JPH0638180B2 - Information display device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an information display device for displaying by linking a distance dimension and a time dimension.

[Technical Background of the Invention and its Problems] In order to learn history, learning by books is now common. If you use books, you will be able to learn about the history that should have been progressing simultaneously in different regions, separately for each region.
For example, suppose you were learning the fact that Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492 and wanted to know what time it was in Japanese history. At this time, we now have to open a separate book on Japanese history and refer to the end of the 15th century. Because of this hassle, it often ends without opening a book on Japanese history, losing the opportunity to connect world history with Japanese history.

Therefore, with the current book learning, it is almost impossible to learn history crosswise for a certain age, which is the only way to learn the history that is proceeding simultaneously for each region.

In recent years, computer-based learning systems (CAI)
Has appeared. It is difficult to learn history across the history because the method of making teaching materials of these systems relies heavily on the current textbooks.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of different positions,
For the purpose of retrieving the information corresponding to these from the information storage means and displaying them in parallel, for example, to provide an information display device that displays in parallel the desired historical facts that are simultaneously progressing on the map. is there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a display means for displaying a map for learning history,
Designating means for designating an area and a historical chronological range displayed on the display means, and storage means for storing historical information of respective years corresponding to each area in the map, The present invention is characterized by including control means for retrieving historical information corresponding to the area and age specified by the specifying means from the storage means and displaying the history information on the display means.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, since information at a plurality of different positions can be displayed by a simple operation, for example, information can be obtained while grasping the relationship between regions, and its practical advantage is enormous.

[Embodiment of the Invention] An apparatus for learning history, which is an embodiment of an information display apparatus of the present invention, will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. An input device 1 for designating an age and a region, a geographic information storage unit 3 for storing geographic information such as a world map, a history information storage unit 4 for storing historical information of each region, a map and It is composed of a display device 5 for displaying historical facts and a CPU 2 for managing exchange of these information.

For example, consider learning the history of Columbus before and after the discovery of the Americas (1492).

The learner uses the input device 1 to give instructions around 1500. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, a region where a world map appears and where historical facts around 1500 can be learned is indicated on the display device 5 by, for example, a star. When the "*" mark near the United States is selected from the input device 1, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, historical facts regarding the discovery of the Americas are displayed near the "*" mark.

At this time, if you want to know the background of the discovery of the continent of Columbus, select "Background" to know the detailed background.

If you want to know more about Columbus, just select Columbus in the description. If you want to know the historical facts of the related area, select "Related area", and you can see that the brightness of the two "☆" marks in Europe goes up and this area is deeply related to the discovery of the continent. For example,
If you select the Spanish "☆" mark, you can see the history of the region around 1500 as shown in Fig. 4.

On the other hand, if you want to know the history of Japan when the continent was discovered, select the "☆" mark in Japan to show the history of Japan around 1500 as shown in Figure 5.

Further, instead of directly indicating the era, for example, the sentence "Discovery of the Americas in Columbus" is input from the input device 1 and the history information storage unit 4 is searched. As a result, FIG. 2 can be displayed. is there.

Also, a moving image such as a television image is displayed on the display device 5,
It can be explained by voice.

If the user wants to know in detail where Columbus actually arrived, he can zoom in on the map by pointing up the input device 1 to know the details.

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is possible to learn the history while grasping the relationship between the regions that is difficult to obtain by the one-dimensional and fragmentary learning by the conventional textbook with a simple operation, the effect is obtained. large.

The present invention can be applied to the display and commentary of news.

Not only the world history, but also the regional history such as Japanese history and European history, or the object such as the history of tea and the history of cheese, it is transformed to show historical facts. Is also possible.

All of these various modifications and applications are included in the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are display example diagrams in the embodiment. 1 ... Input device, 2 ... Arithmetic device 3 ... Geographical information storage unit, 4 ... Historical information storage unit 5 ... Display device

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Tsuji Matoba 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Toshiba Research Institute, Ltd. (56) References JP 59-99476 (JP, A) Actual Kai 57-57468 (JP, U)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information storage unit for storing information corresponding to time, a position information storage unit for storing position information indicating a position to which the information corresponds at a predetermined time, and information to be searched. Input means for instructing time and position, and when time is instructed by this input means, position information is retrieved and displayed from the position information storage means, and the position indicated in this position information is instructed by the input means. And a display means for retrieving and displaying the information corresponding to this position from the information storage means, and if another position is instructed from the input means, the display means has already been displayed. An information display device, characterized in that the information corresponding to the designated position is retrieved from the information storage means and displayed in parallel on the same screen. 2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays the information as a moving image. 3. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein said display means responds to said information as a voice.