execute the program are required.

In order to solve the above problems, the applicant of the present application proposes the following invention.

As a first invention, a content screen information acquisition unit for acquiring content screen information to be displayed on a display, and an arrangement of an operation display element that is a display element serving as an operation interface and other display elements from the acquired content screen information A display element arrangement acquisition unit for acquiring a character, a display character symbol acquisition unit for acquiring a character symbol to be displayed in association with the operation display element, and a character corresponding to the content screen based on the arrangement of the operation display element A character symbol position determining unit that determines a position where a symbol is to be displayed; a character symbol screen information generating unit that generates screen information for arranging a character symbol at the position determined by the character symbol position determining unit; A screen display unit for displaying a screen with character symbols added at predetermined positions based on the content screen information and the character symbol screen information. To propose a content display device that.

Further, as a second invention, the display element arrangement acquisition unit includes a display element interval acquisition unit that acquires an interval between each operation display element and a neighboring display element, and the character symbol position determination unit includes The content display device according to the first invention is characterized in that a position where a corresponding display character / symbol is to be added on the content screen is determined based on an interval between the operation display element and a neighboring display element.

Further, as a third invention, a content screen information acquisition step for acquiring content screen information to be displayed on a display, an operation display element which is a display element serving as an operation interface from the acquired content screen information, and other display elements A display element arrangement obtaining step for obtaining the arrangement of the display, a display character / symbol obtaining step for obtaining a character / symbol to be displayed in association with the operation display element, and a content screen based on the arrangement of the operation display element A character symbol position determining step for determining a position where the character symbol to be displayed is to be displayed; and a character symbol screen information generating step for generating screen information for arranging the character symbol at the position determined in the character symbol position determining step; Based on the content screen information and the character symbol screen information, the character symbol is placed at a predetermined position. We propose a program for executing a screen display step of displaying a pressurized been screen, to the content display device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content display device that can add a character symbol to a position where it can be easily seen, and a program for causing the content display device to execute.

Hereinafter, embodiments of each invention will be described. The present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, the relationship between the following embodiment and a claim is as follows. The first embodiment will mainly describe claims 1 to 3. Embodiment 2 demonstrates other embodiment.
<< Embodiment 1 >>
<Outline of Embodiment 1>

The present embodiment relates to a content display device and a program for displaying a content by adding a predetermined alphanumeric character in the vicinity of a link destination or an input form when displaying the content.

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an example of displaying content using a conventional browser. As shown in FIG. 1A, various types of information are described on the content, and by clicking the mouse cursor on an object such as a photo, text, or button with a link, The link destination can be accessed.

FIG. 1B is an example of a display when numbers such as 001, 002... Are added in the vicinity of each link destination. As shown in this figure, when numbers are added, objects such as content photos, texts, buttons, etc. may overlap with the added numbers, or the added numbers may be difficult to see from the display. (In this figure, the number 006 is out of the display).

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying content using the content display device of the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the position to add a number such as 001, 002,... Is determined based on the arrangement position of the object such as a photograph, sentence, and button to which a link is attached. There is no risk that objects such as buttons will overlap with added numbers.

It is also possible to access the corresponding link destination by pressing a numeric keypad corresponding to a number such as 001, 002... By applying the present invention.
<Configuration of Embodiment 1>

FIG. 3 shows an example of functional blocks in the present embodiment. The “content display device” (300) of this embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes a “content screen information acquisition unit” (301), a “display element arrangement acquisition unit” (302), and a “display character symbol acquisition unit” ( 303), a “character symbol position determination unit” (304), a “character symbol screen information configuration unit” (305), and a “screen display unit” (306).

Each part which is a component of the present invention is configured by either hardware, software, or both hardware and software. For example, as an example for realizing these, when a computer is used, hardware composed of a CPU, a memory, a bus, an interface, a peripheral device, and the like, and software executable on these hardware are listed. be able to. Specifically, the functions of each part are realized by processing, storing, and outputting data on the memory and data input via the interface by sequentially executing the program expanded on the memory (this book) The same applies throughout the specification).

