JP2013089132A - Device, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device, a method and a program for facilitating character editing.SOLUTION: A device includes a touch screen display 2, and a controller 10. In the state where a document is displayed on the touch screen display 2, when one contact (for instance, single touch) is detected, the controller 10 determines, without detecting movement of the one contact, a character string (one character or a plurality of characters) to be selected on the basis of a position where the one contact is detected.

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method, and a program. In particular, the present invention relates to a device having a touch screen display, a method for controlling the device, and a program for controlling the device.

  Devices with touch screen displays are known. Devices that include a touch screen display include, for example, smartphones and tablets. A device with a touch screen display detects a finger or stylus pen gesture via the touch screen display. The device including the touch screen display operates according to the detected gesture. An example of the operation according to the detected gesture is described in Patent Document 1, for example.

  The basic operation of a device including a touch screen display is based on an OS (such as Android (registered trademark), BlackBerry (registered trademark) OS, iOS, Symbian (registered trademark) OS, Windows (registered trademark) Phone, etc. mounted on the device. (Operating System).

International Publication No. 2008/086302

  By the way, in a device having such a touch screen display, a technique for easily editing characters is required.

  An object of this invention is to provide the apparatus, method, and program which can edit a character easily.

  In one aspect, the apparatus according to the present invention detects, in a state where a single contact is detected in a state where the touch screen display and the document are displayed on the touch screen display, without detecting the movement of the single contact. And a controller for determining a character string to be selected based on the position where the one contact is detected.

  Further, in the apparatus according to the present invention, the controller includes a character in the document displayed at the position where the contact is detected, and a character string up to a space, a line feed or a punctuation mark is a character to be selected. The configuration may be determined as a column.

  In the apparatus according to the present invention, the controller may change the length of the character string to be selected based on the length of the contact time of the one contact.

  In the device according to the present invention, when the controller detects the movement of the contact after determining the character string to be selected, the controller moves the character string in the direction in which the contact moves in the document. It may be configured to move.

  In one aspect, the method according to the present invention is such that, when a single contact is detected by the controller in a state where the document is displayed on the touch screen display, the movement of the single contact is not detected. A character string determining step for determining a character string to be selected based on a position where one contact is detected is provided.

  In one aspect, when the program according to the present invention detects one contact in a state where the document is displayed on the touch screen display by the controller, the program does not detect the movement of the one contact. A character string determining step for determining a character string to be selected based on the position where one contact is detected is realized by a computer.

  According to the present invention, characters can be easily edited.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating an appearance of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a rear view illustrating an appearance of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the home screen. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list of document data displayed on the display. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data displayed on the display. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an operation for determining a character string. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an operation of moving the determined character string. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of editing a character by a gesture.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Below, a smart phone is demonstrated as an example of an apparatus provided with a touch screen display.

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The external appearance of the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the smartphone 1 has a housing 20. The housing 20 includes a front face 1A, a back face 1B, and side faces 1C1 to 1C4. The front face 1 </ b> A is the front of the housing 20. The back face 1 </ b> B is the back surface of the housing 20. The side faces 1C1 to 1C4 are side surfaces that connect the front face 1A and the back face 1B. Hereinafter, the side faces 1C1 to 1C4 may be collectively referred to as the side face 1C without specifying which face.

  The smartphone 1 includes a touch screen display 2, buttons 3A to 3C, an illuminance sensor 4, a proximity sensor 5, a receiver 7, a microphone 8, and a camera 12 on the front face 1A. The smartphone 1 has a camera 13 on the back face 1B. The smartphone 1 has buttons 3D to 3F and an external interface 14 on the side face 1C. Hereinafter, the buttons 3A to 3F may be collectively referred to as the button 3 without specifying which button.

  The touch screen display 2 includes a display 2A and a touch screen 2B. The display 2A includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL panel (Organic Electro-Luminescence panel), or an inorganic EL panel (Inorganic Electro-Luminescence panel). The display 2A displays characters, images, symbols, graphics, and the like.

  The touch screen 2B detects contact of a finger, a stylus pen, or the like with respect to the touch screen display 2. The touch screen 2B can detect a position where a plurality of fingers, a stylus pen, or the like is in contact with the touch screen display 2.

