Display processing system, display processing method, and display processing program

Abstract

The present invention displays content by improving convenience of a user. A display processing system according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a publication information acquisition unit that acquires publication information for displaying a publication including a plurality of pages; a first display processing unit that displays, on the basis of the publication information and in accordance with the order of the plurality of pages in the publication, the publication in a first display area for displaying the pages in a manner of being arranged in a lattice shape; an operation acquisition unit that acquires first operation information indicating a first operation that is received from the user and is for selecting a first page included in the plurality of pages displayed in the first display area; and a second display processing unit that displays, on the basis of the first operation information, the first page in a second display area that is positioned in front of the first display area and is for displaying a page in an enlarged manner compared to the case of being displayed in the first display area.

Description

Display processing system, display processing method, and display processing program CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2024-092934 filed on June 7, 2024, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0002] The present disclosure relates to a display processing system, a display processing method, and a display processing program.

[0003] Conventionally, techniques for displaying content in a grid or tiled form have been known, for example, the method described in Patent Document 1 is a method for streaming spatially tiled omnidirectional video.

[0004] Special table 2019-526178 publication

[0005] However, the method described in Patent Document 1 merely displays content in a grid or tiled form, and therefore does not take into consideration display processing in response to user operations on content displayed in a grid or tiled form, limiting user convenience.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to display content in a manner that is convenient for users.

[0007] A display processing system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a publication information acquisition unit that acquires publication information for displaying a publication including multiple pages; a first display processing unit that displays the publication in a first display area for displaying each page in a grid pattern based on the publication information, in accordance with the order of the multiple pages in the publication; an operation acquisition unit that acquires first operation information that indicates a first operation received from a user to select a first page included in the multiple pages displayed in the first display area; and a second display processing unit that displays the first page in a second display area that is positioned in front of the first display area and for displaying the page at a larger size than when displayed in the first display area, based on the first operation information.

[0008] According to the present disclosure, an object is to display content with improved user convenience.

[0009] 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of processing in a display processing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the display processing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in the display processing system 100. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 1200.

[0010] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of processing in a display processing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0011] The display processing system 100 is an information processing system implemented by a display processing program, and displays each page of a publication in a grid pattern.

[0012] First, the display processing system 100 displays a publication in accordance with the order of the pages in the publication in a first display area 101 for displaying each page in a grid pattern based on publication information. Next, based on a first operation received from the user to select the first page 102 displayed in the first display area 101, the display processing system 100 displays the first page 102 in a second display area 103 located in front of the first display area 101 and for displaying the page at a larger size than when displayed in the first display area 101. At this time, the display processing system 100 can prevent the first page 102 from being displayed in the first display area 101 based on the first operation. Note that while FIG. 1 illustrates an example in which four pages of a publication are displayed vertically and eleven pages are displayed horizontally in the first display area 101, the display format is not limited thereto, and any number of pages may be displayed vertically and horizontally. In this specification, the first page 102 refers to any page in a publication, and does not refer to the first page in the publication. The same applies to the second page 104.

[0013] The display processing system 100 may be, for example, an information processing system provided in a user device used by a user, that is, in this case, the display processing system 100 performs display processing on a display unit provided in the user device.

[0014] Here, the user device may be, for example, a computer, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like.

[0015] Furthermore, the user device or the display unit may be, for example, a head-mounted display, smart glasses, etc.

[0016] At least some of the functions of the display processing system 100 may be implemented in an information processing device different from the user device. In this case, the user device and the different information processing device fulfill the functions of the display processing system 100.

[0017] 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a display processing system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The display processing system 100 is communicably connected to a publication information management system 200 via a network such as the Internet. Details of the display processing system 100 will be described later.

[0018] The publication information management system 200 is an information processing system that manages publication information. The publication information management system 200 outputs the publication information to the display processing system 100. The publication information will be described later.

[0019] Although one publication information management system 200 is shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of publication information management systems 200 may be used.

