JPH06230900A - Input control method for touch panel input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable wide application to all contact detection system, to operate a touch panel and to prevent the operation stoppage of a device by changing a key illustration display position to a position not overlapping with sentence guidance. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with the touch panel 1 for key entry, a CRT 2 for displaying guidance sentences and key illustrations, a touch panel controller 3 for detecting contact to the touch panel, a controller 4 for CRT display and a control part 5 for selecting and displaying display contents to the CRT and performing processing execution by the contents of the contact to the touch panel. By the constitution, when a key entry state continues more than a prescribed time due to the failure of the touch panel 1 or the like on the touch panel 1 corresponding to the key illustrations, continuing key entry information is neglected, the key illustrations are erased, a guidance non-display area is searched and the key illustrations of substitutive keys are displayed at the guidance non-display area.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input control method for a touch panel input device (in the following description, simply referred to as "input control method").
In particular, the present invention relates to an input control method capable of switching to an alternative operation on the touch panel when a key input effective area (key illustration portion) is in a touch state due to a failure or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As conventional techniques of this kind, for example,
The device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-85915 is known. This device is an optical touch panel input device x, y
When defective light is detected by detecting the optical output of the coordinates, if the light is within the touch panel coordinate range, the screen of the display unit is changed and the input area coordinate position of the touch panel key is moved to perform touch panel input operation. It is a touch panel input device capable of stopping degeneration and improving reliability.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional technique is effective in that it is possible to stop the degeneracy of the input operation of the touch panel by moving the coordinate position of the input area of the touch panel key. The technology has the following problems. The first point is that the above-mentioned conventional technique is effective in an optical touch panel input device, and cannot be used in a touch panel input device that detects a contact due to a change in capacitance or the like. It is a point. The second point is that when the display position of the key illustration is changed by the method shown in the above-mentioned conventional technique, the key illustration may be displayed overlapping with the wording guidance display. When such a situation occurs, it is obvious that the operator will be confused. . The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems in the related art and to be widely applicable to all contact detection methods, and to overlap with wording guidance. An object of the present invention is to provide an input control method for a touch panel input device, which enables the touch panel to be operated by changing the key illustration display position to a position where the key illustration is not displayed, and which can prevent the device from being stopped.

[0004]

The above objects of the present invention are as follows:
An input control method for a touch panel input device, comprising a touch panel that arranges a key input area and detects that a finger or the like is touched (touched), and an image display unit that displays a key illustration and a key input request guidance. , On the touch panel corresponding to the key illustration, if the key input state continues for a predetermined time or longer due to a malfunction of the touch panel, etc., the continued key input information is ignored, the key illustration is deleted, and guidance is not displayed. This is achieved by an input control method characterized by searching a region and displaying a key illustration of a substitute key in the guidance non-display region.

[0005]

In the input control method according to the present invention, in the system using the touch panel as the response input device, the key input position is changed when the key input (touch) state continues due to a malfunction of the touch panel. By allowing the alternative key input, it is possible to prevent the operation from being interrupted due to a malfunction of the touch panel, to make the system down, and to improve the service to the user. In addition, in the input control method according to the present invention, since the malfunction of the touch panel is determined by whether or not the key input state is continued, even if the touch panel using any key input position detection method, It is possible to detect, and because the area for displaying the key illustration of the alternative key is prepared in advance, there is an advantage that the key illustration displayed as the alternative key does not overlap with other wording guidance etc. I have.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a touch panel input device that is an embodiment of the present invention. 1 in the figure
Is a touch panel for key input, 2 is a CRT displaying guidance texts and key illustrations, 3 is a touch panel controller for detecting a touch on the touch panel, 4 is a CRT display controller, 5 is a display content selection and display on the CRT, It is a control unit that executes processing depending on the content of contact with the touch panel. FIG. 2 is a view of the display screen of the touch panel as seen from above, showing a guidance display state. In the figure, 6 indicates a display screen of the touch panel, 7 is a guidance wording requesting an operation on the key illustration of the touch panel, and 8 is a key illustration corresponding to the guidance wording 7 (because the key input is in a continuous state, the display is canceled). 9 shows a key illustration corresponding to the guidance wording 7, and 10 shows an alternative key illustration (alternative key) in which the display position of the display-erased key illustration 8 is changed.

