JP2015162120A - information terminal and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information terminal that enables a user to easily grasp the correspondence between a link source page and a link destination page of the link source page, and a control method of the information terminal.SOLUTION: An information terminal includes a page display position determination part (32) that determines a position in the proximity of a display position of a selected link object, which has been detected by an operation detection part (31), as a display position into which a link destination page is inserted and displayed.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal that displays a link destination page of a displayed link object.

  In tab browsers that have become popular in recent years, when a link is selected, the link destination page can be opened in a tab different from the tab that displays the link source page. You can continue browsing the source page while you are.

  Furthermore, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for providing a context arrangement method suitable for allowing a user to intuitively grasp the location of a linked content view while continuing to display content. Has been.

JP 2011-48538 A (published March 10, 2011)

  However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, there is no relationship between the display position of the linked page and the display position of the link on the link source page. Therefore, the user must rely on the shortcut icon and memory of the link source page to grasp the display position of the link destination page of the specific link.

  Specifically, when a link is further selected on the link destination page and display of the link destination page of the link is repeated, the number of displayed pages increases. Therefore, it becomes difficult to grasp the relationship between the displayed page and the link source page of the page. That is, the above-described technique has a problem that it is difficult to understand the correspondence between the link and the link destination page of the link.

  An object of the present invention is to realize an information terminal and an information terminal control method capable of easily grasping the correspondence between the displayed link source page and the link destination page of the link source page.

  In order to solve the above problem, an information terminal according to an aspect of the present invention provides a link destination associated with a selected link object by selecting the link object in the displayed link source page. An information terminal for displaying a page, the detection means for detecting that the link object has been selected, and the link object detected by the detection means in the link source page being displayed. Page display position determining means for determining a position close to the display position as a display position for inserting and displaying the link destination page of the selected link object.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that the user can easily grasp the correspondence between the link object and the link destination page of the link object displayed.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information terminal of this invention. (A)-(c) is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process of this invention. (A)-(f) is a figure which shows an example of the display image of this invention. (A)-(e) is a figure which shows another example of the display image of this invention. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows another example of the display image of this invention. (A) And (c) is a figure which shows the link object position data which concerns on this invention, (b) is a figure which shows the display page position data which concerns on this invention. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows another example of the display image of this invention.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B, FIGS. 3, 4, and 6A.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of the information terminal 1. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information terminal 1 includes a touch panel 2, a control unit 3, a communication unit 4, and a storage unit 5. The information terminal 1 is, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), or the like.

  The touch panel 2 includes an operation unit 21 and a display unit 22. The display unit 22 displays an image on the display screen based on the display information received from the control unit 3. The display unit 22 includes a display element such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an EL (Electroluminescence) display, and a driver circuit that drives the display element based on received image data. The operation unit 21 detects a touch on the touch panel 2 and transmits touch position information, which is information on the detected position, to the control unit 3. The touch position information is, for example, coordinates on the display screen. The operation unit 21 detects to which position on the display screen a pointer pointing to the position on the display screen, such as a user's finger or pen, touches or approaches (hereinafter referred to as “touch”). Thus, an operation on the information terminal 1 is accepted. In the present embodiment, the area displayed by the display unit 22 and the area where the operation unit 21 detects an operation are the same. The operation unit 21 is installed on the display screen of the display unit 22 or formed integrally with the display screen.

  The control unit 3 performs various calculations by executing a program read from the storage unit 5 to a temporary storage unit (not shown), and comprehensively controls each unit included in the information terminal 1. . In the present embodiment, the control unit 3 includes, as functional blocks, an operation detection unit (detection unit) 31, a page display position determination unit (page display position determination unit) 32, a display image control unit (display control unit) 33, The display data acquisition unit 34 is provided.

  The operation detection unit 31 detects that a link object on the display screen of the display unit 22 has been selected, and transmits link object selection information indicating the selected but detected link object to the page display position determination unit 32. . A link object is an object having connection information such as a linked page. The link object selection information is information indicating the selected link object.

  More specifically, the operation detection unit 31 receives touch position information from the operation unit 21, for example, information (not shown) indicating the display position of the link object on the display unit 22 stored in the storage unit 5. With reference to this, it is determined whether or not the touch position indicated by the touch position information is the display position of the link object displayed on the display unit 22. When it is determined that the touch position is the display position of the link object displayed on the display unit 22, the operation detection unit 31 transmits link object selection information to the page display position determination unit 32.

