JP5518778B2 - Calibration information processing apparatus and calibration information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a substantially flat main body, a display provided on one surface of the main body and capable of displaying a calibration image, and annotation information can be given to the calibration image by a writing operation via the display. The present invention relates to a proofreading information processing apparatus including a simple writing input unit and a proofreading information processing method using the apparatus.

  Recently, in the printing field, proofreading data created on the production side of a printing company, etc., and correction instruction information on the publishing planning side of an ordering company, etc., are communicated to each person who is geographically separated via a communication line. Electronic proofing systems that realize remote proofing by omitting exchange of color proofing paper by transmitting and receiving are becoming widespread. Further, by introducing a portable information processing device incorporating a display unit and a touch panel into this electronic calibration system, it is expected that further convenience will be achieved. For example, focusing on the user's dominant hand, various techniques for improving the convenience of touch operation have been proposed.

  Patent Document 1 describes that a user's dominant hand is discriminated, the function of the touch button on the dominant hand side is turned on, and the function of the touch button on the opposite side is turned off.

  Patent Documents 2 and 3 describe that a user's dominant hand is input automatically or manually, and menus and tools are arranged and displayed on the dominant hand side.

Special table 2008-532185 gazette JP 2009-169735 A JP 2005-122271 A

  By the way, when correcting (erasing and rewriting) the contents once written, the apparatuses and methods disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 may cause the following disadvantages.

  The user once removes the pen tip such as the touch pen from the writing location, touches the icon at a predetermined position, moves the pen tip to the writing location again, and writes the correct content. At this time, since the user temporarily keeps an eye on the writing location in order to confirm the position of the icon, the location of the writing location cannot be recalled instantaneously, or it may take time to specify the location. That is, the user must always memorize the most recent writing location, and there is a disadvantage that the user cannot concentrate on the calibration work.

  On the other hand, there is a user's desire to perform quick and efficient calibration work by touch operation using both hands as well as the dominant hand. However, in the devices and methods disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, depending on the gripping posture of the device (including the mounting state), there are cases where access to the icons is not easy and inconvenient.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is a calibration information processing apparatus that can easily perform a touch operation using both hands regardless of the gripping posture of the apparatus and can realize a quick and efficient calibration operation. An object is to provide a calibration information processing method.

  The calibration information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a substantially flat main body, a display provided on one surface of the main body and capable of displaying a calibration image, and the calibration image by a writing operation via the display. The present invention relates to a device including a writing input unit capable of giving annotation information to the device.

  A posture angle detection unit for detecting a posture angle of the main body, a gripping posture determination unit for determining a gripping posture of the main body based on the posture angle detected by the posture angle detection unit, and the gripping posture determination unit An icon arrangement unit that arranges an icon to be used for the writing operation upward in a front view of the calibration image, compared to a case where it is determined that the inclination state is not determined to be an inclination state. Features.

  As described above, since the icon placement unit for placing the icon used for the writing operation in the front view of the calibration image is provided when it is determined that it is in the tilted state, compared with the case where it is determined that it is not in the tilted state. Regardless of the gripping posture of the device, the icon can be easily accessed.

  For example, when the device is not tilted (when placed horizontally), the user tends to access the display screen of the display unit from the lower side in front view. On the other hand, when the apparatus is in an inclined state, the user tends to access the display screen of the display unit from the normal direction. Then, by arranging the icons as described above, the access distance to the icons is shortened regardless of the holding posture of the apparatus. Thereby, touch operation using both hands is easy, and quick and efficient calibration work can be realized.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said icon arrangement | positioning part arrange | positions the said icon in the peripheral position on the opposite side to a user's dominant hand. This further facilitates the icon touch operation using the opposite hand of the dominant hand.

  Further, when it is determined that the icon arrangement unit is in the inclined state, it is preferable that the icon arrangement unit is arranged at a substantially midpoint position in front view of the calibration image. In order to maintain the weight balance, the user substantially matches the position where the main body is gripped, so that the icon touch operation using the fingertip of the hand on the gripped side becomes easier.

  The calibration information processing method according to the present invention includes a substantially flat main body, a display provided on one surface of the main body and capable of displaying a calibration image, and the calibration image by a writing operation via the display. It is related with the method using the apparatus provided with the writing input part which can provide annotation information to.

  A detection step for detecting a posture angle of the main body, a determination step for determining a gripping posture of the main body based on the detected posture angle, and a determination that the vehicle is not in a tilted state when it is determined that the tilted state is detected. And an arrangement step of arranging an icon to be used for the writing operation upward in a front view of the calibration image.

  In the arrangement step, it is preferable that the icon is arranged at a peripheral position opposite to the user's dominant hand.

  Furthermore, when it is determined in the arrangement step that the vehicle is in an inclined state, it is preferable that the calibration image is arranged at a substantially midpoint position in front view.

