JP2783472B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus capable of performing editing by selecting an editing menu displayed on a display screen. Also, the device of the present invention
The present invention is suitable for an information processing apparatus such as a portable electronic organizer in which the size of a display screen is limited.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of information processing apparatus, an editing menu is displayed on an input screen and the editing menu is selected and input with a cursor or a mouse for the purpose of simplifying the editing operation. Has been edited.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional information processing apparatus, there is no problem in displaying the edit menu at the same time when the display screen is sufficiently large, but when the display screen is small, there is no problem. However, there is a disadvantage that a point of interest is hidden by displaying an edit menu. Further, even if the edit menu is moved on the screen, if the display screen is small, only the portion hidden by the edit menu moves, and the above-mentioned drawback cannot be solved.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by allowing the editing menu to be moved and / or reduced, for example, when processing such as cut and paste at the time of editing is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing an editing operation without a portion of interest being hidden by an edit menu.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention displays input means, display means, and document information edited based on input information from the input means, and displays an edit menu required for editing on the display means. In an information processing apparatus provided with editing means for displaying and executing editing according to a selected editing menu, an instruction means for giving an instruction to reduce and change the size of the editing menu, and the editing menu is reduced and changed to a desired size In this case, the information processing apparatus includes means for selecting the contents of the edit menu that fits in the edited edit menu and assigning the selected edit menu contents to the edit menu.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention specifically includes a word processor, an office computer, and the like. The most preferable application example is an information processing apparatus having a limited display screen size such as a portable electronic organizer. Device. Further, in the present invention, when the content of the edit menu is selected, the storage means for storing the content of the menu that has not been selected, and the edit menu in the storage means, upon receiving a predetermined instruction, change the edit menu in the changed edit menu. It is preferable to further include means for calling the next page.

In addition, the present invention displays input means, display means, and document information edited based on input information from the input means, and displays an edit menu required for editing on the display means, thereby selecting a document. In the information processing apparatus having editing means for executing editing in accordance with the edited editing menu, a first instruction for instructing movement and a destination of the editing menu is provided.
Instructing means, second instructing means for instructing a change in the size of the edit menu, determining means for determining whether the instruction is for moving the edit menu or for changing the size, and Means for moving to an instructed destination, and, when determined to be a size reduction change instruction, selecting an edit menu content that fits in the changed edit menu and assigning the selected edit menu content to the edit menu. Can also.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when an instruction to reduce the size of the edit menu is issued, the display size of the edit menu is reduced, and the number of menu items that can be displayed in the edited menu after the reduction is automatically selected and displayed. When an instruction to move the edit menu is given, the edit menu is moved to the designated destination. As a result, even if the edit menu is called on the screen, the point of interest is not hidden by the edit menu, and thus the editing operation can be performed efficiently.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited by this. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration when the present invention is applied to a portable electronic organizer. In FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a display device including the LCD 11 and the LCD driver 12.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a RAM for storing input data. The RAM 13 is a memory protection battery 1
4 is backed up. 15 is a main body key composed of a symbol input key and a function key,
Reference numeral 16 denotes a touch panel provided with a transparent electrode and arranged on the LCD 11, and 17 denotes a transparent touch key for an IC card, which functions as an input device 18. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the main body key 15 is provided with a menu key 150 for activating the edit menu according to this embodiment.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a CPU, which is a ROM 2 storing a program for executing the control of this embodiment.
0, the display device 10, the RAM 13, and the input device 18, respectively. A general configuration of a portable electronic organizer is a 4-pin I / O port 2
1, gate array 22, low battery detection circuit 23,
Operation battery 24 and IC card connector 25
And so on.

In such a configuration, the editing menu change processing of this embodiment will be described first with reference to the display screens shown in FIGS. After turning on the main unit, press the Menu key 150 while the application is running.
Pressing activates the edit menu M shown in FIG. When an item N is selected by touching the touch panel P in this state, a process corresponding to the item is selected and executed.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the user touches the lower right (or other three corners) of the edit menu frame with a pen or the like. Figure 5
When the touch point is moved in the order of A → B → C as shown in FIG. 7, a dashed rectangle appears and deforms accordingly.

