JP2009187052A - Information processing method and information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processor allowing the screen operation of a back face window to be efficiently performed even when a transparent window is displayed. <P>SOLUTION: This information processing method for performing overwrite processing by displaying a transparent window for overwrite on the most front face of the display by overlapping it on a back face window being a window equipped with a scroll bar and displayed on the display, includes: a scroll bar region calculation step of calculating a region on the display of the scroll bar of the back face window; a detection step of detecting at which position on the display a position instructed by a point indication means is present on the transparent window; and an end step of closing the transparent window when the position detected by the detection step is present within the scroll bar region in the back face window. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing method and an information processing apparatus.

  Examples of applications that display content (documents, Web pages, etc.) on a display such as a computer include “document creation software” such as Word (registered trademark) manufactured by Microsoft, and Acrobat Reader (registered trademark) manufactured by Adobe Systems. There are known “document management software”, “Web browser” such as Netscape Communicator (registered trademark) manufactured by Netscape Communications.

  When such content is displayed on the display as a window, when you want to perform overdrawing for the purpose of supplementary explanation or clarification of the explanation position on the window, the window with a transparent background ( (Hereinafter referred to as a transparent window) is displayed, and overwriting is performed on the transparent window. At this time, all mouse data operated by moving the cursor or the like is passed to the transparent window, so that operations such as a scroll bar and a tool bar of a window behind the transparent window (hereinafter referred to as a rear window) cannot be performed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-259310 discloses a technique for displaying a graphical user interface component such as a menu bar and a scroll bar in a transparent manner on the display area of information to be originally displayed. Accordingly, by operating a transparent scroll bar or the like, it is possible to operate a window on the back of the transparent graphical user interface component.
JP 2000-259310 A

  However, in the prior art, when it is desired to perform overwriting on the displayed window, a transparent window of the full screen is displayed on the graphical user interface component together with the rear window, and the operation of the rear window is performed. In order to do this, it is necessary to close the transparent window, and the user's screen operation is complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and even when a transparent window is displayed over a window displayed on a display, the screen operation of the back window on the back of the transparent window is efficiently performed. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing method and an information processing apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a window having a scroll bar, which is overlaid on a rear window, which is a window displayed on the display, and a transparent window for overwriting is placed on the foreground on the display. In the information processing method for displaying and overwriting, a scroll bar area calculating step for calculating an area of the scroll bar of the rear window on the display, and the position indicated by the point indicating means on the transparent window A detection step for detecting a position on the display; and an end step for closing the transparent window if the position detected by the detection step is within the scroll bar area of the rear window. It is characterized by that.

  Alternatively, the present invention is a window having a scroll bar, which is overlaid on a rear window, which is a window displayed on the display, and an overwriting process is performed by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display. In the information processing method to be performed, a scroll box area calculating step for calculating an area of the scroll box of the back window on the display, and on the transparent window, the position indicated by the point instruction means is at which position on the display. A detecting step for detecting whether or not there is an end step for closing the transparent window if the position detected by the detecting step is within the scroll box area of the rear window.

  Alternatively, the present invention is a window having a scroll bar, which is overlaid on a rear window, which is a window displayed on the display, and an overwriting process is performed by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display. In the information processing method to be performed, a scroll box assumed area calculating step for calculating an area on the display of the scroll box of the rear window and calculating a scroll box assumed area including the area of the scroll box; and on the transparent window A detecting step for detecting the position indicated by the point indicating means on the display; and if the position detected by the detecting step is within the scroll box assumed region, the transparent window is Close It has a termination step that, a.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even when a transparent window is displayed on the window currently displayed on the display, screen operation of the back window in the back of a transparent window can be performed efficiently.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 in the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an information processing system configuration diagram according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the information processing system shown in FIG.

  The information processing system according to the present invention includes an information processing apparatus 100, a display 101, a touch panel 102, and a coordinate control apparatus 103.

  The display 101 includes a display device such as a plasma display panel (PDP) or a liquid crystal rear projector, and displays an image output from the information processing device 100. The touch panel 102 detects a coordinate indicator such as a finger or a pen touching the display surface. Here, a tablet PC using a touch panel will be described with reference to FIGS. The tablet PC is equipped with a touch panel as standard equipment so that it can be used in place of a mouse with a pen, and characters can be drawn by handwriting instead of a keyboard, instead of an existing PC that assumes keyboard and mouse operations.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a standard notebook PC type tablet PC. The display 301 is equipped with a touch panel as standard. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state where the display 301 of the tablet PC of FIG. 3 is rotated by 180 degrees and folded. The tablet PC knows the position (coordinates) of the electronic pen 401 on the display 301 by using the electronic pen 401 and a sensor built in the tablet PC, and emulates a mouse click and drag operation. By using the horizontal display 301 and the electronic pen 401, handwritten characters that are difficult to operate with a mouse can be drawn as if writing on paper.

