JP2013037513A - Information presentation device, information display system, information presentation method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To drastically reduce a time spent for collecting information by allowing information desired by an individual user to be collected without opening a linked website.SOLUTION: When a website publicized by an information presentation server is connected from a smart phone, the smart phone displays page image data PG1 which have lowest degree of detail as a list of search results in response to presentation of the page image data PG1 of a first pattern from the information presentation server. Then, every time an operation of pinch-out/pinch-in is performed, the smart phone receives presentation of the page image data at degree of detail in accordance with magnification following the operation from an information presentation server 200 and switches among displayed page image data PG1 to PG4. Thus, an operator simply performs pinch-out/pinch-in operation so that the operator can change amount of information of an explanation for each web page included in the list of search results displayed to a screen.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a plurality of contents including text information and image information on a display device.

  In recent years, information presentation apparatuses that present information on the Internet as a list have been known. As an example of the information presentation device, there is one that presents a list of search results by a search engine. In the search engine, a part of the search result, that is, several lines of text including the keyword are presented on the information terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

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  In order to obtain more information, a client computer that receives information from the search engine and displays a list displays each linked Web page one by one, confirms its contents, and selects desired information. If is not obtained, the operation of returning to the search result list screen again is repeated.

  An example of a client computer is a smartphone. Some smartphones of this type can perform pinch-out / pinch-in operations. “Pinch out” is an operation of placing two fingers on the touch panel and widening the space between the fingers. This is done when enlarging the object on the screen. “Pinch-in” is an operation of placing two fingers on the touch panel and narrowing the space between the fingers. This is done when the object on the screen is reduced. If a pinch-out operation is used, the search result list screen by the search engine can be enlarged for easy viewing. However, the amount of information that can be obtained does not change, just by enlarging the characters and images for easy viewing. For this reason, in order to obtain more information, eventually, the linked Web pages are opened one by one.

  From the above, according to the prior art, a user receiving information presentation needs to open each linked Web page one by one in order to obtain the desired information. The operation was complicated and troublesome.

  Therefore, a problem to be solved by the present invention is to obtain information desired by each user without performing an operation of opening each linked Web page one by one.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to solve at least a part of the problems described above, and the invention can be implemented as the following forms or application examples.

Application Example 1 A display control unit that generates page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information, and displays the page data on a display device, and the plurality of pages A page data storage unit for storing data,
Information that, when receiving a predetermined instruction, reads other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction from the page data storage unit from among the plurality of page data, and causes the display device to display the read page data Presentation device.

  According to the information presentation device according to Application Example 1, page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content is displayed on the display device. When a predetermined instruction is received in a state where the page data is displayed on the display device, the display on the display device is switched to another page data corresponding to the instruction. Since each page data includes a plurality of image portions in which each content is imaged, the operator can obtain information on each content only by giving a predetermined instruction. That is, the operator can obtain desired information without performing an operation of opening each content one by one.

Application Example 2 The information presentation apparatus according to Application Example 1, wherein the predetermined instruction is an instruction that indicates an enlargement ratio for the page data displayed on the display device.

  According to this configuration, the operator can switch the display to the page data whose content information has increased by giving an instruction indicating the enlargement ratio for the page data, and receives the reduction instruction (the other instruction). The display can be switched to page data in which the amount of text information represented in the image portion for each content is reduced.

Application Example 3 In the information presentation device according to Application Example 1 or Application Example 2, when a keyword transmitted from a mobile terminal serving as the display device is received, a search engine is requested to search for information including the keyword. And a search result receiving unit that receives a search result including one or a plurality of Web page information individually indicating Web pages from the search engine, and the display control unit receives each Web page information. An information presentation device that generates page data including an imaged image portion as each content and executes the display for displaying the page data on the display device.

  According to this configuration, a search service suitable for a mobile terminal can be provided using an existing search engine.

Application Example 4 In the information presentation apparatus according to Application Example 3, the display control unit classifies each Web page information of the search result received by the search result receiving unit, and sets each classified group. An information presentation device that generates image data for each group as the page data that is individually updated by the display update unit, and causes the display device to display a page in which the image data for each group is arranged.

  According to this configuration, the search results are classified and displayed in groups, so that information collection is easy. In addition, it is possible to reach the desired information by a predetermined instruction. From these things, it becomes possible to search more rapidly.

Application Example 5 A display control unit that generates page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information, and displays the page data on a display device, and the plurality of pages A page data storage unit for storing data,
Information that, when receiving a predetermined instruction, reads other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction from the page data storage unit from among the plurality of page data, and causes the display device to display the read page data Display system.

Application Example 6 A display control unit that generates page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information, and displays the page data on a display device, and the plurality of pages When a computer including a page data storage unit that stores data receives a predetermined instruction, other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction is read from the page data storage unit from the plurality of page data, Displaying the read page data on the display device;
To control the information presentation method.

Application Example 7 A function for generating page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information on a computer and displaying the page data on a display device, and a plurality of the pages In addition to realizing the function to store data,
The display function is
When receiving a predetermined instruction, a function of reading other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction from the plurality of page data from the page data storage unit, and causing the display device to display the read page data. Including computer programs.

  According to the information display system according to the application example 5, the information presentation method according to the application example 6, and the computer program according to the application example 7, as in the information presentation apparatus according to the application example 1, the operator The desired information can be obtained without performing the operation of opening each one.

  Furthermore, the present invention can also be realized as the following application examples 8 to 18.

Application Example 8 An information presentation device that displays a plurality of contents each including text information on a display device,
A display control unit for generating page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content by reducing the information amount of the text information, and displaying the page data on the display device;
The display control unit
When a predetermined instruction is received in a state where the page data is displayed on the display device, the information amount of the text information used for each image portion of the page data is compared with that before the predetermined instruction is received. An information presentation device comprising: a display update unit that increases and generates the page data and updates the display of the display device with the generated page data.

