JP2008117019A - Conference information management apparatus, conference reproduction apparatus, equipment management apparatus, conference system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conference information management apparatus that can improve the efficiency of creating conference information when creating processing to be executed by equipment including screens arranged in a conference site. <P>SOLUTION: The conference information management apparatus comprises an equipment information acquisition part 202, a template creation part 203 and a meta-hyper-slide editing part 204. The equipment information acquisition part 202 acquires equipment information including information about a plurality of screens. The template creation part 203 creates a template having a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and a background for the assignment of control information to equipment installed in a conference site according to the equipment information acquired by the equipment information acquisition part 202. The meta-hyper-slide editing part 204 adds display information for the plurality of screens and control information for the equipment to the template created by the template creation part 203 to create a meta-hyper-slide. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a conference information management device, a conference playback device, a facility management device, a conference system, and a program.

  Conventionally, a presentation system using a computer and a conference system that enables a communication conference with a remote conference room have been proposed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that one or more users can intuitively communicate with one or more real-world devices by interacting with video images of the devices and their environment. ) Is described.

  In Patent Document 2, using multimedia data such as moving images / still images / texts, data editing of an application or presentation whose screen state changes due to time or an external event such as user input is visually performed. And a technology capable of creating a multimedia presentation with a small amount of information. In this technology, the difference between the screen presentation information before editing and the screen presentation information after editing is extracted, screen transition information is created, and the screen display is transitioned based on the created screen transition information. A multimedia presentation can be created (see FIG. 2 of Patent Document 2).

  Patent Document 3 describes a presentation apparatus that can perform a presentation by integrating outputs of arbitrary locations of a plurality of types of documents that can be handled by a plurality of applications.

In addition, icons (hyper slides) indicating the processing contents to be executed by each facility are arranged in a table format corresponding to each facility (for example, left display, right display, left speaker, right speaker, etc.) arranged in the conference room. A conference system has been proposed in which processes designated in order from the left column side to the right column side of the table are executed (Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-279092). This hyper slide is structured data in which a plurality of slides to be displayed at a conference venue are represented by one slide. Accordingly, only a plurality of display devices can be visually managed centrally. This conference system has been proposed by the present applicant.
JP 2005-51778 A JP-A-7-262345 JP 2005-208370 A

  The present invention provides a conference information management device, a conference playback device, and a conference playback device capable of improving the workability of creating conference information when creating the processing content executed in each facility including a screen arranged at a conference venue. It aims at providing an equipment management apparatus, a conference system, and a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, the conference information management apparatus according to claim 1, the acquisition unit that acquires facility information including information on a plurality of screens, and the plurality of units based on the facility information acquired by the acquisition unit. A first creation means for creating a template having a background corresponding to a plurality of frames corresponding to the screen and a background for assigning control information of equipment installed at the conference hall; and the template created by the first creation means And second creation means for creating conference information to which display information of the screen and control information of the facility are added.

  The conference information management device according to claim 2 is the conference information management device according to claim 1, wherein the first creating means uses control information of equipment installed in a conference venue corresponding to the conference venue space as the background. An assigning means for assigning is provided.

  The conference information management device according to claim 3 is the conference information management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first creation means further sets a display effect of display information of the plurality of screens. A template including an area and a second area for printing out display information of the plurality of screens is created.

  The conference information management device according to claim 4 is the conference information management device according to claim 3, wherein the second area is provided at a position in a template corresponding to a place where a printer is arranged in the conference hall. It is characterized by being able to.

  The conference information management device according to claim 5 is the conference information management device according to claim 2, wherein the allocating means includes a lighting device and a room temperature adjustment device installed at the conference venue in the background of the template. , At least one of the control information is assigned.

  The conference information management device according to claim 6 is the conference information management device according to claim 5, wherein the allocating unit uses a color of a background of the template and a color and brightness of an illumination device installed at the conference venue. In addition, at least one of the room temperature settings of the room temperature adjusting device is assigned.

  The conference information management device according to claim 7 is the conference information management device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the first creation means is installed in a conference venue corresponding to the conference venue space. Calculation to calculate the number of screens indicating how many of the screens having the smallest display area correspond to the screens having the smallest display area on the basis of the screen having the smallest display area among the plurality of screens obtained Means, selection means for selecting a meeting venue where a minimum number of screens are installed based on the number of screens for each meeting venue calculated by the calculating means, and the number of screens of the meeting venue selected by the selection means And determining means for determining the number of the plurality of frames.

  The conference information management device according to claim 8 is the conference information management device according to claim 3, wherein the second creation means is input by an input means for inputting the conference information creation instruction, and the input means. A reading unit that reads the template created by the first creation unit and the display information of the plurality of screens in response to the created conference information creation instruction, and the plurality of templates included in the template read by the reading unit And adding means for adding identification information corresponding to display information of a plurality of screens read by the reading means to at least one of the frame and the second region.

  The conference information management device according to claim 9 is the conference information management device according to claim 8, wherein the conference information has a data structure in a predetermined language, and the adding means includes the identification information in the conference information. It is characterized in that data of a predetermined language indicating is added.

  The conference information management device according to claim 10 is the conference information management device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the input unit includes the background and the first area included in the template read by the reading unit. A control instruction is input to at least one of the above.

The conference information management device according to claim 11 is the conference information management device according to claim 10, wherein the control instruction includes an instruction to add a color to the background, an instruction to add a color brightness, and the first instruction. It is at least one of the instructions for setting the display effect of the display information on the screen for the area.

The conference information management device according to claim 12 is the conference information management device according to any one of claims 2 to 11, wherein the second creating means receives an edit instruction for the conference information. Determining means for determining whether or not an editing instruction is input by the determining means, and executing means for executing an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction on the conference information. Features.

The conference information management device according to claim 13 is the conference information management device according to claim 12, wherein the editing instruction includes an instruction to change the template, an instruction to change the reproduction order of the conference information, and display information of the screen. Change, deletion or addition instruction, a background change instruction included in the template, and a change, addition or deletion of the display effect of the display information of the screen included in the conference information. It is characterized by.

  The conference information management device according to claim 14 is the conference information management device according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the editing process is performed on a data structure of a predetermined language constituting the conference information. It is characterized by at least one process of adding, deleting and changing data.

The conference playback device according to claim 15, wherein the display information of the plurality of screens is associated with a template including a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and a background around the plurality of frames related to the conference venue space. A determination unit that determines whether an editing instruction for conference information has been input, and an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction is performed on the conference information when the determination unit determines that an editing instruction has been input. And executing means for performing the processing.

The conference playback device according to claim 16, wherein the editing instruction includes an instruction to change the template, an instruction to change the playback order of conference information corresponding to the conference venue space, At least one of an instruction to change, delete or add display information on the screen, an instruction to change a background included in the template, and a change, addition or deletion of display effect on the display information included in the meeting information. It is characterized by being one.

  The conference playback device according to claim 17 is the conference playback device according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the editing process is performed on a data structure of a predetermined language constituting conference information corresponding to the conference venue space. It is characterized by at least one of adding, deleting and changing data of a predetermined language.

  The equipment management apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the display information of the plurality of screens and the control of the equipment are provided on a template having a background corresponding to a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and control information of the equipment installed in the conference hall. Receiving means for receiving conference information to which information is added; and documents corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the receiving means, and the plurality of documents included in the meeting information received by the receiving means. Transmitting means for transmitting to a plurality of screens corresponding to the frame information, and control means for controlling the equipment installed in the conference venue based on the control information of the equipment included in the conference information received by the receiving means; It is characterized by providing.

The equipment management device according to claim 19 is the equipment management device according to claim 18, wherein the control means controls a display position of display information on the plurality of screens, and an operation of the printer. And a third control unit for controlling the operation of the lighting device.

The facility management apparatus according to claim 20 is the facility management apparatus according to claim 18 or 19, wherein the control means is configured to display display information of the plurality of screens based on predetermined information constituting the conference information. It is characterized by comprising detection means for detecting a display position, detecting display effect settings in the display information of the plurality of screens, and detecting settings of equipment installed in the conference hall.

The equipment management apparatus according to claim 21 is the equipment management apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the first recording means for recording a voice during a meeting, and the first recording means. It is characterized by comprising reproducing means for reproducing the recorded voice and second recording means for recording the input information inputted via the input device during the conference.

  23. The conference system according to claim 22, wherein the display information of the plurality of screens and the control information of the facilities are provided on a template having a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and a background to which control information of the facilities installed in the conference hall is assigned. Input means for inputting the identification information of the conference information to which is added, acquisition means for acquiring the meeting information corresponding to the identification information input by the input means from the document storage device, acquired from the input means by the acquisition means Determining means for determining whether or not an editing instruction for the conference information has been input, and when it is determined that the editing instruction has been input by the determining means, an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction is performed on the meeting information. A conference information management device comprising an execution means for executing, a reception means for receiving identification information input by the input means, and an identification information received by the reception means. Reading means for reading the response to the meeting information, and having a document storage device and transmission means for transmitting the meeting information read by the reading unit to the conference information management device.

