JPH09198190A - Computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the operator's indication of the display/non-display of a software keyboard to display on a display used in common with a tablet. SOLUTION: The software keyboard is selectively displayed on a display with a touch inputting function to simultaneously display data inputted by operator's touching operation on this display. Then at the time of detecting touching operation to the data displaying area in a state where the software key is not displayed, the software keyboard is displayed by operation. At the time of detecting touching operation to the data displaying area in a state where the software key is not displayed on the other hand, the displayed software keyboard is erased or moved to another position by operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic notebook, a personal digital assistant, a word processor, a personal computer,
Such as office computers and workstations
The present invention relates to a computer system having a central processing unit and a display device that also functions as a touch or pen input tablet, and is suitable for application to a display method of a software keyboard operated by a user's touch for data input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The use of touch input devices on the display screen of computer systems is well known in the art.
Further, in a computer device that does not have a hard keyboard device, a software keyboard is displayed on the display screen of the computer device, and a tablet device for inputting with a pen or touch is used to display the software keyboard displayed on the display screen. There is a computer device with a pen and a touch input tablet / display device that performs various processes by touching an arbitrary place with a user and a pen. The software keyboard has a function of inputting alphanumeric characters, kana, kana, kanji, symbols and the like, and has the same function as a hard keyboard.

When a software keyboard is used in a computer device with a display device that also functions as a pen and a touch input tablet, an icon or a button for displaying the software keyboard on the display screen is selected (touch by the pen and the user, etc.). Then, the software keyboard is displayed on the display screen of the computer device.

When the operation of the software keyboard displayed on the display screen is completed, the "end" button in the software keyboard is selected (eg, touch by the pen and the user) or the software keyboard is erased from the display screen. Select an icon or button to activate (pen and user touch, etc.)
Then, the software keyboard is erased from the display screen of the computer device.

Further, in order to move the software keyboard displayed on the display screen to an arbitrary place, the edge or a part of the software keyboard displayed on the display screen is selected (pen, user touch, etc.). ) While moving, move to the target position and move the end or part of the software keyboard away from the part that was selected (touch by pen and user, etc.) to confirm the position to move the software keyboard. There is. Alternatively, use a number to indicate where you want to move the software keyboard, for example, x
/ Value of y-coordinate) By inputting the number with a software keyboard or the like, the position to move the software keyboard is determined.

Further, regarding an input operation method in a pen operation computer, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 165567/1993 discloses:
In particular, by pointing (touching) the position on the tablet / display with a pen, a signal is generated, and the signal discriminating unit processes the signal to calculate coordinate data on the tablet / display and use it as an application program. By using the technique of notifying the user, it is possible to select which area on the tablet / display is selected.

[0007]

In a computer system which can be used as a software keyboard,
When the screen data in the computer system is displayed on the display screen and the software keyboard is used, select the icon or button for displaying the software keyboard on the display screen (such as touch by pen and user). Then, the software keyboard is displayed on the display screen of the computer device, but if icons or buttons are displayed, the screen data display area will be reduced accordingly, and the area on the display screen of the computer device will be effective. There is a problem that it cannot be used.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer system which can be used as a software keyboard in order to display, erase or move the software keyboard on the display screen of a computer device.
It is possible to provide a computer system in which a software keyboard is displayed, erased or moved by a simple operation of selecting (a pen and a touch by a user) a display screen in which screen data in the computer system is displayed. .

[0009]

The present invention has been made to achieve the above object. According to the invention of claim 1,
A computer system configured to selectively display a software keyboard on a display with a touch input function and simultaneously display data input by an operator's touch operation on the display, and a plurality of data display areas for displaying input data. When the operator touches the data display area in a state where the software keyboard is not displayed, the software keyboard is displayed at a position corresponding to the operated divided area. Is a computer system.

