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- Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information processing apparatus including a touch screen display, and an input control method.
- a touch pad is provided as an input device, in addition to the keyboard.
- a personal computer which is provided with a touch screen display for an easier input operation by a user, and which enables input by a touch operation on the touch screen display with use of a fingertip or a pen.
- Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI Publication No. 2005-190290 discloses an input control device wherein if a user touches an area on a menu window, where a button of a touch panel is not displayed, the touch panel is vibrated with a vibration pattern VP 1 . If the user moves, while keeping the touch on the touch panel, the touch position on the touch panel into the coordinate range of the button, the input control device generates once again the vibration pattern VP 1 , which indicates the acceptance of a button select operation, at a time point when the touch position has entered the coordinate range of the button. Thereafter, if the user performs a de-touch operation or presses the button for a long time, a button decision operation is accepted.
- the touch panel in order to make surer the button operation, the touch panel is vibrated when the touch position has been moved into the range of the button, thereby making it possible to confirm that the button is touched.
- the touch panel is vibrated, unless the touch operation is performed while the touch screen is being viewed, it is difficult to perform the touch operation itself on a specific area of, e.g. the button, which is set on the touch screen.
- the operation becomes very difficult.
- FIG. 1 is an exemplary external appearance view showing an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment
- FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing an example of a software touch pad which is displayed on a touch screen display of the information processing apparatus in the embodiment;
- FIG. 3 is an exemplary block diagram showing an example of the system configuration of the information processing apparatus in the embodiment
- FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a structure example of a software touch pad input control program in the embodiment
- FIG. 5 is an exemplary flow chart illustrating the operation of the software touch pad input control program in the embodiment
- FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing an example of an operation on the software touch pad in the embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing an example of the operation on the software touch pad in the embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing an example of the operation on the software touch pad in the embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is an exemplary view showing an example of the operation on the software touch pad in the embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is an exemplary view showing an example of the operation on the software touch pad in the embodiment.
- an information processing apparatus comprises a touch screen display, a vibrator, an area display module, a touch position detector, and a vibration controller.
- the vibrator is configured to vibrate the touch screen display.
- the area display module is configured to display a first area on the touch screen display.
- the touch position detector is configured to detect a touch position on the touch screen display.
- the vibration controller is configured to control the vibrator in order to vibrate with a first pattern, if the touch position moves from an inside of the first area to an outside of the first area.
- FIG. 1 is an external appearance view showing an information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.
- This information processing apparatus is realized, for example, as a battery-powerable portable personal computer 10 .
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the personal computer 10 in a state in which a display unit 12 of the personal computer 10 is opened.
- the personal computer 10 comprises a computer main body 11 and the display unit 12 .
- a touch screen display which is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) 13 and a touch panel 13 A, is built in an upper surface of the display unit 12 .
- a display screen of this touch screen display is disposed at a substantially central part of the display unit 12 .
- LCD liquid crystal display
- the touch screen display is configured, for example, such that the touch panel 13 A is attached to the surface of the LCD 13 , and the touch screen display can realize display by the LCD 13 and the detection of a touch position which is touched by a pen or a finger.
- the user can select various objects (e.g. icons representing folders and files, menus and buttons), which are displayed on the LCD 13 , by using a fingertip or a pen.
- the coordinate data corresponding to the touch position on the display screen is input from the touch panel 13 A to the CPU in the computer 10 .
- the display unit 12 may be configured such that only the LCD 13 is built in.
- the display unit 12 has a thin box-shaped housing.
- the display unit 12 is rotatably attached to the computer main body 11 via a hinge module 14 .
- the hinge module 14 is a coupling module for coupling the display unit 12 to the computer main body 11 .
- a lower end portion of the display unit 12 is supported on a rear end portion of the computer main body 11 by the hinge module 18 .
- the display unit 12 is attached to the computer main body 11 such that the display unit 12 is rotatable, relative to the computer main body 11 , between an open position where the top surface of the computer main body 11 is exposed and a closed position where the top surface of the computer main body 11 is covered by the display unit 12 .
- a power button 16 for powering on or off the personal computer 10 is provided at a predetermined position of the display unit 12 , for example, on the right side of the touch screen display (LCD 13 ).
