JP2011008557A - Portable communication device and communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable communication device and a communication device, capable of executing narrowing search with further high operability.SOLUTION: When an input detection unit detects a contact to a key object and a movement instruction to transverse a pre-extraction group object in the contact state while the pre-extraction group object having a plurality of item objects and the key object that is a condition for narrowing down the item objects from the pre-extraction group object are displayed on a screen by a display unit, narrowing of the item objects is performed based on a narrowing condition of the key object to extract item objects satisfying the narrowing condition from the pre-extraction group object, and the display unit is caused to display a group of the extracted item objects and a group of item objects not extracted from the pre-extraction group object respectively as a first group object and as a second group object.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication device and a communication device that select an object based on an input to an area where an image is displayed by a display unit.

  In a communication device such as a cellular phone, there are various input devices other than an input device for pressing a keyboard, a numeric keypad, or a button as a device for inputting an operator's instruction. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a mobile terminal that detects, as an input, a tilt angle of a mobile terminal and a gesture such as “shake” or “tilt” from a signal obtained from an acceleration sensor. Further, the apparatus described in Patent Document 1 describes that an icon group representing information content is controlled from an inclination angle of a portable terminal, and an icon that moves from moment to moment is displayed on a display.

JP 2002-149616 A

  Further, as an input device, there is a touch panel or the like in which an operator contacts (touches) an area where an image is displayed and detects the contact as an input. Since the operator can perform an operation while directly touching the screen, an intuitive operation is possible and high operability can be realized.

  Here, a communication device may perform a narrow search when acquiring information via the Internet or when extracting a part of a file from one folder. In such a narrow search, a search condition as a key is compared with information of each file, and a file satisfying the search condition is extracted. In addition, as a display method of the files extracted by the narrow search, there is a method of determining the relevance rate with the search condition and displaying the extracted files in order of the relevance rate. In this way, by displaying the results of the narrowed search in descending order of the relevance ratio, it is possible to confirm from the file that conforms to the search conditions input by the operator.

  However, only displaying the list of search results will result in the file not being displayed if it does not meet the narrowing criteria, so you can browse the contents of the file that did not meet and find out which conditions did not meet, etc. It is difficult to grasp. Further, there is a problem in that it is difficult to perform a sensory operation because only a list of search results is displayed, because even if the search results are further narrowed down or only a part of the search results is desired to be extracted, it cannot be moved.

  In addition, there is a problem that even if a narrowed search is performed and the result is displayed, the matching ratio with respect to the population, that is, the ratio of the extracted file with respect to the population file is difficult to understand. As described above, the method of displaying the list of search results has a problem that the operability cannot be improved because it is difficult to grasp the results of the refined search sensuously.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication device and a communication device capable of executing a narrow search with higher operability.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a display unit that displays an image and an input that detects an input instruction that is input by touching a region where the image is displayed by the display unit. A detection unit, a communication unit that communicates with another terminal, and a control unit that performs control based on an input instruction detected by the input detection unit and controls an image displayed on the display unit. Then, the control unit narrows down the communication destination specifying object from among the pre-extraction group object having a plurality of communication destination specifying objects which are address information when performing communication in the communication unit, and the pre-extraction group object In a state where the key object as a condition is displayed on the screen by the display unit, the group object before extraction is brought into contact with the key object and the contact state. When the input detection unit detects a movement instruction to cut, the communication destination specifying object is narrowed down based on the key object narrowing condition, and a communication destination specific object satisfying the narrowing condition is extracted from the group object before extraction. The set of extracted communication destination specific objects is defined as a first group object, and the first group object is displayed at a position on the upper side of the screen from the position where the pre-extraction group object is displayed. A set of communication destination specific objects not extracted from the group object is set as a second group object, and the second group object is displayed at a position on the lower side of the screen from the position where the group object before extraction is displayed, 1 of the communication destination specific object When the input detection unit detects that an instruction to be determined is input and the determined instruction is input, communication in the communication unit is started based on address information associated with the selected communication destination specific object. Features.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a display unit that displays an image and an input that detects an input instruction that is input by touching a region where the image is displayed by the display unit. A detection unit, a communication unit that communicates with another terminal, and a control unit that performs control based on an input instruction detected by the input detection unit and controls an image displayed on the display unit. The control unit is configured to display a group object before extraction having a plurality of item objects and a key object that serves as a condition for narrowing down the item object from the group objects before extraction on the screen by the display unit. When the input detection unit detects a touch instruction to the key object and a movement instruction across the pre-extraction group object in the contact state, the key object The item objects are narrowed down based on the narrowing-down conditions, the item objects satisfying the narrowing conditions are extracted from the pre-extraction group object, and the set of the extracted item objects is defined as a first group object, A set of item objects that are not extracted from the pre-extraction group object is displayed as a second group object on the display unit.

  Here, the control unit displays the first group object at a position on the upper side of the screen from the position where the pre-extraction group object was displayed, and the pre-extraction group object is displayed as the second group object. It is preferable to display at a position on the lower side of the screen than the position.

  In addition, when all the item objects of the group object before extraction satisfy the narrowing condition, the control unit displays the group object before extraction at a position on the upper side of the screen from before the search. It is preferable.

  In addition, when there is no item object that satisfies the narrowing condition among the item objects included in the pre-extraction group object, the control unit positions the pre-extraction group object on the lower side of the screen than before the search. Is preferably displayed.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said control part determines the magnitude | size of each group object displayed on the said display part according to the number of the item objects contained in the said group object.