  According to the information presentation device according to Application Example 8, page data including an image portion obtained by imaging a part of text information of each content is displayed on the display device. When the page data is displayed on the display device and when a predetermined instruction is received, the display device displays the page data in which the amount of text information represented in the image portion for each content has increased. Can be switched. For this reason, each time a predetermined instruction is received, the display of the display device is sequentially updated to page data in which the amount of information for each content has increased. In other words, the operator can change the amount of information for each content displayed on the screen by giving the predetermined instruction. Therefore, according to the information presentation device according to Application Example 1, the operator can reach the information he / she desires only by giving a predetermined instruction, so that information can be collected quickly.

Application Example 9 In the information presentation device according to Application Example 8, the display update unit receives another instruction different from the predetermined instruction in a state where the page data is displayed on the display device. When the page data is generated by reducing the amount of information of the text information used for each image portion of the page data from before receiving the other instruction, the page data is generated with the generated page data. An information presentation device that updates a display on a display device.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to receive both enlargement and reduction instructions for the page data. When the enlargement instruction (the predetermined instruction) is received, the amount of text information represented in the image portion for each content The display can be switched to the page data having increased, and when the reduction instruction (the other instruction) is received, the display is performed on the page data in which the amount of text information represented in the image portion for each content is reduced. Can be switched.

Application Example 10 In the information presentation device according to Application Example 8 or Application Example 9, a plurality of page data in which the amount of information of the text information used for each image portion is different is stored for the page data. A page data storage unit, and the predetermined instruction is an instruction indicating an enlargement ratio for the page data displayed on the display device, and the display control unit receives the predetermined instruction each time the page instruction is received. An information presentation device that reads one page data selected based on the enlargement ratio from a plurality of page data stored in a data storage unit, and displays the read page data on the display device.

  According to this configuration, when a predetermined instruction is received, it is only necessary to read one out of a plurality of page data stored in advance in the storage unit. Therefore, the display is updated when the predetermined instruction is received. It can be done quickly.

Application Example 11 In the information presentation device according to Application Example 8 or Application Example 9, the display control unit increases the information amount of the text information and receives the page data each time the predetermined instruction is received. An information presentation device comprising a configuration for generating the page data and displaying the generated page data on the display device.

  According to this configuration, page data is generated every time a predetermined instruction is received. For this reason, the data storage capacity is small.

Application Example 12 In the information presentation device according to any one of Application Example 8 to Application Example 11, when a search keyword transmitted from a smartphone serving as the display device is received, the search keyword is passed to a search engine. A search request unit that requests a search engine to search for information including the search keyword, and a search result receiving unit that receives a search result including one or a plurality of Web page information individually indicating Web pages from the search engine. The display control unit causes the display to be executed by using the Web page information as the contents.

  According to this configuration, a search service suitable for a smartphone can be provided using an existing search engine.

Application Example 13 In the information presentation apparatus according to Application Example 12, the display control unit classifies each Web page information of the search result received by the search result receiving unit, and sets each classified group. An information presentation device configured to generate group-specific image data as the page data that is individually updated by the display update unit, and display a page on which the group-specific image data is arranged on the display device.

  According to this configuration, the search results are classified and displayed in groups, so that information collection is easy. In addition, it is possible to reach the desired information by a predetermined instruction. From these things, it becomes possible to search more rapidly.

Application Example 14 The information presentation apparatus according to Application Example 13, in which the arrangement of the image data for each group on the page is arranged in a plurality in the vertical direction and a plurality in the horizontal direction. According to this configuration, the visibility of the image data for each group is excellent.

Application Example 15 The information presentation apparatus according to any one of Application Example 8 to Application Example 14, wherein the predetermined instruction is an instruction according to a pinch-out operation. According to this configuration, the display image can be updated by a pinch-out operation.

Application Example 16 An information display system that displays a plurality of contents each including text information,
A display unit for the display;
A display control unit for generating page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content by reducing the information amount of the text information, and displaying the page data on the display unit;
The display control unit
When a predetermined instruction is received in a state where the page data is displayed on the display unit, the information amount of the text information used for each image portion of the page data is compared with that before the predetermined instruction is received. An information display system comprising: a display update unit that increases, generates the page data, and updates the display of the display unit with the generated page data.

Application Example 17 An information presentation method for displaying a plurality of contents each including text information on a display device,
Generating page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content by reducing the amount of the text information, and displaying the page data on a display device;
The process includes
When a predetermined instruction is received in a state where the page data is displayed on the display device, the information amount of the text information used for each image portion of the page data is compared with that before the predetermined instruction is received. An information presentation method comprising the steps of generating the page data and updating the display of the display device with the generated page data.

Application Example 18 A computer program for displaying a plurality of contents each including text information on a display device,
Reducing the information amount of the text information, generating page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content, and causing the computer to realize a function of displaying the page data on a display device;
The function is
When a predetermined instruction is received in a state where the page data is displayed on the display device, the information amount of the text information used for each image portion of the page data is compared with that before the predetermined instruction is received. A computer program comprising a function of generating the page data and updating the display of the display device with the generated page data.

  According to the information display system according to the application example 16, the information presentation method according to the application example 17, and the computer program according to the application example 18, similarly to the information presentation apparatus according to the application example 8, the operator Information can be gathered quickly because it is possible to arrive at the information desired by simply controlling issuance.

  Furthermore, the present invention can be realized in various forms other than the first application example to the eighteenth application example. For example, a recording medium storing the computer program according to the seventh and eighteenth application examples, It can be realized in the form of an embodied data signal or the like. As the recording medium, for example, various media such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a memory card, and a hard disk can be used.

