JP5896772B2 - Display control apparatus, display control method, and display control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, a display control method, and a display control program for displaying, for example, an electronic program guide or schedule table for a television.

For example, as a display control device for displaying an electronic program guide, there are AV devices such as a television and a Blu-ray disc recorder, but a plurality of cells constituting the electronic program guide correspond to individual programs. In the cell, a thumbnail image related to the program, a title (program name), a character string indicating the content of the program, and the like are displayed.
In recent years, display contents such as images and character strings have increased with the improvement of the processing capability of display control devices and the expansion of display areas (the enlargement of displays).

An increase in display contents is helpful for the user to select a desired program because more program information is presented. On the other hand, the program schedule becomes complicated and the user can find the desired program. It may take time.
Patent Document 1 below discloses a display control apparatus that categorizes programs and displays programs of the same genre in the same color so that the user can easily find a desired program. .
In other words, this display control device displays an electronic program guide using a genre-specific color coding method, for example, displaying sports programs in yellow, drama programs in red, and news programs in blue. Yes.

As a result, when the user selects a desired program, the genre of the program can be intuitively grasped from the display color, so that the user can easily find the desired program.
However, in this display control device, the user can freely set the display color corresponding to the genre, but if the number of genres increases, the correspondence between the genre and the display color may not be remembered.

In the electronic program guide on TV, when the user performs an operation to display a genre menu and the user selects a desired genre from genres such as “drama” and “sports”, a program belonging to that genre is searched. A display control device for displaying the image has been developed.
However, in this display control apparatus, an operation for selecting one genre from many genres is necessary, and the operation may be troublesome. Also, depending on the program, it may not be possible to accurately grasp which genre it belongs to, and it may be difficult to find it.

JP 11-196343 A (paragraph numbers [0038] to [0044])

Since the conventional display control device is configured as described above, if the correspondence between the genre and the display color is not remembered, even if the program is color-coded by genre, the genre of the program cannot be grasped. There has been a problem that the user cannot easily find a desired program.
Further, in the method in which the user performs an operation for displaying a menu of genres and selects a desired genre, there is a problem that the user has to perform many operations before finding a desired program.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a display control device, a display control method, and a display control program that enable a user to easily find a desired program without troublesome operations. The purpose is to obtain.

The display control apparatus according to the present invention includes cell information storage means for storing cell information including attribute information of a plurality of cells constituting a drawing target table, and a currently selected cell among the plurality of cells. A selection information acquisition unit that acquires the selection information to be displayed, and a selection acquired by the selection information acquisition unit from among a plurality of cells with reference to attribute information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage unit Cell search means for searching for a cell having the same attribute as the currently selected cell indicated by the information is provided, and the display means searches for the currently selected cell indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition means and the cell search means. The table to be drawn is displayed in a display form that emphasizes the cells that have been drawn.
The cell information storage means stores cell information including detailed cell information in addition to the cell attribute information. When the display means displays the drawing target table, the cell information storage means stores the cell information. The detailed information contained in the cell information is acquired, and the detailed information of the cell currently selected by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition means and the cell searched by the cell search means is displayed. Is.

According to the present invention, cell information storage means for storing cell information including attribute information of a plurality of cells constituting a drawing target table, and selection information indicating a currently selected cell among the plurality of cells The selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition unit from the plurality of cells is referred to by referring to the attribute information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage unit Cell search means for searching for a cell having the same attribute as the currently selected cell is provided, and the display means indicates the currently selected cell indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition means and the cell searched by the cell search means Since the table to be drawn is displayed in a display form that emphasizes, there is an effect that a user can easily find a desired cell (for example, a program) without troublesome operations.
The cell information storage means stores cell information including detailed cell information in addition to the cell attribute information. When the display means displays the drawing target table, the cell information storage means stores the cell information. The detailed information included in the cell information is acquired, and the detailed information of the cell currently selected by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition means and the cell searched by the cell search means is displayed. Therefore, there is an effect that it can be used for understanding the contents of the program without increasing the amount of information.

