JP2008257622A - Electronic equipment, operation control method, program for executing the operation control method, and recording medium recording the program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freely process a desired word by changing an input mode with good operability. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic equipment comprises a touch panel 4 for displaying at least one word; an operation detection means 7 for detecting an operation to the touch panel 4; a word acquisition means 7 for acquiring a word based on the operation detected by the detection means 7; an operation determination means 7 for determining the type of the operation detected by the detection means 7, and a mode setting means 7 for setting a different input mode according to the type of the operation determined by the determination means 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device, an operation control method, a program for executing the operation control method, and a recording medium for recording the program.

  Conventionally, Patent Document 1 discloses a portable information terminal that detects whether an attached pen is built in by a pen built-in sensing means and switches between a pen input mode and a finger input mode based on the result. ing.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a touch panel control that enables accurate input even when the contact area is wide by detecting coordinates from forward direction detection and reverse direction detection at the time of item selection input by a finger. A circuit is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 3, by utilizing the fact that the resistance value caused by the pressure on the surface is smaller than the resistance value caused by the pressure on one point, the resistance value is compared with a threshold value measured in advance. There is disclosed a contact input identification method for determining whether the contact is of the type.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-306833 JP 11-345089 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-2332034

  However, in the said patent document 1, the structure which can incorporate a pen and can detect the pen is essential. In order to switch the mode after taking out the pen, the pen must be rebuilt in the original position, which is troublesome to operate.

  Further, Patent Document 2 only discloses a configuration that can be detected regardless of the size of the contact area when operating with a finger. A configuration for enabling identification of what the operation is performed is not disclosed.

  Furthermore, in the said patent document 3, a point contact and a surface contact can be discriminate | determined and it can only switch to the input by a pen, and the deletion by an eraser, respectively.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, an operation control method, a program, and a recording medium that can change an input mode with good operability and can freely process a desired word.

As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides:
Electronics
A touch panel displaying at least one word;
Operation detecting means for detecting an operation on the touch panel;
A word acquisition unit that acquires the word based on an operation detected by the operation detection unit;
An operation determination means for determining whether the operation detected by the operation detection means is an operation by the first operation means or an operation by the second operation means;
A mode setting unit that sets the simple input mode when the operation determining unit determines that the operation is performed by the first operating unit, and sets the detailed input mode when the operation determining unit determines that the operation is performed by the second operating unit; ,
It is set as the structure provided with.

  Here, the simple input mode means a mode in which a necessary input can be performed by a simple operation. For example, when the touch panel is operated with a finger, it is difficult to input characters by handwriting, so this corresponds to a mode in which operation is facilitated by displaying a list of candidate words. The detailed input mode means a mode for performing input that is difficult to operate with a finger or the like, such as handwritten character input. However, this means that detailed input is possible, and simple input such as selecting a button on the touch panel may be included.

  In this case, the types of operations that can be discriminated by the operation discriminating means include a case where the operating means itself is different and a case where the operating method is different. As a means for discriminating the operation means, a method for calculating an area when the touch panel is touch-operated, for example, a detection method using a pressure method, a capacitance method, an optical method, an image method, or the like can be used.

  With the above configuration, there is no need for a special mechanism. Different inputs are possible only by the difference in the object (finger, pen, etc.) that operates the touch panel and the operation type (single touch, double touch, etc.). You can switch to mode. Then, the desired word can be acquired by the word acquisition unit only by the operation by the first operation unit. In addition, since the user can operate with a finger that is a part of the body without separately taking out the operation means such as a pen and operating the touch panel, the operability can be improved. Further, if detailed input is necessary, it is possible to automatically convert to the detailed input mode simply by operating the touch panel using a pen or the like, which is very convenient.

Storage means for storing synonym dictionary data;
The synonym dictionary stored in the storage unit based on the word acquired by the word acquisition unit when the second instruction operation by the first operation unit is performed after the first instruction operation by the first operation unit Synonym extracting means for searching data and extracting corresponding synonyms;
Display control means for displaying on the touch panel the synonyms extracted by the synonym extraction means;
Is preferably further provided.

