JP2009157416A - Input processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input processor giving less trouble to users in an input operation using a cross key (a cursor movement key) in a Web page having a keyword retrieval function. <P>SOLUTION: This input processor used for input to a device having no pointing device such as a mouse has: a data communication part (step S101) acquiring page data described in a prescribed language; a display part for screen display; a decryption part (step S102) decrypting the page data acquired by the data communication part; a character input part used for inputting a character displayed on the display part; and a display control part controlling the display part based on the input from the character input part and a result of decrypting communication data by the decryption part. The display control part decides that description for displaying a text input field within a display range of the display part is included in the communication data, and controls such that the character is input to the text input field of the display part when the character is input by the character input part (step S104). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention makes it possible to execute a process of efficiently inputting characters to a desired input corresponding place with a small number of input key operations in an apparatus in which only a limited number of input devices are provided, thereby simplifying the user's input operation. The present invention relates to an input processing device that can

  Many portable information terminal devices such as mobile phones and PDAs, or car navigation devices do not have an input device such as a keyboard or mouse, such as a personal computer (PC), and numeric keys and cross keys (cursor movement keys). Character input must be performed using limited input means such as.

  In view of this, various technologies have been proposed for simplifying the user's input operation so that a desired process can be started with a small number of input key operations in such portable terminal devices with limited input keys. ing.

For example, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-333174), ten input keys numbered from “0” to “9”, “*” (asterisk), and “#” (sharp) ) Are provided with two input keys, and these 12 input keys are arranged in a predetermined arrangement, and at least a part of the 12 input keys has one selection item for each. There is described a mobile terminal device configured to display at least one selection item assigned to an input key in an arrangement corresponding to the arrangement of input keys to which selection items are assigned on a display screen. .
JP 2001-333174 A

  Conventionally, when searching using a keyword on a search page on a mobile terminal device, if there is a text entry field, use the cross key (cursor move key) (↑ ↓ ← → etc.) There was a problem that the user had to reach the input field and then input a character with the numeric keypad, and the input operation of the cross key (cursor movement key) was required many times, which was complicated.

  In the present invention, when there is a text input field on the display screen, the input operation of the cross key (cursor movement key) is not necessary, and when the numeric keypad is operated to input a character, the character is automatically entered into the text input field. The purpose is to reduce the operation of the user by moving the cursor.

  In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a display device having a display screen, an input operation unit for inputting an operation of an operator, and the display device according to an input from the input operation unit. In the input processing device provided with the control device for controlling the display of the display, the input operation unit includes an input point operation key capable of operating an input point on the display screen, and a predetermined character or character at the input point on the display screen. The controller has a character input key capable of inputting a symbol. When the character input key is operated, the control device displays an input character in a text input field regardless of an input point on the display screen. It is characterized by controlling so that.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the input processing device according to the first aspect, a data communication unit that acquires page data described in a predetermined language, and a page data acquired by the data communication unit are decoded. A decoding unit, and the control device controls the display device based on a result of decoding the communication data by the decoding unit and an input from the input operation unit, and is within a display range of the display device. When it is determined that a description for displaying a text input field is included in the communication data and there is a character input by the input operation unit, control is performed so that the character input is displayed in the text input field of the display device. It is characterized by that.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the input processing device according to the second aspect, the text input field analysis unit for analyzing the attribute of the text input field, and the association between the attribute of the text input field and the input character are stored. And the control device determines that the communication data includes a plurality of descriptions for displaying a text input field within the display range of the display device, and the input operation unit When there is a character input, the relationship between the attributes of the plurality of text input fields analyzed by the text input field analysis unit and the input characters is investigated by the relevance database unit, and Control is performed so that character input is displayed in a text input field having highly relevant attributes.

  According to the input processing device of the first aspect of the present invention, when the character input key is operated on the display screen on which the text input field is arranged, the input character is controlled to be input into the text input field. Therefore, an input operation using a complicated cross key (cursor movement key) is reduced.

  In the input processing device according to claim 2 of the present invention, the control device controls the display device based on a result of decoding communication data by the decoding unit and an input from the input operation unit. When it is determined that the communication data includes a description for displaying a text input field within the display range of the display device, and a character is input by the input operation unit, a character is displayed in the text input field of the display device. Since the input is controlled so as to be displayed, the user can reduce an input operation using a complicated cross key (cursor movement key) on a Web page having a search function using a keyword.

