JP5845217B2 - Search program and search device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a search program and a search apparatus for searching for data specifying information for specifying data of a data group.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique is known in which data specifying information for specifying data of a data group is searched with search characters, and a list in which data specifying information that matches the search characters is arranged is displayed. Conventionally, it is known that a list is displayed on a touch panel and a scroll operation of the displayed list is accepted on the touch panel (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-170523 A

  In the conventional technique, a list in which data specifying information including search characters is arranged can be scroll-displayed. However, if the user does not accurately grasp the data identification information to be searched and the search characters are not appropriate, even if the list displaying the data identification information including the search characters is scrolled, There is a problem in that the target data specifying information is not included in the list, and as a result, the user cannot find the target data specifying information.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a search program and a search that allow a user to easily find data specifying information to be searched even when the user does not accurately grasp the data specifying information to be searched. An object is to provide an apparatus.

  A search program according to the present invention is a search program executed by an electronic device including a touch panel, and includes a search character receiving unit that receives a search character for data specifying information for specifying data in a data group, and the search character receiving unit. A list generating unit that searches the data specifying information with the received search character and generates a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on a degree of commonality with the search character, generated by the list generating unit Display means for displaying the search result list on the touch panel, and the electronic device as a scroll operation accepting means for accepting a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by the list display means on the touch panel. Function and accept the scroll operation Stage, the plurality of each of areas arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the search result list scrolling on the touch panel, and wherein varying the scrolling range which accepts the operation of the scroll.

  With this configuration, the search program of the present invention searches the data specifying information with the received search characters and displays a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged on the touch panel based on the degree of commonality with the search characters. When a scroll operation of the search result list is accepted on the touch panel, a scroll range that is accepted by the scroll operation is set for each of a plurality of areas arranged in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel. Therefore, even if the user does not accurately grasp the data specifying information to be searched, the user can easily find the data specifying information to be searched.

  In the search program of the present invention, the scroll range for each region may be set according to the degree of commonality between the data specifying information in the search result list and the search character.

  With this configuration, the search program of the present invention can allow the user to select the input area of the scroll operation according to the degree of grasp of the user with respect to the data specifying information to be searched. Data specific information can be easily discovered by users.

  Further, in the search program of the present invention, the scroll range of at least one of the plurality of areas is equal to or greater than a specific number of characters that is equal to or greater than one character and less than the number of characters of the search character. It may be a range of the data specifying information.

  With this configuration, the search program of the present invention allows the user to select an area in which the range of data specifying information that does not match the search character but has commonality is the scroll range. Even when the target data specifying information is not accurately grasped, the user can easily find the target data specifying information.

  In the search program of the present invention, the plurality of areas are three or more areas, and the order of the width of the scroll range of each of the plurality of areas is orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list. It may be equal to the arrangement order of the regions in the direction.

  With this configuration, the search program of the present invention is directed from one region to the other region in this direction among three or more regions arranged side by side in the direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel. Thus, the scroll range for each area is widened, so that the scroll operation for finding the data specifying information to be searched can be made intuitive.

  The search device of the present invention includes a touch panel, search character accepting means for accepting a search character for data specifying information for specifying data in the data group, and the data specifying information using the search character received by the search character accepting means. Generating a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search character and the search result list generated by the list generation unit on the touch panel List display means to be displayed; and scroll operation accepting means for accepting a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by the list display means on the touch panel, and the scroll operation accepting means on the touch panel The direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list Arranged in each of a plurality of regions arranged in the, and wherein varying the scrolling range which accepts the operation of the scroll.

  With this configuration, the search device of the present invention searches the data specifying information with the received search character and displays the search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged on the touch panel based on the degree of commonality with the search character. When a scroll operation of the search result list is accepted on the touch panel, a scroll range that is accepted by the scroll operation is set for each of a plurality of areas arranged in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel. Therefore, even if the user does not accurately grasp the data specifying information to be searched, the user can easily find the data specifying information to be searched.

  The search program and the search device of the present invention allow a user to easily find data specific information to be searched even when the user does not accurately grasp the data specific information to be searched. .