  The conference system according to claim 23 is the conference system according to claim 22, wherein the editing instruction includes an instruction to change the template, an instruction to change the reproduction order of the conference information, and a change or deletion of display information on the screen. Or at least one of an addition instruction, an instruction to change the background included in the template, and a change, addition or deletion of the display effect of the display information of the screen included in the meeting information. .

  The conference system according to claim 24 is the conference system according to claim 22 or 23, wherein the editing processing adds data of the predetermined language to a data structure of the predetermined language constituting the conference information. It is characterized in that it is at least one process of deletion and change.

  The conference system according to claim 25 is the conference system according to claim 24, wherein the conference information management device further acquires acquisition facility information of the conference venue, and the facility information acquired by the acquisition unit. A first creation unit for creating a template included in the conference information, and a request for requesting the first creation unit to create a new template when an instruction to change the template is input from the input unit. And the first creating means obtains equipment information from the obtaining means again when the requesting means requests creation of a new template, and newly obtains the equipment information based on the obtained equipment information. A template is created, and the created template is transmitted to the execution means.

The conference system according to claim 26 is the conference system according to any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the document storage device is subjected to editing processing by the identification information of the conference information and the execution means. A second creation means for creating table information associated with conference information is provided.

  The conference system according to claim 27, wherein the display information of the plurality of screens and the control information of the facilities are provided on a template having a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and a background to which the control information of the facilities installed in the conference hall is assigned. In response to an instruction to reproduce the conference information to which the conference information is added, a conference reproduction device including a first transmission unit that transmits the conference information to the facility management device, a reception unit that receives the conference information from the conference reproduction device, and the reception A document corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the meeting information received by the means is transmitted to a plurality of screens corresponding to the information of the plurality of frames included in the meeting information received by the receiving means. A facility management apparatus comprising: a transmission unit; and a control unit configured to control the facility installed in the conference hall based on control information of the facility included in the conference information received by the reception unit; Characterized in that it has.

  A conference system according to a twenty-eighth aspect is the conference system according to the twenty-seventh aspect, wherein the control means includes an acquisition means for acquiring position information of the plurality of screens from information of the plurality of frames, and the acquisition means. Determining means for determining a screen to be a transmission destination of a document corresponding to at least one of the plurality of frames to be transmitted by the second transmitting means based on the acquired position information of the plurality of screens. Features.

  30. The conference system according to claim 29, wherein the conference information includes an area for printing display information of the plurality of screens on the template, and the print output area. If the display information of the plurality of screens is included, the second transmission unit transmits a document corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the reception unit to the printer. It is characterized by.

  The conference system according to claim 30 is inputted via an input device during the conference in accordance with the first recording means for recording the audio during the conference in response to the first recording command and in accordance with the second recording command. A second recording means for recording the input information, and a transmission means for transmitting the voice recorded by the first recording means and the input information recorded by the second recording means to the document storage device. Management device, receiving means for receiving voice and input information transmitted by the transmitting means and reproduced conference information, and adding identification information and storage destination information to the voice and input information received by the receiving means, respectively A document storage device comprising: an adding unit configured to manage the identification information and the storage destination information added to the voice and the input information by the adding unit in association with the conference information received by the receiving unit; Characterized in that it has.

  The conference system according to claim 31 is the conference system according to claim 29, wherein the management means includes a file name of the conference information, the voice and the input information, the conference information, the voice and the input information. And table information including the meeting information, the voice, and the storage destination information of the input information.

The conference system according to claim 32, an input unit for inputting identification information of conference information to be reproduced, a reception unit for receiving conference information corresponding to the identification information input by the input unit from a document storage device, A conference reproduction device comprising: a first transmission unit configured to transmit the conference information received by the reception unit to a facility management device; and conference information corresponding to the identification information input by the input unit, recorded during the conference Read means for reading the voice and input information, conference information read by the read means to the conference playback device, and voice and input information recorded during the conference read by the read means to the equipment management device A document storage device comprising: a second transmission means for transmitting each of the document storage device; a reproduction means for receiving and playing back audio recorded during the conference from the document storage device; Included in the conference information received by the second receiving means, the second receiving means for receiving the conference information from the conference playback device, and the output means for receiving the input information recorded in the input device After controlling the equipment installed at the conference venue based on the control information of the equipment to be recorded, the playback means outputs the audio playback command recorded during the conference to the playback means and the output means recorded during the conference And an equipment management device comprising a control means for outputting an output command of input information.

  The program according to claim 33, wherein the computer acquires an acquisition unit that acquires facility information including information on a plurality of screens, a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens based on the facility information, and a meeting venue space A first creation unit that creates a template including backgrounds around the plurality of frames in relation to the template, and a second creation unit that creates meeting information in which display information of the plurality of screens is associated with the template. It is characterized by making it.

The program according to claim 34, wherein the computer has a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and a template having a background for assigning control information of the equipment installed in the conference hall, the display information of the plurality of screens and the equipment. Receiving means for receiving conference information to which control information is added; and documents corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the meeting information received by the receiving means, the plurality of documents included in the meeting information received by the receiving means Transmitting means for transmitting to a plurality of screens corresponding to the frame information, and control means for controlling the equipment installed in the conference venue based on the control information of the equipment included in the conference information received by the receiving means It is made to function as.

According to the invention of claim 1, based on the acquired facility information, a template including a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and a background around the plurality of frames related to the conference venue space, Since the conference information associated with the display information on the screen is created, the workability of creating the conference information can be improved. Further, since the template is created based on the facility control information, the user does not need to pay attention to the difference in facilities between the conference venues.
According to the invention of claim 2, since the control information of the equipment installed in the conference hall corresponding to the conference hall space is assigned to the background, the equipment installed in the conference hall can be controlled according to the background.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the template includes the first area for setting the display effect of the display information of the plurality of screens and the second area for printing out the display information of the plurality of screens, It is possible to give a display effect to the display information and print out the display information on the screen.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the second area is provided at a position in the template corresponding to the place where the printer is arranged in the conference hall, the arrangement location of the printer in the meeting hall can be recognized only by looking at the template. it can.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since at least one control information of the lighting device and the room temperature adjusting device installed in the conference hall is assigned to the background of the template, the lighting device or the room temperature adjusting device is assigned according to the background of the template. Can be controlled.

  According to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to control at least one of the color and brightness of the illumination device and the room temperature setting of the room temperature adjustment device based on the background color of the template.

  According to the invention of claim 7, since the number of the plurality of frames is determined based on the number of screens of the conference hall where the minimum number of screens are installed, the template also supports a plurality of conference halls having different facilities. it can.

  According to the invention of claim 8, the template and the display information of the plurality of screens are read according to the meeting information creation instruction, and the plurality of frames and the display information of the plurality of screens included in the template are printed out. Since the identification information corresponding to the display information of the plurality of screens is added to at least one of the areas, the conference information that takes the correspondence relationship between the display information of the screens and at least one of the plurality of screens and the print output destination is displayed. Can be created.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since data of a predetermined language indicating identification information is added to conference information having a data structure of a predetermined language, a plurality of screens and print output destinations are transmitted via the data of the predetermined language. The correspondence relationship between at least one of the information and the display information on the screen can be taken. The predetermined language is XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

  According to the invention of claim 10, since the control instruction is input to at least one of the background and the first area that sets the display effect of the display information of the plurality of screens included in the template, the background and the first It is possible to create conference information that reflects a control instruction input to at least one of the areas.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, at least one of a color addition instruction for the background, a color brightness addition instruction, and an instruction for setting the display effect of the display information on the screen for the first region is provided. Reflected conference information can be created.

According to the invention of claim 12, it is determined whether or not an editing instruction for the conference information is input, and when it is determined that the editing instruction is input, an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction is executed for the conference information. can do.

According to the invention of claim 13, change of the template, change of the reproduction order of the conference information, change, deletion or addition of the display information of the screen, change of the background included in the template, and the screen included in the conference information It is possible to execute at least one of change, addition, or deletion of the display effect of the display information.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, at least one of the addition, deletion, and change of the data of the predetermined language can be performed on the data structure of the predetermined language constituting the conference information.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not an editing instruction for the conference information has been input. When it is determined that the editing instruction has been input, an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction is executed for the conference information. can do.

According to the invention of claim 16, change of template, change of reproduction order of conference information, change, deletion or addition of display information of screen, change of background included in template, and screen included in conference information It is possible to execute at least one of change, addition, or deletion of the display effect of the display information.

