JP2008191832A - Electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispose a scroll operation unit for a displayed image, without minding a physical display area on a display unit. <P>SOLUTION: The display unit 13 displays, for instance, keyboard arrangement of an electronic apparatus A. A scroll operation unit 19 receives scroll operation for a displayed image displayed and disposed along the periphery of the display unit 13. A control unit 23 controls to display the keyboard arrangement on the display unit 13, and, in response to the operation of scroll operation from the scroll operation unit 19, makes scroll displacement control of the keyboard arrangement, thereby displaying it on the display unit 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus, and more particularly to an improvement of an electronic apparatus having an image display unit such as a portable communication terminal or a portable game machine.

  In an electronic device such as a portable communication terminal, since it is a portable device, the shape and dimensions of the image display unit are limited, and the number and arrangement of operation buttons and the like of the device are likely to be limited.

  For this reason, the image display unit, operation buttons, and the like have been devised. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-56877 (Patent Document 1) is this type of electronic device.

  This Patent Document 1 includes an input unit including a touch panel disposed on a liquid crystal display panel instead of a keyboard as an information input unit, and displays a key arrangement selected by a user on the liquid crystal display panel. The present invention provides a touch panel type keyboard that allows key layout of an arbitrary layout created and registered by a user to be displayed by inputting a key code touched from a touch panel, and to select a key layout freely.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-78016 (Patent Document 2) has been proposed as another configuration.

This Patent Document 2 is a map display device that displays a destination on a map displayed in a display area of a display means, and is provided in the display area of the display means from the center of the display area to the front of the contour. A map display means for displaying a map display area that displays a map, and a display area display area that is outside the outline of the map display area and inside the outline of the display area, and the destination is the map display A display part display means for displaying a direction display part indicating a destination direction from a predetermined reference point in the map display area when positioned outside the range of the area; This makes it easier to see the ground.
JP 2000-56877 A JP 2005-78016 A

  However, in Patent Document 1 described above, various patterns of keyboard buttons can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel. However, for example, when individual buttons are enlarged so as to be easy to input, the number of buttons that can be displayed is limited. When trying to express the number of buttons on a normal keyboard, the display is too small and difficult to use.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, since the display map of the display area is scrolled by the scroll buttons arranged vertically at the lower part of the display means, it is necessary to watch the scroll button carefully and operate the scroll button. In order to improve, there is room for further improvement.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is possible to arrange the scroll operation unit without worrying about the physical display area of the image display unit, and it is easy to improve operability. For the purpose of providing electronic devices.

  In order to solve such a problem, an electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays image data, and a scroll operation that receives a scroll operation of a display image that is arranged on the outer periphery of the display unit and displayed on the display unit. And a control unit that controls display of the image data on the display unit and controls scroll displacement of the image data in the display unit in accordance with a scroll operation from the scroll operation unit.

  In the electronic apparatus of the present invention, the scroll operation unit may be an input switch arranged along the outer periphery of the display unit.

  In the electronic apparatus of the present invention, a configuration in which the scroll operation unit is arranged at least on the top, bottom, left and right of the outer periphery of the display unit is also possible.

  The electronic device of the present invention may have a configuration including a panel input unit that is superimposed on the display unit and receives touch input of information corresponding to the display image.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the input screen displayed on the display unit may be configured as a keyboard button.

  In the electronic apparatus according to the present invention, the control unit may control the displacement of the image data in the direction of the scroll operation unit to be operated.

  In such an electronic apparatus according to the present invention, the display unit displays image data, and a scroll operation unit that receives a scroll operation of the displayed display image is arranged on the outer periphery of the display unit. Since the display data is controlled on the display unit and the image data on the display unit is scroll-displaced according to the scroll operation from the scroll operation unit, the scroll operation unit is arranged without worrying about the physical display area of the display unit. It is possible to improve the operability.

  In the electronic apparatus according to the present invention, when the scroll operation unit is an input switch arranged along the outer periphery of the display unit, a reliable scroll operation is possible in the vicinity of the display unit, and operability is improved. Is more reliable, and the area of the scroll operation unit can be reduced.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, in the configuration in which the scroll operation unit is arranged at least on the top, bottom, left and right of the outer periphery of the display unit, the scroll operation unit corresponds to the scroll operation direction, so that the operability is improved more reliably. .

  In the electronic device of the present invention, in a configuration in which a panel input unit that receives touch input of information corresponding to the display image is superimposed on the display unit, a scroll operation and an operation input can be performed near the display image or on the display screen. More improved.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, in the configuration in which the input screen displayed on the display unit is a keyboard button, the input operability is surely improved without preparing various keyboard arrangements.

  In the electronic apparatus of the present invention, in the configuration in which the control unit controls the displacement of the image data in the direction of the scroll operation unit to be operated, the relation between the scroll operation and the scroll direction of the display image is easily understood and the operation is also simple.

  Embodiments of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic apparatus A according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a main control unit 1 controls an output unit 3, a memory 5, a display control unit 7, and an input control unit 9, and stores a CPU that forms a main part of a control operation function and operation software of the CPU. ROM. The functions of the main control unit 1 and the output unit 3 will be described later.