  With this configuration, a desired word can be selected and converted into a synonym only by a two-step instruction operation by the first operating means, and excellent operability can be exhibited.

Storage means for storing Japanese dictionary data;
Detailed information for displaying the detailed information of the word acquired by the word acquisition unit on the touch panel when the third instruction operation by the first operation unit is performed after the first instruction operation by the first operation unit. It is preferable to further include display means.

  With this configuration, it is possible to display the detailed information of the selected word only by the two-step instruction operation by the first operation means. For this reason, for example, when converting to a synonym or the like, the meaning content can be once confirmed, and the user-friendliness can be remarkably improved.

  Example sentence display that displays on the touch panel an example sentence including the word acquired by the word acquisition means when the fourth instruction action by the first operation means is performed after the first instruction action by the first operation means Preferably means are further provided.

  With this configuration, it is possible to display an example sentence of the selected word only by the two-step instruction operation by the first operation means, so that it is possible to meet the user's needs and to greatly improve the usability.

  Note that the operation determination means may include, for example, a device capable of determining a finger and a pen by a temperature sensor or the like. Further, the operation means may be discriminable by a radio technology such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) or a radio memory chip.

Further, the present invention provides a means for solving the above-described problems,
Operation control method
A display step of displaying at least one word on the touch panel;
An operation detection step of detecting an operation on the touch panel;
A word acquisition step of acquiring the word based on the operation detected in the operation detection step;
An operation determination step for determining whether the detected operation is an operation by the first operation means or an operation by the second operation means;
A mode setting step for setting to a simple input mode if it is determined to be an operation by the first operation means, and to a detailed input mode if it is determined to be an operation by the second operation means;
It is something that is done in.

When the second instruction operation by the first operation means is performed after the first instruction operation by the first operation means, the synonym dictionary data is searched based on the word acquired in the word acquisition step. A synonym extraction step for extracting synonyms;
A display control step of displaying the extracted synonyms on the touch panel;
Is preferably further included.

  Detailed information for displaying the detailed information of the word acquired in the word acquisition step on the touch panel when the third indicating operation by the first operating unit is performed after the first indicating operation by the first operating unit. It is preferable to further include a display step.

  Example sentence display that displays on the touch panel an example sentence including the word acquired in the word acquisition step when the fourth instruction action by the first operation part is performed after the first instruction action by the first operation part Preferably, the step further includes.

  Further, according to the present invention, a program includes steps of the operation control method as means for solving the problems.

  In the present invention, the program is recorded on a recording medium as means for solving the problems.

  According to the present invention, the operation of the touch panel is discriminated and the input mode can be automatically changed. Therefore, the user can perform a desired input with a natural operation without being aware of the operation method, and the operability is remarkably improved. Can be improved.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Constitution)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic apparatus according to this embodiment. The electronic apparatus generally includes an input device 1, a display device 2, and a control device 3.

  For example, the input device 1 corresponds to various keys as long as it is an electronic dictionary, in addition to a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like. A voice input device may also be included.

  The display device 2 includes a touch panel 4. Here, the touch panel 4 employs an analog resistive film type that can be input with either a finger or a pen. It is also possible to adopt other methods such as a pressure detection method, a capacitance method, an ultrasonic surface acoustic wave method, an infrared light shielding method, an electromagnetic induction method, and an image recognition method. However, in the case of the electromagnetic induction method, it is necessary to use a special pen that can generate a magnetic field, and it is necessary to devise a separate configuration such as a pressure sensor so that a finger can be recognized.

  The control device 3 includes a ROM 5 (Read Only Memory), a RAM 6 (Random Access Memory), and a CPU 7 (Central Processing Unit). However, the storage device may include another storage medium such as a hard disk.

