JP6373804B2 - Information processing apparatus, method, and program - Google Patents

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The present invention, information processing apparatus, a method and a program, and more information processing apparatus in particular to specify a clickable region of various shapes in the content, a method and a program.

  Electronic catalogs of various products and magazines are in full swing. In such an electronic catalog or electronic book, an advantage that cannot be obtained with a paper medium is that a clickable area in which a desired process is assigned to an arbitrary place can be set as in the case of web (WEB) content.

  The clickable area is an area defined by the content provider so as to automatically execute a process assigned with an arbitrary process in response to a user's click operation in the area, and generally has a rectangular shape (patent) Reference 1).

JP 2011-034467 A

  Generally, when a plurality of clickable areas are set, they are arranged so as not to overlap each other. However, in electronic catalogs and the like, there are cases where it is desired to place them very close to each other. If partial overlap of the clickable area is not permitted, the operation of specifying the clickable area becomes troublesome. Of course, there are cases where it is desired to superimpose a part of the plurality of clickable areas or to place them in an inclusion relationship.

  For example, a fashion-related electronic catalog may post a full-length picture of a model wearing various services / products. In this case, the head hairstyle / makeup, the upper and lower body clothes, and the shoes may be individually clickable, and it may be desired to separately display the description / provider and price of the service / product of the clicked part. In such a case, if partial overlap of the clickable area is not allowed, it becomes inconvenient for the user. When the user clicks on the overlapping part, it is necessary to consider a response that is easy for the user to use.

  Furthermore, there are cases where it is desired to be able to click on the entire person, and in the conventional example, a rectangular clickable area that covers the entire person or a rectangular clickable area that is arranged at the center of the person and is smaller than the person is arranged. It will be. In the former case, if it is possible to individually click a person's clothes, accessories, etc., an image of the entire person is prepared separately, and a clickable area is set for the clothes, accessories, etc. on the image. In other words, the screen is switched, which is not easy for the user to understand. In the latter case, unless both the size and the position of the clickable area are set appropriately, it becomes difficult for the user to find the clickable area and succeed in the click operation. On the other hand, if a polygonal clickable area circumscribing or inscribed to a person can be set, the clickable area has an appropriate size and position for the person, and is easy for the user to understand.

The present invention, information processing apparatus that meets these demands, and an object thereof is to provide a method and a program.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus that processes content in which one or more clickable areas associated with one or more processes are set and the clickable areas grouped into one or more groups are set. A means for reading the content from the storage means for storing the content, a display means for displaying the content, an instruction means for indicating an arbitrary position of the content displayed on the display means, and the instruction means An inside / outside determination means for determining whether or not the designated position is within any one of the one or more clickable areas, and when the designated position is within any one of the one or more clickable areas, The composite shape of all clickable areas that belong to the same group as the clickable area that includes the indicated position in the area is displayed in the table. Determining whether there is a single process associated with any of the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the indicated position within the area, In this case, the processing unit is executed. In a plurality of cases, the processing list is displayed on the display unit, and the execution unit executes one or more processes selected by the user.

  An information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method for processing content in which one or more clickable areas each associated with one or more processes and set as a clickable area grouped into one or more groups. The user by the step of reading the content from the storage means for storing the content, the display step of displaying the content on the display means, and the instruction means for instructing an arbitrary position of the content displayed on the display means A step of fetching the designated position, an inside / outside determination step for determining whether the designated position is within any one of the one or more clickable areas, and any one of the one or more clickable areas. If it is within the area, the same group as the clickable area that includes the indicated position in the area. A combined shape display control step for displaying the combined shape of all the clickable areas belonging to the group on the display means, and a process associated with any of the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the designated position in the area The process is executed if it is single, and if it is plural, the process list is displayed on the display means and one or more processes selected by the user are executed. It is characterized by doing.

