JP6101651B2 - Display device, display control program, and display control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device, a display control program, and a display control method, and more particularly to a technique for scrolling and displaying a list in which a plurality of items are listed.

  In an image forming apparatus, a portable terminal such as a smartphone, and a personal computer, a list in which a plurality of items such as an address book are listed in a predetermined order may be displayed on the display unit. For example, in the address book, a plurality of names are listed and displayed in alphabetical order or alphabetical order. When a scroll operation such as a swipe operation is input by the operator, a list displayed on the display unit is scrolled. Thereby, the operator can find and select a desired item from among a plurality of items listed in the list.

  However, when there are many items listed in the list or when similar items continue, it may be difficult for the operator to find a desired item from a plurality of items. Regarding this problem, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for stopping scroll display at a previously marked position when scrolling a list displayed on a display unit. Thereby, an operator can make it easy to find a desired item.

JP 2013-114338 A

  However, the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is necessary for the operator to mark a position on the list in advance, which is troublesome. Further, since the scroll display is always stopped at the marked position, there is a problem that the operability is lowered when an item other than the item corresponding to the marked position is found.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a display device, a display control program, and a display control method that make it easy to find an item desired by an operator without reducing operability. Objective.

  A display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display unit that displays a list in which a plurality of items are listed in a predetermined order, and an operation reception unit that receives a scroll operation on the list displayed on the display unit The list displayed on the display unit is scroll-displayed according to the scroll operation received by the operation receiving unit, and the terminal item among the plurality of items listed in the list is displayed on the display unit. In this case, following the terminal item, a display control unit that displays a search screen including an input field indicating that a narrowing condition for the plurality of items can be input is displayed on the display unit, and the narrowing condition is received. An item narrowing unit that narrows down the plurality of items based on the accepted narrowing condition, and the display control unit includes the item narrowing unit When receiving a Kishibo inclusive conditions, the list corresponding to the result refining by the item section narrowing continuously in the search screen to be displayed on the display unit is a display device.

  A display control program according to another aspect of the present invention includes an operation reception unit that receives a scroll operation on a list in which a plurality of items displayed on the display unit are listed in a predetermined order; and the operation reception When the list displayed on the display unit is scroll-displayed according to the scroll operation received by the unit, and when the terminal item is displayed on the display unit among the plurality of items listed in the list, Following the end item, a display control unit for displaying a search screen including an input field in which a narrowing condition for the plurality of items can be input on the display unit, and the narrowing condition input in the input field of the search screen And the computer functions as an item narrowing section that narrows down the plurality of items based on the accepted narrowing conditions. When the item narrowing unit receives the narrowing condition, the display control unit causes the computer to function so that a list corresponding to the narrowing result by the item narrowing unit is displayed on the display unit following the search screen. It is a display control program.

  The display control method according to another aspect of the present invention includes an operation reception step of receiving a scroll operation for a list in which a plurality of items displayed on a display unit are listed in a predetermined order; When the list displayed on the display unit is scroll-displayed according to the scroll operation received in the step, and the terminal item among the plurality of items listed in the list is displayed on the display unit, Following the end item, a display control step for displaying a search screen including an input field indicating that a narrowing condition for the plurality of items can be input is displayed on the display unit, and accepting the narrowing condition and the accepted narrowing An item narrowing step for narrowing down the plurality of items based on a condition, and in the display control step, When receiving the condition narrowing the at narrowing step, the list corresponding to the narrowing result in step narrowing the item continues on the search screen to be displayed on the display unit, a display control method.

  According to the display device, the display control program, and the display control method according to the above aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily find an item desired by the operator without deteriorating operability.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the internal structure of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the scroll display operation | movement in the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the address book displayed on the display part of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search screen displayed on the display part of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search screen displayed on the display part of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search screen displayed on the display part of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the content memorize | stored in the narrowing-down condition memory | storage part of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the content memorize | stored in the list memory | storage part of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the scroll display operation | movement in the display apparatus which concerns on the modification 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the narrowing-down result of the address book displayed on the display part of the display apparatus which concerns on the modification 1 of this invention. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the setting screen of the display apparatus concerning the modification 2 of this invention, FIG.9 (B) is an address book displayed on the display apparatus concerning the modification 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example.

