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US 8,078,988 B2Granted
Information display system, apparatus and method of displaying electronic information according to schedule information
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsSoichiro Iga, Tetsuro Nagatsuka, Makoto Shinnishi
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Abstract
A technology for displaying managed image information is disclosed. A schedule information item is acquired, a document is acquired as an image information item in an electronic format, the image information item and the schedule information item are registered in a data storing unit in association with each other, the schedule information item and the image information item stored in the data storing unit are acquired, and the image information item is displayed according to the schedule information item.
Claims20
An information display system, comprising:
- an information issue device configured to acquire a plurality of image information items to be displayed;
- an information management device configured to manage the plurality of image information items to be displayed;
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- an information display device configured to display the plurality of image information items, wherein the information issue device, the information management device, and the information display device are interconnected by a network, and
- the information issue device includes
- a schedule acquiring unit configured to acquire user-requested schedule information items;
- an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the plurality of image information items, each of the plurality of image information items is acquired as a document in an electronic format;
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- a data registration requesting unit configured to send the schedule information items and the plurality of image information items to the information management device so as to be registered and managed, wherein
- the information management device includes a data registering unit configured to register the plurality of image information items and the schedule information items received from the data registration requesting unit in a data storing unit, each of the plurality of image information items is registered in association with a schedule information item,
- and the information display device includes an information displaying unit configured to acquire the schedule information items and the plurality of image information items stored in the data storing unit, and display each of the image information items according to the associated schedule information item, and wherein
- the information display device further comprises an issuing unit configured to perform a zoom-in process on the plurality of image information items displayed by the information displaying unit, the issuing unit
- magnifies a designated image information item so as to be displayed in a middle part of the information displaying unit,
- reduces a size of the plurality of image information items displayed by the information displaying unit other than the designated image information item in proportion to relative distances between the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item and the designated image information item, and
- shifts the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item in inverse proportion to the relative distances between the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item and the designated image information item.
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An information display method for displaying image information being managed, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) acquiring user-requested schedule information items;
- (b) acquiring a plurality of image information items, each of the plurality of image information items is acquired as a document in an electronic format;
- (c) registering the plurality of image information items and the schedule information items in a data storing unit, each of the plurality of image information items is registered in association with a schedule information item;
- (d) acquiring the schedule information items and the plurality of image information items stored in the data storing unit, and displaying each of the plurality of image information items according to the associated schedule information item;
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- (h) performing a zoom-in process on the plurality of image information items displayed at the step (d), wherein the step (h) includes magnifying a designated image information item so as to be displayed in a middle part of a screen, reducing a size of the plurality of image information items displayed on the screen other than the designated image information item in proportion to relative distances between the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item and the designated image information item, and shifting the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item in inverse proportion to the relative distances between the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item and the designated image information item.
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An information display apparatus for displaying image information being managed, the apparatus comprising:
- a schedule acquiring unit configured to acquire user-requested schedule information items;
- an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of image information items, each of the plurality of image information items is acquired as a document in an electronic format;
- a data registering unit configured to register the plurality of image information items and the schedule information items in a data storing unit, each of the plurality of image information items is registered in association with a schedule information item;
- an information displaying unit configured to acquire the schedule information items and the plurality of image information items item stored in the data storing unit, and display each of the plurality of image information items according to the associated schedule information item;
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- an issuing unit configured to perform a zoom-in process on the plurality of image information items displayed by the information displaying unit, the issuing unit
- magnifies a designated image information item so as to be displayed in a middle part of the information displaying ,unit,
- reduces a size of the plurality of image information items displayed by the information displaying unit other than the designated image information item in proportion to relative distances between the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item and the designated image information item, and
- shifts the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item in inverse proportion to the relative distances between the plurality of image information items displayed other than the designated image information item and the designated image information item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.