The “content display device” (300) is a device having functional units of each unit described later. As long as the content display device is a device capable of displaying content, the processing speed, displayable pixels, installed OS (Operating System) and the like are not limited. Specific examples include all types of computer devices such as PCs (Personal Computers) and servers, mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and digital TV devices that can be equipped with a browser function as “content display devices”. Can be included. In addition, the content display device may be connected to a light receiver that receives a signal transmitted from, for example, a remote control device or a mobile phone, and may be configured to realize a keyboard or mouse function according to the received signal. .

“Content screen information acquisition unit” (301) acquires content screen information to be displayed on the display. Here, the content screen information is a concept including both document data described in a markup language format and content screen configuration information to be displayed on a display generated based on the document data. “Acquisition” of content screen information includes a series of processes of acquiring document data and generating content screen configuration information.

“Markup language format” is a description format in which a part of a document is enclosed in a special character string called “tag” to describe the structure and modification information of the sentence in the sentence. Specifically, SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) format, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format, XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format, BML (BroadcastｃLanguage Language) “Document data” is text data described in these markup language formats. The acquisition of document data is to acquire an HTML file held in the main memory, for example, in the case of the HTML format. These HTML files are stored in the main memory by, for example, a browser requesting reception of an HTML file using a HTTP (HyperTextＴTransferＴProtocol) protocol to a predetermined web server, and acquiring the HTML file from the web server as a result. Stored in memory.

The content screen information acquisition unit further generates content screen configuration information to be displayed on the display based on the acquired document data. “Content screen configuration information to be displayed on the display” is information that configures a content screen displayed when a normal browser or the like is used. Specifically, it is information necessary for displaying a screen on a graphic controller, graphic memory, or the like when displaying a content screen. A conventional browser displays content based on the content screen configuration information.

This embodiment is characterized in that content is displayed based on character / symbol screen information described later in addition to the content screen information (content screen configuration information). Also, this embodiment is characterized in that, unlike the embodiment 2 described later, the document data constituting the acquired content screen information is not modified.

The “display element arrangement acquisition unit” (303) acquires the arrangement of the operation display element and other display elements from the acquired content screen information.

Whether the display element is an operation display element or other display element is identified by tag information included in the document data constituting the acquired content screen information. That is, the display element arrangement acquisition unit extracts the operation display element by extracting operation tag information that is tag information for the operation display element.

“The operation display element” is a display serving as an operation interface on the content display screen. Specifically, the display of the link destination and the display of an object related to an input form such as a text box, a radio button, a check button, a select part, and a button are applicable. “Tag information” refers to information about tags included in the markup language format as described above. Specifically, the tag is displayed in the form of a start tag “<XX>” and an end tag “</ XX>” (XX is a predetermined tag character string). “Operation tag information” is tag information for such an operation display element.

FIG. 4 is a diagram partially showing an example of document data described in the HTML format. In the tag shown in the example of FIG. 4, for example, a tag described as “<input type = ***>” or “<a href=***>” (*** is an arbitrary character string) Is the operation tag information referred to in the present embodiment. By retrieving such operation tag information from the document data, operation display elements can be extracted. When the document data shown in FIG. 4 is displayed by a conventional browser, a web page as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, for example. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation display element. In FIG. 5, a text box for the user to enter a name, another radio button for men and women, a check box for checking hobbies, a link to a help page, etc. are displayed as operation display elements on the web page. ing. These operation display elements are parts of the web page creator that want some kind of input action for the user, and the contents of this embodiment that allow easy access to such parts. The display device can be expected to improve convenience not only for users who are content viewers but also for users who are content providers.

It should be noted that, when extracting operation tag information, for example, it may have a configuration that can be arbitrarily set as to which tag is used as operation tag information. That is, the display element arrangement acquisition unit has operation tag information setting means for setting which tag is extracted as operation tag information, and it is also possible to extract only the tag corresponding to the setting as operation tag information. It is. By performing the extraction setting of the operation tag information in this way, it is possible to arbitrarily set whether or not to add a character symbol to be described later. Improvement can be expected.

“Acquisition of arrangement of operation display elements and other display elements” is to acquire the arrangement of each display element (including both operation display elements and other display elements). The “arrangement” of the display element is information relating to which area each display element is assigned and displayed on the content screen.

