JP5371002B2 - Portable information terminal, computer-readable program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly improve user's usability of a mobile information terminal for displaying an operational screen on a touch panel set in a display unit. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile phone 100 displays the operational screen 31 on the display unit 30. The operational screen 31 displays buttons 311A to 311C for inputting information to control processes, relating to applications executed on the mobile phone 100. On the display unit 30, the touch panel is set. A user drags the finger by a distance equal to or more than a predetermined distance, as indicated by an arrow A31 on the touch panel, and then the display position of the operational screen 31 is changed, as though it were dragged by the user's finger. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal, and more particularly to a portable information terminal that operates a touch panel displayed on a display unit, a computer-readable program, and a recording medium.

  Conventionally, in an information terminal, a touch panel is provided on a display unit, an image is displayed on the display unit, an image corresponding to the operation unit is displayed, and a user inputs an operation information by operating the touch panel. Various technologies are accepted.

  Among such techniques, for example, there is a technique that displays the operation screen as described above using a user's touch operation as a trigger.

  Further, in Patent Document 1, in a digital camera, when it is detected that the user touches the touch panel so that the user can easily operate, a shutter button, a zoom-up button, a zoom-down button are used with reference to the touch position on the touch panel. A technique for displaying an image including an operation button such as a button is disclosed.

JP 2007-52795 A

  Among users, in order to handle and operate the portable information terminal with one hand, there is an increasing demand for holding the terminal with one hand and operating with the finger of the gripped hand. Actually, many portable information terminals are manufactured on the assumption that they are held and operated with one hand.

  In recent years, mobile information terminals have been equipped with many functions, and in response to this, there is a desire to display information such as many buttons and menus on the operation screen displayed on the display unit. Is coming out.

  When the information displayed on the operation screen increases, the area required for the operation screen is expected to increase. When the area of the operation screen becomes large, even if the operation screen is displayed at a position that is considered to be easy for the user to operate as described in Patent Document 1, the user cannot feel that way. Is assumed. Specifically, even if the operation screen is displayed at a position that is considered to be easy for the user to operate, the buttons displayed in the corners of the operation screen are operated by the user's finger holding the terminal. May be displayed at a position away from the finger. In such a case, when the user wants to operate the button, the user may change the terminal or hold the button with the other hand. Needed to operate.

  The present invention has been conceived in view of the actual situation, and an object of the present invention is to surely improve user convenience in a portable information terminal that displays an operation screen on a touch panel provided in a display unit. .

A portable information terminal according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display unit, a touch panel provided on the display unit, an application execution unit that executes an application, and a control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel. The control unit displays an operation screen on which information for use in processing related to the application is input on the display unit, and a plurality of selectable items for executing the processing related to the application are displayed on the operation screen. When the operation on the touch panel is determined to satisfy the conditions for changing the operation screen display position, the operation screen display position on the display unit is changed, and the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen. And when the movement distance of the operation position with respect to the touch panel is longer than a predetermined threshold It determines that the condition is satisfied, among the plurality of items, position before the change the display position of the operation window on the display unit has been changed by the after executing the processing corresponding to the selected item, condition is satisfied Return to .

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, when the control unit determines that the operation on the touch panel does not satisfy the condition, the control unit highlights the item closest to the operation position on the touch panel in the operation screen.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the control unit changes the display position of the operation screen when the condition is satisfied, and then the touch panel is operated to select an item on the operation screen. In addition, a process corresponding to the selected item related to the application is executed.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the control unit does not operate the touch panel for a certain period of time after the operation determined to satisfy the condition is changed after changing the display position of the operation screen when the condition is satisfied. In this case, the display position of the operation screen is returned to the position before the change.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the portable information terminal can be held with one hand, and the operation screen is displayed at a position where it can be operated with the finger of the hand holding the portable information terminal.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the control unit displays an item for inputting information to be used for processing related to the application on the operation screen, and the threshold of the moving distance is an item display interval on the operation screen. To be determined.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the operation screen is a part of a virtual screen that is larger than the size of the display unit, and the control unit touches the touch panel in a state where the operation screen is not located at the end of the virtual screen. When an operation that satisfies the conditions is performed, the part of the virtual screen displayed on the display unit as the operation screen is changed, and the operation screen is positioned at the end of the virtual screen. When the operation that satisfies the conditions is performed, the display position of the end of the operation screen on the display unit is changed, and the item on the operation screen is selected for the operation screen at the changed position. When an operation is performed, it is determined that information for selecting an item has been input, and processing related to an application corresponding to the selected item is executed.

A portable information terminal according to another aspect of the present invention includes a display unit, a touch panel provided on the display unit, an application execution unit that executes an application, and a control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel. The control unit displays an operation screen to which information for use in processing related to the application is input on the display unit, and a plurality of selectable items for executing the processing related to the application on the operation screen Is displayed, and when it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies the conditions for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit is changed, and the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen. Yes, and the movement speed of the operation position with respect to the touch panel exceeds a predetermined threshold It determines that the condition is satisfied, among the plurality of items, position before the change the display position of the operation window on the display unit has been changed by the after executing the processing corresponding to the selected item, condition is satisfied Return to .

A portable information terminal according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a display unit, a touch panel provided on the display unit, an application execution unit that executes an application, and a control that executes a process related to the application according to an operation on the touch panel. The control unit displays an operation screen to which information for use in processing related to the application is input on the display unit, and a plurality of selectable items for executing the processing related to the application are displayed on the operation screen. When an item is displayed and it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies the condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit is changed, and the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen. And the duration of touch operation on the touch panel exceeds a predetermined threshold If, it is determined that the condition is satisfied, among the plurality of items, the changing the display position of the operation window on the display unit has been changed by the after executing the processing corresponding to the selected item, condition is satisfied Return to the previous position .

Portable information terminal end in accordance with another aspect of the present invention includes a display unit, a control for executing a touch panel provided on the display unit, an application execution unit that executes an application, the process relating to the application in response to the operation on the touch panel The control unit displays an operation screen to which information for use in processing related to the application is input on the display unit, and a plurality of selectable items for executing the processing related to the application are displayed on the operation screen. When an item is displayed and it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies the condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit is changed, and the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen. And the touch operation pattern on the touch panel matches the predetermined pattern. If, it is determined that the condition is satisfied, among the plurality of items, the changing the display position of the operation window on the display unit has been changed by the after executing the processing corresponding to the selected item, condition is satisfied Return to the previous position .

A portable information terminal according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a display unit, a touch panel provided on the display unit, an application execution unit that executes an application, and a control that executes a process related to the application according to an operation on the touch panel. The control unit displays an operation screen to which information for use in processing related to the application is input on the display unit, and a plurality of selectable items for executing the processing related to the application are displayed on the operation screen. When an item is displayed and it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies the condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit is changed, and the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen. And the touch operation on the touch panel is at a predetermined position. Determines that is satisfied, among the plurality of items, after executing the processing corresponding to the selected item, the display position of the operation window on the display unit has been changed by the condition is satisfied to the position before the change Return .

A program according to the present invention is a computer-readable program for controlling a portable information terminal including a display unit, a touch panel provided in the display unit, and an application execution unit that executes an application. A step of displaying, on the portable information terminal, an operation screen including a plurality of items that can be selected for executing processing related to the application, on the screen on which information for use in processing related to the application is input on the display unit; The step of determining whether or not the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, and the step of changing the display position of the operation screen on the display unit when it is determined that the condition is satisfied is allowed, the step of determining whether the condition is satisfied, the operation position on the touch panel Operation screen is in the display area, and, when the moving distance of the operation position on the touch panel is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the method comprising determining the condition is satisfied, the portable information terminal among the plurality of items, selected After executing the process corresponding to the item, the step of returning the display position of the operation screen on the display unit changed when the condition is satisfied to the position before the change is further executed .