  The page display position determination unit 32 sets a position close to the display position of the link object detected by the operation detection unit 31 in the displayed link source page as the link of the selected link object. Determine the display position to insert and display the previous page.

  More specifically, the page display position determination unit 32 receives link object selection information, and determines whether the display designation of the link destination page is the current window. When the page display position determination unit 32 determines that the designation is the current window, the position close to the display position of the link object selected by the touch operation on the currently displayed page is displayed. Determine as the insertion position. Specifically, the page display position determination unit 32 indicates the display page position data 51 indicating the position of the link destination page already displayed in the display image stored in the storage unit 5 and the position of the link object in the display image. With reference to the link object position data 52, the insertion position of the display of the linked page is determined.

  Here, designation of the display of the link destination page will be described. By default, the display of the linked page is the currently displayed window. In addition, as with a general web browser or the like, designation by contents and designation by a user are possible. When these designations are accepted, the designation is prioritized. The designation by content is a display destination designation by the target attribute in the case of HTML. The designation by the user is an operation in which the user designates the display destination of the information terminal, such as when a link object is pressed and held by a touch panel operation and a menu for displaying in a new window is selected from the displayed context menu. It is a designation by performing.

  Next, the page display position determination unit 32 transmits to the display image control unit 33 insertion position information indicating the link destination page to be displayed and the display insertion position of the page.

  When the page display position determination unit 32 receives the link object selection information, the page display position determination unit 32 determines whether display page data 53 that is display data of the selected link object is already stored in the storage unit 5. If the page display position determination unit 32 determines that the display page data has not been acquired, the page display position determination unit 32 instructs the display data acquisition unit 32 to acquire the display page data 53. The display page data is data constituting a linked page such as an HTML document, an image, a moving image, CSS, JavaScript (registered trademark), for example.

  Details of the processing for determining the insertion position of the link destination page of the selected link object by the page display position determination unit 32 will be described later.

  The display image control unit 33 controls display of the link source page and the link destination page.

  More specifically, the linked page is drawn and displayed at the insertion position determined by the page display position determining unit 32 based on the display page data 53 of the linked page. The display image control unit 33 receives insertion position information from the page display position determination unit 32. Next, the display image control unit 33 inserts a blank page at the insertion position indicated by the insertion position information. The display image control unit 33 reads the display page data 53 acquired by the display data acquisition unit 34 and stored in the storage unit 5. Next, the display image control unit 33 determines the width and height of the linked page to be displayed, and based on the above determination, determines the size of the blank page so that the size of the linked page is within the size of the blank page. Adjust. Next, the display image control unit 33 starts drawing a linked page on a blank page.

  The linked page drawn by the display image control unit 33 includes a display image that can accept a user operation. That is, the user can perform operations on both the link source page and the link destination page. When the display image control unit 33 finishes drawing the link destination page, the display page position data 51, the link object position data 52, information indicating the display position of the link object on the display unit 22, and the like stored in the storage unit 5 are displayed. Update.

  The display data acquisition unit 34 acquires the display page data 53 of the link destination page of the selected link object from an external server or the internal storage unit 5. More specifically, the display data acquisition unit 34 receives an instruction to acquire the display page data 53 of the link destination page to be displayed from the page display position determination unit 32, and displays the display page data 53 to an external server or the like via the communication unit 54. Request and get. The display data acquisition unit 34 stores the acquired display page data 53 in the storage unit 5. The display page data 53 may be stored in an external SD memory or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration for acquiring the display page data 53 from an external server is illustrated, but for example, the display page data 53 may be stored in a storage unit or the like inside the information terminal 1. In this case, for example, the link source page is a text document including a hyperlink, and the link destination page is text, an image, or the like linked by the hyperlink.

  The communication unit 4 communicates with other devices by wireless communication means or wired communication means, and exchanges data according to instructions from the control unit 3.