  Hereinafter, a display device, a display control program, and a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an internal configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a portable mobile device such as a smartphone, and includes a control unit 10, a ROM 11, a RAM 12, an HDD 13, a display unit 14, and a communication interface 15. ing. These units can transmit / receive data or signals to / from each other via a CPU bus.

  The control unit 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and controls operation of the entire display device 1. The ROM 11 stores an operation program for basic operations of the display device 1. The RAM 12 is used as an operation area of the control unit 10.

  A hard disk drive (HDD) 13 stores various data such as document data or image data to be printed in a part of the storage area. The HDD 13 stores a display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 10 operates as the control unit 100, the display control unit 101, the operation receiving unit 102, the item narrowing unit 103, the list management unit 104, and the narrowing condition management unit 105 by operating according to the display control program. Note that the control unit 100, the display control unit 101, the operation reception unit 102, the item narrowing unit 103, the list management unit 104, and the narrowing condition management unit 105 of the control unit 10 are each hardware, regardless of the operation based on the display control program. It may be configured by a circuit.

  Further, the HDD 13 includes a list storage unit 16 and a narrowing condition storage unit 17. Although details will be described later, the list storage unit 16 stores a list such as an address book created by the list management unit 104, and the narrowing condition storage unit 17 stores the narrowing conditions created by the narrowing condition management unit 105. The list storage unit 16 and the narrow-down condition storage unit 17 may be configured by one HDD, or may be configured by different HDDs.

  The communication interface 15 functions as an interface for performing data communication with a personal computer or the like connected to a network.

  The display unit 14 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic EL (OLED: Organic Light-Emitting Diode), and the like, and shows images of various data, operation guidance for the operator who operates the display device 1, and the like. Is displayed. In the present embodiment, the contents related to scroll display when a list in which a plurality of items such as an address book are listed in a predetermined order are displayed on the display unit 14 will be described.

  The display unit 14 is provided with a touch panel unit 141. The touch panel unit 141 is provided in a display screen portion of the display unit 14 and detects contact by an operator on the display screen together with a contact position (coordinate position). When the touch panel unit 141 detects the contact by the operator, the touch panel unit 141 outputs a detection signal indicating the contact position to the operation receiving unit 102 or the like. Note that the touch panel unit 141 includes a touch panel that detects a finger or the like when an operator's finger or the like approaches a certain distance from the display screen without touching the display screen. For this reason, the “contact” in the present embodiment substantially includes a state in which the function of the touch panel unit 141 detects that a finger or the like has approached the predetermined distance without touching the display screen. Shall be included.

  As described above, the control unit 10 includes the control unit 100, the display control unit 101, the operation reception unit 102, the item narrowing unit 103, the list management unit 104, and the narrowing condition management unit 105.

  The control unit 100 controls the operation of the entire display device 1. For example, when an operator selects a predetermined item in an address book, which will be described later, the control unit 100 uses the communication interface 15 to send a mail to a mail address corresponding to the item. Data communication between the two.

  The operation reception unit 102 specifies a user operation input by the operator based on the detection signal output from the touch panel unit 141. Then, the operation reception unit 102 receives the specified user operation and outputs a control signal corresponding to the user operation to the control unit 100, the display control unit 101, or the like.

  Here, the user operation includes a scroll operation (also referred to as a swipe operation), a tap operation, a pinch operation, and the like. For example, when the operator slides his / her finger on the display screen while the finger is in contact with the display screen of the display unit 14, the initial position at which contact is first detected and the final position at which contact is finally detected A detection signal indicating each moving position until is output to the operation receiving unit 102. The operation reception unit 102 specifies that the user operation input by the operator is a scroll operation from the detection signal output from the touch panel unit 141. Then, the operation accepting unit 102 outputs a control signal corresponding to the scroll operation to the control unit 100, the display control unit 101, and the like.

  The display control unit 101 has a function of controlling the display operation by the display unit 14 based on the user operation received by the operation receiving unit 102. For example, when the operation receiving unit 102 receives a scroll operation, the display control unit 101 scrolls and displays an image displayed on the display unit 14 according to the scroll operation.

