JP2000056889A - Portable terminal device and window control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal which has superior operability and to provide a window control method for it together. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with an input means 110 consisting of a touch panel and a touch pen, a process part 130 which moves a window with the touch pen and rearranges the window according to the window position of a movement destination, an input state hold data storage part 170 where input data are stored, a pattern data storage part 180 where pattern data showing the relation between input state data and input operation are registered, and a classified data storage part 190 where classified data are stored. The process part 130 confirms input operation from input state data to move the window and rearranges the window according to the position of the movement destination of the window.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal device having input means such as a touch pen and a display screen, and a window control method for displaying a window on the display screen. It improves operability when moving or deleting a window with.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various information portable devices have been developed.
Numerous products have emerged, from those with only a few functions to those with information processing capabilities comparable to desktop computers. Many of these mobile terminal devices include a touch pen as an input means, and the touch pen is used to specify a position on a display screen, and to perform an operation of moving or deleting a window.

In the conventional window control system, when a window is moved, a user specifies an area of the window or a partial area associated with the window by an input means, and guides the input means to a final destination. The method has been adopted. When a window is deleted or reduced in size, an operation for designating a window deletion button or an iconization button displayed on a part of the window is performed using the input unit. When the window erase button is designated, the window is erased. When the iconizing button is designated, the window is changed to an icon and temporarily retreated to a corner of the screen.

[0004]

However, in the conventional window control method, processing such as moving or erasing a window is performed based only on a two-dimensional position on the screen designated by the input means. When moving a window, the user must guide the window to the final destination, and when erasing or reducing the size of the window and organizing it, a window delete button or icon in the window is required. The position of the activating button must be specified by the input means.

It is extremely difficult to perform such an operation accurately on a small screen of the portable terminal device. Particularly, when the portable terminal device is operated in an unstable environment such as in a train or a car, it is even more difficult. It is.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves such a conventional problem. A portable terminal device excellent in operability, capable of moving and organizing windows on a small screen without requiring detailed operations. And a window control method therefor.

[0007]

Therefore, in the portable terminal device of the present invention, a window is set at a position deviated from the position of the input means based on the position data of the input means and data representing other states of the input means. Window moving means for updating the display position of.

Further, there is provided a window organizing means for judging whether or not the moved window matches a preset condition for organizing the windows, and organizing the windows when the conditions are met.

In the window control method of the present invention,
Based on the position data of the input means and the data representing the moving speed, moving acceleration, pressure or pressure change of the input means,
The display position of the window is updated to a position outside the position of the input means. Further, the window is deleted or reduced on condition that the moved window is hidden by a predetermined amount on the side of the screen.

Therefore, it is possible to move the window beyond the position of the input means without guiding the window to the final position by the input means. The window can be moved in a consistent manner.

Further, processing such as erasing a window or converting to an icon (reducing the size of a window) can be easily performed without requiring a detailed operation for designating a specific position on a screen.

As a result, the operability of the portable terminal device is improved, and the convenience of the portable terminal device can be further improved.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention according to a first aspect of the present invention is directed to a portable terminal device comprising a display screen for displaying a window, and input means such as a touch pen for designating an arbitrary position on the display screen. A window moving means for updating the display position of the window at a position deviating from the position of the input means based on the position data of the input means and the data representing the other state of the input means, wherein a short-time input is provided. In operation, the window can be moved quickly and in a manner consistent with human perception.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, data relating to a moving speed, a moving acceleration, a pressure, or a pressure change of the input means is used as data representing other states of the input means. If it is moved, the window moves far away from the tip position of the touch pen, and if the input means is moved slowly, this moving distance becomes shorter.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the window moving means determines the moving direction and the moving distance of the window by comparing data representing other states of the input means with preset data. By pre-setting and registering the relationship between the input operation and the data on the moving speed, moving acceleration, pressure or pressure change of the input means at that time, the current moving speed, moving acceleration, pressure or The input operation can be specified from the data on the pressure change. By registering preset data for each user, the input operation can be customized for each user.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a portable terminal device having a display screen for displaying a window and input means such as a touch pen for designating an arbitrary position on the display screen, the window after the movement is set in advance. Determines whether the set conditions for organizing windows are met,
A window organizing means for organizing windows when they match with each other is provided, and it is possible to easily perform operations such as erasing windows and converting them to icons (reduction in size).

