JP6814676B2 - Electronic devices and control methods for electronic devices - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic device that searches and displays data corresponding to input input information from data contained in a plurality of contents.

As disclosed in Patent Document 1, an electron that stores a plurality of contents (for example, dictionary data) and displays the result of searching the plurality of contents for the input character string, that is, a so-called multiple dictionary search. Dictionaries are known as a prior art.

In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, when displaying the search result, heading information such as a heading word which is at least a part of the searched data is arranged in a line for each output source content, and the heading information and the heading information are arranged. Information indicating the content that is the output source of the heading information is displayed alongside (that is, at the same position).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-32066 (published on February 16, 2015)

On the other hand, in order to avoid narrowing the display area of the heading information, it is conceivable that the information indicating the content that is the output source is not displayed at the same position as the heading information. In this case, it is necessary to devise so that the user can easily identify the content that is the output source of each heading information by looking at the screen.

One aspect of the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a configuration in which the heading information and the information indicating the content indicating the output source are not displayed at the same display position, the content of the output source of the search result is displayed by the user. The purpose is to realize an electronic device that can be easily identified.

In order to solve the above problems, the electronic device according to one aspect of the present invention is obtained by a search unit that searches for data corresponding to the input input information from data contained in a plurality of contents, and a search. At least a part of the list in which the heading information which is at least a part of the data is continuously arranged for each content is displayed in a predetermined area of the display unit, and the displayed part of the list is displayed according to the input operation. The display control unit includes a display control unit for changing the content, and the display control unit further displays the content specific information that can specify the content that is the output source of each heading information included in the list, and the display position and display form of the heading information. It is displayed in a display position and display form different from the above.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the control method of the electronic device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a search step of searching data corresponding to the input input information from the data included in a plurality of contents. The first display control step of displaying at least a part of the list in which the heading information which is at least a part of the data obtained by the search is continuously arranged for each content in a predetermined area of the display unit is input. The second display control step that changes the displayed part of the above list according to the operation, and the content specific information that can specify the content that is the output source of each heading information included in the above list are displayed. It includes a third display control step of displaying in a display position and display form different from the position and display form.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the user can easily specify the content of the output source of the heading information by the configuration in which the heading information and the information indicating the content of the output source are not displayed at the same position. Play.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the main part structure of the mobile terminal which concerns on one aspect of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result screen displayed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the search process executed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of scrolling of the search result list in the search result screen shown in FIG. It is a screen transition diagram which shows the first half part in an example of the display flow of the search result list item which uses another content data based on scrolling as an extraction source. It is a screen transition diagram which shows the latter half part in an example of the display flow of the search result list item which uses another content data based on scrolling as an extraction source. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the scroll process executed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of scrolling of the search result list in the search result screen shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the flow of the scroll process executed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a search result screen displayed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 in the modified examples of the first and second embodiments. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a search result screen displayed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 in the modified examples of the first and second embodiments. It is a figure which shows an example of the word book screen displayed by the mobile terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the order change of the found word displayed on the word book screen.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. In the following description, the mobile terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described as an application example of the electronic device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a main part configuration of the mobile terminal 1. Specific examples of the mobile terminal include, but are not limited to, smartphones, tablet terminals, feature phones, notebook computers, and the like. Further, the electronic device according to the present invention may be applied to a terminal that is not intended to be carried, such as a desktop personal computer.

When the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment receives input of information (input information, for example, a character string) by a user, a process of searching for data corresponding to the information from a plurality of held content data and displaying the data. I do. The content data includes, for example, dictionary data, text data, document data, and the like, but is not limited to this example. In the present embodiment, as an example of realizing the above processing, a case where the mobile terminal 1 functions as an electronic dictionary (in other words, the application of the electronic dictionary is started on the mobile terminal 1) will be described. However, the implementation example of the above processing in the mobile terminal 1 is not limited to the electronic dictionary. For example, one implementation example of the above processing is to start an application for viewing document data or text data (for example, an electronic book) on the mobile terminal 1 and search for a character string in the data being viewed. It may be. In other words, the mobile terminal 1 may function as a general-purpose content search terminal.

Further, typical examples of information input by the user are a touch operation on the software keyboard displayed on the touch panel integrated with the display provided on the mobile terminal 1 and pressing a button provided on the mobile terminal 1. , Not limited to this example. For example, the above input may use the handwritten character recognition function or may use the voice recognition function. Further, when the mobile terminal 1 is provided with a camera, the above input may be one using the image recognition function of the image taken by the camera. Further, when the mobile terminal 1 does not have each of the above functions, the mobile terminal 1 may be configured to acquire an input to a device having each function via network communication. Further, when the electronic device according to the present invention is applied to a notebook personal computer or a desktop personal computer, the above input may be performed by using a touch panel separate from the keyboard, mouse and display.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the search result screen 31 displayed by the mobile terminal 1. The search result screen 31 is a screen for showing the user the result of searching the data corresponding to the input character string by the mobile terminal 1. As shown in the figure, in the left half area 32 (predetermined area, hereinafter referred to as "list display area 32") of the search result screen 31, a character string ("book" in the illustrated example) input by the user is used. Images in which the search results are arranged in a row in the vertical direction of the drawing are arranged. In the illustrated example, since the headword search is executed, the mobile terminal 1 includes "book" in the headword (for example, a word, a character, a phrase, etc.) of the data read from each content data. Generate and display a search result list that lists things. The search result list is a content in which each item (heading information, hereinafter referred to as "search result list item") of the search result list including the read headword is extracted (output source) of the search result list item. It is arranged in a row for each data. Specifically, in the search result list, as shown in the figure, a plurality of search result list items 35 read from the "AA English-Japanese dictionary" are arranged in succession, and a plurality of search result lists read from another content data are arranged downstream thereof. Items 35 are arranged in succession.

The search result list is not limited to the search result list items 35 arranged in a vertical row. In other words, the direction in which the search result list items 35 are arranged in the search result list and the number of columns are not limited to the above example. For example, the search result list items 35 may be arranged in the left-right direction, or the search result list items 35 may be arranged in a plurality of columns.