  The configuration of the drawing surface of the display 301 will be described. A tempered glass 402 is installed on the surface with which the electronic pen 401 is in direct contact to prevent the liquid crystal display unit 403 from being damaged. In addition, an electromagnetic induction sensor unit 404 that detects the position of the electronic pen 401 is disposed under the liquid crystal display unit 403, and the display 301 has a structure that does not impair image quality. 3 and 4 show a form in which the display 301 is rotated and folded, there is a type in which the display 301 can be removed.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the coordinate calculation control device 103 detects a coordinate indicator that touches the display surface, calculates a detected position (coordinates), and outputs the calculated position to the information processing device 100. Here, as an example of the coordinate detection method of the touch panel, the light blocking detection method will be described with reference to FIG.

  A plurality of light emitting diodes 501 are arranged in a line in the X-axis and Y-axis directions according to detection accuracy, and emit infrared light. In FIG. 5, since an XGA display is taken as an example, the same number of emitting diodes 501 as the XGA display resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels are arranged.

  The photo-resistor 502 receives infrared light issued by the light emitting diode 501, converts the received infrared light into an electrical signal, and outputs the converted electrical signal to the touch panel control device.

  The coordinate calculation control device 103 causes the light emitting diodes 501 in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction to sequentially emit light, and emits light assuming that the coordinate indicator 503 is present when the electrical signal output from the photo register 502 is less than a specific amount. The coordinate position of the coordinate indicator 503 is specified from the arrangement position of the diode 501. When the coordinate indicator 503 is in the position of FIG. 5, the infrared light emitted from the X-axis light emitting diode “2” is blocked by the coordinate indicator 503, and the infrared light is not received by the photoresistor 502. The electrical signal output from the signal becomes less than a specific amount. Therefore, the X coordinate of the coordinate indicator 503 can be recognized as “2”. Similarly, the Y coordinate can be recognized as “3” in the same manner as the X coordinate.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a touch panel driver 104, a mouse I / F 105, an application 106, and a display I / F 107.

  The touch panel driver 104 acquires coordinate data output from the coordinate calculation control device 103 by communication means such as RS232C or USB, converts it into mouse data defined by the OS, and converts the mouse data to a mouse I / F (interface) provided by the OS. ) 105. Here, the mouse data has the same format as the data output by the mouse connected to the PC, and is the same as the mouse operation.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence table between the state of the coordinate pointing object detected on the touch panel and the coordinate status. For example, the coordinate status of the coordinates at which the coordinate indicator is first detected from the non-detected state is “touch coordinates”.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence table between coordinate statuses and mouse statuses. For example, the touch operation on the touch panel is set to ON for the mouse operation and the detach operation is set to OFF for the mouse operation, and the user can select which of the right button, middle button, and left button of the mouse is indicated.

  The mouse I / F 105 in FIG. 1 outputs the mouse data acquired from the touch panel driver 104 to the application 106.

  When the execution right is given by the OS, the application 106 receives mouse data from the mouse I / F 105. Further, the application 106 executes a function defined in information (menu, button, etc.) under mouse coordinates based on the received mouse data.

  The display I / F 107 converts the image data of the application into an RGB image in order to display the execution result of the application 105 on the display 101.

  A simple operation of the information processing system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. A document created by an arbitrary application program processed by the information processing apparatus 100 is displayed on the display 101. Further, when a menu or scroll operation is performed on a document or the like displayed using the touch panel 102, the coordinate calculation control device 103 detects the coordinates of the touched position and executes the function under the touch.

  When it is desired to perform overwriting on a document or the like displayed on the display 101, the information processing apparatus 100 displays a transparent window on the foreground and performs overwriting on the transparent window. Here, FIGS. 1 and 2 are examples using a touch panel, but menu operations and scroll operations may be performed using a mouse.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus related to window switching when a transparent window is displayed and overwritten on the transparent window will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the main functions of information processing apparatus 800 in the first embodiment. The information processing apparatus 800 includes window display means 801, transparent window display means 802, scroll bar area calculation means 803, point indication position determination means 806, transparent window end means 807, and drawing means 808.