  The control unit displays the group object larger on the display unit as the number of item objects included in each group object is larger, and the group object is smaller as the number of item objects included in the group object is smaller. It is preferable to display the object small on the display unit.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said control part attaches an outline to the outer periphery of each group object, and displays it on the said display part.

  In addition, the item object is image data, and the control unit detects the number of subjects of the image data by image analysis, associates the detected number of people with the item object, and the number of subjects is determined as the narrowing condition. When specified, it is preferable to perform a search based on the number of persons calculated by image analysis.

  Further, the narrowing-down condition is whether or not the matching rate with respect to the set condition is included in the set matching rate range, and the control unit sets the set condition of each item object in the pre-extraction group object It is preferable to obtain a matching rate with respect to the item object whose matching rate is included in the range of the matching rate as an item object that satisfies the narrowing-down condition.

  The input detection unit is a contact sensor disposed in front of the display unit, and detects a force applied to the display unit as an input, and the control unit displays the position where the load is input and the display It is preferable to determine the operated key object in association with the image displayed on the screen.

  The portable communication device and the communication device according to the present invention have an effect that a narrow search can be executed with high operability.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication device which is an embodiment of a communication device and a mobile communication device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of software of the portable communication device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the display device. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 6A is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 9A is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 9-2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the following description. In addition, constituent elements in the following description include those that can be easily assumed by those skilled in the art, those that are substantially the same, and those in a so-called equivalent range. In the following, a mobile communication device as a communication device, more specifically, a mobile phone will be described as an example. However, the application target of the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone. For example, PHS (Personal Handy phone System) ), PDA, portable and vehicle-mounted navigation devices, notebook computers, game machines, and the like.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication device as an embodiment of a communication device and a mobile communication device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication device 10 basically includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 22, a communication unit 26, an audio processing unit 30, a display device 32, an input device 34, a ROM 36, and a RAM 38. And an internal storage 40 and an external storage interface (I / F, interface) 42. The mobile communication device 10 is connected to the external storage 46 via the external storage I / F 42. In addition to the above configuration, the mobile communication device 10 has various configurations as a mobile communication device, such as an imaging unit and various terminals. In addition, the external shape of the mobile communication device is composed of two members connected by a hinge, and has various shapes such as a foldable shape, a shape in which the two members are slid, and a single box shape. be able to.

  The CPU 22 is a processing unit that comprehensively controls the overall operation of the mobile communication device 10. That is, the communication unit 26 and the various processes of the mobile communication device 10 are executed in an appropriate procedure according to the operation of the input device 34 and the software stored in the ROM 36 and the internal storage 40 of the mobile communication device 10. Control the operation of the display device 32 and the like. Various processes of the mobile communication device 10 include, for example, a voice call performed via a circuit switching network, creation and transmission / reception of an electronic mail, browsing of a Web (World Wide Web) site on the Internet, and the like. The operations of the communication unit 26, the audio processing unit 30, the display device 32, and the like include, for example, transmission / reception of signals by the communication unit 26, input / output of audio by the audio processing unit 30, display of images by the display device 32, and the like. .

  The CPU 22 executes processing based on programs (for example, operating system programs, application programs, etc.) stored in the ROM 36 and the internal storage 40. The CPU 22 is constituted by, for example, a microprocessor unit (MPU: Micro Processor Unit), and executes various processes of the mobile communication device 10 described above according to a procedure instructed by the software. That is, the CPU 22 sequentially reads instruction codes from the operating system program, application program, and the like stored in the ROM 36 and the internal storage 40 and executes processing.

  The CPU 22 has a function of executing a plurality of application programs. Examples of application programs executed by the CPU 22 include an image display application program for displaying an image on the display device 32, an operation detection application program for calculating an operation input based on an input detected by the input device 34, and a narrowing search. There are a plurality of application programs such as a search application program for performing communication, an Internet application program for performing Internet communication, a mail application program for creating mail, and a telephone application program for making calls.

  The communication unit 26 establishes a radio signal line by a CDMA system or the like with a base station via a channel assigned by the base station, and performs telephone communication and information communication with the base station.

  The audio processing unit 30 executes processing of an audio signal input to the microphone 50 and an audio signal output from the receiver 52. That is, the sound processing unit 30 amplifies the sound input from the microphone 50, performs AD conversion (Analog Digital conversion), and then performs signal processing such as encoding to convert the sound into digital sound data to be converted into the CPU 22 Output to. Further, the audio data sent from the CPU 22 is subjected to processing such as decoding, DA conversion (Digital Analog conversion), amplification, etc. to convert it into an analog audio signal, which is then output to the receiver 52.

  The display device 32 includes a display panel such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic EL (Organic Electro-Luminescence) panel, and a video corresponding to video data supplied from the CPU 22 and an image corresponding to the image data. Is displayed on the display panel.

  The input device 34 is a touch panel arranged on the front surface of the display device 32, and detects the contact as an input when the operator touches the surface. The input device 34 detects the touched position, the strength of the touch, and the like. As the touch panel, various types of touch panels such as a matrix switch, a resistive film method, a surface acoustic wave method, an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, and a capacitance method can be used. Here, when an image of a key to which various functions such as a power key, a call key, a numeric key, a character key, a direction key, a decision key, and a call key are displayed on the display device 32 is displayed by the operator. When the input device 34 is pressed, the input device 34 detects the pressed position (the position where the touch has occurred). The CPU 22 of the mobile communication device 10 performs the process on the assumption that the key operation corresponding to the position where the input device 34 detected contact is input.