When the pen is released from the screen of the touch panel P at the point C, a reduced edit menu S shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. At this time, the remaining items that are not displayed become the next page and subsequent pages, and the next page can be displayed by an operation such as a page break.

In order to move the edit menu, the pen is touched on the title portion T of the reduced edit menu S as shown in FIG. 6, and in that state, as shown in FIG.
When moving from B to C, the dashed rectangle moves. And C
When the pen is released from the screen at the point, the edit menu is displayed as shown in FIG.

Next, the editing menu changing process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. First, when the screen is touched with a pen, the position at which the touch began is measured (step 40), and if any of the four corners of the edit menu M is determined, it is determined that a deformation operation has been performed (step 40).
41), a dashed rectangle is displayed on the screen (step 42). While the screen is being touched by the pen, the position is traced and the rectangle is transformed. The deformation here means
This is to erase the original rectangle and redisplay the rectangle at the new position (step 43 → 45). The rectangle is displayed by the touch position and the diagonal point of the original menu.

If NO in step 43, that is, if the pen is released from the screen, an edit menu frame having a size closest to the rectangle at that time is set (step 46), and the size of the edit menu window is set based on the set value. change. The setting of the size closest to the above-described rectangle means that the size that is smaller than the size of the broken-line rectangle and that maximizes the edit menu frame is set as the frame size. For example, if three items can be displayed in the horizontal direction, but the display of four items would exceed the size of the dashed rectangle, the size of the three items is set and the frame width is set. The same process is performed in the vertical direction.

Thereafter, the new edit menu window is displayed in a cleared state (step 47), and the portion other than the edit menu is displayed again (step 48). In this case, the re-display may be only the portion that was previously hidden by the edit menu. Finally, the edit menu itself is displayed again (step 49), and the process ends.

In step 41, when the corner of the edit menu is not pressed by the pen and the title portion T is touched, the process proceeds to an edit menu moving process described later. If it is not the title part, other processing is performed (step
51).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the edit menu moving process. In the figure, when the title portion T is touched, first, a dashed rectangle having the same shape as the edit menu frame is displayed on the screen (steps 60 → 62). It is moved (step 63 → 65).

When the pen leaves the screen, the edit menu window is moved to that position (step 66), the portion other than the menu is displayed again, and the process is terminated (step 6).
7). When a position other than the title portion T is touched, processing corresponding to each is performed (steps 68 → 6
9).

[0022]

According to the present invention, when the edit menu is displayed, the point of interest can be prevented from being hidden. As a result, the user can reliably and easily perform editing work such as cut and paste.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of a main part of a main body key according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an edit menu according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an edit menu change process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an edit menu change process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an edit menu moving process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an edit menu moving process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an edit menu moving process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an edit menu change process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an edit menu moving process according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 display device 11 LCD 13 RAM 18 input device 19 CPU 20 ROM

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An input unit, a display unit, and a display unit that displays document information edited based on input information from the input unit, and displays an edit menu required for editing on the display unit. In an information processing apparatus having editing means for executing editing according to the following, an instruction means for giving an instruction to reduce and change the size of the edit menu, and an edit menu after the change when the edit menu is reduced to a desired size Means for selecting the contents of the edit menu that fits in the menu and assigning the contents to the edit menu. 2. When an edit menu content is selected, a storage means for storing the unselected menu content, and upon receiving a predetermined instruction, an edit menu in the storage means is called into the changed edit menu. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means. 3. An input means, a display means, and a document information edited based on input information from the input means, and an edit menu required for editing is displayed on the display means. An information processing apparatus having editing means for executing editing according to the following: a first instruction means for instructing movement and a destination of an editing menu; a second instruction means for instructing a change in size of the editing menu; A determination means for determining whether the instruction is a movement instruction or a size reduction change instruction; and, if determined to be a movement instruction, moves the edit menu to a specified destination, and if determined to be a size reduction change instruction, Means for selecting the contents of an edit menu that fits in the edited edit menu and assigning the selected edit menu contents to the edit menu.