JP2016189035A - Information processing device, information processing program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device or the like that controls the output of information inputted to a touch panel so that the inputted information is promptly made shareable without users facing across the touch panel performing complicated operation in cases where a touch panel especially of large-sized type is used in a desk-like manner.SOLUTION: When the screen of a touch panel is divided into at least two areas and an input operation to draw a locus such as a character or a diagram is performed in one area, the present invention outputs the locus drawn in the area and also outputs a locus that is the inverse of that locus to the other area, thereby allowing the other user, in a situation where users operate the touch panel from positions facing each other as in a meeting, to promptly gasp the information inputted by one user and share the information without requiring any special operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing program, and an information processing method for controlling output of information input to a touch panel.

  Smartphones and tablet terminals that input and output information using a touch panel are widely used, but the touch panel is not only used for such portable information terminals, but in recent years PDP (plasma display) etc. Large-sized touch panels are also appearing.

  A large touch panel such as a PDP is assumed to be used mainly for digital signage, presentations, electronic blackboards, etc. As shown in FIG. 1, a large touch panel is arranged on a desk. It is also conceivable to use for collaborative work by a plurality of users (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In this way, assuming the situation where a large touch panel is used jointly by a plurality of users like a desk, the presence of the user is detected by a sensor or the like, and operation can be performed for each user according to the arrangement of the user An invention for setting an occupied area is disclosed (see Patent Document 2). In this invention, when a predetermined operation for moving an object in one user's occupied area to another user's occupied area is performed, not only the position of the object moves to the other user's occupied area, but also the user Rotation processing of the object is executed so as to be in a direction directly opposite to (paragraphs 0085, 0089, 0106, etc. of Patent Document 2).

JP 2012-138030 A JP 2013-145451 A

  According to the invention described in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of users perform collaborative work or the like on a portion corresponding to each side of a large touch panel, an object displayed in front of one user is displayed as another user. When the object is moved before the object, the direction of the object is automatically switched in the direction facing the other user, so that the other user can quickly view the object. However, in a situation where a plurality of users face each other across a large touch panel and have a meeting, it is assumed that the present invention alone cannot sufficiently cope.

  For example, when discussing a certain theme, there may be explanations by writing letters and diagrams on the spot, but you want to share the information by showing the letters and diagrams written by one user to the other user According to the invention described in Patent Document 1, characters and diagrams must be stored as objects, and an operation for moving the objects to the area occupied by the other user must be performed.

  If processing for storing such an object or an operation for moving the object becomes necessary, a certain amount of time lag occurs before information is shared between users. In particular, in cases where discussions are being made while writing various information to each other, each time a character or chart is entered, an operation for saving or moving must be performed, which makes the operation complicated. It is assumed that the discussion will be interrupted.

  The present invention has been made to cope with such problems, and in particular, in a case where a large touch panel is used in a desk shape, a user who faces the touch panel performs complicated operations. It is an object to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing program, and an information processing method for controlling output of information input to a touch panel so that input information can be quickly shared. It is.

  The present invention that solves such a problem is an information processing apparatus that controls the output of information input to a touch panel, and divides an area on the screen of the touch panel into a first area and a second area. When the setting means for setting at least two areas of and the input operation to the first area is detected, the trajectory detected by the input operation is drawn and output to the first area, and An information processing apparatus comprising: an output unit that draws a locus obtained by inverting a locus and outputs the locus to the second region.

  In the present invention, the output means outputs the trajectory to the position where the input operation is received in the first area, and the first area and the second area in the second area. It is also possible to output a trajectory obtained by inverting the trajectory at a position that is point-symmetric with respect to a symmetrical point that is in the middle of the region or on the boundary line.

  Furthermore, the present invention may be characterized in that the output means simultaneously outputs a trajectory to the first area and a trajectory to the second area.

  Further, according to the present invention, the touch panel has a rectangular shape, and the setting unit sets the first area and the second area with a line connecting the centers of the short sides of the touch panel as a boundary line. May be a feature.

  As described above, the present invention divides the touch panel screen into at least two areas, and when an input operation is performed to draw a trajectory such as a character or a figure in one area, the trajectory drawn in that area is output. In the situation where the touch panel is operated from a position where the user faces in a meeting or the like by outputting a trajectory obtained by inverting the trajectory to the other area, one user inputs without requiring a special operation. The other user can quickly grasp the information and share the information.