It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the web page search system 10 as 1st Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of each process in connection with the search performed with the information presentation server 200 and the smart phone 400. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the latter half part of each process in connection with the search performed with the information presentation server 200 and the smart phone 400. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of search page SP. It is explanatory drawing which shows the search result data SD sent from the search server 100. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the page image data PG1-PG4 of multiple patterns from which a detail level differs. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates display screen PP1 of the 1st pattern in 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates the display screen PP2 of a 2nd pattern. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates display screen PP3 of a 3rd pattern. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates display screen PP4 of a 4th pattern. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates four types of image data PC1-PC4 produced | generated for every city. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates the search result displayed on the smart phone in 3rd Example.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples with reference to the drawings.

A. First embodiment:
A-1. Overall system configuration:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a Web page search system 10 as a first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, the Web page search system 10 includes a search server 100, an information presentation server 200, a base station 300, and a smartphone 400 as a mobile phone terminal. The search server 100, the information presentation server 200, and the base station 300 are communicably connected via the Internet INT. The smartphone 400 can connect to the Internet INT by performing data communication with the base station 300.

  The search server 100 is a computer for providing a search service for searching a large number of Web pages that are open on the Internet INT. For example, Google (registered trademark), Yahoo! This corresponds to a search server that publishes a search Web page such as (registered trademark).

  As illustrated, the search server 100 includes a search engine 110. The search engine 110 visits a website on the Internet INT using software (robot) and automatically collects web pages. As a collection method, in addition to automatic collection, manual collection called a directory type may be used. The search engine 110 analyzes the collected web pages, organizes and classifies them for each keyword, creates an index, and stores them in the database 120. The index is created by disassembling a Web page as a search engine, and includes a keyword, a Web page location (for example, URL), a Web page update date, text information, image information, and the like.

  In general, when the search server 100 receives a search keyword from a client computer (not shown) via the Internet INT, the search server 100 passes the search keyword to the search engine 110 to search for a Web page including the search keyword. To instruct. The search engine 110 searches the database 120 for an index that matches the search keyword. The search server 100 transmits the search result of the search engine 110 to the search requesting client computer via the Internet INT. As a result, a search service for searching for a Web page can be received by the client computer.

  The smartphone 400 is a mobile terminal that is a combination of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA). Since the configuration of the smartphone is well known, it will not be described in detail here, but the feature of the smartphone 400 of the present embodiment is that it includes a touch-sensitive display panel 402 corresponding to multi-touch as shown in the figure. The touch sensor type display panel 402 includes a liquid crystal display panel 402 a and a touch sensor 402 b added to the liquid crystal display panel 402. The CPU 410 connected to the touch sensor type display panel 402 detects a pinch-out / pinch-in operation from the output signal of the touch sensor 402b, and displays an image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 402a according to the pinch-out / pinch-in operation. Zoom in / out. Specifically, the smartphone 400 corresponds to, for example, Apple (registered trademark) manufactured by Apple. The smartphone 400 corresponds to the “display device” in Application Example 1.

  The smartphone 400 can also be the client computer described above. That is, the smartphone 400 can receive the above-described search service provided by the search server 100 by connecting to a Web site published by the search server 100.

  Similar to the search server 100, the information presentation server 200 is a computer for providing a search service for searching for Web pages. However, the information presentation server 200 requests the search server 100 to search the Web page itself, and displays the search result sent from the search server 100 in a display mode different from the search server 100, that is, a display suitable for a smartphone. Presented in a manner.

  As illustrated, the information presentation server 200 includes a communication unit 210, a central processing circuit (CPU) 220, an internal storage unit 230 such as a RAM or a ROM, and a hard disk drive (HDD) 240 as an external storage unit. ing. The communication unit 210 can communicate with the smartphone 400 via the Internet INT and the base station 300, and can communicate with the search server 100 via the Internet INT.

  The internal storage unit 230 stores a Web page search result presentation computer program 232 and an API (Application Program Interface) 234 prepared for the search server 100. By providing the API 234, the information presentation server 200 can use the search result of the search server 100. The API 234 may be configured to be provided from the search server 100, or may be configured to be created independently by the owner of the information presentation server 200. The computer program 232 is stored in the HDD 240 when not used, and is read from the HDD 240 and stored in the internal storage unit 230 when used. The CPU 220 functionally realizes the display control unit 222 including the display update unit 222a by executing this computer program. The display control unit 222 and the display update unit 222a will be described in detail later.

A-2. Processing related to smartphone search:
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are flowcharts showing processes related to the search executed by the information presentation server 200 and the smartphone 400. FIG. 2 shows the first half of each process, and FIG. 3 shows the second half of each process. The flowchart on the right side of the figure shows the Web page search result presentation process executed on the information presentation server 200 side. The flowchart on the left side in the figure shows search request / display processing executed on the smartphone 400 side.

  A CPU (hereinafter referred to as “smart phone CPU”) 410 provided in the smartphone 400 connects to a website published by the information presentation server 200 and starts executing search request / display processing. The smartphone CPU first displays the search page sent from the information presentation server 200 at the time of connection on the display panel 402 (step S110).

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the search page SP. As illustrated, the search page SP is displayed on the display panel 402 of the smartphone 400. The search page SP includes a search keyword input field KF and a [Search] button BT for instructing execution of the search. The operator inputs a search keyword such as “ΔΔ” in the input field KF, and then touches a [Search] button BT to instruct a search for a Web page including the search keyword.

  In the search request / display process on the left side of FIG. 2, after executing step S110, the smartphone CPU 410 performs a process of receiving a search instruction including the search keyword by the operator described above (step S120), and then the input search The keyword is transmitted to the information presentation server 200 (step S130).

  The information presentation server CPU 220 starts executing a web page search result presentation process after transmitting a search page to the connected smartphone 400. First, the information presentation server CPU 220 determines whether or not a search keyword sent from the smartphone 400 via the base station 300 and the Internet INT is received (step S210), and if not received, repeats step S210. Wait for it to be received. If it is determined in step S210 that the search keyword has been received, the information presentation server CPU 220 transfers the search keyword toward the search server 100 (step S220).