Further, the search result list contains the content of the extraction source in the upstream of a plurality of search result list items 35 having the same content data as the extraction source (specifically, the line immediately above these search result list items 35). Includes a content title (content specific information) indicating data. The content title is information for allowing the user to specify the content data of the extraction source of each search result list item 35. In the illustrated example, the search result list includes a content title 34a containing the text "AA English-Japanese dictionary" in the line immediately above the plurality of search result list items 35 read from the "AA English-Japanese dictionary". In the following description, content titles different from the content title 34a are given different member numbers, but when these headings are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as "content title 34".

As shown in the figure, the content title 34 has a line color different from that of the search result list item 35. Further, the start position of the text included in each search result list item 35 is one character to the right of the start position of the text included in the content title 34. As described above, the display form of the content title 34 and the search result list item 35 are different. Thereby, the user can easily distinguish the content title 34 and the search result list item 35 in the search result list.

Further, the search result screen 31 is a portion of the search result list currently displayed in the list display area 32 (hereinafter, referred to as a “display portion”) in the vicinity of the list display area 32 (next to the right in the illustrated example). ) Is included. The scroll bar 36 includes a knob 37, and the mobile terminal 1 moves the position of the knob 37 according to a user operation (in the illustrated example, moves the knob 37 in the vertical direction of the drawing) and displays a search result list. Change the part. For example, when the operation of moving the knob 37 downward is accepted, the mobile terminal 1 moves the display portion upward and displays the portion downstream of the display portion in the search result list.

A typical example of the operation of moving the position of the knob 37 is a drag operation or a flick operation on the knob 37 or the list display area 32 with respect to the touch panel integrated with the display, but the operation is not limited to this example. For example, the operation may be a selection operation of the knob 37 or the list display area 32 using a mouse, a drag operation using a mouse following the selection operation, or a wheel operation using a mouse. It may be the operation of pressing the direction key of the keyboard or the button.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example of displaying the scroll bar 36 that accepts the user's operation will be described. However, the mobile terminal 1 is an image showing the display portion instead of the scroll bar 36, and accepts the user's operation. It is also possible to display an image showing no position.

Further, the search result screen 31 includes a scroll heading 38 (content specific information) in the vicinity of the scroll bar 36 (next to the right in the illustrated example). The scroll heading 38 includes a plurality of icons (illustrated icons 39a, 39b, etc.) indicating the content data that is the extraction source of the search result list item 35. For example, the icon 39a is an icon that includes the text "A English-Japanese" and indicates an "AA English-Japanese dictionary". The text "A English-Japanese" included in the icon 39a is an abbreviation for "AA English-Japanese dictionary". The content titles and abbreviations may be registered in advance in the content data or the database held by the mobile terminal 1, for example. Further, in the following description, "icon 39" may be described for the purpose of generically referring to the icons 39a, 39b, etc. without distinguishing them from each other.

Further, the icon 39 may be a design that can identify the content data of the extraction source, and is not limited to the design of FIG. For example, it may be a balloon-shaped design, a design with a range designation by a parenthesis symbol or an arrow, and the like.

In the illustrated example, the position where each icon 39 is displayed is the content title 34 indicating the content data corresponding to each icon 39 at the most upstream (upper end of the display portion) of the display portion when the knob 37 is moved. Is the position where is displayed. For example, if the knob 37 is moved to the position of the icon 39b, the display portion in which the content title 34 corresponding to "B English-Japanese" (abbreviation of the BB English-Japanese dictionary described later) is located at the upper end is displayed in the list display area 32. Will be done. In other words, the icon 39 can be expressed as indicating the start point of the search result list item 35 whose extraction source is the content data indicated by the icon 39. That is, the mobile terminal 1 displays the scroll heading 38 together with the scroll bar 36, so that the user is informed to which position the knob 37 should be moved in order to display the search result of the content data desired by the user. It can be easily understood. In other words, the user can identify the content data of the extraction source of the search result list item 35 included in the display portion by checking the position of the knob 37 and the scroll heading 38.

Further, since the scroll heading 38 is displayed in an area different from the search result list, the user can be made to recognize the content data of the extraction source of the search result list item 35 without lowering the visibility of the user.

In the illustrated example, the icon 39 is arranged in a rectangle parallel to the scroll bar. The rectangle is a rectangle indicating the scroll bar 36, and the icon 39 indicates each position on the scroll bar 36 in which each position is translated by pointing to each position on the rectangle. The display of the rectangle is not essential, and the icon 39 may directly point to each position of the scroll bar 36. Further, the image in which the icon 39 indicating the scroll bar 36 is arranged is not limited to the above rectangle.

Further, in the area 33 on the right half of the search result screen 31, preview contents including detailed information of the selected search result list item 35 (hereinafter, referred to as “selected item”) are arranged. The detailed information of the selection item includes, for example, the meaning, reading, etymology, and example of the selection item, but is not limited to these examples. In the illustrated example, since the search result list item 35a including the search result list item name "book" whose extraction source is the AA English-Japanese dictionary is selected, the meaning of "book" (Japanese translation) and the like are in the area 33. It is displayed in. If the user performs an operation of selecting another search result list item 35 on the mobile terminal 1, the content arranged in the area 33 includes detailed information of the other search result list item 35. Become. In the illustrated example, an example of displaying the text in the area 33 has been described, but the preview content displayed in the area 33 is not limited to the text. For example, an image such as a photograph or a figure may be displayed in the area 33. The content title 34 may be selectable. When the content title 34 is selected, the information of the content data itself indicated by the content title 34, for example, the bibliographic information may be displayed as the preview content, or the displayed preview content (search that was selected until immediately before). The preview content of the result list item 35) may be maintained.

(Main part configuration of mobile terminal 1)
The main configuration of the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again. Note that FIG. 1 is a diagram showing only the members related to the present invention among the members of the mobile terminal 1. In other words, a member having little relevance to the present invention (for example, a member for realizing a call function using the mobile terminal 1) is omitted in FIG. Further, the description of the member having little relevance to the present invention will be omitted here.

As shown in the figure, the mobile terminal 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, an operation unit 12, and a display unit 13.

The control unit 10 controls each unit of the mobile terminal 1 in an integrated manner. The control unit 10 includes an operation identification unit 101, a search unit 102, a list generation unit 103, a heading generation unit 104, and a display control unit 105.

