JP2014089694A - Portable terminal, method of controlling the portable terminal, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique to easily determine the position of a cursor to be displayed on a portable terminal.SOLUTION: When a predetermined action is given to a portable terminal and a cursor can be moved on a character string being displayed on the portable terminal, the cursor can be moved on the character string linked with the operation.

Description

  The present invention relates to cursor operation control in a portable terminal.

  The range selection required to copy or delete a character string on the mobile terminal is the start and end positions of the range selection from the character strings displayed on the screen. This is done by touching between them with a finger and positioning the cursor.

  However, it is difficult to position the cursor by touching between the characters on the screen because it is difficult to position the cursor while checking the characters on the screen with your finger when the character to which the cursor is positioned is small. For example, there is a problem that it is difficult to determine the start position and end position of range selection, the position of character string insertion, and the like.

  Therefore, for the above reason, it is desired to make it easy to select the cursor on the portable terminal.

  There are the following prior literatures as methods for facilitating character selection operations on a portable terminal. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses the following method when a range of an arbitrary character string is designated from character strings displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone.

  First, when selecting the start position, after confirming what line and column the character of the selection start position itself is on the current screen, specify the position of the line and column in order with the numeric key, It is possible to move the cursor to the character string selection range selection start position. Also, the end position can be selected in the same manner as the designation of the start position. When the end position is determined, the character string from the start position can be selected.

  As described above, there is disclosed a method of designating a range by specifying the position by pressing a numeric key of a cellular phone and reducing the number of key operations while looking at the directly selected range.

JP 2005-165399 A

  However, in the invention started in Patent Document 1, the range selection of the character string is made possible by pressing the numeric key to specify the position of the range selection start character and the range selection end character. When doing so, the position of the line and column of the character position must be recognized numerically.

  In addition, although the number of times of operation by key is smaller than that of specifying a range by selecting with the cross key, the key operation must be performed.

  In view of these points, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily determine the position of a cursor displayed on a mobile terminal.

The present invention is a portable terminal capable of displaying a character string, a cursor display means for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal, and an operation detection means for detecting the movement of the portable terminal. Cursor position moving means for moving the cursor position on the character string displayed on the portable terminal in conjunction with the action detected by the action detecting means is provided.
Furthermore, a portable terminal capable of displaying a character string, cursor display means for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal, operation detection means for detecting the movement of the portable terminal, Cursor position moving means for moving the cursor position on the character string displayed on the portable terminal in conjunction with the action detected by the action detecting means, and a range selection start position when the character string is selected as a range First accepting means for accepting designation by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving means, and determination of the range selection end position when selecting the range of the character string, by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving means A second receiving means for receiving, the range selection start position and the range selection determined by the first receiving means and the second receiving means; Characterized in that it comprises a range selection means for the range between the end position selected.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily determine the position of the cursor displayed on the mobile terminal.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the environment where the portable terminal of embodiment of this invention is used as an information display system. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the portable terminal and WEB server of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the portable terminal of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the main flow of the character string selection in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention, and a character string edit process. It is a figure which shows the flow of the initial setting process in the character string selection in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention, and a character string edit process. It is a figure which shows the flow of the cursor position determination process in the character string selection in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention, and a character string edit process. It is a figure which shows the flow of the cursor movement process in the cursor position determination process in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the range selection in the character string selection in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention, and character string edit processing, and range selection end cursor position determination processing. It is a figure which shows the flow of the range selection process in the range selection in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention, and the range selection end cursor position determination process. It is a figure which shows the flow of the range selection process of the diagonal inclination in the range selection process in the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure which shows an example of the function key of cursor movement on the screen of the portable terminal and character string edit in embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure which shows an example of the setting screen table of the initial value setting process in embodiment of this invention. It is the image figure which showed the movement to each direction of up and down, left and right on the character string displayed with the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is the image figure which showed the movement to each direction of the upper right diagonal, the lower right diagonal, the upper left diagonal, and the lower left diagonal of the cursor on the character string displayed with the portable terminal in the embodiment of the present invention. It is the image figure which showed each motion of the character string range selection to the vertical and horizontal direction on the character string of the horizontal writing displayed with the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is the image figure which showed each motion of the character string range selection to the vertical and horizontal direction on the character string of the vertical writing displayed on the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure which showed each motion at the time of selecting the character string range diagonally in the same direction as the direction of the character string selection on the horizontal character string displayed on the portable terminal in the embodiment of the present invention. It is an image figure which showed each motion at the time of selecting the character string range diagonally in the same direction as the direction of the character string selection on the vertically written character string displayed on the portable terminal in the embodiment of the present invention. It is an image figure showing each movement at the time of selecting a character string range diagonally in the direction opposite to the direction of character string selection on the horizontally written character string displayed on the mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention. It is an image figure showing each movement at the time of selecting a character string range diagonally in the direction opposite to the direction of character string selection on the vertically written character string displayed on the mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, after the range selection of the character string, the state before and after the character string editing when the range selection portion is copied and pasted, and when the range selection portion is deleted after the range selection of the character string It is the image figure which showed. In the second embodiment of the present invention, when the cursor position cannot be positioned by touching the screen of the mobile terminal to a desired position in the small character string, the cursor position is given by giving an action on the mobile terminal. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process which positions a cursor to a desired position by performing this fine adjustment. It is a figure which shows the method of determining a predetermined position by the operation | movement which added the cursor position to a portable terminal again after positioning a cursor position by touching the screen of a portable terminal in 2nd embodiment of this invention. . It is a figure which shows the flow of the initial setting process in the character string selection in the portable terminal in 3rd embodiment of this invention, and a character string edit process. It is a figure which shows the flow of the cursor position determination process in the character string selection in the portable terminal in 3rd embodiment of this invention, and a character string edit process. It is a figure which shows the flow of the range selection in the character string selection and character string edit process in the portable terminal in 3rd embodiment of this invention, and the range selection end cursor position determination process. It is an image figure which shows an example of the setting screen table of the initial value setting process in 3rd embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of a WEB server 200 and a mobile terminal 100 in a data display system for a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the system of this embodiment, the mobile terminal 100 is a device for displaying and browsing data on a WEB server. The portable terminal 100 is assumed to be a portable information processing terminal, and can access the WEB server 200 via the public line 300 or the Internet line 400.

  When a request for browsing the information to the WEB server 200 is made to the mobile terminal 100, the requested data is returned to the mobile terminal 100 from the data stored in the WEB server 200.

Note that the range selection operation in the present invention is performed on the mobile terminal 100 side.
The configuration for displaying and browsing the data from the WEB server is merely an example, and the data may be, for example, received mail, a character string input by the user, data acquired by connecting to another information processing apparatus, etc. May be any data as long as it is displayed on the display device of the mobile terminal 100.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 100 and the WEB server 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204.

  Further, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 is necessary for realizing a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS) that is a control program of the CPU 201 and functions executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 203 and executing the program.

  An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard 209 or a mouse (not shown).

  However, the input to the portable terminal is controlled by directly touching the soft keyboard or the screen.

  A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on a display device such as a CRT display (CRT) 210. The display device may be a liquid crystal display as well as a CRT. These are used by the administrator as needed. The present invention is not directly related.

  The memory controller (MC) 207 is a hard disk (HD), floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD), or PCMCIA that stores a boot program, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. Controls access to an external memory 211 such as a CompactFlash (registered trademark) memory connected to the card slot via an adapter.

  A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  In the case of a portable terminal, in addition to Internet communication, communication as a telephone may be possible using a public line.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the CRT 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 203, for example. In addition, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 210.

  A program for realizing the present invention is recorded in the external memory 211, and is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary.

  Next, an example of a functional configuration diagram of the mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The mobile terminal 100 includes an operation detection unit 101, an operation detection condition storage unit 102, a cursor speed storage unit 103, a multiple character selection condition storage unit 104, a cursor movement direction storage unit 105, an operation detection condition acquisition unit 106, and a cursor speed acquisition unit 107. , Multiple character selection condition acquisition unit 108, cursor movement direction acquisition unit 109, cursor position movement unit 110, character string range selection start position determination unit 111, character string range selection unit 112, character string editing unit 113, character string inversion unit 114 And a character string range selection canceling unit 115.

  The motion detection unit 101 is a detection unit that detects how the mobile terminal itself is affected by the operation given from the outside, that is, the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor body detects the operation of the mobile terminal itself. .

  The operation detection condition storage unit 102 is a storage unit that stores a condition for enabling the operation of the cursor by the operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100.

  The cursor speed storage unit 103 is a storage unit that stores a cursor movement speed associated with each magnitude of an operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100.