  When the search server 100 receives a search keyword sent from the information presentation server 200 via the Internet INT, the search server 100 searches for a Web page including the search keyword, and obtains search result data indicating the search result as the information presentation server 200. Send to. The search of the Web page here is the same as the search process performed by the information presentation server 200 in accordance with the request from the client computer described above, and the index matching the search keyword is searched from the database 120 (FIG. 1). To do. The search server 100 transmits the search result of the search engine 110 to the information presentation server 200 via the Internet INT.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing search result data SD sent from the search server 100. The search result data SD is a set of one or a plurality of Web page information dw that individually indicate Web pages. Each Web page information dw is data generated from each index selected from the database 120 by the search server 100 as being matched with the search keyword, and is composed of at least a part of data of each index. Specifically, as illustrated, each search Web page information dw includes a [keyword] item d1, a [Web page location] item d2, a [Web page update date] item d3, and a [text information] item. d4 and a [thumbnail] item d5.

  [Keyword] item d1 is a field for storing a keyword for searching a Web page. This keyword matches the search keyword. [Web page location] item d2 is a field for storing a URL or the like indicating the location of the Web page. [Web page update date] The item d3 is a field for storing the update date of the Web page.

  [Text information] item d4 is a field for storing text information representing a Web page, and [Title] item d41 for storing the title of the Web page and a summary of the contents of the Web page. [Summary] item d42. An example of each content stored in the [title] item d41 and the [summary] item d42 is described in a balloon in the drawing.

  [Thumbnail] item d5 is a field for storing thumbnails of typical image data included in the Web page. Typical image data is, for example, image data in the vicinity of a keyword on a Web page. In the case of a Web page that does not include image data, nothing is stored in the [Thumbnail] item d5.

  Each Web page information dw constituting the search result data SD described above corresponds to “content” in the application example 1. That is, the information presentation server 200 functions as an information presentation device that displays each Web page information dw on the smartphone 400.

  In the Web page search result presentation process on the right side of FIG. 2, after executing step S230, the information presentation server CPU 220 executes a process of generating page image data based on the search result data SD received in step S230 (step S240). ). The page image data is page data indicating a list of one or a plurality of search Web page information dw included in the search result data SD. In step S240, page image data having a plurality of patterns with different levels of detail is generated. The generated plurality of patterns of page image data are temporarily stored in a storage unit (page data storage unit) such as the internal storage unit 230 and the HDD 240.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a plurality of patterns of page image data PG1 to PG4 with different levels of detail. In the illustrated example, page image data PG1 to PG4 of four patterns from the first pattern to the fourth pattern are generated. The level of detail increases in order from the first pattern to the fourth pattern. The illustrated example follows the search result data SD when the search keyword is “ΔΔ”.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the page image data PG1 of the first pattern is image data of a page in which only titles are arranged for each search Web page information dw. That is, in step S240, the information presentation server CPU 220 reads the title (text information) from the [title] item d41 for each search Web page information dw, and page image data including an image portion obtained by imaging the read text information. Is generated as page image data PG1 of the first pattern.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the page image data PG2 of the second pattern is image data of a page in which the title and the first sentence of the summary are arranged for each search Web page information dw. That is, in step S240, for each search Web page information dw, the information presentation server CPU 220 extracts the title (text information) from the [title] item d41 and only the first sentence (text information) of the summary from the [summary] item d42. A process of reading each page and generating page image data including an image portion obtained by imaging both the read text information as page image data PG2 of the second pattern is also performed.

  As shown in FIG. 6C, the page image data PG3 of the third pattern is image data of a page in which the full text of the title and the summary is arranged for each search Web page information dw. That is, in step S240, the information presentation server CPU 220 reads the title (text information) from the [title] item d41 and the full text of the summary (text information) from the [summary] item d42 for each search Web page information dw. A process of generating page image data including an image portion obtained by imaging the read text information as the third pattern page image data PG3 is also performed.

  As shown in FIG. 6D, the page image data PG4 of the fourth pattern is image data of a page in which the title, the full text of the summary, and the image data are arranged for each search Web page information dw. That is, in step S240, for each search Web page information dw, the information presentation server CPU 220 selects the title (text information) from the [title] item d41, the full text of the summary (text information) from the [summary] item d42, and [thumbnail]. The thumbnail image is read from the item d5, and page image data including an image portion obtained by imaging both read text information and the thumbnail image portion is generated as page image data PG4 of the fourth pattern.

  That is, the first pattern includes only the title of the text information, the second pattern includes the title of the text information and the first sentence of the summary, and the third pattern includes the title and the entire sentence of the summary ( That is, the fourth pattern includes all of the text information and the thumbnail. For this reason, the information amount of the text information increases in order from the first pattern to the third pattern, and the information amount in the fourth pattern further increases by the amount of the added thumbnail compared to the third pattern. Therefore, the level of detail increases in order from the first pattern to the fourth pattern. Note that the image size increases in order from the first pattern to the fourth pattern by the amount of detail.

  Returning to FIG. 2, when the page image data PG1 to PG4q of the first to fourth patterns are generated in step S240, the information presentation server CPU 220 then generates the page image data PG1 to PG4q of the first to fourth patterns. The page image data PG1 of the first pattern with the lowest level of detail is read from the storage unit as the storage location, and the read page image data PG1 is transmitted to the smartphone 400 (step S250).

  In the search request / display processing on the left side of FIG. 2, the smartphone CPU 410 receives the first pattern page image data PG1 sent from the information presentation server 200 via the Internet INT (step S140), and the first pattern The page image data PG1 is displayed on the display panel 402 (step S150). Thereafter, the smartphone CPU 410 proceeds to step S160 in FIG.