  A ROM (Read Only Memory) 36 is a read-only storage device, and stores firmware used for driving the mobile communication device 10 such as BIOS. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 38 is a readable / writable storage device, and is composed of, for example, an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The ROM 36 and the RAM 38 constitute a main storage device. In the ROM 36 and RAM 38, computer programs and temporary data used in the software processing process are assigned by the CPU 22, and the assigned data are temporarily stored in the work area.

  The internal storage (internal memory) 40 is a readable and writable storage device provided in the mobile communication device 10, for example, a hard disk. The internal storage 40 is used as an auxiliary storage device, and stores software and data used for processing by the CPU 22. In addition to these tasks, the internal storage 40 also has an image folder for storing communication and downloaded image data, a standby image folder for storing image files used for standby images, and the like. In addition to these, the internal storage 40 stores and manages, for example, communication, downloaded audio data, software used by the CPU 22 to control the internal storage 40, the telephone number and mail address of the communication partner, and the like. An address book, voice files such as dial tone and ring tone, temporary data used in software processing, and the like are stored.

  The external storage I / F 42 is a terminal connected to the removable external storage 46. By connecting the external storage I / F 42 and the external storage 46, data can be transmitted and received between the CPU 22 and the external storage 46. The external storage (external memory) 46 is a storage device that can be attached to and detached from the mobile communication device 10 via the external storage I / F 42, such as a memory card such as an SD card (registered trademark) or a compact flash (registered trademark), A removable HDD (Hard Disk Drive) can be used. As a combination of the external storage I / F 42 and the external storage 46, a removable disk drive and a removable disk may be combined.

  Next, the software configuration of the mobile communication device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of software of the mobile communication device. In FIG. 2, for the sake of explanation, each software (application program) is shown as being provided separately. However, signal exchange and data processing among the CPU 22, ROM 36, RAM 38, internal storage 40, etc. However, each part is not visually provided separately. 2 shows software related to item object narrowing search and image display as software, the mobile communication device 10 includes various software in addition to the software shown in FIG. The object is an item to be operated by the operator, and includes a group object (folder), an item object (file), a key object (search condition, narrowing condition), and the like. Note that the folder (directory) is not only a folder created by the operator, but also a temporary folder for managing a folder created by the mobile communication device 10 by the narrow search and a set of files detected by the narrow search. Also includes folders created. Examples of the file include image data, audio data, Internet home page data, an address book that stores phone numbers and mail addresses together with names, and the like. Furthermore, as a search condition, it includes a character as a keyword, or is a threshold value (date and time, size, number of people in the case of an image), or a genre of a file (for example, landscape, portrait of an image, etc.) In the case of music, it is included in classical music, hip hop, rock, etc.).

  Here, with reference to FIG. 3, each unit displayed on the screen when the narrowing search is performed will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the display device. As shown in FIG. 3, the display device displays a group object 102 having a plurality of item objects 104 and a key object 106 as a search condition. Here, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the group object 102 is a folder in which a plurality of item objects 104 are stored. In addition, the outer circumference (outline) of the group object display area of the group object 102 is surrounded by a solid line. That is, the boundary line between the group object and other parts, that is, the outline of the group object is displayed. An item object 104 belonging to the group object 102 is displayed inside the group object 102.

  The item object 104 is composed of an image file, and a thumbnail image of the image file is displayed as the item object 104 on the display device. The key object 106 displays a word indicating a search condition, and is displayed at a position separated from the group object 102 by a certain distance or more. A method for operating the image displayed on the display device 32 and a method for controlling the refinement search based on the operation will be described later.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the software of the mobile communication device 10 includes a search unit 60 that performs a narrow search, a display unit 62 that controls an image displayed on the display device 32, and an input unit that detects an input to the input device 34. 64, and a content control unit 66 that transmits / receives data to / from the internal storage 40 and the external storage 46. Hereinafter, the configuration of each unit will be described.

  The search unit 60 includes a search control unit 68, an object control unit 70, an object display unit 72, an object operation unit 74, an object management unit 76, an object information database 78, a content management unit 80, and a search index database. 82, a content information database 84, and a content access unit 86. The search unit 60 reads a group object in which a plurality of item objects are collected, calculates a matching rate between each item object in the group object and the search condition, and the matching rate is determined from the item objects in the group object. Satisfying, that is, narrowing search is performed by extracting item objects having a matching rate within a predetermined range. In the present embodiment, the search unit 60 performs extraction from items having a high relevance rate, and extracts item objects determined to be included between 100% and the determined ratio. In addition, the range of the relevance ratio to extract is preset. In addition, the range of precision can be changed before extraction. In addition, when the search condition is a threshold, for example, when an image having a size larger than the threshold is extracted, an image file having a size larger than the threshold is calculated with a relevance rate of 100%, and an image file having a size smaller than the threshold May be set so that the precision is calculated as 0%.

  The search control unit 68 exchanges information with the object control unit 70 and the content management unit 80, and performs a narrow-down search for item objects based on information supplied from each unit. The object control unit 70 exchanges information with the object display unit 72, the object operation unit 74, and the object management unit 76, and controls the behavior of various objects such as group objects, item objects, and key objects. Specifically, selection of an object to be displayed, determination of a position to display an object, creation of a new group object based on determination of the search control unit 68, determination of a group object to which each item object belongs, Move, create key objects, etc.

