Display control device

Abstract

To provide a display control device capable of improving user convenience regarding a content when displaying the content.SOLUTION: A display control device includes: an interface 1 for acquiring user-related information related to a user; and a display changing part 2 which, when displaying a content to be brought to user's attention on a display D, changes and displays a display mode of display areas in a display screen in accordance with the acquired user-related information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of display control devices, and more specifically, to the technical field of display control devices that display content to be visually recognized by a user. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, devices that are portable and capable of displaying various contents and information, such as so-called smartphones and tablet-type terminal devices, have become widespread. Technology for changing the display mode of the contents and information in various ways through user operations has also become widespread. For example, the following Patent Document 1 is a prior art document that exemplifies such conventional technology.

[0003] In the technology described in Patent Document 1 below, when it is detected that a user has pressed a menu key, the display size of each item that makes up the menu screen is set, and frequently used items are displayed in a large size. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2008-242583 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, in the technology described in the above Patent Document 1, frequently used items are uniformly displayed in a large size, so even items in the menu screen that correspond to contents that the user does not intend to execute are displayed in a large size if they are frequently used. This ultimately leads to the problem that items cannot be displayed in a way that is suitable for the user or that meets the user's preferences.

[0006] Therefore, the present application has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and one example of the object of the application is to provide a display control device that can improve the user's convenience regarding content when displaying the content. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 1 comprises an acquisition means for acquiring user-related information related to a user, and a change display means for changing the display mode on the display means of screen components that constitute a display screen when information related to content that should be brought to the user's attention is displayed on the display means in accordance with the acquired user-related information, and displaying the screen components on the display means.

[0008] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 10 is a display control method executed in a display control device connected to a display means, which includes an acquisition step of acquiring user-related information related to a user, and a modification display step of changing the display mode on the display means of screen components that constitute a display screen when information related to content that should be brought to the user's attention is displayed on the display means in accordance with the acquired user-related information, and displaying the screen components on the display means.

[0009] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 11 causes a computer included in a display control device connected to a display means to function as the display control device described in any one of claims 1 to 9. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display control device according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment; [Diagram 3] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a control table according to the embodiment. [Figure 4]4 is a flowchart showing a display control according to the embodiment. [Diagram 5] 1A and 1B are diagrams showing a display example in the display control according to the embodiment, in which FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a display example before the display control is executed, and FIG. 1B is a diagram showing a display example after the display control is executed. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display control device according to the embodiment.

[0012] As shown in FIG. 1, a display control device S according to an embodiment includes an acquisition means 1 and a change display means 2 connected to an output means D.

[0013] In this configuration, the acquisition means 1 acquires user-related information related to a user.

[0014] Then, the change display means 2 changes the display manner on the display means D of the screen components that make up the display screen when information regarding the content that should be brought to the user's attention is displayed on the display means D, in accordance with the user-related information acquired by the acquisition means 1, and displays the image components on the display means D.

[0015] As described above, according to the display control operation device S of the embodiment, when displaying information related to a content that should be focused on by the user, the display mode of the screen components constituting the display screen is changed in correspondence with user-related information related to the user, and the screen components are displayed. Therefore, information related to the content can be displayed on the display screen including the screen components in the display mode corresponding to the user, and the user's convenience regarding the content can be improved.

[0016] Here, "information about the content" may be information indicating the characteristics of the content, such as the name of the song or video, in addition to the content itself, such as a song or video. EXAMPLES

[0017] Next, specific examples corresponding to the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 2 to 5. The examples described below are examples in which the embodiments are applied to control of information display using a display of a navigation device that executes guidance processing for vehicle movement.

[0018] Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment, Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a control table according to an embodiment, Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing display control according to an embodiment, and Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a display example in display control according to an embodiment. In Figs. 2, 3, and 5, the same component numbers as those of the respective components in the display control device S are used for the respective components in the embodiment corresponding to the respective components in the display control device S according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.

[0019] As shown in FIG. 2, the navigation device NV of the embodiment is composed of an interface 1 which corresponds to an example of the acquisition means 1 according to the embodiment and an example of the "external information acquisition means" according to the present application, a display D which corresponds to an example of the display means D according to the embodiment and is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, a processing unit 10 which includes a CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), a recording unit 15 which includes a HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive) or the like, an operation unit 16 which includes a touch panel, operation buttons, a remote control, etc. provided on the surface of the display D, and a sensor unit 17 which includes various sensors for the above-mentioned guidance processing.

[0020] The processing unit 10 is composed of an analysis unit 11, a determination unit 12 corresponding to an example of the "determination means" according to the present application, and a change display unit 2 corresponding to an example of the change display means 2 according to the embodiment. In this case, the analysis unit 11, the determination unit 12, and the change display unit 2 may be realized by a hardware logic circuit such as a CPU constituting the processing unit 10, or may be realized in software by the CPU reading and executing a program corresponding to a flowchart showing display control according to an embodiment described later.