  The ROM 5 stores various dictionary data 8 and a control program 9 and the like. The dictionary data includes databases such as English dictionary data 12 (English-Japanese, Japanese-English, English-English dictionary), English example sentence dictionary data 13, English synonym dictionary data 14, and the like. In addition, a database of translation data 15 (for example, rules defining rules (grammar) for translating from the first language to the second language, past translation documents, etc.) is also stored.

  In the RAM 6, an input text storage area 16, a translated text storage area 17, a candidate word storage area 18, a candidate example sentence storage area 19 and the like are secured.

  The CPU 7 determines what the touch operation is performed on the display device 2, executes various programs stored in the ROM 5 based on the input on the display device 2 and the input from the input device 1, and dictionary data Control of data retrieval, data extraction, data storage in each storage area of the RAM 6, display on the display device 2, etc. is executed.

  The electronic device may include a speaker or the like as an audio output unit. In this case, the ROM 5 may store a voice output program for converting text data such as a translation into voice.

(Operation)
Next, the operation of the electronic apparatus having the above configuration will be described. However, in the following description, a case where Japanese is translated into English by an electronic dictionary will be referred to, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it includes the case where Japanese is input by voice and the displayed Japanese is corrected, or the language is translated between other languages.

(Translation processing)
First, a Japanese text (Japanese sentence) is input using the keyboard, touch panel 4, various keys, or a voice input device (step S1). The input Japanese sentence is stored in the input text storage area 16. Then, the input Japanese sentence is translated into English (step S2). In the translation into English, the translation data 15 is referred to by a conventionally known method (machine translation), the translation result (English) is stored in the translation text storage area 17, and the input Japanese sentence and the translated English sentence are stored. It is displayed on the display device 2 (step S3: display step).

(Word selection process)
Here, it waits until the touch panel 4 is operated (step S4: operation detection step). The touch operation on the touch panel 4 (first instruction operation: see FIG. 5) is performed on a word that the user desires to process, which will be described later, by looking at the displayed English text. Therefore, first, when the touch panel 4 is operated, a word located in a predetermined area including the position touched by the operation is acquired (step S5: word acquisition step). At this time, the acquired word is highlighted so that it can be distinguished from other words. However, the word acquisition step may be performed by touching a desired word again after shifting to either the simple mode input process or the detailed mode input process, which will be described later, instead of the first instruction operation. Good. In this case, in step S5, it is only necessary to determine what is performed by touching any of the screens instead of the desired word.

  Subsequently, it is determined what operation has been performed on the touch panel 4 (step S6: operation determination step). Here, it is assumed that the touch operation on the touch panel 4 is performed with a finger or a pen, and the determination of both is performed as follows.

(Operating means discrimination process)
That is, when the touch panel 4 is an analog resistance film type, whether it is a touch operation with a finger or a touch operation with a pen based on the conductive state (difference in resistance) of the transparent conductive film formed on the opposing surfaces of the film and glass (See, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-2332034). In addition, when the touch panel 4 is a pressure detection method, an input from the pressure sensor is used that detects an area in which the pressure changes when the touch panel 4 is operated (for example, a large number of pressure sensors arranged in a matrix). The determination may be made based on the signal. In the other methods described above, the operation means of the touch panel 4 may be determined by a method suitable for each method.

  If it is determined in step S6 that the operation of the touch panel 4 is performed with a finger, the simple mode input process is executed, and if it is determined that the operation is performed with the pen, the detailed mode input process is executed (mode setting step). .

(Simple mode input processing)
First, the simple mode input process will be described. In the simple mode input process, the subsequent process contents differ depending on the next operation performed on the highlighted word.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the highlighted word is touch-operated again, and the touch operation itself is a short one within a predetermined time. After that, if there is no touch operation for a predetermined time, It is determined that the operation is a two-instruction operation (double touch) and the process proceeds to synonym extraction processing. Also, as shown in FIG. 7, if the highlighted word is touched twice again within a predetermined time, it is determined as the third instruction operation (triple touch), and the process proceeds to the explanation display process. . Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, if the highlighted word is further touched, and the touch operation is performed within a predetermined time from the first touch operation and is longer than the predetermined time, It is determined that it is a four-instruction operation (long touch), and the process proceeds to example sentence display processing.