  In step S160, the smartphone CPU 410 performs pinch-out or pinch-in by the operator on the page image data displayed on the display panel 402 (initially, the page image data PG1 of the first pattern is updated sequentially). Determine whether there is an operation. If it is determined that there is no pinch-out / pinch-in operation, the smartphone CPU 410 proceeds to step S194 to determine whether an instruction to end the search request / display process has been received. If it is determined that an instruction to end is not received, the process returns to step S160 to wait for the operator to perform a pinch-out or pinch-in operation. The instruction to end is, for example, an instruction to close the search page SP.

  If it is determined in step S160 that there is a pinch-out or pinch-in operation, the smartphone CPU 410 determines the absolute magnification AS of the pinch-out or pinch-in that has been operated so far for the page image data displayed on the display panel 402. Is performed (step S170). The pinch-out or pinch-in operation may be performed multiple times by the operator on the page image data displayed on the display panel 402 as necessary. In this case, the enlargement / reduction by each operation is performed. Based on the reduction ratio, the final magnification of the original page image data (= page image data PG1 of the first pattern) is obtained. The final magnification for the original page image data is the absolute magnification AS.

  For example, when the enlargement ratio due to the first pinch out is 1.2 times and the enlargement ratio due to the second pinch out is 1.2 times, the absolute magnification AS is 1.2 × 1.2. = 1.44 times. When the enlargement ratio due to the first pinch-out is 1.4 times and the reduction ratio due to the second pinch-in is 0.9 times, the absolute magnification AS is 1.4 × 0.9 = 1. 26 times. In the first pinch-out or pinch-in operation, the first enlargement / reduction ratio is directly used as the absolute magnification AS. Further, the pinch-in operation in which the absolute magnification AS is less than 1.0 is not reduced more than the original page image data. For example, the first pinch-in operation is not accepted because the reduction ratio is below 1.0. The enlargement / reduction ratio by the pinch-out or pinch-in operation can be obtained from the change in the distance between the two fingers by detecting the position of the two fingers on the display panel 402.

  After executing step S170, the smartphone CPU 410 transmits the absolute magnification AS obtained in step S170 to the information presentation server 200 (step S180).

  The information presentation server CPU 220 determines whether or not the absolute magnification AS sent from the smartphone 400 via the base station 300 and the Internet INT is received (step S260), and if not received, repeats step S260 and receives it. Wait for it. If it is determined in step S260 that the absolute magnification AS has been received, the information presentation server CPU 220 responds to the absolute magnification AS from the first to fourth page image data PG1 to PG4 stored in the storage unit in step S240. The page image data is read (step S270), and the read page image data is transmitted to the smartphone 400 (step S280).

  In step S270, for example, when the absolute magnification AS is not less than 1 and less than 2, the first pattern page image data PG1 is selected. In the first pinch-out / pinch-in operation, when the magnification is less than 2, the page image data is not changed. When the absolute magnification AS is 2 times or more and less than 3 times, the page image data PG2 of the second pattern is selected, and when the absolute magnification AS is 3 times or more and less than 4 times, the page image data PG3 of the third pattern is selected. When the absolute magnification AS is 4 times or more, the page image data PG4 of the fourth pattern is selected.

  That is, according to the processing in step S270, page image data having a degree of detail corresponding to the pinch-out / pinch-in absolute magnification AS is selected. Specifically, as the absolute magnification AS is larger, the page image data with a higher degree of detail is selected.

  The smartphone CPU 410 receives the page image data transmitted from the information presentation server 200 via the Internet INT transmitted in step S280 (step S190), and displays the page image data on the display panel 402 (step S190). S192). That is, the page image displayed on the display panel 402 can be switched to the new page image data received in step S190. Thereafter, the smartphone CPU 410 proceeds to step S194. If it is determined in step S194 that an instruction to end the search request / display process has been received, the process returns to “END” and the search request / display process ends.

  Note that the page image data PG1 to PG4 that are switched in response to the pinch-out / pinch-in operation on the smartphone 400 have different information amounts, that is, different degrees of detail, as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, even when a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed, a screen change during normal pinch-out / pinch-in, that is, a change in which characters and images on the screen are enlarged / reduced does not occur. Further, the page image data PG1 to PG4 do not need to be displayed on the display panel 402 at a time, and may be displayed in order according to a scroll operation.

  In the web page search result presentation process on the right side of the figure, the information presentation server CPU 220 determines whether or not an instruction to end the web page search result presentation process has been received after the execution of the process of step S280. If it is determined that an instruction to end is not received, the process returns to step S260 to wait for the next absolute magnification AS to be received. If it is determined that an instruction to end is received, the process exits “END” and ends the Web page search result presentation process. The instruction to end is an instruction to disconnect the connection with the information presentation server 200 sent from the smartphone 400 side, for example.

  The information presentation server CPU 220 functionally realizes the display control unit 222 (FIG. 1) by executing the Web page search result presentation process configured as described above. In particular, the display update unit 222a (FIG. 1) is functionally realized by executing the processing of steps S260 to S280 in the Web page search result presentation processing.

A-3. Example effect:
According to the Web page search system 10 of the first embodiment described above, when the smartphone 400 is connected to the Web site published by the information presentation server 200, the smartphone 400 first starts with the first pattern from the information presentation server 200. The page image data PG1 having the lowest level of detail is displayed as a list of search results. Thereafter, each time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed, the smartphone 400 receives the presentation of page image data with a degree of detail corresponding to the magnification according to the pinch-out / pinch-in operation from the information presentation server 200 and is displayed. Switch data. For this reason, the operator of the smartphone 400 can change the information amount of the explanatory text for each Web page included in the list of search results displayed on the screen only by performing a pinch-out / pinch-in operation. Therefore, the operator can reach the information he / she desires only by performing a pinch-out / pinch-in operation, so that the search can be quickly performed. In other words, the operator can obtain desired information without performing an operation of opening each Web page.

  In this embodiment, the first to fourth patterns of page image data PG1 to PG4 are created in advance and one of a plurality of page image data is displayed each time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is received. Since the image is selected as an image, the display can be quickly updated when a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is received.