  The detection method of the touch screen 2B may be any method such as a capacitance method, a resistive film method, a surface acoustic wave method (or an ultrasonic method), an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, and a load detection method. Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, a finger that the touch screen 2B detects contact with the touch screen display 2 or a stylus pen or the like may be simply referred to as a “finger”.

  The smartphone 1 determines the type of gesture based on the contact, contact position, contact time, or number of contacts detected by the touch screen 2B. The gesture is an operation performed on the touch screen display 2. The gesture discriminated by the smartphone 1 includes touch, long touch, release, swipe, tap, double tap, long tap, drag, flick, pinch in, pinch out, and the like.

  A touch is a gesture in which a finger contacts the touch screen display 2 (for example, a surface). The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a finger contacts the touch screen display 2 as a touch. The long touch is a gesture in which a finger contacts the touch screen display 2 for a predetermined time or more. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a finger contacts the touch screen display 2 for a predetermined time or more as a long touch.

  A release is a gesture in which a finger leaves the touch screen display 2. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a finger leaves the touch screen display 2 as a release. The swipe is a gesture that moves while the finger is in contact with the touch screen display 2. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture that moves while the finger is in contact with the touch screen display 2 as a swipe.

  A tap is a gesture for releasing following a touch. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture for releasing following a touch as a tap. The double tap is a gesture in which a gesture for releasing following a touch is continued twice. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a gesture for releasing following a touch is continued twice as a double tap.

  A long tap is a gesture for releasing following a long touch. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture for releasing following a long touch as a long tap. The drag is a gesture for performing a swipe from an area where a movable object is displayed. The smartphone 1 determines, as a drag, a gesture for performing a swipe starting from an area where a movable object is displayed.

  The flick is a gesture that is released while the finger moves at high speed in one direction following the touch. The smartphone 1 determines, as a flick, a gesture that is released while the finger moves in one direction at high speed following the touch. Flick: Up flick that moves your finger up the screen, Down flick that moves your finger down the screen, Right flick that moves your finger right in the screen, Left flick that moves your finger left in the screen Etc.

  Pinch-in is a gesture that swipes in a direction in which a plurality of fingers approach each other. The smartphone 1 determines, as a pinch-in, a gesture that swipes in a direction in which a plurality of fingers approach each other. Pinch-out is a gesture that swipes a plurality of fingers away from each other. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture of swiping in a direction in which a plurality of fingers move away from each other as a pinch out.

  The smartphone 1 operates according to these gestures that are determined via the touch screen 2B. Therefore, operability that is intuitive and easy to use for the user is realized. The operation performed by the smartphone 1 according to the determined gesture differs depending on the screen displayed on the touch screen display 2.

  An example of a screen displayed on the display 2A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows an example of the home screen. The home screen may be called a desktop or a standby screen. The home screen is displayed on the display 2A. The home screen is a screen that allows the user to select which application to execute from among the applications installed in the smartphone 1. The smartphone 1 executes the application selected on the home screen in the foreground. The screen of the application executed in the foreground is displayed on the display 2A.

  The smartphone 1 can place an icon on the home screen. A plurality of icons 50 are arranged on the home screen 40 shown in FIG. Each icon 50 is associated with an application installed in the smartphone 1 in advance. When the smartphone 1 detects a gesture for the icon 50, the smartphone 1 executes an application associated with the icon 50. For example, when the smartphone 1 detects a tap on the icon 50 associated with the mail application, the smartphone 1 executes the mail application. Here, for example, the smartphone 1 interprets a gesture to a position (area) corresponding to the display position (area) of the icon 50 on the touch screen display 2 as an execution instruction of an application associated with the icon 50. .

  The icon 50 includes an image and a character string. The icon 50 may include a symbol or a graphic instead of the image. The icon 50 may not include either an image or a character string. The icons 50 are arranged according to a predetermined rule. A wallpaper 41 is displayed behind the icon 50. The wallpaper is sometimes called a photo screen or a back screen. The smartphone 1 can use any image as the wallpaper 41. For example, an arbitrary image is determined as the wallpaper 41 according to the setting of the user.

  The smartphone 1 can increase or decrease the number of home screens. For example, the smartphone 1 determines the number of home screens according to the setting by the user. When the smartphone 1 displays the home screen, even if there are a plurality of home screens, the smartphone 1 displays one selected from them on the display 2A.