According to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, at least one of addition, deletion, and change of the data of the predetermined language can be performed on the data structure of the predetermined language constituting the conference information.

  According to the invention of claim 18, documents corresponding to a plurality of frames included in the conference information received from the playback device are transmitted to a plurality of screens corresponding to the information of the plurality of frames and based on the control information of the equipment. Since the equipment installed in the conference hall is controlled, screen display and equipment control can be executed at a time based on the conference information.

  According to the nineteenth aspect of the invention, detailed control of a plurality of screens, printers, and illumination devices can be executed.

  According to the invention of claim 20, based on predetermined information constituting the conference information, detection of display positions of display information on a plurality of screens, detection of setting of display effects on display information on a plurality of screens, and a meeting venue Since the setting of the installed equipment is detected, control according to the detection result can be executed. The predetermined information is tag information.

  According to the twenty-first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to record the voice and input information during the conference, and to reproduce the recorded voice during the conference.

  According to the invention of claim 22, when the conference information is acquired from the document storage device by inputting the identification information of the conference information, and the edit instruction for the acquired conference information is input, Since the corresponding editing process is executed for the conference information, the conference information can be edited.

  According to the invention of claim 23, change of the template included in the conference information, change of the reproduction order of the conference information, change, deletion or addition of the display information of the screen included in the conference information, change of the background included in the template, It is possible to edit the conference information regarding at least one of change, addition or deletion of the display effect of the display information of the screen included in the conference information.

  According to the twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, at least one of the addition, deletion, and change of the data of the predetermined language can be executed on the data structure of the predetermined language constituting the conference information.

  According to the invention of claim 25, when the template change instruction is input from the input means, the template creation means is requested to create a new template, and the template creation means is based on the equipment information acquired again. Since a new template is created and the created template is transmitted to the execution means, it is possible to use a template that reflects the latest equipment at the conference venue.

  According to the twenty-sixth aspect of the invention, since the table information in which the identification information of the conference information is associated with the conference information for which the editing processing has been executed is created, the conference information identification information and the conference information for which the editing processing has been executed Can be managed in association with each other.

  According to the twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in response to a conference information playback instruction, documents corresponding to a plurality of frames included in the conference information received from the playback device are transmitted to a plurality of screens corresponding to the information of the plurality of frames. At the same time, since the equipment installed in the conference hall is controlled based on the equipment control information, the display of the screen and the control of the equipment can be executed at once by the instruction to reproduce the conference information.

  According to the invention of claim 28, it is possible to determine a screen as a document transmission destination based on the conference information.

  According to the invention of claim 29, documents corresponding to a plurality of frames can be transmitted to the printer based on the meeting information.

  According to the invention of claim 30, the identification information and the storage destination information are added to the audio and input information during the conference recorded by the facility management device, respectively, and further managed in association with the reproduced conference information. It is possible to collectively manage the conference information and the corresponding voice and input information during the conference.

  According to the invention of claim 31, since the table information including the file name of the conference information, the voice and the input information, the identification information, and the storage destination information is provided, the conference information, the voice and the input information are collectively managed. be able to.

  According to the invention of claim 32, when identification information of conference information to be reproduced is input to the playback device, the document storage device stores conference information corresponding to the identification information, audio recorded during the conference, and input information. And the read conference information is transmitted to the playback device, and the voice and input information are transmitted to the facility management device. In the equipment management device, after controlling the equipment installed in the conference hall based on the equipment control information included in the conference information received from the playback device, the playback command of the audio recorded during the conference is output and the conference is in progress Outputs the output command of the input information recorded in. Thereby, the meeting can be reproduced at an appropriate timing.

  According to the invention of claim 33, a template including a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and a background around the plurality of frames related to the conference venue space based on the acquired facility information, Since the conference information associated with the display information on the screen is created, the workability of creating the conference information can be improved. Further, since the template is created based on the facility control information, the user does not need to pay attention to the difference in facilities between the conference venues.

  According to the invention of claim 34, a document corresponding to a plurality of frames included in the received conference information is transmitted to a plurality of screens corresponding to the information of the plurality of frames, and the meeting venue is based on the control information of the equipment. Since the equipment installed in the system is controlled, it is possible to execute screen display and equipment control at a time based on the conference information.

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

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conference system including a conference information management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The conference system shown in the figure includes a meta hyper slide editor 20 as a conference information management device, a meta hyper slide presenter 30 (conference playback device) for reproducing a meta hyper slide created by the meta hyper slide editor 20, and recording at a conference. And a document storage server 40 for storing written audio data and writing information written by a clerk during the meeting.

Here, the hyper slide is structured data in which a plurality of slides to be displayed at a conference venue are represented by one slide. The meta hyper slide as conference information is structured data that represents the state of the entire conference hall as a single slide, and includes a plurality of slides to be displayed, a slide display method setting, and a plurality of lights. Includes lighting device settings data. The meta hyper slide editor 20 and the meta hyper slide presenter 30 are configured by a computer.

  The meta hyper slide editor 20, the meta hyper slide presenter 30, and the document storage server 40 are connected to an equipment management server as an equipment management device included in each conference venue 50, 60, 70.

  The conference hall 50 includes an equipment management server 501, display devices 551 to 553, a printer 554, a lighting device 555, a speaker 556, a microphone 557, and a touch panel 558. These display devices 551 to 553 are configured by, for example, a CRT display, a flat panel display, a projector, or the like. In the conference hall 50, by providing a plurality of display devices 551 to 553 in the same venue, materials (that is, a plurality of slides) used as a reference during the presentation can be displayed simultaneously from the plurality of display devices 551 to 553.

The equipment management server 501 controls equipment installed in the conference hall 50, that is, display devices 551 to 553, a printer 554, a lighting device (multiple lights) 555, a speaker 556, a microphone 557, and a touch panel 558. The touch panel 558 is an input device capable of writing a memo during a meeting.

  The conference hall 60 includes an equipment management server 601, display devices 651 and 652, a printer 653, a lighting device 654, a speaker 655, a microphone 656, and a touch panel 657. The conference hall 60 is also provided with a plurality of display devices in the same manner as the conference hall 50. By providing a plurality of display devices 651 and 652 in the same venue, reference materials (that is, a plurality of slides) for presentation can be simultaneously displayed from the plurality of display devices 651 and 652.

Since the display device 652 has a higher resolution and a larger device size than the display device 651, the display area is larger than the display area of the display device 651. The equipment management server 601 controls equipment installed in the conference hall 60, that is, display devices 651 and 652, a printer 653, a lighting device 654, a speaker 655, a microphone 656, and a touch panel 657. The touch panel 657 is an input device capable of writing a memo during a meeting.

  The conference hall 70 includes an equipment management server 701, display devices 751 and 752, a printer 753, a lighting device 754, a speaker 755, a microphone 756, and a touch panel 757. The conference hall 70 is also provided with a plurality of display devices in the same manner as the conference hall 50. By providing a plurality of display devices 751 and 752 in the same venue, reference materials (that is, a plurality of slides) for presentation can be displayed simultaneously from the plurality of display devices 751 and 752.

The equipment management server 701 controls equipment installed in the conference hall 60, that is, display devices 751 and 752, a printer 753, a lighting device 754, a speaker 755, a microphone 756, and a touch panel 757. The touch panel 757 is an input device capable of writing a memo during a meeting.

  The conference halls 60 and 70 have fewer display devices than the conference hall 50. The conference hall 60 has a smaller number of display devices than the conference hall 50, but the display area of the display device 652 is large, so that the display area 651 is larger than the total area of the display areas of the display devices 551 to 553. , 652 has a larger total area. The conference hall 70 has a smaller number of display devices than the conference hall 50, and the total area of the display areas 751 and 752 is larger than the total area of the display areas of the display devices 551 to 553. small.

  FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the conference system of FIG. Here, illustration of the conference venues 60 and 70 is omitted, but the configuration of the facility management servers 601 and 701 is the same as the configuration of the facility management server 501, and therefore the configuration and functions of the following facility management server 501 are the same. The description is applied to the facility management servers 601 and 701.

  The equipment management server 501 includes a write information storage unit 511, an audio reproduction unit 512, an audio recording unit 513, a document display unit 514, a display device control unit 515, a printer control unit 516, an illumination control unit 517, a document transmission / reception unit 518, and an equipment control. 519, equipment information acquisition part 520, equipment information recording part 521, equipment information transmission part 522, meta hyper slide analysis part 523, and meta hyper slide reception part 524.

  The writing information storage unit 511 stores writing information written on the touch panel 558. The audio recording unit 513 records the audio data of the conference collected by the microphone 557, and the audio reproduction unit 512 reproduces the audio data of the conference.

