JP7746004B2 - Display method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display method.

Patent document 1 discloses that information such as a user's schedule or diary, as well as content obtained from a content provider server, can be displayed on a calendar.

JP 2008-107987 A

However, with Patent Document 1, when attempting to view content from a certain point in time in the past, there is a risk that content from that point in time in the past will be displayed indiscriminately, making it difficult to find the desired content.

The present invention was developed based on the above circumstances, and aims to provide a display method that makes it easy to access content that adapts to the user's development.

The display method of the present invention comprises:
an input step of inputting personal identification information that identifies an individual, including at least a date of birth;
an extraction step of extracting, from publicly released content, specific content based on the date of birth of the individual identified by the individual identifying information input in the input step;
a display step of displaying, on a display unit included in the information display terminal, the specific content extracted in the extraction step in association with the date of birth of the individual identified by the individual identifying information;
Including,
The display step displays a color corresponding to the date of birth on the display unit.

This display method can associate extracted publicly posted content with an individual's date of birth and display it, allowing the publicly posted content to be used in accordance with an individual's development, and the color corresponding to the individual's date of birth displayed on the display makes it easier for others to understand the individual's age.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an SNS site and an information display terminal according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information display terminal according to the first embodiment. 1 shows a state in which a first image is displayed on a display unit of the information display terminal of Example 1. 10 shows a state in which a second image is displayed on the display unit of the information display terminal of Example 1. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between eras and colors corresponding to the eras. 10 shows a state in which a third image is displayed on the display unit of the information display terminal of Example 1. The figure shows the state in which the fourth image is displayed on the display unit of the information display terminal of Example 1, where (A) is the fourth image of a member who was an elementary school student on the specified date, and (B) is the fourth image of a member who was a working adult on the specified date.

The colors used in the display method of the present invention may be different between adjacent periods so that the color tones are continuous. With this configuration, since the color tones are different between adjacent periods so that the color tones are continuous, in the case of individuals whose dates of birth are close to each other, the colors displayed on each display unit will be similar, allowing users to intuitively understand whether their ages are close.

The publicly posted content used in the display method of the present invention may be content posted on a social networking site. With this configuration, content posted on a social networking site can be used in accordance with personal growth.

The publicly distributed content used in the display method of the present invention may be publicly available and searchable over a network. This configuration allows existing tools (general networks) to be used, making it easy to obtain publicly distributed content.

The display step of the display method of the present invention may display personal content owned by an individual and specific content in association with the individual's date of birth identified by the personal identification information. With this configuration, by displaying the content owned by an individual in association with the individual's date of birth, it is possible to use a mix of content posted on SNS and content owned by the individual. This allows the content posted on SNS to be enjoyed while overlapping it with the individual's past events.

Example 1
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. An SNS (social network service) site 10, including a server 10A, is connected via the Internet 500 to information display terminals 1A, 1B, 1C, etc. owned by multiple members.

The information display terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C function as communication terminals, have application programs installed, and operate to link with the SNS site 10. Each information display terminal 1A, 1B, and 1C is connected directly or indirectly via the SNS site 10. This allows, for example, content such as images, videos, audio, and comments posted by each member on the SNS site 10 to be downloaded to and viewed on information display terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C owned by other members. Note that a cloud service can be used as the SNS site 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, information display terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C each include a touch panel 11, a control unit 15, a memory unit 17, and a communication unit 19, all of which are electrically connected via a bus. The touch panel 11 includes a display unit 12 for displaying various data stored in the memory unit 17 and various images or screens generated by the control unit 15. The touch panel 11 also includes a contact detection unit 13 for detecting contact with an object such as a finger or a stylus.

The contact detection unit 13 can employ a pressure detection method, a resistive film method, a capacitance method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like. When the contact detection unit 13 detects that an object such as a finger or a stylus has come into contact with any position on the contact detection unit 13, it detects changes in pressure, electrical resistance, electrical capacitance, elastic wave energy, etc. at the contact position and identifies the corresponding contact position coordinates. The contact detection unit 13 transmits the identified contact position coordinates to the control unit 15.

The control unit 15 is primarily composed of a microcomputer, for example, and includes a calculation device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or RAM (Random Access Memory), an A/D converter, etc.

The memory unit 17 can store various data such as programs to be executed, images, videos, audio, and other content. In response to commands from the control unit 15, the memory unit 17 registers, updates, deletes, and so on information in the memory unit 17. The memory unit 17 may be implemented using ROM, RAM, or the like.

The communication unit 19 sends and receives data to and from the SNS site 10 via the Internet 500. The information display terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C may also include other elements such as physical buttons, an audio input/output unit, a camera, an external device connection terminal, a temperature sensor, and various sensors such as a gyro sensor.

Next, we will explain the procedure for accessing content posted on the SNS site 10 using the information display terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C configured in this manner.