For example, tags included in the markup language format described above may have tag information related to placement. In the tag shown in the example of FIG. 4, for example, a table tag “<table><tr><td> *** </ td></tr></table>” (*** is an arbitrary character string) ) Is tag information related to the arrangement. In addition to the tag information related to these arrangements, the arrangement of display elements can be acquired by using information such as the number of pixels of the display, interpretation rules for predetermined document data of the browser. Alternatively, there is a case where a template called a style sheet in which information related to the appearance of a document is collected is used. The style sheet is described in a language such as CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or XSL (extensible Stylesheet Language). When these style sheets are applied, the arrangement of the display elements is acquired with reference to the description of the style sheet regarding the attributes of each display element.
(Other configuration of the display element arrangement acquisition unit)

Note that, as in the second invention, the display element arrangement acquisition unit may further include display element interval acquisition means. However, this configuration is not an essential configuration in the first invention.

The display element interval acquisition means acquires an interval between each operation display element and a neighboring display element.

“Neighboring display elements” are display elements that should be displayed around each operation display element (up and down, left and right, etc.), and include both operation display elements and other display elements. The “interval” is information relating to a blank area between each operation display element and a neighboring display element.

That is, acquisition of the display element interval means acquisition of position information of a blank area between each operation display element and a neighboring display element, among the information related to the arrangement of the display elements described above. For example, the number of blank areas in each of the vertical and horizontal directions is calculated from the arrangement information of each operation display element and the arrangement information of neighboring display elements. As will be described later, if the character symbol position determination unit determines the position where the display character symbol should be displayed according to the size of the blank area, the character symbol can be displayed in a wide part of the blank area. In addition, it is possible to add a character symbol at a position that is easier to see.
(Display character symbol acquisition part)

The “display character / symbol acquisition unit” acquires a character / symbol to be displayed in association with the operation display element according to a predetermined rule. Acquisition of character symbols that should be displayed in association with operation display elements means that each operation display element is added with a character symbol that can be distinguished from other display elements on the content screen. This refers to associating predetermined character symbols.

“On the content screen” means on the content screen displayed by the acquired content screen information (document data). “Character symbols” include, for example, hiragana, katakana, and kanji as well as numbers and English letters. That is, the content display device of the present invention includes a PC that can be operated using a mobile phone as one embodiment, but in the case of a mobile phone, characters such as hiragana can be operated using a numeric keypad. Since it is possible, the predetermined character symbol includes various characters in addition to simple numbers. The predetermined character symbol can be distinguished from other operation display elements on the content screen, so that the linked content can be browsed or input by inputting the character symbol to the content display device. It becomes possible to activate the form.

The correspondence between the operation display elements and the character symbols may be assigned, for example, to the operation display elements from the upper part of the screen as 001, 002, or 001, 002,.・ You may give a number. It is also convenient to create a rule that gives a predetermined display character according to the type of operation display element. In other words, when a link destination is indicated, for example, “001” or “L01” is displayed by setting the beginning of a three-digit character to “0” or “L”. Can be used as identification information for what type of operation display element is (in this case, a display indicating the link destination), and the display also makes it easy to understand the correspondence between the letter symbols and the operation display elements , Improving visibility. It should be noted that the character symbol addition order, the character symbol addition rules, and the like may be freely set by the user. In this example, three-digit alphanumeric characters are used as examples of display character symbols, but it is needless to say that one-digit or two-digit alphanumeric characters may be used.
(Character symbol position determination unit)

“The character symbol position determination unit” determines the position where the corresponding character symbol is to be displayed on the content screen.

“On content screen” means on the screen displayed based on the content screen information. “Character symbol position” is position information when a character symbol is displayed on the content screen.

The determination of the character symbol position is performed based on the arrangement of the operation display elements acquired by the display element arrangement acquisition unit described above.

For example, the character symbol position is preferably in the vicinity of each operation display element associated with each character symbol. This is because the correspondence between each operation display element and each character symbol is visually easy to understand, and convenience is improved. As an example, there may be a rear part such as a character indicating a link, a front part, or upper and lower parts of an operation display element. In addition, when the operation display element is a text box, the text box corresponds to the “neighborhood” here. In addition, “near” includes, for example, making a character symbol translucent and superimposing it on an operation display element.