  The multiple character selection condition storage unit 104 is a storage unit for storing conditions for enabling the cursor to move a plurality of character strings by an operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100. .

  The cursor movement direction storage unit 105 is a movement direction of a cursor associated with each direction in which an operation detected by the gyro sensor of the portable terminal 100 or the acceleration sensor main body detected by the movement detection unit 101 is added. Is a storage unit for storing.

  The motion detection condition acquisition unit 106 acquires a condition for enabling the cursor operation by the motion detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 stored in the motion detection condition storage unit 102. It is an acquisition unit.

  The cursor speed acquisition unit 107 acquires a cursor movement speed that is stored in the cursor speed storage unit 103 and that is associated with each magnitude of an operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100. It is.

  The multiple character selection condition acquisition unit 108 enables selection of a plurality of character strings by the operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 stored in the multiple character selection condition storage unit 104. It is an acquisition part which acquires the conditions of.

  The cursor movement direction acquisition unit 109 stores the cursor movement direction associated with each direction to which the operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor body of the mobile terminal 100 stored in the cursor movement direction storage unit 105 is added. It is an acquisition part to acquire.

  The cursor position moving unit 110 is linked to the mobile terminal 100 in the same direction as the direction of the motion applied to the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 detected by the motion detection unit 101. It is a cursor position moving part that moves the cursor position on the displayed character string.

  The character string range selection start position determining unit 111 is a character string range selection start position determining unit that determines the start position of the character string range selection by the cursor position moving unit 110.

  The character string range selection unit 112 selects a range from the character string range selection start position to the character string range selection end position by selecting a character string range selection end position using the cursor position moving unit 110. It is a character string range selection part.

  The character string editing unit 113 can perform character string editing by copying, cutting, and pasting the character string selected in the character string on the display screen of the mobile terminal 100. The editorial department.

  The character string reversing unit 114 is a character string reversing unit that displays the character color and the background color in a reversed state in order to easily identify that the character string selected by the character string range selection unit 112 is in a selected state. That is, the range-selected character string is further displayed with its character color and background color reversed to identify the selected state.

The character string range selection canceling unit 115 is one character editing function of the mobile terminal 100 that enables the character string selection of the character string selected by the character string range selecting unit 112 to be cancelled. The character string range selection canceling unit that enables cancellation when the part of the character string is in the range selected state, and can also be released by moving the cursor into the range selected state again. It is. In other words, it is possible to cancel the character string selection, and when a part of the character string is in a range selected state, the character string is deselected by moving the cursor into the range selected state again. I do.
<First embodiment>

  Subsequently, the first embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the cursor position of the mobile terminal can be moved according to the angle detected by the gyro sensor or acceleration sensor body of the mobile terminal, which is necessary for the selection of the character string range. A description will be given of an embodiment in which determination of the start position and end position of the range selection, determination of the insertion position of the character string, and the like can be performed by this method. That is, the operation detected by the mobile terminal will be described by taking an inclination with respect to the mobile terminal as an example.

  First, FIG. 4 will be described. In steps S401 to S411 in FIG. 4, when the mobile terminal 100 receives an operation from the outside, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 selects a range on a character string on the screen and copies or deletes the document. This is a main flow process for executing editing. In the present invention, when the gyro sensor of the mobile terminal 100 or the operation detected by the acceleration sensor main body receives an operation, the range can be selected because the characters displayed on the mobile terminal in conjunction with the operation. This is because the range can be selected by moving the cursor on the column.

  In step S <b> 401, the mobile terminal 100 first sets initial values of threshold values of various operations to be detected when the mobile terminal performs range selection on the operation detection condition storage unit 102.

  Various initial setting processes in step S401 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Returning to FIG. 4 again, step S402 and subsequent steps will be described. In step S402, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 stored in the motion detection condition storage unit 102 of FIG. 12 set in the initial setting process of step S401. Cursor movement associated with each size of operation detected by the main body of the gyro sensor or acceleration sensor stored in the cursor speed storage unit 103 in FIG. 12, a condition for enabling selection of a plurality of character strings by an operation detected by the gyro sensor or acceleration sensor body of the mobile terminal 100, which is stored in the multiple character selection condition storage unit 104 in FIG. , The gyro sensor of the portable terminal 100 stored in the cursor movement direction storage unit 105 in FIG. Or the acceleration sensor body reads the set values of the movement direction, the cursor brute cord in 其 s direction of the operation is added to detect.

  Next, in step S403, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects that the cursor movement start key is pressed from the menu of the mobile terminal. A cursor movement start key 1101 in FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a cursor movement start key on the mobile terminal 100.

  When the cursor movement start key 1101 in FIG. 11 is pressed, the operation of the cursor is enabled by the operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor body of the mobile terminal 100 stored in the operation detection condition storage unit 102. When the condition for becoming is satisfied, the CPU 201 on the portable terminal 100 can detect that the cursor moves on the displayed character string. That is, the mobile terminal detects its own movement, moves the cursor position on the displayed character string in conjunction with the detected operation, and displays the cursor at a predetermined position in the character string.

Next, in step S404, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects the position of the cursor on the character string to be determined. Details of the process in step S404 will be further described with reference to FIGS.

  Subsequently, in step S405, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects that the user of the mobile terminal 100 has pressed the range selection key from the menu of the mobile terminal. It is assumed that the range selection start position is determined when the range selection key is pressed. Note that the range selection key 1102 in FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the range selection key on the mobile terminal 100.

  After range selection is started in step S405, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects the inclination detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 in the character string displayed on the mobile terminal 100. When the range is selected by detecting and moving the cursor accordingly, when the range to be selected is determined, the cursor position to be the range selection end position is determined in step S406. Note that the processing in step S406 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  Until step S406, the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 completes the selection of the range of the character string displayed on the portable terminal. After step S407, the selected character string is copied in the portable terminal 100, The character string editing is performed by the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 by the delete and paste functions.

  That is, the user can operate the key on the display device of the portable terminal for the character string selected in the range, thereby enabling the copying, cutting, and pasting processing of the character string.

  In step S407, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects that the user of the mobile terminal 100 has pressed one of the function keys of the copy key 1103 or the cut key 1106 in FIG.

  In step S408, when the user of the portable terminal 100 selects the copy key 1103, the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 copies the character string selected.

  In step S409, when the user selects the cut key 1106, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 cuts the selected character string.

  Reference numeral 1106 in FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a cut key on the mobile terminal 100.

Further, 2103 in FIG. 21 is a diagram in which an arbitrary character string on the portable terminal 100 is selected and copied, and 2104 in FIG. 21 is a diagram in which “345” selected in 2103 is deleted. .

  After the process of step S409, only the character string is deleted, and thus the process of the main flow in FIG. Note that in step S408, the CPU 201 character string of the portable terminal 100 is being copied, and it is necessary to determine the paste destination next, so the cursor position determination process is performed again in step S4010. Thereby, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects again the position of the cursor on the character string determined by the user. Reference numeral 1105 in FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a cursor position determination key display on the mobile terminal 100.

  In the last step S411, the character string selected and copied in step S408 is pasted at the cursor position determined in step S410. Step S410 is the same processing as step S404. Reference numerals 1103 and 1104 in FIG. 11 are diagrams showing examples of display of a copy key and a paste key on the mobile terminal 100, respectively. 21 is a diagram in which an arbitrary character string on the portable terminal 100 has been selected and copied, and 2102 in FIG. 21 is the “345” selected and copied in 2101 with “ It is a figure of the result inserted after "5".

  When the cursor move start key 1101 in FIG. 11 is pressed, function keys for selecting a range from 1102 to 1106 and editing a document in FIG. 11 are displayed. This is merely an example.

  Next, the initial setting process in step S401 in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S <b> 501, conditions for enabling the cursor operation are set in the operation detection condition storage unit 102. Here, the minimum angle for moving the cursor on the portable terminal is set. 1210 in FIG. 12 is an example of the setting, and a value of 15 degrees is set. This is because the plane of the screen of the mobile terminal parallel to the horizontal plane is 0 degree, and the inclination angle from there is 15 or more. Then, the mobile phone detects the tilt. Conversely, if the angle is less than 15 degrees, the inclination is not detected.

  Furthermore, this is the minimum angle for detecting the tilt from the horizontal plane of the mobile terminal in FIGS. 12 and 1210, that is, the angle at which the cursor can start moving on the character is the cursor movement before the mobile terminal is tilted. The relative inclination angle obtained from the difference between the inclination angle with the horizontal plane when the mode starts and the inclination angle with the horizontal plane after the mobile terminal is inclined may be used as a reference. The horizontal plane means a plane perpendicular to the direction of gravity.

