JP2018005521A - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allocate copy information to an arbitrary finger by using a touch panel display part that can be touched to perform finger authentication, make it possible to identify information to be pasted with an operating finger and store the information, and cause a user to have an impression that the finger is allocated with data to read and paste the copy information with an intuitive operation.SOLUTION: The invention of the present application is an information processing apparatus comprising a display part that acquires information on a finger print touching a touch panel and finger information storage means that stores the finger information, and compares the information on the finger print touching the touch panel with the finger print information stored by the finger information storage means to specify a finger to touch the touch panel. A user copies the information through a first predetermined operation with the specified finger, and when the user executes a second predetermined operation with the specified finger, the information processing apparatus pastes the information associated with the specified finger.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program thereof, and particularly relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program thereof that perform a user interface operation having a touch panel display unit that can perform fingerprint authentication by touching.

  In recent years, many devices and systems that can display and edit documents on a touch panel liquid crystal have been sold. In such a device, a so-called rich content user interface (hereinafter referred to as UI) that displays a variety of user-friendly operation menus on a touch panel is considered.

  In such a UI, since there is no physical keyboard and it is difficult to display and operate a software keyboard on a small screen, it is important how to perform an operation with an intuitive touch panel operation.

  In particular, there is a lot of work (called copy and paste) in which a document is displayed, a part is copied, and the copied part is pasted (pasted) into another document. Therefore, a mechanism (for example, Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3) for improving the efficiency of the work by realizing the copy and paste work by an intuitive operation is considered.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism of an electronic device that can perform fingerprint authentication on one panel and recognize a plurality of fingerprints touched simultaneously on the panel.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a mechanism for registering a plurality of fingerprint data, assigning a role to each fingerprint, and switching the operation according to the fingerprint touched on the fingerprint authentication area.

Publication number: US2015 / 0036065 Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-138373

  However, Patent Document 2 requires registration of a fingerprint and a role in advance, which takes time for registration work. Also, this function needs to be understood before operation. For example, a user who operates the target electronic device for the first time cannot use this function unless he / she understands a method for registering a fingerprint and a role in advance and a method for using the method.

  In a well-known standard copy and paste operation, only one piece of copy information is held, and copy information is overwritten each time copying is performed, and a plurality of pieces of copy information cannot be held.

  Therefore, the present invention uses a touch panel display unit that can simultaneously detect a plurality of touches and a plurality of fingerprints, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, while maintaining a standard copy and paste operation. Copy information can be assigned to and stored on the finger that was touched, and separate copy information can be stored on multiple fingers. Intuitive by reading and pasting the copy information assigned to the finger being touched when pasting The purpose is to provide a mechanism to realize the operation.

  The present invention is an information processing apparatus equipped with a display unit having finger information acquisition means for acquiring finger information in contact with a touch panel and finger information storage means for storing finger information acquired by the finger information acquisition means. The finger information acquired from the finger in contact with the display unit and the finger information stored in the finger information storage means, and the finger specifying means for specifying the finger in contact with the first predetermined operation The information storage means for storing the copy information, which is the information to be copied, and the finger information acquired from the finger information acquisition means, and the finger specified by the finger specifying means, And an information output means for outputting copy information associated with the finger specified by the finger specifying means when the operation is executed.

  According to the present invention, using a touch panel display capable of fingerprint authentication by touching, copy information can be assigned to any finger, and information to be pasted can be identified and stored by the finger operating, By giving an image that data is assigned to a finger, it is possible to read and paste the copy information by an intuitive operation.

It is an external view which shows an example of the external appearance of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus 100. FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 100. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of copy operation of embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of paste operation of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing the clipboard information table of the information processing apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram of the shared memory for clipboards of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of control when main operation of this invention is performed. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the tap determination process of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the fingerprint temporary preservation | save process of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the balloon display process of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the copy process of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a copy process to this finger | toe of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the paste process of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the fingerprint information memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 204 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of the external appearance of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. The information processing apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a display unit 101 having a touch panel function and a button 102 like a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a smartphone, for example. The display unit 101 is an electronic component that combines a display control unit such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input control unit such as a touch pad, and is also called a touch panel.