- the computer main body 11 is a base unit having a thin box-shaped housing.
- a touch screen display which is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) 15 and a touch panel 15 A, is built in an upper surface of the computer main body 11 .
- a display screen of this touch screen display is disposed at a substantially central part of the computer main body 11 .
- the touch screen display is configured, for example, such that the touch panel 15 A is attached to the surface of the LCD 15 , and the touch screen display can realize display by the LCD 15 and the detection of a touch position which is touched by a pen or a finger.
- the user can select various objects (e.g. icons representing folders and files, menus and buttons), which are displayed on the LCD 15 , by using a fingertip or a pen.
- the coordinate data corresponding to the touch position on the display screen is input from the touch panel 15 A to the CPU in the computer 10 .
- the LCD 15 on the computer main body 11 is a display which is independent from the LCD 13 of the display unit 12 .
- the LCDs 13 and 15 can be used as a multi-display system for realizing a virtual screen environment.
- the virtual screen which is managed by the operating system of the computer 10 , includes a first screen region, which is displayed on the LCD 13 , and a second screen region, which is displayed on the LCD 15 .
- the first screen region and the second screen region can display arbitrary application windows, arbitrary objects, etc., respectively.
- an area (first area) indicative of a virtual touch pad which provides the same function as a touch pad used as a general pointing device, can be set on the LCD 15 (touch screen display) provided on the computer main body 11 .
- the area indicative of the virtual touch pad is referred to as a software touch pad (SW touch pad) 30 .
- the SW touch pad 30 has, for example, a rectangular shape, and includes an area (second area) corresponding to left and right buttons of a general touch pad.
- an area corresponding to the left button is referred to as a software left button 30 A
- an area corresponding to the right button is referred to as a software right button 30 B.
- Position data indicative of a touch position is input by a touch operation on the SW touch pad 30 .
- the SW touch pad 30 can perform a tap operation, which is an instantaneous touch operation, and a drag operation which is an operation of moving a touch position while keeping touching.
- the LCD 13 of the display unit 12 can be used as a main display for displaying various application windows.
- the user can instruct movement of a cursor 20 displayed on the LCD 13 , by a drag operation on the SW touch pad 30 that is displayed on the touch screen display (LCD 15 ), or can instruct selection of an icon 21 or menu display by a touch operation on the software left button 30 A or software right button 30 B.
- buttons 17 and 18 are provided at predetermined positions on the upper surface of the computer main body 11 , for example, on both sides of the LCD 15 .
- Arbitrary functions can be assigned to the button switches 17 and 18 .
- the button switch 17 can be used as a button switch for starting the software touch pad input control program that is an application program for controlling an input operation using the SW touch pad 30 .
- the software touch pad input, control program is started.
- the software touch pad input control program displays the SW touch pad 30 on the LCD 15 (touch screen display), and executes a process corresponding to a touch operation on the SW touch pad 30 .
- the software touch pad input control program in the embodiment controls a vibration generation function which makes it possible to confirm that a touch operation is correctly performed on the SW touch pad 30 , based on the presence/absence of vibration, without viewing the SW touch pad 30 .
- the details of the vibration generation function will be described later.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the personal computer 10 .
- the case is described by way of example, in which touch screen displays are mounted on both the computer main body 11 and the display unit 12 .
- the personal computer 10 includes a CPU 111 , a north bridge 112 , a main memory 113 , a graphics controller 114 , a south bridge 115 , a BIOS-ROM 116 , a hard disk drive (HDD) 117 , an embedded controller 118 , and a vibration controller 119 .
- the CPU 111 is a processor which is provided in order to control the operation of the computer 10 .
- the CPU 111 executes an operating system (OS) 200 and various application programs, which are loaded from the HDD 117 into the main memory 113 .
- the application programs include a software touch pad input control program (SWTP input control program) 201 .
- SWTP input control program 201 displays the SW touch pad 30 on the touch screen display, and generates data corresponding to a touch operation on the SW touch pad 30 by the user.
- the generated data e.g. position data indicative of a touch position on the SW touch pad 30 , or code data corresponding to the button 30 A, 30 B
- OS operating system
- the CPU 111 also executes a system BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) which is stored in the BIOS-ROM 116 .
