JP5301361B2 - Information processing apparatus, communication system, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a communication system, and an information processing method.

  Today, an information processing apparatus including a pointing device such as a touch panel as an operation unit is widespread. Such an information processing apparatus further includes a display unit that displays information and messages for the user, and exchanges information and messages with the user through the operation unit and the display unit. In the information processing apparatus as described above, when information and messages are exchanged with a user through a GUI (Graphical User Interface), selectable UI (User Interface) components such as icons and buttons are provided on the display unit. In general, the user operates the information processing apparatus by selecting the UI component through the operation unit.

  However, when a small terminal such as a mobile phone is considered as the information processing apparatus, the size of a display unit included in such a small terminal is small, and thus there are some mistakes in selecting a UI component by a user.

  As a means for coping with the above problem, there is an apparatus that stores user operation information for the operation unit and uses the operation information to adjust a UI component displayed on the display unit to an ergonomically usable shape. It has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

  There has also been proposed an apparatus capable of identifying a plurality of users and automatically changing the operation unit to an optimum input form for each user stored in advance (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2005-530235 A JP 2004-164517 A

  However, in the prior art, the appearance (hereinafter referred to as “display area”) including the shape, size, position and the like when the UI component is displayed on the display unit, and the area (hereinafter “selection”) that can be selected by the user through the operation unit ("Possible area") is basically the same or has a fixed correspondence (hereinafter, unless there is an explicit notice, the display area and the selectable area match) The reference includes the case where the display area and the selectable area have a fixed correspondence).

  That is, taking an information processing apparatus having a flat display capable of touch operation as an example, if the coordinate system has the origin (0, 0) at the upper left of the flat display, the x-axis positive in the right direction, and the y-axis positive in the down direction If a square UI component (such as a button) having a width w and a height h with the point of coordinates (x, y) as the upper left vertex is displayed on the flat display, the user can select the UI component when selecting the UI component. In a flat display, based on a rectangular area surrounded by four points of coordinates (x, y), (x + w, y), (x, y + h), (x + w, y + h), or based on a fixed value set in advance. It is necessary to select (touch) a deformed area (for example, enlargement, reduction, movement or rotation).

  In the information processing apparatus in which the display area matches the selectable area as described above, the shape of the UI component displayed on the display unit (that is, the display area) is determined using the user operation information on the operation unit. When the adjustment is made, the selectable area is naturally adjusted in the same manner.

  However, when the user operates the operation unit based on information based on the display area, if the selectable area is adjusted in the same manner as the display area, the adjustment period of the display area and the selectable area may be prolonged. There is a possibility that the adjustment will not be completed, and there is a possibility that smooth information input operation becomes difficult.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to realize a smooth information input operation.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an output unit for displaying information, an operation unit for inputting information, and a visible display regarding selectable items to be displayed on the output unit. Of the areas and selectable areas that can be selected through the operation section when selecting a selectable item, only the selectable area is adjusted, the display area is displayed on the output section, and the corresponding selectable area after adjustment can be selected A control unit that determines whether an item has been selected, an input information storage unit that stores input information input through the operation unit, and environment information related to the operating environment when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit An environmental information storage unit, and at least one of an electronic compass, an acceleration sensor, and a photodetector. The environmental information storage unit includes an electronic compass and an acceleration sensor included in the information processing device. The output value obtained from at least one of the light detector and the time information when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit is stored as environment information, and the control unit stores the input stored in the input information storage unit. The selectable area is adjusted based on at least one of the information and the environment information stored in the environment information storage unit.

In the information processing apparatus described above, whether only the selectable area of the display area and the selectable area is adjusted, the display area is displayed on the output unit, and the selectable item corresponding to the adjusted selectable area is selected Is determined. In this way, by adjusting only the selectable area of the display area and selectable area, the disadvantages associated with adjusting both the display area and selectable area as in the past can be avoided, and smooth information input operations can be realized. It becomes possible to do. Furthermore, by adopting a configuration in which the selectable area is adjusted based on at least one of the input information and the environment information, it becomes easy to input information for each user. In particular, in the prior art, important environmental information in a small information processing device such as a portable mobile phone (environment in which the information processing device is placed (for example, the left or right hand is operated, the terminal is held in which direction) Therefore, the ease of operation for the user is low and the ease of operation for the user can be dramatically improved by adopting the above configuration.

