JP2008245177A - Portable terminal equipment and display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly convenient portable terminal equipment and a display method which can easily recognize characters to be deleted. <P>SOLUTION: The portable terminal equipment 1 is provided with a key operation part 16 to be operated by the user, and a display part 14 for displaying the character string input by operation of the key operation part 16. The portable terminal equipment 1 displays a cursor C indicating an operation position of the characters, changes the shape of the cursor C in response to the positional relation of the display position of the cursor C and the character strings displayed on the display part 14, or changes color and changes display of the cursor C. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device and a display method.

  Conventionally, character input is generally performed by a stationary personal computer or a word processor having a keyboard. However, in recent years, mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones, mobile game devices, and portable music players have become multifunctional, and character input on mobile terminal devices has also become common. For example, in a mobile phone having an e-mail function, the text of an e-mail is input by a user operating a numeric keypad or the like provided on the mobile phone.

In Patent Document 1 below, when a text size is changed by a user when a document is input or edited using a word processor having a keyboard, the cursor size indicating the input position of the document is changed and displayed. Thus, a technique for facilitating document input is disclosed.
JP-A-5-12273

  Incidentally, a keyboard provided in a personal computer or the like is generally provided with a delete key and a back space key. Here, if the cursor (caret) has a vertical bar shape and is displayed between characters, the delete key is used to delete the character after the cursor, and the backspace key is the cursor. Used to delete the character before.

  When the character input direction is from left to right, the above “character before the cursor” is the character displayed on the left side of the cursor, and the above “character after the cursor” is The character displayed on the right side of the cursor. When the character input direction is from the top to the bottom, the above “character before the cursor” is the character displayed above the cursor, and the above “character after the cursor” Is the character displayed below the cursor. Thus, when inputting characters using the keyboard, the user can use the delete key and the cursor key separately depending on whether the character before the cursor or the next character is deleted.

  However, in a mobile terminal device typified by a mobile phone, the number of keys is limited, so that most backspace keys and delete keys are shared by one key. For this reason, when trying to delete a character using the key, it is difficult to intuitively determine whether the character before the cursor is deleted or the character after the cursor is deleted. Therefore, when a user tries to delete a certain character, an unintended character is deleted and it is necessary to re-enter the character, and it is difficult to say that the convenience is high.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a highly convenient portable terminal device and a display method that can easily recognize a character to be deleted.

In order to solve the above problems, a mobile terminal device of the present invention is a mobile terminal device including a key operation unit operated by a user and a display unit that displays a character string input by the operation of the key operation unit. A display control unit that displays a cursor indicating the operation position of the character and changes the display of the cursor in accordance with the positional relationship between the display position of the cursor and the character string displayed on the display unit. Yes.
In the portable terminal device according to the present invention, the key operation unit may include a deletion key for sharing the deletion of the character displayed on one side of the cursor and the deletion of the character displayed on the other side. It is said.
Moreover, the portable terminal device of the present invention is characterized in that the display control unit changes the shape of the cursor according to the positional relationship between the display position of the cursor and the character string displayed on the display unit. .
Moreover, the portable terminal device of the present invention is characterized in that the display control unit changes a color of the cursor according to a positional relationship between a display position of the cursor and a character string displayed on the display unit. .
Further, in the mobile terminal device of the present invention, when the cursor is displayed at the end of the character string displayed on the display unit, the display control unit displays the character displayed on one side of the cursor. The display is performed by adding a first portion indicating that deletion is possible to the cursor.
In the mobile terminal device of the present invention, the display control unit deletes the character displayed on the other side of the cursor when the cursor is displayed in the character string displayed on the display unit. The display is performed by adding a second portion to the cursor to indicate that it is possible.
Furthermore, in the portable terminal device of the present invention, the display control unit adds a third part to the cursor indicating that the character input is possible when the character input by the operation of the key operation unit is possible. It is characterized by displaying.
The display method of the present invention is a method for displaying a cursor indicating an operation position of a character displayed on a display device, and the method is performed according to a positional relationship between a character string displayed on the display device and the display position of the cursor. It is characterized by changing the cursor display.
The display method of the present invention is characterized in that the shape of the cursor is changed according to the positional relationship between the character string displayed on the display device and the display position of the cursor.
Furthermore, the display method of the present invention is characterized in that the color of the cursor is changed according to the positional relationship between the character string displayed on the display device and the display position of the cursor.

  According to the present invention, since the cursor display is changed according to the positional relationship between the cursor display position and the character string displayed on the display unit, the user can easily recognize the character to be deleted. There is an effect that the convenience of the user can be improved.