  The storage unit 5 stores display page position data 51, link object position data 52 and display page data 53, information indicating the display position of the link object on the display unit 22, and the like. The display page position data 51 indicates, for example, the coordinates of the display area of the linked page that is already displayed in the display image. The link object position data 52 indicates, for example, the coordinates of the display area of the link object in the display image. Since the display page data 53 has been described above, a description thereof is omitted here.

  Next, a flow of image display processing of the control unit 3 of the information terminal 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of image display processing of the control unit 3 of the information terminal 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the operation detection unit 31 detects selection of the link object displayed on the display unit 22 and transmits link object selection information to the page display position determination unit 32. (Step S1: Operation detection step).

  When receiving the link object selection information, the page display position determination unit 32 determines whether the designation of the display of the link destination page is the current window (step S2). When the display of the linked page is designated for the current window (YES in step S2), the page display position determining unit 32 determines whether or not the data of the displayed page data 53 of the linked page has been acquired. (Step S12). When the page display position determination unit 32 determines that the data of the display page data 53 of the linked page has been acquired (YES in step S12), the page display position determination unit 32 is selected on the display screen. The Y coordinate of the bottom side of the link object is specified (step S3). FIG. 3A shows an example of a display image Q1 displayed on the information terminal 1. In the display image Q1, link objects A to D are displayed. In FIG. 3A, for convenience of explanation, coordinates are shown in the X-axis direction (horizontal direction) and the Y-axis direction (vertical direction) of the display image to indicate the display position of each link object. Yes. Further, the coordinates have the origin at the upper left of the display image.

  6A shows the data structure of the link object position data shown in FIG. 3A. The X and Y coordinates of the link object display position in the display image shown in FIG. Show. For example, when the link object A (link A) is selected in the display image Q1 shown in FIG. 3A, the page display position determination unit 32 refers to the link object position data and displays the bottom of the link object A. Specify the Y coordinate. As shown in FIG. 6A, the link object A is displayed at Y coordinates 2 to 3, and the Y coordinate of the bottom side of the link object A can be specified as 3.

  In the embodiment, the shape of the link object is exemplified as a rectangle, but the shape of the link object is not limited to this. For example, when the shape of the link object is not rectangular, the specified Y coordinate may be an arbitrary part of the display area of the link object. For example, as the Y coordinate having the largest value in the display area of the link object in the display image Also good.

  When the page display position determination unit 32 determines that the display page data of the selected link destination page has not been acquired (NO in step S12), the page display position determination unit 32 determines the link destination page. The display data acquisition unit 32 is instructed to acquire the display page data 53. The display data acquisition unit 34 acquires the display page data 53 of the link destination page from the external server via the communication unit 54 and stores it in the storage unit 5 (step S8: display data acquisition step). Next, the process proceeds to step S3.

  If the display designation of the linked page is a new window (NO in step S2), the linked page is displayed in a new window.

  Next, the page display position determination unit 32 in the present embodiment is a position immediately below the display position of the selected link object A (that is, the position where the Y coordinate indicated by the broken line L in FIG. 3A is 3). Is determined as the insertion position of the link destination page of the selected link object.

  Here, below the display position of the link object means the position on the page end side of the link source page of the link object. Further, the position immediately below the display position of the link object means a position closest to the end of the page of the link source page of the link object. For example, the page end side of the page X in FIG. 3A means the side where the Y coordinate value of the page X is large.

  Next, the page display position determination unit 32 transmits the insertion position information to the display image control unit 33. The display image control unit 33 inserts a blank page R1 at the insertion position indicated by the insertion position information (step S5: page display position determination step). FIG. 3B shows a display image Q2 in which the page display position determination unit 32 has inserted a blank page R1 at the insertion position indicated by the insertion position information.

  Note that step S4 shown in FIG. 3A is another step included in the embodiment, and will be described later as another embodiment.

  Next, the display image control unit 33 decorates the selected link object (step S6). For example, as shown in FIG. 3B, a semi-transparent color may be superimposed and displayed on the selected link object A. Further, the upper side, the left side, and the right side of the quadrangular shape of the link object A may be surrounded by a line having the same line type as the line indicating the boundary of the linked page (the dotted line in FIG. 3B), The bottom of the link object, which is the place where the link object and the link destination page are in contact, may be configured not to display a line.

