JP2013229002A - Information terminal, input object display method, and input object display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide excellent operability related to an input operation in an information terminal comprising a touch panel.SOLUTION: An information terminal 1 comprises: a coordinate acquisition part 12 for acquiring coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation by a user is performed; and an easy input area setting part 14 for setting an easy input area on the basis of the coordinate information, thereby, the easy input area is set in an area where the input operation is easy for the user. The information terminal 1 comprises an input object display part 17 for displaying an input object in the easy input area, thereby, the user can easily perform the input operation for the input object.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal, an input object display method, and an input object display program.

  In recent years, information terminals having a display having a touch panel function have become widespread. In such an information terminal, in order to input various information, an object indicating an input position and input content such as a soft keyboard and an icon is displayed on the display. The user can set the object size and the like in the information terminal in order to easily perform the input operation. In addition, a technique for changing a display form of keys displayed on a display in accordance with a usage state of a user is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, a technique for displaying keys on a touch panel according to arbitrary size information registered in advance is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-280782 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-10689

  A user of an information terminal often performs various input operations with a finger of the hand while holding the information terminal with one hand. In such an operation, a sufficiently good operability cannot be obtained only by changing the size of the key to be operated as shown in the prior art.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information terminal, an input object display method, and an input object display program that can provide good operability in an information terminal having a touch panel. To do.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information terminal according to the present invention is an information terminal having a touch panel, a coordinate acquisition unit that acquires coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation is performed on the touch panel, and a coordinate acquisition unit Based on the coordinate information acquired by the above, easy input area setting means for setting a certain area on the touch panel as an easy input area, easy input area storage means for storing the easy input area set by the easy input area setting means, Input object display means for displaying an input object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel in an easy input area stored in the easy input area storage means.

  In order to solve the above problem, the input object display method of the present invention is an input object display method in an information terminal having a touch panel, and obtains coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation is performed on the touch panel. A coordinate acquisition step, and an easy input area setting step for setting a certain area on the touch panel as an easy input area based on the coordinate information acquired in the coordinate acquisition step, and storing the easy input area in the easy input area storage means; And an input object display step of displaying an input object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel in an easy input area stored in the easy input area storage means in the easy input area setting step.

  In order to solve the above problem, an input object display program according to the present invention includes a coordinate acquisition function for acquiring coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation is performed on a touch panel, and a coordinate An easy input area setting function for setting a certain area on the touch panel as an easy input area based on the coordinate information acquired by the acquisition function, and an easy input area storage function for storing the easy input area set by the easy input area setting function And an input object display function for displaying an input object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel in an easy input area stored in the easy input area storage function.

  According to the information terminal, the input object display method, and the input object display program of the present invention, the easy input area is set based on the coordinate information indicating the position where the input operation by the user is performed. This is an area where the input operation is easy for the user. And since an input object is displayed in this input easy area, the user can implement input operation easily.

  The information terminal of the present invention further includes an input reception screen output means for displaying on the touch panel an input reception screen for prompting the user to perform an input operation, and the coordinate acquisition means receives the input reception screen displayed by the input reception screen output means. The coordinate information input according to the screen is acquired.

  According to the above configuration, an input operation for acquiring coordinate information is urged to the user, so that appropriate coordinate information for setting the easy input area can be acquired.

  In the information terminal of the present invention, the coordinate acquisition unit acquires a plurality of coordinate information, and the input easy area setting unit includes three points based on a predetermined criterion among the plurality of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit. Is set, and an area surrounded by an arc passing through the selected three points and two of the four sides constituting the outer edge of the touch panel is set as an easy input area.

  According to the above configuration, since the easy input area is set in the area surrounded by the arc passing through the three points selected from the coordinate information and the two sides constituting the outer edge of the touch panel, the two sides in the information terminal are In the case where the input operation is performed while holding the vicinity of the portion that is positioned, the easy input area is set in a region where the operation is easy. Therefore, good operability is provided to the user.

  In the information terminal of the present invention, the coordinate acquisition unit acquires a plurality of coordinate information, and the easy input area setting unit sets an area including all the positions indicated by the acquired multiple coordinate information as an easy input area. Set.

  According to the above configuration, since the input easy area is set so as to include all positions indicated in the acquired coordinate information, the easy input area can be set in an area where the user can perform an input operation. Since the input object is displayed in the input easy area set in this way, good operability is realized.