  When a list in which a plurality of items such as an address book are listed in a predetermined order is displayed on the display unit 14, the operator inputs a scroll operation and scrolls the list to display the list. A desired item can be found and selected from a plurality of listed items.

  In addition, when a terminal item is displayed on the display unit 14 among a plurality of items listed in the list, the display control unit 101 can input narrowing conditions for the plurality of items following the terminal item. A search screen including an input field is displayed on the display unit 14.

  The item narrowing unit 103 receives the narrowing condition input in the input field of the search screen based on an input by the operator using the touch panel unit 141 or a keyboard (not shown). The narrowing unit 103 narrows down a plurality of items listed in the list based on the accepted narrowing condition. Specifically, the narrowing-down unit 103 refers to the information stored in the list storage unit 16 and the narrowing-down condition storage unit 17 and narrows down to items associated with the attribute information that matches the received narrowing-down condition. .

  Then, when the item narrowing unit 103 receives the narrowing condition, the display control unit 101 causes the display unit 14 to display a list corresponding to the narrowing result by the item narrowing unit 103 following the search screen.

  The list management unit 104 has a function of receiving an input from the operator using the touch panel unit 141 or a keyboard (not shown) and creating a list such as an address book in which a plurality of items are listed. Then, the list management unit 104 stores the created list in the list storage unit 16 in association with the attribute information for each item.

  The narrowing condition management unit 105 has a function of accepting an input from the operator using the touch panel unit 141, a keyboard (not shown), and the like and creating a narrowing condition. Then, the narrowing condition management unit 105 stores the created narrowing condition in the narrowing condition storage unit 17 in association with attribute information corresponding to the narrowing condition.

  Next, the operation of the display device 1 having the above configuration will be described. Hereinafter, a case will be described in which an address book is displayed on the display unit 14 as an example of a list in which a plurality of items are listed in a predetermined order. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the scroll display operation in the display device 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book displayed on the display unit 14. 4A, 4B, and 4C are diagrams illustrating an example of a search screen displayed on the display unit 14. FIG.

  In general, in the address book, a plurality of names (items) are listed and displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary, but when there are a large number of names registered in the address book, addresses are displayed on the display screen of the display unit 14. All names registered in the book may not be displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 3, names from the name of the line to the name of the line are displayed on the display unit 14 as a screen D1.

  In this state, the operation receiving unit 102 specifies a user operation input by the operator based on the detection signal output from the touch panel unit 141 (step S10). As shown in FIG. 3, when the index finger is slid from position A <b> 1 and the slide operation is stopped at a certain point A <b> 2, the operation reception unit 102 has received a scroll operation from the detection signal output from the touch panel unit 141. Is identified (YES in step S10). In this case, a control signal corresponding to the scroll operation is output from the operation receiving unit 102 to the display control unit 101, and the display control unit 101 scrolls and displays the address book displayed on the display unit 14 according to the control signal (step S11). ).

  If the end of the address book is displayed as a result of scrolling the address book (YES in step S12), a predetermined search screen is displayed on the display unit 14 following the end (step S13).

  In the example shown in FIG. 4A, the display control unit 101 displays a search screen D3 including an input field D4 in which narrowing conditions for a plurality of names can be input following the end D2 of the address book. The display control unit 101 displays the address book on the display unit 14 again from the start point D1 of the address book, following the search screen D3.

  The item narrowing unit 103 determines whether or not a narrowing condition is input to the input field D4 and the narrowing condition is accepted (step S14). The narrowing-down condition is a condition for narrowing down a plurality of names listed in the address book, and is input by the operator using the touch panel unit 141, a keyboard (not shown), or the like. In the example shown in FIG. 4B, “baseball” is input as the narrowing-down condition.

  When the narrowing condition is accepted (YES in step S14), the item narrowing unit 103 refers to the information stored in the list storage unit 16 and the narrowing condition storage unit 17, and narrows down the names listed in the address book. Narrow down to names associated with attribute information matching the condition (step S15).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents stored in the narrow-down condition storage unit 17. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents stored in the list storage unit 16.

