JP2014191733A - Information processing device and operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a display screen large and to improve operability.SOLUTION: A panel control part 103 performs control so as to display one piece of display information (a character input column, such as a retrieval bar, and image information.) by combining portions or the wholes of a plurality of display panels, displays operation information (a character key and an icon for inputting characters) showing an operation object to each of the portions or the wholes of the plurality of display panels, and performs control so as to make a hardware button 14 receive an operation to the operation information. Thus, the display screen can be acquired large, and an operability by a user can be improved.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an operation method using a touch panel.

  In recent years, a portable terminal equipped with a touch panel is generally used, and character input and other operations can be performed using the touch panel. For example, the technique described in Patent Literature 1 describes that character input is performed by pressing a character assigned to an input frame displayed on a touch panel.

JP 2009-169456 A

  However, the operability of the touch panel may be inferior compared to hardware buttons. For example, with a hardware button, an operation feeling can be transmitted to the user by a pressing feeling or the like, but it is difficult to transmit such an operation feeling with a touch panel. On the other hand, the touch panel conveys the operational feeling by vibration or touch sound, but there is still room for improvement compared to the operability for the hardware buttons.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and an operation method that have a large display screen and an improved operability.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a hardware button having a plurality of key tops that accepts a pressing operation from a user, and a plurality of displays arranged on each pressing surface of the key top. The display control is performed by combining a panel and a part or all of the plurality of display panels to display one display information, and operation information indicating an operation target is displayed on each part or all of the plurality of display panels. Control means for controlling the hardware button to accept an operation for the operation information.

  An operation method according to the present invention is an information processing method comprising: a hardware button having a plurality of key tops that accepts a pressing operation from a user; and a plurality of display panels arranged on the respective pressing surfaces of the key tops. In the operation method of the apparatus, control information is displayed so that one or more display panels are combined to display one display information, and the operation information indicates an operation target on each of the plurality of display panels. And a control step for controlling the hardware button to accept an operation for the operation information.

  According to the present invention, a part or all of a plurality of display panels are controlled to display one display information, and operation information indicating an operation target is displayed on each part or all of the plurality of display panels. Then, control is performed so that the hardware button accepts an operation for the operation information. As a result, the display screen can be enlarged and the operability by the user can be improved.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the control means displays character information of a predetermined unit as operation information on each of the plurality of display panels, and when the hardware button is pressed by the user, Control is performed to accept input of characters corresponding to character information displayed on a display panel arranged at the key top.

  According to the present invention, character information of a predetermined unit is displayed on each of the plurality of display panels, and when the hardware button is pressed by the user, the characters displayed on the display panel arranged on the key top are displayed. By performing control to accept input of characters according to information, it is possible to improve the character information input operation.

  In the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the control means displays character information of a predetermined unit as display information on each of the plurality of display panels, and when the hardware button is pressed by the user, The character information of a predetermined unit displayed on the display panel arranged on the key top of the pressed hardware button is made editable.

  According to the present invention, a predetermined unit of character information is displayed on each of the plurality of display panels, and when the hardware button is pressed by the user, the display arranged on the key top of the pressed hardware button The character information of a predetermined unit displayed on the panel is made editable. As a result, the character to be edited can be selected by a simple operation such as pressing a hardware button.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the aspect of the invention, when the display unit does not display display information or operation information on a part of the plurality of display panels, the control unit turns off the part of the display panels. Control is performed.

  According to the present invention, when display information or operation information is not displayed on some of the plurality of display panels, the control is performed to turn off some of the display panels. Thereby, the display electric energy by a display panel can be reduced.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while making a display screen large, the operativity by a user can be improved.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the upper side figure and the cross section of the portable terminal 100 of this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the portable terminal 100 of this embodiment. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the mobile terminal 100. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displayed by the display device 15. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal 100. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing screen transition of a display screen displayed on the display device 15. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing power control for the display device 15 in the mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of character input or icon selection. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification of a display state when performing power supply control with respect to a display panel. It is an explanatory view showing one display information or image information using a plurality of display panels _15x 1 _{~15x n.}

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a top view and a cross section of a portable terminal 100 that is an information processing apparatus of the present embodiment. FIG. 1A is a top view of the mobile terminal 100, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of the mobile terminal 100.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment includes a display device 15 including a plurality of display panels 15a, 15b,. As shown in FIG. 1B, each of the display panels 15a, 15b... Constituting the display device 15 is pasted on the upper surface of the plurality of buttons 14a, 14b. . In the present embodiment, any one of the display panels 15a, 15b, 15c... Is referred to as a display panel 15x. Similarly, any button 14a, 14b, 14c, etc. is referred to as a button 14x. Also, for any of a plurality of display panels, referred to a plurality of display panels _15x 1 _{~15x n} or more display panels, 15x _n + 1 ~15x _m.