  The touch panel of the display unit 101 is a capacitive projection type that detects a position by detecting a change in capacitance between a fingertip and a conductive film, and has a multi-touch function capable of detecting a plurality of positions. Is a multi-touch screen. In addition, fingerprint information can be acquired simultaneously with the touch position. Since the function of acquiring fingerprint information at the same time as touching the touch panel is a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The button 102 is a button for ending an application program (hereinafter simply referred to as an application) being executed by the information processing apparatus. The application is started by double-clicking (touching twice) an application icon displayed on the screen using the touch panel function of the display unit 101.

The information processing apparatus 100 may have other communication functions and the like, but will not be described because it is not directly related to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the information processing apparatus 100, a central processing unit (CPU) 201, a random access memory (RAM) 203, a read only memory (ROM) 202, a storage device 204, and an input / output interface via a system bus 207. 205, a multi-touch screen 206 is connected.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 207.

  The ROM 202 or the storage device 204 is a control program executed by the CPU 201 such as a basic input / output system (BIOS) or an operating system (OS), a computer-readable program for realizing this information processing method, and various necessary programs. Holds data (including data table).

  The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program or the like necessary for executing the processing from the ROM 202 or the storage device 204 to the RAM 203 and executing the loaded program.

  The input / output interface 205 controls input from the multi-touch screen 206. The multi-touch screen is a touch panel that can detect a position touched by a plurality of fingers, and a known technique can be used as described above. Various instructions can be performed when the user presses (touches with a finger or the like) in accordance with an icon, a cursor, or a button displayed on the touch panel.

  The fingerprint detection unit 207 stores, in the storage device 204, the positions and orientations of feature points such as fingerprint end points and branch points from the fingerprint information (finger information) touched on the touch panel based on information from the multi-touch screen 206. To do. Fingerprint information is detected when the stored feature points coincide with the feature points of the input fingerprint data to some extent.

  The storage device 204 stores clipboard information, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 4, a clipboard information table, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 6, and fingerprint data, which will be described later with reference to FIG. It also has a memory area. The clipboard information (FIG. 4) may be configured to be temporarily stored in the RAM 203.

  The storage device 204 is a medium for permanently storing information, and the form is not limited to a storage device such as a hard disk. For example, a medium such as SSD (Solid State Drive) may be used.

  FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration included in the information processing apparatus 100 of the present invention.

  Reference numeral 801 denotes an input / output control unit, which includes the multi-touch screen 206 and the input / output interface 205 in FIG. 2 and has a multi-touch detection function.

  Reference numeral 802 denotes an input operation identification unit, which is a functional configuration realized by the CPU 201 of FIG. 2 executing the program of the present invention. Specifically, the content of the input instruction is determined from the physical position on the display area detected by the input / output control unit 801. For example, when the cursor is moved to the touched portion or double-touched (double-clicked), it is determined that it is necessary to start an application corresponding to the icon at that position. In the case of multi-touch, it is determined whether multi-touch copy and paste processing described later is necessary depending on which position is touched when multi-touch is performed.

  Reference numeral 803 denotes a display processing unit having a function for displaying information on the multi-touch screen 206 by the CPU 201 of FIG. 2 executing the program of the present invention.

Reference numeral 804 denotes an object processing unit, which executes processing determined by the input operation identification unit 802 when the CPU 201 in FIG. 2 executes the program of the present invention. Specifically, you can start an application, input characters, save a data file in a storage device, select a range of character strings to copy, or clip the specified position to the clipboard Or paste the copy information stored in.
Next, the copy operation processing of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The upper left diagram of FIG. 4 represents a screen displayed on the display unit 101 of the information processing apparatus 100. For example, the user selects the character string 302 by touching it with the index finger 301. Then, the area of the character string selected by touch is displayed in a selected state, and an edit balloon 304 is displayed.

  The fingerprint detection unit 207 detects the fingerprint information 310 of the index finger by touching with the index finger, extracts the feature points of the fingerprint information 310, and stores them in the storage device 204.

  In the selected character string 302, a word including the character at the touched position is selected, but one character may be selected. The word to be selected exists as a known technique and is not a main part of the present invention, and thus a detailed description is omitted. Generally, a dictionary in which words are registered is stored in the storage device 204. The length of the character string is obtained by determining whether the characters before and after the selected character are registered as words. When the character string range desired by the user is not selected, the user can increase the range for selecting the character string by dragging the range selection instruction unit 303 before and after the selection area. It can be reduced.