  The smartphone 1 displays one or more locators on the home screen. The number of locators matches the number of home screens. The locator indicates the position of the currently displayed home screen. The locator corresponding to the currently displayed home screen is displayed in a manner different from other locators.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, four locators 51 are displayed. This indicates that the number of home screens 40 is four. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the second symbol from the left is displayed in a manner different from other symbols. This indicates that the second home screen from the left is currently displayed.

  When the smartphone 1 detects a specific gesture while displaying the home screen, the smartphone 1 switches the home screen displayed on the display 2A. For example, when detecting a right flick, the smartphone 1 switches the home screen displayed on the display 2A to the left home screen. Further, when the smartphone 1 detects a left flick, the smartphone 1 switches the home screen displayed on the display 2A to the right home screen.

  A region 42 is provided at the upper end of the display 2A. In the area 42, a remaining amount mark 43 indicating the remaining amount of the rechargeable battery and a radio wave level mark 44 indicating the electric field strength of the communication radio wave are displayed. The smartphone 1 may display the current time, weather information, the application being executed, the type of the communication system, the status of the phone, the mode of the device, the event that has occurred in the device, and the like in the area 42. As described above, the area 42 is used for various notifications to the user. The area 42 may be provided on a screen different from the home screen 40. The position where the region 42 is provided is not limited to the upper end of the display 2A.

  Note that the home screen 40 shown in FIG. 4 is an example, and the forms of various elements, the arrangement of various elements, the number of home screens 40, various operation methods on the home screen 40, and the like are described above. It does not have to be street.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the smartphone 1. The smartphone 1 includes a touch screen display 2, a button 3, an illuminance sensor 4, a proximity sensor 5, a communication unit 6, a receiver 7, a microphone 8, a storage 9, a controller 10, and cameras 12 and 13. , An external interface 14, an acceleration sensor 15, an orientation sensor 16, and a rotation detection sensor 17.

  As described above, the touch screen display 2 includes the display 2A and the touch screen 2B. The display 2A displays characters, images, symbols, graphics, or the like. The touch screen 2B detects a gesture.

  The button 3 is operated by the user. The button 3 includes buttons 3A to 3F. The controller 10 detects an operation on the button by cooperating with the button 3. The operation on the button is, for example, click, double click, push, and multi-push.

  For example, the buttons 3A to 3C are a home button, a back button, or a menu button. For example, the button 3D is a power on / off button of the smartphone 1. The button 3D may also serve as a sleep / sleep release button. For example, the buttons 3E and 3F are volume buttons.

  The illuminance sensor 4 detects illuminance. For example, the illuminance is light intensity, brightness, luminance, or the like. The illuminance sensor 4 is used for adjusting the luminance of the display 2A, for example.

  The proximity sensor 5 detects the presence of a nearby object without contact. The proximity sensor 5 detects that the touch screen display 2 is brought close to the face, for example.

  The communication unit 6 communicates wirelessly. The communication method performed by the communication unit 6 is a wireless communication standard. For example, wireless communication standards include cellular phone communication standards such as 2G, 3G, and 4G. For example, cellular phone communication standards include LTE (Long Term Evolution), W-CDMA, CDMA2000, PDC, GSM, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), and the like. Examples of wireless communication standards include WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), IEEE802.11, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IrDA, NFC (Near Field Communication), and the like. The communication unit 6 may support one or more of the communication standards described above.

  The receiver 7 outputs the audio signal transmitted from the controller 10 as audio. The microphone 8 converts the voice of the user or the like into a voice signal and transmits it to the controller 10. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker in addition to the receiver 7. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker instead of the receiver 7.

  The storage 9 stores programs and data. The storage 9 is also used as a work area for temporarily storing the processing result of the controller 10. The storage 9 may include any storage device such as a semiconductor storage device and a magnetic storage device. The storage 9 may include a plurality of types of storage devices. The storage 9 may include a combination of a portable storage medium such as a memory card and a storage medium reading device.

  The programs stored in the storage 9 include an application executed in the foreground or the background and a control program that supports the operation of the application. For example, the application displays a predetermined screen on the display 2A, and causes the controller 10 to execute processing according to the gesture detected by the touch screen 2B. The control program is, for example, an OS. The application and the control program may be installed in the storage 9 via wireless communication by the communication unit 6 or a storage medium.