  According to the proofreading information processing apparatus and the proofreading information processing method according to the present invention, the icon used for the writing operation is displayed on the front of the proof image when it is determined that it is in the inclined state, compared with the case where it is determined that it is not in the inclined state. Since it is arranged above the view, access to the icon becomes easy regardless of the gripping posture of the apparatus.

  For example, when the device is not tilted (when placed horizontally), the user tends to access the display screen of the display unit from the lower side in front view. On the other hand, when the apparatus is in an inclined state, the user tends to access the display screen of the display unit from the normal direction. Then, by arranging the icons as described above, the access distance to the icons is shortened regardless of the holding posture of the apparatus. Thereby, touch operation using both hands is easy, and quick and efficient calibration work can be realized.

It is a front view of the calibration information processing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the calibration information processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart with which operation | movement description of the calibration information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is provided. FIG. 4A is a schematic side view of the calibration information processing apparatus in a mounted state. FIG. 4B is a schematic side view of the calibration information processing apparatus in a gripping state. It is a front view showing the example of an icon arrangement | positioning in a holding | grip state. 6A and 6B are schematic explanatory diagrams illustrating an example of determining an icon arrangement position. It is a front view showing another example of arrangement of icons in a gripping state.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a calibration information processing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings by giving preferred embodiments in relation to a calibration information processing apparatus that performs the calibration information processing method.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a calibration information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment.

  The calibration information processing apparatus 10 includes a substantially rectangular main body 12, a display unit 14 provided on one surface of the main body 12 and having an area that occupies substantially the entire surface, and a contact portion (the shape is a shape). , A point, a line, or a region), and a writing input unit 15 (see FIG. 2) for performing writing input. On the display screen 16 of the display unit 14, a calibration image 18 (in this figure, a female face image in front view) is displayed. An icon 20 is displayed in the lower left corner of the display screen 16 so as to be superimposed on the calibration image 18. This icon 20 includes a first icon 22 for switching the editing mode according to the number of touches, a second icon 24 for switching to the writing mode / eraser mode, and a third icon 26 for instructing to end the calibration work and to save the settings. Consists of For example, the annotation mode is selected by a predetermined operation by the user, for example, by touching the first icon 22 a predetermined number of times. The writing mode is selected by touching the second icon 24 a predetermined number of times.

  By the way, when performing calibration work using this calibration information processing apparatus 10, it is desirable that the display unit 14 (display screen 16) has a large area corresponding to, for example, B5 to A4 size so that the entire calibration image 18 can be seen. . In order to work quickly and efficiently, the user may work using both hands (right hand Rh and left hand Lh) as well as the dominant hand (eg, right hand Rh). That is, the user grasps the touch pen 28 with the right hand Rh, which is a dominant hand, and performs a writing input by tracing the display screen 16 with the tip of the touch pen 28. On the other hand, the user appropriately touches the icon 20 with the fingertip 30 of the left hand Lh to switch between various modes such as a writing mode and an eraser mode.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the calibration information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.

  The main body 12 is a communication unit 32 that transmits and receives electrical signals from an external device, and a signal that performs various signal processing suitable for display on calibration data (image data representing the calibration image 18) received from the communication unit 32. A processing unit 34, a display control unit 36 that generates a display control signal from the calibration data signal-processed by the signal processing unit 34, and displays an image (including the calibration image 18 and annotation information) on the display unit 14, and writing Based on the characteristics of writing input from the input unit 15, the writing information interpretation unit 38 that interprets writing information (including instructions for switching various modes and input annotation information) and the posture angle θ of the main body unit 12 are detected. A posture angle detection unit 40, a gripping posture determination unit 42 for determining the current gripping posture of the main body 12 from the posture angle θ detected by the posture angle detection unit 40, and a writing interpreted by the writing information interpretation unit 38 An image creation unit 44 that creates display images such as graphics, symbols, and icons according to information, and an annotation information storage unit 46 that stores writing information interpreted by the writing information interpretation unit 38 are provided.

  Here, the annotation information includes not only text information combining characters, graphics, symbols, patterns, colors, or image information combining these, and character codes such as ASCII, but also audio information, video information, and the like.

  The display unit 14 displays an image (including the calibration image 18 and annotation information) based on the display control signal generated by the display control unit 36. The display unit 14 is a display module capable of color display, and may be configured by a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence), an inorganic EL panel, or the like.

  The writing input unit 15 is a touch panel detector that can be directly input via the display unit 14. As a detection method, various methods including a resistance film method, a capacitance method, an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, an electrostatic coupling method, and the like may be used.

  The signal processing unit 34 appropriately performs signal processing including image enlargement / reduction processing, trim processing, gamma conversion processing, color matching processing using an ICC profile, image encoding processing / decoding processing, and the like.