It is a block diagram of the portable apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the list which arranged the data specific information for specifying the data of the data group shown in FIG. It is a front view of the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 for demonstrating three area | regions arrange | positioned on a touch panel. It is a front view of the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the state which is displaying a part of list | wrist on a touch panel. It is a flowchart of operation | movement of the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the case of searching data specific information. FIG. 2 is an example of a front view of the portable device shown in FIG. 1 in a state where a letter “S” is handwritten. 6 is a flowchart of search result list generation processing shown in FIG. 5. It is a figure which shows an example of the candidate group produced | generated by the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 when a search character is "SD11". (A) is a figure which shows an example of the candidate group shown in FIG. 8 in which each attribute information of hierarchy "album" was arranged in the state arranged in a specific rule, when a search character is "SD11". (B) is an example of a non-candidate group that is generated by the portable device shown in FIG. 1 when the search character is “SD11” and arranged in a state where the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is arranged according to a specific rule. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result list | wrist produced | generated by the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 when a search character is "SD11." FIG. 2 is a front view of the portable device shown in FIG. 1 in a state where a part of a search result list is displayed on a touch panel when a search character is “SD11”. It is a flowchart of operation | movement of the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 when operation is input into a touch panel. (A) It is an example of the front view of the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the state in which the position of the search result list displayed on the touch panel is the position of the upper end of the scroll range in the central area. (B) It is an example of the front view of the portable apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the state in which the position of the search result list displayed on the touch panel is the position of the lower end of the scroll range in the central area. FIG. 11 is a front view of the portable device shown in FIG. 1 in a state where a part of the search result list is displayed on the touch panel when the search character is “SD11”, and shows an example different from the example shown in FIG. 11. FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the configuration of a mobile device as a search device according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable device 10 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a portable device 10 includes an operation unit 11 that is an input device such as buttons for inputting various operations, a touch panel 12 that displays various information and inputs various operations, and a program. And a storage unit 13 that is a non-volatile storage device such as a flash memory that stores various data, and a control unit 14 that controls the entire portable device 10.

  The portable device 10 is an electronic device such as a portable music player or a smartphone.

  The storage unit 13 stores a search program 13 a that is executed by the control unit 14. The search program 13a may be installed in the mobile device 10 at the manufacturing stage of the mobile device 10, or may be additionally installed in the mobile device 10 via a storage medium or a network, for example.

  The storage unit 13 stores a data group 13b. The data group 13b may be installed in the mobile device 10 at the manufacturing stage of the mobile device 10, or may be additionally installed in the mobile device 10 via a storage medium or a network, for example.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list 20 in which data specifying information for specifying data of the data group 13b is arranged.

  In the list 20 shown in FIG. 2, the data specifying information of each line other than the heading line specifies each data of the data group 13b. Here, the data is a music file. The data specifying information in each row includes attribute information of a layer “artist” indicating a performer of a song corresponding to the target music file, and a layer below “artist”, and a song corresponding to the target music file. Attribute information in the hierarchy “album” indicating the name of the recorded album, and attribute information in the hierarchy “song” indicating the name of the song corresponding to the target music file, below the “album” It is represented by a hierarchical structure. For example, the data specifying information in the first row is represented by attribute information “Animal” of the hierarchy “artist”, attribute information “Age” of the hierarchy “album”, and attribute information “All” of the hierarchy “song”. Yes. In the list 20, each attribute information of the hierarchy “artist” is arranged according to a specific rule, and each attribute information of the hierarchy “album” below each attribute information of the hierarchy “artist” is further arranged according to a specific rule. Each attribute information of the layer “song” below each attribute information of the layer “album” is further arranged according to a specific rule. Here, the specific rule is an alphabetical order of A, B, C,..., Z, followed by a numerical order of 0, 1, 2,. The rule is that the higher the number is, the higher the order is, and when the order is the same, the higher the order of the subsequent characters, the higher the order. Note that uppercase letters and lowercase letters are not distinguished in order.

  1 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a program and various data, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) used as a work area of the CPU. And. The CPU executes a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 13.

  The control unit 14 executes the search program 13a stored in the storage unit 13 to thereby specify the search character accepting unit 14a that accepts the search character for the data specifying information, and specify the data with the search character accepted by the search character accepting unit 14a. A search result list generated by searching for information and generating a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search character and the search result list generated by the list generation means 14b are displayed on the touch panel 12. It functions as list display means 14c and scroll operation accepting means 14d that accepts a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by list display means 14c on the touch panel.