  Window display means 801 displays an application executed by the OS. The window displayed in the foreground at this point becomes a rear window when a transparent window for overwriting is displayed in the foreground.

  The transparent window display unit 802 displays a transparent window according to a user instruction when performing overwriting on the window of an application executed by the OS.

  The scroll bar area calculation means 803 calculates the scroll bar area of the displayed window. Here, the scroll bar area calculating means 803 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the scroll bar area calculation unit 803 includes a scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901, a scroll bar area calculation unit 902, and a scroll bar assumed area calculation unit 903.

  The scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901 determines whether or not to acquire the position information of the scroll bar using an API (application interface) provided by the OS. The information to be acquired is, for example, the upper left corner coordinates of the scroll bar area, the scroll bar width, and the scroll bar height.

  Further, the scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901 outputs the acquired scroll bar position information to the scroll bar area calculation unit 902. When the scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901 cannot acquire the scroll bar position information, the scroll bar position information acquisition unit 903 is notified that the scroll bar position information cannot be acquired.

  Here, a case where the scroll bar position information cannot be acquired will be described. For example, when using Windows (registered trademark), which is an OS (Operating System) of Microsoft Corporation, when application software is created by MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class), which is standard library software, the scroll bar position information is acquired. However, the scroll bar position information cannot be acquired when the application software is not created by the MFC. That is, the scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901 may not be able to acquire the scroll bar position information using the API even though the scroll bar is displayed in the window.

  The scroll bar area calculation unit 902 calculates a scroll bar area based on the scroll bar position information acquired from the scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901, and outputs the calculated area to the point indication position determination unit 806. A method for calculating the scroll bar area will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the display position of the scroll bar on the display 1001. The scroll bar position information acquisition determination means 901 uses the API to determine the upper left corner coordinates (VWX, VWY), the width (VWW) of the vertical scroll bar 1003, and the height (VWH) of the vertical scroll bar 1003 by using the API. get. The scroll bar area calculation means 902 calculates the area of the vertical scroll bar 1003 by performing an addition / subtraction operation based on these pieces of information. Also, the horizontal scroll bar area can be calculated by performing the same calculation as that of the vertical scroll bar.

  The scroll bar assumed area calculation unit 903 includes a window position information acquisition unit 904 and a scroll bar assumed area setting unit 905.

  When the window position information acquisition unit 904 is notified by the scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901 that the scroll bar position information cannot be acquired, the window position information acquisition unit 904 acquires the window position information and sets the acquired information as a scroll bar region setting. Output to means 905.

  The scroll bar assumed area setting unit 905 estimates and calculates the scroll bar area based on the acquired window position information, sets the calculated area as the scroll bar area, and outputs it to the point indication position determination unit 806. Here, a method of calculating the scroll bar area when the scroll bar position information cannot be obtained using the API will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 11 is basically the same as FIG. However, the scroll bar position information acquisition determining unit 901 is different in that the scroll bar position information cannot be acquired because the scroll bar is created by a unique method. Therefore, the window position information acquisition unit 904 first acquires the window upper left coordinates (WX, WY), the window width (WW), and the window height (WH) as window position information. The scroll bar assumed area setting means 905 is based on these information, the vertical scroll bar width (VWW), and the horizontal scroll bar height (HWH), the upper left coordinates (VWX, VWY) of the vertical scroll bar, the horizontal scroll bar. The upper left corner coordinates (HWX, HWY) are calculated by the following formulas (1) to (4).
VWX = WX + WW-VWW (1)
VWY = WY (2)
HWX = WX (3)
HWY = WY + WH-HWH (4)
As for the vertical scroll bar width (VWW) and the horizontal scroll bar height (HWH), the acquired values may be used if they can be acquired from the API, and the default values may be used if they cannot be acquired from the API.

  For the area considered as the scroll bar area, for example, in the case of a horizontal scroll bar, the area is calculated based on the upper left corner coordinates (HWWX, HWY), width (WW-VWW), and height (HWH). Consider horizontal scrollbar area.

  Returning to FIG. 8, the point instruction unit 804 uses a touch panel to indicate a position on the display with an electronic pen. Alternatively, the point instruction unit 804 instructs the position on the display by moving the cursor using a mouse or a keyboard and clicking the mouse.