  The handwritten information interpretation unit 38 includes a dominant hand information input unit 48 for inputting information on the user's dominant hand (hereinafter referred to as “handed hand information”), in addition to a function of interpreting various modes and instructions for inputting inputted annotation information. .

  The posture angle detection unit 40 includes a posture angle sensor such as a gyroscope. As a detection method, various methods including a mechanical method (further, a vibration method), a fluid method, an optical method, and the like may be used. Further, instead of the attitude angle sensor, an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, or a combination of these may be used.

  The gripping posture determination unit 42 determines the current gripping posture of the main body 12 according to whether or not the posture angle θ exceeds the threshold value θth. Specifically, the gripping posture determination unit 42 determines that the main body 12 is in the “mounted state” (not in the tilted state) when the threshold θth is not exceeded, and is in the “gripping state” when the threshold θth is exceeded. It is determined that it is present (inclined state).

  The image creation unit 44 includes an icon placement unit 50 that places the icons 20 according to the determination result by the gripping posture determination unit 42, in addition to the function of creating a display image such as a graphic, symbol, or icon according to the writing information. .

  The calibration information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is configured as described above. Next, the operation of the calibration information processing apparatus 10 will be described with reference mainly to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the functional block diagram of FIG.

  First, the dominant hand information input unit 48 inputs user's dominant hand information (step S1). Specifically, the writing input unit 15 detects a region that is a contact region between the fingertip 30 and the display unit 14 and that is in a touch state continuously for a predetermined time. Then, the dominant hand information input unit 48 determines that the right side, which is the opposite side of the side 62 (left long side) closest to the contact area, is the dominant hand. Also, manual operation by the user, for example, dominant hand information may be input via a setting screen (not shown). Here, it is assumed that dominant hand information that “the dominant hand is the right hand Rh” is input.

  Next, the posture angle detection unit 40 detects the posture angle θ of the main body unit 12 (step S2). Here, the posture angle θ corresponds to an angle formed with a horizontal plane (XY plane shown in FIG. 4).

  As in the example of FIG. 4A, when the calibration information processing apparatus 10 is placed on the horizontal pedestal 60, the attitude angle detection unit 40 detects an extremely small attitude angle θ (approximately 0 angle). On the other hand, when the calibration information processing apparatus 10 is gripped by the user as in the example of FIG. 4B, the posture angle detection unit 40 detects the posture angle θ. In addition, in order to make it easy to visually recognize the display screen 16, the user tilts and grips by a predetermined angle (non-zero angle) so as to face the user. In this case, it may be gripped by the user's hand or gripped by another device such as a cradle.

  Next, the gripping posture determination unit 42 compares the size relationship between the posture angle θ detected by the posture angle detection unit 40 and a predetermined threshold value θth (step S3).

  When the posture angle θ does not exceed a threshold θth (for example, 5 degrees), the gripping posture determination unit 42 determines that the main body 12 is in the state illustrated in FIG. 4A, that is, the placement state (step S4). At this time, the icon arrangement | positioning part 50 arrange | positions the icon 20 in the position suitable for a mounting state, for example, the lower part on the opposite side of the dominant hand of the display screen 16 (step S5).

  On the other hand, when the posture angle θ exceeds the threshold θth, the gripping posture determination unit 42 determines that the main body 12 is in the state shown in FIG. 4B, that is, the gripping state (step S6). At this time, the icon arrangement unit 50 arranges the icon 20 at a position suitable for the gripping state, for example, at the center of the display screen 16 opposite to the dominant hand (step S7).

  Next, the display control unit 36 displays the icon 20 at a predetermined position on the display screen 16 of the display unit 14 (step S8).

  As shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 1 corresponding to the front view from the V1 direction, when the main body 12 is in the placed state, the user tends to access the display screen 16 from the lower side in the front view. is there. That is, the user touches with the index finger while moving the left hand Lh, which is the opposite of the dominant hand (right hand Rh), in the Y-axis direction. At this time, since the icon 20 is arranged in the lower part of the display screen 16 (particularly, the lower left corner), the icon 20 can be easily accessed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B and FIG. 5 corresponding to the front view from the V2 direction, when the user grips the main body unit 12, from the normal direction (Z′-axis direction) to the display screen 16 There is a tendency to access. That is, the user touches with the fingertip 30 of the left hand Lh on the gripping side while gripping the main body 12. At this time, since the icon 20 is arranged at the center on the left side of the display screen 16, the icon 20 can be easily accessed.