  FIG. 3 is a front view of the mobile device 10 for showing three regions arranged on the touch panel 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the scroll operation accepting unit 14 d accepts a search result list scroll operation on the touch panel 12, the scroll operation accepting unit 14 d uses an arrow 12 b orthogonal to the scroll direction indicated by the arrow 12 a of the search result list on the touch panel 12. It can be determined which of the three regions arranged in the direction shown, that is, the left region 12A, the central region 12B, and the right region 12C, the search result list scroll operation has been input. The left region 12A, the central region 12B, and the right region 12C have the same length in the direction indicated by the arrow 12b. In FIG. 3, a graphic indicated by a two-dot chain line is a graphic indicating an area on the touch panel 12 for easy understanding, and is not a graphic actually displayed on the touch panel 12.

  Next, the operation of the mobile device 10 will be described.

  First, the operation of the mobile device 10 when searching for data specifying information will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a front view of the mobile device 10 in a state where a part of the list 20 is displayed on the touch panel 12.

  When the mobile device 10 is in the state shown in FIG. 4, when a specific operation for searching for data specifying information for the hierarchy “album” is input to the operation unit 11, the control unit 14 Perform the indicated action.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the mobile device 10 when searching for data specifying information.

  As shown in FIG. 5, after the search character acceptance unit 14a of the control unit 14 of the mobile device 10 starts measuring time (S101), has a specific time elapsed since the start of time measurement in S101? It is determined whether or not (S102).

  If it is determined in S102 that the specific time has not elapsed, the search character receiving unit 14a determines whether or not a character has been handwritten on the touch panel 12 (S103).

  FIG. 6 is an example of a front view of the portable device 10 in a state in which the letter “S” is input by handwriting.

  In FIG. 6, a character 31 “S” indicated by hatching is a figure showing the trajectory of a character handwritten on the touch panel 12 for easy understanding, and is actually displayed on the touch panel 12. Not a letter.

  As shown in FIG. 5, if the search character accepting unit 14 a determines in S 103 that no character has been handwritten on the touch panel 12, it executes the process of S 102.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S103 that the character has been handwritten on the touch panel 12, the search character receiving unit 14a determines whether or not the search character is received (S104).

  If the search character accepting unit 14a determines in S104 that the search character has not yet been accepted, the search character accepting unit 14a accepts, as a search character, the character determined in S103 immediately before that the handwriting input is made on the touch panel 12 (S105).

  Next, the list generation unit 14b of the control unit 14 searches the data specifying information with the search character received by the search character receiving unit 14a (S106), and determines whether the data specifying information is detected in the search in S106. (S107).

  If it is determined in S107 that the data specifying information has not been detected, the list display means 14c of the control unit 14 displays that the data specifying information does not exist on the touch panel 12 as a search result (S108), as shown in FIG. End the operation.

  When the list generation unit 14b determines in S107 that the data specifying information has been detected, the list generation unit 14b executes a search result list generation process described later (S109).

  Next, the list display unit 14c of the control unit 14 displays the search result list generated in S109 on the touch panel 12 in a state where the data specifying information searched with the current search character is focused (S110). The search character accepting unit 14a executes the process of S102 after the process of S110.

  When the search character accepting unit 14a determines in S104 that the search character is accepted, the character determined in S103 immediately before being handwritten on the touch panel 12 is added to the search character after the current search character. Accepted as characters (S111). The list generation unit 14b executes the process of S106 after the process of S111.

  If the search character accepting unit 14a determines in S102 that the specific time has passed, the operation shown in FIG. 5 is terminated.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the search result list generation process shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the list generation unit 14b is a candidate group that is a collection of data specifying information that is highly likely to be a target of a user search, and a group of data specifying information that is not included in the candidate group. The data specifying information of the data group 13b is classified into candidate groups (S131). Here, the list generation unit 14b includes data specifying information that includes all of the current search characters in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album”, and does not include all of the current search characters in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album”. A candidate group is generated based on the data specifying information in which the first two characters of the attribute information of “album” are the same as the first two characters of the current search character.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a candidate group when the search character is “SD11”.

  The data specifying information from the first line to the third line in the candidate group shown in FIG. 8 includes all the current search characters “SD11” in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” in the data specifying information of the data group 13b. The data specifying information to be included. The data specifying information from the fourth line to the seventh line includes the first two characters of the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” among the data specifying information of the data group 13b, the first two characters of the current search character “SD11”, That is, the data specifying information is the same as “SD”.

