JPH06332617A - Display method in touch panel input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the display method in the touch panel input device which can inform an operator clearly in advance which item is inputted when an item input touch area in which plural items are displayed is touched. CONSTITUTION:On a display screen of a display device 8, a transparent digitizer 9 is provided. On the screen of the display device 8, plural item input touch areas T11, T12,... are set. An example shown in the figure shows the case where the item is a character. Under a state that an input state is an alphanumeric input state, when the item input touch area T11 is touched, '1' is inputted, and when the touch area T12 is touched, '2' is inputted. When it is supposed that the present input state is an alphanumeric input state, '1' is inverted and displayed in the touch area T11, and '2' is inverted and displayed in the touch area T12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display method in a touch panel input device in which a display device such as liquid crystal and a transparent digitizer are combined.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a conventional screen display example of a touch panel input device. The touch panel input device has a display device such as a liquid crystal display and a transparent digitizer provided on the screen of the display device. A plurality of touch areas are set on the display screen, and characters are displayed in each touch area. When a touch area is touched on the transparent digitizer, the characters displayed in the touch area are input.

In the illustrated example, characters "!", "1", and "nu" are displayed in the touch area in the first row and the first column, and """and""in the touch area in the first row and the second column. The characters "2" and "Fu" are displayed, and "#", "3",
“A” and “A” are displayed, and “$”, “4”, “U”, and “U” are displayed in the touch area on the first row and the fourth column.
The blank area at the top is an input character display area.

"Cancel" is displayed in the touch area on the second row and the first column. When the cancel touch area is touched, the entered characters are canceled. In the touch area at the third row and the first column, "alphanumeric" is displayed. Touch the alphanumeric touch area to enter the alphanumeric input state. Under the alphanumeric input state, if you touch the touch area on the 1st row and 3rd column,
The number "3" is entered.

"Romaji Japanese" is displayed in the touch area on the 4th row and the 1st column. If you touch the Romaji Japanese touch area, it will be in the Romaji kana input state, and if you touch the Romaji Japanese touch area again under the Romaji kana input state, it will be in the Hiragana input state. Under the romanized kana input state, for example, touching the touch area at row 3 and column 9 will input "K", and then touching the touch area at row 3 and column 2 will input "A", resulting in " Is entered. Under the hiragana input state, touching the touch area in the 3rd row and the 9th column inputs “no”.

[Code input] is displayed in the touch area on the 5th row and the 1st column. The character code of "あ" is "040
Assuming "2", if the user inputs "0402" after touching the code input touch area, "A" is input. “Half-width” is displayed in the touch area on the 5th row and the 2nd column. To input half-width characters, touch the half-width touch area. “Enlarge” is displayed in the touch area on the 5th row and the 3rd column. To input enlarged characters, touch the enlarged touch area. “Blank” is displayed in the touch area on the 5th row and the 4th column. If you want to enter a blank, touch the blank touch area. “Kana” is displayed in the touch area on the 5th row and the 5th column. If you want to enter katakana input mode, touch the kana touch area.

"Fixed shift" is displayed in the touch area at the 5th row and the 6th column. To enter the alphanumeric shift input state, touch the shift fixed touch area under the alphanumeric input state. Under the alphanumeric shift input state, touch the shift fixed touch area to return to the alphanumeric input state. Under the alphanumeric shift input state, for example, when the touch area in the first row and the third column is touched, “#” is input.

When the shift fixed touch area is touched under the hiragana input state, the hiragana shift input state is set. If the shift fixed touch area is touched under the hiragana shift input state, the state returns to the hiragana input state. Under the hiragana shift input state, for example, when the touch area on the 1st row and the 3rd column is touched, “a” is input.

When it is desired to enter the katakana shift input state, the shift fixed touch area is touched under the katakana input state. If the shift fixed touch area is touched under the katakana shift input state, the state returns to the katakana input state. Under the Katakana shift input state, for example, when the touch area on the 1st row and the 3rd column is touched, “a” is input.

[0010]

In the touch panel input device as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of characters are displayed in the character input touch area for inputting characters, and when the character input touch area is touched, the characters are touched. One of the plurality of characters displayed in the input touch area is input. Which character is input depends on the current input state. For example, "!", "1", and "nu" are displayed in the character input touch area in the 1st row and 1st column, but in the alphanumeric shift input state, the character input touch area in the 1st row and 1st column When you touch, "!" Is input, under the alphanumeric input state, the character input touch area on the first line and the first column is touched, and "1" is input. Under the hiragana input state, the character on the first line and the first column is input. When touching the input touch area, "nu" is input.