  The relative angle will be described using the table 1250 in FIG. The table 1250 in FIG. 12 shows the time when the cursor movement is started, that is, when the cursor movement start key in FIGS. 11 and 1101 is pressed to start the cursor movement, and the cursor movement mode in FIGS. It is the figure which showed an example of the relative angle of the inclination of a portable terminal at the time of pressing a menu and starting cursor movement mode.

  In the case of 1251 in FIG. 12, when the cursor movement is started by giving an inclination with respect to the angled direction with the horizontal axis of the mobile terminal being parallel to the horizontal plane and the vertical axis being angled with respect to the horizontal plane. It is the table | surface which showed the difference (relative angle) of the angle derived | led-out from the angle from the horizontal surface before giving inclination, the angle from the horizontal surface after giving inclination, and the angle before and behind inclination. 1252 in FIG. 12 is a case where the cursor movement is started by giving an inclination with respect to the angled direction with the vertical axis of the mobile terminal being parallel to the horizontal plane and the horizontal axis being angled with respect to the horizontal plane. It is the table | surface which showed the difference (relative angle) of the angle derived | led-out from the angle from the horizontal surface before giving inclination, the angle from the horizontal surface after giving inclination, and the angle before and behind inclination.

  As shown by 1251 in FIGS. 12 and 1250, the angle before tilting the vertical axis of the mobile terminal with respect to the horizontal plane (angle 1253 before tilting) is 15 degrees, and the angle after tilting the vertical axis of the mobile terminal with respect to the horizontal plane (tilt) The latter angle 1254) is 30 degrees. When the difference between the angle 1254 after the inclination and the angle 1253 before the inclination is obtained, the relative angle 1255 becomes 15 degrees. Moreover, in 1252 of FIG. 12, the relative angle is also 15 degrees.

  Therefore, even if the mobile terminal is not positioned parallel to the horizontal plane when the cursor start movement starts, it is more relative to the difference between the angle at which the cursor start movement starts and the angle after the inclination is given. By obtaining the angle of change, the minimum angle for detecting the inclination from the horizontal plane of the mobile terminal 1210 in FIG. 12, that is, the angle at which the cursor can start moving on the character, or the speed at which the cursor at 1230 moves It is determined whether or not the inclination angle that is the reference for the set value is met.

  That is, an operation detection condition storage unit that stores a condition for moving a cursor position on a character string displayed on the mobile terminal by the operation given to the mobile terminal is provided, and the operation detection condition storage unit includes A condition for enabling the stored operation is acquired, and the cursor position on the character string is moved only when the threshold value of the condition is exceeded.

  In step S <b> 502, the cursor speed storage unit 103 is set with a cursor movement speed associated with each angle detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100.

1220 of FIG. 12 memorize | stores the speed of the movement of the said cursor position linked | related for every magnitude | size of the said operation | movement which the said portable terminal detects. The cursor speed (1222 in FIG. 12) is set for how many characters are advanced in one second with respect to each inclination angle of 1221 in FIG.

  In 1222 of FIG. 12, when the inclination is 15 degrees, two characters are advanced, when the inclination is 20 degrees, 20 degrees, when the inclination is 25 degrees, four characters are advanced, and the cursor advances as the inclination increases. I try to increase the speed.

  In other words, the speed of movement of the cursor position is increased in conjunction with the magnitude of the operation. In addition, when an oblique inclination is indicated, it is assumed that the cursor moves in an oblique direction by the same number of characters both vertically and horizontally.

  Next, in step S503, the time required for the cursor to move a plurality of character strings by the operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 with respect to the multiple character selection condition storage unit 104 is determined. Set up. In other words, the mobile terminal according to the present invention stores the threshold value of the operation duration for enabling the cursor position of the mobile terminal to select a plurality of character strings, and changes the threshold value of the operation duration to change the operation time. It is possible to switch the movement of one or a plurality of characters of the cursor position within a certain time.

  In the present invention, a plurality of character strings can be selected when the inclination is longer than the set time. However, when the inclination is less than the set time, only one character string is selected. . For this reason, this setting is performed.

  1230 of FIG. 12 memorize | stores the threshold value of the duration of operation | movement for enabling the cursor position of a portable terminal to select several character strings. For example, in 1230 of FIG. 12, the setting value is 1 second, but when the mobile terminal 100 detects the inclination of the angle set in 1201 of FIG. 12 for 1 second or longer, the cursor moves across a plurality of characters. Make it possible.

  For this reason, it becomes possible to select a plurality of character strings continuously. On the other hand, if the inclination of the angle set in 1210 in FIG. 12 is inclined less than the time set in 1230 in FIG. 12, the cursor moves by one character.

  Even if the angle set in step S502 is large and the number of characters that advance in one second is set, the inclination duration time required for the cursor to move more than one character set in step S503 is satisfied. If not, the cursor will move by one character.

  That is, by changing the threshold value for the duration of the operation, it is possible to switch the movement of the cursor position between a single character or a plurality of characters within a certain time of the operation.

  Next, in step S504, the cursor movement direction angle associated with each direction in which the operation detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 is added to the cursor movement direction storage unit 105. Set the range.

  As an example, in 1240 of FIG. 12, the direction of the range in which the mobile terminal is tilted is classified into eight directions of up, down, left, right, diagonally up right, diagonally down right, diagonally up left, diagonally down left (in FIG. 1241) The angle of each direction of inclination is set (1242 in FIG. 12).

  That is, the moving direction of the cursor position associated with the direction of the operation given to the mobile terminal is stored.

  In the first embodiment, since the operation detected by the mobile terminal 100 is an angle, the initial setting is described as an example, but this is only an example. When the object for detecting the motion is other than the angle, the initial setting related to the predetermined motion detected by the mobile terminal 100 is performed in the items related to the initial setting.

  Next, the cursor position determination processing (start position designation) in step S404 after the cursor movement key is pressed in step S403 in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a process for determining the cursor position.

  First, in step S601, the mobile terminal 100 is tilted by the user. Next, in step S602, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects the inclination to the mobile terminal 100 given by the user.

  If a tilt is detected in step S602, a timer is started to measure the time during which the tilt continued in step S603. If no tilt is detected in step S602, the process proceeds to step S610 for pressing the cursor position determination key.

  In step S610, the mobile terminal 100 detects that the cursor position determination key (1105 in FIG. 11) has been pressed, and determines the cursor position. That is, the designation of the range selection start position when the character string is selected as a range is accepted by the moved cursor.

  In step S604, it is determined whether the portable terminal 100 has detected a return of tilt. If portable terminal 100 detects a return of tilt in step S604 (YES in step S604), the process proceeds to step S611.

  In step S611, the number of characters that the cursor moves in one second, which is necessary in the processing of FIG. When the return of the tilt is detected in step S604, it is a case where only one character is moved without exceeding the threshold time 1230 set as the tilt duration time required for the cursor of FIG. 12 to move by two or more characters. 1 is substituted into this variable N. This variable N itself is used in the description of the processing in FIG.

In step S612, the mobile terminal 100 performs a cursor movement process. This cursor movement process will be described in the cursor movement process of FIG.

In step S604, when the portable terminal 100 does not detect a return of tilt (NO in step S604), the process proceeds to step S605.

  In step S605, the mobile terminal 100 determines whether or not the threshold value of the tilt duration time required for moving the cursor by two or more characters set in FIG. 12 has been exceeded.

  In step S605, when the threshold value of the tilt duration required for the cursor to move two or more characters is exceeded, the process proceeds to step S606, and in step S605, the tilt duration required for the cursor to move two or more characters. If the threshold value is not exceeded, the process returns to step S604, and it is determined again whether the portable terminal 100 has detected a return of tilt.

  In step S606, the number of characters X that the cursor necessary for the processing of FIG. For this variable N, the number of characters that are advanced in one second, which is set in 1220 of FIG. 12, which is determined by the angle when the inclination is detected in step S <b> 602, is substituted. The N itself is used in the description of the processing in FIG.

  In step S607, the mobile terminal 100 performs cursor movement processing. This cursor movement process will be described in the cursor movement process of FIG.

  In step S608, the portable terminal 100 ends the timer started in step S603.

  In step S609, the mobile terminal 100 determines whether to end the cursor position determination process in FIG.

  In step S609, when the cursor position determination process in FIG. 6 is to be ended, the process proceeds to a process of pressing the cursor position determination key in step S610.

  In step S609, when the cursor position determination process in FIG. 6 is not terminated, the process from step S601 in FIG. 6 is performed again.

  In step S610, the mobile terminal 100 detects that the cursor position determination key (1105 in FIG. 11) has been pressed, and determines the cursor position.

  Next, the process of FIG. 7 will be described. FIG. 7 is a process diagram showing the processes of steps S607 and S612 of FIG. This process is a process diagram showing a direction in which the cursor moves one character at a time according to the direction in which the mobile terminal 100 detects the tilt.

