JP2015141639A - Terminal control method and terminal control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for reducing a load on a response to a matrix type questionnaire.SOLUTION: A plurality of question areas, an option area, and a plurality of selected option areas are displayed on a touch screen. A response to a question object displayed on the question area may be selected from a plurality of option objects displayed on the option area by a touch operation and a drag-and-drop operation. The selected option object is displayed on the selected option area.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal control method and a terminal control program, and more particularly to a terminal control method and a terminal control program used for answering a questionnaire for a smartphone.

  With the spread of the Internet, a method for taking a questionnaire to users via the Internet (hereinafter referred to as “Internet questionnaire”) has become common.

  In addition, a technique for reducing the load on the answer of the respondent of such an Internet questionnaire has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-89157 A

  The technique of the above-mentioned patent document 1 is intended to reduce the load (selection from selection buttons arranged in large quantities) when answering a so-called matrix questionnaire (for example, see FIG. 2 of patent document 1). However, this technique only divides the question corresponding to the “row” in the matrix format into separate pages for each row (see FIG. 3 of Patent Document 1), and the number of respondents is the same as that of “rows”. You must read the questionnaire page (questionnaire screen).

  That is, the technique of Patent Document 1 is insufficient as a countermeasure for reducing the load of answers to a matrix questionnaire, and there is a possibility that a sufficient number of answers to the questionnaire cannot be obtained.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving the number of questionnaire responses by reducing the load on the questionnaire responses in the matrix format as described above.

According to the present invention, as the first terminal control program,
A terminal control program for answering a questionnaire executed by a terminal having a touch screen,
In the terminal,
Means for displaying a plurality of question areas, option areas, and a plurality of selected option areas on the touch screen;
Means for displaying a question object in the question area;
Means for displaying a plurality of choice objects in the choice area;
Means for detecting that the selection object is selected by a touch operation by a user;
Means for detecting that the option object selected by the touch operation has been moved by a drag operation by a user and drawing the option object so as to move on the screen The option moved by the drag operation Means for detecting that the user has performed a drop operation at least in either the question area or the selected option area;
A terminal control program for functioning as a means for displaying the option object on which the drop operation has been performed in the selected option area is obtained.

According to the present invention, the second terminal control program is a first terminal control program,
In the terminal,
A terminal control program that functions as means for displaying the selection objects in a predetermined order in the plurality of selected selection areas is obtained.

According to the present invention, the third terminal control program is a first or second terminal control program,
A terminal in which the terminal control program according to claim 1 or 2 is stored.

Moreover, according to the present invention, there is provided a terminal control method for answering a questionnaire executed by a terminal having a touch screen,
On the touch screen, a plurality of question areas, a choice area, and a plurality of selected choice areas are displayed,
A question object is displayed in the question area,
A plurality of choice objects are displayed in the choice area,
Detecting that the selection object is selected by a touch operation by a user;
Detecting that the option object selected by the touch operation has been moved by a drag operation by a user, and rendering the option object to move on the screen;
Detecting that the selection object moved by the drag operation has been dropped by the user in at least one of the question area or the selected option area,
Displaying the drop-selected option object in the selected option area;
A terminal control method is obtained.

  According to the present invention, since an option object for a question is selected by a so-called drag and drop operation, an answer can be made intuitively, and the burden on the respondent is small. Therefore, despite the large number of questions, it is possible to easily answer up to the last question. Thereby, the number of answers to the questionnaire can be improved, and it becomes easy for the questionnaire requester to obtain the necessary and sufficient number of answers.

It is a block diagram showing the structure of the terminal where the questionnaire by embodiment of this invention is performed. It is an external view of the terminal of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a questionnaire reply interface. A state in which the choice object is selected by the user is shown. It is a figure which shows the other example of a questionnaire reply interface. It is a figure which shows the state by which the choice object selected in FIG. 3 is moved. It is a figure which shows the further another example of a questionnaire reply interface. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the option object moved in FIG. 4 is displayed in a selected option area. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of a questionnaire reply interface. It is a figure which shows the example of the questionnaire response interface of the conventional matrix format (basket format).

  Hereinafter, an example in which the terminal control program and the terminal control method according to the embodiment of the present invention are used as a questionnaire response interface program and a questionnaire response interface will be described. The questionnaire response interface program may constitute a part of a program body for conducting a questionnaire.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 10 includes a CPU 2, a main memory 3, an auxiliary memory 4, a transmission / reception unit 5, a GPS unit 6, and a display unit 7 that are connected to each other via a bus. Of these, the main memory 3 is composed of, for example, a DRM, and the auxiliary memory 4 is composed of, for example, an HDD. The auxiliary memory 4 stores a questionnaire response interface program. The questionnaire response interface program is expanded on the main memory 3 and executed by the CPU 2. In the main memory 3, data generated while the CPU 2 operates in accordance with the questionnaire response interface program and data used by the CPU 2 are also temporarily stored. The transmission / reception unit 5 establishes a connection between the terminal 10 and the network under the control of the CPU 2. Examples of the terminal 10 include devices such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a smartphone, and a tablet computer.

