WO2013179644A1 - Input device and electronic apparatus device provided with input device - Google Patents

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WO2013179644A1
WO2013179644A1 PCT/JP2013/003351 JP2013003351W WO2013179644A1 WO 2013179644 A1 WO2013179644 A1 WO 2013179644A1 JP 2013003351 W JP2013003351 W JP 2013003351W WO 2013179644 A1 WO2013179644 A1 WO 2013179644A1
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  • the present invention relates to an input device that performs an input operation to an electronic device, and an electronic device device including the input device.
  • a flat input device is preferred as an input device for performing an input operation to an electronic device.
  • the reason is that, in the case of a mobile phone, there is a problem that the mobile phone may hit the body or swell up if the shape is not flat enough to be stored in a pocket of clothes. Moreover, in an in-vehicle apparatus etc., it is because the part which is not flat at the time of a vehicle collision hits a body, and is dangerous.
  • an electronic device including an input unit that displays a visual matrix such as an icon or a list to which functions of the electronic device are assigned on a display unit with a touch panel and inputs a function selection by touching the display unit
  • a visual matrix to which the functions of the electronic device are assigned is displayed on the display unit, and the cursor is moved or fixed on the visual matrix of the display unit.
  • electronic devices including an input unit for inputting, and electronic devices including an input unit for inputting a function selection by pressing a push button to which a function of the electronic device is assigned.
  • Some things that move the cursor by pressing the up / down / left / right push button move the cursor quickly and continuously by long-pressing the up / down / left / right button.
  • fast-forwarding of the music source is performed only for the pressing time when pressed long, and one song is skipped when pressed once and pressed twice.
  • assign the function of the electronic device to the continuous press time (long press, short press) and the number of continuous presses (1 short press, 2 short press, 3 short press, etc.) Some are. Since the operator of the electronic device remembers these assignments, the operation can be performed without the display unit.
  • the specified function is executed by directly touching the visual matrix of the display unit, or the specified function is executed by moving or confirming the cursor moving on the visual matrix of the display unit with the push button.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a first reading unit that reads a character having the highest reading order by performing a first operation of selecting and touching down one of a plurality of operation buttons, and an operation.
  • a second reading means for switching the character to be read according to the reading order by the second operation of sliding the body on the operation surface, and a third operation of touching up when the character to be input is read.
  • An input device is described that includes an input means for confirming the input of the character by performing.
  • Patent Document 2 describes a character input device provided with an omission control unit that causes a display unit to omit the display of characters other than the character searched by the search unit and further displays the remaining characters in a dense manner.
  • a transparent touch sensor is stacked on a liquid crystal display or the like to form an input device.
  • the input method of pressing a key has a problem that a click sound at the time of pressing is noisy and a palm is likely to be hung. Clicking sounds when pressed can be annoying when sharing with others in a quiet environment.
  • Patent Document 1 also describes an input method that does not require pressing, but there remains a problem that the range of keys such as 0 to 9, *, #, etc. is wide, and hand fatigue is severe.
  • a method that can be operated without observing the operation unit is desired.
  • the reason is that, for example, when a car driver is waiting for a signal while the vehicle is stopped, it is desired that the input device can be operated without visually observing whether the signal turns blue. Even in the case of a mobile phone, it is troublesome to perform an input operation while alternately viewing an input device and a display device that displays input characters.
  • Patent Document 1 can recognize the position of the key to some extent by tactile sensation due to the unevenness of the key, there are a plurality of keys such as 0 to 9 as the base point of the input operation. It is necessary to confirm which key is operated.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an input device that can input without observing the operation unit and without pressing, and can suppress operation sound and fatigue of the hand, and an electronic device equipped with the input device. It is to provide an equipment device.
  • An input device includes a first touch input surface and a second touch input surface, wherein the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are divided into regions having a step structure.
  • a control unit that outputs a command based on a detection result of a movement operation that moves in a touched state across the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface, and the control unit includes: A configuration is employed in which the touch operation until the first touch input surface is touched is ignored.
  • control means performs the touchdown operation for touching the first touch input surface, and the first touch input surface that is performed only after touching the second touch input surface.
  • a configuration is adopted in which a start command is output based on the detection result of the movement operation to the.
  • the input device employs a configuration in which the control means outputs a confirmation command based on the detection result of the touch-up operation that leaves the touch input surface on the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface.
  • the first touch input surface is a base point region serving as a base point of touch input
  • the second touch input surface is an outer peripheral region formed in an outer peripheral portion of the base point region
  • the step structure is , An area boundary that divides between the base area and the outer peripheral area
  • the second touch input surface has a plurality of command corresponding areas, and the control means outputs a command corresponding to the command corresponding areas.
  • the input device employs a configuration in which the control means outputs an instruction command corresponding to the number of movements when moving beyond the region boundary.
  • the first touch input surface is located at the center
  • the second touch input surface is disposed at a position surrounding the first touch input surface
  • a configuration is adopted in which a command corresponding area is formed.
  • the first touch input surface is formed in a region including an intersection of rectangular diagonal lines circumscribing the touch input surface, and the first touch input surface is a parabola asymptotic to the diagonal line.
  • the configuration is an area surrounded by.
  • the electronic device apparatus employs a configuration including any one of the input devices described above.
  • the present invention by checking the step structure of the touch surface with a tactile sensation and performing an operation to rub the touch surface, it is possible to input without visually observing the operation unit and without pressing down, Operation noise and hand fatigue can be suppressed.
  • the operation range is narrow, and there is an effect that hand fatigue can be suppressed.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional block configuration of an electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment.
  • Screen image (1) of the menu screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention The flowchart which shows the whole process operation
  • FIG. 1 The flowchart which shows the operation
  • FIG. 1 The flowchart which shows the operation
  • the figure which shows the example which applied the input device which concerns on this Embodiment 3 to the operation instruction part of a vehicle AV apparatus Screen image (1) of the menu screen of the display unit of the in-vehicle AV device provided with the input device according to the third embodiment of the present invention Screen image of the menu screen of the display unit of the in-vehicle AV device provided with the input device according to the third embodiment of the present invention (2) Screen image of AM screen of display unit of in-vehicle AV equipment provided with input device according to embodiment 3 of the present invention
  • FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of an electronic apparatus including an input device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • an input device according to the present invention is embodied by an input device applied to an electronic device.
  • the electronic device 100 includes a display unit 71 and a touch sensor 1 at any position on the surface.
  • the touch sensor 1 is installed in the lower part of the front.
  • the touch sensor 1 has a touch surface 11 and a region boundary 12 that divides the touch surface 11 into at least two regions.
  • the touch surface 11 indicated by a broken line indicates that the touch sensor 1 exists inside the surface of the electronic device, and there is no separation on the surface of the electronic device.
  • FIG. 5 is a screen image displayed on the display unit 71.
  • icons 11 to 33 are formed into a visual matrix in which various functions of electronic devices exist as icons, and a visual matrix can be selected by a user operation.
  • the function of the electronic device is executed while the screen displayed on the display unit 71 is switched depending on the situation.
  • This embodiment adopts a method of operating an electronic device by moving or confirming an icon displayed on the display unit 71 or a cursor moving on a list by the user operating the input device of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the outer shape of the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1.
  • 2A is a top view of the touch surface 11 as viewed from above
  • FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AB in FIG. 2A
  • FIG. 2C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CD in FIG.
  • the left side center position of the rectangular touch surface 11 is point A
  • the right side center position is B point
  • the upper side center position is C point
  • the lower side center position is D point
  • a long AB line and a CD line parallel to the left and right sides are indicated by alternate long and short dash lines.
  • region boundary 12 has the same meaning as the region boundary 12 in FIG. 1 and are the region boundary 12 on the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the right side, respectively.
  • the region boundary 12 draws four parabolas that are peaks from the outside of the touch surface 11 toward the intersection of the center AB line and the CD line, and the touch surface is the intersection of the AB line and the CD line.
  • 11 is configured so as to secure a region located in the center.
  • 11B, 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R indicate areas of the touch surface 11 divided by the area boundary 12.
  • the upper area 11U is an area above the base area 11B across the upper area boundary 12U.
  • the lower region 11D is a region below the base region 11B across the lower region boundary 12D.
  • the left region 11L is a region on the left side of the base region 11B across the left region boundary 12L.
  • the right region 11R is a region on the right side of the base region 11B across the right region boundary 12R.
  • the region boundary 12 is configured on the surface of the touch surface 11 so as to divide the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 as at least a base point region 11B and a region other than the base point region 11B. Areas other than the base area 11B are four areas 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R.
  • the region boundary 12 is configured as a boundary whose height (thickness) changes with respect to the base point region 11B of the touch surface 11 and the region other than the base point region 11B.
  • the base region 11B is higher than the regions 11L, 11R, 11U, and 11D outside the base region, and the height of the region boundary 12 is determined from the height of the base region 11B to the regions 11L and 11R outside the base region.
  • 11U, and 11D are configured as steps that gently change.
  • the touch sensor 1 includes the first touch input surface (base point region 11B) and the second touch input surface (regions 11L, 11R, 11U outside the base point region) arranged at positions adjacent to the first touch input surface. 11D), the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are continuous with each other, and have a touch input surface (touch surface 11) divided by a boundary (region boundary 12) having a step structure.
  • FIG. 3 is a touch area allocation diagram showing an example of a correspondence matrix indicating the correspondence between the coordinates (x, y) of the touch position and the allocated area.
  • the touch position of the touch sensor 1 When the touch position of the touch sensor 1 is obtained with two-dimensional coordinates (x, y), it has a correspondence matrix indicating the correspondence between the coordinates of all the obtained touch positions and the areas, and each coordinate is set to any area. By assigning, position detection can be performed in units of areas.
  • FIG. 3 corresponds to the touch surface 11 having the shape shown in FIG.
  • the shape of the region boundary 12 shown in FIG. Further, in order to make it easy to understand that the base area 11B and the area outside the base area 11B are separated by the area boundary 12, a portion corresponding to the base area 11B is shaded.
  • FIG. 3 shows 16 coordinates of 0 to 15, each having x and y coordinates, with the upper left of the touch surface 11 shown in FIG. 2 as the origin, the x coordinate in the horizontal direction, and the y coordinate in the vertical direction. It is described as.
  • B indicates the base region 11B in FIG.
  • U indicates the upper region 11U of the region outside the base region in FIG.
  • D indicates a lower region 11D of the region outside the base region in FIG.
  • L indicates a left region 11L outside the base region in FIG.
  • R indicates the right region 11R of the region outside the base region in FIG. 3.
  • the touch position (x, y) is (7, 1), as shown in FIG. 3, the coordinate area is “U”, so the position detection unit 2 (see FIG. 4) The position of the upper area 11U of the outer area is detected.
  • FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a functional block configuration of an electronic device including the input device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • Each functional block is configured by hardware using a dedicated component or a dedicated circuit, or software executed by a microprocessor including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. Further, it may be configured by a combination of hardware and software.
  • the electronic device 100 includes an input unit 10 and an execution processing unit 20.
  • the input unit 10 includes a touch sensor 1, a position detection unit 2, a control unit 3, and a command transmission unit 4.
  • the execution processing unit 20 includes a function receiving unit 7 having a command receiving unit 5, a function assigning unit 6, and a display unit 71.
  • the touch sensor 1 is a touch sensor composed of a resistive film method, a capacitance method, a light shielding method, or the like, and has a touch surface 11 having a region boundary 12 shown in FIG.
  • the position detection unit 2 is composed of dedicated hardware adapted to the touch sensor method, and inspects the sensor output of the touch sensor 1 based on the control of the control unit 3, and as described with reference to FIG.
  • the touch position is detected as any one of 11B, 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R, and the detected touch position is output to the control unit 3.
  • the control unit 3 periodically causes the position detection unit 2 to inspect the touch position of the area unit on the touch sensor 1 based on an operation flow described later, and transmits a command transmission corresponding to the command transmission unit 4 when the condition is satisfied. Has the function to perform.
  • the command transmission unit 4 has a function of transmitting a command to the command reception unit 5 of the execution processing unit 20 based on the control of the control unit 3.
  • the command transmission unit 4 and the command reception unit 5 are interface portions that perform communication based on a common communication standard.
  • the function allocation unit 6 has a function of causing the function execution unit 7 to execute a corresponding function of the electronic device 100 based on the state of the electronic device 100 and the command received from the command receiving unit 5.
  • the display unit 71 includes a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, and has a function of performing screen display based on an instruction from the function allocation unit 6.
  • the function execution unit 7 has functions of performing various signal processing, data storage, and signal input / output according to the function of the electronic device, and has a configuration according to the function of the electronic device in addition to the display unit 71. For example, if the electronic device has a voice output function, an audio output unit is provided. If the electronic device has a radio reception function, a tuner unit that receives a broadcast is added. If the input / output unit or the communication unit is an electronic device having a video and music playback function, it includes a video and music source storage unit that stores a video and music source.
  • FIG. 6 shows an overall flow
  • FIG. 7 shows an operation flow of scan processing
  • FIG. 8 shows an operation flow of movement command transmission processing.
  • step S2 the control unit 3 performs an initialization process for causing the position detection unit 2 to perform touch position detection in step S ⁇ b> 1. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S2.
  • step S2 the control unit 3 sets the previous touch position to none, and proceeds to step S3.
  • the previous touch position is the touch position at the previous scan.
  • the previous touch position is always held by the control unit 3.
  • step S3 the control unit 3 repeats the scan process S4 until the power is turned off.
  • control unit 3 causes the position detection unit 2 to inspect the sensor output of the touch sensor 1, reads the touch position in units of areas, and if the condition is satisfied, causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a corresponding command. It is.
  • the touch position output of the position detection unit 2 is detected as no touch position unless the user touches the touch sensor 1. If the user is touching the touch sensor 1, the touch position is detected as being present.
  • the touch position is a position detected with the highest sensitivity, and is uniquely determined as one of the regions 11B, 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R.
  • the scan cycle is performed at a speed that does not miss the change in the touch position.
  • step S101 the control unit 3 causes the position detection unit 2 to inspect the sensor output of the touch sensor 1, and determines whether or not the current touch position is present. If it is determined that the touch position is present this time, the process proceeds to step S102. If it is determined that there is no, the process proceeds to step S110. The processing after step S110 will be described later.
  • step S102 the control unit 3 determines whether the previous touch position is absent. If it is determined that there is no previous touch position, the process proceeds to step S103. If it is determined that the previous touch position is present, the process skips step S103 and proceeds to step S104.
  • step S103 the control unit 3 sets the start command flag to not yet (untransmitted), and proceeds to step S104.
  • the start command flag is an internal flag that the control unit 3 always maintains. It means the determination of whether or not a start command has been transmitted. Not transmitted indicates not transmitted, and completed indicates transmitted.
  • step S104 the control unit 3 determines whether the current touch position is the base area 11B. If it is determined that the current touch position is the base point area 11B, the process proceeds to step S105. If it is determined that it is not the base area 11B, the process proceeds to step S108. The processing after step S108 will be described later.
  • step S105 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the start command flag is not (not transmitted). If it is determined that it has not been transmitted (untransmitted), the process proceeds to S106. If it is determined that the transmission has been completed (transmitted), the process proceeds to step S113.
  • step S106 the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a start command, and proceeds to step S107.
  • step S107 the control unit 3 sets the start command flag to “completed” (transmitted), and proceeds to step S113.
  • step S113 the control unit 3 updates the previous touch position with the current touch position.
  • Step S113 is a process performed at the end of the scan process of FIG. 7, and is always performed in any case. After step S113, the process in FIG. 7 ends, and the process returns to step S4 in FIG.
  • step S108 when it is determined in step S104 that the current touch position is not the base area 11B will be described.
  • step S108 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the previous touch position is the base area 11B. When there is no previous touch position, it is determined that it is not the base area 11B. If it is determined that the previous touch position is the base point area 11B, the process proceeds to step S109. If it is determined that the region is not the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S113.
  • step S109 the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a movement command, and proceeds to step S113. Details of the process of transmitting the movement command will be described later with reference to FIG.
  • step S110 when it is determined in step S101 that there is no touch position this time will be described.
  • step S110 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the previous touch position is present. If it is determined that the previous touch position is present, the process proceeds to step S111. If it is determined that there is no previous touch position, the process proceeds to step S113.
  • step S111 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the start command flag has been completed (sent). If it is determined that the transmission is completed (transmitted), the process proceeds to step S112. If it is determined that it has not been transmitted (not transmitted), the process proceeds to step S113.
  • step S112 the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a confirmation command, and proceeds to step S113.
  • control unit 3 determines whether or not there is a previous touch position and a current touch position in the determination processing in step S101, step S102, and step S110. Thereby, it is determined whether the touchdown, the touch is continuing, the touchup, or the no-touch is continuing, and each processing content is made different.
  • step S102 when there is no previous touch position, it is a touchdown case.
  • the reason for this is that the current touch position is present in step S101 as a premise that the process proceeds to step S102, and therefore, the touch position is changed from the previous time to this time and is determined to be absent.
  • step S102 when the previous touch position is present, the touch is being continued.
  • the reason is that the current touch position is present in step S101 as a premise that the process proceeds to step S102, and therefore the touch position is changed from the previous time to the current time.
  • step S110 if the previous touch position is present, it is a touch-up case.
  • the reason for this is that the current touch position is absent in step S101 as a premise that the process proceeds to step S110, so that the touch position is changed from the previous time to the current time.
  • step S110 if there is no previous touch position, it is a case where no-touch is continuing, that is, a state where no touch is being continued.
  • the reason for this is that the current touch position is absent in step S101 as a premise that the process moves to step S110.
  • the touch down process is different from the process in which the touch is continued only in that the start command flag is not set (not transmitted) in the touch down process (step S103).