A recording medium according to the present invention records a computer-readable program for controlling a portable information terminal including a display unit, a touch panel provided on the display unit, and an application execution unit that executes an application. A recording medium, which is a screen on which information for use in processing related to an application is input to a portable information terminal, a display unit, and a plurality of items that can be selected to execute processing related to the application A step of displaying the operation screen including the step of determining whether the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, and when determining that the condition is satisfied, to execute the steps of changing the display position, the step of determining whether the condition is satisfied is Operation position on the touch panel is a display area of the operation window, and, when the moving distance of the operation position on the touch panel is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the method comprising determining the condition is satisfied, the program, the portable information terminal , After executing the process corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items, further executing a step of returning the display position of the operation screen on the display unit changed when the condition is satisfied to the position before the change .

  According to the present invention, the display position of the operation screen displayed on the display unit can be moved based on the movement distance of the operation on the touch panel.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the display position of the operation screen displayed on the display part can be moved based on the moving speed of the operation position in operation to a touch panel.

  According to the present invention, the display position of the operation screen displayed on the display unit can be moved based on the duration of the touch operation on the touch panel.

  According to the present invention, the display position of the operation screen displayed on the display unit can be moved based on the operation pattern of the operation on the touch panel.

  According to the present invention, the display position of the operation screen displayed on the display unit can be moved based on the operation position on the touch panel.

  As a result, when the button to be operated on the operation screen displayed on the display unit is displayed at a position away from the finger to operate with the finger of the user's hand holding the portable information terminal Even so, if the user performs a necessary operation on the touch panel, the display position of the button can be brought close to the finger. Therefore, the user can operate a desired position on the operation screen such as a desired button without changing the portable information terminal.

It is a figure which shows typically one side of the mobile telephone which is one Embodiment of the portable information terminal of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the operation screen displayed on the screen of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the state which changes the display mode of the operation screen in the display part of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the other example of the state which changes the display mode of the operation screen in the display part of the mobile telephone of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for changing a display mode of an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for changing a display mode of an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for changing a display mode of an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for displaying an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for displaying an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for displaying an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for displaying an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for displaying an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining processing contents for displaying an operation screen in the mobile phone of FIG. 1. It is a flowchart of the interruption process which CPU of the mobile telephone of FIG. 1 performs. It is a flowchart of the single tap double tap identification process which CPU of the mobile telephone of FIG. 1 performs. It is a flowchart of the 1st display mode change process which CPU of the mobile telephone of FIG. 1 performs. 3 is a flowchart of menu drag processing executed by the CPU of the mobile phone in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart of menu drag processing executed by the CPU of the mobile phone in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the modification of the flowchart of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the flowchart of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the flowchart of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart of the menu position return process which CPU of the mobile telephone of FIG. 1 performs. It is a flowchart of the 2nd display mode change process which CPU of the mobile telephone of FIG. 1 performs. It is a figure which shows typically the further another example of the state which changes the display mode of the operation screen in the display part of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically another example of the state which changes the display mode of the operation screen in the display part of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the change of the display mode of the operation screen shown to FIG. 27 (A)-FIG.27 (C).

  Hereinafter, a mobile phone which is an embodiment of the portable information terminal of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the portable information terminal of the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone. That is, if the portable information terminal of the present invention is a terminal having a touch panel, it is not required to have a specific function such as a call function mounted on a mobile phone.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a side surface of a mobile phone which is an embodiment of the portable information terminal of the present invention.

  First, referring to FIG. 1A, a display unit 30 including a liquid crystal display or the like is provided on one side of the mobile phone 100. The display unit 30 can display various information such as a document on a network such as a web page, an address book stored in the mobile phone 100, and a mail creation screen by a mailer.

  In the mobile phone 100, a touch panel (a touch panel 40 described later) is provided on the front surface of the display unit 30. In addition, the mobile phone 100 displays an operation screen 31 for inputting information used for processing related to an application executed on the mobile phone 100. For example, as shown in FIG. 1B, the operation screen 31 is displayed in the left region of the display unit 30 by touching the region corresponding to the left region of the display unit 30 on the touch panel. The Further, as shown in FIG. 1C, the operation screen 31 is displayed in the central portion of the display unit 30 by touching the region corresponding to the central region of the display unit 30 on the touch panel. Further, as shown in FIG. 1D, the touch panel is displayed on the right region of the display unit 30 by touching the region corresponding to the right region of the display unit 30.

  In FIG. 1B to FIG. 1D, a broken line H schematically shows a user's hand operating the touch panel of the mobile phone 100.

  The operation screen 31 includes a plurality of operation buttons 310 each corresponding to an individual function. The mobile phone 100 appropriately stores which button on the touch panel the button corresponding to which function is displayed for the plurality of buttons 310 on the operation screen 31. Then, in the mobile phone 100, the processing content to be executed is determined by detecting the information and which position on the touch panel is operated.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 100.
Referring to FIG. 2, mobile phone 100 includes control unit 50 that controls the overall operation of mobile phone 100, antenna 81 for transmitting and receiving data, and signal processing when data is transmitted and received by antenna 81. A communication control unit 80 that performs the above, a posture detection unit 90 that detects the posture of the mobile phone, a storage unit 60 that includes a flash memory or the like, a touch panel 40, a display unit 30, and a display control unit 51 that controls display contents on the display unit 30, The receiver 56 and the microphone 58 mainly used for the call function, the speaker 57 that outputs an alarm sound, the sound output control units 53 and 54 that control the sound output from the receiver and the speaker 57, and the sound input to the microphone 58 A voice input control unit 55 to be processed and a camera 91 are included. The control unit 50 includes a CPU. The control unit 50 has a built-in timer 50A.

  The posture detection unit 90 is for detecting the direction and moving direction of the mobile phone 100 and the acceleration given to the mobile phone 100, and includes, for example, a plurality of gyroscopes, acceleration sensors, and geomagnetic sensors. The orientation of the mobile phone 100 is, for example, held by a user in a horizontally long state as shown in FIG. 1A (and FIG. 1B to FIG. 1D) or in FIG. As shown, it means that the user is holding in a portrait state. As a technique for detecting the orientation, the moving direction, and the moving speed of the main body of the mobile phone 100 using the attitude detection unit 90, a well-known technique can be adopted, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The storage unit 60 includes a program storage unit 61 that stores programs executed by the CPU of the control unit 50, a setting content storage unit 62 that stores setting contents for the mobile phone 100 such as an address book, and various tables and the like described later. A data storage unit 63 that stores various data necessary for executing a program stored in the program storage unit 61 is included.

Next, the contents of processing executed in the mobile phone 100 will be described.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an interrupt process related to display of the operation screen 31 executed by the CPU. The CPU executes the processing every certain time (for example, 200 ms).

  Referring to FIG. 15, first, in step S <b> 1, the CPU checks an application activation state in mobile phone 100 and advances the process to step S <b> 2.

  In mobile phone 100, the type of application that can be accepted next and the type of application that can be activated in combination often differ depending on the activated application. Therefore, the cellular phone 100 indicates whether the application is not activated, which application is activated in the TV function, the Web browser function, the mail function, or the like, or whether a call is in progress. By checking this state, it becomes necessary to switch the contents of what is displayed as a menu, or to suppress the process of displaying the menu in some cases. For this reason, in step S1, the application activation state (such as what application is activated) is checked.

  Next, in step S2, the CPU checks the state of the touch panel 40 and proceeds to step S3.

  In general, in an operating system (OS) of an information terminal, an input function from a touch panel is often provided as an OS function rather than being performed by each application. In addition, the menu display and screen transition may be displayed for a while after the touch on the touch panel is finished, but the menu is displayed until the touch operation is performed except during that period. In many cases, power consumption is reduced by not performing processing. In the following description, except for some cases, the part for checking the touch state on the touch panel is performed outside the menu control process, and the touch state does not change during the execution of the algorithm of the menu control process. .

  In step S3, the CPU determines whether it is necessary to call a menu control process in step S5, which will be described later. If it is determined that it is necessary, the CPU advances the process to step S5. The process proceeds to S4.

  In step S4, the CPU returns to step S1 after waiting for the fixed time to elapse from the start of execution of the current main routine.

  In step S5, after executing the menu control process, the CPU waits for the lapse of the predetermined time from the execution of the current main routine and returns the process to step S1.

  In the menu control process in step S5, various processes including the following five processes are executed in parallel or sequentially.

-Touch operation type identification process-First display mode change process-Menu dragging process-Menu position return process-Second display mode change process The touch operation type identification process is based on the content of an operation on the touch panel 40 by the user. This is a process for identifying the type of operation pattern performed on the touch panel 40.

