JP2016181053A - Information processing apparatus, control method of the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus including a touch panel, and that displays a menu for a user to easily visually recognize input character strings and perform processing on a selected character string.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus for creating a document by a user receiving an input of character strings, and receives the user's selection of a character string and specifies the arrangement direction of the character string selection of which has been received. The information processing apparatus controls display of a menu so as not to display the menu in a specified direction, and thereby the character string is not covered by the menu and the user can select from the menu while visually recognizing the character string.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a menu in which a character input by a user can be easily viewed, a control method thereof, and a program.

  In portable information processing devices equipped with a touch panel such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, an operation from a user is accepted by accepting a touch of a button displayed on the touch panel instead of an operation via a physical button. Yes. For example, it is possible to accept a character input by accepting a touch operation on a software keyboard displayed on a touch panel instead of a physical keyboard.

  In recent years, document creation, which is conventionally performed on a client PC having a physical input keyboard, is often performed using a portable information processing apparatus having a touch panel such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal as described above. Yes.

  Therefore, various mechanisms for assisting document creation by touch operations on the touch panel have been considered.

  For example, the following Patent Document 1 is a mechanism for displaying a plurality of conversion candidates to be estimated as character string conversion candidates. When a user inputs a closed-curved trajectory, one conversion candidate is displayed while being sequentially replaced. A mechanism that can do this is disclosed.

JP 2011-118507 A

  In the mechanism disclosed in Patent Document 1, a character string other than the character string being converted is covered with the plurality of candidate character strings. Therefore, when displaying multiple conversion candidates (menus) for character strings, even if the user wants to change the character string selection range, the displayed menu will be in the way and the character string selection range will be It cannot be changed.

  In addition, in order to enable selection of a character string even when a menu is displayed, it is desirable to display a menu such as conversion candidates in an area other than the area where the character string is displayed. The device has a smaller display screen than a client PC having an input device such as a mouse. In addition, since a software keyboard must be displayed on the touch panel in order to accept input of characters from the user, it is difficult to secure an area where a menu can be displayed on the touch panel.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to display a menu that allows a user to easily recognize a character string input by the user.

  Therefore, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of a character string from a user, a direction specifying unit that specifies the arrangement direction of the character string received by the selection receiving unit, and the direction specifying unit Menu display control means for controlling to display a menu in a direction other than the arrangement direction without displaying a menu capable of accepting an operation from the user in the arranged direction.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the menu which is easy to visually recognize the character string which the user input can be displayed.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus 100 in embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a series of processes in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a series of processes in the embodiment of the present invention following FIG. 3. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a character string selection screen 500. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a menu display screen 600. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu selection screen 700. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen 800 after reflection. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu data image horizontal writing version 900. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu data image vertical writing version 1000. FIG. 3 is a data table showing an example of a menu table 1100. 10 is a data table showing an example of an editing area table 1200. 10 is a data table showing an example of a touch position management table 1300. 10 is a data table showing an example of a menu definition table 1400.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100. The hardware configuration shown in FIG. 1 is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

  The information processing apparatus 100 is an apparatus that includes a touch panel. In the present embodiment, description will be made assuming a device such as a so-called smartphone or tablet terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this. As long as the device includes a touch panel, it may be a personal computer or a computer that can be operated by the user by recognizing the user's gesture by analyzing an image acquired by a camera or the like.

  The CPU 101 comprehensively controls the memory and the controller via the system bus. The ROM 102 or the flash memory 114 stores a basic input / output system (BIOS) that is a control program of the CPU 101 and an operating system 200. Furthermore, various programs described below that are necessary for realizing the functions executed by the information processing apparatus 100 are stored.

  The RAM 103 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 101. The CPU 101 implements various operations by loading a program or the like necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 103 and executing the program.

  The display controller 104 controls display on a display device such as the display 110. The display 110 is a liquid crystal display, for example. A touch panel 111 is provided on the surface of the display 110. The touch panel controller 105 controls detection of a touch operation on the touch panel 111. The touch panel controller 105 can also detect touch operations (hereinafter referred to as multi-touch) on a plurality of locations on the touch panel 111.

  The camera controller 106 controls photographing with the camera 112. The camera 112 is a digital camera, and an image picked up by the control from the camera controller 106 is converted into digital data by the image pickup device. The camera 112 can capture still images and moving images.