B. Second embodiment:
The second embodiment of the present invention is a system for retrieving a weather forecast. This system can be realized by adopting a system configuration similar to that of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, in FIG. 1 in the first embodiment, the search server 100 is replaced with a weather forecast information distribution server that distributes weather forecast information, and the information presentation server 200 is the weather sent from the weather forecast information distribution server. By setting it as the structure using forecast information, the weather forecast information is displayed on the smartphone 400 in a display mode suitable for the smartphone.

  7A to 7B are explanatory diagrams illustrating search results of weather forecasts displayed on the smartphone 400. 7A shows the display screen PP1 of the first pattern, FIG. 7B shows the display screen PP2 of the second pattern, FIG. 7C shows the display screen PP3 of the third pattern, and FIG. 7D shows the display screen PP4 of the fourth pattern. The level of detail increases in order from the first pattern to the fourth pattern.

  A display screen PP1 of the first pattern shown in FIG. 7A is an initial screen when connected to a Web site published by the information presentation server 200. As shown in the drawing, today's weather of each city is indicated by a weather mark along with a map of Japan.

  On the display screen PP2 of the second pattern shown in FIG. 7B, together with a map enlarged in FIG. 7A (display range is narrow), today's weather for each city and today's temperature (maximum temperature or minimum temperature) It is shown.

  On the display screen PP3 of the third pattern shown in FIG. 7C, together with a map enlarged in FIG. 7B (display range is narrow), today's weather for each city and today's temperature (maximum temperature or minimum temperature) Today's humidity (humidity for a predetermined time) is shown.

  On the display screen PP4 of the fourth pattern shown in FIG. 7D, together with a map enlarged in FIG. 7C (display range is narrow), today's weather for each city and today's temperature (maximum temperature or minimum temperature) , Today's humidity (humidity for a predetermined time) and tomorrow prediction information indicating prediction of tomorrow's weather are shown.

  Each of the display screens PP1 to PP4 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D is displayed by receiving presentation of page data corresponding to each of the display screens PP1 to PP4 from the information presentation server 200. Next, how the information presentation server 200 presents page data will be described.

  When there is a connection from the smartphone 400 to a website published by the information presentation server 200, the information presentation server 200 first searches the latest major cities in Japan from the search server 100 that is a weather forecast information distribution server. Weather forecast information is acquired, and four types of image data corresponding to the four patterns are generated for each city. The weather forecast information for each city sent from the search server 100 is composed of text information and corresponds to “content” in Application Example 1.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating four types of image data generated for each city. The first type of image data PC1 shown in FIG. 8A corresponds to the first pattern (see FIG. 7A), and includes city names and weather marks arranged side by side. This image data PC1 is an image of each text information representing the city name and today's weather included in the weather forecast information.

  The second type of image data PC2 shown in FIG. 8B corresponds to the second pattern (see FIG. 7B), and includes a city name, a weather mark, and today's temperature. This image data PC2 is an image of each text information representing the city name, today's weather, and today's temperature included in the weather forecast information.

  The third type of image data PC3 shown in FIG. 8C corresponds to the third pattern (see FIG. 7C), and includes a city name, a weather mark, today's temperature, and today's humidity. is there. This image data PC3 is obtained by imaging each text information representing the city name, today's weather, today's temperature, and today's humidity contained in the weather forecast information.

  The fourth type of image data PC4 shown in FIG. 8D corresponds to the fourth pattern (see FIG. 7D), and includes a city name, a weather mark, today's temperature, today's humidity, and tomorrow prediction information. Are lined up. This image data PC4 is an image of each text information representing the city name, today's weather, today's temperature, and today's humidity contained in the weather forecast information.

  The information presentation server 200 generates the first to fourth types of image data PC1 to PC4 for each city and temporarily stores them in the HDD 240 (or the internal storage unit 230). Thereafter, the information presentation server 200 searches the smartphone 400 for a search area according to a pinch-out / pinch-in operation (range displayed on the display panel according to the pinch-out / pinch-in operation), and the same pinch out / pinch-in as in the first embodiment. The absolute magnification AS is received, and image data PC1 to PC4 which are cities included in the search area and of a type corresponding to the absolute magnification AS are selected from the HDD 240. Similar to the first embodiment, any one of the first to fourth types of image data PC1 to PC4 is selected with 2 times, 3 times, and 4 times as threshold values. After that, the information presentation server 200 converts the image of the page in which the image data of each selected city is arranged into the page data (not shown in the display screens PP1 to PP4 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D) in a form that is not image data. Any one of these) and presents this page data on the smartphone 400.

  With the above configuration, in the smartphone 400, any one of the display screens PP1 to PP4 of the first pattern to the fourth pattern (initially, the display screen PP1 of the first pattern) is displayed. Is performed, the map image is enlarged / reduced according to the operation, and the detail level of the information shown in each city is switched according to the absolute magnification AS by the operation of the pinch out / pinch in. For this reason, the operator of the smartphone 400 can change the amount of information about the weather forecast of each city displayed on the screen simply by performing a pinch-out / pinch-in operation. Therefore, the operator can arrive at the information he / she wants (for example, tomorrow's forecast) only by performing the pinch-out / pinch-in operation, and thus the weather forecast can be quickly searched.

C. Third embodiment:
The third embodiment of the present invention is a Web page search system as in the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, the page image data presented on the smartphone 400 is a list of a plurality of searched Web pages arranged in order. On the other hand, in the third embodiment, a plurality of searched Web pages are classified by category, and descriptions of the Web pages are arranged in the vertical direction for each category as in the page image data of the first embodiment. Image data (hereinafter referred to as “category-specific image data”). For each category-specific image data, as in the first embodiment, a plurality of patterns having different degrees of detail are generated and a pattern corresponding to the pinch-out / pinch-in absolute magnification AS is selected.