The storage unit 11 stores various data used by the mobile terminal 1. The storage unit 11 according to the present embodiment stores at least the content data 111 and the image data 112. The content data 111 is for searching the data corresponding to the input character string. The content data 111 is a general term for a plurality of content data stored in the storage unit 11. Further, the image data 112 is for generating various screens displayed by the mobile terminal 1. The image data 112 is a general term for a plurality of image data stored in the storage unit 11.

Further, although the storage unit 11 is provided in the mobile terminal 1 in the illustrated example, the storage unit 11 may be a storage device separate from the mobile terminal 1. In this case, the mobile terminal 1 is connected to the storage device by wire or wirelessly, and acquires various data via a communication unit (not shown). Further, a part of the various data used by the mobile terminal 1 may be stored in the storage unit 11 provided in the mobile terminal 1, and the remaining data may be stored in the storage device.

The operation unit 12 accepts an operation by the user. The display unit 13 displays various screens as a response to the operation received by the operation unit 12. In the present embodiment, the operation unit 12 and the display unit 13 are described as being integrated as a touch panel, but the operation unit 12 and the display unit 13 may be separate bodies.

The operation specifying unit 101 identifies the process to be executed by the mobile terminal 1 in response to the operation received by the operation unit 12, and instructs each unit to execute the process. Specifically, when the operation specifying unit 101 acquires an operation signal of an operation for inputting a character string (or an operation for executing a search after the operation) from the operation unit 12, the input character string The search unit 102 is instructed to search for. Further, when the operation specifying unit 101 acquires the operation signal of the operation of moving the knob 37 while the search result screen 31 (see FIG. 2) is displayed on the display unit 13, the operation specifying unit 101 of the display portion in the search result list. The change is instructed to the display control unit 105.

The search unit 102 searches for data corresponding to the character string input from the content data 111 (plurality of content data). Specifically, the search unit 102 reads a plurality of data corresponding to the input character string from the plurality of content data, and provides at least a part of the data with information indicating the content data of the extraction source (for example, content). The title) is associated and output to the list generation unit 103. In this embodiment, an example in which the search unit 102 performs a headword search will be described. In other words, in the present embodiment, an example in which the information output to the list generation unit 103 is a headword will be described. Further, the search unit 102 may set an upper limit value for the number of information to be output to the list generation unit 103. In this case, the search unit 102 determines the information to be output to the list generation unit 103 based on a predetermined condition. For example, the search unit 102 groups the headwords read from the same content data, and lists the headwords in descending order of the number until the number of output headwords reaches the upper limit. It may be output to 103.

The list generation unit 103 generates a search result list. When the list generation unit 103 acquires the headwords from the search unit 102, the list generation unit 103 generates a list in which each group of the headwords associated with the same content title is arranged in a line based on a predetermined condition. For example, the list generation unit 103 arranges each group in a line in descending order of the number of found words. Further, the list generation unit 103 sets the content title of the headword extraction source included in each group in the part where the group changes (for the most upstream group, the most upstream part of the list) in the generated list. It is inserted to generate a search result list including the content title 34 and the search result list item 35 shown in FIG. The list generation unit 103 outputs the generated search result list to the heading generation unit 104 and the display control unit 105. The order in the search result list of the headwords having the same associated content title may be the same as the order in the content data of the extraction source, or may be different. In the latter case, the list generator 103 sorts the headwords according to a specific criterion. For example, it may be sorted according to the value associated with each headword. Specifically, the list generation unit 103 calculates the match rate between the input character string and each found word based on, for example, an existing matching rate calculation method, and finds the found words in descending order of the match rate. You may line up.

The heading generation unit 104 generates a scroll heading 38 (see FIG. 2). Specifically, the heading generation unit 104 refers to the acquired search result list, and reads the icon 39 indicating the content data that is the extraction source of each search result list item 35 from the storage unit 11. And, it is generated by using the correspondence (not shown) between the official name and the abbreviation of the content data. The image data may be generated by the processing in the control unit 10 without using the image data 112. Subsequently, the heading generation unit 104 uses the image data of the scroll bar 36 read from the storage unit 11 as the number of search result list items 35 for each content data with respect to the total number of search result list items 35 included in the search result list. The scroll bars 36 are separated so as to be proportional to the ratio. Then, the heading generation unit 104 reflects each division in the rectangle corresponding to the scroll bar 36 read from the storage unit 11, and arranges the generated icon 39 at the position of each reflection to scroll. Generate heading 38. At this time, since the position of each delimiter corresponds to the position of each content title 34 in the search result list, the heading generation unit 104 indicates an icon indicating the same content data as each corresponding content title 34 at each delimiter position. Place 39. The heading generation unit 104 outputs the generated scroll heading 38 to the display control unit 105.

The display control unit 105 generates a display screen to be displayed on the display unit 13. For example, the display control unit 105 generates the search result screen 31 shown in FIG. Specifically, the display control unit 105 corresponds to the lower end of the list display area 32 in the search result list from the most upstream content title 34 (content title 34a in the example of FIG. 2) of the acquired search result list. The part to be displayed is determined as a display part (a part to be displayed in the list display area 32). Further, in order to generate the preview content to be displayed in the area 33, the display control unit 105 has a search result list item 35 (in the example of FIG. 2), which is a line one row below the content title 34 most upstream of the search result list. The detailed information of the search result list item 35a) is read from the content data indicated by the content title 34. Then, the display control unit 105 uses various image data such as the determined display portion, the generated preview content, the scroll heading 38 acquired from the heading generation unit 104, and the scroll bar 36 read from the storage unit 11, and the search result is obtained. Generate screen 31. Then, the display control unit 105 causes the display unit 13 to display the generated search result screen 31.

Further, the display control unit 105 changes the search result screen 31 based on the instruction from the operation specific unit 101. For example, when the display control unit 105 is instructed to scroll the search result list, the display control unit 105 determines the scrolled display portion according to the instructed direction and the amount of movement, and moves the image displayed in the list display area 32. , Display the determined display part. The details of this process will be described later. Further, when the display control unit 105 is instructed to change the selected item, the display control unit 105 changes the selected item (that is, the search result list item 35 having a different background color) and reads out the detailed information of the changed selected item. A new preview content is generated and displayed in the area 33.

(Flow of search process)
Next, the flow of the search process executed by the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the search process. The search process is a process from the input of the character string to the display of the search result screen 31 showing the search result of the character string.