  In the editing balloon 304, a “copy” instruction for copying the selected character string to the clipboard, a “paste” instruction for pasting the copy information held on the clipboard to the selected position, and the selection are selected. A “cut” instruction to copy the character string to the clipboard and delete it from the document to be edited is included. In the present invention, when this “copy” (and “cut”) processing is performed, identification information (clipboard ID) is assigned to each fingerprint information, and the copy information is updated and recorded on the clipboard.

  Specifically, when the operation shown in the upper left figure is performed, “1” is recorded in the “clipboard ID” corresponding to the fingerprint information 310 of the index finger, and “target character string A” is recorded in the “copy information”. The

  Next, the upper right view will be described. The user makes a selection by touching the character string 306 with the little finger 305. Then, the touched selected character string area is selected. By the touch with the little finger, the fingerprint detection unit 207 detects the fingerprint information 311 of the little finger, extracts the feature point of the fingerprint information 311, and stores it in the storage device 204.

  When the “copy” (and “cut”) process is performed with the editing balloon 307 displayed by the touch of the little finger, the identification information (clipboard ID) corresponding to the fingerprint information 311 of the little finger is given and the copy information is stored on the clipboard. It is updated and recorded.

  Specifically, when the operation shown in the upper right diagram is performed, “2” is recorded in the “clipboard ID” corresponding to the fingerprint information 311 of the little finger, and “target character string B” is recorded in the “copy information”. The

By performing such an operation process, in the lower diagram of FIG. 4, “clipboard ID” and copy information are stored in association with fingerprint information in the clipboard information.
Next, the paste operation process of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5 also shows a screen displayed on the display unit 101 of the information processing apparatus 100. First, when the user selects by touching the position where the character string is to be pasted with the index finger 401, the cursor moves to the selected position, and an edit balloon 402 is displayed.

  When “paste” is instructed by the editing balloon 402, copy information corresponding to identification information (clipboard ID) associated with the touched fingerprint information is read from the clipboard, pasted, and displayed.

  Specifically, when the “paste” operation is performed with the index finger in FIG. 5, the fingerprint information 404 of the index finger is detected, and the “target information” whose “clipboard ID” is “copy information” corresponding to “1” "Character string A" is read out and inserted as a character string 403 (pasted) and displayed.

  FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a clipboard information table of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. Note that “clipboard ID = 0 (Default)” in FIG. 6 is identification information for storing copy information when fingerprint information is copied in a state where the fingerprint information is not recognized (for example, a touch pen).

  In this clipboard information table, the start address of the clipboard shared memory and the use size of the clipboard shared memory are defined corresponding to each clipboard ID.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the clipboard shared memory of the present invention. According to the clipboard information table of FIG. 7, each data is stored in the clipboard shared memory as shown in FIG.

  Next, detailed processing of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control when a main operation of the information processing apparatus is performed. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  The flowchart in FIG. 8 is a flow of processing started when the user touches the touch panel and the area / position to be copied / cut or pasted is designated.

  First, in step S801, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 100 performs tap determination and fingerprint detection. The tap determination process in step S801 will be described later with reference to FIG. 9, but in short, is a process for determining whether a predetermined time has elapsed after touching the multi-touch screen 206 and a process for acquiring fingerprint information. When a predetermined time elapses in the touched state, the user's intention to operate is confirmed. This is called a tap (pressed once).

  In step S <b> 802, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 performs a process of displaying an edit balloon that accepts user edits for an area / position for which a tap has been determined by the user. The balloon display process in step S802 will be described later with reference to FIG. 11. In short, the process of displaying the edit balloon with different selection items depending on whether or not there is copy information stored in advance associated with fingerprint information. It is.

  In the next step S803, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 accepts the user's selection from the editing balloon displayed on the multi-touch screen 206 in step S802, and divides the processing by conditional branching according to the accepted user's selection.

  If “copy” of the editing balloon displayed on the multi-touch screen 206 is selected in step S803, the process proceeds to step S804. The copy process in step S804 will be described later with reference to FIG. 12, but in short, the process of copying the information of the area specified by the edit balloon display in step S802 to a predetermined buffer area is performed. Then, a series of processing is finished.

