JPH09259131A - Method and device for displaying information recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] When an information recording medium such as a book is displayed on a screen or the like, it is possible to intuitively grasp the information amount of the information recording medium. A method for displaying an information recording medium MR, which is a tangible object used for holding or transmitting information, comprising:
The information recording medium MR has a front surface portion 31 and a side surface portion 3 representing the thickness.
This is a display method in which the side surface portion 32 is displayed by displaying a three-dimensional image 30 having 2 and 2, determining the thickness according to the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium MR, for example, the number of pages.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display method and apparatus for information recording media such as books, video tapes, laser disks, CDs, cassette tapes and records.

As the momentum of multimedia has increased,
Various information recording media are newly developed and used in large quantities. Various databases and information retrieval systems have been created and used to manage a large number of recorded information recording media.

[0003] For example, an information retrieval system (library system) in a library is extremely useful for promptly finding a book desired by a user. In order to make full use of those functions and further improve the convenience of the user, it is necessary to display the information recording medium on the screen in a good manner.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a computer-aided library system has been introduced in order to quickly and surely search, rent, and browse a large number of books stored in a library.

In the library system, in order to inform the user of the searched book, the book name, author name, volume, edition number, series name, language, publisher, year of publication, number of pages, and size of the hit book , ISBN / ISSN, band information,
Bibliographic information such as prices is displayed on the screen in text.

[0006] Further, in order to allow a user to intuitively recognize a book, an image (image) on the cover of the book, which is captured in advance by an image scanner, is also displayed on the screen.

[0007]

However, with the method of displaying bibliographic information in characters, the user cannot intuitively understand the image of the book, and therefore, the number of books that have been hit and displayed on the screen cannot be grasped. It is not easy to find the desired book from inside.

In the method of displaying the image of the cover of the book, it takes a lot of time and labor to capture the image by the image scanner, and the cover of the existing book is often lost, so that the range of application is limited. There is. Also, although the image information on the cover is transmitted well to users, it is not possible to accurately grasp the overall shape because the thickness of the book is unknown, and how long it takes to read the book It is not possible to grasp it intuitively. Therefore, it takes extra time to find a desired book, and it takes time to decide whether or not to actually see the book.

According to the inventions of claims 1 to 7, when an information recording medium such as a book is displayed on a screen or the like, a display method and apparatus capable of intuitively grasping the information amount of the information recording medium. The purpose is to provide.

It is an object of the inventions of claims 2 to 4 to provide a display method capable of recognizing bibliographic information on an information recording medium as easily as possible. It is an object of the inventions of claims 5 and 6 to provide a display method capable of intuitively recognizing the type of the information recording medium and of finding the target information recording medium as soon as possible.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying an information recording medium which is a tangible object used for holding or transmitting information, wherein the information recording medium has a surface. By a three-dimensional image having a portion and a side surface portion indicating the thickness, determining the thickness according to the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium, and displaying the side surface portion. is there.

A method according to a second aspect of the present invention is a display method in which the color of the surface portion is displayed in different colors according to the classification of the information recording medium. The method according to the invention of claim 3 is
Of the bibliographic information representing the content of the information recording medium or the information recorded on the information recording medium, the main bibliographic information is displayed on the surface portion, and the bibliographic information other than the main bibliographic information is instructed to select the information recording medium. It is a display method of displaying at a position other than the surface portion when an input is made.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the information recording medium is a book, the shape of the surface portion is a vertically long rectangle, the number of pages is used as the information amount, and the size of the cover of the book is used. It is a display method in which the size of the surface portion is changed according to the above.

A method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a display method in which the shape of the surface portion is displayed differently according to the type of the information recording medium. The method according to the invention of claim 6 is
When the information recording medium is a book, the shape of the surface portion is a vertically long rectangle, and when the information recording medium is mainly a recorded image, the shape of the surface portion is a circle,
It is a display method in which the shape of the surface portion is a horizontally long rectangle when the information recording medium mainly records sound. Circles include ellipses and other figures enclosed by continuous closed curves.

An apparatus according to the invention of claim 7 is a display device for displaying on a screen an information recording medium which is a tangible object used for holding or transmitting information, wherein the information recording medium has a surface portion and a thickness. Basic image generation means for displaying by a three-dimensional image having a side surface representing the thickness, and thickness calculation means for determining the thickness according to the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium. And are configured.

[0016]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information search device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an information search device 1 includes a processing device 10, a storage device 11,
It is composed of a display device 12, a printer 13, a keyboard 14, and a mouse 15.