  An information processing program according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus that processes one or more clickable areas each associated with one or more processes and that is set with a clickable area grouped into one or more groups. Whether the computing means captures the user-instructed position by the instruction means for indicating an arbitrary position of the content displayed on the display means, and whether the indicated position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas A combination of all clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the specified position when the specified position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas. Composite shape display control means for displaying the shape on the display means, and a clicker including the indicated position in the area It is determined whether or not there is a single process associated with any of the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the image area, and if it is single, the process is executed. Is a program for functioning as an execution means for executing one or more processes selected by the user and selected by the user.

  According to the present invention, a substantially single clickable area having various shapes can be set, and its operation and correction are facilitated. In addition, the operability and convenience of the reader who browses the content is improved.

1 shows a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The main flowchart of an area | region setting program is shown. It is an example of the electronic catalog displayed on the screen of a display apparatus. The structure of a processing table and the example of contents are shown. The structural example of a clickable area | region table is shown. 3 shows a detailed flowchart of the region / process designation step of FIG. A display example of the processing list is shown. It is explanatory drawing of the shape of a synthetic | combination clickable area | region. It is the example of arrangement | positioning of a clickable area | region, and the content example of a clickable area | region table. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic catalog display device that uses a created clickable area table. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the apparatus shown in FIG. It is a display example of the composite clickable area and processing list when browsing the electronic catalog.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a clickable area setting device according to the present invention. This embodiment is implemented on a computer as a means for assisting the operator in setting various shapes of clickable areas. Of course, a dedicated device may be used.

  A computer 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a CPU 12 that controls the whole, a memory 14 that is a work area of the CPU 12, a hard disk (HDD) 16 that is an auxiliary storage, a display device 18 that displays images, a keyboard 20 that inputs characters, and a pointing device. As a mouse 22.

  The HDD 16 includes an electronic catalog 16a that is a material for setting the clickable area, one or more clickable areas for the electronic catalog 16a, a clickable area table 16b that defines processing thereof, and processing assigned to or associated with each clickable area. The described processing table 16c and a group information table 16d that defines group information including the combined shape of grouped clickable areas are stored.

  An area setting program (computer program) that realizes an embodiment of the area specifying device according to the present invention is also stored in the HDD 16, and the CPU 12 implements the functions described below by reading and executing the area specifying program. . Specifically, the CPU 12 typically designates a clickable area and a process associated with this area and stores it in the clickable area table 16b, an edit function 12b for editing the clickable area table 16b, and a clickable area table. Among the clickable areas described in 16b, a clickable area belonging to the same group is collected, a combining function 12c for calculating a combined shape, and a sort function 12d for sorting the clickable area table with a key such as a group ID. The CPU 12 also includes an output function 12e for collecting the electronic catalog 16a and the generated tables 16b to 16d into one file or package of a predetermined format.

  In this embodiment, one or more clickable areas arbitrarily selected from a plurality of clickable areas of a plurality of basic shapes (usually rectangular) set for content such as an electronic catalog are grouped. At the time of browsing or using the electronic catalog, one or more clickable areas belonging to the same group seem to be one (generally polygonal) clickable area (hereinafter referred to as “composite clickable area”). Makes it possible to handle as follows. That is, when a user (reader of an electronic catalog) browses the electronic catalog, a process assigned to each clickable area synthesized in the synthesized clickable area is executed in response to a click operation in the synthesized clickable area. Is done. When there are a plurality of assigned processes, one or more processes selected by the user are executed. However, all processes may be executed without waiting for the user's selection.

  Such a composite clickable area makes it possible to easily set clickable areas that do not overlap each other even when different products are arranged adjacent to each other, and can provide a variety of expression formats compared to the conventional example. become.

  FIG. 2 shows a main flowchart of the area specifying program executed by the CPU 12. With reference to FIG. 2, the operation | movement of synthetic | combination clickable area | region production | generation in a present Example is demonstrated.

  The CPU 12 first reads the electronic catalog 16a from the HDD 16 and displays it on the screen of the display device 18 (S1). FIG. 3 is an example of an electronic catalog displayed on the screen of the display device 18.

  The operator of the computer 10 describes each process to be assigned to the clickable area designated for the electronic catalog 16a using the keyboard 20 and the mouse 22 in the process table 16c. The CPU 12 writes the processing contents input by the operator using the keyboard 20 and the mouse 22 in the processing table 16c of the HDD 16 in association with each unique processing ID (S2).