  Note that the following configuration may be employed for the control unit of the information processing apparatus. In other words, the control unit may adopt a configuration in which the selectable area is adjusted by calculating a Voronoi boundary having the boundary line of the selectable item as a generating point. In addition, the control unit is configured to adjust the selectable region so that the selectable region is within the restricted region, with a defined region including at least one of predefined coordinates, area, and shape as the restricted region. It may be adopted.

Further, the following configuration may be adopted for the environment information storage unit of the information processing apparatus. That is, environmental information storage section, the information processing apparatus an electronic compass comprising, based on the output value obtained from at least one of the acceleration sensor and the light detector, to determine the how the retention of the information processing apparatus A configuration in which the determination result is stored as environment information may be employed.

  Further, the following configuration may be adopted for the input information storage unit of the information processing apparatus. That is, the input information storage unit may be configured to store, as input information, information related to at least one of coordinates, area, shape, pressure, and operation time in the operation unit operated by the user. The input information storage unit may adopt a configuration for storing the input information corresponding to the environment information. In addition, when cancel information is input, the input information storage unit deletes the input information specified by the cancel information from the input information stored by the input information storage unit or specifies the cancel information. In the inputted information, a configuration may be adopted in which the selectable item included in the input information is modified to another selectable item based on a predetermined rule.

  The present invention can also be understood as an invention related to a communication system and an information processing method, and can be described as follows.

  A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system including a server device and the information processing device described above, wherein the information processing device passes through input information input through the operation unit and the operation unit. The environment information related to the operating environment when the information processing apparatus is operated is transmitted to the server apparatus, the transmission request for the input information and the environment information is transmitted to the server apparatus, and is transmitted in response to the transmission request. A communication processing unit that receives the input information and the environment information, and the server device receives and stores the input information and the environment information transmitted from the information processing device; The input information and the environment information are read from the storage processing unit in response to the transmission request from the information processing apparatus, and the read-out A transmission processing unit that transmits the force information and the environment information to the information processing device, wherein the control unit of the information processing device is at least one of the input information and the environment information received by the communication unit Based on the above, the selectable area is adjusted.

  An information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus including an output unit for displaying information and an operation unit for inputting information. The step of adjusting only the selectable area among the display area that can be viewed regarding the selectable item to be displayed and the selectable area that can be selected through the operation unit when the selectable item is selected; and A step of displaying on the output unit; and a step of determining whether or not a selectable item corresponding to the selectable region is selected.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a smooth information input operation.

It is a functional block diagram of an information processor concerning an embodiment of an invention. 1 is a hardware block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure which shows an example of environmental information. It is a figure which shows another example of environmental information. It is a figure which shows an example of input information. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the adjustment result of a selectable area | region. It is a functional block diagram of the communication system which concerns on a modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. If possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a control unit 102, an output unit 103, an operation unit 104, a communication unit 113, an environment information storage unit 121, and an input information storage unit 122 as functional configurations. The unit 102 includes a selectable area calculation unit 111 and a determination unit 112.

  FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100. The information processing apparatus 100 includes, as a hardware configuration, a CPU 100A, a RAM 100B and a ROM 100C that are main storage devices, a communication device 100E that is a data transmission / reception device such as a network card, an auxiliary storage device 100F such as a hard disk and a flash memory, A measurement device 100G such as a three-axis acceleration sensor, an electronic compass, and a photodetector, an input device 100D such as a touch panel and a mouse that are input devices, and an output device 100H such as a display are provided. The information processing apparatus 100 is configured by, for example, a mobile terminal device, a personal computer, or the like. The functions of the functional blocks of the information processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 are such that a predetermined computer software is read into the RAM 100B shown in FIG. 2 and the communication device 100E, the measurement device 100G, the input device 100D, and the like are controlled under the control of the CPU 100A. This is realized by operating the output device 100H and reading / writing data from / to the auxiliary storage device 100F.

  Hereinafter, each functional block included in the information processing apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 will be described.

