JP6118190B2 - Information terminal and control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is an application using a software keyboard (hereinafter referred to as “virtual keyboard” where appropriate) that is a function of performing a display imitating a keyboard on a screen for character input (hereinafter referred to as “app” as appropriate). Relates to an information terminal capable of executing

  Conventional portable information terminals such as cellular phones (hereinafter simply referred to as “portable terminals”) are provided with many hardware keys such as numeric keys and dial keys. However, today, there is a tendency to enlarge the screen size as much as possible, and in order to make the screen size as large as possible without increasing the size of the device itself, there are models in which almost the entire surface of the terminal is a display screen There are many. In such a portable terminal, an operation input or a character input is received by displaying an image imitating an operation button or a keyboard on a display screen (virtual keyboard).

  As the display screen expands, there are also models that can execute a plurality of applications on the screen. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a mobile terminal that divides a display screen and simultaneously executes different applications in each divided screen area. In this mobile terminal, it is possible to share information between different apps by operating the displayed app in each divided display area and touching across the divided display areas. Is described.

Special table 2012-521595 (published on September 13, 2012)

  The above-described virtual keyboard has a problem in that display of another application during OBJ operation is hindered by a virtual keyboard activated by a certain application. However, Patent Document 1 does not mention any such problems.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to realize an information terminal or the like that can prevent display of another application during an OBJ operation from being hindered by a virtual keyboard activated by a certain application. There is to do.

  In order to solve the above problem, an information terminal according to an aspect of the present invention includes a keyboard detection unit that detects that a virtual keyboard is activated in a first application, and the keyboard detection unit that activates the virtual keyboard. If it is detected that the object is being operated by a second application different from the first application, and the operation detection means detects that the object is being operated Display control means for controlling to change the display area so as not to hinder the operation on the virtual keyboard when it is detected that the display area of the second application is not changed and the object is not operated. It is characterized by providing.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to suppress the display of another application during an OBJ operation from being hindered by a virtual keyboard activated by a certain application.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the transition of the display in the display part of the said portable terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in the said portable terminal. It is a figure which shows another example of a transition of the display in the display part of the said portable terminal. It is a figure which shows another example of a transition of the display in the display part of the said portable terminal.

  The embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Descriptions of configurations other than those described in the following specific embodiments may be omitted as necessary, but are the same as those configurations when described in other embodiments. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in each embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and the explanation thereof is omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, the portable terminal (information terminal) 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b).

<Device configuration>
First, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment. Here, a smartphone is assumed as the mobile terminal 1, but the present embodiment is not limited to a smartphone, and may be a mobile phone, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), or the like. As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the mobile terminal 1 includes a touch panel 11, and performs operations on the mobile terminal 1 by bringing a finger, a pen, or the like into contact with or approaching the touch panel 11. FIG. 2A shows a state where a virtual KB (virtual keyboard or software keyboard) 53 is activated, and shows a state where a text input area 51 and a virtual KB 53 are displayed on the touch panel 11. . The virtual KB displays an image simulating a keyboard on the display unit. When the displayed keyboard image is touched, the virtual KB is the same as when the corresponding part of the actual keyboard is pressed corresponding to the touched position. The processing is performed.
<How to display another app in a small size in part of the app and its problems>
Here, a method for displaying another application in a small size on a part of the application and its problems will be described below. First, as shown in FIG. 2A, when only a mail application (first application, hereinafter referred to as “first application” as appropriate) is activated, a text input area 51 is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 1. The sender display area 52 and the like are displayed, and the lower half of the display unit is covered with virtual KB. At this time, there is no particular problem with character input using the virtual KB. The state shown in the figure is a state in which the text input area 51 is selected (a state in which characters can be input), and therefore the cursor position 54 is displayed on the upper left side of the page of the text input area 51. .

