JPS62214433A - File retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operation of file retrieval by scrolling a card array continuously if the extent and the speed of movement of a pointing position exceed set values when a file displayed as the card array is retrieved. CONSTITUTION:A touch panel 4 is arranged on the front of a display part 3, and a detecting part 5 which detects the extend and the speed of movement of the pointing position on the touch panel 4 is provided, and the contents of a file 1 are displayed as the card array on the display part 3. If the extent and the speed of movement of the pointing position detected by the detecting part 5 exceed set values, the card array displayed on the display part 3 is scrolled continuously independently of the moving pointing position. If the speed of movement does not exceed the set value, the card array is scrolled in accordance with the moving pointing position.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] When searching for a file displayed on the display section using a card arrangement that is an image of superimposed cards, the card arrangement is scrolled by pointing on the touch panel with a finger, etc. When the pointing movement amount and speed are greater than a set value, scrolling is performed continuously in the same way as command input, thereby simplifying the file search operation.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a file search method for searching for files displayed on a display unit as a card arrangement.

Files such as telephone directories and employee lists can be managed in card format, and the display section displays the cards as a card array with superimposed images.The card array can be scrolled and searched using Indisox, etc. Or,
A search system has been proposed that uses a pump-up display to display part or all of the contents of a card. In such a system, it is necessary to be able to easily perform a file search operation by scrolling the display of the card arrangement.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the main parts of the file search system, in which 11 is a processor (CPU), 12 is a random access memory (RAM) that configures files, etc., and 13 is a read-only memory (R) that stores programs, etc.
OM), l 4 is a display control section, 15 is a display section such as a CRT display device, 16 is a touch panel such as a transparent tablet, and 17 is an interface section. For example, as shown in FIG.
, . . . The file is displayed as a card arrangement in which the cards are superimposed.

Index A if the file is a phone book.

B, C, . . . will be displayed in alphabetical order, and in the case of an employee list file in order of joining, indexes A, B, C, . . . will be displayed in fiscal year, etc.

The touch panel 16 is arranged in front of the display unit 15, and when you directly point at the display position with your finger or the like, the coordinate information is transferred to the processor 11 via the interface unit 17, and corresponding to the coordinate information, The display on the display section 15 is controlled. For example, if a desired index B is pointed, the entire contents of the index B card are displayed on the display section 15.

Furthermore, since it is often not possible to display all of the files as a card arrangement at the same time, files can be searched by scrolling the display. In that case,
Scroll can be performed by inputting a scroll command using an icon or the like, or by moving the pointing position of the touch panel 16. For example, if you point at the card position of index E and move it to the card position of index A, scrolling by moving the pointing position will change the card position of index E to the card position of index A. Scrolling is performed so that the card position is A. It is also possible to perform a pop-up display that displays part or all of the cards at the lowest level to facilitate file searches.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By pointing and moving a finger on the touch panel 16, like flipping over a card, scrolling can be performed in conjunction with the movement of the finger, but there is a limit to the number of cards that can be displayed at the same time. When searching for a file that has a large number of cards, it is necessary to repeat the scrolling operation. That is, it is necessary to repeat the movement of the finger up and down on the touch panel 16 many times. Therefore, there was a problem with the operability of scrolling.

An object of the present invention is to identify differences in pointing movement amount and movement speed, and to switch between scrolling according to pointing movement and continuous scrolling for display.

[Means for solving problems]

The file search method of the present invention, when searching for a file displayed as a card arrangement, performs continuous scrolling when the movement amount and movement speed of the pointing position are greater than a set value. 0 display section 3 to be explained
A touch panel 4 is placed on the front of the touch panel 4.
A detecting unit 5 is provided to detect the moving amount and moving speed of the pointing position, and the control unit 2 displays the contents of the file l on the display unit 3 as a card arrangement. When the movement speed is above the set value, the card arrangement displayed on the display section 3 is scrolled continuously regardless of the pointing movement position, and when the movement speed does not exceed the set value, This is to scroll the card arrangement corresponding to the moving position of the pointing finger.

[Effect]

If the pointing movement amount and movement speed are greater than the set value, it means that high-speed scrolling is desired, so continuous scrolling will be performed while touching the touch panel 4, and if there are many cards. When searching for a file, continuous scrolling can be performed simply by moving the finger on the touch panel 4 at high speed, without repeating the scrolling operation. If the moving speed does not exceed the set value, continuous scrolling is not desired, so scrolling is performed in accordance with the movement of the finger on the touch panel 4.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention;
■ Pointing input is performed on the touch panel 4 shown in the figure. If the input coordinates in that case are Ai (xi, yt), then the input coordinates are A+ (xI+ yt)
■, and then determine whether or not pointing continues ■.

If pointing is not continuing, that is, if you immediately remove your finger from the touch panel 4, the process ends. In addition, when pointing is continuing, the input coordinates Ai (xi, yi) after a lapse of time due to the movement of pointing, etc. are detected. Then, convert this input coordinate Ai (xi, yi) to A2
(X2゜yz)■.

The movement amount and movement speed of the pointing are calculated from the coordinate information in steps ■ and ■. In the case of vertical scrolling, the movement amount d is calculated by the calculation ■ of d=lyz ytl, and then the movement distance of v - d / t is calculated. Find the moving speed V by calculation (2). Such movement -11d and movement speed V are determined by the detection unit 5 in FIG. This detection unit 5 can be realized by the calculation function of the processor 11 in the file search system shown in FIG.

Then, it is determined whether the moving amount d is larger or smaller than the set value D+ (D+<Dz). The judgment result is d<[),
In this case, perform a pop-up display ■. If d≧D1, it is determined whether the movement amount d is larger or smaller than the set value D2. If d<Dz, the card arrangement display is scrolled and a pop-up display @ is performed.

Also, if d≧D2, the moving speed ■ is the set value V.

[Phase] determines whether it is larger or smaller. If V<V, scroll the card array to the position yz. If V≧v1, scroll the card array continuously.

Next /'z (X+, yt)'-Az (X2
．． yz) processing [phase] is performed, determination (2) is made as to whether or not pointing is to be continued, and the above-mentioned operation is repeated.

Comparison and judgment between the moving amount d and the set value of the moving speed V, D2+V, are performed in the control section 2 in FIG. 1, and based on the judgment result, the scroll display on the display section 3 is etc. are controlled. Furthermore, the functions of the control section 2 are as follows:
The file search system shown in FIG. 5 can be implemented using the arithmetic functions of the processor 11.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of scrolling, and for the card arrangement shown in (81), the first pointing coordinates (X+, 3
When the pointing is moved from the coordinate (X2.)'z) from the coordinate (
As long as the user continues to touch (see FIG. 1), scrolling continues according to step (2) in FIG. 2.

That is, the card arrangement in FIG. 3(a) is sequentially changed to (b),
(C1, +d) until the last card, or the scrolling continues from the first card after the last card. When the user releases his or her finger from the touch panel 4, the continuous scrolling is stopped and the current card arrangement is displayed.

Also, if the moving speed V is smaller than the set value ■1, the coordinate (X
+, 3'+) becomes the coordinate (X2.yz), that is, scrolling is performed until the index H card is at the lowest position, and then the scrolling is stopped.

That is, scrolling is performed according to step 0 in FIG.

Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram of the pop-up display. For example, in Figure 3 (bl), if you slowly move a small distance from the pointing position of the Indy Nox B card, the amount of movement d is Since it is smaller than the value D1, the second
The pop-amp display control in step ■ in the figure is performed.
As shown in (al) of FIG. 4, part of the contents of the Indianox B card, such as 81.821 B3, is popped up and displayed.

For example, in Figure 3 (al), index C
Pointing is performed from pointing to the card position in Figure 2, and if the amount of movement d is equal to or greater than the set value and is smaller than the set value D2, the pop-up display is controlled by scrolling the card array display in step @ in Figure 2. As shown in FIG. 4(b), part of the contents of the index C card c, , c2 . c3 etc. will be displayed as a pop-up.

Furthermore, when the card is pointed at, the contents of the card are controlled to be displayed in its entirety.

As described above, depending on the pointing movement fid and the movement speed V, switching is performed between pop-up display, pop-up display by scrolling, scrolling to the pointing movement position, and continuous scrolling. Further, since the scrolling direction can be set according to the pointing movement direction, not only scrolling from the top to the bottom but also scrolling from the bottom to the top is possible.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention causes the control unit 2 to display the contents of the file 1 as a card arrangement on the display unit 3, and controls the pointing movement iJd and the movement speed V with respect to the touch panel 4 arranged in front of the display unit 3. The detected movement amount d and movement speed V detected by the detection unit 5 are set to the set value D2. If V1 or higher, the card arrangement is continuously scrolled, and if the moving speed V does not exceed the setting 1,
This allows scrolling to the pointing movement position, and when performing a search by scrolling the card arrangement quickly, it is a typical user characteristic that the amount and speed of pointing with a finger etc. on the touch panel 4 increases. Therefore, continuous scrolling can be performed in a corresponding state, and the search operation is easier than when performing repeated scrolling operations or when inputting commands using icons or the like.

Furthermore, when performing a search by scrolling slowly, the pointing movement speed on the touch panel 4 is generally slow, so display control can be performed by switching to scrolling that follows the pointing movement. Therefore, man-machine in file search
There is an advantage that the characteristics of the interface can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a principle block diagram of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 (al to (d) is an explanatory diagram of scrolling, Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of Ta+, (bl is an explanatory diagram of a pop-up display) , Fig. 5 is a block diagram of the main parts of the file search system, and Fig. 6 is a display explanatory diagram of the card arrangement. be.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A file in which the content of the file (1) is displayed as a card arrangement on the display section (3) by the control section (2), and a file is searched by the card arrangement displayed on the display section (3). In the search method, a touch panel (4) is arranged in front of the display section (3), a detection section (5) is provided for detecting the amount of movement and movement speed of pointing with respect to the touch panel (4), and the detection section When the pointing movement amount and movement speed detected by (5) are greater than or equal to the set value, the display unit (3)
) is scrolled continuously regardless of the pointing movement position, and if the movement speed does not exceed the set value, the display section (3) corresponding to the pointing movement position is scrolled continuously. A file search method characterized by scrolling the card arrangement displayed on the screen.