  In step S700, the portable terminal 100 acquires the number of characters (N characters / second) that the cursor advances in one second when an action is given to the portable terminal from the cursor speed (unit number of characters / second) 1222 in FIG. It is assumed that the number of characters already advanced is substituted for the variable N as a numerical value in step S606 or step S611 in FIG.

  In step S701, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects a rightward inclination, in step S702, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character to the right of the character string at the speed of S700. 13 in FIG. 13 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character to the right, and 1302 in FIG. 13 is a diagram after the cursor moves one character to the right.

  If it is determined in step S701 that the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 has not detected the inclination in the right lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S703 and subsequent steps.

In step S703, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects a leftward tilt, in step S704, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character to the left side of the character string at the speed of step S700. 1303 in FIG. 13 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character to the left and 1304 in FIG. 13 is a diagram after the cursor moves one character to the left.
If it is determined in step S703 that the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 has not detected the tilt in the left lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S705 and subsequent steps.

In step S705, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an upward / horizontal tilt, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character on the character string at the speed of S700 in step S706. 1305 in FIG. 13 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character up, and 1306 in FIG. 13 is a diagram after the cursor moves one character up.
If it is determined in step S705 that the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 has not detected the tilt in the left lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S707 and subsequent steps.

In step S707, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects a downward horizontal direction, in step S708, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character below the character string at the speed of S700. 1307 in FIG. 13 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character downward, and 1308 in FIG. 13 is a diagram after the cursor moves one character downward.
If it is determined in step S707 that the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 has not detected the tilt in the left lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S709 and subsequent steps.

  In step S709, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination in the upper right direction, in step S710, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character to the upper right side of the character string at the speed of S700. 1401 in FIG. 14 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character upward in the diagonally right direction, and 1402 in FIG. 14 is a diagram after the cursor moves one character upward in the diagonally right direction.

  If it is determined in step S709 that the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 has not detected the tilt in the left lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S711 and subsequent steps.

In step S711, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination in the lower right direction, in step S712, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character to the lower right in the character string at the speed of S700. 1403 in FIG. 14 is a diagram before the cursor moves one diagonally downward to the right, and 1404 in FIG. 14 is a diagram after one cursor has moved one diagonally to the right.
If it is determined in step S711 that the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 has not detected the tilt in the left lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S713 and subsequent steps.

In step S713, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination in the upper left direction, in step S714, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character to the upper left side of the character string at the speed of step S700. 1405 in FIG. 14 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character to the upper left, and 1406 in FIG. 14 is a diagram after one character moves to the upper left.
If it is determined in step S713 that the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 has not detected the tilt in the left lateral direction, the process proceeds to subsequent determination processing in step S715 and subsequent steps.

  In step S715, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination in the diagonally downward left direction, in step S716, the CPU 201 moves the cursor by one character downward diagonally to the left at the speed of S700. 1407 in FIG. 14 is a diagram before the cursor moves one character downward diagonally to the left, and 1408 in FIG. 14 is a diagram after the cursor moves one character downward diagonally to the left. Note that this processing also operates in the case of horizontal writing and vertical writing character strings.

  Note that the cursor movement process in FIG. 7 always passes through one of the determination processes in steps S701 to S715.

  Next, the range selection processing and range selection processing cursor position determination processing in step S406 after the range selection key is pressed in step S405 in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows processing for determining the cursor position. First, in step S801, the mobile terminal 100 is given a tilt by the user. Next, in step S <b> 802, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects the tilt toward the mobile terminal 100 given by the user.

  If a tilt is detected in step S802, a timer is started to measure the time during which the tilt continued in step S803.

If the inclination is not detected in step S802, the process of step S802 is repeated until the inclination is detected.

  In step S804, it is determined whether the portable terminal 100 has detected a return of tilt.

  If portable terminal 100 detects a return of tilt in step S804 (YES in step S804), the process proceeds to step S811.

  In step S811, the number of characters that the cursor necessary for the processing of FIG. If the return of the tilt is detected in step S804, it is a case where only one character is moved without exceeding the threshold time 1230 set as the tilt duration time required for the cursor of FIG. 12 to move two or more characters. 1 is substituted into this variable N. The N itself is used in the description of the processing in FIG.

  In step S812, the mobile terminal 100 performs a range selection process. This cursor movement process will be described in the cursor movement process of FIG.

  In step S804, if the portable terminal 100 does not detect a return of tilt (NO in step S804), the process proceeds to step S805.

  In step S805, the mobile terminal 100 determines whether or not the threshold value of the tilt duration required for moving the cursor by two or more characters set in FIG. 12 has been exceeded.

  In step S805, if the threshold value of the tilt duration required for the cursor to move two or more characters is exceeded, the process proceeds to step S806. In step S805, the tilt duration time required for the cursor to move two or more characters. If the threshold value is not exceeded, the process returns to step S804, and it is determined again whether or not the mobile terminal 100 has detected a return of tilt.

  In step S806, the number of characters N that the cursor necessary for the processing of FIG. X to be substituted for N is the number of characters that can be reached in 1 second set in 1220 of FIG. 12, which is determined by the angle when the inclination is detected in step S <b> 802. The N itself is used in the description of the processing in FIG.

  In step S807, the mobile terminal 100 performs a range selection process. This cursor movement process will be described in the cursor movement process of FIG.

  In step S808, the mobile terminal 100 ends the timer started in step S803.

  In step S809, the portable terminal 100 determines whether or not to end the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing in FIG.

  In step S809, when the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination process in FIG. 8 is to be ended, the process proceeds to the cursor position determination key pressing process in step S810.

  If the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing in FIG. 8 is not terminated in step S809, the processing from step S801 in FIG. 8 is performed again.

  In step S810, the portable terminal 100 detects that the cursor position determination key (1105 in FIG. 11) has been pressed, and ends the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing. That is, the determination of the range selection end position when the range of the character string is selected is accepted by the moved cursor.

  Next, the processing of FIG. 9 will be described. FIG. 9 is a process diagram showing the processes of steps S807 and S812 of FIG. This processing is a processing diagram showing a method in which the cursor moves one character at a time according to the direction in which the mobile terminal 100 detects the inclination and the character is selected, and the character string is selected in the range according to the moving direction. is there.

  That is, it is a diagram showing a process for selecting a range between a range selection start position and a range selection end position.

  In addition, when a part of a character string is in a state where a range has been selected, it is a diagram illustrating a process of deselecting a character string by moving the cursor again into a state in which the range has been selected.

  In step S900, the portable terminal 100 acquires the number of characters (N characters / second) that the cursor advances in one second when an action is given to the portable terminal, from the cursor speed (number of characters / second) 1222 in FIG. It is assumed that the number of characters already advanced is substituted for the variable N as a numerical value in step S806 or step S811 in FIG.

  In step S901, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination to a character in the same direction as the character selection direction, in step S902, a character for one character is selected in the same direction as the character selection direction at the speed of step S900. . 1501 in FIG. 15 is a diagram before one character is selected in the same direction as the character selection direction, and 1502 in FIG. 15 is a diagram after one character is selected in the same direction as the character selection direction. .

  In this figure, characters from 4 on the 3rd line to 3 on the 4th line are selected, and if the cursor located on the right side of 3 is moved to the right side of 4 by one character, the range selected so far In addition, 4 in the third row is further range-selected.

  Note that 1601 in FIG. 16 is a figure before one character is selected in the same direction as the character selection direction in vertical writing, and 1602 in FIG. 16 is in the same direction as the character selection direction in vertical writing. It is a figure after one character is selected. In this figure, 2 to 7 in the second line are the direction of character selection, and if the cursor located under 7 is moved to one character under 8, 2 was selected on the second line so far. 8 is added to the range selection from 7 to 7, and 2 to 8 in the second row becomes the selection range.

  In step S901, if the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 does not detect the inclination to the character in the same direction as the character selection direction, the process proceeds to step S903 and subsequent steps.

  In step S903, if the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination to the character in the direction opposite to the character selection direction, in step S904, the character selection for one character is canceled at the speed of step S900 in the direction opposite to the character selection direction. To do. 1503 in FIG. 15 is a diagram before the character is deselected in the direction opposite to the character selection direction, and 1504 in FIG. 15 is a diagram after the character is deselected in the direction opposite to the character selection direction.

  In this figure, characters from 4 on the 3rd line to 4 on the 4th line are selected, and if the cursor located on the right side of 4 is moved to the right side of 3 by one character, the range selection so far The selected range of 4 in the fourth row is canceled, and the range from 4 in the third row to 3 in the fourth row becomes the selection range.