- the system BIOS is a program for hardware control.
- the CPU 111 executes a touch panel driver 202 which controls the driving of the touch panels 13 A and 15 A, a display driver 203 which controls the display on the LCDs 13 and 15 , and a vibration driver 204 which controls the vibration of motors 13 B and 15 B functioning as vibration generation modules which are attached to the touch panels 13 A and 15 A.
- the north bridge 112 is a bridge device which connects a local bus of the CPU 111 and the south bridge 115 .
- the north bridge 112 includes a memory controller which access-controls the main memory 113 .
- the graphics controller 114 is a display controller which controls the two LCDs 13 and 15 which are used as a display monitor of the computer 10 .
- the graphics controller 114 executes a display process (graphics arithmetic process) for drawing display data on a video memory (VRAM), based on a drawing request which is received from CPU 111 via the north bridge 112 .
- a recording area for storing display data corresponding to a screen image which is displayed on the LCD 13 and a recording area for storing display data corresponding to a screen image which is displayed on the LCD 15 are allocated to the video memory.
- the transparent touch panel 13 A is disposed on the display surface of the LCD 13 .
- the transparent touch panel 15 A is disposed on the display surface of the LCD 15 .
- Each of the touch panels 13 A and 15 A is configured to detect a touch position on a touch detection surface by using, for example, a resistive method or a capacitive method.
- a touch panel 13 A, 15 A use may be made of a multi-touch panel which can detect a plurality of touch positions at the same time.
- the motor 15 B for generating vibration is attached to the touch panel 15 A.
- the motor 15 B is fixed to, for example, a frame which holds the touch panel 15 A.
- the motor 15 B is rotated and driven, thereby transmitting vibration to the entirety of the touch panel 15 A.
- the user can feel vibration by touching the touch panel 15 A when the motor 15 B is being rotated and driven.
- the motor 13 B may be provided on the touch panel 13 A and vibration may similarly be generated.
- the motor 13 B, 15 B which is attached to the touch panel 13 A, 15 A, may not be a single one, and a plurality motors (vibration generation modules) may be provided for the motor 13 B, 15 B.
- the vibration controller 119 is configured to drive the motor 13 B, 15 B that are attached to the touch panel 13 A, 15 A. Under the control of the CPU 111 (SWTP input control program 201 ), the vibration controller 119 can switch a plurality of vibration patterns (VP 1 , VP 2 ) for driving the motor 13 B, 15 B.
- the motor 13 B, 15 B is mounted as the vibration generation module for generating vibration in the touch panel 13 A, 15 A.
- a module for generating mechanical, electrical or electromagnetic vibration may be mounted.
- the south bridge 115 incorporates an IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) controller and a Serial ATA controller for controlling the HDD 121 .
- the embedded controller (EC) 118 has a function of powering on/off the computer 10 in accordance with the operation of the power button switch 16 by the user.
- the embedded controller (EC) 118 includes a touch panel controller 301 for controlling each of the touch panels 13 A and 15 A.
- the structure of the SWTP input control program 201 is described.
- the touch screen display LCD 15 , touch panel 15 A, motor 15 B
- the touch screen display is also provided on the display unit 12 , the same control is executed, and so a description of this case is omitted here.
- the SWTP input control program 201 includes, as function executing modules, a touch position determination module 211 , an output module 212 , a vibration control module 213 and a software touch pad display module 214 .
- the touch position determination module 211 determines a touch position on the touch panel 15 A, based on data which is received via the touch panel driver 202 .
- the output module 212 Based on the touch position determined by the touch position determination module 211 , the output module 212 generates position data indicative of the touch position on the SW touch pad 30 and code data corresponding to the button 30 A, 30 B, and outputs the generated data to the OS 200 or other application programs.
- the vibration control module 213 controls the rotational drive (generation of vibration) of the motor 15 B via the vibration driver 204 , in accordance with the touch position determined by the touch position determination module 211 .