  Hereinafter, a mobile terminal device and a display method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a portable terminal device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a case where the mobile terminal device 1 is a mobile phone will be described as an example. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal device 1 of the present embodiment includes a first housing 11, a second housing 12 that can be superimposed in the thickness direction of the first housing 11, and the first housing 11 and the first housing 11. A hinge portion 13 is provided for connecting the two housings 12 so as to be foldable. The hinge portion 13 is arranged so as to connect the base end portion 11 a of the first housing 11 and the base end portion 12 a of the second housing 12.

  Inside the second housing 12, a display unit 14 made of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an EL (Electro Luminescence: Organic EL) display having a display area 14a for displaying various information and a telephone call A speaker 15 is provided. The display area 14a of the display unit 14 is exposed on the surface 12c side of the second housing 12 facing the first housing 11 in a state where the first housing 11 and the second housing 12 are overlapped with each other. Yes. The speaker 15 is disposed at the distal end portion 12b of the second housing 12 located on the opposite side to the base end portion 12a, and penetrates from the surface 12c of the second housing 12 to the internal space of the second housing 12. It is exposed to the outside through the opening 12d.

  Inside the first housing 11, a key operation unit having a plurality of operation keys that can be pressed down such as a numeric keypad 16a, a call key 16b, an end call key 16c, a multi-directional key 16d, and soft keys 16e to 16g. 16 and a microphone 17 for calling are provided. A clear key 18 (deletion key) for deleting an input character is provided as one key of the numeric keypad 16a. The clear key 18 is a key used when deleting a character displayed on one side of a cursor C (see FIG. 3) indicating a character operation position or deleting a character displayed on the other side. . The key operation unit 16 is exposed outward from the surface 11c of the first housing 11 facing the second housing 12 in a state where the first housing 11 and the second housing 12 are overlapped with each other. .

  The microphone 17 is disposed at the distal end portion 11b of the first housing 11 located on the side opposite to the base end portion 11a, and penetrates from the surface 11c of the first housing 11 to the internal space of the first housing 11. It is exposed to the outside through the opening 11d. Note that a key switch, a shield case, a circuit board (all not shown), a battery 23 (see FIG. 2), and the like are arranged in the first housing 11 in an overlapping manner. Further, an antenna 21 (see FIG. 2) for wireless communication is accommodated on the distal end portion 11b side inside the first housing 11.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal device 1 includes an antenna 21, a wireless communication unit 22, a battery 23, a power source, in addition to the speaker 15, the microphone 17, the key operation unit 16, and the display unit 14 described with reference to FIG. 1. A control unit 24, a memory 25, and a control unit 26 that controls these in an integrated manner are provided.

  Here, the wireless communication unit 22 transmits / receives a radio signal to / from a base station (not shown) via the antenna 21, thereby making a call to / from another mobile phone, Realizes browsing of the homepage. The power control unit 24 controls charging and discharging of the battery 23. The memory 25 stores various information such as characters, symbols, images, and the like and programs that realize various functions of the mobile terminal device 1. The memory 25 is provided with a character string buffer B when the user operates the key operation unit 16 to input characters and the like.

  The control unit 26 includes a display control unit 31 and a buffer monitoring unit 32. The display control unit 31 performs display control of an image (photograph, character information, etc.) displayed on the display area 14 a of the display unit 14. Further, when the user operates the key operation unit 16 to input or edit characters (hereinafter, collectively referred to as “character operation”), the character input position and edit position (operation Display control to change the display of the cursor (caret) indicating (position). The details of the cursor display control will be described later. The buffer monitoring unit 32 monitors the free space of the character string buffer B provided in the memory 25 and the number of characters in the character string stored in the character string buffer B.

  FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which the character input screen of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is displayed. As shown in FIG. 3, when the user inputs a character or edits an already input character, a character input field R is displayed in the display area 14 a of the display unit 14. In the example shown in FIG. 3, an example in which the character input direction is from the left side to the right side and a character string “AIUEOKAKIKOKOSOSUSASE” consisting of 14 characters is input in the character input field R is illustrated. ing. In this character input field R, a cursor C indicating a character operation position is also displayed. The shape of the cursor C changes according to the positional relationship with the character string displayed in the character input field R under the control of the display control unit 31 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the cursor C displayed on the display unit 14 of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the cursor C has a vertical bar-like vertical bar C0 as a basic shape and is displayed between characters. In FIG. 4, a rectangular area denoted by reference character P <b> 1 indicates a display area of a character displayed on the left side of the cursor C (“character before the cursor”), and a rectangular area denoted by reference character P <b> 2 indicates the cursor C. The display area of the character displayed on the right side of “(the character next to the cursor”) is shown.