[0020] Next, details of the display processing system 100 will be described. The display processing system 100 includes a storage unit 110, a publication information acquisition unit 120, an operation acquisition unit 130, a first display processing unit 140, a second display processing unit 150, and a third display processing unit 160. Each unit shown in Fig. 2 can be realized, for example, by using a storage area or by a processor executing a program stored in the storage area.

[0021] The storage unit 110 stores information to be processed in the display processing system 100. The storage unit 110 can store, for example, publication information, first operation information, second operation information, and third operation information, which will be described later.

[0022] The publication information acquisition unit 120 acquires publication information for displaying a publication including a plurality of pages, and stores the publication information in the storage unit 110 .

[0023] The publication information managed by the publication information management system 200 is information for displaying a publication including multiple pages.

[0024] Here, publications include, for example, newspapers, magazines, academic journals, etc. Publications include printed materials, publications to be printed, or publications provided electronically. Electronically provided publications include, for example, publications with a format or layout that electronically displays the format or layout of printed materials (e.g., e-books, e-magazines, e-newspapers, etc.). Articles contained in publications include, for example, news articles, interview articles, advertisements, papers, etc. Articles include, for example, text, diagrams, still images, moving images, and other media that convey predetermined content. In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the publication is a newspaper and the article is a news article published in the newspaper; however, the article is not limited to a news article published in a newspaper. Furthermore, the article may be written in Japanese or in another language (e.g., English). The article may be written vertically or horizontally.

[0025] Furthermore, the publication information may be information in which content information indicating the content of each page is associated with order information indicating the display order of each page (for example, page order).

[0026] The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires first operation information regarding a first operation, second operation information regarding a second operation, third operation information regarding a third operation, and fourth operation information regarding a fourth operation received from a user, and stores the first operation information, second operation information, third operation information, and fourth operation information in the memory unit 110.

[0027] The operation information (first operation information, second operation information, third operation information, and fourth operation information) acquired by the operation acquisition unit 130 may be an operation on the user device using a user's finger or the like (e.g., a touch operation), an operation using a predetermined input device (e.g., a keyboard operation or a click operation), or other operations (e.g., an operation using eye contact or an operation by placing fingers together). The operation information that can be acquired by the operation acquisition unit 130 may correspond to, for example, information on user operations that can be acquired by the user device.

[0028] The first operation information is operation information indicating a first operation for selecting a first page 102 included in a plurality of pages of a publication displayed in the first display area 101 .

[0029] The second operation information is operation information indicating a second operation to select a second page 104, which is different from the first page 102 and is included in the multiple pages displayed in the first display area 101, when the second display processing unit 150 described later is displaying the first page 102 in the second display area 103.

[0030] The third operation information is operation information indicating a third operation for selecting a first article 105 from among the multiple articles included in the first page 102 displayed in the second display area 103 .

[0031] The fourth operation information is operation information indicating a fourth operation in the up / down direction or the left / right direction on the first page 102 displayed in the second display area 103 .

[0032] The first display processing unit 140 displays the publication in accordance with the order of the pages in the publication in the first display area 101 for displaying the pages arranged in a grid based on the publication information.

[0033] Publications may be displayed in the order of a plurality of pages, for example, from the top right to the bottom, or from the top left to the right.

[0034] The first display processing unit 140 can display the publication in, for example, a first display area 101 of a display unit included in the user device. Furthermore, if the user device is, for example, a head-mounted display or smart glasses, the first display processing unit 140 may perform different display processes for the user's right eye field and left eye field. This allows the display processing system 100 to display the publication in three dimensions when the user views it with both eyes.

[0035] The first display processing unit 140 can also display publications in the first display area 101, which is a predetermined area in the virtual space.

[0036] The first display processing unit 140 can also display a publication in the first display area 101 in the virtual space, where the pages are arranged in a grid pattern so that they are lined up on the side of a substantially cylinder and curved inward toward the front (or the user). In one aspect, the first display processing unit 140 can also display the pages in the first display area 101 so that the pages are lined up on the side of a substantially cylinder centered on the user and curved inward toward the user. This allows the user to view the publication displayed by the display processing system 100 as if they were viewing the publication in real space. The display processing system 100 can also arrange and display multiple pages at the same or approximately the same distance (or equidistant or approximately equidistant) from the user, allowing the user to view multiple pages from a bird's-eye view without changing the focal length, thereby reducing eye fatigue.