It is a block diagram which shows the display control apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content (display control method) of the display control apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the genre division example of a program. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of an electronic program guide (The program whose genre is drama is highlighted). It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of an electronic program guide (it highlights the program whose genre is a sport). It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display (displaying the detailed information of a program) of an electronic program guide. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the detailed information of a program. It is a block diagram which shows the display control apparatus by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a change of a display form. It is a block diagram which shows the display control apparatus by Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the attribute narrowing-down candidate. It is a block diagram which shows the display control apparatus by Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of an emphasis method. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of a tabular shopping screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of a tabular image list screen.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram showing a display control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
The display control apparatus of FIG. 1 is an apparatus that displays an electronic program guide, a schedule table, and the like of a television. In the first embodiment, an example in which a drawing target table is an electronic program guide will be described.
The table to be drawn is not limited to an electronic program guide or schedule table, and various tables can be applied.

In FIG. 1, a cell information storage unit 1 is composed of a recording device such as a RAM or a hard disk, for example, and collects an electronic program guide (table to be drawn) of a television received by an AV device such as a television. , Cell information which is information on a plurality of programs (cells) constituting the electronic program guide is stored.
The cell information includes a program ID for identifying a program, a program name (program title), program contents (detailed program information), attribute information indicating a program genre, and the like.
The cell information storage unit 1 constitutes cell information storage means.

The selection information acquisition unit 2 includes, for example, an interface device (for example, an infrared interface circuit or a LAN interface circuit) that obtains information from a remote controller or an AV device, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted, and the like. A process of acquiring a program ID (selection information) indicating a currently selected program among a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide from a remote controller or AV device is performed.
In addition, the selection information acquisition unit 2 acquires the attribute information of the program having the program ID from the cell information storage unit 1 and outputs the attribute information to the cell search unit 3.
Note that the selection information acquisition unit 2 constitutes selection information acquisition means.

The cell search unit 3 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted or a one-chip microcomputer. The cell search unit 3 stores attribute information output from the selection information acquisition unit 2 and the cell information storage unit 1. A process of collating with attribute information included in the cell information and searching for a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program from a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide is performed.
When the cell search unit 3 searches for a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program, the display form setting unit 4 displays a program ID indicating the currently selected program and a program ID indicating a program having the same attribute as that program. Perform the process to output to.
Note that the cell search unit 3 constitutes cell search means.

The display form setting unit 4 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted or a one-chip microcomputer. As a display form of the electronic program guide, the program ID (currently selected) output from the cell search unit 3 is displayed. A process for setting a display form for emphasizing a program indicated by a program ID indicating a program in the program and a program ID indicating a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program is performed.
The display processing unit 5 includes, for example, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and performs a process of displaying an electronic program guide of a television on a display (not shown) in the display form set by the display form setting unit 4.
The display form setting unit 4 and the display processing unit 5 constitute display means.

In the example of FIG. 1, each of the cell information storage unit 1, the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 3, the display form setting unit 4, and the display processing unit 5 that is a component of the display control device is configured by dedicated hardware. However, the display control device may be configured by a computer.
When the display control apparatus is configured by a computer, for example, the cell information storage unit 1 is configured on the memory of the computer, and the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 3, the display form setting unit 4, and the display processing unit 5 are configured. The display control program in which the processing contents are described may be stored in the memory of the computer, and the CPU of the computer may execute the display control program stored in the memory.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing contents (display control method) of the display control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Next, the operation will be described.
First, a television electronic program guide received by an AV device such as a television is sent to the cell information storage unit 1, and cell information that is information related to a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide is stored in the cell information storage unit 1. (Step ST1 in FIG. 2).
Here, the cell information includes a program ID for identifying the program, a program name (program title), attribute information indicating a program content, a program genre, and the like. As shown in FIG.
In the example of FIG. 3, the genre of the program is classified into news / report, sports, information / wide show, drama, etc. As identification information indicating the genre, “0” for news / report and “ “1”, “2” for information / wide show, “3” for drama, etc. are assigned.

The selection information acquisition unit 2 acquires a program ID indicating the currently selected program from among a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide, for example, from a remote controller or AV device (step ST2).
When the selection information acquisition unit 2 acquires the program ID indicating the currently selected program, the selection information acquisition unit 2 acquires the attribute information of the program (the currently selected program) having the program ID from the cell information storage unit 1, and the attribute Information and program ID are output to the cell search part 3 (step ST3).