  When there is an empty area in the character string buffer B (when characters can be input), it indicates that characters can be input in addition to the vertical bar C0, and characters from the upper end of the vertical bar C0. An upper end horizontal bar C13 (third portion) extending in the input direction is displayed. Such display is performed by the display control unit 31 based on the monitoring result of the buffer monitoring unit 32. By displaying the upper end horizontal bar C13, the user can intuitively understand that characters can be input. If there is no empty space in the character string buffer B, the upper end horizontal bar C13 is not displayed.

  When the cursor C is displayed at the end of the character string displayed in the character input field R, in addition to the vertical bar C0, the character before the cursor (the character displayed in the display area P1) Is displayed, and a lower horizontal bar C11 (first portion) extending from the lower end of the vertical bar C0 in the direction opposite to the character input direction is displayed. On the other hand, when the cursor C is displayed in the character string displayed in the character input field R (in the middle of the character string), in addition to the vertical bar portion C0, the character next to the cursor (display) The character (displayed in the area P2) can be deleted, and a lower end horizontal bar portion C12 (second portion) extending in the character input direction from the lower end portion of the vertical bar portion C0 is displayed.

  The display of the lower horizontal bars C11 and C12 is performed by the display control unit 31 according to the monitoring result of the display position of the cursor C and the monitoring result of the number of characters of the character string stored in the character string buffer B by the buffer monitoring unit 32. Based on. When the lower end horizontal bar C11 is displayed, the user deletes the character before the cursor C (the character displayed in the display area P1) by pressing the clear key 18 (see FIGS. 1 and 3). When the lower horizontal bar C12 is displayed, it is intuitive that the character next to the cursor C (the character displayed in the display area P2) can be deleted by pressing the clear key 18. Can understand. If no character is input, the lower horizontal bar portions C11 and C12 are not displayed.

  Next, a specific example of character input using the mobile terminal device 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of the character input field R when inputting characters. First, when the user operates the key operation unit 16 of the mobile terminal device 1 to give a character input instruction, a character input field R shown in FIG. 5A is displayed in the display area 14a of the display unit 14. Here, since no character is input, the display control unit 31 includes a vertical bar C0 and an upper horizontal bar C13 as shown in FIG. 5A based on the monitoring result of the buffer monitoring unit 32. Cursor C is displayed. Since the upper end horizontal bar C13 is displayed on the cursor C, the user can intuitively understand that a character can be input.

  Next, it is assumed that the user operates the numeric keypad 16a to input a character string “That” consisting of three characters. Then, in the display of the character input field R, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the input character string “Ay” and the cursor C are displayed at the end of the character string. Here, since there is an empty area in the character string buffer B and the cursor C is displayed at the end of the character string “A”, the display control unit 31 has the vertical bar C0, the upper horizontal bar C13, and the lower end. A cursor C composed of a horizontal bar C11 is displayed. Since the upper end horizontal bar C13 is displayed on the cursor C, the user can intuitively understand that the character can be input and the character in front of the cursor C can be deleted. If the user presses the clear key 18 once, the character “U”, which is the character before the cursor C0, is deleted.

  When the display as shown in FIG. 5B is made in the character input field R, the user operates the multi-directional key 16d to move the cursor C between the character “I” and the character “U”. If the cursor C is moved to, the shape of the cursor C changes to the shape shown in FIG. Here, since there is an empty area in the character string buffer B and the cursor C is displayed in the middle of the character string “A”, the display control unit 31 displays the vertical bar C0, the upper horizontal bar C13, and the lower end. A cursor C including a horizontal bar C12 is displayed.

  Since the upper end horizontal bar C13 is displayed on the cursor C, the user can intuitively understand that the character can be input and the next character of the cursor C can be deleted. If the user presses the clear key 18 once, the character “U”, which is the next character after the cursor C0, is deleted. If the character “U”, which is the next character after the cursor C0, is deleted, the cursor C is positioned at the end of the character string “Ai”. Therefore, the vertical bar portion C0 shown in FIG. The cursor C changes to a horizontal bar C13 and a lower horizontal bar C11.

  Next, it is assumed that the character string buffer B has run out due to the user inputting characters. Then, the display control part 31 displays the cursor C which consists of the vertical bar part C0 and the lower end horizontal bar part C11 as shown in FIG.5 (d). That is, the display control unit 31 does not display the upper end horizontal bar portion C13 because there is no empty area in the character string buffer B, and the lower end horizontal bar portion C11 because the cursor C is displayed at the end of the input character string. Is displayed. With this display, the user can intuitively understand that character input is impossible and that the character in front of the cursor C can be deleted. If the user presses the clear key 18 once, the character “n” that is the character before the cursor C0 is deleted.