[0037] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, the first display processing unit 140 can display the pages of the publication in the first display area 101 without overlapping each other.

[0038] Based on the first operation information, second display processing unit 150 displays the page in second display area 103, which is located in front of (or closer to the user than) first display area 101 and is used to display the page at a larger size than when displayed in first display area 101. As shown in Fig. 1 , second display area 103 may be used to display the page so as to overlap at least a portion of first display area 101.

[0039] The second display processing unit 150 can display a page, for example, in a second display area 103 of a display unit included in the user device. Furthermore, if the user device is, for example, a head-mounted display or smart glasses, the second display processing unit 150 may perform different display processing for the user's right eye field and left eye field. This allows the display processing system 100 to display a page three-dimensionally when the user views it with both eyes. Furthermore, the display processing system 100 can display a page so that the user perceives it as if it were displayed in a virtual space.

[0040] The second display processing unit 150 can display a page in the second display area 103, which is a predetermined area in the virtual space. The second display processing unit 150 can display a page in the second display area 103, which is located in front of (or closer to the user than) the first display area 101.

[0041] In addition, the second display processing unit 150 can move the first page 102 from the first display area 101 to the second display area 103 based on the first operation information that selects the first page 102, and display the first page 102 in the second display area 103.

[0042] The third display processing unit 160 identifies the first article information of the first article 105 from among the multiple pieces of article information related to the multiple articles based on the third operation information, and displays the first article 105 based on the first article information.

[0043] The third display processing unit 160 can, for example, access an article management system that is an information processing system that manages article information and is communicatively connected to the display processing system 100 via a network such as the Internet, and acquire first article information about the selected first article 105. Then, the third display processing unit 160 displays the first article 105 based on the acquired first article information.

[0044] The third display processing unit 160 can display the first article 105 on, for example, a display unit included in the user device. Furthermore, if the user device is, for example, a head-mounted display or smart glasses, the third display processing unit 160 may perform different display processing for the user's right eye field and left eye field. This allows the display processing system 100 to display the first article 105 in three dimensions when the user views it with both eyes.

[0045] The area in which the third display processing unit 160 displays the first article 105 may be a display area that displays the first article 105 in a display mode different from that of the first display area 101 and the second display area 103. This allows the user, when wishing to refer to the first article 105, to refer to the first article 105 more conveniently in a display mode that is suitable for referencing an article, which is different from the display in the first display area 101 and the second display area 103 that are suitable for referencing the entire publication, for example.

[0046] Next, a specific example of the display processing in the display processing system 100 will be described.

[0047] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed through the display processing in the display processing system 100. The screen shown in Fig. 3 shows, for example, an example of a screen before the operation acquisition unit 130 acquires the first operation information.

[0048] The first display processing unit 140 displays the publication in the first display area 101 in accordance with the order of the pages in the publication. At this time, the first display processing unit 140 may, for example, display all pages in the publication in the first display area 101. This allows the user to view the entire publication at a glance.

[0049] The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires first operation information for selecting the first page 102 displayed in the first display area.

[0050] 1 shows an example of a screen displayed in response to acquisition of first operation information by the operation acquisition unit 130. The second display processing unit 150 displays the first page 102 in the second display area 103 based on the first operation information. At this time, the first display processing unit 140 can hide the first page 102 in the first display area 101 based on the first operation. This allows the user to visually and easily grasp which page in the first display area 101 the page displayed in the second display area 103 is, in other words, which page in the publication it is.

[0051] 1, 4A to 5B, and 7A to 7B, the second display processing unit 150 may display the publication such that the first page 102 is not present in a position corresponding to the first page 102 in the first display area 101, based on first operation information for selecting the first page 102. This allows the user to visually and easily grasp which page in the publication is displayed in the second display area 103.