  The document display unit 513 displays the meta hyper slide received from the document transmission / reception unit 518 or transmits the meta hyper slide to the display device control unit 515.

  The document transmission / reception unit 518 receives the hyper slide transmitted from the document storage server 40, and transmits the received hyper slide to the display device control unit 515 or the printer control unit 516. The display device control unit 515 controls the display devices 551 to 553, the printer control unit 516 controls the printer 554, and the illumination control unit 517 controls the illumination device 555.

  The meta hyper slide receiving unit 524 receives a meta hyper slide as conference information transmitted from the meta hyper slide presenter 30. The meta hyper slide analysis unit 523 receives the meta hyper slide transmitted from the meta hyper slide reception unit 524 and analyzes the content of the meta hyper slide. Here, since the meta hyper slide has an XML format data structure, detection of information on the display position / display size of the hyper slide based on the tag information constituting the meta hyper slide, and the display effect of the slide including animation display, etc. The setting and the setting of the lighting device (a plurality of lights) are detected.

  The equipment control unit 519 controls the display device control unit 514, the printer control unit 515, and the illumination control unit 516 based on the analysis result of the meta hyper slide received from the meta hyper slide analysis unit 523. Furthermore, the facility control unit 519 controls the writing information storage unit 511, the audio reproduction unit 512, and the audio recording unit 513 in order to record the venue. Also, the equipment control unit 519 receives equipment information of the conference hall 50 (in this case, information on the display devices 551 to 553, the printer 554, and the lighting device 555) from the display device control unit 514, the printer control unit 515, and the lighting control unit 516. get.

  The facility information acquisition unit 520 acquires the facility information of the conference hall 50 from the facility control unit 519. The facility information recording unit 521 records the facility information of the conference hall 50 acquired by the facility information acquisition unit 520. The facility information transmission unit 522 transmits the facility information of the conference hall 50 to the meta hyper slide editor 20.

  The meta hyper slide editor 20 includes a document transmission / reception unit 201, an equipment information acquisition unit 202, a template creation unit 203, and a meta hyper slide editing unit 204. The document transmission / reception unit 201 transmits / receives a hyper slide to / from the document storage server 40. The facility information acquisition unit 202 accesses the facility management servers 501 to 701 and acquires information on facilities installed in the conference hall from each conference hall.

  The template creation unit 203 creates a meta hyper slide template based on the facility information acquired from the facility information acquisition unit 202. The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 uses the template created by the template creating unit 203 to create a meta hyper slide. As will be described in detail later, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 embeds the hyper slide in the template, or assigns animation and sound settings and lighting device settings to the template. Further, the hyper slide included in the meta hyper slide created by the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 is transmitted to the document transmission / reception unit 201.

  The meta hyper slide presenter 30 includes a meta hyper slide transmission unit 301 and is connected to a camera 559 installed in the conference hall 50. The meta hyper slide transmitting unit 301 acquires the meta hyper slide created by the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 and transmits it to the meta hyper slide receiving unit 524. In addition, the meta hyper slide presenter 30 has a function of receiving video from the camera 559, controlling the reproduction status of the meta hyper slide, and controlling the entire conference.

When the meta hyper slide transmitting unit 301 is connected to the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 via a data line, the meta hyper slide is transmitted to the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 via the data line. On the other hand, when the meta hyper slide transmitting unit 301 is not connected to the meta hyper slide editing unit 204, the meta hyper slide is transferred from the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 to the meta hyper slide transmitting unit using a storage medium such as a hard disk drive. Move to 301.

The document storage server 40 includes a data management unit 401 to which a database 410 is connected, and a document transmission / reception unit 402. The data management unit 401 includes a table of data stored in the database 410.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table of data stored in the database 410. The table of FIG. 3 shows the meta hyper slide ID, meta hyper slide file name, document ID, audio data ID, audio data file name, audio data storage destination, write information ID, and write information for each meta hyper slide. It consists of information on each item of the file name and write information storage destination. The document ID is assigned to a document divided into pages corresponding to the hyper slide. When the meta hyper slide editing process and reproduction process described later are executed, the data management unit 401 receives the meta hyper slide ID, and based on the table of FIG. 19 and the received meta hyper slide ID, A meta hyper slide, audio data, or write information file is read from the database 410. Further, the data management unit 401 updates the information in this table.

  FIG. 4A is a hardware configuration diagram of the meta hyper slide editor 20, and FIG. 4B is a hardware configuration diagram of the facility management server.

  The meta hyper slide editor 20 is, for example, a computer, and includes a CPU 601, a ROM 602, a RAM 603, a hard disk drive (HDD) 604, an input interface 605 connected to a mouse and a keyboard, a meta hyper slide presenter 30, and equipment management. A network interface 606 for connecting to the server and the document storage server 40 and a display device 607 constituted by a liquid crystal monitor or CRT are provided. The CPU 601 is connected to a ROM 602, a RAM 603, a hard disk drive (HDD) 604, an input interface 605, a network interface 606, and a display device 607 via a system bus 608.

The document transmission / reception unit 201 includes a RAM 603 and a network interface 606. The facility information acquisition unit 202 includes a network interface 606 and a RAM 603. The template creation unit 203 is realized by the CPU 601 controlling a template creation program stored in the hard disk drive (HDD) 604 in accordance with a template creation instruction input via the input interface 605. The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 is for creating and editing meta hyper slides stored in the hard disk drive (HDD) 604 in response to a meta hyper slide creation instruction or edit instruction input by the CPU 601 via the input interface 605. This is realized by controlling the program.

  The hardware configuration of the meta hyper slide presenter 30 and the document storage server 40 is the same as that of the meta hyper slide editor 20. The meta hyper slide transmission unit 301 includes a network interface 606. The data management unit 401 is realized by the CPU 601 controlling a data management program stored in a hard disk drive (HDD) 604. The document transmission / reception unit 201 includes a RAM 603 and a network interface 606.

  The equipment management server is, for example, a computer, a CPU 701 that controls the entire apparatus, a ROM 701, a RAM 703, a hard disk drive (HDD) 704, an input / output interface 705 connected to a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, and the like, the meta hyper slide editor 20, the meta hyper A network interface 706 for connecting to the slide presenter 30 and the document storage server 40, a sound interface 707 for connecting to a speaker or a microphone, a video interface 708 for connecting to a display device, a printer interface 709 for connecting to a printer, and a lighting device A light interface 710 is provided.

The CPU 701 is connected to a ROM 701, a RAM 703, a hard disk drive (HDD) 704, an input / output interface 705, a network interface 706, a sound interface 707, a video interface 708, a printer interface 709, and a write interface 710 via a system bus 711.

The write information storage unit 511 includes a CPU 701 and a ROM 701, the audio reproduction unit 512 and the audio recording unit 513 include a sound interface 707, and the document display unit 514 includes a display device (not illustrated). The display device controller 515 includes a video interface 708 and a CPU 701, the printer controller 516 includes a printer interface 709 and a CPU 701, and the illumination controller 517 includes a light interface 710 and a CPU 701.

The document transmission / reception unit 518, the facility information transmission unit 522, and the meta hyper slide reception unit 524 include a RAM 703 and a network interface 706. The facility control unit 519, the facility information acquisition unit 520, the facility information recording unit 521, the facility information transmission unit 522, and the meta hyper slide analysis unit 523 include a CPU 701, a ROM 701, and a hard disk drive (HDD) 704.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a table of equipment information related to equipment installed in the conference hall. When a display device is installed in the conference hall 50, the facility management server 501 holds information on the resolution and installation position of the installed display device in the memory as facility information. The display device 551 corresponds to the PDP (Plasma Display Panel) 1, the display device 552 corresponds to the PDP 2, and the display device corresponds to the PDP 3. The equipment information of the display device includes the equipment name, resolution such as VGA (Video Graphics Array) and SXGA (Super eXtended Graphics Array), as well as the left bottom position, left vertex position, right bottom position and right of the display device screen. Contains the coordinates of the vertex position. Based on the left bottom position, left vertex position, left bottom position, and right vertex position of the screen of the display device, the position of the screen of the display device in the conference hall is determined. If the position of the screen of the display device in the conference hall can be determined, another method can be used.

For the printer, the equipment management server 501 holds information on resolution and installation position in the memory as equipment information. The display equipment information includes resolution, left front bottom position, left rear bottom position, right front bottom position and right rear bottom position, left front height position, left rear height position, right front height position and Contains the coordinates of the position of the right rear height. The equipment management server 501 similarly holds the information on the installation position in the memory as equipment information for the certification device.