  According to the input processing device of the present invention, the text input field analysis unit that analyzes the attribute of the text input field, and the relevance database that stores the relationship between the attribute of the text input field and the input character The control device determines that the communication data includes a plurality of descriptions for displaying a text input field within the display range of the display device, and there is character input by the input operation unit. The relationship between the attributes of the plurality of text input fields analyzed by the text input field analysis unit and the input characters is investigated by the relationship database unit, and the relationship with the input characters is high. Since control is performed so that character input is displayed in a text input field having attributes, there are a plurality of text input fields that can be input on a Web page having a keyword search function. Also, character input is made to the optimal text input field.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal will be described in detail as an example of an apparatus to which the input processing apparatus of the present embodiment is applied. Note that although a mobile communication terminal will be described as an example of the present embodiment, devices to which the input processing device of the present invention can be applied are not limited to mobile communication terminals (such as mobile phones and PHS phones), and the present invention is not limited to PDAs. It is suitable for application to a device having only limited input means such as a numeric keypad and a cross key (cursor movement key), such as a portable information terminal device such as a game machine or a car navigation device. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a mobile communication terminal including an input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block configuration of the mobile communication terminal including an input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

  1 and 2, 100 is a mobile communication terminal, 101 is a CPU, 102 is a bus, 103 is a ROM, 104 is a RAM, 105 is an input operation unit for inputting an operator's operation, 106 is an input circuit, and 108 is An audio control circuit, 109 is a microphone, 112 is a speaker, 114 is a display control circuit, 115 is a display as a display device having a display screen, and 116 is a communication control circuit.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of the appearance of a mobile communication terminal equipped with the input processing device of this embodiment. This mobile communication terminal 100 is of a type that can fold two housings by a hinge mechanism. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the hinge mechanism of such a mobile communication terminal 100 is opened. In one housing, a display 115 as a display unit and a speaker 112 as an audio output unit are arranged. An input operation unit 105 such as a cross key (cursor movement key), a numeric keypad, and a microphone 109 are arranged on the housing as an input interface.

  FIG. 2 shows an outline of the circuit configuration of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. The mobile communication terminal 100 is equipped with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 which is a control device that controls display such as a display as a display device in response to an input from the input operation unit 105. The CPU 101 is connected to each unit in the apparatus through the bus 102. Of these, the ROM 103 is a read-only memory that stores a program for controlling each part of the mobile communication terminal 100. The RAM 104 is a random access memory that temporarily stores communication data including temporary data and images necessary for executing a program.

  The input operation unit 105 is composed of a key switch group disposed on the surface of the other casing shown in FIG. A signal generated by operating the input operation unit 105 is transmitted to the bus 102 via the input circuit 106.

  The audio control circuit 108 is a circuit that inputs and outputs audio, and inputs audio from the microphone 109 and outputs audio from the speaker 112. The display control circuit 114 controls the display on the display 115 described above. The communication control circuit 116 communicates with a radio base station (not shown) by radio.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an input operation unit and a display unit of the mobile communication terminal 100 including the input processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In recent years, for example, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PHS phones are equipped with a browser function (WWW browser function) in the main body, and are connected to the Internet by operation of operation keys, and desired web pages (homepages, web contents). ) Is searchable. Such a mobile communication terminal 100 is required to efficiently arrange operation keys on the main body so that a desired Web page can be displayed in a short time. FIG. 3 is a front view showing the mobile communication terminal 100 employed in such a mobile phone. When connecting to the Internet using the mobile communication terminal 100 employed in a mobile phone having such a configuration, the main body of the user mobile phone is connected to the Internet via a communication line provided by a mobile phone company or the like. Then, the user inputs the address (ULR: Uniform Resource Locator) of the information to be displayed with the numeric keypad, or selects the location where the link destination URL information is embedded with the cross key (cursor movement key). By transmitting to the mobile phone company, desired page data (Web page) can be obtained. In this specification, the cursor (input point) is defined as indicating the position of the selection candidate item in the display on the GUI. Further, in the display in the text input column, it is defined as indicating where the character to be input next is added.

  Further, the page data acquired by the communication control circuit 116 by designating a URL by a user input operation is described in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) or the like. Such page data is decoded by the CPU 101, which is a control device, based on a program stored in advance in the ROM 103, and the display control circuit 114 is driven on the basis of this, and information on the page specified by the URL is displayed on the display 115. It is configured so that it can be displayed.