[0052] In this way, the display processing by the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 allows the user to view the entire publication (for example, the entire newspaper page of a certain day's morning edition) at a high level of overview. Then, by selecting a page that the user wishes to view further, the user can view that page in more detail. In other words, the user can view the publication by easily switching between a view that provides an overview of the entire publication and a view that allows the user to view the details of the article.

[0053] 4A and 4B are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed through the display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG.

[0054] 4A shows, for example, an example of a screen before second operation information is acquired by the operation acquisition unit 130. When the first page 102 is displayed in the second display area 103, the operation acquisition unit 130 acquires second operation information for selecting a second page 104 that is different from the first page 102 and is included in the multiple pages displayed in the first display area 101.

[0055] The screen shown in FIG. 4B is an example of a screen displayed in response to, for example, acquisition of second operation information by the operation acquisition unit 130. Based on the second operation information, the first display processing unit 140 displays the first page 102 in the first display area 101 and does not display the second page 104 in the first display area 101. Based on the second operation information, the first display processing unit 140 can also prevent the second page 104 from being present in the first display area 101 and display the first page 102 as if it were present in the first display area 103. Based on the second operation information, the second display processing unit 150 displays the second page 104 in the second display area 103 and does not display the first page 102 in the second display area 103. Based on the second operation information, the second display processing unit 150 can also display the second page 104 in place of the first page 102 in the second display area 103. This allows the user to visually and easily understand which page in the first display area 101 the page displayed in the second display area 103 corresponds to, in other words, which page in the publication it corresponds to.

[0056] At this time, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may move the first page 102 so that the first page 102 returns from the second display area 103 to the first display area 101, and display it in the first display area 101. The first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may also move the second page 104 so that the second page 104 advances from the first display area 101 to the second display area 103, and display it in the second display area 103. For example, the first display processing unit 140 may move the first page 102 from the second display area 103 to the first display area 101 based on the second operation information, and display the first page 102 at a position in the first display area 101 corresponding to the first page 102, and the second display processing unit 150 may move the second page 104 from the first display area 101 to the second display area 103 based on the second operation information, and display the second page 104 in the second display area 103. This allows the user to visually and easily grasp that the page displayed in the second display area 103 has been switched from the first page 102 to the second page 104.

[0057] 5A and 5B are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed through the display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG.

[0058] 5A shows an example of a screen before the operation acquisition unit 130 acquires the third operation information. The first page 102 includes a plurality of articles including the first article 105. The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires the third operation information for selecting the first article.

[0059] The screen shown in FIG. 5B is an example of a screen displayed in response to, for example, acquisition of third operation information by the operation acquisition unit 130. The second display processing unit 150 displays the first page 102 in the second display area 103, displaying the first article 105 in a manner different from articles other than the first article 105 among the multiple articles. Here, the different display manner of the first article 105 may be, for example, a display that highlights the first article 105. The display manner that highlights the first article 105 may be, for example, a display manner in which the first article 105 is surrounded by a predetermined frame, a display manner in which the area displaying the first article 105 is filled with a predetermined color, or a display manner in which the area displaying articles other than the first article 105 is filled with a predetermined color. Furthermore, the display manner that highlights the first article 105 is not limited to these, and any other display manner may be used as long as it allows the user to visually and easily recognize that the first article 105 has been selected.

[0060] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed through display processing in the display processing system 100. The screen shown in Fig. 6 shows an example of a screen displayed in response to acquisition of third operation information by the operation acquisition unit 130, for example.

[0061] The first display processing unit 140 can be configured to not display in the first display area 101 based on the third operation information, and the second display processing unit 150 can be configured to not display in the second display area 103 based on the third operation information.

[0062] The third display processing unit 160 identifies the first article information of the first article from among the plurality of article information relating to the plurality of articles based on the third operation information, and displays the first article 106 based on the first article information.