Although not shown, the facility management server 501 may include information on the performance of the printer and the lighting device as facility information in a memory.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template created by the template creation unit 203. As shown in the figure, the meta hyper slide template includes a slide display area 101, a background area 102, an effect setting area 103, and a print area 104. The slide display area 101 is an area for displaying slide data dragged and dropped on the template by the meta hyper slide editor 20. The background area 102 is an area for determining the color of the light as the lighting device. The effect setting area 103 is an area for setting a slide display method (display effect) including animation display. The print area 104 is an area for outputting a print instruction, and slide data dragged and dropped on the area is output. The print area 104 is created by the template creation unit 203 when a printer is installed in the conference hall.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of editor software implemented in the meta hyper slide editing unit 204. The editor software shown in the figure includes a meta hyper slide display area 110 that displays edited meta hyper slides in order from the top, a template display area 111 that displays a template to be edited, and a light setting as a lighting device. A light setting area 112 to be performed, a slide data display area 113 for displaying documents to be embedded in a template by drag and drop, and a bundled document included in the document display area 113 are divided into pages for details. And a sub-document display area 114 to be displayed. Although not shown in this editor software, an icon for saving the editing result, a cursor icon, an icon for enlarging / reducing the screen display, and the like are implemented.

  When the meta hyper slide displayed in the meta hyper slide display area 110 is clicked with the cursor 115, the meta hyper slide is displayed in the template display area 111 and can be edited. The meta hyper slide displayed in the template display area 111 is surrounded by a black frame 116. In FIG. 7, the meta hyper slide (1) displayed at the top of the meta hyper slide display area 110 is shown. .

  For example, when the meta hyper slide (1) is dragged with the cursor 115 and dropped at the position of the meta hyper slide (3), the meta hyper slide (1) is inserted at the position of the meta hyper slide (3), and the original The meta hyper slides (2) and (3) are moved up and shifted to the positions of the meta hyper slides (1) and (2), respectively. Thus, in the meta hyper slide display area 110, the page order of the meta hyper slide can be changed.

  In the illumination setting area 112, an on / off button 1121 for setting on / off of an illumination device (a plurality of lights) and an RGB (red, green, blue) slider 1121 for setting a specific light color are provided. And a gradation slider 1123 for setting the darkness of the light color.

  By operating the RGB slider 1121 with the cursor 115, the color of the background area 102 of the template displayed in the template display area 111 is changed. As a result, the color of the background area 102 of the template is reflected in the color of the light at the conference venue. Further, by operating the gradation bar 1123 with the cursor 115, the color density of the background area 102 of the template displayed in the template display area 111 is adjusted. As a result, the color density of the background area 102 of the template is reflected in the light color density of the conference hall.

  By dragging and dropping a document (sentence or drawing constituting a slide) included in the document display area 113 or the sub-document display area 114 to a template displayed in the template display area 111 with the cursor 115, the document becomes a template. Embedded in.

  FIG. 8A shows the situation of the conference hall 50 when the color of the background area 102 of the template is set to dark using the RGB slider 1121 and the gradation slider 1123, and the color of the background area 102 of the template is changed. FIG. 8B shows the situation of the conference hall 50 when it is set brightly.

FIG. 9A shows the situation of the conference hall 50 when animation display is set as the slide display method (display effect) in the effect setting area 103, and the conference hall 50 after the animation display is expanded. The situation is shown in FIG.

Further, when a desired document is dragged with the cursor 115 and superimposed on the print area 104, the document is output to a printer installed in the conference hall. An example of this is shown in FIG. When a document embedded in the template is dragged with the cursor 115 and superimposed on the print area 104, the document is output to a printer installed in the conference hall. An example of this is shown in FIG. In the case of FIGS. 10A and 10B, since print output information is included in the template, the print output is executed when the meta hyper slide using the template is displayed on the display device of the conference hall. Is done.

  Next, the data structure of the meta hyper slide will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the meta hyper slide. Meta hyper slide data is created in XML format.

  In FIG. 11, a data block 120 indicates template settings, a data block 121 indicates slide settings to be displayed, and a data block 122 indicates effect settings. The data block 121 is a slide setting in which the slide of sample1 is displayed on the display device in the middle of the conference venue, the slide of sample2 is displayed on the left display device, and the slide of sample3 is displayed on the right display device. Is shown.

In the data block 121, “Slide display” indicates a display device name (“center”, “left”, “right”, etc.), and “id” is a document ID (“0”) transmitted from the document storage server 40. , "1", "2", etc.), and the information ("sample1", "sample2", "sample3", etc.) described between the <Slide> </ Slide> tags is stored in the database 410 Indicates the destination.

  The data block 120 includes data blocks 1201 to 1204. The data block 1201 specifies the position and size of the display device on the left side of the conference hall, and the data block 1202 specifies the position and size of the display device in the middle of the conference hall. The data block 1203 specifies the position and size of the display device on the right side of the conference venue.

The data block 1204 designates the background color and its darkness, that is, the meeting light setting. In the figure, a bright blue color is designated. Since the data blocks 1201 to 1203 are settings of the display device, the template creation unit automatically creates the data block 120 when the facility information is acquired from the facility management server at each conference venue. Other data blocks are created by the meta hyper slide editing unit 204.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of presenter software installed in the meta hyper slide presenter 30. This presenter software displays the meta hyper slide used for the conference in the order of progress from the top, the meta hyper slide display area 131, and advances or returns the progress of the meta hyper slide displayed in the meta hyper slide display area 131. And a video display area 133 for displaying video received from the camera 559, and a thumbnail display area 134 for displaying thumbnails of hyper slides.

  When the meta hyper slide displayed in the meta hyper slide display area 131 is clicked with the cursor 135, a real time video of the conference hall having a display device for displaying the meta hyper slide is displayed in the video display area 133. The meta hyper slide displayed on the conference venue display device is surrounded by a black frame 136. In FIG. 12, the meta hyper slide (1) displayed at the top of the meta hyper slide display area 131 is displayed. is there.

  Also, for example, when the meta hyper slide (6) is dragged with the cursor 135 and dropped onto the video display area 133, the meta hyper slide (6) is reflected on the equipment including the display device of the conference hall, and the reproduction order of the meta hyper slides Can be changed.

  Furthermore, when the thumbnail of the hyper slide displayed in the thumbnail display area 134 is dragged with the cursor 135 and dropped on the video display area 133, the meta hyper slide is reflected on the equipment including the display device in the conference hall. That is, in addition to the display content of the display device being switched to the hyper slide included in the meta hyper slide, print output is also performed when the meta hyper slide is set to print.

  Next, template creation processing will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing template creation processing.

  First, when the operator of the meta hyper slide editor 20 inputs an instruction for creating a template (step S1), the meta hyper slide editor 20 requests the equipment control unit of each equipment management server to acquire information on equipment at the conference venue. (Step S2).

The equipment control unit of each equipment management server checks whether the display device and the printer are operating and whether the positions of the display device and the printer have been changed (step S3). The facility information transmission unit of each facility management server transmits the facility information (table) reflecting the current operation status and position of the display device and the printer to the facility information acquisition unit 202 of the meta hyper slide editor 20 (step S4). . The facility information acquisition unit 202 acquires the facility information transmitted in step S4 (step S5).

  When the template creation unit 203 projects each display area of a plurality of display devices installed in each conference venue onto a single plane, the total of the projected display areas (hereinafter referred to as projection areas) is maximized. Calculate the plane. That is, the template creation unit 203 calculates the angle and position of each display device when the total projected area is the maximum size in the conference hall (step S6).

Among them, the template creation unit 203 searches for a display device having the narrowest projection area (step S7). Next, the template creation unit 203 divides the total size of the projection areas by the size of the projection area of the display device having the narrowest projection area, so that the total size of the display areas of the plurality of display devices installed in the conference hall is obtained. The number of display devices having the smallest display area is calculated (step S8).

  The template creation unit 203 calculates, for each conference venue, how many display devices having the minimum display area the total size of the display areas of the plurality of display devices installed in the conference venue corresponds to the minimum. The conference venues with the number of display devices are selected (step S9).

  Next, the template creation unit 203 uses the display area of the display device having the smallest display area as a reference for determining the size of the slide display area 101 on the template in all the conference halls, and sets the number of slide display areas 101 in steps. An image is drawn on a memory (not shown) according to the number of display devices in the conference venue selected in S9 (that is, the number of display devices included in the conference venue with the smallest number of display devices) (step S10). .

  Further, the template creation unit 203 calculates all the color combinations that can be realized by the lighting device (a plurality of lights), assigns the background area 102 to the color combinations, and the background area 102 is drawn on the memory in step S10. (Step S11).

  Finally, the template creation unit 203 adds the effect setting area 103 and the print area 104 to the image created in step S11, uses the created image as a template (step S12), and ends this process. The print area 104 is created at a position in the template corresponding to the place where the printer is arranged in the conference hall. By executing the above processing, the template shown in FIG. 7 is created.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a meta hyper slide creation process. This process is mainly executed by the meta hyper slide editing unit 204.