  The point indication position detection unit 805 acquires the position indicated by the point indication unit 904, and detects on the coordinate plane on the display which position the acquired position is on the display. In the touch panel, detection is performed by the light blocking coordinate detection method described above.

  The point indication position determination unit 806 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the point indication position determination unit 806 includes a changeover switch 1201, a scroll bar region position determination unit 1202, and a back window region position determination unit 1203.

  When the change-over switch 1201 is notified by the transparent window display means 802 that a transparent window has been displayed, the change-over switch 1201 outputs the indicated position detected by the point indication position detection means 805 to the scroll bar area position determination means 1202, so that the terminal 1201 a And the terminal 1201b. When the changeover switch 1201 is notified by the transparent window end means 807 that the transparent window has been closed, the changeover switch 1201 outputs the indicated position detected by the point indication position detection means 805 to the rear window area position determination means 1203. Terminals 1201a and 1201c are connected.

  The scroll bar area position determination unit 1202 determines whether or not the indicated position detected by the point indication position detection unit 805 is within the scroll bar area acquired from the scroll bar area calculation unit 803. The scroll bar area position determination unit 1202 instructs the transparent window end unit 807 to end the transparent window if the designated position is within the scroll bar area, and the drawing unit 808 if the designated position is not within the scroll bar area. Outputs the indicated position. Thus, when the user wants to scroll the back window, the transparent window can be closed by clicking or pointing on the touch panel within the visually visible scroll bar area without pressing the transparent window end button.

  The back window area position determination unit 1203 determines whether the indicated position detected by the point indication position detection unit 805 is within the window area excluding the scroll bar area. As described above, the window area can be calculated from information acquired using the API. The back window area position determining means 1203 instructs the transparent window display means 802 to display a transparent window if the designated position is within the window area except the scroll bar area, and the designated position is within the window area excluding the scroll bar area. If not, the designated position is output to the application, and the application executes the function under the designated position. Thus, when the transparent window is once closed to scroll the back window and the transparent window is to be displayed again, the transparent window can be easily displayed.

  Although not described in detail here, the point indication position determination unit 806 displays the menu bar by right-clicking when the end button on the transparent window or the end button is not displayed, and the end button on the menu bar. It is also determined whether or not the point is instructed.

  8 receives the instruction from the point instruction position determination unit 806, and closes the displayed transparent window. Also, the transparent window end means 807 does not press the transparent window end button to close the transparent window, but ends the transparent window when determining that the transparent window is closed because the designated position is in the scroll bar area. This is notified to the point indication position determination means 806. This is because the point indication position determination unit 806 determines whether to display the transparent window again.

  When the drawing unit 808 obtains the designated position from the point designated position determination unit 806, the drawing unit 808 draws the transparent window by drawing a line along the designated position.

  Here, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display order relationship of the rear window 1300 and the transparent window 1304 with respect to the display 101. In FIG. 13, the transparent window 1304 is displayed on the foreground on the display 101, and the back window 1300 is displayed on the back of the transparent window 1304. In the present invention, even if the end button 1306 of the transparent window 1304 is not pressed, the transparent window 1304 can be closed if a point instruction such as a click or a touch on the touch panel is given in the scroll bar area 1305 on the transparent window 1304. it can.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the transparent window end process in the first embodiment. In step 1401, window display means 801 displays a window. In step 1402, the transparent window display unit 802 displays a transparent window. In step 1403, the scroll bar position information acquisition determination unit 901 determines whether it is possible to acquire the scroll bar position information of the rear window. If YES is determined in step 1403, in step 1403, the scroll bar area calculation unit 902 calculates a scroll bar area. If it is determined NO in step 1403, the scroll bar assumed area calculation unit 903 calculates the scroll bar assumed area.

  In step 1406, the point indication position detection unit 805 detects the position indicated by the point indication unit 804. In step 1407, the point indication position determination unit 806 determines whether the indication position is on the transparent window end button. If NO is determined in step 1407, in step 1408, the scroll bar area position determination unit 1202 determines whether or not the indicated position is within the scroll bar area of the rear window. If YES is determined in step 1407, or if YES is determined in step 1408, in step 1409, the transparent window ending unit 807 closes the transparent window. If NO is determined in step 1408, in step 1410, the drawing unit 808 draws a line or the like on the transparent window along the designated position.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the transparent window redisplay process in the present invention. The process shown in FIG. 15 is a process performed following step 1409 in FIG.