[0063] In this case, the third display processing unit 160 can display the first article in a layout different from the layout in the publication (i.e., the layout shown by the first article 105). The layout different from the layout in the publication may be, for example, a layout suitable for viewing an article, such as line break positions, paragraph break positions, page break positions, character direction (especially, for example, horizontal writing), and character size suitable for viewing an article. This allows the user to more easily view articles that the user wishes to view further from among the articles included in the publication displayed in the second display area.

[0064] 5A and 5B and the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, either one of the display processing modes may be performed based on the third operation information. Which display processing mode is to be performed may be determined according to the setting of the user or the administrator of the display processing system 100.

[0065] 7A and 7B are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed through the display processing in the display processing system 100. FIG.

[0066] 7A shows an example of a screen before the operation acquisition unit 130 acquires the fourth operation information. At this time, the second display processing unit 150 displays the first page 102 in the second display area 103.

[0067] When the user performs a fourth operation, the operation acquisition unit 130 acquires fourth operation information. The fourth operation may be, for example, a swipe operation in the up / down or left / right direction on the first page displayed in the second display area, or an operation of selecting a page transition button 107 displayed on the display unit of the user device. Note that the page transition button 107 may be displayed inside the second display area 103 or outside the second display area 103.

[0068] 7B shows an example of a screen displayed in response to acquisition of fourth operation information by the operation acquisition unit 130. Based on the fourth operation information, the second display processing unit 150 displays the page next to the first page 102 (e.g., the second page 104) in the second display area 103. For example, the second display processing unit 150 can display the page next to the first page 102 instead of the first page 102.

[0069] At this time, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may move the first page 102 so that the first page 102 returns from the second display area 103 to the first display area 101, and display it in the first display area 101. The first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may also move the second page 104 so that the second page 104 advances from the first display area 101 to the second display area 103, and display it in the second display area 103. This allows the user to visually and easily grasp that the page displayed in the second display area 103 has been switched from the first page 102 to the second page 104.

[0070] When the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 move the first page 102 from the second display area 103 back to the first display area 101 and move the second page 104 from the first display area 101 to the second display area 103, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 can move and display the first page 102 and the second page 104 so that they do not overlap. Specifically, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may perform an adjustment process to tilt at least one of the first page 102 and the second page 104 and then display them. More specifically, if the adjustment process is not performed and there is a risk that the left and right sides of the first page 102 and the second page 104 will overlap, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may display the first page 102 and the second page 104 tilted about a vertical axis (i.e., rotated horizontally). Furthermore, if the adjustment process is not performed and there is a risk that the top and bottom sides of the first page 102 and the second page 104 will overlap, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may display the first page 102 and the second page 104 tilted about a horizontal axis (i.e., rotated vertically). This allows the user to visually and easily grasp that the first page 102 has been replaced by the second page 104, and, for example, to easily grasp the positions of the first page 102 and the second page 104 in the first display area 101.

[0071] The administrator of the display processing system 100 may set adjustment processing information that associates the relationship between the positions of the first page 102 and the second page 104 in the first display area 101 with whether the adjustment processing is necessary or the specific processing (for example, the tilt direction and angle). In this case, the first display processing unit 140 and the second display processing unit 150 may move and display the first page 102 and the second page 104 based on the adjustment processing information so that the first page 102 and the second page 104 do not overlap.

[0072] 7A , the second display processing unit 150 may display a page (e.g., the second page 104) different from the first page 102 in the second display area 103 based on a fifth operation indicating an operation (e.g., a so-called drag operation) by the user to move a page (e.g., the second page 104) different from the first page 102 from the first display area 101 to the second display area 103. This allows the user to easily select a page to be displayed in the second display area 103.

[0073] Note that the screens shown in this embodiment are examples of display processing by the first display processing unit 140, the second display processing unit 150, and the third display processing unit 160, and the screens displayed by the display processing by the display processing system 100 are not limited to these.

[0074] The display processing system 100 is capable of displaying publications and articles in a first display area 101 and a second display area 103 within a virtual space. In this regard, a technique for digitizing publications (e.g., newspapers) and displaying the digitized publications page by page on a user device has been known. However, this conventional technique has a problem in that the publications are displayed page by page, resulting in a display mode with low browsability. The display processing system 100 can display multiple pages (e.g., all pages) of a publication in the first display area 101 within a virtual space, and can enlarge and display a selected page in the second display area 103 in response to first operation information. Therefore, the display processing by the display processing system 100 can provide the user with a highly convenient reference form that is browsable, overviewable, and readable.