  In particular, if the output of the trajectory to both areas is executed at the same time, both users can share information in real time. In addition, when using a rectangular touch panel in a desk-like state, the user is usually located on the long side facing each other, so it is preferable to divide the region by a line connecting the centers of the short sides. .

  Moreover, this invention can also be specified as an information processing apparatus which included the touch panel in the structure of each information processing apparatus concerning this invention.

  Furthermore, this invention can also be specified as an information processing program which operate | moves in each structure of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention.

  Furthermore, the present invention can also be specified as an information processing method that operates in each configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  According to the present invention, in a case where a large touch panel is used like a desk and a user faces a meeting with the touch panel in between, a user inputs information into an area assigned to the user. It is possible to quickly share input information with other users simply by performing an operation.

It is a figure which shows an example of the shape of the desk using the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a 1st figure which shows the flow of operation in 1st Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a 2nd figure which shows the flow of operation in 1st Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a 3rd figure which shows the flow of operation in 1st Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a 4th figure which shows the flow of operation in 1st Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a 5th figure which shows the flow of operation in 1st Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows 2nd Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows 3rd Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows 4th Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows 5th Embodiment of the information processing apparatus concerning this invention.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The following description shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a desk shape using an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. The present invention controls the output of information input to a large touch panel used in a desk-like state, but has a structure in which the touch panel 10 is provided on the top surface of the desk 20. The structural relationship between the top board of the desk 20 and the touch panel 10 is not particularly limited, and the top board itself of the desk 20 may be the touch panel 10, or the touch panel 10 is attached to the top board of the desk 20. It may be.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. The touch panel 10 of the present invention uses a display such as a PDP that can be increased in size, but the type of display is not particularly limited as long as it has a function as a touch panel, and is attached to an existing PDP or the like. It may be a detachable touch panel used.

  The control computer 30 performs a calculation process using information input to the touch panel 10 and has a function of outputting the result to the touch panel 10, but its physical configuration is integrated with the touch panel 10. It may be used, or a PC (personal computer) connected to the touch panel 10 may be used. Information input to the touch panel 10 when the user touches the screen with an input means such as an electronic pen is subjected to arithmetic processing by the control computer 30, and the result is output to the touch panel 10. Is displayed.

  The control computer 30 may be configured as dedicated hardware, but a computer having an auxiliary storage device such as a CPU, main memory, HDD, or SSD may be used. In this case, the input / output control unit 31 and the application execution unit 33 provided in the control computer 30 are both functionally specified, and a program corresponding to each function is transferred from the auxiliary storage device to the main memory. A predetermined function is realized by reading out and executing arithmetic processing by the CPU. A predetermined storage area of the auxiliary storage device of the control computer 30 is allocated to the data storage unit 32.

  The input / output control unit 31 executes processing related to input / output of information from the touch panel 10. Specifically, contact with the touch panel 10 with an electronic pen or the like is detected (a non-contact type electronic pen or the like may be used, in which case an input operation by a non-contact type input means is detected) Then, accepting an operation of pressing a button displayed on the touch panel, detecting a trajectory of a character or a figure drawn by an electronic pen or the like, and executing a process of outputting the trajectory to the touch panel 10 or the like. The program corresponding to the input / output control unit 31 is mainly included in the operating system (OS) of the control computer 30, but besides the OS, it may operate as middleware that links the OS and application programs. .

  The data storage unit 32 stores data such as a file storing characters and figures drawn by the user with an electronic pen or the like. The application execution unit 33 corresponds to various application programs such as a handwritten note application, a paint application, and a document creation application. The information processing program according to the present invention controls the output of information input to the touch panel 10 in a handwritten note application or paint application executed by the application execution unit 33. The input / output control unit 31 and the application execution unit 33 This corresponds to a part of the functions.

  As the tablet terminal 40, a tablet computer having a short-range communication function is used. The tablet terminal 40 communicates with the control computer 30 and transmits information input to the tablet terminal 40 to the input / output control unit 31. At the same time, the calculation result in the application execution unit 33 is received from the input / output control unit 31.