  Further, when the display as shown in FIG. 5D is made in the character input field R, the user operates the multi-directional key 16d to move the cursor C between the character “O” and the character “N”. Is moved to the shape as shown in FIG. 5E. Here, since there is no free space in the character string buffer B and the cursor C is displayed in the middle of the character string, the display control unit 31 displays the cursor C including the vertical bar portion C0 and the lower end horizontal bar portion C12. To do. By this display, the user cannot intuitively input characters, but intuitively understands that the character “n”, which is the next character of the cursor C, can be deleted by pressing the clear key 18. can do.

  As described above, according to the mobile terminal device and the display method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the lower horizontal bar C11 according to the positional relationship between the display position of the cursor C and the character string displayed in the character input field R. , C12 are displayed to change the display of the cursor C, the user can easily recognize the deleted character. That is, when the clear key 18 is pressed when the lower end horizontal bar portion C11 is displayed, the character in front of the cursor C is deleted, and when the lower end horizontal bar portion C12 is displayed, pressing the clear key 18 causes the cursor C to be deleted. Since it is possible to intuitively recognize that the next character is deleted, it is possible to prevent a problem that an unintended character is deleted and to improve user convenience.

  The mobile terminal device and the display method according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be freely changed within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the shape of the cursor C is changed by displaying the upper end horizontal bar C13 at the upper end of the vertical bar C0 and displaying the lower end horizontal bar C11, C12 at the lower end. The changing method is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the arrow indicating the character input direction is displayed at the upper end and the lower end of the vertical bar portion C0 instead of the upper end horizontal bar portion C13 and the lower end horizontal bar portion C12, and the reverse of the character input is changed to the lower end horizontal bar portion C11. An arrow indicating the direction may be displayed at the lower end of the vertical bar C0.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the shape of the cursor is changed has been described. However, the color of the cursor may be changed. Furthermore, the cursor color may be changed together with the change of the cursor shape. For example, in the above embodiment, the lower end horizontal bar C11 is displayed in light blue and the lower end horizontal bar C12 is displayed in red.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the character input direction is the direction from the left side to the right side has been described as an example. However, the present invention is also applicable to the case where the character input direction is the direction from the upper side to the lower side. Is possible. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where the mobile terminal device 1 is a mobile phone has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be applied to mobile terminal devices such as mobile game devices and mobile music players in general.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the portable terminal device 1 by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the portable terminal device 1 by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the state by which the character input screen of the portable terminal device 1 by one Embodiment of this invention was displayed. It is an enlarged view of the cursor C displayed on the display part 14 of the portable terminal device 1 by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the character input column R at the time of character input.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable terminal device 14 Display part 16 Key operation part 18 Clear key 31 Display control part C11, C12 Lower end horizontal bar part C13 Upper end horizontal bar part

Claims (10)

In a mobile terminal device comprising: a key operation unit operated by a user; and a display unit that displays a character string input by operating the key operation unit.
A display control unit that displays a cursor indicating a character operation position and changes the display of the cursor according to a positional relationship between the display position of the cursor and a character string displayed on the display unit is provided. Mobile terminal device.   2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the key operation unit includes a deletion key for commonly deleting a character displayed on one side of the cursor and deleting a character displayed on the other side. .   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit changes a shape of the cursor according to a positional relationship between a display position of the cursor and a character string displayed on the display unit. Terminal device.   The said display control part changes the color of the said cursor according to the positional relationship of the display position of the said cursor, and the character string displayed on the said display part. The mobile terminal device according to one item.   When the cursor is displayed at the end of the character string displayed on the display unit, the display control unit indicates that a character displayed on one side of the cursor can be deleted. 5. The portable terminal device according to claim 3, wherein a display is performed with a portion added to the cursor.   The display control unit, when the cursor is displayed in the character string displayed on the display unit, a second part indicating that the character displayed on the other side of the cursor can be deleted 5. The portable terminal device according to claim 3, wherein display is performed by adding to the cursor.   The display control unit performs display by adding a third part indicating that character input is possible to the cursor when character input is possible by operation of the key operation unit. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 3 to 6. A method for displaying a cursor indicating an operation position of a character displayed on a display device,
A display method comprising: changing the display of the cursor according to a positional relationship between a character string displayed on the display device and a display position of the cursor.   The display method according to claim 8, wherein the shape of the cursor is changed according to a positional relationship between a character string displayed on the display device and a display position of the cursor.   The display method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein a color of the cursor is changed according to a positional relationship between a character string displayed on the display device and a display position of the cursor.

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