  If “copy to this finger” of the editing balloon displayed on the multi-touch screen 206 is selected in step S803, the process proceeds to step S805. The copy process for this finger in step S805 will be described later with reference to FIG. 13. In short, the process of copying the area information specified in the edit balloon display in step S802 in association with the touched fingerprint information is performed. Then, a series of processing is finished.

  If “paste” of the editing balloon displayed on the multi-touch screen 206 is selected in step S803, the process proceeds to step S806. The paste process in step S806 will be described later with reference to FIG. 14, but in short, a process of pasting copy information stored in the region / position designated by the edit balloon display in step S802 is performed. Then, a series of processing is finished.

  Next, details of the tap determination process in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a tap determination process in the information processing apparatus. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  First, in step S <b> 901, it is determined whether the multi-touch screen 206 has been touched on the editing area in the display area 101. The edit area is an area in which the document to be edited is displayed, excluding the title area from the screen area, described with reference to FIGS. For example, in the example of FIG. 4, “Copy target character string A”, “Copy target character string B”, and “Copy target character string C” are displayed.

  If it is detected that the editing area has been touched, a timer is started in step S902. Although not shown in the hardware configuration diagram of FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus includes a timer capable of measuring time.

  In step S903, the touched fingerprint information is stored. The fingerprint temporary storage processing in step S903 will be described later with reference to FIG. 10, but in short, it is processing for detecting fingerprint information of the touched finger and temporarily storing it in the RAM 203 of the information processing apparatus 100.

  In the next step S904, it is determined whether or not the time corresponding to the count value started in step S902 has exceeded a predetermined time. The predetermined time is preset as, for example, “0.5 seconds” and stored in the storage device 204. The predetermined time may be arbitrarily set by the user. If the predetermined time has not been exceeded, the process proceeds to step S905. If the predetermined time has been exceeded, the process proceeds to step S907.

  In step S905, it is determined whether the multi-touch screen 206 detects that the touch of the user's finger has been released. If it is detected that the touch has been released, the process proceeds to step S906. If the touch has not been released, the process returns to step S904 to continue the loop until the count value of the timer exceeds a predetermined time. .

  In step S906, since the touch is released within a predetermined time, the tap is determined to be indeterminate, and the tap determination process is terminated. On the other hand, in step S907, since the predetermined time has passed in the touched state, it is determined that the tap is determined, and the tap determination process is terminated.

  Next, details of the temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  First, in step S1001, fingerprint information of a finger touched on the multi-touch screen 206 is detected. The fingerprint information detection process is a process for detecting the positions and orientations of feature points such as fingerprint end points and branch points from the read fingerprint information. The flow of fingerprint lines may be detected as a vector, and detection using the vector value may be performed.

  The fingerprint information detected in step S1001 is temporarily stored in the RAM 203 in step S1002. The temporarily stored information is stored in the storage device 204 at the time of “copy” processing or “copy processing with this finger”.

  Next, details of the temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  First, in step S1101, in order to change the display items that can be selected by the editing balloon depending on the number of registered fingerprint information, the number of registered fingerprint information is acquired, and conditional branching is performed based on the number of registered fingerprint information. An example of data stored with fingerprint information will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 15 is an example of fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204 of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  Reference numerals 1501 and 1502 in FIG. 15 denote user fingerprint information, which is stored in association with the clipboard ID. It is determined whether there is matching fingerprint information depending on whether the position of the feature point of the fingerprint information, the orientation of the feature point, and the like match those of the fingerprint information detected in step S1001. Returning to the flowchart of FIG.

  If the number of registered fingerprint information is 0 in step S1101 of FIG. 11, the process proceeds to step S1102, and only “copy” is displayed in the editing balloon. This process is the first registration when fingerprint information is not registered in the information processing apparatus, and only “copy” can be selected because the clipboard is empty. When considering the use of a touch pen or the like, both “copy” and “paste” may be displayed.

  If the number of registered fingerprint information is one in step S1101, the process proceeds to step S1103, and the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 is stored in the storage device 204 (see FIG. 15) It is determined whether or not it matches. If the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 matches the stored fingerprint information, the process proceeds to step S1104. If the detected fingerprint information does not match the stored fingerprint information, The process transitions to step S1105.