First, when the operation unit 12 accepts the input of the character string (step S1, hereinafter, "step" may be omitted), the operation signal of the character string input is output to the operation specific unit 101. The operation specifying unit 101 instructs the search unit 102 to search the content data 111 based on the operation signal.

Subsequently, the search unit 102 searches for the character string input in each content data according to the instruction (S2, search step). The search unit 102 outputs the information (found word in the present embodiment) read from the content data as the search result to the list generation unit 103.

Subsequently, the list generation unit 103 generates a search result list in which the headwords are arranged in a line for each content data (S3), and outputs the search result list to the headline generation unit 104 and the display control unit 105.

Subsequently, the heading generation unit 104 generates a scroll heading 38 (S4) and outputs the scroll heading 38 to the display control unit 105. Specifically, the heading generation unit 104 divides the scroll bar 36 so as to be proportional to the ratio of the number of search result list items for each content data to the total number of search result list items included in the search result list. Then, the heading generation unit 104 arranges the icon 39 indicating the same content data as the content title 34 at the position of the delimiter corresponding to the position of each content title 34 included in the search result list.

Finally, the display control unit 105 causes the display unit 13 to display the search result screen 31 including the display portion of the search result list, the scroll bar 36, and the scroll heading 38 (S5, first display control step, third Display control step). This completes the search process.

(Change of display part)
Next, the change of the display portion in the list display area 32 executed by the display control unit 105 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4 to 7.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of scrolling the search result list on the search result screen 31. As shown in FIG. 4, when the user touches the knob 37 and slides the finger while maintaining the contact of the finger (hereinafter, referred to as “scrolling operation”), the knob 37 moves. Along with this movement, the search result list is scrolled and the display portion in the list display area 32 is changed. As described above, the scroll operation is not limited to the above example.

For example, when a downward scroll operation is performed as shown in the figure, the display control unit 105 displays a portion of the search result list on the downstream side of the display portion before the scroll operation. Here, the display part is the search result list item 35 including the headword read from the AA English-Japanese dictionary, the content title 34b indicating the BB English-Japanese dictionary, and the view read from the BB English-Japanese dictionary by the scroll operation. It is assumed that the part includes the search result list item 35 including the word. That is, the content title 34a of the AA English-Japanese dictionary is not included in the display portion after the scroll operation.

When the display portion after the scroll operation is displayed as it is, the user can easily identify from which content data the search result list item 35 located upstream of the content title 34b is the headword read out. Can't. In order to solve this problem, the display control unit 105 performs a search including a headword read from the content data indicated by the content title 34 in the display portion even if the display portion does not include the content title 34. As long as the result list item 35 is displayed, the content title 34 is displayed. Specifically, as shown in the figure, the display control unit 105 sets the list display area 32 when the search result list item 35 including the headword read from the AA English-Japanese dictionary is included in the display portion. The content title 34a is continuously displayed at the upper end portion (upstream end portion) of the. As a result, no matter which part of the search result list is displayed, the user can specify the content data of the extraction source of the search result list item 35 included in the display part only by looking at the list display area 32. ..

(Display of search result list items whose extraction source is different content data)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the display of the search result list item 35 using another content data as the extraction source will be described. 5 and 6 are screen transition diagrams showing the display of the search result list item 35 whose extraction source is another content data based on scrolling. 5 and 6 are views showing only the list display area 32 of the search result screen 31. Here, by scrolling upward, the headwords read from the AA English-Japanese dictionary, which is upstream of the search result list item 35 including the headwords read from the BB English-Japanese dictionary, are displayed. An example in which the search result list item 35 including the search result list item 35 is newly displayed will be described.

The search result list item 35 (the line in which "book" is described), which is one line below the content title 34b in the list display area 32 shown in FIG. 5A, is read from the BB English-Japanese dictionary. It is assumed that it is the most upstream item among the search result list items 35 including the word. That is, in the search result list generated by the list generation unit 103, the line immediately above the content title 34b is the most among the plurality of search result list items 35 including the headwords read from the AA English-Japanese dictionary. It is an item downstream (search result list item 35b shown in FIG. 6A).

When the search result list is scrolled upward from the state shown in FIG. 5A, the content indicating the AA English-Japanese dictionary instead of the search result list item 35b as shown in FIG. 5B. The title 34a is displayed. Further, when the scrolling upward is continued from the state of FIG. 5B, the search result list item 35b is displayed as shown in FIG. 6A. After that, when the scrolling upward is continued, as shown in FIG. 6B, the search result list upstream of the search result list item 35b including the headwords read from the AA English-Japanese dictionary. Item 35 is displayed.

That is, when the display control unit 105 displays a new search result list item 35 whose content data of the extraction source is different from the currently displayed search result list item 35 as a result of scrolling to the search result list, the search result Before displaying the list item 35, the content title 34 indicating the content data that is the extraction source of the search result list item 35 is displayed. Then, after displaying the content title 34, the display control unit 105 displays a new search result list item 35 whose content data of the extraction source is different from the currently displayed search result list item 35.

As a result, the user can easily specify the content data of the extraction source of the search result list item 35 for the new search result list item 35 whose content data of the extraction source is different from the content data of the search result list item 35 currently displayed. be able to.

As described above, the content title 34 is displayed if the search result list item 35 including the headword read from the content data indicated by the content title 34 is displayed. That is, the content title 34 is hidden after all the search result list items 35 including the headwords read from the content data indicated by the content title 34 are hidden. For example, when scrolling downward is continuously executed from the state shown in FIG. 6B, the display control unit 105 keeps displaying the content title 34a as shown in FIG. 6A. , The search result list item 35 (search result list item 35b) including the headword read from the content data indicated by the AA English-Japanese dictionary is hidden. Then, as shown by the transition from (b) of FIG. 5 to (a) of FIG. 5, the display control unit 105 does not include all the search result list items 35 including the headwords read from the AA English-Japanese dictionary. After the display, the content title 34a is hidden.

(Flow of scroll processing)
Next, the flow of the scroll processing executed by the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of scroll processing according to the present embodiment. The scroll process is a process from the acceptance of the scroll operation to the change of the display portion.