  For example, in a directory-type search engine, since categories are assigned to Web pages, the Web pages can be easily classified by category. The information presentation server generates the page data described above in a form that is not image data of the image of the page in which the image data for each category is arranged, and presents the page data to the smartphone.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating search results displayed on the smartphone. As shown in the figure, “sport” image data D1, “traffic” image data D2, “shopping” image data D3, and “gourmet” image data D4 are displayed as category-specific image data. Each category-specific image data D1 to D4 is two-dimensionally arranged so that n pieces are arranged in the horizontal direction and m pieces (n and m are plural) in the horizontal direction. A pinch-out / pinch-in operation can be individually performed for each category-specific image data D1 to D4, and when the pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed, the search Web included in the category-specific image data that has been operated The level of detail of the description about the page can be switched.

  According to the Web page search system of the third embodiment configured as described above, search results are classified and displayed by category, so that information collection is easy. In addition, as in the first embodiment, the operator can reach the information he / she desires simply by performing a pinch-out / pinch-in operation. From these things, it becomes possible to search more rapidly.

D. Other embodiments:
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and their modifications, and various configurations can be adopted without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, it can be modified as follows.

・ Modification 1:
In the first to third embodiments, the page image data is updated every time the absolute magnification AS of pinch out / pinch in changes to 2 times, 3 times, and 4 times. The threshold of 4 times need not be limited to these values, for example, 1.5 times, 2.0 times, 2.5 times, 3.0 times, or 2 times, 4 times, 6 times values. As such, another value may be used. Also, the number of page image data patterns need not be four, and may be a larger number or a smaller number. When the number of patterns is larger, for example, in the first embodiment, instead of using two patterns of the first sentence and the whole sentence of the summary for the summary of the text information as in the previous embodiment, the summary is used. The summary may be further divided into the first sentence, the second sentence of the summary, the third sentence of the summary, and so on. The method of dividing the summary varies depending on the amount of text information in the search result data sent from the search server 100. For example, the second sentence, the third sentence, and the third sentence in the summary. ,... In a stepwise manner, and when the absolute magnification AS becomes a predetermined value or more, it may be configured to increase dramatically, such as the entire summary text.

Modification 2
In the first and second embodiments, the page image data PG <b> 1 to PG <b> 4 displayed on the smartphone 400 can be configured to embed tags that realize hyperlinks to other pages. In each of the page image data PG1 to PG4, coordinates are managed so that a display area can be recognized in units of Web pages, and a tag is embedded in each of the display areas. According to this configuration, the operator can perform a hyperlink to the Web page corresponding to the desired part by touching the desired part on the page image displayed on the smartphone 400.

・ Modification 3:
In the first to third embodiments, every time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed, an absolute magnification AS of the pinch-out / pinch-in is obtained, and page image data corresponding to the absolute magnification AS is selected. However, instead of this, every time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed, based on the enlargement ratio / reduction ratio of the pinch-out / pinch-in, what number ( Alternatively, it may be configured such that the page image data to be selected is determined, and the determined page image data is presented.

-Modification 4:
In the first and third embodiments, every time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed, the level of detail of the page image data displayed on the smartphone 400 is switched, and the screen changes during normal pinch-out / pinch-in. However, instead of this, during the transition period in which the page image data is switched, that is, while the absolute magnification AS is 2 times, between 2 times and 3 times, between 3 times and 4 times, You may comprise so that the screen change at the time of normal pinch out / pinch in, ie, the change which the character and image on a screen may expand / reduce may be made.

-Modification 5:
In the first and third embodiments, a plurality of page image data PG1 to PG4 are created in advance, and one of the plurality of page image data PG1 to PG4 is obtained every time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is received. The selected page image data PG1 to PG4 is displayed on a display device such as a smartphone, but instead of this, the plurality of page image data is not created in advance, Each time a pinch-in operation is received, the amount of text information may be increased / decreased to generate page image data, and the generated page image data may be displayed on a display device. In the second embodiment, a plurality of image data PC1 to PC4 for each city are created in advance, and one of the plurality of image data PC1 to PC4 is selected every time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is received. The page data is generated and the page data is displayed on the smartphone as a display device. Instead, the plurality of image data is not created in advance, and the pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed. Each time it is received, image data may be generated by increasing / decreasing the amount of text information, page data may be generated from the generated image data, and the page data may be displayed on a display device. In the modification to the second embodiment, it is not always necessary to create image data for cities all over the country every time a pinch-out / pinch-in operation is performed. A configuration may be adopted in which image data is generated for a city included in a range displayed on the display panel in accordance with a pinch-out / pinch-in operation.

Modification 6:
In the first embodiment, the information presentation server 200 generates page image data including an image portion obtained by imaging the text information of each search Web page information dw and presents the page image data to the smartphone 400. However, instead of this, the text information of each search Web page information dw is imaged, and the page data described above in the form that is not image data is generated from the image of the page in which each imaged image data is arranged. The page data may be presented on the smartphone 400. Furthermore, in this configuration, if a tag is embedded in each image data, a hyperlink to the Web page indicated by each image data can be easily realized.

Modification 7:
In the first embodiment, when the absolute magnification AS of pinch out / pinch in is 4 times or more, the fourth pattern page image data PG4 having the highest level of detail is selected. When AS becomes a value larger than 4 times (for example, 5 times) or more, it may be possible to hyperlink to the Web page of the content displayed on the display panel 402 of the smartphone 400 without touching the display panel. If the size of the display panel is large, explanatory texts of a plurality of Web pages may be displayed even if the threshold is set to 5 times or more. In such a case, the explanatory text close to the part where the pinch-out operation has been performed. What is necessary is just to make it hyperlink to the corresponding web page.