  In the information terminal according to the present invention, the input easy area setting means is any one of the input areas of the touch panel divided into two by a straight line passing through one point indicated by one coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition means. This area may be set as the easy input area.

  According to the above configuration, since the easy input area is set based on the coordinate information of one point, it is possible to easily set the area for displaying the input object with a small number of operations.

  In the information terminal according to the present invention, the coordinate acquisition unit acquires a plurality of coordinate information, and the input easy area setting unit distributes a plurality of points indicated by the plurality of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit. The easy input area may be set based on the shape of the region.

  According to the said structure, the area | region where a user in a touch panel can input easily can be estimated based on the distribution area shape of coordinate information. Thereby, the input object can be displayed at an appropriate position.

  The information terminal of the present invention further includes an input object determination unit that determines whether or not the application started on the information terminal is an application that displays the input object, and the input object display unit includes the input object determination unit. When it is determined by the means that the activated application is an application that displays an input object, the input object is displayed in the easy input area.

  According to the above configuration, when an application accompanied by display of an input object is activated, the input object is appropriately displayed in the easy input area, and thus, excellent operability can be provided in such an application.

  In an information terminal having a touch panel, good operability can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of an information terminal. It is a hardware block diagram of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of an input reception screen typically. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the coordinate memory | storage part, and the data memorize | stored. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of an input easy area. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of an input easy area. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of an input easy area. It is a figure which shows the example of the display on which the input object was displayed. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the input object display method. It is a figure which shows the structure of an input object display program.

  Embodiments of an information terminal, an input object display method, and an input object display program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. If possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the information terminal 1 has a touch panel T. The touch panel T includes a display unit D and an input receiving unit P. The display unit D is a display that displays various information, images, and the like. The input receiving unit P is a part that receives an input operation, and can acquire coordinate information indicating a position where the input operation is performed on the touch panel T.

  Functionally, the information terminal 1 has an input reception screen output unit 11 (input reception screen output unit), a coordinate acquisition unit 12 (coordinate acquisition unit), a coordinate storage unit 13, and an input easy area setting unit 14 (input easy area setting). Means), an input easy area storage unit 15 (input easy area storage unit), an input object determination unit 16 (input object determination unit), and an input object display unit 17 (input object display unit).

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the information terminal 1 physically includes a CPU 101, a RAM 102 and a ROM 103 that are main storage devices, a communication module 104 that is a data transmission / reception device, a hard disk, an auxiliary storage device 105 exemplified by a flash memory, and the like. The computer system includes an input device 106 such as a keyboard as an input device, an output device 107 such as a display, and the like. Each function shown in FIG. 1 has a communication module 104, an input device 106, and an output device 107 under the control of the CPU 101 by loading predetermined computer software on the hardware such as the CPU 101 and the RAM 102 shown in FIG. This is realized by reading and writing data in the RAM 102 and the auxiliary storage device 105. Again, with reference to FIG. 1, each function part of the information terminal 1 is demonstrated in detail.

  The input reception screen output unit 11 is a part that displays on the touch panel an input reception screen for prompting the user to perform an input operation. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input reception screen displayed on the display unit D of the touch panel T. As shown in FIG. 3, the input reception screen includes a message M such as “Please touch a place touched with one hand”, for example. When an input operation on the touch panel T is performed with the user's finger F in response to the message M, the input receiving unit P detects coordinate information of a position where the input operation is performed. At this time, for example, the user may perform an input operation so that the operable position on the touch panel T is filled with the finger F. In addition, the user may input and operate a plurality of positions on the outer edge of the operable range. In addition, the user may perform an input operation with respect to one operable position. When the user performs an input operation with a finger of the held hand while holding the information terminal 1, coordinate information indicating a position where the user can easily perform an input operation with one hand is acquired.

  The coordinate acquisition unit 12 is a part that acquires coordinate information detected by the input receiving unit P. The coordinate acquisition unit 12 stores the acquired coordinate information in the coordinate storage unit 13.

  The coordinate storage unit 13 is a part that stores the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 12. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinate information stored in the coordinate storage unit 13. As shown in FIG. 4, the coordinate storage unit 13 stores a plurality of pieces of coordinate information including x-coordinate and y-coordinate values. 4 shows an example in which a plurality of coordinates are stored in the coordinate storage unit 13, the coordinate storage unit 13 may store the coordinate information of one point acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 12. .