  The first display mode change process is a process executed when starting display of the operation screen 31 on the display unit 30. In the present specification, hereinafter, the operation screen 31 is also referred to as a “menu” as appropriate.

  The menu drag process is a process for changing the display position of the operation screen 31 displayed on the display unit 30 by sliding the operation screen 31 according to the operation content of the user on the touch panel 40.

  The menu position return process is a process for returning the display position of the operation screen whose display position has been changed by the above-described menu drag process to the position before the change.

  The second display mode change process is a process executed when the display of the operation screen 31 displayed on the display unit 30 is terminated.

  In the mobile phone 100, touch operation types include single tap, double tap, and drag. In this specification, the identification of a single tap and a double tap will be described with reference to the flowchart of the single tap / double tap identification process shown in FIG. Table 1 summarizes the internal state in the single tap / double tap identification process.

  In addition, the identification mode of the type of touch operation shown below is merely an example, and in the portable information terminal, the type of touch operation is identified by other modes that are generally used instead of the method described in this specification. May be.

  Referring to FIG. 16, in the touch operation type identification process, first, in step SA102, the CPU determines whether or not the user is performing a touch operation on touch panel 40, and determines that the touch operation is being performed. The process proceeds to step SA104, and if it is determined that there is no touch operation, the process proceeds to step SA118.

  In step SA104, the CPU determines whether or not the value of the in-touch flag Q0 indicating whether or not the touch operation was performed when the touch operation type identification process was executed last time is 0, and is 0. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step SA106, and if it is not, that is, if it is determined that the value of the in-touch flag Q0 is 1, the process proceeds to step SA112.

  The touching flag Q0 is a flag whose value is updated each time the touch operation type identification process is executed, as will be described later, and when the touch operation is performed on the touch panel 40 at that time. The value is set to 1, and the value is set to 0 when no touch operation is performed.

  In step SA106, the CPU determines whether or not the difference between the current time and the touch start time T0 is below a predetermined threshold value Td. If so, the process proceeds to step SA108. If it is determined that this is not the case, that is, if it is determined that the time during which the touch operation on the touch panel 40 is continued is equal to or longer than the above-described time Td, the process proceeds to step SA110.

  In step SA108, the CPU proceeds to step SA116, assuming that the operation on touch panel 40 at that time is a double touch. In step SA108, the value of the double touch state flag DT, which is a flag indicating whether or not the mobile phone 100 is in a double touch operation state (double touch state), is set to 1.

  In step SA110, the CPU sets the operation content on the touch panel 40 at that time as a temporary touch, sets the value of the temporary touch state flag ET to 1, and counts the timer 50A as the value of the touch start time T0. The current time is recorded, and the values of the double touch state flag DT, single touch state flag ST, double tap state flag DU, and single tap state flag SU described later are set to 0, and the process proceeds to step SA116. .

  The data storage unit 63 includes, for example, a touch information storage table as shown in Table 2 as a table for storing values used when various types of processing such as touch operation type identification processing are executed. Remember.

  In the touch information storage table, the touch start position P0 is information indicating a position where the user starts a touch operation on the touch panel 40, and is represented by coordinates defined for the touch panel 40, for example. Specifically, the coordinates of the position where the user starts touching the touch panel 40.

The value of each item in the touch information storage table is updated when a temporary touch is detected.
The touch start time T0 is the time when the user starts touch operation on the touch panel 40 as described above.

  The touch position P1 is information indicating the touch position of the user on the touch panel 40 at the time when the CPU executes various processes such as a touch operation type identification process.

  The touch time T1 is information indicating a time recorded when a user touch process is detected during the execution of various processes executed by the CPU.

  Returning to FIG. 16, in step SA112, the CPU determines whether the difference between the current time and the touch start time T0 is shorter than the time Td as in step SA106. The process proceeds to SA116. On the other hand, if the difference between the current time and the touch start time T0 is equal to or greater than the time Td, the CPU advances the process to step SA114.

  In step SA114, the CPU sets the type of touch operation as single touch, sets single touch state flag ST to 1, and advances the process to step SA116.

  In step SA116, the CPU sets the value of the in-touch flag Q0 to 1 and ends the touch operation type identification process.

  In step SA118, the CPU determines whether or not the value of the in-touch flag Q0 is 0. If the CPU determines that the value is 0, the process proceeds to step SA124. If it is determined that the value of the in-touch flag Q0 is 1, the process proceeds to step SA120.

  In step SA120, the CPU determines whether the value of the double touch state flag DT is 1 or the value of the single touch state flag ST is 1. If so, the process proceeds to step SA122. If it is determined that it is not, that is, if both the double touch state flag DT and the single touch state flag ST are determined to be 0, the process proceeds to step SA126.

  In step SA122, if the value of the double touch state flag DT is 1 at that time, the CPU sets the operation type to double tap, the value of the double touch state DT is 0, and the value of the single touch state ST is 1. If there is, the operation type is determined as a single tap. In the case of a double tap, the value of the double tap status flag DU is set to 1. In the case of a single tap, the value of the single tap status flag SU is set to 1. The values of the double touch state flag DT, the single touch state flag ST, the temporary touch state flag ET, and the temporary tap state flag EU are all updated to 0.

  In step SA124, it is determined whether or not the value of the temporary touch state flag ET is 1. If so, the process proceeds to step SA128, and if not, the process proceeds to step SA132.

  In step SA126, the operation content at that time is temporarily raised, the value of the temporary up state flag EU is set to 1, and the process proceeds to step SA132.

  In step SA128, the CPU determines whether or not the difference between the current time and the touch start time T0 is shorter than the time Td, as in step SA106. If it is determined that the time is shorter, the CPU proceeds to step SA132 and is equal to or greater than Td. If determined, the process proceeds to step SA130.

  In step SA130, the CPU sets the content of the touch operation at that time as a single tap, and sets the value of the single tap state flag SU to 1. Further, the values of the single touch state flag ST, the double touch state flag DT, the temporary tap state flag EU, and the temporary touch state flag ET are all updated to 0, and the process proceeds to step SA132. .

  In step SA132, the value of the in-touch flag Q0 is updated to 0, and the touch operation type identification process is terminated.

  Flag values used in each process such as the touch operation type identification process described above are stored in the data storage unit 63 as a table as shown in Table 3, for example.

  Next, the first display mode changing process will be described with reference to FIG. 17 which is a flowchart of the process.

  Referring to FIG. 17, in the first display mode changing process, first, in step S102, the CPU determines whether or not a touch operation has been performed on touch panel 40 at that time, that is, whether or not a touch input has been made. If it is determined that there is a touch input, the process proceeds to step S104. If it is determined that there is no touch input, the first display mode changing process is terminated as it is.

  In step S104, the CPU detects the operation position (touch position) with respect to the touch panel 40 at that time, and advances the process to step S106.

  In step S106, the CPU checks the type of touch operation by referring to the touch type identification result storage table (Table 3), and advances the process to step S108.

  In step S108, the CPU determines whether the menu display condition is satisfied based on the touch position detected in step S104 and the type of touch operation checked in step S106.

  Then, in step S110, the CPU determines whether the menu display condition is satisfied as a result of the determination in step S108. If it is determined that the menu display condition is satisfied, the CPU proceeds to step S112. Terminate the change process. The menu display conditions are determined in advance according to the type of touch operation, and are stored in the setting content storage unit 62, for example.

  In step S112, the state of the application running on the mobile phone 100 and the orientation of the mobile phone (for example, the landscape orientation shown in FIG. 1A or the portrait orientation shown in FIG. 1E). On the basis of whether or not there is a menu (operation screen) to be displayed on the display unit 30, and the process proceeds to step S114.

  In the mobile phone 100, data for displaying various operation screens is stored in the data storage unit 63 in accordance with the state of the activated application.

  In addition, for each operation screen, the data storage unit 63 has an operation screen having a design such as an arrangement of buttons suitable for being displayed on the display unit 30 when the mobile phone 100 is in the horizontal orientation, and a vertical orientation. Data for displaying a screen having a design suitable for being displayed on the display unit 30 at a certain time is stored. Specifically, for example, data for displaying an operation screen as shown in FIG. 3A and FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 3, screen 351 shown in FIG. 3A and screen 352 shown in FIG. 3B are buttons 350 </ b> A for allowing mobile phone 100 to input the same information. Includes 350B and 350C.

