JP4497209B2 - Image display device, display device, display image creation device, image display method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display device, a display device, a display image creation device, an image display method, and a display image creation program capable of displaying a predetermined image on display means such as a display.

In general, a computer includes a program capable of various displays by forming one or more windows on a desktop displayed on a display.
Some of these programs display virtual sticky note images on the desktop and use them instead of memos.

For example, a computer described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed as a computer including this type of program.
Since this computer displays a memo input from, for example, a keyboard on a desktop image, so-called sticky note software can be executed.

As shown in FIG. 14, the sticky note software forms a sticky note image 45 representing a memo and arranges the sticky note image 45 at a predetermined position on the desktop image 40.
As a so-called reminder for the sticky note image 45, for example, a memo such as “call on the day of the month” is formed, and the memo is visually recognized by the user so as not to forget the work. Used.

In general, a display connected to a computer such as a personal computer displays a screen based on an image signal output from the computer.
As this type of display, for example, a display described in Patent Document 1 or 2 has been proposed.
As shown in FIG. 15, in this display, for example, the number of pixels of the desktop image 40 included in the image signal output from the personal computer is smaller than the number of pixels of the display image 4 displayed on the display screen (so-called screen resolution). Sometimes, a function of adding an image called a border 42 to the outside of the image is provided.

JP 2006-053741 A Japanese Patent Publication No. 06-090608 JP-A-10-333659

By the way, for example, in a personal computer and a display as described in Patent Document 1, an image such as a sticky note image 45 is included in a specific image such as a desktop image 40 as shown in FIG. In order to perform some work, when another application software is started and another window 60 is opened, the window 60 may overlap with the image (45).
That is, for example, when the tag image 45 overlaps another window 60 or the like, a part or all of the image is hidden behind the window 60 by the window 60, and the entire tag image 45 is displayed. The entire sticky note image 45 becomes difficult to see.
For this reason, the sticky note image 45 may not be used as a reminder.

  Further, in the displays described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, when a desktop screen signal having a resolution smaller than the resolution that can be displayed on the display panel of the display is sent, a blank portion is a so-called border image. There is a problem that an unusable area is created.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the problems of the above-described techniques, and a specific image is displayed so as not to include a predetermined image so that each of these images can be visually recognized. Another object of the present invention is to provide an image display device, a display device, a display image creation device, an image display method, and a display image creation program that enable a predetermined image to be displayed in a margin portion so that the entire display screen can be used effectively. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, an image display device according to the present invention is an image display device including display means capable of displaying a display image having a predetermined number of pixels, and includes a plurality of pixels having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image. An image creating means capable of creating an image, and a specific image among the images created by the image creating means can be arranged in the display image, and can be displayed in a margin portion around the arranged specific image. Image arrangement means for arranging a predetermined margin display image, and the display means performs display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means.

  The display device of the present invention is a display device including display means capable of displaying a display image having a predetermined number of pixels, and receiving means for receiving a plurality of images having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image. In the display image, an image in which a specific image among the images received by the receiving unit is arranged, and a predetermined margin display image that can be displayed in a margin portion around the arranged specific image is arranged. Arrangement means, and the display means performs display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means.

  The display image creating apparatus of the present invention is a display image creating apparatus for creating a display image having a predetermined number of pixels, and receiving means for receiving a plurality of images having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image. An image arrangement in which a specific image is arranged among the images received by the receiving means in the display image, and a predetermined margin display image that can be displayed in a margin portion around the arranged specific image is arranged. And output means for outputting a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means.

  The image display method of the present invention is an image display method for displaying a display image having a predetermined number of pixels, and an image creation step capable of creating a plurality of images having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image; An image in which a specific image among the images created by the image creating means is arranged in the display image, and a predetermined margin display image that can be displayed in a margin portion around the arranged specific image is arranged. An arrangement step, and a display step for performing display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means.

  Further, the display image creation program of the present invention enables an image display device computer capable of displaying a display image having a predetermined number of pixels to create an image that can create a plurality of images having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image. And a specific image of the images created by the image creating device is arranged in the display image, and a predetermined margin display image that can be displayed in a margin portion around the arranged specific image is arranged. The image placement means functions as the display means for performing display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are placed by the image placement means.