  The sensor controller 107 controls input from various sensors 113 included in the information processing apparatus 100. Various sensors exist in the sensor 113 of the information processing apparatus 100, such as an orientation sensor and an acceleration sensor.

  The network controller 108 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing on the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  The flash memory controller 109 controls access to the flash memory 114 that stores a boot program, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. In this embodiment, the flash memory is described, but a storage medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, or a card-type memory connected to a PCMCIA card slot via an adapter may be used.

  The CPU 101, each memory, and each controller described above are integrated into one chip 115. The information processing apparatus 100 is provided in the form of a so-called SoC (System on Chip).

  For example, the CPU 101 can perform display on the display 110 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 103.

  Various programs and the like used by the information processing apparatus 100 of the present invention to execute various processes described later are recorded in the flash memory 114, and are executed by the CPU 101 by being loaded into the RAM 103 as necessary. is there. Further, definition files and various information tables used by the program according to the present invention are stored in the flash memory 114. The above is the hardware configuration in the present embodiment.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of this invention.

  As functional units of the information processing apparatus 100, a storage unit 201, a display control unit 202, and an operation detection unit 203 are provided. These are functional units that operate in the operating system 200.

  The storage unit 201 is a functional unit for storing, in the RAM 103 and the flash memory 114, information constituting various tables described later, various screens, information constituting image data generated by photographing with the camera 112, and the like. Add, update, and delete information as necessary. The same operation is performed when there is a request from the document creation application 210 described later.

  The display control unit 202 is a functional unit for controlling display on the display 110. When a display instruction such as a screen is issued from the display control unit 202, the display instruction is transmitted to the display 110 via the display controller 104. Upon receiving this instruction, the display 110 displays a screen or the like according to the instruction.

  The operation detection unit 203 is a functional unit for detecting a touch operation on the touch panel 111. The position of the touch operation on the touch panel 111, the number of touch operations, and the like can be detected.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus 100 is installed with a document creation application 210 that can operate in the operating system 200. The document creation application 210 includes a document data management unit 211, a display control instruction unit 212, an operation specifying unit 213, a character input receiving unit 214, a character string direction specifying unit 215, a character string selection position specifying unit 216, and a menu management unit 217. ing.

  The document data management unit 211 is a functional unit that manages document data created by the user. The display control instruction unit 212 is a functional unit that instructs the display control unit 202 to perform display control based on the user operation specified by the operation specifying unit 213. The operation specifying unit 213 is a functional unit that specifies the operation content based on the operation detected by the operation detecting unit 203. The character input receiving unit 214 is a functional unit that receives character input according to the operation detected by the operation detecting unit 203. The character string direction specifying unit 215 is a functional unit that specifies the arrangement direction of the character strings. The arrangement direction is a direction indicating the arrangement direction of character strings, for example, from left to right. The character string selection position specifying unit 216 is a functional unit that specifies the position on the input screen of the character string selected by the user. The menu management unit 217 is a functional unit that manages menus displayed on the input screen.

  Above, description of the function part of the information processing apparatus 100 is complete | finished. Note that the above-described functional block is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of a series of processes according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S301, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 activates the document creation application 210, which is an application for creating a document, according to an instruction from the user.

  In step S302, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 accepts an instruction for creating a new document from the user. At this time, an instruction for the arrangement direction of the character string of the document to be created is also accepted. Specifically, when an instruction to create a document whose character string arrangement direction is from top to bottom is received, a document whose character string arrangement direction is from top to bottom can be created.

  In step S303, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 displays a character input acceptance screen that is a screen capable of accepting character input. The state after the character input is accepted on the character input acceptance screen (after step S304) is, for example, the character string selection screen 500 shown in FIG. The character string selection screen 500 has an edit area 502 (corresponding to a display area), and a character string is displayed in the edit area 502. The size of the editing area 502 is stored in the editing area table 1200 shown in FIG. The editing area table 1200 stores xx which is the X coordinate of the editing area and yy which is the Y coordinate (size of editing area 1201).

  In step S304, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 receives an input of a character string by a touch operation on a software keyboard displayed on the display 110, for example. In addition to this, the character string input receiving method may be a character input by voice recognition.

  In step S <b> 305, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether or not a touch event that is a touch operation on the touch panel 111 (lightly touching the touch panel 111 with a finger) is received from the operation detection unit 203. If it is determined that a touch event has been received, the process proceeds to step S307. If a touch event is not received, the process waits until a touch event is received.