[0021] On the other hand, a control table T according to an embodiment described later is non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15. In addition, navigation data such as map data and voice data required for the above guidance process, or display data for displaying the current time on the display D, etc. are non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15.

[0022] In the above configuration, the sensor unit 17 generates position data indicating the current position, etc. of the vehicle in which the navigation device NV of the embodiment is mounted, for example, by using a method using navigation radio waves received from a GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation satellite, or an independent method using an acceleration sensor, a distance sensor, etc., and outputs the position data to the processing unit 10.

[0023] On the other hand, the interface 1, under the control of the processing unit 10, controls the transmission and reception of data with an external network such as the Internet, and also performs processing such as the transmission and reception of data with a USB memory or the like connected to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector (not shown) provided in the navigation device NV. Furthermore, when an operation for operating the navigation device NV is performed on the operation unit 16, the operation unit 16 generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation and outputs it to the processing unit 10.

[0024] On the other hand, when content data corresponding to the content to be displayed on the display D is acquired (received) via, for example, the interface 1, the analysis unit 11 in the processing unit 10 analyzes the details of the content and outputs the analysis result to the determination unit 12. At this time, the analysis unit 11 analyzes, as the details of the content, for example, the attributes and author of the content, the last update time, or whether or not the content is associated with any location. Note that the analysis method for these analyses can be the same as that used in the past.

[0025] Based on the analysis result of the analysis unit 11, the determination unit 12 determines whether or not there is a relevance between each of the contents acquired via the interface 1 or the contents recorded in the recording unit 15 and the user using the navigation device NV, and the degree of relevance if there is such a relevance, by referring to the control table T recorded in the recording unit 15. In this case, the user includes not only the driver who drives the vehicle in which the navigation device NV is mounted, but also his / her passengers. After that, the determination unit 12 outputs relevance data indicating the determined relevance to the change display unit 2. Note that the relevance data for the contents with no relevance has a value of zero.

[0026] Thereby, the change display unit 2 changes the size, etc., on the display screen of each of the icons, display windows, etc., which display information related to the content and are to be displayed on the display D, based on the relevance data from the determination unit 12, and displays the icons, display windows, etc., which display information related to each content, on the display D using the changed sizes, etc. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned icons, display windows, etc. will be collectively referred to as "icons, etc."

[0027] In addition to the above, the processing unit 10 executes the guidance processing according to the embodiment while displaying the necessary maps, etc. on the display D, using, for example, the contents of the operation performed on the operation unit 16, the position data output from the sensor unit 17, and the map data recorded in the recording unit 15.

[0028] Next, the control table T according to the embodiment recorded in the recording unit 15 will be specifically described with reference to an example in FIG.

[0029] As shown in FIG. 3, the control table T according to the embodiment includes, for example, a hobby relevance table T1, a destination relevance table T2, and a destination relevance table T3, which are non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the hobby relevance table T1 is a control table that defines a preset relevance between the hobby or preference of the user of the navigation device NV according to the embodiment and the content of the information related to the content displayed by the icon or the like that is predicted to be displayed on the display D, and a size of the icon or the like on the display screen of the display D corresponding to the relevance. Here, the "size of the icon or the like" includes the size of the so-called icon used when displaying the information related to the content on the display screen, as well as the size of the so-called display window when displaying the information related to the content in a part of the display screen. On the other hand, the destination relevance table T2 is a control table that defines a preset relevance between the destination of the guidance process by the navigation device NV according to the embodiment and the content of the information related to the content displayed by the icon or the like that is predicted to be displayed on the display D, and a size of the icon or the like on the display screen of the display D corresponding to the relevance. 3, the destination relevance table T3 is a control table that defines a preset relevance between the destination and the birthplace of the author of the content displayed by the icon or the like predicted to be displayed on the display D, and the size of the icon or the like corresponding to the relevance on the display screen of the display D. Note that as the control table T, a control table T with predefined contents may be recorded in the recording unit 15, or the user may define it each time using, for example, the operation unit 16, and the newly defined table may be non-volatilely recorded in the recording unit 15 as the control table T.

[0030] Next, the display control according to the embodiment, centered on the processing unit 10, will be specifically described with reference to Fig. 2 to Fig. 5. The display control according to the embodiment is started, for example, by the user's instruction using the operation unit 16, or at regular intervals as so-called interrupt processing.

[0031] That is, as shown in the corresponding flowchart in Fig. 4, when the display control according to the embodiment is started, the processing unit 10 first acquires user-related information related to the user via, for example, the interface 1 (step S1). As shown in accordance with the control table T exemplified in Fig. 3, the user-related information acquired in step S1 may include, for example, information indicating the hobbies or preferences of the user who uses the navigation device NV, location information indicating a destination that the user is trying to reach under the guidance process by the navigation device NV, or location information indicating a current location as the guidance process.