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2B, when a plurality of applications of a mail application and a TV application large 55b (second application, hereinafter referred to as “second application”) are displayed (activated), for example, When the text input area 51 is tapped to activate the virtual KB 53, the lower half of the display unit is covered with the virtual KB, so that the TV application size 55b is hidden under the virtual KB. Therefore, the inventors of the present invention, as one method for solving the adverse effects caused by activating (displaying) the virtual KB as described above, make the TV application the virtual KB itself or the virtual KB during character input using the virtual KB. It was newly devised to temporarily move and resize (change the display position and display size) so as not to overlap the position of character input by KB. For example, as shown in FIG. 2C, if the display position and the display size of the TV application large 55b are changed to the TV application small 55s, the TV application small 55s is not hindered by the virtual KB. Don't miss the TV scene. Further, since the TV application small 55s is changed so as not to hinder the operation of the mail application on the virtual KB, the TV application small 55s does not interfere with the operation on the virtual KB. The portable terminal (information terminal) 1 according to the first to third embodiments described below adopts the above method as its basic operation.

  However, in the above method, there is no particular problem when the second application browses content such as TV or video with the TV app or video playback app, but the second app is other than browsing with another app. When performing these various operations, there is an unprecedented new problem that the display area of another application is changed unintentionally by the user and may interfere with the user operation. For example, when a mail application virtual KB is activated while a text string is selected in the text editing application (second application), the display position and display size of the display area of the text editing application that displays the selected text string are changed. This may make it difficult to operate the text editing application because the part where the character string is selected is hidden or the selected character string becomes small and difficult to see.

Each embodiment embodying the present invention described below has been devised to solve the above-described new problems that have not existed in the past.
<Schematic configuration of mobile terminal 1>
Next, a schematic configuration of the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 1 includes a control unit 10, a touch panel 11, a storage unit 12, and a RAM 13. FIG. 1 shows a configuration related to multi-display processing of a plurality of applications among various configurations in the mobile terminal 1. Moreover, since the other structure in the portable terminal 1 is the same as the past, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The touch panel 11 includes a display unit 21 and an operation receiving unit 22. The display unit 21 displays an image on the display screen based on the display information received from the control unit 10. The display unit 21 includes a display element such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an EL (Electroluminescence) display, and a driver circuit that drives the display element based on received image data. Examples of the input operation on the touch panel 11 include tap, double tap, drag, flick, pinch out, and pinch in. The operation receiving unit 22 is installed on the display screen of the display unit 21 or is formed integrally with the display screen. The operation reception unit 22 detects which position on the display screen, such as a user's finger or pen, touches or approaches (hereinafter referred to as “touch”) a pointer on the display screen. An operation for the mobile terminal 1 is received. The operation reception unit 22 transmits reception information, which is information on a position where a touch is detected, to the control unit 10. In the present embodiment, the area displayed by the display unit 21 and the area where the operation receiving unit 22 detects an operation are the same.

  The control unit 10 comprehensively controls various components in the mobile terminal 1 and includes a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The storage unit 12 stores various data and programs, and includes storage elements such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a flash memory. The RAM 13 temporarily stores the display position, display size, and the like of the display area set by a display area control unit (display control means) 313 of the multi-management unit 31 described later. Note that the RAM in the control unit 10 may be used as the RAM 13. Next, the control unit 10 includes a multi-management unit 31 and an application execution unit 32. The multi-management unit 31 includes a virtual KB detection unit (keyboard detection unit) 311, an OBJ operation detection unit (operation detection unit) 312, and a display area control unit 313. Further, the application execution unit 32 includes a virtual KB processing unit 33. OBJ is an abbreviation for an object. In this specification, character information (text data such as characters and character strings), image information (image data such as still images and moving images), and GUI (Graphical User Interface) are used. It is used as a general term for display objects and pop-ups that make up. Note that any type of image as an OBJ may be used, including thumbnail images. In addition, as display objects constituting the GUI, for example, operation objects for accepting selection by the user, such as virtual buttons and virtual switches, can be listed.

  The virtual KB detection unit 311 detects whether or not the virtual KB is activated by at least one of the plurality of applications by the virtual KB processing unit 33 of the application execution unit 32.

  When the virtual KB detection unit 311 detects that the virtual KB is activated, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 is operating the OBJ with an application (second application) different from the application (first application) from which the virtual KB is activated. (For example, designation of characters, selection of OBJ, etc.) is detected. The OBJ operation detection unit 312 can also detect whether or not the operation for the OBJ being operated by the second application has been completed.

  The display area control unit 313 is configured so that when at least two applications are executed and when the process of starting the virtual KB is executed in one application (first application), the other application (second application) When it is detected that the OBJ is being operated, the display area of the other application is maintained without being changed.