  In step 1501, the transparent window end means 807 determines whether or not it is a transparent window end instruction when the transparent window end button is pressed. If NO is determined in step 1501, in step 1502, the back window area position determination unit 1203 determines whether or not the indicated position detected by the point indication position is within the area of the back window excluding the scroll bar area. To do. If YES in step 1502, in step 1503, the transparent window display unit 802 displays a transparent window. If YES in step 1501 or NO in step 1502, normal processing is performed without displaying a transparent window.

  Although the transparent window redisplay process has been described with reference to FIG. 15, in addition to the process of FIG. 15, the transparent window may be redisplayed in the following cases. After the transparent window is finished, the rear window is scrolled. When it is detected that the scroll process is finished, the transparent window is displayed again. That is, after the transparent window is ended, the point indication position determination unit 805 determines that the position detected by the point indication position detection unit 805 is on the scroll box of the rear window, and thereafter, the instruction by the point indication position detection unit 805 is performed. When the position cannot be acquired (when the point indication position detection unit 805 can no longer detect the position indicated by the point indication unit 804), the transparent window display unit 802 is instructed to display a transparent window. For example, when a mouse is used, after the transparent window is finished, the window is scrolled by dragging the window scroll box. Next, when the scroll process ends, the drag ends. When the end of the drag is detected, the transparent window is displayed again.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when a transparent window is displayed, when the user wants to scroll the back window, click in the scroll bar area of the back window visually visible on the transparent window or use the touch panel. By instructing the point, the transparent window is terminated, and the scrolling operation of the back window can be performed efficiently.

  Further, when the transparent window is once closed to scroll the back window, the transparent window can be easily displayed when it is desired to display the transparent window again.

(Modification)
In the first embodiment, the scroll bar area calculation unit 803 is provided with the scroll bar area calculation unit 903. However, the scroll bar area calculation unit 903 may not be provided. This is because even if the scroll bar position information cannot be acquired using the API, the screen operation of the rear window is efficiently performed even when the transparent window is displayed even in the configuration without the scroll bar assumed area calculation unit 903. This is because the object of the present invention can be achieved.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, it is not always necessary to provide a configuration in which a transparent window is displayed again when the transparent window is closed for scrolling the back window. This is because, even if there is no configuration related to transparent window redisplay, it is possible to achieve the object of the present invention to efficiently operate the screen of the rear window when a transparent window is displayed.

  Further, the object of the present invention can be achieved without providing both the structure for calculating the scroll bar deemed area and the transparent window redisplay structure.

(Embodiment 2)
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. A feature of the second embodiment is that the scroll box area of the rear window is calculated, and the transparent window is closed if the designated position is detected in the scroll box area.

  FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the information processing apparatus 1600 according to the second embodiment. The same components as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. A scroll box area calculation unit 1601 and a point indication position determination unit 1602 different from those in FIG. 8 will be described.

  The scroll box area calculation unit 1601 calculates a scroll box area in the scroll bar displayed in the window. Here, the scroll box area calculation means 1601 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  The scroll box area calculation unit 1601 includes a scroll bar area calculation unit 803, a scroll bar image information acquisition unit 1701, and a scroll box area setting unit 1702. Note that the scroll bar area calculating unit 803 is the same as the scroll bar area calculating unit 803 described in the first embodiment, and thus the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The scroll bar image information acquisition unit 1701 acquires the scroll bar area calculated by the scroll bar area calculation unit 803, and acquires the pixel image of the acquired scroll bar area. Next, the scroll bar image information acquisition unit 1701 outputs the acquired pixel image to the scroll box area setting unit 1702.

  The scroll box area setting unit 1702 calculates a scroll box area based on the acquired pixel image. A method for calculating the scroll box area will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 18 shows a method of calculating the horizontal scroll box area, but the vertical scroll box area can be calculated in the same manner. The scroll box area setting unit 1702 detects the position of the scroll box by searching for areas (X0 to X1) having different colors based on the pixel image 1801 of the horizontal scroll bar. Next, the horizontal scroll box upper left coordinates (HX, HY), width (HW), and height (HH) are calculated by the following mathematical formulas (5) to (8) based on the detected position. Set.
HX = HWX + SBW + X0 (5)
HY = HWY (6)
HW = X1-X0 (7)
HH = HWH (8)
Note that (HWX, HWY) and (HWH) are acquired from the scroll bar area calculation means 803, and the horizontal scroll button width (SBW) can be acquired using the API.

