Patent ID: 8078988

Claim:
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; and 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; and 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.