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the condition that a predetermined amount of the window is hidden on the side of the screen is satisfied, and when the condition is satisfied, the window is deleted or reduced. The window is erased or iconified by the operation of moving the window off the screen.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the method for controlling a window on a display screen, based on position data of the input means and data representing a moving speed, a moving acceleration, a pressure or a pressure change of the input means. , The display position of the window is updated to a position deviating from the position of the input means. By moving the input means, the window can be moved to a position on the screen away from the position of the touch pen. It is not necessary to guide the user to the final position of the window by the input means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, as the moving speed of the input means is higher, the moving distance of the window is longer, and the window can be moved in a manner consistent with human sense. .

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the method for controlling a window on a display screen, the window is erased or reduced on condition that the moved window is hidden by a predetermined amount on the side of the screen. The operation of moving the window off the screen can be used to delete the window or iconify it, and detailed operations such as the window deletion button and window iconization button that specify a specific position on the screen Do not need.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment includes an input unit 110 including a touch panel located on a screen and a touch pen touching the touch panel, and moves a window based on a moving direction and speed of the touch pen. And a processing unit 130 for organizing windows based on the position of the destination window, and an input status holding data storage unit 170 for storing input status data indicating a pen touch status.
A pattern data storage unit 180 in which pattern data indicating a relationship between the input status data and the input operation is registered, and a classification data storage unit 190 in which classification data describing conditions for organizing windows and the like are stored. The processing unit 130 receives window state data 120 indicating the current position and state of the window.

The processing unit 130 also stores input status data representing only the latest behavior of the input unit 110 in the input status storage data storage unit 170, and recognizes an input operation from the input status data. Window moving means 150 for performing window moving processing, and a window organizing means 160 for organizing windows based on the destination position of the window.

FIG. 2 shows the input status holding data stored in the storage unit 170. This is data indicating the input status of the user by touching the pen.
1, pen touch moving speed 202, pen touch moving acceleration
203, pen touch pressure 204, and pen touch pressure change
The data includes 205 data, and each data is held as time-series data. Note that a part of these data may be omitted, or other data such as the movement data in the vertical direction with respect to the screen may be added if the data can be detected.

FIG. 3 shows a pattern data storage section 180.
Indicates the pattern data stored in. This data is used to determine whether or not a certain input indicates a specific input operation, and includes N types of data sets 310 and 320 corresponding to the type of input operation that needs to be determined. , 330. The one data set 310 includes data of a pen touch moving speed 311, a pen touch moving acceleration 312, a pen touch pressure 313, and a pen touch pressure change 314, and an input operation (corresponding operation) 315 corresponding to the input state. , Except for the corresponding action 315,
Each data is held as time-series data. Note that some of these data may be omitted, or other data may be added.

The user demonstrates a pen touch situation, associates the input situation data at that time with the corresponding operation, and registers it in advance as pattern data. When a specific input operation to be recognized is performed during the operation of the touch pen, the registration operation needs to be performed. Regarding this registration, data corresponding to the operation of a general user may be registered, or sample data may be obtained for each user, and a specific input operation may be registered for each user.

FIG. 4 shows the classification data stored in the classification data storage unit 190. This classification data
This is data describing the classification and processing when arranging windows, and is composed of the same number of data as the number of set window arranging conditions. Here, classification data 410 indicating the sorting condition when the window touches the upper side of the screen, classification data 420 indicating the sorting condition when touching the lower side, classification data 430 indicating the sorting condition when touching the left side, and ,
Although the classification data 440 indicating the rearranging condition when the right side is touched is illustrated, some data may be omitted as necessary, or other data, for example, the upper side may be further divided into two and the upper left side And the classification data when the upper right side is touched may be added. Further, in addition to the condition that the window touches the four sides of the screen, the condition may be that the ratio of the window out of the screen is a condition.

Next, the operation of the portable terminal device will be described. FIG. 5 shows an operation conceptual diagram of the input status holding means 140 and the window moving means 150.

A window 530 is displayed on the screen 510 as shown in FIG. When the user momentarily moves the touch pen 520 from A to B in the window 530, the data of the input status due to the movement of the touch pen during that time is written into the input status holding data storage unit 170 by the input status holding means 140. . Window moving means 150
By comparing or calculating the input status holding data 170 and the pattern data 180 at this time,
It is determined whether or not to move the window 30, and if necessary, the moving position and the like are determined. As shown in FIG.
Update the display position of. Updating of the display position may be performed sequentially until the final destination, or only the final destination may be displayed.

The destination of the window depends on the input state holding data, that is, the moving speed of the user's touch pen operation, and the like. If the moving speed of the touch pen operation is increased, the window moves far, and if the speed is reduced, the window moves.
The window can be moved by an operation that matches a human sense, such as moving to a close distance.

This operation will be described with reference to a flowchart.