  The storage 9 stores, for example, a control program 9A, a mail application 9B, a browser application 9C, and setting data 9Z. The mail application 9B provides an electronic mail function for creating, transmitting, receiving, and displaying an electronic mail. The browser application 9C provides a WEB browsing function for displaying a WEB page. The table 9D stores various tables such as a key assignment table. The arrangement pattern database 9E stores arrangement patterns such as icons displayed on the display 2A. The setting data 9Z provides various setting functions related to the operation of the smartphone 1.

  The control program 9A provides functions related to various controls for operating the smartphone 1. The control program 9A realizes a call by controlling the communication unit 6, the receiver 7, the microphone 8, and the like, for example. The function provided by the control program 9A includes a function of performing various controls such as changing information displayed on the display 2A according to a gesture detected via the touch screen 2B. Note that the functions provided by the control program 9A may be used in combination with functions provided by other programs such as the mail application 9B.

  The controller 10 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The controller 10 may be an integrated circuit such as a SoC (System-on-a-chip) in which other components such as the communication unit 6 are integrated. The controller 10 controls various operations of the smartphone 1 to realize various functions.

  Specifically, the controller 10 executes instructions included in the program stored in the storage 9 while referring to the data stored in the storage 9 as necessary, and the display 2A, the communication unit 6 and the like. Various functions are realized by controlling. The controller 10 may change the control according to detection results of various detection units such as the touch screen 2B, the button 3, and the acceleration sensor 15.

  For example, by executing the control program 9A, the controller 10 executes various controls such as changing information displayed on the display 2A according to a gesture detected via the touch screen 2B.

  The camera 12 is an in-camera that captures an object facing the front face 1A. The camera 13 is an out camera that captures an object facing the back face 1B.

  The external interface 14 is a terminal to which another device is connected. The external interface 14 may be a general-purpose terminal such as a universal serial bus (USB), a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a light peak (thunderbolt), and an earphone microphone connector. The external interface 14 may be a dedicated terminal such as a dock connector. Devices connected to the external interface 14 include, for example, an external storage, a speaker, and a communication device.

  The acceleration sensor 15 detects the direction and magnitude of acceleration acting on the smartphone 1. The direction sensor 16 detects the direction of geomagnetism. The rotation detection sensor 17 detects the rotation of the smartphone 1. The detection results of the acceleration sensor 15, the orientation sensor 16, and the rotation detection sensor 17 are used in combination in order to detect changes in the position and orientation of the smartphone 1.

  The smartphone 1 configured as described above can easily edit characters. A specific configuration will be described below.

  The storage 9 stores a character editing application 9F. The character editing application 9F is an application for editing characters. For example, the controller 10 can edit characters in the document data by causing the character editing application 9F to execute the document data. In addition to the gesture operation on the touch screen display 2, an operation for editing characters may be an operation using a soft keyboard displayed on the touch screen display 2, or an operation using a physical keyboard. Character editing includes, for example, addition, change, and deletion of characters.

  In the present embodiment, the character editing application 9F is described as being configured as a single application, but is not limited thereto. For example, the character editing application 9F may be configured as one function such as a mail application 9B or a notepad application.

  When the controller 10 detects one contact in a state where the document data is displayed on the touch screen display 2 by executing the character editing application 9F, the controller 10 does not detect the movement of the one contact. A character string to be selected is determined based on the position where one contact is detected. Note that one contact (single touch) means, for example, a gesture by a single finger contact.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, when the character editing application 9F is executed, the controller 10 displays a list 60 of document data associated with the character editing application 9F. Although the list 60 is described as being displayed with icons associated with each document data, the display format is not limited to this. Further, the controller 10 may be configured to display the most recently accessed document data when the character editing application 9F is executed.

  Further, when the controller 10 detects a gesture (for example, a tap) for an icon of a certain document data (for example, “Doc_1” in FIG. 6), the controller 10 reads the document data associated with the icon, and in a predetermined format. It is displayed on the touch screen display 2 (see, for example, FIG. 7).

  When the controller 10 detects a single touch in a state where the document data is displayed on the touch screen display 2, the controller 10 determines a character string in the document corresponding to the detected position as a selection target. The number of characters in the character string may be single or plural.