The easy input area setting unit 14 is a part that sets a certain area on the touch panel as an easy input area based on the coordinate information stored in the coordinate storage unit 13. With reference to FIG. 5, the example of the setting of an easy input area by the easy input area setting part 14 is demonstrated concretely. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the easy input area setting unit 14 selects three points of coordinates based on a predetermined reference from among a plurality of pieces of coordinate information stored in the coordinate storage unit 13. For example, the easy input area setting unit 14 includes the coordinate information p ₂₀ (x ₂₀ , y ₂₀ ) of the position p ₂₀ having the maximum x coordinate value and the coordinate information of the position p ₁ having the maximum y coordinate value among the plurality of pieces of coordinate information. The coordinate information p ₁₀ (x ₁₀ , y ₁₀ ) having p ₁ (x ₁ , y ₁ ) and a value between the coordinate values of these two points as coordinate values is selected. Here, p _10, for example, among the plurality of coordinate information may be coordinate information of a position closest to the middle point position p ₁ and the position p _20. And then. The easy input area setting unit 14 sets, as an easy input area, a region R surrounded by an arc passing through the selected three points and two sides L ₁ and L _{2 of} the four sides constituting the outer edge of the touch panel. The selection of the two sides L ₁ and L ₂ from the four sides constituting the outer edge of the touch panel is performed by determining a distribution region in which the acquired coordinate information is distributed, and extracting two sides closer to the distance from the distribution region. Or may be set in advance. By setting the easy input area in this way, when the input operation is performed while holding the vicinity of the portion where the two sides L ₁ and L ₂ are located in the information terminal 1, the easy input area is set in the easy operation area. Is set. Therefore, good operability is provided to the user.

  The easy input area setting unit 14 may set an area including all the positions indicated by the plurality of coordinate information stored in the coordinate storage unit 13 as an easy input area. In this case, an easy input area is set in an area where the user can perform an input operation, and an input object is displayed in the set easy input area, so that excellent operability is realized.

  Next, another example of setting an easy input area by the easy input area setting unit 14 will be described. For example, the input easy area setting unit 14 can easily input any one of the input areas of the touch panel divided into two by a straight line passing through one point indicated by one coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 12. Can be set in the area. An example of setting in this case will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6 (a), if the coordinate information _p 30 at one point _{(x 30, y} 30) is acquired, input easily the area setting unit 14, a position through touch panel shown in coordinate information _{p 30} Of the input area divided into two by the straight line parallel to the horizontal direction at T, the area R below the straight line is set as the easy input area. That is, the input easily the area setting unit 14, y-coordinate value is set to enter easily the area of y ₃₀ or less than y ₃₀ following areas in the touch panel T.

The coordinate information p ₃₀ of one point, it may be acquired based on an instruction input at one point by the user's finger. Further, when a plurality of pieces of coordinate information are acquired in the instruction input by the user's finger, one point of coordinate information may be selected from the plurality of pieces of coordinate information based on a predetermined criterion set in advance.

Further, whether to set the area above or below the straight line passing through the position indicated by the coordinate information p ₃₀ as the easy input area may be set in advance or may be input by the user. Good.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 6B, when one piece of coordinate information p ₃₀ (x ₃₀ , y ₃₀ ) is acquired, the easy input area setting unit 14 determines the position indicated by the coordinate information p _30. Of the input areas divided into two by the straight line parallel to the vertical direction on the touch panel T, the area R on the right side of the straight line may be set as the easy input area. That is, the input easily the area setting unit 14, x-coordinate value of the touch panel T is set to enter easily the area a x ₃₀ larger or x ₃₀ or more regions. On the other hand, the input easily the area setting unit 14, of the two divided input area by a straight line parallel to the longitudinal direction of through the touch panel T of the position indicated on the coordinate information p _30, easily enter the left region of the straight area It is good also as setting to (not shown).

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 6C, when one piece of coordinate information p ₃₀ (x ₃₀ , y ₃₀ ) is acquired, the easy input area setting unit 14 determines the position indicated by the coordinate information p _30. One of the areas R among the input areas divided into two by a straight line having a predetermined inclination with respect to the four sides of the street touch panel T may be set as the easy input area.