  The narrow-down condition storage unit 17 stores a plurality of narrow-down conditions in association with attribute information. In the example shown in FIG. 5, “male” and “15 to 45 years old” are stored in the narrowing condition storage unit 17 as attributes corresponding to the narrowing condition “baseball”. Further, “company A” and “University E” are stored in the narrowing condition storage unit 17 as attributes corresponding to the narrowing condition “wedding”. As shown in FIG. 4B, when the item narrowing unit 103 receives “baseball” as the narrowing condition, the item narrowing unit 103 stores names associated with the attributes “male” and “15 to 45 years old” in the list storage unit 16. Identify from the stored information.

  The list storage unit 16 stores the name of the address book in association with the attribute information. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, “male”, “company A”, “E university”, and “44 years old” are stored in the list storage unit 16 as attributes corresponding to the name “Taro Aikawa”. In addition, “female” and “39 years old” are stored in the list storage unit 16 as attributes corresponding to the name “Hanako Asada”. As shown in FIG. 4B, the item narrowing unit 103 accepts “baseball” as the narrowing condition, and “Taro Aikawa” is the name associated with the attributes “male” and “15 to 45 years old”. Identify names such as.

  After the processing in step S15, the display control unit 101 creates an address book in which only the names narrowed down by the item narrowing unit 103 are listed. The display control unit 101 displays the created address book D5 on the display unit 14 as shown in FIG. 4C (step S16).

  When the operator inputs a scroll operation without inputting a narrowing condition in the input field D4, and the operation reception unit 102 receives the scroll operation, the display control unit 101 re-addresses from the start end D1 of the address book. Scroll the book.

  When there are many items listed in the list or when similar items continue, it may be difficult for the operator to find a desired item from a plurality of items. For example, when there are a plurality of names having the same last name in the address book, it is difficult to find a desired name from among the names. For this reason, even if the operator once scrolls the address book from the beginning to the end, the desired name may not be found. In the case where such a name is missed, conventionally, the operator has been required to scroll backward in the address book by scrolling in the reverse direction.

  In this regard, according to the display device 1 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, when the end item is displayed on the display unit 14 among the plurality of items listed in the list, the start end of the address book The address book is scrolled again. Thereby, even if the operator misses the name, it is not necessary to perform the scroll operation in the reverse direction, and the operability is improved.

  Further, according to the display device 1 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the search screen D3 including the input field D4 in which the narrowing conditions for a plurality of items can be input is displayed following the item at the end of the address book. Displayed on the unit 14. When the narrowing condition is input by the operator to the input field D4, the display device 1 narrows down the name of the address book based on the input narrowing condition, and searches the address book according to the narrowing result It is displayed on the display unit 14 following the screen D3. Specifically, the display device 1 causes the display unit 14 to display an address book in which only the narrowed names among a plurality of names are listed following the search screen D3.

  Instead of simply scrolling again the address book once missed by the operator, the address book corresponding to the narrowing result based on the narrowing condition input by the operator is displayed on the display unit 14 following the search screen D3. Therefore, searchability is improved. That is, according to the display device 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily find an item desired by the operator without reducing operability.

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the said embodiment, although the display apparatus 1 which illustrated portable mobile apparatuses, such as a smart phone, as an example of the display apparatus concerning this invention is shown, this invention is not necessarily limited to this case. The present invention can be applied to devices having a display unit such as a personal computer and an image forming apparatus in addition to a portable mobile device such as a smartphone.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the image displayed on the display unit 14 is scroll-displayed by the swipe operation using the touch panel function has been described, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this case. The image displayed on the display unit 14 may be scroll-displayed by a swipe operation without using the touch panel function. Such operations include, for example, a scroll operation by rotating a wheel button provided on a mouse or the like and a scroll operation by selecting a scroll bar.

Hereinafter, other modified examples will be described.
<Modification 1>
Similar to the display device 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the display device according to the modified example 1 displays a list corresponding to the narrowed down result on the search screen. Different from the display device 1 according to the embodiment.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the scroll display operation in the display device according to the first modification. Note that the same processing as the processing described in the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result of narrowing down the address book displayed on the display unit according to the first modification.