The storage device 11 has a number of information recording media MR to be searched, such as books, video tapes, laser disks, floppy disks, magneto-optical disks, and C.
A database DMR for D, cassette tapes, records, etc., a program group for processing for information retrieval, and the like are stored.

The information recording medium MR is a print medium MRP which is a printed matter, and a video medium M which mainly records video.
It is divided into three types: RG, and an audio medium MRS that mainly records sound. A book is included in the print medium MRP, a video tape and a laser disk are included in the image medium MRG, and a CD, a cassette tape, and a record are included in the audio medium MRS. The floppy disk and the magneto-optical disk are included in, for example, the video medium MRG or the print medium MRP, depending on their contents. In addition, the video medium MRG includes those in which videos of movies, lectures, documentaries, etc. are recorded.

The database DMR includes an information recording medium M.
The bibliographic information DMR about R is stored. As the bibliographic information DMR of the print medium MRP, there are a book name, an author name, a volume, a version number, a series name, a language, a publisher, a year of publication, a page number, a size, ISBN / ISSN, band information, a price, and the like. The bibliographic information DMR of the video medium MRG includes a video name, an author name, a volume, a version number, a series name, a language such as audio, an issuer, an issue year, a reproduction time, a classification code, and a price. The author's name includes a director in the case of a movie, a performer in the case of a lecture, and a photographer in the case of a documentary. As the bibliographic information DMR of the audio medium MRS, the audio name, author's name, volume, edition number, series name, language, publisher,
There are year of issue, playback time, classification code, price, etc. The type of the information recording medium MR is identified by the difference in the bibliographic information DMR, but an identification code for identifying the type of the information recording medium MR may be provided. The storage device 11 may be configured as a file server.

The keyboard 14 and the mouse 15 are used by the user to input operations, give commands or instructions to the processing device 10, or input data. The processing device 10 includes a processor, a memory area including a RAM,
It has a built-in ROM etc. that stores the program, and responds to a command or instruction by an operation input from the operation input unit 14.
Various processes such as search process, data transfer, data rewrite, and screen display process are executed by the program. In the processing device 10, the basic image generation unit 21 and the thickness calculation unit 22 are functionally realized by executing the program.

The basic image generating unit 21 is a recording medium MR.
Processing for generating and displaying a three-dimensional shape image according to the type of. The generated image has a surface portion that is a two-dimensional surface and a side surface portion that represents the thickness. Thickness calculator 22
Performs a process of calculating the thickness LD according to the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium MR.

The information retrieving apparatus 1 is connected by a line 19 to other computers (not shown), a host computer, a server storing a database, a network, etc., and by communicating with them, various databases can be accessed to obtain necessary information. Can be received. Such an information search device 1 can be realized by a workstation, a personal computer, or the like.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of the print medium MRP1 displayed on the screen HG of the display device 12. In FIG. 2A, the print medium MRP1 has a three-dimensional print medium image 3 having a front surface portion 31 and a side surface portion 32 representing the thickness LD.
It is indicated by 0. The shape of the surface portion 31 is a vertically long rectangle. The size of the surface portion 31 is determined according to the actual size of the print medium MRP1, for example, the size of A5 size, B5 size, or the like, or the vertical and horizontal dimensions. Thickness LD
Is a value proportional to the amount of information recorded on the print medium MRP1, and in the case of a book, the number of pages. The thickness LD is calculated by the thickness calculator 22 as paper thickness × number of pages × coefficient. As the paper thickness, a value corresponding to the paper quality of the print medium MRP1 is used if it is known, and a standard value is used if the paper quality is unknown.

The main bibliographic information DMRm of the bibliographic information DMR is written on the surface portion 31 as cover information. The main bibliographic information DMRm is three, that is, the title of the book, the name of the author, and the publisher. The year of publication or price may be used in place of or in addition to the publisher. This is because these are important for identifying the book and have great utility for identifying whether or not the book is the target book. The surface portion 31 is colored in a color according to the classification of the print medium MRP. With this, it is possible to visually and easily know the classification of the print medium MRP.

When the print medium MRP1 is selected by operating the keyboard 14 or the mouse 15 while the print medium image 30 is displayed, and the detailed information is instructed to be displayed, as shown in FIG. 2B. The bibliographic information DMR other than the main bibliographic information DMRm is displayed beside the print medium image 30 as detailed information. by this,
The user can know detailed information about the print medium MRP1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the video medium MRG1 displayed on the screen of the display device 12. In FIG. 3A, the video medium MRG1 is displayed by a video medium image 40 having a three-dimensional shape having a front surface portion 41 and a side surface portion 42 representing the thickness LD. The shape of the surface portion 41 is a circle.
The thickness LD is a value proportional to the amount of information recorded on the video medium MRG1, that is, the reproduction time. The thickness LD is calculated by the thickness calculation unit 22 as reproduction time × coefficient.

