JP5273028B2 - Mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal that allows a user to intuitively operate and set the arrangement and size of a soft numeric keypad of a touch panel display. <P>SOLUTION: If a user simultaneously depresses two places of, for example, depression points P1, P2 on a touch panel display 10 of a mobile terminal, a numeric key region setting function 22 (unillustrated) of a control part 20 (unillustrated) arranges and displays the whole numeric key group so that a key A and a key C on the diagonal line of the numeric key group being soft keys are arranged like (B) according to the positions of the two places. If the user also moves the depression points of the two places to P11 and P12 like (C) while continuing the simultaneous depression of the two places, the numeric key region setting function 22 rearranges and displays the key A and the key C on the diagonal line of the numeric key group according to the moved positions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal capable of arbitrarily setting the size and layout of a soft key portion of a touch panel display.

  The touch panel display is a display having a structure in which a display element and a transparent touch sensor are superimposed, and an operation unit, so-called soft key, can be arranged at an arbitrary position on the display. In portable terminals equipped with a touch panel display, the size of the touch panel display is increasing. As the touch panel display becomes larger, a child with a small hand or the like cannot easily reach the end of the operation key area such as a numeric keypad when operating with one hand.

  In order to deal with such a problem, there is a portable terminal that arbitrarily changes the arrangement and size of operation keys such as a numeric keypad by a user operation (see, for example, Patent Document 1). When the user draws a circular diagram on the touch panel display as shown in FIG. 6 of the first embodiment (paragraphs 0049 to 52) of Patent Document 1, a circle as shown in FIG. 6 (A) or (B) is obtained. A key group having a size in which the four corner keys of the numeric keypad group are included in the shape diagram is automatically selected and automatically arranged at the position.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2008-113148 (paragraphs 0049 to 52, FIG. 6)

  In the portable terminal of Patent Document 1, the user draws a circular diagram, but the circular diagram does not correspond one-on-one with the square key arrangement of the numeric keypad, so the user intuitively intended There is a problem that it is difficult to set the size and arrangement.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal capable of intuitively setting and operating a key group having a size and arrangement desired by a user.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the portable terminal of the present invention detects a touch panel display in which a display unit and an operation input unit are superimposed, and two simultaneous presses of the operation input unit at the two coordinate positions. Two key positions on the diagonal of the key group are arranged, and further, the arrangement of each key of the entire key group is set and the set key group is displayed on the display unit, and the simultaneous pressing of the two places continues. During the operation, the arrangement and size of the entire key group are arranged such that two key positions on the diagonal of the key group are arranged at the two coordinate positions according to the change in the coordinate positions of the two places. And a key area setting means for changing the display .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to intuitively set a key group having a size and arrangement desired by a user.

The figure explaining the numeric keypad area setting operation of the portable terminal 100 which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. The figure explaining the numeric keypad area setting operation of the portable terminal 100 which concerns on Example 2 of this invention. The block diagram of the portable terminal 100 which concerns on Example 1 and Example 2 of this invention. The figure explaining the reference | standard numeric key memory | storage part 21 and the fixed numeric keypad memory | storage part 23 of the portable terminal 100 which concern on Example 1 and Example 2 of this invention. The operation | movement flowchart of the ten key area | region setting function 22 which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. The operation flowchart of the numeric keypad area setting function 22 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a numeric keypad area setting operation of the mobile terminal 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The touch panel display 10 has a structure in which a transparent touch panel type operation input unit 12 (not shown) is superimposed on a display unit 11 (not shown), and a soft key group of an arbitrary size is set at an arbitrary position. can do.

  In the first embodiment, the user presses two places on the touch panel display 10 at the same time, and the size and arrangement of the numeric keypad group are automatically generated accordingly. Here, the simultaneous pressing means that the operation input unit 12 detects a plurality of points of contact, and the start of contact of a plurality of points may not be the same timing.

  In the ten-key area setting mode, when the user first presses the pressing points P1 and P2 simultaneously as shown in (A), for example, soft keys are pressed as shown in (B) in accordance with the positions of these two locations. The entire numeric keypad group is arranged and displayed so that the key A and the key C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group are arranged.

