Data displaying device

Abstract

Conventional data displays and electronic book devices involve the problem that the operation to highlight displayed data is complex, and therefore the displayed data cannot be read easily depending on the environment where the reader (user) uses the device and on the understanding of the displayed data by the user. A data displaying device of the invention comprising storage means (1) stored with data, displaying means (2) for displaying data, and display control means (3) for controlling the display of data stored in the storage means (1) on the displaying means (2) is characterized by further comprising a highlight displaying means (4) for displaying a visual confirmation guide for highlighting a specific range of the data displayed on the displaying means (2).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a data display device or an electronic book device. In particular, it relates to a data display device or an electronic book device for displaying document data composed of characters and images stored in a recording medium, and a recording medium for recording the display data. Background technique [0002] As a conventional example of a data display device, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-182325 discloses a document storage unit for storing document data (corresponding to display data in the present invention), and document data corresponding to the document storage unit. A specifying means for specifying recording of voice data, and a technique for identifying and displaying document data corresponding to input voice data and the specified document data according to specification by the specifying component. For example, in the above-mentioned publication, when storing audio, the recording of audio data...

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[0005] However, the emphasis display technology using reversed display in the above-mentioned prior art JP-A-07-182325 is aimed at emphasizing the document data corresponding to the audio output data, and does not have the highlight display function for making the document data easy to read.

[0006] In addition, according to the technology in the above publication, the position of the document data emphasized by the speed of sound output is changed, and the highlighted display position cannot be moved according to the contents of the document data.

[0007] Furthermore, according to the emphasis display technology in the above-mentioned publication, the emphasis display method of document data is limited to reverse phase, and the emphasis method cannot be selected according to the environment in which the device is used or the user's preference.

[0008] In addition, according to the display emphasis technology of the above-mentioned publication, the moving unit of the emphasized display document is the character corresponding to the voice output, and it is not possible to emphasize lines, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc. beyond the text.

[0009] In addition, according to the display emphasis technique of the above-mentioned publication, there is a problem that the timing of the emphasis display cannot be controlled.

[0010] In addition, according to the emphasis display technology of the above-mentioned publication, it is impossible to dynamically change the region of the document data to be highlighted according to the document data or the user's preference.

[0011] In addition, according to the highlighted display technology of the above publication, the moving speed of the highlighted document data cannot be adjusted according to the user's visual speed.

[0012] In addition, according to the emphasis display technology of the above-mentioned publication, there is a problem that the emphasis display cannot be reversely moved.

[0013] In addition, according to the highlighted display technology of the above-mentioned publication, there is a problem that the highlighted display cannot be eliminated.

[0014] In addition, in the above-mentioned known technology, the highlighted part is static, and there is a problem that the highlighted part cannot be moved at a speed suitable for the user.

[0015] In addition, the character or image emphasis display method seen in the above-mentioned word processors and the like has the problem that area designation and character or image deformation (emphasis) processing is divided into two steps, and each emphasis display must be performed in two steps. The setting of the steps is troublesome to operate

[0024] However, the electronic book display device of the above conventional example has the following problems: the data output to the display part or the sound output part is limited to book data, image data, or sound data for explaining it, and multimedia information including vibration, etc. to improve the atmosphere or sense of immersion to improve the reading effect

[0025] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above-mentioned conventional example has the following problem: it does not have the function of grasping the user's psychological state, and cannot perform output with a higher reading effect according to the user's psychological state.

[0026] In addition, in the electronic book display device of the above-mentioned conventional example, an image matching the editor's viewpoint is selected from a plurality of image data, and audio data is added to the selected image to form a sound drama, and a specific scene between the plurality of images and the image data is not combined. Function to generate audio data suitable for each image by correspondence

Therefore, there is a problem that the operation load of selecting an image corresponding to a viewpoint and adding sound to the selected image is heavy.

[0027] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above-mentioned conventional example does not have the function of grasping the reading environment information such as the user's reading history. read

[0028] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above existing example does not have the function of controlling the reading speed according to the user's reading environment information or book content, for example, it has the problem of not being able to provide functions such as fast reading and slow reading for reading.

[0029] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above conventional example is aimed at improving understanding of book data (drama), for example, has a problem of not being able to provide the following function: mixing subliminal images or sounds whose display time is much less than that of book data- Audio information, improve the effect of reading and inspire potential, or improve the effect of psychotherapy and education

[0030] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above-mentioned conventional example has the problem that the vibration or sound data associated with the book data repeats the same data even when the book data is displayed again, and the user's interest in and understanding of reading cannot be promoted.

[0031] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above conventional example has the following problem: the output level of the vibration or sound data associated with the book data is limited to one, for example, the output level cannot be gradually changed like fade-in and fade-out to enhance the reading effect

[0032] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above-mentioned conventional example has the following problems: there is no function of associating the vibration or sound data associated with the book data with the position on the display part and the output time, and it cannot be displayed according to the user's action or the amount of linkage. Vary output to improve reading performance

[0033] In addition, the electronic book display device of the above-mentioned conventional example has the following problem: there is no output control function in the case where there are multiple vibration or sound data associated with book data in the same display page or the same window, for example, it cannot integrate multiple data. Sound data for higher reading effect output

[0036] However, display data generally varies depending on the content of the displayed data or the size of characters in the data, and the appropriate range or resolution to be displayed also changes. However, in JP-A-4-43387, an area of ​​a fixed size is displayed at an equal magnification. On the screen, there are problems such as the following: In some cases, the necessary information cannot be displayed on the screen, or the details of small characters or images cannot be seen clearly

[0037] In addition, in the case of an electronic book in which novels or comics are taken in as image data in units of pages and displayed on a display device, there is a problem that the text or images on each page are different from those on other pages or on the same page. Association, so it is best to be able to scroll sequentially, but when scrolling sequentially, the display cannot automatically move to the subsequent part of the content

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