Thus, when the software keyboard is displayed on the display screen in which the screen data in the computer system is displayed on the display screen of the computer device, the display screen of the tablet / display device for both pen and touch input is used. The upper data display area is set as the software keyboard display instruction area. For example, when text data is displayed on the display screen and the software keyboard is displayed on the screen, the software keyboard can be selected by selecting an arbitrary position in the text data area (such as touch by the pen and user). Displayed on the display screen.

Therefore, the operation such as the touch by the pen and the user is simple with one touch, and the touched portion can use the wide area on the display screen to display the software keyboard reliably.

Further, according to the present invention, in a computer system configured to selectively display a software keyboard on a display with a touch input function and simultaneously display data input by a touch operation of an operator on the display. And, when the data display area for displaying input data is touch-operated by an operator operation while the software keyboard is being displayed, the displayed software keyboard is erased from the screen. It is a computer system that does.

As a result, when the software keyboard is displayed, an area other than the display area of the software keyboard on the display screen of the pen / touch input tablet display device is set as the software keyboard deletion instruction area, and the area is set. By operating, the displayed software keyboard is erased from the screen. For example, when text data is displayed on the display screen and the software keyboard is displayed on the screen, and when erasing the software keyboard, operate the area excluding the display area of the software keyboard (pen and user). By touching), the software keyboard can be erased from the display screen.

Therefore, the operation such as the touch by the pen and the user is simple with one touch, and the touched portion can use the wide area on the display screen to securely erase the software keyboard.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer system configured to selectively display a software keyboard on a display with a touch input function and simultaneously display data input by a touch operation of an operator on the display. If the operator touches the data display area while the software keyboard is displayed, the data display area for displaying input data is divided into a plurality of areas, and the position corresponding to the operated division area is displayed. The computer system is characterized in that the software keyboard is moved and displayed.

As a result, the display area other than the display area of the software keyboard is set as the software keyboard movement instruction area while the software keyboard is being displayed. For example, when text data is displayed on the display screen and the software keyboard is displayed on the screen and you move the software keyboard, you can select the display area other than the software keyboard display area. The software keyboard can be moved to the selected position on the display screen by performing (touch by the pen and the user, etc.).

Therefore, the operation such as the touch by the pen and the user is simple with one touch, and the touched portion can use the wide area on the display screen to reliably move the software keyboard.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. This does not limit the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a liquid crystal display pen input type portable information terminal (hereinafter referred to as a portable terminal) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the display / input device 1 is composed of a liquid crystal touch panel and has a character input function and a character input function by pen touch and a coordinate input function. The external storage device 4 stores a software keyboard control program 4-1 and a button setting environment file 4-2. The internal storage device 3 temporarily stores and processes the contents stored in the external storage device 4. The control device 2 is for controlling these.

In FIG. 3, when any one of Button 1, Button 2, Button 3, Button 4, Button 5, Button 6, Button 7 and Button 8 is selected, the button setting environment file stored in the external storage device 4 is selected. 4-2 is read into the internal storage device 3, and the registered program is started by referring to the registered contents.

The button setting environment file 4-1 is described in the text format as in Example 1 of FIG. 6 and Example 2 of FIG. 22, and the button 1 has a software keyboard control program (Example 1 KBCTRL1.EXE, Example 2 KBCTRL2.EXE) Start is registered and button 2 has a software keyboard control program (Example 1 KBCTRL1.EXE, Example 2 KBCTRL).
L2. The end of EXE) is registered. Buttons 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, and 8 are not registered.

The area a3-1, the area b3-2, the area c3-3, and the area d3-4 are display areas, respectively, and a text screen of 80 half-width characters 25 lines (480 × 300 dots) is displayed. It

When the pen touch input is performed, the input unit 2-1
Coordinates (x, y) on the display screen that (Figure 2) touches with the pen
To the software keyboard control program 4-1. The coordinates (x, y) are the coordinates of the upper left corner (1, 1), the coordinates of the upper right corner (480, 1), and the coordinates of the lower left corner (1, 3).
00) and the coordinates of the lower right corner are (480, 300), and are expressed in 1-dot units.