- the vibration control module 213 executes control to vibrate the motor 15 b with a first pattern while the touch position is on the outside of the SW touch pad 30 . Thereby, it can be confirmed by the vibration of the first vibration pattern that the position of the touch operation on the SW touch pad 30 has moved to the outside of the area of the SW touch pad 30 .
- the vibration control module 213 executes control to vibrate the motor 15 B with a second pattern which is different from the first pattern. Thereby, the touch operation on the software left button 30 A or software right button 30 B can be confirmed by the vibration of the second pattern.
- the vibration control module 213 does not vibrate the motor 15 B when the touch position determined by the touch position determination module 211 has moved from that area of the SW touch pad 30 , which excludes the software left button 30 A or software right button 30 B, to the inside of the software left button 30 A or software right button 30 B, that is, when the touch position has been moved by the drag operation from the inside of the SW touch pad 30 to the inside of the button.
- the software touch pad display module 214 causes, via the display driver 203 , the LCD 15 to display the SW touch pad 30 (including the software left button 30 A and software right button 30 B).
- the software touch pad display module 214 can vary at least one of the display position and the display size of the SW touch pad 30 . It is assumed that the display position and the display size of the SW touch pad 30 are recorded as touch pad area information.
- the display position of the SW touch pad 30 is varied in the following manner. For example, when the SW touch pad 30 is being displayed, a predetermined position on the SW touch pad 30 (e.g. a handle mark or a handle area which is added to the SW touch pad 30 ) is touched, and thereby a transition occurs to a move mode. If the touch position is moved (dragged) while the touching is being kept, the display position of the SW touch pad 30 is varied in accordance with the touch position.
- a predetermined position on the SW touch pad 30 e.g. a handle mark or a handle area which is added to the SW touch pad 30
- the display position of the SW touch pad 30 is varied in accordance with the touch position.
- the size of the SW touch pad 30 is varied in the following manner. For example, when the SW touch pad 30 is being displayed, a predetermined position on the SW touch pad 30 (e.g. a corner portion or a side portion) is touched, and thereby a transition occurs to a size change mode. If the touch position is moved (dragged) while the touching is being kept, the position of the sides of the SW touch pad 30 is varied in accordance with the touch position.
- the size of the SW touch pad 30 may be varied by accepting a setup operation from the user by additionally using a SW touch pad utility program. For example, a touch pad setup screen is displayed, and the user is prompted to select one of “large”, “middle” and “small” on this setup screen as the size of the SW touch pad 30 . In accordance with the selection, the data indicative of the size of the SW touch pad 30 is recorded as touch pad area information.
- the personal computer 10 starts the SWTP input control program 201 when a specific application using the SW touch pad 30 is to be executed or when the user has designated the SW touch pad 30 by the button 17 . If the SWTP input control program 201 is started, the software touch pad display module 214 refers to pre-recorded touch pad area information, and displays on the LCD 15 the SW touch pad 30 at the display position with the display size, which are indicated by the touch pad area information.
- the display by the application is effected, for example, on the LCD 13 .
- the user operates the SW touch pad 30 displayed on the LCD 15 .
- the user cannot perform a touch operation on the SW touch pad 30 while viewing the SW touch pad 30 at all times.
- vibration is generated if a touch position has moved to the outside of the area of the SW touch pad 30 while the user is performing a drag operation on the SW touch pad 30 .
- the user can recognize that the touch position is not correct.
- the touch position determination module 211 receives via the touch panel driver 202 the coordinate data which is detected by the touch panel 15 A. Thereby, the touch position determination module 211 detects that the touch operation has been performed and determines the touch position by the user on the touch screen display (block A 1 ). In addition, the touch position determination module 211 refers to the touch pad area information (the display position and display size of the SW touch pad 30 ) and determines whether the touch position is in the area of the SW touch pad 30 (block A 2 ).
- the SWTP input control program 201 does not execute a process corresponding to the data indicative of the touch position which has been input. For example, even when the SW touch pad 30 is displayed, if a window or an object (icon) is displayed on the LCD 15 by the OS 200 or some other application, a touch operation can be performed on the window or object. In this case, the process is executed by not the application using the SW touch pad 30 , but the OS 200 or other application.