In the conventional touch panel input device as shown in FIG. 8, when the touch area is touched, it is difficult to know which of the plurality of characters displayed in the touch area is input. is there. The present invention eliminates such drawbacks and makes it clear to the operator which item is to be input when the item input touch area where a plurality of items are displayed is touched. It is an object of the present invention to provide a display method in a touch panel input device that can notify the user.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. A display method in a touch panel input device according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a display device (8) and a transparent digitizer (9) provided on a screen of the display device (8), and the display device (8) On the screen of, multiple item input touch areas (T11, T12, T13, T14,…) for entering items are set, and multiple item input touch areas (T11, T12, T13, T14,
...) each have a plurality of items displayed, and by touching a certain item input touch area (Tij) on the transparent digitizer (9), one of the items displayed in the item input touch area (Tij) is displayed. It is a display method in the touch panel input device (10) that is adapted to input two items, and corresponds to the current input state in each of a plurality of item input touch areas (T11, T12, T13, T14, ...) The item to be displayed is displayed so that it can be distinguished from other items in the item input touch area.

[0013]

The present invention will be described by taking the case where the item is a character as an example. A plurality of item input touch areas T11, T12, T13, T14, ... Are set on the screen of the display device 8. In the item input touch area T11, “!”, “1”,
"Nu" is displayed, "", "2", and "Fu" are displayed in the item input touch area T12, and "#", "3", "A", and "A" are displayed in the item input touch area T13. ”Is displayed, and“ $ ”,“ 4 ”, and
"U" and "U" are displayed. When the item input touch area T11 is touched under the alphanumeric input state, "1" is input, and when the item input touch area T12 is touched under the alphanumeric input state, "2" is input, and under the alphanumeric input state. When the item input touch area T13 is touched with, "3" is input, and when the item input touch area T14 is touched under the alphanumeric input state, "4" is input.

FIG. 1 (b) shows a case where the input state is an alphanumeric input state. In the item input touch area T11, "1" is highlighted and in the item input touch area T12, "2" is highlighted. Then, “3” is highlighted in the item input touch area T13, and “4” is highlighted in the item input touch area T14. Instead of reverse display, background color change, enlargement, enlargement inversion, enlargement background color change, etc. can be adopted.

[0015]

EXAMPLE FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of display of input characters. FIG. 2 exemplifies the touch area at the 3rd row and 13th column in FIG. In this touch area, "}", "]", """,
"Mu" is displayed. When the touch area is touched in the alphanumeric shift input state, “}” is input. FIG. 2A shows a display of the conventional example, and in the conventional example, “}”, “]”, “” ”, and“ mu ”are displayed in the same manner. FIG. 2 (b) shows an example of character display according to the present invention. “}” Input when the touch area is touched under the input state at that time (alphanumeric shift input state in this example). Is highlighted.

FIG. 2 (c) shows another example of character display in the present invention, which is input when the touch area is touched under the input state at that time (alphanumeric shift input state in this example). The background color of "}" has been changed. Figure 2 (d)
Also shows another example of character display in the present invention, in which the “}” input when the touch area is touched under the input state at that time (alphanumeric shift input state in this example) is enlarged and displayed. Has been done.

FIG. 3 shows another example of character display according to the present invention. When the touch area is touched under the input state (alphanumeric shift input state) at that time, “}” is input. FIG. 3A shows a conventional example. In FIG. 3B, “}” is enlarged and highlighted. Figure 3
In (c), “}” is enlarged and the background color is changed.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, the touch area at the 3rd row and 13th column in FIG. 8 is taken as an example.
Characters input when the touch area is touched are displayed in a manner different from other characters in the touch area. For example, in the alphanumeric shift input state, touching the touch area in the 1st row and 3rd column of FIG. 8 inputs “#”, but in the alphanumeric shift input state, “#” is reversed, the background color is changed, and characters are changed. Enlarged, Enlarged character inversion, or Enlarged character Background color is changed and displayed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the input state and the display of input characters. FIG. 4 illustrates the touch area at the 3rd row and 13th column in FIG. 8 as an example. Fig. 4 when inputting Roman characters / alphanumeric characters
As shown in (a), “]” is displayed in a character enlarged / inverted manner, and in the Roman / alphanumeric shift input state, “}” is displayed in a character enlarged / inverted manner as shown in FIG. 4 (b). In the hiragana input state, "mu" is displayed in the enlarged character inversion mode as shown in Fig. 4 (c), and in the katakana input state, "mu" is displayed in the enlarged character inversion state as shown in Fig. 4 (d). Then, in the hiragana (katakana) shift input state, “” is displayed in a character enlarged / inverted manner as shown in FIG. 4 (e).

FIG. 5 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a central processing unit, 2 is a firmware ROM, 3 is a data RAM, 4 is a CGROM, and 5 is a D.
MA, 6 is a liquid crystal controller, 7 is a video memory, 8 is a liquid crystal module, 9 is a touch panel (transparent digitizer), 11 is a touch panel coordinate detection unit, AD is a system address bus, DB is a system data bus,
AD 'indicates a video address bus, and DB' indicates video data.