Software keyboard control program 4
-1 determines the area of the notified coordinates under the following conditions. 1
If ≦ x ≦ 240 and 1 ≦ y ≦ 150, it is determined that the area a3-1 is selected. 1 ≦ x ≦ 240 and 151
If ≦ y ≦ 300, it is determined that the area b3-2 is selected. If 241 ≦ x ≦ 480 and 1 ≦ y ≦ 150, it is determined that the region c3-3 is selected. 241 ≦ x
If ≦ 480 and 151 ≦ y ≦ 300, it is determined that the area d3-4 is selected.

FIG. 4 shows the layout of the software keyboard.

[First Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 or the area d3-4 in FIG. The logic for displaying, hiding and moving the keyboard on the screen is held in the software keyboard control program (KBCTRL1.EXE).

The processing flow of FIG. 5, the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 7, and the screen examples of FIGS. 8 to 19 will be described below.

The screen display states are such that the software keyboard is not displayed (state 1), the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 (state 2), and the software keyboard is displayed in the area d3-4. It is divided into three states (state 3).

In the state 1 (screen example of FIG. 9), the area a
3-1 and the area c3-3 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 and the state moves to state 2 (state 1-event in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 7). 1, State 1-Event 3). Area b3-2 and area d3-4 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, a software keyboard is displayed in area d3-4 and the state moves to state 3 (FIG. 7).
State 1-event 2, state 1-event 4) of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG.

In the state 2 (screen example of FIG. 10), the area a3-1 and the area b3-2 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard to become the state 1 ( State 2-Event 1, State 2- of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG.
Event 2). Area c3-3 is registered as an input area and a software keyboard is displayed. If selected, if the coordinate (x, y) of the selected position is on the key, key input is performed, and if not on the key, the key input is ignored, and the state 2 is continued (state of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 7). 2-Event 3). The area d3-4 is registered as a non-input area and a movement instruction area, and when selected, the software keyboard moves to the area d3-4 and shifts to state 3 (state 2 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 7). -Event 4).

In the state 3 (screen example of FIG. 13), the area a3-1 and the area b3-2 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard to become the state 1 ( State 3-Event 1, State 3- of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG.
Event 2). The area d3-4 is registered as an input area and a software keyboard is displayed.
When selected, if the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are on the key, key input is performed, and if not on the key, the key input is ignored and state 3 continues (state of software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 7). 3-Event 4). Also, the area c3-3
Is registered as a non-input area and movement instruction area,
When selected, the software keyboard moves to the area c3-3 and shifts to state 2 (state 3-event 3 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 7).

The software keyboard control program (KBCTRL1.EX) will be described below based on the flow of FIG.
The operation of E) will be described.

After the power of the portable terminal is turned on, when the button 1 at the upper left of the screen is selected with the pen as shown in the screen example of FIG.
1), the software keyboard control program (KBCTRL1.EXE) is written from the external storage device 4 into the internal storage device 3. At this time, only the prompt (C:>) is displayed while the software keyboard is not displayed. Next, as shown in the screen example of FIG.
When 3-1 is selected with the pen (502), processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, when a pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the flow proceeds to 103 to confirm that the software keyboard is not displayed, and the flow proceeds to 106 to display the software keyboard in the area c3-3 (106).

In this way, the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 as shown in the screen example of FIG. 10 (503). Next, key input is performed using the software keyboard (504). The keys are arranged in the layout shown in FIG. 4, and "D", "I", "R", "
By pen-touching in sequence “/” and “W”, the position coordinates (x, y) are notified to the “software keyboard control program”, and which key is touched is determined.

Below, regarding the case where "D" is pressed,
The mechanism will be described. Each key of the software keyboard is a relative coordinate from the upper left corner, x minimum value, x maximum value, y
It has a minimum value and a y maximum value. The relative x minimum value of “D” is Dxmin, the relative x maximum value is Dxmax, the relative y minimum value is Dymin, and the relative y maximum value is Dymax.
Since the software keyboard is currently displayed in the area c3-3, the coordinates of the upper left corner of the software keyboard are (241, 1). Therefore, the absolute x minimum value of “D” is Dxmin + 241, and the absolute x maximum value is Dxmax.
+241, the absolute y minimum value is Dymin + 1, and the absolute y maximum value is Dymax + 1.