The image display device, the display device, the display image creation device, the image display method, and the image display program of the present invention can display a specific image without including other images. Both images can be viewed.
In addition, the entire display screen can be effectively used by allowing other images to be displayed in the margin.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an image display device, a display device, a display image creation device, an image display method, and an image display program according to the present invention will be described.

[First embodiment]
First, the image display apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 shows an image display apparatus according to this embodiment.
2 to 6 show display screens of the LCD display 2 of the image display device of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a main body 1 having an arithmetic processing function such as a personal computer, and display means that is connected to the main body 1 and can display a display image 4 having a predetermined number of pixels. The LCD display 2 is provided.

The main body 1 includes a microprocessor (not shown), a memory, a hard disk, a video card that outputs an image signal to a display, and the like.
Further, the main body 1 includes an image creating unit 10 that can create one or more images having a smaller number of pixels than the number of pixels of the display image 4.
The image creating means 10 creates a plurality of images such as a desktop image, for example, having a smaller number of pixels than the display image 4.
The image creating means 10 is configured by an OS (Operating System) stored in a hard disk and executed by a CPU, software operated on the OS, a video card, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the image creating unit 10 creates a desktop image 40 formed by arranging one or two or more windows on a desktop as a specific image, for example. The desktop image 40 has, for example, a pixel number of 1280 × 1024 pixels (horizontal width × vertical width).
The image creating means 10 can create, for example, a sticky note image 45 as an image other than the specific image.
The tag image 45 constitutes a margin display image to be described later.
Further, the image creating means 10 includes a display position setting means 123 capable of setting a position where the sticky note image 45 is displayed in the display image 4.

The display position setting unit 123 includes a setting image display unit 124 that displays a setting image 411 formed by reducing the display image 4 in the display image 4, and a position selection unit 415 that selects any position of the setting image 411. And a coordinate position calculation means 125 for calculating a coordinate position on the display image corresponding to the selection position selected by the position selection means 415 and outputting it as position information.
In this way, the user can visually set the position, easily set the display position of the sticky note image 45 that is a margin display image, and the user himself can set the display position of the sticky note image 45. Ru can be easy to see the tag image 45.

Further, the image creating means 10 includes a margin display image updating means 120 capable of updating a margin display image stored in a margin display image storage means (26) described later.
Blank display image updating means 120, a blank display image information storing unit 121 for storing the tag image information used when creating the tag image by the image forming means 10, a tag image information stored in the margin display image information storing unit 121 And a margin display image information editing means 122 for reading and editing.
Then, the image creating means 10 creates a sticky note image 45 based on the sticky note image information edited by the margin display image information editing means 122.

In the present embodiment, the image creating means 10 is composed of sticky note software. The sticky note software creates a sticky note image 45 by being stored in a hard disk and executed by a CPU.
The sticky note software forms a sticky note software window 41 on the desktop in the display image 4 of the LCD display 2.
The sticky note software also displays a virtual sticky note image 410 formed in the window 41 and allows the user to input text data such as “call on the day of the month” and the image size of the sticky note image 45. Sticky image information including text data and image size information is formed. Then, a sticky note image 45 is created from the sticky note image information.

The tag software can form a virtual reduced window 411 (setting image) of the display image 4 on the desktop.
The reduced window 411 displays, for example, a specific image area and a border 42 area in the display image so that the user can recognize them.
In addition, the sticky note software can designate only the border 42 portion around the desktop image 40 as the designated position.

When an arbitrary position (for example, position 412) of the reduction window 411 is designated by a cursor 415 of an input device such as a mouse, the sticky note software sets position information based on the designated position.
The tag software uses the coordinates of the display image 4 relatively corresponding to the designated coordinates as position information.
In this way, the user can visually set the position, and can easily set the display position of the sticky note image 45 that is a margin display image.

When the sticky note image 45 is created, the sticky note software includes sticky note image information, for example, a hard disk.
When the tag image is updated by a user operation, the tag software retrieves the tag image information stored in the hard disk and displays the tag image information on the screen to edit the tag image information displayed to the user. . Then, a new tag image 45 is created based on the edited tag image information.
In this way, the existing sticky note image 45 can be changed.

Further, when the sticky note image 45 is created, the sticky note software stores the sticky note image information used for the sticky note image 45 in a hard disk as the margin display image information storage unit 121.
When the tag image 45 is updated by the user's operation, the tag software retrieves the tag image information stored in the hard disk and displays the tag image information on the screen to edit the tag image information displayed to the user. Let Then, a new tag image 45 is created based on the edited tag image information.
In this way, the existing sticky note image 45 can be changed.