  In the display device according to the first modification, after the item narrowing process in step S15, the display control unit 101 lists the names narrowed down by the item narrowing unit 103 with different display forms from other names. Create an address book. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the display control unit 101 displays the created address book D6 on the display unit 14 (step S26). In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, the name narrowed down by the item narrowing unit 103 is displayed more emphasized than the other names by underlining the name. Note that names narrowed down by increasing the size of characters may be emphasized more than other names.

  According to the display device according to the first modification, the address book once missed by the operator is not scroll-displayed again, but the name narrowed down by the narrowing condition inputted by the operator is set as other names. Since the address book displayed in a different display form is displayed on the display unit 14 after the search screen, the searchability is improved.

<Modification 2>
The operator may select whether to enable or disable the function of narrowing down the items listed in the list described in the above embodiment. FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen of a display device according to the second modification, and FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book displayed on the display device according to the second modification. It is.

  In the display device according to the second modification, the display control unit 101 causes the display unit 14 to display a setting screen D7 for accepting whether or not to enable the narrowing function. Then, the item narrowing unit 103 receives a setting as to whether or not to enable a narrowing function input by the operator using the touch panel unit 141 or a keyboard (not shown).

  When the setting that the item narrowing unit 103 does not enable the narrowing function is received, the display control unit 101 starts from the address book start D1 following the address book end D2, as shown in FIG. 9B. The address book is displayed again on the display unit 14, and the search screen D3 is not displayed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display apparatus 10 Control unit 14 Display part 16 List memory | storage part 17 Narrowing condition memory | storage part 100 Control part 101 Display control part 102 Operation reception part 103 Item narrowing part 104 List management part 105 Narrowing condition management part 141 Touch panel part

Claims (6)

A display unit for displaying a list in which a plurality of items are listed in a predetermined order;
An operation accepting unit for accepting a scrolling operation on the list displayed on the display unit;
When the list displayed on the display unit is scroll-displayed according to the scroll operation received by the operation receiving unit, and a terminal item among the plurality of items listed in the list is displayed on the display unit A display control unit that causes the display unit to display a search screen including an input field indicating that a narrowing condition for the plurality of items can be input following the terminal item;
An item narrowing section for receiving the narrowing condition and narrowing down the plurality of items based on the accepted narrowing condition;
The display control unit, when the item narrowing unit receives the narrowing condition, causes the display unit to display a list corresponding to the narrowing result by the item narrowing unit on the display unit following the search screen.   The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display a list in which only the items narrowed down by the item narrowing unit among the plurality of items are listed on the display unit following the search screen. .   The display control unit displays, on the display unit, a list in which the items narrowed down by the item narrowing unit among the plurality of items are listed in different display forms from the other items, following the search screen. The display device according to claim 1. A storage unit for storing the plurality of items listed in the list in association with a plurality of attribute information, respectively;
The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the item narrowing unit narrows down to items stored in the storage unit in association with attribute information that matches the received narrowing condition. . An operation receiving unit that receives a scroll operation on a list in which a plurality of items displayed on the display unit are listed in a predetermined order;
When the list displayed on the display unit is scroll-displayed according to the scroll operation received by the operation receiving unit, and a terminal item among the plurality of items listed in the list is displayed on the display unit A display control unit that causes the display unit to display a search screen including an input field indicating that a narrowing condition for the plurality of items can be input following the terminal item;
While accepting the narrowing condition, the computer functions as an item narrowing part that narrows down the plurality of items based on the accepted narrowing condition,
Further, when the item narrowing unit accepts the narrowing condition, the display control unit functions a computer so that a list corresponding to the narrowing result by the item narrowing unit is displayed on the display unit following the search screen. Display control program to make. An operation accepting step for accepting a scroll operation for a list in which a plurality of items displayed on the display unit are listed in a predetermined order;
When the list displayed on the display unit is scroll-displayed according to the scroll operation received in the operation receiving step, and the terminal item among the plurality of items listed in the list is displayed on the display unit A display control step for causing the display unit to display a search screen including an input field indicating that a narrowing condition for the plurality of items can be input following the terminal item;
An item narrowing step for receiving the narrowing condition and narrowing down the plurality of items based on the accepted narrowing condition;
In the display control step, when the narrowing condition is accepted in the item narrowing step, a list according to the narrowing result in the item narrowing step is displayed on the display unit following the search screen.

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