Information display apparatus and information display method
First Claim
1. An information display apparatus having a text display area for displaying a text according to the signal transmitted from a remote controller, the apparatus comprising:
- a distance measuring unit for measuring the distance between the apparatus and the remote controller; and
a control unit for determining the size of the characters to be displayed in the text display area with the predetermined optimal size of characters based on the result of the distance measuring unit according to the predetermined relationship between distance from the apparatus to the remote controller and optimal size of the characters.
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Abstract
An information display apparatus (1) includes a distance measuring unit (6) for measuring the distance between the apparatus and the remote controller (5) and a control unit for determining in advance the optimal size of the characters to be displayed in a text display area (2B) as a function of the distance between the apparatus and the remote controller (5) and controlling the size (X) of the characters to be displayed in the text display area (2B) with the predetermined optimal size of characters based on the result of the distance measuring unit (6). Since the user of the remote controller (5) is located at the position where the user (viewer) watches the information display apparatus (1), the size (X) of the characters to be displayed is automatically and optimally controlled according to the distance (R) between the remote controller (5) and the information display apparatus (1) regardless if the distance between the user (viewer) and the information display apparatus (1) changes.
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1. An information display apparatus having a text display area for displaying a text according to the signal transmitted from a remote controller, the apparatus comprising:
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a distance measuring unit for measuring the distance between the apparatus and the remote controller; and
a control unit for determining the size of the characters to be displayed in the text display area with the predetermined optimal size of characters based on the result of the distance measuring unit according to the predetermined relationship between distance from the apparatus to the remote controller and optimal size of the characters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information display method for displaying a text according to a signal transmitted from a remote controller, the method comprising the steps of:
determining the size of the characters to be displayed in the text display area with the predetermined optimal size of characters based on the result of the distance measuring unit according to the predetermined relationship between distance from the apparatus to the remote controller and optimal size of the characters.
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