  The memory 5 is a readable / writable storage unit that temporarily stores image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 to be described later, for example, keyboard layout data and the like, in addition to storing the operation program of the main control unit 1. The unit 7 and the input control unit 9 are also connected. Note that the keyboard layout data is, for example, main keyboard buttons of a JIS keyboard (see FIG. 2).

  Based on the keyboard layout data from the main control section 1 and the memory 5 and the display position information, the display control section 7 processes the keyboard layout data to form display image data that can be actually displayed on the liquid crystal panel section 13. It has a function of outputting to the liquid crystal display control unit 11.

  The liquid crystal display control unit 11 has a function of controlling the liquid crystal panel unit 13 to perform a display operation based on display image data from the display control unit 7.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid crystal panel unit 13 is a known display unit, for example, a liquid crystal display, which is disposed on the operation surface of a device main body (not shown) with a rectangular display surface facing outside, and the liquid crystal display control unit 11. The display is controlled by and the keyboard button is displayed.

  On the liquid crystal panel unit 13, a touch panel 15 as a panel input unit having the same shape as this is disposed so as to be superimposed outward.

  The touch panel 15 is, for example, an electrostatic touch switch in which electrodes are arranged on a transparent sheet, and has a known configuration and function for receiving an operation input corresponding to a button touched by a jig or the like among displayed keyboard buttons. Are connected to the touch control unit 17. Since the touch panel 15 is overlaid on the surface side of the liquid crystal panel unit 13, it is not distinguished in FIG.

  The touch control unit 17 calculates the touched position (keyboard button position) on the touch panel 15 from the vertical and horizontal positions of the touch panel 15 and outputs the calculated position to the input control unit 9.

  A scroll button 19 is connected to the input control unit 9 via a scroll control unit 21.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the scroll button 19 is a bar-shaped mechanical scroll switch 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d arranged on the outer periphery of the four edge portions of the rectangular liquid crystal panel section 13, and is independent of each other. The ON signal is output during the pressing period.

  For example, the scroll switch 19a is assigned to the upward scroll function, the scroll switch 19b is assigned to the left scroll function, the scroll switch 19c is assigned to the downward scroll function, and the scroll switch 19d is assigned to the right scroll function. They are arranged in a separate frame shape.

  The scroll control unit 21 has a function of detecting an on period of each of the scroll switches 19 a to 19 d and outputting the scroll information of the up, down, left, and right to the input control unit 9. For example, the scroll control unit 21 is configured to output count information corresponding to a period during which the scroll switches 19a to 19d are pressed to the input control unit 9 as up / down / left / right scroll information.

  The input control unit 9 has a function of outputting allocation information for allocating contents displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 and a touch position to the main control unit 1 based on keyboard layout data from the memory 5.

  The input control unit 9 also has a function of outputting, to the main control unit 1, scroll correspondence information in which the up / down / left / right scroll information from the scroll control unit 21 is associated with the keyboard layout data from the memory 5.

  The main control unit 1 controls the display control unit 7 and the memory 5, outputs the keyboard layout data of the memory 5 to the display control unit 7, controls the display of the keyboard layout on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 as described above, It has a function of calculating key button information at a position touched on the touch panel 15 from the allocation information from the input control unit 9 and outputting the key button information to the output unit 3.

  Based on the scroll correspondence information from the input control unit 9, the main control unit 1 calculates the scroll amount of the keyboard arrangement displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 in the up / down / left / right direction, and the keyboard that has been scroll-displaced based on the calculated scroll amount. The array is stored and controlled in the memory 5 and has a function of controlling the output from the memory 5 to the display control unit 7.

  In addition, the main control unit 1 also has a function of controlling the displacement of the image data in a direction corresponding to the scroll operation direction by the scroll switches 19 a to 19 d of the scroll button 19.

  Therefore, a keyboard layout that is scroll-displaced in one of the corresponding directions of the pressed up, down, left, and right is displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 in accordance with the pressed period of the pressed up, down, left, and right scroll switches 19a to 19d.

  The output unit 3 is a known interface having a function of outputting key button information into the electronic device main body.

  Next, the operation of the electronic device A according to the present invention will be briefly described. Only the scroll function according to the present invention will be described.

  The main control unit 1 controls the output of the keyboard layout data in the memory 5 to the display control unit 7, and the display control unit 7 controls the image so that the keyboard layout can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13. The control unit 11 controls the display of the liquid crystal panel unit 13 and, for example, a keyboard button is displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 as shown in FIG.

  When the downward scroll button 19 (downward scroll switch 19c) is pressed with respect to the displayed keyboard layout, the scroll control unit 21 detects the ON period of the downward scroll switch 19c and outputs the downward scroll information to the input control unit 9. The input control unit 9 acquires scroll correspondence information in which the keyboard layout data from the memory 5 is associated with the lower scroll information from the scroll control unit 21, and outputs it to the main control unit 1.