When the user operates the touch pen, input means 110 composed of a touch panel and a touch pen provides information indicating the pen touch status, that is, the position, the moving speed, the moving acceleration, the pressure of the pen touch, and the amount of change in the pen touch. Is output to the processing unit 130. The processing unit 130
, Window state data 120 representing the position of the window on the current screen and the like is input.

The input status holding means 140 of the processing unit 130 stores and deletes data in the input status holding data storage unit 170 based on the input information.

The operation procedure of the input status holding means 140 is shown in the flowchart of FIG. Input status holding means 14
0 is activated when there is any input by the user. Step 701: First, based on the input information from the input means 110, the necessary data to be held is set as the current data as the input status holding data storage unit. Write to 170.

Step 702: Next, the data before the present is confirmed. If the data is continuous in time series, the oldest data overflowing a predetermined number of stored data is set as the data to be erased. If the data is not serially continuous, that is, if the input of the user has been interrupted, all data before the current time is to be deleted. Step 703: Data to be deleted, that is, unnecessary data The data is deleted from the input status holding data storage unit 170.

By performing the above processing, necessary data can always be stored in the input status holding data storage section 170. It should be noted that the input status holding means 140 may always be operated, not only when there is any input by the user.

Next, the window moving means 150
The target window and the destination of the window are determined based on the input status holding data 70 and the pattern data of the storage unit 180, and the display position of the window is changed if necessary.

The operation procedure of the window moving means 150 is shown in the flowchart of FIG. The window moving unit 150 is activated when there is any input by the user or after the operation of the input status holding unit 140. Step 801: First, the position of the touch pen is determined from the window state data 120 and the current position of the touch pen. In step 802, the window in the foreground is determined as the operation target window.
Step 803: It is determined whether the window should be moved or not by comparing or calculating the data of the pattern data set in the pattern data.

In this case, for example, the data items of the input status holding data 202 to 205 in FIG. 2 and the data items 311 to 3 in FIG.
A comparison is made with the data items set in the pattern data up to 14, and differences are obtained for each of the pen touch moving speed, the pen touch moving acceleration, the pen touch pressure, and the pen touch pressure change. If the difference or the value combined by linear combination using a constant or the like is smaller than the set threshold value, the input state holding data is determined to match the pattern data, and the window is moved. And judge.

Although the difference is used as a criterion here,
Judgment may be made from the similarity of the arrangement of each data, may be made by comparison operation with an arbitrary threshold value without using pattern data, or may be made by operation of input status holding data. May be provided as pattern data, and judgment may be made by comparing them.

If it is determined in step 803 that the window needs to be moved, step 804: the direction or position of movement of the window is determined by comparing or calculating data.

In this case, by taking the data of the position of the touch pen in time series, for example, a straight line is calculated from a plurality of arbitrary time positions by the least square method to obtain the moving direction. Alternatively, by selecting any two points, the direction of the movement trajectory is determined and set as the movement direction. The moving position is determined by the value of each data of the input status holding data or the magnitude of a value obtained by combining a plurality of data.

When the moving direction and the moving position of the window are determined in this way, step 805: The display position of the window is updated. At this time, the windows may be displayed sequentially up to the final destination of the window, or the windows may be displayed only at the final destination.

When the window is moved, the window organizing means 160 is called, and the window organizing means 1 is called.
60 is the current window state data 120 and classification data 190
Based on the above, the window to be arranged is determined, and the window is arranged by the processing method described in the corresponding classification data 190.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing the operation of the window organizing means 160. Now, in the classification data storage unit 190,
As shown in FIG. 6A, as the classification data 610, when the window touches the left side of the screen, 50% of the window
Changes to icon 1 when the icon is hidden from the screen, and changes to icon 2 when 50% of the window is hidden from the screen when 50% of the window is hidden from the screen when the window touches the right side of the screen. Classification data 612 describing the sorting condition that the sorting condition is described, and the sorting data 613 describing the sorting condition that the window is erased when 80% of the window is hidden from the screen when the window touches the upper side of the screen. Assume that it is stored.

On the screen 620, a window is displayed as shown in FIG.
Is moved to the position of the window 621, that is, the position contacting the left side of the screen.
Determines whether the window 621 corresponds to the sorting condition of the classification data 611. In this case, window 621
Since is hidden by 50% or more on the left side, the window organizing means 160 changes the display of the window 621 to the icon 631 according to the organizing condition, as shown in FIG.

When the window moves to the position of the window 622 in FIG. 6B, that is, the position in contact with the right side of the screen, the window organizing means 160 determines whether the window 622 Judge whether it is applicable. In this case, since the window 622 is hidden on the right side by 50% or more, the window organizing means 160
The display of the window 622 is changed to the icon 632 as shown in FIG.