  Returning to FIG. 16, the point indication position determination unit 1602 determines whether or not the indication position is within a predetermined area. Here, the point indication position determination unit 1602 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The same components as those in the point indication position determination unit 806 in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The scroll box area position determination unit 1901 determines whether the instruction position detected by the point instruction position detection unit 805 is within the scroll box area acquired from the scroll box area calculation unit 1601. If the designated position is within the scroll box area, the scroll box area position determining means 1901 instructs the transparent window end means 807 to end the transparent window. If the designated position is not within the scroll box area, the scroll box area position judging means 1901 instructs the drawing means 808. Outputs the indicated position. As a result, when the user wants to scroll the back window, the transparent window can be closed by clicking or pointing on the touch panel within the visually visible scroll box area without pressing the transparent window end button.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the transparent window end process in the second embodiment. The processing before step 2001 in the second embodiment is the same as the processing before timing T1 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Also, in the processing after the timing T1, the same steps as those shown in FIG. 14 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In step 2001, the scroll box area calculation means 1601 calculates a scroll box area.

  If NO is determined in step 1407, in step 2002, the point indication position determination unit 1602 determines whether or not the indicated position is within the scroll box area of the rear window.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, when a transparent window is displayed, when the user wants to scroll the back window, the user can click in the scroll box area of the back window visually visible on the transparent window or use the touch panel. By instructing the point, the transparent window is terminated, and the scrolling operation of the back window can be performed efficiently.

(Modification)
A modification similar to that of the first embodiment can also be applied to the second embodiment. In the first embodiment, when the transparent window is redisplayed, the determination is made based on whether or not the window is in the window area excluding the scroll bar area. However, in the embodiment, whether the window is in the window area excluding the scroll box area. The determination may be made based on whether or not.

(Embodiment 3)
The third embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The feature of the third embodiment is that a scroll box deemed area including the scroll box is calculated, and the transparent window is closed when the designated position is detected in the scroll box deemed area.

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of information processing device 2100 according to the third embodiment. The same components as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. A scroll box deemed area calculation unit 2101 and a point indication position determination unit 2102 different from FIG. 8 will be described.

  The scroll box assumed area calculation means 2101 calculates a scroll box assumed area including the scroll box area in the scroll bar displayed in the window. Here, the scroll box deemed area calculation means 2101 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  The scroll box assumed area calculation unit 2101 includes a scroll box area calculation means 1601 and a scroll box assumed area setting means 2201. Note that the scroll box area calculation unit 1601 is the same as the scroll box area calculation unit 1601 described in the second embodiment, and thus the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The scroll box deemed area setting unit 2201 acquires the scroll box area calculated by the scroll box area calculation unit 1601 and calculates an area including the acquired scroll box area. Further, the scroll box deemed area setting unit 2201 sets the calculated area as a scroll box regarded area, and outputs the scroll box regarded area to the point indication position determining means 2102. Here, a method of calculating the scroll box deemed region will be described with reference to FIG.

Although FIG. 23 shows a method for calculating a horizontal scroll box deemed area, a vertical scroll box deemed area can be calculated in the same manner. The scroll box deemed area setting means 2201 sets the horizontal scroll box according to the following formulas (9) to (12) based on the upper left corner coordinates (HX, HY), width (HW), and height (HH) of the horizontal scroll box. The upper left coordinates (HBX, HBY), width (HBW), and height (HBH) of the included area are calculated, and a horizontal scroll box deemed area is set.
HBX = HX−L (9)
HBY = HY-L (10)
HBW = HW + 2 × L (11)
HBH = HH + 2 × L (12)
Note that (HWX, HWY), (HW), and (HH) are acquired from the scroll box area calculation means 1601. L is a predetermined value obtained by experiments.

  Returning to FIG. 21, the point indication position determination unit 2102 determines whether or not the indication position is within a predetermined area. Here, the point indication position determination unit 2102 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The same components as those in the point indication position determination unit 806 in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The scroll box deemed area position determination unit 2401 determines whether or not the indicated position detected by the point indication position detection means 805 is within the scroll box assumed area acquired from the scroll box assumed area calculation means 2101. The scroll box deemed area position determining means 2401 notifies the scroll box area position judging means 2402 if the designated position is within the scroll box regarded area, and instructs the drawing means 808 if the designated position is not within the scroll box regarded area. Output the position.