The display device 15, such as a character or icon corresponding to the application or web browser is launched, displaying a combination of a plurality of display panels 15x ₁ ~15x _n. The user can accept character input or icon selection by pressing the button 14x attached with the display panel 15x while viewing the characters and icons displayed on the display panel 15x. it can. In the present embodiment, the buttons 14a, 14b, etc. are provided with the display panels 15a, 15b, etc. having only a display function, but instead of these, a touch panel display having a touch function may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 100 includes functional elements such as an application monitoring unit 101, a panel state management unit 102, a panel control unit 103 (control means), and a character input unit 104.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of the mobile terminal 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the portable terminal 100 shown in FIG. 2 physically includes one or a plurality of CPUs 11, a main memory RAM 12 and ROM 13, a hardware button 14, a display device 15, a network card, and the like. The computer system includes a communication module 16 that is a data transmission / reception device, a semiconductor memory 17, and the like. Each function in FIG. 2 receives input from the hardware button 14 under the control of the CPU 11 by reading predetermined computer software on the hardware such as the CPU 11 and the RAM 12 shown in FIG. This is realized by operating the display device 15 and the communication module 16 and reading and writing data in the RAM 12 and the semiconductor memory 17. Hereinafter, each functional block will be described based on the functional blocks shown in FIG.

  The application monitoring unit 101 is a part that determines whether or not an application has been started on the mobile terminal 100 and which application has been started. The application monitoring unit 101 notifies the activated application to the panel control unit 103.

  The panel state management unit 102 is a part that stores an assignment pattern of the display panels 15a, 15b,... Arranged on the key tops of the plurality of buttons 14a, 14b,. That is, the correspondence between each of the display panels 15a, 15b,... And each of the buttons 14a, 14b,... Is stored, and what information is displayed on each display panel 15x. The correspondence is stored for each application.

  The panel control unit 103 is a part that detects a pressing operation on the hardware button 14 and receives a character input or a selection operation based on the pressed button 14x. For example, when one button 14x of the hardware buttons 14 is pressed, the panel control unit 103 refers to the panel state management unit 102 to accept input of characters corresponding to the pressed button 14x. In addition, although character input was demonstrated to the example, it is not restricted to this, You may make it perform the function according to the pressed button. For example, character editing, deletion, or connection processing for a link on a Web screen.

The character input unit 104 is a part that executes display processing for displaying the character information received by the panel control unit 103 on a plurality of display panels 15a, 15b,. That is, it is a part that determines which display panel 15x such as each display panel 15a, 15b,. The invention is not limited to a character, it is also possible to perform the display process of the image may be displayed an image by combining a plurality of display panels 15x ₁ ~15x _n.

  Here, an example of a display screen displayed on the display device 15 will be described. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displayed by the display device 15. FIG. 4A shows the home screen. Here, the date is displayed as in a general mobile phone. The date or the like is displayed using a plurality of display panels 15x, but numbers and characters such as dates may be displayed on each of the display panels 15x. When a mail application is started as an application, a mail creation screen as shown in FIG. 4B is started. FIG. 4B shows that the display device 15 displays a mail creation screen including a display area 150a, an editing area 150b, and an input area 150c.

The display area 150a is an area in which display information such as a created mail text is displayed, and includes a display panel group 151a including a plurality of display panels 15a _{11 to} 15a _nm . The display panels 15a _{11 to} 15a _nm display one character on each of them.

The edit area 150b is an area in which display information, which is information in the middle of creating the mail text, is displayed, and includes a display panel group 151b including a plurality of display panels 15b _{11 to} 15b _nm . The display panels 15b _{11 to} 15b _nm display one character on each of them. When the confirmation process is performed on the character string input in this area, the character string is displayed in the display area 150a (display panel group 151a).

The input area 150c is an area for displaying operation information such as a character key for inputting characters, and includes a display panel group 151c including a plurality of display panels 15c _{11 to} 15c _nm . The user can input characters corresponding to the display panel by performing a pressing process on any one of the display panels 15c _{11 to} 15c _nm that display the character keys, which constitutes the display panel group 151c. Can be accepted. In the example of FIG. 4B, a character key for inputting hiragana is displayed in the input area 150c, and when the corresponding display panel 15x (button 14x) is pressed, the corresponding hiragana is input. Is accepted.