  • the processing from S104 to step S109 is common. Also, it is only this step S103 that sets the start command flag to not yet (not transmitted). That is, the start command flag is always reset to unsent (not transmitted) only at the time of touchdown.
  • step S106 the command transmission is performed by starting command transmission (step S106) or movement command transmission (step S109).
  • the start command transmission is performed only when the current touch position is the base area and the start command flag is not (not transmitted) (step S106).
  • the movement command transmission is performed only when the current touch position is outside the base area and the previous touch position is the base area (step S109).
  • the confirmation command transmission is performed only when the touch-up is performed and the start command flag is completed (transmitted). (Step S112).
  • the control unit 3 transmits a command according to the presence / absence of the previous touch position and the current touch position, the determination as to whether or not the base point region 11B, and the state of the start command flag; It is possible to isolate operations that are not transmitted. Also, depending on the case, three different commands can be transmitted.
  • FIG. 8 shows that the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command changes depending on the current touch position.
  • step S201 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the current touch position is a lower region. If it is determined that the area is the lower area, the process proceeds to step S202. If it is determined that the area is not the lower area, the process proceeds to step S203.
  • step S203 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the current touch position is the upper region. If it determines with it being an upper area
  • step S205 the control unit 3 determines whether or not the current touch position is the right region. If it is determined that the region is the right region, the process proceeds to step S206. If it is determined that the region is not the right region, the process proceeds to step S207.
  • step S202 the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command to the downward direction, and proceeds to step S208.
  • step S204 the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command as the upward direction, and proceeds to step S208.
  • step S206 the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command to the right direction, and proceeds to step S208.
  • step S207 the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command to the left direction, and proceeds to step S208.
  • step S208 the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit the movement command in the direction set in step S202, step S204, step S206, and step S207, ends the processing in FIG. 8, and ends the processing in step S109 in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step S113.
  • the movement command in the downward direction, the upward direction, the right direction, and the left direction is transmitted when the current touch position is the lower region, the upper region, the right region, and the left region.
  • different commands can be associated with each of the lower region, the upper region, the right region, and the left region (referred to as a command corresponding region).
  • control unit 3 detects a touchdown, sets a start command flag to not yet (untransmitted) in step S103 in FIG. 7, and performs step S104. Thus, it is determined whether or not the current touch position is the base area.
  • step S105 If the touch position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 when the user touches down is the base area 11B, the process proceeds to step S105, and the control unit 3 has not yet started (untransmitted) the start command flag. Determine whether.
  • step S106 In the scan process at the time of touchdown detection, since the start command flag is set to not yet (untransmitted) in step S103, the process proceeds to step S106, and from the command transmitting unit 4 under the control of the control unit 3 in step S106. A start command is sent. Subsequently, the start command flag is set to “completed” (transmitted) in step S107, the previous touch position is updated with the value of the current touch position in step S113, the process in FIG. 7 ends, and the scan process for the next touch position is performed. Return to.
  • step S101 When the next scanning process is performed with the user touching and the touch position is not changed in the base point area 11B, the process follows the path in which the touch continues in step S101, step S102, and step S104 in FIG. .
  • step S104 since the current touch position is the base point area 11B, the process proceeds to step S105, and it is determined whether the start command flag is not yet transmitted (not transmitted).
  • step S107 of the previous scan process Since the start command flag has already been set (transmitted) in step S107 of the previous scan process, the process proceeds from step S105 to step S113, and the command is not transmitted.
  • the start command is transmitted only once at the time of touchdown, and the command is not transmitted unless the touch position is moved as it is.
  • step S104 since the current touch position is not the base area 11B, the process proceeds to step S108, and the control unit 3 determines whether the previous touch position is the base area 11B.
  • step S109 the command transmission unit 4 transmits a movement command under the control of the control unit 3.
  • the movement command to be transmitted is in the lower area, the movement command is a downward movement command as shown in FIG.
  • step S108 when the next scan process is performed in a state where the touch position remains unchanged in the lower area 11D outside the base area while being touched by the user, the process is performed in steps S101, S102, S104, FIG. Proceeding to step S108, since the previous touch position is not the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S113, and the command is not transmitted.
  • step S104 the current touch position is the base point area 11B. From step S105, it is determined whether the start command flag is not yet transmitted (not transmitted). Since the start command flag is already set (sent) in the scan process when the start command is transmitted, the process proceeds to step S113, and the operation instruction command is not transmitted.
  • step S104 when the touch position is moved outside the base point area while the user is touching, the process similarly proceeds along the path in which the touch is continued, and in step S104, the current touch position is not the base point area 11B.
  • step S108 since the previous touch position is the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S109, and a movement command in the direction corresponding to the touch position shown in FIG. 8 is transmitted.
  • a command is not sent when the touch position moves from the area outside the base area to the base area, and a movement command in the direction of movement is sent each time a touch moves from the base area to the area outside the base area. Acts to be.
  • step S101 At the time of touchdown, the process proceeds along the route of step S101, step S102, step S103, and step S104. This route has already been described.
  • step S104 since the current touch position is not the base point area, the process proceeds from step S104 to step S108.
  • step S108 it is determined whether or not the previous touch position is the base area, and it is determined that the previous touch position is not present and is outside the base area. Therefore, the process proceeds from step S108 to step S113, and the operation instruction command is Without being transmitted, the process proceeds to the next scanning process.
  • step S104 the process proceeds from step S104 to step S108 unless the touch position is the base point area. move on.
  • step S108 the process proceeds from step S108 to step S113, and the operation instruction command is transmitted. Not.
  • the command is not transmitted even if the touch position is moved outside the base area unless the touch position is moved to the base area 11B. To do.
  • step S104 In the scan process when the current touch position becomes the base point region 11B for the first time after the touchdown, the process proceeds from step S104 to step S105.
  • step S103 of the scan process at the time of touchdown the start command flag is set to not yet (untransmitted), so that the process proceeds from step S105 to step S106.
  • step S106 an operation instruction command start command is transmitted. Subsequently, the process proceeds from step S106 to step S107. In step S107, the start command flag is set to completed (sent).
  • the command is not transmitted even if the user moves the touch position outside the base area while touching, and the command moves to the base area 11B.
  • the start command is transmitted for the first time, and thereafter, the same operation as in the case where the touch position at the time of touchdown is the base area is performed.
  • step S101 The scan process at the time of touch-up proceeds to step S101, step S110, and step S111 as already described.
  • step S111 if the start command flag has been completed (sent), the process proceeds to step S112, and a confirmation command is transmitted from the command transmission unit 4 under the control of the control unit 3. If the start command flag is not yet transmitted (not transmitted) in step S111, the process proceeds to step S113, and the command is not transmitted.
  • the start command flag is set to unsent (not sent) in step S103 of the scan process at the time of touchdown.
  • the start command flag is completed in step S107 ( Sent).
  • the confirmation command is transmitted at the touchup.
  • the input device ignores the operation until the touch position is located in the base point region 11B in the touch operation from the touchdown to the touchup regardless of the touch position at the touchdown. Then, the operation when the touch position is located in the base point region 11B is regarded as the operation start.
  • the movement command is repeatedly transmitted in the direction in which the touch position is moved. To do.
  • a start command is transmitted when the touch position is first located in the base point area, and if the touch position is located in the base point area, a confirmation command is transmitted when touching up. Acts to be.
  • the input device has one touch area as a base point of the operation, and the operation until the touch area as the base point of the operation is touched is ignored. Therefore, the user can operate without touching the touch surface that is the operation unit.
  • the operation range is narrow, and there is an effect that fatigue of the hand can be suppressed.
  • the start command is transmitted when the touch position is positioned in the touch area that is the base point of the operation for the first time. If the initial position of the function selection cursor is determined, the function to be selected can be imagined, and it can be operated without visual observation.
  • Fig. 13 shows the phone number input screen.
  • Lbl11 indicates an area where the input telephone number is displayed.
  • Lbl12 indicates an area where the number being input is displayed.
  • Icons 41 to 44 indicate icons that can be selected by moving the cursor in the left-right direction.
  • Icon 51 and Icon 52 indicate icons that can be selected by moving the cursor in the vertical direction.
  • the characters “telephone number” are displayed to inform the user that a telephone number is displayed on Lbl11.
  • the user touches any position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 and moves the touch position to the base area 11 ⁇ / b> B while touching, or enters the base area 11 ⁇ / b> B.
  • the character “0” is displayed in Lbl12 as shown in FIG.
  • the icon 51 When the touch position is moved from the base area to the upper area while being touched, as shown in FIG. 17, the icon 51 once changes the selected color to notify the user that the operation has been performed in the upper direction. As the color returns, the character “0” disappears from Lbl12 and the character “1” is displayed instead.
  • the display state of the display unit 71 does not change. If the touch position is moved from the base area to the upper area while touching again, the icon 51 is operated upward. In order to notify the user that the selected color has once changed, the original selected color is restored, and the character “1” disappears from Lbl12 and the character “2” is displayed instead.
  • an operation of “moving to the base area 11B while touching and moving to the upper area 11U while touching” or starting from the base area 11B after touching down is repeated as many times as the number of numbers desired to be input, and a telephone number composed of a plurality of numbers can be input.
  • the input device has one base point, can search for the base point by tactile sense, and knows that the boundary has been exceeded. Operation is possible.
  • the input can be performed only by moving the finger from the base point to a point other than the base point, the finger movement distance is short, and hand fatigue can be suppressed.
  • the number of times of this combination matches the number of the number input command as a combination of “upper, base point”, so that the operation is easy to remember.
  • FIG. 19 is a front view of an example in which the input device according to the second embodiment is applied to a music player 200.
  • the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
  • the difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the display unit 71 does not exist in the second embodiment, and the touch sensor 1 is disposed on almost the entire front surface of the music player 200. Yes.
  • the music player 200 has an earphone terminal which is an audio output unit (not shown) on the side surface, and can listen to music reproduced by connecting the earphone. Further, there is a dedicated connector or a USB terminal, which is connected to a personal computer or the like to store a music source for reproduction in this music player.
  • the touch surface 11 is printed with a mark for explaining the operation so that an image of the operation is attached.
  • FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the input device according to the third embodiment is applied to an operation instruction unit of a vehicle AV device.
  • the third embodiment is configured such that the input device of the present invention is configured separately from the in-vehicle AV device that is an electronic device, and the in-vehicle that is an electronic device.
  • the AV device also has an input unit different from the input device of the present invention.
  • a handle 310 and a vehicle AV device 300 are arranged on the front left panel (or right back) of the driver's seat of the vehicle.
  • the touch sensor 1 is installed slightly to the right (or left) from the center of the vehicle handle of the handle 310.
  • the touch sensor 1 has a touch surface 11 and a region boundary 12 that divides the touch surface 11 into regions.
  • the position slightly to the right (or left) from the center of the handle 310 is less likely to be touched during driving operation, and when the hand holding the handle 310 is moved slightly to the center, It is a position that can be operated with a thumb or the like.
  • the vehicle AV device 300 includes a display unit 71 with a touch panel, and an operation switch 311 for operating a navigation function, a radio, a music playback function, and the like.
  • the touch panel and the operation switch 311 are different input units from the input device of the present invention.
  • the input device of the present invention may be configured separately from the electronic device as the main body.
  • an input device different from the input device of the present invention may be provided in the electronic apparatus as a main body, and the input device of the present invention may be configured as an auxiliary input unit that performs some functional operations. .
  • FIG. 21 and 22 are screen images of the menu screen of the display unit of the in-vehicle AV device provided with the input device according to the third embodiment of the present invention of the menu screen, and FIG. 23 is an AM screen image of the radio.
  • FIG. 21 is a screen when touching down any position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 and moving the touch position to the base point area 11B while touching or touching down the base point area 11B. Is a screen when the touch position is moved to the lower region 11D while further touching.
  • FIG. 23 shows a state where one of the broadcast stations has already been selected and received.
  • the selected cursor may be highlighted immediately after the screen transition, and the screen configuration and display method can be freely designed.
  • the input device of the present invention may be used when scrolling during map display.
  • the map screen is scrolled upward several dots each time the base area is moved to the upper area.
  • the base area 11B exists between the upper area 11U, the right area 11R, the lower area 11D, and the left area 11L.
  • the operation locus Opt1 shown in FIG. 1 for example, if the user operates to rub through the base point region 11B sandwiched between the upper region 11U and the right region 11R, the scrolling in the right direction and the upward direction continues. As a result, an operation of continuously scrolling in the upper right direction becomes possible. Since the shape of the first touch input surface is a region surrounded by a parabola that becomes a mountain toward the center position of the first touch input surface, the trajectory of the touch position movement goes back and forth in this way. Thus, a moving operation in an oblique direction can be performed.
  • the touch sensor 1 has the second touch input arranged at the position adjacent to the first touch input surface (base point region 11B) and the first touch input surface. Including a plane (regions 11L, 11R, 11U, and 11D outside the base region), the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are continuous with each other, and have a step structure (region boundary 12). Touch input surface (touch surface 11).
  • the input device includes a first touch input surface and a second touch input surface arranged at a position adjacent to the first touch input surface, the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface.
  • a touch input surface that is continuous with each other and divided by a boundary having a step structure, a touch-down operation for touching either the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface, a first touch input surface
  • a command is output based on a detection result of a moving operation that moves in a touch state over the first touch input surface or a touch-up operation that leaves the touch input surface on the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface.
  • a control means is provided.
  • the first touch input surface is a base point region serving as a base point of touch input
  • the second touch input surface is an outer peripheral region formed in an outer peripheral part of the base point region
  • a step The structure is an area boundary that divides between the base area and the outer peripheral area
  • the control means i) touches down the base area or touches down the outer peripheral area to cross the area boundary from the outer peripheral area. Ii) move from the base region to the outer region beyond the region boundary, or iii) touch up in the outer region or the base region after outputting the command corresponding to i) or ii) ) To iii), a command corresponding to at least one touch operation is output.
  • the second touch input surface has a plurality of command corresponding areas, and the control means outputs a command corresponding to the command corresponding areas.
  • control means outputs an instruction command corresponding to the number of movements when moving beyond the region boundary.
  • the first touch input surface is located at the center
  • the second touch input surface is disposed at a position surrounding the first touch input surface
  • the first touch input surface is vertically and horizontally
  • a command corresponding region may be formed.
  • the second touch input surface has a rectangular, circular, or elliptical touch surface, and the diagonal lines of the rectangular shape or the rectangular shape that circumscribes the circular shape or the elliptical shape are diagonal to each other.
  • a first touch input surface may be formed at an intersection point connecting the two, and the first touch input surface may be configured as a region surrounded by a parabola asymptotic to a diagonal line.
  • the input device there is one touch area that is a base point of the operation, and the operation until the touch area that is the base point of the operation is touched is ignored, and the base point of the operation is searched by the region boundary of the touch surface. Since the position of the touch area can be found, the user can operate without touching the touch surface that is the operation unit.
  • This configuration has an effect that the operation range is narrow and hand fatigue can be suppressed because there is only one first touch input surface (base point region) serving as the base point of the operation.
  • the boundary (region boundary) having the step structure is a parabola that becomes a mountain toward the center position of the touch surface, and touches while touching the first touch input surface (base point region) that is the base point of the operation. It is possible to facilitate the movement of returning the position.
  • the touch input surface may have a step structure, and the first touch input surface protrudes in the height (thickness) direction from the second touch input surface, or the second touch input surface has the first structure.
  • the first touch input surface protrudes in the height (thickness) direction from the second touch input surface
  • the second touch input surface has the first structure.
  • a structure that protrudes in the height (thickness) direction from one touch input surface, or a structure in which the region boundary protrudes or depresses in the height (thickness) direction with respect to the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface Is also included.
  • the region boundary 12 is configured as a parabola, and the region boundary 12 is described so as to clearly divide the upper region 11U, the lower region 11D, the left region 11L, and the right region 11R outside the base region of the touch surface 11.
  • the region boundary 12 may be a rectangle.
  • the upper region 11U, the lower region 11D, the left region 11L, and the right region 11R outside the base region may be separated by a straight line that is an extension of the diagonal line of the rectangular region boundary 12.
  • the region boundary 12 may not surround the base point region.
  • the base region is clarified by a straight line or a curve in which the end points of one region boundary 12 are extended toward the end points of adjacent region boundaries 12. This is the case.
  • the area outside the base area need not be the upper area 11U, the lower area 11D, the left area 11L, and the right area 11R, and is one, two, or any other number. Also good.
  • the description has been made taking the input device of the electronic device as an example, but any input device having a touch sensor can be applied.
  • the name “input device” is used. However, this is for convenience of explanation, and may be an input control device or the like.
  • each part constituting the input device for example, the configuration and shape of the touch sensor, the type of the device in which the touch sensor is installed, and the like are not limited to the above-described embodiments.
  • the input device can input without visually observing the operation unit and without pressing, and has an effect of suppressing operation sound and hand fatigue. Therefore, it is useful for various electronic devices such as in-vehicle devices such as mobile phones and car navigation systems.

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The objective of the present invention is to allow input without a view of an operation unit and without performance of a depression operation, and to suppress operational sounds and hand fatigue. A touch sensor includes a first touch input surface (base area 11B) positioned in a center area, and a second touch input surface (areas 11L, 11R, 11U, and 11D outside the base area) disposed at positions surrounding the first touch input surface. The first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are contiguous with each other, and have a touch input surface (touch surface 111) that is regionally divided on a surface having a stepped structure. In addition, a control unit of the touch sensor outputs a command corresponding to a combination of a touch-down operation of touching either surface of the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface, a move operation of moving as-is in a touched state over the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface, or a touch-up operation of separating from the touch input surface in the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface.

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入力装置及びこの入力装置を備えた電子機器装置INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE INPUT DEVICE
　本発明は、電子機器への入力操作をする入力装置及びこの入力装置を備えた電子機器装置に関する。 The present invention relates to an input device that performs an input operation to an electronic device, and an electronic device device including the input device.