(Synonym extraction processing)
In the synonym extraction process, first, synonym dictionary data is searched (step S21). At this time, if it takes time to search the synonym dictionary data, a message indicating that processing is in progress (for example, “searching”) may be displayed. If the synonym dictionary data includes the headline of the selected word (step S22), the word included in the subcategory to which the word belongs is extracted (step S23: synonym extraction step) and stored in the candidate word storage area 18. The acquired word is displayed in place of the selected word (step S24: display control step). Usually, since there are a plurality of words included in the small category, words other than the selected word may be sequentially switched and displayed each time the next touch operation is performed. However, it is also possible to display a list of a plurality of words. When returning to the word selection process, a cancel process such as a touch operation of a return button (not shown) may be executed.

(Explanation display processing)
In the explanation display process, English-Japanese dictionary data is searched (step S31). If there is a heading of the selected word in the English-Japanese dictionary data (step S32), a detailed description of the word is acquired (step S33) and displayed on the display device 2 (step S34: detailed information display step). The detailed description may be displayed on a part of the screen or in a separate window. Since the user can refer to the detailed description before converting the word, it can be used as a reference for performing more appropriate conversion.

(Example sentence display process)
In the example sentence display process, the English example sentence dictionary data 13 is searched (step S41), and it is determined whether or not there is a headword of the word selected in step S11 (step S42). If there is a headword, the English example sentence is extracted (step S43), stored in the candidate example sentence storage area 19, and displayed on the display device 2 (step S44: example sentence display step). When there are a plurality of English example sentences to be extracted, as shown in FIG. 9, it is possible to switch to the next English example sentence (step S46) by sliding the finger in either direction (step S45). In step S45, if there is no next touch operation and a predetermined time has elapsed, the example sentence is confirmed. The English example sentence stored in the candidate example sentence storage area 19 can be used for voice output thereafter.

  Thus, according to the example sentence display process, the user can select a specific word from the translated sentence obtained by the translation process and display an English example sentence including the word. In other words, it is possible to display other English example sentences derived from the obtained translated sentence, and display the example sentence desired by the user.

(Detailed mode input processing)
If it is determined in step S6 that the touch panel has been operated with the pen, the following detailed mode input process is executed. The detailed mode input process is executed when the displayed word is corrected or when the displayed word is corrected by manual input.

(Correction process)
When a word is touch-operated with a pen, an underline is displayed instead of highlighting the touch-operated word to distinguish it from other words. Then, a manual entry field is displayed below the English example sentence (step S51). Here, the manual input field is composed of three blank columns side by side. Therefore, the alphabet is written directly with a pen in order from the blank on the left side. When the pen input to the manual entry field is started (step S52), the word selected in step S6 is deleted (step S53), and the alphabet written and automatically recognized in that area (word area). (Step S54), and the acquired characters are sequentially displayed in the erasure area (step S55). If alphabets are written in all blanks in the manual entry field and they are displayed in the word area, the manual entry field is cleared to prepare for the next writing. If a predetermined time elapses after the touch operation with the pen disappears (step S56), it is determined that the correction process has been completed, and the word to be changed is determined (step S57).

  In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a finger or a pen is used as the operation unit, and the input mode is changed by automatically determining both. However, other combinations can be used for the operation unit. is there. For example, an irregularly shaped operation unit may be formed at the other end of the pen, and the pen and the operation unit may be discriminated with a touch panel. In addition, a proximity sensor, RFID, wireless memory chip, or the like can be used as the operation means.

  In addition, a temperature sensor can be used as the operation determination unit. That is, the temperature on the touch panel changes between when operated with a finger and when operated with a pen. Therefore, by detecting this temperature difference with a temperature sensor, it is determined what the operating means is. . This

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic dictionary has been described as an example of the electronic device. However, each of the above-described configurations includes various types of devices such as other electric devices such as portable terminals such as PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), personal computers, and the like. It is possible to adopt.