  FIG. 4 shows the configuration and example contents of the processing table 16c. As shown in FIG. 4, the processing table 16c includes items describing a unique identifier (processing ID) for identifying each processing and items describing processing contents. For convenience of the operator's selection, a description of the processing content may be added to the processing table 16c. However, when the reader browses the electronic catalog 16a, such an explanatory text is unnecessary, and may be deleted from the processing table 16c for browsing described later.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, “P001” is assigned as the process ID to the process of “display A001”. “A001” specifies, for example, a text file describing detailed information of service / product, provider, price, and the like.

  Further, “P004” is assigned as a process ID to the process of “execute A004”. “A004” includes, for example, a mail order site that recommends the purchase of a service / product and a character string for specific application software that identifies the service / product, and executes (starts) the software specifying the character string. This encourages users of this electronic catalog to purchase services / products. As another process to be executed, there is a process for inquiring a detailed description of the product and other additional description with an API or a predetermined command (SQL command) in a product database prepared on the server of the product provider. It is possible. Thereby, the present or the latest information can be presented to the reader of the electronic catalog.

  When a processing table created for another electronic catalog or the like can be used, the processing table may be stored in the HDD 16 as the processing table 16c.

  The operator can use the mouse 22 (and keyboard 20) to select one of the menus of clickable area designation (S3), editing (S5), and composition (S7). However, editing (S5) and composition (S7) can be selected when at least one clickable area is designated.

  When the operator selects the clickable area designation menu (S3), the CPU 12 (the area process designation function 12a) accepts the clickable area and the designation of the process by the operator (S4). Here, the operator can designate one or more rectangular clickable areas for the electronic catalog displayed on the display device 18, and can assign one process to each designated clickable area. Since the clickable area designated by the operator at this stage is a rectangle, it is determined by the coordinates of two points on the diagonal line.

  With reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the operation of the CPU 12 (region processing specification function 12a) in the area / processing specification (S4) will be described. FIG. 5 shows an example of the structure of the clickable area table 16b, and FIG. 6 shows a detailed flowchart of step S4.

  The CPU 12 (the area processing designation function 12a) creates a clickable area table 16b having the structure shown in FIG. 5 (S21), and sets the variable C-id indicating the clickable area ID and the variable G-id indicating the group ID as initial values ( For example, initialization is performed at 001). When the existing clickable area table 16b is reused or when a clickable area is additionally specified, the CPU 12 (area processing specifying function 12a) refers to the existing clickable area table 16b in step S21, and step S22. Then, the clickable area ID variable C-id is initialized with a value obtained by incrementing the maximum value of the registered clickable area ID, and the group ID variable G-id is initialized with a value obtained by incrementing the maximum value of the registered group ID. .

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, for example, the clickable area whose clickable area ID is 002 consists of a rectangle defined by the coordinates (x3, y3) and (x4, y4) of two points. For example, these coordinates are coordinate values (or the number of pixels) in a logical space in which the upper left corner of the image showing the target object is the origin (0, 0), the horizontal direction is the x axis, and the vertical direction is the y axis. (Coordinate values seen in)). Place the coordinate value close to the origin first. Thereby, it becomes easy to determine in which clickable area the click operation is performed during browsing.

  The CPU 12 (region processing designation function 12a) ends the flow shown in FIG. 6 and returns to the main flow shown in FIG. 2 in response to an area / processing designation end operation by the operator (S23).

  When the clickable area is specified by the operator (S24), the CPU 12 (area processing specifying function 12a) stores the coordinate values of two points on the diagonal line that specify the specified clickable area in the memory 14 (S25). Each process stored in the process table 16c is displayed as a list on the screen of the display device 18 at a position that does not interfere with the designated clickable area as shown in FIG. 7 (S26).

  The operator designates one or more processes to be assigned to the clickable area designated in step S24 by using a mouse or the like from the displayed process list, and the CPU 12 (area process designation function 12a) performs the process of the designated process. The ID is stored in the memory 14 (S27). Until the designation of the process is completed (S27), the operator can change the clickable area in step S24.