  The screen 351 has a horizontally long design, and the screen 352 has a vertically long design including buttons that cause the mobile phone 100 to perform the same function as the buttons 350A to 350C included in the screen 351.

  The screen 351 is a screen displayed on the display unit 30 when the mobile phone 100 is in the horizontal orientation as shown in FIG. 1A, and the screen 352 is displayed on the mobile phone 100 in FIG. As shown in the figure, it is a screen displayed on the display unit 30 when in a vertical orientation.

  Returning to FIG. 17, in step S <b> 114, the CPU determines whether or not the mobile phone 100 is in the vertical orientation based on the detection output of the orientation detection unit 90. If so, the process proceeds to step S <b> 120. If it is determined that this is not the case, that is, if it is determined that the posture is in the horizontal orientation, the process proceeds to step S116.

  Note that the horizontal orientation shown in FIG. 1A and the vertical orientation shown in FIG. 1E are in a state in which a rotation of 90 degrees is applied to each other. In the mobile phone 100, the mobile phone is determined to be in the horizontal orientation from the state shown in FIG. 1A to the state rotated 45 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise. In the state rotated 45 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise from the shown state, it is determined as the vertical orientation.

  In step S120, the CPU executes processing for obtaining coordinates for displaying the operation screen 31 on the display unit 30, and advances the processing to step S122. In step S120, for example, the coordinates serving as the display center of the operation screen 31 are obtained.

  In step S122, the CPU displays the screen for portrait orientation at the coordinates obtained in step S120, and advances the process to step S124.

  On the other hand, in step S116, the CPU obtains coordinates for displaying the operation screen 31, and in step S118, the operation screen for landscape orientation (for example, the screen 351 in FIG. 3A) is displayed in step S116 of the display unit 30. Is displayed at the coordinates obtained in step S124, and the process proceeds to step S124.

  Here, how to obtain the coordinates in step S116 and step S120 will be described.

  As a first method, the touch panel is divided into two areas A1 and A2 as indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 9, and if the touch position detected in step S104 is within the area A1, the area of the display unit 30 is displayed. The operation screen 31 may be displayed in the area corresponding to A1, and if the touch position is in the area A2, the operation screen 31 may be displayed in the area A2 of the display unit 30. The alternate long and short dash line is defined so that the display unit 30 and the touch panel 40 provided on the front surface of the display unit 30 are equally divided in the left-right direction.

  As a second method, as shown in FIG. 10, the operation screen 31 may be displayed with the touch position B on the touch panel 40 detected in step S104 as the center in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. Good.

  When the operation screen 31 is displayed with the touch position as the center, depending on the touch position, when the operation screen 31 is displayed on the display unit 30 with the touch position as the center, a part of the operation screen 31 is displayed. There may be a situation where it is not displayed on the display unit 30. In such a case, it is preferable that the display position of the operation screen 31 is configured to be within the display unit 30 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 11A, the operation screen 31 before correction is indicated by a broken line, and the operation screen 31 after correction is indicated by a solid line. Further, the movement of the operation screen 31 due to the correction is indicated by an arrow. The touch position is indicated by P.

  As a mode of correcting the display position of the operation screen 31, for example, as shown in FIG. 11B, the x direction is defined in the horizontal direction of FIG. 11B and the y direction is defined in the vertical direction. The distance in the x-axis direction that protrudes from the display unit 30 is Lx, and when the distance in the y-axis direction of the operation screen 31 that protrudes from the display unit 30 is Ly, the x-coordinate of the touch position coordinates is Lx The coordinates obtained by adding Ly to the y coordinate of the touch position can be used as the center coordinates of the display position of the operation screen 31 after correction.

  Returning to FIG. 17, in step S124, the CPU stores the current time as the display start time t, and proceeds to step S126.

  In step S126, the CPU stores the center coordinates of the operation screen 31 as the display start position p (or the corrected coordinates when correction is performed as described with reference to FIG. 11 or FIG. 12). The first display mode change process is terminated.

  The display start time t and the display start position p are stored in a display information storage table stored in the data storage unit 63, for example. An example of the storage contents of the display information storage table is shown in Table 4.

18 and 19 are flowcharts of the menu drag process.
The menu here is an operation screen for inputting information to be used for processing related to the application, and includes a screen object being displayed on the display unit that is the target of the drag process.

  In the menu drag process, first, in step S202, the CPU determines whether or not touch input has been made on the touch panel 40 at that time. If it is determined that the touch input has been made, the CPU proceeds to step S204. If not, the process proceeds to step S228.

  In step S204, the CPU determines whether or not the mobile phone 100 is in the menu display mode. If it is determined that the mobile phone 100 is in the menu display mode, the process proceeds to step S206. If not, the process proceeds to step S212.

Here, modes of the mobile phone 100 will be described.
As shown in Table 5, the mobile phone 100 can take one of four modes: a menu display mode, a menu selection mode, a drag mode, and a menu non-display mode.

  The mode information storage table is stored in the data storage unit 63, for example. Further, in the mode information storage table, information is stored with a flag value (1 or 0), for example, to indicate that any one of the four modes shown in Table 5 is valid.

  Returning to FIG. 18, when it is determined in step S204 that the mobile phone 100 is in the menu display mode, the CPU determines in step S206 whether or not the touch position is within an area corresponding to the menu (operation screen 31). If it is determined that this is the case, the process proceeds to step S208. If it is determined that this is not the case, the menu drag process is terminated.

  In step S208, the CPU stores the touch position at that time as the touch start position P0, and stores the current time at that time as the touch start time T0, and proceeds to step S210. The touch start position P0 and the touch start time T0 here correspond to the start position p and the start time t shown in Table 4.

  Note that the touch position is within the area corresponding to the operation screen 31 is within the area of the touch panel 40 where the touch screen 40 is in contact with the area where the operation screen 31 is displayed on the display unit 30. Say there is.

  In step S210, the CPU changes the mode of the mobile phone to the menu selection mode, and proceeds to step S216.

  On the other hand, in step S212, the CPU stores the current touch position as the touch position P1, and stores the current time as the touch time T1, and advances the process to step S214.

  In step S214, the CPU determines whether the current mode of the mobile phone 100 is the menu selection mode or the drag mode. If the mode is the menu selection mode, the CPU advances the process to step S216, and in the drag mode. If there is, the process proceeds to step S224.

  In step S216, the CPU calculates a movement distance by calculating a difference between the touch position P1 and the touch start position P0, and determines whether the movement distance is larger than a predetermined threshold value. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S222. If not, that is, if it is determined that the value is equal to or less than the threshold, the process proceeds to step S218.

  In step S222, the CPU changes the mode of mobile phone 100 to the drag mode, and proceeds to step S224.

  In step S224, a new menu position is calculated based on the touch position P1, and the process proceeds to step S226.

  Specifically, for example, the display position of the new operation screen 31 is calculated using the touch position P1 as the center coordinates of the display position of the new operation screen 31.

  In step S226, the CPU changes the display position of the operation screen 31 on the display unit 30 to the new position calculated in step S224, and ends the menu drag process. When changing the display position, the movement of the operation screen from the original position to the new position is continuously displayed on the display unit 30, and the display of the operation screen 31 disappears from the display unit 30 as viewed from the user's eyes. It is desirable to be performed so that it appears to move gradually.

  According to the menu dragging process described above, the mobile phone 100 is in the menu display mode, and the distance (P1) that the user's finger moves on the touch panel 40 when the touch panel 40 is operated continuously (continuously). When -P0) is larger (longer) than the specific threshold, the display position of the operation screen 31 is changed based on the operation position (touch position P1) of the touch panel 40 as the movement destination. Here, continuously operating the touch panel 40 includes a state in which the user never detects a touch-up from the start of touching the touch panel 40.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, when the operation screen 31 is displayed on the display unit 30, the user's finger indicated by a broken line is moved to the arrow A <b> 31 on the operation screen 31. When the operation screen 31 is operated to slide on the touch panel 40 by a distance longer than the specific threshold in the direction shown (when a drag operation is performed), the operation screen 31 is dragged as shown in FIG. The display position is changed in the selected direction. The operation screen 31 includes images of buttons 311A to 311C.