Furthermore, the character / symbol position may be determined based on the positional relationship between the operation display elements. For example, if the distance between the left and right of each operation display element is narrow, placing the character symbol on the right side of the operation display element makes it difficult to see the operation display element and the character symbol. ) To determine the position of the character symbol.

Alternatively, the determination of the character symbol position may be performed based on the positional relationship between the arrangement of the operation display elements and the display frame. If the character symbol is placed on the right side of the operation display element and the character symbol cannot be displayed on the display because it is completely out of the display, the position of the character symbol is determined above (or below) the operation display element. .
(Other configuration of character symbol position determination unit)

Note that, as in the second invention, the character symbol position determination unit may determine the position where the corresponding display character symbol should be added on the content screen based on the display element interval. This configuration is not an essential configuration in the first invention.

“Display element interval” refers to the interval between each operation display element and neighboring display elements. That is, it is a blank area (area without display elements) on the content screen. The display element interval is acquired by the display element interval acquisition means described above. Determining the position of the character symbol “based on the display element interval” means determining the position where the display character symbol is to be displayed with the display element interval as a consideration element. For example, a character symbol is described on the side where the display element interval is large. Alternatively, when the display element interval is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the character symbol is described so as to be superimposed on the operation display element.

In addition to the position of the character symbol, if the display element interval is small, the character symbol and the display element will overlap even if the character symbol is added by reducing the size of the character symbol displayed. It is possible to prevent the content screen from becoming difficult to see due to the layout being broken.
(Character symbol screen information generator)

The “character / symbol screen information generating unit” generates screen information for arranging the character / symbol at the position determined by the character / symbol position determining unit.

In the present embodiment, since the character / symbol screen information is generated separately from the content screen information, the content of the content screen information (document data) is not altered.

In addition, when displaying a content screen to which a character symbol, which will be described later, is added, the character symbol screen information is accessed or input according to the input of the character symbol to be displayed. Information for performing an action of activating the form may be included. For example, it is also possible to include a program in which character symbols to be displayed and operations when the character symbols are input are included in the character symbol screen information by using Java (registered trademark) Script or the like. Specific examples of activating an input form include moving a check portion of a radio button, switching a check box ON / OFF, and moving a cursor to a text box. For example, once the character symbol “001” is input, the color of the portion indicating the character symbol “001” may be changed. By changing the color in this way, it is possible to clearly distinguish a portion that has already been selected from a portion that has not been selected. Further, when “001” is displayed as the character symbol and “1” is simply input, the processing may be performed as if “001” has been input. Further, the “001” portion is a toggle switch, and it may be set to perform different operations depending on the number of times “001” is input. In this example, a three-digit alphanumeric character is used as an example of a character symbol, but it goes without saying that it may be a one-digit or two-digit alphanumeric character.

The “screen display unit” (305) displays a screen with character symbols added at predetermined positions based on the content screen information and the character symbol screen information.

As a method of displaying “based on the content screen information and the character / symbol screen information”, for example, first, a content screen display image (content screen configuration information) is used to create a display image of the content screen, and the content There is a method of superimposing a character symbol using character symbol screen information on the display image of the screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a content screen to which character symbols are added in this way. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the content screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed as a content screen to which character symbols are added using the content display device of this embodiment. In the example of FIG. 6, all character symbols are added to all operation display elements. However, as described above, which operation display element is added with a character symbol is changed depending on the setting. For example, in the example of FIG. 6, the character symbol “001” can be added and displayed only in the “help” portion indicating the link.
<Processing flow of Embodiment 1>

FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow of the content display apparatus according to the present embodiment. The content display device executes the following steps each time it acquires content screen information for displaying content. First, in step S701, content screen information is acquired. This step includes acquisition of document data and generation of content screen configuration information. That is, first, document data is acquired. Next, content screen configuration information to be displayed on the display is generated based on the acquired document data.

Next, in step S702, the arrangement of display elements is acquired from the content screen information (document data) acquired in step S701. In this step, first, operation tag information that is tag information for an operation display element included in the acquired content screen information (document data) is extracted to identify the operation display element and other display elements. Note that, if the operation tag information extracted in step S702 has previously set information related to the extraction target tag, only the set operation tag information may be extracted. Next, the arrangement of display elements is acquired from the acquired content screen information (document data). As described above, there is a case where the description of the style sheet or the like is sometimes referred to when acquiring the arrangement of the display elements.