  The object display unit 72 sends information on the object to be displayed, determined based on the control by the object control unit 70, to the display control unit 88 of the display unit 62. That is, the object display unit 72 sends to the display control unit 88 information on which group object, item object, and key object are displayed, and at what position and how each object is displayed.

  The object operation unit 74 determines an object to be operated and an operation of the object based on the input signal sent from the input unit 64, and performs object control on the determined signal of the operation target object and the determined operation signal. Send to part 70.

  The object management unit 76 has a function of managing each object, and the object information database 78 is a storage unit that stores information about each object. Here, the information about each object includes information indicating which group object the object belongs to, information for calculating the relevance ratio of the object in the narrowing search, information on the key object, etc. Various information necessary for the operation of the object is stored. Note that the object information database 78 stores information related to objects displayed on the screen of the display device 32. The object management unit 76 appropriately reads information in the object information database 78, sends it to the object control unit 70, and updates the information stored in the object information database 78 when the information about the object is updated.

  Next, the content management unit 80 includes a search index database 82, a content information database 84, and a content access unit 86, and photographs, music data, address book data, etc. stored in the internal storage 40 and the external storage 46, etc. These files are read out via the content control unit 66, and each file is written into the internal storage 40 or the external storage 46.

  The search index database 82 stores information related to search conditions used for narrow search. Note that the search index database 82 also stores information on search conditions other than information on search conditions displayed as key objects on the screen of the display device 32 as necessary.

  The content information database 84 stores audio data, image files, Internet sites, and the like as item objects. That is, file information (audio information and image information) corresponding to the item object displayed on the screen is stored. The content information database 84 also stores file information of item objects other than the item objects displayed on the display device 32 as necessary. The content access unit 86 exchanges information with the content control unit 66, reads the file information, software information, and the like acquired by the content control unit 66. Information is sent to the content control unit 66.

  The display unit 62 includes a display control unit 88 and a drawing engine unit 90, generates an image signal of an image to be displayed on the display device 32 based on information sent from the object display unit 72 of the search unit 60, and Send to display device 32. The display control unit 88 creates an image to be displayed based on information sent from the object display unit 72, that is, information on which object is displayed in which position and how. The drawing engine unit 90 converts the image created by the display control unit 88 into an image signal, and sends the converted image signal to the display device 32. In this way, the display device 32 displays the image created by the display unit 62 based on the information sent from the search unit 60. When other software is activated, the display unit 62 generates an image based on information sent from various software other than the information sent from the object display unit 72.

  The input unit 64 includes an input interface (I / F) control unit 92, and sends an operation of the operator detected by the input device 34 to the object operation unit 74. The input interface control unit 92 converts the signal sent from the input device 34 into a signal that can be analyzed by the search unit 60 and sends the signal to the object operation unit 74.

  The content control unit 66 has a file system 94, reads information from the internal storage 40 and / or the external storage 46, sends the read information to the content access unit 86, and receives the information sent from the content access unit 86. To the internal storage 40 and / or the external storage 46. The file system 94 has a function of managing information reading and writing.

  Next, the operation of the mobile communication device 10, specifically, a search method for narrow search and an image display method associated therewith will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10. Here, FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing an example of the processing operation of the mobile communication device.

  When each software shown in FIG. 2 is activated, a group object having a plurality of item objects and a plurality of key objects are displayed on the display device 32 as shown in FIG. As described above, when a group object having a plurality of item objects and a plurality of key objects are displayed, a narrow search is performed when a predetermined operation is performed.

  Hereinafter, a search process for performing a search for narrowing down item objects in a group object based on a search condition associated with a key object will be described with reference to FIG. The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing steps after the key object serving as the search condition and the group object for performing the narrowing search are determined. That is, the condition for performing the narrowing search and the target for performing the narrowing search are determined by the process before step S12 shown in FIG. This point will be described later.

  In step S12, the search unit 60 searches the object information database 78 to obtain information on item objects used for narrowing determination. Here, the item object information used for the narrowing determination is information (for example, image size, number of subjects, etc.) related to the search condition for performing the narrowing search, which is stored as the item object information. In addition, the item object from which information is read is an item object that is a narrow-down search process among the item objects included in the group object. If the item object information is not stored in the object information database 78, it may be acquired from the content information database 84 or acquired from the internal storage 40 or the external storage 46 via the content access unit 86. Good.

  After acquiring the item object information in step S12, the search unit 60 determines whether the target item object satisfies the search condition associated with the key object in step S14. That is, it is determined whether the target item object acquired in step S12 satisfies the search condition.

  If it is determined in step S14 that the target item object satisfies the condition (Yes), the search unit 60 moves the target item object to the file list of the group object A in step S16. If it is determined in step S14 that the target item object does not satisfy the condition (No), the search unit 60 moves the target item object to the file list of the group object B in step S18.

  The search unit 60 performs the above-described processing for all item objects included in the group object, and distributes them to the item objects included in the group object, the group object A, and the group object B. Here, the item object allocated to the group object A is an item object satisfying the search condition, and the item object allocated to the group object B is an item object not satisfying the search condition.

  Next, a process when a narrow search process is input will be described with reference to FIG. First, a key object serving as a search condition and a group object for performing a narrow search are determined. Specifically, the search unit 60 detects a touch operation by the operator. That is, an operation signal by the operator detected by the input device 34 is sent to the object operation unit 74 via the input unit 64. Next, when it is determined that the touch coordinates (touched position) of the detected touch operation are within the key object area, the search unit 60 sets the touched key object as a key object as a search condition. Note that the object displayed on the screen of the display device 32 has an area of the input device 34 corresponding to the screen display of the display device 32 set as an object area. Thus, the key object can be specified by the operator touching an area corresponding to the area where the key object is displayed.