　近年、メール、電卓、スケジュール管理、音楽再生など、電話以外の機能も備えた携帯電話、及び、カーナビゲーション、音楽再生機能などを備えた車載機器などの電子機器が広く利用されている。それらの機能に応じて、メールを記載したり、電卓を使ったり、スケジュールを記載したり、音楽ソースを選択したり、音量を変更したりといった電子機器への入力操作が必要になる。 In recent years, electronic devices such as mobile phones having functions other than telephones such as e-mail, calculators, schedule management, and music playback, and in-vehicle devices having car navigation and music playback functions have been widely used. Depending on these functions, input operations to electronic devices such as writing an email, using a calculator, writing a schedule, selecting a music source, and changing the volume are required.
　電子機器への入力操作をするための入力装置としては、平坦な入力装置が好まれる。その理由としては、携帯電話であれば、携帯時に衣服のポケットなどに格納するのに平坦に近い形状でないと体にぶつかったりポケットが膨らんでしまったりする問題があるためである。また、車載機器などでは、車の衝突時に平坦でない部分が体に当たり危ないためである。 A flat input device is preferred as an input device for performing an input operation to an electronic device. The reason is that, in the case of a mobile phone, there is a problem that the mobile phone may hit the body or swell up if the shape is not flat enough to be stored in a pocket of clothes. Moreover, in an in-vehicle apparatus etc., it is because the part which is not flat at the time of a vehicle collision hits a body, and is dangerous.
　従来技術としては、電子機器の機能が割り当てられたアイコンまたはリストなどの視覚的マトリクスをタッチパネル付きの表示部に表示し、表示部をタッチして機能の選択を入力する入力部を備えた電子機器、電子機器の機能が割り当てられた、視覚的マトリクスを表示部に表示し、表示部の視覚的マトリクス上を動くカーソルの移動または確定を、上下左右中央の押下ボタンを押下して機能の選択を入力する入力部を備えた電子機器、さらには、電子機器の機能が割り当てられた押下ボタンを、押下して機能の選択を入力する入力部を備えた電子機器等がある。 As a conventional technique, an electronic device including an input unit that displays a visual matrix such as an icon or a list to which functions of the electronic device are assigned on a display unit with a touch panel and inputs a function selection by touching the display unit A visual matrix to which the functions of the electronic device are assigned is displayed on the display unit, and the cursor is moved or fixed on the visual matrix of the display unit. There are electronic devices including an input unit for inputting, and electronic devices including an input unit for inputting a function selection by pressing a push button to which a function of the electronic device is assigned.
　上下左右ボタンの押下ボタンを押下してカーソルを移動するものには、上下左右ボタンの長押しで、カーソルを早く連続的に移動したりするものもある。また、押下ボタンを押下して機能の選択を入力するものには、同じボタンでも、長押しでは、音楽ソースの早送りを押下時間だけ行い、１回短押しでは１曲分スキップ、２回短押しでは２曲分スキップして再生するなど、連続押下時間（長押し、短押し）及び連続押下回数（１回短押し、２回短押し、３回短押し等）に電子機器の機能を割り当てているものもある。電子機器の操作者はこれらの割り当てを覚えているため、表示部がなくても操作が可能である。 Some things that move the cursor by pressing the up / down / left / right push button move the cursor quickly and continuously by long-pressing the up / down / left / right button. In addition, even if the same button is pressed to enter the function selection by pressing the push button, fast-forwarding of the music source is performed only for the pressing time when pressed long, and one song is skipped when pressed once and pressed twice. Then, by skipping two songs and playing, assign the function of the electronic device to the continuous press time (long press, short press) and the number of continuous presses (1 short press, 2 short press, 3 short press, etc.) Some are. Since the operator of the electronic device remembers these assignments, the operation can be performed without the display unit.
　このように、表示部の視覚的マトリクスを直接タッチして指定された機能を実行したり、表示部の視覚的マトリクス上を動くカーソルを押下ボタンで移動または確定して指定された機能を実行したり、押下ボタンの押下時間及び押下回数により指定された機能を実行したりする技術は従来から存在している。 In this way, the specified function is executed by directly touching the visual matrix of the display unit, or the specified function is executed by moving or confirming the cursor moving on the visual matrix of the display unit with the push button. In the past, there has been a technique for executing a function specified by the pressing time and the number of pressings of a pressing button.
　また、特許文献１には、複数の操作ボタンの中から１つを選びタッチダウンするという第１の操作を行うことで、読み出し順位が一番である文字が読み出される第１読出手段と、操作体を操作面上にて摺動させる第２の操作により、読み出される文字が読み出し順位に従って切り換えられる第２読出手段と、入力したい文字が読み出されたとき、タッチアップするという第３の操作を行うことで、前記文字の入力が確定される入力手段と、を有する入力装置が記載されている。 Patent Document 1 discloses a first reading unit that reads a character having the highest reading order by performing a first operation of selecting and touching down one of a plurality of operation buttons, and an operation. A second reading means for switching the character to be read according to the reading order by the second operation of sliding the body on the operation surface, and a third operation of touching up when the character to be input is read. An input device is described that includes an input means for confirming the input of the character by performing.
　特許文献２には、表示手段に、検索手段が検索した文字以外の文字の表示を省略させ、更に残った文字を密集して表示させる省略制御手段を備える文字入力装置が記載されている。特許文献２記載の文字入力装置は、液晶ディスプレイなどの上に透明なタッチセンサを重ねて入力装置としている。 Patent Document 2 describes a character input device provided with an omission control unit that causes a display unit to omit the display of characters other than the character searched by the search unit and further displays the remaining characters in a dense manner. In the character input device described in Patent Document 2, a transparent touch sensor is stacked on a liquid crystal display or the like to form an input device.
特開２００６－３０２０６７号公報JP 2006-302067 A 特開２００５－４４２２０号公報JP-A-2005-44220
　従来の電子機器の入力装置のうち、キーを押下する入力方法は、押下時のクリック音がうるさい、手のひらがつりそうになるという問題があった。押下時のクリック音は、静かな環境下で他人と共有する場では迷惑となる場合がある。 Among the input devices of conventional electronic devices, the input method of pressing a key has a problem that a click sound at the time of pressing is noisy and a palm is likely to be hung. Clicking sounds when pressed can be annoying when sharing with others in a quiet environment.
　手の疲労が激しいという問題は、押下する時に力がかかり過ぎるためと考えられる。 The problem of intense hand fatigue is thought to be due to excessive force when pressed.
　特許文献１には、押下不要な入力方法についても記載されているが、０から９、＊、＃などのキーの存在範囲が広く、手の疲労が激しいという問題は残る。 Patent Document 1 also describes an input method that does not require pressing, but there remains a problem that the range of keys such as 0 to 9, *, #, etc. is wide, and hand fatigue is severe.
　また、電子機器では、操作部を目視しつづけずに操作できる方法が望まれる。その理由としては、例えば車のドライバーが停車中に信号待ちをしている際に、信号が青に変わるかを目視確認しながら、入力装置を目視せずに操作できることが望まれるからである。携帯電話であっても、入力装置と、入力された文字を表示する表示装置とを交互に見ながら入力操作するのは煩わしい。 Also, for electronic devices, a method that can be operated without observing the operation unit is desired. The reason is that, for example, when a car driver is waiting for a signal while the vehicle is stopped, it is desired that the input device can be operated without visually observing whether the signal turns blue. Even in the case of a mobile phone, it is troublesome to perform an input operation while alternately viewing an input device and a display device that displays input characters.
　特許文献１記載の入力装置は、キーの凹凸により、ある程度キーの位置を触覚で認識できるものの、０から９など、入力操作の基点となるキーが複数あるため、入力装置を目視して事前にどのキーを操作するかを確認する必要がある。 Although the input device described in Patent Document 1 can recognize the position of the key to some extent by tactile sensation due to the unevenness of the key, there are a plurality of keys such as 0 to 9 as the base point of the input operation. It is necessary to confirm which key is operated.
　特許文献２記載のタッチセンサを重ねて入力装置とした電子機器では、押下に力を要しないため、手の負担は少ないというメリットがある。 In an electronic device in which the touch sensor described in Patent Document 2 is used as an input device, there is an advantage that a hand is less burdensome because no force is required for pressing.
　しかしながら、タッチパネル上のどこに操作すべきボタンがあるのかを確認するために、タッチパネルを目視し続ける必要があり、目が疲れる、あるいは、他の目視を必要とする作業をしながらの操作ができないという課題がある。 However, in order to confirm where to operate the buttons on the touch panel, it is necessary to continue to look at the touch panel, and the eyes become tired or cannot be operated while performing other work that requires visual inspection. There are challenges.
　本発明の目的は、操作部を目視することなく、かつ、押下操作せずに入力することができ、操作音と、手の疲労を抑制することができる入力装置及びこの入力装置を備えた電子機器装置を提供することである。 An object of the present invention is to provide an input device that can input without observing the operation unit and without pressing, and can suppress operation sound and fatigue of the hand, and an electronic device equipped with the input device. It is to provide an equipment device.
　本発明に係る入力装置は、第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面とを含み、前記第１タッチ入力面と前記第２タッチ入力面とが段差構造を有する境界で領域分けされたタッチ入力面と、前記第１タッチ入力面及び前記第２タッチ入力面間に亘ってタッチ状態のまま移動する移動動作の検出結果に基づいてコマンドを出力する制御手段と、を備え、前記制御手段は、前記第１タッチ入力面にタッチされるまでのタッチ操作がすべて無視されるように作用する構成を採る。 An input device according to the present invention includes a first touch input surface and a second touch input surface, wherein the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are divided into regions having a step structure. A control unit that outputs a command based on a detection result of a movement operation that moves in a touched state across the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface, and the control unit includes: A configuration is employed in which the touch operation until the first touch input surface is touched is ignored.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、前記制御手段は、前記第１タッチ入力面にタッチするタッチダウン操作、及び、前記第２タッチ入力面にタッチダウンしてから初めて行う前記第１タッチ入力面への移動動作の検出結果に基づいて開始コマンドを出力する構成を採る。 Further, in the input device according to the present invention, the control means performs the touchdown operation for touching the first touch input surface, and the first touch input surface that is performed only after touching the second touch input surface. A configuration is adopted in which a start command is output based on the detection result of the movement operation to the.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、制御手段は、第１タッチ入力面又は第２タッチ入力面においてタッチ入力面から離れるタッチアップ操作の検出結果に基づいて確定コマンドを出力する構成を採る。 Also, the input device according to the present invention employs a configuration in which the control means outputs a confirmation command based on the detection result of the touch-up operation that leaves the touch input surface on the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、第１タッチ入力面は、タッチ入力の基点となる基点領域、第２タッチ入力面は、基点領域の外周部に形成された外周領域、及び、段差構造は、基点領域と外周領域との間を区切る領域境界であり、制御手段は、ｉ）基点領域にタッチダウンする、又は、外周領域にタッチダウンして外周領域から領域境界を越えて基点領域に移動する、ii）基点領域から領域境界を越えて外周領域に移動する、又は、iii）前記ｉ）又はii）に対応するコマンドを出力後に、外周領域、又は基点領域においてタッチアップする、上記ｉ）乃至iii）のうち、少なくともいずれか一つのタッチ操作に対応するコマンドを出力する構成を採る。 In the input device according to the present invention, the first touch input surface is a base point region serving as a base point of touch input, the second touch input surface is an outer peripheral region formed in an outer peripheral portion of the base point region, and the step structure is , An area boundary that divides between the base area and the outer peripheral area, and the control means i) touches down the base area or touches down the outer peripheral area and moves from the outer peripheral area to the base area beyond the area boundary. Ii) Move from the base region to the outer region beyond the region boundary, or iii) Touch up in the outer region or the base region after outputting the command corresponding to i) or ii), i) To iii) are configured to output a command corresponding to at least one touch operation.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、第２タッチ入力面は、複数のコマンド対応領域を有し、制御手段は、コマンド対応領域に対応するコマンドを出力する構成を採る。 In the input device according to the present invention, the second touch input surface has a plurality of command corresponding areas, and the control means outputs a command corresponding to the command corresponding areas.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、制御手段は、領域境界を超えて移動する場合の移動回数に対応する指示コマンドを出力する構成を採る。 Also, the input device according to the present invention employs a configuration in which the control means outputs an instruction command corresponding to the number of movements when moving beyond the region boundary.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、第１タッチ入力面は中央部に位置し、第２タッチ入力面は第１タッチ入力面を囲む位置に配置され、第１タッチ入力面の上下左右に前記コマンド対応領域を形成する、構成を採る。 In the input device according to the present invention, the first touch input surface is located at the center, the second touch input surface is disposed at a position surrounding the first touch input surface, A configuration is adopted in which a command corresponding area is formed.
　また、本発明に係る入力装置は、前記タッチ入力面に外接する矩形の対角線の交点を含む領域に前記第１タッチ入力面を形成し、前記第１タッチ入力面は、前記対角線に漸近する放物線に囲まれた領域である、構成を採る。 In the input device according to the present invention, the first touch input surface is formed in a region including an intersection of rectangular diagonal lines circumscribing the touch input surface, and the first touch input surface is a parabola asymptotic to the diagonal line. The configuration is an area surrounded by.
　また、本発明に係る電子機器装置は、上記いずれかの入力装置を備える構成を採る。 Moreover, the electronic device apparatus according to the present invention employs a configuration including any one of the input devices described above.
　本発明によれば、タッチ面の段差構造を触覚で確認しタッチ面をこするように操作することで、操作部を目視することなく、かつ、押下操作せずに入力することができるため、操作音と、手の疲労を抑制することができる。また、操作の基点となるタッチ面が一つのため、操作範囲が狭く、手の疲労を抑制することができるという効果を奏する。 According to the present invention, by checking the step structure of the touch surface with a tactile sensation and performing an operation to rub the touch surface, it is possible to input without visually observing the operation unit and without pressing down, Operation noise and hand fatigue can be suppressed. In addition, since there is one touch surface as a base point of the operation, the operation range is narrow, and there is an effect that hand fatigue can be suppressed.
本発明の実施１の形態に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の構成を示す正面図The front view which shows the structure of an electronic device provided with the input device which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. 本実施の形態１に係る入力装置のタッチセンサのタッチ面の外形を示す図The figure which shows the external shape of the touch surface of the touch sensor of the input device which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. 本実施の形態１に係る入力装置のタッチ位置の座標（ｘ，ｙ）と割り当てられる領域の対応を示す対応マトリクスの例を示すタッチ領域割当図Touch area allocation diagram showing an example of a correspondence matrix indicating the correspondence between the coordinates (x, y) of the touch position of the input device according to the first embodiment and the allocated area 本実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の機能ブロック構成を示すブロック図FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional block configuration of an electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment. 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（１）Screen image (1) of the menu screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本実施の形態１に係る入力装置の制御部の全体処理動作を示すフロー図The flowchart which shows the whole process operation | movement of the control part of the input device which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. 本実施の形態１に係る入力装置の制御部のスキャン処理の動作を示すフロー図The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the scanning process of the control part of the input device which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. 本実施の形態１に係る入力装置の制御部の移動コマンド送信処理の動作を示すフロー図The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the movement command transmission process of the control part of the input device which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（２）Screen image (2) of the menu screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（３）Screen image (3) of the menu screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（４）Screen image (4) of the menu screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（５）Screen image of the menu screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention (5) 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部の電話番号入力画面の画面イメージ（１）Screen image (1) of a telephone number input screen of a display unit of an electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部の電話番号入力画面の画面イメージ（２）Screen image (2) of the telephone number input screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the present invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部の電話番号入力画面の画面イメージ（３）Screen image (3) of the telephone number input screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部の電話番号入力画面の画面イメージ（４）Screen image (4) of the telephone number input screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the invention 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部の電話番号入力画面の画面イメージ（５）Screen image of the telephone number input screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the present invention (5) 本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の表示部の電話番号入力画面の画面イメージ（６）Screen image of the telephone number input screen of the display unit of the electronic device including the input device according to the first embodiment of the present invention (6) 本発明の実施２の形態に係る入力装置を備える電子機器（音楽再生機）の正面図The front view of electronic equipment (music player) provided with the input device concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. 本実施の形態３に係る入力装置を車両ＡＶ機器の操作指示部に適用した例を示す図The figure which shows the example which applied the input device which concerns on this Embodiment 3 to the operation instruction part of a vehicle AV apparatus 本発明の実施３の形態に係る入力装置を備える車載ＡＶ機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（１）Screen image (1) of the menu screen of the display unit of the in-vehicle AV device provided with the input device according to the third embodiment of the present invention 本発明の実施３の形態に係る入力装置を備える車載ＡＶ機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ（２）Screen image of the menu screen of the display unit of the in-vehicle AV device provided with the input device according to the third embodiment of the present invention (2) 本発明の実施３の形態に係る入力装置を備える車載ＡＶ機器の表示部のＡＭ画面の画面イメージScreen image of AM screen of display unit of in-vehicle AV equipment provided with input device according to embodiment 3 of the present invention 本発明の実施３の形態に係る入力装置を備える車載ＡＶ機器のタッチ面の操作軌跡の例を示す図The figure which shows the example of the operation locus | trajectory of the touch surface of vehicle-mounted AV apparatus provided with the input device which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.
　以下、本発明の実施の形態について、図面を参照して詳細に説明する。 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
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　図１は、本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の構成を示す正面図である。以下、本発明に係る入力装置を、電子機器に適用される入力装置で具現化した例で説明する。 (Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of an electronic apparatus including an input device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Hereinafter, an example in which an input device according to the present invention is embodied by an input device applied to an electronic device will be described.