  FIG. 7 shows a display example of the processing list in step S26. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, a person image for which a clickable area is to be set is enlarged and displayed on the screen of the display device 18. A quadrangular frame 30 surrounding the person's face and a quadrangular frame 32 enclosing the upper body indicate a clickable area that has already been registered. After designating the latter clickable area 32, in step S26, the CPU 12 displays a list of registered processes in the process table 16c as indicated by reference numeral 34 as shown in FIG. By checking one or more processes in the process list 34, the operator can specify a process to be executed when the user clicks in the clickable area 32 specified in step S24 immediately before. For example, a process for displaying a detailed product description and a process for connecting to a mail order site are selected. As shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 12 continues to display the frame indicating the clickable areas 30 and 32 that have been designated at the designated position on the screen of the display device 18. Thus, the operator can recognize the designated range and the undesignated portion.

  When the process designation is finished (S27), the CPU 12 (the area process designation function 12a) is designated in step S27, the clickable area ID variable C-id, the two-point coordinate value that identifies the clickable area designated in S24. The process ID of the process and the group ID variable G-id are written in the new entry of the clickable area table 16b (S28). Then, the CPU 12 (the area processing specifying function 12a) increments the clickable area ID variable C-id and the group ID variable G-id (S29), and returns to step S23.

  In this way, the CPU 12 (region processing specification function 12a) can accept one or more clickable regions and their processing specifications and record them in the clickable region table 16b. At this time, the group IDs of the clickable areas are different from each other, so that one clickable area constitutes one group. In response to the designation end instruction (S23) from the operator, the CPU 12 exits the flow shown in FIG. 6 and returns to the flow shown in FIG.

  In the flow shown in FIG. 2, in response to the operator's selection of the edit menu (S5), the CPU 12 (the edit function 12b) can edit the contents registered in the clickable area table 16b according to the operator's operation (S6). The coordinate value of the clickable area registered in the clickable area table 16b and the associated process can be changed. After executing the editing (S6), the CPU 12 (its editing function 12b) returns to step S3. When the operator wants to add a clickable area, the operator can select the clickable area designation menu again (S3). In response to this selection (S3), the CPU 12 (its editing function 12b) accepts the addition of the clickable area and its processing according to the flow shown in FIG. 6 (S4).

  When the clickable area table 16b is completed, the operator selects a synthesis menu (S7). The completion operation of the clickable area designation (and its editing) may indicate selection of the synthesis menu. In the synthesis menu, the operator selects one or more clickable areas registered in the clickable area table 16b, and groups or synthesizes them (S8).

  Specifically, for each group designated in step S8, the CPU 12 (the combining function 12c) follows the group ID of one or more clickable areas selected by the operator, and the group ID of the clickable area belonging to the same group. Are changed to the same value on the clickable area table 16b. The group ID to be adopted may be any value (for example, the minimum value or the maximum value) already set in the group ID column of the clickable area that should belong to the same group, or adopted in step S4 (FIG. 6). It may be a value outside the range. The value of the group ID adopted here must be different for different groups.

  When the synthesis (S8) for the necessary groups is completed, the CPU 12 (the synthesis function 12c), for each group, shape data (“composite shape data”) of the composite clickable area that closely includes the clickable areas belonging to the same group. Abbreviated) is generated (S9). This combined shape data can be generated by tracing the outlines of all clickable areas belonging to the same group. Since it is not necessary to consider the shape of the clickable area that is completely contained in a clickable area, it is possible to reduce the time required to generate the composite shape data by performing pre-processing to exclude such clickable areas in advance. Can be shortened. The CPU 12 stores the composite shape data generated for each group in the group information table 16 d of the HDD 16. At this time, the group information table 16d includes at least a pair of a group ID and composite shape data.