Next, in step S703, a display character symbol is acquired.

Next, in step S704, the position of the character symbol is determined based on the arrangement of the operation display elements acquired in step 702.

In step S705, character symbol screen information for arranging the character symbol at the character symbol position determined in step S704 is generated.

In step S706, based on the content screen information acquired in step S701 and the character symbol screen information generated in step S705, the content screen to which the character symbol is added is displayed.

FIG. 7B is a diagram showing the flow of processing when a character / symbol is input from the user after executing the processing shown in FIG. 7A, for example. In step S707, input character / symbol data is obtained from the user. In step S708, processing corresponding to the input character / symbol data acquired in step S707 is executed.

The above processing flow can be implemented as a program to be executed by a computer or a readable storage medium storing the program (the same applies to the description of the processing flow in this specification). ).
<Specific Embodiment of Embodiment 1>

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a specific configuration aspect of the content display device in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the content display apparatus according to the present embodiment has a physical configuration including a CPU, ROM, RAM, HDD (hard disk drive), an external interface such as a LAN cable, a graphic controller, a graphic memory, and the like. Hardware (801). Logically, an operating system (802), which is basic software for abstracting the functions of the hardware (801) and managing the operation of the hardware (801), operates, and content screen information An acquisition module (803), a display element arrangement acquisition module (804), a display character symbol acquisition module (805), a character symbol position determination module (806), a character symbol screen information generation module (807), and a screen display module (808). "Content screen information acquisition unit" (301), "Display element arrangement acquisition unit" (302), "Display character symbol acquisition unit" (303), "Character symbol position determination unit" (304), Includes a module that realizes a “character / symbol screen information generation unit” (305) and a “screen display unit” (306). Composed of program works. This program executes, for example, the processing shown in FIG.
<Hardware Configuration of Embodiment 1>

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content display apparatus according to the present embodiment. The CPU (901) that has read the content screen display command described in the content screen display program developed in the main memory from the ROM (903), the HDD (904), etc. interprets the command and outputs the external interface ( 907), the content screen information (document data) acquired through the processing is expanded in the main memory. Thereafter, a CPU (901) and a RAM that constitute a part of the content screen information acquisition unit, a display element arrangement acquisition unit, a display character symbol acquisition unit, a character symbol position determination unit, and a character symbol screen information generation unit (902), ROM (903), HDD (904), etc. generate content screen configuration information and character / symbol screen information. Specifically, the CPU (901) interprets the instructions described in the content screen display program for executing the processing shown in FIG. 7 expanded in the main memory from the ROM (903), the HDD (904), etc. The information generated as a result is temporarily stored in the RAM (902). Then, when the CPU (901) outputs a command for displaying the content with the character symbol added based on the content screen configuration information temporarily stored in the RAM (902) and the character symbol screen information, The graphic controller (905) constituting the screen display unit outputs a command to display the content displayed by the information to the graphic memory (906) on a display outside the figure, and as a result, character symbols are displayed on the display outside the figure. A content screen to which is added is displayed.
<Effect of Embodiment 1>

With the content display device according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a content display device that can add a character symbol to a position where it can be easily seen, and a program for causing the content display device to execute the program.
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<Outline of Embodiment 2>

Unlike the content display device described in the first embodiment, the content display device in the present embodiment displays content with character symbols added as in the first embodiment by modifying the acquired content screen information (document data). It is a feature.

That is, instead of the character / symbol screen information generating unit of the first embodiment, a content screen information modifying unit for arranging the character / symbol at the position determined by the character / symbol position determining unit is provided.
<Configuration of Embodiment 2>

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block diagram in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, the “content display device” (1000) in this embodiment includes a “content screen information acquisition unit” (1001), a “display element arrangement acquisition unit” (1002), and a “display character symbol acquisition”. Part "(1003)," character / symbol position determining part "(1004)," content screen information modifying part "(1005), and" modified screen display part "(1006).