  Note that 1603 in FIG. 16 is a figure before one character is deselected in the direction opposite to the character selection direction in vertical writing, and 1604 in FIG. 16 is one character in the direction opposite to the character selection direction. FIG. 10 is a diagram after the selection is released. In this figure, 2 to 7 on the second line are the direction of character selection, but if the cursor located under 7 is moved by one character below 6 above, 6 on the second line is canceled. It becomes.

  In step S903, if the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 does not detect the inclination to the character in the same direction as the character selection direction, the process proceeds to step S905 and subsequent steps.

  In step S905, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination to the line in the same direction as the character selection direction, in step S906, the speed is set to 1 in the same direction as the character selection direction and in the inclination line direction at the speed of step S900. Move the cursor by character and select one line of characters. 151 in FIG. 15 is a diagram before one line of characters is selected in the same direction as the character selection direction, and 1506 in FIG. 15 is a diagram after one line of characters is selected in the same direction as the character selection direction.

  In this figure, characters from 4 in the 3rd line to 3 in the 4th line are selected, and the cursor located on the right side of 3 in the 4th line is moved to the right side of 3 in the 5th line. When it is moved, it is added to the character selection from 4 in the third row to 3 in the fourth row, and further, the range from 4 to 4 in the fourth row is newly selected.

  Note that 1605 in FIG. 16 is a diagram before characters for one line are selected in the same direction as the character selection direction in vertical writing, and 1606 in FIG. 16 is a character selection for one line in the same direction as the character selection direction. FIG. In this figure, 2 to 7 in the second line are the direction of character selection, and if the cursor located under 7 is moved under 7 on the left side, 2 to 7 which has been selected in the second line In addition, a range is newly selected from 8 to 9 in the second row and from 1 to 7 in the third row.

  In step S905, if the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 does not detect the inclination to the character in the same direction as the character selection direction, the process proceeds to step S907 and subsequent steps.

  In step S907, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination to the line in the direction opposite to the character selection direction, in step S908, the speed is set to 1 in the direction opposite to the character selection direction and in the inclination line direction at the speed of step S900. Move the cursor by character and deselect the character string for one line. 1507 in FIG. 15 is a diagram after the character string for one line is deselected in the direction opposite to the character selection direction, and 1508 in FIG. 15 is a diagram after the character string for one line is deselected in the direction opposite to the character selection direction. is there.

  In this figure, all of the second line, all of the third line, characters 1 to 6 of the fourth line are selected, and the cursor located on the right side of the sixth line of the fourth line is set to the sixth line of the third line. When the line is moved to the right side of, the selection range is canceled from 7 in the third line to 6 in the fourth line.

  Note that 1607 in FIG. 16 is a diagram before the character string for one line is selected and released in the direction opposite to the character selection direction in vertical writing, and 1608 in FIG. 16 is one line in the direction opposite to the character selection direction. It is a figure after a minute character string is deselected.

In this figure, 2 to 7 in the second line are the direction of character selection, but if the cursor located under 7 is moved to 8 on the right side, it will be from 2 that has been selected in the second line. 7 is deselected and a range is newly selected from 1 in the second row and 9 to 8 in the first row.
In step S907, if the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 does not detect the inclination to the character in the same direction as the character selection direction, the process proceeds to step S909 and subsequent steps.

In step S909, when the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects an inclination from the character selection direction to an oblique direction, an oblique inclination range selection process in step S910 is performed. The process of step S910 will be described with reference to FIG.
Note that the range selection process in FIG. 9 always passes through one of the determination processes in steps S901 to S909.

  Next, the oblique inclination range selection process of FIG. 10 will be described.

  In addition, when a part of a character string is in a state where a range has been selected, it is a diagram illustrating a process of deselecting a character string by moving the cursor again into a state in which the range has been selected.

  In step S1001, the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 first detects a state in which no character is selected or an inclination in an oblique direction that is the same as the direction in which the character is selected (YES in step S1101). ), The process proceeds to step S1002 and subsequent steps.

  In step S1001, in the case of NO, it is a case where an inclination in an oblique direction opposite to the state in which the character is selected is detected, but in this case, the process proceeds to step S1013 and subsequent steps.

  First, the processing after step S1002 will be described. If it is determined in step S1002 that the character string displayed on portable terminal 100 is horizontal writing (YES in step S1002), the processing in steps S1003 to S1006 is performed, and if it is not horizontal writing (NO in step S1002). In this case, that is, vertical writing here), the processing from step S1008 to step S1011 is performed.

  In step S1003, if the cursor moves diagonally to the right or diagonally upward to the left in the horizontally written character string, in step S1004, the cursor moves by one character in the inclined line direction at the speed of S900. If the cursor is moved diagonally downward to the right, one line downward and one character horizontally to the right, and if the cursor is moved diagonally left upward, one line upwards to the left horizontal Select a character range for 1 character.

  1701 and 1702 in FIG. 17 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right. In 1701 of FIG. 17, 1 to 9 on the third line and 1 to 3 on the fourth line are selected, and the cursor is on the right side of 3, but when this moves the cursor diagonally downward to the right, the fifth line The cursor moves to the right side of 4, and the range is additionally selected by the amount moved.

In addition, reference numerals 1703 and 1704 in FIG. 17 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the left. In 1703 of FIG. 17, 7 to 4 in the third line are selected, and the cursor was on the left side of 4. However, when the cursor moves diagonally left upward, the cursor is moved to the left side of 3 on the second line. The range is selected by moving and the cursor is moved.
If it is determined in step S1003 that the cursor does not move in the diagonally lower right direction or the diagonally upper left direction in the horizontally written character string, the process proceeds to step S1005.

  In step S1005, if the cursor moves diagonally to the left or upward to the right in the horizontally written character string, in step S1006, the cursor moves by one character in the inclined line direction at the speed of S900. If the cursor is moved diagonally to the left, it is one line down and then one character left from there, and if the cursor is moved diagonally upward to the right, it is upward. A character range is selected in a range of one line and one character drawn to the right from there.

  In addition, reference numerals 1705 and 1706 in FIG. 17 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally to the left. In 1705 of FIG. 17, 1 to 9 on the third line and 1 to 3 on the fourth line are selected, and the cursor is on the right side of 3, but when this moves the cursor diagonally to the left, the fifth line The cursor moves to the left side of 2, and a range selection is additionally made by the amount the cursor has moved.

Also, reference numerals 1707 and 1708 in FIG. 17 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right. In 1707 of FIG. 17, 6 to 1 in the fourth row and 9 to 4 in the third row are selected, and the cursor is on the left side of 4. However, when the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right, the second row The cursor moves to the left side of 5, and the range selection is added by the amount that the cursor has moved.
If it is determined in step S1005 that the cursor has not moved in the diagonally leftward direction or the diagonally right upward direction in the horizontally written character string, the process proceeds to step S1007.
However, if it is determined in step S1002 that it is horizontal writing, the determination in either step S1003 or step S1005 is passed.

  Next, processing after step S1007 will be described. Step S1007 and subsequent steps are vertical writing character string processing.

  In step S1008, if the cursor is moved diagonally to the left or diagonally upward to the right in the vertically written character string, the cursor is moved by one character at the speed of S900 in the row direction of inclination in step S1009. If the cursor is moved diagonally to the left, one line to the left and one character downward, and if the cursor is moved to the upper right, one line to the right and upward. The character range for one character is selected.

  Also, 1801 and 1802 in FIG. 18 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally to the left. In 1801 of FIG. 18, 1 to 6 in the first line are selected and the cursor was under 6, but when the cursor moves diagonally downward to the left, the cursor moves under 7 in the second line. An additional range is selected as much as the cursor moves.

Also, 1803 and 1804 in FIG. 18 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right. In 1803 of FIG. 18, 8 to 5 in the second line are selected and the cursor was on 5, but when the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right, the cursor moves onto 4 in the first line, An additional range is selected as much as the cursor moves.
If it is determined in step S1008 that the cursor has not moved in the diagonally leftward direction or the diagonally right upward direction in the vertically written character string, the process proceeds to step S1010.

  In step S1010, if the cursor is moved diagonally left upward or diagonally downward right in the vertically written character string, the cursor is moved by one character at the speed of S900 in the row direction of inclination in step S1011. If the cursor is moved diagonally to the left, one line is drawn to the left and then one character is drawn upward, and if the cursor is moved diagonally to the right, the right One line and a character range in a range obtained by subtracting one character downward are selected.

  Reference numerals 1805 and 1806 in FIG. 18 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the left. In 1805 of FIG. 18, 4 to 8 in the third line are selected and the cursor was under 8, but when this cursor moves diagonally left upward, the cursor moves under 7 in the fourth line. The range is additionally selected by the amount the cursor has moved.