  Next, the search unit 60 determines that the key object is moved when the touch position is moved by the operator in a state where the key object is specified, and determines the area of the key object in accordance with the movement of the touch position. Move. When the key object is moved by the operator so that the area of the key object crosses (passes) the area of the group object, the group object crossed by the key object is set as a group object for performing a narrowing search. . Note that the criteria for determining that the key object area has crossed the group object area by the search unit 60 can be variously set, and may be set in advance. For example, if it is detected that the key object area has moved within a certain distance within the group object area, it may be determined that the key object area has crossed. If it is detected that the key object area has entered the group object area, The crossing may be determined regardless of the moving distance. Further, the determination is not limited to the determination based on the area of the key object and the area of the group object. Even if the determination is based on the relationship between the center of one object and the area of the other object, the key object is touched. The determination may be made on the basis of the relationship between the portion being present and the area of the group object. In addition, if the key object area, center, or touched position is based on the movement of a certain distance or more within the group object area, it simply passes through the group object area by mistake when moving the key object. This is preferable because it can be distinguished from the case where the search is performed.

  When the key object serving as the search condition and the group object to be narrowed down are determined, the search unit 60 detects the type of item object included in the group object in step S20. That is, it is determined whether the item object is an image file, a moving image file, or a music file.

  When the search unit 60 detects the type of the item object in step S20, the search unit 60 determines a division object (that is, a search condition) key object in step S22. That is, the search condition associated with the key object is detected. Note that the order of step S20 and step S22 may be reversed.

  When the search unit 60 determines the key object in step S22, in step S24, the search unit 60 performs an item object search process based on the search condition corresponding to the key object. Specifically, the processing from step S12 to step S18 described above is performed, and the item objects included in the group object are distributed to the group object A and the group object B based on the search condition.

  After performing the search process in step S24, the search unit 60 determines whether there is a file in the group object A as step S26. That is, it is determined whether the item object is allocated to the group object A. If the search unit 60 determines in step S26 that there is no file in the group object A (No), that is, no item object is assigned to the group object A, the search unit 60 moves the division target group object downward in step S28. To display. Here, the division target group object is the group object selected (designated) as the search target and the search target in step S24. In addition, when moving to the lower side and displaying, the position to display the group object as a contrast is set to a position lower than the position originally displayed in the vertical direction of the screen (the vertical direction of the characters). That is. The search unit 60 ends the process when the division target group object is moved downward and displayed in step S28.

  If it is determined in step S26 that the file exists in the group object A (Yes), that is, if there is an item object distributed to the group object A, the search unit 60 determines whether there is a file in the group object B in step S30. To do. That is, it is determined whether the item object is allocated to the group object B. If the search unit 60 determines in step S30 that there is no file in the group object B (No), that is, no item object is allocated to the group object B, the search unit 60 moves the group object to be divided upward in step S32. Display. Here, to move and display is to set the position for displaying the group object as a reference to a position above the position originally displayed in the vertical direction of the screen. Note that the vertical direction of the screen corresponds to the vertical direction of the displayed characters. The upper direction of the displayed characters is the upper direction of the screen, and the lower direction is the lower direction of the screen. Become. When the search unit 60 moves and displays the group object to be divided in step S32, the search unit 60 ends the process.

  Next, when the search unit 60 determines in step S30 that there is a file in the group object B (Yes), that is, there is an item object allocated to the group object B, the display of the group object to be divided is deleted in step S34. After that, in step S36, the group object A is displayed on the upper side, and in step S38, the group object B is displayed on the lower side. That is, if it is determined in step S26 and step S30 that the item object is distributed to both the group object A and the group object B, the displayed group object to be divided is deleted, and a new group object A and Group object B is displayed. At this time, the group object A is displayed at a position relatively above the group object B in the vertical direction of the screen. Also, the group object A is displayed relatively above the position where the division target object is displayed, and the group object B is displayed relatively below the position where the division target object is displayed. . The reference for the relative position at this time is not particularly limited, but for example, the center position of each group object may be used as a reference. Further, it is preferable that the group object A and the group object B are displayed at positions where the display areas do not overlap each other. Thus, by displaying the group objects at positions where they do not overlap, it is possible to make it easier to check the item objects included in each group object and to make it easier to operate. The search unit 60 ends the process when the group object A and the group object B are displayed.

  Hereinafter, the mobile communication device will be described in more detail using specific examples. 6-1, FIG. 6-2, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG. 9-1, FIG. 9-2, and FIG. 10 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, in this specific example, a group object 102 having a plurality of item objects 104, a key object 106a displayed as “size 320 × 240”, and “three people” are displayed. A key object 106b is displayed. The item object 104 shown in FIG. 6A is an item object of an image file. Here, the search condition associated with the key object 106a displayed as “size 320 × 240” is “the item object has a size of 320 × 240 (that is, one side is 320 pixels, and a side orthogonal to the one side is 240 pixels. The item object having a size of 320 × 240 or more becomes an item object satisfying the search condition, and the item object having a size less than 320 × 240 is an object not satisfying the search condition. Become. That is, the key object 106a is a key object for allocating an item object having a size of 320 × 240 as a threshold to an item object having a size equal to or larger than the threshold and an item object having a size smaller than the threshold. The search conditions associated with the key object 106b displayed as “3 people” will be described later.