  When the user wants to further adjust the arrangement and size of the numeric keypad group, when the two pressing points are moved to P11 and P12 as shown in FIG. The entire numeric keypad group is displayed so that keys A and C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group are rearranged according to the position.

  Since the movement of the two pressed points is a user operation, the aspect ratio of the numeric keypad group is not always constant. In the example of (C), both vertical and horizontal are enlarged, but the horizontal enlargement ratio is larger than the vertical enlargement ratio.

  When the user stops pressing two places simultaneously, the size and arrangement of the numeric keypad group at that time are determined as the size and arrangement of the subsequent numeric keypad group.

  According to the first embodiment, the pressing points P1 and P2 correspond to the key A and key C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group, so that a key arrangement that is easy for the user to understand can be achieved. Also, if you want to further adjust the key layout set by the first two simultaneous presses, you can change the layout by moving the press point while continuing the two simultaneous presses. The key layout can be easily set by a series of operations that can be performed simultaneously.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a numeric keypad area setting operation of the mobile terminal 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment is an example in which the user presses four places on the touch panel display 10 one by one at a time, and the size and arrangement of the numeric keypad group are automatically generated accordingly.

  In the key area setting mode, when the user first depresses four depressing points P1, P2, P3, and P4 one after another, as shown in FIG. The entire numeric keypad group is displayed so that keys A and C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group as soft keys are arranged as shown in FIG. And the arrangement is fixed.

  The positions of keys B and D on the diagonal of the numeric keypad are arranged in accordance with the positions of P2 and P4 located on the other diagonal of the four pressed points. The key arrangement may be set.

  In addition, the user presses two pressing points P1 and P3 one by one at the same time instead of four, and keys A and C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group are arranged accordingly. Good.

  According to the second embodiment, it is not necessary to detect simultaneous pressing, and a key position that can be easily understood by the user can be obtained by detecting non-simultaneous pressing.

Next, a configuration for realizing the key area setting of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal 100 according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention. The mobile terminal 100 includes a touch panel display 10, a control unit 20, a display control unit 30, and the like.

  The touch panel display 10 has a structure in which a transparent touch panel type operation input unit 12 is superimposed on the display unit 11 or a structure in which the operation input unit 12 is built in the display unit 11. The touch panel display 10 has a coordinate position represented by an X coordinate X0-Xm range and a Y coordinate Y0-Yn range. The operation input unit 12 outputs a coordinate signal 12A of the pressed point. In the first embodiment, the operation input unit 12 is a type that can detect two simultaneous pressings, and outputs two types of coordinate signals 12A. In the second embodiment, the operation input unit 12 is a type that can detect non-simultaneous pressing of one place, and outputs one type of coordinate signal 12A.

  The control unit 20 includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like (not shown), and executes a numeric keypad area setting function 22, a pressed key determination function 24, and the like based on software stored in the ROM. In addition, the control unit 20 includes a reference numeric keypad storage unit 21 and a confirmed numeric keypad storage unit 23 as storage units.

  The numeric keypad area setting function 22 checks the coordinate signal 12A of the pressed point of the operation input unit 12, sets the arrangement and size of the numeric keypads according to the state, and stores them in the confirmed numeric keypad storage unit 23. At the same time, a numeric keypad image 22A is output and displayed on the display unit 11 via the display control unit 30. The details will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 later.

The pressed key discrimination function 24 checks the coordinate signal 12A of the pressed point of the operation input unit 12 based on the arrangement and size of the ten key group stored in the confirmed numeric key storage unit 23 after the numeric key area is finalized. Then, it is determined which key of the ten key group is pressed, and the pressed key signal 24A is output. This function is a function that is generally performed.
The display control unit 30 is a controller of the display unit 11 and is an LCD controller or the like.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the reference numeric keypad storage unit 21 and the confirmed numeric keypad storage unit 23 of the mobile terminal 100 according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.
(A) is a figure explaining the reference | standard numeric keypad memory | storage part 21. FIG. The ten key group is a key group composed of numeric keys, function keys, and the like. The overall arrangement is substantially rectangular, and there are a key A, a key B, a key C, and a key D at four corners. Key A and key C have a diagonal relationship, and key B and key D also have a diagonal relationship.