First, when the search result screen 31 is displayed, as shown in FIG. 7A, the operation unit 12 is a scroll operation, that is, an operation of touching the knob 37 and sliding the finger while maintaining the contact of the finger. Is in a state of waiting (S11). When the operation unit 12 accepts the scroll operation (YES in S11), the operation signal of the scroll operation is output to the operation specific unit 101. The operation specifying unit 101 specifies the direction and movement amount of the scroll operation based on the operation signal, and instructs the display control unit 105 to change the display portion.

Upon receiving an instruction from the operation specifying unit 101, the display control unit 105 changes the display portion according to the direction and movement amount of the scroll operation. First, the display control unit 105 determines whether the scroll operation direction is the upward direction or the downward direction (S12). When it is determined that the direction is upward (YES in S12), the display control unit 105 determines that the search result list item immediately above the display portion in the search result list is the same content data as the displayed search result list item. It is determined whether or not the data is read from (S13). When it is determined that the content is read from the same content data (YES in S13), the display control unit 105 displays the search result list item 35 one above the display portion in the list display area 32 (S15, th. 2 display control step). Specifically, the display control unit 105 displays the search result list item 35 as a line immediately below the content title 34 at the upper end of the list display area 32.

This display process will be described with reference to FIG. 6B. The search result list item 35 including the headword "book work" shown in FIG. 6B, and the "book store" which is one above the search result list item 35 in the search result list. The same AA English-Japanese dictionary is the extraction source for the search result list item 35 including the headword. When displaying the search result list item 35 including the headword "book / store", the display control unit 105 moves the content title 34a indicating the AA English-Japanese dictionary as shown in FIG. 6B. Instead, the search result list item 35 including the headword "book / store" is displayed as a line one line below the content title 34a.

On the other hand, in the search result list, when the search result list item 35 one above the display portion is not read from the same content data as the displayed search result list item 35 (NO in S13), the display control The unit 105 displays the content title 34 indicating the content data of the extraction source of the search result list item 35 one above the display portion in the list display area 32 (S14, second display control step). Specifically, the display control unit 105 causes the upper end portion of the list display area 32 to display the content title 34 indicating the content data of the extraction source of the search result list item 35 one above the display portion. After that, the display control unit 105 executes the process of step S15. When the process of step S15 is executed, the scroll process returns to step S11.

A specific example of this display process is newly shown in FIG. 6 (a) by the display control unit 105 as described with reference to FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) and FIG. 6 (a). Before displaying the search result list item 35b, the content title 34b indicating the BB English-Japanese dictionary is moved down one line, and the content title 34a indicating the AA English-Japanese dictionary from which the search result list item 35b is extracted is displayed. It is to be displayed at the upper end of.

On the other hand, when the display control unit 105 determines that the scroll operation direction is not upward, that is, downward (NO in S12), the display control unit 105 lists the scroll operation as shown in FIG. 7 (b). It is determined whether the line immediately below the content title 34 at the upper end of the display area 32 is the search result list item 35 or the content title 34 (S21). When it is determined that the search result list item 35 is present (YES in S21), the display control unit 105 hides the search result list item 35 (S22, second display control step). Further, as the search result list item 35 is hidden, a new line is displayed at the lower end of the list display area 32. When the process of step S22 is executed, the scroll process returns to step S11.

This display process will be described with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the line immediately below the content title 34a is the search result list item 35. In this case, the display control unit 105 hides these search result list items 35 as shown in FIG. 6A as the scrolling operation is performed downward. Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, the search result list item 35b whose extraction source is the AA English-Japanese dictionary is not completely hidden, so that the content title 34a indicating the AA English-Japanese dictionary remains displayed. is there.

On the other hand, when the display control unit 105 determines that the line immediately below the content title 34 at the upper end of the list display area 32 is not the search result list item 35, that is, the content title 34, the display control unit 105 Hides the content title 34 at the upper end (S23, second display control step). Further, as the content title 34 is hidden, a new line is displayed at the lower end of the list display area 32. When the process of step S23 is executed, the scroll process returns to step S11.

This display process will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B. As shown in FIG. 5B, the line immediately below the content title 34a is the content title 34b. In this case, the display control unit 105 hides the content title 34a as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B as the scrolling operation is performed downward.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. In the second embodiment and the third embodiment described later, for convenience of explanation, the same reference numerals will be added to the members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, another example of the scroll operation for scrolling the search result list will be described. FIG. 8 is a screen transition diagram showing scrolling of the search result list by the scroll operation according to the present embodiment. Note that FIG. 8 is a diagram showing only the list display area 32 of the search result screen 31.

As shown in FIG. 8A, the scroll operation according to the present embodiment is an operation of tapping the icon 39 (an operation of designating content specific information). For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the operation unit 12 displays an icon indicating the BB English-Japanese dictionary while the search result list item 35 including the headwords whose extraction source is the AA English-Japanese dictionary is displayed. It is assumed that the tap operation to 39b is accepted. In this case, the operation specifying unit 101 outputs a display instruction of the search result list item 35 including the finding word whose extraction source is the BB English-Japanese dictionary to the display control unit 105 based on the operation signal indicating the tap operation.

The display control unit 105 receives an instruction from the operation identification unit 101, identifies a display portion whose upper end is the content title 34b indicating the BB English-Japanese dictionary, scrolls the search result list, and displays the display portion in the list display area 32. Is displayed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8B, the content title 34b and the search result list item 35 including the headwords extracted from the BB English-Japanese dictionary are displayed in the list display area 32.

(Flow of scroll processing)
Next, the flow of the scroll processing executed by the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of scroll processing according to the present embodiment.

First, when the search result screen 31 is displayed, the operation unit 12 is in a state of waiting for a scroll operation, that is, a tap operation on the icon (S31). When the operation unit 12 accepts the scroll operation (YES in S31), the operation signal of the scroll operation is output to the operation specific unit 101. Based on the operation signal, the operation specifying unit 101 identifies the content data indicated by the tapped icon (S32), and instructs the display control unit 105 to change the display portion.

The display control unit 105 identifies the content title 34 of the content data included in the search result list based on the instruction from the operation specifying unit 101. Then, a display portion having the content title 34 at the upper end is specified, and the search result list is scrolled to display the display portion in the list display area 32 (S33, second display control step). This completes the scrolling process.

As described above, according to the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment, the user simply taps the icon 39 indicating the content data for which he / she wants to view the search result, and the list display area 32 is searched for in the content data. The result can be displayed. Therefore, the user can quickly confirm the search result using the specific content.