It is a block diagram of the electronic device which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the processing content of this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the simple mode input process of FIG. It is a flowchart figure which shows the detailed mode input process of FIG. It is a top view which shows the operation state of the touch panel which shows 1st instruction | indication operation | movement. It is a top view which shows the operation state of the touch panel which shows a 2nd instruction | indication operation | movement. It is a top view which shows the operation state of the touch panel which shows 3rd instruction | indication operation | movement. It is a top view which shows the operation state of the touch panel which shows 4th instruction | indication operation | movement. It is a top view which shows the state which made the finger | toe slide-operate from FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device 2 ... Display apparatus 3 ... Control apparatus 4 ... Touch panel 5 ... ROM
6 ... RAM
7 ... CPU (operation detection means, word acquisition means, operation determination means, mode setting means)
8 ... Various dictionary data 9 ... Example sentence search table 10 ... Dictionary search program 11 ... Extraction search program 12 ... English dictionary data 13 ... English example dictionary data 13 ... English synonym dictionary data 15 ... Translation data 16 ... Input text storage area 17 ... Translation Text storage area 18 ... Candidate word storage area 19 ... Candidate example sentence storage area

Claims (10)

A touch panel displaying at least one word;
Operation detecting means for detecting an operation on the touch panel;
A word acquisition unit that acquires the word based on an operation detected by the operation detection unit;
An operation determination means for determining whether the operation detected by the operation detection means is an operation by the first operation means or an operation by the second operation means;
A mode setting unit that sets the simple input mode when the operation determining unit determines that the operation is performed by the first operating unit, and sets the detailed input mode when the operation determining unit determines that the operation is performed by the second operating unit; ,
An electronic device characterized by comprising: Storage means for storing synonym dictionary data;
The synonym dictionary stored in the storage unit based on the word acquired by the word acquisition unit when the second instruction operation by the first operation unit is performed after the first instruction operation by the first operation unit Synonym extracting means for searching data and extracting corresponding synonyms;
Display control means for displaying on the touch panel the synonyms extracted by the synonym extraction means;
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: Storage means for storing Japanese dictionary data;
Detailed information for displaying the detailed information of the word acquired by the word acquisition unit on the touch panel when the third instruction operation by the first operation unit is performed after the first instruction operation by the first operation unit. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means.   Example sentence display that displays on the touch panel an example sentence including the word acquired by the word acquisition means when the fourth instruction action by the first operation means is performed after the first instruction action by the first operation means The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising means. A display step of displaying at least one word on the touch panel;
An operation detection step of detecting an operation on the touch panel;
A word acquisition step of acquiring the word based on the operation detected in the operation detection step;
An operation determination step for determining whether the detected operation is an operation by the first operation means or an operation by the second operation means;
A mode setting step for setting to a simple input mode if it is determined to be an operation by the first operation means, and to a detailed input mode if it is determined to be an operation by the second operation means;
The operation control method characterized by including. When the second instruction operation by the first operation means is performed after the first instruction operation by the first operation means, the synonym dictionary data is searched based on the word acquired in the word acquisition step. A synonym extraction step for extracting synonyms;
A display control step of displaying the extracted synonyms on the touch panel;
The operation control method according to claim 5, further comprising:   Detailed information for displaying the detailed information of the word acquired in the word acquisition step on the touch panel when the third indicating operation by the first operating unit is performed after the first indicating operation by the first operating unit. The operation control method according to claim 5, further comprising a display step.   Example sentence display that displays on the touch panel an example sentence including the word acquired in the word acquisition step when the fourth instruction action by the first operation part is performed after the first instruction action by the first operation part The operation control method according to claim 5, further comprising a step.   A program comprising the steps of the operation control method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.   A computer-readable recording medium having the program according to claim 9 recorded thereon.

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