When the cell search unit 3 receives the attribute information and the program ID from the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 3 collates the attribute information with the attribute information included in the cell information stored in the cell information storage unit 1, A program having the same attribute as the currently selected program is searched from a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide (step ST4).
For example, if the genre indicated by the attribute information of the currently selected program is drama (identification information = 3), the genre is drama (identification information = 3) from among a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide. Search for a program.
When the cell search unit 3 searches for a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program, the cell search unit 3 displays a program ID indicating the currently selected program and a program ID indicating a program having the same attribute as the program in the display form setting unit 4. Output.
However, if there is no program having the same attribute as the currently selected program, only the program ID indicating the currently selected program is output to the display form setting unit 4.

When the display form setting unit 4 receives a program ID (a program ID indicating a currently selected program, a program ID indicating a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program) from the cell search unit 3, the display form setting unit 4 indicates the program ID. A display form for emphasizing the program is set (step ST5).
When the display form setting unit 4 sets the display form, the display processing unit 5 displays the electronic program guide of the television on the display (not shown) in the display form (step ST6).

Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a display example of an electronic program guide (highlighting a program whose genre is drama).
In the example of FIG. 4, the currently selected program is “Thursday Drama Special”, and the genre of the program is “Drama”.
For this reason, the programs “drama 10”, “drama 11”, and “period drama special” whose genre is drama are searched as programs having the same attribute as the currently selected program, and “Thursday drama special”, “drama 10”, “drama” 11 "" Special historical drama "is highlighted.
For example, the colors (for example, red) of “Thursday drama special”, “drama 10”, “drama 11”, and “period drama special” are displayed in a color different from the color of other programs (for example, white).

Thereafter, when the user changes the currently selected program by operating the remote controller or the like (step ST7), the program indicating the currently selected program changed by the user (hereinafter referred to as "program after change"). The ID is input to the selection information acquisition unit 2.
When the selection information acquisition unit 2 acquires the program ID indicating the changed program (step ST2), the selection information acquisition unit 2 acquires attribute information of the program having the program ID from the cell information storage unit 1, and the attribute information and the program The ID is output to the cell search unit 3 (step ST3).

When the cell search unit 3 receives the attribute information and the program ID from the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 3 collates the attribute information with the attribute information included in the cell information stored in the cell information storage unit 1, A program having the same attribute as that of the changed program is searched from a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide (step ST4).
When the cell search unit 3 searches for a program having the same attribute as the changed program, the cell search unit 3 outputs a program ID indicating the changed program and a program ID indicating a program having the same attribute as the program to the display form setting unit 4. .
However, if there is no program having the same attribute as the changed program, only the program ID indicating the changed program is output to the display form setting unit 4.

When the display form setting unit 4 receives a program ID (a program ID indicating a changed program, a program ID indicating a program having the same attribute as the changed program) from the cell search unit 3, the display form setting unit 4 displays the program indicated by the program ID. A display form to be emphasized is set (step ST5).
When the display form setting unit 4 sets the display form, the display processing unit 5 displays the electronic program guide of the television on the display (not shown) in the display form (step ST6).

Here, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a display example of an electronic program guide (a program whose genre is sport is highlighted).
In the example of FIG. 5, the currently selected program is changed from “Thursday Drama Special” to “World Golf”, and the genre of the changed program is “Sports”.
For this reason, the programs “baseball digest”, “soccer digest”, and “golf 10” whose genres are sports are searched as programs having the same attributes as the changed program, and “world golf”, “baseball digest”, “soccer digest”, “ Golf 10 "is highlighted.
For example, the colors (for example, yellow) of “world golf”, “baseball digest”, “soccer digest”, and “golf 10” are displayed in colors different from the colors of other programs (for example, white).

  Thereafter, the processes of steps ST2 to ST7 are repeatedly performed until the electronic program guide display process is completed (step ST8).