  In step S <b> 306, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 stores the touched position 1301 that is the coordinates on the touched editing area 502 in the touch position management table 1300. For example, the touch position management table 1300 shown in FIG. The coordinates here are the coordinates in the editing area 502 of the character input acceptance screen displayed in step S303, and are the coordinates with the upper left of the editing area 502 as the origin.

  In step S307, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether or not the touched position 1301 stored in step S306 is on the character string. If it is determined that the character string is present, the process proceeds to step S308. If it is determined that the character string is not present, the process returns to step S305. If the touch position is not on the character string, there is a case where a button of an application for creating a document is touched to execute a corresponding function, but the description in this embodiment is omitted. Each character has a region of one character, and the determination is made based on whether or not the touched position 1301 exists on the region.

  In step S308, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether a drag operation has been detected. If it is determined that a drag operation has been detected, the process proceeds to step S309; otherwise, the process returns to step S305.

  In step S309, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 starts selecting a character range. The position of the touch during the drag operation is stored in the drag position 1302 of the touch position management table 1300, and the character string included in the range of the position indicated by the start point (touched position 1301) where the drag operation is performed and the drag position 1302 Select. In order to make the selection state of the character string visible to the user (corresponding to the selection accepting means), the process of making the background of the selected character string gray (501 in FIG. 5) is the selection of the character range. An example in which the character range is selected is a character string selection screen 500 shown in FIG. 5, for example, and the selected character string is 501. Steps S309 to S313 indicate processing for accepting character string selection.

  In step S310, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether or not to detect a touch operation. If it is determined that a touch operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S311; otherwise, the process returns to step S305. That is, when the touch operation is not detected, it can be determined that the user has stopped selecting the character string.

  In step S311, if the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 compares the position indicated by the drag position 1302 with the touched position 1301 stored in step S306 and determines that the position is different, the process proceeds to step S312. If it is determined that the positions are not different, the process proceeds to step S313. If the positions are not different, it can be determined that no character is selected.

  In step S312, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 changes the character string selection range based on the position indicated by the drag position 1302 and the touched position 1301 stored in step S306. Specifically, each character has a predetermined area, and a character including the touched position 1301 stored in step S306 in the area is specified as a starting point for character string selection ("Invasion" in FIG. 5). A character including the position of the drag position 1302 in the area is set as an end point of character string selection (“I” in FIG. 5). It is possible to select a character string across rows or columns. After changing the character string selection range, the process returns to step S310.

  In step S313, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the drag operation has been stopped for a predetermined time. Stopping the drag operation indicates a state in which the user does not move the touch and accepts the touch of the same part. That is, the user has finished selecting the character string by the drag operation and stopped. The predetermined time is assumed to be preset and stored in the flash memory 114. If it is determined that the drag operation has been stopped for a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S314. If it is determined that the drag operation has not been stopped for a predetermined time, the process returns to step S310.

  In step S314, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the range of the selected character string is one character or more. If it is determined that the number of characters is one or more, the process proceeds to step S401 in FIG. 4. If it is determined that the number is not one or more characters, the process returns to step S310. In this way, at least one character is selected and the process proceeds to the next process.

  This is the end of the description of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Next, the continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 3 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S401, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 specifies the arrangement direction of the character string for which selection has been accepted (corresponding to a direction specifying unit). For example, the arrangement direction of the character string accepted for selection is specified by referring to the information on the arrangement direction of the character string of the document included in the document creation instruction accepted in step S302. In addition, it may be determined whether vertical writing or horizontal writing is performed according to the attitude of the information processing apparatus 100. Specifically, if the orientation of the information processing apparatus 100 is vertical, it is determined that the writing is vertical, and if the orientation of the information processing apparatus 100 is horizontal, it may be determined that the writing is horizontal.

  In step S402, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 acquires the drag position 1302 (corresponding to a position specifying unit). Since the drag position 1302 acquired here is the position on the edit area 502 of the character string selected by the user, it can be seen which character string is selected in the edit area 502.

