CHARACTER STRING DISPLAY DEVICE

摘要

There is provided a display device that displays both of main and sub texts (Japanese and English, title and auxiliary explanation, or the like) corresponding to each other on a screen. Even when display priorities (such as character sizes) in the main and sub texts are varied, the display device does not produce unnecessary blank spaces and does not disarrange the screen layout, to display strings in good visibility. For a screen having plural composite display areas each of which includes a main text and a sub text, the display device includes a main text character size control unit to calculate a common character size at which the main text strings are fitted into respective main text display areas, and a sub text character size control unit to calculate a common character size at which the sub text strings are fitted into respective sub text display areas, wherein the display device arranges the plural main and sub texts in respective display areas, using character sizes calculated by the main and sub text character size control units.

主权项

1. A character string display device comprising:
a display on which plural composite display areas are arranged each of which has a fixed area and includes a main text display area and a sub text display area whose display areas are mutually variable; a display-content recorder to record display data including the main and sub text display areas to be displayed in the composite display areas and main and sub text strings formatted to be displayed in the main and sub text display areas, respectively; a display-area-ratio input device with which a display area ratio between the main and sub text display areas is inputted; and a character size controller
to calculate the main and sub text display areas in accordance with the display area ratio,calculate, using string lengths of main texts and string lengths of sub texts, a common character size for the strings of main texts and a common character size for the strings of sub texts so that the strings of the main and sub texts recorded in the display-content recorder can be arranged in the calculated main and sub text display areas, respectively, andchange the display data including the main and sub text display areas recorded in the display-content recorder and the main and sub text strings recorded therein, into display data including the calculated main and sub text display areas and the main and sub text strings with their character sizes set at the respective common character sizes.