- the touch position determination module 211 determines whether the touch position is on the button area of the software left button 30 A or the software right button 30 B. If it is determined that the touch position is in the button area (Yes in block A 3 ), the output module 212 generates a code of the button corresponding to the touch position, and outputs the generated code to an application program, etc.
- the output module 212 informs the application program, etc., that the software right button 30 B has been selected by the user.
- the vibration control module 213 vibrates, via the vibration driver 204 , the motor 15 B with a vibration pattern (VP 2 ) corresponding to the touched button.
- the vibration pattern corresponding to the button is generated.
- the user feels the vibration, for example, by the fingertip, and can exactly recognize that the operation of selecting the button has been performed.
- the vibration pattern of the motor 15 B may be made different between the case in which the software left button 30 A is touched and the case in which the software right button 30 B is touched.
- the output module 212 When it is determined that the touch position is not in the button area (No in block A 3 ), the output module 212 generates position data corresponding to the touch position on the SW touch pad 30 , and outputs the generated position data to the application program, etc. (block A 6 ). Specifically, if the outside of the button area on the SW touch pad 30 is touched, it is determined that position designation by a pointing device has been executed.
- the touch position determined module 211 detects the touch position in accordance with the movement of the touch position (block A 8 ).
- the output module 212 successively outputs the position data corresponding to the touch position to the application program, etc. (block A 10 ).
- the position data between the initial touch position SP 2 and the present touch position EP 2 is output (block A 7 to block A 10 ).
- the cursor 20 displayed on the LCD 13 is moved in accordance with the drag operation.
- the path of movement of the touch position is indicated by a broken line.
- the vibration control module 213 vibrates, via the vibration driver 204 , the motor 15 B with a vibration pattern (VP 1 ) corresponding to “out-of-area”, while the touch position is on the outside of the area of the SW touch pad 30 , thereby indicating that the touch position is on the outside of the area (block A 11 ).
- the user can recognize, by the vibration, that the touch position has moved to the outside of the SW touch pad 30 , while performing the drag operation on the SW touch pad 30 .
- the output module 212 does not output code data, etc. corresponding to the button 30 A, 30 B, even if the touch position is in the area of the software left button 30 A or software right button 30 B. If the touch position has been moved by the drag operation to the outside of the SW touch pad 30 through the button area, the vibration control module 213 generates vibration in the same manner as described above.
- the vibration is stopped while the touch position is moved from the touch position MP 5 b to the touch position EP 5 within the area of the SW touch pad 30 , and position data is output while the position data moves from the touch position MP 5 b to the touch position EP 5 .
- the user can move the touch position back to the SW touch pad 30 after recognizing by the vibration that the touch operation is performed on the outside of the SW touch pad 30 . Thereby, the user can continue the drag operation.
- the user can confirm by vibration that the drag operation is being performed on the outside of the SW touch pad 30 .
- the user can easily understand the varied size or position of the SW touch pad 30 .
- the vibration is generated by the motor 15 B.
- the vibration may be generated under other conditions.
- fine vibration is generated so as to indicate that the touch position is within the SW touch pad 30 . Then, when the touch position has been moved to the outside of the SW touch pad 30 by the drag operation, the vibration is stopped or the vibration is increased, thus making the user recognize this movement of the touch position.
- the vibration pattern (VP 2 ) which is generated when the software left button 30 A or software right button 30 B is touched, is different from the vibration pattern (VP 1 ) which is generated when the touch position by the drag operation is moved to the outside of the area of the SW touch pad 30 .
- the intensity of the vibration instead of the vibration pattern, may be made different.
- SWTP input control program 201 may be stored as a computer-executable program (SWTP input control program 201 ) in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk (e.g. a flexible disk, a hard disk), an optical disk (e.g. a CD-ROM, a DVD) or a semiconductor memory, and may be provided to various apparatuses.
- the program may be transmitted via communication media and provided to various apparatuses.
- the computer reads the program that is stored in the recording medium or receives the program via the communication media. The operation of the apparatus is controlled by the program, thereby executing the above-described process.
- the various modules of the systems described herein can be implemented as software applications, hardware and/or software modules, or components on one or more computers, such as servers. While the various modules are illustrated separately, they may share some or all of the same underlying logic or code.
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