  The display unit 7 in the present embodiment is a display device having a touch sensing function, and is a so-called touch screen. As shown in FIG. 2, the touch screen 20 is provided on the front surface of the terminal 10. The touch screen 20 can display an image under the control of the CPU 2 and accept an interactive touch operation by the user. Specifically, the touch screen 20 displays an image (for example, text, still image, moving image, video, etc.) on the touch screen 20 based on a video signal from a graphics engine (not shown). The touch sensing function is realized by a touch sensor (not shown), and outputs an operation signal corresponding to a touch operation by a user. The user's touch operation may be performed by the user's finger, a stylus, or the like. As the touch sensor (not shown), for example, a capacitance type sensor can be adopted, but is not limited thereto. During execution of the questionnaire response, an operation signal output from the touch sensor (not shown) is input to the CPU 2, and when the CPU 2 detects an operation signal from the touch sensor (not shown), the operation signal is interpreted as an input operation for the questionnaire. Then, processing corresponding to this is executed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the touch screen 20, two question areas 30a and 30b, selected option areas 40a and 40b corresponding to the question areas 30a and 30b, and an option area 50 are displayed. . In addition, the question area 30a and the selected option area 40a in the present embodiment are displayed as one body, and similarly, the question area 30b and the selected option area 40b are displayed as one body. Question objects 31a and 31b are displayed in the question areas 30a and 30b, respectively.

  The question object is an answer target of a questionnaire. An answer target of the questionnaire in the present embodiment is an application (game application) executed on a smartphone, and icons of the game application are displayed as question objects 31a and 31b. As an example of the question object, it can be appropriately set depending on the contents of the questionnaire. For example, if it is a questionnaire that asks about the image of a company, “company name”, “company logo”, etc. can be used. If it is a questionnaire that asks the evaluation of a specific product, “product name”, “iconized product” It may be a “photo”.

  A plurality of option objects 60 are displayed in the option area 50. The contents of the questionnaire in the present embodiment asks for the evaluation of the game application described above, and there are five choices for evaluation: “cool”, “cute”, “has a sense”, “beautiful”, and “elegant”. Labeled and displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, for example, when the user wants to answer “cool” as an evaluation of the question object 30 a with respect to the game application, the user displays the option object 60 displayed as “cool” in the option area 50. It is only necessary to select and perform a drag and drop operation to the question object 30a. Specifically, the option object 60 displayed as “cool” is touched (that is, the finger 70 or the like is brought into contact with the touch screen 20) (At this time, on the terminal 10 side, the option object is selected by the touch operation by the user. 4), as shown in FIG. 4, the question object 31a is moved onto the question object 31a (that is, until the question object 31a at least partially overlaps), and the finger is released from the touch screen. At this time, the user's finger 70 remains in contact with the touch screen from when the option object 60 is touched until the movement is completed. That is, on the terminal 10 side, it is detected that the option object 60 selected by the user's touch is moved by the drag operation, and the option object is drawn so as to move on the screen.

  Through the series of operations described above, the “cool” option is answered as the evaluation of the game application of the question object 31a. By repeating such an operation, the user answers the questionnaire. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the user selects himself / herself by displaying in the selected option areas 40a and 40b the displays 60a and 60b (only characters in FIG. 5) corresponding to the already selected option objects. You can know the choices made. The selected option areas 40a and 40b may be displayed in the order in which the option objects 60 in the option area 50 are arranged, or may be displayed in accordance with a certain rule such as a Japanese syllabary.

  In the present embodiment, control is performed so that option objects that are already displayed in the selected option area are not displayed in the selected option area redundantly. If the option object that has been dragged and dropped has already been moved to the selected option area to be dragged, a display may be made to notify that the option object has already been selected. For example, in FIG. 5, when an option object 60 of “beautiful” is to be moved to the selected option area 40 b, as a method for determining that the same option object 60 has already been selected and informing that, A display to that effect may be displayed, the “beautiful” option object 60 may be moved back to the original option area 50, or an effect such as shaking the screen may be performed.

  In addition, when a drag operation is being performed, a draggable area (that is, an area where a choice object is not yet displayed) may be highlighted and displayed.

  Further, a “clear” button (not shown) may be provided to delete the option object from the selected option area.