  The scroll box area position determination unit 2402 determines whether or not the instruction position detected by the point instruction position detection unit 805 is within the scroll box area acquired from the scroll box assumed area calculation unit 2101. The scroll box area position determination means 2402 instructs the transparent window end means 807 to end the transparent window if the designated position is within the scroll box area, and moves the point designated position if the designated position is not within the scroll box area. The unit 2403 is instructed to move the designated position.

  When receiving an instruction from the scroll box region position determination unit 2402, the point instruction position moving unit 2403 moves the position indicated by the point instruction unit 804 into the scroll box region acquired from the scroll box deemed region calculation unit 2101.

  From this, if you want to scroll the back window, you can close the transparent window by clicking or pointing on the touch panel in the area that includes the visible scroll box without pressing the transparent window end button. Can do.

  Further, when the designated position is not within the scroll box area, the scroll operation of the rear window can be smoothly performed by moving the designated position within the scroll box area.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the transparent window end process in the third embodiment. Since the processing before step 2501 of the third embodiment is the same as the processing before timing T2 of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 20, the description thereof is omitted. Also, in the processing after timing T2, the same steps as those shown in FIG. 14 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In step 2502, the scroll box deemed area calculation means 2101 calculates a scroll box deemed area.

  If NO is determined in step 1407, in step 2502, the scroll box regarded area position determination unit 2401 determines whether or not the indicated position is in the scroll box regarded area. If YES is determined in the step 2502, in a step 2503, the scroll box area position determination unit 2402 determines whether or not the designated position is in the scroll box area. If NO in step 2503, in step 2504, the point indication position moving unit 2403 moves the indication position of the point instruction unit 803 into the scroll box area.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, when a transparent window is displayed, if you want to scroll the back window, click in the area that includes the scroll box of the back window that is visible on the transparent window. Alternatively, the transparent window can be ended by giving a point instruction using the touch panel, and the scroll operation of the back window can be performed efficiently.

  Furthermore, if a point instruction is given in a scroll box deemed area other than the scroll box area, the indicated position can be moved into the scroll box area, and the scroll operation of the back window can be performed smoothly.

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In the third embodiment, the scroll box region position determining unit 2402 and the point indication position moving unit 2403 are provided. However, these configurations may not be provided. This is because the object of the present invention is to achieve the operation of the rear window efficiently when a transparent window is displayed even in the configuration without the scroll box area position determination unit 2402 and the point indication position movement unit 2403. Because it can.

  Also, the same modification example as in the first and second embodiments can be applied to the third embodiment.

The information processing system block diagram in this invention. The schematic block diagram of the information processing system in this invention. The figure which shows an example of tablet PC. The figure which shows the modification of tablet PC of FIG. Explanatory drawing of a light interception detection system. The figure which shows a response | compatibility with a coordinate status and a state. The figure which shows a response | compatibility with a coordinate status and a mouse | mouth status. The functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 in this invention. The detailed functional block diagram of the scroll area | region calculation means of Embodiment 1 in this invention. The figure which shows the calculation method of the scroll bar area | region in a display. The figure which shows the other calculation method of the scroll bar area | region in a display. The detailed functional block diagram of the point indication position determination means of Embodiment 1 in this invention. The figure which shows the display order relationship of the back window in a display, and a transparent window. The flowchart of the transparent window end process of Embodiment 1 in this invention. The flowchart of the transparent window re-display process of Embodiment 1 in this invention. The functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 in this invention. The detailed functional block diagram of the scroll box area | region calculation means of Embodiment 2 in this invention. The figure which shows the calculation method of the scroll box area | region of Embodiment 2 in this invention. The detailed functional block diagram of the point indication position determination means of Embodiment 2 in this invention. The flowchart of the transparent window end process of Embodiment 2 in this invention. The functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 in this invention. FIG. 10 is a detailed functional block diagram of scroll box deemed area calculation means according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the calculation method of the scroll box deemed area | region of Embodiment 3 in this invention. The detailed functional block diagram of the point indication position determination means of Embodiment 3 in this invention. The flowchart of the transparent window end process of Embodiment 3 in this invention.