The main body 1 also includes a specific image transmission unit 11 that transmits the desktop image 40 created by the image creation unit, and a blank display image transmission unit 13 that transmits the tag image to the LCD display 2 side.
Moreover, the specific image transmission means 11 is comprised with the video card.
The video card includes the desktop image 40 in a specific image signal. For example, the specific image signal is output from an output port configured by a D-sub connector, a DVI connector, or the like via a predetermined cable connected thereto. Output to the display.

The main body 1 also includes a margin display image transmission unit that transmits other images created by the image creation unit 10 to the LCD display 2 side.
The margin display image transmission means 13 has a function of transmitting a sticky note image created by the sticky note software to the display side as a predetermined signal.
In the present embodiment, the margin display image transmission unit 13 includes a USB transmission unit 13 that performs communication between the LCD displays 2 in accordance with the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard. (Not shown).

The LCD display 2 includes a specific image receiving unit that receives a specific image signal, and a desktop signal analyzing unit 23 that analyzes the specific image signal received by the specific image receiving unit.
The specific image signal receiving means includes a display adapter 22 that is an interface for receiving the specific image signal.
The display adapter 22 includes, for example, a D-sub connector, a DVI connector, and the like.
The signal analysis unit 23 detects the number of pixels (screen resolution) of the desktop image 40 based on the specific image signal output from the display adapter 22.

Specifically, the LCD display 2 includes a display image memory 27 in which the display image 4 is stored, and an LCD panel having a screen capable of reading the display image 4 stored in the display image memory 27 and displaying the display image 4. 20 is provided.
The display image memory 27 is constituted by a RAM, for example, and constitutes display image data storage means of the present invention.
The LCD panel 20 has a predetermined screen resolution (in this embodiment, 1920 × 1280 pixels (horizontal width × vertical width)), and constitutes display means of the present invention.
Then, the LCD panel 20 performs display based on the display image 4 stored in the display image memory 27.

The LCD display 2 includes a USB receiving unit 24 that receives a signal including a tag image 45, and a USB command analyzing unit 25 that extracts the tag image 45 from the signal.
The USB receiving means 24 is an interface for connecting to the main body 1 via USB, and constitutes a margin display image receiving means of the present invention.

The USB command analyzing unit 25 has a function of analyzing a USB command included in a transmission signal from the main body 1 received by the USB receiving unit 24 and executing processing according to the USB command.
The USB command analyzing means 25 stores the sticky note image 45 received by the USB receiving means 24 in the sticky note memory 26 or outputs position information as processing corresponding to the USB command.

The sticky note memory 26 constitutes a margin display image storage means for storing a margin image of the present invention.
In this way, the sticky note image 45, which is a margin display image, is stored in the sticky note memory 26, so that the LCD display 2 always displays the sticky note image 45 on the screen without receiving the sticky note image 45 from the main body 1 side. Can be displayed.
Therefore, data transmission / reception between the main body 1 and the LCD display 2 is reduced, so that each processing efficiency can be improved.

Further, the LCD display 2 arranges a specific image among the images created by the image creating means 10 in the display image 4 and displays a predetermined margin that can be displayed in a margin portion around the arranged specific image. Image placement means 21 for placing an image is provided.
The image arrangement unit 21 extracts a desktop image 40 as a specific image based on the specific image signal output from the signal analysis unit 23 and the display adapter 22.
Further, the image arrangement means 21 writes a display image in which a sticky note image 45 is arranged as a margin display image in a margin portion around the desktop image 40 and a border 42 is arranged in another margin portion in the display image memory 27. .
Further, the image placement unit 21 receives the position information from the USB command analysis unit 25 and places a sticky note image based on the position information.

Further, when a specific image signal including a desktop image having the same number of pixels as the maximum number of pixels that can be displayed on the LCD panel 20 is input, the image placement unit 21 does not place the border 42 but directly places the desktop. Place a sticky note image over the image.
Note that the image arrangement unit 21, the USB command analysis unit 25, and the like are realized by a predetermined program executed by a microprocessor included in the LCD display 2.