  The CPU 12 (the compositing function 12c thereof) may also record the clickable area belonging to each group and the processing content thereof in the group information table 16d in addition to the composite shape data. In this case, the group information table 16d includes, for example, a group ID, composite shape data, a list of clickable area IDs (clickable area IDs) belonging to this group, and a list of process IDs assigned to the clickable areas belonging to this group ( However, the duplicated process IDs are each made up of fields for storing (removed). In the configuration of the table, a table for storing the group ID and the clickable area ID may be provided separately. In this case, the group ID field can be omitted from the clickable area table 16b, and the clickable area ID can be omitted from the group information table 16d. The column containing the list of can be omitted.

  Although details will be described later, by creating a group information table 16d having a list of process IDs in advance, it is possible to quickly display a list of assigned processes in response to a click operation when the reader browses the electronic catalog 16a. Will be able to do. This improves the operability when using a low-speed information terminal.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the shape of the combined clickable area when the three clickable areas 42, 44, and 46 set for the male are combined in the same group. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the clickable area 42 is defined by coordinates {(x1, y1), (x2, y2)}, and the clickable area 44 is defined by coordinates {(x3, y3), (x4, y4)}. The clickable region 46 is defined by coordinates {(x5, y5), (x6, y6)}. At this time, the shape of the composite clickable region (composite shape) is a shape that traces the outer shape of the clickable regions 42, 44, and 46. For example, {(x1, y1), (x2, y1), (x2, y3), ( x4, y3), (x4, y4), (x6, y4), (x6, y6), (x5, y6), (x5, y4), (x3, y4), (x3, y3), (x1, y3)}.

  The sort function 12d of the CPU 12 sorts the clickable area table generated by the flow shown in FIG. 2 using the group ID as a key, and sorts the clickable area coordinates as a key (S10). Sorting with group IDs as keys makes it easy to find clickable areas belonging to the same group ID. Sorting using the clickable area coordinates as a key makes it easy to determine which clickable area the user's click operation is inside.

  The output function 12e of the CPU 12 finally collects the tables 16b to 16d and the electronic catalog 16a generated in this way into one file or package of a predetermined format such as HTML using CSS and Javascript (registered trademark), and the HDD 16 (S11).

  FIG. 9A shows an arrangement example of the clickable areas set in the electronic catalog illustrated in FIG. FIG. 9B shows an example of the contents of the clickable area table generated by the above process for the clickable area (ID = 1 to 8) exemplified in FIG. 9A. The set clickable areas are grouped into those for adult men, those for adult women, and those for children.

  When the use of a high-speed information terminal can be assumed for browsing the electronic catalog, the combining process by the combining function 12c and the sorting by the sorting function 12d are performed according to the click operation to any of the clickable areas by the user when browsing the electronic catalog 16a. May be executed. In the case of such usage, the output function 12e collects the clickable area table 16b, the processing table 16c, and the electronic catalog 16a in one file or package of a predetermined format and outputs them to the HDD 16 in step S10.

  In this embodiment, after specifying a clickable area having a simple shape and its processing, a plurality of desired clickable areas are grouped to generate an apparently single clickable area (composite clickable area) having various shapes. So ex-post correction is also easy.

  Next, the operation when the content (electronic catalog 16a) created in this way is viewed by the reader will be described. FIG. 10 shows a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus that displays the electronic catalog 16a for browsing by the reader. The information processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 10 typically includes a tablet terminal, but may alternatively be a desktop computer, a notebook computer, or a smartphone.

  An information processing apparatus 110 shown in FIG. 10 includes a CPU 112 that controls the whole, a memory 114 that serves as a work area for the CPU 112, a solid-state drive (SSD) 116 that serves as an auxiliary storage, a display device 118 that displays an electronic catalog, menus, and the like, a keyboard 120, a touch panel 122 arranged on the screen of the display device 118, and a communication device 124 connectable to the Internet.

  A server on the Internet stores an electronic catalog 16a and a clickable area table 16b, a processing table 16c, and a group information table 16d generated by the computer 10 shown in FIG. 1 for the electronic catalog 16a. The information processing apparatus 110 accesses the server via the communication apparatus 124 in advance or according to a browsing operation by the reader, downloads the electronic catalog 16a, the clickable area table 16b, the processing table 16c, and the group information table 16d, and stores them in the SSD 116. Store. In order to facilitate understanding, the electronic catalog 16a and the tables 16b to 16d are illustrated as separate elements. However, as described above, the electronic catalog 16a and the tables 16b to 16d are accommodated in one file or package.