First, Member A accesses the SNS site 10 using an information display terminal 1A owned by Member A. Then, an input process is performed to input personal identification information, including Member A's date of birth, that identifies the individual. Specifically, the first image F1 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 12 of the information display terminal 1A owned by Member A. The current date is displayed in area R11 of the first image F1. The first image F1 has a gender input area R1 for inputting gender, a date of birth input area R2 for inputting date of birth, and a content type input area R3 for inputting content type. The content type input area R3 is configured to allow input of a keyword selected from keywords such as magazine, TV program, movie, and music. In this case, Member A selects and inputs the keyword "magazine" into the content type input area R3. After completing input of information into each input area R1, R2, and R3, Member A touches the input completion area R4.

The control unit 15 of the information display terminal 1A then displays the second image F2 shown in FIG. 4 on the display unit 12. The background of the second image F2 is colored according to the birth date of member A. As shown in FIG. 5, this color is set to vary depending on the age of the member on the SNS site 10. For example, Blue 2 is set for members born between 1950 and 1954, and purplish blue is set for members born between 1955 and 1959. The colors set for members vary so that the tones are continuous between adjacent time periods. Note that colors with the same name despite being different shades (e.g., blue, blue-green, greenish blue) are distinguished by assigning numbers. In this way, the colors set for each member can be transmitted to each other when the information display terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C are connected directly or indirectly via the SNS site 10, for example. This makes it easier for members connected to information display terminals to intuitively understand each other's ages.

As shown in FIG. 4, the second image F2 has a personal identification area R5, an age group display area R6, a shared content display area R7, a public personal content display area R8, and a private personal content display area R9. The personal identification area R5 displays member A's age, date of birth, and the color name assigned to member A.

The era display area R6 displays, for example, in a row in 10-year increments, from the current year to the year preceding member A's date of birth. The shared content display area R7 is an area that displays content that is publicly posted to the SNS site 10 and is searchable via network communication, such as magazines, TV programs, movies, and music. The public personal content display area R8 is an area that displays personal content such as images such as photographs and paintings, videos, audio data, and text data such as comments that member A has posted to the SNS site 10 and that can be viewed by other members. The private personal content display area R9 is an area that displays personal content data such as activity records, diaries, and health records that are not posted to the SNS site 10.

The shared content display area R7, public personal content display area R8, and private personal content display area R9 are displayed extending along the direction in which the eras are arranged in the era display area R6. The shared content display area R7, public personal content display area R8, and private personal content display area R9 are each aligned perpendicular to the direction in which the eras are arranged in the era display area R6. The shared content display area R7 is displayed, for example, as "shared content layer." The public personal content display area R8 is displayed, for example, as "public personal content layer." The private personal content display area R9 is displayed, for example, as "private personal content layer." The shared content display area R7, public personal content display area R8, and private personal content display area R9 span a first band B1 representing member A's elementary school years, a second band B2 representing his middle school years, a third band B3 representing his high school years, a fourth band B4 representing his university years, and a fifth band B5 representing his working years.

Member A touches the shared content display area R7 displayed on the display unit 12. This causes the third image F3 shown in FIG. 6 to be displayed on the display unit 12. The third image F3 displays an enlarged version of the shared content display area R7. In the third image F3, Member A touches the first band B1 displayed on the display unit 12, which represents the elementary school years. This causes a date input area R10 to be displayed on the third image F3, allowing the user to input the dates from the first day to the last day of the elementary school years.

Member A enters a desired date between the first and last days of his/her elementary school years in the date input area R10. The control unit 15 then executes an extraction process to extract specific content from publicly distributed content based on the birth date of the individual identified by the personal identification information entered in the input process. Specifically, Member A selects the first band B1, which indicates his/her elementary school years, in the shared content display area R7. Therefore, the control unit 15 extracts specific content, such as manga magazines for boys and girls, from magazines, which are published on the date entered in the date input area R10, are publicly distributed, and are searchable over a network.

If member A selects the fifth band B5, which indicates his/her working years, the date input area R10 will be available for input of dates from the first day of his/her working years to the present. The control unit 15 then executes an extraction process to extract adult weekly magazines from magazines published on the date entered in the date input area R10. It is also possible to display a selection area for selecting whether or not to consider age together with the date input area R10, and by entering "no age consideration" in this selection area, the target age will not be taken into account when extracting magazines, and magazines will be extracted without distinguishing between target ages.

Next, the control unit 15 executes a display step in which the specific content extracted in the extraction step is displayed on the display unit 12 of the information display terminal 1A in association with the date of birth of the individual identified by the personal identification information. Specifically, when the control unit 15 executes the display step, the fourth image F4 shown in FIG. 7(A) is displayed on the display unit 12. The fourth image F4 displays an image C of the cover of a manga magazine for boys and girls that the control unit 15 extracted from magazines published on the date entered in the date input field R10. When member A touches the area where image C is displayed in the fourth image F4, member A can view the magazine data corresponding to image C. In the display step, the display unit 12 displays at least one of a color and a color name corresponding to member A's date of birth.

Here, when Member A was still in elementary school, Member B, who was already working, entered the same date as Member A in the date input field R10 of the third image F3 displayed on his/her information display terminal 1B, and the fourth image F4 shown in Figure 7 (B) displayed on the display unit 12 of the information display terminal 1B will display an image C2 of the cover of a weekly magazine for adults.