Also, reference numerals 1807 and 1808 in FIG. 18 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right. In 1701 of FIG. 17, 8 to 2 in the third line is selected and the cursor was on 2, but when the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right, the cursor moves onto 3 on the second line, An additional range is selected as much as the cursor moves.
If it is determined in step S1010 that the cursor has not moved in the upper left direction or the lower right direction in the vertically written character string, the range selection process of the oblique inclination in FIG. 10 is terminated.
However, if it is determined in step S1007 that the writing is vertical, the determination in either step S1008 or step S1010 is passed.

  Next, processing after step S1012 in FIG. 10 will be described. In step S1012, it is determined whether or not an inclination in an oblique direction opposite to the state in which the character is selected is detected. In step S1012, when an inclination in an oblique direction opposite to the state in which a character is selected is detected (YES in step S1012), the processing after step S1013 is performed. In step S1012, this process is complete | finished when the inclination to the diagonal direction opposite to the state where the character is selected is not detected.

  However, in the oblique inclination range selection process, first, the determination of either step S1001 or step S1012 must be performed.

  If it is determined in step S1013 that the character string displayed on portable terminal 100 is horizontal writing (YES in step S1013), the processing in steps S1014 to S1017 is performed, and if it is not horizontal writing (NO in step S1013). In this case, that is, vertical writing here), the processing from step S1019 to step S1022 is performed.

  In step S1014, if the cursor moves diagonally right downward or diagonally upward left in the horizontally written character string, in step S1015 the cursor moves by one character in the slanting row direction at the speed of S900. If the cursor is moved diagonally downward, the character string range that has already been deselected from the selected text for one line in the downward direction and one character to the right is selected, and the upper left is selected. When the cursor is moved in the direction, the range of the selection of the character string that has already been selected is selected from the range of one character in the upward direction and one character in the left lateral direction.

  1901 and 1902 in FIG. 19 are views before and after the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right. In 1901 of FIG. 19, 6 to 3 in the second line are selected, and the cursor was on the left side of 3. However, when the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right, the cursor moves to the right side of 3 on the third line. However, the range selection for the 6th to 3rd part of the 2nd line that has already been selected is canceled, and the amount of movement of the cursor (7 to 9 on the 2nd line and 1 to 3 on the 3rd line) A new range is selected.

  Also, reference numerals 1903 and 1904 in FIG. 19 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the left. In 1903 of FIG. 19, 3 to 6 in the second line are selected, and the cursor is on the right side of 6. However, when the cursor moves diagonally left upward, the cursor is moved to the left side of 6 in the second line. The range selection is canceled for 3 to 6 on the second line that has been moved and already selected, and the other part of the cursor movement (2 to 1 on the second line and 9 to 6 on the first line) is new. The range is selected.

  If it is determined in step S1014 that the cursor does not move in the diagonally downward right direction or the diagonally upward left direction in the horizontally written character string, the process proceeds to step S106.

  In step S1016, in the horizontally written character string, if the cursor moves diagonally to the left or diagonally upward to the right, in step S1017, the cursor moves by one character in the slanting line direction at the speed of S900. When the cursor is moved diagonally downward, a character string range in which the character string that has already been selected is further deselected from the range of one line in the downward direction and one character in the left lateral direction is subtracted from there. When the range is selected and the cursor is moved diagonally upward to the right, the character string that has already been selected from the range of one line upward and one character left from there is further selected. The character string range for which is deselected is selected.

  Reference numerals 1905 and 1906 in FIG. 19 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally to the left. In 1905 of FIG. 19, 6 to 3 in the second line are selected and the cursor was on the left side of 3, but when this cursor moves diagonally to the left, the cursor moves to the right side of 1 in the third line. However, the range selection of the 6th to 3rd part on the 3rd line that has already been selected is canceled, and the amount of the cursor movement (7th to 9th on the 2nd line and 1 on the 3rd line) is newly added. A range is selected.

  Also, reference numerals 1907 and 1908 in FIG. 19 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right. In 1907 of FIG. 19, 3 to 6 in the second line are selected, and the cursor was on the right side of 6. However, when the cursor moves diagonally right upward, the cursor is moved to the left side of 8 in the first line. The range selection is canceled for 3 to 6 on the second line that has been moved and already selected, and the amount of cursor movement other than that (2 to 1 on the third line and 9 to 8 on the first line) is new. The range is selected.

If it is determined in step S1016 that the cursor has not moved in the diagonally downward left direction or diagonally upward right in the horizontally written character string, the process proceeds to step S1008.
However, if it is determined in step S1013 that the writing is vertical, the determination in either step S1014 or step S1016 is passed.

  Next, processing after step S1018 will be described. Step S1018 and subsequent steps are vertical character string processing.

  In step S1019, if the cursor is moved diagonally downward left or upward diagonally to the right in the vertically written character string, the cursor is moved by one character at the speed of S900 in the row direction of inclination in step S1020. When the cursor is moved diagonally to the left, the range of the character string that has already been deselected is selected from the selected text for one line to the left and one character downward. When the cursor is moved in the upward direction, the character range corresponding to the deselection of the already selected character string is selected from the amount selected for one character on the right side and one character upward.

  Reference numerals 2001 and 2002 in FIG. 20 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right. In 2001 of FIG. 20, 3 to 6 on the second line are selected, and the cursor is under 3, but when the cursor moves diagonally right upward, the cursor moves above 6 on the first line, The selection of the range from 3 to 6 in the second row that has already been selected is canceled, and the amount of movement of the cursor (2 to 1 in the second row and 9 to 6 in the first row) is newly added. A range is selected.

  Also, 2003 and 2004 in FIG. 20 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right. In 2003 of FIG. 20, 6 to 3 in the second line are selected and the cursor was above 3, but when the cursor moves diagonally to the left, the cursor moves below 3 on the third line. The range selection is canceled for 6 to 3 in the second row that has already been selected, and the range that was moved by the other (7 to 9 on the second row and 1 to 3 on the third row) is newly added to the range. A selection is made.

  If it is determined in step S1019 that the cursor has not moved in the diagonally leftward direction or the diagonally right upward direction in the vertically written character string, the process proceeds to step S1021.

  In step S1021, in the vertically written character string, when the cursor moves in the diagonally downward right direction or diagonally upward in the left direction, in step S1022, the cursor moves by one character in the inclined line direction at the speed of S900. When the cursor is moved diagonally downward to the right, a character string range in which a character string that has already been selected is deselected from the range of one line to the right and one character down from there. When the range is selected and the cursor is moved diagonally upward to the left, the character string that has already been selected is deselected from the range of one line to the left and one character up from there. The selected character string range is selected.

  20 and 2006 in FIG. 20 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right. In 2005 of FIG. 20, 3 to 6 on the second line are selected, and the cursor is below 6, but when the cursor moves diagonally downward to the right, the cursor moves above 7 on the first line. The selection of the range from 3 to 6 in the second row that has already been selected is canceled, and the amount of movement of the cursor (2 to 1 in the second row and 9 to 8 in the first row) is newly added. A range is selected.

  Also, 2007 and 2008 in FIG. 20 are diagrams before and after the cursor moves diagonally upward to the right. In 2007 of FIG. 20, 6 to 3 in the second line are selected and the cursor was above 3, but when the cursor moves diagonally left upward, the cursor moves below 1 in the third line. The range selection is canceled for 3 to 6 in the second row that has already been selected, and the range selection is newly performed for the amount of movement of the cursor (7 to 9 in the second row and 1 in the third row). Is done.

In step S1021, in the vertically written character string, when the cursor does not move in the diagonally downward right direction or the diagonally upward left direction, the diagonally inclined range selection process in FIG. 10 ends.
However, if it is determined in step S1018 that the writing is vertical, the determination in either step S1019 or step S1021 is passed.

Note that the processing of FIG. 8 can process both horizontal writing and vertical writing character strings as shown before and after the range selection in FIGS. 17, 18, 19, and 20.
<Second Example>

  Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the cursor position of the mobile terminal can be moved according to the angle given to the mobile terminal, and determination of the start position and end position of the range selection required for the range selection of the character string Further, the embodiment has been described in which it is possible to determine the insertion position of the character string by determining the cursor position by this method.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, the position of the cursor is determined by touching the screen of the mobile terminal, and when the cursor cannot be positioned at a desired position in a small character string, the angle at the mobile terminal is set. An embodiment in which the cursor position is finely adjusted and moved to a desired position will be described. In addition, the description about the location which becomes the same process as 1st embodiment is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 22 is a processing diagram showing a main flow of the second embodiment. When steps S2201 to S2211 of FIG. 22 determine the position of the cursor by touching the screen of the mobile terminal, the cursor position cannot be positioned at a desired position in the small character string. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for positioning the cursor to a desired position by giving an operation on the mobile terminal 100 and performing fine adjustment of the cursor position. In addition, it is a flowchart for enabling range selection and editing processing of the selected range.