  As shown in FIG. 7, after the process of S131, the list generation unit 14b arranges the data specifying information of the candidate group generated in S131 in a state where the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is arranged according to the specific rule described above. (S132) The data specifying information of the non-candidate groups generated in S131 is arranged in a state where the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is arranged according to the specific rule described above (S133).

  FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of a candidate group in which the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is arranged according to a specific rule when the search character is “SD11”. FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of a non-candidate group in which the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is arranged in a specific rule when the search character is “SD11”.

  The candidate groups shown in FIG. 9A are obtained by arranging the candidate groups shown in FIG. 8 according to the specific rule described above. That is, the data specifying information of the candidate group shown in FIG. 9A has the same character “SD1” from the beginning to the third character of the attribute information of the hierarchy “album”, so the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” The fourth character “0”, “1”, and “2” are arranged in this order. Similarly to the candidate group shown in FIG. 9A, the non-candidate group shown in FIG. 9B also has data specification information arranged in a state where the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is arranged according to the specific rule described above. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 7, after the process of S133, the list generation unit 14b arranges the candidate groups arranged according to the specific rule in S132 at specific positions of the non-candidate groups arranged according to the specific rule in S133. Thus, a search result list is generated (S134), and the search result list generation process shown in FIG. 7 is terminated. Here, the specific position is a position where the current search character should be arranged according to the specific rule described above with respect to each attribute information of the hierarchy “album” with respect to the non-candidate groups arranged according to the specific rule in S133. It is.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the search result list 40 when the search character is “SD11”.

  The search result list 40 illustrated in FIG. 10 is obtained by arranging the candidate groups illustrated in FIG. 9A in the non-candidate groups illustrated in FIG. Here, the position where the candidate group shown in FIG. 9A is arranged in the non-candidate group shown in FIG. 9B is the position of each attribute of the hierarchy “album” with respect to the non-candidate group shown in FIG. This is the position where the search character “SD11” should be placed according to the specific rules described above for information.

  FIG. 11 is a front view of the mobile device 10 in a state where a part of the search result list 40 is displayed on the touch panel 12 when the search character is “SD11”.

  When the search character is “SD11”, the list display means 14c searches the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10 in the processing of S110, that is, the data specifying information searched by the search character “SD11” as shown in FIG. The data specifying information including all of the search characters “SD11” in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is displayed on the touch panel 12 in a focused state. In the process of S110, when there are a plurality of data specifying information including all of the search characters “SD11” in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album”, the list display unit 14c includes the plurality of data specifying information. The focus is on the data specifying information arranged at the forefront in the search result list 40. That is, the list display means 14c is data specifying information represented by the attribute information “Kind” of the hierarchy “artist”, the attribute information “SD11” of the hierarchy “album”, and the attribute information “Bread” of the hierarchy “song”. This data specific information is focused on by highlighting.

  Next, the operation of the mobile device 10 when the search result list displayed on the touch panel 12 is scrolled will be described.

  When the mobile device 10 displays the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12, when the touch panel 12 is touched, the control unit 14 performs the operation illustrated in FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the operation of the mobile device 10 when an operation is input to the touch panel 12.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the scroll operation accepting unit 14d of the control unit 14 of the mobile device 10 determines whether the touched region on the touch panel 12 is the left region 12A, the central region 12B, or the right region 12C. (S161).

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S161 that the area is the left area 12A, it determines whether or not the current display on the touch panel 12 is within the scroll range of the left area 12A (S162). Here, the scroll range of the left region 12A is a range of data specifying information that includes all of the search characters in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album”.

  If it is determined in S162 that the display is not within the scroll range of the left area 12A, the list display unit 14c sets the display position of the search result list on the touch panel 12 to the initial position (S163). Here, the initial position is a position where the search result list is displayed on the touch panel 12 in a state where the data specifying information searched with the search character is focused. For example, when the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, the mobile device 10 in which the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is set to the initial position is shown in FIG. It will be in the state shown in.

  When the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S162 that the display is within the scroll range of the left region 12A or when the process of S163 is completed, a scroll operation in the scroll direction indicated by the arrow 12a is input on the touch panel. It is determined whether or not (S164).

  When the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S164 that the scroll operation has not been input, the operation illustrated in FIG. 12 is terminated.

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S164 that the scroll operation has been input, the scroll operation accepting unit 14d accepts the scroll operation within the scroll range of the left region 12A (S165).