  The environment information storage unit 121 stores environment information of the information processing apparatus 100 when the user operates the operation unit 104. The environmental information stored in the environmental information storage unit 121 is an output value obtained from the measurement apparatus 100G (for example, a three-axis acceleration sensor, an electronic compass, a photodetector, etc.) of FIG. A value obtained by processing the output value, an operation time when the user operates the operation unit 104, or the like. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the environment information storage unit 121 stores output values (acceleration in the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis directions) obtained from the triaxial acceleration sensor and operation times as environment information. The “value obtained by processing the output value obtained from the measuring apparatus 100G” includes, for example, the direction of the output unit 103 of the information processing apparatus 100, and FIG. As an example, the direction of the output unit 103 and the operation time are stored. The direction of the output unit 103 will be described in detail in the processing description of FIG.

  The input information storage unit 122 stores input information when the user operates the operation unit 104. Examples of the input information stored in the input information storage unit 122 include coordinates, area, shape, pressure of the operation unit 104 operated by the user, or an operation time when the user operates the operation unit 104. . FIG. 5 shows an example in which the input information storage unit 122 stores the coordinates (x coordinate, y coordinate) and operation time of the operation unit 104 operated by the user as input information.

  The output unit 103 corresponds to the output device 100H of FIG. 2 and displays various information such as selectable items and messages.

  The operation unit 104 corresponds to the input device 100D of FIG. 2, and is an operation unit for a user to input various information, commands, and the like.

  The communication unit 113 transmits various information and data from the information processing apparatus 100 to the outside, or receives various information and data transmitted from the outside to the information processing apparatus 100.

  The control unit 102 inputs only the selectable region among the display region that can be visually recognized regarding the selectable item to be displayed on the output unit 103 and the selectable region that can be selected through the operation unit 104 when selecting the selectable item. Adjustment is made based on at least one of information and environmental information. Further, the control unit 102 causes the output unit 103 to display the display area, and determines whether or not a selectable item corresponding to the adjusted selectable area has been selected. Such a control unit 102 includes a selectable region calculation unit 111 that performs a function of adjusting a selectable region, and a determination unit 112 that performs the determination function.

  That is, although details will be described later, the selectable area calculation unit 111 calculates a selectable area corresponding to the selectable item according to the appearance such as the coordinates, area, or shape of the selectable item, and based on the calculation result. To adjust the selectable area. At that time, the selectable area is calculated based on at least one of the environment information stored in the environment information storage unit 121 and the input information stored in the input information storage unit 122. Further, the determination unit 112 determines whether or not a selectable item corresponding to the selectable area is selected using the selectable area and the input information.

  Next, a method for adjusting a selectable area executed in the information processing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, the operation unit 104 is a flat touch panel, the output unit 103 is a flat display having the operation unit 104, and the calculation method is a weighted Voronoi (wavefront method). The input information is the coordinates on the operation unit 104 (touch panel) touched by the user and selectable items selected by the touch. In the coordinate system, the upper left of the display is the origin (0, 0), the x-axis is positive in the right direction, and the y-axis is positive in the downward direction.

  When the information processing apparatus 100 is requested to display selectable items, the processing of FIG. The request for displaying the selectable item is made, for example, triggered by various scenes in which an application running on the information processing apparatus 100 requests the user to input some information. The display request includes display coordinates, a shape, color information, and the like of the selectable item on the output unit 103 necessary for displaying the selectable item.

  First, the control unit 102 causes the output unit 103 to display selectable items requested to be displayed (step S1).

  Next, the selectable area calculation unit 111 calculates a selectable area corresponding to each selectable item for all displayed selectable items, and adjusts the selectable area based on the calculation result (step S2). . Here, the “selectable area” is an area that can be selected through the operation unit 104 when the user selects a corresponding selectable item. For example, when a selectable item X is displayed on the output unit 103, a selectable region X ′ corresponding to the selectable item X exists. Even if the user selects a coordinate, shape, or the like corresponding to the coordinate, shape, or the like on the output unit 103 on which the selectable item X is displayed through the operation unit 104, the user can select the selectable item X. I can't. When selecting the selectable item X, the user selects the coordinates, shape, and the like corresponding to the coordinates, shape, and the like of the selectable region X ′ through the operation unit 104.