[0032] Next, the analysis unit 11 of the processing unit 10 analyzes the content of the information related to the content displayed by one or more icons or the like that can be displayed on the display D at that time corresponding to the user-related information acquired in step S1 (step S2).

[0033] Here, it is assumed that, in the above step S1, navigation contents indicating the destination of the guidance process being executed in the navigation device NV and the merging position when there is a passenger who will be merging, recommended music contents indicating music generally recommended to be listened to at that time (so-called "recommended music"), AV (Audio Visual) contents indicating the name of the music currently being played in a music playback unit (not shown) of the navigation device NV, news contents indicating the latest news at that time, and date contents indicating the date are acquired through the interface 1. In this case, the analysis unit 11 analyzes that the display screen displayed on the display D at that time is composed of a navigation content display area 21 for displaying the navigation content, a recommended content display area 22 for displaying information related to the recommended content, an AV content display area 23 for displaying information related to the AV content, a news display area 24 for displaying information related to the news content, and a date content display area 25 for displaying information related to the date content, as exemplified in Fig. 5(a).

[0034] Then, the determination unit 12 of the processing unit 10, based on the analysis result of step S2, refers to the control table T and determines the relevance between the user-related information acquired in step S1 and the information on the content displayed by icons or the like that can be displayed on the display screen of the display DNO at that time (step S3). For example, by referring to the control table T in step S3, the relevance of the content that matches the user's hobby or taste is determined to be higher (see hobby relevance table T1 in FIG. 3), the relevance of the content corresponding to the destination to which the user moves is also determined to be higher (see destination relevance table T2 in FIG. 3), and the relevance of the content created by the author corresponding to the destination to which the user moves is also determined to be higher (see destination relevance table T3 in FIG. 3). On the other hand, the relevance of the content that does not match the user's hobby or taste is determined to be lower, and the relevance of the content corresponding to an event held at a location unrelated to the destination to which the user moves is also determined to be lower.

[0035] As a result, the change display unit 2 of the processing unit 10 refers to the control table T based on the relevance determined in step S3, and changes the size of the display area on the display screen of the display D of the icon or the like that displays information related to the content having the determined relevance from the original size and displays it on the display D (step S4). At this time, when step S4 is executed while the map for the guidance process is being displayed, it is preferable to execute step S4 with the map as the background (see FIG. 5). Specifically, in step S4, for example, if the display screen illustrated in FIG. 5(a) has been displayed on display D together with clock display 20, and the user is approaching his / her destination and a concert (for example, "ASO ROCK" illustrated in FIG. 5) is taking place at or near the destination where the recommended content displayed in the recommended content display area 22 will be performed, the change display unit 2 changes the area of ​​the display screen of each of the navigation content display area 21 and the AV content display area 23 (in other words, their occupancy rate to the entire display screen of display D; the same applies below) to be narrower, and enlarges the area of ​​the display screen of the recommended content display area 22, and displays it on display D together with clock display 20 as a new display screen illustrated in FIG. 5(b).

[0036] At this time, the change display unit 2 continues to display icons and the like that display information related to the content, which need to be continued to be displayed regardless of the user's approach to the destination, while keeping the area of ​​the display screen of the display area for displaying them unchanged. Here, in the above example, "icons and the like that display information related to the content, which need to be continued to be displayed regardless of the user's approach to the destination" refers to the news display area 24 for displaying information related to the news content and the date content display area 25 for displaying information related to the date content, in the example shown in FIG. 5(a). Therefore, in the above step S4, the areas of the news content display area 24 and the date content display area 25 for displaying these items in the display screen are kept unchanged and continue to be displayed on the display D. In addition, in the above step S4, the change display unit 2 changes the position of each display area in the display screen, for example, by a conventional method, along with the change in the area of ​​each display area in the display screen, so that no blank space is generated on the display screen.

[0037] Thereafter, the processing unit 10 judges whether or not to end the display control according to the embodiment, for example, because the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV has reached the destination (step S5). If the display control is to be ended in the judgment of step S5 (step S5; YES), the processing unit 10 ends the display control as is. On the other hand, if the display control is to be continued in the judgment of step S5 (step S5; NO), the processing unit 10 returns to the above step S1 and continues the series of display controls described above.

[0038] As described above, according to the display control of the embodiment, the size of the display area for icons, etc., when displaying information relating to content that should be brought to the attention of the user of the navigation device NV is changed and displayed in accordance with user-related information related to the user. This makes it possible to display information about the content in a display area of ​​a size that corresponds to the user's hobbies / preferences, etc., thereby improving the user's convenience regarding the content.

[0039] In addition, when the size of the display area is changed in accordance with information obtained from an external network, information regarding the content can be displayed in a display area that corresponds to the external information and the user, thereby further improving the user's convenience regarding the content.