  First, when the operator of the meta hyper slide editor 20 inputs an instruction to create a new meta hyper slide with the editor software of FIG. 7 (step S20), the template is read into the template display area 111 of FIG. 7 (step S21).

  Thereafter, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 reads the document used for the meeting into the document display area 113 of FIG. 5 based on the operator's instruction (step S22), and divides the document into pages (step S23). The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 creates a thumbnail image of the document divided into pages (step S24). The created thumbnail images are displayed as a thumbnail image group 117 as shown in the sub-document display area 114 of FIG.

Further, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 converts the thumbnail image into a hyper slide and displays it in the sub document display area 114 (step S25). An example of this hyper slide is shown as a hyper slide 118 in FIG.

  Next, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 determines whether or not the hyper slide is dragged by the pointer 115 (step S26), and when the hyper slide is not dragged, the user performs drag and drop. The process waits until (step S28).

When the hyper slide is dragged in step S26, it is determined whether or not the position where the hyper slide is dropped is included in the slide display area 101 or the print area 104 in FIG. 7 (step S27). If the position where the hyper slide is dropped is not included in the slide display area 101 or the print area 104 of FIG. 7, the process proceeds to step S28.

On the other hand, when the position where the hyper slide is dropped is included in the slide display area 101 or the print area 104 in FIG. 7, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 creates a document divided into pages corresponding to the hyper slide. The data is transmitted to the document storage server 40 via the transmission / reception unit 201 (step S29). The document storage server 40 assigns a unique document ID to the document divided into pages, and returns the document ID to the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 via the document transmission / reception unit 201.

  The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 acquires the document ID returned from the document storage server 40, and embeds the acquired document ID in the slide display area 101 or the print area 105 of the meta hyper slide (step S30). Specifically, the content of the tag data of the document ID is added to a location corresponding to the slide display area or the print area in the XML format data of the meta hyper slide.

The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 determines whether or not a control instruction for the meta hyper slide is input via the pointer 115 (step S31). The control instructions include, for example, a background color setting instruction and a display effect setting instruction. The background color setting instruction includes adding a color and the brightness of the color, and the display effect setting instruction includes a slide animation effect setting instruction.

  If no control instruction is input in step S31, the process returns to step S28. When a control instruction is input in step S31, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 performs processing corresponding to the control instruction (step S32). Specifically, the process corresponding to the control instruction includes adding the contents of the tag data to the XML format data of the meta hyper slide.

  The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 transmits the created meta hyper slide to the data management unit 401 of the document storage server 40 (step S33). The data management unit 401 converts the received meta hyper slide into a file, attaches the meta hyper slide ID to the meta hyper slide file, and stores the file in the database 410 (step S34). The data management unit 401 creates a new meta-hyper slide record in the table (step S35), and ends this process.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the editing process of the meta hyper slide. This process is mainly executed by the meta hyper slide editing unit 204. The meta hyper presenter 30 can execute the same processing.

  First, when the operator of the meta hyper slide editor 20 inputs the meta hyper slide ID of the meta hyper slide to be edited into the editor software of FIG. 7 (step S40), the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 inputs the meta hyper slide to the data management unit 401. The slide ID is transmitted (step S41).

The data management unit 401 reads out the meta hyper slide to be edited from the database 410 based on the meta hyper slide ID (step S42). The data management unit 401 transmits the read meta hyper slide to the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 (step S43). The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 displays the meta hyper slide to be edited in the template display area 111 of FIG. 7 (step S44).

  Next, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 determines whether or not an editing instruction has been input via the pointer 115 (step S45). As the editing instructions, for example, a template changing instruction, a meta hyper slide playback order changing instruction, a slide changing, deleting or adding instruction included in the editing target meta hyper slide, a background changing instruction, There are changes, additions or deletions of display effects.

When a template change instruction is input, the template creation unit 203 is requested for a new template. The template creation unit 203 acquires facility information of the conference venue via the facility information acquisition unit 202, creates a new template based on the facility information, and transmits the created template to the meta hyper slide editing unit 204. . The background change instruction includes color change, brightness change, and selection of whether or not to add a color to the background.

  If no editing instruction is input in step S45, the process ends. On the other hand, when an editing instruction is input, the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 performs an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction (step S46). Specifically, the editing process is to rewrite a meta hyper slide having an XML format data structure, and the data (in this case, tag data) defining the process to be executed included in the meta hyper slide. This includes adding, deleting, and changing content.

  The meta hyper slide editing unit 204 transmits the meta hyper slide after editing together with the meta hyper slide ID to the data management unit 401 (step S47). The data management unit 401 updates the information in the table of FIG. 3 based on the meta hyper slide ID received from the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 and the edited meta hyper slide (step S48). The data management unit 401 records the edited meta hyper slide with the meta hyper slide ID in the database 410 (step S49), and ends this process.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the reproduction processing of the meta hyper slide. Here, a case where a slide is displayed or printed at the conference hall 50 will be described.

  First, in the meta hyper slide presenter 30, when a meta hyper slide playback instruction is input by an operator's operation, the meta hyper slide transmitting unit 301 converts the meta hyper slide created based on the template into the meta hyper slide of the equipment management server 501. It transmits to the slide receiving part 524 (step S101). The meta hyper slide receiving unit 524 transmits the meta hyper slide received in step S101 to the meta hyper slide analyzing unit 523 (step S102). The meta hyper slide analysis unit 523 receives the meta hyper slide (step S103). At this time, the document transmission / reception unit 518 of the facility management server 501 acquires the document used in the meta hyper slide from the document transmission / reception unit 402 of the document storage server 40 (step S104).

  Next, the meta hyper slide analysis unit 523 analyzes the meta hyper slide received in step S103, and determines whether or not a thumbnail image (slide) is arranged in the slide display area 101 of the meta hyper slide (step S105). .

If it is determined in step S105 that a slide is placed in the slide display area 101 of the meta hyper slide, the position of the display device included in the meta hyper slide template is transferred from the meta hyper slide analysis unit 517 to the equipment control unit 519. Size information is transmitted (step S106). The equipment control unit 519 receives the position / size information of the display device included in the template and acquires the position / size information of the display devices 551 to 553 via the display device control unit 514 (step S107).

  Next, the facility control unit 519 compares the position / size information of the display device included in the template with the position / size information of the display devices 551 to 553, and information on the position / size of the display device included in the template. In order to transmit the document to the display device that approximates to, a control command indicating the document output destination display device is transmitted to the display device controller 515 (step S108).

At this time, when the display devices 551 to 553 are larger than the size of the display device included in the template, the equipment control unit 519 displays the larger size display device in the position / size information of the display device included in the template. In addition, a control command indicating the document output destination display device is transmitted to the display device controller 515 so as to display the document (step S109).

Thereby, for example, when the reproduction process of the meta hyper slide in which the slide is embedded only in the middle slide display area 101 as shown in FIG. 17A is executed, the conference as shown in FIG. In the venue, the slide is displayed only on the middle display device of the three display devices, and in the conference venue as shown in FIG. 17C, the slide is displayed only in the left half area of the large display device on the right side.

  The document display unit 513 receives and displays the document from the document transmission / reception unit 518, and transmits the document to the display device control unit 515 (step S110). The display device control unit 515 acquires the document from the document transmission / reception unit 513, and outputs the acquired document to the display device corresponding to the command indicating the display device of the document output destination received from the facility control unit 519 (step). S111).

The equipment control unit 519 acquires information on the background color set in the background region 102 of the meta hyper slide from the meta hyper slide analysis unit 523, and controls the lighting device 555 based on the acquired background color information. A command is transmitted to the illumination control part 516 (step S112). The illumination control unit 517 controls the illumination device 555 based on a control command that controls the illumination device 555 (step S113).

  Next, the facility control unit 519 receives an audio recording command for recording the conference audio collected by the microphone 557 and an information recording command for recording the write information written in the memory via the touch panel 558, respectively. The information is transmitted to the audio recording unit 513 and the writing information 511 (step S114). Thereby, the recording process of the meeting mentioned later is performed.

Next, the meta hyper slide analysis unit 523 determines whether or not the analysis of the meta hyper slide received in step S103 has ended (step S115). This is for confirming whether or not the reproduction processing of all the meta hyper slides has been completed. If it is determined in step S114 that analysis of all meta-hyper slides has been completed, this processing ends. On the other hand, if the analysis of all the meta hyper slides has not been completed, the process returns to step S104 in order to execute the reproduction of all the meta hyper slides.