  Next, the display image control unit 33 performs display area adjustment processing (step S7). (B) of FIG. 2 is a figure which shows an example of the flow of a display area adjustment process. The display image control unit 33 determines whether or not the width of the linked page to be displayed is wider than the width of the blank page R1 (step S71). When the display image control unit 33 determines that the width of the link destination page is wider than the width of the inserted blank page R1 (YES in step S71), the display image width of the link source page and the width of the blank page are linked. It expands to the width of the previous page (step S72).

  Next, the display image control unit 33 determines whether or not the height of the linked page to be displayed is higher than the height of the blank page (step S73). When the display image control unit 33 determines that the height of the linked page is higher than the height of the blank page (YES in step S73), the height of the blank page is extended to the height of the linked page (step S74). ). When the display image control unit 33 determines that the width of the linked page is not wider than the width of the blank page R1 (NO in step S71), the process proceeds to step S73. If the display image control unit 33 determines that the height of the linked page is not higher than the height of the blank page R1 (NO in step S73), the display area adjustment process ends.

  Next, the display image control unit 33 starts drawing the linked page (step S9: display image control step). FIG. 3C shows a display image Q3 indicating that the link destination page A-A is being drawn in the blank page R1a obtained by extending the width and height of the blank page R1 in FIG. FIG.

  Next, the display image control unit 33 finishes drawing the linked page (step S10), and the process of the control unit 3 of the information terminal 1 ends. FIG. 3D is a diagram showing a display image Q4 in which drawing of the link destination page A has been completed.

  Next, an example in which two link destination pages are displayed from one link source page will be described. For example, in the display image Q4 shown in FIG. 3D, when the link object B is selected, the Y-axis coordinate of the bottom side of the link object B is set to the link object B as shown in FIG. As the insertion position of the link destination page B, the link destination page B is inserted and displayed.

Next, an example in which one link destination page is displayed from one link source page and a link destination page is further displayed from the displayed link destination page will be described. For example, the display image Q6 when the link object A-A is selected in the display image Q4 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3F, the link destination page link object A-A is set with the Y-axis coordinate of the bottom side of the link object A-A being the insertion position of the link destination page A-A of the link object A-A. Is inserted and displayed.
(Modification 1)
In the display area adjustment process described above, the display image control unit 33 adjusts the size of the blank page according to the display area of the linked page. In this modification, the size of the display image of the link destination page is adjusted to the size of the display image of the link source page. FIG. 4A shows a display image Q8 of the link source page X. FIG. The display image Q8 includes link objects A and B. FIG. 4B shows a display image Q9 of the link destination page A of the link object A. The display image Q9 of the link destination page A of the link object A is wider than the display image Q8 of the link source page X. When the display image control unit 33 determines that the width of the display image Q9 is wider than the width of the display image Q8, the display image control unit 33 reduces the display image Q9 until it fits within the width of the display image Q8. FIG. 4C shows a display image Q10 that displays a linked page A according to this modification. In the display image Q10, the display image Q9 of the link destination page A is reduced and displayed until it fits within the width of the display image Q10 of the link source page X.
(Modification 2)
In the present modification, when the entire image cannot be displayed on the display unit because the image area is large, the image of the linked page to be drawn is displayed on the display unit when drawing of the linked page is started. .

  FIG. 4D shows the entire display image Q11 according to this modification. The display image Q11 displays a page X, and the page X includes link objects A to D. Further, a link destination page A-A of the link object A is displayed. Further, since the display image Q11 has a large image area, only a part of the area T1 is displayed on the display unit 22. The region T1 includes the link object B. The link object B is displayed below the area T1. FIG. 4E shows a display image Q12 when the link object B is selected in the display image Q11 shown in FIG. In the display image Q12, drawing of the linked page B has started. In this modification, drawing of the link destination page B is started, and the image is displayed on the display unit 22 so that the upper side of the image area of the link destination page B and the upper side of the region T2 displayed on the display unit 22 overlap. The displayed image scrolls automatically.

  Even when a link object corresponding to a link destination page that is already displayed is selected, the upper side of the image area of the link destination page corresponding to the link object and the upper side of the area T2 displayed on the display unit 22 The display image displayed on the display unit 22 may be configured to automatically scroll so that they overlap.