-Modification 8:
In the first and third embodiments, the text information included in the Web page information dw, which is the content, includes a [title] item d41 and a [summary] item d42, and generates page image data with the lowest level of detail. In this case, only the title stored in the [title] item d41 is used, and the sentences used in the summary stored in the [summary] item d42 are increased as the level of detail increases. Alternatively, the text information may be one item, and the amount of information used from the information stored in this item may be increased as the level of detail increases. Alternatively, the text information may be composed of a larger number of items, and the amount of information may be increased by increasing the number of items used as the level of detail increases. The configuration for increasing the amount of information by increasing the number of items used corresponds to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, items to be used are increased such as today's weather, today's temperature, today's humidity, and tomorrow's weather forecast.

-Modification 9:
In the first and third embodiments, each content is set as Web purge information dw as a search result, and in the second embodiment, each content is set as weather forecast information of each city. However, the contents need not be limited to these. For example, it is possible to change to a configuration in which a shopping site is displayed with the content as product information, a configuration in which a television program guide is displayed with the content as a television program, a configuration in which a hit chart is displayed with the content as a song. In short, the content may be any content as long as it includes text information.

Modification 10:
In each said Example, although the client connected to an information presentation server was used as the smart phone, it does not need to be restricted to a smart phone and any apparatus may be used if it is an information display apparatus connectable to a network. For example, a PDA that does not have a telephone function, a tablet computer such as iPad (registered trademark), a notebook computer, a disk computer, a multifunction device having a printer function, and the like are applicable. Furthermore, instead of the configuration of connecting to the base station 300 via the Internet INT, a configuration of connecting only by the Internet, a configuration of connecting by a dedicated network line other than the Internet, a configuration by direct connection using a cable, and the like can be used.

Modification 11:
In each of the above-described embodiments, the information presentation server 200 uses the search result sent from the search server 100, but instead, the information presentation server may have a configuration having the function of the search server. In addition, the information providing server and the search server are configured to be connected via the Internet, but instead may be configured to be connected via a dedicated line.

Modification 12:
In each of the above embodiments, the information presentation server is configured to switch the level of detail of the provided page image in response to a pinch-out / pinch-in operation by a smartphone. Here, as described above, pinch out / pinch in is an operation of placing two fingers on the touch panel and expanding or narrowing the space between the fingers. It is also possible to change to an operation with a finger, an operation with a touch pen instead of a finger, or the like. Furthermore, it may be configured to switch the level of detail of the provided page image in response to an operation with a mouse of a slider bar for designating an enlargement / reduction ratio. Further, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the configuration in which the enlargement / reduction ratio is directly input. For example, when a predetermined button is clicked, the detail level of the provided page image may be switched in one step. In short, any instruction may be used.

Modification 13:
In each of the embodiments, when the information presentation server receives a search result from the search server, it creates a plurality of patterns of page image data having different degrees of detail at a time and receives a pinch-out / pinch-in operation. However, instead of creating one page image data from the plurality of patterns of page image data, the absolute magnification is used every time the page image data is stopped and the operation of pinch-out / pinch-in is received. You may make it produce the page image data according to AS.

-Modification 14:
In each of the embodiments described above, the computer program describing the Web page search result presentation process is stored in the HDD 240, but may be stored in another storage unit instead. The computer program can be stored and distributed in various storage media such as a CD-ROM (computer-readable recording medium or the like), or distributed through various communication means such as the Internet.

  In the embodiment and each modification, a part of the configuration realized by hardware may be replaced with software, and conversely, a part of the configuration realized by software may be replaced with hardware. May be.

  It should be noted that elements other than those described in the independent claims among the constituent elements in the above-described embodiments and modifications are additional elements and can be omitted as appropriate. The present invention is not limited to these examples and modifications, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Web page search system 100 ... Search server 110 ... Search engine 120 ... Database 200 ... Information presentation server 210 ... Communication part 220 ... CPU
222 ... Display control unit 222a ... Display update unit 230 ... Internal storage unit 232 ... Computer program 234 ... API
240: Hard disk drive (HDD)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 300 ... Base station 400 ... Smartphone 402 ... Touch sensor type display panel 404 ... Input part 410 ... CPU
INT ... Internet

Claims (7)

A page that generates page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information, and displays the page data on a display device; and a page that stores the plurality of page data A data storage unit,
Information that, when receiving a predetermined instruction, reads other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction from the page data storage unit from among the plurality of page data, and causes the display device to display the read page data Presentation device. The information presentation device according to claim 1,
The information presenting apparatus, wherein the predetermined instruction is an instruction indicating an enlargement ratio for the page data displayed on the display device. The information presentation device according to claim 1 or 2,
When a keyword transmitted from the mobile terminal as the display device is received, a search request unit that requests a search engine to search for information including the keyword;
A search result receiving unit for receiving a search result including one or a plurality of Web page information individually indicating Web pages from the search engine;
The display control unit
An information presentation device that generates page data including an image portion that is imaged using each Web page information as each content, and causes the display to display the page data. The information presentation device according to claim 3,
The display control unit
Classify each Web page information of the search results received by the search result receiving unit, and generate group-specific image data for each classified group as the page data that is individually updated by the display update unit, An information presentation device that causes the display device to display a page in which image data for each group is arranged. A page that generates page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information, and displays the page data on a display device; and a page that stores the plurality of page data A data storage unit,
Information that, when receiving a predetermined instruction, reads other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction from the page data storage unit from among the plurality of page data, and causes the display device to display the read page data Display system. A page that generates page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information, and displays the page data on a display device; and a page that stores the plurality of page data When a computer including a data storage unit receives a predetermined instruction, the other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction is read from the page data storage unit from the plurality of page data, and the read page data is Displaying on the display device;
To control the information presentation method. A function of generating page data including an image portion obtained by imaging each content of a plurality of contents including text information and image information on a computer, and a function of displaying the page data on a display device, and a function of storing the plurality of page data And realized
The display function is
When receiving a predetermined instruction, a function of reading other page data corresponding to the predetermined instruction from the plurality of page data from the page data storage unit, and causing the display device to display the read page data. Including computer programs.

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