The central processing unit 1 executes the program stored in the firmware ROM 2. Various programs are stored in the firmware ROM 2. Data RA
Temporary data is stored in M3. CGROM
Various character patterns corresponding to the character code are stored in. The DMA 5 transfers the data stored in the data RAM 3 to the liquid crystal controller 6. The liquid crystal controller 6 writes the transferred video data in the video memory 7, transfers the video data in the video memory 7 to the liquid crystal module 8, and sends a synchronization signal to the liquid crystal module 8. The liquid crystal module 8 displays the transferred video data. When one point on the touch panel 9 is pressed, its coordinate data is sent to the touch panel coordinate detection unit 11. Touch panel coordinate detection unit 11
Converts the received coordinate data into a form understood by the CPU 1 and sends the converted coordinate data to the CPU 1.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the processing flow of the present invention. This series of processing is realized by executing a predetermined program stored in the firmware ROM in the central processing unit. In step S1, it is checked whether the state is a Roman character or alphanumeric input state. If Yes, step S
If No, the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, it is checked whether the state is a Roman character or alphanumeric shift input state. In the case of Yes, it progresses to step S10 and N
In the case of o, it progresses to step S3. In step S3, it is checked whether or not it is in a kana (hiragana) input state. If Yes, the process proceeds to step S9, and if No, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, it is checked whether or not the input state is katakana. If Yes, step S
8, the process proceeds to step S5 if No. In step S5, it is checked whether or not the kana (kana) shift is input. If Yes, the process proceeds to step S7, and if No, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, an initial input status display (roman character / alphanumeric input or hiragana input) is performed.

In step S7, a kana (kana) shift input state is displayed. An example of a kana (kana) shift input state display is shown in FIG. In step S8, a kana (katakana) input state is displayed. An example of a kana (katakana) input status display is shown in FIG. 4 (d). Step S9
Then, the kana (hiragana) input status is displayed. An example of the kana (hiragana) input status display is shown in FIG. 4 (c). In step S10, a Roman character or alphanumeric shift input state is displayed. An example of a Roman character or alphanumeric shift input status display is shown in Fig. 4 (b). In step S11, a Roman character or alphanumeric input status is displayed. An example of a roman character or alphanumeric input status display is shown in Fig. 4 (a).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of item display in the item input touch area. In each item input touch area, the actual value of the product code (eg 127854), the actual value of the product name (eg clothes), the actual value of the purchase price (eg 7000).
The actual value of the selling price (for example, 8000 yen) is displayed.

FIG. 7A shows the case of the normal input state. Under this state, the clothes (= product name) are enlarged and further highlighted. FIG. 7B shows the case of the normal shift input state. Under this state, 127854 (=
The product code) is enlarged and highlighted. Figure 7
(c) shows the case of the sub-input state. Under this state, 8,000 yen (= sale price) is enlarged and further highlighted. FIG. 7D shows the case of the sub-shift input state, and under this state, 7,000 yen (purchase price) is enlarged and further highlighted.

When the item input touch area is touched under the state of FIG. 7 (a), clothes (= product name) are input,
When the item input touch area is touched under the state of (b), 127854 (= product code) is input, and when the item input touch area is touched under the state of FIG. 7 (c), 800
When 0 yen (= sale price) is input and the item input touch area is touched under the state of FIG. 7 (d), 7,000 yen (purchase price) is input.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a plurality of items are displayed in the item input touch area for inputting an item (for example, a character), and when the item input touch area is touched. In the touch panel input device in which the item in the item input touch area corresponding to the input state at that time is input, the item in the item input touch area corresponding to the input state at that time is set to the item input touch area. Since it is displayed so that it can be distinguished from the other items, it is possible to know at a glance which item is input when the item input touch area is touched, and the operability is significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of display of input characters.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of display of input characters.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an input state and display of input characters.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of item display of an item input touch area.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a conventional screen display example of a touch panel input device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central Processing Unit 2 Firmware ROM 3 Data RAM 4 CGROM 5 DMA 6 Liquid Crystal Controller 7 Video Memory 8 Liquid Crystal Module 9 Transparent Digitizer 10 Touch Panel Input Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display device (8) and a transparent digitizer (9) provided on the screen of the display device (8), the plurality of devices for inputting items on the screen of the display device (8). Item input touch areas (T11, T12, T13, T14,…) are set, and multiple items are displayed in each of multiple item input touch areas (T11, T12, T13, T14,…), or Item input touch area (Tij) transparent digitizer (9)
By touching from above, the item input touch area
A display method in a touch panel input device (10) in which one of the items displayed in (Tij) is input, and a plurality of item input touch areas (T11, T12, T13, T14,…) The display method in the touch panel input device, wherein the item corresponding to the current input state in each of the items is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other items in the item input touch area.