[Embodiment 2]
Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 2C, FIG. 5, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. In the present embodiment, a page display position adjustment process related to the display of a link destination page when two link objects having the same base Y coordinate in the display image of the link source page are selected will be described. FIG. 2C shows an example of the flow of page display position adjustment processing. FIG. 5 shows an example of a display image according to this embodiment. 6B and 6C show display page position data and link object position data in the display image Q5 shown in FIG. 5A.

  In the present embodiment, a page display position adjustment process is performed following step S3 of the image display process of the control unit 3 of the information terminal 1 described in the first embodiment.

  When the page display position determination unit 32 specifies the Y coordinate Ya of the bottom side of the selected link object in the display image (step S3 of the image display process), as shown in FIG. 2C, the page display position determination unit 32 determines whether another page has already been displayed at the specified position with reference to the display page position data 51 (step S41). This will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A shows a display image Q5 according to the present embodiment. For convenience of explanation, FIG. 5A shows coordinates in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction of the display image Q5.

  In the display image Q5, the link source page X is displayed. The link source page X includes link objects A to D. Further, the display image Q5 includes the linked pages A and B of the link objects A and B. The Y coordinates of the bottom sides of the link object B and the link object C are both 11 and the same. When link object C is selected in display image Q5, page display position determination unit 32 shows whether another page is already displayed at the specified position (Y coordinate is 11) or not (b) of FIG. The determination is made with reference to the display page position data 51. The display page position data 51 indicates that the Y coordinate of the display area of the linked page B in the display image Q5 is 11-17. Therefore, the page display position determination unit 32 determines that another page is already displayed at the specified position (Y coordinate is 11).

  Next, when another page is already displayed at the specified position (YES in step S41), the page display position determining unit 32 uses the X coordinate Xa of the lower left vertex of the selected link object as the link object position. It specifies with reference to the data 52 (step S42). More specifically, the page display position determination unit 32 refers to the link object position data 52 shown in FIG. 6C, and the lower left vertex of the link object C shown in FIG. The X coordinate of is specified as 1.

  Next, the page display position determination unit 32 refers to the link object position data 52 and specifies the X coordinate of the lower left vertex of the link object corresponding to the page that has already been displayed (step S43). More specifically, the page display position determination unit 32 refers to the link object position data 52 shown in FIG. 6C, and the link object corresponding to the link destination page B that is already displayed. The X coordinate of the lower left vertex of B is specified as 5.

  Next, the page display position determination unit 32 determines whether or not the value of Xa is equal to or less than the value of Xb (step S44). Specifically, taking FIG. 5 as an example, the value 1 of the X coordinate (Xa) of the lower left vertex of the link object C is 5 or less, which is the value of the X coordinate (Xb) of the lower left vertex of the link object C. It is determined whether or not.

  When the page display position determination unit 32 determines that Xa is equal to or less than Xb (YES in step S44), the page display position determination unit 32 determines the Y coordinate specified in step S3 or step S45 described later. Is determined as the insertion position of the link destination page of the selected link object, and the insertion position of the already displayed link destination page is determined to be immediately below the link destination page of the selected link object. Since other processes in this step are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted here (step S5). More specifically, referring to FIG. 5, the X coordinate value of the lower left vertex of the link object C is 1, and it is 5 or less, which is the X coordinate value of the lower left vertex of the link object C. Therefore, the page display position The determination unit 32 determines 11 which is the value of the specified Y coordinate as the insertion position of the link destination page C of the link object C, and determines that the insertion position of the link destination page B of the link object B is directly below the link destination page C. To do. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a display image Q7 when the link object C is selected in FIG. In the display image Q7, the linked page C is displayed immediately below the linked object C, and the linked page B is displayed directly below the linked page C.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, as a method of decorating the link object on which the link destination page is displayed, for example, when the link object B and the link destination page B are not in contact, the lower side of the link object B It may be configured to display the line.

  If the page display position determining unit 32 determines that another page is not already displayed at the specified position (YES in step S41), the process proceeds to step S5.

  If the page display position determination unit 32 determines that Xa is not less than or equal to Xb (NO in step S44), the Y coordinate of the lower boundary of the display area of another page already displayed in the display image is set. It specifies (step S45) and moves to step S41.

[Embodiment 3]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the information terminal 1 detects a pinch-in operation or a predetermined drag operation within the display area of a specific linked page displayed in the display image, and ends the display of the linked page. .

