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Method for displaying multimedia information processing method, processing device, and processing system
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1999-08-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-08-06
Abstract
Abstract A screen in which icons of a plurality of information items are arranged is displayed as a information selecting screen to display information selected from the screen by the user. In the operation, icons of information items of different kinds are horizontally displayed, and a degree of details of the information is changed in the vertical direction and a degree of recommendation of the information to the user is changed in a direction of depth. The user can easily select desired information from a large amount of various contents supplied and the information can be optimally displayed for the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi Design Center Hitachi Ltd. HOSHINO
- 👤 Satoko Design Center Hitachi Ltd. KOJIMA
- 👤 Astushi Design Center Hitachi Ltd. ISHIBASHI
- 👤 Gen Design Center Hitachi Ltd. NAGAI
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
EP
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google_patents
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2026-11-10 02:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/445; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/04815; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/25; H04N21/258; H04N21/25866; H04N21/25891; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/414; H04N21/41422; H04N21/422; H04N21/42204; H04N21/43; H04N21/431; H04N21/4312; H04N21/4316; H04N21/442; H04N21/44213; H04N21/44222; H04N21/44224; H04N21/45; H04N21/4508; H04N21/4524; H04N21/4532; H04N21/462; H04N21/4622; H04N21/47; H04N21/478; H04N21/482; H04N21/60; H04N21/65; H04N21/654; H04N21/6547; H04N21/658; H04N21/6582; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/84; H04N21/25875; H04N21/426; H04N21/466; H04N21/4667; H04N5/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A multimedia information display method of
displaying contents of a plurality of multimedia,
comprising the steps of: displaying a screen in which contents
information items of a plurality of contents are arranged
in a three-dimensional manner; and displaying in the screen detailed items of
contents regarding a contents information item selected
from the screen by a user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
25 words
A multimedia information display method in
accordance with Claim 1, wherein the contents information
items have sizes determined according to a utilization
degree of user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A multimedia information display method in
accordance with Claim 1, wherein the contents information
items are displayed with sizes thereof sequentially
minimized toward a deeper place in a direction of depth.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A multimedia information display method in
accordance with Claim 1, wherein the contents information
items have different contours respectively corresponding
to kinds of media.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A multimedia information processing method for
processing information of a plurality of media,
comprising the steps of: assigning a variable representing a utilization
degree to each of the information items according to
history of use of the information items of a plurality of
media by the user in the past; and changing an information display method
according to the variable.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
A multimedia information processing method for
processing information of a plurality of media,
comprising the steps of: generating a plurality of kinds of profiles
according to history of use of the information items of a
plurality of media by the user in the past; and displaying information items according to at
least one of the profiles generated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multimedia information processing method in
accordance with Claim 6, wherein the profiles are
generated by assigning a variable in consideration of a
utilization period of time to an information item used by
the user.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A multimedia information processing method in
accordance with Claim 6, wherein the profiles are
generated for a genre or a keyword of the information
item.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
64 words
A multimedia information processing apparatus
for processing information of a plurality of multimedia,
comprising: a receiving section for receiving information
of a plurality of multimedia; a profile generating section for generating
profiles according to a utilization history of the user; a display section for displaying the
information according to the contents of the profiles;
and a storage for storing therein the information
if necessary.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A multimedia information processing apparatus
in accordance with Claim 8, further including means for
communicating information via a network.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
A multimedia information processing system for
processing information of a plurality of multimedia,
comprising: a receiving section for receiving information
of a plurality of multimedia; a first information processing apparatus
including a display section for displaying the
information and a recording section for recording the
information if necessary; a second information processing apparatus for
communicating information via a network, wherein a profile is generated according to a
utilization history of the user in the first and second
information processing apparatuses and information is
displayed in the first or second information processing
apparatus according to the contents of the profile.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
A multimedia information display method,
comprising the steps of: arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents in a virtual
three-dimensional space on a screen; and minimizing sizes of the contents information
items as positions thereof become deeper in a direction
of depth of the screen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
67 words
A multimedia information display method,
comprising the steps of: arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents in a virtual
three-dimensional space on a screen; sequentially minimizing sizes of the contents
information items as positions thereof become deeper in a
direction of depth of the screen; and displaying contents items having a higher
utilization degree of the user on a nearer side of the
user.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
77 words
A multimedia information display method,
comprising the steps of: setting a plurality of contents display zones
extending in a direction of depth in a virtual three-dimensional
space on a screen; arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents selected for
each of the contents display zones; and sequentially minimizing sizes of the contents
information items as positions thereof become deeper in a
direction of depth of the screen for each of the contents
display zones.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
102 words
A multimedia information display method,
comprising the steps of: setting a plurality of contents display zones
extending in a direction of depth in a virtual three-dimensional
space on a screen; arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents selected for
each of the contents display zones; sequentially minimizing sizes of the contents
information items as positions thereof become deeper in a
direction of depth of the screen for each of the contents
display zones; and displaying a contents display zone to which
contents information selected belongs at a position near
a center of the screen in a longitudinal direction
thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
58 words
A multimedia information display method,
comprising the steps of: setting a virtual three-dimensional space in a
screen, the space having a direction of depth in which a
farther position is placed an upper position in the
screen; and minimizing sizes of contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents as positions
thereof become higher in the screen.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
68 words
A multimedia information display method for use
with a display employed in a car, comprising the steps
of: generating a virtual three-dimensional space in
a screen of a display mounted on a car; arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents received in one-way
communication; and minimizing sizes of the contents information
items as positions thereof become deeper in a direction
of depth of the screen.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
86 words
A multimedia information display method for use
with a display employed in a car, comprising the steps
of: generating a virtual three-dimensional space in
a screen of a display mounted on a car; arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents received in one-way
communication; minimizing sizes of the contents information
items as positions thereof become deeper in a direction
of depth of the screen; and displaying contents items having a higher
utilization degree of the user on a nearer side of the
user.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
113 words
A multimedia information display method for use
with a display employed in a car, comprising the steps
of: generating a virtual three-dimensional space in
a screen of a display mounted on a car; setting at least two contents display zones
extending in a direction of depth in the three-dimensional
space; arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents received in one-way
communication in one of the zones arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents received in two-way
communication in other one thereof; and minimizing sizes of the contents information
items in each of the zones as positions thereof become
deeper in a direction of depth of the screen.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
122 words
A multimedia information display method for use
with a display employed in a car, comprising the steps
of: generating a virtual three-dimensional space in
a screen of a display mounted on a car; setting a plurality of contents display zones
extending in a direction of depth in the three-dimensional
space; arranging contents information items
corresponding to a plurality of contents selected for
each of the contents display zones; sequentially minimizing sizes of the contents
information items as positions thereof become deeper in a
direction of depth of the screen for each of the contents
display zones; and displaying a contents display zone to which
contents information selected belongs at a position near
a center of the screen in a longitudinal direction
thereof.
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