  In FIG. 3, details of the input operation unit 105 are shown. 124a is a numeric keypad, 124b is a call / disconnect key, 124c is a cross key (cursor movement key), 124d is an enter key, 124e is a first function call key, and 124f is This is a second function call key. The numeric keypad 124a is a character input key capable of inputting a predetermined character or symbol, and the cross key 124c is an input point operation for moving a cursor as an input point on the display screen displayed on the display 115 as a display device. Key. Depending on the page data, the input point operation key may not only move the input point on the display screen but also function as a forward or reverse feed of the display screen.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display display example of the mobile communication terminal 100 including the input processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a display example of a Web page on which items (shopping, auction, bank, etc.) in which URL information of a link destination is embedded and a text input field in which a keyword for search can be input are displayed. ing.

  Here, a conventional search execution procedure will be described with reference to FIG. For example, a description will be given of a procedure in a case where a search is performed by inputting a character in the text input field assuming that the cursor is currently positioned in the item “weather”. In such a case, first, the “↑” key of the cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is pressed four times, and the cursor is moved to “weather” item → “travel” item → “securities” item → “shopping”. Move to item → text input field. Subsequently, the numeric keypad 124a or the like is pressed to input a keyword for search. Next, press the “→” key of the cross key (cursor movement key) 124c once to move the cursor to the “search” button and press the enter key 124d to search using the input characters as a keyword. Execute.

  As described above, in the conventional search execution procedure, it is necessary to press the cross key (cursor movement key) 124c several times to move the cursor to the text input field, and then input a keyword for search with the numeric keypad 124a. There was a problem that there was.

  That is, conventionally, when performing a search using a keyword on a Web page with a search function in a mobile terminal device, if there is a text input field, the cross key (cursor move key) 124c (↑ ↓ ← → etc.) to the cursor position Key) is used to reach the text input field, and then the character input must be input with the numeric keypad 124a, and the input operation of the cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is required many times, which is complicated. There was a problem.

  In the present invention, when there is a text input field on the display screen of the display 115, the input operation of the cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is not necessary, and when the user tries to input characters by operating the numeric key 124a, it is automatically performed. By inputting characters into the text input field, the user's operation by moving the cursor is reduced.

  Next, processing of the input processing device according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a process flowchart of the input processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that the processing routine of the input processing device shown here can be considered as a part of other control processing subroutines.

  In FIG. 5, when the process is started in step S100, the process proceeds to step S101, and the communication control circuit 116 acquires page data based on the designated URL. Subsequently, in step S102, the page data acquired by the communication control circuit 116 is decoded.

Next, in step S103, it is determined whether or not there is a text entry field description within the display range. Such a determination is a description for the text entry field in the page data.
<input type = "text" name = "" value = "" size = "" class = "">
It is possible to determine by whether or not there exists.

  When the determination result in step S103 is YES, the process proceeds to step S104, and when the determination result in step S103 is NO, the process proceeds to step S106. In step S106, normal display control based on an input operation such as a cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is executed, and the process ends in step S107.

  In step S104, it is determined whether or not there is an input operation of the numeric key 124a for character input by the user. If the result of determination in step S104 is YES, the process proceeds to step S105, and if the result of determination in step S104 is NO, the process proceeds to step S106. In step S106, normal display control based on an input operation such as a cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is executed, and the process ends in step S107.

  In step S105, display control is performed so that character input by the input operation of the numeric keypad 124a is input to the text input field. In step S107, the process ends.

  According to such processing, on the Web page having a search function by keyword, the user can reduce the input operation by the complicated cross key (cursor movement key) 124c.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In another embodiment, it is possible to cope with a case where there are a plurality of text input fields where characters can be input on a Web page having a search function using keywords.

  The configuration of the input processing apparatus of this embodiment can be the same as that of the previous embodiment. However, it is necessary to provide the relevance database unit for use in the present embodiment in the ROM 103 and prepare a program for executing the processing flow of the present embodiment.

The ROM 103 has a description for the text input field in the page data.
<input type = "text" name = "" value = "" size = "" class = "">
A program for analyzing the attribute of the text input field from the description before and after the description is provided. Here, the attribute of the text input field indicates what keywords the text input field can accept. For example, whether the keyword input in the text input field is “place name” or “zip code” is an attribute of the text input field.

  Relevance set in the ROM 103 stores in advance how the text input field attribute is related to the keyword input by the character input by the input operation of the numeric keypad 124a. It is a database. Such a relevance database can be provided in a rewritable non-volatile storage means (not shown), and can be set to learn or communicate with a server or the like to be updated as appropriate.