  When the process proceeds to step S1104, since the detected fingerprint information matches the fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204, information corresponding to the finger is pasted or the corresponding finger is applied. As an option for selecting whether to store new information in the related buffer area (clipboard), the display of “copy” / “paste” is displayed in the editing balloon.

  When the process proceeds to step S1105, since the detected fingerprint information does not match the fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204, the “copy” or “paste” is not dependent on the touched finger. As an option to let the user choose whether to copy fingerprint information and “copy to this finger”, the display of “copy” / “copy to this finger” / “paste” is displayed in the edit balloon. indicate.

  When the process of step S1104 or step S1105 ends, the balloon display process ends.

  On the other hand, if the number of registered fingerprint information is two or more in step S1101, the process proceeds to step S1106, and the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 is stored in the storage device 204 as fingerprint information ( It is determined whether the information matches the information in FIG. If the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 matches one of the stored fingerprint information, the process proceeds to step S1107, and the detected fingerprint information matches the stored fingerprint information. If not, the process proceeds to step S1108.

  When the process proceeds to step S1107, since the detected fingerprint information matches the fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204, information corresponding to the finger is pasted or the corresponding finger is applied. As an option for selecting whether or not to store new information in the associated buffer area (clipboard), the display of “copy to this finger” / “paste” is displayed on the editing balloon.

  When the process transitions to step S1108, the detected fingerprint information does not match the fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204, and therefore does not have information to be “pasted”. That is, it does not have copy information corresponding to fingerprint information. For this reason, when the process transitions to step S1108, it is displayed on an edit balloon having only “copy to this finger”.

  When the process of step S1107 or step S1108 ends, the balloon display process ends.

  Next, details of copy processing in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  First, in step S1201, information on the selected area to be copied is acquired.

  In step S1202, the information acquired in step S1201 is stored in the area where the clipboard ID is 1. In the example of FIG. 3, “target character string A” is 308.

  In step S1203, it is determined whether the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 matches the fingerprint information whose clipboard ID stored in the storage device 204 is 1 (for example, 1501 in FIG. 15). If the detected fingerprint information matches the stored fingerprint information, the copy process of FIG. 12 is skipped. If the detected fingerprint information does not match the stored fingerprint information, step S1204 is performed. The process is transferred to.

  In step S1204, the fingerprint information whose clipboard ID is 1 (for example, 1501 in FIG. 15) stored in the storage device 204 is overwritten and updated with the fingerprint information detected in step S1001. This process has the effect of enabling normal copy and paste even for a user who does not want to have a clipboard for each fingerprint. In addition, there is an effect that a user who wants to have a clipboard for each fingerprint of his / her finger can have a new clipboard (for example, 1502 in FIG. 15) by the operation with the next different finger. When the process of step S1204 is completed, the copy process is exited.

  Next, details of the copy process for this finger in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  First, in step S1301, information on the selected area to be copied is acquired.

  Next, in step S1302, it is determined whether the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 matches the fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204 (for example, 1501 and 1502 in FIG. 15). If the detected fingerprint information matches the stored fingerprint information, the process proceeds to step S1303. If the detected fingerprint information does not match the stored fingerprint information, the process proceeds to step S1303. The process proceeds to S1304.

  When the process proceeds to step S1303, in step S1302, clipboard ID data associated with the fingerprint information in the storage device 204, which is confirmed to match the fingerprint information detected in step S1001, is acquired in step S1301. Overwrite the data. Thereafter, the copy process is finished with this finger.

  On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S1304, the information acquired in step S1301 is stored in the clipboard with the clipboard ID in which the fingerprint information in the storage device 204 is blank.

  In step S1305, the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 is stored in the fingerprint information of the new clipboard ID stored in the clipboard in step S1304. With this process, a clipboard can be assigned for each fingerprint information of a finger, and the user can perform a copy and paste process as if the information is stored for each finger. Thereafter, the copy process is finished with this finger.

  Next, details of the paste processing in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a temporary fingerprint storage process in the information processing apparatus. This flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 executing the program of the present invention stored in the storage device 204 using the RAM 203 as a work area.

  First, in step S1401, the processing is divided depending on whether the number of fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204 is one or more. If the number of fingerprint information is one, the process proceeds to step S1402, and if there are a plurality of fingerprint information, the process proceeds to step S1403.