  In FIG. 4B, a broken line H1 indicates the user's finger after the drag operation. In this state, the user performs a touch-up and then performs a touch operation, that is, for example, by performing a touch operation at the position of the dotted line H2 in FIG. A button on the operation screen 31 can be selected. A dotted line H2 indicates a user's finger that selects a button on the operation screen 31 after the position is changed. A broken line H1 indicates a finger that performs the first touch operation, and a dotted line H2 indicates a finger that performs the second touch operation. The operation screen 31 whose display position has been changed by the first touch operation remains in that position even after the first touch operation has ended, and the mobile phone 100 remains in a state where the display position of the operation screen 31 has been changed. A second touch operation is received.

  As another example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the user's hand (finger) indicated by a broken line is indicated by an arrow A33 in a state where the operation screen 390 is displayed on the display unit 30. As described above, when a drag operation is performed downward in the operation screen 390, the display content on the display unit 30 changes as shown in FIG. 5B. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, the display position of the operation screen 390 on the display unit 30 moves downward.

  The operation screen 390 is a screen on which an address book application is activated. The display unit 30 displays a cursor 381 indicating a state in which “NA” in a heading such as “A”, “TA”, “NA”, etc., displayed in the display field 380 is selected. On the operation screen 390, the heading of the address book that is included in the “NA” line at the beginning of the heading constituting the address book is displayed. FIG. 5A shows a state in which the cursor 391 and the user's finger are selecting the sixth displayed name from the top of the operation screen 390, “Yuko Yugawa”. When the drag operation is performed from this state, the position of the operation screen 390 in the display unit 30 moves downward as shown in FIG. A broken line H3 in FIG. 5B indicates the user's finger after the drag operation. The user performs a touch-up operation on the operation screen 390 in the state illustrated in FIG. 5B, and then performs a touch operation so that the finger can reach after changing the position ( A name (in the address book displayed on the operation screen 31) can be selected. A dotted line H4 indicates the finger of the user who is performing an operation of selecting a name in the operation screen 390 after the displayed position is changed. FIG. 5B shows a state in which the name displayed third from the top in the operation screen 390 of FIG. 5B, “Nayama Hiromichi”, is selected. That is, the display position of the operation screen 390 on the display unit 30 is changed from the state illustrated in FIG. 5A to the state illustrated in FIG. In the state of FIG. 5, the name (selected part) displayed above the operation screen 390 where the finger did not reach directly is shown, and the upper part of the operation screen 390 is placed on the user's hand (finger) as shown in FIG. As a result, the name (selected part) displayed above the operation screen 390 as described above can be displayed at a position that can be directly reached by hand (finger).

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the display position of the operation screen 390 is changed, so that the upper portion of the display unit 30 is a base for the operation screen 390 in FIG. The part is visible to the user. Various patterns can be considered for the portion that can be seen as the background depending on the application activation state and the type of operation screen displayed on the display unit 30. When the heading portion of the address book (that is, the operation screen at the highest level for application operation (the operation screen at the highest level for application operation) is an operation screen, the background of the address book is seen as the background. In addition, a part of the heading of the “ta” line displayed so as to overlap the “na” line may be displayed, and the operation screen displayed on the display unit 30 is the operation screen of the address book application itself. In this case, a wallpaper or an application other than the address book appears as a background, in which case the screen displayed as the wallpaper is displayed on the mobile phone 100 when no other application is activated in parallel. In addition, the state shown in FIG. If the operation screen 390 is displayed in the previous state, in the state shown in FIG. 5B, the screen of the application activated in parallel is seen as the background. It becomes like this.

  Further, in FIG. 5, a screen that displays information related to the application of the address book is shown as an example of the screen that is handed over. However, in the mobile phone 100, the screen that is handed over in this way is such a screen. It is not limited to. Other screens include a screen for displaying various contents such as maps and web contents, a screen for playing and browsing downloaded videos and music, an email creation screen and a display screen, a plurality of screens, etc. A screen for selecting an item from the list of selection items can be cited. In particular, when a click operation (an operation for touching the touch panel 40) is performed on the screen, the mobile phone 100 performs any of the following operations according to the operation. Includes screens that can be made.

  Here, as another example of the hand-drawn screen, a web content browsing screen will be described as an example. The Web content browsing screen includes content playback and display of items linked to URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) addresses of other home pages. Then, by performing an operation such as a single tap on the item (a character string corresponding to the item), processing such as access to a link destination corresponding to the item is executed. From this point of view, it can be said that the Web content browsing screen is also an operation screen for inputting information for causing the mobile phone 100 to execute processing.

  FIG. 27A to FIG. 27C are diagrams for explaining a mode in which a web content browsing screen is displayed on the display unit 30 and the browsing screen is dragged.

  First, referring to FIG. 27A, a screen including a web content browsing screen is displayed on display unit 30. The screen of the web browser includes a display field 30A for displaying information for specifying an application for displaying the browse screen (character information “web browser” in FIG. 27A) and the like, and a screen for browsing web contents. A display field 30C for displaying 361, and a display field 30B for displaying a URL address where the Web content displayed in the display field 30C exists (a URL address accessed by the mobile phone 100 through a web browser).

  In the mobile phone 100, a web browser is installed, and when the web browser is executed, a web content browsing screen as shown in FIG. 27A is displayed. The screen displayed in the display field 30C corresponds to an operation screen for inputting information used for processing related to the web browser by a touch operation or the like. A part of the Web content is displayed in the display column 30C.

  FIG. 28A schematically shows the relationship between the virtual screen for the entire Web content and the portion displayed in the display field 30C.

  Referring to FIG. 28A, an image of an area indicated by a portion 1001 is displayed from Web content 1000 indicated by a broken line on display unit 30C. The relative position and size (display magnification in the display field 30C) of the part displayed in the display field 30C in the Web content 1000 are based on, for example, the content of the operation on the touch panel 40. Changed.

  Returning to FIG. 27A, the Web content displayed in the display field 30C displays a plurality of items having link information such as a URL address. For example, each of the four items (“breaking news”, “venture person”, “Anchor Desk”, “enterprise / industry trend”) displayed in the “news” group above the left column of the display column 30C is the web content, Assume that the URL address is linked. In this case, when the user touches up on the character of each item, the web browser accesses the URL address of the link destination of the item.

  In the display column 30A, information indicating the relative position of the portion displayed in the display column 30C with respect to the entire Web content is displayed in addition to the information specifying the application (web browser) being executed.

  “80%” in the display column 30A in FIG. 27A is information indicating how much display information remains above the portion displayed in the display column 30C in the entire Web content.

  Specifically, it is calculated according to the following equation (1) using, for example, L1 and L2 in FIG.

R% = (L2 / L1) × 100 (1)
Here, L1 is the vertical dimension of the entire Web content (the vertical dimension of the entire Web content 1000), and L2 is the distance between the upper end of the portion displayed in the display field 30C and the upper end of the Web content. (Distance between the portion 1001 and the upper end of the Web content 1000). R% is information displayed in the display column 30A. By displaying such information in the display field 30A, the user can easily recognize where the information displayed in the display field 30C is located in the entire Web content. it can.

  In addition, the display for making a user recognize such a ratio is not limited to the% display shown by FIG. 27 (A) etc. FIG. If the screen displayed in the display column 30C is information that allows the user to recognize the positional relationship with respect to the end of the content, it is schematically shown in FIG. In this manner, information indicating the positional relationship itself between the entire content and the portion displayed in the display field 30C may be displayed on the display unit 30 separately from the screen 361.

  When the user performs an operation (for example, a drag operation) on the touch panel 40 so as to slide downward as indicated by an arrow 301 from the state shown in FIG. By the hand dragging process, the display screen in the display column 30C is scrolled downward by an amount corresponding to the amount of the operation (the distance and the number of operations of sliding the finger), and then the scrolling is stopped and stopped. The still screen of the position will be displayed.