When the window moves to the position of the window 623 in FIG. 6B, that is, the position in contact with the upper side of the screen, the window organizing means 160 determines whether the window 623 Judge whether it is applicable. In this case, since the window 623 is hidden on the upper side by 80% or more, the window organizing means 160
According to the arrangement conditions, the window 623 is deleted as shown in FIG.

Although the ratio of hiding the window is shown here as the sorting condition of the classification data, other conditions may be used. In addition, as the processing, the iconization and the erasure are shown here, but other processing may be performed. These can be specified in accordance with the usage status of the user, and can be set so that predetermined classification or processing is performed based on simple operations that are easy for the user to use.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the window organizing means 160. The window organizing means 160 is activated when a window is moved. Step 901: First, an operation is performed to determine whether or not the moved window meets the organizing condition indicated in the classification data. Step 902: Organize If so, step 903: determine the process for the corresponding classification data, and step 904: execute the process.

The conditions and processing of the classification data can be set by each user. By setting the contents according to the use situation or the user's preference, the operability of the input means is improved, and the usability is improved. Can be good.

[0051]

As is apparent from the above description, the portable terminal device of the present invention does not require any detailed operation on a small screen, and can move and arrange windows by a simple operation. it can. Therefore, the operability of the portable terminal device is improved, and the convenience of the portable terminal device can be further enhanced.

Further, in the window control method of the present invention,
Unlike the method in which window processing is performed based only on the two-dimensional position on the screen, the window can be moved more than the moving distance of the input means, and the display of a limited size is provided together with the improvement of operability. The screen can be effectively used. In addition, the method of organizing windows according to the classification conditions does not need to specify the exact position,
Even on a moving train or car, processing can be performed as intended by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of input status holding data held by the portable terminal device;

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of pattern data held in the portable terminal device;

FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of classification data held in the portable terminal device;

FIG. 5 is a view showing movement of a window on a screen of the portable terminal device;

FIGS. 6A and 6B show classification data (a) held by the portable terminal device and the arrangement of windows on a screen; FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of an input status holding unit of the portable terminal device;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the window moving means of the portable terminal device;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of a window organizing means of the portable terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 110 input means 120 window status data 130 processing section 140 input status holding means 150 window moving means 160 window organizing means 170 input status holding data storage section 180 pattern data storage section 190 classification data storage section 201 data representing the position of pen touch 202 pen touch Data representing horizontal velocity 203 Data representing horizontal acceleration of pen touch 204 Data representing vertical velocity of pen touch 205 Data representing vertical acceleration of pen touch 310, 320, 330 Pattern data set 311 Data representing horizontal velocity of pen touch 312 Data representing the horizontal acceleration of pen touch 313 Data representing the vertical velocity of pen touch 314 Data representing the vertical acceleration of pen touch 315 Data representing the corresponding operation 410 Data representing the classification corresponding to the upper side 420 Classification corresponding to the lower side Data to represent 430 Data in the data 440 right representing was classification representing a classification corresponding

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal device comprising: a display screen for displaying a window; and input means such as a touch pen for designating an arbitrary position on the display screen. The mobile terminal device displays position data of the input means and other states of the input means. A portable terminal device comprising: a window moving unit that updates a display position of a window at a position deviating from a position of an input unit based on data. 2. The data representing the other state of the input means is data relating to a moving speed, a moving acceleration, a pressure or a pressure change of the input means.
A mobile terminal device according to claim 1. 3. The window moving means determines a moving direction and a moving distance of a window by comparing data representing other states of the input means with preset data. 2. The mobile terminal device according to 1. 4. A mobile terminal device comprising a display screen for displaying a window and input means such as a touch pen for pointing to an arbitrary position on the display screen, wherein the window after movement is arranged in a preset window. A portable terminal device comprising: a window organizing means for judging whether or not a condition for performing the operation is met, and organizing the window when the condition is met. 5. The condition for arranging windows is that a predetermined amount of windows is hidden on a side of a screen, and the method of arranging when the conditions are met is to erase or reduce the windows. The mobile terminal device according to claim 4, wherein 6. A method of controlling a window on a display screen, the method comprising: controlling a position of an input device and data representing a moving speed, a moving acceleration, a pressure, or a pressure change of the input device.
A window control method comprising: updating a display position of a window to a position deviating from a position of an input unit. 7. The window control method according to claim 6, wherein the moving distance of the window is increased as the moving speed of the input unit is increased. 8. A method for controlling a window on a display screen, wherein the window is erased or reduced on condition that the moved window is hidden by a predetermined amount on a side of the screen. .