  Next, the list display unit 14c scrolls the search result list in accordance with the operation accepted in S165 (S166), and ends the operation shown in FIG.

  When the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, when the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is the initial position shown in FIG. The scroll range, that is, the data specifying information range 41 (see FIG. 10) including all the search characters “SD11” in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” is displayed on the touch panel 12. Therefore, when the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, when the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is the initial position shown in FIG. The means 14c does not scroll the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 even if a scroll operation of the search result list 40 is input to the left region 12A. If only a part of the range 41 is displayed on the touch panel 12, the list display unit 14c displays the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 according to the scroll operation input to the left area 12A. Scroll with 41.

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S161 that it is the central region 12B, it determines whether the current display on the touch panel 12 is a display within the scroll range of the central region 12B (S167). Here, the scroll range of the central area 12B is a range of data specifying information in which the first two characters of the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” are the same as the first two characters of the search character.

  If it is determined in S167 that the display is not within the scroll range of the central area 12B, the list display means 14c sets the display position of the search result list on the touch panel 12 to the initial position (S168). Here, the initial position is a position where the search result list is displayed on the touch panel 12 in a state where the data specifying information searched with the search character is focused. For example, when the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, the mobile device 10 in which the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is set to the initial position is shown in FIG. It will be in the state shown in.

  When the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S167 that the display is within the scroll range of the central area 12B, or when the process of S168 is completed, the scroll operation in the scroll direction indicated by the arrow 12a is input on the touch panel. It is determined whether or not (S169).

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S169 that the scroll operation has not been input, the operation illustrated in FIG.

  When the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S169 that the scroll operation has been input, the scroll operation accepting unit 14d accepts the scroll operation within the scroll range of the central region 12B (S170).

  Next, the list display unit 14c scrolls the search result list in accordance with the operation accepted in S170 (S171), and ends the operation shown in FIG.

  When the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, when the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is the initial position shown in FIG. The data specifying information range 42 in which the first two characters of the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” are the same as the first two characters of the search character “SD11”, ie, “SD” (see FIG. 10). Are only partially displayed on the touch panel 12. Therefore, when the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, when the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is the initial position shown in FIG. When the scroll operation of the search result list 40 is input to the central area 12B, the means 14c changes the position of the lower end of the scroll range shown in FIG. 13B from the position of the upper end of the scroll range shown in FIG. Until then, the search result list 40 is scrolled on the touch panel 12 in accordance with the scrolling operation.

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S161 that the region is the right region 12C, it determines whether or not a scroll operation in the scroll direction indicated by the arrow 12a has been input on the touch panel (S172).

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S172 that the scroll operation has not been input, the operation illustrated in FIG. 12 is terminated.

  If the scroll operation accepting unit 14d determines in S172 that the scroll operation has been input, the scroll operation accepting unit 14d accepts the scroll operation within the scroll range of the right region 12C (S173).

  Next, the list display unit 14c scrolls the search result list in accordance with the operation accepted in S173 (S174), and ends the operation shown in FIG. Here, the scroll range of the right region 12C is the entire range of the search result list.

  When the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, when the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is the initial position shown in FIG. The scroll range, that is, the entire range 43 (see FIG. 10) of the search result list 40 is only partially displayed on the touch panel 12. Therefore, when the search character is “SD11” and the search result list is the search result list 40 shown in FIG. 10, when the display position of the search result list 40 on the touch panel 12 is the initial position shown in FIG. When the scroll operation of the search result list 40 is input to the right region 12C, the means 14c touches the touch panel 12 from the upper end position of the search result list 40 to the lower end position of the search result list 40 according to the scroll operation. The search result list 40 is scrolled above.

  Note that the user of the mobile device 10 performs a specific operation such as double-tapping the data specifying information displayed on the touch panel 12 so that the music file specified by the data specifying information is stored in the mobile device 10. Can be played.

  As described above, the mobile device 10 causes the touch panel 12 to display a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search characters by searching the data specifying information with the received search characters. After (S110), when the scroll operation of the search result list is accepted on the touch panel 12 (YES in S164, YES in S169, or YES in S172), the scroll indicated by the arrow 12a of the search result list on the touch panel 12 The scroll range accepted by the scroll operation is made different for each of the left region 12A, the central region 12B, and the right region 12C arranged side by side in the direction indicated by the arrow 12b orthogonal to the direction (S165, S170, or S173). , The user accurately grasps the data specific information to be searched Even if non can be easily found data specifying information searched to the user.