  In step S2201, the mobile terminal 100 first sets initial values of threshold values of various operations to be detected when the mobile terminal moves the cursor position. In the present embodiment, the operation detected by the mobile terminal 100 will be described by taking an inclination given to the mobile terminal 100 as an example.

  Note that the various initial setting processes in step S2201 are the same as those in FIG. 5 describing the various initial setting processes in step S401 in FIG. 4, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  Returning to FIG. 22 again, step S2202 and subsequent steps will be described. In step S2202, the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 100 reads the initial value set in the initial setting process in step S2201.

  Next, in step S2203, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 100 detects that the mobile terminal user has touched to determine the cursor position on the screen of the mobile terminal. That is, it is detected that an arbitrary position between character strings displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal is touched.

  Reference numeral 2301 in FIG. 23 is an example of a diagram in which the position of the cursor is determined by touching between character strings on the screen. If the button is long-pressed, the long-press menu is displayed in the vicinity of the long-press as shown by 2302 in FIG.

  Next, in step S2204, the cursor movement mode 2303 is selected from the long press menu of FIG. 23 and is detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor main body of the mobile terminal 100 stored in the motion detection condition storage unit 102. When the condition for enabling the cursor operation is satisfied, the cursor can be moved on the character string. That is, the mobile terminal detects its own movement, moves the cursor position on the displayed character string in conjunction with the detected operation, and displays the cursor at a predetermined position in the character string.

  In step S2205, the CPU 201 on the portable terminal 100 performs processing for determining the cursor position. Note that the processing is the same as the processing from step S601 to step S612 of FIG.

  Also, the process of FIG. 7 called from FIG. 6 is the same as the process of FIG. 7 in the first embodiment already described. Therefore, the description of FIG. 7 is omitted.

  Returning to FIG. 22 again, step S2206 and subsequent steps will be described. The processing from step S2206 to step S2212 is the same as the processing from step S405 to step S411 in FIG. Therefore, the processing for selecting a range and editing the selected item after the cursor position is determined is the same as steps S405 to S411 in FIG. 4, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  However, in step S2206, after the range selection key 1102 is pressed, the cursor is moved by the operation given to the portable terminal 100 to select the range. Alternatively, the portable terminal 100 is selected in step S2204. First, an approximate range selection end position cursor position is manually determined by first pressing the space between the character strings displayed in, and a range selection is performed. Finally, the processing in step S2207 is the same as in FIG. The range selection end position may be confirmed by fine adjustment of the cursor position. That is, the range selection end position may be determined by detecting that an arbitrary position between character strings displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal is touched.

  Next, regarding the fine adjustment of the cursor position, when the cursor position is determined by touching the screen on the portable terminal with a finger using 2301 to 2302 in FIG. 23, the cursor is moved to a desired position in the small character string. A method for positioning the cursor at a desired position by finely adjusting the position of the cursor using the inclination of the mobile terminal when the position cannot be positioned will be described.

  2301 in FIG. 23 is a diagram in which the cursor position is determined by touching between character strings on the screen on the screen of the mobile terminal. In the case of a small character string, if the cursor position is determined by this method, the character is hidden with a finger, so that it is difficult to position the cursor at the position where the character is to be determined.

  232 in FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the position of the cursor first determined by touching the screen of the portable terminal in 2301 of FIG. 23, and the cursor position is the left side of the number “8” in the second row. Located in.

  Here, in order to enable the cursor movement on the mobile terminal, the cursor movement mode 2303 is selected from the long press menu, and the mobile terminal is tilted while checking the state of the cursor position, so that FIG. By the process of the logic for starting the cursor position determination process, the cursor position initially determined at 2301 in FIG. 23 can be positioned at the original position.

  Reference numeral 2304 in FIG. 23 is a diagram after the cursor has moved to the cursor position to be originally moved. In this figure, the mobile terminal displaying 2302 in FIG. 23 is tilted to the left to finely adjust the cursor position, and the cursor position is moved to the desired position (the cursor position is to the left of the number “7”). It can be moved.

  This can be moved by the processing in steps S703 and S704 in FIG. Since this process is the same as the process of FIG. 7 of the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

  When the cursor can be moved to a desired position and the cursor position is to be fixed, pressing the cursor position determination key 1105 in FIG. 11, which is another menu, stops the cursor movement and determines the position. can do.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, when the position of the cursor is determined by touching the screen of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is located when the cursor cannot be positioned at a desired position in a small character string. By giving an operation and finely adjusting the cursor position, the cursor can be moved to a desired position.
<Third embodiment>
Subsequently, the third embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the cursor position of the mobile terminal can be moved according to the angle given to the mobile terminal, and determination of the start position and end position of the range selection required for the range selection of the character string Further, the embodiment has been described in which it is possible to determine the insertion position of the character string by determining the cursor position by this method. In the second embodiment of the present invention, the position of the cursor is determined by touching the screen of the mobile terminal, and an angle is given to the mobile terminal when the cursor cannot be positioned at a desired position in a small character string. The embodiment has been described in which the cursor position is finely adjusted to move to a desired position.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the cursor position of the mobile terminal is moved from the side of the mobile terminal by acceleration (impact), and the range selection start position required for the selection of the character string range An embodiment that enables determination of the end position and determination of the insertion position of the character string will be described.
In addition, the description about the location where a process is the same as 1st embodiment and 2nd embodiment is abbreviate | omitted.

  First, the position of the cursor, which is the main process, is determined by touching the screen of the mobile terminal, and the cursor is positioned at a desired position by applying acceleration (impact) from the side to the screen of the mobile terminal 100. The process of selecting a range and editing the selected range is the same as that shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment.

  In addition, about the sub process called from the main process, the difference between the first embodiment and the second embodiment will be described below.

  The initial setting process in step S2201 of FIG. 22 in the third embodiment has the contents shown in FIG.

  First, in step S2401, the speed of moving the cursor (characters / second) for each gravitational acceleration that can be read from the acceleration sensor is set. That is, 2710 in FIG. 27 stores the speed of movement of the cursor position associated with each magnitude of the motion detected by the mobile terminal.

A cursor speed (2712 in FIG. 27) is set for how many characters are advanced in one second for each acceleration magnitude in 2711 in FIG. In other words, the speed of movement of the cursor position increases in conjunction with the size of the movement.

  Next, in step S2402, the portable terminal associates the direction of gravitational acceleration with the direction of cursor movement.

  That is, 2720 in FIG. 27 stores the moving direction of the cursor position associated with the direction of the operation given to the mobile terminal.

  The direction in which the mobile terminal receives acceleration (impact) is classified into eight directions of up, down, left, right, diagonally up right, diagonally down right, diagonally up left, diagonally down left (2721 in FIG. 27). A range for defining the direction is set by an angle (2722 in FIG. 27).

  Next, step S2202 of FIG. 22 in the third embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment, but step S2203 and step S2204 have no steps.

  In step S2205, in the third embodiment, the cursor position determination process of FIG. 25 is performed.

  Next, the cursor position determination process in FIG. 25 will be described. First, in step S2501, the mobile terminal 100 detects that acceleration (impact) is applied in the movement direction of the cursor.

  In step S2502, the mobile terminal 100 detects acceleration. If no acceleration is detected in step S2502, the process proceeds to step S2506 where the cursor position determination key is pressed, the cursor position is determined, and the process ends.

  If acceleration is detected in step S2502, the number of characters X that the cursor required for subsequent cursor movement processing advances in one second is substituted into variable N as a numerical value in step S2503.

  A specific value is the number of characters that the cursor set in 2720 of FIG. 27 advances in one second, which is determined for each acceleration when the inclination is detected in step S2502.

  In step S2504, the mobile terminal 100 performs cursor movement processing. Since this cursor movement process is the same as the cursor movement process of FIG. 7, the description thereof is omitted here.

  In step S2505, the mobile terminal 100 with the cursor determines whether or not to end the cursor position determination process of FIG.

  In step S2505, when the cursor position determination process in FIG. 25 is to be ended, the process proceeds to a process of pressing the cursor position determination key in step S2506. That is, the determination of the range selection end position when the range of the character string is selected is accepted by the moved cursor.

  In step S2505, when the cursor position determination process in FIG. 25 is not terminated, the process from step S2501 in FIG. 25 is performed again.

  In step S2506, the mobile terminal 100 detects that the cursor position determination key (1105 in FIG. 11) has been pressed, and determines the cursor position.