  The scroll display may be performed in a manner as if the screen has inertia. In this case, the scroll speed gradually increases from the start of scrolling, and then the scroll speed is decreased and the scroll is stopped.

  FIG. 28A shows an arrow 301A. The relationship between the direction of the arrow 301A and the Web content 1001 corresponds to the relationship between the direction of the arrow 301 and the screen 361 in FIG.

  When the touch panel 40 is operated to slide a finger downward as described above, the part 1001 displayed in the display column 30C in the Web content 1000 is shown in FIG. The structure is changed to the one shown in FIG.

  When an operation of sliding the finger on the touch panel 40 is performed, the Web content 1000 is moved with respect to the portion 1001 in the direction in which the finger is slid (the direction of the arrow 301A in FIG. 28A). That is, as a result, as shown in FIG. 28B, the relative positional relationship between the Web content 1000 and the portion 1001 is such that the portion 1001 moves in the direction opposite to the arrow 301A (upward) in the Web content 1000. As it did.

  FIG. 27B shows a screen displayed on the display unit 30 as a result of the operation of sliding the finger in the arrow 301 direction. In FIG. 27B, the screen displayed in the display column 30C is switched to the screen 362.

  In FIG. 27 (B), as shown in FIG. 28 (B), the portion displayed in the display column 30C in the entire Web content shows the positional relationship between the upper end portions of the Web content 1000 and the portion 1001. Since it has changed with respect to 28 (A), the percentage display displayed in the display column 30A has changed accordingly. Specifically, in FIG. 27B, the upper end portion of the Web content is displayed at the upper end portion of the display field 30C. As a result, L2 described above becomes 0, and “0%” is displayed in the display column 30A.

  When the user's finger is further slid in the downward direction indicated by the arrow 302 with respect to the touch panel 40 from the state shown in FIG. 27B, the display in the display column 30C is as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 27C, the display content of the display field 30C is changed so that the Web content screen 362 itself displayed in the display field 30C moves downward (arrow 302). The display content after the change is shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 27C, the upper end portion of the web content screen 363 displayed in the display column 30C does not coincide with the upper end portion of the display column 30C, and is positioned below the upper end portion. Thereby, the portion displayed in the display column 30C in the Web content has a short vertical dimension. Specifically, as shown as a portion 1001 in FIG. 28C, the portion below the hatched area is deleted from the portion 1001 in FIG. 28B. .

  Then, an operation in a pattern different from the operation of sliding the user's finger on the touch panel 40 (for example, an operation such as touch-up on the touch panel 40) is performed in an item on the screen 363 (for example, in the “Keyword of Interest” menu). If an operation is performed on the “1st to 5th”, “6th to 10th”, and “11th to 15th” items shown as tabs in FIG. Assuming that the information to be input is input, processing such as switching of display contents on the screen 363 is executed.

  As described above, according to the example of the screen dragging described with reference to FIGS. 27A to 27C, the selection item (for example, in the “keyword of interest” menu described above) is located near the top of the Web content. “1st to 5th place”, “6th to 10th place”, and “11th to 15th place” are displayed slightly below the central portion in the vertical direction of the display column 30C as shown in FIG. Can do. As a result, it is possible to select a selection item near the top (upper end) of the Web content page while holding the mobile phone 100 with one hand and using the finger of the gripped hand.

  In this way, after the display unit 30 moves the display position of the operation screen further according to the movement direction than the end of the operation screen, the operation screen is continuously displayed at the display position after the movement. On the operation screen at the display position after movement, the user can perform an operation of selecting a selection item by an operation such as touch-up.

  In the above-described display in the display column 30C, the upper end portion of the Web content has been described. However, the dragging process is similarly performed even when the lower end portion and the left and right end portions of the Web content are displayed. Can be performed.

  Returning to FIG. 5, if it is determined in step S216 that the movement distance does not exceed a specific threshold value, the user's operation is recognized as selection of a menu item (selected portion such as a button in the operation screen 31) (steps S218 to S218). If it is determined that the moving distance exceeds the specific threshold (S220), it is recognized as an operation for changing the display position so that the operation screen 31 is dragged (steps S224 to 226). Here, the threshold relating to the moving distance can be automatically determined according to the size of the button on the operation screen and the distance of each button. A method for determining the threshold will be described later.

  The moving distance here can be the actual moving distance of the operation target position on the touch panel 40, or can be the moving distance in a certain direction.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the operation target position moves from point A to point B, the direct distance from point A to point B can be used as the movement distance, The horizontal component distance (distance RX) for the movement from A to point B can be used as the movement distance.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, when the buttons 314A to 314D are displayed in the operation screen 31, and the horizontal distance between the center positions of the adjacent buttons is R, the threshold of the moving distance is set. The distance R can be set as described above.

  As described above, when the threshold is the distance R between the center positions of adjacent buttons, the threshold can be determined according to the size of the button on the operation screen and the distance of the button. By determining the threshold value for each operation screen, it is possible to determine more accurately the menu selection mode and the drag mode without being influenced by the size and distance of the button.

  As a result, when a drag operation is performed on the operation screen 31 (menu) by at least a distance R in the horizontal direction, the display unit of the operation screen 31 (operation screen 390) is processed by the processing of steps S216 and S222-226. The display position at 31 is changed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, even if a drag operation is not performed on the operation screen 31 of the display unit 30 (an area corresponding to the operation screen 31 of the touch panel 40) or a drag operation is performed, the distance is maintained. Is less than the distance R, it is the menu selection mode, and the button closest to the operation position at that time is highlighted by the processing in steps S216 to S220. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the button 314 </ b> B on the operation screen 31 is highlighted as an example of the button highlighting display.

  On the other hand, in step S218, the CPU specifies an operation button that is closest to the touch position on the operation screen 31, and advances the process to step S220.

  In step S220, the CPU performs a process of highlighting and displaying the button specified in step S218, and ends the menu drag process. By highlighting the buttons in this way, the user can easily recognize the selected item, and the user can easily recognize that the mobile phone 100 is in the menu selection mode. The user recognizes that the drag operation distance is too short to display the operation screen 31 by hand if the highlighting is performed when performing the touch operation in order to perform the hand drag. Then, by continuously performing a drag operation for a longer distance, the display position of the operation screen 31 can be changed so that the mobile phone 100 can draw it.

  Referring to FIG. 19, in step S228, the CPU determines whether or not the mode of the mobile phone is the menu selection mode. If so, the CPU proceeds to step S230 and determines that it is not. The process proceeds to step S232.

  In step S230, the CPU executes a process corresponding to the menu item selected on mobile phone 100 at that time, and then proceeds to step S234.

  In step S232, the CPU determines whether or not the mode of the mobile phone 100 is the drag mode. If so, the CPU proceeds to step S234, and if not (menu (operation screen 31). ), The menu dragging process is terminated.

  In step S234, the CPU sets the mode of the mobile phone 100 to the menu display mode and ends the menu drag process.

  Here, the display contents in the display unit 30 in FIGS. 4A and 4B will be described in association with the processing contents according to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, immediately after the user's finger touches the operation screen 31, the process proceeds from step S202 to S208, and the touch start position P0 and the touch start time T0 are stored. In step S210, the mode of the cellular phone is changed to the menu selection mode, and the determination in step S216 is executed.

  Here, if the finger is not moved or if the moving distance is short enough not to exceed the above-described specific threshold value, NO is determined in step S216. Here, the process proceeds to step S218 (FIG. 18), and the button closest to the touch position at that time (button 311B in FIG. 4A) is selected. Note that after the button is selected, the button may be highlighted in step S220, or the highlighting in step S220 may be omitted. Thereafter, the process returns to step S202.

  The user moves his / her finger from the state shown in FIG. 4A to the state shown by a broken line H1 in FIG. In the period when the touch panel 40 is touched in the moving operation), after the mode of the mobile phone 100 is shifted to the drag mode in step S222, the steps S202, S204, S212, S214, and S224 are performed until the user's finger stops. , S226 is repeated, and the display position of the menu is changed according to the movement of the finger. Specifically, when the moving distance of the user's finger on the touch panel due to the moving operation exceeds the specific threshold, a determination of YES is made in step S216, and the process proceeds to step S222. Is changed to the drag mode, and then a series of processes of steps S202, S204, S212, S214, S224, and S226 are repeated to change the display position of the menu.