  The SSD 116 further stores an information processing program that enables the information processing apparatus 110 to use the clickable area table 16b, the processing table 16c, and the group information table 16d, that is, a browsing program for the electronic catalog 16a. The CPU 112 implements the following functions by reading and executing the browsing program from the SSD 116.

  The CPU 112 of the information processing apparatus 110 performs the combining process and sort function by the combining function 12c when storing the electronic catalog 16a, the clickable area table 16b, and the processing table 16c in the SSD 116 or when referring to these data on the server. The group information table 16d may be created by executing the same processing as the sorting by 12d. Alternatively, the group information table 16d may be created in response to a click operation on any clickable area by the user (reader) when browsing the electronic catalog.

  In response to a click operation by an electronic catalog reader on any clickable area, a browsing program that executes processing assigned to the clickable area belonging to the group to which the clickable area belongs operates on the CPU 112. FIG. 11 shows an operation flowchart of the browsing program.

  The CPU 112 reads the electronic catalog 16a from the SSD 116 and displays it on the screen of the display device 118 (S31). The electronic catalog 16a is displayed on the screen of the display device 118 in the same manner as shown in FIG. The CPU 112 also reads the table 16b, the processing table 16c, and the group information table 16d from the SSD 116 (S32).

  The touch determination function 112a of the CPU 112 waits for a click operation on the clickable area by the user (reader of the electronic catalog 16a) (S33). When the user touches a desired position on the touch panel 122 arranged on the screen of the display device 118, the touch panel 122 inputs coordinate data of the touch position (click position) to the CPU 112. The touch determination function 112 a of the CPU 112 evaluates that a click operation has been performed by inputting coordinate data of the touch position from the touch panel 122.

  The inside / outside area determination function 112b of the CPU 112 determines whether or not the touch operation is performed in any of the clickable areas recorded in the clickable area table 16b (S34). This can be determined by searching whether the touch position falls within any composite shape recorded in the group information table 16d. Whether the touch position is inside or outside the composite shape can be determined as follows using the fact that the composite shape is basically defined by horizontal and vertical line segments. That is, when the touch position is located outside the circumscribed rectangle circumscribing the composite shape, it can be determined that the touch position is outside the composite clickable region. If the touch position is within the circumscribed rectangle but is located in a rectangular portion that is not included in the combined shape, it is outside the combined clickable region. If not, it can be finally determined that the touch position is made within the composite shape.

  The area inside / outside determination function 112b of the CPU 112 can determine the group to which the clickable area where the touch operation is performed belongs simultaneously with the inside / outside determination. When the touch operation is performed in any of the clickable areas recorded in the clickable area table 16b (S34), the CPU 112 electronically displays the group composite shape that includes the click position on the screen of the display device 118. The image is displayed on the catalog 16a (S35).

  The CPU 112 refers to the group information table 16d and determines whether there is a single process assigned to the clickable area of the group where the touch operation has been performed (S36). In the case of a single process, the CPU 112 immediately executes the process without waiting for the user's approval or consent (S37). When there are a plurality of processes (S36), the CPU 112 refers to the group information table 16d, displays a list of processes assigned to the group on the screen of the display device 118 as much as possible outside the composite shape, and The user is allowed to select one or more processes to be executed (S38). FIG. 12 shows a display example of the processing list. The CPU 112 displays the shape of the selected composite clickable area 130 on the screen of the display device 118 in a color tone different from the frame line and the surroundings, and displays the processing list 132. In the example shown in FIG. 12, unlike the example when the clickable area is set, a total of four processes are assigned to the combined clickable area including the three clickable areas set for men.