  In the X direction, the reference numeric key storage unit 21 stores the arrangement of other keys with the arrangement of the keys A and B as 0% as the reference, the arrangement of the keys C and D as 100%. Further, regarding the Y direction, the arrangement of the keys A and D is set to 0% as a reference, the arrangement of the keys B and C is set to 100%, and the arrangement of other keys is also stored. Thereby, the ratio of the positional relationship of the mutual arrangement of the keys is stored.

  FIG. 6B is a diagram for explaining the confirmed numeric keypad storage unit 23. As described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the final determined arrangement of the numeric keypad group on the touch panel display 10 is stored in the finalized numeric keypad storage unit 23.

  The touch panel display 10 has a coordinate position represented by an X coordinate X0-Xm range and a Y coordinate Y0-Yn range. Then, the coordinates of the confirmed ten key group are stored in the confirmed ten key storage unit 23 as a position on the coordinates of the touch panel display 10.

  FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the numeric keypad area setting function 22 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When the ten key area setting mode is activated by the user, the ten key area setting function 22 is started.

  The numeric keypad area setting function 22 checks the coordinate signal 12A of the pressed point of the operation input unit 12 of the touch panel display 10 to check whether two points are pressed simultaneously (step S1). If the two positions are pressed simultaneously, the two coordinate positions are taken in (step S2).

  Then, two diagonal key positions (key A and key C in FIG. 1B) are arranged at the coordinate positions of the two locations (P1 and P2 in the example of FIG. 1A). Further, the arrangement of each key of the entire numeric keypad group is set (FIG. 1B) (step S3).

  In step S3, the key A ratio coordinates (0%, 0%) and the key C ratio coordinates (100%, 100%) in the reference numeric keypad storage unit 21 are set to the pressing points P1, P2 on the touch panel display 10. Is applied to the coordinates on the touch panel display 10 in accordance with the ratio coordinates.

  Then, the arrangement of each key of the ten key group is stored in the fixed ten key storage unit 23 (step S4), and the ten key group is displayed on the display unit 11 via the display control unit 30 (step S5).

  With the above processing, the two pressing points pressed by the user correspond to the diagonal keys of the numeric keypad group, so that a key arrangement that is easy for the user to understand can be achieved.

  Next, the numeric keypad area setting function 22 checks the pressed state of the touch panel (step S6). If the two simultaneous pressings continue, the process returns to step S2 again regardless of whether the pressing point is the same position or the moved position. In steps S2 to S5, the current two coordinate positions are read again, and each key of the entire numeric keypad group is arranged so that two key positions on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group are arranged at the two coordinate positions. Set the layout of and display. While the two simultaneous pressing continues, the loop of steps S2 to S6 is repeated.

  By this loop processing, the user can freely select the numeric keypad group by changing the position of the two simultaneous presses in the loop of steps S2 to S6 following the first two simultaneous presses in steps S1 to S5. Can be set to placement and size.

  Next, the ten-key area setting function 22, when not simultaneously pressed at two locations in step S 5, that is, when one location is pressed or not pressed, is outside or overlapped with the currently set numeric key display area. , “Do you want to reset the key area?”, “Reset” key and “End” key are displayed (step S7).

  Then, the numeric keypad area setting function 22 checks whether or not the display coordinate positions of the “reset” key and the “end” key in S7 have been pressed (step S8). Returning to step S1, the resetting is started. If the “end” key is pressed in step S8, only the confirmed ten key group is displayed (step S9), and the process ends.

  Note that steps S7, S8, and S9 may be deleted, and the setting of the key area may be completed when two locations are not pressed simultaneously, that is, when one location is pressed or not pressed at step S6.

  According to the first embodiment, the pressing points P1 and P2 correspond to the key A and key C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group, so that a key arrangement that is easy for the user to understand can be achieved. Also, if you want to further adjust the key layout set by the first two simultaneous presses, you can change the layout by moving the press point while continuing the two simultaneous presses. The key layout can be easily set by a series of operations that can be performed simultaneously.

  FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the numeric keypad area setting function 22 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. When the ten key area setting mode is activated by the user, the ten key area setting function 22 is started.