  When the user releases his / her finger from touch panel 40 at the position shown in H1 (FIG. 4B) (that is, when touch-up is performed at that position), a NO determination is made at step S202. The process proceeds to 19 step S228. At this time, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is the drag mode. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S234 via step S232, where the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is set to the menu display mode, and the process returns to step S202. At this time, the display position of the operation screen 31 remains the position changed by the execution of step S226 so far, that is, the state shown in FIG. 4B.

  After the moving operation, once the user touches up, and then the user's finger touches the position indicated by H2 in FIG. 4B, the process starts from step S202, and steps S204, S206, S208, The process of S210 is performed in order. Thereby, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is set to the menu selection mode. After that, in S218, the button located near the touch position (button 311A in FIG. 4B) is selected, and the process returns to step S202.

  Thereafter, when the user's finger is released from the touch panel 40 in the position indicated by H2 (that is, when the moving distance is smaller than the threshold value in S216 and the touch-up occurs in the menu selection mode state), step S202. The process proceeds from step S228 to step S228. Then, since the process of changing the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 from the menu selection mode has not been performed after the touch operation is performed at the position H2, YES is determined in step S228, and the process proceeds to step S230. In step S230, the selection menu item is executed, that is, the processing content corresponding to the button 311A in FIG. 4B is executed. After the process is executed, in step S234, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is set to the menu display mode, and the process returns to step S202.

  In the menu drag process described above, the display position of the operation screen 31 after movement has been described as centering on the end point of the drag operation on the touch panel 40 of the user.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when a drag operation is performed on the touch panel 40 from the point P0 to the point P1, the display position of the operation screen 31 after the movement is centered on the point P1.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the midpoint (point Pc) of the point P1 where the drag operation has ended (the finger is released from the touch panel 40) from the point P0 at which the drag operation is started is displayed as the operation screen after movement. The center of the 31 display positions may be used.

  In addition, when the operation screen 31 is to be displayed on the display unit 30 around the point Pc, if the entire operation screen 31 is not displayed on the display unit 30, the point Pc is appropriately set (for example, FIG. 11A and FIG. 11). It is preferable to correct (as described with reference to FIG. 11B).

  In the menu drag process described above, when the moving distance is equal to or greater than a specific distance in step S216, the operation screen 31 is moved based on the user's operation on the touch panel 40, that is, the shift to the drag mode. To do.

  In the above description, it has been described that the movement distance for the touch operation is used as the condition for shifting to the drag mode. However, other operation modes that can be conditions for shifting to the drag mode are conceivable. It is important to accurately determine whether or not to shift to the drag mode based on a user operation. This is because if there is an executable selection item such as a button at the touched position, it is necessary to determine whether to execute it or move the operation screen without executing it.

  The mobile phone is equipped with a determination means for determining whether to move to the drag mode or to select a menu corresponding to the touch position based on the user's operation. It is thought that advantageous effects can be achieved in terms of screen design and ease of use.

  In addition, instead of the movement distance of the user's operation position, the user has operated the touch panel 40 without touching up the mobile phone 100 for a certain length of time, or the user moves on the operation screen 31 at a specific speed or more. It can also be configured to shift to the drag mode on condition that the finger is moved at the speed of and the drag operation is performed. An example of such processing is shown in FIG.

FIG. 20 corresponds to a flowchart of a modification of the flowchart of FIG.
In FIG. 20, step S216 of FIG. 18 is changed to step S216A.

  In step S216A, the difference between the touch start time T0 and the touch time T1 (T1-T0), that is, whether the duration of the touch operation has exceeded a predetermined threshold value Tx, or the moving speed, that is, the moving distance (P1- It is determined whether or not a value obtained by dividing (P0) by the movement time (T1-T0) (movement speed (here, initial speed of movement)) exceeds a predetermined threshold value Vx. The mobile phone 100 is configured to shift to the drag mode when the duration of the touch operation exceeds a predetermined threshold Tx or the moving speed exceeds the threshold Vx. The continuation of the touch operation means that the touch operation is performed without being touched up after being touched.

  In addition, the mobile phone 100 can be configured to shift to the drag mode on condition that the user's operation is an operation corresponding to the reciprocating motion.

A flowchart of such a modification is shown in FIG.
In FIG. 21, the touch position position (Pn) is continuously stored in the touch information storage table in step S212B until the menu display mode is entered, and in step S216B, the operation position is changed from the series of touch positions Pn. The trajectory is analyzed, and it is determined whether or not the trajectory corresponds to a reciprocating motion. When the mobile phone 100 is reciprocating, the mobile phone 100 shifts to the drag mode in step S222.

  In addition, the mobile phone 100 can be configured to shift to the above-described hand-drawing mode on the condition that the user operates on the touch panel 40.

A flowchart of such a modification is shown in FIG.
Referring to FIG. 22, when it is determined in step S204 that mobile phone 100 is in the menu display mode, in step S205A, the position touched by the user is near the end of operation screen 31 (near the boundary of the menu). It is determined whether or not there is.

  Note that the vicinity of the end portion is a region between a broken line 330 and an alternate long and short dash line 331 as shown in FIG. This area is provided with buttons 314A to 314D inside the operation screen 31, but can be an area outside these.

  If it is determined in step S205A that the touch position is near the end, the mode of the mobile phone 100 is set to the drag mode in step S205B. In step S205A, when the touch position is an area other than the area where the button (selection target item) on the operation screen is displayed, the process may be advanced to step S205B.

  Further, the mobile phone 100 can be configured to shift to the above-described hand-drawing mode on condition that an operation of a specific touch operation type is performed.

A flowchart of such a modification is shown in FIG.
Referring to FIG. 23, after the touch start position (P0) and the touch start time (T0) are stored in step S208, table 3 is referred to in step S209A, so that the current operation is performed on touch panel 40. It is determined whether or not the type of the touch operation is double touch. If it is determined that this is not the case, in step S209B, the mode of the mobile phone 100 is set to the drag mode.

Next, a menu position return process for returning the position of the menu that has been handed over will be described.
In the mobile phone 100, as shown in FIG. 26, the operation screen 31 displayed on the display unit 30 is returned to the display position before the operation on the button after the operation on the button on the operation screen 31 is performed. Is processed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 26A, the display position of the operation screen is changed so that the operation screen is drawn closer to the user's hand once based on the user's operation on the touch panel 40. Then, touch-up occurs at the position indicated by the broken line H11, and then the user's finger performs a selection operation on the button 311 in the operation screen 31 at the position indicated by the dotted line H12, and the process is executed. As shown in FIG. 26B, menu position return processing is executed as processing for returning the display position on the display unit 30 of the operation screen 31 to the original position.

  The menu position return process may return the display position to the original position even when a new touch operation is not performed for a predetermined time after the hand drag operation is completed. That is, the display position may be returned to the original position even if the process by the second operation related to the operation screen such as the selection operation is not executed.

  In the mobile phone 100, as shown in FIG. 26, the operation screen 31 displayed on the display unit 30 is returned to the display position before the operation on the button after the operation on the button on the operation screen 31 is performed. Is processed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 26 (A), after the user has drawn close to the user's hand (broken line H) once based on the user's operation on the touch panel 40, the user presses the button on the operation screen 31. In response to the selection operation performed on 311, a menu position return process is executed as a process for returning the display position on the display unit 30 of the operation screen 31 as shown in FIG. Is done.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the menu position return process.
Referring to FIG. 24, in the menu position return process, the CPU first determines whether or not the mode of mobile phone 100 is the menu selection mode in step S302, and if so, the process proceeds to step S306. If it is determined that this is not the case, the process proceeds to step S314.

  In step S306, the CPU executes the process item selected by the user operating the button (eg, button 311) on the operation screen 31, and advances the process to step S308.

  In step S308, the CPU determines whether or not the menu start position p (see Table 4) is different from the current menu display position (center coordinate of the operation screen 31). If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S310. If it is determined that there is no difference, that is, the coordinates of the center of the current operation screen 31 match the coordinates stored as the display start position p, the process proceeds to step S312.