  In this way, from the state where each object is displayed on the screen, as shown in FIG. 6A, the operator touches the key object 106a displayed as “size 320 × 240”, and the group object 102 is moved. When moved across, the key object 106a displayed as “size 320 × 240” is determined as a key object as a search condition, and the group object 102 is determined as a group object for performing a narrow search. When it is determined that the group object 102 is a group object to be subjected to a narrow search, the search unit 60 performs the processing described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5, and sets the item object 104 included in the group object 102 based on the search condition. And distribute. In this specific example, the item object 104 included in the group object 102 includes both an item object having a size of 320 × 240 or more and an item object having a size less than 320 × 240.

  When the processing described in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 is performed, the search unit 60 distributes the item objects included in the group object 102 into the group object A and the group object B based on the search condition. It is determined that both of the group objects B exist, that is, Yes is determined in both step S26 and step S30 in FIG. 5, and the processes of step S34, step S36, and step S38 are performed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6B, the display device 32 displays the group object 102a corresponding to the group object A and the group object 102b corresponding to the group object B. The group object 102a is displayed above the group object 102b on the screen, the group object 102a is displayed above the position where the group object 102 was displayed, and the group object 102b is displayed as the group object 102b. 102 is displayed below the position where it was displayed. In addition, the item object 104a assigned to the group object A is displayed in the area (inside) of the group object 102a, and the item object 104b assigned to the group object B is displayed in the area (inside) of the group object 102b. Is done. Since items are sorted according to the conditions of the key object 106a, the item objects 104a are all files having a size of 320 × 240 or more, and the item objects 104b are all files having a size of less than 320 × 240.

  As described above, the group object 102b having the item object 104b that does not satisfy the search condition on the group object 102a having the item object 104a that satisfies the search condition (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “group object that satisfies the search condition”). In the following, simply displaying “group object that does not satisfy the search condition”) below allows the group object that satisfies the search condition to be intuitively understood, and the operator easily understands the search result. be able to. Further, by displaying both the group object that satisfies the search condition and the group object that does not satisfy the processing condition, it is possible to display the item object that does not satisfy the search condition.

  In addition, by setting the search condition as a threshold and setting item objects that are equal to or higher than the threshold as item objects satisfying the search condition as in this specific example, it is possible to display an item having a larger search condition value on the upper side. In this way, by associating the vertical relationship between the numerical values and the vertical relationship between the display positions, the operator can more intuitively understand the search result.

  Here, in the above specific example, the group object has both the item object that satisfies the search condition and the item object that does not satisfy the search condition. However, the group object does not satisfy the item object or the search condition that satisfies the search condition. When there is only one of the item objects, the display position of the group object is moved as shown in the flowchart of FIG. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display state when all item objects included in the group object satisfy the search condition, and FIG. 8 illustrates that all item objects included in the group object do not satisfy the search condition. It is a figure which shows the display state in a case.

  When all the item objects 104 included in the group object 102 satisfy the search condition, for example, when the size of all the item objects 104 is 320 × 240 or more, “size 320 × 240” is displayed as the key object. If a refined search is performed with the selected key object 106a selected, all item objects are distributed to the group object A in step S24. Therefore, Yes in step S26 and No in step S30, the process of step S32 is performed. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7, the group object 102 is displayed in a state of moving upward. Specifically, it is displayed in a state of being moved upward from before the execution of the narrow search shown in FIG.

  As described above, after the refinement search is executed, the group object 102 is moved upward in the vertical direction of the screen, and the group object is not divided into two, so that the operator can make all items of the group object 102. It can be intuitively understood that the object 104 is an object that satisfies the search condition. Thereby, the operator can easily understand the search result.

  On the other hand, when all the item objects 104 included in the group object 102 do not satisfy the search condition, for example, when the size of all the item objects 104 is less than 320 × 240, “size” When a narrow search is performed with the key object 106a displayed as “320 × 240” selected, all the item objects are distributed to the group object B in step S24. Therefore, No is determined in step S26, and the process of step S28 is performed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the group object 102 is displayed in a state of being moved downward in the vertical direction of the screen. Specifically, the screen is displayed in a state of being moved downward from before the execution of the narrowing search illustrated in FIG.

  As described above, after the refinement search is performed, the group object 102 is moved downward in the vertical direction of the screen, and the group object is not divided into two parts. It can be intuitively understood that the item object is an object that does not satisfy the search condition. Thereby, the operator can easily understand the search result. In this way, even if the search condition cannot be narrowed down, by moving the display position, the operator can intuitively grasp the relationship between the search condition and the item object, and the search result can be easily obtained. Can understand.

  Next, another specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. 9-1 and 9-2. The specific examples shown in FIGS. 9-1 and 9-2 are the same as the specific examples shown in FIGS. 6-1 and 6-2 except that the key objects selected by the operator are different. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, also in this specific example, the group object 102 having a plurality of item objects 104, the key object 106a displayed as “size 320 × 240”, and “three people” are displayed. A key object 106b is displayed. Here, the search condition associated with the key object 106 b displayed as “3 persons” is “whether there are 3 or more persons in the item object image (associated image file). The item object of an image in which three or more persons are photographed is an item object that satisfies the search condition, and the item object of an image in which two or fewer persons are photographed is an object that does not satisfy the search condition. That is, the key object 106a is a key object for assigning an image item object in which the number of persons equal to or greater than the threshold is shown and an item object in an image in which the number of persons less than the threshold is indicated with three persons as threshold values.