  In addition, when the process for starting the virtual KB is executed in one of the applications described above, the display area control unit 313 detects that the OBJ is not being operated, so that the other application is not disturbed. The display position and the display size of the display area are set, and the display information is transferred to the display unit 21 so that the application is displayed at the set display position and display size. More specifically, when changing the display area of the second application, the display area control unit 313 displays the display position of the second application by reducing the display area while maintaining the aspect ratio. A position that does not overlap with a predetermined number of characters from a cursor position indicating a position where text data input by the virtual keyboard is displayed. As a result, the second application is displayed so that it does not overlap with the virtual KB and the area where characters are about to be input, so that the operation on the virtual KB is inhibited by displaying the second application. Can be prevented.

  Further, the display area control unit 313 sets the display position of the second application to a position that does not overlap with an area that requires an operation immediately after the end of character input using the virtual KB. As a result, the second application does not overlap with an area that requires an operation immediately after the end of character input using the virtual KB (for example, a display area of a display object constituting a GUI such as a virtual button or a virtual key). Is displayed. Thereby, it can suppress that the completion of operation with respect to virtual KB of one application is inhibited by displaying the other application.

  In addition, the display area control unit 313 stores the display position, display size, and the like of the display area before the change of the other application in the RAM 13, and changes the other application when the virtual KB processing is completed (completed). The display information is transferred to the display unit 21 so as to be displayed at the previous display position and display size. The flow of processing for setting the display position and display size of the display area of the application will be described later. Further, the display area control unit 313 sets the display position and display size of the display area of the application based on the application execution information acquired from the application execution unit 32, and selects the application including the set display area and display position. Information for execution is transferred to the display unit 21 as display information.

  In addition, when the application execution information acquired from the application execution unit 32 indicates that a plurality of applications are being executed, the display area control unit 313 appropriately sets the display position and the display size of each application. And is transferred to the display unit 21 as display information. The display area control unit 313 stores information indicating the set display position and display size in the RAM 13. In addition, when the OBJ operation detection unit 312 detects that the operation on the OBJ is completed, the display area control unit 313 performs control to change the display area of the second application so as not to disturb the operation on the virtual KB. As a result, the virtual KB of the first app is activated while the OBJ is being operated by the second app. After that, when the operation of the OBJ of the second app is completed, the display area of the second app is operated on the virtual KB. Change so as not to interfere. Thereby, the operation of the virtual KB is not hindered by the display of the second application that has completed the operation of the OBJ.

  The application execution unit 32 processes various applications executed on the mobile terminal 1. Since the application execution process can be performed by the conventional technique, the description thereof is omitted. The virtual KB processing unit 33 executes processing related to the virtual KB.

<Process flow>
Next, referring to FIGS. 2B and 2C, FIG. 3, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, first, the display position of the display area of the sub application (second application) in the mobile terminal 1 Then, a flow of processing for changing the display size will be described, and then a flow in which the display position and display size of the display area of the sub application are maintained without being changed or changed depending on the state of the sub application will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which the display position and the display size of the display area of the sub application are maintained without being changed or changed depending on the state of the sub application. FIGS. 2B and 2C are diagrams illustrating display examples when the display position and display size of the display area of the sub application are changed. In this specification, the sub-application is an application different from the application that activates the virtual KB.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, when the text input area 51 of the mail application (first application) is tapped (selected), the operation result is received as virtual information of the application execution unit 32 via the operation reception unit 22. It is delivered to the KB processing unit 33. When receiving the reception information, the virtual KB processing unit 33 activates the virtual KB. When the virtual KB is activated by the virtual KB processing unit 34, the application execution unit 32 includes information related to the activated application (including information indicating that the virtual KB has been activated), application execution information (hereinafter, “application execution information”). Is abbreviated as “”) from the application execution unit 32 to the virtual KB detection unit 311 of the multi-management unit 31. The virtual KB is activated when, for example, a mail application is activated and an email creation instruction is accepted. For example, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the mail application and the TV application size 55b are activated simultaneously and the reply button 56 of the mail application is pressed with a finger or the like, as shown in FIG. Virtual KB is activated. At this time, when the virtual KB is activated, the text input area 51 and the sender input area 52 are displayed, and the display position of the TV application small 55s as the sub application is slightly on the right side from the upper center of the display unit 21, and the display area Is about half the display size of the original display area.