  The operation detection unit 31 detects a pinch-in operation or a predetermined drag operation in the display area of the linked page displayed on the display unit 22, and pinch-in operation information indicating the linked page that has been pinched in, or The drag operation information indicating the link destination page that has been dragged is transmitted to the page display position determination unit 32.

  More specifically, upon receiving touch position information from the operation unit 21, the operation detection unit 31 determines whether the touch is a pinch-in operation or a predetermined drag operation. When the operation detection unit 31 determines that the operation is a pinch-in operation or a predetermined drag operation, the display page position data 51 indicating the display coordinates in the display image of the link destination page stored in the storage unit 5 is referred to. It is determined whether or not the touch position indicated by the touch position information is the display position of the linked page displayed on the display unit 22. When the operation detection unit 31 determines that the touch position indicated by the touch position information is the display position of the linked page displayed on the display unit 22, the pinch-in operation information or the drag operation information is determined as the page display position. It transmits to the part 32.

  The page display position determination unit 32 receives the pinch-in operation information or the drag operation information, and determines the end (non-display) of the display of the link destination page that has been subjected to the pinch-in operation or the predetermined drag operation in the display area. . The page display position determination unit 32 instructs the display image control unit 33 to end the display of the linked page. For example, when the end of display of the link destination page is determined based on the pinch-in operation information, the page display position determination unit 32 displays the link object corresponding to the link destination page instructing the end of display with a predetermined color. The display image control unit 33 may be instructed to do so.

  Further, when the page display position determination unit 32 determines the end of the display of the link destination page based on the pinch-in operation information, the display page data 53 of the link destination page that has been pinched in is kept stored in the storage unit 5. Good.

  Further, when the page display position determination unit 32 determines the end of the display of the link destination page based on the drag operation information, the display page data 53 of the link destination page that has been dragged may be deleted from the storage unit 5.

  Further, the display image control unit 33 according to the present embodiment receives an instruction to end the display of the linked page from the page display position determining unit 32, and hides the display of the specified linked page according to the instruction. Generate a display image. That is, the display image control unit 33 ends the display of the link destination page when the page display position determination unit 32 determines the end of the display of the link destination page.

  Next, with reference to (a) and (b) of FIG. 7, the transition of the display image by pinch-in operation is demonstrated concretely. FIG. 7A shows a display image Q4 according to the present embodiment. Since the display image Q4 is the same display image as the display image Q4 shown in FIG. 3D described above, the description thereof is omitted here. When a pinch-in operation is detected in the vertical direction in the display area of the linked page A in the display image Q4, the display image Q13 shown in FIG. In the display image Q13, the linked page A is not displayed. The link object A corresponding to the linked page A that has been displayed is decorated and displayed as shown in FIG.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 7C and 7D, transition of a display image by a drag operation will be described. FIG. 7C shows a display image Q4 according to the present embodiment. When a drag operation in the right direction is detected in the area of the link destination page A of the display image Q4, the display image transitions to the display image Q14 shown in FIG. In the display image Q14, the linked page A is not displayed. In the display image Q14, the link object A corresponding to the link destination page A that has been displayed by the drag operation is displayed without being decorated.

  In the drag operation, the display of the linked page may be terminated when the display image cannot be scrolled in the direction of the drag operation. Specifically, an area T3 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 7C indicates an area displayed on the display unit 22 in the entire display image of the display image Q4. There is no display image in the left direction of the region T3. Therefore, when a right drag operation is accepted, the display image cannot be scrolled to the right. Thus, when the display image cannot be scrolled in the direction of the drag operation, the page display position determination unit 32 determines the end of the display of the link destination page displayed in the area where the drag operation is accepted. In other words, there is a display image on the right side of the region T3. Therefore, when a drag operation in the left direction is accepted, the display image can be scrolled in the left direction. In this case, the page display position determination unit 32 does not end the display of the linked page.

  Note that the above pinch-in and drag operations are examples of operations on the touch panel, but instead of the above operations, the same functions are assigned to operations on other input devices, or operation buttons having similar functions. May be displayed on the screen.