  In this way, from the state where each object is displayed on the screen, as shown in FIG. 9A, the operator touches the key object 106b displayed as “3 people” and crosses the group object 102. In this way, the key object 106b displayed as “three people” is determined as a key object as a search condition, and the group object 102 is determined as a group object for performing a narrow search. When it is determined that the group object 102 is a group object to be subjected to a narrow search, the search unit 60 performs the processing described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5, and sets the item object 104 included in the group object 102 based on the search condition. And distribute. In this specific example, the item object 104 included in the group object 102 includes both an item object of an image file that includes three or more persons and an item object of an image file that includes two or less persons. is there. In addition, the image analysis software and face recognition system can be used to automatically analyze whether or not something appears in each image. Based on the analysis results, information on the number of people in the image can be created. That's fine. Further, the number of persons may be input by an operator input.

  When the processing described in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 is performed, the search unit 60 distributes the item objects 104 included in the group object 102 into the group object A and the group object B based on the search condition, and the group object A And group object B are determined, that is, Yes is determined in both step S26 and step S30 in FIG. 5, and the processes of step S34, step S36, and step S38 are performed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9B, the display device 32 displays the group object 102′a corresponding to the group object A and the group object 102′b corresponding to the group object B. The group object 102′a is displayed above the group object 102′b on the screen, and the group object 102′a is displayed above the position where the group object 102 was displayed. The object 102′b is displayed below the position where the group object 102 was displayed. In addition, the item object 104′a allocated to the group object A is displayed in the area (inside) of the group object 102′a, and the item object 104′a is allocated to the group object B in the area (inside) of the group object 102′b. The item object 104′b is displayed. The item object 104′a is an image file in which three or more persons are photographed, and the item object 104′b is an image file in which the number of photographed persons is two or less.

  Thus, even when the search condition is the number of persons, the same effect as described above can be obtained by the same process as described above.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the display area is set in proportion to the number of item objects to which the group object belongs. That is, it is preferable to display a group object with a small number of belonging item objects in a smaller area, and display a group object with a large number of belonging item objects in a larger area. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIG. Here, the specific example shown in FIG. 10 is an example in which the number of item objects satisfying the search condition is large and the number of item objects satisfying the search condition is small. When the key object 106a performs a narrowing search across the group objects to be searched, a group object 102 ″ a and a group object 102 ″ b are displayed as shown in FIG. At this time, the group object 102 ″ a with a large number of item objects 104 ″ a is displayed large, and the group object 102 ″ b with a small number of item objects 104 ″ b is displayed small. As shown in FIG. 10, by intuitively understanding how many item objects have moved to each group object as a result of the refinement search, by changing the size of the group object according to the number of item objects, as shown in FIG. be able to. Thereby, operability can be improved.

  In the above embodiment, since it is easy to operate intuitively and visually, the narrowed search is performed when the key object is moved across the group object. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a narrow search may be performed when the key object is moved into the area of the group object, or a narrow search in which a specific operation such as a predetermined number of taps is input to the key object may be performed.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when the key object as the search condition and the group object as the search target are determined, the narrow search is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the key object and the group object are At the stage of creation, the search result is calculated in advance, and when the key object that is the search condition and the group object that is the search target are determined, the search result is read to obtain the search result. May be.

  In the above embodiment, the display position of the extracted group object is determined based on the group object before extraction, that is, displayed above and below the group object before extraction. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the display position of the group object extracted based on the position where the key object crosses the group object may be determined. In the above embodiment, since the attributes of the group after extraction can be easily recognized, the group object that satisfies the condition is displayed on the upper side in the vertical direction of the screen, and the group object that does not satisfy the condition is displayed on the lower side. The display position is not limited to this. For example, even if displayed on the left and right, it may be displayed by adding whether or not the condition is satisfied for each group.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the group object and / or the collection of item objects display a line on the outer periphery (contour line) of the display area. Thus, by clearly indicating the outer periphery of the display area with a line, the size of the display area can be accurately grasped, and the touch operation by the operator can be appropriately performed.

  In the above embodiment, the search condition is the image size and the number of people shown in the image. However, the search condition may be whether or not a specific person, for example, Mr. A is shown. In this way, when a specific person is used as a search condition, the key object is displayed as Mr. A, and an image file in which Mr. A is reflected is set as a file (item object) that satisfies the search condition. You only have to set it.

  In the above-described embodiment, the image file has been described as an example. However, the image file can also be used for searching music files, searching home pages, and the like. Further, it may be used for searching for a communication destination (a partner to be contacted). In this case, the group object is a so-called address book, and the item object is an individual address (communication destination specifying object). In this case, examples of the key object include “address name is A line”, a part of a telephone number, a part of a mail address, a group of addresses, and the like. The individual address stores information such as name, telephone number, mail address, and address. In addition, it may be possible to shift to a mode for making a call to an individual address extracted as a result of searching in the address book, or to a mail creation screen for creating a mail to be transmitted to the extracted individual address. You may do it. In this case, the communication unit communicates with the specified communication destination based on the information stored in at least one individual address selected by the operator's operation on the input device from the extracted individual addresses. Then send an email or make a call.