As is apparent from the above, according to the first embodiment, the cell information storage unit 1 for storing cell information including attribute information of a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide, and among the plurality of programs, The selection information acquisition unit 2 that acquires the program ID indicating the currently selected program and the attribute information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage unit 1 A cell search unit 3 for searching for a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program indicated by the program ID acquired by the selection information acquisition unit 2 is provided, and the display form setting unit 4 is acquired by the selection information acquisition unit 2 A display form that emphasizes the currently selected program indicated by the program ID and the program searched by the cell search unit 3 is set, and the display processing unit 5 displays the electronic program guide in the display form set by the display form setting unit 4. Configured to display Without performs a troublesome operation, an effect that can easily find the desired program.
That is, a program of the same genre as a program that is currently selected (a program that is currently selected is considered to be a program that is likely to be of interest to the user) (a program of the same genre as a program that is currently selected) , Which is likely to be a program that the user is likely to be interested in) is displayed prominently, so that the user can easily find the program that the user is interested in.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the display processing unit 5 displays only the program name (program title) when displaying the electronic program guide in the display mode set by the display mode setting unit 4. (See FIGS. 4 and 5) For the currently selected program and the program with the same attribute, as shown in FIG. 6, in addition to the program name (program title), detailed program information is displayed. It may be.

If the detailed information of the program is displayed for all the programs that make up the electronic program guide, the amount of information becomes too large and difficult to see, but only for the currently selected program or a program with the same attribute. Thus, when displaying detailed information of a program, the amount of information does not increase too much, which is useful for understanding the contents of the program.
Here, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a display example of the electronic program guide (detailed program information is displayed).
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of detailed program information.
In the example of FIG. 7, the program start time / end time, program content information, performer information, image information, keyword information, and the like are listed.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In Embodiments 1 and 2 above, when the currently selected program is changed, a program having the same attribute as that of the changed program is searched for, and those programs are highlighted. When the program is changed, the changed program and the program having the same attribute are highlighted in substantially real time.
In the third embodiment, when the currently selected program is changed, highlighting of the changed program is performed in real time. However, highlighting of the program having the same attribute as that of the changed program is performed for a certain period of time. The display control apparatus performed to is disclosed.

8 is a block diagram showing a display control apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The change control unit 6 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted, or a one-chip microcomputer, and performs a process of controlling the display mode change by the display mode setting unit 7.

The display form setting unit 7 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted, a one-chip microcomputer, or the like. As with the display form setting unit 4 in FIG. A process of setting a display form for emphasizing the program indicated by the program ID (program ID indicating the currently selected program, program ID indicating the program having the same attribute as the currently selected program) output from the search unit 3 is performed. However, unlike the display mode setting unit 4 in FIG. 1, under the instruction of the change control unit 6, first, after setting the display mode for emphasizing the changed program, a certain time (for example, 0.5 seconds) is set. After the elapse of time, a process for setting a display form for emphasizing a program having the same attribute as the changed program is performed.
The change control unit 6, the display form setting unit 7 and the display processing unit 5 constitute display means.

In the example of FIG. 8, each of the cell information storage unit 1, the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 3, the change control unit 6, the display form setting unit 7, and the display processing unit 5 that is a component of the display control device is dedicated. However, the display control apparatus may be configured with a computer.
When the display control device is configured by a computer, for example, the cell information storage unit 1 is configured on the memory of the computer, and the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 3, the change control unit 6, and the display form setting unit 7 are configured. The display control program describing the processing contents of the display processing unit 5 may be stored in the memory of the computer, and the CPU of the computer may execute the display control program stored in the memory.

Next, the operation will be described.
However, since the components other than the change control unit 6 and the display mode setting unit 7 are the same as those in the first and second embodiments, processing contents of the change control unit 6 and the display mode setting unit 7 will be mainly described here.

The display form setting unit 7 operates the remote controller or the like to change the currently selected program, so that the program ID indicating the changed program from the cell search unit 3 and the same attribute as the changed program are displayed. When the program IDs indicating the programs are received, the change control unit 6 is notified that the program IDs have been received.
When the change control unit 6 receives a notification from the display mode setting unit 7 that the program ID has been received, the change control unit 6 instructs the display mode setting unit 7 to set the display mode to emphasize the changed program.