[0075] Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the display processing system 100. The flowchart shown in Fig. 8 shows an example of display processing based on the first operation information.

[0076] The publication information acquisition unit 120 acquires publication information (S801). The first display processing unit 140 displays the publication in the first display area 101 (S802). The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires first operation information for selecting the first page 102 (S803). The second display processing unit 150 displays the first page 102 in the second display area 103 (S804).

[0077] Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the display processing system 100. The flowchart shown in Fig. 9 shows an example of display processing based on second operation information.

[0078] The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires second operation information for selecting the second page 104 (S901). The first display processing unit 140 performs display processing based on the second operation information to display the first page 102 in the first display area 101 and not to display the second page 104 in the first display area 101 (S902). The second display processing unit 150 performs display processing based on the second operation information to display the second page 104 in the second display area 103 and not to display the first page 102 in the second display area 103 (S903).

[0079] Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the display processing system 100. The flowchart shown in Fig. 10 shows an example of display processing based on third operation information.

[0080] The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires third operation information for selecting the first article 105 (S1001). The second display processing unit 150 displays the first page 102, which displays the first article 105 in a format different from articles other than the first article 105, based on the third operation information (S1002).

[0081] Furthermore, based on the third operation information, the first display processing unit 140 determines not to display in the first display area 101 (S1003), and the second display processing unit 150 determines not to display in the second display area 103 (S1004). Next, based on the third operation information, the third display processing unit 160 identifies first article information of the first article 105 from among the plurality of article information related to the plurality of articles, and displays the first article 105 based on the first article information (S1005).

[0082] Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the display processing system 100. The flowchart shown in Fig. 11 shows an example of display processing based on the fourth operation information.

[0083] The operation acquisition unit 130 acquires fourth operation information (S1101). The second display processing unit 150 displays the page next to the first page 102 in the second display area 103 based on the fourth operation information (S1102).

[0084] Next, an example of a hardware configuration in which the display processing system 100 is realized by a computer 1200 will be described with reference to Fig. 12. Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the computer 1200.

[0085] As shown in FIG. 12, a computer 1200 includes, for example, a processor 1201, a memory 1202, a storage device 1203, an input I / F unit 1204, a data I / F unit 1205, a communication I / F unit 1206, and a display device 1207.

[0086] Computer 1200 may be, for example, a server computer, a personal computer (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), a media computing platform (e.g., cable, satellite set-top box, digital video recorder, etc.), a handheld computing device (e.g., PDA, email client, etc.), or some other type of computer or communications platform.

[0087] The processor 1201 is a control unit that controls various processes in the computer 1200 by executing programs stored in the memory 1202 .

[0088] The memory 1202 is a storage medium such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The memory 1202 temporarily stores the program code of the program executed by the processor 1201 and data required when the program is executed.

[0089] The storage device 1203 is a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk drive (HDD), flash memory, etc. The storage device 1203 stores an operating system and various programs for realizing the above-mentioned components.

[0090] The input I / F unit 1204 is a device for receiving input from a user. The input I / F unit 1204 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, various sensors, a wearable device, etc. The input I / F unit 1204 may be connected to the computer 1200 via an interface such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus).

[0091] The data I / F unit 1205 is a device for inputting data from outside the computer 1200. The data I / F unit 1205 is, for example, a drive device for reading data stored in various storage media. The data I / F unit 1205 may be provided outside the computer 1200. When the data I / F unit 1205 is provided outside the computer 1200, the data I / F unit 1205 is connected to the computer 1200 via an interface such as a USB.

[0092] The communication I / F unit 1206 is a device for performing data communication via a network such as the Internet, either wired or wirelessly, with devices external to the computer 1200. The communication I / F unit 1206 may be provided external to the computer 1200. When the communication I / F unit 1206 is provided external to the computer 1200, the communication I / F unit 1206 is connected to the computer 1200 via an interface such as a USB.