The configuration described in the present embodiment can also be applied to the mobile terminal 1 according to the first embodiment. That is, the mobile terminal 1 may be configured to scroll the search result list and change the display portion by either the operation of moving the knob 37 or the operation of tapping the icon 39.

(Common modification of Embodiments 1 and 2)
A common modification of the first and second embodiments will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. 10A is a diagram showing a list display area 32 according to a modification. FIG. 10B is a diagram showing a search result screen 31 according to another modified example.

In the first embodiment, the display control unit 105 displays the scroll heading 38 in the area 33. However, the display position of the scroll heading 38 is not limited to this example. For example, the display control unit 105 may display the scroll heading 38a and the scroll heading 38b shown in FIGS. 10A and 10 in the list display area (list display area 32a and list display area 32b). Good. Further, as in the scroll heading 38b shown in FIG. 10B, the display control unit 105 may display the scroll heading 38 on the scroll bar 36.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, the icon 39 is arranged at a position corresponding to the start point of the search result list item 35 whose extraction source is the content data indicated by the icon 39. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10A, the scroll heading 38a according to this modification is located at a position corresponding to the end point of the search result list item 35 whose extraction source is the content data indicated by the icon 39. The icon 39 is arranged. In this way, the scroll heading 38 can indicate which content data the distance between two adjacent delimiters in the scroll bar 36 corresponds to the number of search result list items 35 as the extraction source. If so, the configuration is not particularly limited. For example, the scroll heading 38 may include parentheses or arrows indicating the distance between the delimiters and an icon 39 located in the vicinity of the parentheses or arrows. Each parenthesis or arrow may have a different color. In this case, the color of the text such as the search result list item 35 or the headword included in the search result list item 35 displayed in the list display area 32 may be matched with the color of the corresponding parentheses or arrows. In other words, the color of the parentheses or arrows corresponding to a certain content data and the color of the text such as the headword included in the search result list item 35 or the search result list item 35 from which the content data is extracted. , May be the same color.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, the scroll heading 38 is displayed on the right side of the scroll bar 36, but the position of the scroll heading 38 is not limited to this example.

FIG. 10B shows a search result screen 31b for full-text search. The full-text search is a search method for searching an input character string for a headword and detailed information contained in the dictionary data when the content data is dictionary data. Further, when the content data is text data or document data, it is a search method for searching all the texts in these data. In the full-text search, the text included in the search result list item 35 tends to be longer than in the headword search as shown in the figure. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 10B, the width is the same as the width of the display unit 13. The area having the width is designated as the list display area 32b. Therefore, the display control unit 105 displays the scroll bar 36 at the right end of the display unit 13. In the case of such an arrangement, the scroll heading 38 cannot be displayed to the right of the scroll bar 36. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 10B, the display control unit 105 displays the scroll heading 38b to the left of the scroll bar 36. It is displayed next to it.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, the display control unit 105 displays the content title 34 at the upper end of the list display area 32 for the search result list item 35 in which the content title 34 is not included in the display portion. When all the search result list items 35 included in the display portion use the same content data as the extraction source, the content title 34 indicating the content data is displayed at the lower end portion (downstream end portion) of the list display area 32. You may let me.

As described above, the shape, color, display position, and the like of the content title 34 and the scroll heading 38 can be appropriately selected according to the configuration of the search result screen 31 and the like. For example, the text color and font of the content title 34 may be different from the text color and font of the search result list item 35. Further, the scroll heading 38 is not limited to the configuration including the icon 39. For example, it may include text indicating content data. Further, the display position of the content title 34 and the scroll heading 38 is not particularly limited as long as the display position is different from the display position of the search result list item 35.

Further, the scroll heading 38 is not limited to the configuration that is always displayed. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a search result screen 31 after a predetermined time has elapsed without the operation unit 12 accepting an operation after the search result screen 31 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. As shown in FIG. 11, if a predetermined time elapses without the operation unit 12 accepting the operation after the search result screen 31 is displayed, the display control unit 105 may hide the scroll heading 38. In other words, when the operation unit 12 receives a specific operation such as a scroll operation after the scroll heading 38 is hidden, the display control unit 105 may redisplay the scroll heading 38. Further, the display control unit 105 may redisplay the scroll heading 38 triggered by the redrawing of the search result screen 31 due to the rotation of the mobile terminal 1 or the change of the window size. When the scroll heading 38 is hidden as in this modification, the position of the scroll heading 38 may overlap with the text, the image, or the like of the preview content.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, an example in which the list generation unit 103 generates a search result list including the content title 34 has been described, but the list generation unit 103 produces a search result list including only the search result list item 35. It may be generated. In the case of this example, when the display control unit 105 displays the search result list on the display unit 13, the content title 34 may be displayed at an appropriate position (for example, the upper end of the list display area 32).

[Embodiment 3]
Yet another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. In this embodiment, an example in which the mobile terminal 1 executes a word book function, which is a function of an electronic dictionary, will be described. The wordbook function is a function for registering information included in the content data of an electronic dictionary in the wordbook data or displaying the information included in the wordbook data according to a user operation. By using this wordbook function, the user can, for example, register a word included in the Japanese-English dictionary in the wordbook data and use it for memorizing an English translation of the word. The wordbook data according to the present embodiment will be described as data in a list format in which the found words of the registered information are arranged in a line, but the structure of the wordbook data is not limited to this example.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the word book screen 41 displayed by the mobile terminal 1. The word book screen 41 is a screen for showing the user the information included in the word book data. As shown in the figure, in the left half area 42 (hereinafter referred to as "list display area 42") of the word book screen 41, the found words of the information contained in the word book data are arranged in a row in the vertical direction of the drawing. The arranged images are arranged. Further, in the area 43 on the right half of the word book screen 41, a preview content including detailed information on the selected headword is arranged. The preview content includes text indicating the content data in which the selected headword is registered. In the illustrated example, the text "AA Japanese-English dictionary" is included. As a result, the user can easily identify the content data in which the selected headword is registered. In the illustrated example, since "impairment (obstacle)" is selected in the list display area 42, detailed information on "disability", specifically, an English translation of the disability, and an English translation of the disability, and , Example sentences using the English translation are displayed.