  Next, another example of setting the easy input area will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the easy input area setting unit 14 may set an easy input area based on the shape of a distribution area in which a plurality of points indicated by a plurality of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 12 is distributed. it can.

When a touch operation is performed on an area having a certain size on the touch panel T with a finger surface, a plurality of coordinate information is acquired. Such distribution region C ₁ by a plurality of points indicated in the obtained coordinate information is formed. Based on the shape of the distribution area C _1, it is possible to estimate the direction in which the base of the finger performing the touch operation is present. FIG. 7 shows an example of setting the easy input area based on the estimated direction of the base of the finger.

The easy input area setting unit 14 sets the distribution region C ₁ based on a plurality of pieces of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 12. Then, the input easily the area setting unit 14 sets the longest line segment L ₁ of the segment that can be placed in the distribution region C _1, and the outer edge of the extension line of the line segment L1 L ₂ and the touch panel T get the intersection _{p 41.} Subsequently, the easy-to-input area setting unit 14 sets an arc F passing through the coordinate p ₄₀ farthest from the intersection p ₄₁ out of the plurality of coordinates included in the distribution region C ₁ with the intersection p ₄₁ as the center. Then, the easy input area setting unit 14 sets a region R surrounded by the arc F and the outer edge of the touch panel as an easy input area. Instead of the intersection point p ₄₁ , the corner closest to the intersection point p ₄₁ among the four corners of the touch panel T may be set as the center of the arc F.

  The easy input area setting unit 14 stores information indicating the set easy input area in the easy input area storage unit 15.

  The easy input area storage unit 15 is a part that stores the easy input area set by the easy input area setting unit 14. The easy input area storage unit 15 can store, for example, information such as coordinate information representing the region R in FIG. 5 and mathematical expressions representing boundary lines constituting the outer edge of the region R as easy input area information.

  The input object determination unit 16 is a part that determines whether or not the application started in the information terminal 1 is an application that displays an input object. The input object is an object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel, and is exemplified by, for example, a soft keyboard for inputting text information, a button for allowing the user to input a result of a question to the user, and the like. . The input object determination unit 16 sends information about the determination result to the input object display unit 17.

  The input object display unit 17 is a part that displays the input object in the easy input area stored in the easy input area storage unit 15. Specifically, when the input object determination unit 16 determines that the application started on the information terminal 1 is an application that displays an input object, the input object display unit 17 displays the input object on the touch panel T. The display is controlled so that the display is performed in the input easy area in the display unit D. An example of display processing by the input object display unit 17 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating a display example in a case where an application started on the information terminal 1 displays a soft keyboard. As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the input object display unit 17, a region R that has been set as the input readily area in the touch panel T, displaying the soft keyboard K _1.

FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating a display example when an application accompanied by display of a button for causing the user to input a result of a question to the user is started. As shown in FIG. 8 (b), the input object display unit 17, a region R that has been set as the input readily area in the touch panel T, and displays the buttons K _2.

  Next, an input object display method in the information terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9A is a flowchart illustrating a determination process for determining an easy input area.

  First, an input reception screen for prompting the user to perform an input operation is displayed on the touch panel (S1). Subsequently, the coordinate acquisition unit 12 acquires coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation by the user according to the display of the input reception screen is performed (S2). The coordinate acquisition unit 12 stores the acquired coordinate information in the coordinate storage unit 13.

  Next, the easy input area setting unit 14 sets an easy input area based on the coordinate information stored in the coordinate storage unit 13 (S3). Then, the easy input area setting unit 14 stores information indicating the set easy input area in the easy input area storage unit 15 (S4).

  FIG. 9B is a flowchart showing input object display processing. First, the information terminal 1 accepts an application activation instruction (S5). Subsequently, the input object determination unit 16 determines whether or not the application started in step S5 is an application that displays the input object (S6). If it is determined that the activated application is an application that displays an input object, the processing procedure proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, if it is not determined that the activated application is an application that displays an input object, the processing procedure ends.

  In step S7, the input object display unit 17 displays the input object displayed by the activated application in the easy input area stored in the easy input area storage unit 15 (S7). 9A is preferably performed at the time of initial setting when the user starts using the information terminal 1, for example. Further, the processing may be performed at an arbitrary timing.

  Next, an input object display program for causing a computer to function as the information terminal 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of the input object display program 1m.