Here, it can be judged that "D" is pressed because the coordinates (x, y) notified to the software keyboard control program when pressed are Dxmin + 241≤x≤Dxmax + 241 Dymin + 1≤y≤Dymax + 1. This is the case when it is satisfied.

In this way, the software keyboard control program determines which key is pressed and processes the input data.

When the "line feed" is touched with the pen, the input character "DIR / W" is displayed as shown in the screen example of FIG.
Is displayed. Subsequently, when the area d3-4 is pen-selected (505) as in the screen example of FIG. 12, processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, when the pen selection is detected (101), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are in the non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the process proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is displayed, and the process proceeds to 104 to determine whether it is the movement instruction region (104). If it is a movement instruction area,
Proceeding to 105, the software keyboard moves to the area d3-4 (105).

In this way, the software keyboard is moved to the area d3-4 as shown in the screen example of FIG. 13 (506). Next, as shown in the screen example of FIG.
When -2 is selected by the pen (507), the process is performed based on the process flow of FIG. In FIG. 1, when the pen selection is detected (101), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position is a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the process proceeds to 103 to confirm that the software keyboard is displayed, and then proceeds to 104 to determine whether it is the movement instruction region. If it is not the "movement instructing area", the flow proceeds to 107, where the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area d3-4, and the software keyboard is hidden (use ended) (10
7).

In this way, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 15, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area d3-4, and the software keyboard is hidden (use finished) (508). . Next, FIG.
When the area c3-3 is selected with the pen as in the screen example of 6 (509), the processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, if pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the flow proceeds to 103 to confirm that the software keyboard is not displayed, and the flow proceeds to 106 to display the software keyboard in the area c3-3 (106).

In this way, the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 as shown in the screen example of FIG. 17 (510). Next, key input is performed using the software keyboard as in 504 (511). As shown in the screen example of FIG. 18, "D", "I", "R", "space", "B", "O", "T", "A", "
N ",". By pen-touching “,“ E ”,“ N ”, and“ V ”in order, the position coordinates (x, y) are notified to the software keyboard control program, and it is determined which key is touched. Then, if the "line feed" is touched with the pen, it is processed as a command, and the information of the file "BOTAN.ENV" is displayed on the screen as shown in the screen example of FIG.

When the button 2 is selected (512) after the key input is performed from the software keyboard, the software keyboard control program ends.

[Second Embodiment] In the second embodiment, the software keyboard is displayed in the area a3-1, the area b3-2, the area c3-3, or the area d3-4 in FIG. 3 by the pen operation. The logic for displaying, hiding and moving the keyboard on the screen is held in the software keyboard control program (KBCTRL2.EXE).

Hereinafter, the process flow of FIGS. 20 and 21 will be described.
Software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23, FIG.
It demonstrates based on the example of a screen of 4-41.

The screen display states are such that the software keyboard is not displayed (state 1), the software keyboard is displayed in the area a3-1 (state 2), and the software keyboard is displayed in the area b3-2. There are five states: a state (state 3), a state in which the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 (state 4), and a state in which the software keyboard is displayed in the area d3-4 (state 5).

In state 1 (screen example of FIG. 25), area a3-1, area b3-2, area c3-3 and area d3.
-4 is registered as a non-input area. Area a3-1
Is selected, the software keyboard is displayed in the area a3-1, and the state moves to state 2 (state 1-event 1 of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23). In addition, the region b
When 3-2 is selected, the software keyboard is displayed in the area b3-2, and the state moves to state 3 (state 1-event 2 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23). When the area c3-3 is selected, the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 and the state moves to state 4 (state 1-event 3 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23). When the area d3-4 is selected, the area d3-4 is selected.
The software keyboard is displayed on the screen, and the state moves to state 5 (state 1-event 4 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23).