The display control unit 105 reads out the wordbook data (not shown) and the image data 112 from the storage unit 11 in response to a predetermined operation for displaying the wordbook screen 41 by the user, and displays the illustrated wordbook screen 41. Generate. Further, when any of the headwords in the list display area 42 is selected, the display control unit 105 identifies the information indicating the content data in which the headwords are registered, and from the content data, the said word is specified. The detailed information of the headword is read out, and the preview content included in the illustrated area 43 is generated and displayed. Information indicating the content data in which each headword is registered is associated with each headword in, for example, wordbook data.

As described above, the wordbook function can be used for memorizing the registered information. Therefore, the display control unit 105 determines whether or not the headword or detailed information has been memorized in each line including each headword displayed in the list display area 42 according to the user's operation. Then, a mark is displayed to indicate whether or not the headword or detailed information is important. As a result, the user can recognize the status and importance of memorization only by looking at each line displayed in the list display area 42.

Specifically, the user inputs a predetermined first operation to the operation unit 12 if he / she has not yet memorized a certain headword (or detailed information). When the display control unit 105 receives an instruction based on the operation from the operation specific unit 101, the display control unit 105 displays a mark 44a indicating that the word is being memorized on the line including the headword. The first operation is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, an operation of tapping the line on which the mark 44a is to be displayed once.

Further, when the user has already memorized a certain headword (or detailed information), the user inputs a predetermined second operation to the operation unit 12. When the display control unit 105 receives an instruction based on the operation from the operation specific unit 101, the display control unit 105 displays a mark 44b indicating that the word has been memorized on the line including the headword. The second operation is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, an operation of tapping the line on which the mark 44b is to be displayed twice.

Further, the user inputs a predetermined third operation to the operation unit 12 when the headword (or detailed information) is an important headword (or detailed information). When the display control unit 105 receives an instruction based on the operation from the operation specific unit 101, the display control unit 105 displays a mark 44c indicating that it is important on the line including the headword. The third operation is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, an operation of long-pressing the line on which the mark 44c is to be displayed.

In the following description, the marks 44a to 44c may be referred to as "mark 44" for the purpose of generically referring to them without distinguishing them from each other.

Here, it is possible that the headword or detailed information is memorized or memorized and is important. In order to deal with this case, the display control unit 105 can display the mark 44a or 44b and the mark 44c on the same line at the same time. For example, when the user performs one tap operation (first operation) on the illustrated line 46a and then performs a long press operation (third operation), the mark 45a is displayed on the line 46a. Is displayed. Since the mark 45a is a mark on which the mark 44a and the mark 44c are superimposed, the user can memorize and important the headword or detailed information of the line 46a on which the mark 45a is displayed. You can recognize that.

Further, for example, the user performs a tap operation (second operation) twice and then a long press operation (third operation) on the line described as "joka (purification)". If so, the mark 45b is displayed on the line. Since the mark 45b is a mark on which the mark 44b and the mark 44c are superimposed, the user must memorize and important the headword or detailed information of the line on which the mark 45b is displayed. Can be recognized.

Further, the mark 45a and the mark 45b are marks on which two different marks 44 are superimposed. Therefore, the display area of the marks can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which two different marks 44 are displayed side by side without being superimposed. As a result, the area for displaying the headword can be increased, and the visibility of the headword can be improved.

The shape, size, color, arrangement position, etc. of each mark displayed in the list display area 42 can be appropriately selected according to the configuration of the word book screen 41, and is not limited to the illustrated example. ..

The order of each headword in the wordbook data is not particularly limited. For example, each headword may be arranged from upstream to downstream of the wordbook data in the following order. (1) Important and memorizing (marked 45a), (2) Memorizing (marked 44a), (3) Important (marked 44c), (4) Important Not (not marked), (5) important and memorized (marked 45b), (6) memorized (marked 44b).

By adopting the above order, the headwords being memorized are placed more upstream of the wordbook data, and important headwords are placed more upstream of the wordbook data. As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency with which the user sees the found word in memorization. The order of the headwords having the same mark type may be, for example, the registered order.

Further, the display control unit 105 may change the order of the found words in the word book data according to the change of the mark. This change will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of the word book screen 41 displayed by the mobile terminal 1.

It is assumed that the user performs an operation of changing the mark of the line 46a from the mark 45a to the mark 45b while the word book screen 41 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Further, it is assumed that the user performs an operation of adding the mark 44a to the line 46b. The operation specifying unit 101 outputs a mark change and an additional execution instruction to the display control unit 105. The display control unit 105 changes and adds the mark according to the instruction, and changes the order of the headwords in the wordbook data according to the above order rule according to the change and addition of the mark, and changes the order in the changed order. It is displayed on the display unit 13. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the row 46a is moved directly above the row where "joka (purification)" is displayed. Also, move line 46b directly above the line where "Shokai (Shokai)" is displayed.

(Common modification of Embodiments 1 to 3)
In the above-described first to third embodiments, the mobile terminal 1 has been described as an application example of the electronic device according to the present invention, but the application example of the electronic device according to the present invention is not limited to the mobile terminal 1. For example, the electronic device according to the present invention may be applied to an electronic dictionary.

[Example of realization by software]
The control block (particularly the control unit 10) of the mobile terminal 1 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). It may be realized.

In the latter case, the mobile terminal 1 is a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are readablely recorded by a computer (or CPU). It is equipped with a storage device (referred to as a "recording medium"), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for developing the above program, and the like. Then, the object of the present invention is achieved by the computer (or CPU) reading the program from the recording medium and executing the program. As the recording medium, a "non-temporary tangible medium", for example, a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. Further, the program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. One aspect of 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]
The electronic device (portable terminal 1) according to the first aspect of the present invention is obtained by a search unit (search unit 102) that searches for data corresponding to the input input information from data included in a plurality of contents, and a search unit. A predetermined area (list display area 32) of the display unit (display unit 13) is at least a part of a list in which heading information (search result list item 35), which is at least a part of the data, is continuously arranged for each content. The display control unit (display control unit 105) is provided with a display control unit (display control unit 105) that changes the displayed part of the list according to the input operation, and the display control unit further includes each heading included in the list. Content-specific information (content title 34, scroll heading 38) that can identify the content that is the output source of the information is displayed in a display position and display form different from the display position and display form of the heading information.

According to the above configuration, since the heading information and the content specific information are displayed in different display positions and display forms, the user can easily specify the content of the output source of the search result.