  Further, the character string determined as the selection target may be used as a copy or movement target.

  In this way, the smartphone 1 can determine the character string to be selected by performing an intuitive gesture while the document data is displayed, and thus easily edits the character. be able to. In the present embodiment, the predetermined gesture has been described as a single touch, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  The controller 10 may change the length of the character string to be selected according to the duration of the touch, that is, the length of the long touch. For example, when the time length of the long touch is T1, the controller 10 determines “you” as the character string to be selected. In the case of T2 (T1 <T2), the controller 10 determines “you are” as the character string to be selected. In the case of T3 (T2 <T3), the controller 10 determines “How are you” as the character string to be selected. Further, the controller 10 may display the determined character string such as inversion so that the difference from other characters can be understood.

  With this configuration, the smartphone 1 can adjust the length of the character string by an intuitive operation, and can improve operability.

  The controller 10 may be configured to cancel the determination as a selection target when a release is detected after detecting a touch and determining a character string as a selection target.

  With this configuration, the smartphone 1 can easily determine and cancel a character string to be selected by an intuitive operation, and can improve operability.

  Moreover, although the structure and operation | movement of the smart phone 1 were demonstrated in the above, it is not restricted to this, You may comprise as a method and a program which are provided with each component and can edit a character easily.

  The controller 10 may be configured to determine a character string including a character in a document displayed at a position where contact is detected and up to a blank, a line feed, or a punctuation mark as a character string to be selected.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the controller 10 detects a contact with “sa” in the vicinity of “you are ...”, the controller 10 checks the front and the back with “sa” as the center, In accordance with the rules, "How was everyone?" Is determined as the character string to be selected. The predetermined rule is a rule that determines the character string between the leading blank and the trailing blank as a selection target when there is a blank or the like (may be a punctuation mark or a line feed) at the beginning and rear. It is. In the present embodiment, the character string is determined based on the forward punctuation mark and the rearward first line feed code. In the present embodiment, the line feed code is visualized, but may not be visualized depending on the setting of the character editing application 9F.

  Further, the predetermined rule is not limited to the above, but may be another rule, and a continuous katakana (for example, “application program”) may be determined as a character string to be selected, One entire paragraph may be determined as a character string to be selected. Further, the predetermined rule is not limited to one but may be plural.

  Thus, since the smartphone 1 can select a character string to be selected by performing an intuitive gesture while document data is displayed, the smartphone 1 easily edits characters. be able to.

  The controller 10 may be configured to move the character string in the direction in which the contact moves in the document when the movement of the contact is detected after determining the character string to be selected. In addition, although the movement of a contact assumes a swipe, it is not restricted to this, A flick may be sufficient.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, when the controller 10 detects a contact with “sa” in the vicinity of “you are ...”, the controller 10 moves forward and backward with “sa” as the center. Check, and in accordance with a predetermined rule, determine "How was you?" As a character string to be selected.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9, the controller 10 detects a gesture (swipe) that moves in a direction perpendicular to the character direction while touching the line “You are ...” or the vicinity thereof. , Move the whole line of "You are ...". The number of lines to be moved is determined by the amount (length) moved by the gesture, the set character size (font size), the setting value for line feed, and the like.

  In addition, although this embodiment demonstrated the movement of a line, it is not restricted to this, A 1 or several character may be moved within a line, and even if a movement of a line and a movement of a character are performed in a series of processes. Good.

  In the present embodiment, the pattern in which the character direction is horizontally written has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the smartphone 1 can move lines by the same operation even if the character direction is vertically written.

  In addition, a series of operations from determination of a character string to be selected to movement of the character string is performed by, for example, determining a character string by single touch, then performing a swipe operation, and performing a character operation by a release operation. The column move is complete.

  In this way, the smartphone 1 selects a character string to be selected in a state where the document data is displayed, and then the character string at the target location by an intuitive gesture (for example, swipe). Can be moved, and the character can be easily edited.

  Next, the flow of operations when selecting a character string by an intuitive gesture and moving the selected character string to a desired location will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following, it is assumed that the document data is displayed on the touch screen display 2 by the character editing application 9F.