The main bibliographic information DMRm of the bibliographic information DMR is written on the surface portion 41 as cover information. The main bibliographic information DMRm is three, that is, the image name, the author's name, and the publisher. Instead of or with the issuer,
The year of issue or price may be used. Surface part 41
Are colored in a color according to the classification in the video medium MRG.

When the video medium MRG1 is selected by an operation input or the like while the video medium image 40 is displayed,
As shown in FIG. 3B, the bibliographic information DMR other than the main bibliographic information DMRm is displayed beside the video medium image 40.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the audio medium MRS1 displayed on the screen of the display device 12. In FIG. 4A, the audio medium MRS1 is displayed by the audio medium image 50 having a three-dimensional shape having a surface portion 51 and a side surface portion 52 representing the thickness LD. The shape of the surface portion 51 is a horizontally long rectangle. The thickness LD is a value proportional to the amount of information recorded on the audio medium MRS1, that is, the reproduction time. Thickness L
D is calculated by the thickness calculator 22 as reproduction time × coefficient.

The main bibliographic information DMRm of the bibliographic information DMR is written on the surface portion 51 as cover information. There are three main bibliographic information DMRm: voice name, author name, and publisher. Instead of or with the issuer,
The year of issue or price may be used. Surface part 51
Is colored in a color according to the classification in the audio medium MRS.

When the audio medium MRS1 is selected by an operation input or the like while the audio medium image 50 is displayed,
As shown in FIG. 4B, the bibliographic information DMR other than the main bibliographic information DMRm is displayed beside the audio medium image 50.

As described above, the surface portions 31, 31 of the print medium image 30, the video medium image 40, and the audio medium image 50,
Since the shapes of 41 and 51 are different from each other, the user can intuitively and easily recognize the type of the information recording medium MR by the shape of the surface portions 31, 41 and 51.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the print medium images 30A and 30B for the print mediums MRP2 and MRP3. FIG.
The print medium image 30A shown in (A) is very similar to the print medium image 30 shown in FIG. Vertical dimension L1 of the surface portion 31A,
The lateral dimension L2 is determined according to the actual size of the print medium MRP2. The thickness LD1 which is the length of the short side of the side surface portion 32 is determined according to the number of pages of the print medium MRP2. The width of the side surface portion 32 may be the thickness LD2.

The print medium image 30B shown in FIG.
The image is an image of the print medium MRP3 viewed from diagonally upper right. The surface portion 31B has a paper thickness similar to the cover of an actual book. Thickness LD is for the net page.

The image of each information recording medium MR may be an image of the medium as viewed from diagonally upper right or diagonally lower left, or an image of the medium as viewed from above, below, right side, or left side. The image of the video medium MRG may be an ellipse instead of a circle or another figure surrounded by continuous closed curves.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing images of various information recording media MR displayed on the screen HG1. Screen HG1 of FIG.
Is a display of the information recording medium MR hit by searching the database DMR stored in the storage device 11. On the screen HG1, print media MRP4 to 8, video media MRG2 and 3 and audio media MRS2 to 4 are displayed by images of respective shapes. The type of the information recording medium MR can be easily recognized by the difference in shape. Although not shown, the main bibliographic information DMRm is displayed on the surface of each image. Thereby, the information recording medium MR can be almost specified. The classification of each image can be easily known by the color of the surface of each image. From the thickness LD of each image, the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium MR can be intuitively and easily known.

In the screen HG1 shown in FIG. 6, when the image of the information recording medium MR is designated by the cursor, for example, by left-clicking with the mouse 15 and instructing the display of detailed information, the bibliographic information DMR of the information recording medium MR is displayed. Is displayed beside or below it as detailed information.

When the image of the information recording medium MR is specified by the cursor and right-clicking is performed with the mouse 15 to instruct recording of the medium, the information recording medium MR is recorded.
Choices are recorded. With respect to the recorded information recording medium MR, the data of the content can be displayed on the screen HG for browsing, or the process for lending can be performed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of search processing in the information search device 1. In FIG. 7, in the search mode, search conditions based on the bibliographic information DMR are input (# 11). Thereby, the processing device 10
Searches the database DMR stored in the storage device 11 (# 12). When the search result is obtained (# 13), the information recording medium MR is obtained for each obtained one information recording medium MR.
Type (# 14), calculation of display position on screen HG (# 15), generation of cover information based on main bibliographic information DMRm (# 16), and calculation of thickness LD based on information amount (# 17) is performed, and the medium images 30, 40, 50 are displayed on the screen HG based on this (# 18).