FIG. 4C is a diagram when the mail is being edited. In the display region 150a, "recently" letter has been displayed using the display panel _15a 11 to 15A _14. In the editing area 150b, when the button 14x corresponding to the character key displayed in the input area 150c is pressed, the character assigned to the button 14x is displayed. For example, when the display panel 15c ₁₃ is pressed, “A” is input. If entered twice, “yes” is inputted. As another method, a character string (for example, “Iueo”) corresponding to the “a” line is displayed in a cross shape with the display panel 15c ₁₃ as the center, so that characters can be selected. Good.

On the other hand, in FIG. 4C, the display on the display panel 15b ₂₂ indicates that the focus process is being performed. When the user presses the button 14x corresponding to the display panel 15b ₂₂ , the panel control unit 103 detects the pressed button 14x and inverts the characters displayed on the display panel 15b ₂₂ corresponding to the button 14x. I do. Here, the reversal process is shown as the focus process, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  Next, the operation of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal 100. First, an application is activated by a user operation, and which application is activated is detected by the application monitoring unit 101 (s11). Here, a screen corresponding to the application detected by the application monitoring unit 101 is displayed on the display device 15. For example, the display screen shown in FIG. 4B is displayed.

  Next, a pressing operation on the hardware button 14 by the user is accepted by the panel control unit 103 (s12). Here, when a pressing operation is accepted, the pressed button 14x is determined by the panel control unit 103 (s13). If it is determined that the pressed button 14x is included in the editing area 150b, the character input unit 104 performs focus processing on the character displayed on the display panel 15x corresponding to the pressed button 14x. Performed (s14).

For example, FIG. 4C shows that the button 14x attached with one display panel 15b ₂₂ constituting the editing area 150b is pressed, and the character focus processing by the character input unit 104 is performed. In the figure, “TA” is highlighted.

  When this focus process is performed, a predetermined process is performed on the focused character. For example, the deletion of the character is not limited to this, but a predetermined process is performed.

  Further, when one of the hardware buttons 14x among the hardware buttons 14 corresponding to the display panel group 151c constituting the input area 150c is pressed by the user, for example, the hardware button corresponding to the character key displayed in the input area 150c. When the panel control unit 103 detects that one or some of the buttons 14x are pressed (s13), the panel control unit 103 accepts the input of the pressed character (s15). . Then, the character input unit 104 displays the accepted character on the display panel group 151b constituting the editing area 150b (s16).

  After that, when the confirmation process is performed on the character strings displayed on the display panel group 151b constituting the editing area 150b (s17), the confirmed character strings are displayed on the display panel group 151a constituting the display area 150a. Is displayed (s18). The confirmation process is performed by pressing a button 14x corresponding to one display panel 15x (displaying that the confirmation function is assigned) in the display panel group 151c constituting the input area 150c (not shown).

  Next, power control for the display panel 15x in the display device 15 for reducing power consumption will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the screen transition. FIG. 6A shows the home screen. FIG. 6B shows a screen when an application for a telephone call is activated. As shown in FIG. 6B, if there is a call destination, call time, photo / illustration, the display device 15 displays the information using some display panels 15x. The display panel 15x in the other display device 15 is controlled not to be energized in order to reduce power consumption.

  Here, power control for the display panel 15x according to the application will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing power control for the display device 15 in the mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment. First, activation of an application is detected by the application monitoring unit 101 (s21). Display information corresponding to the activated application is displayed on the display device 15. Here, an assignment process of what display information is displayed on which display panel 15x of the display device 15 is performed by the panel control unit 103 (s22).

Then, not subject to the display process, the presence of excess of the display panel _15x 1 _{~15x n} is judged by the panel control unit 103 (s23). Here, if there is a display panel _15x 1 _{~15x n} excess, when it is judged by the panel control unit 103, the energization stopping process for the display panel _15x 1 _{~15x n} excess is carried out by the panel control unit 103 (s24) . On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no display panel _15x 1 _{~15x n} excess, energization processing continues.

Next, a modified example of the display information displayed on the display device 15 will be described. FIG. 8A shows a display screen for inputting characters, and FIG. 8B shows a display screen for selecting an icon. FIG. 8A shows a character key for inputting a hiragana character as described above. Here, the hiragana characters are displayed on the display panels 15c _{13 to} 15c _pq , and character input is accepted by pressing these panels.