  In step ST1, the controller 10 determines whether a single touch has been detected. If it is determined that a single touch has been detected (Yes), the process proceeds to step ST2, and if it is determined that a single touch has not been detected (No), the process ends.

In step ST2, the controller 10 determines a character string to be selected.
In step ST3, the controller 10 determines whether or not a swipe has been detected. If it is determined that a swipe has been detected (Yes), the process proceeds to step ST4. If it is determined that a swipe has not been detected (No), the process ends. When the process is terminated, the character string determination performed in step ST2 is cancelled.

  In step ST4, the controller 10 moves the character string based on the swipe in step ST3.

  In this way, the smartphone 1 selects a character string to be selected by an intuitive gesture (for example, touch) while the document data is displayed, and then performs an intuitive gesture (for example, swipe). ) Can be used to move the character string, so that the character can be easily edited.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the character string is moved to another line has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Also good. Further, the present embodiment may be applied to replace characters.

  5 may be downloaded from another apparatus by wireless communication by the communication unit 6. 5 may be stored in a storage medium that can be read by a reading device included in the storage 9. 5 is stored in a storage medium such as a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray that can be read by a reader connected to the external interface 14. May be.

  Moreover, the structure of the smart phone 1 shown in FIG. 5 is an example, and you may change suitably in the range which does not impair the summary of this invention. For example, the number and type of buttons 3 are not limited to the example of FIG. For example, the smartphone 1 may include buttons such as a numeric keypad layout or a QWERTY layout instead of the buttons 3A to 3C as buttons for operations related to the screen. The smartphone 1 may include only one button or may not include a button for operations related to the screen. Further, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the smartphone 1 includes two cameras, but the smartphone 1 may include only one camera or may not include a camera. Moreover, in the example shown in FIG. 5, although the smart phone 1 was provided with three types of sensors in order to detect a position and an attitude | position, the smart phone 1 does not need to be provided with some sensors among these, Other types of sensors for detecting position and orientation may be provided. Further, the illuminance sensor 4 and the proximity sensor 5 may be configured as a single sensor, not as separate bodies.

  In order to fully and clearly disclose the present invention, it has been described with respect to characteristic embodiments. However, the invention according to the appended claims should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and all modifications that can be created by those skilled in the art within the scope of the basic matters shown in this specification. And should be configured to embody alternative configurations.

  For example, each program shown in FIG. 5 may be divided into a plurality of modules, or may be combined with other programs.

  Moreover, although said embodiment demonstrated the smart phone as an example of an apparatus provided with a touch screen display, the apparatus which concerns on an attached claim is not limited to a smart phone. For example, the device according to the appended claims may be a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone, a portable personal computer, a digital camera, a media player, an electronic book reader, a navigator, or a game machine. The apparatus according to the appended claims may be a stationary electronic device such as a desktop personal computer or a television receiver.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Smart phone 2 Touch screen display 2A Display 2B Touch screen 3 Button 4 Illuminance sensor 5 Proximity sensor 6 Communication unit 7 Receiver 8 Microphone 9 Storage 9A Control program 9B Mail application 9C Browser application 9D Table 9E Arrangement pattern database 9F Character editing application 9Z Setting data DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Controller 12, 13 Camera 14 External interface 15 Acceleration sensor 16 Direction sensor 17 Rotation detection sensor 20 Housing

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Touch screen display,
In the state where the document is displayed on the touch screen display, if one contact is detected, the selection target is determined based on the position where the one contact is detected without detecting the movement of the one contact. And a controller for determining a character string.   2. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a character in the document displayed at the position where the contact is detected, and determines a character string up to a space, a line feed, or a punctuation mark as the character string to be selected. apparatus.   The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller changes a length of a character string to be selected based on a length of a contact time of the one contact.   The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller moves the character string in a direction in which the contact moves in the document when the movement of the contact is detected after determining the character string to be selected.   When a single contact is detected by the controller while the document is displayed on the touch screen display, the selection is made based on the position where the single contact is detected without detecting the movement of the single contact. A method comprising: a character string determining step for determining a character string to be subjected to.   When a single contact is detected by the controller while the document is displayed on the touch screen display, the selection is made based on the position where the single contact is detected without detecting the movement of the single contact. A program for realizing, by a computer, a character string determination step for determining a character string that is a target of the operation.

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