  In step S403, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 acquires the menu table 1100 shown in FIG. A menu table 1100 is a table for managing menus in which fonts can be changed. In the menu table 1100, an index 1101, coordinate data 1102, and menu data 1103 are stored in association with each other. The index 1101 is an ID for uniquely identifying a record in the menu table 1100. Coordinate data 1102 indicates a conditional expression indicating a range on the editing area 502 for determining menu data. For example, the range on the editing area 502 indicated by the coordinate data whose index 1101 is “1” is the range where the X coordinate is (0, 0), (20, 20). The menu data 1103 stores a menu ID for uniquely identifying a menu to be displayed when the drag position 1302 is in the coordinate data 1102. The menu data has a vertical version for vertical writing and a horizontal version for horizontal writing.

  In step S404, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 identifies the index 1101 corresponding to the drag position 1302 by extracting the coordinate data 1102 including the drag position 1302 acquired in step S402. Specifically, when the drag position 1302 is (45, 35), the X coordinate is located at 20 to 80 and the Y coordinate belongs to 20 to 80. Therefore, the index 1101 of the corresponding condition. Can be specified as “5”.

  In step S405, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 specifies the menu data 1103 of the index 1101 specified in step S404 according to the arrangement direction of the character string specified in step S401. For example, if the arrangement direction of the character string specified in step S401 is horizontal writing, the horizontal menu data 1103 is specified as “5”, and the corresponding menu data 1103 is acquired (for example, the menu data shown in FIG. 11). 1103).

  Menu data 1103 is defined in the menu definition table 1400. For example, a menu definition table 1400 shown in FIG. 14 stores a menu number 1401, a function 1402, a distance 1403, and an angle 1404. Menu No. 1401 is an ID for uniquely identifying each function of the menu. A function 1402 indicates a function executed by being pressed by the user, and stores a program link for executing the function. A distance 1403 indicates a distance from the drag position 1302. The position for displaying the menu is determined based on the distance 1403, the angle 1404, and the drag position 1302. The angle 1404 defines the angle for displaying the menu, with the direction at 12 o'clock centered on the drag position 1302 as “0”. In either case, the menus are set so that the menus are not displayed in the arrangement direction of the character strings although they are radial menus. This has the effect of preventing the character string selected by the user from being hidden by the menu.

  In step S406, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 displays the menu acquired in step S405 in the editing area 502 based on the drag position acquired in step S402 and the menu definition table 1400 of the menu data 1103 acquired in step S405 ( Equivalent to menu display control means). An example of the display is a menu display screen 600 shown in FIG. On the menu display screen 600, the selected character string 501 and menu 601 are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the menu 601 is set so that the menu is not displayed on the selected character string 501, and the user can visually recognize the character string selected by the user and can also visually recognize the menu 601. Is possible. Furthermore, by switching the menu to an appropriate shape according to the position of the editing area 502 where the user has performed the drag operation, the selected character string can be visually recognized and an appropriate user interface can be provided. To do. Specifically, when the upper left part of the editing area 502 (“Today is a good weather” in FIG. 6) is selected, the menu is not displayed radially in all directions around the drag position 1302. Rather, the menu data image horizontal writing version 900 displays “1” menu so that all the menus are within a certain range (range of 100 ° to 180 °).

  The menu data image horizontal writing version 900 shows an image when the menu data 1103 (horizontal version) of the menu table 1100 is displayed in the editing area 502. As shown in FIG. 9, the editing area 502 is divided according to conditions, and the menu is switched depending on the divided area. Neither menu is displayed in the direction of character string arrangement.

  The same applies to vertical writing. The menu data image vertical writing version 1000 shown in FIG. 10 shows an image when the menu data 1103 (vertical version) of the menu table 1100 is displayed in the editing area 502. In the vertical version, neither menu is displayed in any direction other than the direction of the character string.

  In step S407, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 stands by until the next event is received.

  In step S408, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines which function the selected menu is. When the menu is displayed in step S406, the user is in a state of accepting a touch on the editing area 502 (continuously touched), so selection from the user by accepting a drag operation of the touching finger. Accept. For example, when selecting the size of FIG. 6, the selection of the size is accepted by accepting a drag operation in the lower left direction. By using a drag operation for selecting the menu displayed in this way, it is possible to select a menu for a character string as a series of actions of selecting a character string, displaying the menu, and selecting the menu.

  In this embodiment, a size menu, a color menu, and a font menu will be described as an example. If it is determined that the size menu has been selected, the process proceeds to step S409. If it is determined that the color menu has been selected, the process proceeds to step S412. If it is determined that the font menu has been selected, the process proceeds to step S415. If it is determined that an area other than the menu has been selected, the process proceeds to step S418.