In FIG. 8 (b), various icons are displayed on the display panel _15c 22 _{~15c 24.} The user can execute a function corresponding to the icon by pressing any display panel 15x (button 14x) among these display panels. For example, when the display panel 15c ₂₂ is pressed, the telephone application is activated, and the outgoing call processing can be performed through the input of the telephone number. The display panel 15c ₂₃ corresponds to an e-mail application, and the display panel 15c ₂₃ corresponds to a clock application.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a modification of the display state when power control is performed on the display panel. FIG. 9A shows that the upper part of the display device 15 is turned off and information such as a call time is displayed on the lower part. 9 (b) is a modified example thereof, to display the call duration, etc. in the central portion, and turn off the power to the display panel 15x ₁ ~15x _n constituting the periphery.

FIG. 10A shows a display screen of the display device 15 on which a character key 152 and a character input field 153 for the search are displayed. The character keys 152 are the same as those in FIG. 8 and the like, and input characters are assigned to each display panel. In this embodiment, the character input field 153 is displayed using a plurality of display panels 15b _{21 to} 15b ₃₅ . In the case of this example, the display panel has a touch panel function to facilitate selection and editing in the character input field.

FIG. 10B shows an example using the display panel 15 x constituting the display device 15. Here, one image is displayed using a plurality of display panels 15d _{23 to} 15d ₇₄ and the like.

Next, functions and effects of the mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment will be described. According to the portable terminal 100, the panel control unit 103, and text input column such as a plurality of display panels _15x 1 _~15x display information part or one combined all the _n (search bar, image information. Figure 10 and controls so as to display a reference), a plurality of display panels 15x n + ₁ ~15x character keys for some or each of the operation information (character input indicating an operation object of all _m and icons. see Figure 8 ) And the hardware button 14 is controlled to accept an operation for the operation information. As a result, the display screen can be enlarged and the operability by the user can be improved.

Further, according to the portable terminal 100, to each of the plurality of display panels 1515x ₁ ~15x _n, to display character information of a predetermined unit, the hardware button 14, when pressed by the user, is disposed on the key top The character information input operation can be improved by performing control to accept input of characters corresponding to the character information displayed on the display panel 15x.

  Further, according to the mobile terminal 100, when a predetermined unit of character information is displayed on each of the plurality of display panels 15x and one of the hardware buttons 14 is pressed by the user, the user presses the button. The character information of a predetermined unit displayed on the display panel 15x arranged on the key top of the button 14x is made editable. Thereby, the character to be edited can be selected by a simple operation such as pressing the hardware button 14.

Further, according to the portable terminal 100, among the plurality of display panels 1515x ₁ ~15x _n, part of the display panel when the 15x to not display the display information or the operation information, clear the display panel 15x of the part Control to make a state. Thereby, the display electric energy by the display panel 15x can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 ... Hardware button, 14a ... button, 14x ... button, 15 ... Display apparatus, 15a ... Display panel, 16 ... Communication module, 17 ... Semiconductor memory, 100 ... Portable terminal, 101 ... Application monitoring part, 102 ... Panel state management , 103... Panel control unit, 104... Character input unit.

Claims (5)

A hardware button having a plurality of key tops for accepting a pressing operation from a user;
A plurality of display panels arranged on the respective pressing surfaces of the key tops;
Control is performed to display one display information by combining some or all of the plurality of display panels, and operation information indicating an operation target is displayed on each of some or all of the plurality of display panels. Control means for controlling the hardware buttons to accept operations on information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The control means includes
On each of the plurality of display panels, a predetermined unit of character information is displayed as operation information,
The hardware button controls to accept an input of characters according to character information displayed on a display panel arranged on a key top when the hardware button is pressed by a user. Information processing device. The control means includes
Each of the plurality of display panels displays character information of a predetermined unit as display information,
When the hardware button is pressed by the user, the character information of a predetermined unit displayed on the display panel arranged on the key top of the pressed hardware button is made editable. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The control means includes
4. The control according to claim 1, wherein, when display information or operation information is not displayed on a part of the plurality of display panels, control is performed to turn off the part of the display panels. 5. The information processing apparatus described in 1. In an operation method of an information processing apparatus comprising: a hardware button having a plurality of key tops that accepts a pressing operation from a user; and a plurality of display panels arranged on each pressing surface of the key tops,
Control is performed to display one display information by combining some or all of the plurality of display panels, and operation information indicating an operation target is displayed on each of some or all of the plurality of display panels. A control step for controlling the hardware button to accept an operation for information;
An operation method comprising:

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