[0093] The display device 1207 is a device for displaying various types of information. The display device 1207 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display, a display of a wearable device, or the like. The display device 1207 may be provided outside the computer 1200. When the display device 1207 is provided outside the computer 1200, the display device 1207 is connected to the computer 1200 via, for example, a display cable. Furthermore, when a touch panel is adopted as the input I / F unit 1204, the display device 1207 may be configured as an integral part of the input I / F unit 1204.

[0094] The above describes one embodiment of the present invention. The display processing system 100 acquires publication information, displays the publication in the first display area 101 based on the publication information, acquires first operation information for selecting the first page 102, and displays the first page 102 in the second display area 103. This allows the display processing system 100 to display content with improved user convenience.

[0095] Furthermore, based on the first operation information, the display processing system 100 can prevent the first page 102 from being displayed in the first display area 101. This allows the user to visually and easily grasp which page of the publication is being displayed in the second display area 103, thereby enabling the content to be displayed in a manner that is more convenient for the user.

[0096] Furthermore, the display processing system 100 can display the first page 102 in a second display area 103 in the virtual space, which is closer to the user than the first display area 101. This allows the display processing system 100 to display content in the virtual space with improved user convenience.

[0097] Furthermore, display processing system 100 acquires second operation information, and based on the second operation information, can display first page 102 in first display area 101 but not display second page 104 in first display area 101, and can also display second page 104 in second display area 103 but not display first page 102 in second display area 103. This allows display processing system 100 to switch the page to be displayed in second display area 103 in response to a user operation.

[0098] The display processing system 100 can also display publications in the first display area 101 in the virtual space, in which the pages are arranged in a grid pattern so that they are aligned on the side of a substantially cylinder and curved inward toward the user. This allows the display processing system 100 to display content in the virtual space in a manner that is convenient for the user.

[0099] Furthermore, the display processing system 100 acquires third operation information, and based on the third operation information, can display the first page 102 in the second display area 103, in which the first article 105 is displayed in a manner different from articles other than the first article 105 among the plurality of articles. This allows the user to conveniently refer to the first article 105 included in the first page 102.

[0100] Furthermore, the display processing system 100 acquires third operation information, and based on the third operation information, disables display in the first display area 101, disables display in the second display area 103, and identifies first article information from among the plurality of pieces of article information and displays the first article in the second display area 103. This allows the user to conveniently refer to the first article 105 included in the first page 102.

[0101] Furthermore, the display processing system 100 can acquire fourth operation information and, based on the fourth operation information, display the page next to the first page 102 in the second display area 103. This allows the user to easily refer to each page in the publication in sequence.

[0102] It should be noted that the present embodiment is provided to facilitate understanding of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

[0103] In addition, in the present invention, a "unit" does not simply mean a physical means, but also includes cases where the functions of the "unit" are realized by software. Furthermore, the functions of one "unit" or device may be realized by two or more physical means, devices, or software, and the functions of two or more "units" or devices may be realized by one physical means, device, or software.

[0104] 100 Display processing system, 101 First display area, 102 First page, 103 Second display area, 104 Second page, 105 First article, 106 First article, 107 Page transition button, 110 Storage unit, 120 Publication information acquisition unit, 130 Operation acquisition unit, 140 First display processing unit, 150 Second display processing unit, 160 Third display processing unit, 200 Publication information management system

Claims

1. A display processing system comprising: a publication information acquisition unit that acquires publication information for displaying a publication including a plurality of pages; a first display processing unit that displays the publication in a first display area for displaying each page in a grid pattern based on the publication information, in accordance with the order of the plurality of pages in the publication; an operation acquisition unit that acquires first operation information received from a user, indicating a first operation for selecting a first page included in the plurality of pages to be displayed in the first display area; and a second display processing unit that displays the first page in a second display area that is positioned in front of the first display area and for displaying the page at a larger size than when displayed in the first display area, based on the first operation information.