[0040] Furthermore, the degree of relevance between the user-related information and information relating to the content is determined, and the size of the display area is changed based on the determined degree of relevance to display icons or the like that display information relating to the content, so that the content that should be brought to the user's attention can be objectively determined and effectively displayed.

[0041] Furthermore, when the degree of relevance between user-related information and information from an external network and information relating to the content is determined, and an icon or the like displaying information relating to the content is displayed by changing the size of the display area based on the determined degree of relevance, information relating to the content that should be brought to the user's attention can be objectively determined and effectively displayed, taking into account information from outside.

[0042] In addition, the higher the determined relevance, the larger the size of the display area is changed to display icons, etc., that display information about content, so that the display area of ​​icons, etc. that display information about content with a higher relevance is made larger, and the information about the content can be displayed in a more easily viewable state. In contrast, when the size of the display area is changed to be smaller as the determined relevance is lower, the display area of ​​icons, etc. that display information about content with a lower relevance is made smaller, so that the information about the content can be displayed in a state that prevents the information from being focused on.

[0043] Furthermore, since the user-related information is at least one of information indicating the user's hobbies or preferences, information indicating the user's current location, or information indicating the user's destination, by determining the degree of relevance with information indicating the hobbies or preferences, the user's convenience regarding the content can be further improved. [Variations] Next, a modified example of the embodiment described above will be described. The hardware configuration of the navigation device according to the modified example described below is basically the same as that of the navigation device NV according to the embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, the same component parts as those of the navigation device NV according to the embodiment will be assigned the same component numbers and detailed description will be omitted. (1) First Modification First, as a first variant, in the embodiment described above, the size of the display area for icons etc. corresponding to information relating to each piece of content is changed and displayed on display D, but in addition to this, it may be configured so that the higher the determined relevance level, the more the display of icons etc. displaying information relating to that piece of content is modified so as to be emphasized, and the lower the relevance level, the more the visibility of icons etc. displaying information relating to that piece of content is modified so as to be reduced.

[0044] In this case, the highlighting does not enlarge the size as in the display control according to the embodiment, but may, for example, emphasize the icons and the like that display information related to the content or the information itself by making the color darker, change the background or the background color relative to other display areas, or change the font used to be thicker or to move the characters.On the other hand, examples of the display that reduces the visibility include reducing the color, blurring the display of the icons and the like that display information related to the content or the information itself, or reducing the visibility by making the font used thinner.

[0045] According to the first modification example described above, when the icon or the like displaying information related to the content is emphasized as the determined relevance is higher, the information related to the content can be displayed in a more easily viewable state. Also, when the icon or the like displaying information related to the content is displayed with reduced visibility as the determined relevance is lower, the information related to the content can be displayed in a state that prevents the information from being focused on. (2) Second Variation Next, as a second modified example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the relevance is determined based on a preset control table T, but in addition to this, the control table may be configured to record only the relationship between the relevance value and the size of the icon, etc., and to calculate the relevance value between the information related to the content and the user-related information, for example, using a preset method as a method for calculating the similarity or proximity between two or more pieces of information (data), whenever necessary. In this case, the size of the icon, etc. to be changed is determined each time by referring to the calculated relevance value and the control table. According to this second modified example, it is possible to reduce the recording capacity required for the control table, and to calculate the optimal relevance each time. (3) others Finally, as another alternative, a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 can be recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk or a HDD, or obtained via a network such as the Internet, and then read out and executed by a general-purpose microcomputer or the like, thereby causing the microcomputer or the like to function as the processing unit 10 of the embodiment.

[0046] Furthermore, the embodiments can be applied to cases where guidance processing is performed using, for example, a portable smartphone or a tablet-type terminal device, in addition to the display D of the navigation device NV mounted on the vehicle. Furthermore, the display control according to the embodiment or the modified example does not necessarily need to be executed together with the above guidance processing, and for example, the embodiments may be applied to the display control of content to be presented to the user based on the current position at that time. [Explanation of symbols]

[0047] 1. Acquisition method (interface) 2. Change display means (change display section) 10 Processing section 11 Analysis Department 12 Decision Section 15 Recording section 21 Navigation content display area 22 Recommended content display area 23 AV content display area 24 News content display area D. Display means (display) NV navigation equipment T Control Table T1 Hobby relevance table T2, T3 Destination relevance table

Claims

[Claim 1] An acquisition means for acquiring user-related information related to a user; A determination means for determining a degree of association between information related to a first content and the user related information; A first image corresponding to the first content and a second image corresponding to a second content different from the first content are displayed on a part of a display surface of a display means, a modification display means for modifying an area of ​​the first image on the display surface in accordance with the degree of association while maintaining an area of ​​a display region of an image group including the first image and the second image; A display control device comprising:

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