  At this time, the display position of the TV application small 55s does not overlap with the character input position in the text input area 51, and also overlaps with the virtual KB and the transmission button 56 (an area that requires an operation immediately after the character input ends). It is a position that should not be. Further, the display area of the TV application small 55s is a size that does not make it difficult to view the TV. As a result, since the operation on the virtual KB is not hindered by the displayed television, it is possible for the user to perform the operation on the virtual KB while viewing the television. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the precious scene broadcast on the television from being overlooked in order to operate the virtual KB. It is desirable that the display area after setting has the same aspect ratio as the display area before setting. This is because if the aspect ratio is different, the display content is disturbed, which may confuse the viewer. The display area may be set by setting a display area of a plurality of sizes (for example, three levels) in advance and selecting an appropriate size, or may be set according to the size of the text input area 51. It may be set in stages. Further, the optimal display position and display size for displaying the TV application may be set by performing arithmetic processing or the like. The optimal display position and display size are positions that do not overlap with the menu button displayed by the virtual KB and the application that has started the virtual KB, and overlap with the position where the input character will be displayed. It points to something that will not be.

  Next, a flow in which the display position and the display size of the display area of the second application are maintained without being changed or changed depending on the state of the second application will be described below.

  In S1 shown in FIG. 3, the virtual KB detection unit 311 determines whether or not the virtual KB is activated by the mail application based on the application execution information. , “KB-started application information”; the KB-started application information includes the identification information of the application that started the virtual KB) and the application execution information, and passes it to the OBJ operation detection unit 312 and proceeds to S2 (YES) . On the other hand, if none of the activated applications has activated virtual KB, the process returns to S1 (NO).

  In S2, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 receives the KB activation application information and the application execution information, determines whether or not a plurality of applications are displayed (activated), and a plurality of applications are activated (displayed). Then, the determination result (multiple application activation information) is transferred to the display area control unit 313 together with the application execution information and the KB activation information, and the process proceeds to S3 (YES). On the other hand, if a plurality of applications are not displayed, the process proceeds to S11 (NO). In S11, the display area control unit 313 displays the virtual KB activated by the mail application, and proceeds to S12. When the virtual KB ends in S12, the process proceeds to "END".

  In S3, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 determines whether or not the OBJ is being operated by the sub application. If the OBJ is being operated, the determination result (OBJ operating information) is transferred to the display area control unit 313, and S4 is processed. Go to (YES). On the other hand, when the OBJ is not being operated by the sub application, the determination result (information not being operated on OBJ) is transferred to the display area control unit 313, and the process proceeds to S6 (YES).

  In S4, the display area control unit 313 does not change the display position and display size of the display area of the sub application, and keeps them as they are, and proceeds to S5.

  In S5, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 determines whether or not the operation of the OBJ has been completed in the sub application (that is, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 determines whether or not the OBJ is being operated in the sub application constantly or periodically. When the OBJ operation is determined to have been completed by the sub-app), the display area control unit 313 displays the determination result (which may be the OBJ operation completion information or the OBJ non-operation information described above). And proceed to S6 (YES). On the other hand, if the OBJ operation detection unit 312 determines that the OBJ operation has not been completed in the sub application, the process returns to S4 (NO).

  A display example in the case where the display position and the display size of the display area of the sub application are not changed and is maintained as it is will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. In the state shown in FIG. 4A, the text editing application 57 is displayed together with the mail application, and the user selects the document range “Please prepare the umbrella” (in the state where the OBJ is being operated). An example; a shaded portion with a range selected corresponds to OBJ.) In this state, when the body KB input area 51 is tapped to activate the virtual KB, in this embodiment, since the OBJ is being operated by the text editing application 57, as shown in FIG. The display position and display size of the display area of the editing application 57 are not changed, and the original state is maintained. At this time, the virtual KB is displayed on the back of the display area of the text editing application 57.

  In S6, the display area control unit 313 stores the display position and display size of the display area of the sub application in the RAM 13, and proceeds to S7.