　図１に示すように、電子機器１００は、表示部７１と、表面のいずれかの位置にタッチセンサ１を備える。図１では、タッチセンサ１は、正面下部に設置されている。タッチセンサ１は、タッチ面１１と、タッチ面１１を少なくとも２つ以上の領域として分ける領域境界１２を有する。図１中、タッチ面１１が破線で示されているのは、電子機器表面の内側にタッチセンサ１が存在し、電子機器の表面上は区切りが無いことを示す。 As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic device 100 includes a display unit 71 and a touch sensor 1 at any position on the surface. In FIG. 1, the touch sensor 1 is installed in the lower part of the front. The touch sensor 1 has a touch surface 11 and a region boundary 12 that divides the touch surface 11 into at least two regions. In FIG. 1, the touch surface 11 indicated by a broken line indicates that the touch sensor 1 exists inside the surface of the electronic device, and there is no separation on the surface of the electronic device.
　図５は、表示部７１に表示される画面イメージである。図５において、Ｉｃｏｎ１１～Ｉｃｏｎ３３は、電子機器の様々な機能がアイコンとして複数存在する視覚的マトリクス化されたもので、ユーザの操作によって視覚的マトリクスの選択が可能となっている。ユーザの操作によってアイコンが選択されると、状況に応じて表示部７１に表示される画面が切り替わったりしながら、電子機器の機能が実行される。 FIG. 5 is a screen image displayed on the display unit 71. In FIG. 5, icons 11 to 33 are formed into a visual matrix in which various functions of electronic devices exist as icons, and a visual matrix can be selected by a user operation. When an icon is selected by a user operation, the function of the electronic device is executed while the screen displayed on the display unit 71 is switched depending on the situation.
　本実施の形態は、表示部７１に表示されるアイコンまたはリスト上を動くカーソルを、本発明の入力装置をユーザが操作することにより、移動または確定して電子機器を操作する方法を採る。 This embodiment adopts a method of operating an electronic device by moving or confirming an icon displayed on the display unit 71 or a cursor moving on a list by the user operating the input device of the present invention.
　表示部７１に表示されるアイコン、及び、リスト上を動くカーソルを移動または確定して、電子機器の機能を実行させることは既知の技術であるから、アイコンまたはリストを選択した後、電子機器の機能が実行される部分の説明は割愛し、本発明の入力装置を使って、カーソルを移動または確定する方法を中心に説明する。 Since it is a known technique to move or confirm an icon displayed on the display unit 71 and a cursor moving on the list to execute the function of the electronic device, after selecting the icon or list, the electronic device The description of the portion where the function is executed will be omitted, and the description will focus on a method of moving or confirming the cursor using the input device of the present invention.
　図２は、タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１の外形を示す図である。図２Ａは、タッチ面１１を上から見た上面図、図２Ｂは、図２ＡのＡ－Ｂ矢視断面図、図２Ｃは、図２ＡのＣ－Ｄ矢視断面図である。 FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the outer shape of the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1. 2A is a top view of the touch surface 11 as viewed from above, FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AB in FIG. 2A, and FIG. 2C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CD in FIG.
　説明の便宜上、矩形（ここでは正方形）であるタッチ面１１の左辺中央位置をＡ点、右辺中央位置をＢ点、上辺中央位置をＣ点、下辺中央位置をＤ点とし、上辺、下辺に平行なＡＢ線と、左辺、右辺に平行なＣＤ線を一点鎖線で示す。 For convenience of explanation, the left side center position of the rectangular touch surface 11 is point A, the right side center position is B point, the upper side center position is C point, and the lower side center position is D point, and is parallel to the upper side and the lower side. A long AB line and a CD line parallel to the left and right sides are indicated by alternate long and short dash lines.
　図２において、１２Ｕ、１２Ｄ、１２Ｌ、１２Ｒは、図１における領域境界１２と同意義であり、それぞれ上側、下側、左側、右側の領域境界１２である。図２Ａに示すように、領域境界１２は、タッチ面１１の外側から中央のＡＢ線とＣＤ線の交点に向かって山となる４つの放物線を描き、ＡＢ線とＣＤ線の交点であるタッチ面１１の中央に位置する領域を確保するように構成される。 2, 12U, 12D, 12L, and 12R have the same meaning as the region boundary 12 in FIG. 1 and are the region boundary 12 on the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the right side, respectively. As shown in FIG. 2A, the region boundary 12 draws four parabolas that are peaks from the outside of the touch surface 11 toward the intersection of the center AB line and the CD line, and the touch surface is the intersection of the AB line and the CD line. 11 is configured so as to secure a region located in the center.
　また、１１Ｂ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄ、１１Ｌ、１１Ｒは、領域境界１２によって分けられた、タッチ面１１の領域を示す。 Further, 11B, 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R indicate areas of the touch surface 11 divided by the area boundary 12.
　タッチ面１１の中央に位置する領域である１１Ｂを基点領域と呼ぶことにする。 11B, which is an area located in the center of the touch surface 11, is referred to as a base area.
　上領域１１Ｕは、上側の領域境界１２Ｕを挟んで基点領域１１Ｂより上側の領域である。 The upper area 11U is an area above the base area 11B across the upper area boundary 12U.
　下領域１１Ｄは、下側の領域境界１２Ｄを挟んで基点領域１１Ｂより下側の領域である。 The lower region 11D is a region below the base region 11B across the lower region boundary 12D.
　左領域１１Ｌは、左側の領域境界１２Ｌを挟んで基点領域１１Ｂより左側の領域である。 The left region 11L is a region on the left side of the base region 11B across the left region boundary 12L.
　右領域１１Ｒは、右側の領域境界１２Ｒを挟んで基点領域１１Ｂより右側の領域である。 The right region 11R is a region on the right side of the base region 11B across the right region boundary 12R.
　図２Ａに示すように、領域境界１２は、タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１を、少なくとも基点領域１１Ｂと、基点領域１１Ｂ以外の領域として分けるように、タッチ面１１の面上に構成される。基点領域１１Ｂ以外の領域は、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄ、１１Ｌ、１１Ｒの４つの領域である。 As shown in FIG. 2A, the region boundary 12 is configured on the surface of the touch surface 11 so as to divide the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 as at least a base point region 11B and a region other than the base point region 11B. Areas other than the base area 11B are four areas 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R.
　また、図２Ｂ、Ｃに示すように、領域境界１２は、タッチ面１１の基点領域１１Ｂと、基点領域１１Ｂ以外の領域に対して、高さ（厚さ）が変化する境界として構成される。 Further, as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C, the region boundary 12 is configured as a boundary whose height (thickness) changes with respect to the base point region 11B of the touch surface 11 and the region other than the base point region 11B.
　図２では、基点領域１１Ｂが、基点領域外の領域１１Ｌ、１１Ｒ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄに対して高く、領域境界１２の高さは、基点領域１１Ｂの高さから、基点領域外の領域１１Ｌ、１１Ｒ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄの高さへ、なだらかに変化する段差として構成される。 In FIG. 2, the base region 11B is higher than the regions 11L, 11R, 11U, and 11D outside the base region, and the height of the region boundary 12 is determined from the height of the base region 11B to the regions 11L and 11R outside the base region. , 11U, and 11D are configured as steps that gently change.
　このように、タッチセンサ１は、第１タッチ入力面（基点領域１１Ｂ）と第１タッチ入力面に隣接する位置に配置された第２タッチ入力面（基点領域外の領域１１Ｌ、１１Ｒ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄ）とを含み、第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面とが互いに連続し、且つ段差構造を有する境界（領域境界１２）で領域分けされたタッチ入力面（タッチ面１１）を有する。 As described above, the touch sensor 1 includes the first touch input surface (base point region 11B) and the second touch input surface ( regions 11L, 11R, 11U outside the base point region) arranged at positions adjacent to the first touch input surface. 11D), the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are continuous with each other, and have a touch input surface (touch surface 11) divided by a boundary (region boundary 12) having a step structure.
　図３は、タッチ位置の座標（ｘ，ｙ）と割り当てられる領域の対応を示す対応マトリクスの例を示すタッチ領域割当図である。 FIG. 3 is a touch area allocation diagram showing an example of a correspondence matrix indicating the correspondence between the coordinates (x, y) of the touch position and the allocated area.
　タッチセンサ１のタッチ位置が、二次元の座標（ｘ，ｙ）で得られる場合は、得られるすべてのタッチ位置の座標と領域の対応を示す対応マトリクスを持ち、各座標をいずれかの領域に割り当てることで、領域単位で位置検出を行うことができる。 When the touch position of the touch sensor 1 is obtained with two-dimensional coordinates (x, y), it has a correspondence matrix indicating the correspondence between the coordinates of all the obtained touch positions and the areas, and each coordinate is set to any area. By assigning, position detection can be performed in units of areas.
　図３は、図２に示した形状を持つタッチ面１１に対応する。そのことが分かるように図２に示した領域境界１２の形状を重ね合わせて示す。また、領域境界１２によって、基点領域１１Ｂと基点領域１１Ｂ外の領域が分けられていることを分かり易くするため、基点領域１１Ｂに対応する部分を網掛けして示す。 FIG. 3 corresponds to the touch surface 11 having the shape shown in FIG. In order to understand this, the shape of the region boundary 12 shown in FIG. Further, in order to make it easy to understand that the base area 11B and the area outside the base area 11B are separated by the area boundary 12, a portion corresponding to the base area 11B is shaded.
　図３は、図２に示したタッチ面１１の左上を原点として、横方向にｘ座標、縦方向にｙ座標として、ｘ座標、ｙ座標それぞれ、０から１５の１６点の座標が得られるものとして記載してある。 FIG. 3 shows 16 coordinates of 0 to 15, each having x and y coordinates, with the upper left of the touch surface 11 shown in FIG. 2 as the origin, the x coordinate in the horizontal direction, and the y coordinate in the vertical direction. It is described as.
　図３において、Ｂは、図２における基点領域１１Ｂを示す。 In FIG. 3, B indicates the base region 11B in FIG.
　図３において、Ｕは、図２における基点領域外の領域の上領域１１Ｕを示す。 In FIG. 3, U indicates the upper region 11U of the region outside the base region in FIG.
　図３において、Ｄは、図２における基点領域外の領域の下領域１１Ｄを示す。 In FIG. 3, D indicates a lower region 11D of the region outside the base region in FIG.
　図３において、Ｌは、図２における基点領域外の領域の左領域１１Ｌを示す。 In FIG. 3, L indicates a left region 11L outside the base region in FIG.
　図３において、Ｒは、図２における基点領域外の領域の右領域１１Ｒを示す。 In FIG. 3, R indicates the right region 11R of the region outside the base region in FIG.
　例えば、タッチ位置（ｘ，ｙ）が（７，１）である場合、図３に示すように、座標の領域は「Ｕ」であるから、位置検出部２（図４参照）は、基点領域外の領域の上領域１１Ｕを位置検出する。 For example, when the touch position (x, y) is (7, 1), as shown in FIG. 3, the coordinate area is “U”, so the position detection unit 2 (see FIG. 4) The position of the upper area 11U of the outer area is detected.
　図４は、本発明の実施の形態１に係る入力装置を備える電子機器の機能ブロック構成を示す機能ブロック図である。各機能ブロックは、専用部品または専用回路によるハードウェア、あるいは、ＣＰＵ、ＲＯＭ、ＲＡＭなどからなるマイクロプロセッサで実行されるソフトウェアで構成される。また、ハードウェアとソフトウェアとの組み合わせで構成されてもよい。 FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a functional block configuration of an electronic device including the input device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Each functional block is configured by hardware using a dedicated component or a dedicated circuit, or software executed by a microprocessor including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. Further, it may be configured by a combination of hardware and software.
　図４に示すように、電子機器１００は、入力部１０と、実行処理部２０を備える。入力部１０は、タッチセンサ１と、位置検出部２と、制御部３と、コマンド送信部４を備える。実行処理部２０は、コマンド受信部５と、機能割当部６と、表示部７１を有する機能実施部７を備える。 As shown in FIG. 4, the electronic device 100 includes an input unit 10 and an execution processing unit 20. The input unit 10 includes a touch sensor 1, a position detection unit 2, a control unit 3, and a command transmission unit 4. The execution processing unit 20 includes a function receiving unit 7 having a command receiving unit 5, a function assigning unit 6, and a display unit 71.
　タッチセンサ１は、抵抗膜方式、静電容量方式、または遮光方式等からなるタッチセンサであり、図２に示した、領域境界１２を有するタッチ面１１を有する。 The touch sensor 1 is a touch sensor composed of a resistive film method, a capacitance method, a light shielding method, or the like, and has a touch surface 11 having a region boundary 12 shown in FIG.
　位置検出部２は、タッチセンサの方式に合わせた専用ハードウェアから成り、制御部３の制御に基づいて、タッチセンサ１のセンサ出力を検査し、図３によって説明したように、タッチセンサ上のタッチ位置を１１Ｂ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄ、１１Ｌ、１１Ｒのいずれかの領域として検出し、検出したタッチ位置を制御部３に出力する機能を有する。 The position detection unit 2 is composed of dedicated hardware adapted to the touch sensor method, and inspects the sensor output of the touch sensor 1 based on the control of the control unit 3, and as described with reference to FIG. The touch position is detected as any one of 11B, 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R, and the detected touch position is output to the control unit 3.
　制御部３は、後述する動作フローに基づいて、定期的に位置検出部２に、タッチセンサ１上の領域単位のタッチ位置を検査させ、条件成立時に、コマンド送信部４に該当するコマンド送信を行わせる機能を有する。 The control unit 3 periodically causes the position detection unit 2 to inspect the touch position of the area unit on the touch sensor 1 based on an operation flow described later, and transmits a command transmission corresponding to the command transmission unit 4 when the condition is satisfied. Has the function to perform.
　コマンド送信部４は、制御部３の制御に基づいて、実行処理部２０のコマンド受信部５に対してコマンドを送信する機能を有する。コマンド送信部４とコマンド受信部５は、共通の通信規格に基づく通信を行うインターフェイス部分である。 The command transmission unit 4 has a function of transmitting a command to the command reception unit 5 of the execution processing unit 20 based on the control of the control unit 3. The command transmission unit 4 and the command reception unit 5 are interface portions that perform communication based on a common communication standard.
　機能割当部６は、電子機器１００の状態と、コマンド受信部５から受け取ったコマンドに基づいて、電子機器１００の該当する機能を機能実施部７に実行させる機能を有する。 The function allocation unit 6 has a function of causing the function execution unit 7 to execute a corresponding function of the electronic device 100 based on the state of the electronic device 100 and the command received from the command receiving unit 5.
　表示部７１は、液晶ディスプレイまたは有機ＥＬディスプレイなどから成り、機能割当部６の指示に基づいて画面表示を行う機能を有する。 The display unit 71 includes a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, and has a function of performing screen display based on an instruction from the function allocation unit 6.
　機能実施部７は、電子機器の機能に応じた各種信号処理、データ保存、及び、信号入出力を行う機能を有し、表示部７１以外にも、電子機器の機能に応じた構成を有する。例えば、音声出力機能を有する電子機器であれば音声出力部を、ラジオ受信機能を備えた電子機器であれば、加えて放送を受信するチューナー部を、電話機能を有する電子機器であれば、音声入出力部または通信部などを、映像音楽再生機能を有する電子機器であれば、映像音楽ソースを格納した映像音楽ソース格納部などを備える。 The function execution unit 7 has functions of performing various signal processing, data storage, and signal input / output according to the function of the electronic device, and has a configuration according to the function of the electronic device in addition to the display unit 71. For example, if the electronic device has a voice output function, an audio output unit is provided. If the electronic device has a radio reception function, a tuner unit that receives a broadcast is added. If the input / output unit or the communication unit is an electronic device having a video and music playback function, it includes a video and music source storage unit that stores a video and music source.
　以下、上述のように構成された電子機器１００の入力操作について説明する。 Hereinafter, an input operation of the electronic device 100 configured as described above will be described.
　図６、図７、図８は、制御部３の処理動作を示すフローチャートである。図６は、全体フロー、図７は、スキャン処理の動作フロー、図８は、移動コマンド送信処理の動作フローを示す。 6, 7, and 8 are flowcharts showing the processing operation of the control unit 3. 6 shows an overall flow, FIG. 7 shows an operation flow of scan processing, and FIG. 8 shows an operation flow of movement command transmission processing.
　[全体動作]
　まず、図６を参照して、制御部３の全体動作を説明する。 [Overall operation]
First, the overall operation of the control unit 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
　図６に示すように、制御部３は、電源投入後、ステップＳ１で、位置検出部２にタッチ位置検出を行わせるための、初期化処理を行う。続いて、ステップＳ２に移る。 As shown in FIG. 6, after the power is turned on, the control unit 3 performs an initialization process for causing the position detection unit 2 to perform touch position detection in step S <b> 1. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S2.
　ステップＳ２で、制御部３は、前回タッチ位置を無に設定し、ステップＳ３に移る。 In step S2, the control unit 3 sets the previous touch position to none, and proceeds to step S3.
　前回タッチ位置は、一つ前のスキャン時のタッチ位置である。前回タッチ位置は制御部３によって常に保持される。 The previous touch position is the touch position at the previous scan. The previous touch position is always held by the control unit 3.
　ステップＳ３からステップＳ５で、制御部３は、電源切断まで、スキャン処理Ｓ４を繰返す。 From step S3 to step S5, the control unit 3 repeats the scan process S4 until the power is turned off.
　スキャン処理は、制御部３が、位置検出部２にタッチセンサ１のセンサ出力を検査させ、領域単位のタッチ位置を読み取り、条件が成立すれば、コマンド送信部４に該当するコマンドを送信させる処理である。 In the scanning process, the control unit 3 causes the position detection unit 2 to inspect the sensor output of the touch sensor 1, reads the touch position in units of areas, and if the condition is satisfied, causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a corresponding command. It is.