Member A can thus post his/her thoughts about the magazine he/she viewed and his/her memories of the time on the SNS site 10. Specifically, his/her thoughts about the magazine he/she viewed and his/her memories of the time can be linked to the date on which the magazine was viewed and posted as content on the SNS site 10. In this case, the posted content can be displayed in the public personal content display area R8. Furthermore, his/her thoughts about the magazine he/she viewed and his/her memories of the time can also be stored in the memory unit 17 of the information display terminal 1A without being posted to the SNS site 10. In this case, the content stored in the memory unit 17 can be displayed in the private personal content display area R9.

When member A touches the public personal content display area R8 or the private personal content display area R9 displayed on the display unit 12, a third image F3 is displayed on the display unit 12, which shows an enlarged version of the public personal content display area R8 or the private personal content display area R9. Then, member A touches any of the first band B1 to the fifth band B5 to input the desired date in the date input area R10. In this case, the fourth image displays reduced images (i.e., thumbnails) of images such as photographs and paintings, videos, audio data, comments, activity records, diaries, health records, etc., based on the date they were created. The creation dates of each of the photographs, videos, audio data, comments, activity records, diaries, and health records are, for example, incorporated into the data when they were created. Furthermore, for photographs, videos, audio data, and comments posted to the SNS site 10, reduced images of these data may be displayed in the fourth image based on the date they were posted to the SNS site 10.

The above-described configuration of Example 1 provides the following advantages:

This display method includes an input step of inputting personal identification information that identifies an individual, including a date of birth; an extraction step of extracting, from publicly transmitted content, specific content based on the date of birth of the individual identified by the personal identification information input in the input step; and a display step of displaying, on a display unit 12 of the information display terminal 1A, 1B, 1C, the specific content extracted in the extraction step in association with the date of birth of the individual identified by the personal identification information. The display step displays, on the display unit 12, a color corresponding to the date of birth. With this configuration, the extracted publicly transmitted content can be displayed in association with the individual's date of birth, allowing the publicly transmitted content to be used in accordance with the individual's development, and the color corresponding to the date of birth displayed on the display unit 12 makes it easier for others to understand the individual's age.

The colors used in this display method vary continuously between adjacent periods. With this configuration, the colors vary continuously between adjacent periods, so that in the case of individuals with similar birth dates, the colors displayed on each display unit 12 will be similar, allowing users to intuitively determine whether their ages are similar.

The publicly posted content displayed in this manner is posted on social media. This configuration allows content posted on social media to be used in line with personal growth.

The publicly distributed content displayed in this way is publicly available and searchable over a network. This configuration allows existing tools (general networks) to be used, making it easy to obtain publicly distributed content.

<Other Examples>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and illustrated in the drawings, and the following embodiments are also included within the technical scope of the present invention.
(1) In the above embodiment, in the display step, an image of a magazine cover, which is the specific content, is displayed on the display unit in the fourth image. However, this is not limited to this. For example, when a predetermined band is touched while the second image is displayed on the display unit, the control unit may extract the specific content corresponding to the band along with the personal content corresponding to the band, and display the specific content and the personal content in the fourth image. In other words, the display step displays the personal content owned by the individual and the specific content in association with the individual's date of birth identified by the personal identification information. According to this configuration, by displaying the content owned by the individual in association with the individual's date of birth, it is possible to use a combination of content posted on SNS and content owned by the individual. This allows the user to enjoy the content posted on SNS while overlaying it with the individual's past events.
(2) In the above embodiment, keywords such as magazines, TV programs, movies, and music are input as content types in the first image. However, this is not limiting, and the name of a celebrity may also be input. In this case, the celebrity's activity records and statement records corresponding to the date input in the date input field in the third image are displayed in the fourth image.
(3) A hobby type input area may be displayed together with the content type input area, and by entering words related to one's hobby (e.g., sports, musical instruments, fashion, gardening, travel, outdoors, games, gardening, vehicles, etc.) in this hobby type input area, it may be possible to make it easier to extract content that suits one's hobby.
(4) In the third image, it is disclosed that the member inputs a desired date between the first and last days of elementary school in the date input field. However, this is not limited to this, and the date input field may be configured to input the year and month, or the year.

1A, 1B, 1C... Information display terminal 12... Display unit

Claims (3)

an input step of inputting personal identification information that identifies an individual, including at least a date of birth;
an extraction step of extracting specific content targeted to the age of the individual on a specific date from magazines published on a specific date posted on the SNS;
a display step of displaying, on a display unit of the information display terminal, the specific content extracted in the extraction step in association with the predetermined date , or displaying, on the basis of the date of creation, an image or video of the individual and an audio of the individual posted on the SNS ;
Including,
the display step displays a color corresponding to the date of birth of the individual on the display unit;
The specified date is different from the date of birth and is entered after the input step is performed and before the extraction step is performed . 2. The display method according to claim 1, wherein the color is selected from a range of colors that are different for each predetermined period of time so as to represent successive years . The display method described in any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the display step displays the personal content owned by the individual and the specific content in association with the individual's date of birth identified by the personal identification information.