  In the present embodiment, data to be displayed in the question area (character data, image data, etc. relating to question objects 30a, 30b in FIG. 5) and data to be displayed in the option area (character data, images relating to option object 60 in FIG. 5). Data) and a management table (database) for associating data (displays 60a and 60b) to be displayed in the selected option area. Specifically, icon data (image data) related to the question objects 30a and 30b is recorded in the table for managing data to be displayed in the question area, and the table for managing data to be displayed in the option area includes “ Icon data corresponding to “cool”, “cute”, “sense”, “beautiful”, and “elegant” are recorded (simple text data is also acceptable). Further, a table for managing data to be displayed in the selected option area conceptually includes a table for managing option objects associated with the question object 31a (that is, associated with a user's answer to the question object 31a), And a table for managing option objects associated with the question object 31b (that is, associated as a user's answer to the question object 31b). For example, in FIG. 5, the question object 31a is associated with options (option objects) of “cool” and “sensed”, and the question object 31b has options of “elegant”, “cute”, and “beautiful”. (Choice object) is associated. In the present embodiment, data (displays 60 a and 60 b) displayed in the selected option area is recorded as simple characters, but icon data may be displayed in the same manner as the option object 60.

  With reference to FIGS. 3 to 6, the flow of processing in the terminal of the questionnaire response interface according to this embodiment will be described. When the user's finger 70 touches the “cool” option object 60 in the state of FIG. 3, the touch sensor (not shown) detects the touch of the option object (S601). As shown in FIG. 4, when the choice object 60 “cool” is moved by the user's finger 70, the selection object drag operation is similarly detected (S <b> 602). Here, during the drag operation, the option object 60 is displayed (drawn) following the user's finger 70 (that is, following the contact point between the finger 70 and the touch screen 20). Further, when the user's finger 70 is released from the touch screen 20 on the question area 30a (or the selected option area 40a), it is detected that a drop operation has been performed in the question area 30a (S603). In FIG. 4, any option object is not yet displayed in the selected option area 40a. In other words, any option object is selected in the table for managing the option object associated with the question object 31a. There is no record as to whether it has been made (“no” in S604). Accordingly, display data (characters “cool”) corresponding to the option object 60 “cool” is displayed in the selected option area (S605), and the option object 60 “cool” is associated with the question object 31a. Record that. On the other hand, for example, when an option object “cool” is already associated with the question object 31a (ie, when an attempt is made to drag and drop the option object 60 “cool” again to the question object 31a in FIG. 5). ) As described above, the display of “already selected” is performed (S606), and the question object 31a is not associated with the option object 60 “cool” in duplicate.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the choice object for the question is selected by a so-called drag and drop operation, so that the answer can be made intuitively and arranged in a large amount like a matrix format. This prevents erroneous selection of the selection buttons (check boxes, radio buttons, etc.) displayed in.

1 Terminal for exclusive use of questionnaire distribution server 2 CPU
3 Main memory 4 Auxiliary memory 5 Transmission / reception unit 6 GPS unit 7 Display unit 10 Terminal 20 Touch screen 30a, 30b Question area 31a, 31b Question object 40a, 40b Selected option area 50 Option area 60 Option object 60a, 60b Display 70 (User Finger)

Claims (4)

A terminal control program for answering a questionnaire executed by a terminal having a touch screen,
In the terminal,
Means for displaying a plurality of question areas, option areas, and a plurality of selected option areas on the touch screen;
Means for displaying a question object in the question area;
Means for displaying a plurality of choice objects in the choice area;
Means for detecting that the selection object is selected by a touch operation by a user;
Means for detecting that the option object selected by the touch operation has been moved by a drag operation by a user and drawing the option object so as to move on the screen The option moved by the drag operation Means for detecting that the user has performed a drop operation by at least one of the question area and the selected option area;
A terminal control program that functions as a means for displaying the option object on which the drop operation has been performed in the selected option area. The terminal control program according to claim 1,
In the terminal,
A terminal control program that functions as means for displaying a selection object in a predetermined order in a plurality of the selected selection areas.   A terminal in which the terminal control program according to claim 1 or 2 is stored. A terminal control method for answering a questionnaire executed by a terminal having a touch screen,
On the touch screen, a plurality of question areas, a choice area, and a plurality of selected choice areas are displayed,
A question object is displayed in the question area,
A plurality of choice objects are displayed in the choice area,
Detecting that the selection object is selected by a touch operation by a user;
Detecting that the option object selected by the touch operation has been moved by a drag operation by a user, and rendering the option object to move on the screen;
Detecting that the selection object moved by the drag operation has been dropped by the user in at least one of the question area or the selected option area,
Displaying the drop-selected option object in the selected option area;
Terminal control method.