When the display form setting unit 7 receives the instruction to set the display form for emphasizing the changed program from the change control unit 6, the display form setting unit 7 sets the display form for emphasizing the changed program.
When the display form setting unit 7 sets the display form, the display processing unit 5 displays the television electronic program guide on the display (not shown) in the display form.
Here, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of changing the display form.
When the electronic program guide of FIG. 9A is displayed and the currently selected program is changed from “Thursday Drama Special” to “World Golf”, the electronic as shown in FIG. Switch to program table display.

The change control unit 6 outputs the display mode setting instruction for emphasizing the changed program to the display mode setting unit 7, and after a fixed time (for example, 0.5 seconds) has elapsed, it is the same as the changed program. The display mode setting unit 7 is instructed to set a display mode for emphasizing the attribute program.
When the display form setting unit 7 receives a setting instruction for a display form that emphasizes a program having the same attribute as the changed program from the change control part 6, the display form setting part 7 sets a display form that emphasizes the program having the same attribute.

When the display form setting unit 7 sets the display form, the display processing unit 5 displays the television electronic program guide on the display (not shown) in the display form.
As a result, the state in which the electronic program guide in FIG. 9B is displayed is switched to the display of the electronic program guide as shown in FIG.
For highlighting of programs having the same attribute, for example, animation may be used so that the color gradually changes.

  As is apparent from the above, according to the third embodiment, when the currently selected program is changed, the electronic program guide is displayed in a display form that emphasizes the changed program, and a certain time has elapsed. Since the electronic program guide is configured to be displayed in a display form that emphasizes the program having the same attribute as that of the changed program, there is an effect that the program having the same attribute as the changed program can be focused.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
10 is a block diagram showing a display control apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The attribute narrowing reception unit 8 is composed of, for example, an interface device (for example, an infrared interface circuit or a LAN interface circuit) that obtains information from a remote controller or an AV device, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted, and the like. A process of accepting attribute narrowing is performed according to the obtained information. The attribute narrowing receiving unit 8 constitutes attribute narrowing receiving means.

The cell search unit 9 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted or a one-chip microcomputer, and the attribute information output from the selection information acquisition unit 2 is the same as the cell search unit 3 of FIG. And the attribute information included in the cell information stored in the cell information storage unit 1 and the same attribute as that of the currently selected program is selected from a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide. The process of searching for a program is performed. Unlike the cell search unit 3 in FIG. 1, when searching for a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program, the attribute after filtering received by the attribute filtering receiving unit 8 is the same. Search for cells.
Note that the cell search unit 9 constitutes cell search means.

In the example of FIG. 10, the cell information storage unit 1, the selection information acquisition unit 2, the attribute narrowing reception unit 8, the cell search unit 9, the change control unit 6, the display form setting unit 7, and the display processing that are components of the display control device Although it is assumed that each of the units 5 is configured by dedicated hardware, the display control device may be configured by a computer.
When the display control device is configured by a computer, for example, the cell information storage unit 1 is configured on the memory of the computer, and the selection information acquisition unit 2, the attribute narrowing reception unit 8, the cell search unit 9, and the change control unit 6 The display control program describing the processing contents of the display form setting unit 7 and the display processing unit 5 is stored in the memory of the computer, and the CPU of the computer executes the display control program stored in the memory. do it.

Next, the operation will be described.
However, except for the attribute narrowing reception unit 8 and the cell search unit 9, the processing is the same as in the first to third embodiments. Therefore, only the processing contents of the attribute narrowing reception unit 8 and the cell search unit 9 will be described here.

When receiving attribute narrowing information from, for example, a remote controller or an AV device, the attribute narrowing accepting unit 8 accepts attribute narrowing according to the narrowing information.
Here, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing attribute narrowing candidates.
In the example of FIG. 11, in addition to the program genre, recommendations for each favorite performer, keyword, family, popularity in the age (for example, popular in the 20s), and the like are prepared as attribute narrowing candidates.
For example, if the “Genre” column is checked, a program of the same genre as the currently selected program can be searched, as in the first to third embodiments.

In addition, if the “Favorite Performers” column is checked, “Favorite Performers” can be registered. In the example of FIG. 11, “Taro Suzuki”, “Hanako Tanaka”, and “SNAP” are registered.
In this case, a program in which “Taro Suzuki”, “Hanako Tanaka” or “SNAP” appears can be searched.