  In step S <b> 2, the selectable area calculation unit 111 selects based on environment information stored in the environment information storage unit 121, input information stored in the input information storage unit 122, or both of them. Possible area can be calculated. Here, an example in which the selectable area calculation unit 111 calculates the selectable area based on the input information is shown. As will be described in detail in step S5 described later, each of the selectable items has a weight wx1 corresponding to a positive direction along the x axis, a weight wx2 corresponding to a negative direction along the x axis, and a weight wx2 corresponding to the negative direction along the x axis. There are a total of four weights, a weight wy1 corresponding to the positive direction and a weight wy2 corresponding to the negative direction along the y-axis. The selectable area calculation unit 111 calculates a weighted Voronoi area using the above-described weight as a generating point, and corresponds the calculation result to the selectable item. Selectable area to be selected.

  In step S2, the selectable area is calculated so that the selectable area falls within the restricted area, with the defined area including at least one of coordinates, area, or shape defined in advance as the restricted area. Also good. In particular, when considering usability, it is desirable to provide an erroneous operation canceling function for a blank area (so-called save area) that does not belong to any selectable area. That is, when the user performs an erroneous operation, the user can cancel the erroneous operation by selecting the blank area (so-called save area). At this time, when a cancel operation is performed (when cancel information is input), the input information storage unit 122 deletes the input information specified by the cancel information from the input information stored in the input information storage unit 122. Alternatively, in the input information designated by the cancellation information, the selectable item included in the input information may be modified to another selectable item based on a predetermined rule. As described above, by calculating the selectable area so that the selectable area falls within the restricted area, the save area can be easily set, and an operation such as cancellation using the save area becomes easy.

  Returning to FIG. 6, after step S2, the operation waits for the user. When the user performs any operation through the operation unit 104, the determination unit 112 determines whether a selectable item corresponding to the selectable region is selected using the selectable region and the input information (step S3). If it is determined that the selectable item has been selected, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the environment information storage unit 121 receives and stores environment information (for example, the direction of the output unit 103) at the time of operation, and the input information storage unit 122 receives input information (for example, operated coordinates). Store.

  The environment information includes, for example, the orientation of the main screen (in other words, how the information processing apparatus 100 is held by the user) in a flat display provided in the information processing apparatus 100 as the output unit 103. It is done. The orientation of the main screen can be defined in various ways. For example, as shown in the middle part of FIG. 4, the main screen is based on the state where the main screen is orthogonal to the ground and the upper part of the main screen faces upward. As the environmental information depending on the rotation angle when the information processing apparatus 100 is rotated clockwise toward the main screen as shown in the lower part of FIG. The “main screen orientation” can be expressed. At this time, by classifying the rotation angle into the closest one of 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees, the information processing apparatus 100 is used in the portrait orientation or in the landscape orientation. It is also possible to determine whether or not it is.

  After receiving the operation from the user as described above, the selectable area calculation unit 111 corrects the weight used when calculating the selectable area from the next time as follows (step S5).

  Hereinafter, examples of weight correction will be shown. The selectable area calculation unit 111 reads the latest input information from the input information storage unit 122, the center coordinates calculated from the coordinates and shape of the selected selectable item, and the coordinates (hereinafter referred to as the input information) The difference d from “input coordinates”) is calculated. Then, the selectable area calculation unit 111 adjusts the corresponding four weights according to the obtained difference d. As this adjustment, for example, if the center coordinate in the output unit 103 is (3, 3) and the input coordinate is (4, 2), the selectable area calculation unit 111 sets the weight wx1 in the positive x-axis direction and The weight wy2 in the negative y-axis direction is increased according to a constant value or a difference d, respectively. At the same time, the selectable area calculation unit 111 may decrease the weight wx2 in the negative x-axis direction and the weight wy2 in the positive y-axis direction according to a constant value or the difference d, respectively. After executing step S5, the process returns to step S2, and the selectable area is calculated and adjusted using the corrected weight. In this way, calculation and adjustment of the selectable area based on the input information can be performed.