Next, the operation of the image display apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, when the main body 1 is activated, the OS and video card of the main body 1 create an image of the activation process, a desktop image 40, and the like, and output a desktop image signal having a screen resolution of 1280 × 1024 from the video card. .
When the desktop image signal is received by the display adapter 22, the display adapter 22 outputs this signal to the signal analysis means 23 and the image arrangement means 21.

When the desktop image signal is input, the signal analysis unit 23 analyzes the number of pixels (screen resolution) of the desktop image signal and outputs the number of pixels to the image arrangement unit 21.
Further, when receiving the desktop image signal, the image arranging unit 21 generates a desktop image 40 corresponding to the screen resolution analyzed by the signal analyzing unit 23.
Then, the image arrangement means writes the display image 4 in which the desktop image 40 is arranged and the border 42 is arranged around the desktop image 40 in the display image memory 27.
The LCD display 2 reads the display image 4 input to the display image memory 27 at a predetermined refresh rate (for example, 60 times per second) and outputs the display image 4 (see FIG. 15).

Next, the user displays the sticky note image 45 on the screen as follows while referring to the screen displayed on the LCD panel 20 in this way (see FIG. 2).
First, when the user activates the sticky note software by a predetermined operation, the sticky note software forms a window 41 for creating a sticky note image 45 on the desktop.
At this time, for example, text data such as “call on the day of the month” is input to the tag software by operating the input device such as a keyboard on the virtual tag image 410.

Next, when the user confirms text data for the tag software, the tag software displays a reduced window 411 on the desktop image 40 in order to set the display position (see FIG. 3).
When the arbitrary position of the reduction window 411 is designated as the display position 412 using the cursor 415 operated by the user, the sticky note software uses the coordinate position of the display image 4 corresponding to this position as sticky image information as position information. Append to
Next, the sticky note software creates a sticky note image 45 from the sticky note image information, and adds a USB command to the effect that it is the sticky note image 45 to this.
The tag software adds the image size information of the tag image 45 to the tag image information and stores the tag image information in the hard disk.

Then, the tag software includes the tag image 45 in the USB transmission signal and transmits it from the USB transmission means 13.
When the LCD display 2 receives a USB transmission signal from the main body 1 by the USB receiving means 24, it outputs this to the USB command analyzing means 25.
The USB command analyzing means 25 recognizes that the data of the transmitted transmission signal is the tag image 45 based on the USB command included in the transmission signal, takes out the tag image 45 and stores it in the tag memory 26. Let

Next, the sticky note software adds the position information and size information of the sticky note image information to the USB transmission signal by adding a USB command to the effect that the position information and the size information are the position information and the size information. Send it.
The LCD display 2 outputs the USB transmission signal from the main body 1 to the USB command analyzing means 25 when the USB receiving means 24 receives the USB transmission signal.
Based on the USB command included in the transmission signal, the USB command analyzing unit 25 recognizes that the data of the transmitted transmission signal is the position information of the tag image 45, and extracts the position information of the tag image 45. To the image placement means 21.

When the position information or the like is input from the USB command analysis unit 25, the image arrangement unit 21 recognizes that the tag image 45 has been input, and reads the tag image 45 corresponding to the position information from the tag memory 26. .
In addition, the image arrangement unit 21 writes the display image 4 in which the read tag image 45 is arranged in the margin of the desktop image 40 based on the position information in the display image memory 27.
The display image 4 in the display image memory 27 is read by the LCD panel 20 in the same manner as described above and displayed on the LCD panel 20.

In this way, the display image 4 having the sticky note image 45 in the border 42 is displayed on the display screen of the LCD panel 20.
Thereby, since the sticky note image 45 is arranged in the display image 4 of the LCD panel 20 without including the sticky note image 45 in the desktop image 40, the situation where the sticky note image 45 is hidden in the other window 60 is ensured. This can be prevented (see FIG. 4).
Further, since the sticky note image 45 is arranged in the border 42 portion, the sticky note image 45 can be displayed on the display screen of the LCD panel 20 without hiding a part of the desktop image 40.
When the user looks at the screen, the sticky note image 45 is not hidden in another window, so that the sticky note image 45 can be surely seen and the sticky note image 45 can function as a reminder.