2. A display processing system comprising: a publication information acquisition unit that acquires publication information for displaying a publication including multiple pages in a virtual space; a first display processing unit that displays two or more pages, which are at least a portion of the multiple pages in the publication, in a first display area in the virtual space based on the publication information; an operation acquisition unit that acquires first operation information, which is received from the user and indicates a first operation for selecting a first page included in the two or more pages displayed in the first display area; and a second display processing unit that displays the first page in a second display area in the virtual space based on the first operation information.

3. The display processing system according to claim 2, wherein the first display processing unit displays the two or more pages in the first display area at approximately equal distances from the user.

4. A display processing system as described in claim 2, wherein the second display area is an area for displaying a page at a larger size than when displayed in the first display area when viewed by the user, and is positioned in front of the first display area and overlaps at least a portion of the first display area.

5. A display processing system as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the first display area and the second display area are each a predetermined area within the virtual space, the second display area is located closer to the user than the first display area, and the first display processing unit displays the pages in the first display area so that they are arranged in a grid pattern, curving inward toward the user, so that each page is lined up on the side of an approximately cylinder centered on the user.

6. The display processing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation acquisition unit acquires second operation information indicating a second operation of selecting a second page, different from the first page, included in the plurality of pages displayed in the first display area when the second display processing unit is displaying the first page in the second display area; the first display processing unit displays the first page in the first display area and does not display the second page in the first display area based on the second operation information; and the second display processing unit displays the second page in the second display area and does not display the first page in the second display area based on the second operation information.

7. The display processing system described in claim 6, wherein the first display processing unit moves the first page from the second display area to the first display area based on the second operation information, and displays the first page at a position corresponding to the first page in the first display area, and the second display processing unit moves the second page from the first display area to the second display area based on the second operation information, and displays the second page in the second display area.

8. The display processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first display processing unit displays the plurality of pages in the first display area without the pages overlapping each other.

9. The display processing system according to claim 8, wherein the first display processing unit displays the plurality of pages in the first display area by arranging each page at approximately the same distance from the user.

10. The display processing system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first page includes a plurality of articles, the operation acquisition unit acquires third operation information indicating a third operation for selecting a first article from the plurality of articles included in the first page displayed in the second display area, and the second display processing unit displays the first page in the second display area in a manner different from articles other than the first article from the plurality of articles.

11. The display processing system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first page includes a plurality of articles, the operation acquisition unit acquires third operation information indicating a third operation of selecting a first article from the plurality of articles included in the first page displayed in the second display area, the first display processing unit does not perform display in the first display area, and the second display processing unit does not perform display in the second display area, and the display processing system further comprises a third display processing unit that identifies first article information of the first article from a plurality of article information related to the plurality of articles based on the third operation information, and displays the first article based on the first article information.

12. The display processing system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation acquisition unit acquires fourth operation information indicating a fourth operation in the up / down or left / right direction on the first page displayed in the second display area, and the second display processing unit displays the page next to the first page in the second display area based on the fourth operation information.

13. A display processing method in which a computer: acquires publication information for displaying a publication including multiple pages; displays the publication in a first display area for displaying each page in a grid pattern based on the publication information, in accordance with the order of the multiple pages in the publication; acquires first operation information received from a user, indicating a first operation for selecting a first page included in the multiple pages displayed in the first display area; and displays the first page in a second display area, positioned in front of the first display area, for displaying the page at a larger size than when displayed in the first display area, based on the first operation information.

14. A display processing program for causing a computer to implement the following: a publication information acquisition unit that acquires publication information for displaying a publication including multiple pages; a first display processing unit that displays the publication in a first display area for displaying each page in a grid pattern based on the publication information, in accordance with the order of the multiple pages in the publication; an operation acquisition unit that acquires first operation information received from a user, indicating a first operation for selecting a first page included in the multiple pages displayed in the first display area; and a second display processing unit that displays the first page in a second display area that is positioned in front of the first display area and for displaying the page at a larger size than when displayed in the first display area, based on the first operation information.

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