  The numeric keypad area setting function 22 checks the coordinate signal 12A of the pressed point of the operation input unit 12 of the touch panel display 10 to check whether four points have been pressed (step S21). If four places are pressed, the four coordinate positions are taken in (step S22).

  Then, two diagonal positions (P1, P3 in the example of FIG. 2A) of the four positions are detected, and two diagonal keys of the numeric keypad group are detected at the two coordinate positions. The positions (key A and key C in FIG. 2B) are arranged, and the arrangement of each key in the entire numeric keypad group is set (FIG. 2B) (step S23).

  In step S23, the key A ratio coordinates (0%, 0%) and the key C ratio coordinates (100%, 100%) in the reference numeric keypad storage unit 21 are set to the pressing points P1, P3 on the touch panel display 10. And the other keys are applied to the coordinates on the touch panel display 10 in accordance with the ratio coordinates.

  Then, the arrangement of each key of the ten key group is stored in the confirmed ten key storage unit 23 (step S24), and the ten key group is displayed on the display unit 11 via the display control unit 30 (step S25).

  With the above processing, the four pressing points pressed by the user correspond to the four corner keys of the numeric keypad group, so that a key position that is easy for the user to understand can be formed.

  Next, the numeric keypad area setting function 22 has a “reset key area?” Key, “reset key”, and “end” outside or overlapping the currently displayed numeric keypad display area. "Key is displayed (step S26).

  Then, the numeric keypad area setting function 22 checks whether or not the display coordinate positions of the “reset” key and the “end” key in S26 are pressed (step S27). Returning to step S21, resetting is started. If the “end” key is pressed in step S27, only the confirmed ten key group is displayed (step S28), and the process ends.

  The positions of keys B and D on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group are arranged in accordance with the positions of P2 and P4 located on the other diagonals in the four pressed points, and each of the entire numeric keypad group is further arranged. The key arrangement may be set.

  In addition, the user presses two pressing points P1 and P3 one by one at the same time instead of four, and keys A and C on the diagonal of the numeric keypad group are arranged accordingly. Good.

  Alternatively, rectangular areas that fall within the four pressing points P1, P2, P3, and P4 may be calculated, and the numeric keypad group may be arranged in accordance with the areas.

  Alternatively, two points that form the longest diagonal line among the four pressing points P1, P2, P3, and P4 may be calculated, and the numeric keypad group may be arranged accordingly.

  The above example is an arrangement example of a rectangular numeric keypad group, but even if the four pressing points P1, P2, P3, and P4 are not rectangular but an irregular quadrilateral, each point has a numeric keypad group. Key A, key B, key C, and key D may be arranged. In this case, in step S23, first, the key A of the reference numeric keypad storage unit 21 is applied to the coordinates (XP1, YP1) of the pressed point P1, and the key B is applied to the coordinates (XP2, YP2) of the pressed point P2. The key C is shifted so as to be applied to the coordinates (XP3, YP3) of the pressing point P3, and the key D is shifted so as to be applied to the coordinates (XP4, YP4) of the pressing point P4. Is also performed by performing arithmetic processing to be arranged. Thereby, it can be set as a ten key group of interesting arrangement.

  According to the second embodiment, the operation input unit 12 that can detect non-simultaneous presses can be used instead of the operation input unit 12 that can detect simultaneous presses.

  Note that both the first and second embodiments are not limited to the numeric keypad, and may be another key group. Further, the present invention can be applied to mobile phones, PHS, and other electronic devices as mobile terminals.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Touchscreen display 11 Display part 12 Operation input part 20 Control part 21 Reference | standard numeric key memory | storage part 22 Numeric key area setting function 23 Determining ten key memory | storage part 24 Press key discrimination | determination function 30 Display control part 100 Portable terminal

Claims (1)

A touch panel display in which a display unit and an operation input unit are superimposed;
When two simultaneous pressings of the operation input unit are detected, two key positions on the diagonal of the key group are arranged at the two coordinate positions, and further, the arrangement of each key of the entire key group is set. While the set key group is displayed on the display unit and the two-point simultaneous pressing continues, the 2
A key area that is displayed by changing the arrangement and size of the entire key group so that two key positions on the diagonal of the key group are arranged at the two coordinate positions in accordance with changes in the coordinate positions of the places. A portable terminal comprising: setting means.

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