“Content display device” (1000), “Content screen information acquisition unit” (1001), “Display element arrangement acquisition unit” (1002), “Display character symbol acquisition unit” (1003), “Character symbol position” The “determination unit” (1004) is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted here. However, the content screen information acquisition unit only needs to have a function of acquiring document data, and does not need to have a function of generating content screen configuration information as described in the first embodiment.

The “content screen information modification unit” (1005) acquires the content screen information acquired by the content screen information acquisition unit (1001) in order to place the character symbol at the position determined by the character symbol position determination unit (1004). (Document data) is modified to be modified content screen information (modified document data). FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of modified document data. The characters shown in the dotted circle in FIG. 11 indicate the part where the document data is modified. By modifying the document data in this way, it is possible to add a character symbol at a predetermined position determined by the character symbol position determination unit. In the example of FIG. 11, an example in which the document data is modified so as to add a text document is shown, but in addition to this, “<img src = ***>” is displayed so that an icon indicating a character symbol is displayed. As described above, document data can be modified to display image data. Also, when modifying the document data, for example, in the HTML format, modify the document data so that the “<tag name>” portion is set to “<tag nameＫaccesskey = KEY>” and the access key is set. May be. By setting this access key, it is possible to execute access to the tag portion without adding a program described in Java (registered trademark) Script or the like to the document data.

The content screen information modifying unit further generates modified content screen configuration information for display display based on the modified document data. “Modified content screen configuration information” indicates almost the same content as the content screen configuration information described in the first embodiment. The difference is not the acquired document data but the modified document data modified after acquisition. It is a part which produces | generates the content screen structure information for a display display based on this. In addition, when there is a character input corresponding to the character symbol to be displayed, a program that recognizes the character input, activates the corresponding operation display element area, or performs processing to access the link destination, etc. The modified content screen configuration information may be generated so as to display a content screen in which is embedded.

The “modified screen display unit” (1005) displays the modified content screen based on the modified content screen configuration information. The content displayed in this way is the same content that is displayed when the content display device described in the first embodiment is used. In other words, unlike the first embodiment, the second embodiment modifies document data, but the content screens displayed as a result are all the same.
<Processing flow of Embodiment 2>

FIG. 12A is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow of the content display apparatus according to the present embodiment. The content display device executes the following steps each time it acquires content screen information for displaying content. First, in step S1201, content screen information is acquired. This step is a step of acquiring document data.

Next, in step S1202, the arrangement of display elements is acquired from the content screen information (document data) acquired in step S1201. In this step, first, operation tag information that is tag information for an operation display element included in the acquired content screen information (document data) is extracted to identify the operation display element and other display elements. Note that the operation tag information extracted in step S1202 may extract only the set operation tag information when information related to the extraction target tag is set in advance. Next, the arrangement of display elements is acquired from the acquired content screen information (document data). As described above, the description of the style sheet may be referred to when obtaining the arrangement of the display elements.

Next, in step S1203, a display character symbol is acquired.

Next, in step S1204, the position of the character symbol is determined based on the arrangement of the operation display elements acquired in step 1202.

In step S1205, the modified content screen information for arranging the character symbol at the position of the character symbol determined in step S1204 is generated.

In step S1206, based on the content screen information generated in step S1205, a content screen to which character symbols are added is displayed.

FIG. 12B is a diagram showing the flow of processing when a character / symbol is input from the user after the processing shown in FIG. 12A is executed, for example. In step S1207, input character / symbol data is obtained from the user. In step S1208, processing corresponding to the input character / symbol data acquired in step S1207 is executed.
<Specific Embodiment of Embodiment 2>

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a specific configuration aspect of the content display device in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13, the content display apparatus according to the present embodiment is realized as hardware (1301) as a physical configuration, similarly to the content display apparatus described in the first embodiment. Logically, an operating system (1302), which is basic software for abstracting the functions of the hardware (1301) and managing the operation of the hardware (1301), operates, and content screen information As an acquisition module (1303), a display element arrangement acquisition module (1304), a display character symbol acquisition module (1305), a character symbol position determination module (1306), a modified content screen information generation module (1307), and a modified screen display module (1308) , “Content screen information acquisition unit” (1001), “display element arrangement acquisition unit” (1002), “display character symbol acquisition unit” (1003), and “character symbol position determination unit” (1004), respectively. , “Content screen information modification section” (1005) and “Modified screen display” "And (1006), it operates constitute programs include modules for implementing the. This program executes, for example, the processing shown in FIG.
<Hardware Configuration of Embodiment 2>