  Based on the above configuration, the operation and processing flow in the first embodiment of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The first embodiment outputs information to the touch panel 10 using the present invention in order to share information input by one user between users facing each other across the touch panel 10.

  In a state where the user A and the user B face each other with the touch panel 10 in between, the application execution unit 33 of the control computer 30 is activated to start the handwritten note application. Then, with respect to the screen of the touch panel 10, as shown in FIG. 3, the dedicated area 12 for the user A and the dedicated area for the user B with the dividing line 11 connecting the centers of the short sides of the screen as a boundary line. 13. A symmetry point 14 serving as a center of point symmetry for reversing the locus drawn in one dedicated area and drawing it in the other area is set.

  Note that information regarding the positional relationship between the dedicated areas 12 and 13, the dividing line 11, and the symmetry point 14 set here is held in the control computer 30 while the handwritten note application is operating. These may be displayed on the 10 screens so that the user can identify them, or may not be displayed.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user A, who is one user, brings an electronic pen or the like, which is an information input means, into contact with an arbitrary position in his / her own dedicated area 12, the touch panel 10 becomes an electronic pen or the like. When the contact is detected, the input / output control unit 31 delivers the position information on the screen of the touch panel 10 where the contact is detected to the handwritten note application operating in the application execution unit 33. The handwritten note application causes the input / output control unit 31 to perform output processing such as inverting the color at the position of the dedicated area 12 where contact is detected, but is also point-symmetric with respect to the symmetry point 14 of the dedicated area 13. As shown in FIG. 4, the dedicated area 12 and the dedicated area 13 are symmetric with respect to the symmetry point 14 as shown in FIG. Information is output.

  Further, when the user A touches the touch panel 10 with an electronic pen or the like and draws the character “A” as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the drawn locus is converted into a dedicated area by the same output processing. Not only 12 but also the dedicated area 13 is drawn in accordance with a point-symmetrical position around the symmetry point 14. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the character “A” drawn by the user A in the dedicated area 12 is displayed in the state of being inverted in the dedicated area 13 of the user B, and the user B corrects himself / herself. It becomes possible to visually recognize the letter “a” in the opposite direction.

  The process of outputting the locus drawn by the electronic pen or the like to both the dedicated area 12 and the dedicated area 13 may be executed with a certain time difference, but in order to quickly share information It is preferable to simultaneously execute the output processing to the area 12 and the dedicated area 13.

  In the example of FIGS. 3 to 7, the dedicated area 12 and the dedicated area 13 are delimited by the dividing line 11. However, as a delimiter between the dedicated area 12 and the dedicated area 13, a common width is provided between them. An area or an unusable area may be provided. In this case, the symmetry point 14 is set as a shared area or the like. The trajectory output to the dedicated area 12 and the dedicated area 13 does not necessarily have point symmetry with respect to the predetermined symmetry point 14, but the trajectory output to the dedicated area 12 The trajectory output to the area 13 needs to be reversed, and in order for the user B to visually recognize the characters and figures drawn by the user A, including the position on the screen of the touch panel 10, in a predetermined state. It is preferable to output a locus that is point-symmetric with respect to the symmetry point 14.

  The dividing line 11 may be set to a line connecting the centers of the long sides of the screen of the touch panel 10, but when a user faces across a rectangular desk in a meeting or the like, the users are respectively placed on the long side of the desk. Therefore, it is preferable to set a line connecting the centers of the short sides as the dividing line 11.

  The rules for setting the dedicated area are not particularly limited, and two fixed areas are fixed on the assumption that two users face each other as described in FIGS. May be set, or four dedicated areas and six dedicated areas, which will be described later in other embodiments, may be set as fixed occupied areas. In addition, a sensor may be arranged around the touch panel 10 to specify an existing user, and a dedicated area may be set in accordance with the specified user.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, one user who inputs characters and figures does not directly input on the screen of the touch panel 10 using an electronic pen or the like. Information is output using another input device.