  In the above embodiment, the relevance ratio is calculated based on the degree of coincidence with the keyword and the condition. However, in addition to this, the present invention calculates the relevance ratio in consideration of parameters such as the number of times of browsing and popularity. It may be.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the mobile telephone provided with the touch panel was demonstrated as an example as a suitable aspect, it is not limited to this. As described above, it can be used for various communication devices. Examples of the communication unit include a communication unit that connects to a public communication network via a base station, and a communication unit that directly communicates with other terminals. Examples of the connection destination include a server and other terminals.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the liquid crystal display device was used as a display device and the touch panel was used as an input device, it is not limited to this. For example, a projection display unit such as a projector may be used as the display device, and a contact detection unit that detects a contact input to the display area of the projected image may be used as the input device. Specifically, the operator places a hand in the display area, brings the hand to the area where the object is displayed, and moves the hand in the display area from that state. The same control can be performed by detecting such movement of the hand by the contact detection means.

  As described above, the mobile communication device and the communication device according to the present invention are useful for extracting an object that meets a search condition from a plurality of objects.

10 Mobile communication device 22 CPU
26 Communication Unit 30 Audio Processing Unit 32 Display Device 34 Input Device 36 ROM
38 RAM
40 Internal storage 42 External storage interface 46 External storage 50 Microphone 52 Receiver 60 Search unit 62 Display unit 64 Input unit 66 Content control unit 68 Search control unit 70 Object control unit 72 Object display unit 74 Object operation unit 76 Object management unit 78 Object information Database 80 Content management unit 82 Search index database 84 Content information database 86 Content access unit 88 Display control unit 90 Drawing engine unit 92 Input interface control unit 94 File system 102 Group object 104 Item object 106 Key object

Claims (11)

A display for displaying an image;
An input detection unit that detects an input instruction input by touching a region where an image is displayed by the display unit;
A communication unit that communicates with other terminals;
A control unit that performs control based on an input instruction detected by the input detection unit, and that controls an image to be displayed on the display unit,
The control unit includes a pre-extraction group object having a plurality of communication destination identification objects that are address information when performing communication in the communication unit, and a condition for narrowing down the communication destination identification object from the pre-extraction group objects. When the input detection unit detects a movement instruction across the pre-extraction group object in contact with the key object and in a contact state with the key object being displayed on the screen by the display unit,
Based on the key object narrowing condition, narrow down the communication destination specific object,
A communication destination specific object satisfying the narrowing condition is extracted from the pre-extraction group object, a set of the extracted communication destination specific objects is defined as a first group object, and the pre-extraction group object displays the first group object. Display it at a position on the upper side of the screen from the position where it was
A set of communication destination specific objects not extracted from the group object before extraction is set as a second group object, and the second group object is displayed at a position on the lower side of the screen from the position where the group object before extraction is displayed. ,
Further, when the input detection unit detects that one of the communication destination specific objects is selected and an instruction to be determined is input, the communication unit is based on the address information associated with the selected communication destination specific object. A mobile communication device characterized by starting communication on the Internet. A display for displaying an image;
An input detection unit that detects an input instruction input by touching a region where an image is displayed by the display unit;
A communication unit that communicates with other terminals;
A control unit that performs control based on an input instruction detected by the input detection unit, and that controls an image to be displayed on the display unit,
The control unit is configured to display a group object before extraction having a plurality of item objects and a key object serving as a condition for narrowing down the item object from the group objects before extraction on the screen by the display unit. When the input detection unit detects a movement instruction across the group object before extraction in contact with the key object and in a contact state,
The item object is narrowed down based on the key object narrowing condition,
Item objects satisfying the narrowing-down conditions are extracted from the pre-extraction group object, the set of extracted item objects is defined as a first group object, and a set of item objects that are not extracted from the pre-extraction group object is defined as a first group object. A communication device that performs display on the display unit as two group objects.   The control unit displays the first group object at a position on the upper side of the screen from the position where the pre-extraction group object is displayed, and the second group object from the position where the pre-extraction group object is displayed. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the communication device is also displayed at a position on the lower side of the screen. The control unit, when all the item objects of the pre-extraction group object is an item object that satisfies the narrowing condition,
The communication device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the pre-extraction group object is displayed at a position on the upper side of the screen from before the search. The control unit, when there is no item object that satisfies the narrowing condition among the item objects included in the group object before extraction,
5. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the pre-extraction group object is displayed at a position on a lower side of the screen than before the search.   The said control part determines the magnitude | size of each group object displayed on the said display part according to the number of the item objects contained in the said group object, The any one of Claim 2 to 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. The communication device described.   The control unit displays the group object larger on the display unit as the number of the item objects included in each group object is larger, and displays the group object as the number of the item objects included in the group object is smaller. The communication device according to claim 6, wherein the communication device displays a small size on the display unit.   The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit adds a contour line to an outer periphery of each group object and causes the display unit to display the contour line. The item object is image data,
The control unit detects the number of subjects of the image data by image analysis, associates the detected number of people with the item object,
9. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein, when the number of subjects is specified as the narrowing-down condition, the search is performed based on the number of people calculated by image analysis. The narrowing-down condition is whether or not the matching rate for the set condition is included in the set matching rate range,
The control unit obtains a matching rate for the set condition of each item object in the pre-extraction group object,
The communication device according to any one of claims 2 to 9, wherein an item object whose relevance ratio is included in the range of the relevance ratio is an item object that satisfies the narrowing-down condition. The input detection unit is a contact sensor disposed on the front surface of the display unit,
Detecting the force applied to the display as an input,
11. The control unit according to claim 2, wherein the control unit determines an operated key object by associating a position where a load is input with an image displayed on the display unit. The communication device described in 1.

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