Next, when it is desired to change the display content of the tag image 45, for example, the following is performed.
When the sticky note software is executed by the user performing a predetermined operation, the sticky note image information is read from the margin display image information storage unit 121 and the text data of the sticky note image information is expanded on the virtual sticky note image 413. (See FIG. 5).
When the user edits the text data and confirms it, the tag software displays the display position setting window 411 (FIG. 3) in the same manner as described above, and the display position 412 is designated in this step. The tag image 45a and position information are output to the LCD display 2 side via a USB transmission signal.

The tag image 45a, position information, and the like are received by the USB receiving unit 24 and analyzed by the USB command analyzing unit 25.
Further, the sticky note image 45 a is overwritten and updated by the USB command analyzing unit 25 over the existing sticky note image 45 on the sticky note memory 26.
Next, the image placement means 21 reads the sticky note image 45a from the sticky note memory 26 in the same manner as described above, and in the same manner as described above, the sticky note image 45 is placed in the margin part based on the position information. The image 4 is stored in the display image memory 27.
The display image memory 27 outputs the display image 4 to the LCD panel 20 and displays the display image 4 on the screen of the LCD panel 20 (see FIG. 6).
In this way, the tag image in the display image 4 can be easily updated.

As described above, according to the image display apparatus using the apparatus of the present embodiment of the present invention, the image placement unit 21 displays the sticky note image 45 (margin display image) on the border 42 (margin portion) in the display image. ) Is arranged, the sticky note image 45 can be displayed on the display screen without hiding part of the desktop image 40.
Further, since the image placement means 21 places the sticky note image 45 on the border 42, the sticky note image 45 can be displayed on the border 42 portion of the LCD display 2, and the margin portion of the screen can be used effectively.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an image display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 7 is a functional configuration diagram of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment.
This image display apparatus is different from the image display apparatus of the first embodiment in that there is no USB transmission means 13, USB reception means 24, and USB command analysis means 25.
The main body 1 transmits a margin display image or the like to the LCD display 2 side by DDC instead of USB.

  DDC (Display Data Channel) is an interface standardized by a standardization organization called VESA (Video Electronics Standards), and is provided integrally with a cable that transmits a specific image signal between the video card and the display adapter 22a.

Specifically, the main body 1 is provided with a DDC transmission unit 13 a as a margin display image transmission unit connected to the image creation unit 10.
Further, the LCD display 2 includes a DDC receiving unit 24a as a margin display image receiving unit connected to the display adapter 22a, and a DDC command analyzing unit 25a.
The DDC transmission means 13a transmits a transmission signal including margin display image information such as a margin display image and a display position to the LCD display 2 side via a cable.

The DDC receiving unit 24a receives a transmission signal on the DDC via the display adapter 22a, and outputs it to the DDC command analyzing unit 25a.
Similar to the USB command analysis unit, the DDC command analysis unit 25a analyzes a predetermined DDC command, extracts the tag image 45 and the tag image included in the transmission signal, and stores the tag image in the tag memory 26. The position information is output to the image arrangement means 21.

In this case, since the DDC is provided integrally with the cable 15 that connects the video card that also functions as the specific image transmission unit 11 and the display adapter 22a that is the specific image reception unit, the margin display image transmission unit is provided. In addition, it is not necessary to prepare a line dedicated to the margin display image receiving means, and the wiring can be simplified.
Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

The operation of the image display apparatus of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described.
The desktop image signal is transmitted / received from the main body 1 to the display adapter 22a as in the first embodiment.
That is, when the sticky note software is executed and the sticky note image 45 and the position information data are created, a transmission signal including the sticky note image 45 and the position information is transmitted to the LCD display 2 side by the DDC transmission unit 13a.

The display adapter 22a outputs the received transmission signal to the DDC receiving unit 24a.
The DDC receiving unit 24a sends the received transmission signal to the DDC command analyzing unit 25a.
The DDC command analysis means 25a analyzes the display command included in the transmission signal and stores the attached memo in the tag memory 26.

Similarly to the USB command analysis unit 25, the DDC command analysis unit 25a analyzes the DDC command, stores the sticky note image 45 in the sticky note memory 26, and displays the position information and display size information of the sticky note image 45 as an image. It outputs to the arrangement means 21.
When the position information and the display size information are set, the image placement unit 21 reads the sticky note image 45 from the sticky note memory 26, and displays the display image 4 in which the sticky note image 45 is placed in the border 42 portion as the display image memory 27. Write to.
Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, the display image memory 27 sends the written display image 4 to the LCD panel 20, and the LCD panel 20 displays the display image 4 in which the tag image 45 is arranged in the border 42 portion. .

  As described above, according to the image display device of the present embodiment, the sticky note image 45 is received via the DDC integrated with the cable used for the connection between the main body 1 and the LCD display 2. For example, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated cable between the main body 1 and the LCD display 2 separately, and the connection between the main body 1 and the LCD display 2 can be simplified. Also, wiring can be simplified.

[Third embodiment]
Next, an image display apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 8 shows an image display apparatus according to this embodiment.
The image display device includes an enlarged image creating unit 28 capable of creating an enlarged image on the LCD display 2 based on a display image received by the display adapter 22, and an operation of the enlarged image creating unit 28 on the image arranging unit 21. Or it differs from the image display apparatus of said 1st embodiment by the point provided with the expansion operation switching means which can switch non-operation.
Then, when the enlargement operation switching unit operates the enlarged image creation unit 28, the image arrangement unit 21 writes the display image 4 in which the tag image 45 is overwritten on the enlarged image to the display image memory. .

Specifically, the enlarged image creating means 28 is configured by a so-called up-scan converter that enlarges the display image from the main body 1 to the same number of pixels (1920 × 1280 pixels) as the display size of the display image 4.
The enlargement operation switching means is formed by a switch 29.

The operation of the image display apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 shows a display screen of the LCD display of the image display device of the present embodiment.
First, when the switch 29 does not operate the enlarged image creating means 28, the switch 29 operates in the same manner as the image display device of the first embodiment.
Further, when the switch 29 operates the enlarged image creating means 28, a desktop image signal including a desktop image as a specific image is received from the main body 1 in the same manner as the image display device of the first embodiment. When it is sent, it is received by the display adapter 22.

Next, the enlarged image creation means 28 generates a desktop image from the desktop image signal based on the number of pixels detected by the signal analysis means 23. Then, the enlarged image creating means 28 enlarges the desktop image having the number of pixels of 1280 × 1024 pixels, and creates image data of the enlarged desktop image 40a having 1920 × 1280.
The enlarged image creating unit 28 outputs the enlarged desktop image 40 a to the image arranging unit 21.

The image placement means 21 places the sticky note image 45 stored in the sticky note memory 26 on the enlarged desktop image 40a from the enlarged image creation means 28 based on the position information from the USB command analysis means 25, and displays this. Write to the image memory 27.
Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, the display image memory 27 sends the written contents to the LCD panel 20 and displays the display image 4 which is the enlarged desktop image 40a including the tag image 45 on the LCD panel 20 (FIG. 9).

As described above, according to the image display device of the present embodiment, since the desktop image 40 is enlarged, the border 42 portion is eliminated and the display screen of the LCD display 2 can be used effectively.
Further, even if the desktop image 40 is enlarged, the sticky note image 45 can be reliably displayed on the display screen of the LCD panel 2, and a situation in which the contents of the memo become difficult to see can be prevented.

[Fourth embodiment]
Next, an image display apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 10 shows an image display apparatus according to this embodiment.
11 and 12 show a display screen of the LCD display 2 of the image display device of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 10, in this image display device, the image display device of the first embodiment described above and the screen capture unit 127 in which the image creation unit 10 duplicates a part of the desktop image 40 to form a tag image 45a. It differs in that it is equipped with.

The operation of the image display apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this image display device, the sticky note software duplicates the desktop image 40 in the designated range 414 when a predetermined range (414) of the desktop image 40 is designated by the user operating the input device (see FIG. 11). ).
The sticky note software sets the copied image data as the sticky note image 45a.
In this way, a part of the desktop image 40 can be displayed as a tag image 45a and a part of the desktop image 40 can be displayed on the border 42 (see FIG. 12).
Other operations and effects are the same as in the above embodiment.

[Fifth embodiment]
Next, an image display apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 13 shows an image display apparatus according to this embodiment.
This image display device is different in that the image display device includes the image display device according to the first embodiment, the LCD display 3, and a display image creation device interposed between the LCD display 3 and the main body 1.

The LCD display 3 includes, for example, an LCD panel that can display a display image of 1920 × 1280 pixels. The LCD display 3 may be an existing LCD display or the like.
The display image creation device 2a is substantially the same as the LCD display of the image display device of the first embodiment, but does not have an LCD panel, the display adapter 22, the signal analysis means 23, the USB reception means 24, and the USB command analysis. Means 25, sticky note memory 26, image placement means 21, display image memory 27, and display means memory 27 are provided with output means 27 a for outputting to LCD display 3.
Other configurations are the same as those of the above-described embodiment.