  Also in the second embodiment, the locus output by inverting the locus output to the dedicated area 12 is output to the dedicated area 13 as in the first embodiment, but the user A is the tablet terminal 40. When the handwritten note application is activated and the character “a” is drawn on the screen of the tablet terminal 40 with a touch pen or a finger, the input information is received by the input control unit 31 of the control computer 30 and is stored in the dedicated area 12. The locus of the character “A” is output at a predetermined position corresponding to the screen of the tablet terminal 40, and an inverted locus output process is performed on the dedicated area 13 as in the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the third embodiment corresponds to a case where the user A and the user B are not at the central part of the long side of the touch panel 10 but at a position close to one side. In such a case, when the symmetry point 14 is set at a position as in the first embodiment, the character or figure drawn by the user A is output to the opposite end away from the user B. For this reason, the dedicated area 12 and the dedicated area 13 are set by dividing a part of the screen close to the user instead of targeting the entire screen of the touch panel 10.

  As described above, switching to a pattern for dividing a part of the screen instead of the entire screen of the touch panel 10 may be automatically performed according to the position of the user detected by the sensor or the like. Alternatively, the user may switch manually by operating buttons or the like displayed on the screen of the touch panel 10.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the fourth embodiment corresponds to a case in which the users facing each other across the touch panel 10 are not two users A and B, but a plurality of sets of users are facing each other. In such a case, instead of dividing the screen of the touch panel 10 into two as in the first embodiment, six dedicated areas corresponding to the number of users, corresponding to the users A to F in the example of FIG. The screen will be divided into two.

  In this case, as for the dedicated area 12 of the user A and the dedicated area 13 of the user B, as in the third embodiment, the process of outputting the locus input to the dedicated area 12 may be performed. A locus obtained by translating the locus input to the dedicated area 12 is output to the dedicated area of E, and a locus obtained by inverting them is output to the dedicated areas of the user D and the user F. That's fine.

  In the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, not only the user faces the long side of the touch panel 10, but also other users face the short side, and there are users on each side of the rectangle. It corresponds to a special case. In such a case, instead of dividing the screen of the touch panel 10 into two as in the first embodiment, four dedicated areas corresponding to the number of users, that is, users A to D in the example of FIG. The screen will be divided into two.

  In this case, as for the dedicated area 12 of user A and the dedicated area 13 of user B, as in the third embodiment, the process of outputting the locus input to the dedicated area 12 may be performed. In the area, a trajectory obtained by rotating the trajectory input to the dedicated area 12 by 90 ° in the clockwise direction is output, and in the dedicated area of the user D, the trajectory input in the dedicated area 12 is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise. What is necessary is just to output the locus | trajectory rotated.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Touch panel 11 Dividing line 12 Dedicated area 13 Dedicated area 14 Symmetry point 20 Desk 30 Control computer 31 Input / output control part 32 Data storage part 33 Application execution part 40 Tablet terminal

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus that controls output of information input to a touch panel,
Setting means for dividing an area on the screen of the touch panel and setting at least two areas of the first area and the second area;
When an input operation to the first region is detected, a locus detected by the input operation is drawn and output to the first region, and a locus obtained by inverting the locus is drawn to Output means for outputting to the area of 2;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The output means outputs the trajectory at the position where the input operation is received in the first area, and the second area has an intermediate or boundary between the first area and the second area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a trajectory obtained by inverting the trajectory at a position that is point-symmetric with respect to a symmetrical point on a line is output. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit simultaneously outputs the locus to the first area and the locus to the second area. The touch panel has a rectangular shape,
4. The information according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit sets the first region and the second region with a line connecting the centers of the short sides of the touch panel as a boundary line. 5. Processing equipment. A touch panel;
Setting means for dividing an area on the screen of the touch panel and setting at least two areas of the first area and the second area;
When an input operation to the first region is detected, a locus detected by the input operation is drawn and output to the first region, and a locus obtained by inverting the locus is drawn to Output means for outputting to the area of 2;
An information processing apparatus comprising: In the information processing device that controls the output of information input to the touch panel,
Dividing the area on the screen of the touch panel to set at least two areas of the first area and the second area;
When an input operation to the first region is detected, a locus detected by the input operation is drawn and output to the first region, and a locus obtained by inverting the locus is drawn to Outputting to the area of 2;
An information processing program for executing An information processing device that controls output of information input to the touch panel divides an area on the screen of the touch panel and sets at least two areas of a first area and a second area;
When an input operation to the first area is detected, the information processing apparatus draws a locus detected by the input operation, outputs the locus to the first region, and reverses the locus. Drawing and outputting to the second region;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: