JPH11175228A - Information terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information terminal equipment capable of changing the display direction of a display device arbitrarily. SOLUTION: This information terminal equipment is provided with a display device 109 which displays the inputted result and the edited result of characters or graphics and can sense a point instructed on a display screen by a pen input device 107, pen input device 107 for instructing the display screen of the display device 109 and inputting the character or graphic, storage device for storing the edited result or system program, and controller for executing editing according to the program stored in the storage device. In this case, a display direction instructing means capable of arbitrarily changing the display direction of the display device 109 is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a display technique of a document editing device and a display device of an information terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional information terminal device, since the display direction of the display device is constant, the direction of the information terminal device that allows the display contents of the display device to be correctly viewed has been determined. Therefore, when starting the editing work from a state in which the orientation of the information terminal device main body cannot be checked in advance, such as taking out the information terminal device from a bag or the like and starting the editing work, when holding the information terminal device main body in hand, It is necessary to confirm that the orientation of the information terminal device is such that the display contents can be viewed correctly. If the orientation is not correct, the information terminal device has been started to be edited after rotating the orientation of the information terminal device so that the display contents can be viewed correctly.

[0003]

In the prior art, when the information terminal device is held in a hand, the orientation of the information terminal device body must be in a direction in which the display contents of the display device can be viewed correctly. If you want to take notes, you must rotate the information terminal device in a hurry to match the direction of the display on the display device, and there is a possibility that the information terminal device will drop during the rotation or be missed while it is troublesome. is there.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal device capable of arbitrarily changing the display direction of a display device in view of the above problems.

[0005]

A display device which displays the result of inputting and editing characters and graphics and senses a point on a display screen pointed by a pen input device, and a character or graphic pointing to the display screen of the display device In the information terminal device including a pen input device for performing input of a command, a storage device for storing an editing result and a system program, and a control device for executing editing in accordance with the program stored in the storage device, a display direction instruction unit is provided. The above problem is solved by arbitrarily changing the display direction of the equipped display device.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of an information terminal device according to the present invention. The information terminal device 108 includes an input sensor A101, an input sensor B102, an input sensor C
103, input sensor D104, main power-on confirmation LE
D105, main power switch 106, pen input device 10
7, a display device 109.

FIG. 2 shows the internal components. The display direction sensing unit 201 senses contact of the pen input device 107, and transmits a signal to the control unit A10 when sensing the contact.
1, an input sensor B102, an input sensor C103, and an input sensor D104, and a timer device 202 for limiting the sensing time of the input sensor A101, the input sensor B102, the input sensor C103, and the input sensor D104 to an arbitrary time.

The display unit 203 is a liquid crystal display device. When the pen input device 107 is brought into contact with the surface of the liquid crystal display device screen, a pen input sensing device 204 capable of sensing the contacted portion.
Is provided. The storage unit 203 stores a system program and an editing result, and stores a flash memory, RA
It is composed of storage elements such as M and ROM. The pen input device 107 includes an input sensor A101 and an input sensor B10.
2. Used to contact the input sensor C103, the input sensor D104, and the screen surface of the liquid crystal display device.

The main power switch 106 is connected to the information terminal 10
8 is a switch for turning on / off the main power supply. Control unit 206
Denotes a display direction sensing unit 201, a display unit 203, a storage unit 20
5, is connected to the main power switch 106 by a signal line,
It controls input / output signals with each part.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart when the display direction designating means is executed. When the main power switch is turned on to start editing, the control unit 206 contacts the pen input device 107 to the input sensor A101, the input sensor B102, the input sensor C103, and the input sensor D104 for an arbitrary time when the timer device 202 operates. To detect the presence or absence of When the pen input device 107 is brought into contact with the input sensor A101 during an arbitrary time when the timer device 202 operates, the control unit 206 decodes the input signal to change the display direction to the direction shown in FIG. OK, change is displayed.

At this time, if the screen point displayed as "OK" is pressed by the pen input device 107, the editing is started in the display direction of FIG. 4, but the screen point displayed as "change" is input with the pen. When the device 107 is pressed, the display direction can be reset.

Similarly, when the input sensor B102 is brought into contact with the pen input device 107, the control unit 206 sets the display direction as shown in FIG.
When the control unit 206 makes contact with the touch panel 107, the control unit 206 sets the display direction as shown in FIG.
When the contact is made at 07, the control unit 206 sets the display direction as shown in FIG. 7, and then displays "OK" and "change" on the display screen. At this time, if the screen point displayed as "OK" is pressed by the pen input device 107, editing is started in the display direction of FIG. And the display direction can be reset.

The input sensor A101 and the input sensor B1 are provided for an arbitrary time until the timer device 202 operates.
02, the input sensor C103, and the input sensor D104, when the pen input device 107 does not contact, or when a plurality of input sensors are contacted by the pen input device 107 due to erroneous operation or the like, the control unit 206 changes the display direction. The orientation is as shown in FIG. 4, and the characters OK and Change are displayed on the display screen.

At this time, if the screen point displayed as "OK" is pressed by the pen input device 107, the editing is started in the display direction of FIG. 4, but the screen point displayed as "change" is input with the pen. When the device 107 is pressed, the display direction can be reset.

As described above, as a method of indicating the display direction, there is provided a method of providing the input sensor A101, the input sensor B102, the input sensor C103, and the input sensor D104, and instructing the display direction by bringing the pen input device 107 into contact with the input sensor. As shown in FIG. 8, the screen after the power is turned on is divided into the screen division areas A801 and B as shown in FIG.
802, screen division area C803, screen division area D804
It is also possible to indicate the display direction without using an input sensor by dividing the area into four areas, and recognizing the area touched by the pen input device 107 first after power-on as an upward direction and displaying the area. is there.

[0016]

As described above, when the information terminal device is picked up by hand, even if the display direction of the information terminal device main body and the display device are different, the information terminal device main body is rotated to match the display direction of the display device. It is possible to provide an information terminal device that does not require much trouble.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an entire information terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart at the time of execution of a display direction designation unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen when a pen input device is brought into contact with the input sensor A of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen when a pen input device is brought into contact with the input sensor B of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen when a pen input device is brought into contact with the input sensor C of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen when a pen input device is brought into contact with the input sensor D of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a case where a display screen is divided into four parts to indicate a display direction according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: input sensor A, 102: input sensor B, 1
03: input sensor C, 104: input sensor D, 10
5: Main power-on confirmation LED, 106: Main power switch, 107: Pen input device, 108: Information terminal device, 1
09: display device, 201: display direction sensing unit, 202: timer device, 203: display unit, 204: pen input sensing unit, 205: storage unit, 206: control unit, 801: screen division area A, 802: screen division Area B, 803: screen division area C, 804: screen division area D

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input and edit result of a character or a figure is displayed,
A display device that can sense a point on the display screen pointed by the pen input device, a pen input device that points to the display screen of the display device to input characters and graphics, and a storage device that stores editing results and system programs, An information terminal device comprising a control device for executing editing according to a program stored in the storage device, further comprising a display direction indicating means for arbitrarily changing a display direction of the display device.