  In step S409, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 displays a size list user interface (UI) in the editing area 502. For example, the menu selection screen 700 shown in FIG. The menu selection screen 700 displays a UI 701 whose size can be changed by selecting the size menu. It is possible to accept size selection by further accepting a drag operation from the user.

  In step S410, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the UI 701 displayed in step S409 has been selected. If it is determined that the UI 701 has been selected, the process proceeds to step S411. If not, the process waits until the selection is accepted.

  In step S411, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 reflects the change to the character size selected in steps S309 to 312 to the size determined to be selected in step S410. An example of the screen after receiving the selection of the character size in FIG. 7 and reflecting the change in the character size is a post-reflection screen 800 shown in FIG. On the post-reflection screen 800, a character string 801 whose character size has been changed is displayed.

  In step S412, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 displays a color list UI that can accept a color selection from the user.

  In step S413, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether a color has been selected using the UI displayed in step S412. If it is determined that a color has been selected, the process proceeds to step S414; otherwise, the process waits until a selection is accepted.

  In step S414, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 performs a process of changing the color of the character string selected in steps S309 to 312 to the color selected in step S413 and reflects it.

  In step S415, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 displays a UI of a font list that can accept font selection from the user.

  In step S416, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether a font has been selected using the UI displayed in step S415. If it is determined that a font has been selected, the process proceeds to step S417; otherwise, the process waits until a selection is accepted.

  In step S417, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 performs a process of changing the character string selected in steps S309 to 312 on the font selected in step S416, and reflects it.

  In step S418, the CPU 101 of the information processing apparatus 100 hides the menu displayed in the editing area 502. By hiding the menu, for example, it becomes possible to accept selection of a character string from the user again.

  This is the end of the description of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the menu displayed radially can be switched according to the position on the screen of the character string selected by the user. Furthermore, by not displaying the menu in the character string direction, it is easy to visually recognize the character string input by the user, and further, it is possible to easily select the user again.

  The present invention can be implemented as a system, apparatus, method, program, storage medium, or the like, and can be applied to a system including a plurality of devices. You may apply to the apparatus which consists of one apparatus.

  Note that the present invention includes a software program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely from a system or apparatus. The present invention also includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. In other words, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, or the like.

  Examples of the recording medium for supplying the program include a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW. In addition, there are magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R), and the like.

  As another program supply method, a browser on a client computer is used to connect to an Internet home page. The computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function can be downloaded from the homepage by downloading it to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

  It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer is also included in the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. Let It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the downloaded key information and install the program on a computer.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. In addition, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Note that the above-described embodiments are merely examples of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed in a limited manner. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the technical idea or the main features thereof.

100 Information processing apparatus 101 CPU
102 ROM
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104 Display controller 105 Touch panel controller 106 Camera controller 107 Sensor controller 108 Network controller 109 Flash memory controller 110 Display 111 Touch panel 112 Camera 113 Sensor 114 Flash memory

Claims (5)

Selection accepting means for accepting selection of a character string from a user;
Direction specifying means for specifying the arrangement direction of the character strings received by the selection receiving means;
Menu display control means for controlling to display a menu in a direction other than the arrangement direction without displaying a menu capable of accepting an operation from the user in the arrangement direction specified by the direction specifying means. Information processing apparatus. A position specifying means for specifying the position of the display area of the information processing apparatus of the character string received by the selection receiving means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the menu display control unit controls a menu to be displayed according to the position of the display area specified by the position specifying unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the menu display control unit displays a menu radially with the selected character string as a center. A selection receiving step in which a selection receiving unit of the information processing apparatus receives a selection of a character string from the user;
A direction specifying step in which the direction specifying means of the information processing apparatus specifies the arrangement direction of the character strings received in the selection receiving step;
The menu display control means of the information processing apparatus controls to display a menu in a direction other than the arrangement direction without displaying a menu that can accept an operation from the user in the arrangement direction specified in the direction specification step. And a menu display control step for controlling the information processing apparatus. Information processing device
Selection accepting means for accepting selection of a character string from a user;
Direction specifying means for specifying the arrangement direction of the character strings received by the selection receiving means;
A menu display control unit that controls to display a menu in a direction other than the arrangement direction without displaying a menu that can accept an operation from the user in the arrangement direction specified by the direction specifying unit. A program that can be executed by a characteristic information processing apparatus.

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