If the “Keyword” column is checked, “Keyword” can be registered. In the example of FIG. 11, “Ramen”, “Classic”, and “Italy” are registered.
In this case, programs related to “ramen”, “classic”, and “Italy” can be searched.

When the cell search unit 9 receives the attribute information from the selection information acquisition unit 2, the cell search unit 9 is included in the attribute information and the cell information stored in the cell information storage unit 1, as in the cell search unit 3 of FIG. 1. Compared with the attribute information, a program having the same attribute as the currently selected program is searched from a plurality of programs constituting the electronic program guide. Unlike the cell search unit 3 in FIG. When searching for a program having the same attribute as that of the middle program, a cell having the same attribute after filtering received by the attribute filtering receiving unit 8 is searched.
For example, if “genre” is received by the attribute narrowing receiving unit 8, a program of the same genre as the currently selected program is searched as in the first to third embodiments.
For example, if “favorite performer” is received by the attribute narrowing receiving unit 8, a program in which the registered “favorite performer” appears is searched.
For example, if “keyword” is received by the attribute narrowing receiving unit 8, a program related to the registered “keyword” is searched.

  As is apparent from the above, according to the fourth embodiment, when the cell search unit 9 searches for a cell having the same attribute as the currently selected cell, the filtered attribute received by the attribute narrowing reception unit 8 Is configured to search for the same cell, it is effective for the user to quickly find a favorite program.

  In the fourth embodiment, when the display processing unit 5 displays the electronic program guide of the television, the filtered attribute received by the attribute filtering receiving unit 8 may be displayed on a part of the screen. .

Embodiment 5 FIG.
In the first to fourth embodiments, the display configuration setting units 4 and 7 highlight the currently selected program indicated by the program ID acquired by the selection information acquisition unit 2 and the program searched by the cell search units 3 and 9. As a display form to be displayed, a display form for setting the color of these programs to be displayed in a color different from the colors of other programs is shown. However, the display form is not limited to this, and the currently selected program or a program having the same attribute is displayed. Any display form may be set as long as can be emphasized.

12 is a block diagram showing a display control apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The emphasis method setting receiving unit 10 is composed of, for example, an interface device (for example, an infrared interface circuit or a LAN interface circuit) that obtains information from a remote controller or AV device, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted, and the like. Then, the process of accepting the setting of the cell enhancement method is performed according to the obtained information. The emphasis method setting receiving unit 10 constitutes an emphasis method setting receiving unit.

The display form setting unit 11 includes, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit on which a CPU is mounted, a one-chip microcomputer, or the like. The display form setting unit 11 (or the display form setting unit 4 in FIG. 1) and The same processing is performed, but unlike the display form setting unit 7 (or the display form setting unit 4 in FIG. 1), the cells are emphasized by the emphasis method whose setting is accepted by the emphasis method setting accepting unit 10. A process for setting the display form is performed.
The change control unit 6, the display form setting unit 11, and the display processing unit 5 constitute display means.

In the example of FIG. 12, the cell information storage unit 1, the selection information acquisition unit 2, the attribute refinement reception unit 8, the cell search unit 9, the change control unit 6, the emphasis method setting reception unit 10, which are constituent elements of the display control device, Although it is assumed that each of the form setting unit 11 and the display processing unit 5 is configured by dedicated hardware, the display control device may be configured by a computer.
When the display control device is configured by a computer, for example, the cell information storage unit 1 is configured on the memory of the computer, and the selection information acquisition unit 2, the attribute narrowing reception unit 8, the cell search unit 9, and the change control unit 6 The display control program describing the processing contents of the emphasis method setting accepting unit 10, the display mode setting unit 11 and the display processing unit 5 is stored in the memory of the computer, and the CPU in which the CPU of the computer is stored in the memory is displayed. A control program may be executed.

Next, the operation will be described.
However, except for the emphasis method setting receiving unit 10 and the display mode setting unit 11, the processing is the same as in the first and second embodiments. explain.