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content display device according to the present embodiment. The CPU (1401) that has read the content display command described in the content display program developed in the main memory from the ROM (1403), HDD (1404), etc. interprets the command and obtains it through the external interface (1407). Expanded content screen information (document data) is expanded in the main memory. Thereafter, the CPU (1401), RAM (1402), ROM (1403), HDD (1404) constituting the display element arrangement acquisition unit, display character symbol acquisition unit, character symbol position determination unit, and content screen information modification unit. ) And the like, the modified content screen configuration information is generated. Specifically, the CPU (1401) interprets the instructions described in the content display program for executing the processing shown in FIG. 12 expanded in the main memory from the ROM (1403), HDD (1404), etc. The content screen information (document data) stored and held in the RAM (1402) is modified so that the character symbol is added to the predetermined position determined by the character symbol position determination unit, and the modified content screen information (modified document data) To). Then, when the CPU (1401) generates the modified content screen configuration information from the modified document data and outputs a command for displaying the modified content based on the information, the graphic controller (1405) configuring the modified screen display unit. ) Outputs to the graphic memory (1406) a command to display the content displayed by the information on a display outside the figure, and as a result, a content screen in which character symbols are added to the predetermined position on the display outside the figure Will be displayed.

The figure which shows an example of the conventional content screen display The figure which shows an example of the conventional content screen display The figure which shows an example of the content screen display at the time of utilizing this invention Functional block diagram for explaining the first embodiment FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the operation display element of Embodiment 1. The figure which shows an example which added the character symbol of Embodiment 1 The figure explaining the flow of processing of Embodiment 1. The figure which shows an example of the concrete structure aspect of Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration according to the first embodiment. Functional block diagram for explaining the second embodiment FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of modified document data according to the second embodiment. The figure explaining the flow of processing of Embodiment 2. The figure which shows an example of the concrete structure aspect of Embodiment 2. The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of Embodiment 2.

300 Content Display Device 301 Content Screen Information Acquisition Unit 302 Display Element Arrangement Acquisition Unit 303 Display Character Symbol Acquisition Unit 304 Character Symbol Position Determination Unit 305 Character Symbol Screen Information Generation Unit 306 Screen Display Unit

Claims (3)

A content screen information acquisition unit for acquiring content screen information to be displayed on the display;
From the acquired content screen information, an operation display element that is a display element serving as an operation interface and a display element arrangement acquisition unit that acquires arrangement of other display elements,
A display character / symbol acquisition unit that acquires a character / symbol to be displayed in association with the operation display element;
A character symbol position determining unit that determines a position where a corresponding character symbol is to be displayed on the content screen based on the arrangement of the operation display elements;
A character / symbol screen information generating unit for generating screen information for arranging the character / symbol at the position determined by the character / symbol position determining unit;
Based on the content screen information and the character symbol screen information, a screen display unit that displays a screen in which character symbols are added at predetermined positions;
A content display device. The display element arrangement acquisition unit has display element interval acquisition means for acquiring an interval between each operation display element and a neighboring display element,
The said character symbol position determination part determines the position which should attach a corresponding display character symbol on a content screen based on the space | interval of each said operation display element and a neighboring display element. Content display device. A content screen information acquisition step for acquiring content screen information to be displayed on the display;
From the acquired content screen information, a display element arrangement acquisition step for acquiring the arrangement of an operation display element that is a display element serving as an operation interface and other display elements;
A display character symbol obtaining step for obtaining a character symbol to be displayed in association with the operation display element;
A character symbol position determining step for determining a position where a corresponding character symbol is to be displayed on the content screen based on the arrangement of the operation display elements;
A character symbol screen information generating step for generating screen information for arranging the character symbol at the position determined in the character symbol position determining step;
Based on the content screen information and the character symbol screen information, a screen display step for displaying a screen with character symbols added at predetermined positions;
For causing the content display device to execute the program.

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