  The input object display program 1m includes a main module 10m that centrally controls input object display processing, an input reception screen output unit 11m, a coordinate acquisition unit 12m, a coordinate storage unit 13m, an easy input area setting unit 14m, and an easy input area storage unit. 15m, an input object determination unit 16m and an input object display unit 17m. And each function for each function parts 11-17 in information terminal 1 is realized by each module 10m-17m. The input object display program 1m may be transmitted via a transmission medium such as a communication line, or may be stored in the program storage area 1r of the recording medium 1d as shown in FIG. It may be.

  In the information terminal 1, the input object display method, and the input object display program of the present embodiment described above, the easy input area is set based on the coordinate information indicating the position where the input operation by the user is performed. Indicates an area where an input operation is easy for the user. And since an input object is displayed in this input easy area, the user can implement input operation easily.

  The present invention has been described in detail based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The present invention can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information terminal, 11 ... Input reception screen output part, 12 ... Coordinate acquisition part, 13 ... Coordinate storage part, 14 ... Easy input area setting part, 15 ... Easy input area storage part, 16 ... Input object judgment part, 17 ... Input object display unit, 1d ... recording medium, 1m ... input object display program, 1r ... program storage area, 10m ... main module, 11m ... input reception screen output unit, 12m ... coordinate acquisition unit, 13m ... coordinate storage unit, 14m ... input readily area setting unit, 15 m ... input readily area storage unit, 16m ... input object determination unit, 17m ... input object display unit, D ... display unit, F ... fingers, K 1 _... soft keyboard, K 2 _... button, _{L 1} , L ₂ ... sides constituting the outer edge of the touch panel, M ... message, P ... input accepting unit, T ... touch panel, C ₁ ... distribution area.

Claims (9)

An information terminal having a touch panel,
Coordinate acquisition means for acquiring coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation has been performed on the touch panel;
Based on the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition means, an easy input area setting means for setting a certain area on the touch panel as an easy input area;
Easy input area storage means for storing the easy input area set by the easy input area setting means;
An input object display means for displaying an input object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel in an easy input area stored in the easy input area storage means;
An information terminal comprising: An input acceptance screen output means for displaying on the touch panel an input acceptance screen for prompting the user to perform an input operation;
The coordinate acquisition means acquires coordinate information input according to the input reception screen displayed by the input reception screen output means.
The information terminal according to claim 1. The coordinate acquisition means acquires a plurality of coordinate information,
The input easy area setting means selects three coordinates based on a predetermined reference from a plurality of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition means, and selects an arc passing through the selected three points and an outer edge of the touch panel. Set the area surrounded by two of the four sides to be configured as the easy input area.
The information terminal according to claim 1 or 2. The coordinate acquisition means acquires a plurality of coordinate information,
The easy input area setting means sets an area including all positions indicated by a plurality of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquiring means as an easy input area.
The information terminal according to claim 1 or 2. The easy input area setting means uses one of the input areas of the touch panel divided into two by a straight line passing through one point indicated by one coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquiring means as the easy input area. Set,
The information terminal according to claim 1 or 2. The coordinate acquisition means acquires a plurality of coordinate information,
The easy input area setting means sets an easy input area based on a shape of a distribution area in which a plurality of points shown in a plurality of coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition means are distributed.
The information terminal according to claim 1 or 2. An input object determination means for determining whether an application started in the information terminal is an application for displaying the input object;
The input object display means displays the input object in the input easy area when the input object determination means determines that the activated application is an application that displays the input object.
The information terminal according to claim 1. An input object display method in an information terminal having a touch panel,
A coordinate acquisition step of acquiring coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation has been performed on the touch panel;
Based on the coordinate information acquired in the coordinate acquisition step, a certain area on the touch panel is set as an easy input area, and the easy input area setting step of storing the easy input area in the easy input area storage means;
An input object display step for displaying an input object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel in an easy input area stored in the easy input area storage means in the easy input area setting step;
An input object display method comprising: For information terminals with touch panels,
A coordinate acquisition function for acquiring coordinate information indicating a position where an input operation is performed on the touch panel;
Based on the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate acquisition function, an easy input area setting function for setting a certain area on the touch panel as an easy input area;
An easy input area storage function for storing an easy input area set by the easy input area setting function;
An input object display function for displaying an input object displayed to indicate an input position on the touch panel in an easy input area stored in the easy input area storage function;
An input object display program that realizes

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