The operation of the touch panel input device according to this embodiment having the above-mentioned structure will be described below with reference to the operation flow chart shown in FIG. In the following description, a case where the touch panel input device according to the present embodiment (hereinafter, simply referred to as “device”) is applied to an automatic transaction device used in a financial institution will be described as an example. When a transaction occurs, the device selects guidance for the transaction, touch panel key input valid area data corresponding to the guidance, and an input key illustration (step 31). Next, the device checks whether or not there is a touch state on the touch panel (also, this matches the key input valid area selected above) (step 32). If there is a touch state on the touch panel, or if there is a touch state but both do not match, the guidance or the like selected in step 31 is displayed (step 36) and the input to the key illustration is waited (step 37). ). When the operator inputs a key (step 38), the process corresponding to the key is executed (step 39), and the key input process is terminated.

On the other hand, in step 32, if there is a touch state on the touch panel and it matches the key input effective area, it is judged as an abnormal state,
Shift to the operation for displaying the alternative key illustration. The operation for displaying the substitute key illustration is as follows. First, the area of the touch panel where there is no touch by the operator
(Hereinafter, referred to as "untouched area") is checked (step 33), and the display position of the key illustration in the above-mentioned contact state is moved to the untouched area (step 34), and the key input effective area Is also switched (step 35) and the guidance is displayed (step 36). What is important here is that the key illustrations, guidances, etc. displayed in step 36 are the ones for which the display positions have been confirmed to be free from problems such as duplication on the device side. This will be described later in detail. Next, wait for the operator to input the key illustration (step 37), and when the key input is made (step 38), execute the process corresponding to that key.
(Step 39), the key input processing ends.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, the details of the memory holding data such as the key illustration, the information for the alternative key, etc. will be described.
Although illustration is omitted, the control unit 5 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a memory (RAM) for storing data necessary for performing the operation according to the present embodiment. In this memory,
As shown in FIG. 4, a touch panel 20 displayed on the CRT 2
Input guidance area as operation display guidance 21, key illustration 22 data (1 to 3), and key illustration 22 display data.
(x, y coordinates) 24 to 26 and corresponding key type data, alternative key illustration display range (x, y coordinates) 27 and alternative key illustration CRT display data 28, etc. as data for displaying the alternative key illustration Is held. Reference numeral 23 denotes an alternative key illustration display area. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment will be described in more detail. Figure 5
3 shows the details of step 32 of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 shows the details of step 33 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 shows the details of steps 34 and 35 of FIG.

First, referring to FIG. 5, step 32 in FIG.
Will be described in detail. Step 32 of FIG.
It consists of two steps. The first is a step of determining whether or not there is a touch state on the touch panel. In this determination, according to the structure of each touch panel, if the method is an optical method, the light beam is blocked or not, if it is a method of forming an electrical contact, whether the contact is formed or not is a method of detecting a change in capacitance. If so, it is carried out by determining whether or not the capacity has changed. If it is determined that there is a touch state on the touch panel, then it is determined whether the touch position determined above matches the key input valid area selected in step 31. This is the second step. This is the coordinates of the actual contact position and the coordinates of the key input valid area selected in step 31 (x, y in FIG. 4).
It is determined by making a comparison with coordinates 24 to 26). If these match, then, as a third step, the key type of the alternative key is determined from the coordinates (x, y coordinates 24 to 26) of the relevant key input effective area.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, step 33 in FIG.
Will be described in detail. Step 33 of FIG.
It consists of two steps. The first is the step of FIG.
From the key type determined in 32, the key input effective area of the specific retained data to be displayed instead (x, y coordinates 24 to 24 in FIG. 4).
26), and the second is
From the key input effective area of the retained data acquired above and the display range of the alternative key (27 in FIG. 4), calculate the x, y coordinates of the alternative key input effective area, for example, the area corresponding to 28 in FIG. It is a step to do. Although illustration is omitted, it is checked whether or not the alternative key input effective area calculated above is also in the contact state, and if it is in the contact state, another alternative key input effective area is calculated. Become. If all the alternative key input valid areas calculated in the above steps are in contact, the device must be down.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, step 3 of FIG.
The details of 4, 35 will be explained. Steps 34 and 35 in FIG. 3 are C
It is related to the RT display information, and is composed of five steps in detail. The first is a step of calculating the display position on the CRT 2 of the key illustration corresponding to the key input valid area in the contact state calculated in step 33. In the second step, the key illustration data to be displayed at this display position is changed to the "no display" code. That is, the key illustration corresponding to the key input valid area in the contact state is not displayed.
In the third step, the display position of the CRT display data is calculated based on the alternative key input effective area calculated in the step shown in FIG. In the fourth step, the key illustration data corresponding to the key type of the alternative key acquired in the step shown in FIG. 5 is set as the CRT display data. Finally, in the fifth step, the key input valid area of the key illustration data set above is changed to the above-mentioned alternative key input valid area.