In the image display device having the above configuration, the display image signal output from the specific image transmission unit 11 of the main body 1 is received by the display adapter 22 of the display image creation device 2, and the display image is displayed by the image arrangement unit 21. Generated.
When the USB transmission signal output from the USB transmission unit 13 is received by the USB reception unit 24 of the display image creation device 2a, the USB command analysis unit 25 stores the tag image in the tag memory 26, and Information and image size information are output to the image arrangement means 21.

Next, the image arrangement means 21 creates a display image and writes it in the display image memory 27 in the same manner as in the above embodiment.
Then, the display image creation device 2a outputs the display image stored in the display image memory 27 to the LCD display 3 via the output means 27a.

As described above, the image display device according to the present embodiment creates a display image in the display image creation device 2a, so that it can also be displayed on the display 3 such as an existing LCD display. Therefore, the introduction cost can be reduced.
Other actions and effects are the same as in the above embodiment.

The image display apparatus according to the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. However, the image display apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that implementation is possible.
For example, the display position of each margin display image is individually designated by the user, but is not limited to this, and may be displayed at a predetermined position.

In the above embodiment, only one sticky note image is arranged in the border as the margin display image, but the present invention is not limited to this, and two or more may be arranged.
In the above embodiment, only the position of the sticky note image is set by the position setting unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a desktop image (specific image) may be set.

In the above embodiment, the margin display image is a tag image. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any image such as a photographic image may be used.
Further, the number of pixels of the display image, the desktop image, etc. is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and may be, for example, the number of existing pixels such as SXGA, UXGA, etc., and any number of pixels, and the design may be changed as appropriate. There is no problem.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an image display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention in the state when inputting the text data of the tag image to display. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention in the state when setting the display position of a tag image. It is a display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a figure shown in the state which displayed the desktop image with the tag image. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention in the state when updating a tag image. It is a display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a figure shown in the state which displayed the desktop image with the tag image. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the image display apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the image display apparatus which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention in the state which displayed the desktop image expanded with the tag image. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the image display apparatus which concerns on 4th embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 4th embodiment of this invention in the state when designating the tag image to display. It is a display screen of the image display apparatus which concerns on 4th embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a figure shown in the state which displayed the desktop image with the tag image. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the image display apparatus which concerns on 5th embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of an image display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display screen of an image display apparatus in the state which provided the margin part around the specific image. It is a figure which shows another example of the display screen of an image display apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 10 Image preparation means 11 Specific image transmission means 120 Blank display image update means 121 Blank display image information storage means 122 Blank display image information editing means 123 Display position setting means 124 Position selection means 2 LCD display 20 LSC panel (display means)
21 Image arrangement means 22, 22a Display adapter (specific image receiving means)
23 Signal analysis means 24 USB receiving means (margin display image receiving means)
24a DDC reception means 25 USB instruction analysis means 25a DDC instruction analysis means 26 Sticky note memory (margin display image storage means)
27 Display image memory (display image storage means)
27a Output means 28 Specific image enlargement means 29 Switch (enlargement operation switching means)
3 LCD display 4 Display image 40, 40a Desktop image 41 Sticky note image creation window 410, 413 Virtual sticky note image 411 Reduction window 412 Specified position 415 Cursor (position selection means)
42 Border (margin)
45, 45a Sticky note image

Claims (12)