When the enhancement method setting reception unit 10 obtains information indicating a cell enhancement method from, for example, a remote controller or an AV device, the enhancement method setting reception unit 10 accepts the setting of the cell enhancement method according to the information.
Here, FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the enhancement method.
In FIG. 13, the emphasis method for setting the display form so that the character color of the currently selected program or the program with the same attribute is different from the character color of the other program, and the background color of the currently selected program or the program with the same attribute are shown. Emphasis method that sets the display form to be different from the background color of other programs, so that the thickness and color of the frame line of the currently selected program and the program of the same attribute are different from the thickness and color of the frame line of other programs The emphasis method which sets a display form is illustrated.
Further, in FIG. 13, an emphasis method for setting the display form so that the character size of the currently selected program or the program with the same attribute is different from the character size of the other program, the currently selected program or the same attribute An emphasis method for setting a display form in which icons are displayed on programs and icons are not displayed on other programs is illustrated.

Further, in FIG. 13, an animation display in which the display position of a currently selected program or a program with the same attribute is shifted in the up / down / left / right directions, or a display form in which a currently selected program or a program with the same attribute blinks or moves is displayed. The emphasis method to set is illustrated.
These display forms include those that transition by animation.
For example, a display form in which the color gradually increases or a display form in which the color gradually increases can be considered.

The display form setting unit 11 performs the same processing as the display form setting unit 7 in FIG. 10 (or the display form setting unit 4 in FIG. 1), but the display form setting unit 7 in FIG. 10 (or FIG. 1). Unlike the display form setting unit 4), the display form for emphasizing the cell is set by the emphasis method accepted by the emphasis method setting accepting unit 10.
For example, when the emphasis method setting accepting unit 10 accepts an emphasis method for setting a display form in which the background color of a currently selected program or a program having the same attribute is different from the background color of another program, the currently selected program or The background color of programs with the same attribute is set to a display form different from the background color of other programs.
For example, the emphasis method setting accepting unit 10 accepts an emphasis method for setting a display form in which the thickness and color of the currently selected program and the program with the same attribute are different from the thickness and color of the frame of another program. In this case, the frame thickness and color of the currently selected program and the program having the same attribute are set to a display form different from the thickness and color of the frame line of other programs.

  As is apparent from the above, according to the fifth embodiment, the display form setting unit 11 is configured to set the display form for emphasizing cells by the emphasis method whose setting is accepted by the emphasis method setting accepting unit 10. As a result, the user can customize the display form of the electronic program guide according to his / her preference.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
In the first to fifth embodiments, the display control apparatus that displays the electronic program guide of the television has been described. However, as described above, the drawing target table is not limited to the electronic program guide.
For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a tabular shopping screen in which products are arranged vertically and horizontally (a website displayed on a PC or a shopping screen for mail order displayed on a television) may be applied.
In this case, the shopping screen is displayed in a display form that emphasizes the currently selected product and highlights the product having the same attribute as the selected product.

In the example of FIG. 14, since the currently selected product is “T-shirt”, the product “T-shirt” is searched from the displayed products and highlighted. As a result, a product having the same attribute can be easily found.
In the example of FIG. 14, since the currently selected product is changed from “T-shirt” to “bag”, the product of “bag” is searched and highlighted after the change operation.
In the example of FIG. 14, the products are arranged in the horizontal direction for each brand, and the vertical direction is in the recommended order. However, this arrangement method is only an example, and for example, a combination of the product category and the price order may be used. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, a tabular image list screen (image list screen displayed on a device such as a PC, a camera, or a mobile terminal) in which photographs are arranged vertically and horizontally may be applied.
In this case, the image list screen is displayed in a display form that emphasizes the currently selected photo and highlights the photo having the same attribute as the selected photo. However, it is assumed that attribute information indicating who is shown is recorded in each photograph.
In the example of FIG. 15, since the currently selected photo is a “photo with a boy”, the “photo with a boy” is retrieved from the displayed photos and highlighted.
In the example of FIG. 15, since the currently selected photo is changed from “photo with boy” to “photo with girl”, after the change operation, “photo with girl” "Is highlighted.
In the example of FIG. 15, the photos are arranged in the horizontal direction for each shooting date, and the vertical direction is in the order of the shooting time. However, this alignment method is only an example, and for example, a combination of the shooting location and the shooting time may be used. .

  In the present invention, within the scope of the invention, any combination of the embodiments, or any modification of any component in each embodiment, or omission of any component in each embodiment is possible. .