For example, if the content specific information is displayed in a display format different from the heading information in an area different from the predetermined area, the heading information and the content specific information can be easily distinguished, and the heading information is in a list format. Since it is displayed as, the list of search results can be maintained.

Further, for example, the content specific information may be displayed in a position different from the heading information in a predetermined area in a display form different from the heading information. Specifically, in the list, the content specific information may be displayed in a different display form on a line different from the heading information. Displaying the content-specific information in a display format different from the heading information means, for example, using a text font indicating the content, which makes the background color of the line containing the content-specific information different from the background color of the line containing the heading information. The font of the text indicating the information is different, the start position of the text indicating the heading information is different from the start position of the text indicating the content, and the like. Thereby, the heading information and the content specific information can be easily distinguished. Further, in the predetermined area, the heading information and the content specific information are displayed with the line including the content specific information inserted in the list, so that the format of the list is maintained. Therefore, the list of search results can be maintained.

In the electronic device according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the display control unit is the upstream side of at least one heading information arranged for each content in the portion displayed in the predetermined area of the list. The content-specific information may be displayed on at least one of the end portion and the downstream end portion of the content.

According to the above configuration, the content specific information is displayed on at least one of the upstream end and the downstream end of at least one heading information arranged for each content. As a result, the user can easily identify the content that is the output source of each displayed heading information only by looking at the predetermined area.

In the electronic device according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the display control unit newly displays the heading information whose output source content is different from the currently displayed heading information before newly displaying the heading information. The above content specific information indicating the content of the output source of the heading information may be displayed.

According to the above configuration, before newly displaying the heading information whose output source is different from the displayed heading information, the content specific information indicating the content of the output source of the newly displayed heading information is displayed. As a result, the user can specify the content of the output source of the heading information even when the heading information having a different output source is newly displayed.

In the electronic device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the display control unit further displays a position explicit image (scroll) indicating the position of the portion displayed in the predetermined area in the list. When the bar 36) is displayed and the position explicit image is divided so that the content specific information is proportional to the ratio of the number of heading information for each content to the total number of heading information in the list, the content corresponding to each division is displayed. May include information indicating.

According to the above configuration, the total length of the position explicit image corresponds to the total number of heading information, and each division when the position explicit image is divided corresponds to the number of heading information whose output source is each content. Then, the content specific information indicating the content corresponding to each division is displayed together with the position clear image. As a result, the user can specify the content of the output source of the heading information currently displayed by comparing the position explicit image with each content specific information. An example of the position explicit image is a scroll bar.

In the electronic device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, when the operation for designating the content-specific information is input, the display control unit outputs the content indicated by the content-specific information in the list. The part including the heading information to be used may be displayed.

According to the above configuration, when the operation of specifying the content specific information is accepted, the part including the heading information whose output source is the content indicated by the content specific information is displayed, so that the user can display the search result of the specific dictionary. It can be confirmed quickly.

The method for controlling an electronic device according to aspect 6 of the present invention includes a search step (step S2) for searching data corresponding to input input information from data included in a plurality of contents, and a search step (step S2) for searching the data obtained by the search. In response to the first display control step (step S5) of displaying at least a part of the list in which at least a part of the heading information is continuously arranged for each content in a predetermined area of the display unit, and the input operation. The second display control step (steps S14, S15, S22, S23, S33) for changing the displayed part of the above list and the second display part for changing the displayed part of the above list according to the input operation. The display control step of the above and the content specific information that can specify the content that is the output source of each heading information included in the above list are displayed in a display position and a display form different from the display position and the display form of the heading information. The display control step (step S5) of 3 is included.

According to the above configuration, the control method of the electronic device according to the present aspect has the same effect as that of the electronic device according to the first aspect.

The electronic device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the electronic device is realized by the computer by operating the computer as each part (software element) included in the electronic device. Control programs for electronic devices and computer-readable recording media on which they are recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

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

1 Mobile terminal (electronic device)
13 Display unit 32 List display area (predetermined area)
34 Content title (content specific information)
35 Search result list items (heading information)
36 Scroll bar (clear position image)
38 Scroll heading (content specific information)
102 Search unit 105 Display control unit S2 Search step S5 First display control step, third display control step S14, S15, S22, S23, S33 Second display control step

Claims (5)

A search unit that searches for data corresponding to the input information from data contained in multiple contents, and
At least a part of a list in which heading information which is at least a part of the data obtained by the search is continuously arranged for each content is displayed in a predetermined area of the display unit, and the above list is displayed according to the input operation. Equipped with a display control unit that changes the displayed part,
The display control unit further displays the content specific information that can identify the content that is the output source of each heading information included in the list in a display position and display form different from the display position and display form of the heading information. then,
The display control unit further displays a position explicit image indicating the position in the list of the portion displayed in the predetermined area.
The content specific information includes information indicating the content corresponding to each division when the position explicit image is divided so as to be proportional to the ratio of the number of heading information for each content to the total number of heading information in the list. Characterized electronic equipment. The display control unit has the content on at least one of the upstream end and the downstream end of at least one heading information arranged for each content in the portion displayed in the predetermined area of the list. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein specific information is displayed. The display control unit displays the content specific information indicating the content of the output source of the heading information to be newly displayed before newly displaying the heading information in which the currently displayed heading information and the content of the output source are different. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device is characterized by the above. When an operation for designating the content-specific information is input, the display control unit displays a portion of the list including heading information whose output source is the content indicated by the content-specific information. The electronic device according to any one of items 1 to 3 . A search step to search for data corresponding to the input information entered from the data contained in multiple contents,
A first display control step of displaying at least a part of a list in which heading information which is at least a part of the data obtained by the search is continuously arranged for each content is displayed in a predetermined area of the display unit.
A second display control step that changes the displayed part of the above list according to the input operation, and
With the third display control step of displaying the content specific information that can identify the content that is the output source of each heading information included in the list in a display position and display form different from the display position and display form of the heading information. ,
Includes a fourth display control step of displaying a position explicit image indicating a position in the list of the portion displayed in the predetermined area.
The content specific information includes information indicating the content corresponding to each division when the position explicit image is divided so as to be proportional to the ratio of the number of heading information for each content to the total number of heading information in the list. A characteristic electronic device control method.

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