In the state 2 (screen example of FIG. 26), the area b3-2, the area c3-3 and the area d3-4 are registered as non-input areas. If selected, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard. State 1 (Fig. 2
3 of the software keyboard control state transition table of 3-
Event 2, State 2-Event 3 and State 2-Event 4). The area a3-1 is registered as an input area, and a software keyboard is displayed. When selected, if the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are on the key, key input is performed, and if not, the key input is ignored and status 2
Are continued (state 2-event 1 of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23).

In the state 3 (screen example of FIG. 30), the area a3-1, the area c3-3 and the area d3-4 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard. State 1 (Fig. 2
3 software keyboard control state transition table State 3-Event 1, State 3-Event 3 and State 3-Event 4). Also,
The area b3-2 is registered as an input area, and the software keyboard is displayed. If you select, if the coordinate (x, y) of the selected position is on the key, enter the key,
If it is not on the key, the key input is ignored, and the state 3 continues (state 3-event 2 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23).

In the state 4 (screen example of FIG. 34), the area a3-1, the area b3-2 and the area d3-4 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard. State 1 (Fig. 2
3 of the software keyboard control state transition table of 3-
Event 1, State 4-Event 2 and State 4-Event 4). Area c3-3 is registered as an input area, and a software keyboard is displayed. When selected, if the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are on the key, key input is performed, and if not, the key input is ignored and status 4
(State 4-event 3 of the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23) follows.

In the state 5 (screen example of FIG. 38), the area a3-1, the area b3-2 and the area c3-3 are registered as non-input areas, and when selected, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard. State 1 (Fig. 2
3 of the software keyboard control state transition table of 3-5
Event 1, State 5-Event 2 and State 5-Event 3). The area d3-4 is registered as an input area and a software keyboard is displayed. When selected, if the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are on the key, key input is performed. If not, the key input is ignored, and status 5
Are continued (state 5-event 4 in the software keyboard control state transition table of FIG. 23).

Below, based on the processing flows of FIGS. 20 and 21, the software keyboard control program (KB
CTRL2. The operation of (EXE) will be described.

After the power of the portable terminal is turned on, when the button 1 at the upper left of the screen is selected with the pen as shown in the screen example of FIG. 24 (20
01), the software keyboard control program (KBCTRL2.EXE) is written from the external storage device 4 to the internal storage device 3. At this time, the software keyboard is not displayed.

Next, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 25, the area a3
When -1 is selected with the pen (2002), processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, if pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the flow proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is not displayed, and the flow proceeds to 106 to display "software keyboard" in the area a3-1 (106).

In this way, the software keyboard is displayed in the area a3-1 as in the screen example of FIG. 26 (2003). Next, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 27, the area d
When 3-4 is selected with a pen (2004), processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, if pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the process proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is displayed, and the process proceeds to 104 to determine whether it is the movement instruction region. If it is not the movement instruction area, the process proceeds to 107, where the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area a3-1, and the software keyboard is hidden (completion of use) (107).

In this way, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 28, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area a3-1, and the software keyboard is hidden (use finished) (2005). . Next, when the area b3-2 is pen-selected (2006) as in the screen example of FIG. 29, processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, if pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the flow proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is not displayed, and the flow proceeds to 106 to display the software keyboard in the area b3-2 (106).

Thus, as shown in the screen example of FIG.
Display the software keyboard in area b3-2 (2
007). Next, as in the screen example of FIG. 31, the area b3-
When pen 2 is selected (2008), processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, when the pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the process proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is displayed, and the process proceeds to 104 to determine whether it is the movement instruction region. If it is not the "movement instructing area", the process proceeds to 107 where the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area a3-1, and the software keyboard is hidden (completion of use) (107).