  When the user selects any process in the list displayed in the process list 132 and inputs a selection end operation (S39), the CPU 112 executes the selected process and returns to step S33 (S40). If the user does not select any process and a certain time has elapsed or if a cancel operation is performed (S39), the CPU 112 deletes the process list display 132 from the screen of the display device 118 and returns to step S33. .

  When the user's click position is outside the clickable area (S34), the CPU 112 determines whether the operation is an operation indicating the end of the browsing software (S42). If it is an end operation (S42), the CPU 112 executes an end process, and ends the browsing software (the flow shown in FIG. 11). If it is not an end operation (S42), the CPU 112 returns to S33. Of course, when there is a menu prepared in advance other than the end, it goes without saying that the CPU 112 executes processing corresponding to the menu according to the selection operation of the menu.

  In the above description, the CPU 112 refers to the group information table 16d in order to execute the click determination (S34) and the composite shape display (S35) in the composite clickable area. However, the CPU 112 also refers to the clickable area table 16b. It is possible to obtain similar results.

  For example, in step S34, the area inside / outside determination function 112b can search the clickable area recorded in the clickable area table 16b to determine whether the click position belongs to any one of the clickable areas. In terms of calculation, it is easier and less time-consuming to determine whether or not the click position is within a simple rectangular area than to determine whether or not the click position is within a polygonal composite shape.

  When the click position belongs to any of the clickable areas, the group ID to which the clickable area belongs can be determined, and the same group ID can be determined from this group ID in the same manner as described in the procedure for creating the group information table 16d. The clickable area (and thus the composite clickable area) can be determined, and the processing list can be determined. Note that the group information table 16d may be referred to for the generation of the composite shape or the determination of the processing list. By doing so, it can be expected to improve the response to the user.

  In order to facilitate understanding, the information processing apparatus 110 in which the data 16a to 16d is stored in the SSD 116 in advance has been described in the situation where the reader of the electronic catalog 16a uses the data. However, the data 16a to 16d is placed on a server on the Internet. In this state, the information processing apparatus 110 may access the server. In this case, the browsing program used by the reader (user of the information processing device 110) to access the electronic catalog 16a is the clickable program of the information processing device 110, the clickable area table 16b, the processing table 16c, and the group information table 16d. These caches may be downloaded once to the information processing apparatus 110, or the user interface portion may operate on the information processing apparatus 110, and the above functions may be performed in cooperation with general-purpose functions on the server.

  In order to indicate the range (or shape) of the composite clickable area that was the target of operation for the click operation of the user (reader of the electronic catalog), the composite shape data was used, but individual clickable areas belonging to the same group were selected. Even if it is displayed in a predetermined color tone, it is possible to show the reader the range (or shape) of the composite clickable region substantially. However, the color tone is doubled at the portion where the individual clickable areas overlap, and the display color is different from the other portions, and a process for alleviating this is required. When using a composite shape, such inconvenience does not occur.

  From the viewpoint of simplifying the user operation, all the processes assigned to the composite clickable area may be executed without waiting for the user's selection (S39). May be selected by the user.

  In the present embodiment, one or more clickable areas that are simply set can be grouped to set a clickable area of various shapes (composite clickable area), and the composite shape can be corrected and the associated process can be corrected. It becomes easy. In addition, in response to a click operation in this composite clickable area, the processing associated with each clickable area included in the composite clickable area is executed by the user when there are multiple processes. Therefore, the display screen can be used effectively.

  Although the invention has been described with reference to specific illustrative embodiments, various modifications and alterations may be made to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims. This is obvious to an engineer in the field to which the present invention belongs, and such changes and modifications are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

10: Computer 12: CPU
12a: area processing designation function 12b: editing function 12c: composition function 12d: sort function 14: memory 16: hard disk (HDD)
16a: Electronic catalog 16b: Clickable area table 16c: Processing table 16d: Group information table 18: Display device 20: Keyboard 22: Mouse 30, 32: Specified clickable area 34: Processing list 42, 44, 46: Clickable area 110 : Information processing device 112: CPU
112a: Click position determination function 112b: Area inside / outside determination function 114: Memory 116: Solid state drive (SSD)
118: Display device 120: Keyboard 122: Touch panel 124: Communication device 130: Composite clickable area 132: Processing list