  If the result of the determination in step S105 is that no slide is placed in the slide display area 101 of the meta hyper slide, the meta hyper slide analysis unit 523 determines whether or not a slide is placed in the print area 104 of the meta hyper slide. Is determined (step S116).

If the result of determination in step S116 is that no slide has been placed in the meta hyper slide print area 104, this processing ends. On the other hand, when the slide is arranged in the meta hyper slide print area 104, the document transmission / reception unit 518 transmits a document corresponding to the meta hyper slide to the printer control unit 516 (step S117).

The printer control unit 516 outputs a document corresponding to the meta hyper slide to the printer 554 according to the control command indicating the document output destination received from the facility control unit 519 (step S118). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S112.

  Next, conference recording processing will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing conference recording processing.

First, the equipment control unit 519 outputs a voice recording command for recording the conference voice collected by the microphone 557 and an information recording command for recording the writing information written in the memory via the touch panel 558, respectively. The information is transmitted to the recording unit 513 and the writing information 511 (step S121).

When receiving the voice recording command, the voice recording unit 513 starts recording the conference voice collected by the microphone 557 and transmits the voice data to the data management unit 401 (step S122). When receiving the information recording command, the write information storage unit 511 stores the write information written in the memory via the touch panel 558, and transmits the write information to the data management unit 401 (step S123).

The data management unit 401 converts the audio data transmitted in step S122 and the writing information file transmitted in step S123, and stores the audio data and the writing information file in the database 410 (step S124). The data management unit 401 adds ID information and link information indicating the storage destination of both files in the database 410 to the audio data and write information files, respectively (step S125). The data management unit 401 receives the meta hyper slide reproduced from the meta hyper slide editing unit 204 (step S126).

The data management unit 401 associates the writing information, the ID of the audio data, the link information indicating the storage destination of both files in the database 410, and the meta hyper slide received in step S126 (step S127), and stores it in the data management unit 401. The information of the table being updated is updated (step S128), and this process ends.

  Next, the meeting reproduction process will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing conference reproduction processing.

In the reproduction process of the meeting, the meta hyper slide presenter 30 inputs the meta hyper slide ID to be reproduced and transmits it to the data management unit 401 of the document storage server 40 (step S131).

The data management unit 401 of the document storage server 40 receives the meta hyper slide ID to be reproduced and transmits the meta hyper slide file to be reproduced from the database 410 to the meta hyper slide transmission unit 301 of the meta hyper slide presenter 30 ( Step S132). Further, based on the meta hyper slide ID, the data management unit 401 reads the write information and audio data file from the database 410, writes the write information file to the write information recording unit 511, and the audio data file to the audio reproduction unit 512. (Step S133).

The meta hyper slide transmitting unit 301 receives the meta hyper slide file transmitted in step S132 (step S134). After that, the same processing as Step S101 to Step S118 of the meta hyper slide reproduction processing described above is executed (Step S135).

However, in the process of step S <b> 114, the equipment control unit 519 outputs an audio data reproduction command to the audio reproduction unit 512 and outputs a transmission command for transmitting write information to the touch panel 558 to the write information recording unit 511. As a result, the written information can be edited again on the touch panel 558, and the audio data of the conference is reproduced by the speaker. In step S315, the reproduction process of the meta hyper slide is reproduced.

  In the above embodiment, the meta hyper slide editor 20, the meta hyper slide presenter 30, and the document storage server 40 are configured by separate computers. However, the meta hyper slide editor 20 includes a meta hyper slide transmission unit 301, a data management unit. The meta hyper slide editor 20, the meta hyper slide presenter 30, and the document storage server 40 are configured by a single computer by incorporating the 401 and the document transmitting / receiving unit 402 and connecting the database 410 to the meta hyper slide editor 20. May be.

Further, the configurations and functions of the meta hyper slide editor 20 and the meta hyper slide presenter 30 may be realized by a single computer. Each computer includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Member), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk device, and the like.

  In the above embodiment, the conference audio data and the ID and link information of the writing information are embedded in the meta hyper slide, but the conference audio data and the writing information may be attached to the meta hyper slide.

  In the above-described embodiment, the lighting device control information is assigned to the template background region 102. However, the facility control information assigned to the template background region 102 is not limited to this.

For example, the control information of the conference room room temperature may be assigned to the template background area 102 by connecting the equipment control unit and the control unit of the room temperature control device (air conditioner) of the conference hall. Thus, when the template background area 102 is red, the room temperature of the conference hall is set to 23 degrees, and when the template background area 102 is blue, the room temperature of the meeting hall is set to 16 degrees. Control is also possible.

  Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications, within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, It can be changed.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conference system including a conference information management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a detailed block diagram of the conference system of FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table of data stored in a database 410. FIG. (A) is a hardware block diagram of the meta hyper slide editor 20, and (B) is a hardware block diagram of the facility management server. It is a figure which shows the table of the equipment information regarding the equipment installed in the meeting place. It is a figure which shows an example of the template produced in a template production part. It is a figure which shows an example of the editor software mounted in a meta hyper slide edit part. (A) is a figure which shows the condition of the meeting place when the color of the background area of a template is set darkly, (B) is a figure which shows the condition of the meeting place when the color of the background area of a template is set brightly. is there. (A) is a figure which shows the condition of the meeting place when animation display is set as the display method of a slide, (B) is a figure which shows the condition of the meeting place after animation display is expand | deployed. (A) is a diagram showing an example in which when a desired document is dragged and overlaid on the print area, the document is output to a printer installed at the conference venue, and (B) is embedded in the template FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a document is output to a printer installed in a conference hall when the document is overlaid on a print area. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a meta hyper slide. It is a figure which shows an example of the presenter software mounted in the meta hyper slide presenter. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation process of a template. It is a flowchart which shows the creation process of a meta hyper slide. It is a flowchart which shows the edit process of a meta hyper slide. It is a flowchart which shows the reproduction | regeneration processing of a meta hyper slide. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the meta hyper slide with which the slide was embedded only in the middle slide display area, (B) is a figure which shows an example in which the meta hyper slide of (A) is displayed in a meeting hall. Yes, (C) is a diagram showing another example in which the meta hyper slide of (A) is displayed at the conference venue. It is a flowchart which shows the recording process of a meeting. It is a flowchart which shows the reproduction process of a meeting.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Meta hyper slide editor 30 Meta hyper slide presenter 40 Document storage server 50, 60, 70 Meeting venue 201,402,518 Document transmission / reception part 202,520 Equipment information acquisition part 203 Template preparation part 204 Meta hyper slide edit part 301 Meta hyper slide Transmission unit 401 Data management unit 501, 601 701 Equipment management server 511 Write information recording part 512 Audio reproduction part 513 Audio recording part 514 Document display part 515 Display device control part 516 Printer control part 517 Lighting control part 519 Equipment control part 520 Equipment Information recording unit 522 Facility information transmitting unit 523 Meta hyper slide receiving unit 524 Meta hyper slide analyzing unit 551, 552, 553 Display device 554 Printer 555 Illuminating device 556 Over mosquitoes 557 microphone 558 touch panel 559 camera

Claims (34)