　位置検出部２のタッチ位置出力は、ユーザがタッチセンサ１にタッチしていなければ、タッチ位置は無として検出される。ユーザがタッチセンサ１にタッチしていればタッチ位置は有として検出される。 The touch position output of the position detection unit 2 is detected as no touch position unless the user touches the touch sensor 1. If the user is touching the touch sensor 1, the touch position is detected as being present.
　タッチ位置が有の場合、タッチ位置は、最も感度よく検出した位置で、１１Ｂ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄ、１１Ｌ、１１Ｒのいずれかの領域として一意に決められる。 When the touch position is present, the touch position is a position detected with the highest sensitivity, and is uniquely determined as one of the regions 11B, 11U, 11D, 11L, and 11R.
　また、スキャン周期はタッチ位置の変化を取り損ねない程度の早さで行われている。 Also, the scan cycle is performed at a speed that does not miss the change in the touch position.
　[スキャン処理動作]
　次に、図７を参照して、図６のステップＳ４のスキャン処理の処理動作について説明する。 [Scan processing operation]
Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the processing operation of the scanning process in step S4 of FIG. 6 will be described.
　図７に示すように、ステップＳ１０１で、制御部３は、位置検出部２にタッチセンサ１のセンサ出力を検査させ、今回タッチ位置が有か否かを判定する。今回タッチ位置が有と判定されると、処理はステップＳ１０２に移る。無と判定されると、処理はステップＳ１１０に移る。ステップＳ１１０以降の処理は、後述する。 As shown in FIG. 7, in step S101, the control unit 3 causes the position detection unit 2 to inspect the sensor output of the touch sensor 1, and determines whether or not the current touch position is present. If it is determined that the touch position is present this time, the process proceeds to step S102. If it is determined that there is no, the process proceeds to step S110. The processing after step S110 will be described later.
　ステップＳ１０２で、制御部３は、前回タッチ位置が無であるか判定する。前回タッチ位置は無と判定すると、処理はステップＳ１０３に移る。前回タッチ位置が有と判定すると、処理はステップＳ１０３をスキップして、ステップＳ１０４に移る。 In step S102, the control unit 3 determines whether the previous touch position is absent. If it is determined that there is no previous touch position, the process proceeds to step S103. If it is determined that the previous touch position is present, the process skips step S103 and proceeds to step S104.
　ステップＳ１０３で、制御部３は、開始コマンドフラグを未（未送信）に設定し、ステップＳ１０４に移る。 In step S103, the control unit 3 sets the start command flag to not yet (untransmitted), and proceeds to step S104.
　開始コマンドフラグは、制御部３が、常に状態を保持している内部フラグである。開始コマンドを送信したか否かの判別を意味する。未は未送信、済は送信済を示す。 The start command flag is an internal flag that the control unit 3 always maintains. It means the determination of whether or not a start command has been transmitted. Not transmitted indicates not transmitted, and completed indicates transmitted.
　ステップＳ１０４で、制御部３は、今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであるか判定する。今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであると判定すると、ステップＳ１０５に移る。基点領域１１Ｂでないと判定すると、ステップＳ１０８に移る。ステップＳ１０８以降の処理は後述する。 In step S104, the control unit 3 determines whether the current touch position is the base area 11B. If it is determined that the current touch position is the base point area 11B, the process proceeds to step S105. If it is determined that it is not the base area 11B, the process proceeds to step S108. The processing after step S108 will be described later.
　ステップＳ１０５で、制御部３は、開始コマンドフラグが未（未送信）であるか否かを判定する。未（未送信）であると判定すると、処理はＳ１０６に移る。済（送信済）と判定すると、ステップＳ１１３に移る。 In step S105, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the start command flag is not (not transmitted). If it is determined that it has not been transmitted (untransmitted), the process proceeds to S106. If it is determined that the transmission has been completed (transmitted), the process proceeds to step S113.
　ステップＳ１０６で、制御部３は、コマンド送信部４に、開始コマンドを送信させ、ステップＳ１０７に移る。 In step S106, the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a start command, and proceeds to step S107.
　ステップＳ１０７で、制御部３は、開始コマンドフラグを済（送信済）に設定し、ステップＳ１１３に移る。 In step S107, the control unit 3 sets the start command flag to “completed” (transmitted), and proceeds to step S113.
　ステップＳ１１３で、制御部３は、前回タッチ位置を今回タッチ位置で更新する。ステップＳ１１３は、図７のスキャン処理の最後に行われる処理で、どのような場合でも必ず行われる。ステップＳ１１３の後、図７の処理は終了し、図６におけるステップＳ４に戻る。 In step S113, the control unit 3 updates the previous touch position with the current touch position. Step S113 is a process performed at the end of the scan process of FIG. 7, and is always performed in any case. After step S113, the process in FIG. 7 ends, and the process returns to step S4 in FIG.
　次に、ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂでないと判定した場合の、ステップＳ１０８以降の処理を説明する。 Next, the processing after step S108 when it is determined in step S104 that the current touch position is not the base area 11B will be described.
　ステップＳ１０８で、制御部３は、前回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであるか否かを判定する。前回タッチ位置が無の場合は、基点領域１１Ｂでないと判定する。前回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであると判定すると、ステップＳ１０９に移る。基点領域１１Ｂでないと判定すると、ステップＳ１１３に移る。 In step S108, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the previous touch position is the base area 11B. When there is no previous touch position, it is determined that it is not the base area 11B. If it is determined that the previous touch position is the base point area 11B, the process proceeds to step S109. If it is determined that the region is not the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S113.
　ステップＳ１０９で、制御部３は、コマンド送信部４に、移動コマンドを送信させ、ステップＳ１１３に移る。この移動コマンドを送信する処理の詳細は、図８を用いて後述する。 In step S109, the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a movement command, and proceeds to step S113. Details of the process of transmitting the movement command will be described later with reference to FIG.
　次に、ステップＳ１０１で、今回タッチ位置が無と判定した場合の、ステップＳ１１０以降の処理を説明する。 Next, the processing after step S110 when it is determined in step S101 that there is no touch position this time will be described.
　ステップＳ１１０で、制御部３は、前回タッチ位置が有か否かを判定する。前回タッチ位置は有と判定すると、処理はステップＳ１１１に移る。前回タッチ位置は無と判定すると、処理はステップＳ１１３に移る。 In step S110, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the previous touch position is present. If it is determined that the previous touch position is present, the process proceeds to step S111. If it is determined that there is no previous touch position, the process proceeds to step S113.
　ステップＳ１１１で、制御部３は、開始コマンドフラグが済（送信済）であるか否かを判定する。済（送信済）であると判定すると、ステップＳ１１２に移る。未（未送信）と判定すると、ステップＳ１１３に移る。 In step S111, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the start command flag has been completed (sent). If it is determined that the transmission is completed (transmitted), the process proceeds to step S112. If it is determined that it has not been transmitted (not transmitted), the process proceeds to step S113.
　ステップＳ１１２で、制御部３は、コマンド送信部４に、確定コマンドを送信させ、ステップＳ１１３に移る。 In step S112, the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit a confirmation command, and proceeds to step S113.
　以上がスキャン処理の処理フローである。 The above is the processing flow of scan processing.
　図７に示したように、制御部３は、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１０２、ステップＳ１１０の判定処理で、前回タッチ位置と今回タッチ位置の有無を判定する。これにより、タッチダウン、タッチ継続中、タッチアップ、ノータッチ継続中を判定し、それぞれの処理内容を異なるようにしている。 As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 3 determines whether or not there is a previous touch position and a current touch position in the determination processing in step S101, step S102, and step S110. Thereby, it is determined whether the touchdown, the touch is continuing, the touchup, or the no-touch is continuing, and each processing content is made different.
　ステップＳ１０２で、前回タッチ位置が無の場合は、タッチダウンの場合である。その理由は、ステップＳ１０２に処理が移る前提として、ステップＳ１０１で今回タッチ位置が有であるから、タッチ位置が前回から今回で、無から有となるからである。 In step S102, when there is no previous touch position, it is a touchdown case. The reason for this is that the current touch position is present in step S101 as a premise that the process proceeds to step S102, and therefore, the touch position is changed from the previous time to this time and is determined to be absent.
　ステップＳ１０２で、前回タッチ位置が有の場合は、タッチ継続中の場合である。その理由は、ステップＳ１０２に処理が移る前提として、ステップＳ１０１で今回タッチ位置が有であるから、タッチ位置が前回から今回で、有から有となるからである。 In step S102, when the previous touch position is present, the touch is being continued. The reason is that the current touch position is present in step S101 as a premise that the process proceeds to step S102, and therefore the touch position is changed from the previous time to the current time.
　ステップＳ１１０で、前回タッチ位置が有の場合は、タッチアップの場合である。その理由は、ステップＳ１１０に処理が移る前提として、ステップＳ１０１で今回タッチ位置が無であるから、タッチ位置が前回から今回で、有から無となるからである。 In step S110, if the previous touch position is present, it is a touch-up case. The reason for this is that the current touch position is absent in step S101 as a premise that the process proceeds to step S110, so that the touch position is changed from the previous time to the current time.
　ステップＳ１１０で、前回タッチ位置が無の場合は、ノータッチ継続中、つまり、タッチしていない状態が継続中の場合である。その理由は、ステップＳ１１０に処理が移る前提として、ステップＳ１０１で今回タッチ位置が無であるから、タッチ位置が前回から今回で、無から無となるからである。 In step S110, if there is no previous touch position, it is a case where no-touch is continuing, that is, a state where no touch is being continued. The reason for this is that the current touch position is absent in step S101 as a premise that the process moves to step S110.
　また、図７に示すように、タッチダウンの場合と、タッチ継続中の処理は、タッチダウンの場合に、開始コマンドフラグを未（未送信）に設定すること（ステップＳ１０３）のみが異なり、ステップＳ１０４からステップＳ１０９までの処理は共通である。また、開始コマンドフラグを未（未送信）に設定するのは、このステップＳ１０３だけである。つまりタッチダウン時にのみ、開始コマンドフラグは、未（未送信）に必ずリセットされる。 Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the touch down process is different from the process in which the touch is continued only in that the start command flag is not set (not transmitted) in the touch down process (step S103). The processing from S104 to step S109 is common. Also, it is only this step S103 that sets the start command flag to not yet (not transmitted). That is, the start command flag is always reset to unsent (not transmitted) only at the time of touchdown.
　ステップＳ１０４からステップＳ１０９までの、タッチダウンとタッチ継続中の処理においては、コマンド送信は、開始コマンド送信（ステップＳ１０６）か移動コマンド送信（ステップＳ１０９）が行われる。 In the processes during the touchdown and the touch continuation from step S104 to step S109, the command transmission is performed by starting command transmission (step S106) or movement command transmission (step S109).
　開始コマンド送信は、今回タッチ位置が基点領域で、かつ、開始コマンドフラグが未（未送信）の場合にのみ行われる（ステップＳ１０６）。 The start command transmission is performed only when the current touch position is the base area and the start command flag is not (not transmitted) (step S106).
　移動コマンド送信は、今回タッチ位置が基点領域外でかつ、前回タッチ位置が基点領域の場合にのみ行われる（ステップＳ１０９）。 The movement command transmission is performed only when the current touch position is outside the base area and the previous touch position is the base area (step S109).
　また、確定コマンド送信は、タッチアップでかつ、開始コマンドフラグが済（送信済）の場合にのみ行われる。（ステップＳ１１２）。 In addition, the confirmation command transmission is performed only when the touch-up is performed and the start command flag is completed (transmitted). (Step S112).
　このように、制御部３は、スキャン処理において、前回タッチ位置と今回タッチ位置の有無、基点領域１１Ｂであるか否かの判定、及び、開始コマンドフラグの状態により、コマンドを送信する動作と、送信しない動作の切り分けを行うことができる。また、場合に応じて、３つの異なるコマンドを送信することができる。 Thus, in the scanning process, the control unit 3 transmits a command according to the presence / absence of the previous touch position and the current touch position, the determination as to whether or not the base point region 11B, and the state of the start command flag; It is possible to isolate operations that are not transmitted. Also, depending on the case, three different commands can be transmitted.
　[移動コマンド送信処理動作]
　次に、図８を参照して、図７のステップＳ１０９の移動コマンド送信処理について説明する。 [Move command transmission processing operation]
Next, the movement command transmission process in step S109 of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIG.
　図８は、移動コマンドのカーソルの移動方向が、今回タッチ位置によって変化することを示す。 FIG. 8 shows that the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command changes depending on the current touch position.
　図８に示すように、ステップＳ２０１で、制御部３は、今回タッチ位置は、下領域であるか否かを判定する。下領域であると判定すると、ステップＳ２０２に移る。下領域でないと判定すると、ステップＳ２０３に移る。 As shown in FIG. 8, in step S201, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the current touch position is a lower region. If it is determined that the area is the lower area, the process proceeds to step S202. If it is determined that the area is not the lower area, the process proceeds to step S203.
　ステップＳ２０３で、制御部３は、今回タッチ位置は、上領域であるか否かを判定する。上領域であると判定すると、ステップＳ２０４に移る。上領域でないと判定すると、ステップＳ２０５に移る。 In step S203, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the current touch position is the upper region. If it determines with it being an upper area | region, it will move to step S204. If it is determined that the region is not the upper region, the process proceeds to step S205.
　ステップＳ２０５で、制御部３は、今回タッチ位置は、右領域であるか否かを判定する。右領域であると判定すると、ステップＳ２０６に移る。右領域でないと判定すると、ステップＳ２０７に移る。 In step S205, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the current touch position is the right region. If it is determined that the region is the right region, the process proceeds to step S206. If it is determined that the region is not the right region, the process proceeds to step S207.
　ステップＳ２０２で、制御部３は、移動コマンドのカーソルの移動方向を、下方向とし、ステップＳ２０８に移る。 In step S202, the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command to the downward direction, and proceeds to step S208.
　ステップＳ２０４で、制御部３は、移動コマンドのカーソルの移動方向を、上方向とし、ステップＳ２０８に移る。 In step S204, the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command as the upward direction, and proceeds to step S208.
　ステップＳ２０６で、制御部３は、移動コマンドのカーソルの移動方向を、右方向とし、ステップＳ２０８に移る。 In step S206, the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command to the right direction, and proceeds to step S208.
　ステップＳ２０７で、制御部３は、移動コマンドのカーソルの移動方向を、左方向とし、ステップＳ２０８に移る。 In step S207, the control unit 3 sets the movement direction of the cursor of the movement command to the left direction, and proceeds to step S208.
　ステップＳ２０８で、制御部３は、コマンド送信部４に、ステップＳ２０２、ステップＳ２０４、ステップＳ２０６、ステップＳ２０７で設定した方向の移動コマンドを送信させ、図８の処理を終了し、図７のステップＳ１０９に戻り、続いてステップＳ１１３へ進む。 In step S208, the control unit 3 causes the command transmission unit 4 to transmit the movement command in the direction set in step S202, step S204, step S206, and step S207, ends the processing in FIG. 8, and ends the processing in step S109 in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step S113.
　以上のように、移動コマンド送信処理は、今回タッチ位置が下領域、上領域、右領域、左領域のそれぞれで、下方向、上方向、右方向、左方向の移動コマンドを送信する。このように下領域、上領域、右領域、左領域のそれぞれに対して互いに異なるコマンドを対応付けることができる（コマンド対応領域と呼ぶ）。 As described above, in the movement command transmission process, the movement command in the downward direction, the upward direction, the right direction, and the left direction is transmitted when the current touch position is the lower region, the upper region, the right region, and the left region. In this way, different commands can be associated with each of the lower region, the upper region, the right region, and the left region (referred to as a command corresponding region).
　[操作指示コマンドの送信作用]
　このような動作フローにおいて、ユーザによる実際のタッチセンサ１の操作により、コマンド送信部４からのコマンド送信が、どのように作用するかについて説明する。 [Operation command transmission]
In such an operation flow, how the command transmission from the command transmission unit 4 works by the actual operation of the touch sensor 1 by the user will be described.
　まず、ユーザがタッチセンサのタッチ面１１のどこかにタッチすると、制御部３は、タッチダウンを検出し、図７のステップＳ１０３で、開始コマンドフラグを未（未送信）に設定し、ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置が基点領域であるかを判定する。 First, when the user touches somewhere on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor, the control unit 3 detects a touchdown, sets a start command flag to not yet (untransmitted) in step S103 in FIG. 7, and performs step S104. Thus, it is determined whether or not the current touch position is the base area.
　[タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域の場合]
　ユーザがタッチダウンした時のタッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１上のタッチ位置が、基点領域１１Ｂであれば、処理はステップＳ１０５に進み、制御部３は、開始コマンドフラグが未（未送信）であるかを判定する。 [When the touch position at touchdown is the base point area]
If the touch position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 when the user touches down is the base area 11B, the process proceeds to step S105, and the control unit 3 has not yet started (untransmitted) the start command flag. Determine whether.
　タッチダウン検出時のスキャン処理では、ステップＳ１０３で開始コマンドフラグを未（未送信）に設定しているため、処理はステップＳ１０６に進み、ステップＳ１０６で制御部３の制御により、コマンド送信部４から開始コマンドが送信される。続いて、ステップＳ１０７で開始コマンドフラグが済（送信済）に設定され、ステップＳ１１３で前回タッチ位置は今回タッチ位置の値で更新され、図７の処理は終了し、次のタッチ位置のスキャン処理に戻る。 In the scan process at the time of touchdown detection, since the start command flag is set to not yet (untransmitted) in step S103, the process proceeds to step S106, and from the command transmitting unit 4 under the control of the control unit 3 in step S106. A start command is sent. Subsequently, the start command flag is set to “completed” (transmitted) in step S107, the previous touch position is updated with the value of the current touch position in step S113, the process in FIG. 7 ends, and the scan process for the next touch position is performed. Return to.