The above is the details of the operation of this embodiment. According to the above-described embodiment, in the system in which the touch panel is used as the response input device, when the key input (touch) state continues due to a malfunction of the touch panel, the key input position is changed to perform the alternative key input. By making it possible to almost completely prevent operation interruption due to malfunction of the touch panel, system downtime,
It is possible to improve the service to users. As described above, the input control method according to the above-described embodiment can be applied to a touch panel using any key input position detection method, and a key illustration displayed as a substitute key can be displayed. , It does not overlap with other wording guidance. In addition, it is needless to say that the above-mentioned embodiment shows an example of the present invention, and the present invention should not be limited to this.

[0014]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it can be widely applied to all contact detection methods, and by changing the key illustration display position to a position not overlapping with the wording guidance, It is possible to realize the input control method of the touch panel input device that enables the operation of the touch panel and prevents the operation of the device from being stopped.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a touch panel input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view of the touch panel as viewed from above.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart showing a control method of the touch panel input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing key information held in a memory.

5 is a detailed diagram of step 32 of FIG. 3. FIG.

6 is a detailed diagram of step 33 in FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a detailed diagram of steps 34 and 35 of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Touch panel, 2: CRT, 3: Touch panel controller, 4: CRT display controller, 5: Control unit, 6, 20: Touch panel display screen, 7, 21: Operation request guidance,
8: Cancel key illustration, 9, 22: Key illustration, 1
0, 28: substitute key illustration, 23: guidance, key illustration non-display area, 24-26: key input valid area of key illustration, 27: alternative key display area.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An input of a touch panel input device comprising a key input area, a touch panel for detecting that a finger or the like is touched, and image display means for displaying a key illustration and a key input request guidance. If the key input state on the touch panel corresponding to the key illustration continues for a predetermined time or longer due to a control method, the continued key input information is ignored and the key illustration is deleted. Then, an input control method for a touch panel input device, wherein a guidance undisplayed area is searched and a key illustration of a substitute key is displayed in the guidance undisplayed area. 2. The input control method for a touch panel input device according to claim 1, wherein the guidance non-display area is prepared in advance. 3. In the guidance non-display area,
The input control method of the touch panel input device according to claim 2, wherein a display position of the key illustration of the alternative key is prepared. 4. The touch panels are orthogonal to each other.
The input control of the touch panel input device according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel is an optical touch panel that scans light in a direction and detects the input coordinate position when the light is blocked. Method. 5. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel is of a type that detects an input coordinate position when a state of an electrical contact formed between two layers of sheets that are overlapped with each other is changed. 4. The input control method of the touch panel input device according to any one of 3 to 3. 6. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel is a touch panel of a type that detects an input coordinate position due to a change in capacitance between sheets of two layers that are overlapped with each other. An input control method for a touch panel input device according to claim 2. 7. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel is a touch panel of a type that detects an input coordinate position by a change in magnetic characteristics between two layers of sheets that are overlapped with each other. An input control method for the touch panel input device according to.