An image display device comprising display means capable of displaying a display image having a predetermined number of pixels,
Image creating means capable of creating a plurality of images having a smaller number of pixels than the number of pixels of the display image;
Display position setting means for setting position information of a position for displaying the image;
On the basis of the position information, a predetermined margin that can be displayed in a margin portion around the specific image by arranging a specific image among the images generated by the image generation means in the display image. Image placement means for placing a display image,
The display means performs display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means ,
The display position setting unit displays a setting image obtained by reducing the display image on the display image, a position selection unit that selects any position of the setting image, and the position selection unit An image display device comprising: coordinate position calculation means for calculating a coordinate position on the display image corresponding to the selected position selected in step (b) and outputting the calculated position as position information . The image creating means, the image display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a screen capture means to the blank display image by duplicating the part of the particular image. A margin display image storage means for storing the margin display image;
It said image layout means, an image display apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein arranged in the display image reading margin display image of the blank display image storage means. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the image creating unit includes a margin display image updating unit capable of updating a margin display image stored in the margin display image storage unit. The margin display image update means includes
Margin display image information storage means for storing margin display image information used at the time of creation of a margin display image by the image creation means;
Margin display image information editing means for reading and editing the margin display image information stored in the margin display image information storage means,
5. The image display device according to claim 4 , wherein the image creating unit creates a margin display image based on the margin display image information edited by the margin display image information editing unit. An enlarged image creating means capable of creating an enlarged image enlarged based on the specific image;
And a larger operation switching means capable of switching the operation or non-operation of the enlarged image creation unit,
The enlargement operation switching means, when operating the enlarged image creation unit, the image placement means, the image display according to any one of claims 1 to 5, placing the blank display image on the enlarged image apparatus. A main body including the image creating means;
A display device including the display means and the display image creation means,
The body is
Specific image transmission means for transmitting a specific image created by the image creation means;
A margin display image transmission means for transmitting a margin display image created by the image creation means,
The display device is
Specific image receiving means for receiving a specific image from the specific image transmitting means;
The image display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, and a blank display image receiving means for receiving the blank display images from the blank display image transmission unit. The image creating means, wherein to create a desktop image as a specific image, the image creation means, the image display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7 to create a tag image as the blank display image. A display device comprising display means capable of displaying a display image of a predetermined number of pixels,
A plurality of images having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image, and receiving means for receiving position information of a position for displaying the image ;
Based on the position information, a predetermined margin display that can be displayed in a margin portion around the specific image arranged in the display image by arranging a specific image among the images received by the receiving unit. Image placement means for placing an image,
The display means performs display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means ;
The receiving means is selected by setting image information for displaying a setting image obtained by reducing the display image on the display image, position selection information for selecting any position of the setting image, and the position selection information. A display device that receives position information indicating a coordinate position on the display image corresponding to the selected position . A display image creation device for creating a display image having a predetermined number of pixels,
A plurality of images having a number of pixels smaller than the number of pixels of the display image, and receiving means for receiving position information of a position for displaying the image ;
Based on the position information, a predetermined margin display that can be displayed in a margin portion around the specific image arranged in the display image by arranging a specific image among the images received by the receiving unit. Image placement means for placing an image;
Output means for outputting a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means,
The receiving means is selected by setting image information for displaying a setting image obtained by reducing the display image on the display image, position selection information for selecting any position of the setting image, and the position selection information. display image creating apparatus characterized that you receive the location information indicating the coordinate position on the display image corresponding to the selected position. An image display method for displaying a display image having a predetermined number of pixels,
An image creating step capable of creating a plurality of images having a smaller number of pixels than the number of pixels of the display image;
A display position setting step for setting position information of a position for displaying the image;
Based on the position information, a predetermined margin that can be displayed in a margin portion around the specific image, in which a specific image is arranged in the display image in the image generation step. An image placement step for placing a display image ;
Look including a display step of performing display based on the display image specific image and blank the display image by the image placement step is disposed,
The display position setting step includes a setting image display step for displaying a setting image obtained by reducing the display image on the display image, a position selection step for selecting any position of the setting image, and the position selection means. A coordinate position calculating step of calculating a coordinate position on the display image corresponding to the selected position selected in step (b) and outputting the calculated position as position information . A computer of an image display device capable of displaying a display image of a predetermined number of pixels,
Image creating means capable of creating a plurality of images having a smaller number of pixels than the number of pixels of the display image;
Display position setting means for setting position information of a position for displaying the image;
On the basis of the position information, a predetermined margin that can be displayed in a margin portion around the specific image by arranging a specific image among the images generated by the image generation means in the display image. Image placement means for placing a display image;
While functioning as the display means for performing display based on a display image in which a specific image and a margin display image are arranged by the image arrangement means ,
The display position setting means is selected by a setting image display means for displaying a setting image obtained by reducing the display image on the display image, a position selecting means for selecting any position of the setting image, and the position selecting means. An image display program for functioning as coordinate position calculation means for calculating a coordinate position on the display image corresponding to the selected position and outputting the calculated position as position information .

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