　ユーザがタッチしたまま、タッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂのまま変化させない状態で次のスキャン処理が行われると、処理は、図７における、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１０２、ステップＳ１０４のタッチ継続中の経路を進む。 When the next scanning process is performed with the user touching and the touch position is not changed in the base point area 11B, the process follows the path in which the touch continues in step S101, step S102, and step S104 in FIG. .
　ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであるから、ステップＳ１０５に進み、開始コマンドフラグが未（未送信）であるか判定する。 In step S104, since the current touch position is the base point area 11B, the process proceeds to step S105, and it is determined whether the start command flag is not yet transmitted (not transmitted).
　開始コマンドフラグは、前回のスキャン処理のステップＳ１０７で、既に済（送信済）に設定してあるから、処理はステップＳ１０５からステップＳ１１３に進み、コマンドは送信されない。 Since the start command flag has already been set (transmitted) in step S107 of the previous scan process, the process proceeds from step S105 to step S113, and the command is not transmitted.
　つまり、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域の場合は、タッチダウン時に一度だけ、開始コマンドが送信され、そのままタッチ位置を動かさなければ、コマンドは送信されないように作用する。 That is, when the touch position at the time of touchdown is the base point area, the start command is transmitted only once at the time of touchdown, and the command is not transmitted unless the touch position is moved as it is.
　次に、ユーザがタッチしたまま、タッチ位置を基点領域外の、例えば下領域１１Ｄにタッチ位置を移動すると、処理は、図７における、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１０２、ステップＳ１０４のタッチ継続中の経路を進む。 Next, when the touch position is moved outside the base area, for example, to the lower area 11D while the user is touching, the process follows the path in which the touch continues in steps S101, S102, and S104 in FIG. move on.
　ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂではないから、処理はステップＳ１０８に進み、制御部３は、前回タッチ位置は基点領域１１Ｂであるか判定する。 In step S104, since the current touch position is not the base area 11B, the process proceeds to step S108, and the control unit 3 determines whether the previous touch position is the base area 11B.
　前回タッチ位置は、基点領域１１Ｂであるから、処理はステップＳ１０９に進み、制御部３の制御により、コマンド送信部４は、移動コマンドを送信する。 Since the previous touch position is the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S109, and the command transmission unit 4 transmits a movement command under the control of the control unit 3.
　送信される移動コマンドは、下領域であるため、図８に示すように、下方向の移動コマンドとなる。 Since the movement command to be transmitted is in the lower area, the movement command is a downward movement command as shown in FIG.
　次に、ユーザがタッチしたまま、タッチ位置を基点領域外の下領域１１Ｄのまま変化させない状態で次のスキャン処理が行われると、処理は、図７における、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１０２、ステップＳ１０４、ステップＳ１０８と進み、前回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂではないから、ステップＳ１１３に進み、コマンドは送信されない。 Next, when the next scan process is performed in a state where the touch position remains unchanged in the lower area 11D outside the base area while being touched by the user, the process is performed in steps S101, S102, S104, FIG. Proceeding to step S108, since the previous touch position is not the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S113, and the command is not transmitted.
　つまり、タッチしたまま、タッチ位置を、基点領域から、基点領域外の領域に移動させた時に一度だけ、移動した方向への移動コマンドが送信され、そのままタッチ位置を動かさなければ、コマンドは送信されないように作用する。 That is, when the touch position is moved from the base area to the area outside the base area while touching, the movement command in the moving direction is transmitted only once, and the command is not transmitted unless the touch position is moved as it is. Acts as follows.
　次に、ユーザがタッチしたまま、タッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに、タッチ位置を移動すると、処理は、同様に、タッチ継続中の経路を進み、ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであるから、ステップＳ１０５に進み、開始コマンドフラグが未（未送信）であるか判定する。開始コマンドフラグは、開始コマンドを送信した時のスキャン処理で、既に済（送信済）に設定してあるから、処理はステップＳ１１３に進み、操作指示コマンドは送信されない。 Next, when the touch position is moved to the base point area 11B while the user is touching, the process similarly proceeds along the path in which the touch is continued, and in step S104, the current touch position is the base point area 11B. From step S105, it is determined whether the start command flag is not yet transmitted (not transmitted). Since the start command flag is already set (sent) in the scan process when the start command is transmitted, the process proceeds to step S113, and the operation instruction command is not transmitted.
　つまり、開始コマンドを送信した後は、タッチしたまま、タッチ位置を、基点領域外の領域から、基点領域に移動させても、コマンドは送信されないように作用する。 That is, after the start command is transmitted, even if the touch position is moved from the area outside the base area to the base area while being touched, the command is not transmitted.
　次に、ユーザがタッチしたまま、タッチ位置を基点領域外に移動すると、処理は、同様に、タッチ継続中の経路を進み、ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂではないから、ステップＳ１０８に進み、ステップＳ１０８で、前回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであるため、ステップＳ１０９に進み、図８に示したタッチ位置に応じた方向の移動コマンドが送信される。 Next, when the touch position is moved outside the base point area while the user is touching, the process similarly proceeds along the path in which the touch is continued, and in step S104, the current touch position is not the base point area 11B. In step S108, since the previous touch position is the base point region 11B, the process proceeds to step S109, and a movement command in the direction corresponding to the touch position shown in FIG. 8 is transmitted.
　つまり、タッチしたまま、タッチ位置を、再び、基点領域から、基点領域外の領域に移動させると、移動した方向への移動コマンドが再び送信されるように作用する。 That is, when the touch position is moved again from the base point area to an area outside the base point area while touching, the movement command in the moving direction is transmitted again.
　さらにいうと、基点領域外の領域から基点領域へのタッチ位置の移動ではコマンド送信はされず、基点領域から基点領域外の領域へのタッチ移動のたびに、移動した方向への移動コマンドが送信されるように作用する。 Furthermore, a command is not sent when the touch position moves from the area outside the base area to the base area, and a movement command in the direction of movement is sent each time a touch moves from the base area to the area outside the base area. Acts to be.
　[タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域外の領域の場合]
　次に、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域外の領域だった場合の作用を説明する。 [When the touch position during touchdown is outside the base area]
Next, an operation when the touch position at the time of touchdown is an area outside the base area will be described.
　タッチダウン時は、処理は、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１０２、ステップＳ１０３、ステップＳ１０４の経路を進む。この経路については既に説明した通りである。 At the time of touchdown, the process proceeds along the route of step S101, step S102, step S103, and step S104. This route has already been described.
　ステップＳ１０４で、今回タッチ位置は、基点領域ではないから、処理は、ステップＳ１０４からステップＳ１０８に進む。 In step S104, since the current touch position is not the base point area, the process proceeds from step S104 to step S108.
　ステップＳ１０８の、前回タッチ位置が基点領域であるか否かの判定で、前回タッチ位置は無で、基点領域外と判定されるから、処理は、ステップＳ１０８からステップＳ１１３に進み、操作指示コマンドは送信されずに、次のスキャン処理に移る。 In step S108, it is determined whether or not the previous touch position is the base area, and it is determined that the previous touch position is not present and is outside the base area. Therefore, the process proceeds from step S108 to step S113, and the operation instruction command is Without being transmitted, the process proceeds to the next scanning process.
　以降のスキャン処理で、タッチ中であれば、処理は、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１０２、ステップＳ１０４の経路を進み、ステップＳ１０４で、タッチ位置が基点領域にならない限り、処理は、ステップＳ１０４からステップＳ１０８に進む。 In the subsequent scanning process, if the touch is in progress, the process proceeds along the path of step S101, step S102, and step S104. In step S104, the process proceeds from step S104 to step S108 unless the touch position is the base point area. move on.
　また、タッチダウン後、一度でもタッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂにならない限り、ステップＳ１０８で、前回タッチ位置は基点領域１１Ｂとはならないから、処理は、ステップＳ１０８からステップＳ１１３に進み、操作指示コマンドは送信されない。 In addition, after the touchdown, unless the touch position becomes the base area 11B even once, the previous touch position does not become the base area 11B in step S108. Therefore, the process proceeds from step S108 to step S113, and the operation instruction command is transmitted. Not.
　つまり、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域外の領域の場合は、タッチ位置を基点領域外の領域で移動させても、タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂに移動させない限り、コマンドは送信されないように作用する。 That is, when the touch position at the time of touchdown is an area outside the base area, the command is not transmitted even if the touch position is moved outside the base area unless the touch position is moved to the base area 11B. To do.
　タッチダウン後、初めて今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂとなった時のスキャン処理で、処理は、ステップＳ１０４からステップＳ１０５に進む。 In the scan process when the current touch position becomes the base point region 11B for the first time after the touchdown, the process proceeds from step S104 to step S105.
　タッチダウン時のスキャン処理のステップＳ１０３で、開始コマンドフラグを未（未送信）に設定したことにより、ステップＳ１０５からステップＳ１０６に進む。 In step S103 of the scan process at the time of touchdown, the start command flag is set to not yet (untransmitted), so that the process proceeds from step S105 to step S106.
　ステップＳ１０６で、操作指示コマンドの開始コマンドが送信される。続いて処理は、ステップＳ１０６からステップＳ１０７に進み、ステップＳ１０７で、開始コマンドフラグが済（送信済）に設定される。 In step S106, an operation instruction command start command is transmitted. Subsequently, the process proceeds from step S106 to step S107. In step S107, the start command flag is set to completed (sent).
　以降の作用は、既に説明した通り、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域であった場合と同様である。 The subsequent operations are the same as the case where the touch position at the time of touchdown is the base point region as already described.
　つまり、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域外の領域であった場合は、ユーザがタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域外の領域で移動させてもコマンドは送信されず、基点領域１１Ｂに移動することにより初めて開始コマンドが送信され、以降は、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置が基点領域であった場合と同様の動作を行うように作用する。 In other words, if the touch position at the time of touchdown is an area outside the base area, the command is not transmitted even if the user moves the touch position outside the base area while touching, and the command moves to the base area 11B. Thus, the start command is transmitted for the first time, and thereafter, the same operation as in the case where the touch position at the time of touchdown is the base area is performed.
　[タッチアップ時の作用]
　次に、タッチアップ時の作用を説明する。 [Action at touch-up]
Next, the action at the time of touch-up will be described.
　タッチアップ時のスキャン処理は、既に説明した通り、ステップＳ１０１、ステップＳ１１０、ステップＳ１１１と進む。 The scan process at the time of touch-up proceeds to step S101, step S110, and step S111 as already described.
　ステップＳ１１１では、開始コマンドフラグが済（送信済）であれば、ステップＳ１１２に進み、制御部３の制御によりコマンド送信部４から確定コマンドが送信される。ステップＳ１１１で、開始コマンドフラグが未（未送信）であれば、ステップＳ１１３に進み、コマンドは送信されない。 In step S111, if the start command flag has been completed (sent), the process proceeds to step S112, and a confirmation command is transmitted from the command transmission unit 4 under the control of the control unit 3. If the start command flag is not yet transmitted (not transmitted) in step S111, the process proceeds to step S113, and the command is not transmitted.
　開始コマンドフラグは、タッチダウン時のスキャン処理のステップＳ１０３で、未（未送信）に設定される。また、タッチダウン後初めて今回タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂであることを検出した時のスキャン処理のステップＳ１０６で、操作指示コマンドの開始コマンドが送信された後、ステップＳ１０７で、開始コマンドフラグは済（送信済）に設定される。 The start command flag is set to unsent (not sent) in step S103 of the scan process at the time of touchdown. In addition, after the start command of the operation instruction command is transmitted in step S106 of the scanning process when it is detected that the current touch position is the base point region 11B for the first time after the touchdown, the start command flag is completed in step S107 ( Sent).
　よって、タッチダウンからタッチアップするまでの間に、一度でも、ユーザが基点領域１１Ｂにタッチ位置を置いていれば、タッチアップ時に確定コマンドが送信されるように作用する。 Therefore, if the user has placed the touch position on the base point area 11B even once from the touchdown to the touchup, the confirmation command is transmitted at the touchup.
　タッチダウンからタッチアップするまでの間に、一度も、ユーザが基点領域１１Ｂにタッチ位置を置いていなければ、タッチアップ時にコマンドは何も送信されないように作用する。 If the user has not placed the touch position on the base point area 11B between the touchdown and the touchup, no command is transmitted at the touchup.
　さらにいえば、タッチダウンからタッチアップするまでの間に、一度も、ユーザが基点領域１１Ｂにタッチ位置を置いていなければ、タッチダウン、タッチ位置移動、タッチアップの一連のタッチ操作はすべて無視されるように作用する。 Furthermore, if the user has never placed the touch position on the base point area 11B between the touchdown and the touchup, a series of touch operations of touchdown, touch position movement, and touchup are all ignored. Acts like
　このように、本発明の入力装置は、タッチダウンからタッチアップまでの間のタッチ操作において、タッチダウン時のタッチ位置がどこであっても、タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂに位置するまでの操作は無視され、タッチ位置が基点領域１１Ｂに位置した時を操作開始とみなすように作用する。 As described above, the input device according to the present invention ignores the operation until the touch position is located in the base point region 11B in the touch operation from the touchdown to the touchup regardless of the touch position at the touchdown. Then, the operation when the touch position is located in the base point region 11B is regarded as the operation start.
　また、タッチダウンからタッチアップするまでの間のタッチ操作において、基点領域から基点領域外の領域へタッチ位置を移動させるたびに、繰り返し、タッチ位置を移動した方向に移動コマンドを送信するように作用する。 Also, in the touch operation from touchdown to touchup, every time the touch position is moved from the base area to an area outside the base area, the movement command is repeatedly transmitted in the direction in which the touch position is moved. To do.
　さらに、タッチダウンからタッチアップまでの間のタッチ操作において、タッチ位置が初めて基点領域に位置した時に開始コマンドが送信され、タッチ位置が基点領域に位置したことがあればタッチアップ時に確定コマンドが送信されるように作用する。 Furthermore, in a touch operation from touchdown to touchup, a start command is transmitted when the touch position is first located in the base point area, and if the touch position is located in the base point area, a confirmation command is transmitted when touching up. Acts to be.
　このように、本発明の入力装置は、操作の基点となるタッチ領域が１箇所で、操作の基点となるタッチ領域にさわるまでの操作は無視され、タッチ面の領域境界により手探りで操作の基点となるタッチ領域の位置を探し出すことができるので、ユーザは、操作部であるタッチ面を目視しなくても操作することができるという効果が得られる。 As described above, the input device according to the present invention has one touch area as a base point of the operation, and the operation until the touch area as the base point of the operation is touched is ignored. Therefore, the user can operate without touching the touch surface that is the operation unit.
　また、操作の基点となるタッチ領域が１箇所であるため、操作範囲が狭く、手の疲労を抑制できるという効果を有する。 Also, since there is only one touch area as the operation base point, the operation range is narrow, and there is an effect that fatigue of the hand can be suppressed.
　また、タッチダウンからタッチアップまでの間のタッチ操作において、タッチ位置が初めて操作の基点となるタッチ領域に位置した時に開始コマンドが送信されるので、機能割当部６における開始コマンド受信時の電子機器の機能選択カーソルの初期位置が決まっていれば、選択される機能が想像でき、目視しなくても操作することができるという効果を有する。 In addition, in the touch operation from touchdown to touchup, the start command is transmitted when the touch position is positioned in the touch area that is the base point of the operation for the first time. If the initial position of the function selection cursor is determined, the function to be selected can be imagined, and it can be operated without visual observation.
　次に、操作の具体例について説明する。
　本発明の実施の形態の表示部７１の画面イメージである図５の、Ｉｃｏｎ２３を選択する例について説明する。 Next, a specific example of the operation will be described.
The example which selects Icon23 of FIG. 5 which is a screen image of the display part 71 of embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.
　図５の画面状態において、機能割当部６における電子機器の機能選択カーソルの初期位置は、Ｉｃｏｎ１１であるものとする。 In the screen state of FIG. 5, it is assumed that the initial position of the function selection cursor of the electronic device in the function assignment unit 6 is Icon11.
　ユーザが、タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンし、タッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンすると、コマンド送信部４からコマンド受信部５へ開始コマンドが送信され、表示部７１の画面イメージは、図９のように、Ｉｃｏｎ１１が選択状態に変化する。 When the user touches down any position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 and moves the touch position to the base point area 11B while touching, or touches down the base point area 11B, a command is sent from the command transmission unit 4 A start command is transmitted to the receiving unit 5, and the icon 11 of the display unit 71 is changed to a selected state as shown in FIG. 9.
　続いて、ユーザがタッチしたままタッチ位置を、タッチ面１１の基点領域外の領域の右領域の１１Ｒに移動すると、コマンド送信部４からコマンド受信部５へ右方向の移動コマンドが送信され、表示部７１の画面イメージは、図１０のように、Ｉｃｏｎ１２が選択状態に変化する。 Subsequently, when the user touches and moves the touch position to the right region 11R outside the base region of the touch surface 11, a right movement command is transmitted from the command transmission unit 4 to the command reception unit 5 and displayed. In the screen image of the unit 71, the icon 12 changes to a selected state as shown in FIG.
　続いて、ユーザがタッチしたままタッチ位置を、タッチ面１１の基点領域１１Ｂに移動させると表示部７１の表示状態は変化せず、さらに、基点領域外の領域の右領域の１１Ｒに移動すると、コマンド送信部４からコマンド受信部５へ右方向の移動コマンドが送信され、表示部７１の画面イメージは、図１１のように、Ｉｃｏｎ１３が選択状態に変化する。 Subsequently, when the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B of the touch surface 11 while the user is touching, the display state of the display unit 71 does not change, and further, when the user moves to the right region 11R outside the base point region, A right movement command is transmitted from the command transmission unit 4 to the command reception unit 5, and the icon 13 of the screen image of the display unit 71 changes to the selected state as shown in FIG.