Claims (13)

An information processing apparatus that processes content in which one or more clickable areas each associated with one or more processes and set a clickable area grouped into one or more groups,
Means for reading the content from storage means for storing the content;
Display means for displaying the content;
Instruction means for indicating an arbitrary position of the content displayed on the display means;
An inside / outside determination means for determining whether or not the position indicated by the instruction means is within any one of the one or more clickable areas;
When the specified position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas, the display unit displays a combined shape of all the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the specified position in the area. Shape display control means;
Determine whether there is a single process associated with any of the clickable areas that belong to the same group as the clickable area that contains the indicated position in the area. If there is a single process, execute that process. An information processing apparatus comprising: an execution unit that displays a process list indicating the plurality of processes on the display unit and executes one or more processes selected by a user. The outside judgment means, the position indicated by the indicating means, the grouped clickable area, according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for determining whether the interior of the composite shape for each group Information processing device. The composite shape display control means is means for forming the composite shape from all the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the designated position in the area, and causing the display means to display the composite shape. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 . Further, when the designated position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas, the associated position is associated with any of the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the designated position in the area. the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by comprising a processing list generating means for generating a processing list showing processing. In the storage unit, showing the processing associated with either full clickable regions belonging to the same group, from claim 1 process a list of each group is equal to or stored in any one of 3 The information processing apparatus described. An information processing method for processing content in which one or more clickable areas each associated with one or more processes and set with a clickable area grouped into one or more groups,
Reading the content from storage means for storing the content;
A display step of displaying the content on the display means;
Capturing a user's designated position by an instruction means for indicating an arbitrary position of the content displayed on the display means;
An inside / outside determination step of determining whether or not the indicated position is within any one of the one or more clickable regions;
When the specified position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas, the display unit displays a combined shape of all the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the specified position in the area. A shape display control step;
Determine whether there is a single process associated with any of the clickable areas that belong to the same group as the clickable area that contains the indicated position in the area. If there is a single process, execute that process. And an execution step of executing one or more processes selected by a user by displaying a process list indicating the plurality of processes on the display means. The information processing according to claim 6 , wherein the inside / outside determination step is a step of determining whether or not the designated position is inside the composite shape for each group of the grouped clickable regions. Method. The composite shape display control step is a step of forming the composite shape from all the clickable regions belonging to the same group as the clickable region including the designated position in the region, and displaying the composite shape on the display means. The information processing method according to claim 6 or 7 . Further, when the designated position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas, the associated position is associated with any of the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the designated position in the area. The information processing method according to any one of claims 6 to 8 , further comprising a processing list generation step of generating a processing list indicating processing. Computing means of an information processing apparatus for processing contents each of which is one or more clickable areas associated with one or more processes and in which the clickable areas grouped into one or more groups are set;
Means for reading the content from storage means for storing the content;
Means for capturing a user's designated position by an instruction means for indicating an arbitrary position of the content displayed on the display means;
An inside / outside determination means for determining whether the indicated position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas;
When the specified position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas, the display unit displays a combined shape of all the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the specified position in the area. Shape display control means;
Determine whether there is a single process associated with any of the clickable areas that belong to the same group as the clickable area that contains the indicated position in the area. If there is a single process, execute that process. An information processing program for causing a processing list indicating the plurality of processes to be displayed on the display unit and to function as an execution unit that executes one or more processes selected by the user. The outside judgment means, the position indicated by the indicating means, the grouped clickable area, according to claim 10, characterized in that the means for determining whether the interior of the composite shape for each group Information processing program. The composite shape display control means is means for forming the composite shape from all the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the designated position in the area, and causing the display means to display the composite shape. The information processing program according to claim 10 or 11 . Further, when the designated position is in any one of the one or more clickable areas, the associated position is associated with any of the clickable areas belonging to the same group as the clickable area including the designated position in the area. The information processing program according to any one of claims 10 to 12 , which causes the calculation unit to function as a processing list generation unit that generates a processing list indicating processing.

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