An acquisition means for acquiring facility information including information on a plurality of screens;
A first creating means for creating a template including a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and a background around the plurality of frames related to a conference venue space based on the facility information;
A conference information management apparatus comprising: second creation means for creating conference information in which display information of the plurality of screens is associated with the template. The conference information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first creating unit includes an assigning unit that assigns control information of equipment installed in a conference hall corresponding to the conference hall space to the background. The first creation means further creates a template including a first area for setting a display effect of the display information of the plurality of screens and a second area for printing out the display information of the plurality of screens. The conference information management device according to claim 1, wherein the conference information management device is a conference information management device. 4. The conference information management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second area is provided at a position in a template corresponding to a place where a printer is arranged at the conference hall. 3. The conference information management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the allocating unit allocates control information of at least one of a lighting device and a room temperature adjusting device installed in the conference hall to the background of the template. 6. The assigning means assigns at least one of a color and brightness of a lighting device installed in the conference hall and a room temperature setting of a room temperature adjusting device to a background color of the template. The meeting information management device described in 1. The first creation means uses a screen having the smallest display area among a plurality of screens installed in a conference venue corresponding to the conference venue space as a reference, and the plurality of screens installed in the conference venue are the smallest A meeting place where a minimum number of screens are installed based on the number of screens for each meeting place calculated by the calculating means, and calculating means for calculating the number of screens corresponding to the number of screens having a display area 6. A selection unit that selects the number of frames based on the number of screens of the conference venue selected by the selection unit, and a determination unit that determines the number of the plurality of frames. The meeting information management device described in the paragraph. The second creation means includes an input means for inputting a conference information creation instruction, a template created by the first creation means according to the conference information creation instruction input by the input means, and the template Reading means for reading display information of a plurality of screens, and a plurality of screens read by the reading means in at least one of the plurality of frames and the second area included in the template read by the reading means. The conference information management apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising an adding unit that adds identification information corresponding to the display information. The conference information has a data structure in a predetermined language,
The conference information management apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the adding unit adds data in a predetermined language indicating the identification information to the conference information. The conference according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the input unit inputs a control instruction to at least one of the background and the first region included in the template read by the reading unit. Information management device. The control instruction is at least one of a color addition instruction and a color brightness addition instruction for the background, and an instruction for setting a display effect of screen display information for the first region. The conference information management apparatus according to claim 10. The second creating means determines whether or not an editing instruction for the conference information has been input, and when the determining means determines that an editing instruction has been input, the editing corresponding to the editing instruction The conference information management apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising execution means for executing processing on the conference information. The editing instruction includes an instruction to change the template, an instruction to change the reproduction order of meeting information, an instruction to change, delete or add display information on the screen, an instruction to change a background included in the template, and the meeting 13. The conference information management apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the conference information management apparatus is at least one of change, addition, or deletion of a display effect of display information of a screen included in the information. 14. The editing process is at least one of adding, deleting, and changing data of a predetermined language with respect to a data structure of a predetermined language constituting the conference information. The meeting information management device described. Whether or not an editing instruction for conference information in which display information of the plurality of screens is associated with a template including a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and a background around the plurality of frames related to the conference venue space is input Discriminating means for discriminating and executing means for executing, on the conference information, editing processing corresponding to the editing instruction when it is determined that the editing instruction is input by the determining means. A conference playback device. The editing instruction includes an instruction to change the template, an instruction to change the reproduction order of meeting information corresponding to the meeting space, an instruction to change, delete or add display information on the screen, and a background included in the template. 16. The conference playback device according to claim 15, wherein the conference playback device is at least one of a change instruction and a change, addition or deletion of a display effect of display information of a screen included in the conference information. The editing process is at least one process of adding, deleting, and changing data of a predetermined language with respect to a data structure of a predetermined language that constitutes conference information corresponding to the conference venue space. The conference playback device according to claim 15 or 16. Receiving means for receiving conference information in which display information of the plurality of screens and control information of the facilities are added to a template having a background to which a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and control information of facilities installed in the conference hall are assigned When,
Transmitting documents corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the receiving unit to a plurality of screens corresponding to the information of the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the receiving unit Means,
An equipment management apparatus comprising: control means for controlling equipment installed at the conference hall based on control information of the equipment included in the conference information received by the receiving means. The control means includes a first control unit that controls display positions of display information on the plurality of screens, a second control unit that controls the operation of the printer, and a third control unit that controls the operation of the illumination device. The facility management apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising: The control means detects a display position of display information on the plurality of screens based on predetermined information constituting the conference information, detects a display effect setting on the display information on the plurality of screens, and is installed in a conference hall 20. The facility management apparatus according to claim 18 or 19, further comprising detection means for detecting the setting of the installed facility. First recording means for recording audio during the meeting, reproduction means for reproducing the audio recorded by the first recording means, and second information for recording input information input via the input device during the meeting The facility management apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising: a recording unit. Input the identification information of the conference information with the display information of the plurality of screens and the control information of the facilities added to the template having the background that assigns the control information of the facilities installed in the conference hall and the plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens Input means, an acquisition means for acquiring conference information corresponding to the identification information input by the input means from the document storage device, and an editing instruction for the conference information acquired by the acquisition means from the input means. Conference information management comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not; and an execution unit that executes an editing process corresponding to the editing instruction on the conference information when the determination unit determines that an editing instruction is input Equipment,
Receiving means for receiving identification information input by the input means; reading means for reading meeting information corresponding to the identification information received by the receiving means; and meeting information read by the reading means as the meeting information A conference system comprising: a document storage device comprising a transmission means for transmitting to a management device. The editing instruction includes an instruction to change the template, an instruction to change the reproduction order of meeting information, an instruction to change, delete or add display information on the screen, an instruction to change a background included in the template, and the meeting 23. The conference system according to claim 22, wherein the conference system is at least one of change, addition, or deletion of a display effect of display information of a screen included in the information. The editing process is at least one of adding, deleting, and changing data of a predetermined language with respect to a data structure of a predetermined language constituting the conference information. The conference system described. The conference information management device further includes an acquisition unit that acquires facility information of a conference venue, a first generation unit that generates a template included in the conference information based on the facility information acquired by the acquisition unit, Requesting means for requesting the first creation means to create a new template when an instruction to change the template is input from the input means;
The first creating means obtains equipment information from the obtaining means again when the requesting means requests creation of a new template, and creates a new template based on the obtained equipment information. 25. The conference system according to claim 24, wherein the created template is transmitted to the execution means. 23. The document storage device includes a second creation unit that creates table information in which identification information of the conference information is associated with conference information that has been edited by the execution unit. 26. The conference system according to any one of 25. Responding to a conference information reproduction instruction in which display information of the plurality of screens and control information of the facilities are added to a template having a background to which a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and equipment control information installed in the conference hall are assigned. A conference playback device comprising first transmission means for transmitting the conference information to the facility management device;
Receiving means for receiving meeting information from the meeting reproducing device; and documents corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the meeting information received by the receiving means, the plurality of documents included in the meeting information received by the receiving means. A second transmission means for transmitting to a plurality of screens corresponding to the frame information, and the equipment installed in the conference venue based on the control information of the equipment included in the conference information received by the reception means And a facility management apparatus comprising a control means for performing a conference system. The control means includes an acquisition means for acquiring position information of the plurality of screens from the information of the plurality of frames, and a second transmission means based on the position information of the plurality of screens acquired by the acquisition means. 28. The conference system according to claim 27, further comprising: a determination unit that determines a screen that is a transmission destination of a document corresponding to at least one of the plurality of frames to be transmitted. The conference information includes an area for printing the display information of the plurality of screens on the template, and when the display information for the plurality of screens is included in the print output area, the second transmission is performed. 29. The conference system according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the unit transmits a document corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the receiving unit to a printer. First recording means for recording audio during the meeting in accordance with the first recording command, and second recording for recording input information input via the input device during the meeting in accordance with the second recording command A facility management apparatus comprising: means; and a transmission means for transmitting the voice recorded by the first recording means and the input information recorded by the second recording means to a document storage device;
Receiving means for receiving the audio and input information transmitted by the transmitting means and reproduced conference information; and adding means for adding identification information and storage destination information to the audio and input information received by the receiving means, respectively A document storage device comprising: management means for managing the identification information and the storage destination information added to the voice and the input information by the adding means in association with the meeting information received by the receiving means, respectively. A featured conference system. The management means includes a file name of the conference information, the voice and the input information, identification information of the conference information, the voice and the input information, storage information of the conference information, the voice and the input information, and 30. The conference system according to claim 29, comprising table information including: Input means for inputting identification information of meeting information to be reproduced, receiving means for receiving meeting information corresponding to the identification information input by the input means from a document storage device, and meeting information received by the receiving means A conference playback device comprising first transmission means for transmitting to the facility management device;
The meeting information corresponding to the identification information inputted by the input means, the reading means for reading the voice and the input information recorded during the meeting, and the meeting information read by the reading means to the meeting reproduction device, A document storage device comprising: second transmission means for transmitting the voice and input information recorded during the meeting read by the reading means to the facility management device;
Reproduction means for receiving and playing back audio recorded during the meeting from the document storage apparatus, output means for receiving input information recorded during the meeting from the document storage apparatus and outputting to the input apparatus, and the meeting A second receiving means for receiving conference information from the playback device; and after controlling the equipment installed in the conference hall based on the control information of the equipment included in the conference information received by the second receiving means, A facility management apparatus comprising: a playback unit that outputs a playback command of the voice recorded during the conference to the playback unit; and a control unit that outputs an output command of the input information recorded during the conference to the output unit. A featured conference system. Computer
An acquisition means for acquiring facility information including information on a plurality of screens;
A first creating means for creating a template including a plurality of frames corresponding to the plurality of screens and a background around the plurality of frames related to a conference venue space based on the facility information;
A program that functions as second creation means for creating conference information in which display information of the plurality of screens is associated with the template. The computer receives conference information in which display information of the plurality of screens and control information of the facilities are added to a template having a plurality of frames corresponding to a plurality of screens and a background to which the control information of the facilities installed in the conference hall is assigned. Receiving means for
Transmitting documents corresponding to the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the receiving unit to a plurality of screens corresponding to the information of the plurality of frames included in the conference information received by the receiving unit Means,
A program that functions as control means for controlling equipment installed at the conference hall based on control information of the equipment included in conference information received by the receiving means.

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