　続いて、ユーザがタッチしたままタッチ位置を、タッチ面１１の基点領域１１Ｂに移動させると表示部７１の表示状態は変化せず、さらに、基点領域外の領域の下領域の１１Ｄに移動すると、コマンド送信部４からコマンド受信部５へ下方向の移動コマンドが送信され、表示部７１の画面イメージは、図１２のように、Ｉｃｏｎ２３が選択状態に変化する。 Subsequently, when the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B of the touch surface 11 while the user is touching, the display state of the display unit 71 does not change, and further, when the user moves to the lower region 11D of the region outside the base point region, A downward movement command is transmitted from the command transmission unit 4 to the command reception unit 5, and the icon 23 of the screen image of the display unit 71 changes to a selected state as shown in FIG.
　続いて、ユーザがタッチアップすると、Ｉｃｏｎ２３の選択が確定され、コマンド送信部４からコマンド受信部５へ確定コマンドが送信され、表示部７１の画面イメージは、Ｉｃｏｎ２３が選択決定されたことを示す点滅状態になった後、図１３のように変化する。 Subsequently, when the user touches up, the selection of Icon 23 is confirmed, a confirmation command is transmitted from the command transmission unit 4 to the command reception unit 5, and the screen image of the display unit 71 blinks to indicate that Icon 23 has been selected and determined. After entering the state, it changes as shown in FIG.
　図１３は電話番号の入力画面である。図１３において、Ｌｂｌ１１は、入力した電話番号が表示されるエリアを示す。Ｌｂｌ１２は、入力中の番号が表示されるエリアを示す。Ｉｃｏｎ４１～Ｉｃｏｎ４４は、左右方向へのカーソル移動で選択可能なアイコンを示す。Ｉｃｏｎ５１、Ｉｃｏｎ５２は、上下方向のカーソル移動で選択可能なアイコンを示す。図１３では、ユーザにＬｂｌ１１に電話番号が表示されることを知らせるために「電話番号」の文字が表示されている。 Fig. 13 shows the phone number input screen. In FIG. 13, Lbl11 indicates an area where the input telephone number is displayed. Lbl12 indicates an area where the number being input is displayed. Icons 41 to 44 indicate icons that can be selected by moving the cursor in the left-right direction. Icon 51 and Icon 52 indicate icons that can be selected by moving the cursor in the vertical direction. In FIG. 13, the characters “telephone number” are displayed to inform the user that a telephone number is displayed on Lbl11.
　表示部７１が図１３の画面状態において、ユーザが、タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチし、タッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンすると、図１４に示すように、Ｌｂｌ１２に「０」の文字が表示される。 When the display unit 71 is in the screen state of FIG. 13, the user touches any position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 and moves the touch position to the base area 11 </ b> B while touching, or enters the base area 11 </ b> B. When touched down, the character “0” is displayed in Lbl12 as shown in FIG.
　タッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂの位置でタッチアップすると「０」の入力が確定し、図１５に示すように、Ｌｂｌ１１から「電話番号」の文字が消え、代わりに「０」の文字が表示され、Ｌａｂｌ１２の「０」の文字が消える。 When the touch position is touched up at the position of the base point area 11B, the input of “0” is confirmed, and as shown in FIG. 15, the characters “phone number” disappear from Lbl11, and the characters “0” are displayed instead. The character “0” of Label12 disappears.
　タッチアップ後、再度タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチし、タッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンすると、図１６に示すように、Ｌｂｌ１１には再び「０」の文字が表示される。 After touch-up, touch any position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 again and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching, or touch down the base area 11B, as shown in FIG. In addition, the character “0” is displayed again on Lbl11.
　タッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域から上領域に移動すると、図１７に示すように、Ｉｃｏｎ５１が、上方向に操作が行われたことをユーザに知らせるために一度選択色が変化したあと元の選択色に戻ると共に、Ｌｂｌ１２から「０」の文字が消え、代わりに「１」の文字が表示される。 When the touch position is moved from the base area to the upper area while being touched, as shown in FIG. 17, the icon 51 once changes the selected color to notify the user that the operation has been performed in the upper direction. As the color returns, the character “0” disappears from Lbl12 and the character “1” is displayed instead.
　再びタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域に移動すると表示部７１の表示状態は変化せず、再び、タッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域から上領域に移動すると、Ｉｃｏｎ５１が、上方向に操作が行われたことをユーザに知らせるために一度選択色が変化したあと元の選択色に戻ると共に、Ｌｂｌ１２から「１」の文字が消え、代わりに「２」の文字が表示される。 If the touch position is moved to the base area while touching again, the display state of the display unit 71 does not change. If the touch position is moved from the base area to the upper area while touching again, the icon 51 is operated upward. In order to notify the user that the selected color has once changed, the original selected color is restored, and the character “1” disappears from Lbl12 and the character “2” is displayed instead.
　この状態でタッチアップすると、図１８に示すように、Ｌｂｌ１１に最初に入力確定した「０」と「２」が表示され、Ｌｂｌ１２から「２」の文字が消える。 When touched up in this state, as shown in FIG. 18, “0” and “2” that have been input and confirmed first are displayed in Lbl11, and the character “2” disappears from Lbl12.
　以下同様に、タッチダウン後、「タッチしたまま基点領域１１Ｂに移動し、タッチしたまま上領域１１Ｕへ移動する」操作、または、タッチダウン後、基点領域１１Ｂから開始して、「タッチしたまま上領域１１Ｕへ移動し、タッチしたまま基点領域１１Ｂへ移動する」操作を入力したい数字の回数だけ繰り返し、タッチアップすることにより、複数の番号から構成される電話番号の入力を行うことができる。 Similarly, after touch-down, an operation of “moving to the base area 11B while touching and moving to the upper area 11U while touching” or starting from the base area 11B after touching down, The operation of “moving to the area 11U and moving to the base area 11B while being touched” is repeated as many times as the number of numbers desired to be input, and a telephone number composed of a plurality of numbers can be input.
　また、Ｌｂｌ１２の表示が「９」の状態から上領域１１Ｕに移動し１をプラスすると「０」となり、「０」の状態から下領域１１Ｄに移動し１をマイナスすると「９」になるように機能割当部６を設計しておけば、「９」の入力などは、タッチダウン後、基点領域１１Ｂから上領域１１Ｕへ移動するよりも、下領域１１Ｄに移動するほうが１回の移動操作で入力ができるので簡単である。 Further, when the display of Lbl12 moves from the state of “9” to the upper area 11U and 1 is added, it becomes “0”, and when it moves from the state of “0” to the lower area 11D and 1 is subtracted, it becomes “9”. If the function allocation unit 6 is designed, the input of “9” or the like is performed by one movement operation when moving to the lower region 11D rather than moving from the base region 11B to the upper region 11U after touchdown. It is easy because you can.
　このように、本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、基点が一つで、触覚により基点を探すことができ、境界を超えたことがわかるので、境界を超えた回数により、タッチセンサを目視せずに操作が可能である。 As described above, the input device according to the present embodiment has one base point, can search for the base point by tactile sense, and knows that the boundary has been exceeded. Operation is possible.
　また、基点から基点以外への指の移動だけで入力できるので、指の移動距離が少なく、手の疲労を抑えることができる。 Also, since the input can be performed only by moving the finger from the base point to a point other than the base point, the finger movement distance is short, and hand fatigue can be suppressed.
　また、指の移動軌跡を基点領域から開始して、「上、基点」の組み合わせとしてこの組み合わせの回数と数字入力コマンドの数字が一致しているので操作を覚えやすい。 Also, starting the movement trajectory of the finger from the base point area, the number of times of this combination matches the number of the number input command as a combination of “upper, base point”, so that the operation is easy to remember.
　（実施の形態２）
　図１９は、本実施の形態２の形態に係る入力装置を音楽再生機２００に適用した例の正面図である。本実施の形態において、実施の形態１と同様の構成については同一符号を付し、その詳細な説明は省略する。 (Embodiment 2)
FIG. 19 is a front view of an example in which the input device according to the second embodiment is applied to a music player 200. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
　実施の形態２と実施の形態１との相違点は、実施の形態２には、表示部７１が存在しないことであり、タッチセンサ１が、音楽再生機２００の正面のほぼ全面に配置されている。 The difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the display unit 71 does not exist in the second embodiment, and the touch sensor 1 is disposed on almost the entire front surface of the music player 200. Yes.
　音楽再生機２００には、側面に図示しない音声出力部であるイヤホン端子があり、イヤホンを接続して再生した音楽を聴くことができる。また、専用コネクタまたはＵＳＢ端子などがあり、パソコンなどに接続して、再生用の音楽ソースを本音楽再生機に記憶させる構成を採る。 The music player 200 has an earphone terminal which is an audio output unit (not shown) on the side surface, and can listen to music reproduced by connecting the earphone. Further, there is a dedicated connector or a USB terminal, which is connected to a personal computer or the like to store a music source for reproduction in this music player.
　タッチ面１１には、操作の説明となるマークが印字されており、操作のイメージがつくようになっている。 The touch surface 11 is printed with a mark for explaining the operation so that an image of the operation is attached.
　タッチ面１１の外形図は図２と同様のため、図２に記載した符号で説明する。 Since the external view of the touch surface 11 is the same as that in FIG.
　ユーザは、タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、タッチアップすると、音楽の再生が開始される。 When the user touches down any position of the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 and moves the touch position to the base area 11B while touching, or touches down and touches up the base area 11B, music is played. Is started.
　同じ操作を音楽再生中に行うと、再生が終了される。 If the same operation is performed during music playback, playback ends.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま右領域１１Ｒにタッチ位置を移動し、タッチアップすると、次の曲が再生される。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching it, or touch down the base area 11B and touch it to the right area 11R. When the touch position is moved and touched up, the next song is played. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま左領域１１Ｌにタッチ位置を移動し、タッチアップすると、再生中の曲が頭だし再生される。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching it, or touch down the base area 11B and touch it to the left area 11L. When the touch position is moved and touched up, the song being played is cued and played. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま右領域１１Ｒ、基点領域１１Ｂ、右領域１１Ｒにタッチ位置を移動すると、早送り再生が開始され、タッチアップすると通常再生に戻る。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching, or touch down the base area 11B and touch the right area 11R. When the touch position is moved to the base area 11B and the right area 11R, fast-forward playback is started, and when touched up, normal playback is resumed. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま左領域１１Ｌ、基点領域１１Ｂ、左領域１１Ｌにタッチ位置を移動すると、巻き戻し再生が開始され、タッチアップすると通常再生に戻る。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching, or touch down the base area 11B and touch the left area 11L. When the touch position is moved to the base point area 11B and the left area 11L, rewind playback is started, and when touched up, normal playback is resumed. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま上領域１１Ｕにタッチ位置を移動し、タッチアップすると、音量が１レベル大きくなる。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching it, or touch down the base area 11B and touch it to the upper area 11U. When the touch position is moved and touched up, the volume increases by one level. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま下領域１１Ｄにタッチ位置を移動し、タッチアップすると、音量が１レベル小さくなる。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base point area 11B while touching, or touch down the base point area 11B and then touch and move to the lower area 11D. When the touch position is moved and touched up, the volume decreases by one level. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま上領域１１Ｕ、基点領域１１Ｂ、上領域１１Ｕにタッチ位置を移動すると、音量が１レベルずつだんだん大きくなり、タッチアップすると音量が確定する。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching, or touch down the base area 11B and touch the upper area 11U while touching. When the touch position is moved to the base area 11B and the upper area 11U, the volume gradually increases by one level, and when touched up, the volume is determined. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　音楽再生中に、タッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンし、さらに、タッチしたまま下領域１１Ｄ、基点領域１１Ｂ、下領域１１Ｄにタッチ位置を移動すると、音量が１レベルずつだんだん小さくなり、タッチアップすると音量が確定する。タッチアップ前にタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動してからタッチアップしても同様である。 During music playback, touch down any position on the touch surface 11 and move the touch position to the base area 11B while touching, or touch down the base area 11B and touch the lower area 11D. When the touch position is moved to the base area 11B and the lower area 11D, the volume gradually decreases by one level, and when touched up, the volume is determined. The same applies even if the touch-up is performed after the touch position is moved to the base point region 11B before the touch-up.
　このように、音楽再生機のような単純な機能しか持たない電子機器においては、表示部がなくても、本発明の入力装置で入力することが可能である。 Thus, in an electronic device having only a simple function such as a music player, it is possible to input with the input device of the present invention without a display unit.
　（実施の形態３）
　図２０は、本実施の形態３に係る入力装置を車両ＡＶ機器の操作指示部に適用した例を示す図である。 (Embodiment 3)
FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the input device according to the third embodiment is applied to an operation instruction unit of a vehicle AV device.
　本実施の形態においても、実施の形態１と同様の構成については同一符号を付し、その詳細な説明は省略する。 Also in the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
　実施の形態３と実施の形態１との相違点は、実施の形態３は、本発明の入力装置が電子機器である車載ＡＶ機器と別体として構成されている点と、電子機器である車載ＡＶ機器が、本発明の入力装置とは別の入力部も有する点である。 The difference between the third embodiment and the first embodiment is that the third embodiment is configured such that the input device of the present invention is configured separately from the in-vehicle AV device that is an electronic device, and the in-vehicle that is an electronic device. The AV device also has an input unit different from the input device of the present invention.
　図２０に示すように、車両の運転席には、ハンドル３１０と、その左奥（または右奥）のフロントパネルに車両ＡＶ機器３００と、が配置される。 As shown in FIG. 20, a handle 310 and a vehicle AV device 300 are arranged on the front left panel (or right back) of the driver's seat of the vehicle.
　ハンドル３１０の車のハンドルの中央からやや右（または左）には、タッチセンサ１が設置される。タッチセンサ１は、タッチ面１１と、タッチ面１１を領域として分ける領域境界１２を有する。 The touch sensor 1 is installed slightly to the right (or left) from the center of the vehicle handle of the handle 310. The touch sensor 1 has a touch surface 11 and a region boundary 12 that divides the touch surface 11 into regions.
　タッチセンサ１がハンドル３１０に固定設置される、ハンドル３１０の中央からやや右（または左）の位置は、運転操作時には触れる可能性が少なく、かつ、ハンドル３１０を握る手を少し中央に動かすと、親指などで操作可能な位置である。 When the touch sensor 1 is fixedly installed on the handle 310, the position slightly to the right (or left) from the center of the handle 310 is less likely to be touched during driving operation, and when the hand holding the handle 310 is moved slightly to the center, It is a position that can be operated with a thumb or the like.
　車両ＡＶ機器３００は、タッチパネルつきの表示部７１と、ナビゲーション機能及びラジオ、音楽再生機能などを操作する操作スイッチ３１１と、を有する。このタッチパネルと操作スイッチ３１１が本発明の入力装置とは別の入力部である。 The vehicle AV device 300 includes a display unit 71 with a touch panel, and an operation switch 311 for operating a navigation function, a radio, a music playback function, and the like. The touch panel and the operation switch 311 are different input units from the input device of the present invention.
　このように、本発明の入力装置は、本体となる電子機器と別体で構成されてもよい。また、本体となる電子機器に、本発明の入力装置とは別の入力装置が併設されて、本発明の入力装置は、一部の機能操作を行う補助的な入力部として構成されてもよい。 Thus, the input device of the present invention may be configured separately from the electronic device as the main body. In addition, an input device different from the input device of the present invention may be provided in the electronic apparatus as a main body, and the input device of the present invention may be configured as an auxiliary input unit that performs some functional operations. .
　図２１、図２２は、メニュー画面の本発明の実施３の形態に係る入力装置を備える車載ＡＶ機器の表示部のメニュー画面の画面イメージ、図２３は、ラジオのＡＭ画面イメージである。 21 and 22 are screen images of the menu screen of the display unit of the in-vehicle AV device provided with the input device according to the third embodiment of the present invention of the menu screen, and FIG. 23 is an AM screen image of the radio.
　図２１は、タッチセンサ１のタッチ面１１のいずれかの位置をタッチダウンしタッチしたままタッチ位置を基点領域１１Ｂに移動するか、または、基点領域１１Ｂにタッチダウンしたときの画面で、図２２は、さらにタッチしたまま、下領域１１Ｄにタッチ位置を移動した場合の画面である。 FIG. 21 is a screen when touching down any position on the touch surface 11 of the touch sensor 1 and moving the touch position to the base point area 11B while touching or touching down the base point area 11B. Is a screen when the touch position is moved to the lower region 11D while further touching.
　図２２の状態で、タッチアップすると、図２３に表示部７１の画面が遷移する。図２３では、既に放送局の一つが選択され受信されている状態を示している。 If the touch-up is performed in the state of FIG. FIG. 23 shows a state where one of the broadcast stations has already been selected and received.
　このように、画面遷移後すぐに、選択済みのカーソルが強調表示されていてもよく、画面構成及び表示方法は、自由に設計が可能である。 As described above, the selected cursor may be highlighted immediately after the screen transition, and the screen configuration and display method can be freely designed.
　特に図示しないが、地図表示中にスクロールする場合などに、本発明の入力装置を使ってもよい。例えば基点領域から上領域に移動するたびに、地図画面を数ドット分上方向にスクロールさせるなどである。 Although not particularly illustrated, the input device of the present invention may be used when scrolling during map display. For example, the map screen is scrolled upward several dots each time the base area is moved to the upper area.