  In S7, the display area control unit 313 displays the virtual KB, changes the display position and display size of the display area of the sub application, and displays the display information so that the sub application is displayed in the changed display area and display size. The data is transferred to the unit 21, and the process proceeds to S8. In S8, the virtual KB is displayed on the display unit 21, the sub-application is displayed in the changed display area and display size, and the process proceeds to S9 (see FIG. 2C).

  When the virtual KB ends in S9, the process proceeds to S10 (YES). On the other hand, if the virtual KB has not ended, the process returns to S9 (NO).

  As the timing at which the virtual KB ends, for example, a timing at which a necessary operation on the side of the sub application such as after completion of the drag and drop of the OBJ of the sub application is completed can be listed.

  In S10, the display area control unit 313 passes the display information to the display unit 21 and changes the display of the sub application so that the sub application is displayed at the display position and display size of the display area before the change stored in the RAM 13. The previous display is made and the process ends (END).

  According to the mobile terminal 1 described above, when the virtual KB of the first application is activated while the OBJ is being operated by the second application (for example, when some OBJ is selected), the display area of the second application is changed. (The display position and display size change request of the second application are ignored). For this reason, the display of the second application being operated is not hindered by the activated virtual KB. Further, according to the portable terminal 1 described above, when the virtual KB of the first application is activated when the OBJ is not being operated by the second application, the display area of the second application does not hinder the operation on the virtual KB. Changed to Thereby, the operation on the virtual KB is not hindered by the display of the second application. As described above, it is possible to realize an information terminal in which the virtual KB does not hinder the display of the application being operated or the operation of the virtual KB is not hindered by the display of the application.

[Embodiment 2: Variation on display form of display unit]
Hereinafter, the variation regarding the display form of the display part 21 is demonstrated.

<Display form 1>
Hereinafter, the display form 1 of the display part 21 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.4 (c) and (d). In the state shown in FIG. 4C, the image editing application 58 is displayed together with the mail application. Further, in the image editing application 58, the user selects three images whose check boxes are checked among the plurality of displayed images. In this state, when the text input area 51 is tapped to activate the virtual KB, in this embodiment, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 illustrated in FIG. 1 is operating the OBJ (image) with the image editing application 58. The display area control unit 313 determines and maintains the display area and the display size of the display area of the text editing application 57 in the original state as shown in FIG. 4D. At this time, the virtual KB is displayed on the back of the display area of the image editing application 58.

<Display form 2>
Hereinafter, the display form 2 of the display part 21 is demonstrated with reference to Fig.5 (a) and (b). In the state shown in FIG. 5A, the text editing application 57 is displayed together with the mail application. In the text editing application 57, the user selects a Japanese word “preparation” in the sentence “Please prepare an umbrella ...” to display a pop-up display 60 that prompts subsequent user operations. (In the figure, determination, selection, and editing are displayed as operation commands). In this state, when the body KB input area 51 is tapped to activate the virtual KB, in this embodiment, the OBJ operation detection unit 312 shown in FIG. Since it is in the middle, as shown in FIG. 5B, the display position and the display size of the display area of the text editing application 57 are not changed, and the original state is maintained. At this time, the virtual KB is displayed on the back of the display area of the text editing application 57.

[Others]
In the above-described embodiment, the TV application has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a video playback application, an application that displays a still image, an application that displays text, or the like. May be. Note that the video or the like may be downloaded from the Internet or may be taken by the user himself / herself. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the virtual KB is displayed has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an option menu may be displayed using a pop-up.

  In the embodiment described above, the size of the display area of the virtual KB does not change between the case where only the virtual KB is displayed and the case where the application is displayed in addition to the virtual KB. When the application is displayed, the display area of the virtual KB may be reduced. In the embodiment described above, the virtual KB assuming a Japanese keyboard has been described as an example, but a keyboard such as English may be used.

[Embodiment 3; Implementation by software]
The control unit 10 (particularly the multi-management unit 31 and the application execution unit 32) of the mobile terminal 1 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or using a CPU. It may be realized by software.