When the medium images of all the search results are displayed (Yes in # 19), if there is an instruction to display detailed information, that information is displayed (# 20, 21), and if there is an instruction to record, that information is displayed. The medium is recorded (# 22, 23). When the display instruction and the recording instruction are completed (Yes in # 24), the content display process and the lending process are performed on the recorded medium (# 25).

In the above embodiment, the print medium image 3
The ratio of the vertical and horizontal dimensions of 0 and 40, the angle of the side surface portion in the thickness direction, and the like can be appropriately changed. As a medium image,
A polygon such as a triangle or a hexagon may be used. Various patterns and shapes may be added to the medium image. The surface portion or the side surface portion may be indicated by a broken line, a chain line, a pattern, or the like instead of the solid line. Although the surface portion is colored according to the classification, the side surface portion may be colored. When displaying the medium image on the screen HG, the same type of medium image may be arranged nearby. Although the medium image is displayed on the screen HG of the display device 12, the medium image may be displayed by printing on a sheet by the printer 13. In addition, the configuration of the entire information retrieval apparatus 1 or each unit, the content or order of processing, the display mode on the screen HG, and the like can be appropriately changed in accordance with the gist of the present invention.

[0042]

According to the first to seventh aspects of the present invention,
When an information recording medium such as a book is displayed on a screen or the like, the information amount of the information recording medium can be intuitively grasped. Therefore, when the information recording medium is, for example, a book, it is possible to intuitively understand how long it takes to read the book. When the information recording medium is, for example, a video tape or a cut tape,
You can intuitively understand how long it takes to reproduce it.

According to the inventions of claims 2 to 4, it becomes easy to recognize the bibliographic information on the information recording medium. According to the fifth and sixth aspects of the present invention, the type of the information recording medium can be intuitively recognized, and the target information recording medium can be quickly found.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information search device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a print medium displayed on a screen of a display device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a video medium displayed on a screen of a display device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an audio medium displayed on a screen of a display device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another embodiment of a print medium image for a print medium.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing images of various information recording media displayed on a screen.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of a search process in the information search device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Information Retrieval Device (Display Device of Information Recording Medium) 21 Basic Image Generating Unit (Basic Image Generating Unit) 22 Thickness Calculating Unit (Thickness Calculating Unit) 30 Print Medium Image (3D Shape Image) 31 Surface Part 32 Side Part 40 Video medium image (three-dimensional image) 41 Surface part 42 Side part 50 Audio medium image (three-dimensional image) 51 Surface part 52 Side part MR information recording medium MRP print medium (information recording medium) MRG video medium (Information recording medium) MRS Audio medium (Information recording medium) LD Thickness DMR Bibliographic information DMRm Main bibliographic information HG screen

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method for displaying an information recording medium, which is a tangible object used for holding or transmitting information, wherein the information recording medium has a three-dimensional shape having a surface portion and a side surface portion indicating thickness. The image is displayed, the thickness is determined according to the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium, and the side surface portion is displayed. 2. The method for displaying an information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the color of the surface portion is displayed in different colors according to the classification of the information recording medium. 3. Of the bibliographic information representing the content of the information recording medium or the information recorded on the information recording medium, the main bibliographic information is displayed on the surface portion, and the bibliographic information other than the main bibliographic information is the information. 3. The information recording medium display method according to claim 1, wherein the information is displayed at a position other than the surface portion when a recording medium selection instruction is input. 4. When the information recording medium is a book, the shape of the surface portion is a vertically long rectangle, the number of pages is used as the amount of information, and the size of the surface portion is determined according to the size of the cover of the book. The information recording medium display method according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium is displayed with different heights. 5. The method for displaying an information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the surface portion is displayed with a different shape according to the type of the information recording medium. 6. The surface of the information recording medium is a vertically long rectangle when the information recording medium is a book, and the surface of the information recording medium is circular when the information recording medium mainly records an image. The method for displaying an information recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the shape of the surface portion is a horizontally long rectangle when the information recording medium mainly records sound. 7. A display device for displaying on a screen an information recording medium which is a tangible object used for holding or transmitting information, the information recording medium having a front surface portion and a side surface portion representing a thickness. A basic image generating unit for displaying a three-dimensional image, and a thickness calculating unit for determining the thickness according to the amount of information recorded on the information recording medium. A display device for an information recording medium characterized by the above.