　図３に示したタッチ面１１の領域割当を行っていれば、上領域１１Ｕ、右領域１１Ｒ、下領域１１Ｄ、左領域１１Ｌの各領域間は、基点領域１１Ｂが存在しているので、図２４に示す操作軌跡Ｏｐｔ１のように、例えば、上領域１１Ｕと右領域１１Ｒ間を間に挟まれた基点領域１１Ｂを通過して擦るように操作すると、右方向、上方向へのスクロールが連続して行われ、結果として右上方向へ連続スクロールするような操作が可能となる。第１タッチ入力面の形状が、第１タッチ入力面の中心位置に向かって山となる放物線に囲まれた領域であるため、このように、タッチ位置移動の軌跡を直線方向に行ったり来たりされて、斜め方向への移動操作を行うことができる。 If the area allocation of the touch surface 11 shown in FIG. 3 is performed, the base area 11B exists between the upper area 11U, the right area 11R, the lower area 11D, and the left area 11L. As shown in the operation locus Opt1 shown in FIG. 1, for example, if the user operates to rub through the base point region 11B sandwiched between the upper region 11U and the right region 11R, the scrolling in the right direction and the upward direction continues. As a result, an operation of continuously scrolling in the upper right direction becomes possible. Since the shape of the first touch input surface is a region surrounded by a parabola that becomes a mountain toward the center position of the first touch input surface, the trajectory of the touch position movement goes back and forth in this way. Thus, a moving operation in an oblique direction can be performed.
　以上詳細に説明したように、本実施の形態によれば、タッチセンサ１は、第１タッチ入力面（基点領域１１Ｂ）と当該第１タッチ入力面に隣接する位置に配置された第２タッチ入力面（基点領域外の領域１１Ｌ、１１Ｒ、１１Ｕ、１１Ｄ）とを含み、第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面とが互いに連続し、且つ段差構造を有する境界（領域境界１２）で領域分けされたタッチ入力面（タッチ面１１）を有する。 As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, the touch sensor 1 has the second touch input arranged at the position adjacent to the first touch input surface (base point region 11B) and the first touch input surface. Including a plane ( regions 11L, 11R, 11U, and 11D outside the base region), the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are continuous with each other, and have a step structure (region boundary 12). Touch input surface (touch surface 11).
　本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、第１タッチ入力面と当該第１タッチ入力面に隣接する位置に配置された第２タッチ入力面とを含み、第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面とが互いに連続し、且つ段差構造を有する境界で領域分けされたタッチ入力面と、第１タッチ入力面又は第２タッチ入力面のいずれかの面にタッチするタッチダウン操作、第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面とに亘ってタッチ状態のまま移動する移動動作、又は、第１タッチ入力面又は第２タッチ入力面においてタッチ入力面から離れるタッチアップ操作の検出結果に基づいてコマンドを出力する制御手段と、を備える。 The input device according to the present embodiment includes a first touch input surface and a second touch input surface arranged at a position adjacent to the first touch input surface, the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface. A touch input surface that is continuous with each other and divided by a boundary having a step structure, a touch-down operation for touching either the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface, a first touch input surface A command is output based on a detection result of a moving operation that moves in a touch state over the first touch input surface or a touch-up operation that leaves the touch input surface on the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface. And a control means.
　また、本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、第１タッチ入力面は、タッチ入力の基点となる基点領域、第２タッチ入力面は、基点領域の外周部に形成された外周領域、及び、段差構造は、基点領域と外周領域との間を区切る領域境界であり、制御手段は、ｉ）基点領域にタッチダウンする、又は、外周領域にタッチダウンして外周領域から領域境界を越えて基点領域に移動する、ii）基点領域から領域境界を越えて外周領域に移動する、又は、iii）ｉ）又はii）に対応するコマンドを出力後に、外周領域、又は基点領域においてタッチアップする、上記ｉ）乃至iii）のうち、少なくともいずれか一つのタッチ操作に対応するコマンドを出力する。 Further, in the input device according to the present embodiment, the first touch input surface is a base point region serving as a base point of touch input, the second touch input surface is an outer peripheral region formed in an outer peripheral part of the base point region, and a step The structure is an area boundary that divides between the base area and the outer peripheral area, and the control means i) touches down the base area or touches down the outer peripheral area to cross the area boundary from the outer peripheral area. Ii) move from the base region to the outer region beyond the region boundary, or iii) touch up in the outer region or the base region after outputting the command corresponding to i) or ii) ) To iii), a command corresponding to at least one touch operation is output.
　また、本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、第２タッチ入力面は、複数のコマンド対応領域を有し、制御手段は、コマンド対応領域に対応するコマンドを出力する。 In the input device according to the present embodiment, the second touch input surface has a plurality of command corresponding areas, and the control means outputs a command corresponding to the command corresponding areas.
　また、本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、制御手段は、領域境界を超えて移動する場合の移動回数に対応する指示コマンドを出力する。 Further, in the input device according to the present embodiment, the control means outputs an instruction command corresponding to the number of movements when moving beyond the region boundary.
　また、本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、第１タッチ入力面は中央部に位置し、第２タッチ入力面は第１タッチ入力面を囲む位置に配置され、第１タッチ入力面の上下左右にコマンド対応領域を形成してもよい。 Further, in the input device according to the present embodiment, the first touch input surface is located at the center, the second touch input surface is disposed at a position surrounding the first touch input surface, and the first touch input surface is vertically and horizontally A command corresponding region may be formed.
　また、本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、第２タッチ入力面は、矩形または円形または楕円形のタッチ面を有し、矩形、または、円形または楕円形に外接する矩形、の対角線の対角線同士を結ぶ交点に第１タッチ入力面を形成し、第１タッチ入力面は、対角線に漸近する放物線に囲まれた領域として構成してもよい。 In the input device according to the present embodiment, the second touch input surface has a rectangular, circular, or elliptical touch surface, and the diagonal lines of the rectangular shape or the rectangular shape that circumscribes the circular shape or the elliptical shape are diagonal to each other. A first touch input surface may be formed at an intersection point connecting the two, and the first touch input surface may be configured as a region surrounded by a parabola asymptotic to a diagonal line.
　本実施の形態に係る入力装置は、操作の基点となるタッチ領域が1箇所で、操作の基点となるタッチ領域にさわるまでの操作は無視され、タッチ面の領域境界により手探りで操作の基点となるタッチ領域の位置を探し出すことができるので、ユーザは、操作部であるタッチ面を目視しなくても操作することができるという効果が得られる。 In the input device according to the present embodiment, there is one touch area that is a base point of the operation, and the operation until the touch area that is the base point of the operation is touched is ignored, and the base point of the operation is searched by the region boundary of the touch surface. Since the position of the touch area can be found, the user can operate without touching the touch surface that is the operation unit.
　この構成により、操作の基点となる第１タッチ入力面（基点領域）が1箇所であるため、操作範囲が狭く、手の疲労を抑制できるという効果を有する。 This configuration has an effect that the operation range is narrow and hand fatigue can be suppressed because there is only one first touch input surface (base point region) serving as the base point of the operation.
　また、段差構造を有する境界（領域境界）は、タッチ面の中央位置に向かって山となる放物線とすることにより、操作の基点となる第１タッチ入力面（基点領域）へ、タッチしながらタッチ位置を戻す動きを行いやすくすることができる。 In addition, the boundary (region boundary) having the step structure is a parabola that becomes a mountain toward the center position of the touch surface, and touches while touching the first touch input surface (base point region) that is the base point of the operation. It is possible to facilitate the movement of returning the position.
　なお、タッチ入力面の構造は、段差構造を有するものであればよく、第１タッチ入力面が第２タッチ入力面より高さ（厚み）方向に突出する構造、あるいは第２タッチ入力面が第１タッチ入力面より高さ（厚み）方向に突出する構造、あるいは第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面に対して、領域境界が高さ（厚み）方向に突出または、窪む構造のいずれも含まれる。 The touch input surface may have a step structure, and the first touch input surface protrudes in the height (thickness) direction from the second touch input surface, or the second touch input surface has the first structure. Either a structure that protrudes in the height (thickness) direction from one touch input surface, or a structure in which the region boundary protrudes or depresses in the height (thickness) direction with respect to the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface Is also included.
　また、領域境界１２は放物線として構成し、領域境界１２によりタッチ面１１の基点領域外の領域の上領域１１Ｕ、下領域１１Ｄ、左領域１１Ｌ、右領域１１Ｒを明確に分ける構成とするように説明したが、それに限らずともよい。例えば、領域境界１２は矩形でもよい。この場合は、矩形の領域境界１２の対角線の延長となる直線により、基点領域外の領域の上領域１１Ｕ、下領域１１Ｄ、左領域１１Ｌ、右領域１１Ｒを分けてもよい。 Further, the region boundary 12 is configured as a parabola, and the region boundary 12 is described so as to clearly divide the upper region 11U, the lower region 11D, the left region 11L, and the right region 11R outside the base region of the touch surface 11. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the region boundary 12 may be a rectangle. In this case, the upper region 11U, the lower region 11D, the left region 11L, and the right region 11R outside the base region may be separated by a straight line that is an extension of the diagonal line of the rectangular region boundary 12.
　また、領域境界１２は、基点領域と、基点領域外の領域を分けていることがユーザに認知されれば、基点領域を囲っていなくてもよい。例えば、複数の領域境界１２により構成される場合は、一つの領域境界１２の端点が、隣り合う領域境界１２の端点に向かって延長されるような直線又は曲線により、基点領域が明確化される場合などが該当する。 Further, if the user recognizes that the region boundary 12 separates the base point region and the region outside the base point region, the region boundary 12 may not surround the base point region. For example, in the case of a plurality of region boundaries 12, the base region is clarified by a straight line or a curve in which the end points of one region boundary 12 are extended toward the end points of adjacent region boundaries 12. This is the case.
　また、基点領域外の領域は、上領域１１Ｕ、下領域１１Ｄ、左領域１１Ｌ、右領域１１Ｒの４つである必要はなく、１つ、あるいは、２つ、あるいは、それ以外の数であってもよい。 The area outside the base area need not be the upper area 11U, the lower area 11D, the left area 11L, and the right area 11R, and is one, two, or any other number. Also good.
　以上の説明は本発明の好適な実施の形態の例証であり、本発明の範囲はこれに限定されることはない。 The above description is an illustration of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to this.
　例えば、上記実施の形態では、電子機器の入力装置を例に採り説明を行ったが、タッチセンサを有する入力装置であればすべて適用可能である。 For example, in the above embodiment, the description has been made taking the input device of the electronic device as an example, but any input device having a touch sensor can be applied.
　また、上記実施の形態では、入力装置という名称を用いたが、これは説明の便宜上であり、入力制御装置等であってもよい。 In the above embodiment, the name “input device” is used. However, this is for convenience of explanation, and may be an input control device or the like.
　さらに、上記入力装置を構成する各部、例えばタッチセンサの構成、形状、タッチセンサが設置される装置の種類などは前述した実施の形態に限られない。 Furthermore, each part constituting the input device, for example, the configuration and shape of the touch sensor, the type of the device in which the touch sensor is installed, and the like are not limited to the above-described embodiments.
　２０１２年５月２９日出願の特願２０１２－１２２３７４の日本出願に含まれる明細書、図面及び要約書の開示内容は、すべて本願に援用される。 The disclosure of the specification, drawings and abstract contained in the Japanese application of Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-122374 filed on May 29, 2012 is incorporated herein by reference.
　本発明に係る入力装置は、操作部を目視することなく、かつ、押下操作せずに入力することができ、操作音と、手の疲労を抑制することができるという効果を有する。このため、携帯電話、カーナビゲーション等の車載機器などの、各種電子機器等に有用である。 The input device according to the present invention can input without visually observing the operation unit and without pressing, and has an effect of suppressing operation sound and hand fatigue. Therefore, it is useful for various electronic devices such as in-vehicle devices such as mobile phones and car navigation systems.
　１　タッチセンサ
　２　位置検出部
　３　制御部
　４　コマンド送信部
　５　コマンド受信部
　６　機能割当部
　７　機能実施部
　１０　入力部
　１１　タッチセンサのタッチ面
　１１Ｂ　基点領域
　１１Ｕ　基点領域外の上領域
　１１Ｄ　基点領域外の下領域
　１１Ｒ　基点領域外の右領域
　１１Ｌ　基点領域外の左領域
　１２　領域境界
　２０　実行処理部
　７１　表示部
　１００　電子機器
　２００　音楽再生機
　３００　車載ＡＶ機器
　３１０　車のハンドル
　３１１　車載ＡＶ機器の操作スイッチ
  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Touch sensor 2 Position detection part 3 Control part 4 Command transmission part 5 Command reception part 6 Function allocation part 7 Function execution part 10 Input part 11 Touch surface of a touch sensor 11B Base point area 11U Upper area | region outside a reference point area 11D Outside a reference point area Lower region 11R Right region outside base point region 11L Left region outside base point region 12 Region boundary 20 Execution processing unit 71 Display unit 100 Electronic device 200 Music player 300 In-vehicle AV device 310 Car handle 311 In-vehicle AV device operation switch

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  1. 　第１タッチ入力面と第２タッチ入力面とを含み、前記第１タッチ入力面と前記第２タッチ入力面とが段差構造を有する境界で領域分けされたタッチ入力面と、
    　前記第１タッチ入力面及び前記第２タッチ入力面間に亘ってタッチ状態のまま移動する移動動作の検出結果に基づいてコマンドを出力する制御手段と、
    　を備え、
    　前記制御手段は、
    　前記第１タッチ入力面にタッチされるまでのタッチ操作がすべて無視されるように作用することを特徴とする入力装置。     A touch input surface including a first touch input surface and a second touch input surface, wherein the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface are divided by a boundary having a step structure;
    Control means for outputting a command based on a detection result of a movement operation that moves in a touched state between the first touch input surface and the second touch input surface;
    With
    The control means includes
    The input device acts so that all touch operations until the first touch input surface is touched are ignored.
  2. 　前記制御手段は、前記第１タッチ入力面にタッチするタッチダウン操作、及び、前記第２タッチ入力面にタッチダウンしてから初めて行う前記第１タッチ入力面への移動動作の検出結果に基づいて開始コマンドを出力する、請求項１記載の入力装置。 The control means is based on a detection result of a touch-down operation for touching the first touch input surface and a movement operation to the first touch input surface that is performed for the first time after touching the second touch input surface. The input device according to claim 1, wherein the input device outputs a start command.
  3. 　前記制御手段は、
    　前記第１タッチ入力面又は前記第２タッチ入力面においてタッチ入力面から離れるタッチアップ操作の検出結果に基づいて確定コマンドを出力する、請求項１又は請求項２記載の入力装置。     The control means includes
    The input device according to claim 1, wherein the input device outputs a confirmation command based on a detection result of a touch-up operation that leaves the touch input surface on the first touch input surface or the second touch input surface.
  4. 　前記第１タッチ入力面は、タッチ入力の基点となる基点領域、
    　前記第２タッチ入力面は、前記基点領域の外周部に形成された外周領域、及び、
    　前記段差構造は、前記基点領域と前記外周領域との間を区切る領域境界であり、
    　前記制御手段は、
    　ｉ）前記基点領域にタッチダウンする、又は、前記外周領域にタッチダウンして前記外周領域から前記領域境界を越えて前記基点領域に移動する、
    　ii）前記基点領域から前記領域境界を越えて前記外周領域に移動する、又は、
    　iii）前記ｉ）又はii）に対応するコマンドを出力後に、前記外周領域、又は前記基点領域においてタッチアップする、
    　上記ｉ）乃至iii）のうち、少なくともいずれか一つのタッチ操作に対応するコマンドを出力する、請求項１記載の入力装置。     The first touch input surface is a base point region serving as a base point of touch input,
    The second touch input surface includes an outer peripheral region formed on an outer peripheral portion of the base point region, and
    The step structure is a region boundary that divides the base region and the outer peripheral region,
    The control means includes
    i) Touch down the base area, or touch down the outer peripheral area and move from the outer peripheral area to the base area beyond the area boundary.
    ii) moving from the base region to the outer region beyond the region boundary, or
    iii) After outputting the command corresponding to i) or ii), touch up in the outer peripheral area or the base area.
    The input device according to claim 1, wherein the input device outputs a command corresponding to at least one touch operation among i) to iii).
  5. 　前記第２タッチ入力面は、複数のコマンド対応領域を有し、
    　前記制御手段は、
    　前記コマンド対応領域に対応するコマンドを出力する、請求項１から請求項４のいずれかに記載の入力装置。     The second touch input surface has a plurality of command corresponding areas,
    The control means includes
    The input device according to claim 1, wherein the input device outputs a command corresponding to the command corresponding area.
  6. 　前記制御手段は、
    　前記領域境界を超えて移動する場合の移動回数に対応する指示コマンドを出力する、請求項１記載の入力装置。     The control means includes
    The input device according to claim 1, wherein an instruction command corresponding to the number of movements when moving beyond the region boundary is output.
  7. 　前記第１タッチ入力面は中央部に位置し、前記第２タッチ入力面は前記第１タッチ入力面を囲む位置に配置され、
    　前記第１タッチ入力面の上下左右に前記コマンド対応領域を形成する、請求項５記載の入力装置。     The first touch input surface is positioned at a central portion, and the second touch input surface is disposed at a position surrounding the first touch input surface;
    The input device according to claim 5, wherein the command corresponding regions are formed on upper, lower, left and right sides of the first touch input surface.
  8. 　前記タッチ入力面に外接する矩形の対角線の交点を含む領域に前記第１タッチ入力面を形成し、
    　前記第１タッチ入力面は、前記対角線に漸近する放物線に囲まれた領域である、請求項１から請求項７のいずれかに記載の入力装置。     Forming the first touch input surface in a region including an intersection of rectangular diagonal lines circumscribing the touch input surface;
    The input device according to claim 1, wherein the first touch input surface is a region surrounded by a parabola that asymptotically approaches the diagonal line.
  9. 　請求項１から請求項８のいずれかに記載の入力装置を備えた電子機器装置。
          An electronic device apparatus comprising the input device according to claim 1.
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