  In the latter case, the mobile terminal 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that implements each function, a ROM or a storage device in which the above-described program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU). (Referred to as a “recording medium”), a RAM for developing the program, and the like. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
An information terminal according to aspect 1 of the present invention includes a keyboard detection unit (virtual KB detection unit 311) that detects that a virtual keyboard (hereinafter, abbreviated as “virtual KB”) is activated in a first application, and the keyboard. When the detection means detects that the virtual keyboard is activated, the operation detection means detects whether or not an object (hereinafter abbreviated as “OBJ”) is being operated by a second application different from the first application. When the (OBJ operation detection unit 312) and the operation detection unit detect that the object is being operated, the display control unit (display region) performs control for maintaining the display area of the second application without changing the display area. A control unit 313).

  According to the above configuration, when the virtual KB of the first application (hereinafter referred to as “first application”) is activated while the OBJ is being operated by the second application (hereinafter referred to as “second application”), The display area of the app (its display position and display size) is not changed and is maintained. For this reason, the display of the second application being operated is not hindered by the activated virtual KB.

  As described above, it is possible to prevent the display of another application during the OBJ operation from being hindered by the virtual KB activated by a certain application. “Virtual KB” means that when an image imitating the keyboard is displayed on the display unit and the displayed keyboard image is touched, the corresponding part of the actual keyboard is pressed in correspondence with the touched position The same processing is performed. Further, in this specification, “object” is used as a general term for character information (text data), image information (image data), display objects that constitute GUI (Graphical User Interface), and pop-ups.

  In the information terminal according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, the operation detection unit detects whether or not the operation on the object being operated in the second application is completed, and the display control unit When the operation detection unit detects that the operation on the object is completed, control may be performed to change the display area of the second application so as not to disturb the operation on the virtual keyboard. Thereby, the operation of the virtual KB is not hindered by the display of the second application that has completed the operation of the OBJ.

  The information terminal according to aspect 3 of the present invention is the information terminal according to aspect 1 or 2, wherein when the display control unit changes the display area of the second application, the display area is reduced in size while maintaining the aspect ratio. The display position of the second application may be a position that does not overlap with a predetermined number of characters from the cursor position indicating the position where the text data input by the displayed virtual keyboard is displayed. As a result, the second application is displayed so that it does not overlap with the virtual KB and the area where characters are about to be input. Therefore, the operation on the virtual KB is inhibited by displaying the second application. Can be prevented.

  In the information terminal according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the above aspects 1 to 3, when the display control means changes the display area of the second application, the display position of the second application is set to the character by the virtual keyboard. It may be a position that does not overlap with an area that requires an operation immediately after the end of input. As a result, the second application does not overlap with an area (for example, a display area of a display object constituting a GUI such as a virtual button or a virtual key) that requires an operation immediately after the character input by the virtual keyboard is finished. Is displayed. For this reason, it can prevent that the completion of operation with respect to virtual KB of a 1st application is inhibited by displaying a 2nd application.

  The information terminal according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the information terminal is realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit included in the information terminal. A control program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  The present invention can be used for an information terminal capable of executing a plurality of applications.

1 Mobile terminal (information terminal)
311 Virtual KB detection unit (keyboard detection means)
312 OBJ operation detection unit (operation detection means)
313 Display area control unit (display control means)
53 Virtual KB (Virtual Keyboard)
54 Cursor position

Claims (5)

Keyboard detecting means for detecting that the virtual keyboard is activated in the first application;
When the keyboard detection unit detects that the virtual keyboard is activated, whether or not an object included in the display area of the second application different from the first application is in an operation of accepting selection by the user An operation detection means for detecting
An information terminal comprising: display control means for performing control to maintain the display area of the second application without changing when the operation detection means detects that the object is being operated. The operation detecting means detects whether or not the operation on the object being operated in the second application is completed,
The display control means performs control to change the display area of the second application so as not to hinder the operation on the virtual keyboard when the operation detection means detects that the operation on the object is completed. The information terminal according to claim 1.   When changing the display area of the second application, the display control means sets the display area to a size that is reduced while maintaining the aspect ratio, and sets the display position of the second application using the displayed virtual keyboard. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information terminal is set to a position that does not overlap with a predetermined number of characters from a cursor position indicating a position at which input text data is displayed.   When changing the display area of the second application, the display control means sets the display position of the second application to a position that does not overlap with an area that requires an operation immediately after the end of character input by the virtual keyboard. The information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:   The control program for operating the information terminal of any one of Claim 1 to 4, Comprising: The control program for functioning a computer as said each means.

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