  Based on the acquisition of the scroll correspondence information from the input control unit 9, the main control unit 1 calculates a downward scroll amount for the keyboard button displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13, and scroll displacement based on the calculated scroll amount. The keyboard layout is stored in the memory 5 and output controlled to the display control unit 7.

  Therefore, the keyboard button that is scroll-displaced downward in accordance with the downward scrolling period of the scroll button 19 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 as shown in FIG. 3A.

  That is, the main control unit 1, display control unit 7, input control unit 9, liquid crystal display control unit 11, touch control unit 17, and scroll control unit 21 perform display control of the keyboard layout on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 and the scroll button 19. The controller 23 controls the displacement of the keyboard in the liquid crystal panel 13 according to the scrolling operation.

  FIG. 3B shows keyboard buttons displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 when the left scroll switch 19b is pressed.

  As described above, the electronic device A according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel unit (display unit) 13 that displays a keyboard layout, and a display displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 that is disposed vertically and horizontally along the outer periphery of the liquid crystal panel unit 13. A scroll button (scroll operation unit) 19 that is a long and narrow input switch that receives an image scroll operation and a keyboard layout are controlled to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13, and the keyboard in the liquid crystal panel unit 13 is controlled according to the scroll operation from the scroll button 19. A main control unit 1, a display control unit 7, an input control unit 9, a liquid crystal display control unit 11, a touch control unit 17, a scroll control unit 21 (control unit 23), and the like that control the scroll displacement of the array are provided.

  Therefore, the scroll button 19 can be arranged without worrying about the physical display area of the liquid crystal panel unit 13, and the outer peripheral frame portion of the liquid crystal panel unit 13 serves as the scroll button 19 to cope with the scroll operation. The scroll operation can be performed in the very vicinity of the panel unit 13, and the area occupying the scroll button 19 is not widened, contributing to downsizing, and the operability is surely improved.

  In addition, since the touch panel 15 that receives touch input of information corresponding to the keyboard layout is overlaid on the liquid crystal panel unit 13, scroll operations and operation inputs can be performed in the vicinity of the display image and on the liquid crystal panel unit 13, and the operability is further improved. To do.

  Furthermore, since the display screen displayed on the liquid crystal panel unit 13 has a keyboard layout, even if the keyboard buttons are enlarged and protrude from the display area of the liquid crystal panel unit 13, display and button operation input can be performed only by scrolling. From these points, the operability is improved.

  Further, since the image data is scroll-displaced in the direction corresponding to the operation of the scroll button 19 to be operated, the relation between the scroll operation and the scroll direction of the display image is easy to understand, and the operation is simple.

  By the way, in the electronic device A of the present invention, the liquid crystal panel unit 13 as a display unit is not limited to a rectangle, and can be implemented in any shape such as a square, an ellipse or the like as shown in FIG. The present invention is not limited to this, and can be implemented with any flat display unit.

  Moreover, the scroll button 19 as a scroll operation part in this invention is not limited to the structure mentioned above, if it is arrange | positioned around the liquid crystal panel part 13. FIG.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, a configuration in which scroll buttons 19 are arranged on both upper and lower sides of a rectangular liquid crystal panel unit 13, or a ring-shaped scroll button on the outer periphery of an elliptical liquid crystal panel unit 13 as shown in FIG. A configuration in which 19 is arranged is also possible.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4B, in addition to the up / down / left / right scroll switches 19a to 19d, by adding diagonal scroll switches 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h, in addition to the up / down / left / right directions, upper left, lower left, upper right and Scrolling is possible in 8 directions in the lower right direction.

  Furthermore, the scroll button 19 that receives the scroll operation of the display image is not limited to a mechanical switch, and may be a scroll operation unit including an electronic contactless switch such as a touch switch.

  Note that the electronic device of the present invention is not limited to a portable communication terminal, and is suitable for use in various electronic devices having an image display unit, particularly portable electronic devices.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the display part of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of operation of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the other structure of the electronic device which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Main control unit (control unit)
3 Output unit 5 Memory 7 Display control unit (control unit)
9 Input control unit (control unit)
11 Liquid crystal display control unit (control unit)
13 LCD panel (display)
13a Display surface 15 Touch panel (panel input unit)
17 Touch control unit (control unit)
19 Scroll button (scroll operation part)
19a, 19b, 19c, 19d Scroll switch 21 Scroll control unit (control unit)
23 Control Unit A Electronic Equipment

Claims (6)

A display for displaying image data;
A scroll operation unit that is arranged on an outer periphery of the display unit and receives a scroll operation of a display image displayed on the display unit;
A control unit that controls display of the image data on the display unit, and controls scroll displacement of the image data in the display unit in response to a scroll operation from the scroll operation unit;
An electronic apparatus comprising: The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the scroll operation unit is an input switch arranged along an outer periphery of the display unit. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the scroll operation unit is disposed at least on the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the outer periphery of the display unit. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a panel input unit that is superimposed on the display unit and receives information regarding the display image. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the input screen displayed on the display unit is a keyboard button. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls displacement of the image data in a direction of the scroll operation unit to be operated.

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