  As for the weight management, the weight may be managed for each of the four rotation angles (0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees) representing the orientation of the main screen described above. In this case, the information processing apparatus 100 holds a set of weights (wx1, wy1, wx2, wy2) for each rotation angle, and holds a total of four sets of weights. In this case, in step S2, the selectable area is calculated using only the weight corresponding to the orientation of the main screen at the time point, for example, when the information processing apparatus 100 is used in the portrait orientation, It is possible to calculate and adjust an appropriate selectable area when the apparatus 100 is used in the horizontal direction. In this way, the selectable area can be calculated and adjusted based on environment information (main screen orientation information) in addition to input information.

  Further, the “method for calculating the selectable region” in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described content, and any calculation method can be adopted. For example, instead of managing weighted Voronoi weights for each individually selectable item, a method such as using one set of weights for the same user, the same software, and a similar screen configuration is used. May be.

  Further, the input information storage unit 122 may be configured to be combined with the environment information storage unit 121 and store the input information corresponding to the environment information, for example.

  According to the embodiment of the invention described above, by adjusting only the selectable area among the display area and the selectable area, the disadvantages associated with adjusting both the display area and the selectable area as in the past can be avoided. Smooth information input operation can be realized. In addition, it is possible to further improve the information input accuracy by adjusting only the selectable area separately from the display area in consideration of the user's operation characteristics and usage environment.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the adjustment result of the selectable area by the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. The left side in FIG. 7 shows the shape of selectable items (ie, display area) and the selectable area at a certain time t1, and the right side shows the display area and selectable area at time t2 after adjusting only the selectable area. Show. Here, on both the left side and the right side, the rectangular areas a, b, c, d, and e indicate display areas, respectively, and these display areas are not subject to adjustment, and therefore are the same on the left side and the right side without any change. On the other hand, the selectable areas A, B, C, D, and E that are set so as to include and surround each of the display areas a, b, c, d, and e are changed by adjusting the selectable areas. Here, as an example, when a certain user has a tendency to press an area below the display area in the output unit 103 (planar display), selection is possible as shown on the right side in FIG. It can be seen that the selectable region is adjusted so that the portion of the region located below the display region is expanded. For example, the part located below the display area a in the selectable area A and the part located below the display area c in the selectable area C are clearly expanded. In this way, the selectable area is appropriately adjusted based on the input information (here, as an example, a tendency related to the place pressed by the user), thereby enabling a smooth information input operation and further improving the information input accuracy. be able to.

  By the way, as a modified example of the above embodiment, the information stored in the information processing apparatus 100 is not used as the environment information and the input information, but the information processing apparatus 100 receives and uses the environment information and the input information from the server apparatus. Is described below.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the communication system 1 according to this modification includes a server device 200 and an information processing device 100, and a communication unit 113 of the information processing device 100 is connected to the server device via a network 50. Environmental information and input information can be transmitted to and received from the network 200. The information processing apparatus 100 does not include an input information storage unit for storing input information and an environment information storage unit for storing environment information.

  The server device 200 receives and stores the input information and environment information transmitted from the information processing device 100, and the input information and environment from the storage processing unit 201 in response to a transmission request from the information processing device 100. And a transmission processing unit 202 that reads information and transmits the information to the information processing apparatus 100.

  The operation in the communication system 1 is as follows. When the communication unit 113 of the information processing device 100 transmits the input information input through the operation unit 104 and the environment information regarding the operation environment when the information processing device 100 is operated through the operation unit 104 to the server device 200, the server device 200. The storage processing unit 201 receives and stores the transmitted input information and environment information. Thereafter, when input information and environment information are required in the information processing apparatus 100, the communication unit 113 transmits a transmission request for the input information and environment information to the server apparatus 200 under the control of the control unit 102. In response to the transmission request, in the server device 200, the transmission processing unit 202 reads input information and environment information from the reception storage unit 201 in response to the transmission request, and transmits the read input information and environment information to the information processing device 100. In the information processing apparatus 100, the communication unit 113 receives input information and environment information transmitted in response to the transmission request, and the control unit 102 is based on at least one of the received input information and environment information. To adjust the selectable area.