[Example of software implementation]
The control unit 3 of the information terminal 1 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). . In the latter case, the information terminal 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU), or A storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The information terminal 1 according to the first aspect of the present invention displays the link destination page associated with the selected link object by selecting the link object in the displayed link source page (1 ), A detection unit (operation detection unit 31) for detecting that the link object has been selected, and a link object that is detected to be selected by the detection unit in the displayed link source page Page display position determining means (page display position determining unit 32) for determining a position close to the display position as a display position for inserting and displaying the link destination page of the selected link object. According to the above configuration, the link destination page of the selected link object is inserted and displayed on the link source page which is the currently displayed page. In addition, a link destination page is displayed in an area adjacent to the selected link object. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the correspondence between the link object and the link destination page of the displayed link object. Further, since the link destination page is displayed in the link source page, the user can view both the link destination page and the link source page even when the link destination page is being drawn. Therefore, for example, the waiting time that neither the link source page nor the link destination page may be displayed, which may occur in the configuration in which the page is switched from the link source page to the link destination page, or only the link destination page is displayed halfway. The user's stress due to being present can be alleviated.

  In the information terminal according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, the link destination page may include a display image for accepting a user operation. Here, a display image that accepts a user operation refers to an image that includes a link object that is a user operation target.

  Specifically, in the case of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), form elements such as text boxes and buttons are listed. It also accepts operation of event handlers set for each object. That is, the link destination page in the aspect 1 accepts an operation similar to an operation that can be accepted when the link destination page is displayed alone. Therefore, according to the above configuration, since the link destination page inserted and displayed on the link source page includes the display image for accepting the user's operation, both the link destination page and the link source page are displayed. Operations on the page can be accepted. Therefore, the user can operate the link destination page being drawn on the display image while continuing to browse and operate the link source page.

  The information terminal according to aspect 3 of the present invention is the information terminal according to aspect 1 or 2, wherein the page display position determining means determines the position closer to the end of the page of the link source page than the display position of the selected link object. You may determine as a display position of the link destination page of the selected link object. According to the above configuration, the link destination page of the link object is displayed at a position closer to the end of the page of the link source page than the link object. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the linked page and the linked page by scrolling in the vertical direction.

  The information terminal which concerns on aspect 4 of this invention is provided with the display control means which controls the display of the said link origin page and a link destination page in the said aspects 1-3, The said detection means is further the user with respect to an information terminal The page display position determining means detects the operation when the pinch-in operation or the predetermined drag operation in the display area of the specific linked page displayed is detected by the detecting means. The display control unit may determine the end of display of the previous page, and the display control unit may end the display of the link destination page when the page display position determination unit determines the end of display of the link destination page. According to the configuration described above, the display of the linked page can be terminated simply by performing a pinch-in operation or a predetermined drag operation on the linked page.

  The information terminal according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the information terminal is realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit included in the information terminal. A control program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  In addition, the aspect shown below may be sufficient as the aspect which concerns on this invention.

  The information terminal according to aspect 5 of the present invention is the information terminal according to aspect 3, wherein the page display position determining means has another link at a position closest to the end of the page of the link source page of the display position of the selected link object. It is determined whether or not the link destination page of the object is displayed, and if the link destination page of another link object is determined not to be displayed immediately below the selected link object, the selected page is selected. The position closest to the display position of the link object may be determined as the display position of the link destination page of the selected link object. According to the above configuration, when the link destination page of another link object is not displayed at the nearest position on the page end side of the link source page of the selected link object, the user can select the link object of the selected link object. Since the link destination page of the selected link object is displayed at the last position on the page end side of the link source page at the display position, the relationship between the link object and the link destination page of the link object can be intuitively grasped.

  The information terminal according to aspect 6 of the present invention is the information terminal according to aspect 3, wherein the page display position determining means is a link destination of another link object at the closest position on the page end side of the link source page of the selected link object. It is determined whether or not a page is displayed, and when it is determined that a link destination page of another link object is displayed at the most recent position of the selected link object, the link object of the selected link object is displayed. The X coordinate value of the lower left vertex is compared with the X coordinate value of the lower left vertex of the other link object on which the linked page is displayed, and the display position of the selected link object according to the comparison result May be determined. According to the above configuration, the link destination page of the selected link object, or the link destination page of the link source page at the closest position on the page end side of the link source page, or the link destination page of the selected link object is displayed. One of the linked pages of other linked objects is displayed.