  Returning to step S2206 in FIG. 22 as the third embodiment, the processing will be described.

  Step S2206 is the same as that in the second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  In step S2207, the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing of FIG. 26 is performed.

  Next, the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing of FIG. 26 will be described.

  First, in step S2601, the mobile terminal 100 detects that acceleration (impact) is applied in the movement direction of the cursor.

  In step S2602, the mobile terminal 100 detects acceleration. When acceleration is not detected in step S2602, the process proceeds to the detection process for acceleration (impact) in the direction of range selection in step S2601 again.

  If acceleration is detected in step S2602, the number of characters X that the cursor necessary for subsequent cursor movement processing advances in one second is substituted into the variable N as a numerical value in step S2603.

  A specific value is the number of characters that the cursor set in 2720 of FIG. 27 advances in one second, determined by each acceleration when the inclination is detected in step S2602.

  In step S2604, the mobile terminal 100 performs a range selection process. That is, the range between the range selection start position and the range selection end position is set to the selected state.

  In this cursor movement process, the portion expressed as “in the row direction of inclination” in step S906 and step S908 of the range selection process in FIG. 9 is referred to as “in the row direction in which acceleration (impact) is applied”. By replacing, the process is the same. In other words, what was detecting the direction by tilting has been changed to detection by acceleration (impact). Therefore, the description of the same part is omitted.

  Note that the oblique inclination range selection process, which is called from step S910 of the range selection process of FIG. 9, is the step S1004, step S1006, step S1009, step S1011, step S1015 of the oblique inclination range selection process of FIG. The processing is the same by replacing the portion expressed as “in the row direction of inclination” in steps S1017, S1020, and S1021 with “in the row direction in which acceleration (impact) is applied”. In other words, what was detecting the direction by tilting has been changed to detection by acceleration (impact). Therefore, the description of the same part is omitted.

  Returning again to the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing of FIG. In step S2605, the mobile terminal 100 with the cursor determines whether to end the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing of FIG.

  In step S2605, when the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination process in FIG. 26 is to be ended, the process proceeds to the cursor position determination key pressing process in step S2606. That is, the determination of the range selection end position when the range of the character string is selected is accepted by the moved cursor.

  In step S2605, when the range selection and range selection end cursor position determination processing in FIG. 26 is not terminated, the processing from step S2601 in FIG. 26 is performed again.

  In step S2606, the mobile terminal 100 detects that the cursor position determination key (1105 in FIG. 11) has been pressed, ends the character string range selection, and ends the process.

  Returning again to the processing of FIG. 22 as the third embodiment, description will be made. Steps S2208 to S2212 are the same as in the second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  As described above, the present invention can take the form of, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium. Specifically, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to an apparatus composed of a single device.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  For example, although the cursor necessary for selecting a range of a character string displayed on a mobile terminal and editing a document has been described as being moved by an operation given by the user and detected by the mobile terminal, Is only a part of the example. In addition to the embodiment, the operation detected by the mobile terminal is caused by adding some external factor detected by the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor to the main body of the mobile terminal such as shaking the mobile terminal from a certain direction. It is also possible to perform cursor selection on a portable terminal to perform range selection and document editing processing.

  Further, the program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing methods of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 10, FIG. 22, and FIG. 24 to FIG. A program capable of executing the processing method of FIGS. 22 and 24 to 26 is stored. The program according to the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each device shown in FIGS. 4 to 10, FIG. 22, and FIGS.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Mobile terminal 101 Motion detection part 102 Motion detection condition memory | storage part 103 Cursor speed memory | storage part 104 Multiple character selection condition memory | storage part 105 Cursor movement direction memory | storage part 106 Motion detection condition acquisition part 107 Cursor speed acquisition part 108 Multiple character selection condition acquisition part 109 Cursor movement direction acquisition unit 110 Cursor position movement unit 111 Character string range selection start position determination unit 112 Character string range selection unit 113 Character string editing unit 114 Character string inversion unit 115 Character string range selection release unit 200 WEB server 201 CPU
202 ROM
203 RAM
204 System bus 205 Input controller (input C)
206 Video controller (VC)
207 Memory controller (MC)
208 Communication I / F controller (Communication I / FC)
209 Keyboard 210 CRT
211 External memory 300 Public line 400 Internet line

Claims (17)

A mobile device capable of displaying a character string,
Cursor display means for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal;
An operation detecting means for detecting the movement of the mobile terminal;
A portable terminal comprising cursor position moving means for moving a cursor position on a character string displayed on the portable terminal in conjunction with the action detected by the action detecting means. A mobile device capable of displaying a character string,
Cursor display means for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal;
An operation detecting means for detecting the movement of the mobile terminal;
Cursor position moving means for moving the cursor position on the character string displayed on the portable terminal in conjunction with the action detected by the action detecting means;
First accepting means for accepting designation of a range selection start position when the character string is selected by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving means;
Second accepting means for accepting determination of a range selection end position when the character string is selected by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving means;
A portable terminal comprising: range selection means for selecting a range between the range selection start position and the range selection end position determined by the first reception means and the second reception means. . The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the predetermined position is a position arbitrarily touched between character strings displayed on the portable terminal. An operation detection condition storage means for storing a condition for moving a cursor position on a character string displayed on the mobile terminal by the operation given to the mobile terminal;
The condition for enabling the action stored in the action detection condition storage unit is acquired, and the cursor position on the character string is moved only when a threshold value of the condition is exceeded. The mobile terminal according to any one of 1 to 3. A cursor speed storage means for storing a movement speed of the cursor position associated with each of the movement sizes detected by the portable terminal;
With
5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the movement speed of the cursor position recorded in the cursor speed storage unit is increased in conjunction with the magnitude of the operation. 6. A plurality of character movement condition storage means for storing a threshold value of the duration of the operation for enabling the cursor position of the portable terminal to select a plurality of character strings;
With
The movement between one or a plurality of characters in the movement of the cursor position within a certain time of the operation can be switched by changing a threshold value of the duration of the operation. The mobile terminal according to any one of 5. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a cursor movement direction storage unit that stores a movement direction of the cursor position associated with the direction of the operation given to the portable terminal. . It is possible to copy, cut, and paste the character string by allowing the user to operate a key on the display device of the portable terminal with respect to the character string selected in the range. The portable terminal of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7. 9. The character string selected as a range is further displayed with its character color and background color reversed to identify the selected state. Mobile devices. The portable terminal includes a character string range selection canceling unit that allows the selected character string to be deselected.
When a part of the character string is in a range-selected state, the character string can be deselected by moving the cursor again into the range-selected state. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the operation detected by the mobile terminal is an inclination with respect to the mobile terminal.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the operation detected by the mobile terminal is acceleration with respect to the mobile terminal. A method for controlling a mobile device capable of displaying a character string,
A cursor display step for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the mobile terminal;
An operation detecting step in which the mobile terminal detects its own movement;
The mobile device characterized in that the cursor position moving means includes a cursor position moving step for moving the cursor position on the character string displayed on the mobile terminal in conjunction with the operation detected by the operation detecting means. Terminal control method. A program for causing a computer to function as a portable terminal capable of displaying a character string,
The computer,
Cursor display means for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal;
An operation detecting means for detecting the movement of the mobile terminal;
A program for causing a cursor position on a character string displayed on the portable terminal to function as a cursor position moving unit that moves in conjunction with the operation detected by the operation detecting unit. A method for controlling a mobile device capable of displaying a character string,
A cursor display step for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal;
An operation detecting step in which the mobile terminal detects its own movement;
A cursor position moving step in which the cursor position moving means moves the cursor position on the character string displayed on the portable terminal in conjunction with the action detected by the action detecting means;
A first accepting step in which a first accepting unit accepts designation of a range selection start position when the character string is selected as a range by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving unit;
A second accepting step in which the second accepting unit accepts determination of the range selection end position when the character string is selected as a range by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving unit;
A range selection unit comprising a range selection step of selecting a range between the range selection start position and the range selection end position determined by the first reception unit and the second reception unit; A control method for a portable terminal, characterized by A program for causing a computer to function as a portable terminal capable of displaying a character string,
The computer,
Cursor display means for displaying a cursor at a predetermined position of the character string of the portable terminal;
An operation detecting means for detecting the movement of the mobile terminal;
Cursor position moving means for moving the cursor position on the character string displayed on the portable terminal in conjunction with the action detected by the action detecting means;
First accepting means for accepting designation of a range selection start position when the character string is selected by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving means;
Second accepting means for accepting determination of a range selection end position when the character string is selected by the cursor moved by the cursor position moving means;
A program that functions as range selection means for selecting a range between the range selection start position and the range selection end position determined by the first reception means and the second reception means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 14 or 16 is recorded.

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