  In step S310, the CPU changes (returns) the display position of the operation screen 31 so that the display position of the operation screen 31 becomes the coordinates stored as the display start position p, and the process proceeds to step S312. To proceed.

  In step S312, the CPU changes the mode of mobile phone 100 to the menu display mode, and ends the menu position return process.

  In step S314, the CPU determines whether or not the mode of the mobile phone 100 is the hand-drawing mode. If it is determined to be so, the CPU proceeds to step S316, and if not, it proceeds to step S318.

  In step S316, the CPU changes the mode of mobile phone 100 to the menu display mode, and proceeds to step S318.

  In step S318, the CPU determines whether or not a time without touch input continues for a predetermined time Tx or more. If so, the CPU proceeds to step S320 and determines that it is not. The menu position return process is terminated as it is.

  In step S320, the CPU changes the mode of mobile phone 100 to the menu non-display mode and ends the menu position return process.

  Next, the second display mode changing process will be described with reference to FIG. 25 which is a flowchart of the process.

  Referring to FIG. 25, in the second display mode changing process, first, in step S402, the CPU determines whether or not an input operation is performed on touch panel 40. The mode change process is terminated. On the other hand, when determining that the touch operation is not performed at that time, the CPU advances the process to step S404.

  In step S404, the CPU determines whether or not the mode of the mobile phone 100 is the menu selection mode. If so, the process proceeds to step S406, and if not, the process proceeds to step S408. .

  In step S406, the CPU causes the control item selected at that time to be executed, and then proceeds to step S414.

  In step S408, the CPU determines whether or not the mobile phone 100 is in the drag mode. If it is determined that the mobile phone 100 is in the drag mode, the process proceeds to step S410. If not, the process proceeds to step S412.

  In step S410, the CPU changes the mode of mobile phone 100 to the menu display mode, and proceeds to step S412.

  In step S412, as in step S318, the CPU determines whether or not the time when there is no touch input on the touch panel 40 is, for example, the time Tx stored in the setting content storage unit 62, and determines that this is the case. The process proceeds to step S414, and if it is not, the second display mode change process is terminated.

  In step S414, the CPU changes the mode of the mobile phone 100 to the menu non-display mode and ends the second display mode change process.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  30 display unit 31, 390 operation screen, 40 touch panel, 50 control unit, 50A timer, 51 display control unit, 53-55 audio output control unit, 56 receiver, 57 speaker, 58 microphone, 60 storage unit, 61 program storage unit 62 setting content storage unit, 63 data storage unit, 80 communication control unit, 81 antenna, 90 attitude detection unit, 100 mobile phone, 310, 311 button.

Claims (13)

A display unit;
A touch panel provided in the display unit;
An application execution unit for executing the application;
A control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel,
The controller is
On the display unit, an operation screen for inputting information used for processing related to the application is displayed.
On the operation screen, a plurality of selectable items for executing processing related to the application are displayed.
When it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is changed,
When the operation position with respect to the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen and the movement distance of the operation position with respect to the touch panel is longer than a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the condition is satisfied ,
After executing processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit that has been changed when the condition is satisfied is returned to the position before the change. Information terminal. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein when the operation on the touch panel does not satisfy the condition, the control unit highlights an item closest to the operation position on the touch panel in the operation screen. Information terminal. The control unit relates to the application when an operation for selecting an item in the operation screen is performed on the touch panel after changing the display position of the operation screen when the condition is satisfied. , it executes a process corresponding to the selected item, the portable information terminal according to claim 1 or claim 2. The control unit changes the display position of the operation screen when the condition is satisfied, and then performs the operation when the operation on the touch panel is not performed for a certain period of time after the operation is determined to have satisfied the condition. The portable information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the display position of the screen is returned to the position before the change. The portable information terminal can be held with one hand,
The portable information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the operation screen is displayed at a position operable by a finger of a hand holding the portable information terminal. The control unit displays, on the operation screen, items for inputting information for use in processing related to the application,
The portable information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the threshold of the movement distance is determined based on a display interval of the item on the operation screen. The operation screen is a part of a virtual screen larger than the size of the display unit,
The controller is
The virtual screen displayed on the display unit as the operation screen when the operation satisfying the condition is performed on the touch panel in a state where the operation screen is not positioned at the end of the virtual screen. Change the inside part,
In the state where the operation screen is located at the end of the virtual screen, when an operation that satisfies the condition is performed on the touch panel, the display position of the end of the operation screen on the display unit is changed. When an operation for selecting an item in the operation screen is performed on the operation screen at the changed position, it is determined that information for selecting the item has been input and the selected item is selected. wherein executing the processing related to the application corresponding to the item, the portable information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A display unit;
A touch panel provided in the display unit;
An application execution unit for executing the application;
A control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel,
The controller is
On the display unit, an operation screen for inputting information used for processing related to the application is displayed.
On the operation screen, a plurality of selectable items for executing processing related to the application are displayed.
When it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is changed,
When the operation position with respect to the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen and the moving speed of the operation position with respect to the touch panel exceeds a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the condition is satisfied ,
After executing processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit that has been changed when the condition is satisfied is returned to the position before the change. Information terminal. A display unit;
A touch panel provided in the display unit;
An application execution unit for executing the application;
A control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel,
The controller is
On the display unit, an operation screen for inputting information used for processing related to the application is displayed.
On the operation screen, a plurality of selectable items for executing processing related to the application are displayed.
When it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is changed,
When the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen and the duration of the touch operation on the touch panel exceeds a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the condition is satisfied ,
After executing processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit that has been changed when the condition is satisfied is returned to the position before the change. Information terminal. A display unit;
A touch panel provided in the display unit;
An application execution unit for executing the application;
A control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel,
The controller is
On the display unit, an operation screen for inputting information used for processing related to the application is displayed.
On the operation screen, a plurality of selectable items for executing processing related to the application are displayed.
When it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is changed,
When the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen and the touch operation pattern on the touch panel matches a predetermined pattern, it is determined that the condition is satisfied ,
After executing processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit that has been changed when the condition is satisfied is returned to the position before the change. Information terminal. A display unit;
A touch panel provided in the display unit;
An application execution unit for executing the application;
A control unit that executes processing related to the application in response to an operation on the touch panel,
The controller is
On the display unit, an operation screen for inputting information used for processing related to the application is displayed.
On the operation screen, a plurality of selectable items for executing processing related to the application are displayed.
When it is determined that the operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing the display position of the operation screen, the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is changed,
When the operation position on the touch panel is within the display area of the operation screen and the touch operation on the touch panel is a predetermined position, it is determined that the condition is satisfied ,
After executing processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit that has been changed when the condition is satisfied is returned to the position before the change. Information terminal. A computer-readable program for controlling a portable information terminal including a display unit, a touch panel provided in the display unit, and an application execution unit that executes an application, the portable information terminal
Displaying the operation screen including a plurality of items that can be selected in order to execute the process related to the application on the display unit, the screen being input information used for the process related to the application;
Determining whether an operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing a display position of the operation screen;
When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the step of changing the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is executed,
The step of determining whether or not the condition is satisfied is performed when the operation position with respect to the touch panel is within a display area of the operation screen and the movement distance of the operation position with respect to the touch panel is longer than a predetermined threshold. Including determining that
After the processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items is executed on the portable information terminal, the display position of the operation screen on the display unit changed when the condition is satisfied before the change A program for further executing the step of returning to the position . A recording medium recording a computer-readable program for controlling a portable information terminal including a display unit, a touch panel provided in the display unit, and an application execution unit that executes an application,
The program is stored in the portable information terminal.
Displaying the operation screen including a plurality of items that can be selected in order to execute the process related to the application on the display unit, the screen being input information used for the process related to the application;
Determining whether an operation on the touch panel satisfies a condition for changing a display position of the operation screen;
When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the step of changing the display position of the operation screen in the display unit is executed,
The step of determining whether or not the condition is satisfied is performed when the operation position with respect to the touch panel is within a display area of the operation screen and the movement distance of the operation position with respect to the touch panel is longer than a predetermined threshold. Including determining that
The program is a display position of the operation screen on the display unit that is changed when the condition is satisfied after the processing corresponding to the selected item among the plurality of items is executed on the portable information terminal. A recording medium that further executes a step of returning the position to the position before the change .