  The information terminal according to aspect 7 of the present invention is the information terminal according to aspect 6, wherein the page display position determining means determines the display position of the link destination page of the link object having the smaller X coordinate value of the lower left vertex from the comparison result. The display position of the selected link object is determined to be the closest position on the page end side of the link source page, and the display position of the link destination page of the link object having the larger X coordinate value of the lower left vertex is The display position of the link destination page of the link object having the smaller value of the X coordinate of the vertex may be determined as the closest position on the page end side of the link source page. According to the above configuration, when the link destination page of another link object is displayed at the position closest to the end of the page of the link source page of the link object, the user can display the link source page of the display position of the link object. The position of the nearest position on the end of the page can be understood as the display position of the link destination page of the link object with the lower X coordinate value of the lower left vertex, and the link object with the larger X coordinate value of the lower left vertex The display position of the link destination page can be grasped as the position of the closest position on the page end side of the link source page in the display area of the link destination page of the link object with the smaller X coordinate value of the lower left vertex.

  The information terminal according to aspect 8 of the present invention is the display control means (display image control unit 33) for controlling the display of the link source page and the link destination page in the above aspects 1 to 4, 6, and 7. The detecting means further detects various operations by the user on the information terminal, and the page display position determining means is a pinch-in in the display area of the specific linked page displayed by the detecting means. When the operation is detected, it is determined that the display of the linked page is finished, and the display control means determines that the linked page is displayed when the display of the linked page is judged to be finished by the page display position determining means. The display may be terminated. According to said structure, the display of the said linked page can be complete | finished only by performing pinch in operation with respect to a linked page. At this time, if the link destination page to end the display is stored in the storage unit, when the link object of the specific link destination page is selected again, the display of the link destination page stored in the storage unit is displayed. Using the data, the display image control means can generate an image of the linked page. That is, it is not necessary to request the display data of the link destination page from the external server again. Therefore, the link destination page can be displayed in a short time after receiving the selection of the link object again.

  In the information terminal according to aspect 9 of the present invention, in the aspect 8, the page display position determination unit detects a predetermined drag operation in the display area of the specific linked page displayed by the detection unit. At this time, the page display position determining means may delete the display information of the link destination page from the storage unit storing the display information of the link destination page, and determine the end of the display of the link destination page. According to the above configuration, when the predetermined drag operation is detected, the display position determining unit deletes the display information of the linked page from the storage unit, and determines the end of the display of the linked page. For this reason, the display data of the linked page recognized as unnecessary by the user can be deleted from the storage unit by a predetermined drag operation. Therefore, for example, in a portable terminal having a storage unit with a small data storage capacity, the user can selectively delete unnecessary display data of a specific linked page from the storage unit. Therefore, the user can selectively suppress the amount of data stored in the storage unit.

  The present invention can be used for an information terminal that displays a link destination page of a displayed link object.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information terminal, 5 Memory | storage part, 31 Operation detection part, 32 page display position determination part, 33 Display image control part, 34 Display data acquisition part

Claims (5)

An information terminal that displays a link destination page associated with a selected link object by selecting a link object in the displayed link source page,
Detecting means for detecting that the link object is selected;
A display position in which the link destination page of the selected link object is inserted and displayed at a position close to the display position of the link object detected by the detection means in the displayed link source page Page display position determining means to determine as,
An information terminal comprising:   The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the linked page includes a display image for accepting a user operation.   The page display position determining means determines a position closer to the end of the page of the link source page than the display position of the selected link object as the display position of the link destination page of the selected link object. The information terminal according to claim 1 or 2. The information terminal includes display control means for controlling display of the link source page and the link destination page,
The detection means further detects various operations by the user on the information terminal,
The page display position determining means terminates the display of the linked page when the detecting means detects a pinch-in operation or a predetermined drag operation in the display area of the specific linked page displayed. Judgment
4. The display control unit according to claim 1, wherein when the page display position determining unit determines that the display of the linked page is finished, the display control unit ends the display of the linked page. Information terminal described in 1.   The program for functioning a computer as an information terminal of any one of Claim 1 to 4, Comprising: The program for functioning a computer as said each means.

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