  When the process proceeds to step S1402, data such as copy information (for example, 308 in FIG. 4) stored in the storage device 204 is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S1404.

  When the process proceeds to step S1403, the clipboard ID that matches the fingerprint information detected in step S1001 in the fingerprint information stored in the storage device 204 (for example, 1501 and 1502 in FIG. 15) is displayed. Copy information (for example, 308 and 309 in FIG. 4) is acquired. Thereafter, the process proceeds to operation S1404.

  When the processing transitions to step S1404, the acquired copy information is pasted in the area / position designated in step S801.

  Through the above processing, using a touch panel display unit that can perform fingerprint authentication by touching, copy information can be assigned to any finger, and information to be pasted can be identified and stored by operating the finger. By giving the image that the data is assigned to the finger, it is possible to read and paste the copy information by an intuitive operation.

  As another embodiment, in addition to copy and paste, operations such as replacement, movement, and deletion of information assigned to a touched finger can be performed without switching the operation screen by simultaneously touching multiple locations. It is also possible.

  Furthermore, regarding the exchange and movement of information, it is also possible to move only the format information from the copy information with the format, and a mechanism for storing the copy information and the format information separately for each finger can be realized.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing method of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 to 14, and the storage medium according to the present invention is a program that allows the computer to execute the processing method of FIGS. Is remembered. The program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each device in FIGS.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Information processing apparatus 801 Input / output control part 802 Input operation identification part 803 Display processing part 804 Object processing part

Claims (6)

An information processing apparatus equipped with a display unit having finger information acquisition means for acquiring finger information in contact with the touch panel, and finger information storage means for storing finger information acquired by the finger information acquisition means,
Finger information acquired from a finger that comes into contact with the display unit and finger information stored in the finger information storage unit, and a finger specifying unit that specifies a finger that makes contact;
Information storage means for storing copy information, which is information to be copied, and finger information acquired from the finger information acquisition means in association with a first predetermined operation;
An information output means for outputting copy information associated with the finger specified by the finger specifying means when a second predetermined operation is executed by the finger specified by the finger specifying means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The finger information is fingerprint information;
The finger information acquisition means acquires the fingerprint information,
The finger information storage means stores the characteristics of the fingerprint information,
The finger specifying means specifies a finger that touches when the characteristics of the fingerprint information acquired by the finger information acquisition means match the characteristics of the fingerprint information stored by the finger information storage means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The information output means includes
When the number of finger information stored by the finger information storage means is 0 or 1, copy information is stored by the first predetermined operation regardless of the finger information, and the second predetermined operation is performed. To output copy information,
When there are a plurality of finger information stored by the finger information storage means, the first predetermined operation stores the copy information linked to the finger information, and the second predetermined operation The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus outputs copy information. The first predetermined operation is an operation in which copy information is detected as finger information associated with identification information for identifying information to be stored in accordance with position information of a touch position, and a copy instruction is issued.
The second predetermined operation is an operation in which an output instruction is given by detecting that the finger information is touched at a position where the copy information is output. Information processing device. An information processing method in an information processing apparatus equipped with a display unit having finger information acquisition means for acquiring finger information in contact with a touch panel and finger information storage means for storing finger information acquired by the finger information acquisition means. And
A finger identifying step for comparing the finger information acquired from the finger in contact with the display unit with the finger information stored by the finger information storage means, and identifying the finger in contact;
An information registration step of storing the copy information, which is information to be copied, and the finger information acquired from the finger information acquisition means in association with each other by a first predetermined operation;
An information output step of outputting copy information associated with the finger specified in the finger specifying step when a second predetermined operation is executed by the finger specified in the finger specifying step;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: Executable in an information processing apparatus equipped with a display unit having finger information acquisition means for acquiring finger information in contact with the touch panel and finger information storage means for storing finger information acquired by the finger information acquisition means A program,
The information processing apparatus;
Finger information acquired from a finger that comes into contact with the display unit and finger information stored in the finger information storage unit, and a finger specifying unit that specifies a finger that makes contact;
Information storage means for storing copy information, which is information to be copied, and finger information acquired from the finger information acquisition means in association with a first predetermined operation;
When a second predetermined operation is executed by the finger specified by the finger specifying means, the information specifying means functions as an information output means for outputting copy information associated with the finger specified by the finger specifying means. A program characterized by

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