  In the mobile device 10, the respective scroll ranges of the left region 12A, the central region 12B, and the right region 12C are set according to the degree of commonality between the data specifying information in the search result list and the search characters (S165, S170 or S173). With this configuration, the mobile device 10 selects a scroll operation input area from the left area 12A, the central area 12B, and the right area 12C according to the degree of grasping of the user with respect to the data specifying information to be searched. Therefore, the user can easily find the data specifying information to be searched.

  In the mobile device 10, the scroll range of the central region 12B is a range of data specifying information in which the first two characters or more are in common with the search character (S170). With this configuration, the mobile device 10 can allow the user to select the central area 12B in which the range of the data specifying information that does not match the search character but has commonality is the scroll range. Even when the target data specifying information is not accurately grasped, the user can easily find the target data specifying information.

  Note that the mobile device 10 determines the range of the data specifying information in which the number of characters other than two characters is the same as that of the search character if the number of characters is equal to or more than one character and less than the number of search characters. It may be set as a scroll range of 12B. For example, the mobile device 10 may set the range of the data specifying information in which three or more characters are common to the search character as the scroll range of the central region 12B.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile device 10 sets the range of the data specifying information in which the first two characters or more are common to the search character as the scroll range of the central region 12B. A range of data specifying information that is equal to or more than a specific number of characters and a search character may be set as the scroll range of the central region 12B. For example, when the search character is “SD11”, the mobile device 10 sets data specifying information in which “SD”, “D1”, or “11” is included in the attribute information of the hierarchy “album” as a candidate group (S131). You may set the range of the data specific information in this candidate group as a scroll range of the center area | region 12B.

  In mobile device 10, each scroll range of left region 12A, central region 12B, and right region 12C arranged side by side in the direction indicated by arrow 12b orthogonal to the scroll direction indicated by arrow 12a in the search result list on touch panel 12 The order of the widths is equal to the arrangement order in the direction indicated by the arrows 12b between the areas. With this configuration, the mobile device 10 has the left region 12A, the central region 12B, and the right region 12C arranged side by side in the direction indicated by the arrow 12b on the touch panel 12 to the right of the other end from the left region 12A at one end in this direction. Since the scroll range for each region becomes wider toward the region 12C, the scroll operation for finding the data specifying information to be searched can be made intuitive.

  Note that the mobile device 10 divides the area into which the search result list scroll operation is input on the touch panel 12 into three areas. However, the area is not limited to three, and may be divided into a plurality of areas.

  In the portable device 10, the area where the scroll operation of the search result list is input on the touch panel 12 and the display area on the touch panel 12 of the three layers of the data specifying information match in the direction indicated by the arrow 12b. ing. However, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the mobile device 10 has an arrow 12 b in which an area in which a scroll operation of a search result list is input on the touch panel 12 and a display area on the touch panel 12 in the hierarchy of data specifying information. It is not necessary to match in the direction indicated by. In FIG. 14, a figure indicated by a two-dot chain line is a figure showing an area on the touch panel 12 for easy understanding, and is not a figure actually displayed on the touch panel 12.

  Since the mobile device 10 does not require a GUI (Graphical User Interface) such as a search window or a search button for starting a search with a search character input in the search window, the user can search and operate these GUIs. There is no need to make it happen, and convenience for the user can be improved.

  Further, since the portable device 10 does not require a GUI such as a search window or a search button, a wide display area for information such as the list 20 can be secured on the touch panel 12. In particular, when the touch panel 12 is small, it is effective that a wide display area for information such as the list 20 can be secured on the touch panel 12.

  In addition, since the mobile device 10 accepts search characters input by handwriting on the touch panel regardless of information such as the list 20 displayed on the touch panel 12, a screen on the touch panel 12 when performing a search. The degree of freedom of design can be improved.

  The mobile device 10 starts the operation illustrated in FIG. 5 when a specific operation is input to the operation unit 11, but performs the operation illustrated in FIG. 5 under conditions other than the input of the specific operation to the operation unit 11. You may start. For example, the mobile device 10 may start the operation illustrated in FIG. 5 when a specific GUI displayed on the touch panel 12 is operated, or illustrated in FIG. 5 when the touch panel 12 is pressed for a long time. Operation may be started.