  Next, processing of the input processing device according to another embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of the input processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. Note that the processing routine of the input processing device shown here can be considered as a part of other control processing subroutines.

  In FIG. 6, when the process is started in step S200, the process proceeds to step S201, and the communication control circuit 116 acquires page data based on the designated URL. Subsequently, in step S202, the page data acquired by the communication control circuit 116 is decoded.

Next, in step S203, it is determined whether or not there is a text entry field description within the display range. Such a determination is a description for the text entry field in the page data.
<input type = "text" name = "" value = "" size = "" class = "">
It is possible to determine by whether or not there exists.

  If the determination result in step S203 is YES, the process proceeds to step S204, and if the determination result in step S203 is NO, the process proceeds to step S209. In step S209, normal display control based on an input operation such as a cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is executed, and the process ends in step S210.

  In step S204, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of text input fields in the page data within the range displayed on the display 115. When the determination result of step S204 is YES, the process proceeds to step S205, and when the determination result of step S204 is NO, the process proceeds to step S207.

  In step S207, it is determined whether or not there is an input operation of the numeric key 124a for character input by the user. If the determination result in step S207 is YES, the process proceeds to step S208, and if the determination result in step S207 is NO, the process proceeds to step S209. In step S209, normal display control based on an input operation such as a cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is executed, and the process ends in step S210.

  In step S205 that proceeds when the determination result in step S204 is YES, it is determined whether or not there is an input operation of the numeric keypad 124a. If the determination result in step S205 is YES, the process proceeds to step S206, and if the determination result in step S205 is NO, the process proceeds to step S209. In step S209, normal display control based on an input operation such as a cross key (cursor movement key) 124c is executed, and the process ends in step S210.

  In step S206, control is performed so that an input is made in a text input field having an attribute highly related to an input character based on an input operation such as a cross key (cursor movement key) 124c. Regarding the level of relevance between the input character and the attribute of the text input field, the relevance database set in the ROM 103 is referred to. In step S210, the process ends.

  In another embodiment in which the above processing is performed, even if there are a plurality of text input fields that can be input on a Web page having a search function by keyword, characters are input in the optimum text input field. In step 203, it is determined whether or not there is a description of the text input field within the display range on the display screen, but the display on the display screen in the page data is based on the decoding result of the page data. Even if it is not within the range, it may be determined whether or not there is a description of the text input field in the page data.

1 is an external perspective view of a mobile communication terminal including an input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the input operation part and display part of a mobile communication terminal provided with the input processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline of a block structure of a mobile communication terminal provided with the input processing device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display display of the mobile communication terminal 100 provided with the input processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process flowchart of the input processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process flowchart of the input processing apparatus which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Mobile communication terminal, 101 ... CPU, 102 ... Bus, 103 ... ROM, 104 ... RAM, 105 ... Input operation part, 106 ... Input circuit, 108 ... ..Voice control circuit 109 ... Microphone 112 ... Speaker 114 ... Display control circuit 115 ... Display 116 ... Communication control circuit 124a ... Numeric keypad 124b Call / Disconnect key, 124c... Cross key (cursor movement key), 124d... Enter key, 124e... First function call key, 124f.

Claims (3)

In an input processing apparatus comprising a display device having a display screen, an input operation unit for inputting an operation of an operator, and a control device for controlling display of the display device in accordance with an input from the input operation unit,
The input operation unit has an input point operation key capable of operating an input point on the display screen, and a character input key capable of inputting a predetermined character or symbol at the input point on the display screen,
The control device controls an input character to be displayed in a text input field regardless of an input point on the display screen when the character input key is operated. . A data communication unit for acquiring page data described in a predetermined language;
A decoding unit for decoding the page data acquired by the data communication unit,
The control device controls the display device based on the decoding result of the communication data by the decoding unit and the input from the input operation unit,
When it is determined that the communication data includes a description for displaying a text input field within the display range of the display device, and a character is input by the input operation unit, a character input is performed in the text input field of the display device. The input processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input processing device is controlled so as to be displayed. A text input field analysis unit for analyzing the attributes of the text input field;
A relevance database section for storing relevance between the attributes of the text input field and the input characters,
The control device determines that the communication data includes a plurality of descriptions for displaying a text input field within the display range of the display device, and when there is a character input by the input operation unit,
Attributes of a plurality of text input fields analyzed by the text input field analysis unit;
The relationship with the entered characters is investigated by the relationship database unit,
3. The input processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein control is performed so that the character input is displayed in a text input field having an attribute highly related to the input character.

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