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cell information storage part (cell information storage means), 2 Selection information acquisition part (selection information acquisition means), 3, 9 Cell search part (cell search means), 4, 7, 11 Display form setting part (display means), 5 display processing unit (display unit), 6 change control unit (display unit), 8 attribute narrowing reception unit (attribute narrowing reception unit), 10 emphasis method setting reception unit (emphasis method setting reception unit).

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Cell information storage means for storing cell information including attribute information of a plurality of cells constituting a drawing target table;
A selection information acquisition means for acquiring selection information indicating a currently selected cell among the plurality of cells;
With reference to the attribute information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage means, the currently selected cell indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition means from the plurality of cells, and Cell search means for searching for cells having the same attribute;
A display unit that displays a table to be drawn in a display form that highlights the currently selected cell indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition unit and the cell searched by the cell search unit ;
The cell information storage means stores cell information including detailed information of the cell in addition to the cell attribute information,
The display unit acquires detailed information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage unit when displaying the drawing target table, and the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition unit indicates Displays detailed information of the cell currently selected and the cell searched by the cell search means.
A display control device characterized by that . It said display means, if the current cell indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquiring means is changed, in emphasizing the display form the cell after the change, display the table to be drawn, after a certain period of time elapses, with emphasis display mode searched cell by the cell search unit, the display control device according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the table to be drawn. Provide attribute narrowing accepting means to accept attribute narrowing,
The cell search unit, when searching for a cell of the same attributes of the current selection in the indicated selection information acquired by the selection information acquiring means, after narrowing accepted by the accepting means narrowing the attribute attribute identical the display control device according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein searching a cell. The drawing target table is a program guide, and a plurality of cells constituting the above table relate to the program,
The cell search unit, according to claim, characterized in that retrieving from a plurality of cells, the program of the same genre of a program is a current cell indicated by the obtained selection information by the selection information acquiring means 1 Or the display control apparatus of Claim 2 . Emphasis method setting accepting means for accepting setting of the cell emphasis method is provided,
The display means is a highlight display mode cells in enhancement method set by the enhancement method setting accepting unit has accepted, of claims 1 to claim 4, characterized in that to display the table of the object The display control apparatus of any one of Claims. A cell information storage processing step for storing cell information including attribute information of a plurality of cells constituting a table to be drawn;
A selection information acquisition processing step for acquiring selection information indicating a currently selected cell among the plurality of cells;
The cell search means refers to the attribute information included in the cell information stored in the cell information storage processing step, and the selection information acquired in the selection information acquisition processing step is selected from the plurality of cells. A cell search processing step for searching for a cell having the same attribute as the currently selected cell shown;
Display processing in which the display means displays the table to be drawn in a display form that highlights the currently selected cell indicated by the selection information acquired in the selection information acquisition processing step and the cell searched in the cell search processing step. With steps ,
In the cell information storage processing step, in addition to the cell attribute information, cell information including detailed information of the cell is stored,
In the display processing step, when displaying the drawing target table, the detailed information included in the cell information stored in the cell information storage processing step is acquired, and the selection acquired in the selection information acquisition processing step A display control method characterized by displaying detailed information of a currently selected cell indicated by information and a cell searched in the cell search processing step . A cell information storage processing procedure for storing cell information including attribute information of a plurality of cells constituting a drawing target table;
A selection information acquisition processing procedure for acquiring selection information indicating the currently selected cell among the plurality of cells;
With reference to the attribute information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage processing procedure, the currently selected information indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition processing procedure is selected from the plurality of cells. A cell search processing procedure for searching for a cell having the same attribute as the cell;
The current cell and the cell search process emphasizing display mode searched cell by the procedure in selection indicated by the selection information acquired by the selection information acquiring procedure, the computer and a display processing procedure for displaying a table of the object A program for executing
The cell information storage processing procedure stores cell information including detailed information of the cell in addition to the cell attribute information.
In the display processing procedure, when the table to be drawn is displayed, the detailed information included in the cell information stored by the cell information storage processing procedure is acquired, and the selection acquired by the selection information acquisition processing procedure is acquired. The detailed information of the currently selected cell indicated by the information and the cell searched by the above cell search processing procedure is displayed.
A display control program characterized by that .

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