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100, 800, 1600, 2100 Information processing device 101, 301, 1001 Display 102 Touch panel 103 Coordinate calculation control device 104 Touch panel driver 105 Mouse I / F
106 Application 107 Display I / F
401 Electronic pen 402 Tempered glass 403 Liquid crystal display unit 404 Electromagnetic induction sensor unit 501 Light emitting diode 502 Photo register 503 Coordinate indicator 801 (Back) Window display means 802 Transparent window display means 803 and 902 Scroll bar area calculation means 804 Point indication means 805 Point indication position detection means 806, 1602, 2102 Point indication position determination means 807 Transparent window end means 808 Drawing means 901 Scroll bar position information acquisition determination means 903 Scroll bar assumed area calculation means 904 Window position information acquisition means 905 Scroll bar assumed area setting Means 1002 Window 1003, 1301 Vertical scroll bar 1004, 1302 Horizontal scroll bar 1201 Changeover switch 1 01a, 1201b, 1201c Terminal 1202 Scroll bar area position determination means 1203 Rear window area position determination means 1300 Rear window 1303 Scroll box 1304 Transparent window 1305 Scroll bar area 1306 End button 1601 Scroll box area calculation means 1701 Scroll bar image information acquisition means 1702 Scroll box area setting means 1801 Horizontal scroll bar pixel image 1901, 402 Scroll box area position determination means 2101 Scroll box assumed area calculation means 2201 Scroll box assumed area setting means 2401 Scroll box assumed area position determination means 2403 Point indication position movement means

Claims (9)

In an information processing method for performing an overwriting process by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display, which is a window having a scroll bar, superimposed on a rear window which is a window displayed on the display,
A scroll bar area calculating step for calculating an area on the display of the scroll bar of the rear window;
On the transparent window, a detection step of detecting at which position on the display the position indicated by the point indicating means is present;
An end step of closing the transparent window if the position detected by the detection step is within the scroll bar area of the back window;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the scroll bar area calculating step sets a predetermined area at a right end and a lower end of the rear window as a scroll bar area. 3. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: a display step of displaying the transparent window when scrolling of the rear window is completed after the transparent window is closed in the ending step. In an information processing method for performing an overwriting process by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display, which is a window having a scroll bar, superimposed on a rear window which is a window displayed on the display,
A scroll box area calculating step for calculating an area on the display of the scroll box of the rear window;
On the transparent window, a detection step of detecting at which position on the display the position indicated by the point indicating means is present;
If the position detected by the detection step is within the scroll box area of the back window, an end step of closing the transparent window;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: In an information processing method for performing an overwriting process by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display, which is a window having a scroll bar, superimposed on a rear window which is a window displayed on the display,
Calculating a region on the display of the scroll box of the rear window, and calculating a scroll box assumed region calculating step for calculating a scroll box assumed region including the region of the scroll box;
On the transparent window, a detection step of detecting at which position on the display the position indicated by the point indicating means is present;
An end step of closing the transparent window if the position detected by the detecting step is within the scroll box deemed region; and
An information processing method characterized by comprising: If the position detected by the detecting step is the scroll box deemed area and is in an area excluding the scroll box area, a moving step for moving the position indicated by the point indicating means into the scroll box area. The information processing method according to claim 5, further comprising: In an information processing apparatus that has a scroll bar and is overlaid on a rear window that is a window displayed on a display and performs an overwriting process by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display,
Scroll bar area calculating means for calculating an area on the display of the scroll bar of the rear window;
Detecting means for detecting on the display the position indicated by the point indicating means on the transparent window;
If the position detected by the detection means is within the scroll bar area in the back window, an end means for closing the transparent window;
An information processing apparatus comprising: In an information processing apparatus that has a scroll bar and is overlaid on a rear window that is a window displayed on a display and performs an overwriting process by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display,
Scroll box area calculating means for calculating an area on the display of the scroll box of the rear window;
Detecting means for detecting on the display the position indicated by the point indicating means on the transparent window;
If the position detected by the detecting means is within the scroll box area of the rear window, an ending means for closing the transparent window;
An information processing apparatus comprising: In an information processing apparatus that has a scroll bar and is overlaid on a rear window that is a window displayed on a display and performs an overwriting process by displaying a transparent window for overwriting on the foreground on the display,
A scroll box assumed area calculating means for calculating an area on the display of the scroll box of the rear window, and calculating a scroll box assumed area including the area of the scroll box;
Detecting means for detecting on the display the position indicated by the point indicating means on the transparent window;
If the position detected by the detection means is within the scroll box deemed area, an end means for closing the transparent window;
An information processing apparatus comprising:

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