  Further, in the operation illustrated in FIG. 5, the mobile device 10 ends acceptance of the search character when a specific time has elapsed since the start of time measurement in S101, but under conditions other than the elapse of the specific time. Acceptance of search characters may be terminated. For example, the mobile device 10 may end acceptance of the search character when a specific operation is input to the operation unit 11, or may end acceptance of the search character when the touch panel 12 is pressed for a long time. good. The portable device 10 reproduces the music file specified by the data specifying information displayed at the long-pressed position on the touch panel 12 when the acceptance of the search character is finished when the touch panel 12 is long-pressed. May be.

  In this embodiment, an example of searching for data specifying information for the hierarchy “album” has been described. However, when searching for data specifying information for the hierarchy “artist”, The same applies to the case of searching for data specifying information.

  The search device of the present invention handles music files as data in the present embodiment, but may handle data other than music files such as document files and image files.

  The search device of the present invention is a mobile device in the present embodiment, but may be an electronic device other than the mobile device as long as it includes a touch panel. For example, the search apparatus of the present invention may be an image forming apparatus such as an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) or a printer dedicated machine.

10 Mobile devices (electronic devices, search devices)
12 Touch panel 12a Arrow (arrow indicating the direction of scrolling)
12b Arrow (arrow indicating a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction)
12A Left area (area)
12B Central area (area)
12C Right area (area)
13a Search program 13b Data group 14a Search character reception means 14b List generation means 14c List display means 14d Scroll operation reception means 40 Search result list 41 Range (scroll range)
42 range (scroll range)
43 Full range (scroll range)

Claims (6)

A search program executed by an electronic device including a touch panel,
Search character accepting means for accepting search characters for data specifying information for specifying data of the data group,
List generating means for searching the data specifying information with the search character received by the search character receiving means and generating a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search character;
List display means for displaying the search result list generated by the list generation means on the touch panel; and
Causing the electronic device to function as a scroll operation accepting means for accepting a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by the list display means on the touch panel;
The scroll operation accepting unit varies a scroll range accepted by a scroll operation for each of a plurality of regions arranged in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel ,
The scroll program for each region is set according to the degree of commonality between the data specifying information in the search result list and the search character .   The scroll range of at least one area of the plurality of areas is a range of the data specifying information in which at least one character and a specified number of characters less than the number of characters of the search character are common to the search character. The search program according to claim 1, wherein there is a search program.   The plurality of regions are three or more regions;
  The order of the width of the scroll range of each of the plurality of areas is equal to the arrangement order of the areas in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list. Search program described in. A search program executed by an electronic device including a touch panel,
Search character accepting means for accepting search characters for data specifying information for specifying data of the data group,
List generating means for searching the data specifying information with the search character received by the search character receiving means and generating a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search character;
List display means for displaying the search result list generated by the list generation means on the touch panel; and
Causing the electronic device to function as a scroll operation accepting means for accepting a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by the list display means on the touch panel;
The scroll operation accepting unit varies a scroll range accepted by a scroll operation for each of a plurality of regions arranged in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel,
The plurality of regions are three or more regions;
Wherein the plurality of each of the order of size of the scroll range area, search program characterized by equal to order of the region between in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the search result list scrolling. A touch panel;
Search character accepting means for accepting a search character for data specifying information for specifying data of the data group;
List generating means for searching the data specifying information with the search character received by the search character receiving means and generating a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search character; ,
List display means for displaying the search result list generated by the list generation means on the touch panel;
Scroll operation accepting means for accepting a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by the list display means on the touch panel;
The scroll operation accepting unit varies a scroll range accepted by a scroll operation for each of a plurality of regions arranged in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel ,
The scroll device for each region is set according to the degree of commonality between the data specifying information in the search result list and the search character .   A touch panel;
  Search character accepting means for accepting a search character for data specifying information for specifying data of the data group;
  List generating means for searching the data specifying information with the search character received by the search character receiving means and generating a search result list in which the data specifying information is arranged based on the degree of commonality with the search character; ,
  List display means for displaying the search result list generated by the list generation means on the touch panel;
  Scroll operation accepting means for accepting a scroll operation of the search result list displayed by the list display means on the touch panel;
  The scroll operation accepting unit varies a scroll range accepted by a scroll operation for each of a plurality of regions arranged in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list on the touch panel,
  The plurality of regions are three or more regions;
  The order of the width of the scroll range of each of the plurality of areas is equal to the arrangement order of the areas in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction of the search result list.

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