  As described above, by storing the input information and the environment information not in the information processing apparatus 100 but in the server apparatus 200, the information processing apparatus 100 stores the input information storage unit for storing the input information and the environment information. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide an environment information storage unit for doing so, and the apparatus configuration can be simplified, reduced in weight and reduced in size. Also, when the user changes the information processing apparatus 100 to be used (for example, when the information processing apparatus 100 is replaced with a new model), the past input information and environment information regarding the user can be used, and the selectable area can be adjusted. Can be performed quickly and smoothly.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication system, 50 ... Network, 100 ... Information processing apparatus, 102 ... Control part, 103 ... Output part, 104 ... Operation part, 111 ... Selectable area | region calculating part, 112 ... Determination part, 113 ... Communication part, 121 ... Environmental information storage unit, 122 ... input information storage unit, 200 ... server device, 201 ... storage processing unit, 202 ... transmission processing unit.

Claims (9)

An output for displaying information;
An information processing apparatus comprising an operation unit for inputting information ,
The information processing apparatus includes:
Of the display area that can be viewed with respect to the selectable item to be displayed on the output unit and the selectable area that can be selected through the operation unit when the selectable item is selected, only the selectable area is adjusted, and the display area Is displayed on the output unit, and a control unit for determining whether or not a selectable item corresponding to the adjustable selectable region is selected;
An input information storage unit for storing input information input through the operation unit;
An environment information storage unit that stores environment information related to an operation environment when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit;
At least one of an electronic compass, an acceleration sensor, and a photodetector;
Further comprising
The environment information storage unit outputs an output value obtained from at least one of the electronic compass, the acceleration sensor, and the photodetector, and time information when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit. Store it as information,
The control unit adjusts the selectable region based on at least one of the input information stored in the input information storage unit and the environment information stored in the environment information storage unit.
An information processing apparatus characterized by that . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit adjusts the selectable region by calculating a Voronoi boundary having a boundary line of the selectable item as a generating point. The control unit adjusts the selectable region so that the selectable region is within the restricted region, with a defined region including at least one of predefined coordinates, area, and shape as a restricted region. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2 . The environment information storage unit determines how the information processing apparatus is held based on an output value obtained from at least one of an electronic compass, an acceleration sensor, and a photodetector included in the information processing apparatus, determination result information processing apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 3, characterized in that stored as the environment information. The input information storage unit stores, as input information, information related to at least one of coordinates, area, shape, pressure, and operation time in the operation unit operated by a user. 5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of 4 . The input information storage unit, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 5, characterized in that storing the input information in association with the environment information. When the cancel information is input, the input information storage unit deletes the input information specified by the cancel information from the input information stored by the input information storage unit or is specified by the cancel information. In the input information, the selectable item included in the input information is corrected to another selectable item based on a predetermined rule.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 6, characterized in that. A communication system including a server device and the information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 ,
The information processing apparatus includes:
The input information input through the operation unit and the environment information regarding the operation environment when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit are transmitted to the server device, and the transmission request for the input information and the environment information is transmitted to the server device. A communication unit that transmits to the server device and receives the input information and the environment information transmitted in response to the transmission request;
The server device
A storage processing unit for receiving and storing the input information and the environment information transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
A transmission processing unit that reads out the input information and the environment information from the storage processing unit in response to the transmission request from the information processing device, and transmits the read input information and the environment information to the information processing device; In addition,
The control unit of the information processing apparatus includes:
Adjusting the selectable region based on at least one of the input information and the environment information received by the communication unit;
A communication system characterized by the above. An output unit for displaying information, an operation section for entering information, electronic compass, accelerometer, and at least one information processing method to be manually executed in an information processing equipment comprising of the light detector Because
A step of adjusting only the selectable area of the display area that can be viewed with respect to the selectable item to be displayed on the output unit and the selectable area that can be selected through the operation unit when the selectable item is selected;
Displaying the display area on the output unit;
Determining whether a selectable item corresponding to the selectable area after adjustment has been selected;
An input information storage step for storing input information input through the operation unit;
An environment information storing step for storing environment information related to an operating environment when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit;
Including
In the environment information storage step, an output value obtained from at least one of the electronic compass, the acceleration sensor, and the photodetector, and time information when the information processing apparatus is operated through the operation unit are stored in the environment information. Store it as information,
The step of adjusting only the selectable area includes the selectable area based on at least one of the input information stored in the input information storage unit and the environment information stored in the environment information storage unit. Adjust the
An information processing method characterized by the above .

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