In this way, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area a3-1, and the software keyboard is hidden (use finished) (2009). Next, as in the screen example of FIG. 33, when the area c3-3 is selected with the pen (2010), processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, if pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the flow proceeds to 103 to confirm that the software keyboard is not displayed, and the flow proceeds to 106 to display the software keyboard in the area c3-3 (106).

In this way, the software keyboard is displayed in the area c3-3 as in the screen example of FIG. 34 (2011). Next, as shown in the screen example of FIG.
When 3-2 is selected by the pen (2012), the process is performed based on the process flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, when the pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the process proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is displayed, and the process proceeds to 104 to determine whether it is the movement instruction region. If it is not the movement instruction area, the flow proceeds to 107, where the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area c3-3, and the software keyboard is hidden (use ended) (107).

In this way, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 36, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area c3-3, and the software keyboard is hidden (use ended) (2013). . Next, when the area d3-4 is pen-selected (2014) as in the screen example of FIG. 37, processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, when the pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the flow proceeds to 103 to confirm that the software keyboard is not displayed, and the flow proceeds to 106 to display the software keyboard in the area d3-4 (106).

In this way, the software keyboard is displayed in the area d3-4 as in the screen example of FIG. 38 (2015). Next, as in the screen example of FIG. 39, the area a
When 3-1 is selected with the pen (2016), processing is performed based on the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 1, when the pen selection is detected (1
01), it is determined whether the coordinates (x, y) of the selected position are a non-input area (102). If it is determined to be the non-input area, the process proceeds to 103, it is confirmed that the software keyboard is displayed, and the process proceeds to 104 to determine whether it is the movement instruction region. If it is not the movement instruction area, the flow proceeds to 107, where the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area d3-4, and the software keyboard is hidden (completion of use) (107).

In this way, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 40, the screen data is overwritten on the software keyboard displayed in the area d3-4, and the software keyboard is hidden (use ended) (2017). . Next, as shown in the screen example of FIG. 41, when button 2 is selected (201
8), the software keyboard control program ends.

[0074]

As described above, according to the present invention, claim 1
According to the invention described above, the operation such as a touch by the pen and the user is simple with one touch, and the touched portion can surely display the software keyboard by using the wide area on the display screen. You can select any location and the operability will be greatly improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation such as the touch by the pen and the user is simple with one touch, and the touched portion uses the wide area on the display screen to securely erase the software keyboard. Therefore, the operability such as pen and touch is significantly improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the operation such as the touch by the pen and the user is simple with one touch, and the touched portion uses the wide area on the display screen to reliably move the software keyboard. "Select" of conventional software keyboard because it is possible
"Move" and "Finalize" three movement operations are "Screen selection"
You can move the software keyboard with one operation of
Operations such as pen and touch are simplified and operability is greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a processing flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of the display / input device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a software keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a button setting environment file according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a software keyboard control state transition table according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a process flow diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a process flow diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a button setting environment file according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a software keyboard control state transition table according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of a screen according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Display / input device 2 Control device 3 Internal storage device 4 External storage device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A computer system configured to selectively display a software keyboard on a display with a touch input function and simultaneously display data input by an operator's touch operation on the display, the input system displaying the input data. When the operator touches the data display area while the data display area is divided into a plurality of areas and the software keyboard is not displayed, the software keyboard is displayed at a position corresponding to the operated division area. A computer system characterized by the above. 2. A computer system configured to selectively display a software keyboard on a display with a touch input function and simultaneously display data input by a touch operation of an operator on the display, wherein the software keyboard is displayed. The computer system is characterized in that, when a data display area for displaying input data is touch-operated by an operator operation in such a state, the displayed software keyboard is erased from the screen. 3. A computer system configured to selectively display a software keyboard on a display with a touch input function and simultaneously display data input by an operator's touch operation on the display, the input system displaying the input data. When the data display area is divided into a plurality of areas and the operator touches the data display area while the software keyboard is being displayed, the software keyboard is moved and displayed at a position corresponding to the operated division area. A computer system characterized by the above.