  Here, the arrangement position of the icon 20 in the gripping state may be determined according to the examples of FIGS. 6A and 6B.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the icon 20 is arranged at a peripheral position 64 that is within ± Δ with respect to the Y′-axis direction with respect to the intersection P1 with the perpendicular line extending from the center of gravity C1 of the main body 12 to the side 62. May be. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6B, a peripheral position 66 that is within ± Δ with respect to the Y′-axis direction with reference to an intersection P2 with a perpendicular line extending from the center C2 of the display screen 16 of the display unit 14 to the side 62. You may arrange in.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the first to third icons 22, 24, and 26 may be arranged along one side 62 (that is, in the vertical direction). In this way, the user can access the icon 20 only by moving the fingertip 30 without holding the main body 12.

  Next, the writing information interpretation unit 38 determines whether or not there is an instruction to stop displaying the calibration image 18 (step S9). Specifically, the determination is made based on whether or not the third icon 26 is touched. If it is determined that there is no touch operation, the process returns to step S2, and thereafter, steps S2 to S8 are repeated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that a touch operation has been performed, the display control unit 36 stops displaying the calibration image 18. The annotation information storage unit 46 temporarily stores the annotation information data input by writing. If necessary, it is transmitted to the external device via the communication unit 32.

  As described above, the icon arrangement unit 50 that arranges the icon 20 used for the writing operation in the front view of the calibration image 18 when it is determined that it is in the inclined state than when it is determined that it is not in the inclined state. Therefore, the icon 20 can be easily accessed regardless of the gripping posture of the apparatus.

  For example, when the device is not tilted (when placed horizontally), the user tends to access the display screen 16 of the display unit 14 from the lower side in front view. On the other hand, when the apparatus is in an inclined state, the user tends to access the display screen 16 of the display unit 14 from the normal direction. Then, by arranging the icon 20 as described above, the access distance to the icon 20 is shortened regardless of the holding posture of the apparatus. Thereby, touch operation using both hands is easy, and quick and efficient calibration work can be realized. The arrangement position of the icon 20 is not limited to FIGS. 1 and 5 and may be various positions.

  Moreover, the icon arrangement | positioning part 50 may arrange | position the icon 20 in the peripheral positions 64 and 66 on the opposite side to a user's dominant hand (right hand Rh). Thereby, the touch operation of the icon 20 using the opposite hand (left hand Lh) of the dominant hand is further facilitated.

  Further, when it is determined that the icon placement unit 50 is in the inclined state, the icon placement unit 50 may be placed at a substantially midpoint position in the front view of the calibration image 18. In order to maintain the weight balance, the user substantially matches the position at which the main body 12 is gripped, so that the touch operation of the icon 20 using the fingertip 30 of the hand on the gripping side becomes easier.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, Of course, it can change freely in the range which does not deviate from the main point of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Calibration information processing apparatus 12 ... Main-body part 14 ... Display part 15 ... Writing input part 16 ... Display screen 18 ... Calibration image 20 ... Icon 28 ... Touch pen 30 ... Fingertip 36 ... Display control part 38 ... Written information interpretation part 40 ... Posture Corner detection unit 42 ... gripping posture determination unit 44 ... image creation unit 48 ... dominant hand information input unit 50 ... icon placement units 64 and 66 ... peripheral position

Claims (6)

A substantially flat main body, a display provided on one surface of the main body and capable of displaying a calibration image, and a writing input unit capable of giving annotation information to the calibration image by a writing operation via the display A calibration information processing apparatus comprising:
A posture angle detector that detects a posture angle of the main body;
A gripping posture determination unit that determines a gripping posture of the main body based on the posture angle detected by the posture angle detection unit;
When it is determined that the gripping posture determination unit is in an inclined state, an icon placement unit that arranges an icon to be used for the writing operation in a front view of the calibration image, compared to a case where the gripping posture determination unit is determined not to be in a tilted state And a proofreading information processing apparatus. The calibration information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The calibration information processing apparatus, wherein the icon arrangement unit arranges the icon at a peripheral position opposite to a user's dominant hand. The calibration information processing apparatus according to claim 2,
The calibration information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the icon placement unit is determined to be in an inclined state, the icon placement unit is placed at a substantially midpoint position in a front view of the calibration image. A substantially flat main body, a display provided on one surface of the main body and capable of displaying a calibration image, and a writing input unit capable of giving annotation information to the calibration image by a writing operation via the display A calibration information processing method using an apparatus comprising:
A detecting step for detecting a posture angle of the main body;
A determining step of determining a gripping posture of the main body based on the detected posture angle;
An arrangement step of arranging an icon to be used for the writing operation upward in a front view of the calibration image when determined to be in an inclined state than in a case where it is determined not to be in an inclined state. Calibration information processing method. The calibration information processing method according to claim 4,
In the arrangement step, the calibration information processing method is characterized in that the icon is arranged at a peripheral position opposite to a user's dominant hand. The calibration information processing method according to claim 5,
A calibration information processing method characterized in that, in the arrangement step, when it is determined that the vehicle is in an inclined state, the calibration image is arranged at a substantially midpoint position in a front view of the calibration image.

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